"Ah!  Roe!" a ravenette tackled the plate of sushi in front of her like a starved child, her dark purple eyes gleaming with delight.  "Arigato, Yamamoto-san!" she chirped to the older man nearby.

"Anything for Takeshi's friends," he chuckled, patting her on the head as he walked back into the kitchen.  "Let me know if you all need anything else."

"Ikedaimasu~!!!" the rest of the people at the table cheered happily as they also dove into the food.

Let's see...Ryohei was inhaling the tamago extremely fast on the far corner of the table, as if he were competing with the Bovino Lambo, who was stuffing his face with the average of forty per minute.  "BWAHAHA!!!  I'm going to beat you!" the toddler was laughing with his mouth full...
"Eat slower, Lambo!" little I-Pin was trying to make him slow down.
"NO WAY!!!  BWAHAHAAAA!!!"
Luka, meanwhile, was coaxing Tsuna to let her feed him.  "C'mon, Tsu Tsuuu~" she whined, her eyes sparkling.  "Take some tuna sushi at least!"
"Sadistic woman!" 'Octopus Head' Gokudera was twitching as he sat to the right of Tsuna.  "Jyuudaime, you don't have to eat from that woman...You can eat these ones I chose~" he pulled out a plate with a flourish of his hand.  "Eh?  Wait a minute...this is all...poison cooking?!"
"Hayato, I see that you took my sushi to go, eh?" Bianchi walked up and placed a hand on his shoulder.
"A-Aniki...!" said octopus head fainted.
"Hey, Hana-chi, where's your brother?" a familiar blonde boy was seated next to the Hibari look-alike.
The ravenette from before looked up. "Eh?  He still might be patrolling, Dino-kun," she skillfully popped another roe sushi into her mouth with her chopsticks delicately.  "I told him I'd come first and if he wanted, I'd take some home."
Dino just shook his head, thinking about his student.  "Oh well..."
"Maa maa, it's fine, Hibari-chan," Yamamoto patted Hana-chi's head.  "Of course you can take some home!"

Suddenly, someone walked into the sushi restaurant.  Wait, make that two people.  Everybody [except for Lambo and Ryohei] paused to greet the two newcomers with felicity.  "Shunrai-chan!  Rosa-chan!  You guys made it!" Luka waved, momentarily taking her gaze away from Tsuna.

"It's not like we had a choice," Shunrai muttered, taking a seat near Luka, as Rosa sat down on the other side of Shunrai.  "The baby said we had to..."

"Besides, we were trying to escape this pervert earlier..." Rosa chimed in.

Doctor Shamal... immediately rose up in everybody's mind.  Typical...

"But anyways, where is that kid?" Ryohei suddenly piped up.

That was an interesting question, too.  After all, Reborn was the one who instigated the meeting in the first place.  "Ah, he said he'd be here by now," the Cavallone boss shrugged in confusion.

"Well, he's not here yet, though," Hana-chi looked up from her udon bowl.  "Where could he be?"

"Right here.  Ciaossu~" the waiter suddenly turned around.

"Areh?  Reborn-san!" Luka grinned widely.  "I GOT EVERYBODY HERE, SO YOU SHOULD ALL THANK ME FOR DOING AN AMAZING JOB~"

Shunrai winced slightly due to the loudness, but she said nothing, just glancing at the people at the table.  They were definitely interesting characters...

"Ah?  Where's Chrome-san?" Hana piped up.  "She didn't come?  Nor Mukuro-san?"

Yamamoto shook his head.  "Gokudera and I went to go see if they were at Kokuyo Land, but they didn't seem to be there."

"Weird..."

"They'll be coming later, along with Hibari," Reborn piped up, stroking his fake mustache.

"Why are you dressed as our waiter, Reborn?" Tsuna sighed with a groan.  His costumes were getting wacky again...

"Because I wanted to blend in.  Stop asking so many questions, Dame Tsuna," and with this, Reborn sent a swift kick to Tsuna's chin.

"ITAIII!!!"

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"Anyways, back to the business at hand," Reborn was in his normal suit, and the dishes were cleared from the table.  "We'll be going to Italy to visit the prestigious Vongola Academy."

"Are you sure this 'academy' actually exists?" Tsuna started to ask.

"As we all know, this academia is known for it's amazing academics and training programs," Reborn continued, ignoring his student.

"You're ignoring me again!!!"

Luka grinned, hugging Tsuna.  "Now, now, Tsu Tsu, don't worry about a thing!  Hana-chi and I've got everything taken care of!" she nodded.  "Ah, but according to the tickets you asked us to purchase, we're leaving in a week."

The toddler hitman nodded, crossing his arms.  "That gives me time to make the arrangements with your teachers," he smirked.

"Oh, yeah, who'll be our teachers?" Ryohei looked anticipatingly.  "I want to know who they are to the extreme!  Have we had them before?"

"You bet, korah!" a voice intercepted from above.