A Few Weeks Later

Karakura Elementary School

It is near the end of lunchtime now so a lot of the students had finished eating at their desks while a small minority were cleaning up. Ichigo was one of the students who was in charge of today's serving including Tatsuki and they had gone to put away the pots and pans which meant Tsuna was on her own with the bullies.

"Hey, Dame Tsuna," Tsuna looked up to see Hebima without his usual lackeys but that was most likely because they were in a different class and he just snuck out.

Tsuna just put her head down and tried to drown him out. Don't give them the satisfaction of a reaction. Unfortunately, that enraged Hebima so much that he snagged Tsuna's hair and yanked her out her seat, shaking her violently ignoring her cries of pain, "Ow! Stop it! You're hurting me!" 

"Aw, is wittle Dame Tsuna going to cry?" Hebima taunts throwing her to the ground.

Tsuna yelps when she crashed to the ground hard, she swallows the big lump stuck in her throat so she wouldn't start sobbing and her eyes were glistening from the unshed tears she refused to let fall. She didn't want to cry in front of him and she knew her tears won't get her classmates involved. They would just look the other way per the norm.

"Too bad you're little boyfriend isn't here to protect you," Hebima ridicules sneering before grabbing something out of his bag then chucking it right in front of Tsuna.

"Bluergh!" Tsuna smacked both hands over her mouth to prevent herself from puking out her lunch. In front of her eyes was the mangled corpse of a newly dead kitten.

The rest of the class fell into panic and disgust, "Ew!/Oh my god!/Hebima, you crazy bastard!" A few of students either fainted or threw up what they just had for lunch.

"Come on, you can see ghosts can't you? Like that freak Kurosaki?" Hebima cackles, he had a maniacal gleam in his eyes that terrified Tsuna to her core. "Can you see this furball?!" Hebima had the nerve to pick it up by the scruff of its neck and shove it into Tsuna's face, pushing her to the ground and sitting on her chest while smacking her face with the corpse while repeatedly demanding if she could see the ghost of the kitten.

Tsuna yanked her head left then right as she tried to free herself from Hebima, she flailed her life trying to kick him off and she punched and clawed at his hand trying to get to release her but alas she's Dame-Tsuna. 

"Get off her you crazy bastard!" Ichigo bellows tackling Hebima off of her before he brutally starts whaling on the brunette. There was a violent flurry of punches swift after another, Ichigo didn't stop even when his fists were painted red.

Tatsuki immediately went over to help Tsuna, she seized her upper arm and assisted her in getting up then asking if she were alright. The two watched immobilised as Ichigo brutalised Hebima. 

Tatsuki never saw such unbridled fury in Ichigo ever, it terrified her so much that she was left frozen, unable to intervene as she watched her childhood friend ruthlessly maiming another kid.

"Ichigo, stop it!" Tsuna beseeched jumping on his back arms wrapped tight around his neck as she tried to wrench him off Hebima. "Please!" A sudden burst of strength allowed her to rip Ichigo away.

Tsuna desperately clutched onto Ichigo just in case he lost control but Ichigo was sane. Ichigo stared at what he's done to Hebima who's face was battered, bruised and bloodied.

"What's going on here?!" A teacher demands, stumbling into the room before gasping in horror at what she saw. Tsuna wasted no time, she seized Ichigo's wrist and sprinted out the room before the teacher could catch them.

Tsuna kept on running, blood pumping in her ears so fast and so loud it was deafening. She kept on running and running until she could run no more and collapse at the back of the school.

Tsuna legs finally succumbed to exhaustion and she crumpled to her knees, heaving in deep breaths as was Ichigo except less erratic.

"Are you okay?" Ichigo finally asked once they both calmed down in their breathing.

"No..." Tsuna mutters her voice shaking as she tried not to cry. Her trembling back was towards him, Ichigo noticed she was clutching something tightly to her chest.

"Tsuna, what are you holding?"

Tsuna turned around to reveal the dead kitten in her embrace making Ichigo recoil in shock and disgust. He grits his teeth and clenched his fist which he smashed into the wall, "A**hole. We should bury him," Ichigo suggests struggling to subdue his emotions. Such senseless violence towards a baby, it probably couldn't even defend itself. It didn't need to die.

