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Oh... where do I even start (collapses)

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In this AU Nana and Tsuna are some of the many, many relatives that Natsume stays with (I'd say at this point he's probably 10-11, very much pre-canon for both series).

And it's not actually that bad of a stay either!

Oh, there's definitely bullying at school, don't get me wrong, but Tsuna gets bullied there too so he's not the odd one out. When they're actually home they get along fine.

This is helped by the fact that most of the time when Natsume runs from Yokai or bullies Tsuna is right there with him, either because he's ALSO running from bullies or he just got a Bad Vibe and felt like Natsume probably had the right idea about whatever just happened (he is correct. everyone in the series could learn a lesson from him on Listening To Natsume More).

Sure, Tsuna gets Dramatically Confused by his actions occasionally in true Tsuna fashion, but y'know, he's #1 least likely to refuse a request so he's still going to go along with it.

Nana's absolutely thrilled that Tsuna has a friend, even if it's one forced on him by proximity! He even has mildly better grades now that they're studying together!

Unfortunately, all of this ends pretty quick when Iemitsu finally notices there's a random civilian living with them and goes "hmmmm, that kid's attracting too much attention to my family, which is bad for The Family" and has him "transferred" (read: kidnapped and dropped off with a different relative) on a day where both Tsuna & Nana are out.

Neither of them know what happened, so Tsuna freaks out while Nana goes "oh no :( where could he be :(" until she gets a call from Iemitsu where he goes "oh yeah, don't worry about that kid, I got him set up somewhere that's much better for him!" (spoilers: It Is Not)

Tsuna's never able to find out where exactly Natsume got sent, so all he can really do is think back fondly to Those Few Months When Someone Besides My Mom Tolerated Me.

At least, that's all he's able to do until the end of KHR canon, at which point he has 5 seconds of breathing room to go "hey wait. I have money. I have informants. I have my dad's files on all the dumb shit he's done. I can actually find out if Natsume's even alive now!"