Hello everyone. Before this chapter starts, I'd like to thank xwee and speed and write for their reviews and also my subscribers. Sorry for the little slow updates. I usually publish only once a week. I do apologize because there'll be just a few Katou headlines this time.

Chapter 4

Kazumi Katou

There are two people that are the most feared in Nami Middle.

The first is Hibari Kyouya, the head of the discipline committee. People should be wary of him and respect him as much as possible. That was unless of course, they want a taste of his tonfas. Hibari doesn't just love Nami Middle to the point of protecting even the slightest scratch, Hibari is proud of his town called Namimori, though it is unknown why. He enforces his own sort of discipline around town and is one of the reasons why no criminal would dare to even try committing a crime within a 5 km radius of his presence.

The other one is a recent addition to Nami Middle. She is a tabloid reporter, out to get the latest gossip surrounding the students. She is a red head with her hair bound in a single ponytail, has freckles around her cheeks and wears square and black rimmed glasses. Behind those glasses are persuasive dark aquamarine eyes which appear to have a sort of hypnotic charm around them, allowing her to make someone reveal their deepest and darkest secrets. Further behind those eyes is a cold and calculating personality, capable of manipulating virtually any person according to her will with a simple twist of tongue. She is armed with several devices including a hidden camera, a tickler in her pocket, a small checkbook for bribing and a pen much sharper than her own tongue. All of which have one purpose, to obtain information on the gossip and scandals surrounding Nami Middle's Students. Her name is Katou Kazumi of Class 2-A.

But however did Kazumi end up in Tsuna's world? What will she be to Tsuna and the Vongola? Will she be a hindrance? Is she an ally? Could she be actually a spy? And where does she get those headlines?

To begin with, we must yet again flashback to the past, just a little after Tsunayoshi Sawada and his friends came back from the future.

Monday at Nami Middle…

A girl in a Nami Middle Uniform arrived at the entrance of Nami Middle. She had vivid red hair, dark aquamarine eyes covered by a pair of black square glasses, white skin and stood at a height of 5 ft. She had black leather shoes and white socks with a handbag hanging on her left shoulder and a pen in her breastpocket.

"So this is Nami Middle…"

The girl heard a group of male voices behind her. She could hear three voices, one undoubtedly angry, another calm and carefree and yet another trying to becalm the angry one. All of them were male. She turned around and saw the group. The first one she saw was the one who was calm. He had black hair, brown eyes, tall and slightly muscular with a baseball bat attached to his backpack. The other one who was shouting at him had silvery white hair and grey eyes and was slightly shorter than the first. The third was one person she was familiar with. She shouted,

"Hentai Tsuna!"

Flashback to the previous day…

"Kyoko-chan, thank you for bearing with me for the day."

"It's nothing Katou-chan. Or should I call you Kazumi-chan." Kyoko reassured.

"Gomen nasai Kyoko-chan, but no-one is allowed to call me Kazumi until I'm 16."

"Doushite?"

"Some family tradition. Nonetheless my birthday will be coming soon."

"I see. Why'd you come back to Japan anyway?"

"I heard from Hana-chan's e-mails that you been disappearing quite a lot these days. I persuade my parents to continue my schooling in Japan so I could keep an eye on you."

"Arrigato Katou-chan."

"Are you going to Haru-chan's school?"

"Nope, I'll be going to Nami Middle so I can really keep an eye on you."

Both the girls giggled at each other.

"Katou-chan, remember your promise to me a long time ago?"

"What was it?"

"That you'd become a famous reporter someday?"

Katou looked back to the old days. "Ah yes, I've been training really." She produced a wire with a lens at the end from her pocket.

"I often keep a hidden camera to record events as they go, but it doesn't have that much of a range. So I have to use…" She dug through her bag. "…this."

She held a camera of the latest model from her bag. It was colored black and had several features in it.

"Otou-san gave it to me as an advanced birthday present. It's from America."

"Amazing!"

"Not as amazing as you Kyoko-chan. Hana-chan as well." Katou remembers a day that passed by so long ago…

Yet another Flashback, to the day when the three met…

A young girl sat down all alone on a swing, she was waiting for her mother to come and fetch her. Her mother was always busy with work, doing it for her family.

"Hey, Katou-chan? Wan't to play?" two girls came along to Katou.

"Sasagawa-chan, Kurokawa-chan. Konichiwa."

"Why are you waiting here Katou-chan?" asked Hana.

"My mother's working really late so I have to wait for her. Otou-san's working abroad."

"I see. Well then, let's play together!"

And the three girls played happily on the swings. Later that afternoon,

"Kyoko, Hana, time to go." An elder woman said.

"Sayonara Sasagawa-chan, Kurokawa-chan."

"Call me Kyoko Katou-chan."

"Call me Hana."

"Umm… could we be… friends?"

The two girls looked back and held her hands reassuringly.

"Sure!" They replied at the same time.

"I was just a mere stranger. Even though, you still came up to me without knowing who I really was. That's why, you're amazing Kyoko-chan."

"Arrigato Katou-chan."

"Kyoko-chan! Katou-chan!"

Two girls came along and rejoined the other two.

