There was nothing but silence at Nami Middle until the bell rang. It's time to go home. Yamamoto and Gokudera are absent and Reborn wasn't with me. I had to walk alone. When I was about to leave the school, I saw Kusakabe-san running back to the school. "Tsunayoshi-kun. You're gonna have to take the long road home. "The road up ahead is blocked" He said. I thanked him for the warning and walked away.

Geez. I'm already tired from all the work at school (not that I did all of them) and now I'm going to walk the long way around? If only Reborn was here. He could have just shot me with a Dying Will Bullet or gave me the pills so I could get home faster. Oh well. I might as well enjoy this. I mean, being alone means there's no one to hit me with a hammer or stick or something, right?

As I was walking down the street, I saw her. With that short, violet hair that's kind of shaped like a pineapple, she caught my eyes. I couldn't move my body. She turned around and my eyes met hers. There was something weird. One of hers was covered by an eye patch. Still, she got me. I got lost in her eyes. They were so beautiful that I even forgot why I was there. I stood there like a statue.
She noticed and tried to approach me. Then, being the no-good guy I really am, I ran away from her, embarrassed. When I got home, I don't know why but I kept thinking of her. I keep seeing her whenever I close my eyes. I couldn't sleep at all.

The next morning, Reborn woke me up the usual way he does: Hitting me with a 10 ton hammer and sending me flying down the stairs. I wonder why mom is okay with that every day? Seeing me falling down the stairs because of some guy that got here just months ago introducing himself as a home tutor. So, I stood up. Ate my breakfast, picked up my bag and ran for the school. I was late. AGAIN.

Like yesterday, I had to take the long road to school. I ran as fast as I can. But when I reached the street where I saw her, I stopped. I waited for maybe 5 minutes hoping that she would be there. This became my daily routine. Every time I pass there I would stop and wait for her. I didn't care if the road was fixed. I want to see her. 2 weeks passed but I didn't see her. No sign of her at all.

The weekends came. Yamamoto and Hayato went to my house to hang out. The two noticed that I wasn't my normal self. I was gloomy and down. They asked me what's wrong and I immediately told them what. I told them everything that happened. How I walked alone. Why I had to and also all about the girl. Her violet hair, her bright eye (I didn't get to see the other one) and her… Ah! That's it! I remember now!

It hit me. Her uniform! She was wearing a school uniform when I saw her!
"Let's see, green with some black stripes. Umm.."
"Kokuyo. She belongs to Kokuyo Middle School. I've seen that before. It's not that far from here, Juudaime."

I looked at Gokudera. I smiled at both of them and said "Alright. I'm going there now.". The moment I finished my sentence, they had me trapped. The door was guarded by Gokudera and I was held back by Yamamoto.

"Do you want to get killed, Tsuna?! Kokuyo Middle School has been shut down for a long time now. I hear it's now occupied by escaped prisoners." Yamamoto exclaims.

He was right. I did hear some news and gossips about 5 prisoners from Vendicare fleeing to Kokuyo land. Could it be them? I didn't care. I took my pills and tried to take Gokudera and Yamamoto down. They were in my way and I wanted to see her. I'm sure they'll understand. We broke the window in my room but mom didn't care at all. They put up quite a fight but I managed to take them down. I wrote a note to Reborn telling him not to follow me. I put it on the table in my room and walked towards my Storm and Rain Guardians. "Forgive me, you two. But I really need to see her."

I was halfway to Kokuyo Land when something hit me, a bullet, a Dying will Bullet. Reborn! He followed me. "Go home, Tsuna. Now." . Well. I didn't wish for this day to come. The day I will need to fight my own tutor, the strongest and greatest hit man, the best of the Arcobalenos.

He took me down. I can't move my body (or even lift a finger). He was so fast that my hyper intuition can't keep up. He was scary. He turned his back against me and said: "Give me your reason, the right one. Then I will help you." I thought about it hard, harder. I got nothing. He was about to leave me there lying when out of nowhere, I said:

"Why?! Why won't you let me go?! You taught me everything I know! You told me to use my Dying Will to achieve what I want. Well, I want to see her now! I love her, okay? And there's nothing you can do about it! Even if you leave me here now, I'll go. I'll gather my strength to overcome every obstacle this world gives me until I get to her! And I'm gonna do it even if I'm alone. So go if you want to. I don't care."

He looked mad. He stared at me with those pitch black eyes of his. Then, he smiled. "Hee. You really have grown, Tsuna. Go. I'll get the kids at home." I smiled back and thanked him. I never thought Reborn would say that.

I'm almost there. I can see the building. I extinguished my flames and walked my way to the school. As I opened the gates, two shadows attacked me."Get him, byon~"
"Shut up, Ken. I know what I'm doing."

Wait. They're arguing? Some team they are. I immediately took a Dying Will Pill and charged. They were strong enemies. I even had to take another pill just to go on. I took the guy with yo-yo's out first. It would be dangerous to fight the two of them while he's shooting needles at me that might have poison, right?

I'm almost out of juice. That's when I saw an opening. I threw the giant monkey (Ken) towards the pillars. They broke and buried him. But I didn't kill him. I can hear him growling down there.

That's two people down. And I only got two pills left. The other pills spilled while I was fighting those two. I still need the last one to get home. I was at a disadvantage. There are three of them left and I only got two pills with me right now. Well at least I know where they're hiding her. She's at the heart of the school. I rushed there to see her.

The second I entered the room, a figure approached me. "Kufufu~ Sawada, eh? Why're you here? Here to take my precious Chrome? No way. She's my key from hiding and escaping Vindice. I'm not going back in there"

How dare him; using her as a tool. You should never treat girls that way!

"Hey, Muku. This guy bothering you? Let Lancia take care of him. He doesn't look worthy of your time anyway." A girls says. Hey! She was insulting me. Well, she is one of them. She played her clarinet. She aimed at me as if she had a gun. The second I heard the sound of that clarinet, my surroundings were shattered! That's one scary clarinet. I took my pills out and wore my mittens. But the big guy threw his wrecking ball at me causing me to drop my pills.

They beat me up. I closed my eyes. I saw her! Chrome! When I opened my eyes, my strength was back. I ran as fast as I could to my pills. Ate one and stared at Mukuro's eyes. I was still at a disadvantage. 1 versus 3? That's fair. Then they came. Hayato and Takeshi! "Yo, Tsuna! We'll take care of these guys. Go get her!"

Yamamoto cut the clarinet into half. Hayato took the Lancia guy outside and played with his dynamites. It was my turn. I turned to Mukuro and said: "Mukuro! I'm going to take her away from you. You can't keep using her like that. She's not a tool you can use to hide from anyone. She's a wonderful girl. And girls like that are meant to be loved!". I fought him. It wasn't easy. He kept using his illusions against me. But I put up a fight. We both fell to the ground. He laughs and tells me: "Maybe the Vendicare isn't so bad..". I didn't hear the rest of the sentence. I lost my consciousness.

When I woke up, I was at the hospital. Everything was blurry. All I can see is a pineapple. Pine apple? Mukuro?! No. This one is different. It was.. I rubbed my eyes to see. It was her! Chrome! I didn't hesitate. I told her, I love her, how I waited for her everyday and how I fought for her. She smiled and kissed my cheek. I hugged her, tight. This time, I wasn't afraid of her. I didn't want to run. All I wanted was for that moment to last long and to be with her. FOREVER.