Chapter 3

"Psychic powers?" Yamamoto questioned Tsuna. That's right, its going to be one of those days….currently Tsuna is telling me, Gokudera, and Yamamoto about an incident with an odd little boy who has psychic powers and saved him from some angry dog.

"Yeah. He was able to hit something away from him like this without moving his hands." Tsuna demonstrated holding his arm out and palm up, as if he was stopping traffic.

"There's no way that…tenth, perhaps you were just seeing things." Gokudera mentioned smiling brightly, as if he wanted to ensure that Tsuna would not get mad.

"Maybe it was just a coincidence? Maybe the dog intended to move and that happened to be the second that he put out his hand?" I added, although with this bunch around, I wouldn't doubt some one having psychic powers.

"Of course not. He was kind of like-"

"Tsuna." Reborn spoke, suddenly appearing on Tsuna's desk, causing said boy to scream.

"I guess there are people who believe in such things, even at your age." He finished turning away from Tsuna.

"That's coming from a baby!" Tsuna argued slamming his fists on his desk where Reborn resides. I smiled, yep it's one of those days. Class soon started and I began taking notes. I have to admit, since I've been hanging around the 'family' I've gotten better at the language and customs. Not to mention with me being on the volleyball team, I'm actually getting more attention from my peers. Not that that's important to me, but it's nice to be known for something other than being new.

After class I took my books and headed off for afternoon practice when there was a tug on the lower hem of my skirt. I looked down to see a weird looking…Chinese boy? He was dressed in clothes that had emblems from china and had a kind of weird shaped head. The boy held up a picture of a guy whom I've never seen before.

"Are you looking for this guy?" I questioned looking down at the odd boy. He nodded, and I stared at the picture just to make sure that I had never seen him.

I shook my head apologetically, "No I haven't seen him, I'm sorry. But I'll keep my eyes open for you."

The boy bowed in respect before running off., watching him leave I soon turned and went to the locker rooms to change. I smiled and changed into my gym clothes and met my team on the field. We started by doing push ups, sit ups, jumping jacks, and all kinds of stretches. The captain of the team was a girl named Ami, who took her position very seriously. After the warm ups Ami decided that we weren't in our best shape yet, so we ended up doing ten laps around the school. After the first five laps I was ready to die. Man I didn't think I was this out of shape, I panted attempting to get oxygen in my desperate lungs. Apparently I got enough to keep me alive, and I never once lessened my pace. Deciding to test my limits, I increased my speed and didn't stop until I finished the ten laps. As it turns out I finished first and made pretty good time.

As Ami, who instead timed our running instead of running with us, and I waited for the others to finish we talked about school and classes and such. I laid on the cool grass, which by the way felt AMAZING on my burning skin, and decided to relax. So I crossed my arms behind my head, and enjoyed the few minutes of peace I had left.

"Hey Mira-Can, mind if I ask you something?" Ami spoke from above me, as in right above me, her figure casting a shadow over me. I opened my eyes out of curiosity and nodded.

"Why do you hang with No-good Tsuna?"

"Because he's my friend."

"Why?" I didn't understand why she was asking me this. What does it matter?

"He's a nice guy. He's just unlucky so people get the wrong idea." Ami laughed at my reason, and honestly she was beginning to annoy me. I'm normally a happy, go with the flow girl, but the second you mess with someone I care about, the flow ends and fists start flying.

"Trust me Mira-Chan, he's just No good Tsuna." I narrowed my eyes and was about to comment when the last person finished the run.

"Alright break for water, then meet back here for a practice game!" Ami yelled walking away. I watched her walk away and decided on how to handle the situation. It was then that a loud boom and smoke hovered over the school. I snapped my neck to look behind me at the scene to see the smoke clear and the school perfectly fine. Everyone shrugged it off thinking someone lit a fire work or something, while I sighed then smiled. Everyday is a new adventure, huh Tsuna? Oh well, I'll get the details about what happened later, in the mean time I have something to take care of…

"OWW!" Ami screamed holding her bleeding nose in pain, and looked down at the circular object that had hit her in the face. Looking in the direction where the ball came from I smiled, "Heads up!"

Let's see if she makes fun of my friends again, after all….I still get another serve.


Walking home after a long days practice, smile plastered onto my face, my blue orbs stared at the sky as I thought about how to spend the rest of the day. I could go and check in on the family, or I could explore the town. Come to think of it…the only places that I've been to so far are home, school, Tsuna's, and Yamamoto's sushi shop. That settled it, I was going to explore. To be honest I was a bit excited, who knew what this place held? As soon as I got home I changed into a pair of jean shorts, red tank top, white sweater, and my black sneakers. Happy now that I'm in normal clothes, I walked down the stairs to see my father sitting at the kitchen table reading the newspaper.

"D-dad? What are you doing home?" I stuttered, honestly…my father is the last person I'd expect to see in my house, how pathetic is that?

He didn't answer me, he never does. I looked down at my shoes dejectedly, "I'm going out."

