Karasu River

It's been 5 days since the move and Nana and Tsuna were doing okay in Karakura. Tsuna was terrified of going to school due to the relentless bullying of her last school so Nana decided to put it off for a few more days.

Currently, Tsuna was hanging by herself at Karasu River while Nana was out job hunting. Bored out of her mind, Tsuna was set on entertaining herself by drawing in the mud with a stick. She remained oblivious to a trio of children sneaking up behind her.

"I can't believe it. It's really you, Dame Tsuna!" Tsuna flinched at the cruel, familiar name as she whips around to find Hebima Dei, an ex classmate who moved away a year ago and one of her biggest bullies.

"Dei, you know her?" His male friend, Gumo Jun, inquired.

"Yeah! She's the loser from my last school, the one I've been telling you about!" Hebima exclaims in excitement. 

"Oh, the really stupid one?" The girl, Ueda Ai, realises.

"What are you doing here? Finally got kicked out of school, ehh Dame Tsuna?" Hebima mocks, "not surprised since you're so stupid. Or did everyone finally get tired of you babbling about your imaginary friend? So pathetic."

"Shut up, Hebima! Lulu is real!" Tsuna snapped with fury, making the trio flinch, but Hebima doesn't stay shocked for long.

"Looks like your forgot your place, Dame Tsuna," Hebima taunts, an evil look gleaming in his eyes, "I think me and my friends need to teach you a lesson. Get her!"

At his yell, the two grabbed Tsuna's arms and shoved her into the river. Tsuna stumbled back and landed awkwardly on her foot. That wasn't the last of it though, Hebima kicked her square in the chest so she fell into the river before he seizes her neck and forces her underwater.

Tsuna tried to scream, but river water kept swarming into her mouth. She clutched his arm, trying to rip it off her throat, but he was much stronger than her. She flailed her legs about till the two friends held them down.

Black spots started to gather in Tsuna's vision, her lungs started to scream for air and her remaining strength slowly zapped away.

"What the hell are you doing?!"

With Ichigo

Ichigo was squatting beside the bank of the river, resting, after walking for hours without break. His legs ached, but he knew he had to start walking again.

"-is real!" A voice yells out not too far.

"Hm?" Ichigo looks up and sees 3 figures ganging up on a brunette. Ichigo gasps as his eyes widen in bewilderment when he sees the ring leader kick the girl and force her underwater with his friends helping.

"What the hell are you doing?!" Ichigo demands as he sprints towards the group an punches Hebima straight in the face before quickly yanking Tsuna out of the river, the latter hacking and spluttering violently.

"Dei!" Ueda shrieks in terror.

"Bastard!" Gumo bellows in anger before attempting to punch Ichigo only to be met with a face full of dirt, "what?"

"You helped him try to drown this girl yet I'm the bastard?" Ichigo questions, his voice promising pain and suffering as he pulls Gumo's arm back even further, drawing out more grunts of pains, before finally letting go. "Now, get the hell out of here!" Ichigo roars as the trio flee in a rush.

"He's crazy!"

"Mama!"

"I'll make you pay for this! You too, Dame Tsuna!"

"Tch, cowards," Ichigo spat out before remembering the girl who was nearly drowned, she was sitting on the ground clutching her foot in pain. Ichigo knelt down beside her and quickly tried to calm her down when she whimpered in fear, "don't worry. I'm not going to hurt you. Are you okay?"

"My foot hurts," Tsuna whimpered, tears gathering in the corner of her eyes.

"You probably twisted it," Ichigo guessed before turning around and gesturing her to come, "get on my back."

"N-Nani!" Tsuna sputtered in embarrassment, face as red as a tomato.

"My oyaji owns a clinic, he can take a look at your foot," Ichigo informs, still waiting for her to get on.

"Okay," Tsuna mutters as she wraps her arms around his neck, Ichigo hooks his arms under her legs before pushing himself to stand, letting out a little grunt as he stabilises himself. "Sorry if I'm heavy."

