"There's too many things I haven't done yet

Too many sunsets I haven't seen

You can waste the day wishin' it'd slow down

Who would have thought by now

I'd learn something"

Chapter Four- Chameleons Don't Turn Into Guns, Right?


Nishimura Misaki muttered incoherent words under her breath, walking with Tsuna and Gokudera to her left. Yamamoto was walking beside her right side, and was laughing at her expression. Finally getting irritated enough, Gokudera snapped her out of her trance with a-

"OI! Stupid woman, you're making yourself even look more stupid than you already are! Stop grumbling!"

She twisted her head to look at him slowly, the look on her face terrifying Tsuna. There were bags under her eyes, and newly forming pimples on her forehead. Her mouth was set in a grim line and she looked as though she didn't sleep well.

"Misaki-chan, what happened? There are dark bags under your eyes-"

Ignoring Tsuna, she said to Gokudera in a loud voice- "Shut up, ahodera! You're not the one that woke up in the middle of the street after getting 'bitten to death' by that bastard prefect! At the crack of dawn, you fucking asshole. And stop yelling in my ear, you're making my headache worse!" Then she settled back to muttering under her breath. Tsuna could make out a "stupid prefect... a cockroach crawled on me... a dog almost freaking bit me... all because I watched him hand out punishment... fuck him.."

"There, there, Misaki-chan. Want me to carry you so you can sleep a bit more?" Yamamoto offered. Immediately, she looked up, her eyes sparkling with happy tears. She climbed onto his back, and proceeded to doze off. Tsuna sweatdropped, tugging her bag from her hand, making sure it wouldn't fall to the ground as he took it from her. Yamamoto carried her piggyback-style all the way to the school.

Hibari Kyouya was busy patrolling the front grounds of the school when he saw a familiar trio with a girl on one of the boys' back. Upon closer inspection, he found that it was Misaki, or rather, the girl who passed out too early to actually receive appropriate punishment. Making his way to them, he stopped just as Tsuna squealed in fright at his presence.

"HIIIIEEEE! Hi-hibari-san!" his eyes widened comically, and the silver-haired teen beside him braced himself, gripping his dynamite tightly. Waiting for Tsuna's go-signal, he stared as Hibari glanced at Yamamoto- or more importantly, the girl he was carrying on his back.

Misaki had still been sleeping silently, Tsuna's squeals not waking her up a bit. Hibari eyed them, before saying in a 'calm' voice, "I have unfinished business with Nishimura Misaki. Drop her." At this, many students had stopped walking and watched the scene in terror. There was only one thing in their minds- What exactly had the girl done to Hibari Kyouya to make him bite her to death?

Her eyes flashed open, finally awake. She glared at him, clinging tightly to Yamamoto's neck. "I don't wanna get off, Kyouya-baka." She stuck out her tongue at him, probably delighted at his less than pleased reaction. They were not on first name basis, after all. And being called idiot was a bit degrading.

The prefect's eyes narrowed slightly, and he pulled out his tonfas. "Hahahaha. Hibari, let's not get violent!" Yamamoto said, as dense as ever. It must have irked Hibari for he aimed his tonfa at the baseball player's head. He ducked, missing the metal by a few inches. At this, she got off his back, making him lighter and much more quicker so that he could evade the attacks. She was still sleepy, but she didn't want Yamamoto to be hurt because of her.

Hibari turned to her, attacking her so fast that she barely had time to dodge. It was all she could do, and the tonfa grazed her cheek. Blood dripped from the wound, and she wiped it off, distracted. Hibari landed a sound hit on her stomach and sent her sprawling on the floor. She sat there, waiting for his blows. The girl mentally facepalmed herself for provoking the prefect again.

He's probably feeling murderous again. For some reason, I'm not as scared as I should be. Maybe because I'm not particularly afraid of what he's going to do to me anymore? I mean, a cockroach crawling all over your leg is pretty gross. And I almost got bitten by a dog, too! I would have had rabies or something, and somehow, Hibari-san's threat of biting me to death isn't really getting in my head right now. Ha, I won't get rabies from being bitten to death by him, anyway.

