Author's Note: I forgot to mention in the previous chapter that the reason I wrote down the detail of Calandra's morning bath was so you all could get a view on Traditional Japanese life and see how calming it is. I know the previous chapter was boring but it was to give you some foreshadowing on Calandra. I also forgot to mention that Calandra wears contacts. WARNING, a bit of bad language on Calandra's part so avert eyes. Reborn might be a bit OOC, please message me on what you think!

THANK YOU SwordFeather FOR REVIEWING AND MESSAGING ME! GAVE ME A GREAT IDEA FOR THIS STORY!

[Chapter 3. Meeting the Demon, Meeting the Witch]

"Ah, Mina-Chan! Come over here!" a random girl exclaimed as the girl in front of me stood up with a smile.

"Ah," the girl nodded as she pushed her desk over to form a circle with her friends.

Closing my notebook, I placed it in my bag before I started to rummage through for my bento. Taking out my bento, I stood up from my desk and exited the room, finding the classroom to be too loud and too crowded to enjoy a peaceful lunch. Thus, I started my search for a quiet area to eat lunch. The lunchroom was definitely out of the question and I would not be eating my lunch in the bathroom like some pathetic low life. I found myself walking in the less populated area of the school, the area around my locker.

'Why can't this school be-' pausing my thoughts and stopping in my tracks, I took three paces backwards before turning my head to my right, starting straight at the sign that hung on the door.

'School Roof Entrance!' was scrawled on a piece of paper tapped to the door.

Walking towards the door, I placed my hand on the handle and pushed down so that the door opened to reveal a staircase with a door above. Walking up the stairs, I heard the door shut behind me which caused me to run up the stairs silently and open the door, not wanting to be stuck in that small area. Scanning the rooftop, I found it was a nice and quiet spot to enjoy my lunch.

Finding a nice spot to sit down, I opened my bento to reveal a mochi, two-bocchan dango and an onigiri. Spotting a piece of paper under my bento, I opened it up to reveal the music sheet that contained the Namimori High theme song which must've stuck itself down there after I placed it in my bag haphazardly along with my schedule and map of the school. Placing the sheet on the ground, I clasped my hands together and muttered an 'Itadakimasu' before picking up the bocchan dango and eating it. While chewing on the dango, I looked over the music sheet and quietly hummed the tune while I ate my lunch.

~Midori tanabiku Namimori no,

Dainaku shounaku nami ga ii~

A high-pitched voice sang as flapping wings accompanied the singing voice. Looking up, I saw a yellow canary [1] soaring through the sky. Noticing me, the canary flew down towards me before it decided to stand in front of my bento.

"Ah, aren't you a cutie~," I cooed as I gently pet the canary, causing the bird to flap it's wings happily.

~Itsumo kawaranu,

Sukoyaka kenage,

Aa~

The bird continued to sing as I looked at the music sheet I had placed on the rooftop, only to notice that the bird was singing the Namimori High Anthem.

"Woa," I smiled as I gave the canary a small piece of my onigiri. "What's your name little guy?" I questioned as I laid down on my stomach, elbows propped against the concrete roof as I ate my dango.

The canary perched itself on the edge of my bento and started to peck at the onigiri I offered. Finishing off the dango, I put it on the lid of the bento before reaching for the mochi.

"Hibird~," the canary chirped as he flapped his wings. "Hibird~."

"Hibird, eh?" I repeated while taking a bite out of my mochi. "I'm Calandra. Want to teach me the Namimori High Anthem?" I asked as the canary flapped its wings once more.

~Midori tanabiku Namimori no,

Dainaku shounaku nami gaii~

Hibird sang as I copied, trying to sing the song while eating. This went on till halfway through lunch, when I had fully learned the song and Hibird had eaten off the piece of onigiri I had given him. Closing my bento and wrapping the blue cloth around it, I started to pet Hibird while singing the Namimori Anthem, Hibird joining along with me before Hibird suddenly stopped.

"Eh? What's wrong?" I questioned as Hibird started to flap his wings.

"Hibari~! Hibari~!" Hibird sang as a frown made its way to my lips.

"Mah, not you too. My name's not Hibari, its Calandra," I stated while placing my right palm over my left elbow.

"What are you doing here Herbivore?" a cold voice called as I turned on my back to see the boy who beat those three boys during Calculus. "And why is your hair that color? Blonde hair is against the school rules and for that, I'll bite you to death." [2]

Hibird then flew to the boy's shoulder, chanting 'Hibari' repeatedly while flapping his wings. The boy then pulled out two tonfas and glared at me menacingly as I shot my own glare back at him and stood up, only to realize that I was eyelevel to his chin. He smirked at this while I tilted my head up so I could look at him.

"…Did you just call me an herbivore?" I questioned with a twitch in my eye. "Because for your information I happen to enjoy my meat very much asshole,"I frowned while poking the boy in the chest, causing his eyes to widen unnoticeably before they narrowed. "And I'm a natural blonde."

"You dare talk back to me like that Herbivore?" the boy questioned as he raised a tonfa.

