"You know, I didn't poison the tea or anything."

Both Akira and Akari simply sipped tea without a care in the world at all. To them, Reborn was a guest. A dangerous guest. But a guest nevertheless, and all guests deserve some form of respect.

"I'm not into tea. I'm more of a coffee person."

"Then I apologize, for we don't have anything like that."

Both Akira and Akari sat across a table facing Reborn.

"You wouldn't have had the guts to do so either way."

It wasn't a statement, it was a fact. It wasn't that the twins were afraid of facing him in combat, it was the fear that someone would die if they had done so. For a long period of time, the two of them along with Tsuna had managed to keep hidden. They knew they were going to answer for it sooner or later, and now that time has come.

"So what do you want?" Akira asked. It was obvious what Reborn wanted with them.

"Do you even have to ask?" It was clear what the infant wanted. "Now start talking. Who are you really?"

The two simply smiled as they put away their cups of tea. "I guess we should start talking than."

"Yes we should."

Reborn raised an eyebrow. "You two don't look worry."

Neither one of the two shown any sign of anxiety or concern. True they didn't really know how to handle the situation perfectly, but that didn't mean they were defenceless. They studied whatever they could about Reborn just so in case he ever confronted them.

"We are worried."
"We just don't express it that well. Worry and concern won't get you very far in life."

"Even if it does show that we are humans."

The two of them smiled as the placed their hands under their chin and look on at the infant.

"Hmm…"

The infant doesn't react. "You…you two know about me don't you? You seem to know some things about me that most people don't.

"That's because our mother told us about you."

"You once worked with her for some time."

Now there was a reaction. It was nothing large. All he did was simply raise his eyebrows. "Your mother?"

"Yes…you should be quite familiar with her name."

"Shirayuki Satome. That was the name she used before she got married."

"Hmm…" For the first time in a long time, Reborn sighed. It wasn't the typical sigh of something gone wrong, but rather a sigh that belongs to an old man. "Shirayuki huh? Now that's a name I hadn't heard for a very long time."

"Yeah, mom said it's been nearly 20 years since you contacted her."

"But that's no surprise, mom is a nobody in the mafia world. The only thing she's good for was an information bookie, but ever since you joined up with the Vongola, you didn't have any reason to contact her did you?"

"True. Our deal was a onetime deal only." The strongest hitman simply replied. There was no emotion in his voice. Of course there wouldn't be. Reborn is the strongest and most important hitman on the planet. While their mother was a nobody. She was simply an information bookie, selling out information that anyone could acquire from any other source.

But it was because she was a nobody that no one would look her up. How the twins were able to stay hidden was partially because of her reputation. She was a simple information bookie with no loyalties. Her services were mediocre, and she seldom showed herself. No mafiaso would ever spare her a second glance. To the rest of the mafia world, she was a pathetic mafiaso who barely manages to make ends meet.

But…

"Even a pathetic mafiso might not mean that they are weak."

"Mother simply kept herself weak and useless to cover our tracks."

The two of them simply smiled at the hitman. No sign of fear was evident anywhere. Reborn was dangerous, but he wasn't going to attack them.

*Ring*

The phone rang. Akira got of the chair and left the dining room. He picked it up.

"Hello?"

"Ah Akira, is Reborn there? I got something to tell him."

The feminine looking boy simply sighed. There was no reply. He strolled back into the room, shoving the phone onto the table, directly at the infant. "It's for you." There was no sign of respect or anything, but neither was there a sign of disrespect. He was simply a messenger.

The baby frowned and took the phone.

"Hello?"

"Hi Reborn, I'm guessing that at the moment your probably bothering my two friends as we speak right"

"Sawada Tsunayoushi…"

"You don't seem surprise."

"Is there any reason I should be?"

There truly was no reason for the hitman to be surprise, after all the three of them had always been in a group, if he went to confront two of them, no doubt the third member will make its appearance.

"Look, I'll get straight to the point. I don't want to be Vongola Decimo. So get off my back and leave my friends alone. I study mafia laws, and I know that when my sister was officially chosen to be Vongola Decimo, it's impossible to switch. Your trying to do so now because not that many people are aware of her existence. So here's the problem. What happens if by somehow, everyone in the world becomes aware of her position? Do you still think you can switch places?"

For the first time since his arrival, the hitman frowned. "Sawada Tsunayoushi, are you threatening me?"

"Oh no, after all, this doesn't actually involve you, so how can it be threatening you? All I'm telling you is to back off. You can go ahead and reveal our identities to my sister, I won't care one bit, she's strong enough on her own."

"Do you truly believe that?" The infant wasn't about to back down.

