"Yes, he is harder to trail than you." says Reborn, making the mood in the room serious as he tilts his fedora over his eyes.

"I guess..." says Akari.

"We lost him last year because he suddenly disappeared."

"..."

"No one knows where is current location is; his presence was lost out of nowhere."

"Um... who are you talking about?" asks Tsuna, reminding Akari there were other people in the room. She scratches the back of her head and forces a smile on her face. "I guess you could say he was my first master."

"Whoa! That's horrible!" exclaims Yamamoto. She nods. "I hope we can find him... Onee-chan!" Tsuna blurts out, realizing he's never called her that before. Akari chuckles and chokes out "Thanks." as she laughs at this bashful expression.

Gokudera blushes and looks to the side. "When you feel better, can we go to the park?" he asks Akari. Her face lights up with glee as she tries to stand up, but falls onto the bed, still unable to move. "You remembered?" she asks, smiling.

"Are you an idiot?" he blushed harder, "Of course I did!" Reborn looks at Gokudera, then at Akari, "Romatic." he bluntly says.

"Reborn!" the two simultaneously say.

"Hahaha," laughs Yamamoto, "Past lovers, eh?"

"No, just really good friends." Akari says to correct him, "He would push me on the swings and we would share a Popsicle, sitting on the benches, while looking at the scenery back when we were in Italy. Tsuna slowly raises his hand to get their attention, and comments, "Sounds like dating to me." and shrieks when Akari glares at him.

"It isn't a bad thing. I wish Kyoko and I could be like that." Reborn says with his Tsuna immitation.

"Stop reading my mind! That was seriously personal, Reborn!" cries Tsuna.

"Well you could always get help from a way older woman." Reborn says, looking at Akari.

"Yo, I'm not that old... I just started school late." says Akari.

"S-So how old are you?" asks Tsuna.

"You guys are about a year younger than me, 14 right? I turn fifteen and a half tomorrow." answers Akari.

"And I've already got you something!" Gokudera exclaims, face still slightly pink.

"Calm down there, Gokudera-kun," says Yamamoto as he rests his elbow on Gokudera's head with a smile, "She's not sixteen yet!"

Pushing his arm off and stepping away from the taller teenager, Gokudera quickly sneered at Yamamoto then looked back at Akari, changing his facial expression to a happier one with a smile. She smiles back and looks at Yamamoto. "You don't know how hard it was when we were in Italy. One birthday wasn't enough for us so we had half birthdays."

"Lucky..." mumbled Tsuna.

"We can start doing half birthdays for you too Juudaime!" Gokudera exclaimed when he heard Tsuna's comment.

"N-no thank you, Gokudera-kun. I'm fine with just one birthday celebration." Tsuna said.

Yamamoto stepped in and exclaimed, "Haha,It sounds like fun, we should all do it!" which only resulted with a glare and, "I only asked Juudaime!" from Gokudera.

Akari watched them quarrel for a bit as a respite from her conversation with Gokudera about her half-birthday. She sighed and accidentally turned all the attention to her. "Nani?" she asked them, "It was so lively just a second ago. I would have gladly joined in but my body is too sore. Which really sucks because I really wanted to go to the park." she said as she stretched the upper part of her body and yawned. "Shall I call him then?" Reborn asked her.
She slightly tilted her head in question as to who Reborn was talking about. "Are you stupid?" Reborn jokingly, but also seriously, asked her before revealing the man's identity, "I'm talking about Trident Shamal." Her eyes widened when she heard the man's name. "Yes please! I mean... I would very much appreciate it if you called him." she coughed during the second part of her answer.

"Why do we have to call him?! She'll be fine!" Gokudera suddenly shouted.

"What have you been doing the past ten minutes?!" Tsuna exclaimed, obviously more concerned about his sister's health than Gokudera.

"No! The faster I heal, the better!" Akari exclaimed to Gokudera, ignoring Tsuna's comment.

"What are you talking about? You just want to see him." Gokudera said as he crossed his arms.

"There's nothing wrong with that." she said.

Gokudera clenched his teeth and hands. "Fine, do what you want."

"I will," she retorted, "and once I'm better, I can spend my half birthday with you and everyone else tomorrow." she said to try to convince him to lighten up.
Reborn lightly threw his shoe at her to get her attention. "He's here."

"That was fast." Thought everyone else in the room.

"Akari-chan~! Are you okay?" Shamal vivaciously said as he leaped into the room.

"I'm fine." she said waving to him, "My legs are just sore so I can't exactly move."

He smirks. "If I kiss them everywhere will that make them feel better?" he said with twinkles in his eye.

Gokudera shouts, "What the hell is with you?!" He turns to Tsuna, "If anything, it'll make it worse, right tenth?!"

"If anything, I think Shamal will be the one who'll be in more pain." Tsuna thought, refusing to take part of the conversation.

"Stop screwing around, you perverted bastard," Akari told Shamal, "this is serious."

"Hmmmm, fine. Everybody out, I need to talk to Akari privately for a moment." He said, shooing them out like they were cats.

Gokudera refused to leave the room, "What makes you think i'm going to leave Akari alone with you?!"

"Gokudera-kun, I'll be fine." Akari says to persuade him to leave.

"Come on Gokudera, she can handle herself." Reborn said.
Gokudera looked down at Reborn, then at Akari, then at Shamal. He shut his eyes and clenched his teeth and fists again. "Alright. I'll go, but only because Reborn-san said so."

They all walked out.

"PHEW." Shamal sighed as he stretched his arms and placed them behind his head, "I thought they'd never leave." He looked down at Akari, "So how did you get hurt? Were you running away again?" he said seriously but meant it in a sarcastic way.

"You know, if you're still mad at me then I'm very sorry. I'm sure the other women you sleep with keep you company." she said seriously.

Shamal lowered his hands into his coat pockets, "You're so serious. I was only kidding about the latter. Why are you so moody?" he complained.

"Because I can't move my legs!" she yelled as she flung her arms up, but quickly put them back down when she felt a sharp pain coming from her shoulders. "I guess it's my arms too..." she said glumly.

"If you tell me why you can't walk then I can help you. You know I treat cute girls for free~" he said with a smirk.

"I know, I know." she said, annoyed with that side of him, "...I drank the wine bottle."

He scratched the back of his head before telling her the problem, "You probably gained too much energy and your body is trying to either adjust to it, or your body cant handle it, so it makes your body sore."

"But I need to celebrate my half-birthday tomorrow." she said, determined.

"I think I have something to make you and your bones rest faster, but it'll knock you out quick."

"How long?"

"About 24 hours, but for you, I'd say maybe 15-16 hours." He handed her a pill.

"Okay. Thank you."

"No problem. Now can I have a kiss?" he says with puckered lips, leaning towards her. She turns her head away so he only kisses her cheek.

"Do I have to drink water with this?" Akari asks, wiping her kissed cheek. He shakes his head. "Alright." she says, and swallows the pill.

Everyone walks in as Shamal picks up Akari. "What are you doing to my sister?" asks Tsuna.

"Damn pervert!" exclaims Gokudera.

Shamal fixes her position on his shoulders and winks at the silver haired middle schooler saying, "That's right~ And she's staying at my hotel tonight, kiddo."

"What?!" Gokudera concurrently exclaims with Tsuna. Ignoring their remark, Shamal merrily walks out of the room, humming with a smug expression on his face.

"She's not going to be very happy when she wakes up tomorrow morning..." mumbles Reborn.