Within the Melody 3

By Female Heero Yuy

Disclaimer: I do not own Katekyo Hitman Reborn or it's original characters...though it would be cool if I could .


The latest advertisement was rousing the crowd of fans in utter delight. Many women squealed with delight as they got their fliers and purchased tickets to the latest show. The show was fairly common in Japan. But only this particular artist revealed his latest creations only once every five years or so. Sometimes even less than that. In total he'd only had about 3 shows, but they'd been very successful. The flier spoke of his latest dolls that were to be shown on display on the eve of the showing. Many fans were buying their tickets early so they wouldn't have to wait for long to get to see the latest creations.


It was hard to pretend to be something you might not be. Especially when you weren't even sure what you were or who you were. Tsuna looked in the mirror at himself. Other than his facial features he still felt like he was the same. He pulled down the collar of his shirt and saw the wound on his chest. He wasn't even sure where it'd come from. Fingering it gently as he saw it was lighter than it had been the day before. Releasing his shirt he walked out of the bathroom and sat on the bed. He couldn't bring himself to go back to the house he could remember calling home. He couldn't bring himself to go to school. He honestly didn't know what to do at all.

So they all were taken to the lighthouse that'd been abandoned. More or less anyway. Dr. Shamal was using it as a reffuge. So three added guests didn't exactly harm his dwellings.

"I'm bored." Mukuro spoke in a whiney tone. It'd taken a while, but he seemingly returned to his normal self. "I wanna hot dog."

"Shut up you herbivore i'm trying to get nap." Hibari growled as he laid in his bed.

"Hotdogs aren't vegetables." he responded back. "Tsuna..." he whined. "Get me a hotdog. Pleaaasssseeee."

"We don't have hotdogs." he replied back. Dr. Shamal wasn't exactly the greatest at grocery shopping. The fridge mostly had beer in it. And a box of baking soda.

"Go get me one." he whined as he laid on his designated bed on his stomach. "I'm dying."

Tsuna sighed in frustration. Even in a dire situation it seemed he was still the one to be the leader. He tried to shut him out and let him whine himself silly. But when his own stomach growled it killed the effect. Making him fall back on his bed. Releasing his frustration in a heavy breath. "Fine." he relented.

"Yay!" Mukuro cheered like a child. Grabbing them both hastily and half dragging them out the door.

"I don't want a damn hotdog!" Hibari growled.

"The walk will do you some good. I hate to tell you this, but your honestly alot lazier than I thought you'd be." he dragged him completely out of the lighthouse.

One thing they all did notice after abit was the anxiety they'd feel if they were separated for certain distances. Tsuna had to admit it was strange, but it was like they relied on one another now. Like nothing could go wrong as long as they were together. This thought actually made him shudder and get goosebumps. Never had he ever thought he'd get a reliance on the two most dangerous people he'd ever known.

He sighed after he'd paid for the hotdogs. Closing his wallet after it was done. Mukuro was holding an armful and munching happily on one that had extra sour kraut and mustard. "There goes the last of my allowance." he sighed. A hotdog appeared under his nose.

"Want one?" Mukuro asked with a mouthful of his own.

Tsuna just grabbed one of the unopened ones. "Thank you." he sighed again. 'For offering me something I paid for.' he thought in his mind. Taking a bite of his own. It was rather strange to feel the need to eat when you had no stomach. The lastest body scan had proved this. Where the food went after they ate it they didn't know. But atleast food still tasted the same. They still had some normal human organs, such as a heart, lungs, kidneys, and even a few others. It was rather strange to find only parts of them were actually hallow and other parts were just missing. Yet they could function and live normally as anyone else. But according to Dr. Shamal. It didn't prove that they were the real versions. They could very well just be dolls with human organs in them. Thus explaining how they could function.

"Personally I think you look cooler this way." Mukuro took another bite out of his hotdog. "You don't have those dorky features anymore." he chewed.

"Eh?" he looked stunned. "Where did that come from?"

"Weren't you thinking about that?" he asked after he swallowed.

"No!"