"Miura-chan, Hana-chan. Konichiwa."

"Likewise Katou-chan."

"Haru is very pleased to meet you! ~desu."

"The pleasure is all mine Miura-chan."

"Shall we go?" suggested Kyoko.

The group of four walked back to the bridge that connected their home district with the shopping district. Katou stayed at the other side of the bridge and said,

"Gomen ne, my home is at this side of the bridge. I'll have to leave you all here."

"It's alright Katou-chan. Come visit us tomorrow alright?" said Kyoko.

"Hai!" answered Katou. "Ja ne!" She shouted to the other three.

"Ja ne!" the others replied in chorus.

Suddenly, a man came upon the three other girls.

"Well, well missies. Are you lost? I can give you a ride home for some fun."

Hana placed Haru and Kyoko behind her back.

"What makes you think we'll come with you freak?"

"You brat! I'll kill you!"

The man aimed for Hana and formed a fist in order to punch her. Hana blocked with a karate block.

"Mina-san! Are you alright?"

"So you're one of those kung fu kids eh? Well then, I might as well deal with your other girlfriend there." The man dashed through the three girls and ran towards the other girl, wielding a deadly knife in his hands.

"Tomare!" A brunette boy suddenly appeared in front of Katou.

"Sawada, you're late."

"Umm… I was trying to prevent Gokudera-kun from hitting Yamamoto-kun."

"Tenth!"

"Tsuna!"

Two new voices were heard. Gokudera and Yamamoto appeared from afar at the left side of the bridge.

"You useless crap!"

Reborn was silently watching from afar. Instead of his usual chameleon, he had a sniping rifle with him aimed at Tsuna.

"Save that girl with your dying will." Reborn shot a red bullet from the weapon. The bullet shot Tsuna and hit him at the back of his head. It looked like he absorbed it. Strangely, his clothes ripped and left him in his underwear. When he stood up, he did a somersault and said,

"REBORN!"

Tsuna now rejuvenated had a flame on his head and his eyes appeared on fire.

"Save the girl with my dying will!"

"Nani?!" asked a bewildered Katou.

Tsuna charged at the assailant and knocked him unconscious, still with knife at hand. The assailant was weak and fell immediately.

"Tsuna-kun!" called Kyoko. The flames on his head began to disappear.

"What… happened?"

Tsuna suddenly felt a little cold an realized something. He was wearing his underwear, again.

"Tsuna-san! Thank you for saving us! ~desu." Haru was in an inexplicable state of bliss.

Katou snapped back to reality while seeing Tsuna being praised by Kyoko and Hana being indifferent as usual. She felt for the hidden camera and attached the memory card to her pocket palmtop and observed the fight.

This is good stuff!

Katou took out her notebook and pen and began to write down.

"What is your full name Mr. 'Tsuna'? and how are you related to Kyoko-chan?"

"Umm…"

Katou began to take pictures of Tsuna in his underwear while Tsuna desperately tried to cover himself.

"Interesting indeed."

"Yup, that's Sawada Tsunayoshi." Yamamoto approached Katou. Katou paused taking pictures and looked at the speaker.

Katou saw that he had gorgeous black hair and amber eyes, slightly tall and muscular body with a handsome face and aura.

We've only just met. Why do I feel like this about that guy?

"Konichiwa. My name is Yamamoto Takeshi. Pleasure to meet you."

"Umm… likewise." Yamamoto turned into a skeptical face.

"Tenth!" a silver haired youth appeared near Tsuna. "Are you alright?"

"I'm fine nothing to worry about Gokudera-kun."

"Arrigato Tenth!"

"And this is Gokudera Hayato."

"Yamamoto-san, does Tsuna always do this?"

"Well, it happens when he tries to protect someone. His clothes suddenly rip and just leave him in hi boxers."

Does he have to mention that? Thought Tsuna.

So he must be a hentai! Thought Katou. "This'll be a good headline for the school paper, Is Sawada Tsuna a Hentai?!" Tsuna sweatropped. Yamamoto gave him a new set of clothes.

"Mina, we must be going now. It is rather late." Said yet another new voice.

"Reborn-san!"

"Bozu!"

"Ciaossu. Well then, we must go." And with that, the group disbanded.

Returning to Monday Morning…

Katou immediately began to take pictures of Tsuna. Tsuna kept on sweatdropping.

"Umm… Katou-san. You don't really have to do this…"

"A reporter must never miss a single detail! This'll make a good headline, Nami Middle Has Stripping Hentais?!"

"Katou-chan!" a female voiced piped.

The junior photographer stopped taking pictures of the so called pervert and turned to face the lady who had called her, who was Kyoko.

"Kyoko-chan! Ohayo gozaimasu!"

"Ohayo gozaimasu, Katou-chan, Tsuna-kun, Yamamoto-kun and Gokudera-kun."

"Ohayo Kyoko-chan." Tsuna said modestly. Tsuna noticed that Katou had been taking pictures of him blushing while looking at Kyoko.

"Ohayo Sasagawa-chan!" greeted Yamamoto.

"Hmph." Was all Gokudera could say.

