Officially Present

Namimori, days later...

'So this is Japan...' Remus mused as they arrived, with Misty in a wheelchair and being pushed by Sirius. She has a new haircut too.

'Well, I live here for most of my life so I know my way around!' Misty beamed happily. 'I'm a native even though I'm a ghost much of the time. Hehehe...' she giggled. 'Let's go flag a taxi so we can go to our apartment!'

'But aren't taxis here expensive?! You said so!' Remus choked out.

'We don't have a choice y'know.' said Sirius wryly. 'We'll bother a lot of people with a wheelchair and hold-up incidents sometimes happens on a bus hi-jacking, a taxi is much safer!' he pointed out.

'I suppose...did we bring enough money?' Remus wondered aloud.

'We did, right? I mean, we're going to rent an apartment with downpayment to boot...'

'Trust me, we did bring enough.' Misty told her uncles wryly. 'We're paying for a 3LDK apartment you know! I did some research in Namimori with Tsuna's help and I know just the place for us!' she grinned. 'Once we pay up, we can put our furniture in!'

'Wow, you really planned all this, didn't you?' Sirius sweatdropped.

'Of course! I wanted to live here for real since my friends are all here!' Misty chimed cheerfully. 'There's nothing in Britain for us, only users wanting to use us.' she huffed as the Marauders winced horribly at the fact and how she stated it so blase while at the same time bitter and hateful about it. 'So I wanted to get away and leave no trail behind.'

'...'

With that, they took a cab for the apartment Misty specified.

Upon arrival as Misty ensured that the place she chose means the Landlord will handle the Utility Bills himself through their rent, all they had to do every month is pay the rent, and not deal with the hassle of going this and that way to pay bills separately.

Then Misty told them to go get groceries, and went to the supermarket together, on foot.

Namimori is a town that hardly needed cars on its roads, and most people use bikes and motorcycles to get around, only using cars sparingly such as going to cities, vacations or going to the hospital with a patient-relative.

And so...

'Go get that bag of 10kg rice, then condiments and flavorings...go get that brand of soy sauce, mirin, rice vinegar, that packet of white miso, that pack of konbu, and that salt shaker as well as some black pepper corns and the ground pepper.' Misty instructed, using an illusion of herself making it look like she can point to bystanders for Remus and Sirius to pick what she pointed at. 'Then let's go to the seafood section...'

On the way, she came across Yamamoto and they began talking in Japanese.

'Oh, Misty-chan!' Yamamoto exclaimed. 'You're in Japan for real now?!' he cried happily, approaching her.

'Yep.' Misty beamed. 'My stupid body finally woke up. By the way, what're you doing in the seafood section? Doesn't your dad get deliveries?'

'That's stock for the shop, shopping for dinner is another thing.' said Yamamoto sheepishly. 'Sooo yeah, I'm here for that.'

'Heee...different rules huh?'

'Yup! I'm gonna call the guys that you're finally in town when I get home!' Yamamoto grinned. 'But you'll be on rehab?'

'Yeah, I can't go to school for now.' said Misty. 'I can't even do you-know-what for rehab. I have to get moving real soon.'

'Yeah...see you tomorrow!'

'Un.' and Yamamoto ran off.

'Sooo...' back to English they go. 'Who's that guy?' they also noted that the muggle boy can see Misty as a ghost, if he knew her so well.

'He's Takeshi Yamamoto.' said Misty. 'He could see me too, along with Tsuna and Hayato Gokudera. They were my only friends since they're the only ones who can see me.' she sighed. 'Oh, let's buy those cream dory fillets...' she said, sighting the fillets...

xxx

In two cellphones, Tsuna and Gokudera received text from Yamamoto that Misty is in town with two foreign guys, shopping for dinner.

'So Misty is finally in town for real.' Reborn mused as he looked at Tsuna's phone, noting that Misty is on a wheelchair as an invalid.

'Yeah. It'll be hard.' said Tsuna. 'She woke up for real in a body that won't do a thing for her.' he said fretfully. 'And as a ghost she's had a lot of freedom.'

'That's to be expected.' Reborn quipped. 'She's in a coma since you were little kids, it'll be harder on her as during being children is crucial stage for development and growth.' he said. 'It'll be real hard on that girl. I'll be phoning in someone I know to keep an eye on her while doing her rehab.'