"Oh well, now you know what I think." he took another bite.

Tsuna's eye twitched, "Thank you for your unwanted compliment." But he couldn't help but wonder if his dying will flame would come out at any moment. It was strange to see his face be so different yet familiar. He touched his forehead, almost expecting the flame to be there.

"Hey I thought you didn't want a hotdog?" Mukuro's voice broke his thoughts.

"I'm hungry." Hibari stated as he took a bite.

"You really just wanted one all along did you." he smiled slyly at Hibari. But he went ignored as Hibari just went on eatting his own.

Tsuna looked up at the sky. It was getting late but he didn't mind. He let his mind wander to happier thoughts. To try to forget what he did know.

"You three seem as good as ever." Came a voice that they all recognized, but for some reason was unfamiliar at the same time. They looked to the man who stood nearby as if he had said nothing.

"Father!" they shouted in unison, then covered their mouths like they'd said something wrong.

"What the hell?" Mukuro shouted.

'Why did we say that?' Tsuna pondered as he removed his hand from his mouth.

The man laughed as he saw their reaction. "You are all so adorable. Looking confused over a single word."

"Who are you?" Hibari growled.

"Didn't you just say it?" he looked at them mischiviously. "But of course you wouldn't really know since you were all sleeping when you were taken. But i'm so glad you all remembered my voice."

"Taken?" Mukuro raised a brow.

"Yeap. I let those people have you for a trial period you see. But I am disappointed I wasn't there to see you all wake up. So disappointing indeed." he leaned back on the grass.

"Wait...are you?...Are you the one who made us?" Tsuna asked hesitantly.

"In a matter of speaking yes." he smiled at them. "Oh but don't give me that look, I can answer all of your questions til your satisfied." he got up. "But not here. Too many people about you see. And I can't very well have people know how I make such amazing work." he dusted himself off. "I won't force you all to come with me, but if you want your questions answered it would be for the best. Of course..." he looked at Mukuro. "I can't have you bringing such..tasteless jewelry along." he walked up to him and snapped off the tracking device like it was piece of hard bread. Making Mukuro blink in surprise.

"How did you...?" He uttered.

"Ah. Ah. Ah." he waved a finger at him. "I already told you. I won't answer any questions here." He tossed the device into a nearby bush. A limo pulled up nearby at the street. "So then...will you be joining me?" he smirked.


"What do you mean they aren't here?" Gokudera shouted at Dr. Shamal who was digging in his ear. "We left them in your care because you said you wanted to run more tests and would watch them!"

"Well when I left they were still here." he stated. "How was I supposed to know they'd leave?"

"How about the fact there was nothing keeping them here!" he shouted.

"Now, now, they couldn't of gone far." Yamamoto smiled. "It's not that late. Maybe they just went on a walk."

"Well now, Mukuro should still have the tracking device on him." Reborn stated. "It shouldn't be too difficult to find them, knowing their personalities."

"I knew it was a bad idea to leave them with him!" Gokudera shouted as he snatched the tracking device off Reborn and started out the door. "Looks like they aren't far at all."

"I told you." Yamamoto smiled.

"Shut up!" he started following the signal, until he hit a bush and tripped over it as he wasn't watching where he was going. "Ow."

"Are you okay?" Yamamoto asked.

"I'm fine.." he growled, then blinked as he picked up something off the floor. "Damn it! He got away!" he grasped the collar.

"Are you looking for those three kids?" the hotdog vendor asked as he was closing shop.

"Yeah have you seen them?" Yamamoto replied.

"Yeah they left a few hours ago with someone they called their dad. He was a rather strange fellow. Didn't look a thing like them. They must take after their mothers." he pulled down the metal gate to the window. "But I guess the black haired one got his hair color from him. It was the only thing that was similar."

"Did you see which way they went?" Gokudera asked.

"Can't say for sure. But I guess towards the direction of the forest? Maybe he was picking up his kids to have a parent teacher conference at Nami Mori Middle School?"

"Thanks!" they ran off. There was only one other place that was there in that direction other than the school.


