Relaxed Attitudes

"Thanks for having me, Mrs. Sawada."

"That's perfectly fine, dear! I was worried that Reborn's pen pal wouldn't be what he expected, but you seem lovely!"

"Ahh, thank you, Mrs. Sawada. That's nice of you to say."

Okay, this had to be a dream…this girl was nice and seemed pretty normal. As they brought her back to the Sawada household for a while before the snow battle began that night…and all seemed normal. During the cab ride back, she even offered to pay the fare (though Reborn made Tsna pay again, against his (and even her) will). But she happily spoke with the trio about herself. And even apologized if her Japanese wasn't 100% accurate. As it was, the group discovered she had no idea how to swear in Japanese, so would do it in English, even mid-sentence. And this happened a lot. So, turned out the weirdest thing about her was her love for cussing.

But she at least didn't swear in front of his mother, which was nice, even though she probably wouldn't understand English, anyway. And she definitely didn't swear in front of Lambo, I-Pin or Fuuta. And the kids did seem to enjoy the attention they got from the new girl. So she was good with kids…yeah, Tsuna definitely kept that in mind for later reference.

He also noted that she got along well with Yamamoto, but so far his theory on that was because he was acting like a five year old (as usual), so she was treating him like one. As for her status with Gokudera…well, as usual, Gokudera wasn't exactly fond of her. Though, June didn't seem to notice. Nor did she seem to care, as she was calling everybody by their first names. So, yeah, that didn't exactly amuse Gokudera…or Hayato, to June.

Culture differences sure were weird…

"Tsuna."

The brunette looked over to the infant, Reborn, who seemed to smile up at him, knowingly.

"Are you surprised?"

"W-Well…yeah…she seems nice enough. Which is weird to say you've invited her to join a mafia family."

"She's been raised normally, to say the least. Even with her training."

"Training?"

Reborn spoke up more as Tsuna's mother left the room for a while, gaining the attention of the others.

"June is a stealth expert. Great at hiding away and killing without even being seen."

"K-Killing…"

"You shouldn't lie, Reborn."

Tsuna looked at June, almost thankful she spoke up. "I could kill if I wanted, but I've never killed anyone before. The best I've been hired to do is watch husbands for paranoid wives."

She…She wasn't some killer Mafioso. All she did was sneak around a lot.

"That isn't to say I don't know CQC, but I've preferred staying in the background, gathering Intel and fighting from afar if needed."

"The heck is CQC?"

Close Quarters combat, you dumb ass.

But, Gokudera was the first to lay on some questions.

"In this case; how the hell would you even win the battle tonight only being able to run and hide?"

"That's a good question. I don't know who I'm fighting or where we're fighting. If I knew, I could have a plan, but I've not got a damn clue."

"JUNE SAID A SWEAR."

"Lambo, please…"

June just laughed at the cow child as he flopped into her lap, papping at her stomach with his little hands as a punishment for 'swearing'. Really, she could have said worse. But, in the end, I-Pin dragged him off, saying he was being rude.

"Fuuta should be able to prove some of June's ranking's against the other Mafioso. Fuuta?"

The youngest brunette smiled as he happily sat himself by June, looking up at her curiously.

"Yes! I remember rankings about June after you said she was coming."

"How have I gotten into mafia rankings if I've done nothing in the mafia?"

"Reborn gave me tons of information! I could ask the ranking planet, if you want to make them more official?"

It didn't take two seconds for Tsuna to quickly take offence to the idea.

"I'm not having my mother walk in on you making rankings!"

"Aww…"

Yamamoto, who was happily sat by June since she arrived, laughed at the group with a grin. "I'm pretty curious to see how June-chan will fight later!"

The young boy smiled as he tugged on June's sleeve a little, turning her attention away from Yamamoto, back to himself. "June-nee isn't the best in the rankings, so far, but she's pretty good!"

"Oh?"

"June-nee is ranked 30th out of 345,402 mafioso in stealth! And she's around the same rank of the shortest-!"

"Let's not go there."

She made it clearly obvious she had issues with her height…turns out she was even a little smaller than Tsuna. And he was pretty short. So, part of him couldn't blame her for feeling self-conscious about it…

"So…ranked 30th as a stealth operative? It's not all that impressive…"

"Gokudera-kun, try and be nice…"

"It's fine. Like Fuuta said, I'm not the best-Uwah!" "But you're the best to us. I wouldn't exactly be able to get hold of anyone above the 30th rank to come and join the Vongola. No-good Tsuna is enough to put them off."

"H-Hey…"

Reborn had sat himself on June's shoulder, clearly against her will, as she grumbled a little. Tsuna could relate…

"Guess I'm just glad I can help. Reborn's been telling me about what's been going on. After all that's gone on, I'll do my best to win the battle for you."

It was weird…she seemed normal enough…but he wasn't going to say anything stupid like 'oh, I trust her because she wants to help and seems normal', he was still really wary of her…hell, she was in the top thirty of stealth operatives, how the hell could he just sit down and trust she wouldn't put a knife in his back? He was paranoid of anyone that came over saying things like 'oh yeah, I'm in the mafia, but I'm here to help'. The whole situation was just wrong…

Another night…another battle…

June definitely seemed curious of Namimori, already loving the quiet town. Especially at night.

Heading to the school, everything was calm and even a little quiet. The only person who didn't seem nervous was Reborn…Even June felt nerves creeping up on her.

"The Varia seem pretty scary…from what I heard, you're all lucky to have gotten out with just those injuries."

"Don't remind us…"

Tsuna was trying to read her and just…couldn't figure anything out. He could see the nerves, clearly, but he couldn't see her trying to figure out a battle plan, she didn't even seem curious of who she was fighting.

He felt terrified, as he'd already seen who she was fighting more than once…a man who Xanxus referred to as 'Arrigo'…

"The next battle will be the battle of the snow guardians!"

The man above revealed a fangy grin, as his element was called out by the twins, chuckling to himself.

He had black, shaggy hair, tribal tattoos ranging from his arms to even his face, gold eyes, a dark green bandana under his fringe, tattered and torn. Around his neck was a form of collar, a broken chain hanging from it. His uniform was open, revealing his chest, a belt around his waist holding it together in the middle. His sleeves were short, stopped at his elbows with buckles, bandages over part of his arms.

He didn't exactly look friendly…

And it was that reason why he was so worried for June...