Disclaimer: I do not own KHR, KHR belongs to Akira Amano. Besides, If I did, I would have probably done a drag queen pageant like in Persona 4! Fem!Tsuna seems so adorable to me. Also my art isn't that good so I guess it's a good thing I don't own it. XD

CHAPTER 3

Fumiko waved at Hidetoshi, the mailman, and picked up the letters. She skipped cheerfully into the house after saying a happy good morning to Rin-chan next door. She shifted through and miled once she saw the letter from her daughter and eagerly opened it up to read the latest letters. Since, she didn't have to work today, she was planning on reading the entire letter over a cup of herbal tea.

Dear mama,

I had the most interesting morning. I woke up really early. So then I decided to make some bento for myself and also as an apology to Gokudera-san. So then I went outside for some fresh air after making the bento and I saw a boy running outside while punching the air. So being polite, I called to him.

"Hey!" He turned to look at me and slowed down. He had white hair and was really tan. I twitched again internally because I seem to be seeing a lot of tan people here. Is Kami-sama rubbing it in my face that I'm so pale? He grinned brightly and I couldn't help feeling like he had a nice smile. It reminded me of the sun. Anyway, I waved at him. "Mornin'"

"Extremely good morning!" He shouted back in a loud voice. Suddenly he raised an eyebrow and made a confused face. "I haven't seen you around before... Are you new around here?"

I nodded. "I'm Takeshi's cousin from Tokyo. I'm Erika."

"Sasagawa Ryohei to the extreme!" Sasagawa-san was grinning at me again. I waved at him before entering the house again. From the window, I saw him begin running of again with an extreme shout. He was really loud but seemed like a likeable person. I shrugged and began wrapping the bento boxes.

~~WMF~~

So me and Takeshi are walking to school with his friends. It was surprisingly early by the time, me and Takeshi had reached Sawada-san's house to pick him up. In case you don't remember, Sawada-san, Gokudera-san and the small baby, Reborn-chan. I felt glares piercing into my back so I turned to see the girls from last time (When I was pushed down the stairs). I wasn't surprised that they were mad at me. I never got to explain that we were just cousins and at that moment, Takeshi had put his arm around my shoulder. Oh well.

So once we had entered the school building (and the baby suddenly disappeared into a wall or something), I saw a bunch of people looking at me and giggling suddenly as If my entire being was some kind of joke. At first I ignored it as I changed my shoes but eventually it got to me and I slammed my shoe locker shut. The sound seemed to echo around the room as people stopped talking for a bit before continuing.

Sadly, the world decided, why not ruin this day too?

So, I was going to their classroom to hang out with Takeshi and his friends since we were early. On my way, I had heard Sawada-san's unique shriek. I was all, 'SAWADA-SAN! Is he in trouble?' Is it weird that I had dropped my conversation with Aoi-chan in favor of saving my cute little almost-friend? "I gotta go! I'll see you in class!" I said as I started sprinting off.

So I got close enough in time to hear this. "Herbivore, for disturbing me, I'll bite you to death."

"Hieee! No, Hibari-san! It was an accident, I swear!" Sawada-san was obviously freaking out.

"You're being annoying, herbivore." The older sounding boy said just as I skidded to a stop at the corner and spotted Sawada-san. He was on the floor surrounded by papers and a taller teen was standing over him. The other teen had dark hair and was wearing a different uniform. Out of nowhere, he held tonfas and was about to strike Sawada-san. So I did what any good friend who knew how to fight in any way would. I dove forward and pushed him out of the way just in time.

"Sawada-san! Are you okay?" I asked. He nodded before shrieking quietly and rolling. Since I was holding him, I rolled too and I glanced back to see the place where my head was before smashed by a tonfa.

I got off Sawada-san and stood up to face the boy. Up close, he was a lot more handsome than I was expecting at the time. A lot. He had these steel grey eyes and his black was sort of messy, making an 'm' shape with the bangs. He was pale and surprisingly slender considering he crack the floor a little bit with his tonfa. He wasn't as tall as Takeshi but he sure was taller than me which really is frustrating. I noticed a red badge on his jacket sleeve and was very confused on how the jacket seemed to be attached to his shoulders. I couldn't help blushing but covered it up by panting as if I was tired from running here.

