So, my friends, this is going to be a weird chapter but bear with me!~ or is it bare? I don't think so… It's about 70-80 percent flashbacks~ very sad D: it's pretty weird since it's kinda flashbacky and I've never done something like this be sure to review in case I'm not doing something right XD


Tokujiro Zen, aka the owner of the bakery Midori works in was at his own home. It was late in the evening and he was at his desk. He looked through the window in front of him as he reminisced of the past. He sat there and thought about the day in which he had received the most horrible news yet.

Flashback~

He had known the Hanabira family for some time now as they use to be neighbors. The two parents of Midori were Reno Hanabira and Toshiaki Hanabira. Midori's mother was not really Japanese but Italian. The first time she had been to Japan for a mission, as she was in the mafia, she instantly fell in love with it. It wasn't long before she had fallen in love with someone there.

Although she had initially planed of a having a family, she had always pushed the idea out as it would be too dangerous. Toshiaki Hanabira was always a man of kind nature. He still accepted Reno despite her dangerous lifestyle and he adapted to it by even joining her. Her famiglia were wary of him but they soon grew to like the man.

After their marriage, the couple moved into a new house that was right next to Tokujiro Zen. His family was still a happy family of three and the two houses came to like each other very much. As the years passed, Reno thought of the older couple that lived next door as family. It wasn't long before she also told them of her involvement with the mafia.

He was not happy about this and he decided to move away from the family in an attempt to protect his own. Both Reno and Toshiaki were greatly saddened by this but they still talked on the phone, well, Reno and his wife did.

After a while, he was told by his wife that Reno had her first child; it was not long after that that his wife got sick and was bed ridden. After his son decided to move to the states, things only got worse. The illness was slowly taking the life of his wife away from him and he could not do anything about it, there was simply no cure.

Before his wife passed away, she told him to build and run a bakery. "It will certainly get your mind off of me and, it is what we always wanted. Hire the most cheerful and driven people. I will always be watching over you and I will see you again." She said and then she chuckled. "But not that soon ok?" Were her last words before she exhaled her last breath.

One Year Later

The bakery was nearing its completion and Tokujiro Zen stood in front of it proudly. He no longer had any family members around him as his wife had died from illness and their only son had left to America. His son would call once in a while but there was no hiding the fact that they had grown apart. His wife had always wanted to own a bakery as it seemed like a peaceful way of living.

It was in these short moments that he had met a baby, Reborn. Reborn made things brief; he knew about the Hanabira family and just had a light conversation with Tokujiro Zen, or it seemed so. When Reborn left, he left a very dark aura of distress.

A few days before the grand opening, he got a call at home.

"Hello?"

"Tokujiro-san? I-is that you?" It sounded like Reno but her voice was so shaky.

"Are you ok? You don't sound so good." He asked, worried.

"I'm sorry b-but now is n-not t-the time for that. I-I need you to do me a favor. My 13 year old girl needs to go live with you." She answered quickly.

He was taken aback by her request. "May I ask why?"

"Please, I really don't have m-much time!" Her panting was becoming harsher by the second.

It was in that split second that he agreed to her request, he knew that they were probably in trouble and he owed it to them after what he had done years ago.

"Thank you, and I'm sorry Tokujiro-san." She said her last words.

Before he could respond, the phone had already disconnected. What he didn't know was that Reno had broken the flip phone in half.

(Kinda done with his flashback~ I just wanted to piece everything together from here, the whole past~)

Once it was dropped to the floor, she used all her power to stagger close to a chair. With all her might, she held the chair up and banged it down to break the phone to where it was impossible to recover.

Reno had lost most of her energy by doing this and she fell to the floor of her home once more. The enemy mafia had found their location and this time they made it much more personal. Midori told her she was going somewhere and Reno let her, it would have been safer than at home. They broke in and shot her in the stomach and ransacked the house. She laid on the floor until they left. They weren't very professional, only shooting her a few times and deeming her dead when she was not yet; but she was close.

She forced herself to get up and ignore the excruciating pain in her mid section. Reno was looking for a piece of paper, any just to write a message to Midori of what she should do after coming home to see something that Reno herself wasn't able to prevent.

After writing the note, she placed it right on the door. She started to walk outside after this. Apparently when the mafia had attacked, it caused everyone in the neighborhood to flee, but it was a good thing.

Reno did her best to limp as far from her home as she could, also trying to hold in the remaining blood that was coming out profusely from where she was shot. It hurt, but she knew it could never hurt as much as what she was going to put her daughter through.

After working in the mafia for so long, she had built up much strength. She knew she could not live through this, but she could still make it far. When she got near the port, the scene that was put out in front of her brought her to tears.

