"How did you sleep, Isa?" Shizu was barely awake, yawning widely as her friend appeared in the kitchen. Her short, black hair was still a mess from waking up and there were dark circles beneath her eyes.

Isabelle had been smiling when she arrived, but now she frowned. "Shizu? Are you okay? You look really tired today. Are you sick?" She reached over to put a hand to Shizu's forehead, but the other girl stepped away to avoid it. "Were you having nightmares again?"

The girl shrugged and handed Isabelle her breakfast. "It's fine. I'll just have some green tea; it should keep me awake at least."

"It's not good to have nightmares every night. What if you get sick?"

Shizu raised an eyebrow and half-grinned. "Me? I'm not allowed to get sick, remember? Part of the job. Alright, so hurry up and eat so we can get going."

The same as the last two days, Gokudera was waiting for them at the gate with Tsuna and Yamamoto. Kyoko and Hana joined them as well as they made their way to the classroom. The two other girls looked eager to talk, but waited until Shizu and Isabelle settled at their desks before speaking. "So you heard about those two boys, right?" Hana asked.

"What boys?" Isabelle frowned and ran fingers over her long honey-blonde hair to smooth it. "What is she talking about?" she asked Shizu in Italian.

"Don't know." The dark-haired girl looked to Hana now. "What are you talking about? What boys?"

"They were from a different class. Anyway, they've been missing for a few days and I guess the police found their bodies on the edge of town in a field. Crazy, right? Kids from our school. They looked like they had been beaten with something heavy and something might have gnawed on them after that because there were punctures in their faces and chests."

Are you kidding? That's where Hibari put them? He just left their remains out in a field?! How did he even move them there? Shizu tried not to look too interested or guilty, turning her eyes away. "That's disgusting." She explained what Hana had said in Italian so Isabelle could understand and saw the girl cringe. "Pretty gross."

"Disgusting!" Isabelle exclaimed.

Kyoko smiled. "Your Japanese is getting better, Isabelle-chan."

"Oh! How was your date last night, Shizu?" Hana gave her a smug sort of look.

"Ah. It was good. We went for ramen and Isa got to have sushi with Yamamoto."

"That's great! I'm so happy for you, Isabelle-chan! Did you tell him how you feel?" Kyoko's smiled in an expectant way.

Isabelle blushed and started to smooth her hair again nervously. "No. Time not right."

"Not romantic enough? You could wait until Christmas to tell him, but that's a ways off." Hana turned her gaze to Shizu now. "What about you? So are you and Gokudera official then?"

"I-it wasn't really a date! We just went out as friends. It's not like we k-kissed or anything stupid like that! Besides, I'm not allowed to date."

"Huh? The Capellos won't let you date?" Kyoko's smile fell.

"It's not like that. I mean, if I was dating someone then I couldn't protect Isabelle as well as I can now. I can't afford distractions." Shizu saw Megumi and Sachiko enter the classroom and cringed. The two girls squealed and ran over, each one holding their own copy of the doujinshi that she had seen the previous day. The doujinshi of herself and Hibari.

Shift P.O.V

"What are they so excited about?" He tried to act like he didn't care. Even if his friends knew that he liked Shizu, he still did not want to act overly interested.

"Megumi and Sachiko have some kind of comic. It looks like a doujinshi maybe?" Yamamoto's chair scraped on the floor as he stood to join the girls.

Gokudera gritted his teeth, listening to the girls squeal about something. He heard the low rasp of Shizu's voice and felt color rush to his face. "What the hell is so exciting anyway?"

"I think they're showing her a doujinshi they made," Tsuna replied. His eyes were on Kyoko, trying not to blush as she looked over and waved. "How did it go with Nanase-chan?"

"We had ramen. That was it."

"Don't you like her though? I mean…did you tell her?"

He relaxed a little and allowed himself to turn his gaze to Shizu. The girl was running her fingers through her hair, her expression one of complete exhaustion. Even tired, she looked cute. There was something about the way she was now though. Something almost feral about the way she seemed defensive and ready to strike out at the girls. It worried him and he hated it. "I'll tell her eventually."