"Hmm... Yamamoto Erika, Class 1-B, new student from Tokyo." He said after examining my face. "Why are you wearing trousers instead of a skirt?"

I blinked and looked down. Yup, those were definitely trousers. "Is there a rule against it?"

"Yes." He glared and I suddenly wondered how I thought Gokudera-san was scary. "Students are to wear correct uniform during school hours. For going against the rules, I'll bite you to death first."

"Sawada-san, stay away!" Sawada-san was about to say something or protest but I turned my head to face him and silenced him with a glare.

Next thing I know, I was struck in the abdomen. Hard. I skidded backwards and held my gut in pain and winced. For someone so doll-like, his hits were like being hit by a car. Maybe I'm over exaggerating but it hurt like hell so I don't care if I'm exaggerating.

But he didn't stop there. He didn't give me a chance to recover. Instead he kept up the attack. Since I knew how much his attacks hurt I was focusing on not getting hit. It wasn't that good but I did get hurt less than if I had just attacked carelessly. Don't get me wrong though, I don't suck or anything. I'm awesome! It's just that clearly he was better. For now. Simply because I don't get a lot of practice fighting.

So I finally saw an opening. I ducked underneath his tonfa and gave him a nice strong roundhouse kick to the face. It struck dead-on his cheek and he skidded to the side and bumped into the hallway's wall. Before he could start his retaliation, I had already kicked one of his tonfas away from his hand. By the time I had done this though, he had already recovered from my first kick. He knocked my head with the other tonfa and I dropped onto my knees. It huuuuurrrrrt... I gripped my throbbing head and closed my eyes. Everything was blurry and I felt dizzy.

I heard his footsteps retreating and I realized he was retrieving his fallen weapon. I opened my eyes and grabbed his leg, tugging hard. He didn't fall but I surprised him enough to stop walking. He turned to me with a hateful fire in his eyes. I quickly swiped my foot, causing him to stumble and quickly grabbed his weapon. I didn't have much time so I threw the weapon. I was aiming for his head but in my disorientated state I not surprised that it missed and instead soared past him and out the window.

He slowly walked up to me and through my blurry vision, I saw him raise his tonfa and I prepared for the worst. But just before I would be sent into the land of the unconscious, I heard the sound of the bell ringing. It sounded distant but I heard it. He froze and suddenly retreated.

"Get to class, herbivore. Consider this a warning." He growled before stalking away. Suddenly, I saw a brunette come in front of me. I vaguely recognized it as Sawada-san due to the gravity-defying hair. And then I passed out. Woohoo! (Note the sarcasm)

~~WMF~~

Next thing I knew, I was in the infirmary. I slowly opened my eyes and sat up. My head was pounding but at least my vision had cleared up. The nurse smiled at me and pulled a chair up near the bed. She was a chubby woman with light brown hair and a large smile.

"How are you feeling?" I looked at her and she seemed to get the message. "Can you remember what happened?"

"Yes," I almost slurred my speech. "I was fighting some boy and then... I think he smashed my skull?"

"A run in with Hibari, hey? Well, I believe you have just a mild concussion. Just don't do too much work and take these if you have a headache or feel dizzy." She handed me some pills and an excuse note. I pocketed them and shakily stood up.

"Thank you." I said politely.

"No problem. By the way, three boys were here earlier but had to go back to class when a member of the DC saw them. They were the ones who brought you in. There was Sawada, Yamamoto and Gokudera, I think."

I nodded before leaving the room. It was a little hard trying to find my class in my state of disorientation but I found it and quietly knocked on the door. The teacher told me to enter and I gave her my note. She allowed it and I sat in my desk with my head in my arms. Soon, it was lunch time.

"Erika-chan? Do you need help going to the roof?" Aoi-chan asked as she walked with me.

"Don't worry I'm not that dazed." So I had made it up the stairs and opened the door to the roof. I was then tackled by Takeshi who looked really upset and worried. It was weird seeing the goof not smiling and I couldn't help but feel bad about it. Sawada-san looked guilty about the incident and Gokudera-san looked... normal, really. I noticed the baby was standing on the bench, wearing a stupid flower pot costume.

