A/N

Hahaha, I feel like an idiot. You might have noticed I made a mistake in my last chapter. In the last part of the A/N I included some information that had been in my first draft... Please ignore it, it may or may not be relevant to this story yet I haven't yet decided. And I would remove it, but for some reason I can't edit... Weird.

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Disclaimer:

Do I even need to do this? KHR! Is not mine, and sadly never will be.

Warning: cussing, blood, and cliffhangers ahead. Be prepared.

Chapter 4: We're Not Stalkers... Really...

Tsuna's POV

Ever since the event on the roof, either Satoshi, Suzumi, Mariko, or Kumiko has been trailing me everywhere. I tried to ask them about the incident they spoke about on the roof, but...

(When Tsuna asked Satoshi-kun)

"Humph."

(When Tsuna asked Mariko-chan)

"It doesn't concern little tuna fish like your self."

(When Tsuna asked Kumiko-chan)

"What do you think, Yuki-chan, Umiko-chan? Should I tell him? I guess you're right, onee-san might be upset if I tell him."

(Back to his thoughts)

There was one person I hadn't asked yet. That was Suzumi-chan herself. Since I learned she was a Mafia boss, it's been difficult to talk to her. I kinda hoped she would be normal. "Arrgg!" I pulled on my hair. "Why does everyone I know have to be in the Mafia?" I remained in this position until I heard something at my window. The thing tapped lightly on the glass, and I walked over to open it, since my intuition wasn't warning me about anything.

"Hi Tsuna-kun!" It was Suzumi-chan.

Suzumi's POV

He was white, whiter than a sheet. I guess I couldn't blame him. A self-proclaimed Mafia boss who he barely knew was tapping at his window at midnight. I'd probably freak too. "Hi Tsuna-kun!" I said as I clambered into his room.

"S-Suzumi-san!" He exclaims.

"Please call me Suzu-chan, or better yet just Suzu. I really hate formalities." I told him. I have to admit, he's taking a strange girl climbing into his room at midnight pretty well.

"W-Why are you h-here?" He manages to stutter out.

"I'm supposed to be watching you tonight, and it's cold outside." I pouted.

"..." He says nothing.

"Since I'm risking my life to protect you, I figured you wouldn't mind letting me warm up."

"I didn't ask you guys to protect me!"

"Tsuna, as I said before, we have no affiliation to the Vongola. We wouldn't mind if it was eliminated, in other words it wouldn't affect us. We are here only because the Ricerca Famiglia is more of a threat than our grudge against the Vongola. Not that we're not friends, can't blame you guys for what your family did after all." I say finish, my tone neutral.

"But I don't even want to be a Mafia boss!"

"You think I wanted to? Most Mafia bosses are raised with the intention of becoming bosses. The others are thrown into it when they least expect it." I say casually. "Consider yourself lucky. You had Reborn and many friends to ease your transition into Mafia life." I laugh quietly.

"Suzu-chan?" He asks cautiously.

"Oh! Sorry, I got all depressed for a minute!" I smile sheepishly. "Look kid, I know it's tough but it gets easier. Promise." I say. He nods, looking less scared. I grab a blanket from his bed and, wrapping it around my shoulders, sit down in his chair.

After a bit he breaks the silence between us. "Before you said, that I had Reborn and friends to help me, did you not have anyone?" He asks.

I stiffen, and he notices. It's an innocent question, but it brings back many bad memories. "No, I had my onii-san, and my friend. It was just shocking." I know he knows I'm lying. "Ah, well, I'm all warm, so I'll head out again. Thanks for letting me in Tsuna-kun!" I say as I walk over to the window.

"Ah, wait Suzu-" Before he can finish I jump from the window. I have an odd habit of jumping out of fairly tall buildings, but Tsuna doesn't know that. "Suzu-chan!" He rushes to the window, only to find me standing up.

"I'm alright Tsuna-kun!" I wave, before climbing a nearby tree. It's gonna be a long night. I shiver, remembering snippets of my past.

"Onee-chan!"

"Help m-"

"Stupid kids."

"Hey, we're not supposed to kill those two! They're important."

"Ahhh-"

"Someone, anyone help us!"

