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Chapter 2

Gathering the Family

Yuki Sawada opened his eyes to see his familiar ceiling. "Uh…." Yuki groaned as he sat up in his bed. His head was throbbing. "How…?" He muttered until it all came down like a tidal wave. The assassin, Reborn's words, the dying will flames.

"How?" He muttered as he grasped his head in pain as memories flashed through his mind. "Why…why did I forget so much?" he muttered as his mind cleared. He got up from the bed, but failed to realize his feet were still tangled in blankets. When he tried to step forward, he tripped. A loud thud noise could be heard from his room as he slammed face first into the floor.

"Oww…" the boy groaned as he sat up, forehead throbbing in pain. Mere seconds later he heard several loud thumping noises running up the stairs and into his room. His door was kicked open to allow Shana and Nanase to barge into the room, concern etched onto their faces. "Yuki!" the both screamed in unison before tackling him to the ground in a fierce hug. They lifted him off the ground and immediately began a pat down to see if he was hurt anywhere else.

"Are you okay?!" "Did he hurt you?!" "Tell us what happened!" The two girls were screaming their question over each other, making their speech indecipherable. Yuki tried to clam them but to no avail. "Guys please!" he begged only for them to keep ranting out question about his safety.

The duo was so engrossed in their concerned questioning that they failed to notice the dark figure slowly approaching them. Yuki saw a flash of metal before both girls were slammed into the ground. Rona Hibari glared down at the two girls as she sheathed her night-sticks. "Stop disturbing the peace, herbivores." She then turned to look at Yuki and stepped forward. She eyed him up and down before speaking.

"You appear to be fine, small animal." She said. "Yeah… but I don't really know what happened." Yuki said, trying to remember how he had fallen unconscious after the attack.

"That's probably because you exhausted your flames in that first attack, baka-Yuki." Yuki and Rona turned to see Reborn casually leaning against the doorframe. "Reborn…" Yuki said hesitantly, not sure whether to be happy or scared of seeing the Hitman tutor.

"I'm not gonna shoot you this time." Reborn said casually. "When they wake up, meet me at the theme park from yesterday." Reborn said as he gestured to the downed forms of Shana and Nanase. He also gave a look at Rona who simply returned a bored gaze.

Reborn turned around and left the room leaving Yuki alone with his downed friends and School guardian. "Hey Rona?" "Hmm?" "Why are you here?" "Your tutor looked suspicious as he was carrying you back so I followed him." "Isn't that stalking." Yuki asked as his sweat-dropped. Rona merely grunted in response before she looked down at her second in command and her troublesome friend. "Why do you let them squabble? It disturbs the peace." She said sternly.

"Sorry. I'll ask them to keep it down." "Good." Rona said as she walked past the brunette. "Come on." She said gesturing for her junior to follow. Yuki trailed after her as they descended the steps to the downstairs floor of Yuki's house.

They entered the kitchen to find it empty of anyone but Reborn who sat at the table drinking a cup of coffee. "Chaos." Reborn said as Yuki sat down at the table. "Why do you keep saying that?" "It's how you greet people in Italian." "Isn't that 'Ciaossu' though?" Unknown to Yuki, a miniature tick mark appeared on Reborn's head.

"Why was that assassin after the small-animal's head?" Rona asked, intending to perform her duty of protecting students of Namimori. "Because he was hired by a rival family." Rona scowled at this news while Yuki looked down at the table. "The Vongola…" He muttered drawing the other two's attention.

"Why did I forget about it all?" "Because it was for your own protection." Reborn replied calmly, taking another sip of coffee.

"Does everyone else know? Mom? Rona?" Yuki looked towards the disciplinary leader who turned her gaze away, a look of slight shame appearing on her face. "Do Nanase and Shana know?" Yuki asked as he began to shake in rage.

"Not the whole picture. They were fed a small lie that you didn't want to associate with the family 'business'. I'm sure by now they figured it out, but they couldn't be sure." Reborn said.

Yuki's shaking relaxed slightly. "If we're going to continue," Rona said, drawing Yuki's attention, "the other herbivores should participate." She threw one of her batons at the kitchen wall. The metal weapon pierced through the wall, causing two voices to shriek in fear.

