It was only a couple more days until summer vacation and Hayate couldn't be more excited. The fresh summer air and the beach was all Hayate could think about. Not to mention his future nonstop convections in Tokyo. He couldn't wait to cosplay and hopefully win an award. He couldn't wait to meet with fellow nerds and talk about his beloved anime. Hayate couldn't wait to show off the one thing important to him. Finally he was able to finish the product, the one thing his mind was full of for 8 months. He finally finished his manga about a school of gangs. He was ecstatically happy for once in his life.

"I hate summer." Ryu declares. Hayate snaps out of his wonderful life and gazes at Ryu who was drowning his sorrows. Ryu catches Hayate staring at him. "It's summer!!" Hayate nods his head happily. "Do you know what that means?" Hayate shrugs. "My father made a deal with my mom!" Hayate stares at him blankly. "The deal was for me to go to science camp and then boxing camp." Hayate stills didn't understand. "I have to go to boxing camp this summer!!" Hayate laughs out loud. "It's not funny! I'm going to hate summer. This is terrible! We don't have school! The only thing I can enjoy right now is the summer homework." His eyes light up. "We have to write a 10 page short story for literature. We have 20 pages of math and science. Not to mention a science project. For English, we have to watch an American film and write a 2 page summary in English. The workload is too much but I can endure it. It's homework so I'll take that challenge. This is awesome!!" He shouts.

Hayate laughs at his school obsessed friend. "And you wonder why you get no chocolates for Valentine's Day…or a confession, dates or girls' phone numbers."

"I have no time for girls Hayate! School is my goal right now. I have to go to Tokyo U or my 20 year plan is over."

"What's your plan?"

"Become your sun guardian, go to Tokyo U and win a Nobel Prize." Ryu quickly says. "And marry a hot model."

"Good luck with that." Hayate says before going back to his manga.

Ryu rolls his eyes. "Why are you writing if your future is already set? You're the Vongola 11th!"

"Akira has a 75% chance of winning. I only have 15%. I don't want to take part in a losing battle."

"But there has to be some reason why Uncle Tsuna won't let you go. You're lazy and only care about cartoons."

"It's anime Ryu." Hayate shrugs. "Too much pressure…I don't want to do it. I'm not boss material."

"But-"

"Besides I don't even have a weapon. What am I supposed to do, wait for Leon's tail to cut off so I can get one? Hell…no."

"I think you can be the 11th." Hiro says when he enters the room. "Anyone is capable of anything."

"Besides you have a higher chance with the family since you're the Ace Striker's real kid." Ryu adds.

"What does that supposed to mean?" Hayate shots back at him angrily. "So what Akira is adopted? He's way better than me. He's the Ninth's relative so he has Vongola blood. Think before you talk Ryu."

"I never saw you so angry before." Hiro mentions.

Hayate laughs. "The rain makes me pissed off. It's a bad omen."

"Like what?"

"Something bad will ultimately happen." A voice talks over Hiro's ear. Hiro jumps and sees Li behind him.

"Li-senpai, Sakura's not here." Hayate says to him.

Li points his finger at Hayate. "I challenge you to a fight!"

"What?" Hayate's face remains bored. He opens his bag and takes out another book to read.

"You heard me!" Li says, ignoring him. "You're close to Sakura-chan and I will not allow it!!"

"We're only friends. I don't like her in a romantic way so you should just go." Hayate waves him goodbye but it made Li angrier.

"Oh I get it. You think you can beat me! HAHA that's so funny! I'm the strongest fighter in the school." Everybody stares at him with unconvincing eyes. "That is a student…" Li corrects himself. "I know Principal Hibari is the strongest." He puts his hands on his hips. "We're going to fight whether you like it or not."

"Li…get over it. You are WAY too obsessed with Sakura, I'm worried about you." Hayate smirks. "You know in every drama I watched there is always the stalker type character and that's you." Hayate pats Li on the shoulder. "And they don't end up with the girl." Li nods his head. "I'm not a stalker." He says before leaving.

"I bet 5 bucks he'll end up in a mental hospital." Hayate bets. He holds his hand out to gather the air money. "That's more like it." He counts the air money.

"Maybe he will end up in the mental hospital." Hiro whispers to Ryu. Ryu nods his head.

XXX

"Hibari-san is there anything you want from me?" Futa asks nervously. He looks around the dark room. "At least turn on the lights!! I'm scared!!"

"Aren't you 29?" Hibari raises a brow.

"Aren't you 36?" Futa shots back.

"I need a ranking of my students." Hibari orders him.

"For their grades?" Futa rolls his eyes. Hibari gives him an all-knowing look. "Alright I get it. You want the rankings of the strongest students. Am I correct?"