"Yamamoto-chan, I'm so sorry for what happened. If I hadn't been so scared I could have helped you." I had never seen Sawada-san look so depressed. I really just wanted to hug the poor boy but I couldn't because Takeshi hadn't let go.

"It's alright, tenth! If anything, it's her fault for being too weak. You did nothing wrong!" I was really starting to dislike this guy. How Takeshi got along with him was a mystery to me. I was going to say something when the baby began to talk.

"Gokudera. Erika was able to hold her ground with Hibari, of all people, till the bell and even managed to land a few hits on him. That's more than you've done so far against him." He scolded. I couldn't help but smile at the baby. Then I realized something.

"Wait. How do you know what happened in the fight?"

"I was watching from my secret hiding spot." He replied blankly. Sawada-san seemed startled.

"If you saw that, why didn't you shoot me with the dying will bullet? I would have helped her." Sawada-san asked. I didn't understand what they meant. I mean, seriously. Shooting who? With the what? Secret hiding spots? It just didn't connect.

"I wanted to see how she would do. I would have interfered after he knocked her out, like the last run in with Hibari when Yamamoto and Gokudera fought, but the bell rang and he disappeared to discipline late students." Reborn responded. I was about to ask Takeshi about all this but I couldn't help but get distracted by the yellow flower costume Reborn wore.

"Umm... Reborn-san? Why do you have a Flowey costume on?" The boys looked confused. "You know, a yellow flower from a game? Nevermind. Why are you wearing that?"

"It's camoflague!" He exclaimed. I shook my head and sat down. I brought out my bento box. and started eating. The others sat down too.

After a few bites, I had remembered the other box and gingerly brought it out.

"G-Gokudera-san... I made this bento for you." I began to blush. This was really embarrassing. I felt like I was a girl from some lame shoujo manga. "As an apology for landing on you earlier."

He looked at me for a while. His face twitching in annoyance. "Is this some kind of trick to make me eat it? I already have too many fangirls trying to give me half cooked lunches with stupid tricks."

"Why would I fangirl over a jerk like you?" I retorted to the jab at my cooking and the fact he thinks I fangirl. Over him.

"Well why should I accept a midget's bento?" He shot back.

"Well at least I don't have the same hair as my grandma!"

"Well at least I don't get mistaken for a little kid!"

I threw the box at him and huffed angrily. "Just take the freaking bento and accept my apology before I get angry."

He looked just as irritated as I felt. "If it's horrible, I'll throw it at you."

"Go ahead!" I shouted. He untied the top and removed the awesome cloth that covered the box (It was black with little devils on it that had pitchforks. It was surprisingly adorable, considering the description. I bought it with Takeshi at the same time I bought my trousers). Takeshi was laughing. Not the easygoing calm down laugh thing he does. He was genuinely laughing heartily like this was the funniest joke he's ever heard. Sawada-san looked panicked and Reborn was smiling.

Gokudera-san took a bite. He chewed. Chewed more. More chewing. Then he swallowed. I didn't want to look at his reaction so I looked at my food in case they thought I cared about what he thought. After a while, I guessed he didn't mind it because I never felt food hitting me. I glanced up at him to see him almost reluctantly eating the chili rice. I just knew he would like it better than the usual sweet food that girls put in bentos.

Lunch was... not so bad actually.

~~WMF~~

So after lunch, Takeshi asked if I wanted to hang out with him, Sawada-san and Gokudera-san. I was about to politely refuse (coughcoughsaynorudelycoughcough) but I had a sudden change of mind. I mean, why not hang out with my goofy cousin, adorable almost-friend and scowling hater? So I agreed. He mentioned something about a senpai being there but I didn't really care as long as it wasn't scary Mr. Bite You To Death. I was officially terrified of him.

He stopped walking soon and I turned to face the house. It was regular sized in a regular seeming neighborhood. It seemed so peaceful and quiet. He was about to knock on the door when I suddenly heard an explosion of cosmic proportion. Okay, it was more like small explosives but whatever.

