Girls her age always bullied Satou Hinata. She was always too short, too stupid or too boyish to fit in with them properly.

She was always chasing after butterflies, showing off her newest insectoid friend, gushing about insects and plants to anyone who bothered to ask. Too boyish to be considered a girl yet too girlish to be considered a boy. The boys refrained from bullying her, but they do not help her either. They played with her only when they want to- but when the girls in her class tell them that they can't talk to them when they still talk to Hinata, the boys abandon her, all except one.

Watanabe Tōru, a young boy who still played games with other boys but would rather read by himself. He also sung, if what Hinata remembered from what her parents told her was right. Tōru was a nice boy; she wouldn't want him to be treated in the same way she was treated. He stayed, however, always sitting by her side, talking to her even when the class did not.

The boys had abandoned him too, when they figured that they could not get Tōru to leave her alone. They spent their time together alone, always in their own corner, talking about plants, books, and animals. Sometimes they talked about their lessons, their favorite subjects, even asking each other why they liked that subject.

The bullying escalated a few weeks after they had been made outcasts by their peers.

Tōru was always asked to make the assignments for their bullies while Hinata's assignments and books were taken away from her, the assignments always handed in by her bullies as 'theirs'. The bullies would then turn their teasing to the both of them, sometimes calling them something that did not make sense (but the name was so funny to others that they laughed with the bullies in return).

"What if we told the teachers?"

Tōru wanted to scoff when Hinata one day suggested that. To scoff at her naivety, mostly. He refrained from doing so (she was his friend after all), and then told his only friend that their teachers had definitely noticed their situation. Despite having the knowledge, the teachers allowed Tōru and Hinata's bullies to continue their torture- sometimes even joining in.

"After all, how could they not notice the difference between your hand writing and Tanaka-san's hand writing? They're so different!"

Hinata sighed softly as she remembered the sensible evidence her friend provided her. Her eyes on the butterfly that landed so closely to her shortly after. Hinata admired the butterfly, her blue eyes wide in curiosity as she observed the lines, the colours, and then the elegance as the butterfly took off for another flower.

"Hinata-chan!" Hinata heard a familiar voice call. She turned around, looking at the black haired boy that was her friend. Tōru approached her, panting slightly. He was wearing a sky blue shirt underneath a beige vest, beige shorts and the shoes Hinata remembered Tōru told her was from his older brother.

"Tōru-kun," Hinata greeted softly, giving the boy a small and warm smile, "I heard that there were a lot of ladybugs over there." She pointed at a particular place, one that she had been eyeing since the start of spring.

Tōru's gaze followed where she was pointing and found that it was a well-lit area with many flowers, a few hollow logs, and there was one tree stump. It was empty, though, looked empty. Hinata reassured him that insects tend to live around certain spots- like under the logs, at the base of the tree stump, and, most of all, the flowers. It was safe, she insisted, looked safe.

That was their mistake.

And their salvation.


Tsuna and Hana groaned at the sight before them as Takeshi and Kyoko gave their respective laughs.

There, lined up so perfectly that Tsuna was sure that there were masking tapes on the ground they stood on, was fifty students wearing red armbands that merely stated 'Disciplinary Committee'. They bowed perfect ninety-degree angles as they chorused.

"Good morning, Sawada-sama!"

"Seems like you're popular on your first day of middle school, huh, Sawada?" Takeshi teased, draping an arm around Tsuna's shoulders. Kyoko agreed with Takeshi, eyeing the red armband, then wondering if Tsuna would join the Disciplinary Committee.

"Popular?" Hana snorted, crossing her arms as she stepped a little closer to Kyoko upon seeing the sparkles in their greeters' eyes, "More like worshipped." The students around them- the seniors especially- looked at them and wondered who 'Sawada' was.

"Please," Tsuna said, trying to ignore the sniper in his mind laughing at his situation, "Can we just go with 'well-respected'?" He asked as he wondered how Yū somehow managed to sound cool with him just hysterically laughing. Hana rolled her eyes, while Takeshi laughed again and Kyoko tilted her head.

"Does this mean that Sawada-kun won't be joining the Student Council?" Kyoko asked just as they reached the building. They dispersed for a while, all to remove their outdoor shoes with their indoor ones.

Tsuna blanched just as he closed his locker door, stalling for a moment to observe it. It was grey, a standard colour, and there was a number plate under his nameplate. 1427. How funny, to have his 'name' and 'death' in the same number. He sighed, ruffling his hair as he look to his left-

They were all staring at him.

Tsuna immediately looked away, instead focusing on his issue at hand: was it even okay for students to be a part of the Student Council and the Disciplinary Committee at the same time? Then again, the Disciplinary Committee was a club while the Student Council were, essentially, school staffs who were not adults. If Hibari was willing to share, then maybe Tsuna can be in the Student Council and the Disciplinary Committee at the same time. He saw Takeshi, Hana, and Kyoko waiting for him at the other end of the lockers and he smiled at them, turning his body and walking towards them.