"We should be getting to class now." suggested Tsuna while Katou was still taking pictures.

So hentai Tsuna likes Kyoko-chan eh? This could make another good headline, Hentai Tsuna likes School Idol Kyoko?!

Tsuna, Gokudera, Yamamoto, Kyoko and Hana walked towards their class. Katou stopped taking her pictures and proceeded to the principal's office to make the last minute arrangements. They soon sat down to their seats and proceeded to different activities to pass by the time. Tsuna fiddled with is Vongola Ring. Gokudera was calculating some trajectories of his dynamites. Yamamoto was sleeping and daydreaming about baseball. Kyoko and Hana were talking about yesterday's events.

A little later, Yamamoto stiffened up and the teacher walked in.

"Good morning class." The teacher walked in calmly and took the table at the far right of the room since the door was at the far left. She took the attendance sheet and began to check attendance. Finally,

"Yamamoto?"

"Present!"

"Now, we'll be having a new student transfer to our class today."

Katou walked in the the room with dignified grace and innocence. Tsuna stared at her, hard. Very hard. He felt that he had frozen. He had never feared a person, not even Byakuran to that kind of level. Maybe because she was technically a stalker.

"Konichiwa mina-san. My name is Katou Kazumi. I'm Japanese but I've been staying in America for the past seven years. I hope we can get along."

Katou looked like an angel, to the unobservant onlooker. She was beautiful and mysterious behind her black rimmed glasses and innocent demeanor. She was hypocrital, wonderful to behold on the outside, cold in the inside. Tsuna saw that he wasn't the only one who saw through her shell, Yamamoto appeared to be reacting as well.

"By the way Katou-san, the Nami News adviser would like to see you and talk to you on something important. Please meet him later."

"Hai, sensei."

"Now take the seat beside…" the teacher looked around and saw that the seat at Yamamoto's right was vacant. "…beside Yamamoto."

Yamamoto put on a fierce sulk instead of his usual carefree demeanor. Katou took the seat beside Yamamoto without hesitation. The teacher began to blabber about reports, Tsuna desperately trying to stay awake and Yamamoto not sleeping.

"That's a miracle Yamamoto-san." The teacher commented unremorsefully. "You're actually not sleeping."

"Umm..."

"It must be the beautiful lady at your side isn't it?"

Yamamoto blushed faintly and held his hands out to dispute the accusation. "Of course not!"

"This might make a good headline, Does Baseball Idiot like Future Journalist?"

The laughter just became louder. When the laughter died down, Yamamoto started a conversation with Katou.

"What are you after Katou-san?" Yamamoto interrogated.

"Nothing at all Yamamoto-san. Nothing at all." She replied normally but Yamamoto noticed something eerie in it.

During lunch, Yamamoto, Gokudera and Tsuna decided to have lunch together. Kyoko and Hana were discussing girl talk and Gokudera frankly wanted none of it.

On the way to the school grounds, they encountered Reborn appearing from one of his several hiding places, from a hidden door.

"Ciaossu."

"Bozu."

"Reborn!"

"I'm disappointed Tsuna, very disappointed." Reborn looked up at Tsuna. Tsuna sighed,

"What is it this time?"

"With your Hyper Intuition, I still do not understand how you are unable to see that the girl could be a potential family member?"

"Demo," Gokudera intruded. "I thought we stopped recruiting members a long time ago."

"To a boss, there can be no end to recruiting members. You are the Sky, open to all."

"That is true, but…" Yamamoto explained. "I don't think we can trust her immediately. We can't just go recruiting members immediately just like that."

"Honestly, I don't feel anything from her." butted Tsuna.

"Demo, Tsuna!" Yamamoto replied with slight annoyance.

"Now now Yamamoto-kun. I never said anything about recruiting her just yet. Maybe we will, maybe we won't."

"Gomen nasai Tsuna." apologized Yamamoto. "I'm sorry for acting Gokudera-like."

"What was that baseball idiot?!"

"Oh nothing, nothing at all."

"Why you…" Tsuna restrained Gokudera from punching Yamamoto. Gokudera was definitely in deep rage.

"Now, now Gokudera-kun."

"From what I see Yamamoto, what you're feeling isn't suspicion, but jealousy."

"Why Bozu?" Reborn smirked.

"You'll find out very soon."

And that's a wrap. The previous chapter we had was full of some mini mysteries and a little bit of drama. This chapter was interesting in that it's made up of flashbacks within flashbacks and there are still flashbacks within those. Of course flashbacks are an important feature of any tale.

I'd also like to apologize for the insufficient Katou headlines I promised. They're running jokes anyway, not that they're supposed to be funny.

By the way, you might notice that I switched back to Yamamoto at the flashback part. This is because Yamamoto wasn't Takeshi yet so it seemed apt that he be Yamamoto.

To clear things up, I've set the date of the first part, As in Katou-chan's arrival, to sometime in March. Since the Future Arc was set a little late into Tsuna's second year, I bet it is also right that this story should start somewhere near the second semester, spring so I don't have to deal with snow.

Candy Conjurer Interview Dangerous! ~desu will continue next week. I'll make a double interview next week.