Nanase and Shana tumbled around the corner, both quivering in fear. "Nana! Shana!" Yuki said in surprise. He could see that ashamed looks on their faces. "We're sorry Yuki…" Nanase muttered, not daring to look her friend in the eye. The normally upbeat and cheery Shana also had a depressed and saddened look on her face.

Yuki looked at them both before walking towards them. The two saw Yuki's shadow move closer to them but they remained where they sat, not looking up.

Yuki glared down at them both before raising his hands.

He delivered a solid karate chop to both of their heads. "Ow!" they both yelled in unison as Yuki looked down at them disapprovingly. "You guys lecture me about moping and then you go and do it? That's call being a hypocrite!" He lectured as the two looked at him in stunned wonder.

"You mean…you're not mad?" Shana asked. Yuki sighed. "I'm not mad…just confused…you guys didn't have the full picture so I can't really blame you…but why couldn't you drop hints or something?"

Nanase and Shana looked at each other before looking back at Yuki. Shana was the first to speak. "They said that the seal was sensitive…if it broke the amount of flames released could kill you!" She said.

"She's right." Reborn said, drawing the room's attention. "Your memories were sealed for the longest time so your body could adjust to the flames you were producing. The first time they flared out of control they nearly killed you had your dad not done something about it."

Yuki turned to face Reborn who sat at the edge of the table. "So he saved my life?" Yuki asked honestly. "Yeah…dad's do that from time to time." Reborn said with a smirk on his face. "Anyway…your power flared out of control so they were suppressed. In doing so most of your memories went with. But now that the seal on them has been broken, those memories will probably start popping up from time to time, so be careful about that." "Why? Isn't it good to remember these things?" Reborn leaned back in his chair and took another sip of coffee.

"Some memories are best forgotten."

Kokuyo Land, Three Hours Later

Yuki and his friends walked towards the abandoned amusement park and stopped near the front gates of the run-down facility. "So this is the place?" Shana muttered. "Yep." Nanase confirmed as they moved through the gate and towards the forest's edge.

"This is where you got attacked, Yuki?" Shana asked as she gripped her kendo sword by the handle. "Yeah…the guy stopped after his employers got killed though." "Grrr! When I see that guy I'm gonna beat him into the ground!" "You'd fail." A confident voice spoke up.

All three teens jumped in surprise as Reborn approached them through the trees. "He was a professional. And an up-and-coming ace assassin. You'd be dead if he got serious."

"So he was just toying with me?" Yuki asked. "Yep. We need to up your training so you can compete with people like him in the near future."

Yuki looked down at the ground before glaring up at his tutor. "Will they try to hurt my friends?" "Reborn nodded his head. Yuki's fists shook with rage causing Nanase and Shana to give each other worried looks.

The brunette looked up at the now smiling hitman as he saw the orange hue in his eyes. "When do we start?" Yuki asked as his eyes glowed orange.

"Same goes for us!" Nanase declared standing next to Yuki. Shana mirrored her movements and stood next to Yuki as well.

Yuki smiled as he saw his friends take their place next to him. The trio looked at Reborn who wore a cocky grin. "Good. First up is physical conditioning. Your body will need to adjust to the strain of using dying will flames so start by scaling that rock face." He said, gesturing to a tall cliff. "Once you can climb up and down in less than a minute without blacking out then we'll proceed. You two" Reborn said, looking at the two girls "will be dueling her."

Out of the shadows of the forest walked Rona Hibari in her school uniform, batons at the ready. Nanase quivered in fear for a brief moment as Shana just waved enthusiastically at her superior. "Hey Rona!" The dark haired girl twitched at her subordinate's carefree attitude as a tick mark began to grow on her head.

Yuki turned his attention to the cliff and closed his eyes. Suddenly an intense orange flame burned to life on his forehead as his eyes glowed brighter with the orange hue. He dashed forward aiming for the cliff to begin his training.

Reborn watched his student leave a cloud of dust behind, waving his hand to clear it from his mouth. "Still needs finesse." He began to walk towards the cliff to oversee the progress, trusting that the older teen could train her companions.

