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Me: H-hai! S-Stupidera, disclaimer please!

Gokudera: No way, woman! Why would I follow you?!

Me: Tsuna says so.

Gokudera: I-If Juudaime says so, then HOMRAxx4Evr doesn't own KHR or any of us, but she owns her OC and whatever she invented.

Me: Thank you…! Now, on with the story!

Chapter 1

"We have to. It's uncontrollable!" a man told his companion as they stared at the unconscious person in front of them. They knew they couldn't do it, but it couldn't be helped.

"It has to be done. If I can't control it anymore, then we could use it. Creating it is the only way," his companion said, looking at the person. "This is the only way."

I woke up with a start as the scene vanished from my head. I've been having this dream for as long as I can remember. I decided to forget about it for now.

I dressed up and ate breakfast. I exited the house as I walked to school.

As I walked along, I was deep in thought. Who were those men and who was that girl? Why does she… "O-ow!" I fell on my butt and looked up.

"Sorry!" a raven-haired boy said. I leaned back to get a better look and saw the captain of the baseball team, Yamamoto Takeshi.

"No. I'm sorry. I was the one who bumped into you." I said. He reached out a hand and I took it. "Thanks."

"No, I bumped into you," he insisted.

"Nah, it was me."

"It was me."

"It was both of us."

"OK, that means that we have to pay each other back!" he said.

"E-Eh?" I said.

"I'll treat you to dinner!" Yamamoto suggested.

"T-That's too much!" I exclaimed. "Oh, I'm Hiyori Akane, by the way."

"Hiyori… Hiyori…" he muttered. "Hey! We're in the same class!" You only realized that now…?

"Oh, yeah! You're also our class' future valedictorian!" he added.

"You don't know that yet. For all we know, that dude from Italy could beat me." I said.

"Nah. He couldn't beat you. You're too active in class!" he said.

"Um, no offense, Yamamoto-san, but could you just talk about it later? Hibari-san will kill us if we're late." I said.

"Oh, OK. And none taken, don't worry," he said as we walked to school.\

"Do you wanna be friends?" he asked out of the blue.

"F-Friends?" I repeated.

"Yeah!" he said.

W-What is it like to be friends? Happy? Sad? Enjoyable?

"U-uh, alright then, Yamamoto-san!" I replied.

"First things first! Call me Takeshi! We're friends now!" he told me.

"A-Alright. You can just… call me Akane, Takeshi-kun." I said shyly.

"OK, Akane-chan!" he said as we continued walking.

Silence overcame us. Both of us were probably deep in thought. Friends, huh?

Namimori Middle soon came into sight as we sped up a little. We do not want to be bitten to death. There were ten more minutes until the bell.

As we walked towards the classroom, I could feel girls glaring at me. I knew it. This day may be hell. We arrived at the classroom and sat down at our respective seats. The teacher came in and let the boringness begin.

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At lunch time, Takeshi told me to wait in the classroom because he said he'd get his friends and introduce them to me.

"OK, Takeshi-kun!" I said as I brought out a notebook and began drawing. Then, I felt a tap on my shoulder and spun my head around. I was Chitose Mayuri, leader of Takeshi-kun's fanclub.

"Why were you talking to Yamamoto-san?!" she demanded.

"Hmm… Let's see. Ah! It's because humans have the ability to speak and so we communicated with one another, why?" I asked.

"You don't deserve to! You might be our valedictorian, but that doesn't mean that you can just talk to him! You're not even pretty and compared to him, you're a loser!" she snapped.

"What matters is the person's personality in the inside—his true colours. Being pretty doesn't matter at all as long as you're nice enough." I explained. "And it also doesn't matter if one of us is the treasurer, a daughter of royalty, a nerd or a wimp. We're all humans and that makes us all equal. I have a right to speak to him casually. Everyone does."

"Che," she muttered.

"I agree with you, Akane-chan~!" Takeshi said, appearing out of nowhere.

"Takeshi-kun, you're back!" I said, smiling. Mayuri scoffed at me and left.

"Here are my other friends! Gokudera is the one with silver hair and the brunette is Tsuna!" he said as the two appeared beside him.

"Made a new friend who's a girl, I see…" Gokudera muttered. I ignored the insult.

"A-Ano… I'm Tsuna, nice to meet you!" Tsuna said shyly.

"This is Hiyori Akane, my new friend!" Takeshi said.

"N-Nice to meet you!" I said.

Then, a baby wearing a fedora hat appeared on Tsuna's shoulder.

"R-Reborn! I told you not to appear in front of non-related people!" Tsuna whined. So, that's the baby's name. He looked at me, eyes widening a little.

"We should head up to the roof," he said. "I need to discuss something with you all. Just tell Ryohei later, since he has practice. Akane, was it? You're coming along as well."

"HIIEEE! What are you up to now, Reborn?!" Tsuna exclaimed as Reborn whacked his head.

"Let's go." Reborn said.

We went to the roof and saw a certain dangerous prefect there.

"Why are you here, herbivores, omnivore?" he demanded, tonfas at the ready.

"Hibari, you should listen to what I have to say." Reborn said. "Then, I'll return the favour."

Hibari hid his tonfas somewhere and leaned against the wall. I was amazed. Hibari actually listened to a BABY. This Reborn must be strong… Wait. Could he be…?

We all sat down and waited for him to say something.

"Gokudera, do you, by chance know about the artificial flame?" Reborn asked. Gokudera shook his head as Reborn turned his attention to me. "Akane, do you know about the Mafia?"

"Yeah. They're people in black suits who may or may not have powers who kill rival Famiglias or other people. They can also accept clients who want certain people or a certain person dead as long as he/she pays a handsome price. But that job belongs to the assassination squads." I explained. "Why?"

"HIIEEE! Are you part of the Mafia as well?!" Tsuna freaked out as Reborn glared at him to shut up.

"Akane, Tsuna is the Vongola Famiglia's tenth Boss and you have a very special flame – the Flame of Indifference.

Me: Wahhh! What a nice story~! But I have to thank my best friend, BlackSky999 for helping me with this, so she contributed as well and if she makes a story, I might have contributed there depending on what the story is. And if you are reading this right now, BlackSnow999, DO NOT FORGET to do what I just did.

Fran: And sempai is really sorry. She had karatedo a while ago and now her body's aching~! If you know what I mean.

Me: Shut up!

Fran: See anyone cute there, sempai?

Me: Shut the hell up before I send you to hell.

Fran: *sigh* R&R~!