'Keep an eye...?' Tsuna frowned.

'She's a powerful Mist, but also an easy picking as she's an invalid, and her uncles don't have the fighting ability to fight off the Mafia and those three don't know anything. Misty knows you're a hidden wealthy heir of a conglomerate that uses flames as superpowers as our excuse.' said Reborn grimly. 'Just hostage them against her, she'll cooperate if she fails to defeat them.' Tsuna stiffened at that. 'So I'm getting a bodyguard. However, while I did the recruiting, they'll be paying the guy for his services. Misty and her family are very wealthy, she told me that much. So wealthy that she ensured she stayed asleep to prevent unscrupulous bastards from pressuring her into making them her legal guardian so they have access to her assets.' Tsuna gaped at him, horrified. 'She was that careful and paranoid while bitter and hateful of the adults around her in England.' he said.

'I worked hard to earn her trust even if you vouched for me.' Reborn continued. 'Those two men with her must have done the same but she probably probed them to be sure.'

'Ah...' Tsuna deflated. Well, they were seriously-troubled-kids.

'Well, we'll have to work hard about inter and intrapersonal skills of yours. That person can help her family about Misty so I can focus on you and the boys.' said Reborn. 'I'll call that guy, then recommend him to them.'

xxx

And so, around 7 pm...

Through usage of magic, the wizards were able to set up their apartment to Misty's specifications. They bought their furniture and decor cheap in England with Sirius cheating with the prices with magic at the mall and cashier on Misty's guidance as prices in Japan is steep.

They were able to prepare for Reborn's surprise visit thus.

He never uses the front door.

'Glad to see you finally physically-present, Misty.' said Reborn, noting that the two men with her gaped at him rather comically. Well, its getting old, that reaction, he thought.

'Its not easy getting away untracked.' Misty grumbled.

'I'm sure. They're after you to freeload off you after all.' Reborn snorted as he settled down on the couch. 'So how are you settling so far?'

'Well, for now I get by by making limbs so I can get around and cook while on a wheelchair...but I still want to use my own limbs.' Misty sighed. 'Yeah, I'm awake, but I can't move at all. And I'm on a soup diet too and take it slow until I can eat solid food again, this sucks.' she griped. While she was given solid food turned to mush at St. Mungo's such as getting to eat bread, meat, etc to keep her healthy, its still mush for easy digestion for a sleeping patient so its no different to a soup diet, really.

'I'm sure.' Reborn nodded sagely. 'That's to be expected. But Misty, I'll be recruiting a bodyguard for you though you guys will be paying him. You're still in danger of forced cooperation if our kind of people detect you.' Misty stiffened at that. 'I can tell your uncles have zero combat capabilities, easy to make them hostages to force you to cooperate into becoming someone's Mist Guardian. You're very powerful just like Mukuro when I compared your levels in Kokuyo.'

'Speaking, what happened in the end?' Misty asked him. 'I recharged the whole way since I just wasted my effort on that moron.' she huffed with red crosshairs blinking above her with illusions and smoke coming out of her head just to say she's annoyed.

'Well, it wasn't easy fighting him without you for one thing...' Reborn told her. 'He's just like you. Used, crumpled, chewed on and spit out that he decided all adults should just die.' Sirius and Remus bristled at that. 'He committed many murders that got him landed in prison in the first place with his lackeys. He went on a revenge spree against the world while you stayed with Tsuna, wanting a friend. That's the difference between the two of you. They didn't reach out to anyone like you did.'

'Oh...and he's just Hibari-senpai's age too.'

'Aa. He'll be in jail for a long time.' Reborn told her. 'This bodyguard is also a mist-type but a good doctor. He'll assist you in rehab and other issues. You're paying of course.'

'Hey, what're his standard fees?' Sirius asked him anxiously. This is the mafia they're talking about...

'Well, he's about 8200 british pounds every two weeks.' said Reborn. 'He'll stay until he deems her clear and a powerful fighter.' He could see them mentally-calculating in their heads for equivalent.

Unknown to him, they're computing by Galleons.

8200 GBP = 1664 G and 11 S

'Oh, we can easily afford that. Phew.' Sirius sighed in relief.

Reborn inwardly twitched.