Putting a hand on the tonfa, I pushed it down so it was next to the boy's side once more only to receive a menacing glare from the boy. Raising the other tonfa, he moved to hit me across the head with it. Ducking my head, I placed both hands on the boy's chest and pushed him away from me, causing him to stumble backwards slightly before regaining his balance and charging towards me, right tonfa raised for a strike.

Swooping down in a crouch, I extended out my right left before spinning my body so that my leg would sweep across the boy's feet. The boy jumped to avoid my attack before moving in to punch me in the face with his right tonfa. Rolling to the side, his tonfa meet the cement roof of the school before he picked it up and charged towards me, raising his left tonfa for an attack. Getting back up on my feet, I jumped away from the attack and used my right hand to direct the attack away from myself before spinning around so that our backs were to each other. I then quickly hooked my arms around his so that he couldn't attack me anymore with his tonfas. Turning my head to get a view of the side of his face, I slipped my foot in between his legs so that I could kick my leg back and hit him in the crotch. Knowing my intentions, he let out a fierce growl and turned his head so that out eyes locked, faces centimeters apart and noses barley touching.

Before I could smirk, clapping was heard. The boy and I turned out heads to see Reborn standing next to my bento, clapping his small hands together with his green lizard, known as Leon, perched on his fedora, which shadowed Reborn's eyes.

"Very Good Hibari, Calandra," Reborn commented as I tightened my hold on the boy who Reborn addressed as 'Hibari'.

"Hn," Hibari grunted as he glared at Reborn. "What are you doing here Baby? Come here to fight me?"

"No, I came here to talk to Calandra actually," Reborn said while walking towards Hibari and me.

"What do you want Reborn?" I questioned as I slipped my arms away from Hibari, who in turn grunted before putting his tonfas back in his jacket.

"Join the Vongola Decimo's Familia as the Snow Guardian," Reborn stated simply as I narrowed my eyes at him.

"I'm not joining any Mafia Familias," I answered as I balled my hands in a fist. "That's the whole reason Mamma moved us here, so we wouldn't be involved in the Mafia again."

"Are you sure about that?" Reborn questioned, a smirk dancing on his lips. "I talked with your mother last night," Reborn started. "After you went to sleep, I came by again and asked her why she moved here to Namimori. She told me that after your Papa's disappearance, she doesn't want you as a Guardian or hitwoman for the Aragosta Familia. She requested that you become the Vongola Snow Guardian and in exchange for accepting her request she will talk to the Boss of the Aragosta Familia and persuade him for an alliance with the Vongola, one that the Vongola has been trying to get ever since the beginning of both Familia's creation," Reborn said as his smirk got bigger and a twinkle reached his eyes as my jaw tightened along with my fist. "Although, it's still your choice. If you don't accept then you and your mother will go back to the Aragosta Base in Sicily but if you accept then you'll stay here in Namimori. I expect an answer by tomorrow," with that, Reborn left the rooftop, leaving Hibari and me.

I could feel Hibari's intense stare at the back of my head as I calmly walked over and bent down to pick up my bento. Standing up straight, I made my way to the door that lead to the Fourth Floor of the school.

"See you later Hibari-San," I said while opening the door and quickly making my way down the stairs before exiting the small stair room.

I then proceeded to head back to my classroom, quietly walking down the halls as pairs of friends walked back to their class from lunch. Once in the classroom, I sat down at my seat and put away my bento as the bell rang. The teacher came in a few seconds later and started a new lesson. The whole class got out their notebook for notes while I just stared at my desk, thinking about what Reborn had just said on the rooftop.

Due to my dazed state, I never noticed the time fly by so I was startled when the bell signaling school rang. Packing up my school supplies, I made a mental note of the homework the teacher had assigned before exiting the classroom and making a beeline home. Quickening my pace, I was able to make it home in 10 minutes apposed to the 20 minutes it took me to get to school today. Running up the driveway, I saw Mamma's car parked with some bags in the car. Rushing inside, I quickly slipped off my shoes in the genkan and ran towards the kitchen where Mamma was humming a song as she put away the food she had just bought.

"Hibari-Chan! How was your day a school?" Mamma questioned as I slid into the kitchen and slammed my hands on the island counter.

"Why are we here in Japan? Why Namimori? Why did Reborn tell me to join the Vongola Decimo's Familia as the Snow Guardian?" I snap as Mamma's eyes widened. "I thought we came to Japan to get away from the Mafia! Not get involved in another Familia!"

"Sweetie…" Mamma murmured as she placed her hands over mine. "We did come here to get away from the Mafia…more accurately…the Aragosta Familia," Mamma said as she looked at the marble countertop of the island. "I don't think your Papa disappeared…I-!"

"Mamma! How can you still think about him? After all he put you through!" I exclaimed as Mamma put her finger to her lips.

