Disclaimer: I do not own Katekyo Hitman Reborn or any of it's characters. I just think it's an awesome anime. ^^

Hi everyone, hey! What's up today, hey! Gokudera been bullying you, hey! :P Let's get Reborn-ing!

-Tsuki :P

I twirled the little momento left to me by my mother in between my fingers...A priceless silver ring. It had some sort of strange carvings on it and it was rusted and dirty. I didn't mind though. It was still special.

My mother died just before 15th birthday, nearly 10 days ago. My father wasn't around either. He passed away due to an illness 9 years ago. I held the ring to my chest and sighed. Now I was alone...A knock on the door interrupted my thoughts.

"Shun. Are you ready? We're leaving soon," my uncle called from outside. So much for being alone...

"Hai!" I answered. I slipped the ring into my bulky bracelet's secret compartment and dragged my luggage bag to the door.

Since both my parent's were dead, I was left in the care of my uncle. He talked non-stop during the long car journey and went on explaining about my new soon to be environment.

"You're going to love the school, Shun! Namimori Middle is the best of the best! Just be nice to your cousin okay?" He smiled, but kept his eyes on the road.

"Hai Hai, uncle..." I sighed.

Who? My cousin? Let's just say you'll meet him later on.

I walked in with everyone else through the school gate but I did receive a few stares from some other students. It was probably because I was the only girl there who was wearing a beanie with a cute little white spades symbol sewn onto the lower left side of it. I had my long black hair tied in two low pony tails so that they wouldn't get in the way of my beanie, and my bright purple eyes looked around curiously.

This school? The best of the best? It looked just like any other boring school on the face of this earth.

Oh yeah! An introduction! Totally forgot to tell you guys my name! I'm Akimoto Urufushunji (yes, it's family name first, then given name), Shun for short. At least, that's what everyone calls me. My favourite colour? It's black. By the way, my beanie's black. I always wear black. I guess it's a sort of genetic thing. Mom told me that dad liked black too, and he never went one day without wearing at least one splotch of black on him.

I wore mom's silver ring on a chain and hung it around my neck but inside my school uniform, out of sight.

I asked a few people where my class, 2-A was. Some kind souls pointed me in the correct direction and I set off. It wasn't that hard to navigate around the school. It was just a big hollow concrete block with walls separating some parts of it from others. That's what all buildings were.

I saw the sensei moving into the class and I quickened the pace. "Sensei!" I shouted. He turned his head and saw me charging towards him.

"Ah," he smiled and patted my shoulder when I finally stopped panting. "You must be the new student. I'm Rui-sensei, your homeroom teacher. Come inside so I can introduce you to the class."

I stepped into the classroom and immediately, the class went silent. Rui-sensei could sense my nervousness and placed his hand on my beanie. "Class, this is our new student! Please introduce yourself," Rui-sensei turned his head towards me and grinned. I bowed slightly and my long black hair slipped over my shoulder. "N-Nice to meet you all. My name is Akimoto Urufushunji. Please take good care of me!"

I caught a brown haired boy staring at me and I glanced away. I don't like it when people stare or look at me. It makes me feel weird. Not like I'm not.

"Ano, Akimoto-san..."

I looked up from my seat, which was all the way at the back and next to the window. It was that brown haired boy that was staring at me earlier.

I took my hand out from my pocket and stuck it out at him. "You don't have to be so formal. You can call me by my first name..."

The boy laughed a little and sweat dropped. "That's just it. I can't remember your first name...It's kind of long, sorry." I giggled and shook my head. "It's okay. It's Urufushunji. But you can just call me Shun."

"A-Ah...Hai, Shun-chan," he took my hand and shook it. "I'm Sawada Tsunayoshi. Tsuna for short."

A taller, silver haired boy that was apparently Tsuna-kun's 'right hand man' started complaining to him that another boy, the black haired one that I apparently sat next to in class, was being too smiley for the day. The black haired boy just laughed and shook it off. The silver haired boy growled and threatened the black haired boy that if he got any smilier, he'd beat him up with his 'dynamites?' then he started cussing and swearing. Tsuna-kun told both of them to calm down, after seeing that I was giving all of them a strange look.

"A-ah...Shun-chan...This is Gokudera Hayato-kun...," he pointed to the foul mouthed silver haired boy. "And Yamamoto Takeshi," he motioned towards the happy-go-lucky black haired boy. Yamamoto-kun greeted me all smiley-ly while Gokudera-kun didn't even give me a second glance.

At least I have one friend in this school. After saying bye to Tsuna-kun, I slung my bag across my shoulder and continued my journey around the school. Okay...now where do I find the rooftop? I ran to the top floor and began exploring.

It took me nearly ten minutes to find the door that led to the roof. I quietly turned the knob and peered out from behind the door. Aha! There he is!

Hibari Kyoya, my cousin, was lying down on the rooftop floor with his eyes closed. I took one step out, but almost immediately, his eyes flung open and he stared in my direction.

"Shun..." He muttered. I closed the door behind me and proceeded to sit down next to him. There was an awkward silence before Kyoya sat up and sighed. I smiled and snuggled into his lap. "Kyo~ya~! I missed you!" I grinned. He looked away and pushed me off his lap, then lay back down again.