Rona looked over both Shana and Nanase, analyzing their stances in preparation for the upcoming fight. "I'll bite you to death…" she muttered as she leapt forward. Nanase leapt back, drawing two handguns and fired off several burning red bullets.

The storm bullets slammed into the ground where Rona once stood. The school senior had leapt into the air, and was now coming down with a tremendous force.

Nanase braced for the impact but none came. She opened her eyes to see twin batons, glowing with cloud flames, being blocked by a rain flame infused kendo stick.

Shana stood over Nanase protectively as she pushed Rona back. The black-haired girl landed on the ground and raised her weapons. "Interesting…" she muttered as she looked them over again.

Nanase took her place alongside her friend as they stared down their senior. Rona gaze intensified as a sadistic smile spread across her face. "So…the herbivores bare their fangs…"

Nanase began to shake in fear and looked towards Shana for support. To her terror, even the cheery second in command of the Disciplinary committee was quivering in fear. "R-R-R-Rona…r-r-r-remember t-that t-t-this is a p-p-pr-practice round…" Shanna squeaked.

The girl's response only made Rona's grin grow.

"Shana…?"

"Y-yes N-Nana…?"

"I-i-is it natural for me to feel like I'm peeing…?"

"When Rona's like this…kiss bowel control goodbye!" Shana cried out as anime tears fell from her eyes.

Cliffside

Reborn watched as his student continued his exercise, glancing at the stopwatch he had to keep track of the teen's time. He was doing remarkably well all things considered. Yuki slammed his hand onto an outstretched rock and leapt up about nine feet before grabbing another tone ledge. He was panting heavily, sweat trickling down his body. The flames on his head were constantly flickering, dangerously close to burning out.

"You're doing well." Reborn said loud enough for his student to hear. "But if you don't stabilize your flames you'll just end up at the bottom." Yuki glared up at his tutor in irritation before speaking up in an angered tone, one oddly un-Yuki like.

"I get that! I'm doing what I ca-" As he spoke the rock he gripped shattered. "-aann…?" He muttered as he felt himself drop. "Aaaaahhh!" he screamed as he plummeted towards the ground slamming into the ground with a tremendous thud.

Reborn looked down at the small crater as he saw the flame on the teen's head go out. "Huh, he was almost at the top. And in less than a minute too. I think he's doing well, eh Leon?" The hitman tutor looked down at his small companion that looked at him with a miniscule smile on its face. He nodded his head at his master before turning to look at the now unconscious teen taking ragged breaths in the crater below.

"He's doing well. But he is Tsuna's son. He's bound to fuck up at some point." Reborn said with a sadistic smile on his face.

He stood up from his seat and leapt down towards the ground. He bounded off the rocks of the cliff as he made his way towards Yuki. He landed on the ground with a less than audible thud. He neared the young boy and nudged him with his foot, eliciting a groan of pain from the short teen. "Haa…" Reborn grunted as he looked up at the sky and its clear blue color. "It's gonna be one of those days." He muttered in slight irritation.

Yuki slowly rose to his feet grunting in pain. "Gaah…" he moaned before the flame on his head burned to life again, flickering for a brief instant before stabilizing. "Dammit!" He muttered as he looked up at the cliff.

"I will climb this wall with my dying will!" He exclaimed before leaping into the air and grasping the ledge of the rock face. He shot upward as he rapidly scaled the cliff.

Reborn looked up at him with a brief smile as he saw the young man struggle to climb the cliff. "He's got enthusiasm. But he is definitely an angry kid. I wonder if he represses that…" His tutor said as he walked towards his enraged student.

By the time Reborn had reached the top of the cliff Yuki had scaled more than half of it. The young teen continued to move up the rock face, gripping the next ridge he could reach, Yuki pulled himself up about three feet before placing his foot in the spot where the broken hold had once been.

"Well…you're doing splendid."

"Shut up!" Yuki snapped back. Reborn stared at the angry teen as he continued to climb the cliff at a rapid pace.

'I think all that rage boils to the surface during HDW mode. I'm not sure if that's going to be a benefit or a set back.'

The teen finally pulled himself over the edge, panting slightly as he rose to his feet, kneeling over with his hands on his knees. "T-time…?" "One minute two seconds." Reborn said. The flame on Yuki's head died out as the teen flopped down on the ground in exhaustion. "I thought…I…I was close…" he said through ragged breaths with sweat pouring down his body.