Closing the door behind me, I stared at the ground for a moment before shaking my head. Screw him , he's not going to ruin my day, never has and never will I told myself. Picking my head up I walked down the street, letting my feet take themselves where ever they wanted to go. After about ten minutes of walking I realized something. How would I get home if I get lost? I sweat dropped, this might have been better if someone was with me or I had a map….that would have been smart. Now lets see…I don't want to go home with dad there, I don't want to get lost, and I don't want to bug the others…so I went to the only place I knew how to get to, Takesushi, in other words Yamamoto's shop. You can't blame me, it's the only place I knew how to get to and back.

So I walked, enjoying the gentle breeze, honestly this weather could put anyone in a good mood. As I walked into the sushi shop I noticed some girls in my class were also here, however they all looked so…disappointed? Did they run out of sushi? I looked toward the counter and saw perfectly fresh dead fish….wait…

"Ah Raphaela-Chan, come in!" I looked in the direction of the voice and saw Yamamoto's dad calling me in. I smiled sweetly and walked to the counter, "How are you sir?"

The man chuckled and shook his head at me, don't people here say sir? Or did I screw up again? Curse new country and different…everything!

"No need for the sir, what'll you have?" He smiled, as I blanked. I only had sushi that Yamamoto gave me…I didn't know what any of it was. He must have noticed my discomfort because he gave a big booming laugh, "That's right, you don't know your sushi. Why don't I just make what Takeshi gave you?"

I gave an appreciative smile and rubbed the back of neck, "That'd be great, thank you!" He nodded then proceeded to make the order. I looked back at the girls who were upset to see them simply sitting there like they didn't know what to do with their lives. "What's wrong with them?"

Yamamoto's dad just shook his head tiredly, "They wanted to see Takeshi, but when I told them he was out…Alright ladies, he wont be back until tonight, so there's no point waiting." I watched the girls leave, and grinned.

"Fan girls huh? You should be proud, your son is quit the ladies man." I winked, smiling at the laughing man.

"Hardly! He catches some eyes, sure. But you're the first girl he's ever spent time with." The man then sent an unknown smirk at the girl before him. I blinked, staring down at the counter. Didn't expect that…

"Well of course, we're friends." I stated, "In fact…I consider him a best friend." I smiled warmly, realizing that life here with everybody…doesn't sound to bad.

"You're my best friend too Mira-Chan!" A happy voice bellowed from behind me. I jumped and slowly turned my head to see Yamamoto grinning from ear to ear. How long has he been there? My left eye twitched as I stared at the smiling boy for a moment.

"Mira-Chan." He spoke, giving a genuine smile. I snapped out of my gaze and felt a slight blush creep up on my cheeks. What's going on here? Hey wait…

"What did you call me?" What's that mean using first names? Wait it's first name and Chan…that's like…close friends right? Ok I can handle that.

"Mira-Chan, you can call me Takeshi." His grin causing him to close his eyes and he gave a thumbs up. Ok I know it's normal to call people their first names in any other country, but here it was special. I smiled, "Ok…Takeshi-Kun."

He put his hand down, and opened his eyes, still keeping a smile on his face. I also kept my smile and we just stared at each other for a moment.

"Are you two going to keep flirting, or are you going to eat your sushi?" Yamamoto's dad smirked from behind us.

Takeshi gave a happy laugh, while mine was a bit embarrassed, "So Takeshi- kun…want to help me with chop sticks again? It looks like you could use a sushi to the head again." I winked, teasing the boy.

He smirked, "Not if you get one to the head first!"

"It's on!"

Mr. Yamamoto simply shook his head, smiling as he watched his son, who knows maybe this is the start of love?


Yamamoto told me all about the little Chinese boy, for starters he is really a she! Who knew? Also that she has bad eye sight and that she is now living with Tsuna at his house and so on. Is it just me, or do all the crazies end up at Tsuna's? Ah well, I straightened out my uniform, after wearing it for a few weeks I decided I didn't mind it too much…most of the time. After the adjustments to my outfit I sat at my desk and waited for class to start. Nothing new is really happening today, I'm getting better at volleyball though, I even learned some new moves! However I'm also on thin ice with the captain, apparently some of my spikes, hits, and blocks end up hitting her…but it's not like it's on purpose….insert evil laugh here. Ah well, she's learning to keep her mouth shut about Tsuna and the others at least.

I sighed and rested my chin in my hand, while looking out the window. It was then I heard a cough coming from my right, I turned to see an average boy from class, I couldn't remember his name due to the fact I never talked to him, but he looks like a nice kid.

"Yes?" I smiled politely, offering him my full attention. I watched as his cheeks turned a light shade of pink, and seemed nervous. I waited patiently as he stumbled over his words and fiddled with his fingers. "Is everything ok?"

"Y-yes! Um...I was wondering if…um you uh, had a b-boyfriend?" He stuttered, the pink tint in his cheeks turning into a dark red as he looked up at me with little traces of sweat on his forehead.

