+ the kid called us.
+ there, there. ~~~ i'm fine with it. what kind of game are we playing today?
+ that's a good idea. then i might as well go for a win if we're doing this. good luck! [...] calm down, gokudera!!
+ okay! have you played catch before? here, you use this glove to catch the ball. here, get ready!! here i ... GO!! (PITCHES THE BASEBALL AT LAMBO'S HEAD, CAUSING HIM TO SMACK AGAINST A CONCRETE WALL)
+ wah! sorry! once i get into that position, i always forget to restrain myself. [...] actually ... it was me ...
+ hey, you. you dropped your horn. HERE YOU GO! (rinse and repeat) wah! sorry!!
> (aka the reference chapter for yams's killer pitches)

> haa ... i'm late. ('what are those two doing?!?!' idk tsuna you tell me)
+ tsuna! (yams retracts his grip on gokudera and vice versa)
> wh ... what happened?
+ nothing at all ... i have to clean up after my club activity.

+ happy birthday!! (aka the chapter you find out that reborn's birthday is the day before tsuna's) yeah.
> we got the sushi from yamamoto-kun's house.
> yes, in our family during the odd year birthdays, we have to do the legendary vongolian birthday party. the rules are simple. the person who's celebrating a birthday is going to give scores to the participants' "present" or performance. and then, the participant with the highest score earns an elegant present. but the one with the lowest score will die.
+ it's only child's play. let's go along with it.
> ('yamamoto ... not again ...')
> since yamamoto brought the sushi, he receives 80 points.
+ 80 points isn't bad.
+ she's really good. (watches bianchi SLICE EVERYTHING IN THE ROOM IN HALF with her italian pizza tossing) tough competition.
> it's peaceful as long as my sis isn't here. reborn-san, don't vongolian parties allow two-man shows?
+ gokudera ... you didn't mean ... !
> SHUT UP! YOU'RE NO LONGER A PART OF IT! (in an aside to tsuna) i was originally going to pair up with him. (say what now)
> eh? is it okay with him?
> of course! that stupid guy won't be useful! MY PERFORMANCE IS A MAGIC SHOW! this box hasn't been tampered with. and now i'm going to lock up the tenth like this. using this sharp sword, i'm going to stab him. (conspiratorial aside to tsuna) tenth, please dodge it well!
+ i said it was impossible and refused.
> ('that's why they were fighting this morning!!!')
> even though that stupid yamamoto can't do it, i'm sure the tenth can!
> (cue reborn shooting tsuna with the dying will bullet)
+ wow!

> wai — wait a minute! i have to do supplementary class homework (read: art) with yamamoto today!!
+ hey, i brought a reliable helper! i'm fine with any place.
+ hahaha! what the heck is that, gokudera?
> SH-SHUT UP! OF COURSE IT'S MT. FUJI!! (same ......)
+ they actually get along with each other. [...] you are saved.
+ why didn't you ever wear glasses? [...] there was no contact at all just now ...
> that's gyoza-ken.
+ it's that dangerous game again. [...] who's that?

+ hey, tsuna and gokudera! (TACKLES THEM) what are you guys doing? you're gonna' be late!! [...] hello. let's hurry up.
+ hey, tsuna. you said something about mafia ...
> (!) ('oh no, we just talked about mafia in front of yamamoto ...')
+ that's a weird company name [cavallone]. is that your uncle's company? (GOD .......)
> (SUDDENLY TSUNA'S ABDUCTED RIGHT BEFORE THEIR EYES)
+ tsuna?! [...] i'll leave the cops to you, little boy [reborn].
> i like that. their minds are set on rescuing tsuna. they lost their composure, but they're trustworthy. [...] don't worry. momokyokai is just some imaginary yakuza group reborn made up. they'll probably give up and are on their way home right now. tsuna ... you're a lucky guy. lately there haven't been so many members who are so thoughtful of their boss.
> wait ... but ... they're not family, they're my friends ... ('it's a rather complicated feeling ...' BOY, DO I LOVE 805927)
> ah. i forgot to tell you guys. momokyokai is a real, existing yakuza in this town.
> ... fine. let's go, tsuna. this time, you should do something for your family. don't worry, i'll go with you.

> it's yamamoto's schoolbag. what if he's hurt?!
+ (lifting some pitiful gang member up by the lapels) can you tell me where he is?
> ('they beat up the yakuza!!!')
+ you look all right.
> eh? ah! ('they're both in fine shape!') (!) ('a-as a friend ... i'm really proud of them ...')
+ (smacked in the face by dino's whip) wahh!! owww!!
+ we'll watch your back!

> i'm impressed. i can leave tsuna to you guys.

