Chapter One: She Is Back
Kiyomizu Mayumi lay in the hospital bed immobile and helpless. She squinted as her eyes opened to see a plain room with bright lights. And right in front of her were seven familiar figures, some looking emotionless and some with worried look on their faces.
"Mayumi, are you alright?" was the first thing she heard when both of her eyes were fully open. Sawada Tsunayoshi was holding her hand with beads of sweat and tears rolling down his cheeks while, Reborn was sitting comfortably on the right side of the hospital bed. Chrome Dokuro, who was on the left side of the bed, sighed as she gripped her trident tighter than before. Yamamoto Takeshi, who was standing by the door, smiled joyfully and waved hello. And both Hibari Kyoya and Gokudera Hayato, who were leaning on opposite walls unemotionally frowned and sighed.
Mayumi took a final look around her and smiled. Every one of her Family members was there to support her. Tears slipped down her scratched face, and the guardians sighed peacefully, and the room turned less tense. "H-hey, Tsuna, did I win?" Mayumi desperately croaked. Tsuna smiled and nodded. Then, Yamamoto came and gave her a look at her ring, of the Moon. "Ha, looks like I did win, huh?" Mayumi sighed. Chrome nodded and shuffled her hands in her school bag. After she found what she needed, Chrome smiled and slowly lifted the object out of her bag; the object was a music box.
Mayumi widened her eyes and weakly laughed, she reached out to hold the music box. The music box was quite small with majestic designs of mini butterflies and flowers. When she opened the box, her favorite song, Sakura by Ikimono Gakari, played slowly. Mayumi looked up at Chrome and smiled a thank you. Then Tsuna softly slipped on the Vongola Ring and shivered happily. Mayumi weakly lifted her hand up to see what the ring looked like. She thought the ring looked perfect on her. But suddenly, she started coughing. Yamamoto walked up to her, and gave her a glass of water, and patted her back. Mayumi shook her head when Yamamoto reached out to pat her. He frowned, but quickly retreated back. As soon as the music from the music box stopped, Mayumi closed it and shooed her friends away. Gokudera "tched" and glared at her. Everyone quickly left and she sighed, getting a feeling of more relaxation.
"Take it easy, okay?" Yamamoto winked and she frowned and shooed him away again.
"Finally, I can get some alone time!" She rubbed her eyes and opened a page from her book, which was behind her pillow. She liked her friends, but she sometimes wanted to be alone. It bothered her since her friends might think that they are annoying her, but she just likes to be alone.
Five Months Later
"Yo, Tsuna wait up!" Yamamoto waved. Tsuna, along with Gokudera, stopped their tracks and looked back at Yamamoto, who ran to them. Mayumi, who was ahead of the others, stopped and waved? But as she waved Tsuna, Yamamoto, and Gokudera passed by her while running and tripped her. She winced in pain, but knocked it off as she made her way to Namimori Junior High. When she stepped foot on the campus, a bunch of tall men with weird haircuts blocked her. She frowned and held out a picture of herself on a card. One man in the middle of the line grabbed the card from her and nodded. "Hey Hibari-Kun, do your men always have to do this?" Mayumi asked angrily. Hibari walked out of the line and glared daggers at Mayumi. She winced and apologized for her dear life and walked slowly into her classroom. She slid the door open and sat at her desk, which was near Sasagawa Kyoko's, and took, out her homework.
After class, she headed to the cake shop along with Kyoko and Haru, for a celebration they have every month, called Cake Day. Kyoko and Haru ordered the Chocolate Mousse Cake with extra frosting. And Mayumi ordered a Vanilla Ice Cream Cake, with additional almonds. The girls sighed happily as each bite tasted like a cloud in heaven. "Kya, Kyoyo-Chan this cake is delicious, desu!" Haru smiled. Kyoko nodded in agreement while tasting another bite in her mouth.
"Ne, Mayumi-Chan, is your cake delicious too?" Kyoko questioned. Mayumi nodded as the clod ice cream melted in her mouth.
"On a hot day like this, ice cream can do the trick!" Mayumi winked while the girls stated laughing. Then suddenly when they heard the bell from the door ring a girl with purple hair and a skull eye patch walked in, "Ah! Chrome, come sit with us you're eating cake too right?" Mayumi waved. Chrome, who was surprised, nodded in agreement as she carried her various trays of chocolate cakes. Kyoko, Haru, and Mayumi widened their eyes on how much chocolate cake there was on Chrome's trays. Chrome blushed and apologized when her stomach started to rumble, but no one minded of her stomach and started eating again.
After everyone was done with their cake, everyone parted ways to go back to their homes. Mayumi, whose home was the farthest, pouted desperately for a ride home from someone. But while Mayumi was walking home, she heard a high pitched scream from a woman in an ally. She shivered in fear but ran into the ally to see what happened. No one was there, the ally was pitching black and it smelled like garbage. Mayumi flinched as she walked farther into the ally. As she walked closer and closer, a figure emerged from the corner, all bloody and full of purple and red marks. Mayumi covered her mouth, and shook the lady. There was no answer, so she had to carry the lady up and take her to the hospital, and quick. The lady was not heavy, but very light weight, and she had blue hair as bright as the sky with black eyes. The lady also wore a white dress and ballet-like shoes.
As Mayumi carried her without effort, when she reached the end of the ally, the woman looked at Mayumi and screamed. And the next thing Mayumi remembered was that she blacked out and the women stood there laughing evilly.