katekyo hitman reborn does not belong to me. but the meroloss people do. Yay. I own something. ^^

Katekyo! Hellooooo desu~! Thanks for the story alert+ and fav story+s! I really appreaciate it~! Let's get on with REBORN~!

-Tsuki :P

"Shun-chan!" I looked up to see a smiley auburn haired girl grinning at me. "Hello! I'm Sasagawa Kyoko, I sit right there!" She pointed towards a table diagonally behind Tsuna-kun's. "I didn't get the chance to introduce myself to you yesterday!"

"Ah, I see..." I stood up from my chair and shook her outstrectched hand. Just then, Tsuna-kun burst into the class. "Shun-chan! Quick, we-"

That's when he saw Kyoko-chan. "A-Ah! Kyoko-chan!" he totally blushed. I could tell he REALLY liked her. Then he remembered me and told Kyoko-chan that he needed to borrow me for a while. "H-Hope I didn't disturb you or anything!"

Yeah. You disturbed something...My peace and quiet.

"So you're having another battle tonight? Where is it going to be?" I asked Kyoya, while sipping on my juicebox.

"It's going to be at Namimori Shrine," Gokudera-kun answered instead. Kyoya glared at him but didn't bite him to death or anything. Thankfully.

"So why did you call me here?" I asked. Tsuna-kun shrugged. "Reborn just told me to ask you..." I sucked all the juice outta my juicebox and passed it to Kyoya, who threw it at Gokudera-kun, who in his frustration hit Yamamoto-kun on the head with it, who thought it was a baseball and flung it directly at Tsuna-kun, who shrieked in terror and fell backwards and and nearly hit Sasagawa Ryohei (Kyoko-chan's older brother who I never noticed before), who caught the juicebox in mid air and tossed it in the bin. We all cheered.

Then Reborn dropped down from outta nowhere. "Shun, I'd like you to come with us to tonight's battle."

Now that, left us all gaping. Tsuna-kun stood up abruptly. "W-Wait Reborn! We can't take Shun to a battle! She might get hurt!"

Reborn completely ignored Tsuna-kun and turned to face Kyoya. "Hibari."

Kyoya hesitated(rare sight) then nodded. Reborn looked satisfied and jumped away. "Then it's decided. Shun. Follow Hibari tonight."

Gokudera-kun retorted and said that I would get in their way and Yamamoto-kun said that it'd be too dangerous. Tsuna-kun just sat there blinking with wide eyes and an o-shaped mouth while Kyoya upped it and left. Sasagawa-senpai crossed his arms and looked really troubled and left too.

I didn't know a fight could be so scary.

Just as Reborn had instructed, I followed Kyoya that night to Namimori Shrine. It was kind of creepy there at night...but phshaw! W-Who's scared? Right? I'm definitely not scared...Maybe...

I hid behind Kyoya the whole way till we reached the battleground. On the way, I just had the urge to ask:

"Ne, Kyoya...Why does Reborn want me to tag along to tonight's battle?"

Kyoya stopped walking and looked at me...with a hint of melodrama. "Shun...Whatever happens tonight, promise me...that you won't interfere with the battle..."

I looked down at his hand and saw that he was sticking his pinky out. I tried to understand what he was trying to convey...but with Kyoya, well you know...I slipped my pinky into his and I promised.

When we were all gathered at the Shrine, I noticed another group of people, whom Kyoya pointed out as 'Meroloss' the assassination squad.

Now, let me introduce to you the strangers there.

There were seven of them. Let's start with the one that looked like he wanted to kill us. Bad.

