::Wow, thanks for all the reviews. I never thought I did that well. (marami palang Pinoy sa fandom na 'to.)

::So, while my little brother won't get his butt off the PC and let me play, and I've read the latest manga chapter and watched the new episode, I bring you the next chapter. Haru will now be talking in first person, that's just the kind of amnesia this is.

::I don't own Kateikyoushi Hitman Reborn! (they spell that in so many ways) Or any of its fantastic characters.

".Fate."

"What do you mean, Haru-chan?" Kyoko said, unable to keep the tears from flowing. "It's me, Kyoko."

"Kyoko?" Haru mused. "Nakamura from class 3-C? Where am I and what are you doing here?"

"No, no. Kyoko Sasagawa, from Nami-middle!" She urged, hoping she would remember.

"Nami-middle?!" Haru said, surprised. "How do you know who I am?! I don't even go to your school." She searched the room for a familiar face… but she found none. Everyone in the room were strangers to her, merely faces she sometimes saw in the street… that brown haired guy looked a lot like that perv in boxers she bumped into a long while ago...

How can she not remember us?! Tsuna panicked in his brain. Everyone was speeches with surprise.

"She's got amnesia." Reborn said ominously.

"Is that some kind of candy?" Lambo asked cheerfully.

"It means she can't remember anything!" Tsuna shouted in frustration. How are we going to explain this to her parents?!

Lambo cried after being shouted at.

"Stop picking on the little kid!" Haru said, "He's not the only confused one here."

"It's your duty as the boss, Tsuna." Reborn said, hitting Tsuna on the leg. "Explain."

And Tsuna did, to an extent. He left out the mafia part, which, when you think about it, is a really, really big part. For now, everyone was going to go with the whole 'we're-friends-from-different-schools-that-met-at-last-year's-festival-and-you-got-amnesia-from-getting-hit-by-a-car'. Which Tsuna admitted in his head that it was pretty lame, but he decided to leave out the whole mafia thing for a reason.

She might like it better this way… she can live without all those bad memories, and now, she's safe, away from all that stuff. He told himself. I just hope it's what she wanted.

The doctor came in and told them to leave a few minutes later.

"I hope you're sure about what you did, Tsuna." Reborn said, sitting on Yamamoto's shoulder.

"I respect your decision, Tsuna." Yamamoto said, smiling.

"But, Tsuna-kun…" Kyoko said, worry in her voice. "…won't she find out sooner or later? I don't think amnesia is permanent."

"It's for her own good…" Tsuna tried to explain. "…I don't think she could've taken in everything so suddenly."

"But it didn't sound like you still plan to tell her…" Bianchi said, carrying a sleepy Lambo and I-pin in her arms.

Tsuna faltered a little. "I… actually… I don't." He said, hoping that they would understand. "You see… now she's safe from all that stuff. She doesn't know about the mafia anymore, so she'll live a normal life, the other mafia won't think she's involved in anything about the Vongola."

"But… when her memories come back…" Kyoko muttered.

"Then she would've lived a normal life for a while, and by the time her memories come back, she has a choice, whether to live normally, or go back to the way things were…" Tsuna explained.

"That's very thoughtful of you Tsuna… but… I don't think you have the right to decide this for her." Bianchi sighed.

"And when her memories do return… it's impossible to know all that and live normally." Kyoko said. "It's really different, trying to act normally when you know something like that is happening."

"Please, everyone…" Tsuna asked. "Let's just give it a try. This is Haru's chance at a normal life… her life was different before she met all of us. We don't have to stay away from her… just… act like you would normally… and make sure she doesn't find out about the mafia."

"I don't really understand what you're trying to do, Sawada." Ryohei said. "But I think giving her a choice is extremely better than forcing all that stuff on her."

"Okay, Tsuna. Don't worry. I'll do my best to act as normal as possible." Yamamoto said.

It's not you I'm worried about… Tsuna thought, eyeing Bianchi, Lambo, and the others.

"I'll just say this: Haru is stronger than you think." Bianchi said.

"You're the boss, Tsuna." Reborn said. "But I think we should keep an eye on her… there's something suspicious about that accident."

"What do you mean, Reborn?" Tsuna asked.

"…maybe it wasn't an accident." He said darkly.

After going their separate ways home, Tsuna reached his house with the others. Bianchi took Lambo and I-pin to their rooms, and Reborn was already asleep. Tsuna was still helping his mom with the dishes when Bianchi came in wearing her orange-tinted sunglasses.

"Tsuna, I'll go out for a while…" Bianchi said.

"Okay." Tsuna replied, putting away some dishes. "But isn't it already late?"

"I'm going to Hayato's place. I haven't seen him since the accident." Bianchi said. "I'm getting worried."

"In that case, I'll go with you." Tsuna said.

"Just take care, Tsu-kun." Nana said.

"Yes mom." And he grabbed his jacket and went with Bianchi.

"Actually, I've never seen where Gokudera-kun lives." Tsuna said on their way.

"It's a simple apartment." Bianchi replied.

And they were there after a few moments.

Bianchi knocked on the door, and wasn't surprised to get no answer.

"He's not here, again." Bianchi said, looking into one of the windows. "I'll wait for him to come."

"You're going to wait for him out here?" Tsuna asked.

"No." She said, taking a key from her pocket and opening the door.

"Does he know you have duplicates of his keys?" Tsuna asked rhetorically.

"No." Bianchi said, with a knowing smile. "I guess that's why he gets so surprised to see me sometimes."

