Nina had spent most of the night thinking of various ways to get revenge. She didn't know whether she should simply kill Luca or if she should do something a little more thought out, a little more torturous. Should she enact some sort of well thought out plan that would eventually drive Luca crazy? Would it be worth the effort?
She then began to think of whether it was justified. Maybe she was the one who was at fault. No, what happened wasn't due to anything she had done. She wanted to believe this, but felt a shadow of doubt in the back of her mind. She tried to think of what had happened to cause the events to unfold as they did.
What if she hadn't looked for him, would he still have shot her? Would he still have dumped her at some point, or would he have kept her on the side incase something went wrong with the other girl?
Nina rolled over onto her back frustrated at the thoughts that were keeping her awake. She didn't want to think about these things, she only wanted to get her revenge.
She tried to regain her train of thought by remembering that last night. As she thought about it she involuntarily touched the scar left by the bullet, and then she remembered what Luca had said.
"I'm a mafia boss now, I don't need you anymore."
She realized now that it wasn't only Luca she had to get, but also the entire Mafia somehow. Yes, she thought, they both must be taken down. It's the only way.
But how do you take down an entire organization that you only know a little about? She thought about it, and speculated, but in the end was taken over by sleep without an idea.
The next day in school Nina didn't pay much attention as she continued to think over what she should do. She wasn't listening when Kyoko invited her to lunch with Tsuna and everyone on the rooftop. They didn't know what to do, so they left without her.
Once they left though she got up out of her desk and walked around the school still thinking. She was oblivious to everything that was around her. She didn't think anything when she ran into one of the school's disciplinary committee, but instead gave a wave of her hand brushing aside the boy's demands.
She continued to walk even after the bell signifying the end of lunch rang. She was still oblivious to everything around her, but for some reason she was brought back to the present when she heard a voice speak behind her.
"Skipping class is not allowed." The person said in a frightening way, but Nina who was just coming to awareness simply turned around to look at the person who had spoke without any sign of emotion on her face but slight confusion.
The boy who had spoken had black hair and a no-nonsense attitude about him. He wore the school uniform with a perfect's badge on his left arm, though Nina wasn't aware of what this truly meant.
She didn't reply to him, nor did she give any sign besides looking at him to show that she had heard him and understood.
"If you do not go back to class, then I will bite you to death." He said in response to her silence. He pulled out a pair of tonfa and waited a moment. Then when Nina didn't do anything he began to run at her.
"Hibari, wait!" Tsuna shouted as he appeared running between Nina and Hibari. Hibari stopped for a moment.
"Why are you interfering? She's skipping class." he asked Tsuna, upset at being disrupted.
"She's new here, and is probably just lost." Tsuna explained, but his explanation wasn't good enough for Hibari who continued to proceed forward till he spotted Reborn.
"Ciaoso, Hibari," Reborn greeted him. Nina looked at Reborn in confusion, wondering what a small child was doing at the middle school.
"Good evening, Baby" Hibari replied, putting his tonfa away and diverting his attention to the baby.
"Tsuna, you and Nina should go back to class," Reborn said.
"Uh, yeah, sure thing." Tsuna replied, he felt it wouldn't be a good time to question Reborn. He turned towards Nina, "Come on, class has already begun." And he left with Nina who followed him back to the classroom.
"Hibari, I'm not completely sure what that girl's reason for being here is, but I fear it may not be for the best of the family. I want you to keep an eye out for anything suspicious she may do." Reborn told Hibari as he watched the two go back to class.
"Don't worry, I already don't trust her." Hibari replied, then turned and walked away.
"Sheesh! You couldn't have gotten into any worse trouble if you had tried!" Tsuna said slouching his shoulders as they walked out of the school building.
"Who was that?" Nina asked cocking her head to the side.
"Kyoya Hibari, he's the head of the disciplinary committee. He's the meanest person there is!"
"Hibari? Why are you two talking about Hibari?" Kyoko asked as she walked up to them.
"K-kyoko!" Tsuna jumped slightly from surprise. "It's nothing really. Nina just ran into him after lunch."
"Oh, no, what happened? We were worried about you when we came back from lunch and you weren't in the classroom."
"Um, I went to go to the bathroom but got lost on the way back. But I'm alright, Tsuna stopped Hibari from attacking me." Nina told Kyoko, using the excuse that Tsuna had told Hibari. They didn't need to know what she was truly doing, or her story. They were innocent and didn't need to be involved.
"Really? Tsuna you're such a nice guy." Kyoko smiled as she said this. "Well I just wanted to make sure you were feeling ok today Nina. You left last night so suddenly and you seemed out of it today, and I didn't know if you were feeling homesick or something."
"No, no I'm just not used to the time change, and it's starting to effect me more than it did the other day. I'm sorry if I made you worry." Nina said as she gave a grin that was convincing enough for Kyoko.
"Alright then, I'll see you two tomorrow." Kyoko waved as she left.
"I guess it's just you and I walking home today, Yamamoto has practice and who knows where Gokudera is." Tsuna said a little bit awkwardly.
Nina gave him a smile, "That's ok, I don't mind."
The two walked home in silence for the most part. Every once in a while Tsuna asked Nina a question about herself and she would answer, though Tsuna felt that she wasn't opening up and telling him everything. But that wasn't his business he decided.
When they neared their houses the little boy from the party came running out chasing the Chinese girl. He was laughing his weird laugh as did so.
"Lambo! Don't chase I-pin! Come on, you're going to make a mess!" Tsuna shouted at the kids. When he did so Lambo decided he no longer wanted to play with I-pin and instead came running towards Tsuna.
"Tsuna! Let's play a game! Oh, who's that you're girlfriend? She can play too!" Lambo said excitedly.
"She's not my girlfriend!" Tsuna stuttered, afraid what Kyoko would think if she heard Lambo. Tsuna could hear Nina laugh a bit at Lambo's actions. He sighed, "What do you want to play, a videogame or something?"
" I know what game we should play! Let's play mafia! I'll be a hitman and I've got to kill you!" Lambo laughed really loud thinking he had just won some prize for coming up with the best game ever.
Tsuna had a sweatdrop on his head as he heard Lambo's idea for a game. He couldn't believe that Lambo would want to play that. Nina on the other hand stiffened at the mention of mafia. The atmosphere around Nina seemed to visibly darken.
"That sounds like a stupid game, why don't you go play something else, like cops and robbers." Nina said threateningly staring down at the small boy, hate in her eyes.
Lambo became extremely frightened at the sight of the tall girl standing over him, the one who had just told him his most brilliant idea was stupid. He began to cry and ran away as fast as he could. Shortly after he left, Nina turned and walked into her house, leaving Tsuna to stand outside alone.
Tsuna also felt frightened when Nina had yelled at Lambo. Maybe she just doesn't like kids, he thought. But he couldn't help but wondering if it was normal for someone to change so much, she didn't seem to mind him when he first appeared, she had actually laughed at him. But she seemed to changed, he realized, when Lambo mentioned playing mafia.
"Maybe she doesn't like playing violent games like that." Tsuna said to himself, not fully believing it, but he had decided to leave the matter alone.
Nina knew that she had not acted like a normal person would have, but didn't think much about it. The simple mention of the mafia made her angry, she realized. She finally decided that it wasn't just Luca who was her enemy. No, it was all things related to the Mafia. And if she wanted to get revenge she'd have to destroy both the Mafia and Luca. She was determined to.
She walked up to her room and picked up the phone, using a prepaid phone card to place a long distance call. She waited until someone had picked up.
"Hello, Uncle? It's Nina. I need your help. I need you to tell me everything you can about the Mafia."
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