He was a boy with brown hair that was lighter than Tsuna-kun's that it looked almost blonde. Almost but not. He had intense green eyes that held all sorts of emotion in them. I saw anger, hatred, regret, shame, and guilt. He gritted his teeth when he saw me glaring at him. He looked around my age and had a bandage plastered onto his forehead, which led me to guess that this boy...was Sione, the meroloss' Mist Guardian, since Kyoya told me that he was hit on the head with a bright white light. (Sione pronounced as 'She-own-ay')

Standing next to him was a bright orange haired girl whose hazy red eyes shone with ambition. She saw me looking at her too, but just smiled and waved. I sweat dropped. Is this girl really in an assassination squad? Kyoya told me that her name was Cigia, the Guardian of Storm. Her? Guardian of Storm? I compared her and Gokudera-kun. Yup. Big Difference. (Cigia pronounced as 'See-Ji-Ah')

My eyes then drifted to some dude sitting on the floor beside them. He yawned and looked as if he had nothing to do with all this. His metallic black hair looked as if it had been electrocuted and his gray eyes were half-closed. He turned to a guy with blonde hair and nodded towards our group. Kyoya once again pointed out a name. This black haired, punk-dressed dude was Quarto, their guardian of thunder. (Quarto pronounced as well...Quarto.)

The blonde haired man Quarto looked at was super tall. He was waaaay taller than Kyoya. He looked like a ten storey building compared to Reborn! He had a samurai garb on and looked super serious. He had almond brown eyes that had a soft glow to them, which told a totally different story than the rest of his body. Kyoya just gave up waiting for me to ask who everyone was so he just told me straight out that the super tall blonde guy was Vorroce, the Cloud Guardian...like Kyoya was? I was terrified at the thought of Kyoya going up to fight this giant of a man. (Vorroce pronounced as 'Vo-ro-chey.')

Quarreling in a corner were two twins with white hair that had a slight purple tinge to it. Kyoya sighed and told me who they were. They were the significant trademark twins of the Meroloss, Assedio and Allegro. Assedio being the Guardian of Rain and Allegro being the Guardian of Sun, the two of them were complete opposites. Rain and Shine. When they turned, I could see that both twins had bright yellow eyes. They finished their argument and both shouted at the same time, "I don't want to talk to you anymore!" Then they turned in opposite directions and refused to even look at each other. I could tell that everyone there sweat dropped. (Assedio pronounced 'Ah-Seh-di-oh')

Then the final guy, whom I 'logically deducted' as the Meroloss' Sky Guardian...Direi, had beautiful maroon red hair that covered his right eye. Even though I could only see one of his eyes, I was captivated by it's stunningness. It was as if I was staring at a full moon that was hanging by itself in the night sky. It shone brilliantly and illuminated all around it. I shook myself back to reality. Direi was somewhat my age too, but he seemed more...mature? Maybe...

Anyways. Phew...That was a long intro. Soon, the battle began. Reborn told me that the battle tonight was supposed to be a two-on-two. The Guardians of Cloud and Storm. I shuddered to think that Kyoya would be pairing up with Gokudera-kun...

"Stay out of my way," I heard Kyoya tell Gokudera-kun in a bored manner. Gokudera-kun snorted.

"I'd say those words right back at ya!"

I sweat dropped. These two do not know the meaning of teamwork at all...

Kyoya charged straight for Vorroce at lightning speed while Gokudera-kun started launching dynamites at Cigia. She dodged them expertly, it was as if she wasn't moving at all. Vorroce, on the other hand, didn't even bother to dodge Kyoya at all. He just took all of his hits, but after the passing fog cleared, he didn't have a scratch on him. Kyoya jumped backwards after attempted hits, panting heavily.

Vorroce smirked and held up both his hands. "Do you know why your attacks have no effect on me, boy?"

He held up both his hands to show cloud attribute flames dancing on his fingertips. "My ring is propagating air so fast that it forms an inpenetrable shell around my entire body!" He laughed and his booming voice shook the ground. All of us sweat dropped. I held my hand up. "What you just said made no sense at all."

