Her choices were Hibari and Reborn, she owed her life to someone and she had to pick who she wished to be indebted to. She chose what she believed to be the Lesser Evil, only time will tell if she chose wisely.

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The Lesser Evil

Chapter 2: An Old Face.

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Hibari dropped her unconscious body at Reborn's feet with a decidedly irritated thump, displeased scowl in place. Reborn smirked. "Ah, I see you have retrieved Miss Black. Thank you, I owe you one, as promised."

There was a low growl from the angry Cloud Guardian and he resisted the urge to kick the body in front of him. "What was that? You said it would be a challenge to retrieve her, but there was nothing but weak herbivores."

Reborn looked surprised for a moment, eyes sliding to Canary before going back to Hibari, they caught on a darkening mark on his left cheek as his regular smirk returned. "You mean Miss Black was actually agreeable with the idea of going with you? I'm quite surprised, I didn't think she'd just accept your assistance." He watched with amusement as Hibari's scowl deepened as he subconsciously rubbed his cheek, aura darkening even more, if that was possible. Both of them ignored Tsuna freaking in the background and Gokudera getting angry, as per usual. "As for the others, if you weren't challenged-" He was interrupted by a monotone voice, one that Hibari was already starting to dislike quite thoroughly.

"If you weren't defeated it means that my brother was otherwise occupied and had a far more lax security than he should have." Attention turned to the girl now sitting up on the floor, scowling and rubbing her head gingerly. "You know you jerk, that freaking hurt." Again, her words should have sounded angry… they didn't. She heaved a sigh and glanced around, though her movements seemed lethargic Hibari could see that her eyes were sharp and he immediately realized she was assessing her situation, as she seemed to note all exits and people in the room with her. He wasn't the only one to notice.

"We are not going to hurt you, you know." Her strange golden eyes, Hibari noted absently that her right eye had a sliver of pale blue color that looked almost as if a thin spike of ice was stabbed through her iris and into her pupil, snapped to Reborn at his words and she smiled.

It was the most unpleasant smile Tsuna had ever seen in his life, not because it was threatening but because it was so very bitter.

"You are Reborn are you not? One of the Arcobaleno?" There was a sound of confirmation and her smile flattened out into a thin line once again, the flicker of emotion she had shown disappearing like it had never been at all. "You are widely acknowledged for your vast information network, even the Black family respects your extensive knowledge base. So I know what I say when I tell you that I will not work with you and that you know why that is."

Gokudera snorted, sneer on his face. "I've never even heard of the Black family."

She glanced at him and for just a moment the corners of her mouth quirked upwards but it was so brief that no one really noticed and she spoke with her forever bland voice, the lack of tone change was probably why he didn't immediately realize that he had been insulted. "If someone like you had heard of the Black family, even if only through an accident or slip by one of their… allies, it would be a stain to their honor. One that would need to be rectified rather quickly."

"Their? You no longer consider yourself one of them?"

She turned once more to face Reborn. "That is hardly any of your business. Besides, like I said earlier, you already know about it and don't think for a moment that I am unaware of that fact." There it was again, emotion so strongly suppressed that it was nearly unnoticeable. She hauled herself to her feet, once again her movements were lethargic and once again Hibari could see the predator in her, the way her muscles were tightly coiled, ready to lash out violently, the way her eyes darted around once more reading their body language, judging who was a threat. No energy was wasted, every movement methodical but hidden as the cracking of the spine, the rolling of the shoulders.

"You're right, I know about it. How do you plan to deal with your family? They know where you are now, you won't be able to slip away this time, nor will you be able to fight them off on your own, you need help."

"And you'll give it to me?" She smiled mockingly, her eyes suddenly flaring up with a pale golden light, she frowned then, a slightly puzzled expression blooming as she looked at the people in the room again, more slowly this time and with an obvious deliberateness. "Hmm…" Her eyes faded back to normal and she dispersed the emotions on her face yet again, staring for a long moment at Reborn. Suddenly she was at Gokudera's side, hands sorting through his pockets and then back on the other side of the room again before he could react, this time with his pack of cigarettes in hand, she shook one out and chucked the pack back to him, pulling a steel gray lighter from her own pocket. There was absolute silence as she opened the window and propped her hip against the sill, nostrils streaming bluish smoke as she took deep drags and exhaled through her nose.

"Kufufu, I see your stress relieving habits have gotten worse over time, I remember when all you needed to do to feel better was to curl up with the Devil Boy for a while, usually till you fell asleep." Her whole body tensed and her attention turned slowly to the door that had just opened and, more specifically, the figure that had just stepped into the room, her eyes wide with shock. "And in exchange for letting you do that the Devil Boy made you sing a song for him, isn't that right, little Song Bird?"

They could almost feel the shock rolling off her in waves as she slowly stood, eyes never leaving him. She took first one, then another hesitant step towards him, and then suddenly she was running towards him and leaping into his surprisingly open arms. "Kuro-kun. It's really you, Kuro-kun." And to their utmost surprise, she was crying as she clung to him.

And he was looking down at her with a sad expression.