Katekyo Hitman Reborn! 162

(WJ 2007 #43)

Target 162 The Past

-1-

Kyoko & Haru: ……

Tsuna: zzzz…
Yamamoto: zzzz…

Kyoko: Today’s the same. They fell asleep even before saying thank you.

Haru: It’s been three days straight since they started the new training program.
Kyoko: They’re really tired out.

Haru: Gokudera-san is sitting by himself again today…
Kyoko: Are his injuries… okay?
Hayato: zzz

-2-

Bianchi: Leave him alone.
He’s just ashamed about the disappointing performance in his training.

Reborn: He’s not doing well?

Bianchi: Yes… He only got 2 scorpions in 1 minute…
More importantly, I wonder if that child has the motivation to do it or not…
Reborn: Hmm…

Bianchi: !

Hayato: Mr. Reborn, I’m going to retire for tonight.
Please let the 10th Boss know.

Reborn: OK.
Fuuta: Hayato-nii… After Kyoko-nee went through the trouble of making some tea…

-3-

Reborn: I knew that you and Gokudera are like oil and water because of that matter.
Perhaps it was not viable to pair the two of you up for training after all.

Bianchi: He’s just weak.

Bianchi: Please let me watch over him till the end.
I’m going to take a bath first.
Reborn: OK.

Haru: …Hahi…
Kyoko: Bianchi-san…

Haru: All done with the washing up~ ♪

Kyoko: So then, Reborn-kun!
Haru: The two of us are going to take a bath too~ ♪
Reborn: Thank you. I’ll wake Tsuna and Yamamoto. Leave them to me.

-4-

Reborn: Wake up already, no-good Tsuna.
Tsuna: Bwaa!
Yamamoto: zz

Tsuna: Re-Reborn…
…Oh, what was that about a matter between Bianchi and Gokudera-kun? What is it?

Reborn: Oh, were you awake then?
Tsuna: Yeah… for a second… After that, I couldn’t fight my sleepiness and fell asleep again…

Tsuna: But, it’s true that Gokudera-kun has been acting strange lately! When I talk to him, his responses are diluted too…
So, about that matter, what really happened?

Reborn: ……
I suppose I have no choice…

Reborn: The Gokudera are a mafia family and his father is the boss.

Reborn: Gokudera and Bianchi were born from different mothers.
Gokudera’s mother was not the legal wife,
so it seemed she was treated pretty badly.

-5-

Reborn: The rumor was that in the end, she was erased by some men from his father’s organization.

Tsuna: E-erased, you say…
You mean Gokudera-kun’s mother?

Reborn: Gokudera’s mother was a very talented pianist. Although she was still young, she’d already made her break and her future prospects were very bright.
She was also gifted with extraordinarily beautiful looks.

It was such a woman that caused Bianchi’s father to fall in love with her at first sight.
Although he already had a wife, he forcefully wooed her and won her heart…

Before too long, the two of them became involved and she got pregnant with child.
That was Gokudera…

But, a child conceived with a woman who was not his wife,
would never be allowed by the mafia world.

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So, he officially announced that Gokudera was the child of Bianchi’s mother.
Gokudera’s mother was only allowed to see him no more than 3 times a year. Her future as a pianist was also wrecked.

Then, five days after Gokudera’s 3rd birthday…
the organization allowed her to meet him secretly to wish him happy birthday, so she headed for the villa in the mountains in her car…

But, her car went off the road at a highly unlikely spot.
It was said there were no signs of any tire marks at all…

She died instantly…

Leaving behind the very young Gokudera…
There were suspicions of suicide but she had been looking forward to that day so much, and they found a present in her car too…

The day after Gokudera found out about all this, he ran away from the mansion.

He’d heard his servants talking about it by accident. He was only eight years old at the time…

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Katekyo-Hitman REBORN!
Amano Akira

Target 162 The Past

[The warmth he received from his mother’s overflowing love when he was little… is now no more… ]

-8-

Tsuna: …What is this.
Gokudera-kun never mentioned a word about his cruel past…

Yamamoto: That’s why that guy said… his family is all muddled and messed up…
Tsuna: Yamamoto! You’re awake?