She hid behind the very same boxes Midori had previously. She saw her beloved husband already dead, and now her daughter was very distraught. Reno did not even notice the pain she was recently feeling. As Midori turned around to run, possibly to call for help or to run home, Reno slid under the shadows of the boxes to remain unseen.

When Midori was gone from her grasp, her sight, from her, she made her way to her husband. The color of crimson around him was overwhelming. Reno already knew what she came to the port to do but she never expected her husband here as well. As she stared at him, she remembered how they acted as much as a normal family as possible in front of their child.

When Midori reached the point where she became aware of things, and when she asked what her father worked as, Reno always saw him avoiding the question; for their daughter, for the both of them.

Reno broke into a sad smile as she lifted him. She was going to jump into the sea. It was best that they won't be found, it was better for everyone. Reno took her last breath as she held Toshiaki and jumped in. As she was sinking, she really thought about her whole life.

"I had met so many nice people. Everyone accepted me. I had a great family and I am grateful, it's too bad that I leave this world with burdens to people I care about. Tokujiro-san, Midori, everyone, I'm sorry." She thought to herself as her conscious faded and never came back.

Midori entered her house full of tears, expecting to find her mother, tell her about what happened and both of them go to the police. That was not what she got.

There was a note with a bus fare and the note on the door that explained everything. Her parents' involvement with the mafia, where they possibly are right now, what she should do.

As soon as she finished the letter, Midori sobbed. She knew she was still in danger but she could not move, everything happened so quickly. Her mother's words were going to have to wait. Her red eyes got even redder as she cried what seemed like a thousand times over. After some time, her head cleared. Her eyes were still red but her orange pupils enflamed with determination.

Right now, she had to get away, she could always cry later. Before she was about to run away from her home, her town, her memories, she took one look at it. On the outside, it still looked like a strong household. It was where Midori will leave her past. With her last mental goodbye to everything, she grabbed the bus fare and the note and ran once more.

When Midori got on a bus, she was void of any emotions. For now, she was so shell shocked that her mind was clouded with nothing, nothing but a blank.

End of past~

It was around 11 PM when Midori finally decided to go to bed after reading a stack full of manga. When she sat on her bed, she thought about the past for some time, almost retracing her steps as to how she had come to live where she is living now. She remembered the first few days she had lived at the bakery, she would cry profusely when she was alone. Midori smiled sadly to herself when she remembered her talk with the owner.

He had told her everything she knew, just from his point of view. The owner once again brought up those bitter memories unintentionally as he was only trying to warn her of the possible dangerous outcomes of being in a mafia family.

When Midori thought about this, she felt she had grown past all the hatred she once carried. For whatever situation she could be put against someone, it was a two way street. There was always the other person's point of view which meant that she could now be more understanding of her parent's death.

Waving away all those serious memories, Midori jumped up to go get some water. When she came to the front of the bakery to get something to quench her thirst, she saw someone limping past the doors. Midori ducked behind the counter and examined the person carefully.

An eye patch on one side of the person's eye and the other one was a brilliant Amethyst. The hair was the same color as her eye and it was spiked up, much like a pineapple. Her outfit consisted of a green uniform and a lot of skull themed items; such as her belt and boots. As Midori inspected further, she saw that the girl was holding a bag. That was when Midori looked closer at the girl's hands and saw that she was wearing a Vongola ring.

As soon as Midori noticed this, the girl outside fell to her knees. Without any hesitation, Midori ran to unlock the doors and ran outside to help her.

"A-are you ok? Are you hurt anywhere? I don't see anything really… is it internal pain?" Midori flooded the girl with questions.

"I-I'm fine." The girl said quickly as she was trying to get up and away from the limelight.

"A-ah wait!" Midori held her arm out when she heard a stomach growling, and it was not hers.

The pineapple haired girl bashfully looked away, this made Midori smile. "Don't worry, I have stuff inside you can eat. Although I have to warn you, it's mostly cakes." Midori offered.

The other looked at Midori hesitantly, for now she didn't care whether it was an actual meal or a dessert, she was hungry.

Midori led the girl inside and as the girl sat at one of the tables, Midori ran towards the back to see what cakes are left. Usually the cakes left over were thrown away. When Midori saw this, she thought that it was too much going to waste and so she just took the cakes and stuffed it in the back refrigerator. Nobody ever knew this because she would eat all of them before the next day and there were a lot of sweets.

"Let's see, there's some pudding left and half a dozen of orange mochi left… Oh wells~" Midori thought to herself as she grabbed a plate and placed the sweets on.

"Sorry, I don't have too much stuff left haha…." Midori apologized as she put down the plate.

"Why are you being so kind to me?" The girl questioned quietly, gripping her bag.

"Hmm? Why? Well, because you seem to be an acquaintance of people I've come to know very well these past few months." Midori answered cheerfully.

"How do you know?"