"Suzu-"

I cover my ears, trying to drown out the voices of my past. Right now, I'm in a tree, protecting the Vongola Decimo, that's all that matters. I can't get distracted. Moping never solved anything. I hope that maybe they'll leave me alone.

Damn ghosts.

Somehow I fall asleep in the tree, I know this because eventually I awake in the tree. Crap! I sit up, and promptly fall out of said tree. "Ow!" I screech, but for some reason, nothing hurts. In fact I've landed, not on pavement, on an incredibly warm human being. I look at the said human. It's that baseball kid from before. Yamamoto Takeshi. "Oh, sorry Yamamoto-san!" I say jumping up. I've landed on a lot of people lately, hope it doesn't become a habit. I think.

"It's okay." He says getting up off the ground. He chuckles a bit. "What were you doing in a tree?" He has a slightly amused expression on his face.

"Well I was guarding Tsuna, but I... Kinda... Fell asleep..." I giggle nervously.

Yamamoto chuckles again, it's a deep throaty sound. Pure and full of joy. "Oi! Stupid woman! Baseball-freak! What the hell are you doing?" The silver-haired bomber asks, obviously irritated.

"Whoa, Goku-chan. What's got your panties in a bunch?" I can't resist, he's too much fun to tease.

"What the hell did you call me?" He's fuming. I idly wonder if he got mad enough, would he explode? Then I imagine a Gokudera bomb, and have to bite my tongue to keep from laughing.

"I called you Goku-chan. I grew up in Italy, so I'm bad with the honorifics. Plus your name is a mouthful." I tell him, sticking out my tounge.

I can tell he's about to start yelling and swearing at me, but Tsuna walks by at that moment. "Oh, Yamamoto, Gokudera-kun, Suzu-chan, ohayo!" Gosh, that kid is almost as cute as Kumi! Better not let her hear that...

"Juudaime!" Gokudera has the lost puppy look on his face again.

"Oh, hi Tsuna!" Yamamoto waves to the brunette.

"Tsuna." I nod to him.

"How dare you! Greet Juudaime properly stupid woman!" Gokudera threatens me with some of his dynamite.

"H-Hey, Gokudera, you really don't need to." Tsuna tries to calm the enraged bomber.

"Maa, maa, Gokudera, she didn't mean anything." Yamamoto remains as calm as ever.

I grin. "If it means that much to you Goku-chan. Hello, Sawada Tsunayoshi, Vongola Decimo, holder of the Vongola Sky ring, Defeater of Xanxus and Byakuran..." I continue, with every title I can think of. Tsuna stands there with his mouth open, Gokudera looks smug, Yamamoto is oblivious to me. "Student of Reborn, and No-Good Student!" I finally finish. Gokudera's lip curls, but Tsuna calms him.

"Boss!"

"Onee-chan!"

"Hmph."

Mariko, Kumiko, and Satoshi have found me. Kumi leaps at me, and I catch her and swing her around a minute before setting her down.

"We were worried about you." Mari scolds me. "Your shift was up at three."

"Sorry, I kinda fell asleep." I say sheepishly.

Mari facepalms.

"I've been so worried about you, I've even been ignoring Sato-kun!" Mari pouts.

Satoshi now has an expression that says; Oh crap, I should get out while I can. He turns to leave, but is blocked, and then glomped by Mari. "You shouldn't worry us like that." She says looking up from where she's tackled Satoshi.

"Et... ffff... eeeee!" I hear Satoshi say.

"Sorry can't hear you!" Mari says, proceeding to snuggle him.

"Urrrrr... evvy."

"He said. Get off me, and then, you're heavy." Kumi translates. Mari glares at Satoshi.

"Boss! Sato-kun is being mean to me!" Tsuna and I sweatdrop.

"Mari-chan, I don't think Sato can breathe, you're laying on his throat." She blushes and scoots off. "Onii-san, never tell a woman she's heavy." I say, a horrifying aura emenating from me. Tsuna faints.

"Juudaime!" Gokudera rushes to catch the falling brunette.

"Hahaha." Yamamoto laughs, completely unaffected by the chaos. And this is how my life went for the next week. My group would meet with Tsuna's, we walked to school, attended classes, and kept an eye on the boy. I eventually met his other Guardians. The Lightning, Lambo, and his Mists, or as I called them, the Pineapple twins, his Sun was the boxing kid, Ryohei Sasagawa. There was also his cloud, Hibari Kyouya.

