Chapter 2

Dino ran as fast as he could, but his breath was still steady and even. He looked over his shoulder in the dark alleyway. Although he saw no one, he kept running.

Wait. He saw no one. No one

That meantwhere was his family?

That's when Dino fell on the nearest pebble to cross his path.

"Owwwowww!" he muttered while rubbing his slightly bruised nose. "Oh no!" he said, remembering the box he had just been holding before he fell. He saw it only two feet away, seemingly undamaged at least, the box was. But next to the box were seven rings, scattered left and right.

Dino had been on his way to deliver the Vongola rings when he fell.

He quickly hopped up, sighing in relief as he picked up the seventh ring. He smiled in relief. They were all unharmed.

As he was about to place them back into the box, he saw that the soft cushion holding all the rings in place had fallen off. Dino took it out to adjust it, but underneath it, something bright caught his eyes.


"Umm… Reborn, Can you explain this to us?" Tsuna asked.

The smiling twin spoke up, "Sorry to just drop in so suddenly. I'm Maika, and this is my twin, Setsuna."

Tsuna unconsciously stuttered, "I'm Tsuna, N-nice to meet you," he introduced.

Reborn turned to Tsuna's table to eat the last piece of sushi off of Tsuna's plate. His face was calm, betraying nothing. Taking his time chewing, he started bluntly, "Meet the last two guardians."

As usual, Gokudera was the first to react. "What?" he asked, breaking the silence, "When have there been nine guardians? The Ninth only had seven guardians as well…. Reborn, I think there's been a mistake." He was eyeing the twins with suspicion.

"Hiiiiii!!!" Tsuna squeaked, his voice near panic. He didn't want to deal with another fight so soon after the one that just ended. Lucky for him, Reborn continued on.

Ignoring Gokudera, he said, "Tsuna, take good care of them. They are now a part of your family,"

Reborn jumped off the stool with Bianchi and the twins following him out.

Maika waved slightly to the rest before skipping out, going after her twin who had turned away without a word.

The party ended soon, no one in the right mood to celebrate. The mood wasn't sad – just curious. Who where these girls?

"Thank you for letting us stay." Setsuna bowed.

"Yeah! We'll try not to bother you guys too much." Maika added.

Haru and Kyoko smiled, "It's no problem."

Maika and Setsuna had been ordered by Reborn to stay with the girls. Currently the four were at Haru's house and the twins were planning to stay there till other arrangements were made.

"We should go to sleep early, though. There's school tomorrow. We can just talk in our beds" Kyoko said smiling.

She grabbed Maika's arm and Haru mirrored the move by grabbing Setsuna's arm. Both lead them to their makeshift beds on the floor.

Maika smiled as she was pulled and let out a laugh. Setsuna, although unsmiling, was willing, and Haru was glad to see her warm up through their actions.

And as girls do, they talked their way through the night.

"Uwahh! Haru wants to go to Namimori High as well! Haru will work hard to transfer schools!" Haru cried.

Kyoko and Maika laughed. Tsuna smiled slightly and did a double take when he thought he saw Setsuna smiling as well, but he realized he was probably wrong.

He and the others had just met up with Kyoko and the twins who had been staying at Haru's. It was just like any day, except… the two new people - the twins. He glanced at them, getting a better look than he did yesterday. Surprisingly, the twins were already wearing the Namimori uniform. The only way to tell them apart now was based on their hairstyle and expressions. Maika was with the high ponytail and Setsuna with a low one.

Maika was twirling around, playing with her new school uniform. She was talking excitedly to her twin who betrayed no emotion.

Tsuna and the rest were taken aback when Setsuna said, "We should get going, Boss."

Tsuna startled, stammered and started walking to school. Gokudera had already given a thousand warnings about them, and he was still staying close to Tsuna, in case they did anything. Yamamoto on the other hand, was laughing at Gokudera, even talking to the girls every once in awhile.

However, other things were also on his mind besides the twins. For example, he hadn't seen Reborn at all after the party… Lost in thought, he was at school before he knew it.

Setsuna and Maika were already waving, headed to the office to turn in their transfer papers. Tsuna tried smiling, and he and the others ran to his class before Hibari would "bite them to death" for being late.

"They're nice, dontcha think?" Maika asked.

"I suppose," was the short reply.

Unfazed, she said, "Well, we should try getting to know them better more. You promised you would, because we are SO not repeating that incident again!"

"And you promised to be more –"

"Careful. I know. Anyway, have you seen…?"

They both drifted off as they saw the school's disciplinary president in front of them. Maika dropped their papers.

"Fong?" They asked in unison.

The black haired guy smirked and walked around them as if the two didn't exist. By then, the twins were down on the ground, frozen.

"Class, we have two new students joining us this year. Please make sure you treat them nicely!"

Gokudera swore under his breath. Those girls were in his class? He hadn't even considered that as a possibility. They had looked younger than him. By now, he was already in a bad mood, but it got worse as he saw the two.

When the twins entered the class, all 30 something heads edged closer to get a better look. The guys seemed reasonably happy, and the girls were talking amongst themselves in a happy sounding tone.

Gokudera was now a second away from flipping his desk over and leaving. Those twins – there was something in their eyes he couldn't trust.

They were the eyes of someone with a secret – the eyes of those who had seen too much. There was pain etched into them. In a way, it reminded him of Reborn's eyes. Although it didn't seem like it, he knew too much as well.

But Reborn was a different story. The twins were plain, non-trustable in his eyes.

Luckily, they were placed near the end, far away from him. He saw the silent one stare out the window with a lost expression, and the happy one was getting friendly with the girls next to her.

Freaks, he thought.


Author's note:

Whitemoon46 - sorry its boring and sorta long.... Next chapter will be more interesting... I hope. Well, anyway, it'll get better, cuz the whole thing is almost planned, and everything happens for a reason! PLEASE review!!!! They're motivational for us. Hopefully, the next chapter won't be as disastrous! We'll try to update soon!!!! .

Shirochan92-I chewed whitemoon out for writing such a boring chapter. AND THEN MADE ME LOOK FOR GRAMMER MISTAKES!!!!!! We're trying to shape the plot to be better, so keep checking in for more chapters!

^^ I re-updated since Roriette got mad at our grammar mistakes. I hope I got all of them!

Also, does anyone hate it when you find A LOT of seeds in watermelons that are labeled "seedless"? Or is that just me?