"Lambo! Bring that back! That's Bianchi's!" Sawada-san shouted. I looked up to the windows just to see a cow thing drop out of the sky and onto my face. I grabbed the thing and pulled it off my face and guess what. It was a kid. Probably the Lambo person.

He was small, probably 5 or something. He peeked curiously at me with his green eyes. He had a cow suit and horns in his hair. Dear kami-sama, his hair. It was this huge afro thing that was weirdly sticky. He was also weirdly adorable. And wearing a bra on his head.

"Ah! TSUNA! A girl is trying to steal me away!" He suddenly shouted. He was wriggling violently and screaming. In panic, I dropped the kid. Lambo quickly noticed Takeshi and jumped towards him, crying almost comically. "Yamamoto! Save me!"

I heard a loud thud sound from inside before the door was opened by none other than Sawada-san. He had a large red mark on his face and I assumed he fell down the stairs. Poor thing.

"Lambo?" He asked, confused. He looked around. "Who wanted to steal you?"

Lambo pointed a hand covered in snot at me. Sawada-san started to laugh before introducing us. Apparently, Lambo had started living with them some time back. I nodded before a baby appeared at the stairs and jumped onto Tsuna's hair.

"Erika. I need to talk to you." I nodded warily. Reborn seemed so serious. "Let's go to Tsuna's room."

So yeah, we went to Sawada-san's room. I was surprised I couldn't see his parents anywhere here although there was a pink haired woman who walked in to take back her bra before leaving to go shopping.

"Yes, Reborn?" I asked after we settled inside.

"I want you to join our family." He stated.

"Huh?" Me and Sawada-san said in unison. Though for different reasons.

"We're playing a mafia game!" Takeshi said enthusiastically. "Tsuna is the boss."

I blinked at Sawada-san in disbelief. He looked sheepish. Then he started complaining to Reborn to not get me involved. Being involved in the mafia? Is it similar to the movies? Or is it more like the real Yakuza gangs? Reborn suddenly interrupted Sawada-san.

"But just wait. We need you to take a test to be accepted so we need to wait for Gokudera and Ryohei to arrive. Apparently, some people weren't happy with you being a part of this mafia family." That hurt. I mean, I know I seem so innocent but do people need to reject me? I was determined to pass this test with flying colors.

Soon, Gokudera-san arrived and gave me strange look. It wasn't hatred or just irritation like before. He looked at me as if I was barely tolerable. Progress?

After that, Sasagawa-san from the morning came over. He saw me and for a second we just had a staring contest. Suddenly he seemed to recognize me. "Ah! Erika, right?" I nodded and he grinned.

"Hey, Sasagawa-san? Do you always jog around the town in the morning?"

"I always extremely do! By the way, call me Ryohei! Do you want to join me?" He asked. I thought about it. I mean, exercise is good daily. Plus, I might need to refresh my memory when it comes to heavy physical activity. I mean, my lack of practice and fights really went against me when Mr. Bite You To Death fought me.

"Sure." I replied.

"Amazing to the extreme! I will extremely get you at your house in the morning." He shouted. I gave a small smile before looking at where we had gone. Was this school? Reborn began to speak.

"We're going to do your test all around the school." Knew it! "You can choose what you want to do first. You have to get 3 stamps and then report back to Tsuna. One of the stamps is obtained from winning against Ryohei or at least getting his approval in a fight, the second one is obtained from a game of hide and shoot-"

"Wait, what?"

"-and the last one is obtained through dodging these." He pulled out black dynamite and threw it. It exploded violently. It put the usual explosives to shame. I just stared at him blankly for a while. Takeshi whistled.

"That sounds dangerous." He said.

"Oh it is." Reborn smirked evilly.

~~WMF~~

I decided to do the dodging one first. Super terrifying. Can you imagine having Gokudera-san throwing these super scary sure-kill dynamites at you? He is crazy accurate, you know. I got grazed by the burn a few times and it burnt. I felt like if I was in the center of that explosion I would have burned alive instantly. And I am not exaggerating here. But, I survived and then I chose to do the match with Ryohei-san next after I got my red flame shaped stamp.