"Shush," Mamma warned as I put my hands to the side. "Calandra listen to me. I love your Papa very dearly. When you fall in love, you'll know why I always stay faithful to your Papa even though he's always gone and flirting. You learn to cope with your lover's faults," Mamma said as she walked around the counter so she was in front of me so she could cup my cheeks with both her hands. "I moved here because I don't want you to serve under Alphonso or his son, I want you to serve the Vongola. I have a bad feeling of Alphonso and his son, I don't think that they have good intentions for the Familia," Mamma explained as she placed a kiss on my forehead. "Please just go along with this Calandra sweetie. I'm just trying to do what I think is best for you," Mamma pleaded as I directed my eyes downwards. "If you don't accept being the Snow Guardian then we'll have to go back to the Aragosta Base in Sicily," Mamma continued as I glared.

"Then why'd you buy a house here?" I questioned as Mamma merely smiled before letting out a little giggle.

"Because!" Mamma exclaimed, throwing her arms in the air before wrapping them around me and squishing my head in between her large breast. "I know my Little Hibari-Chan may be cold and grumpy most of the time but when it comes to Okaa-San, Hibari-Chan will always do as I say!" she exclaimed as I grimaced, she was true. "Now," she started as she pushed me away and held out a large bento wrapped in purple cloth with a swirly cloud pattern to it. "Bring this to the old lady at the Namimori Shrine. It's a thank you since she has accepted you as her student!" Mamma exclaimed while dropping the bento in my hands.

"Student?" I asked with a slight sigh. "Mamma, what'd you do this time?"

"Nothing! I just asked the old lady at Namimori Shrine if she could give you some lessons on Traditional Japanese Lifestyle so that you can get more in touch with your Otou-San's culture! Now move along!" Mamma exclaimed while ushering me into genkan, our previous conversation already out of our minds.

Slamming the door in my face, I grumbled before slipping on my shoes and exiting the house, making my way towards Namimori Shrine, which was at the end of the small and quiet neighborhood. Walking up a hill on the human made dirt path, I came across Namimori Shrine that was surrounded by trees.

Walking up the wooden steps, I stood in front of large shoji doors and raised an eyebrow at this. Knocking on the wooden part of the shoji doors, I waited a few seconds before the shoji doors were slid open, revealing an old lady.

"Yes?" the lady sharply questioned as I held out the bento.

"My Okaa-San wanted me to give this to you," I said as I looked over the old lady.

She was about a head smaller than I was and very skinny. She had pale skin, grey hair pulled back in a bun with two wooden kanzashi stabbed through the bun and sharp metallic blue eyes. She had some wrinkles on her face, which showed her old age and wore a purple furisode with plum blossoms designed and a gold colored obi wrapped around her waist.

"No wonder your Mother sent you here, you dyed your hair blonde," the old lady scolded as she placed her hand on my bun and pulled down to her eye level before dragging me off somewhere.

"This is my natural hair color," I scowled as the lady ripped the bento out of my grip and put it on a table before submerging my head in water.

I closed my eyes as air bubbles escaped from my mouth while wondering if this woman was crazy. After a few seconds of being submerged, the lady pulled my head out of the tub of water while I greedily gasped for air.

"What are you doing?" I snapped while sending a cold glare at the old lady, only to be smacked upside the head with a paper fan.

"You rebel!" the old lady roared as she rolled up the sleeves of her furisode. "Why did you dye your hair blonde? Have you no pride in being Japanese!" she continued as she ripped the tie from my hair and started to rub my scalp brutally with shampoo in her hands. "I will not teach you until you get rid of that atrocious hair color!"

"Oi! I'm half Italian! Blonde is my normal hair color!" I shouted before the crazy old witch shoved my head under water once more.

"Lies! You must be disciplined for dyeing your hair you Yankee!" the witch barked before pulling my head up so that I could breathe again. [3]

"Your crazy old witch! Stop it!" I snapped as she submerged me in water again before pulling my head out and throwing a towel at me.

"I will talk to your mother about your hair color," she declared. "You shall address me as Sensei. Now dry off your hair you Yankee," she said as I glared while I dried my hair.

'Damn witch. I'd like to just bite her head off,' I thought bitterly as I put my hair back in a messy bun.

The witch headed towards a drawer before opening it and rummaging through the contents. After a few minutes, she threw me a long white box to which I caught and opened to reveal a purple furisode with darker purple clouds near the bottom.

"Your first lesson is to put on that furisode by yourself. If you fail to do so within five minutes then you must polish the floors and clean the entire shrine. Your time starts now," after that being said, she left the room with a slam of the shoji doors they collided together due to the power she used to slide them together.

Looking at the furisode I scowled and swore to the lady in Italian while trying to figure out how to put on the furisode.

My day just keeps getting better and better.

[&End]

[1] To me, I think that Hibird is a canary since he's yellow and sings, just like a canary.

[2] In Japanese Society, boys or girls who have blonde hair are viewed as Delinquents or Rebels. It shows disobedience to Japan's society. The Namimori Rule that blonde hair is against the rules is basically you can't dye your hair blonde. I imagine that Japan has some very strict school dress codes.

[3] Japanese slang for 'Bad boy' or 'Bad Girl'. It's used because most of the rebels often dye their hair blonde.