"You need to work on stamina. From what I've heard you pretty well off for fighting techniques. Or so says the boxing team's captain." "You…talked…to…Isoma-senpai?" Yuki muttered as he regained his normal level of breathing. "Yeah. He says you have a mean right hook, but your better at kick-boxing." "Rona…said I needed to be able to defend myself…from bullies." Yuki said as he thought back to his first few years in middle school. How the older kids had beat him down, over and over so bad until he couldn't cry any more.

Luckily (?), Rona had seen the incidents and decided to push Yuki into kickboxing to be able to defend himself. Surprisingly he was a natural and soon trounced every bully who tried to hurt him. The unfortunate consequence of this was the overenthusiastic reaction of the high school's boxing team captain. He had heard of Yuki's success and immediately tried to recruit him into the boxing club. Eventually he was strong-armed into it by Rona who wanted to keep him on edge.

Looking back, Yuki was beginning to think Rona had used this as an excuse to keep him well trained. "Yeah. He reminds me of Ryohei. Well…somewhat." "He was exactly like uncle Ryohei!" Yuki sighed out as he stood up shakily.

"So you remember him, huh?" "Mostly…the memories come and go…but I'm remembering more and more of the past." "That could be dangerous. The seal was designed to suppress the Dying Will Flames by eliminating all knowledge of them from your mind. But now that they're back, they could flare out of control again." "If that happens…" Yuki muttered before looking directly at his tutor, eyes ablaze with an orange hue, "…I'll stop it with my dying will."

Reborn cracked a small smile before turning around. "Boast all you want Baka-Yuki. If you can't scale the cliff in under a minute then I have no reason to believe you." Yuki rose to the taunt and glared at his teacher. "Fine! I'll prove you wrong!" He exclaimed before leaping over the cliff's edge, head ablaze with sky flame. "Yeah, definitely a temper." Reborn said with his trademark smirk plastered on his lips.

"Oh this'll be fun." He muttered as he pressed the button on the stopwatch.

Elsewhere

A young girl in a middle school girl's uniform walked down the streets of Namimori humming a tune from her favorite song. She walked with a skip in her step as she passed a seemingly deserted alleyway. Unknown to her, several imposing, shadowy figures emerged fro the darkness and made their way towards the young girl.

The young blonde was completely oblivious to the threat until one of the figures stepped in front of her, blocking her path. The girl looked slightly startled at the large man who towered over her. He was dressed in street gang attire.

"Hey girlie…" the man slurred causing the girl to back away in fear. She walked backwards only to bump into a solid object. She turned around to see two more men in street clothes staring down in her with her a lecherous look.

"You wanna play doctor?" Another said as he grabbed her shoulders. The girl shrieked in fear as she struggled against the man's grip the other two went to work in grabbing her clothes, trying to get them off the struggling girl.

The young lady screamed violently until one of the men shoved a rag in her mouth to stop her from making a sound. She retaliated with a solid kick to the groin, causing him to topple over in pain.

"You little bitch!" He howled out as he gripped his groin in pain. The men succeeded in pulling down the girl's skirt to reveal her white panties. The girl's screams were muffled by the thick rag as tears ran down her cheeks.

"You're gonna be screamin' our names for ours you little cu—" "HEY!"

The group turned around to see a young teen dash up to them. He leapt into the air and delivered a powerful punch to the lead thug's face, sending him toppling to the ground while his teeth popped out. He hit the floor hard like a brick and lay unmoving.

The thugs glared down in rage at the boy, getting a better look at him. He wore the same outfit as the girl except it was a boy's uniform. He had dark brown, unkempt hair and deep brown eyes. He was relatively shorter then the men and his uniform looked unkempt.

"You damn brat!" one screamed as he threw the girl to the ground and charged the younger boy. The kid took a quick step back before shooting forward with a fist. The blow connected with the man's stomach, knocking all the air from his lungs. The boy grabbed the man by the back of the neck and brought his knee to the man's face.