"Misaki-chan!" Tsuna squealed, afraid for the girl who seemed unaffected. For the time being Tsuna was more or less protected by his friends, thus giving him the luxury of worrying about the girl. Out of nowhere, Reborn appeared and gripped Leon, turning into a gun. "We have to save her!" he said just as Hibari slammed down a tonfa straight on Misaki's head.

"!" she cradled her head in pain, and if she wasn't so wrapped up in her self pity, she would have seen Hibari Kyouya smirk evilly at her. He's a freaking sadist! Owwwww...

"Do it with your dying will, then!"

BANG.

At the sound of the gunshot, her head whipped up. Misaki couldn't believe her eyes. The infant she had been afraid of had shot Tsuna. Tsuna. And he suddenly burned off his clothes and a flame appeared on his forehead. "REBORN! SAVE MISAKI-CHAN WITH MY DYING WILL!"

What the fuck? Why isn't he dead?

Hibari regarded the scantily clad boy with little interest. The bright red hearts on the boy's boxers did nothing to alleviate his irritation. "Violation of the dress code. I'll bite you to death, Sawada Tsunayoshi." He left Misaki crumpled on the floor and turned to Tsuna, who began to attack him with his fists.

How is Tsuna doing that? Wouldn't his hair be burning by now because of that flame? Why is he in boxers, anyway? Ah, shit. I have to get out of here!

She dragged herself off the ground and stood up, leaning on the wall for support. Since Hibari had his hands full at the moment, he didn't notice when she was whisked away, suddenly carried on Yamamoto's back again. Everything became blurry to her, too fast to comprehend. Gokudera was throwing his dynamite with a string of curses, trying to distract Hibari for a while. It was all going great until Tsuna's flame burned off and he reverted to his wimpy self.

"HIEEEE!" he squealed, dodging the blow Hibari had thrown and getting a swift blow to the stomach. He fainted. Uhm... Tsuna? Are you dead?

Gokudera helped him up, yelled "JUUDAIME! Are you okay? I'm sorry! I've failed you as your right-hand man!" which was replied with dead silence, as Tsuna was unconscious. Yamamoto adjusted Misaki on his back and Hibari walked away, muttering about Herbivores and weaklings. It seemed as though he was disappointed that the 1st year boys and the 2nd year girl didn't put up much of a fight. Besides, Tsuna was pretty banged up already.

Misaki couldn't help but squeal in glee when she realized he hadn't bitten her to death yet. But soon after that, she fainted. Yamamoto carried her all the way to the infirmary, much to the shock of his fangirls. In her state she twitched a bit, sensing the glares being thrown at her, before returning to a more serene facade.


"Where am I- oh wait. Pervert doctor's here. I'm in the infirmary, eh?" she facepalmed. How long was I in here? Maybe I've missed algebra-

She came to in a small bed, and seeing needles had caused her to revive completely. That and seeing Trident Shamal's figure leaving the room did the trick. Lord knows what he could have done when she was unconscious. The pervert. Tsuna, Gokudera and Yamamoto entered the room, carrying a package that smelled suspiciously like food.

"Ah! Misaki-chan, you're awake!" No shit, Tsuna. Apparently Misaki's head still hurt from the blow earlier, as she seemed more or less irritated from the moment she woke up. She offered them a small wave as they stood by her bed, and Yamamoto slid the package into her hands. She sat up, and looked at him, confused.

"Uhm. What is this?" she had said, and Tsuna smiled sheepishly.

"We went out to buy you lunch, since you didn't seem to have a bento with you this morning. You like cheeseburgers right?" Tsuna's eyes twinkled a bit, and she wondered why he was so... cute all the time. Nevertheless, she accepted the package and hugged the scrawny boy tightly to thank him, much to his surprise.

"Juudaime spent his money on it, so you better eat it!" Gokudera cut in, and she shrugged him off, not in the mood to argue. Tsuna's cheeks were tinted a light pink. Is this the first time a girl hugged him like that? If so, Tsuna, your love life sucks. Seriously.

"Is it lunch period?" she unraveled the paper bag and took out a Bar Girl Ching(1) cheeseburger. It seemed there was one more in there, along with some fries. She could not possibly finish the other burger.