Tsuna and the others whimpered and groaned in pain as they were locked in a heated room. It was like an oven, it wasn't burning them, but it wasn't pleasant either. Once they had gotten to the place the man had taken them to he'd told them they needed treatment before anything could be answered. So he'd had them strip them and locked them in the small room, at first it was dark, but soon it'd turned a firey red and grew hot. Leaving them in the situation they were in now. The heat was overwhelming, and the room was smaller than it looked from the outside. Not even giving them enough room to have their own space. But it didn't matter, it was too hot to think about anything else.

"Please! Please let us out!" Tsuna banged on the door. He could see the man looking at them from the small glass window above.

"It'll be over soon my dears, then all your questions will be answered to your hearts desire." he responded then closed the small window and walked away. He could still hear them weaping, begging him to let them out. He sat in a chair nearby as he looked at his watch. "That heat is just going to speed up the process abit is all." he heard them panting heavily from within the containment oven. He shifted in his seat to rest his cheek on his hand. "Dolls can't have human organs after all. And I can't have you all revert back to being humans." he closed his watch. "I want you all to live for eternity." he smiled. He could still hear them banging on the door. He moved a record player's needle to play. "A full eight hours aught to be plenty to remove the last of your human flesh."

Tsuna screamed as his body bulked. He could feel it, it burned deep within his body. It was like anything that was normal for a human was melting away. He was sure the others could feel it too. They didn't even notice when any bodily scars disappeared completely. They screamed as it felt like the turn had turned up higher. Making their insides feeling like they were exploding to dust.


When Tsuna awoke he realized he wasn't in the oven anymore. But that he was in a giant canopy bed that you'd only see in old movies. Mukuro and Hibari laid on each side of him, sleeping soundly. "Had it been a dream?" he asked himself as he sat up in the ridiciulously large bed. It was big enough to probably fit everyone he knew. He looked outside the window. It let in the morning sun in as if it was placed there specifically to wake them. The room itself was huge. Three wardrobes sat across from the bed with the letters to their names at the top. To the left of that he could clearly see another room, but wasn't sure what was in there yet. The window had a great view of a fountain down below. And of the garden that he recognized yet was certain it was his first time seeing it. He crawled out from the tangled web of arms and legs of the other two from under the thick comforter and went over to the stairs of the bed. It was apparently how one got on or off it as it was rather high up as well. He saw that he was in a pair of silky pajamas, they were white as snow. And looked like the kind one saw in an old movie, a night gown for men. Going to the window he tried to open it. But found it to be locked. And it wouldn't open without a key. Disappointed, he decided to explore the massive room while the others slept. The other room he'd seen was a bathroom apparently. Only it didn't have a toilet. But a huge bathtub that was in the ground. And many different liquid soaps, oils, and shampoos. It was like a mini swimming pool. Going back to the main room, he crawled under the bed. He couldn't help but giggle as he did so and saw it was rather large under the bed. He could lay there comfortably and kick up his legs if he wanted to. He felt like he'd found a secret hiding spot.

A knock came through the door. Making him crawl out from his hiding place. "Breakfast." said a woman who came in that he'd never seen before. She was dressed as a maid. In a plain grey dress and white apron. With a white cap on her head. "Did you sleep well young master?" she asked pleasantly as she set up the round table with their breakfast.

"Oh yes." he smiled. But saw that her wrists were abit odd. They had round balls for joints. And indents to make them move properly. Her fingers were that of a dolls as well.

"Does my appearance bother you young master?" she asked. "I apologize if it disgusts you."

"Oh no!" he shook his head. "I just thought your hands...they looked different."

"That is because i'm an older model my lord. We older models were made with ball joints. Unlike you and the other young masters who were made differently to appear more human."

"I see." he responded as he sweated a little.

"But we can eat and be, just as you can. We just appear differently is all." she smiled.

Tsuna scratched at his cheek. "I'm sorry but...what is your name?"