"Y-Yeah," Tsuna sniffed as she helped Ichigo dig a small hole before tenderly settling him in his grave and burying him. Ichigo stood up to take pick some flowers from a nearby flower bed but when he turned back he saw an amazing sight.

"I'm so sorry this happened to you," Tsuna sobbed as she caressed the head of the spirit of the kitten, she hoists him up and gives him a hug. Giving it the love and attention it deserved in the life that it was callously ripped away from.

"Miaow," the kitten purred rubbing his head against hers. The actions caused his whiskers to tickle Tsuna's cheek and causing her to giggle before remembering that she wasn't alone.

She whipped her head back to see Ichigo staring at her which makes her panic. "Ichigo! I'm not-! This isn't-!" Tsuna buried her face in her hands and allowed a fresh stream of tears to run down her cheeks. She's a freak, Ichigo must hate her now.

But that was not what Ichigo was thinking instead he asks, "Tsuna, you can see spirits too?"

"What do you mean 'too'?" Tsuna questions wiping away her snot and tears with the sleeve of her school uniform.

Ichigo believed the best approach was to show instead of telling so he knelt down beside her and scratched the kitten under his chin.

Tsuna's jaw dropped as she pointed to Ichigo absolutely baffled at the reveal.

"What's with that look?" Ichigo questions when he sees the pure look of disbelief Tsuna was giving him. He sweatdrops when she didn't answer and instead still pale and shaking with her mouth open wide. Ichigo sighed realising that Tsuna will stay stuck like that for a while so he had just sat beside her until a teacher found them. They were taken to the Head Teacher with Hebima who was already sitting there with an ice pack to the head and a bloodied tissue to his nose.

Their parents were called which led to a whole lot of screaming between the Hebima's and Isshin and Nana. Statements from students backed up the statements from Tsuna and Ichigo while disproving Hebima's. Hebima got suspended for 2 months for murdering the cat, bullying Tsuna and scarring a class while Ichigo was suspended for a week for fighting.

All 3 were sent home, Nana decided to take Tsuna back to the Kurosaki house because she believed it to be best. Tsuna and Ichigo had a small chat in the living room before deciding to reveal to other adults about their gift to see spirits. Nana was shocked to learn that Tsuna's so-called imaginary friends were actually real and that Ichigo and Karin could also see them. Isshin suggested they go out to celebrate, mostly so Tsuna would learn that her gift is amazing and that she is not a freak.

It was on that night, Isshin learned how headstrong Nana could be when it pertains the bill. Nana insisted on paying for her food and Tsuna's despite Isshin offering to pay for the whole thing. The argument continued for 20 minutes with the waitress falteringly trying to intervene while the children munched on the complimentary breadsticks until management got fed up and kicked them all out.

2 Years Later

Kurosaki House 

A few months after the whole restaurant fiasco, the two families spent quite a lot time with one another, Isshin felt like he knew Nana well and comfortable enough to ask her out on a date much to the excitement of the girls and the happiness of Ichigo.

During the next 2 years, Nana and Tsuna were at the Kurosaki's almost every day, even staying over so often that Tsuna had her own bedroom.

Today is another usual day at the Kurosaki household, Nana teaching Yuzu how to cook as they make dinner together, Ichigo was helping Tsuna with her homework while Karin watched TV and Isshin worked with some patients in the clinic.

"Man, I'm exhausted," Isshin yawned as he entered the living room, he stopped and stretched until he heard his back crack before sighing in relief. 

"Otou-san, Nana-san taught me even more recipes," Yuzu blurts out excitedly running up to him.

"That's great," Isshin grinned lifting her high up in the air before placing back down.

"Dinner is almost done. Why don't you help Tsu-chan and Ichigo with their homework?" Nana suggests so Isshin chooses to do exactly that.

About 90 minutes later, dinner was finished, they ate and cleared the table. The kids were all sent to bed while Nana and Isshin were drying the dishes but Tsuna told them to hide around the corner.