"Considering that the Disciplinary Committee is officially seen as a club and the Student Council is officially seen as part of school staff, then I suppose I can be a part of the Student Council and the Disciplinary Committee," Tsuna said when he finally got to their side. He was fixing his cuffs, although it didn't need any fixing, and looked up when he received no response to his answer.

His friends were staring at him, before each of them looked at each other, then away. It was as if the three of them engaged in some secret conversation and agreed to something that most definitely concerned him. Tsuna resisted the urge to pout- cool people do not pout- and instead put his face in a deadpan. Sometimes, Tsuna wished he could read minds. Having Yū did not count, as the dead man was himself too.

"Oi, Yamamoto!" Some of Takeshi's friends called to him, signaling to come over to them. "Coach Sasaki called for us!" They flinched when all four of Namimori's most famous first years- or infamous for one of them- redirected their gazes at them. It was unnerving, and Tsuna gently patted Takeshi's back.

"We'll wait for you in the usual spot at lunch," Tsuna said, smiling at him. Takeshi grinned, and ruffled Tsuna's hair- the latter being shorter than him despite being of the same age.

"Ahahaha! If you say so, Sawada!" Takeshi laughed, and waved at the remaining three, "See you later, Kurokawa, Sasagawa!" He continued before reaching his friends and conversing with them.

"And there he goes," Hana said, then faced Tsuna and Kyoko, "If you're going to join the Disciplinary Committee and the Student Council, you might as well get to Hibari-senpai and ask him whether or not you could work for the Disciplinary Committee as well." She watched as Tsuna looked up in thought.

"I should," he agreed, and prepared to leave to meet with Hibari. Only to be stopped with a firm hand. Surprised, Tsuna lurched forward, regained his footing before he fell, and sliding while turning to face the person who stopped him.

It was Kyoko.

"Umm, before we do that, Sawada-kun," Kyoko said, pointing to the notice boards, "We should look for our class assignments." Tsuna and Hana realized this, eyes wide as they realized the reason why they actually came early that day.

To find for their class assignments before any of their fans swung by.

(Yū shivered slightly at the thought of fans and Tsuna could only agree with the action.)


Tsuna was ready for the tonfa aimed at his head when he entered the reception room. "Good morning to you too, Hibari-senpai," Tsuna greeted coolly, his eyes still on the tonfa that embedded itself into the frame of the door when he dodged the projectile. He looked at Hibari, who seemed irritated that he dodged instead. "I was wondering if you'll be willing to share with the Student Council," he said instead, making his request immediately. He maintained eye contact with the violent prefect, ignoring Kusakabe who entered just as they held the eye contact (and he eyed the tonfa still embedded into the doorframe too).

"Not herbivore," Tsuna's lips quirked upwards at Hibari's new nickname, "… Do what you want." The prefect walked towards him as Tsuna grinned. He dodged the second tonfa from Hibari, and stepped out of the room. He dodged the student about the bump into him and caught the student from falling. He brought the both of them up and he turned to Hibari.

"Thank you, Hibari-senpai!" he said, walking quickly instead of running (because running was against the rules and Hibari wasn't chasing him). He climbed down two sets of stairs to get to the student council office and turned left. He walked until he reached the end of the hallway and smiled. Tsuna looked up, and read the plate.

Student Council Office

"Sawada-kun!" Kyoko exclaimed when he opened the door. Tsuna smiled as he went in, putting the Disciplinary Committee armband on. A few senior students looked at him and Kyoko with a bit of disdain. Tsuna was sure they were thinking about how annoying it was to have two freshmen in the student council.

"Hibari-senpai allowed me to do what I want," Tsuna said, "So it seems that Sasagawa-chan and I are going to be the first year representatives then." He gave them a bow as Kyoko followed.

"Please take care of us!"


In light of a teacher's misconduct, a new teacher in Namimori Middle was hired. He was to teach social studies for second year and math for first year students. Hibari Kyoya personally vouched for this man's credibility and so was hired on the bat.

He was also Class 1 – C's new homeroom teacher and so, was Sawada Tsunayoshi's new homeroom teacher.

His name?

Aikawa Mamoru.

OWARI


Author's note: Well, it's been established that I don't own Tenkuu Shinpan or KHR! with the last three chapters and I'll repeat it again. I don't own them, their characters, or their plot. I introduced two OCs that don't exactly show up outside of being mentioned, for now at least.

Edit 03/15/18: Added a break before the last section of the chapter.

I hope you enjoyed this chapter!

Thank you for reading!