I took out my bento and talked to him and ate at the same time. "I didn't see you last night at home. Were you out?"

He turned his head to face me. "I usually don't go home. I stay in school."

"Geez, you really love Nami Middle huh..." It was then that I noticed the ring on his finger. "I thought you didn't like wearing accessories..."

He put his hand in his trouser pocket and pretended that I didn't say anything. "Are you coming home tonight?" I asked innocently. He shook his head and remained silent.

"I was originally planning to go home tonight, since you just came to our house...But something came up," he said after moments of AWKWARDNESS. I totally knew what that something was...pssshh...I mean like, uh...who doesn't? I do so! (no I don't.)

I sat in my room, that was a spare room in their two man house. They had many many spare rooms. I set my music to max volume and listened to it while doing my homework, with the feet tapping included.

Even at home, I tied my hair in two ponytails. It was sort of a habit. Mom used to sing lovely songs as she tied my hair...I shook those happy memories away as tears began forming pools in my eyes. I took mom's ring out and turned it in my fingers. Alone...That cold hard word swept through me like a breeze, like it was pulling me away from the directions my dreams were going. I let mom's ring hang loosely on the chain around my neck and rubbed the tears away.

Then I thought about Kyoya. I wonder what that something was. Surely it would be in school, since there was usually no other place he would go. But uncle would never allow me to go out this late...

"Shun! I need you to do a favor for me!" Uncle called from out the door. "Could you find Kyoya and pass him his cell phone? He seems to have left it here."

Perfect.

Before heading out, I picked up my black beanie and promptly plomped it onto my head. Then, I grabbed my bike and cycled towards Nami Middle. It was quiet when I got there, but I could sense that something wasn't right. I ran my finger over the fence and used my 'expert ninja skills' to climb over it and landed safely on the other side. I've never been on any school grounds after dark so it was sort of creepy. And more importantly, did this count as trespassing?

I heard small noises here and there as I crept further into the school. I encased mom's ring in my fists and carried on. It's true. I was scared poopless. What if this school was haunted and Kyoya was an expert ghosthunter and he was incharge of getting rid of them? Or what if robbers were planning to rob this school and Kyoya knew all about it and set traps to capture them?

"Urufu..."

I spun around. There was no one there. Then a second voice came from the opposite direction.

"Shun..."

Then came the third voice. I was officially freaked.

'Ji..."

I picked my legs up and ran. I ran as fast as I could. Heck, I didn't even care where I was running to anymore. I just wanted to get out of here. Alas, I didn't succeed. Every corridor started to look the same, no matter which way I turned. The voices of my past suddenly played through my head over and over. I heard my mother's voice over the loud booming noises. "Shun...Shun dear...I'll be with you, whenever, wherever. Shun...come with me...I'm not very far away...Shun...come to me..."

"No! Keep quiet!" I let out a muffled shriek. "Who...Who's saying all these things? Please...! Stop!"

Then, it was followed by a man's voice...that was oh so familiar.

"Shun...I...I'm sorry...I didn't know..."

"Please!" I screamed, my voice hoarse. "Please stop!" I made an attempt to cover my ears but the voices just amplified by ten times in my mind. Just then, I felt something warm around my neck and suddenly, the noises stopped. I hesitated before removing my hands from my ears. I took an uneasy step forward, then another one. I didn't dare move too much. I didn't dare make a sound. The booming sounds had stopped just as I had felt that warm feeling.

I walked a little more when I heard voices and footsteps coming from the top of a staircase I was in front of. I quickly scrambled away and wedged myself in between two lockers and sat down, hugging my knees tightly. The voices got closer and a small squeal escaped from my mouth. Whoever was out there stopped talking. I clamped a really violently shaking hand over my mouth and stayed silent.

The footsteps got closer and beads of sweat started trickling down my cheek profusely. As you could tell by then, I was FREAKED OUT BAD.

Then, a shadow loomed over me and I shrieked. "P-Please!" I choked out, covering my head now instead of my mouth. "Please don't hurt me!"

"...Shun-chan?" The figure voiced out. I blinked away my tears of fear and looked up. It was Tsuna-kun, accompanied by Gokudera-kun and Yamamoto-kun. "What are you doing here so late in the night?" Tsuna-kun asked me as he helped me to my feet and tried to calm me down. Just as I was about to answer, a hand grabbed me from behind and I looked up into the face of Kyoya.

"Shun...Why are you here?" He asked monotously. I took a step out of his grip and spun around.

"Oh! Says someone who claims to haven't gone home! But manages to leave this-!" I took out his cell phone. "-At home! How interesting! And when Uncle asked me to pass it to you, I came here 'cos I thought you'd be here! And WHEN I get here, I try looking for you, but instead...Strange things happened to me, okay? I got seriously freaked out! I am still seriously freaking out!" I said all that in one breath.

Tsuna-kun, Gokudera-kun, and Yamamoto-kun just stood there and stared at us like goldfish, with their mouths hanging wide open. "S-Shun-chan? Strange things? And why are you so chummy with Hibari-san?"