Hibari nods his head. Futa takes out his ranking book from his briefcase. He opens the book ad turns to a certain page. Futa closes his eyes and hum silently. The objects in the room started to float in the air. Hibari grasps himself to the ground with chains from his chair to avoid floating. Futa opens his eyes and everything falls down. Hibari catches the stapler that was above his head. Futa grabs his pen and starts writing down names of all the students. This continues for 10 more minutes. After Futa finished he gives the paper to Hibari.

"Your money is already sent." Hibari tells him. Futa bows and leaves the room. He walks by Kusakabe and Sakura when he exits the building. Kusakabe opens the door as Sakura went to the vending machine. Kusakabe knocks on the door. Hibari signals him to come in and take a seat. As Kusakabe sits down, Hibari hands him the paper. "Order all committee members to watch first 20 students on this list." He orders. Kusakabe bows and leaves the room. Hibari turns his chair around. He peeks through his binds to see several students on the school ground. He looks at the Sakura tree and sees Li and Yin eating lunch. "I can't believe he's the strongest." He mutters. "It's so wrong considering it's him."

XXX

"Did you hear?" Li asks. Yin wasn't paying attention to him as he texting to a certain someone. "Several NamiMiddle students were attacked this week. The Disciplinary Committee is in an uproar." Yin ignores him. "Yeah people are getting attacked but no one knows who."

"Sure they do." Yin says. Li looks at him in surprise. "The victims know who attacked them."

Li sighs. "I hope Sakura-chan will be okay. Apparently the strongest kids here are the next victims. Sakura is number 2 so I have to protect her."

"Who's number one?" Yin asks.

"Me of course!!" Li feels slightly offended. Since the time Li becomes friends with Yin, all he ever talked about was how strong he was. He couldn't believe Yin would ask a question like that.

"Well you get beat by your 10 sisters." Yin reminds him.

"They're my sisters and they live in China." Li shouts.

Yin rolls his eyes. "You're the strongest so they might hurt you."

Li shows off his biceps. "I'm good." Yin went back to his texts. Li peers over his shoulder. "Are you texting Nagi?" Yin shoos him away. "What?! She's your older girlfriend. What does she see in you?"

"We're not dating." Yin reveals.

Li laughs. "You talked to her all of the time!! How old is she? 18? 20? Wait…she's not 30 is she?" Li looks at him in disgust.

Yin closes his phone. "Are you jealous? I get more play than you do." Yin looks towards the vending machine. "Or are you angry I go clubbing with your father?" Li looks away from him. "You don't need to play around with a thousand girls to get your father's attention. Your idiocy is enough for him to look at you." He chuckles. He walks up to the vending machines. Li stares at him. He sees Sakura drinking a can of soda. He rushes to her to beat Yin.

"Hello Sakura-chan!!" He bows. Sakura nearly chokes on her soda. She wipes her mouth with her hand. Yin grabs a cloth and wipes her cheek. Sakura pushes his hand away. She gives him a stern look. Yin looks at Li to say something. "Do you want to hang out with us today?" He asks. Sakura stares at him silently. She sees Kusakabe several feet away from Li. He mouths her to do her job no matter what.

"Fine." She says before leaving.

Li's eyes lit up with hope. "She…said yes!!!" He jumps up and down. Yin looks at Sakura who turns her head at him before going inside.

Something is going on… Yin gasps his cell phone tightly. "I need to call Nagi." Li turns around to see his best friend gone in a jiffy.

XXX

"I hate you." Sakura immediately says when she sees Kusakabe again.

Kusakabe closes his door and sits down. He knew Sakura would be pissed. "Your job is to watch the top 10 students who are the most likely targets. That includes the number one strongest student." He flips through his planner and schedules the plans for the following week. He rips out a piece of paper and hands it to Sakura. "Make sure nothing happen to him ok." He smiles. Sakura grabs the paper and slams the door. Kusakabe sighs. "Don't tell me she likes him?" He wonders. His eyes grew wide. "Kyo-san will not like that." He mutters before going back to his work. A knock comes from behind his door. "Come in." He says. Hayate shows his head over the door. Kusakabe shows a wide grin and welcomes Hayate to sit down. "Is there anything you need?"

"Did Uncle Tsuna or Reborn come here today?" He asks. He throws his bag next to the chair and sits relaxing on the cushion. He slouches. "Apparently they want to see if I'm a good candidate and want to know my everyday life."

"They did come today but it was not to see you. They wanted to check out your family." Kusakabe folds his hands together.

Hayate stares at him, confused. "Why?"

"Your family makes up you. That's why." Kusakabe sees the worry in his eyes. "Don't worry, they didn't fail or anything. You have nothing to worry about. Is that all?"

Hayate sits up. "Actually I wanted to know more about the attacks. Is it from another gang school?" His eyes light up.

Kusakabe chuckles. "Nothing's in that sort." He stands up. "Now run along. You have to go home quickly."

"Why?" Hayate asks, not wanting to leave.

"A rainstorm is coming." He peeks through the curtains to show the gray sky.