The man flew back with blood spurting from his broken nose. The remaining thug lunged forward but was met with the back heel of the boy's foot as he delivered a powerful strike to the jaw. The man went down like a ninepin and hit the pavement hard rendering him out like a light.

The boy let out a small breath of air as he looked over the three unconscious men and then looked at the frightened girl. He kneeled down next to her and spoke in a soothing voice.

"Hey, its gonna be okay…" he finally noticed her state of undress. Her blouse had been torn open exposing her bra and her skirt had been completely removed. The boys face turned crimson and he spun around. The girl saw his reaction and quickly tried to cover herself. The boy removed his uniform jacket and offered it to the girl who reluctantly accepted it.

She sniffled twice before looking at the boy's back as she covered herself with his jacket. She stared at his back before mustering the courage to speak.

"W-who are you…?" she managed to whisper. The boy glanced back at her, the blush still evident on his face. "M-my name is Sun Ichijima." He said with a bright smile.

Kokuyo Land, Cliffside

Reborn stared down t the panting and exhausted form of Yuki Sawada as his flames extinguished themselves on the boy's forehead. Reborn let a small smirk form on his face as he looked at the stopwatch. 51.09 Seconds. His smirk turned into a full-blown grin. The kid had broken his record, again. It was the fifth time that he had broken his record and scored a time below a minute. He had done it three time in a row on his first day of training.

He could already see his tolerance for the flames increasing. Reborn looked away from the teen and towards the fierce one-sided battle raging down below.

Ron lashed out with a baton strike that knocked Shana's sword clear out of her hands. The weapon imbedded itself into the dirt several meters away, standing straight up like it was on a battlefield.

Shana dodged the second strike but saw several hairs float through the air. They were hers. Shana back-flipped away from her superior right as a torrent of red bullets flew through the air. Rona spun on her heels and slashes at the projectiles with her batons, deflecting each one.

The bullets flew through the air, destroying rocks, trees and anything they hit. Explosions erupted around the black haired girl. As the smoke cleared Rona was seen standing in the middles of a destroyed patch of grass. The area around her was riddled with craters and dirt covered her uniform. The girl looked up at the two girls standing on the opposite edge of the field.

Shana had recovered her sword while Nanase pointed both her guns at the leader of the Disciplinary committee. Rona's smirk turned into another blood-thirsty grin as she glared at the two. Causing them to shiver in fear.

The two girls' clothes were in tatters with their blouses ripped and their jackets all but destroyed by the battle. Both girls were panting and covered in sweat and grime. Rona on the other hand looked as energetic as a kid fresh from a nap.

"Is she…even…human?" Nanase panted out as sweat streamed down her body. Shana was in an equal state of panting as her sword arm was shaking. Out of fear or exhaustion she wasn't sure. "I honestly…don't know…we take bets if she's a monster or calamity in human form…" Shana said.

Nanase turned her head in confusion. Shana saw the look and smiled sheepishly. "We may have asked the occult club." "Figures…" Nanase grumbled.

Rona stared at the too with a sinister smile. She raised her weapons and prepared to dash but was stopped by the sound of a gunshot. The trio turned to see Reborn standing next to a tired and smiling Yuki.

"Training is over for today." Reborn said as he walked past the group. Rona's smile fell as her face returned to a neutral look. She retracted her batons and slid the weapons into her leg strap. She began to walk away, leaving the devastated area in her wake.

Shana and Nanase fell to their knees in exhaustion, letting their weapons fall to the ground. Yuki had a small grin on his face as he saw how tired they were. With a small chuckle he stretched out his hands to help the two up, the two gladly accepted the offer and stood on shaky legs.

"Go home and get some sleep. You're gonna need it after school tomorrow." Reborn muttered with a sadistic grin on his face.

The three teens shivered in fear as the Spartan tutor walked away with his partner Leon clinging to the side of his fedora. Yuki watched them leave before turning to his friends with a smile.

"I think today went well!"

Later

Yuki awoke in a start. "GAH!" he shouted out as he sat up in his bed. Only now he realized he wasn't in a bed or even in his room. He looked around to find himself sitting in a massive flower garden. The moon was shining down, bathing the area in a pale light.

