Tsuna woke up one morning and knew something was very, very wrong.

For one thing, she woke up without explosions or a one-ton mallet or a flying headlock.

When Tsuna woke up, she practically flew over to the Reception Room, not about to break her good morning and she felt even better upon being rejuvenated by Momo-chan's cuteness as Kyoya protectively took his sister, not allowing her to hold Momo.

Kyoya glared at anyone that so much breathed in their direction the wrong way while holding Momo as her expression was the exact opposite of her brother's. Like Kyoya was trying to protect his reputation as top carnivore while holding his so uncarnivorous-looking little sister.

That had the opposite affect however. Instead of making Kyoya seem weaker; his glare intensified making him seem like a looming wild animal that would maul anything that dared to approach.

Tsuna giggled as others quickly removed themselves from their general area. Momo smiled at Tsuna and held up some acorns. "Ne, ne, Tsuna-nee! I picked these yesterday! For you!"

Tsuna gushed at the utter cuteness of it, took the acorns and resisted the urge to swipe Momo away from her brother, because Tsuna was so sure that Kyoya would break her arm if she even tried.

Tsuna giggled. "Hehe, thanks, Momo-chan! Actually my birthday is coming up so this is a really great gift!"

Momo made an 'oh!' face before remembering something and turning to her brother. "Nii-tan! You have records right? Why didn't you tell me Tsuna-nee's birthday was coming up? Meanie!"

Kyoya's eye twitched and he glared at Tsuna. "Thanks."

Tsuna smiled. "No problem, Nii-tan."

Before Kyoya could smash her face in with a metal tonfa, Momo tugged his shirt. "Nii-tan! We have to get something for Tsuna-nee!"

"I don't see why we have to get something for the Carnivore." Hibari said.

Momo pouted. "Nii-tan! We have to! If we don't, I-I'll bite you to death!"

Tsuna looked at Momo for about half a second before damning it all to hell and taking her out of Kyoya's arms for a good old hug. "Momo-chan! You're so cute!"

Momo giggled, unaware of Kyoya's deadly aura.

"Ne, Tsuna-nee, when is your birthday anyway?"

"Ano, what day is today?"

"October 13th."

"Ah, my birthday is the 14th, and—" Tsuna looked up sharply and turned to Kyoya. "Wait. Are you sure today is the 13th?"

Kyoya held up his cell which read the date. Tsuna blanched. "Ah, it's Reborn's birthday today!"

Kyoya blinked. "The fedora guy?"

Tsuna nodded. "And if I'm late for his party…"

"Dame-Tsuna, you dare to show your face here after being late…?" Reborn asked, his shadow deadly and his eyes in red glints as he loaded a gun. "I'll teach you…"

Tsuna blanched. She turned to Kyoya. "Kyoya! I have to be somewhere, I won't be able to go to the Disciplinary Meeting and I might be late to school, but please let me go!"

"No." Kyoya deadpanned.

"HIIIIEEEEE!" Tsuna cried out. "Kyoya-sama! Please! If I don't get it, I'll die, really I will! Please, super top prefect Kyoya-sama!"

"No. Carnivore, you're making a scene."

"Kyoya-sama! Please, please let me go! If you do, I promise to fight you and I-I'll make lunches for two weeks!"

"Hn, a month."

"HIIIIEEEEE?!" Tsuna cried out. "Why?"

Momo giggled. "Hehe, Nii-tan really likes Tsuna-nee's lunches—mmpf!"

Kyoya interrupted his sister by muffling her mouth his hand while glaring at her.

"F-Fine! A month! Please, just let me go!"

"Hn, you better put up a good fight, Carnivore."

Tsuna then ran away from the two and into downtown. She was nearly hit by a druggie on a bike and flipped him off. "The light is red, asswipe!"

'The first rule when dealing with other underground is to talk like them, act like them, and fit in.'

Meaning, a whole lot of cursing, glaring and flipping the bird.

Tsuna ran into the alley nearby a closed pub and the man at the door glared. "What the hell are you here for girl?"

"I should be asking you, fucking trash." Tsuna glared, hoping to make a good impersonation of him. "I'm here because I hear you have some good quality bugs around."

By bugs she meant the fighting ring behind the door.

The man looked her over. "What kind of a business does a brat like you have?"

Tsuna glared, rolled her eyes and slammed her elbow into the metal fence behind her.

There was a 'crack' and the fence fell.

The guard looked shocked but covered it up with a glare. "Tch, it ain't legal to let a brat like you fight—"

"There's nothing legal behind those doors." Tsuna glared back. "So are you gonna let me in, or do I have to break in?"

The guard opened the door and poked his oversized head in. "Boss. A brat wants fight. I think it'll be a good show."

Tsuna easily shoved the guard away and walked inside. "Oi, who here is the boss?"