How wrong could I have been? I didn't think Tsuna would want his friends in the Mafia, Gokudera, Yamamoto, Ryohei... I thought the prefect would never listen to a 'Herbivore' like Tsuna. And never in a million years did I see twin pineapples, or cow child in the mix.

And this is what I was thinking when I felt the headache begin. I sighed, something that only Yamamoto picked up on. Despite being a baseball-freak, he was pretty darn observant.

"Is something wrong Suzu-chan?" He asks, seeming concerned.

I plaster a smile to my face. "I'm fine, just remembered that test in class today." I told him, not really a lie. I might be smart, but that was only if I paid attention in class, which I hadn't been lately. Crap.

"There's a test today?" He asks, he's kinda cute when he's clueless.

"Ah, Sensei announced it yesterday. Were you daydreaming about baseball again?"

He scratches the back of his head sheepishly. "Yeah."

Over the past week, I've gotten pretty close with Yamamoto and Tsuna. Gokudera still calls me 'stupid woman' but I think I've earned a little respect from him. Those Pineapples are way too creepy for me,Hibari scares the crap out of me, Lambo is a weird little kid, and anytime I approached Ryohei, he wanted me to join the boxing club...

As we; me and my Famiglia, Tsuna, Gokudera, and Yamamoto, walk the familiar path to Nami-chuu, I can feel my headache getting worse.. "Oi, stupid woman, are you okay?" Does Gokudera sound worried? No impossible, must be the headache... My vision blurrs and I gasp audibly at the pain.

"Boss!" Mari sounds worried.

"Suzu?" Even Satoshi is concerned.

"Suzu-chan?" Even the Decimo.

I bring my hands up to my temples, only half aware of what I'm doing at the moment. Then I see the blood. It's staining my hands, dripping red onto the ground. I freeze, the sight and smell invading my senses. And then I scream. At the blood, at the pain in my head, at those stupid ghosts who won't leave me alone. The others will be worried about me. Says a small part of my mind. But I can't pay it any attention, because I'm suddenly dizzy. I stumble back, still screaming, until I feel a wall behind me, and then I pass out.

Satoshi's POV

I hear a scream.

Shit.

Suzu is laying collapsed against a wall, and her normally silver vine tattoo has turned black.

Shit.

I didn't think she would've done this again, she knows better, right?

Shit.

Then I realize, I'm panicking. I never panic. I'm the Mind, I'm calm and thoughtful no matter what. So I can't panic. Except that I'm panicking.

"Suzu-chan?" Tsuna is still shocked, but at least he can speak, unlike that idiot Gokudera and the freak Yamamoto.

"Mariko. Go get Kumiko. We'll need her again." I order. The pink haired girl releases my arm and leaves briskly. "Vongola, you should go to school." I tell the boy, while picking up my sister and holding her so her head rests on my shoulder.

"N-No way! How could we just go to school without knowing anything about this?" He exclaims.

"Juudaime's right!" The idiot agrees.

"I don't get this." The freak says, but he seems a bit subdued.

"Look." These people are getting on my nerves. "There's nothing anyone can do for her right now." I say, much calmer than I feel.

"So this has happened before?" The idiot asks.

"Yeah." I reply. I turn to head home.

"Wait!" The brown-haired Vongola speaks up. "Suzu-chan is our friend. We want to at least try to help her." Gokudera snorts at the friend thing, but Yamamoto nods.

"And we know a doctor!" Yamamoto pipes up. "And it's great because he only treats girls!"

No doctor could do a thing for her.

"He lives near by." Tsuna says. "Right over there." He points to a shack/clinic thing. She needs rest...

"Fine." I say. I concentrate my flame, and send a message to Mari where we're going, my flame works two ways. I can send and receive messages. Suzu once said I wasn't a Mind, I was a phone. It wasn't funny, but we all laughed anyway. Suzu's head lolls on my shoulder. Her mouth opens, and I hear her whisper a name.

That idiot.

Rei.

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Ooooohh! Suspense! I'll try to update soon, but I go back to school in two days...

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