Yuki looked over the area in a state of awe as the beauty of the area sank in. He slowly stood up and felt a nice cool breeze blow through his hair. The breeze lifted several white flower petals into the air, which temporarily obscured his sight. Soon the petal floated to the ground allowing the teen to see again.

Instead of an empty garden, he saw a small girl in a white sundress standing in front of a boy of about the same height. The boy had shaggy brown hair that obscured his eyes. The girl had long purple almost black hair. She was standing in front of the boy while a white sun-hat covered her head.

He could see the two were talking but he couldn't hear them. Yuki cautiously stepped closer to them trying not to disturb them. As he approached the group, he tripped. Yuki fell face first onto the ground, scattering flower petals as he hit the dirt.

He looked up in fear that he might've startled the children but saw that they were still talking. Even though he had fallen right next to them. The two seemed to be laughing and the girl smiled. Yuki blushed upon seeing the girl's happy expression. He couldn't understand why, but something about her made his heart beat. He turned to look at the brown haired boy and saw he was in a similar state as himself. He was blushing and it appeared like his words were coming out in stutters.

The little girl apparently found it cute and continued to laugh as the boy's blushing increased. Yuki couldn't help but smile fondly at the scene despite him not even knowing the children. Both of them seemed very familiar though.

Before he knew it, the girl moved closer to the boy and kissed him on the cheek. The boys face went from a tomato to the burning glow of a stoplight. Yuki was actually concerned he might pass out from how much heat he was admitting.

He then felt it. A soft pressure on his face, namely his cheek. Yuki turned to his left but saw no one. "What the…?' he muttered as he placed hand on the spot. The feeling hadn't hurt, it was actually rather pleasant. He turned his head back to the scene of the young children and saw the little girl was blushing as she leaned back from the boy. Said boy's face looked like it was on fire before he took a deep breath.

He puffed out his chest and said something Yuki couldn't here, although it seemed like a declaration of some kind. The boy was blushing while he said it but it was apparent that the girl was more affected as her face turned red. She looked down at the ground while fidgeting. Despite her nervousness, Yuki could still see her smile. She looked back at the young boy before saying something herself.

The young brunette boy grinned like crazy while a faint blush dusted his cheeks. He seemed extremely pleased by the girl declaration before he stretched out his hand with his pinky finger extended. The girl smiled as she imitated the gesture.

The two made a pinky swear on whatever they had promised each other and Yuki couldn't help but smile.

"It's a promise…Yuki…"

BRRRRING! BRRRRING!

Yuki's eyes opened up to see the familiar blue of his room's ceiling. "Ugh…" he groaned as he sat up. His alarm clock still blared and Yuki picked up a baseball that was sitting on his dresser. With minimum effort he threw the ball at the clock, shattering it.

"Uh oh…" Yuki muttered as he realized he had just destroyed his alarm. He looked down at his hand and flexed it. 'I didn't even throw it that hard…did I?' he thought.

Before he could continue his musing, the door to his room opened up to reveal a rotating mini-gun. The machine roared to life, unleashing a hail of bullets at the startled teen.

"GAAAH!" he screamed as Dying Will flames exploded on his head. He threw up his hand in defense. In response to his action orange flames burned to life around the teen, protecting him with a wall of fire.

The bullets melted as soon as they touched the wall of fire, reducing it them to molten metal.

The machine gun finally died down as it emptied its clip. Yuki's flames died out as he realized the impending danger was over. The boy sighed as his hands dropped to his sides.

"Impressive reflexes. But you scorched your room." Reborn said with a straight face. Yuki looked at his bedroom and realized that there were indeed massive scorch marks.

"EEEHHH!" he screamed out.

Ten Minutes Later

Yuki sighed as he stepped out of his front door and looked up at the bright blue sky. "My room is in cinders…" he moped hanging his head.

"What wrong Yuki?" Nanase asked as she and Shana walked towards their friend.

"Yeah! You can't be sad on a beautiful day like this!" Shana added in excitedly.

"My bed burned down…" Yuki moped as he slowly trudged towards his school.

"Oh don't worry you can get another one!" Shana sing-songed as she walked alongside her friend.

"How are you in such a good mood?" Yuki asked looking up from the ground and at his strange friend. "Because today is beautiful!" She said in joy.