There were about twenty people in the room, and about eight were scared looking girls, one of them on a pole with shaking hands. Tsuna's eye twitched as a grown man with a built body wearing a white suit stood up. "Are? I am, and who are you? Giallo, did you bring in some new entertainment?"

Tsuna glared as a man tried to advance on her with a knife. She easily caught his arm and twisted it behind his back. "Tch, your form is sloppy. And you hold the knife too loosely. Not to mention it's too dull; what the hell, is that some kind oversized butter knife? Fucking trash."

Tsuna then slammed her foot into the back of his neck, knocking him unconscious. She looked up and glared at the boss. "Oi, fight me. If I win, I get your ring and the girls get sent free."

The boss glared at her, face tattoo wrinkling. "And if I win?"

Tsuna smirked. "Think you can? If you win, Vongola won't track you down."

The boss smirked. "Fine, then little girl." He reached for the pole the frightened girl was on and with one hand bent it. It was about four inches in diameter.

Both parties moved for the cage in the middle of the room. "Do you have a weapon, girlie?"

Tsuna took out her cross bow and activated it. She noted that she would need to get some more arrows soon.

The boss immediately took out two large daggers. Tsuna frowned. The man smirked. "Scared, girlie?"

"No, just wondering: are you compensating for something?"

"What?!"

"Just that whenever a guy's weapon is too big, it usually means he's trying to make up for…you know, lack of size below the belt." Tsuna said, shrugging. "Just wondering if it was the same for you, old man."

"Old man?!" the boss growled out, his veins popping.

Inwardly Tsuna smirked. An enraged opponent was the easiest to fight against. "Yeah, you know, unless you prefer crap head; the artwork on that tattoo is horrible, I mean, really, a dragon? Pfft, the workmanship is utter crap—the colors clash and the perception is terrible—it's complete bull."

"Why you bitch!" The man growled out, taking a swing.

Tsuna easily dodged. "Huh, I like you. People say I have bad taste, really, really bad taste, but I like you."

The man seemed to grow even more furious and kept on taking sloppy swings. "Bitch, hold still!"

"Heh, but I'm a tolerant bitch; after all, it takes skill to be in the presence of an idiot and not stab my ears out at the same time."

The man grew even more red and made an over handed swing. Tsuna smirked and struck the crossbow at his head. "You left yourself open too. What a disappointment of a human being."

Tsuna watched the man fall and reached for the ring on his beefy finger. She watched as the henchmen crowded the entrance. Tsuna smiled slightly as she knocked them all out. She took the switchblade one tried to stab her with and turned to the girls, cutting their restraints. She led them out and talked with them, noting that most of them couldn't understand what was being said. She tried about six different languages before finding out four spoke English, two spoke Italian, one spoke Russian and the last one actually spoke Japanese.

"Where are you from?" Tsuna asked them all in their respective languages.

Tsuna noted where they were all from (America, Italy, Russia and Okinawa) and promised to take them home. After feeding them and clothing them of course. The girls flinched at the bright daylight and they were given disgusted looks on the street. Their clothing were rags and they were skinny; too skinny. Several men wolf-whistled and Tsuna cursed back like a drunken sailor, flipping them off and covering them from view of the men. One of them threw an open beer at one of the girls; the one with purple hair from Okinawa.

Tsuna lashed out at the man, socking him in the face and tossing him to his friends, growling at them like a feral dog. Tsuna immediately turned to the girl from Okinawa. "Are you ok?"

The girl blinked up and nodded slowly. Tsuna couldn't help but have the feeling she saw the girl somewhere before. She shook the thought out of her head and led them all towards a clothing shop. She told them all to pick whatever they liked, she would handle the cost. They all seemed to oppose until Tsuna quietly flashed her golden credit card with a sheepish smile.

'So she's rich…' They all thought, moving to pick out simple outfits in the shop, many people staring at them. The manager came up to them as they tried to buy the clothing, saying that they weren't wearing shoes so they couldn't receive service.

Tsuna then aptly pointed out that there was no sign so there was no reason to be kicked out.

The man relented and the girls tried to quietly leave but Tsuna merely handed him a hundred dollars discreetly. Tsuna smirked when he apologized and the look on her face soon sent him running.

For once, she would have to thank Colonello for forcing her to take that test to get into Mafia Land. Not like she would ever tell him.

Tsuna took them all to a fast food restaurant to ask for their names.

The four girls from America were Tin, Alumina, Platina, and Silver

The two girls from Italy were Crystal and Tell

The girl from Russia was Beryl

And the girl from Okinawa was Nagi.

Tsuna was drinking her soda when Nagi told her name. Her eyes widened and she looked closer at the girl, much to her embarrassment.