"Yes, yes I do, I won't get involved with her business anymore."

*Click* He hung up. Reborn's frown simply got wider. To think that whiny and cowardly boy would actually dare to threaten him, the greatest hitman in the world. It was simply unconceivable.

"I'll be going now." The infant stated as he left the dining room. No longer did he show any sign of wanting to talk to the twins.

Neither of them did anything as their guest left.

"What was that about?"

"I have no idea."

"Probably Tsuna dissing Reborn. Man who knew a wimp like him could had balls."
"He's a boy! He's supposed to have balls!"

"I don't mean literal balls, but ball balls."

At notion, the two of them stopped for a brief moment. "Uh…let's change the subject?" Akira asked.

"Right…" Akari looked away.

Elsewhere—

"Sigh…" Tsuna sighed as he put away the phone. He wasn't at home so as to speak. He had a feeling it would be a terrible place to stay right now. No doubt Reborn was heading home so as to speak, and it was going to be to his sister no doubt.

"I guess I better brace myself for when I return back home." There was no evidence that something bad was going to happen to him. But from what he knows of Reborn, he can guarantee that something bad will indeed happen to moment he steps back home.

Also from what he knows of his sister, she won't take it well. So he'll have more than Reborn to deal with when he returns home.

Sighing he looks up at the sky. He was simply one block away from his friends home. But he'll wait for a while longer before visiting it. He knows that he has made the hitman angry, and should avoid him for now.

And that is why he is currently sitting down at a café thinking looking up at the sky while sipping tea. He is worried. Worried about how his family will react. He knows his mother will continue to be kept in the dark, but his sister and his father will soon know about his past activities.

Both have the ability to make life very difficult for him, particularly his father. Why? Why was the father who was never around the one with more power to screw his life over? The answer was simple.
It was because his father was the head of CEDEF. An external organization that belongs to the Vongola and yet it doesn't.

Unlike the position of Vongola Decimo, the position of CEDEF can be switched at any time. If the daughter was going to be Vongola Decimo, it shouldn't come as a surprise that the son will be the head of CEDEF.

"Sigh…" He sighed. Truly such misfortune.

One hour later…

"Are you going to be okay? That's the third cup of tea you've taken." Akari asked as she put away the dishes.
Tsuna had simply arrived a while ago. She along with her brother could easily see Tsuna's depression. There was no point asking what was wrong, not when they too were caught up in the problem as well.

"I'll be fine, just concern. Because as things stand right now, I can see three scenarios happening." The brother of Vongola Decimo simply replied while sipping the third cup of tea.

"Three?" The two of them asked.

He simply nodded. "First up, we challenge my sister for the position of Vongola Decimo."

"Second?" Akira asked.

"Second, my dad comes by and demands I take over as head of CEDEF."

"Third?" Akari asked this time.

"Third, they let us go." Tsuna chuckled. He chuckled not because it was a joke, but because the possibility of it happening is so low, that just thinking about it made him laugh.

The two siblings simply sighed as they sat down with Tsuna. Akira raised his hand and bought it to his mouth.

*Cough*

It was a single cough, but it was enough to snap Tsuna to attention. "Well we also did came to the same solutions and all. So shall we discuss what our next course of action should be?"

*Wish*

The sound of a drawer opening could be heard as Akari pulled out a set of video tapes. "And afterwards if we have time, how about we watch some videos of our childhood? Back when you were a wimpy cry baby." She smirked at him.

Tsuna simply sighed again, but this time with a smile on his face.

Meanwhile.

*Slam*

Reborn had slammed the window shut. He simply leapt over from the neighbours roof into Tsuki's room directly through the window before shutting the window with such force, she almost fell out of her chair.

"Reborn! Don't do that!"

*Bang*

Smoke emitted from the infant's gun. A bullet hole implanted into the wall directly behind her. The boss of the Vongola simply stared in shock, unable to say anything.

"Silence Dame-Tsuki! Call your guardians now!"

"Huh?"

*Bang*

"Ekkk!"

The infant was now readying a third shot. "I said call your guardians now. I am in a very bad mood, and unless you want to die, I suggest you comply now."

"Ha—hai!" The terrified girl quickly ran out of the room instantly.

Reborn sighed as she left. Truly all this time, he took pride in her achievements and all, thinking that she had accomplished all that on her own. As a tutor that filled him with pride.

But…

That pride turned to anger and disappointment when he discovered that half of all that she accomplished was actually because of Tsuna and his friends.

As the supposed greatest hitman and tutor, it was a big blow to his ego. Even if nothing was wrong and Tsuki had gotten stronger, it wasn't up to his standards, nor was it as good as people made her out to be.