"Why are we spying?" Karin inquires leaning across the wall in boredom.

"Something great is about to happen!" Tsuna squealed quietly as she peeked out the corner.

"It is?" Yuzu inquires rubbing the sleepiness from her eyes. She really wanted to got to sleep but joined underneath Tsuna.

"How do you know?" Ichigo questions as he also peered out from the corner on top of Tsuna.

"The voice in my head said so!" Tsuna exclaims.

The trio froze before staring at Tsuna in disbelief, Ichigo spoke up, "If you voices in your head then we should probably tell Oyaji."

"I'm not crazy!" Tsuna yells before being bonked on the head due to her volume. They then focus back on their parents.

"Thanks again for teaching Yuzu how to cook," Isshin praises grateful.

"It's no problem besides I think it's good that she learns her mother's recipe. It's important for a girl her age to keep the memories of her mother," Nana explains softly.

"I'm so glad to have met you, Nana. A lot of women aren't comfortable in keeping the memory of their boyfriend's previous wife."

"In cases like this, the children are much more important than the person's own petty insecurities," Nana responds, "I shouldn't try to replace their mother."

"That's true but, you know, it's important for my children to have a mother figure and for Tsuna to have a father..." Isshin trails off, his cheeks a light rose from embarrassment.

"What?" Nana questions slowly coming to a realisation just as the children were leaning in closer in suppressed excitement. 

Isshin sighs before getting down on one knee and bringing out a small velvet box  which he opened to reveal a ring, "Nana, will you marry me?"

Nana covered her mouth in shock and awe, "Y-Yes!" Nana jumps right into his arms and kisses him deeply before pulling away just as quick. "When do we tell the kids?"

At that moment, Ichigo lost his grip on the wall and fell right on top of the others, "Oof!/Ow!/You're squishing me!/Get off!"

"Alright, come out," Isshin chuckles holding Nana close, "I guess we told them quicker than expected."

"When's the wedding? Are we going to buy pretty dresses? Is it going to be a big church wedding?" Yuzu bombarded the two with a flurry of questions as she ran up to them.

"Well, we need to start planning it so I don't think I can answer those questions yet but we definitely are buying pretty dresses for all of us," Nana assures taking Yuzu's into our own.

"Wait, I know that this is a little late to ask since I've already popped the question but are you kids alright with this?" Isshin inquires scratching his head in embarrassment, "I mean, a new stepfamily can be a little tough to adjust to and I don't want to push you into this if you don't feel comfortable."

The Kurosaki trio looked to one another before their eyes dart to Tsuna who was looking to them expectantly then glance back at one another.

"Nee-san!" Yuzu acclaims leaping into Tsuna's arm and knocking her down thus winding her.

"Oof!" Tsuna fell back.

"Nana-san and Tsuna are over so often they're practically part of the family," Ichigo informs.

"Honestly, I think Nana's way out of your league," Karin pipes up ignoring the way her father's heart broke in an overdramatic manner as she continued berating him, "you could obviously do much better Nana."

"Yeah, but at least we won't have to worry about her food poisoning us," Yuzu adds before mumbling, "unlike Otou-san."

"Why don't you just adopt us and take us away instead? Without Oyaji," Ichigo suggest the corners of his lips twitching as he fought the urge to smirk.

"Heartbreak! My children are so mean!" Isshin bawled falling to the ground.

"What just happened?" Tsuna inquires tilting her head to the side in confusion.

"We're family now!" Yuzu cheers before grabbing Tsuna's hands and bouncing up and down excitedly.

"Family?" Tsuna echoes slowly, the very word so foreign on her tongue. She didn't know why she had her mother.

"Exactly," Isshin knelt down to her level and places his hands on her shoulders, "Karin and Yuzu will be your little sisters and Ichigo will be your big brother."

Tsuna's face brightened before she leapt into Isshin's arms. The kids were sent to bed. The next 7 months were hectic, plans and preparations were made about the wedding and it was all going crazy but everything worked out, the Hayashi's were now apart of the Kurosaki's. 

Sorry, but I didn't know how to end this. Okay, the next chapter is when the whole thing starts with them being 15.