"Yeah! Hahaha. You missed your English-" Yamamoto paused, eyeing the girl as she frowned.

"I wanted to discuss Hamlet today too..." she muttered. "Wait, does that mean I've missed my algebra?" her eyes twinkled when Tsuna nodded slightly. A weird smile graced her features in glee. Good thing they're familiar with my class schedule. It was a good idea to give them a copy~

"Haha, Misaki-chan looks like she just won the lottery or something!" Yamamoto's laugh filled the atmosphere and Tsuna sweatdropped. Gokudera frowned, irritated that Yamamoto was too dense.

"Why are you even here, baseball freak! REMOVE YOURSELF FROM THE TENTH'S VICINITY RIGHT NOW!" at this, Gokudera whipped out his dynamites, and lighted them.

Tsuna whined, wondering why he didn't have sane friends. "Oi! Ahodera! If that thing explodes Tsuna's going to get crushed by the ceiling. Do you really want to cause your beloved 'Tenth' an early death?" Misaki flicked his forehead, and he blinked. "Put 'em out, idiot."

Yamamoto and Tsuna exchanged glances as Gokudera slowly put away his bombs before getting to his knees. "I'M SORRY FOR ALMOST ENDANGERING YOU, TENTH! IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN!"

Somehow, I doubt that, you dolt.

Suddenly, the window blew open and Reborn jumped inside, landing on Misaki's lap.

"Ciaossu." he waved, a smirk on his face as Leon crawled to his shoulder.

"REBORN! What are you doing here?" Tsuna paled. With Reborn in the scene who knew what would happen next? Apparently, anything.

"Oh, it's you! Hahaha. Nice entrance!" Yamamoto, as dense as ever, complimented the hitman on his entrance, which was rather flashy, by the way.

"Tenth!" Gokudera saw this as an opportunity to inch closed to Tsuna, and inch over he did. Misaki's reaction was a bit different from theirs-

She went livid.

"Fuck! It's you!" she managed to yell out before tossing him to Tsuna. She inched away from the boy, her eyes twitching a bit. In her mind, the image of Reborn shooting Tsuna wouldn't disappear. Speaking of which, why isn't Tsuna dead? Oh, wait. That's a good thing. Right? Right.

"Why are you here, Reborn?" Tsuna wailed, and Reborn jumped up to kick his jaw. Ow. That's gotta hurt.

"You should learn to respect your elders, Tsuna." the baby smirked, and she raised her eyebrows. In the background, she could hear Yamamoto laughing. Elders? HUH?

"But you're younger than me!" he whined, and promptly got another kick- this time to his stomach. He leaned over and Gokudera rushed to him, trying to aid the boy. Reborn focused his attention on Misaki, who was currently inching away from his presence.

"On to more important matters- Nishimura Misaki, am I correct?" Reborn asked her, and she blinked. No shit, baby.

"Yeah. I'm Misaki. Why?" her eyebrows furrowed in confusion before Reborn hopped on her bed, Leon crawling to his hand before turning into a gun. He pointed it at her and said dryly-

"I want you to join Tsuna's family."


(1) Bar Girl Ching- Burger King. XD

A/N: *u* Thanks for the reviews, everyone! I'm so glad you guys seem to be happy with my writing.

Twii-san: For guessing one of the two songs, you shall get HALF a Hibari cookie- no, wait. I don't want to split his face in half. Okay, you get a WHOLE Hibari cookie, then! :) Thanks for reviewing. You can now bite him to death, literally. LOL.

SugarLandBabyGirl-san: :" th-thank you~ I'm so happy you said that. Oh, and it's always more fun if you're the one being carried, haha. Poor human horse-san! :)) Thanks for the review! :3

Musicfans-san: he's badass like that. And, of course, he doesn't like the feeling of someone watching his every move. (Yeesh, I make it sound like Misaki is a stalker, which she is definitely not! I think. ) Thanks for your review!

DatAznKid-san: :" aww, thank you! I seriously don't know, either. It seems Gokudera has secret compartments in his clothes to put the dynamites in. At least, that's what I think. :) Thanks for the review!

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