"It's fine," Ichigo waves off, unaffected, "pretty sure your added weight is from your clothes, it soaked up quite a lot of water."

'But... what if it isn't that?' Tsuna asks herself, growing more depressed.

"I'm Kurosaki Ichigo, what's your name?" Ichigo inquires.

"Sa-Hayashi Tsunami, but you can call me Tsuna," Ichigo noticed the blunder, but decided not to call her out on it. He didn't want to scare her after all.

"You know it's a school day, right? So why aren't you in class?" Ichigo asks, curious.

"I got picked on a lot at my last school so I'm kinda scared," Tsuna admits after a moment of hesitation, "Hebima is one of the cruel ones and now we're in the same neighbourhood. Anyway, I could ask you the same thing; why aren't you in class?"

Ichigo doesn't answer, but looks on straight ahead. Tsuna knew she hit a sensitive topic and wanted to rectify her mistake, "Sorry, you don't need to answer if you don't want to."

"We're here," Ichigo notifies. Tsuna looks up to a large yellow house with balcony on the second floor, the two front doors were made of glass with a large sign above. Ichigo puts Tsuna down, where she leans against the wall, and requests that she stay there for a moment. Tsuns was confused, but obeyed. "Oyaji, I'm home," Ichigo greets, preparing himself for the inevitable.

"I-chi-go!" Isshin bellows as flies through the air, preparing to kick his son only to crash into the front door when Ichigo swiftly moves to the side, "hehe, you're learning fast."

"Enough of that, you have a patient," Ichigo points outside with his thumb.

"Really? Bring him in," Isshin requests. Ichigo goes to help Tsuna into the clinic and Isshin grins widely, "already bringing a lady home at your age? Way to go Ichigo!" Isshin cheers.

Ichigo flushes bright red at the insinuation and roars at his father, "That's not it!"

Tsuna just tilts her head to the side in confusion, 'Why is Ichigo-san so red?'

"Don't blow your top, son. Now, what's wrong with you, kiddo?" Isshin asks, kindly.

"My foot hurts a lot," Tsuna answered.

"Tsuna sprained it when a bunch of kids shoved her into the river and tried to drown her," Tsuna flinched at the last part, that was the last thing she wanted was the doctor to find out especially since she knew he would tell her mother.

"Geez, kids these days can be so mean. Whatever happened to wedgies?" Isshin asked himself before picking Tsuna up in his arms and depositing her on a medical bed, "I'll need to give you a check up. Did you end up swallowing water from the river?"

"A little bit," Tsuna admits.

"Okay," Isshin hums as he takes out some medical equipment, he places a thermometer in Tsuna's mouth and uses a stethoscope to listen to her heartbeat which he found to be normal. After a few minutes, he took the thermometer and checked her temperature 98.6°F, normal for a child her age. "Tsuna-chan, do you have headaches or feel nauseous or sick?"

"Uh-uh," Tsuna shook her head.

"Well you're quite lucky, Tsuna-chan," Isshin hums as he out a cold compress and wraps it around her ankle, "as far as I can tell, you didn't get sick from the water, but I'm going to prescribe some medication just in case and I need to inform your parents. Do you have their number?"

Tsuna dug her hand into her dress pocket to bring out her mother's number only to find it completely destroyed from the water.

"That's a shame," Isshin notes.

"Don't you know it by heart?" Ichigo inquired.

"No, it was Mama's new number," Tsuna muttered, despondent.

"Do you remember where you live? I can probably look up your number," Isshin offers.

"Um, I can't remember the apartment name," Tsuna mumbled under her breath, her face flushed with humiliation. 

"I see," Isshin glanced at the clock and saw it was 3pm. School will be letting out soon. Isshin got up from the chair, brushing off imaginary dust off his knees before saying, "Ichigo, stay here with Tsuna and get her some clothes, she can't stay in those wet ones or she'll catch a cold. I need to go pick up the girls, but I'll inform the police about your plight, Tsuna-chan. They'll help locate your mother."

