A/N: Yay second chapter! The first chapter was a prologue to the story. This chapter and the following chapters will tell the events that lead up to the events in the first chapter.


Puella Magi Haru Magica

Chapter 2: Final Moments of Blissful Peace

"Tsuna-san!" I yelled as I, Miura Haru, frantically waved my arm. People say that I'm too energetic but can I help it if I want to express my emotions, such as shouting out when I see the guy I love?

"H-Haru! What are you doing here?" exclaimed the brown haired boy, as he approached me followed by three others. This was his usual greeting to me as I do have a tendency to pop up uninvited. His name was Sawada "Tsuna" Tsunayoshi and I was madly in love with him. Looking at Tsuna you would probably question my adoration for him as he was a short, wimpy looking guy with poor grades, plays badly in every type of sport, is afraid of chihuahuas and is infamously known as "No Good Tsuna" but I knew there was much more than meets the eye when it came to Tsuna.

For instance, I knew that was descended from a long line of powerful mafioso, known as the Vongola Family, and that he had been selected to be the Vongola Deicimo but my love for him had nothing to do with his bloodline. Instead it was because I had seen the real Tsuna that lay deep inside this typical loser, shortly after our first encounter.

You see, I once believed Tsuna was a horrible, vile person who tainted pure, innocent infant's hearts and so I went a little psycho and tried attacking him armored up in some Edo period suit I found in my massive selection of costumes and a hockey stick as a weapon. Tsuna was saved by his loyal (but annoying) self-proclaimed right-hand man, Gokudera Hayato, who had thrown dynamite at me. Unfortunately for me that had flung me into a river and due to my armor weighing me down I had begun drowning. Tsuna rescued me even though I had tried to punish him and it was in that moment that I saw the strong, kind, brave heart that made me fall in love with Sawada Tsunayoshi.

"I'm meeting Kyoko-chan and Chrome-chan. Chrome-chan doesn't have any clothes other than her uniform so Kyoko-chan and I decided to take her shopping for some. Plus there is this new cake shop that opened up that has an absolutlely scrumptious looking triple chocolate cake. We figured the chocolate goodness would taste even sweeter if there were three of us! Hahi!, I know Tsuna-san you should come along with us."

"The Tenth already has plans and besides who'd want to have cake with you?" came the irritating voice of Gokudera Hayato that irked me so. This guy is the greatest jerk I have ever had the misfortune of meeting but since he was one of Tsuna's closest friends I had to attempt to be friendly but he always had to piss me off!

"Ha! Plenty of people would love to share cake with me but I can hardly say the same about a certain bad-mouthed smoker," I laughed confidently in his face.

"Why you litt-,"

"Now, now calm down you two," interruped the calm, cooling voice that belonged to Yamamoto Takeshi. As usual he wore the same refreshing smile he always wore that suited him in his role as Tsuna's rain guardian. He had a quality about him that when he would say his magic words of "now now" it would wash away any feelings of rage and irritation you may have been feeling.

"Are they always like this?" I heard Kozato Enma asking Tsuna, who nodded in reply. I barely knew Enma but I knew enough to know that he was a mafia boss who, along with his Shimon family, moved to Namimori after his hometown had been struck by an earthquake that had occurred from Tsuna and our friend's being sent back to our time after our adventure in the future. I felt sort of responsible about that and seeing as he seemed pretty depressed during our first meeting didn't exactly help vanquish the guilt. Though, he seemed more cheerful now after returning from the short break his family shared alongside Tsuna's family. I guess some important mafia stuff must have ocurred that brought the two families closer together.

"Sorry Haru but Gokudera-kun's right," came Tsuna's answer. "We already made plans to have him help Yamamoto, Enma and me with our homework. Maybe some other time okay Haru?"

"Aw, it would have been so much fun but I understand. If there's any leftover cake I'll bring it round to your place for you to share with Lambo-chan and the others."

"You don't need to do that Haru. Anyway we'd better get going. See you later Haru."

After we had exchanged goodbyes, I was left standing alone outside Namimori Middle School. Because I wore the uniform of Midori Middle School I attracted plenty of attention from the pupils of Nami Middle. I was used to the stares since this was hardly the first, nor last, time I would stand outside the school where my closest friends attended.

"Sorry for making you wait Haru-chan." a sweet sounding voice called out to me. Looking up I saw two short haired girls dashing towards me. The girl in the lead was Sasagawa Kyoko, who I had met when I had dragged Tsuna to my favourite bakery. Kyoko had been there and we became instant best friends after we found out about our shared love of baked goods. Close behind her I could see the pineapple hair and skull eyepatch that were a trademark for the girl known as Chrome Dokuro, who I had met whilst in the future and who was also another member of Tsuna's family.

"I wasn't waiting long," I assured them. "So are we all ready to go?"

"U-um y-you don't have to do this if it is a bother " stammered Chrome's soft bell-like voice.

"It's not a bother. Right Kyoko-chan?" as I flashed Chrome a bright grin.

"Right. It will be fun Chrome-chan because we're friends," smiled Kyoko as he reached out for Chrome's hand. I did likewise as we both gently let Chrome know we think of her as an important friend.

Chrome's cheeks became rosy as she stuttered out . "T-t-thank you." A small smile crept up on her face while a teardrop formed in her only visible eye. Chrome was an extremely timid girl who didn't smile often. I had heard she had had a rough childhood and, even recently, her so called friends of the Kokuyo Gang had ditched her, no reason given. So whenever Chrome gave out one of her rare smiles it always left a rush of happiness soaring through me.

With that over with we began making our way over to the mall. Laughing, chatting and smiling away about random everyday matters with my two best friends, I didn't yet know that this day would be the final moments of blissful peace I would ever experience.


A/N: So thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed it. Yeah, I know nothing happened in this chapter but I promise that things will pick up in the next chapter as Kyubey will finally appear. Anyway, please review so I can see your thoughts on the story.