Tsuna squinted and then his eyes went wide. "Um…that's a…h-hentai doujinshi…of Nanase-chan and Hibari…" His face went bright red.

Instantly, Gokudera stood and stormed over to the group. "What the hell is that?"

Megumi and Sachiko moved closer to Shizu, appearing very startled by his appearance at first. "Oh my gosh! Gokudera-kun! I forgot! Sachiko-" Megumi started to say.

"I said 'what the hell is that'. Give it to me." He grabbed the comic from her and opened it. The image made his face instantly go pink. It was a very well-drawn image of Shizu being intimate with Hibari. Her shirt was on in the picture, but her chest was drawn flatter than it really was and the act itself was being down from behind so it was a bit obscured. His heart beat a little faster, zeroing in on the expression on the drawn Shizu's face. "Who drew this?"

"I did!" Sachiko said eagerly. "I can make one of you and Nanase-kun next! I've been wanting to do that for a while! Maybe you can pose with him even~"

He glanced at Shizu. She was blushing and refused to meet anyone's gaze. Gokudera carried the book over to the garbage can and dropped it in before lighting it on fire. He heard the girls scream, but ignored it. "Don't draw any more of this, got it?! And Nanase is a girl!"

Shift P.O.V

The act had been a bit extreme, but Shizu appreciated it. At least he's standing up for me. Yamamoto just laughed. I wish he hadn't seen those pictures though. Her face went from pink to red as she remembered that she had Disciplinary Committee work after school. "Gokudera."

He scowled over at her from his seat, but his look of irritation softened when he saw her blushing. "What do you want, Nanase?"

"Could you walk Isabelle home for me? I have Disciplinary Committee stuff. Ah. I guess I could treat you to dinner when I get home."

"Fine." Though he said it as if it was a burden, it was obvious that it wasn't. Despite the scowl he wore, his eyes held a sort of happiness in them that made Shizu want to smile.

"He's weird," Isabelle remarked.

"What makes you say that? He's nice enough," Shizu replied.

"I think he's a coward. He obviously likes you, but he hasn't told you. What kind of man does that? A coward."

The dark-haired girl sighed and ran her fingers through her hair. "Yeah. Maybe he is a coward. Maybe not. Maybe he doesn't really like me."

When classes were done for the day, Shizu willingly walked to the Disciplinary Committee room. It still irked her that he left the evening patrol up to her, but she chose not to argue with Hibari. She found him sitting on the couch rather than lying back as he usual did and it made her raise an eyebrow. "You look unusually alert," the girl commented.

The boy looked her up and down, a smirk taking form on his face. "Where's your arm band, herbivore?"

She dug in her bag and located it, reluctantly pinning it onto her sleeve. "There. Happy?"

"You're just now putting it on?"

"I'm wearing it at least. I'm going to patrol now." Shizu turned to leave, but stopped when she heard him rise from the couch. "What?"

"Go to your classroom when you're done."

Shizu was reluctant to walk around the school once everyone had gone. It took a while for everyone to leave so when she finally walked to the classroom, the sun was starting to set. Standing in front of the door, her heart started to beat faster. She remembered what had taken place the day before; what Hibari had done and how it made her feel. Shizu took a step back from the door now, frowning. Her instincts told her to turn around and run far from the school. Her training told her that she had to obey. He had threatened to harm Isabelle if she refused his orders. Fingers twitching as they reached for the door, she took a deep breath to try to calm herself.

Hibari was waiting in the classroom, leaning against the opposite wall and looking bored. "You took too long. I hate waiting for people, herbivore."

The girl gritted her teeth in irritation. She fought her instincts and stepped into the room. "I have a name. Stop calling me 'herbivore'. I'm Nanase Shizuki."

His eyes narrowed. "That sounds too much like a boy's name. Close the door, herbivore."

"Try calling me by my name first and I might actually obey."

The boy crossed his arms and his smirk did not waver. "Nanase. Close the door."

She did as he said, biting the inside of her cheek as she did so. "I know who made the doujinshi. If you want to get revenge." Shizu had her back to him, staring at the door and hoping that someone would come back into the building.