"That is because of what you have on you." Midori pointed to the mist Vongola ring the girl had on her finger.

"You know of the Vongola?" The girl ask curiously.

"Yup! But before I tell you anything else, my name is Hanabira Midori; nice to meet you." Midori introduced herself.

"M-my name is Chrome…" The purple haired girl said, shying away.

"Hmm? Now that I think about it… I think I've seen you before. On rare occasions you come here to eat cake with Haru-chan and Kyoko-chan right?" Midori asked as she recalled her memories of seeing the trio.

"Ehh? You know Haru-chan and Kyoko-chan?" Chrome exclaimed softly but her face did brighten up a bit by the mentioning of her friends.

"Mhm, so, how long have you been in the Vongola?" Midori asked curiously as she stared at Chrome again, she looked pretty young to be in the mafia. Then again, all of them were.

"I suppose for a while now…" Chrome answered as she nibbled on a mochi.

"What do you think about Tsuna as boss?" Midori had asked many people of this but not Chrome.

"Bossu… he is very kind and will always go out of his way for the sake of others." Chrome answered confidently. As Midori looked at Chrome's expression, she could tell Chrome really did believe in her boss.

"Hey what school do you go to considering you have a different school uniform?"

"Oh, I go to Kokuyo Middle… it's not far from here…" Chrome said.

There were still plenty of questions that Midori wanted to ask but she was afraid it would be too personal and so she held it in.

"Uhh… it's pretty late, do you want me to walk you home?" Midori offered gently.

Chrome shook her head. "It's fine, thank you. G-good bye." Chrome said as she departed from the bakery.

When Midori looked over, she saw that Chrome had only eaten a single mochi and left the pudding untouched.

"Hmm~ She seems like a very reserved person. I suppose it will take some time and more encounters to really know her but, Tsuna did choose her for a reason so she must be pretty special…" Midori thought to herself as she bit into an orange mochi.

"Can't let all of these go to waste~" She thought slyly as she bought the whole plate into her room.

Next Day~

Midori dragged herself out of bed the next morning as she remembered why she felt so sluggish. After eating the sweets that were left over, she got really hyper and decided to occupy her time doing random things instead of sleeping.

After she got really tired and finally fell asleep, it was already 4 AM, giving her only a few hours of sleep before school. As she approached Namimori Middle, she let out a big yawn, regretting her actions last night.

When Midori was walking to school, she looked up to the sky, there were a bunch of clouds above and it looked like it could possibly rain. She was about to enter when she heard a bunch of footsteps coming quickly at her.

"Oh, good morning Midori-chan." Tsuna greeted.

"Good morning~" Midori said as she let out another yawn.

"What have you been doing you stupid girl, did you get no sleep?" Gokudera asked impatiently.

"Well, if anything it's kinda you fault." Midori said as she pointed to Tsuna.

"Ehh? Me? Why?" He asked as he also pointed to himself in confusion.

"It would seem I've met your mist guardian last night~" Midori answered.

"Hmm? Wait you mean Chrome-chan right?" Tsuna asked uncertainly.

"Yes, who else would it be?" Midori questioned back, now confused herself.

"Haha! It's complicated." She heard Yamamoto say.

As soon as their conversation finished, the four of them heard the bell ring which meant they were late. Almost at once, they all ran into the school, hoping to avoid Hibari's wrath. Too bad they have already been spotted and so, Hibari decided he would bite them to death later.

After a few boring classes, lunch time had come. Midori decided to hang out with Tsuna, Gokudera, and Yamamoto as a way to inspect them and get to know them further. If there's anything that Midori realized from her trip to the future, it was that she was still strongly connected to the Vongola; for her to be there for such a long time meant that it was very well a place she'd like to stay.

"So, what did you mean about what you said before Tsuna?" Midori decided to ask when they reached the rooftop.

"What do you mean?" Tsuna asked back.

"You sounded rather uncertain as to who I was referring to when I mentioned your mist guardian." Midori replied. "And Yamamoto said it was complicated… what is?"

"Well…" Tsuna began, not sure of how to answer Midori. He was about to say something when he felt a strong kick to the back of his head. "Gyaah!"

The only baby that could have possibly show up at the scene, showed up. "As you know, Chrome is Tsuna's mist guardian, but there is something you don't know about her. She happens to share that title with someone else." Reborn answered for Tsuna as he jumped off of Tsuna's head.

"Ehh? It's possible to have two people hold one guardian ring?" Midori asked in disbelief.

"Chrome's condition is different from others. Her anti social past had left her to die as she had lost a few important organs. Mukuro, another person with an even worst past decided to help her. There are times when he possesses her body as he is locked up in to Vendicare Prison. Even if this is so, for now, try not to think of them as two people, they are merely two souls in the same body, whenever Mukuro decides to show up." Reborn explained.

