A/N: Whoooo! Fourth chapter is done! I am a fanfic writing machine. Anyway this is the chapter where Ari meets the fam. Full author's note at the bottom as always. Thanks to you guys who favorited and followed! 3

Oh, and the disclaimer…I own nothing, except my OCs. There done. Hope I don't have to do this for every chapter.

Onto the story! ;)

Target Three: What Have I Gotten Myself Into? (Ari POV)

There was a boy running toward me in his boxers with a..flame on his forehead? Ok, let's backtrack to the beginning, and how I got myself into this situation.

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I had just got off the phone with Boreen-sensei, and was starting to pack. I pulled out one of my Japanese workbooks that I had done years ago and flipped through it again, hoping to refresh my memory. Then Mother called me down to dinner. Father was finally home, and right after he put down all his things he engulfed me in a hug.

"Tou-san, I am too old for your hugs," I said after he released me, and I could breathe again.

"Awww…don't tell me my Ari-chan is too old for Tou-san's hugs!" he said, with tears in his eyes. Mother just laughed throughout this entire exchange.

"Yes, Tou-san, Ari's a big girl now. In fact," she said with a mischievous glint in her eyes, "Ari's going on an exchange trip to Japan." I counted to three to let Tou-san process the words. I sighed. I was going to tell Tou-san at dinner, sugar-coat it a little, and then my final attack would be my sparkly puppy eyes, which he has never refused before. This way I was guaranteed to get my Tou-san's permission. Oh god. Did Mother not want me to go or something?

"WHHAAAA? My dear baby is going to Japan all by herself? Oh, but Japan is very dangerous you see, with the ummm…yakuza, and the…ummm…mafia…"

"Mafia? What the hell are you saying Tou-san. There is no mafia in Japan. Plus I can handle myself, I am twelve." I crossed my arms, and tried to look mature.

"Yes, sweetie," Mother said, "I think she can go. Plus Boreen was the one who sent the letter regarding the exchange program." When Mother said Boreen, Tou-san's eyes narrowed just the tinniest bit, and his mouth set in a hard line.

"Boreen?" Tou-san said, almost in a disgusted way.

"Do you know him Tou-san? I asked. "When I looked him up he seemed to be very famous.

"Go to bed now Ari." Tou-san asked-no commanded.

"But…"

"Now." I knew it wasn't a question, and here would be serious consequences if I did not obey. I grudgingly walked up the stairs to my room wondering why Tou-san was all worked up.

From my room I could hear faint snippets of arguing.

"You know who Boreen really is Claire. Why did you let Ari go?" I heard Tou-san ask, in his quiet level voice. Whenever he used this tone, though I could tell her was furious.

"Now now, we have been sheltering Ari too much! I know that you think this is for her own good, but she has to find out sometime. It is better if she finds out know, instead of later." Mother replied, in her usually calm voice, but this time there was something different in it, a commanding tone, that challenged you to disobey it.

"How am I suppose to sit back and let my daughter's pure soul get tarnished by the mafia?!" Tou-san cried incredulously. 'Mafia?' I thought. Now I was getting super confused. There was no mafia in Japan.

"You forget she is my daughter too, Hitoshi. And I think that it is best that she learns about her true blood, from people that are not us."

"But-"

"No buts Hitoshi, it is already done." Mother said, her words final.

After I overheard this conversation I was so confused. What about the mafia? And my 'true blood'? What the hell was going on?

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Today was the day I was leaving, and I was standing at the airport gate waving goodbye to Mother and Tou-san. Boreen must have been loaded because I had a first class plane ticket. I also had to ride a train to get there because my host family lived in the rural, country part of Japan. Oh, I was so excited to meet my host fam. I wondered what type of people they would be. Would they be the shy kind? Talkative? Crazy? Fun-Loving? I really did not know, and could not wait to find out.

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"Dame-Tsuna. Your exchange student is coming in a few minutes, and we have to be at the train station by 3:00. It's 2:53." Reborn said while kicking Tsuna in the face.

"Mama we have to go!" Tsuna said exasperated. The house was bustling with last minute preparations for the girl, whose name was Matsuki Arisa. There were so many people in his house, it was hard to get them all to listen. Bianchi was trying to make a cake, but everything she touches would become poison cooking so Yamamoto was trying to distract her, while Gokudera was on the floor curled up in fetal position. Lambo was being annoying as usual, and I-Pin was trying to get him to share some of his candy. Fuuta was ranking the most random things, like the fastest way to get to the train station. Wait a minute, that's actually useful. With his whole house in chaos, Tsuna just wanted to go to the train station and meet the student. He wondered how she was going to put up with his crazy friends for three whole months. Tsuna was so immersed in his thoughts that he did not see Reborn shoot him with a dying will bullet. 'Huh,' Tsuna thought, 'I regret not being able to be on time to meet the transfer student.'

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I tapped my foot impatiently and looked at my phone again. It was 2:59 PM. Supposedly my host family was supposed to be here at three, but there was no sign of them. And then I saw something really strange. There was a brunette running toward me, in his boxers, with a crazy look in his eyes, and a weird flame on his forehead.

"MEET MATSUKI ARISA WITH MY DYING WILL!" he screamed.

'Oh god,' I thought, 'He couldn't possibly be part of my host family could he?'

He continued to run at an un-humanly speed straight toward me, and I thought he was going to run me over, until he stopped just a few centimeters away from me. The flame seemed to disappear, and now he looked like a regular boy. He looked at me and then bowed.

"Uh….s-sorry about that. My name is S-sawada Tsunayoshi, but you can call me T-tsuna." He stammered out, quite pathetically I might say.

I bowed back, "Hello, my name is Matsuki Arisa, I look forward to getting to know you."

After a few minutes of awkward silence, the rest of the family came. And it was a huge family. Tsuna must have seen my eyes widening as I mentally counted how many people there were. He laughed.

"Not all those people are my family. Well…they are my family, but some of them do not live with me. Mina! Come introduce yourselves!"

After all the introductions were done, and we were walking back to Tsuna's house, I could not help but wonder,

'What the hell did I get myself into?'

A/N: I think this is my longest chapter yet. Well whatever, there is bound to be longer ones though. Anyway Ari meeting the family! Really Ari, What have you gotten yourself into? Oh, and btw, I am starting this story after the Kokuyo Arc, because my OCs would basically be useless at that time. I will throw in some events in the daily life arc, like Tsuna still being shot with the dying will bullet, but I will probably cut out the Kokuyo Arc. It's ok. Mukuro will make his appearance later. So after a few more chapters of fluff and character development, we will jump straight into the Varia Arc. Look forward to it!

GWAHAHA I want candy! (Guess who I was pretending to be ;) Just kidding I want reviews. Review? Please? 3