"Oh please forgive me, where are my manners? My name is Rose. I'm of the maid doll series." she smiled, as she courtseied. "There are others in the manor of course. But I was designated your personal servant. Would you like me to pick out what you shall wear for the day? Or would you like to do it yourself young master?"

"Umm no, we can do it ourselves thank you." he smiled awkwardly.

"Very well. Then I shall return to my post until you need me." She pointed to a rope hanging near the wall. "Just pull this rope and it will ring the bell signaling me when you do."

"Of course." he smiled, she courtseied once more then left.

"Well she was pretty cute." Mukuro's voice came after the door closed.

"Mukuro!" he jumped in surprised. "I thought you were still sleeping!"

"With all the noise you were making? Certainly not." Hibari replied.

"Hibari!"

"Awww he's embarassed. Did we ruin his lovey dovey moment?" Mukuro asked in a cheeky tone.

"It wasn't lovey dovey!" he blushed.

"Ohhhmmm." Hibari smirked.

"It wasn't!" He climbed up the stairs to the bed. "I was just curious!"

"Even if that was the case you should be punished." Mukuro stated with a smile.

"I agree. We should bite him to death." Hibari smiled.

Tsuna bowed low on the bed. "Noooo! Please forgive me!"

"Punishment to the noise maker!" Mukuro grabbed his pillow and hit Tsuna over the head with it.

"Gwah!" he fell over. Before they started tickling him relentlessly. "Nooo!" he laughed hysterically. "I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" he tried to apologize with a straight face, but he was failing considering the onslaught of tickles he was getting. "I won't do it again!"

"This lesson will ensure you don't!" Mukuro kept on his attack.

"Okay! Okay! I get it! Please stop!" he laughed. "I can't take anymore!" he begged.

They finally stopped. Allowing him to collaspe on the bed in a huff as he tried to catch his breath. Mukuro dropped to his side and hugged him close. Putting a hand to his face to push it closer to his own. Hibari dropped to his other side and put a hand to his hip, pushing himself closer.

"I can't understand why, but I feel like I can't have us be apart." Mukuro whispered. "Like our world should only consist of us three...and father." he continued.

Tsuna stretched his hand up like he was trying to reach the ceiling. Strangely he felt the same way. And he was rather sure Hibari felt the same. Oddly enough it also felt like he'd forgotten something. Something very important. But the most important people were with him right? So what could it be? he pondered these thoughts greatly. It was rather strange to feel content yet unsure at the same time. "Humans are frightening." he muttered.

"What makes you say that?" Hibari asked as he closed his eyes and held Tsuna closer.

"If I didn't know I was a doll. The way I was made would say human. But to humans...dolls are just toys. And once we are broken we will be thrown away."

"That is true..." Mukuro replied. "Most humans will never understand us. Not like father. He will cherish us always."

"...Rose said she was part of the maid series." Tsuna lowered his hand. "What series are we then?"

"Hmmm, thats a good question. We're obviously not part of the lover series. And we're not part of the child series." Mukuro thought aloud.

"Only father can answer that." Hibari answered. "He is our creator after all."

"...Sometimes I feel like...we're different from other dolls." Tsuna stated.

"Different? How so?" Hibari asked as he opened his eyes.

"We were made differently after all. We don't have ball joints like the others." Mukuro stated.

"It's not in terms of being made...it's more like...I feel like we are different. Like there's something about us that makes us different." he replied as he put his hand to his head. "I can't explain it. But it's like there's something that makes us truly different."

"Maybe your right. But who knows?" Hibari responded as he sat up. "Maybe your just tired."

"Hmmm." Tsuna hummed as he closed his eyes.


"Damn it! I was sure it was around here!" Gokudera stumbled over another tree branch.

"I think we're lost." Yamamoto looked around.

"No we're not! We're just a little off course is all!"

"Which means we're lost." Yamamoto stepped through the trees. "Uhh oh."

"What do you mean uh oh?" Gokudera shoved him. They were back at the school. "Damn it! We're going to need some help, with your lousy directions we'll never find that house again!"