"I suppose this is why Chrome is such a reserved person although I suppose it won't be too hard to have her open up to me." Midori said as she thought about last night.

"Hmm, well what you choose to do later will be saved till then." Reborn said as he took his exit from the roof.

It was a short time after Reborn's leave that lunch time had ended. Once again, the four went back to class and were bored out of their minds. Midori rested her head on her left hand as she gazed out the window. Clouds had accumulated since the morning. It looks like it's about to rain.

When class ended, Midori said good bye to everyone as they left first. Midori changed her shoes and thought about how she regretfully forgot her umbrella.

"Ok, judging by the distance that I would have to run from here to the bakery, I'd be pretty soaked by the time I arrive. There really is no escaping the rain at this point." She thought to herself. Mentally counting down, Midori dashed out of the school.

When she got almost halfway to the bakery, she saw that the street she was walking on was full of blood, mostly carried down to the sewers by the rain. This didn't scare her, but instead caught her interest.

Midori was pretty impressed of the amount of blood. As she turned around the corner to see what was happening, she saw a pile of bodies and none other than Hibari. She stopped immediately. Midori no longer minded the rain that had fallen, and is still falling above her.

In the end, she thought about turning back and leaving the scene unnoticed but she was already caught.

"Oi herbivore, where do you think you're going?" Hibari asked, eyes narrowing.

Midori froze right where she was as she slowly turned back. "How strange, if it was anyone else that was the cause of this big pile of bodies, I wouldn't care. Why am I so afraid knowing that it's Kyoya? At the same time… it doesn't feel like fear either… hmm this is confusing."

Hibari started to approach her and she stood still. Midori couldn't think straight. She didn't know what to do. Just when she thought he was going to do something, Hibari sneezed. This really caught Midori off guard. She blinked a few times to register what just happened and then it connected in her brain.

Before she could stop herself, Midori laughed. She laughs so much. This annoyed Hibari greatly, as much as he wanted to break her limbs… actually, he didn't want to.

"Hmm? This herbivore is laughing at me, mocking me and yet I cannot bring myself to do anything. This is strange, anyone else and I would have broken their limbs and yet, not her…" he thought.

Not long after Hibari was trying to sort some things in his mind, Midori sneezed as well. "Haha, must be the rain." Midori said as she was still in a fit of laughter. Hibari said nothing and then out of no where Midori put on a calculative face. If he was anyone else, he probably would have jumped from how quick she changed expressions.

"Last time I recall, Kyoya lives somewhere near here right? I should ask, I am more than soaked right now, we both are. If this continues any longer, we would get sick pretty soon." Midori thought seriously.

"Nee, you live close here right Kyoya? Can I possibly stay there for a while to dry?" Midori asked bluntly as she got closer to him.

Hibari's inner chibi jumped. Now he was pretty close to hitting her for asking such a ridiculous question. "How do you even know I live within this direction?" Hibari asked, not convinced at all.

"Hmm, I think it was this way… I'm actually not sure haha I'm really bad at directions. But if my memory serves me well, you should live that way." Midori answered as she pointed at a direction.

"What did you do to my house?" Hibari asked dangerously when Midori mentioned that his home was in a recollection of her memories.

"Whoa! Don't, don't get mad! It's actually really complicated… well it's not…" Midori was at a lost for words. Then she remembered what future Hibari told her. "Hmm, if what the future him said was true, I can't even go visit a house I'm soon going to be living in~! This is pretty funny~"

Before Hibari could say anything, Midori spoke first. "Well, I could tell you the story but you have to take me to your house first, it's getting cold and I hate the cold!"

Hibari inwardly deadpanned, for a middle school girl, she's just as immature as a five year old. "You hating the cold has nothing to do with me, just go home."

"B-but it's cold! And it's your fault!" Midori complained. This made Hibari really mad now, she was blaming him for something that he didn't even do. "This girl is too stupid for rational reasoning." Hibari thought to himself. If he remembered, Midori was not an easy person to chase away, he could always fight her but something really annoying was holding him back. "Ok, this one time, I'll follow what she wants, just this once; also to get this annoying feeling away from me." With that last thought, he ended his internal squabble.

"Fine, but let me warn you, you are not to touch a single thing when we get there got it?" Hibari said strictly.

"Yeah, sure!~ You have my word!~" Midori promised, and the two were off.


Whoa! What am I? Three weeks late? Kinda OOC sorry~ XD Yeah, homework and testes and stuff have really been piling up :( I kind of rushed this one so if there are any mistakes, if I was not clear on something, be sure to tell! I will of course, promise you that I will have another chapter in two weeks~ Yeah at first I thought I could post a new chapter out every week but it's become really overwhelming I hope you can understand!~