XXX

"It's raining." Li holds up his hand as the rain trickles down his fingers. "Too bad I can't hang out with Sakura in this weather." He looks at Yin who was standing below the roof.

"Don't mind me." He waves him off. "I have no umbrella. I'll wait until the rain calms down."

"I see you later then." Li waves him goodbye and covers his head with his book bag. He runs to his black Cadillac that was in the front. Butler Lee opens the car door and waves at Yin.

Yin turns his head around to see all of the students leaving in a hurry. Ryu walks by wearing a big raincoat that covers him from head to toe. Nami brushes him off and grabs her pink umbrella. Ryu runs after her. He ignores his father who was carrying no umbrella and was drench in the rain. Hayate opens his green umbrella and walks towards Ryu. Hiro opens the door behind Yin. He opens his umbrella. Yin looks at him. Hiro bows. "Bad weather right Roku-senpai?" Hiro smiles at him.

Yin turns his head. "Yes but it's a good time for surprise attacks." Hiro looks at him confused. "Be careful when you're walking the streets Hiro Takagi. You may never know if someone might jump a person like you." Hiro nods his head nervously. He walks away wondering what he meant by that. Yin turns around to see the school vacant. He catches the sight a fellow student. He walks up to her. "Do you want to share an umbrella?" He asks, holding up the black object. Sakura looks away from him. "I usually ride my motorcycle to school but a good friend of mines told me not to today. Do you need an umbrella?" Sakura holds up her purple umbrella. Yin sighs. "A boy can always hope right?" He winks.

"Don't mess with me." She opens her umbrella and leaves him high and dry.

"You were the one waiting for me Sakura Hibari." His phone rings. He opens to see a call from his friend. "Hello Nagi?" He says before the door closes behind him.

XXX

"What is your regret Hayate Gokudera?" Reborn points his gun at Hayate's forehead. Hayate breathes calmly and levels with Reborn.

"I have no regrets." He declares.

Reborn high kicks him. "Then how can we use the dying will bullet on you?" Hayate falls down on his chair and rolls on the ground. Tsuna sips his tea sitting next to Madeline. "We can't move onto hyper bullets until you get used to these first." He shows the dying will bullets.

Madeline sighs. "This is what we get for telling our son to live his life to the fullest." She smiles at Gokudera. "Are you sure you have no regrets?" She asks her son.

Hayate stands up and wipes the dust away. "I don't recall anything regretful." He thinks very hard to remember a time of his life full of sorrow and regret. "I got nothing."

"Let's let him die anyway." Madeline points her gun at him. Hayate hides behind the chair. "I can shoot curve bullets you know." Madeline remarks. Hayate looks at Tsuna for help.

Tsuna clears his throats. "Well you can handle other bullets since you get shot a lot when you were younger." He looks at Madeline. She glares at him. "But you have nothing in your life you want to start over or change. You like your life right?" Hayate nods. "Well then that's bad. Change is good for the future. Being a Vongola brings drastic change. Can you handle that? Hayate shakes his head no. "Well at least you're honest." Tsuna laughs.

Reborn and Madeline point their guns at him. "You're kidding right?"

"So to become a boss I need a weapon." Hayate mumbles as he shoves the fried rice into his mouth. Madeline passes Tsuna the teriyaki chicken plate. Gokudera hands him a glass of water and gives Reborn a cup of coffee. Hayate wipes his mouth. "I can't fight with my bare hands."

"Xanxus does." Madeline points out. "Tsuna's weapons are his gloves."

"You're not my student so you have to find your own weapon." Reborn says. Leon transform into a gun. "You don't choose the weapon. The weapon chooses you."

Hayate nods his head. "BUT I'M PICKY!!!" He cries.

XXX

Hayate lies in his bed. He pulls the covers over his head. He closes his eyes and thinks for a second. What type of weapon would suit him the most? Hayate ponders the fact. Every mobster he knows has a weapon. Madeline has her guns. Gokudera has his bombs. Yamamoto has his sword. He knows his weapon has to be special. He knows he's picky about everything but it feels incomplete without a weapon. He holds his hand up and stares at it.

"A weapon that's to be grasping in my hands will be…" He closes his eyes. He lay still for a couple more seconds. He opens his eyes to see nothing. "Where would my weapon be?" He says as he falls asleep.

In an unknown place, a ring cased in a jar glows a bright blue light shadowing the dark room. The light breaks free and soars across Namimori. Li looks up in the sky to see the bright blue lights. The lights sparkle in mid air. Everybody stops and stares at the lights.

Li chuckles. "What event is this?" He says. He turns around to take a shortcut. He walks through the dark alley. He stops when he hears a faint noise. He turns around. The next time he wakes up, he wouldn't remember a thing. He wouldn't remember his attacker or what he did. All he remembers was a face. A boy around his age with white hair and the brightest sky blue eyes he has ever seen.


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