"Ha ha haha, sorry." Yamamoto scratched his head. Even though he hadn't been the one leading in the first place.


They sat in the garden sipping tea as the melody played from the record player. It was considered the melodies of Mozarts time. Cheery yet sophisticated. The flowers around them bringing out the melody as a form of relaxation.

"Is it me or did my nails get longer like a girls?" Mukuro asked bluntly as he looked at them. They weren't overly long, but definately polished and primped much like a woman would have.

Tsuna giggled, "Well maybe father made them to grow?" he replied as he leaned over his hands on the table.

"...I don't know why..." he frowned. "But I can hear a girls voice in my head...she seems sad."

"Hearing voices? You must be imagining it." Hibari responded as he sipped his tea.

Mukuro was looking up at the sky, pondering such a thing. "Am I?" he whispered. "But she seems...so familiar."


It was finally the day stated on the fliers. The women crowded around the building waiting for it to open. They were excited and happy. They couldn't wait to see the new dolls. The exibition was highly anticipated.

"Damn it, we've searched for days and still nothing." Gokudera burned. "A whole mansion can't have disappeared that easily."

"Maybe he upgraded his security?" Yamamoto offered.

"Damn it. Now we'll never find the 10th." He walked in a huff. Only to have a piece of paper hit him in the face. "Gahh!" he ripped it off and threw it to the ground. "Damn paper!"

Ryohei picked it up. "You shouldn't litter, it's bad."

"Yeah well, maybe Hibari would get his damn ass over here, then atleast we'd have something."

"Ahhh!" Ryohei shouted.

"What? What? Did he appear?" Gokudera started looked around. "You idiot you scared me!"

"Octopus head look at this! It's them to the extreme!" He held the paper up to Gokudera.

"EEEHHH?" he snatched it back. Sure as it ever was it was them. Tsuna was sitting in a cushioned chair with his legs crossed. With Mukuro leaning against it, and Hibari sitting on the floor. It was the flier to the doll exibition. "Come now to see the new doll series, Living Dolls. What the hell?"

Yamamoto took the flier and read on. "See the latest in doll creation. New doll engineering techniques used to create dolls as real as humans. Come see them live one day only at the annual doll expo."

"We should go and check it out." Ryohei looked over the flier again.

"No way, nuh uh. I'm not going to a damn doll show." Gokudera crossed him arms. "Thats for girls."

"But it might be them. If we don't go we'll never know." Yamamoto stated. "Besides it might be fun." he smiled.

Gokudera shuddered in disgust. "No way."


They were in line to buy the day off tickets. Even then they could see it was very crowded.

"Uhhh this better be worth it." Gokudera looked as though he wanted to vomit. "If there's nothing of worth then you both are dead."

"Next!" The woman called. They all walked up, making her blink at their demenor. Never had she seen boys like them come to any of the past events and it unnerved her. "Can I help you?" she spoke with abit of fear.

"Just give up 3 tickets." Gokudera growled.

"Right away sir." she started ringing up the purchase on the register. "Would you like to buy the special package? It comes with a VIP membership which guarantees the latest news on..."

"JUST THREE REGULAR DAMN TICKETS!" Gokudera shouted. He looked like he'd pop a vein at any given moment.

"Ahhh! Yes sir!" She shreeked. "That'll be 300 dollars."

"ARE YOU CRAZY? WHY IS IT 300 DOLLARS? I SAID THE REGULAR TICKETS!"

"Sir the price of regular tickets at the door is 100 dollars per person." she started to cry.

"Seriously." Yamamoto looked shocked. "Is this really that popular?" He asked politely.

"Yes sir." She still looked nervous.

"Gokudera! Yamamoto! Ryohei!" came a familiar voice.

"Look it's Tsuna's mom!" Yamamoto waved at her.

She walked over with Iemitsu, he had an arm around her and a huge grin on his face. "Oh my I didn't know you were all fans of vintage dolls." she looked surprised.

"We're no..." Gokudera started, but Yamamoto cut him to the punch.

"Oh we're great fans. Sadly we don't have enough money for the tickets. We didn't know it was so popular."

