Really, really fast update this time!

Please excuse any mistakes and enjoy the latest chapter!


The next day in class, thing were…mostly ordinary (at least as ordinary as it can get in the KHR world.).

With the exception of numerous floating objects that meant Futa was here, all was well since Reborn wasn't impersonating the teacher, Gokudera did not make her lose her place in her book, and Tsuna was just sending nervous glances in her direction like he knew something about her and he was to do something and…wait, what?

Kuroi, currently in her 'Nozomi' masquerade, looked at Tsuna again to make sure she wasn't seeing things.

Oh yes, he was trying to inconspicuously glance at her (and failing to) for some reason as if she was some kind of dangerous beast he was to capture for Reborn.

Somehow, Kuroi didn't doubt that idea very much.

She was also fully aware of more random floating objects near the door that meant Futa was stalking Tsuna and that something was off since Tsuna should be standing in the hall with him.

The whole day, Tsuna was uncharacteristically shifty and during lunch while pretending to read her book because some idiots can't tell the difference between spying over the top of the book and actual reading, Kuroi saw Tsuna gather with Yamamoto and Gokudera.

She thought it would be a good time to disappear since pulling together the failed inconspicuous glances and suspicious killing intent directed at Tsuna from some unknown place plus the Vongola invitation of yesterday, SHE was probably involved.

WHICH IS NOT GOOD.

Swiftly exiting the door and grabbing her lunch, Kuroi tried to come up with a place to hide were evil Mafioso hunting down innocent little aliens won't find.

'Roof is out of the option…Another classroom is intended failure because with my luck I'll run into Ryohei or something (because freaky coincedences are just SO damn common in this world), Reception Room…is death…and an tree? Maybe…' She kept brainstorming until it finally hit her.

'The other rooftop! The smaller one where nobody ever visits!'

And so she headed off to the other rooftop in hopes of avoiding Tsuna and co. plus Hibari and the Discipline Committee (since they're frigging SCARY in real life) and possibly Reborn.

She reached the hiding place in one piece and observed the area.

It was pretty spacious and there were many escape routes (Ha. She's so paranoid.) and in general, it was pretty nice with the shade and all.

Kuroi settled down with lunch and told herself to just chill and enjoy life because she will most definitely not be stalked by dynamite wielding Mafioso who burn her books (unknowningly) or pursued by evil babies out to test her and recruit because he said so.

Oh, how wrong she was, desperately clinging to this delusion.


~With Tsuna in the Classroom (That's mostly empty)~

Tsuna, Gokudera and Yamamoto were crowded around Tsuna's desk with Reborn in the middle and Futa standing nearby.

"Reborn-san, what is it that the Tenth said you wanted to tell us?" Gokudera asked.

Reborn grinned. One could swear there was a momentary flash of the devil's eyes behind him.

"I have a mission I want the three of you to do." He smirked.

Gokudera's eyes immediately lit up with excitement and he stood up from his chair.

"What sort of mission? I promise that I, Gokudera Hayato, will fulfill it with all my might! Who do I need to assassinate?" He exclaimed, already whipping out his dynamite and eyeing other people in the room as if they might be his targets.

"G-Gokudera-kun! Calm down, you don't need to kill anyone!" Tsuna said, sweatdropping.

"Ahaha! Sounds fun, I can't wait!" Yamamoto laughed.

"Yakuu-Baka, I'll definitely complete the mission before you lift a finger!" Gokudera declared.

"Maa, clam down you guys. And by the way, you have to work together for this." Reborn said patiently, motioning for them to settle down.

The three obliged because who knows would horrendous misfortune might befall one who didn't and Gokudera grudgingly declared peace and alliance with Yamamoto.

"Your mission…is to capture a girl called Nozomi, Rei, and bring her to Tsuna's house by any means possible."

"HEEEI! Reborn, yesterday, you told me that we were only going to have a friendly chat with her!" Tsuna cried, clutching his hair in panic.

Reborn ignored him and continued on because tunas, unlike humans, were not intelligent beings worthy of being recognized and listened to. Especially by the world's #1 hitman.

"You can do whatever it takes, but make sure she's alive and fully intact when you get her. You have a week, but during class is the neutral time-zone and no one can lift a finger. By the way, since Futa is here, he can help you."

Futa waved and smiled.

"I'll do my best, Tsuna-nii!"

"Yes! I shall complete the mission, Reborn-san!" Gokudera said, looking ready to roll.

"Ahaha! Like a game of tag, huh?" And that led to another argument between the baseball idiot and the bomber boy.

Tsuna just repeatedly screamed 'HIIEEEE!' his head and prayed Nozomi (oh, the poor, poor girl) would survive this thing because he knew things were going to get messy. Soon.

"Here's her picture." Reborn said, giving a clear picture of 'Nozomi' to everyone and watching their reactions.

In the picture was a girl with light orange-ish brown hair that reached mid-back in pigtails, dark eyes, and average height.

(A/N: There's a link to her picture on my profile.)

"Hey-! This is!" Gokudera exclaimed. THIS IS THE GIRL WHO SITS NEXT TO ME!...wait, is that why Reborn said to not lift a finger during class? I can't figure out why, but Reborn-san always has his reasons! Judaimei, I shall capture this girl as soon as possible! Just watch!

"Ahaha! I think I've met her before."

"Eh? I don't think I have rankings for this person…" Futa said.