Yuki and Nanase sighed as their friend walked ahead of them.

They continued to move towards their high school, conveniently passing by Namimori middle school. As the group passed by the school's gate, a young male voice shouted out.

"Aniki!"

The trio turned around to see a young boy running towards them. He wore the Namimori middle school uniform but it was terribly done. His blazer was wrinkled and rolled up to his elbows. His shirt was tucked inside on the left while the right hung out over his belt. His tie was also crooked. His brown hair was also rather disheveled. His brown eyes held an excited look.

The smiling boy jogged towards the trio before stopping in front of them with a grin. "Hey Aniki!" he exclaimed enthusiastically. Yuki smiled at the 13-year-old boy. "Hey Sun. How are you?"

"I'm great! The sun is shining, not a single dark cloud! Nice cool weather! I couldn't be happier!" He shouted out.

"See! Sun agrees with me!" Shana said as she wrapped her left arm around the young teen's neck. Due to his height (or shortness) his face was being pressed up against the girl's chest causing him to blush a little.

"Uh…S-S-Shana-chan? Y-you're b-b-boobs are touching!" he said while the blush deepened.

"Hmm? Oh! Sorry about that." Shana chuckled as she readjusted her position so that the boy's head was above her chest but still in somewhat of a chokehold. "This is better!" Shana said with a grin.

"Stupid breasts…" Nanase muttered as she looked dejectedly at her own chest. Yuki chuckled nervously at the little display, noticing that their actions were drawing the attention of several other students.

Shana paid them no mind as she continued the headlock.

"Ichijima-san!" a voice called out.

The four teens turned their heads to see a young female teen of about Sun's age jogging towards them. Her pace slowed as she saw the high schoolers, or more specifically the older girl keeping Sun locked in a chokehold.

"Uh…" the girl muttered as she stared at Shana. "Hi!" Shana said in a cheery voice and a bright smile.

"Umm…good morning…?" The girl muttered, not sure how to deal with the strange situation.

"Good morning Iana-san!" Sun said revealing a dazzling smile. The girl blushed red upon seeing the boy's smile and began to fidget nervously.

"G-g-good m-m-morning…" she stuttered as her hands trembled. She was holding a small plastic bag and took one last look at it before thrusting it out to the boy and bowing her head.

"Please accept this!"

Sun looked confused for a moment and looked to Yuki and his friends for clarification. Yuki shrugged his shoulders while Shana released the boy and walked over to Nanase who held an equally confused expression.

"Accept what?" Sun asked. Iana looked up, a small blush still covering her cheeks. "A-a-a b-bento I made for y-you! P-please accept it as t-thanks for saving me last night!"

Sun quirked an eyebrow before smiling again. "I didn't do it to be thanked! I did it because someone needed my help! Those guys had it coming! I'm just glad I got there in time before they really hurt you. You're okay right?" Sun asked as concern crept into his voice.

Y-yes! Thank you!" she stuttered, her blush deepening. "B-but…could you…still accept this?" She again offered the bento to Sun who gladly took it. "Sure! It looks delicious!" The boy exclaimed, happily receiving the bento box from the girl.

The girl smiled even wider and possibly brighter before turning around and jogging away. Before she left their sight however she waved goodbye to the boy who waved back.

The three teens looked at the young teen who was smiling at the bento box. "Cool! Second lunch!" he cheered.

"Uh…Sun? You do realize what that was all about right?" Yuki asked looking at the smaller boy. He looked up at his 'Aniki' and smiled.

"Yeah! I got a second lunch!" he said excitedly. The group's sweat dropped as they sighed. "That's not what I meant. Do you know what that bento represents?" Yuki continued. "What? Lunch is lunch!" Sun again declared as he looked at the trio. "Why?"

The group sweat dropped again at the boy's ignorance. The girl, Iana, clearly had a crush on the boy. Yuki, Shana and Nanase sighed in exasperation at their friend's denseness.

After parting ways with their younger friend, the teens headed towards their school.

Unknown to the group a shadowy figure watched their movements as they proceeded towards Namimori high.

Sorry for the late update, I had a lot on my plate and I hope to introduce some villains in the starting of the next chapter!