"I wonder where everybody else is at today..." a certain blonde had plopped herself onto the couch in  Ruru's home, bored out of her mind.

"I think they're at school with Reborno-san, Luka-dono," the white-haired girl stirred her tea absentmindedly.  "Is the tea all right for you guys?" she turned to look at the platinum blonde and brunette beside her.

"Thank you," Shunrai nodded curtly, "But you didn't have to invite us here.  We already told you it's fine."

"Now, now," Ruru laughed, her cerulean eyes twinkling.  "It's all right.  Hana-chi told me you two were from out of town, so I decided to treat you two.  No worries."

"Mhn," Luka suddenly sat up.  "Let's go see what the guys are up to and duel Reborn so we can hang out with them!"

"Wait, you mean...the baby?" Rosa lifted an eyebrow in surprise as she calmly drank her tea.  "Why would we want to fight the baby?"

Luka then went on to explain that Reborn wasn't just some ordinary baby; he was a hitman who had an Arcobaleno curse.  Her explanation suddenly turned into a rant as she started talking about her own curse and whatnot when-

"Ohayo, sorry I'm late," Hana-chi opened the front door and let I-Pin and Lambo in, taking her shoes off.  "I had some paperwork Kyo-nii asked me to finish, and then Yoshi-san's mom called me to watch over those two."  She fished out a hairtie from her jacket pocket and began tying her hair up into a loose braid.  "I didn't miss anything, did I?"  The two toddlers with her began running around.

"No," Rosa looked up from her tea with a half smile.  "We were just debating whether to head to school or not."

"Areh?  I thought there was no school today," the ravenette sat down beside Luka and nibbled on a tea cookie.

"Well, Reborn-san is there with the boys," Ruru winked, failing to inform the younger Hibari about how they would duel Reborn.  "So we decided to join in on the fun."

"Ah, that means Kyo is there~?" Hana smiled.  "Okay~"

"Let's all go to the school, Shunrai, Rosa," Luka grinned, giving a salute.  "Off we go to Namimori Chuu~"

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"Reborn, can't we take a break?  We've been doing this for two hours, and I can't feel my legs," a certain brunette whined pitifully, leaning on his shovel as Gokudera and Yamamoto continued shoveling.

"Do we have to do this, Reborn-san?  I mean, seriously, who cares about that stupid prefect in the first place?!" 'Hurricane Bomb' Hayato argued, wiping his forehead.

"Well, it's your own fault that you guys weren't careful the last time we were training and uprooted all these trees," the baby hitman smirked from under the shade of the unplanted tree.  "Now hurry up.  You guys still have three more holes to dig."

"WORK TO THE EXTREME!!!" Ryohei began digging even faster, dirt flying everywhere.

"Watch where you're throwing that dirt, Turf Top!"

"What was that, Octop-"

"Hey, look who's coming," the baseball idiot suddenly squinted his hazel eyes, staring at the figures approaching.

"Darling!" a familiar snow-white-haired girl ran towards them, along with four other girls.

"What are you guys doing?" the platinum blonde stared at the guys covered in dirt incredulously.

"A-Ah!  Shunrai-san!  E-Ehto, we were just digging holes," Tsuna explained lamely.

"They're digging their way to China," Reborn kicked Tsuna.

"E-Eh?!  That's not even realistic!" Tsuna yelled.

"Anyways, what are you girls doing here?" Yamamoto grinned as he was suddenly tackled by the glomping Ruru.

Rosa stared at her nails with a slight grin.  "Luka-senpai suggested a duel with you.  I'm sure that'll be interesting," she added.

Reborn smirked.  "O-ho, did she really say that?"

"N-No I didn't!" the blonde suddenly tried to defend herself, waving her arms around.  "I was just kidding."

"Here's a better proposition for you," the hitman suddenly turned to face Tsuna.  "Girls versus boys.  Whichever side wins gets something from the loser side."

"Don't you think that'll be a bit...unfair for the girls?" the brunette meekly started to protest until-

"Are you underestimating us, Sawada?" Shunrai's eyes had an unnerving stare aimed at Tsuna.  She crossed her arms, and a sly grin appeared on her face.  "This seems interesting."  Haven't had fun like this in a while...

"BWAHAHA, of course Lambo-san's team will win!" the cow immediately began to laugh.

"Eh?  I-Pin says girls will win!" the Chinese toddler argued.

"Mh, sounds fun~" Hana chirped.  "But...aren't we uneven teams?"

Boys:  Tsuna, Yamamoto, Gokudera, Ryohei, Lambo
Girls:  Rosa, Shunrai, Luka, Hana, Ruru, I-Pin

"Ah!" Luka pointed her finger into the air.  "I shall remain neut-"

"You will not," a kick was aimed at Luka but never reached its mark as Luka dodged it.  "Hana will.  After all, I'll need your help."

"WHAT?!  REBORN, YOU SADIST!" the blonde growled.  "But then again...if we win..." she suddenly stared at Tsuna with an evil glint in her eye.  "Let the duel begin~..."

The three other boys seemed just as eager as the girls except for Tsuna.  As he stared at his friends with their game faces on, he sweat dropped.  "This is going to get messy..."

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A/N:  Short, short, super short!  D:  Haha, anyways, I felt like I did an injustice by not updating in such a long time, so here I am~  Another short before they can even get to Italy~  Am I prolonging it?  Yes...yes I am.  :3