"You can propagate air?" Tsuna-kun gaped as he walked around in aimless circles. Indeed, who would have guessed?
Anyways, Kyoya tried hitting again and again but Vorroce just smiled evilly and stood like a statue. Kyoya was left panting after several minutes and Vorroce laughed hard.
"My turn, boy."
He raised his hand, and before Kyoya could react, he was swatted away. "Kyoya!" I screamed. The strength of one swat like that alone, was enough to make Kyoya cough up blood. Well, who could blame him? The cloud guardian of Meroloss had fists the size of a horse. Kyoya struggled to get up but Vorroce smashed him back down onto the ground. I wanted to run forward and pull Kyoya out of the fight, but Yamamoto-kun held me back.
On the other side of the battle field, Gokudera-kun was fighting Cigia. He was having a hard time...against a girl. I almost burst out laughing but I remembered the seriousness of the situation and bit my lip. Kyoya was getting pumelled out there. I looked back towards Yamamoto-kun with tears in my eyes.
"Please," I begged him. "Let me help Kyoya!"

Yamamoto-kun shook his head and refused to let go of my arm. "What good will you do if you go? You will just be a burden to him."
"But!" I shouted back. "Kyoya...Kyoya is getting hurt! Aren't any of you going to help him."
"We can't interfere in a ring battle, Shun-chan..." Tsuna-kun said sadly. "I'm sorry."

What was so important about these rings that they needed to have bloodshed over it?

It was too painful to see Kyoya, my cousin who I had never seen cry once, get beaten up to badly. My cousin...Who was supposed to protect me.

"Kyoya!" I shouted his name again, hoping that my voice would reach him. "Kyoya!"

Vorroce punched his face again and my heart nearly ripped into two. I sank to my knees, with Yamamoto-kun still holding my arm. "Please...don't get hurt anymore."

It was then, that I felt that same warm sensation in my body again. I reached into my shirt and took my mother's ring out. It shone a bright white and I felt the battle around me stop. Vorroce stopped punching Kyoya. Kyoya sat up and stared in my direction. Cigia stopped in a mid-air strike and Gokudera-kun stopped lighting a dynamite halfway...which wasn't so good because it blew up in his face.

Yamamoto-kun yelped and released his grip on my arm. I immediately got onto my feet and ran towards Kyoya. Yamamoto-kun tried to stop me but Reborn held his hand out and shook his head. Yamamoto-kun got the message and stepped backwards. I knelt by Kyoya and felt warm tears flowing down my cheeks. "K-Kyoya..." I choked as I realised how severe his injuries were.

"Shun...Why?" Kyoya mumbled, one of his eyes sore from the punching. "The light...is white..."

I looked at the ring hanging around my neck and I heard that voice. "Shun," my mother's voice called to me. "It's your turn."

Without hesitating, I grabbed on to Kyoya's hand and the white light from the ring spread over him. I heard gasps coming from both the Vongola and the Meroloss. The white light got brighter and soon, I couldn't even see the outline of Kyoya's body. The light suddenly died down and I nearly doubled over when I saw Kyoya. He had no injuries. Nothing. Not even a single scratch. He flexed his arms to try them out a little and looked up at me when he had the results. "It doesn't hurt."

I sighed in relief and embraced him, feeling the warm sensation fade away. Then, an angry shout was heard from Meroloss' side. "It's that freaking light!"

I turned to see, Sione, the mist guardian of Meroloss, stalking angrily towards me. He ripped the bandage off his forehead and pointed at the bump that had formed. "It's that freaking white light that hit my on the head in last night's battle!"

He made a move to grab me but Kyoya got off his butt and onto his feet, his arm outstretched in front of me. There was a huge amount of tension in the atmosphere between Sione and Kyoya. Just then, Direi stepped forward and pulled Sione backwards.

Sione stumbled then turned angrily to his boss. "Direi! Why won't you let me get her?" He shrieked. Direi ignored him and looked at me intently with his full moon eye. "I've taken an interest in you, girl." Then he turned to his squad. "We're leaving."