"Oh really? That's too bad." She looked surprised at the situation. "Well then why don't you come with us?" We have special VIP passes. And we can bring up to four guests."

"Really? That'd be extreme!" Ryohei cheered.

Nana walked up to the counter, speaking with the poor frightened woman who calmed down significantly.

"Seriously...your a VIP member of this crap?" Gokudera looked at Iemitsu disgusted.

"But of course. I love anything my wife loves." he was all hearts and blush. "Besides these things aren't that bad. They are far more interesting than other expos."

"We're all set." she held out the passes. "Make sure you don't loose them because if you leave you can't get back inside." she smiled.

"Thank you." Yamamoto put on his badge. "We owe you greatly."

"Oh it's alright." She waved her hand. "I'm just glad there's someone we know who can be with us. Oh and I got you a schedule too. I can't wait to see the living dolls exibit."

"You mean...you haven't seen the fliers yet?" Yamamoto looked confused. Surely she would of wondered why her own son was on it.

"Of course I have." she dug into her bag, and pulled one out. "I'm going to ask the creator to sign it, then have it framed." she unrolled it. It was clearly the same flier that'd hit Gokudera in the face earlier. "Is something wrong? You all look abit strange. Is there something bothering you."

"Well..." Yamamoto tried to find his words.

"That is to say.." Ryohei tried to think.

"Isn't there something you wanted to wonder about on the flier?" Gokudera asked.

"Oh I just want to know how the creator made such realistic dolls. It's simply amazing! It's hard to believe they are dolls."

"Won't Tsuna think it's weird he's on a doll flier?" Ryohei asked.

"Who's Tsuna?" Nana looked at him confused. "Is that another one of your little friends? Oh my you have so many. How do you keep track of them all?"

Iemitsu laughed along with her. "Kids these days, they must have too much homework or something."

"But don't you remember you son Tsuna?" Gokudera pleaded.

"Son?" Iemitsu looked at him in surprise. "You must be joking. We don't have any kids. Atleast..not yet." he blushed.

Yamamoto, Gokudera, and Ryohei were very shocked at their words.


"That's strange to the extreme, how can Tsuna's own parents not remember him?" Ryohei asked.

"It's very confusing." Yamamoto looked at them from the distance. Nana and Iemitsu were looking at other dolls around the area.

"What happened?" Gokudera looked perplexed.

"Well we won't know anything until we find answers." Reborns voice came out of nowhere.

"Reborn!" Gokudera shouted. "Where the hell have you been?" he watched as reborn pretended to be one of the latest dolls.

"Looking for clues." he got off the doll stand. "It seems only members of the family can remember Tsuna and the others."

"How is that possible?" Ryohei asked.

"Who knows. But we won't know until we go into the exibit I think." He started walking toward the doors that led to the special room for the occastion.

"Ladies and gentlemen! Boys and girls of all ages! Welcome to the special viewing for today only out of the three day doll exibition to view the most spectacular dolls you will ever see!" The announcer shouted enthusiastically. "We only ask that you all stay behind the ropes as these dolls are greatly cherished by the creator. Touching is not allowed under any circumstance. Though we would like to add that the winner of the raffle will be allowed to shake hands with one of the dolls as a prize. This will be the only time the creator will allow such a thing. Please have your ticket numbers ready!"

"Oh I hope I win!" Nana's voice came from within the crowd. She held her ticket to see her number and awaited for the curtain to rise.

"Here my darling." Iemitsu gave her his ticket. "Two will double your chances." he smiled.

"Really honey! It's okay!" she smiled excitedly.

"Of course! Anything to make you happy!" he chirped.

"Oh thank you!" she kissed him. Not caring that the crowd of ladies around them was giggling.

"Please raise the curtains!" the announcer shouted with glee. The curtains raised slowly to reveal, the Living Dolls. Louds gasps and awes thundered in the room as they saw the dolls before them.

Tsuna and the others waved at the crowd. Hibari looked like he was pissed. While Mukuro and Tsuna were all smiles.