SFX: *pouring*
Tsuna: Thank you.
Yamamoto: Yup!

Tsuna: This is tough…
What can we say to cheer Gokudera-kun up…
Reborn: Leave him alone.

Reborn: He’s a man.
Let him reconcile it on his own.

Tsuna: Wha-!
Even at a time like this, you’re so cold-hearted!!
Reborn: I’m saying, this is not a matter outsiders can meddle in.
Yamamoto: Now, now, you two.

-9-

Yamamoto: When you feel like you’re stuck with no way out,
I think the best thing to do is to have a change of pace.

Tsuna: Change of pace?
Yamamoto: Yup!
I have a great idea. Leave it to me!!

Lambo: The Mister Lambo is here!!
Yamamoto: Yo! Lambo!
Tsuna: Have you had your bath?

Lambo: Yup! And, you know…
Bianchi and Kyoko and Haru and Yipin were there too.

Lambo: You know, right now, in the bath, you know,
there’s a boobie-load of boobies.

[* Note: Sorry, bad pun. “Oppai ga ippai” means there are a lot of boobs.]

Yamamoto: What!
Tsuna: Sploffffff

Yamamoto: Ah, hot hot!
Tsuna: Owowow…
Reborn: You are such a child.

-10-

Tsuna: I said stop it, Haru!!
Hayato: The Boss is early…

Hayato: Good morning!!
Boss…

Yamamoto: We’ve been waiting for you!
Tsuna: Good morning, Gokudera-kun!

-11-

Hayato: Wha-!?

Haru: The boys are in charge of breakfast this morning!
Kyoko: Yamamoto-kun is going to coach us on how to make hand-rolled sushi using his Takezushi skills.

[* Note: Takezushi is the name of Yamamoto’s father’s sushi shop.]

Yamamoto: We only have frozen ingredients but I think we can make something good with this.
Tsuna: Gokudera-kun, come and join us too.

Hayato: Ehh…

Hayato: S-sorry, please excuse me, Boss…
Right now, I’m not in the mood to…

Tsuna: But-but, we’re short-handed here.
I have to make a portion for Lal Mirch too.
Although she doesn’t join us for meals, she can be quite fussy when it comes to food…

Fuuta: Anyway, just do it, Hayato-nii!!
Hayato: Oi.
Yipin: *gibberish*
Lambo: Sushi! Sushi!

-12-

Hayato: Hey, stupid cow!! Your hands are sticky with rice! Don’t touch me!!
Lambo: *lick lick lick*
Reborn: This could serve as a kind of warm up for their training.

Bianchi: ……

Kusakabe: Kyou-san.

Kusakabe: We’ve received word from Italy that the man we’ve marked is on the move.
Hibari: Is he coming here?

-13-

Kusakabe: We don’t know that yet. But, we can’t afford to be careless.
Should I let Sawada and the others know about this too?

Hibari: Take care of it. We should have a photo of that one?
Kusakabe: Yes.

Kusakabe: We managed to capture one photo of him with Hibird.
SFX: *sniff*

Building: Kokuyou Healthy Land

SFX: *growl…*

-14-

Dokuro: ……

-15-

Dokuro: (Mukuro-sama…)

Dokuro: (What…
How did this happen…?)

Dokuro: (Ken…
Chikusa…)

Chikusa: I'm going to take a shower.
Ken, you should shower once in a while too. You stink like an animal.
Ken: Shut up, four eyes!!
And, don't look over here, you ugly woman!!

-16-

Dokuro: (Where am I…?)

SFX: *thud*

Dokuro: …Ken?

Dokuro: (…a bird?)

??: I never thought that when we meet again, it would be your 10-years-younger self.
Dokuro: !!

??: But, I'm really glad this information turned out to be true.
He was right. He was riiight!
He was completely right!

-17-

Glo: Chrome Dokuro.
It's buffet time.

[The treacherous hand of the boorish man, approaches the forsaken girl…!]

…end