+ we don't get to see nature like this very often, though.
> yeah, it's an unexplored region that's not even on the map. as an apology for hospitalizing tsuna last time, i thought this would be a good place to have a heart-to-heart talk. spending a night in a place like this deepens the family's unity.
+ ah. [...] what the heck is that? (while toting reborn by his side) calm down, tsuna.
+ seems like those tree branches broke our fall. [...] calm down. everyone's fine, so it's okay.
+ if we camp out here, the cold night weather will probably be the worst thing [...] calm down. we'll figure something out. let's enjoy it. maybe we can take shelter in here to avoid the cold.
+ if anything happens, scream loud.
+ by the way, what did you eat for those three days? [...] there are others?
> (?!) yamamoto, what are you doing?
+ i'm thinking we could burn some wood. that way we'll have an SOS signal, get some heat, and scare away the animals. not a big deal.
> of course! you're so smart, yamamoto!! i'll help. (!) gokudera-kun!
> if you use these, it'll burn easier.
+ what?!

> (setting the scene: gokudera messes up, everything backfires, and tsuna wants to quit)
+ what are you guys up to? i came to see what was going on since i heard the screams.
> yamamoto!! you're a savior!! ~~~ let's play another game now that yamamoto's here! (TSUNA, YOU COULD AT LEAST HAVE THE DECENCY TO TONE IT DOWN .....)
> (gokudera discreetly leaves when no one's looking, probably to a sad linkin park song or something)
> (replay: "yamamoto!! you're my savior!!" note the distinction between what tsuna actually said and what gokudera interpreted it as) ('the one the tenth relies on is not me, but yamamoto ...') (flashback: "you want to join the family? we don't need piano-playing weaklings like you. you expect us to trust an oriental half-breed with the boss's life?! go look somewhere else! what are you glaring at, punk? even if you search all over italy, there won't be one family willing to hire the likes of you!!")
> maybe i'm just better off alone. (useful insight for why gokudera disparages yamamoto on a regular basis, because in many ways he feels inferior to and threatened by how easily yamamoto could 'replace' him, and furthermore, views him as a rival in winning tsuna's faith and trust. good thing maman shows up to cheer him up, but she conveniently doesn't mention that tsuna was talking about how terrified he was of gokudera, not as a compliment .....)

+ it looks like gokudera isn't coming back ...
> he must have gone home because reborn made him do all those crazy things!! (UNBELIEVABLE)
> yo, how are you? keep working hard in the lower rank. yama-mocchan!
+ ('yama-mocchan?!?') uwah! magic trick?
> ('i'll follow you until the very end, tenth! one day, i will become a person suited to be your right-hand man!' I'M CRYING, YOU'RE SUCH A NERD GOKUDERA ......)

+ at least on a day like this, we could give you a hand. [...] oh!! that sounds exciting! well, we'll have to divide into teams. [...] me too. sounds interesting. got it.
+ if we go out now, we'll be easy targets.
> if we don't go after the ultimate goal, we won't be able to WIN!
+ then, let's go by the book. here i go. there!
> there! it's yamamoto's baseball form!!
> (PUNCHES THE SNOWBALL OUT OF EXISTENCE) a slow ball like that is a marshmallow against my "ultimate straight"!!
+ shit. there. (tosses a bunch of snowballs that ryohei deflects, even with the help of tsuna and fuuta) (!) (i-pin appears out of nowhere and saves the day with her gyoza-ken technique)
+ what ... is this ... fume ... this is bad ~ ! eh? (lmao, gokudera sabotages ryohei and defects to tsuna's side while dino's subordinates come to his aid) (?)
> (HASTILY SHOVES YAMAMOTO OUT OF THE WAY) i'm back, tenth!! (then team poison-cow chinese cuisine makes their grand entrance to join the fight against team vongola and team cavallone)

> the kids are siding with bianchi, probably because she hypnotized them with her poison cooking.
> you're wrong, dino. it was pure threatening. (— if you don't team up with me, i'll kill you guys.)
> ('bianchi is really scary!')
+ that's funny. ('yamamoto is the only one who doesn't think that way!!')
+ it looks fun. (everyone makes a mad dash to catch leon and win the game)
> "unpreparedness is one's greatest enemy" poison bo-bo!! (they lob snowballs laced with acidic poison)
> i see ... if they play like that ... snowballs containing real bullets!! (GOD, DINO, YOU'RE PLAYING WITH CHILDREN)
+ oh, my god. (SAME, YAMAMOTO)
> i can't hold back anymore. since everyone's here, i just have to get everyone's rankings. takeshi-nii, you're really great after all. your running ability is ranked 231 out of 80,223 people. it's the highest among all of us.
+ nmm?
> hayato-nii's firepower is the greatest among all of us, too. it's ranked 116th out of 80,223 people. it's best if takeshi-nii chases leon while we use my wall and hayato-nii's firepower to hold the enemies back.
+ i get it, so we're going to divide into offense and defense. the radio-controlled model is over there.
> i'm going ahead. (dino breezes past yams)
+ (!) calm down, tsuna. leave it to me!!
> ('wow, it's a personal battle between yamamoto and dino-san. but wait! unless he's in front of his subordinates, dino can't ...')
+ (?!) wha?! (sprints down the stairs only to be ran over by dino's gigantic snowball; both of them retire from the match due to an inability to move) can't be helped.
+ go catch the radio-controlled model and settle the tournament.
> (but shenanigans happen and reborn flies away from the scene as the winner)