Kyoya pulled me behind him and I hid my face in his coat. "Shun is my cousin. We live in the same house."

Tsuna-kun reeled backwards. "E-Eh? Shun-chan? Hibari-san is your cousin?" I looked at him from under Kyoya's arm and nodded. We all watched as Tsuna-kun's soul floated out of his body. Gokudera-kun was frantically trying to fan it back into Tsuna-kun's body. "Juudaime!"

"Shun...What strange things happened to you?" Kyoya asked quietly as he pulled me away from the 'Tsuna Soul Protector' group. I swallowed and shook my head.

"It's not important right now. It...It wasn't anything worth telling anyway..."

I pulled away from Kyoya and looked down at my feet. "Kyo...Kyoya...What happened? What's going on?" I clenched my fists. Kyoya sighed. Tsuna-kun and gang became awfully quiet and they turned to look at me. Suddenly, a small little baby thing in a black suit dropped down from the ceiling and landed with a somersault.

I shrieked and flew into Kyoya's arms. He glared at me and set me down on my feet. The baby introduced himself. "Hello Shun," he said with a tip of his hat. "I am the Vongola family's top hitman...Reborn!"

So as far as I knew, the Vongola family was this gang of people in the Mafia world and Tsuna-kun was it's 10th successor. Gokudera-kun, Yamamoto-kun, and even Kyoya were part of his 'family'.

The little baby thing, Reborn, said that he was an arcobaleno, one of the 'pracifier protector' people. All seven arcobalenos were super duper powerful. After all the introducing, Tsuna-kun looked bewildered...strangely.

"Why are you telling her all this, Reborn?" He exclaimed. "Shun-chan has nothing to do with all this!"

Reborn tipped his hat and kicked Tsuna-kun in the shin, which sent him hopping. Gokudera-kun and Yamamoto-kun ran off to help him. Reborn turned to Kyoya. "Hibari, can you leave the two of us alone for awhile?"

Kyoya nodded and left, but not before I could see a tinge of worry in his eyes. As soon as he disappeared from our sight, Reborn told me to sit down, so I was at the same level as him...around there.

"Shun..." he started. "You have a ring don't you..."

I reached down my neck and grabbed my mother's ring. Then it dawned on me. Reborn explained something earlier...about the Vongola rings and a battle that was taking place. He told me that the ring I saw Kyoya wearing was also a Vongola Ring, the Cloud Ring.

"You don't mean..." I mumbled. Reborn jumped onto my shoulder and inspected the ring. "Yours, Shun, is of course not a Vongola Ring, but it still is a ring...a powerful one at that."

I didn't know what to say. My mom never told me about anything like this...Then Reborn dropped down from my shoulder and walked away. "Shun, " he called from over his shoulder. "When the time comes, you'll need to use your resolve..."

"My resolve?"

"You'll need to use your resolve...And light that ring."

And that was all he said before he disappeared into a random cement pole. I sweat dropped...What the...

Kyoya walked me home that night.

"So...there was a battle going on tonight?" I asked him after the long silence. He looked at me and nodded. "We were fighting against Sione, one of the Meroloss."

"Ah...I see..."

As far as Reborn told me, the Meroloss was an assassination squad, second after the Varia, Vongola's independent assassination squad. But they didn't belong to the Vongola, so they had no problem not following the principles. They just went all out and got rid of anyone of anything in their path. I wouldn't want to get in their way...

"Sione is the guardian of the mist in the Meroloss, and he has overwhelming power over illusions..."

Illusions? I pondered about it. So those voices I heard after entering the school, were illusions? "Did you win?" I asked him.

"Yeah. But something unexpected happened..."

My ears perked up.

"While Chrome (Kyoya said the name with such distaste), our mist guardian, was fighting with Sione...All of a sudden, a bright light shot out from nowhere and shot Sione smack on the head. He collapsed moments later...which apparently won us the battle..."

"Ah..." Suddenly, Kyoya sighed.

"Shun..." he said, putting his hand on my shoulder, looking all serious. "I don't want you to get involved in all this. Please, forget everything that happened tonight."

We reached Kyoya's house and he hugged me before walked off somewhere. I ran inside the house and past uncle, barging straight into my room. After locking my door and checking three more times that I'd locked it, I took out mom's ring. Mom's ring...really was a special ring...

As I climbed into bed that night, I thought about Kyoya. Why did he look so worried? I mean sure, the mafia's dangerous and all...But what did I have to be afraid of? (Besides getting killed) It's not as if I was someone important in the mafia world.

Hey yeah! That's chapter 1! So yes, Shun is Hibari's cousin. But her last name isn't Hibari cos Hibari's her mom's side. U kno what I mean? Uh...Kyoya's dad is Shun's mom's brother. So when Shun's mom married Shun's dad, she became an Akimoto. But Kyoya's a Hibari...And Shun's Akimoto...get it...Awkward...=.=lll

K...So I don't think that it'll take THAT long for chapter two (hopfully not) so yeah...I hope you liked chapter 1~! And pls...REVIEW! I live on your feedback!

:P Cheesu desu~~~~~

Bye bye! -Tsuki :P