"Hibari.." Tsuna whispered. "Smile, father said to smile."

"No." he pouted. Which made the crowd shreek with glee.

"Did you see that! Did you see that! It pouted! It pouted!" A woman shouted.

"Oh! I want one!" came another voice.

"I hope I win! I want to touch one!" said another.

"Tch. These woman are idiots." Gokudera scoffed.

"Now it's time for the drawing! Please have your ticket ready for proof of winning!" the man announced. A woman who was apparently a doll with ball joints that was human sized walked up with a box. He dug into the box for a moment then pulled out a ticket. "Would the person with ticket, 186927 come on down!"

"Ahhhhhh!" Came Nana's squeal of delight. "I won! I won!" she bounced. Then went down to the announcer. Showing him her ticket, he nodded.

"Which one would you like to shake hands with?" he asked.

"Umm oh.." she tried to think. "They are all so cute...umm." she shifted. "The one in the middle!" she finally decided.

"Ahhh good choice." the announcer stated in the mic as if she'd just picked out a bottle of wine. Making the woman giggle in the crowd.

"We're so jealous of you!" came a shout.

"Shake his hand for me too!"

Tsuna stepped up to her and held out his hand. Nana blushed profusely, "It's like going to a male dating club!" she squealed. And outstretched her hand. She was rather surprised at what happened next.

Instead of getting a handshake, Tsuna bent to one knee and kissed her hand. Making the women in the crowd shrill with envy. Iemitsu's loud shout of distaste was barely heard over the screams of the fans.

"Hey now it was supposed to be a shake!" the announcer looked shocked himself.

"Oh?" Tsuna looked at him like he couldn't figure out what he'd just done wrong. "But father says you should always kiss a lady's hand." he pushed a few stray hairs back.

This made the women in the crowd shrill with even more delight. Making them beg and plead to have their hands kissed by the human like doll.

Tsuna got up and held her hand for a moment longer. He looked completely serious for a moment, then smiled and walked back to his spot on the stage. Sitting down he tilted his head.

"What's wrong with you?" Hibari asked as he tried to drown out the sound of the shreeking women.

"I don't know...but I feel like...I know her.." he thought aloud.

"That's silly. We've never been outside the manor until today." Mukuro waved eagerly at the crowd. He was rather enjoying all the attention he was getting. But that didn't mean he was going to allow them near either. He was rather protective of his brothers. "Even if you feel that way. Don't let it get to you." He kept on waving. "It'll go away. Like that voice in my head that I told you about."

"Hmmmm." Tsuna looked up at him curiously.


"That is definately them" Ryohei stated from within the crowd.

"But how do we get close enough?" Yamamoto asked.

"Easy." Gokudera smiled.


When the explosion shook the building it sent the crowd in a rage of panic. They shoved and pushed one another to get out of the building.

Suddenly one of the spotlights above Nana broke off from it's beam and was falling toward her.

"Nana!" Iemitsu shouted as he tried to reach her, but the crowd was pushing him away.

"Ahhh!" she screamed and held her head. A quick momentment occured. Getting her out of the way in time. And letting the spotlight hit only the floor. When she opened her eyes she was surprised to see herself in Tsuna's arms.

"Are you alright?" he asked.

She nodded then gasped. "Your arm!" she pointed. She could see he'd been damaged. There was a missing piece of his arm, enabling her to see inside the hallow shell of his body.

He looked at it as if it didn't occur to him that being damaged was a possiblity. "It's alright. Father can fix me." he stated bluntly. But she grabbed him in a hug and started crying. "Hey, it's okay." he awkwardly patted her. But her hug seemed to right to him.

"Tsuna!" Hibari rushed over. "Are you okay? Did this human do anything to you?"

"I'm fine." he pushed her off a little. "Just abit damaged from the spotlight." he tried to cover his arm with his shirt sleeve.

"Don't ever do that again! What would of happened if you were crushed?" he panicked.

"Thank you." Nana mumbled. "I'm sorry that you got damaged because of me." she took out her handkerchief tied it to cover the hole in his arm. "There, that should hold until your fixed."