"I hope you are extremely ready." Ryohei-san said, posed in a boxing position. He wasn't wearing a shirt and I had a good view of his muscles and I have to say, this boy is definitely doing sports. And works out. I glanced back at myself and felt totally unready. Reborn had gotten some boxing clothes for me, which is strange because they fit perfectly. How did he know my sizes? I had a blue sports bra top thing on and blue, knee-length shorts. The headpiece was sort of strange but I have to say it completes the look. Ryohei-san had red knee-length shorts and the head piece thing over his ears.

Reborn jumped up to the post of the boxing ring in red shorts and an elephant head piece. "You have 3 minutes, begin!"

I dropped into the same position as Ryohei-san and sidestepped away from a punch. I quickly went for a punch and hit him in the chest. He stumbled back but quickly regained his confidence. He punched my shoulder but it barely hurt me. I raised an eyebrow and backed off.

"Oi! Ryohei-san, are you holding back?" I asked.

"Well I can't use my extreme strength! I don't want to hurt a girl like you." He responded. I sighed and took off my boxing gloves.

"I will be fine. Use your full strength or this is worthless. In exchange, I will be able to use whatever style I want. Deal?" The last part was more directed at Reborn than Ryohei-san. Reborn allowed it and Ryohei sighed but got back into position. He then stepped towards me and punched me in the stomach. I grunted and skidded back a little bit before rushing towards him and kneeing him in the chest and sidestepping the next punch.

It went on like this for a while. Just him punching me and me kicking him. I could tell he was still holding back a bit but at least he wasn't treating me like a dandelion. Eventually we reached the thirty second mark. It was time to end this. I let his punch hit me and grabbed his outstretched arm. I flipped him over my shoulder and pinned him down. He tried to escape my lock but soon gave up on it and stopped moving. Reborn came over and stamped a bright yellow fist.

"Well, I guess that counts as a win. Next is hide and shoot." Reborn's black eyes glint wickedly before the lizard on his hat transformed into a gun. "If you get shot in ten minutes, you lose, but if you survive, you win. If I were you, I would start running."

I shrieked internally before jumping over the ropes and running. I heard the sound of him cocking the gun and just ran faster.

~~WMF~~

I sat under the desk and prayed that I wouldn't be found. I already prepared some weapons in the chemistry lab and rushed to one of the third year classrooms which were less obvious. I inspected my weapons and hoped that if he did find me, I could use them.

Unfortunately, I heard the door creak open and the lights turn on. Someone was there. In my head, I knew it was Reborn.

I sighed before removing the smoke bomb from my utility belt (I found it in the maintenance closet). I instantly pulled out the pin and threw it above the door. The cloud drifted down, covering the person under it. It smelled of dilute ammonia acid which was sadly unavoidable considering the mixture I used. There was loud coughs and I used that chance to run. I opened the other door and sprinted out into the hallways and slid down the rails of the stairs.

After a while, I heard footsteps following after me. I groaned in frustration and pulled out another smoke bomb, throwing it at the stairs. I then circled round the person, not bothering to look inside the smoke screen, and began to run up stairs. I headed up to the roof and grabbed the key, twisting round to lock the door once I closed it. I managed to climb onto the top of the building on the roof, panting for breath at the mad chase.

I checked my belt and noticed I only had one more smoke bomb. There was still three minutes left though so I had to save that for when I was cornered. I sighed before pulling out the flask of glue (It was a blob of goop that was crazy sticky) and preparing to drop it in front of Reborn so that he would get stuck in it. I heard the sound of the door handle turning and readied myself. Soon the pushing at the door became more frantic before suddenly stopping.

Then, the door slammed off its hinges and dropped to the floor. Someone walked onto the roof but that was not Reborn. I gasped as I felt something touch me gently. I turned to see Reborn sitting next to me. He looked at me before grinning and pushing me onto the floor into the direct view of the person on the roof. "He was chasing you the whole time." He jumped away just as I laid eyes on the person who was there.

Oh kami-sama...

...

...

...