"…" and Tsuna was sunk in depression for some weird, unknown reason.

"Classes don't start for another thirty minutes and she's on school campus so you guys should get started!" Reborn announced.

And soon Gokudera was sprinting down the hallways with a laughing Yamamoto and a bruised Tsuna ("Dame-Tsuna! You have to go too!" was how Reborn persuaded him) with Futa alongside them all.

Reborn chuckled as he watched.

This will be interesting.


~With Kuroi, aka 'Nozomi'~

Kuroi suddenly sneezed as she threw away the remains of her lunch.

She sighed.

For some reason, she had the strangest feeling that a catastrophe was coming.

And that she was involved.

But she decided to shrug it off, brought out her latest book, and sat down to enjoy life while she can because you never know when some random Mafia family might take interest in you and involve you in an outrageous scheme likely to end with many casualties.

This particular decision was not a very good choice.

~With Tsuna~

The four of them ran around the hallways frantically and searched every classroom for 'Nozomi, Rei' while yelling at terrified students,

"HAVE YOU SEEN NOZOMI, REI?" while holding dynamite plus waving a picture and receiving the response of,

"I've never seen her! I swear!"

Frustration was building and the four decided to take a break from sprinting down the halls at full speed and running over various random people who had the misfortune to be in their way.

"Damn! Where could that girl be?" Gokudera yelled as they searched yet another classroom that was, like all others, missing a certain orange-haired girl they were hunting for.

"Ahahaha! She sure is good at hiding!" Yamamoto said while checking another room. Nope, no Nozomi here.

"Haa….Haa…" And Tsuna can't even talk because his physical skills suck balls. Even more than Futa (I mean…at least Futa's breathing properly).

Then Futa came up with a great idea to save them all from complete failure on their first day of the mission assigned to them by Reborn himself that they simply can't fail because that would mean certain death and considerable pain.

"I know! Let's do a ranking of 'Nozomi, Rei's Top Hiding Places!" He exclaimed.

That made everyone perk up.

"Of course! Do it!" Gokudera commanded.

"Wow, Futa's really smart." Tsuna said after recovering his breath.

Futa did his thing and dust and other junk started levitating around him.

"This is Futa…I can hear you, ranking star."

The others watched with anticipation as Futa worked his magic and started his rankings.

"Nozomi-san's #1 Hiding place is…on the school's opposite roof near the reception room."

"YOSH! LET'S GO!" Gokudera yelled, charging full speed ahead with the others trailing behind him.

Now.

In case you haven't noticed, the words 'Reception Room' were mentioned and if you put together the vastly unoccupied roof + Discipline Committee Head present within the school campus + the Reception Room nearby = Yikes.

But Tsuna and the others, being headstrong Mafioso with a duty to fulfill, charged straight forwards without a single thought about the obvious hints of: If you create a ruckus, possible death may occur via Hibari, Kyoya's wrath of doom.

And so they headed up the stairs…and slammed open the door…


~With Kuroi ~

The door burst open and a yell of "THERE YOU ARE!" penetrated the calm peacefulness of the scene.

Kuroi gaped as Gokudera whipped out his dynamite and hurled them at her, fully intent on doing damage while the shocked girl stared at them.

She had many thoughts along the lines of WTF? and, What did I do to you? before she snapped out of her daze and hit the deck with all her might, the most sensible thing to do when dynamites are hurled at you.

Luckily, they blew up without hurting her, but then she realized the other threat.

"GO, Baseball-idiot!" Gokudera hollered as he ran forwards along with Tsuna and Futa in Kuroi's direction.

Yamamoto, being the most athletic, led the way as everyone pursued the fleeing girl through the door on the other side of the clearing.

Not the brightest idea.

Kuroi knew for certain that She's gonna fucking die if they catch her (which they obviously want to do judging from their actions) and that Reborn was probably behind this and her days of peace and happiness are so far gone it was pathetic really.

The poor girl sprinted down the hall at full speed (with is NOT that fast) from her rapidly gaining pursuers and flew past a certain door of a demon's lair.

She had a wonderful idea.

One that can possibly save her life.

...By damning the life of someone else.

Deliberately, she tosses her book behind her and it miraculously hit Gokudera in the face as they just so happened to speed by the room in which Hibari occupies with his spare time. Which is right now.

Then Gokudera, because he was the smartest thing, like, ever made the ever-so-fucking-intelligent decision of screaming at the top of his lungs right outside the Reception Room door.

What a wonderful way to use one's common sense.

So really, you can't blame Hibari for walking out of the Reception Room just as Tsuna (who was lagging behind) ran forwards and, to our dear Tunafish's horror, emitting the the most massive amount of killing intent ever known to mankind with the feared catchphrase of "I'll bite you to death."

The scenes following that tragic incident were too gory to be described with mere words.

When Gokudera and Yamamoto heard Tsuna's ear-splitting (and really, really girly) shriek of pain induced by cold steel tonfas pounding into his skull and just about every other bone in his body, they turned around and ran to his aid, Kuroi being forgotten in their panic to rescue Tsuna.

With a small sigh of relief and a wince of sympathy for Tsuna, she ran off and started formulating a plan in hopes of surviving a couple more hours.

Which is good.

Because, unbeknownst to her, a certain person was going to be crying for her blood tomorrow.

Armed.

And highly dangerous.

More than one of them, too.


And...done!

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