Tsuna looked at it like it was foreign to him, but parts of himself were telling him it was normal. And rather nice. "Thank you."


"That was a little to extreme don't you think?" Ryohei shouted at Gokudera. "You could of killed everyone octopus head!"

"Just shut up will you! We have to grab them while we can before security comes!" he shouted as he dashed toward Tsuna and the others.

"Isn't this stealing?" Yamamoto asked as they ran.

"No!" Gokudera shouted back. 'Of all the times for a question of ethics.' he thought as he grabbed Tsuna in his run. Ryohei and Yamamoto followed suit.

"Hey!" Tsuna shouted as he was picked up. "Put me down!" he started to kick.

"Hold still!" he shouted back. He was surprised at how light Tsuna was. He weighed about as much as a small child.

Running outside they dashed towards the forest to loose any pursuers.


Kreuz stepped out of his car as he watched the three run off with hast. "Ohh?" he smiled. "Did they enjoy them that much?"

"Sir we're so sorry! We'll get your dolls back post haste!" a police officer ran up to him.

"Please see that you do. Any damages to them and you'll have to pay for it."

"But sir, we can't do such a..."

"Do not argue with me. My dolls were in your care, and as such i'll also be charging the daily fee for each day they aren't back in my posession. Now get a move on and get them back."

"Yes sir!" the officer saluted.


After they found they'd lost the police, they went to the lighthouse. It was far more difficult than anticipated since their captives kept kicking and punching at them to let them go. But once they'd gotten there, they had no other choice than to tie them up to a support beam.

They struggled against the rope that kept them to the beam in an upright position. Since they were also tied about their legs, they couldn't kick out either. Making it very difficult to move at all. "Let us go you freaks!" Tsuna shouted.

"Who are you calling a freak doll boy?" Gokudera shouted.

"That's enough Gokudera." Reborn stated as he stood by. "I commend you on getting them back. But insults won't fix anything."

"Did that baby just talk?" Hibari looked shocked. It was a strange sight to see for them considering they'd never seen him speak so forward before.

"Hibari that's not news! You've always known that!" Gokudera shouted at him. "Stop pretending you didn't know!"

"Humans are pretty stupid aren't they?" Mukuro looked at him.

"Kinda makes me glad i'm not one." Tsuna mumbled as he looked off to the side.

"Agreed." Hibari added. Then almost as if a switch as been pushed. They all sighed at the same time.

"We were kidnapped by idiots." Tsuna stated rather bluntly.

"Who are you calling an idiot?" Gokudera shouted enraged.

"Tsuna don't you guys recognize us?" Yamamoto stepped forward. "We're your friends. Don't you remember?"

"I think we'd remember a crazy octopus man with bombs." Mukuro stated.

"Hmmm." Reborn hummed.

"Do you know something?" Yamamoto asked.

"I think Kreuz has more power than we thought." he responded looking very grim.


And Cliffy number 2! Wow this story really is longer than I anticipated o.O, never thought i'd be hitting a chapter 4 on it. Oh well. More for you guys. =3 I hope you guys got the whole numbers set for the ticket. If not. I'm going to honestly cry. It wasn't very clever at all. .

18 = Hibari

69 = Mukuro

27 = Tsuna

I will sort of understand the first two, but I will bawl my eyes out if no one got the 27. It's on most of Tsuna's clothing! Those are the character numbers fans like myself identify them by =3. Because well it's all in their names xD. Just mentioning that for those who don't know .

Anyway I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. Yes Tsuna, Mukuro and Hibari should be out of character at this point for abit. *dodges the sharp pointy objects being thrown at her over the OOC* Now! Now! Wait a minute here! *dodges some more* There's a point to it I swear! *gets hit in the face with a frying pan that says, "Bring back our originals!" on it*. Oowww! *holding her face* I swear! It's not forever! Hey! Hey! Drop those pitchforks and matches! I can't continue if you slay me!

Reviews and critique is greatly appreciated.