"No." I answered simply, I was about to tell him that I didn't plan on having one, when loud footsteps that sounded more like a stampede charged and sure enough my desk was bombarded with boys from my class. I jumped and had about fifty sweat drops as I looked at all the boys, I was surrounded…there was no escape, and then it hit me…

No…oh no…oh HELL no! I do NOT have fan boys! My left eye twitched as all the boys spoke at once flirting, hitting on me, or making small chat. HELP! S.O.S! Anybody? It was then I heard an amused laugh, "Mira-Chan sure is popular!"

I looked over and saw Yamamoto grinning, Gokudera scowling (when isn't he?), and Tsuna looking sorry for me. I need to make a break for it, I took a deep breath and pushed back the boys trying to make a break for the 'family' which worked and I quickly grabbed the first member I got to…who was not happy about it.

"Get off me you stupid woman!" Gokudera yelled trying to get me to break my death grip.

"Not until they're gone!" I screamed back tightening my grip on him. He then began flailing his arms glaring at me, while I snuck a peek at the boys who ambushed me. It seemed like they all got tired of waiting so I gave a sigh of relief, it was then I noticed something and decided to point it out.

"Hey Gokudera?"

"What?" He snapped back, as it got deathly silent in the room

"You smell good."

"WHAT?" He began freaking out while Tsuna gave a nervous laugh and tried calming the raging silver haired bomber. It was then that I decided to switch bodyguards.

"Takeshi-Kun save me!" I yelled standing behind him with my arms tightly wound around his chest, peeking at the steaming boy across from us. Takeshi just laughed, "Is this another game?" Mental note, get a smarter body guard.

Finally the teacher came in and we all took our seats, and let education flood our brains…yeah right. After half an hour of trying my hardest not to fall asleep I looked at my desk and saw a note. Looking around to see who put it there, I saw no one showed any signs of leaving it. I quickly read the text that told me to go to the boxing club after class to see Tsuna fight. I quirked my brow and glanced over at Tsuna, he was going to fight? Not that I didn't have faith in him it's just…he doesn't seem like the type to fight for no reason, then again maybe there was a reason. I silently shrugged and went back to zoning out the teacher.

I entered the small building where the boxing club resides, I think it's called a dojo? Either way when I entered I saw Takeshi, Haru, Lambo, Bianchi, and the little Chinese girl who I found outs name is I-pin. Gokudera came too, but once he saw his sister he got sick and left, eh not much he can do about that.

Finally Tsuna came and it seemed like he didn't know why we were there. I guess Reborn strikes again…we need to put a bell on that kid or something. Any who, a boy with short silver spiky hair came up behind Tsuna laughing, "Sawada! You're so popular that even an elder of Thai Boxing came all the way from Thai to see you." The silver haired boy had a nice light tan and a bandage across his nose. He seemed rather…energetic? He pointed to the elder and Tsuna and I both gaped at the sight of Reborn wearing boxing shorts and gloves with an elephant hat and fake goatee. "This is elder PaoPao."

Oh dear Lord…

"I want to see the crazy fight between the new club member and the leader of this club." Reborn, or rather PaoPao, stated with that cute baby smile of his.

"Are you trying to force me to fight?" Tsuna yelled looking he's seen a ghost. I shook my head, leave it to Reborn.

"Go to the Madison Square Garden star and make Kyoko happy." PaoPao, cough Reborn cough, stated.

"Just like the elder says. The sparring we're gonna do will be a good way to measure your true power." The silver haired boy said with a determined smile.

"W-wait a second!" Tsuna started to argue, but was stopped short when Bianchi put a head protector on him. "We're ready." She said not caring about Tsuna's objections.

The match began and Tsuna was getting the crap beat out of him, the other boy seemed to think Tsuna wasn't fighting back because he didn't accept him as a fighter. Reborn was going to shoot Tsuna with the dying will bullet, however Tsuna told him no. So instead Reborn shot the other boy, but when he got…he hadn't changed at all. Does that mean he already fights with his dying will? Wow…

"Sasagawa Ryohei is an amazing guy." Reborn commented giving a small smile. Sasagawa…isn't that Kyoko's last name? Are they related? Tsuna stared at the boy amazed, when Reborn shot him with the dying will bullet. The 'family' began to cheer for Tsuna as the match was more evened out and made it more interesting.

"Tsuna is amazing for being able to dodge so much. But that rush isn't something you see everyday." Takeshi commented watching the scene.

"He has the makings of a hitman." Bianchi added giving a knowing smile.

It was at that moment Tsuna won the match and the bullets wore off. However not only five minutes later a guy came running in telling us that a rival club stole Tsuna's precious Kyoko, so of course we all had rescue her, which actually earned me Kyoko's, Haru's, and Ryohei's friendship…weird huh? All in all it was an eventful day and as of right now I wanted nothing more than lay in my bed and sleep, something I have been deprived of once again, and once I got home I did just that.