Due to being a Mafia Doctor, they make twice the amount their civilian equivalents do and even more when they earned one hell of a reputation. Most civilians would WEEP at the price and just give up while this family wasn't fazed one bit! Even notable people in the Mafia would wince at that money. Just how rich are they? He can't even know as all information about them in Britain, is non-existent, save for Misty's records with her relatives. And they clearly don't know she's rich.

'I see. Then I can call this guy immediately. He will also tutor you during the day while undergoing rehab.' and Reborn left.

And so, a day later, Shamal arrived in town.

As far as he knows, Reborn recruited him to be the rehab specialist of a powerful, but invalid Mist. And she's the one paying his fees.

So now here he is, in an apartment building. He'll have to rent a place right next to theirs, and just mooch meals off them.

He hasn't got a picture of Misty Potter yet though. Not like Reborn can get a recent picture, the most he got was an old newspaper article about her blatant murder in school by her own cousin as a child.

He can't take photos of the present Misty.

So now, he rang the doorbell.

/Yes?/

'I'm the Doctor Reborn called over.' Shamal called out. 'Trident Shamal.' So he was let in, but by an abnormally-long arm that opened the door...connected to his patient. 'Well, wow.' he said. 'Not many would think to use Mist Flames this way.'

His patient may be a beauty, but due to circumstances, a withered beauty caused by atrophy. She's very skinny that no doubt, Puberty wasn't kind to her at all and for someone who's thirteen, she's shorter than the average teen her age and she's steps away from anorexic levels, if not for healthy hospital maintenance. Well, he'll have to fix that somehow.

'Well, I have to get around, and I'm the only cook in the house.' Misty harrumphed.

'Where's your two uncles?' Shamal blinked as he sat down on the couch.

'Well, they went out job-hunting.'

'Huh? Aren't you guys rich?'

'Well, the boredom and bumming off their accounts will drive them batty, they absolutely have to do something.' Misty giggled in amusement. 'Its OK to leave me in the house since I have a cheat code anyway.'

'Izzat right...' Shamal deadpanned. Well, she can get around willy-nilly anytime she wants, wheelchair be damned, unless she's flame-drugged to really render her helpless. 'Anyhow, again, I'm Trident Shamal. Pleased to be working with you.'

'Me as well.'

xxx

After school...

The boys went to visit their friend who's finally physically-present in town.

'So Reborn-san hired a doctor for her?' Gokudera asked as they walked towards the apartment only Tsuna currently knows since Reborn has been to the apartment, having tracked her and her family down.

'Yeah, its so she'll be strong enough to fight off whoever finds out about her.' said Tsuna. 'And she gets afterschool tutoring too. Here we are. Kishinami Mansion.'

'This place looks steep.' Yamamoto gulped, and he meant the price, considering how this place looked.

'And they got a 3LDK apartment.' Tsuna deadpanned as Yamamoto gawked at him.

'3LDK?! That's over 200 grand!' he exclaimed in utter freak-out. Gokudera choked at the price. He himself was paying a 1K room for a student-friendly fee and even then he's struggling with the rent and his living expenses as well as school!

'Well, there's three of them in there, one kid no less.' Tsuna pointed out. 'They can't obviously share a room and I don't know which one of her uncles snores loudly...so they'll have to be in separate rooms.'

'I guess you make a point...some people snore, some don't.' Gokudera winced. 'And rooms may have thin walls, if y'know what I mean.'

'Certainly not this one by the looks of it.' Yamamoto whistled as they went inside, heading for the room number. Misty lives on the Fourth Floor after all. And this big apartment can house about 40 Families by the looks of it. Most rooms are 3LDK or 4LDK, and there are only ten 5LDK space available but nobody's taking it so far. And according to Reborn, half the place is occupied with the landlord and his family living at the ground floor along with the admin office and lobby. So there are 21 families living in here with Misty's family being the 20th tenant.

Thus currently, the apartment is earning over 4 million yen a month, but that 4 million is of course, subtracted to pay off the maintenance and utility bills. So in reality, the apartment earns about 3.4 million yen a month. But hey, that's one big revenue for a family! Not only that, despite the big harvest, the parents are still working, incase the tenants move out. After all, they have bills to pay for that 3.4 to go somewhere, and save up for a house incase the Mansion no longer brought in money.

That's how fickle owning apartments and mansions are in Japan.