"So it was you who was disrupting the peace." Hibari Kyoya, I only remember what the nurse called him now, glared at me with his steel eyes. "I'll bite you to death for trespassing, destruction of school property and use of facilities without permission." I looked to see an exit. He was in front of the door and the roof was high up. I checked to see how high up I was. The answer was very high.

I saw Takeshi, Sawada-san, Gokudera-san, Ryohei-san and Reborn near the entrance. I was about to call for help when my instinct screamed for me to duck. I turned forward and ducked. I looked up to see a tonfa where my face was. I rolled out of the way of another attack and stood up. I had to jump over a swipe at me. I grabbed onto his shoulders and performed a perfect handstand on his shoulders for about a second before jumping off (Impressive, right?). He turned faster than I expected and swiped at me again. It hit and I was sent tumbling back and hit the fence. Sadly, the fence here was really old. So I fell.

Off the roof.

To my imminent death.

As I fell I noticed Hibari-san's eyes widen. He immediately dropped his tonfa and dove after me, grabbing my hand and holding on to my wrist as I dangled. His grip was strong enough to bruise.

"H-Hibari-san?" I said, terrified. The fact that I was just dangling scared me more that actually falling because of the tension. I was accepting my death and then suddenly was saved but dangling. It made me realize how much I wanted to live so now I was even more scared of death than before. Does that make sense? I heard Takeshi and Sawada-san shout my name but was too scared to look down to see them. Hibari-san started to pull my wrist, slowly lifting me up and back onto the solid floor of the roof. Briefly I remember thinking how lucky I was that I didn't wear a skirt.

"Don't get me mistaken, herbivore. I do not care about you, in fact I would rather be the one attacking you, but if I had a student's death happen on my watch it would tarnish the Hibari name and the school's name." He said before leaving the scene as suddenly as he entered it. I sat there, gasping on the roof for a while before the others arrived.

"Erika!" Takeshi, again, was the first to tackle me. He hugged me so tight I thought I wouldn't be able to breathe. He seemed to notice and let go. "Are you okay?"

I nodded slowly before glaring at the baby. "Reborn. You planned for me to meet Hibari-san?"

"No. Originally, I was going to chase after you and shoot whenever I saw you. But then, Hibari entered the school after seeing some of the explosions and chased after you since I only evacuated the others. Then, I watched as he searched for you and how you made things to defend yourself. That gas bomb would have worked on a shorter person since ammonia is denser than air so it would have been effective on me. Too bad it was Hibari but it still smelled bad so I guess that was enough to slow him down." Reborn said. He quickly stamped a purple gun stamp and filled my stamp sheet. "Welcome to the Vongola."

"Wait, Reborn?" Sawada-san asked after a while. "How come her test was so difficult? Yamamoto's was a lot easier compared to this."

"Can't I have fun every once in a while?"Sawada-san began complaining about Reborn's sadism, earning him a smack with the Leon Mallet. Takeshi laughed and Gokudera-san started yelling about how carefree Takeshi acts. I took and deep breath and sighed. I asked Reborn for my original clothes back and went to go change.

~~WMF~~

So my days have begun to get weird. Isn't it weird how just after I stopped hanging out with those gangs, I got involved in a mafia game?

If you see Liz, tell her I say hi and that I miss her. Also, inside this letter I sent some photos of Takeshi in. There's a picture of him towering over me, him alone, a selfie we took and him with his dad in the restaurant cutting fish. By the way, Uncle Yoshi wants to see you and says you should come visit.

With Mixed Feelings,

Your daughter, Erika.

Fumiko had to say that she was worried about her daughter. That fact that they would be playing such a dangerous game. She smiled though because at least her daughter had some friends to help her through it all. Something didn't seem right about it though. Nodding her head to assure herself, Fumiko planned a day where she could visit Erika and find out more about this mafia game.

A/N: And Erika is finally introduced to the world of the mafia! But what's this? She seems to have a history with gangs! This will be explained in later chapters so don't worry dear readers! Also, this story begins somewhere before the Kokuyo Gang Arc and will be mostly following the manga and anime storylines with a few of my own things in there.

Thanks for reading! Reviews are appreciated!