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The day was peaceful. It was the second day of summer holiday, and the sky was clear. Clouds lolled across the sky, meandering in their stroll as if they had all the time in the world. There was a certain crispness that was only present during the early summer, and the flowers were in full bloom. There was a slight wind, for the altitude, and the glare from the sun made the home looked like a summer wonderland.

Hermione closed her eyes in contentedness, laying on the grass of her relatives' garden and reading a book to enjoy her time. It was holiday after all, and through she would have to do her homework, she wanted-

"Hermione! Come inside, me and your uncle want to talk to you!"

Hermione sighed at the yell of her aunt calling her. She closed her book, and started to walking towards the kitchen. Passing the rose garden that her aunt loved so much, taking the pink rose out of the rose bush and putting it in her hair.

Hermione felt a small wry smile quirk across her face. She didn't get along with her relatives as much as she liked to admit, but it could be said that it was thanks to them that she knew how to protect herself. Reyna and Antonio are... one of the most intense people that you will meet.

"Hermione, sit down!" Reyna ordered as soon as Hermione reached the kitchen. The woman in front of her looked nothing like her, her aunt had long straight blond hair and crystal blue eyes while she had long curly brown hair and chocolate brown eyes. She look a bit like her uncle, the man had curly hair like her but instead of having brown hair, his hair was black and had emotionless sliver eyes. The two of them were looking at each other , causing her to wonder why they called her.

"Hermione, do you know what our job is?" Antonio asked, getting straight to the point.

"Depends, the cover story or the real one?" Hermione asked leaning against the chair with her hands clasped behind her head. Reyna took out her belt, she gestured towards her belt that contains some pistols. Hermione's eyes peaked with interest with the guns, she could tell just by looking at it that they were good to use.

"The real one. Hermione, do you know what me and your uncle work as?" Reyna asked. Oh, right, the real job. The reason why they spend so much time when she was younger, going to one part of the world to the next. It was also the reason why she lives with them, since it was the reason of her biological parents' death.

But she didn't mind that, really she didn't. As long as her aunt and uncle keeps their promise about coming home safe as she will defend herself from anyone that hurts her, they were perfectly fine. She could even ignore the pang in her chest when everyday passed without her hearing her birth mother singing to her and her father teaching her, how to defend herself.

"You and Uncle are hit mans right? Mom and Dad were too weren't they and it is also the reason why they are dead?" Hermione asked in sadness. nodded, she sighed in sadness at the suspicion of what she had was right.

"Yes they were, my deceased sister and her husband were two of the best hit mans in the Mafia." Antonio acknowledging his deceased sister and brother-in-law ability. Hermione winced at the mention of them being deceased, she had never gotten over the fact that her parents are dead and will never come back.

"So, why did you call me here Aunt Reyna, Uncle Antonio?" Hermione asked. Reyna sighed, taking out a letter that had a flame on it. Hermione furrowed her eyebrows in confusion, it should be impossible for the paper not to be burnt when there was a flame on the paper.

"How good is your Japanese Hermione?" Antonio asked, switching from their native tongue to Japanese.

"Mom and Dad trained me to speak almost every language in the world." Hermione answered immediately in Japanese. Her Uncle nodded, his sliver eyes showed no emotion at what he was about to say.

"I forgot about that but for your information you are going to Japan with your aunt for the next couple of years to see through the boss' heir training and to protect him." Antonio informed her. Hermione bowed her head, making sure that they don't see the anger in her eyes for what they just told her. It was too much for them to tell her that they are moving to Japan, she couldn't leave her friends and Hogwarts just to protect some twenty year old man.

"What about my school? What about my friends here?" shouted Hermione standing up from her seat.

"Friends! Tell me how can they be your friends when all they had been doing is using you!" said Reyna coldly, not caring about what she just said to her niece. Hermione looked down at her feet, where a very thin, barely visible scar rested. It was true what her aunt said, all of her friends had been using her but, it was better than not having anyone to talk to.

"What about school? If you haven't forgot, I haven't been in a muggle school since I was ten!" shouted Hermione. Antonio shrugged his shoulders at his niece's behaviour, leaning on his chair, his hands clasped behind his head, showing some of his tattoos to her.

"We already did the necessary files for you. Hermione, you must understand that this is an official order from the boss and we do what he says." Antonio told her calmly. Hermione glared at them, reaching for the apple in the fruit basket, taking a huge bite from it.

"Can I at least write to my friends and tell them that I am not coming back?" Hermione asked. Reyna looked at her, raising her eyebrows elegantly, mocking her to ask her what friends? She gritted her teeth at her aunt's behaviour, reminding herself that was her aunt's normal behaviour.

"You can write to them but here is the rules..." Reyna trailing off. Hermione sigh, there was always rules with her aunt.

"What is with the sigh young lady?" Reyna snapped. Hermione muttered a sorry to her aunt, before giving them, her undivided attention.

"Your grades must be nothing but perfection, if I am to see anything less than a ninety-nine, you can say good-bye writing letters to your friends." Reyna stated to her. Hermione wasn't surprise at what her aunt said, it was the same rules when she was offered to go to Hogwarts.

"Alright." Hermione agreed, causing her aunt to smile at her for the first time since she was sent to live with her. Reyna ruffled her niece's hair, promising her that she will have a good time in Japan. That's easy for her to say, Hermione thought walking to her bedroom, she wasn't the one going to start her life in a new country.

A/N: What do you think?