"I knew you looked familiar! You're the missing daughter, Nagi Watashi!"

(Note: not related to my one-shot, just too lazy to think up a different name)

Nagi blinked and nodded, her cheeks flushing slightly. "Y-Yes…"

Tsuna frowned. "They say you were missing, even enough to put up a reward for your find, a big one too, so why were those guys keeping you?"

Nagi bit her lip. "Ano… That reward is just for the sake of looking upset; my mother actually doesn't care about me."

Tsuna choked on her drink. "What?!"

Tell looked at Tsuna and nodded, her meager knowledge of Japanese (she also learned quite a few curses and insults today thanks to Tsuna) enough to get the message through. "Our parents all sold us. None of us were really 'taken', just unwanted. I grew up with a stepdad; he thought that it was my fault mom's dead."

Crystal looked down. "My mom was a prostitute; her clients knowing she had a kid wasn't good for business."

"My parents," Beryl started with a slightly sore throat. "Were in a slump; a really bad one. They couldn't feed themselves, much less me."

"I grew up with six brothers. They didn't want a girl and sold me." Platina said.

Alumina frowned. "Grew up in the shadow of my brother. I couldn't do nothing right, so they said. I was shipped off, next thing you knew."

Silver bit her lip. "I don't have an entirely bad life at home. It was just my sister. My parents liked me better and they were on a vacation when she sold me."

Tin blinked. "Dad was a drunk. He was high when he sold me."

Tsuna blinked at Tin's story. "Really?"

Tin nodded. "My mom's alright though, but they're divorced now. Don't ask me how he got custody."

Tsuna sighed. "Ah, well, do any of you want to go live with a friend of mine…?"

Tell, Crystal, Beryl, Platina and Alumina agreed. Silver, Nagi and Tin thought it'd be better to be sent back to their families.

Tsuna turned to Nagi. "I can understand Silver and Tin, but why go back to your mom…?"

Nagi blushed. "Ah, my stepdad isn't so bad… He cares about me, I guess, even though we're not that close…"

Tsuna nodded. "Un, let me just call my friends to make sure, alright?"

"Ah, Tsuna-chan, what a nice surprise! What are you calling Papa for—"

"Oi, stupid old man, I'm sending two girls over to the CEDEF, they are to be trained and taken care of. If they tell me a single bad thing, you will be sleeping in the shed next time you come home, understand?!" Tsuna growled out, her veins ticking at the thought of the blond that called himself her father.

"Ah? H-Hai, Tsuna-chan."

Tsuna hung up and dialed a different number. "Colonello-nii?"

"What, Tsuna-chan, kora?"

"I'm sending a girl to Mafia Land, train her and give her a job there, ciao."

"O-Oi, kora!"

"Problem, Colonello-nii? No? Bye."

Tsuna dialed a different number and the girls next to her were staring at her wondering who the hell this chick was or if they should just run.

"Ah, Aniki, can I send two girls over to the Cavallone for you to take care of?"

"Wh-What? Why imouto—"

"Please, Dino-nii…?" Tsuna asked.

"…Fine."

Tsuna flipped her phone closed. "He always falls for it when I call him 'nii'. Anyway, guys, that's settled, so let's go get your tickets."

"T-Tickets?" Beryl stuttered. Tsuna nodded.

"Un. Train and plane tickets, of course. Train for Nagi-chan, and plane for everyone else."

Crystal's eyes widened. "P-Plane!?"

"Yeah, after all, you, Tell, Beryl, Platina, and Alumina are all going to go stay at Italy. We also need to send Silver and Tin back to America."

"I-Italy?" Platina asked. Tsuna nodded.

"Crystal's going to go to Mafia Land, a theme park where my friend is. Tell and Beryl are going to the CEDEF, where my dad works. And Platina and Alumina are going to the Cavallone to see my friend Dino." Tsuna said. "You can all start fresh there."

Tell blinked. "…When's the next flight to Italy?"

Tsuna managed to reserve several tickets and smiled. "Ano, I have to be somewhere, so these people with some weird hairstyles will have to take you to the station—"

"E-Eto…" Nagi started, tugging at her sleeve. "You haven't told us your name yet…"

Tsuna blinked. "Really? Man. I must be out of it. I'm Sawada Tsunako, oh, here's my number if you guys ever need help with something!"

Tsuna scribbled her digits down onto their wrists and several teens with regent hairstyles walked up to them. "Sawada-san…?"

Tsuna smiled at them. "Ah, you guys will escort them to the station won't you?"

"A-Actually, we have—"

Tsuna's smile widened. "Won't you…?!"

They flinched and nodded. Tsuna turned towards the girls and smiled. "I hope you guys are safe in the future, please take care of yourselves!"

Tsuna hugged them all before looking at her watch.

