Flames Darkened

Lightning

(With the new day comes new chances.) That is what Reborn thought as he stood in front of the Hibari House, a lovely house in the traditional Japanese way... It even had a koi pond in the front yard.

It was the day after Dame-Tsuna had returned to school and Reborn was ready to turt... tutor his new sla... student into becoming the greatest Vongola Boss the Mafia has ever seen...

But first he has to get through the front door.

Using Leon, the lizard stretched into a cane and Reborn hit the doorbell.

Not thirty seconds later the door opened to reveal a woman in a traditional Japanese lolita maid's outfit. The woman tilted her head in confusion; it would have been seen as cute if it wasn't for her dark brown eyes narrowing in suspicion. "May I help you... Kou {sir}?" The every polite maid asked the Arcobaleno.

"Hai, Signorinella {Young Lady}. I'm looking for a teen named Sawada Tsunayoshi."

"Oh~ And what business do you have with young Master Tsuna?" The maid asked as she arched an eyebrow.

Reborn put on his best I'm-a-good-looking-guy-fall-under-my-spell look that leaves woman in a blushing faint even if he's stuck as a baby. "I was hired by his father, Sawada Iemitsu, to be Tsunayoshi's home tutor. However, it wasn't until I arrived in Japan that I learned young Tsunayoshi no longer lived with his mother but here."

"So?" was the only answer Reborn got as the maid started to study her dark purple nails.

This shocked the Sun Arcobaleno. No one, let alone a young healthily hormonal woman in her twenties like the maid in front of him, has ever waved him off like that before. He needed to come up with another plan... quickly.

"Forgive me Signorinella, but I need to met and teach the young Sawada to fulfill the contract between me and the boy's father."

"Is there anyway to nullify the contract?" The woman asked in disinterest not yet looking up from her nails.

Reborn nodded his head, "Hai, there is: Signore Sawada must contact me and nullify the contract but that will cost him an extra amount, likely around half of what he originally paid for my troubles."

"Then get him to nullify the contract. As far as I know, and being one of the five maids/butlers that work here meaning I know a lot about what goes on here, little Tsuna nor any of the other Masters and Mistresses aren't aware that you were coming. That means little Tsuna's father, and I use that term lightly, didn't bother in telling his son about this contract. That means I, and the other maids and butlers, weren't told you were calling. That makes you an unknown. Which means that I can't let you in without authorization. No authorization means that if you continue to try getting in this door and I will have you arrest for trespassing," she said sweetly, almost as if she wanted him to give an excuse for calling the cops. "So why don't you just run along like the child you look like." And with that, the door was slammed in Reborn's face, leaving the guy standing in shock on the doorstep.

This was a problem.

Reborn never has a problem... at least not this kind.

He has never been so thoroughly denied.

This... This went against everything he has ever known.

The unexpected happened in his choice of business, there's no stopping that. But this... This went beyond unexpected. This just didn't happen. This was as likely as the earth flying into the sun.

Where did he go from here?

He has no plans for this.

What to do? What to do?