Anyone would. Tsuna thought to himself, getting this strange feeling that someone was in the apartment with them. "I'll wait here too. I think he's blaming himself for what happened."

"That's exactly what I think." Bianchi said. "He's been hiding because he thinks it's his fault."

"No-one's blaming him." Tsuna said. "No one can. There wasn't anything anyone could've done."

"Yes there was." Gokudera emerged from the bedroom, looking like ha hasn't slept in days, he probably hasn't. He immediately begins to bow down on the floor at Tsuna's feet. "Sumimasen, Juudaime." And that went on for about half an hour, with many variations of 'sorry tenth', 'I should've done something', 'I couldn't protect her', 'it's all my fault', 'I understand if I can't be your right-hand anymore'… until he finally heard Tsuna tell him to stop.

"Like we said, no-one's blaming you." Tsuna said. "Haru's parents even want to thank you for saving her."

"Saving her? It's my fault she got hit by a car!" Gokudera said.

"Listen Gokudera-kun…" Tsuna was getting a little frustrated. "…it wasn't your fault."

"Her parents told us to tell you that you shouldn't blame yourself." Bianchi said.

"But…"

"She's fine." Tsuna said reassuringly. "She's okay…"

"Really?" Gokudera asked, immensely relieved.

"Yes… but…" Tsuna was unsure how to put it. "…she can't remember us."

"She has amnesia?!" he said. "No way… it's my fault…" Again, he proceeded to bow and apologize over and over, and seemingly couldn't hear Tsuna pleading for him to stop.

"GET A HOLD OF YOURSELF HAYATO!" Bianchi hit him on the head with a pillow. "How many times to we have to tell you that it wasn't your fault?"

He immediately stopped.

"Thank you, Bianchi." Tsuna gave a sigh of relief. "We told her that we were her friends from another school, and that we met at last year's festival. We didn't tell her anything about the mafia, or the Vongola, or anything like that… so please act normally around her. No bombs, no fights, okay?"

"You can count on me, Juudaime." He replied. "I won't fail anymore."

"I think you should meet her." Tsuna said. "We haven't got school." He gave a knowing look to Bianchi. "Actually, the whole week's been cancelled."

"Why?" Gokudera asked.

"The whole faculty and staff, and most of the students who attended the dance got sick with food poisoning." Tsuna explained with an exasperated sigh. "They blamed the catering service, but well, they still can't figure out how everyone got sick, since all the food from the buffet table was checked out, and there wasn't anything wrong with it."

"Oh." Gokudera said. No surprise there. Good thing I didn't eat anything. Now everyone knows how it feels to want to barf out your intestines.

"Think about it this way…" Bianchi smiled. "You've got a whole week holiday."

The next day, in Haru's hospital room…

"Well, at least I got amnesia and wasn't too far from home." Haru said, as cheerfully as ever. "Imagine if I was on vacation then got amnesia… I'd be living another life in this island somewhere…"

"And you meet this guy and fall in love, then your memories suddenly come back when your old boyfriend finally finds you." Kyoko added jokingly.

"Isn't that a TV show or something?" Takeshi laughed.

"I guess so." Haru said. "I wonder what it was like when we all met? You guys seem really different from the people I usually go with." She took a bite off of the cake Kyoko sliced for her. "Wait, this Hayato guy, he was the one with me, right?"

"Yeah." Takeshi answered. "He's still probably beating himself up about it."

"What is he like?" she asked.

"Uh…" Kyoko and Takeshi looked at each other, pondering how to best answer her question.

"He's… interesting." Takeshi said. "Silver hair…"

"Five-feet, five-inches tall…" Kyoko said.

"You know how tall he is?" Haru said.

"He's the same height as my brother." Kyoko replied.

"He's the top of our class, even if he sleeps most of the time…"

"Wow. He must be really smart." Haru said.

"Well, you could say that." Takeshi chuckled. "He calls people stupid…"

"Oh, so he's really a smart-ass." Haru laughed.

"He wears lots of rings and leather things." Kyoko said, finding a hard time describing Hayato's clothes.

"Basically, he dresses like a rebel." Yamamoto said.

Haru looked surprised.

"No, the other kind." Kyoko laughed.

"Oh, like delinquent." Haru said.

"But he's alright." Yamamoto said. "You can count on him."

A knock was then heard at the door.

"Hi Haru!" Lambo came in cheerfully and sat at the bedside table next to her bed.

"Hello… it's Lambo, right?" she said, smiling.

"Good morning everyone." Tsuna said, entering the room with a basket in hand. "Mom told me to bring this."

Then Hayato entered the room…

"Oi! Stupidera!" Lambo called. "Where's my candy?!"

"Stupid cow… how the heck should I know?!" he answered.

"You must be Hayato." Haru said.

"I haven't even introduced myself yet…" Gokudera said. She must've really gotten amnesia, she's never called me by my first name before… and she's acting differently.

"They described you very well." She smiled.

::I guess I made the later part cheesier than a three-cheese pizza… but I updated two days in a row!

::I don't know why the inspiration to write keeps flowing into this story… I should be updating my other stuff… anyway, I'm happy about where this one is going.

::The TV show that Kyoko described, if it ever resembles the plot of something, I'm disclaiming it. I think I got that from a 'telenovela'. Whatever, it was just a random thought that made its way into my head.

::I'm rambling too much… anyway, the PC is free, so I'm gonna play now.

::Thanks for reading! Please review!