And with that, the battle with the Meroloss was postponed until further notice. I watched them leave and took a single gulp of air, realising that I had been holding my breath the whole time.

Tsuna-kun and the others rushed towards me. I looked down at my hands, and my fingers were shaking uncontrollably. "What...did I just do?"

"Didn't I tell you Shun?" Reborn stated. "It's your resolve. Your resolve to help Hibari lit the ring."

"It's a sun atribute ring, isn't it? That's why it healed Hibari? But why is the flame white?"

Reborn jumped off Tsuna-kun's shoulder where he was perched. "It isn't a sun attribute ring. It can heal, like one, but the recovery rate is much faster and I'm sure that the ring can do much more than that."

"Then what attribute ring is it?" Gokudera-kun asked, rubbing dirt off his face. Reborn turned to look at him, smirking. "It's a non-attribute ring. What it can do, depends on it's wearer's resolve and heart."

"EH?" Everyone reeled backwards. "I-I haven't heard of such a thing..." Tsuna-kun gaped. Reborn kicked him on the head and retorted. "Of course you wouldn't have...Baka Tsuna."

"All the colours of the rainbow; red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet, all contain the colour white. It's a basic element in the rings."

There was a long silence before Kyoya put his hand on my shoulder and steered me away from the others. "I'm taking Shun home," he said simply. He hurried me off before the others could say anything.

"Shun," Kyoya started. "Thanks for earlier..."

I realised that a slight blush had formed on his cheeks. I smiled and patted his head (I had to tiptoe to do that...) "It's nothing."

We reached the house after a few minutes and Uncle was already in bed. We sneaked upstairs and I got ready to go to sleep. Kyoya was sleeping at home to, which pretty much surprised me...

It was 2.00 am. I still couldn't sleep. The events of tonight kept replaying in my head. Just then, the face of Direi appeared in my mind and I jumped out of bed. Literally. It was so real...Like he was really staring at me right then. I felt my heart beat increase and a strange sense of fear gripped my heart. I dragged my pillow off the bed and walked out of my room. The corridor of the second floor landing was pitch black. I couldn't even see my own fingers in front of me.

I tiptoed over to the room I recognised as Kyoya's and turned the knob. "Kyoya...?" I whispered as I stepped inside. "Kyoya?"

Kyoya turned in his bed to face me, his eyes wide open. "Shun?"

"Kyoya..." I mumbled. "Can...Can I sleep in your room tonight?"

Kyoya sighed and shifted over to a side of his large king-sized bed. I smiled gratefully and crawled into the blanket with him. As soon as I was safe on his bed, I felt safe...Like nothing could hurt me then. That's what I always felt when I was near Kyoya. I shifted closer to him and buried my face in the back, which was facing me. He didn't say anything and just lay there.

2.59 am. I was sleeping peacefully without a care in the world.

? POV

Unknown to the two cousins living in the Hibari household, someone was watching them. "Boss," the first man went. "Is this angle okay?"

The man known to them as 'boss' sat behind his men comfortably, in a velvet red armchair. "Whatever."

"But this girl really is something new, I've never heard of anything like a non-attribute ring," the third man with long silver hair commented.

"Ushishishi..." Another of the men went. "It's quite rare for boss to be interested in things."

"And to make things better, it's a girl!" A green-haired member of their group squealed in delight. "Related to a member of the Vongola, no less."

"Akimoto...Urufushunji..." The boss muttered...Then he added another line.

"The Varia always win."

There's chapter 2! I'm so sorry that it took so long...^^;

I've been having End of Year exams for the past week, not to mention my theatre assessments...Haa...I just had my maths EOY today..My brain's dead =.=...It was extremely tough. Many, many, many of my classmatez didn't even finish the paper...I managed to finish it 10 mins before the end...^^ yay. So, my EOY will be over next monday, so I'll probably hav more time to upload stuff...well considering that the post exam activites don't take up more time...

SEE ya!~ :)

-Tsuki :P