+ tch. occhan (gramps), that'll be all for the morning. geez, you said it. i'll have the usual.
+ hahaha, i still have a long way to go. it's nothing if i can't always hit an unchanging ball into all the targets.
+ (?) oh. if it isn't the kid. forced yourself to wake up, didn't you? hahaha, you're hilarious!!

+ yo, tsuna. come on, i don't mind. it seems he came because of me.
> yamamoto was having a crisis so i thought we could strengthen him up.

+ ah. okay. i'll rely on you to be my trainer for today, kid. so what will we do?
+ hahaha, what a cute ball. okay. here i go. [...] hey tsuna, look at that. it seems that pole is made out of foam. i bet he's trying to boost my confidence by doing things like that.
+ all right, i'm depending on you, trainer. [...] oh, a bat for training, eh? oh. there's some weight in this. it's pretty heavy. oh, i see. it's a telescope. (IT'S FINE it doesn't make much sense in context either)
+ (!) (lurches away from a bullet) okay. this is supposed to train my hand-eye coordination and response time, right?
+ tsuna, you do it, too. come on. he went to all this trouble to get this ready for us. let's play. (!) i see. it was coming from there as well. okay, let's go, tsuna. i'll lead the way. [...] over here, tsuna. here. left. this way, tsuna. (?!)
> die, yamamoto. (context: reborn lifts a gun at yams, who reflexively moves a bat that changes into a katana when it reaches a speed of 300mph?? sure) [...] i christen it yamamoto's bat.
+ ahahahaha! how strange!! this is hilarious! if i keep shaking this heavy thing, my batting just might improve. got it.

> (timeskip to the next day) you're really making a home run with every shot.
+ maybe it's really because of the kid's training.

+ the sakura should be in full bloom today. it looks like a good day to go sakura viewing. ooh! woo, lucky!
+ hey, that's not fair. it's not like this is private property.
> (in brief, hibari slugs a random subordinate and shamal while holding dominion over the best sakura-viewing spot, then reborn shows up to make a game of it)
+ there are rules, anyway. i want to see the sakura too.
+ i'm up next. looks like it should be even now.
+ (?) secret ... ? (READ: A CONCEALED HOOK IN HIS TONFA, incredible .....) uwaaah!
+ damn it, i lost again.
+ a ... duster ... ? whoa — ... ooh!
> he did it. shamal released the trident mosquito on hibari the second he was hit.
> sorry, but i've faced far more life-and-death situations than you have. as a side note, the disease he has is one where he can't stand up near sakura blossoms, the sakura-kura disease (alternatively: sakura disorientation syndrome).
> ah ... ('he left before he was cured.') (THIS IS IMPORTANT because hibari's thereupon symptomatic allergy is the reason why mukuro's able to whale on him so badly via sakura illusions until shamal cures him near the end of the kokuyo arc, plus it indirectly results in hibari's unintended team-up with tsuna and company in their fight against the kokuyo junior high gang)
+ now we can finally view the sakura.

+ hey! you're gonna' go to naito's house, right? [...] it's huge.
> AW, YOU GUYS ARE TOO SHY! if you're gonna' visit, tell me first!
+ hey! naito's house sure is interesting. (SMILES BRIGHTLY at all the chaos and destruction as they tour the mansion)
+ oh, naito, you're a fan of kikumomo sakura too?
> no way! that's just camouflage to hide my super porn magazines!
+ ('super?')
> ('how ... do i describe this place ... it makes me tired ...')
> LONGCHAMP-KUN, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! WHY'D YOU LET VONGOLA PEOPLE ONTO OUR PROPERTY! THEY'RE OUT SWORN ENEMIES! ENEMIES OF LONGCHAMP THE SECOND! THIS IS WAR!
> didn't i tell you we'd be destroying the tomaso? we're going to annihilate this place. (then everything blows up and the house burns down)

> (possibly as a result of severe unpopularity with the fanbase, the chapters with naito longchamp and the tomaso famiglia are ultimately negligible and the characters never directly appear in the manga again, save for a stray mention in the future arc and one encounter lasting .005 seconds in the inheritance arc. for what's it worth, they're also one of many mafia syndicates allied with the vongola and the inventors of the desolation bullets.)