Author's note: I had this idea stuck with me for a very long time, I just never got around to writing it until now. This is my first story, so chapters 1-3 might be a bit iffy, but please stick around ^__^
I noticed that there wasn't a lot of GokuderaxOC stories here, which is a shame because he's one of my favourite characters, so here's my contribution.
I'm gonna do my best not to make this a cliche type of story, so I'll see how this goes. Positive or constructive criticism is welcomed :D So please tell me what you think about the story.
Disclaimer: I do not own Katekyo Hitman Reborn, but I own the OC.


Prologue.

"MOTHER!!!"

The little girl's scream was inaudible amongst the sounds of gunshots on the street. Her platinum blond hair became stained with red. It was raining blood.

One, two, three… she dragged herself across the road to her mother, who was lying on the ground. Dead.

Tears flowed freely from hazel eyes as she curled up next to her now dead mother, in vain attempts to keep her from becoming any more colder.

"BANG!"

She felt the wind of the bullet as it narrowly missed her face.

"BANG!"

She yelped in pain as the second bullet drove through her ankle.

She couldn't stop herself from crying loudly, how did this happen to her?

Why to a 5 year old and her mother? Why? A series of questions flooded her mind.

They were innocent; they did nothing to deserve this.

Shaking from pain and from shock, she looked to where the two bullets came from.

Von…Go...La? She read from the huge sign hanging above what appears to be a whole army of men dressed in formal suits.

They marched slowly towards her direction, but they did not seem to notice her, they appeared to be charging towards the people behind her.

The men stepped around her and over her as if she was merely a rock on a pavement.

The poor girl cried out in pain as she got kicked, shoved and stepped on by the many people who are oblivious to her existence.

She was at her limit; amongst the shouting, the sound of gunshots, the sound of bones breaking, the sounds of bodies falling to the ground… there was a little 5 year old girl hugging her dead mother on the street.

She was in pain everywhere, she lost everything so suddenly. Stuck in a foreign place, confused, sad and scared.

Not knowing what to do, she closed her eyes and tried to shut out her surroundings. The last words she heard were "Poor girl, she'd be better off dead". And with that, she lost consciousness waiting for the one shot to end her life that never came.