"Sure, oyaji," Ichigo agrees.

"Thank you, doctor," Tsuna bows her head.

"I'll be back soon," Isshin says before grabbing his coat and leaving the clinic.

Some Time Later 

"-and since I got all the answers right, Sensei gave me a lollipop as a prize!" Yuzu excitedly recalled her day.

"How exciting, that's my girl," Isshin grins before turning to Karin, "has anything exciting happened to you, Karin?"

"Same old, same old," Karin replies, lacklustre.

Isshin sighs softly at her answer, it's been a year since Masaki's death and while the family was slowly healing, the damage will never be fully erased. Isshin was walking home with the girls, holding their hands, as Yuzu energetically talked about her day. They were on the way to the police so he could inform the situation to the police when he heard someone yelling.

"Tsu-chan! Tsu-chan, where are you?!" A frantic woman with brown hair dressed in a smart suit rushes out the corner searching desperately for someone.

"Miss!" Isshin calls out, letting go off Karin's hand to catch the woman's attention by waving. Sure enough, she notices Isshin and after looking around power-walks over to him. Before she could speak to him, he quickly asks, "are you looking for Tsuna-chan?"

Nana's face brightens when she hears her daughter's name, "You've seen my daughter?" Nana questions, hopefully.

"She's currently in my clinic," Isshin informs.

"Clinic? Is she okay?!" Nana gasps, horrified.

"Nothing serious," Isshin assures, quickly, "she twisted her ankle and swallowed some river water, but as far as I can tell, she's fine."

"Thank goodness," Nana breathes a sigh of relief before requesting that he take her to her daughter so she joins the family in their walk. Yuzu took a liking to Nana and rapidly began to ask question with Karin trying to calm her, but even Karin seemed fond of Nana.

The group quickly made it back to the clinic where they find Ichigo and Tsuna in a heated staring competition.

"I know you're getting tired," Ichigo states. 

"Won't give up," Tsuna stresses, her cheeks flushed red.

"Tsu-chan?" Nana calls out, hesitantly.

"Mama?" Tsuna replies excitedly as she whips her head to meet her mother's gaze then starts moaning and pulling her hair when she realises she's lost the competition, "No! No, no, no, no!"

"He he, I win," Ichigo grins, it's been a while since he had so much fun.

"No fair, best 2 out of 3," Tsuna offers.

"Don't be such a sore loser," Ichigo retorts. 

"Ah, Tsu-chan, we need to go now," Nana reminds.

"Okay, Mama," Tsuna jumps off the bed and grabs a bag which contained her wet clothes. She took her mother's hand and they were about to leave when Isshin stops them.

"Wait. This is the medication Tsuna-chan should take and here's my number, should there be any changes to her health, call me," Isshin instructs as he hands her the stuff needed.

"Arigatou gozaimasu," Nana bows, grateful for everything.

"Arigatou Sensei!" Tsuna follows her mother's suit then turns to Ichigo, "thank you for playing with me Ichigo."

"It was fun, we should do it again," Ichigo replies as he and his sisters wave goodbye.

Nana and Tsuna head their way home, Tsuna skipping and humming the whole way, "You seem so happy, Tsu-chan. Did you really have that much fun?" Nana inquires.

"Yeah, Ichigo was very nice!" Tsuna tells her mother, excitedly. "Mama, could I start school tomorrow?" Tsuna asks, innocently.

Nana was stunned, almost everyday Tsuna fought against going to school, Nana shows her daughter a very bright smile and agrees, "Of course you can. Ah, there's so much to do, I need to prepare your bento, do your hair."

"I'll help!" Tsuna offers, ecstatically.

"Mama is truly blesses to have such a helpful daughter," Nana praises.

Her decision to divorce Iemitsu had its ups and downs, but now everything is coming together. She'll be there for her daughter and no one will ever get in the way.

Sorry for taking so long, but I'm from now one my updates will be random. If you feel like I'm taking a bit too long then don't hesitate in messaging me, sometimes I forget to update.