She screamed. "HIIIIIIEEEEEEE! I'm late!"

Before anyone could say anything, Tsuna ran away, only to trip over her own feet. She shot up again and ran once more.

Nagi's head tilted. "Hm… Tsunako-chan is weird."

Tin nodded. "Yup."

"But she's very nice." Nagi said.

"Kawaii…" Platina said, quietly fiddling with the new shirt Tsuna got her and blushing. Alumina nodded sagely.

Tsuna, on the other side of town, was running while screaming her head off.

She hopped the fence and ran inside. 'He'sgonnakillmehe'sgonnakillmehe'sgonnakillme!'

"Carnivore." A voice growled out. "You said you would be late. Not be missing until now."

Tsuna gulped. "D-Do I get a ten second start?"

"Fine. One."

"Thank god."

"Five."

"Wait, what?!"

"Eight."

"That's not fair!"

"I'll bite you to death."

"HIIIIEEEEE!" Tsuna cried out. "Why me!?"

About half an hour later, Tsuna and Kyoya both lay in the Reception Room, Momo giggling. "Wow, my Nii-tan and Tsuna-nee are both so strong! I didn't know you could destroy a roof and a cafeteria with one fight!"

"You're not supposed to." Tsuna muttered. "And in three, two—"

"Jyuuhime!"

"One." Tsuna finished as Hayato ran in, shouting how he was so worried since she didn't show up or how he heard she got into a fight or how Reborn's birthday was today. Tsuna nodded and assured him she was fine and she was just tired and Kyoya glared saying if she was just tired to go to the nurse's office to which both Momo and Hayato disagreed, Momo because Kyoya was supposed to be nice to Tsuna-nee so he could marry her and Hayato because he refused to let that perverted doctor anywhere near his precious Jyuuhime.

Tsuna looked over to Hayato. "Ano, you're coming to Kuso-Reborn's birthday today, right, Haya-kun?"

Hayato nodded happily. "Yes, and the baseball idiot and turf top said they would come too."

Tsuna nodded. "And Fon's also coming." She turned to the Hibari's. "Do you guy want to come too?"

Momo's face was like a beacon of light and Kyoya glared. "No."

"Eh? But Nii-thannnn…." Momo whined. "I never get to go to birthday parties! Pretty please?"

Kyoya sighed at Momo's puppy dog eyes. They were just too freaking cute. Why did she have to inherit all the cute genes in the family? "Fine."

"Yay!" Momo cheered. Tsuna smiled and went back to class.

Meanwhile a certain hitman was looking over a decimated Carcassa fighting ring he was supposed to take down. He shrugged. Oh well, less work for him.

Reborn stalked over to the Sawada household and thought of ways to torture—tutor, his goddaughter today.

As he opened the door, he was covered with confetti. "Happy birthday Reborn!"

Reborn blinked and looked over to a nearby calendar. "Ah, Chaos."

Tsuna walked up to him and handed him something wrapped in a napkin. He sighed and unwrapped it.

A ring that Carcassa leaders wore was there. Reborn looked at Tsuna with somewhat wide eyes and she smiled sheepishly.

"You were complaining about them last night, so…"

Reborn gave a rare smile and pocketed the ring; no reason to be mistaken as Carcassa, and punched the top of Tsuna's head. "Maybe you aren't so no-good."

Tsuna glared at him and rubbed her head and she took something from her wild mane; a small chain with a silver circle on it. "Your birthday's tomorrow so might as well give it now; happy 14th, Dame-Tsuna."

"Heh, so Reborn liked his present?"

"Yeah, I saved him some work, so the Spartan was grateful, En-kun." Tsuna responded that night. "But Kyoya's still mad at me for being so late."

"Oh, I see, Tsu-chan." Enma responded, looking at his clock. "Oh and Tsu-chan?"

"Un, what is it, En-kun?"

"…Happy birthday."

"Eh?" Tsuna looked at the clock on her phone. 1:03

Tsuna smiled. "Thanks En-kun."

"You did a good thing helping all those girls today, Tsu-chan."

"Thanks En-kun." Tsuna responded, yawning. "I'm tired now, so I'll go to sleep."

"Ah. Bye Tsu-chan. Love you."

"Hai, hai, love you too." Tsuna said drowsily. "Bye, En-kun."

A shoe promptly hit her in the head. "Dame-Tsuna! Keep your love bird calls for another time! It's late!"

"I was just saying bye!"

"Are you talking back to me, Dame-Tsuna? I don't want to hurt you on your birthday…"

"HIIIIEEEEE!"

A/N: New OCs right? It'll make since later on.

And since Nagi turns into Chrome later on, I decided to put in a whole metal theme.

Like Tell- Tellurium and Beryl- Beryllium

Don't worry, they're really gonna help during the Future Arc.