"Come here."

Her instincts were screaming at her to leave. As she turned toward Hibari, she had the urge to run and jump out the window. Ignoring her instincts with great reluctance, the girl stood in front of him. "Hm. What do you want?" The boy's cold grey eyes darted to the closest desk and she followed his gaze. A copy of the doujinshi was laying open on the desk, turned to the very page that Gokudera had accidentally come across earlier. "Right. I know who made the book so if you want-"

"I want you to bend over the desk, Nanase." There was a firmness in his tone that he knew made her shudder. It was more than a demand; it was an order that they both knew she had to obey. Hibari watched her move to do as he said, her body already beginning to tremble. When she was bending over the desk, her bottom towards him, his smirk grew. The backs of her legs were pale and scarred in a weird sort of pattern. He wanted to touch the scars, but withheld the urge. "I'm going to punish you for not wearing your arm band."

Shizu heard the whoosh of something cutting through the air and closed her eyes. She knew what would come next. It was nothing new to her; it had been how her tutor punished her. When the tonfa struck her, it was harder than she had expected. Shizu felt tears forming in her eyes, but refused to cry out or let the tears fall. It struck five times before she felt him move closer to her. "A-are you done?" she asked in a raspy sort of growl.

"Quiet." Hibari frowned, annoyed that she had refused to make a sound. He had wanted to hear her cry out. More than that, he wanted to hear her beg. She was proving tougher than he thought. It irritated him.

The girl's body tensed when she felt the end of the tonfa beneath her skirt. Biting the inside of her cheek hard, Shizu tried to think of something else. What is he doing?! Why is he-? Her face went bright red when it prodded between her legs. "Wh-what the hell are you doing?!"

"I said 'quiet'." He grabbed her upper arm and pulled her up so she was standing.

Shizu tasted blood from the bite in her cheek and clenched her eyes tightly shut when she felt an arm go around her from behind. The tonfa was gone, replaced by his hand dipping beneath her skirt and stopping at the edge of her panties. "N-no…don't…"

"You're not going to cry this time, are you?" he taunted. Hibari could already feel the warmth of her skin against his fingertips and felt her body trembling in his hold. Her breath hitched as he slipped his hand past the edge and pressed it against her heated flesh. The girl was biting her lip now, her eyes closed. He turned her face to the side so he could see it, anticipating the expression she would make when he first touched her.

She winced at the feeling of his skin against hers, slipping further down until he brushed her warm entrance. Her body was still trembling, fearful and angry at the same time. She wanted to run, but there were two things stopping her. First was his threat to kill Isabelle. The second reason was that, despite her hatred for him, it felt strangely good. Her heart beat faster, her face heated with a blush, and the girl's lower half started to tingle in a pleasant sort of way. Shizu felt his fingertips traced along her slit and when his middle finger dipped inside ever so slightly, she released a whimper. Why does it feel so good? I've never…touched it like this before…why does it have to be him?! Why is he making me feel this way? Her hips subconsciously pushed forward.

"You're this wet from me punishing you?" Hibari taunted. "What was that noise you just made? Are you whimpering for me?"

"I-if you're going to do this…just put it in the rest of the way," she quietly said.

"What was that? Try asking nicely."

"P-please…Hibari-san…p-put it in…" Shizu heard a cold laugh beside her ear and felt his finger quickly slip the rest of the way inside of her. A low moan left her pale pink lips and her hands went to his wrist, gripping it tightly as her nails sank in. Why does this feel so good?! It feels full, but it feels so good to have it in me! Why? She felt him withdraw a little and then push back in, harder. Her mouth fell open, panting as he fell into a rhythm that was fast and rough. Shizu felt a knot seem to form in her lower half, tightening more and more until she finally felt her muscles tighten around his finger in relief. He released her just before her knees buckled and she fell to all fours on the floor, breathing hard.

"Go home, herbivore." Hibari gazed down at her, seeing her blush in embarrassment. It was clearly her first time experiencing a climax and he was glad to witness it. Shizu had turned to a moaning, trembling, timid creature under his touch. As he continued to watch her, the girl struggled to her feet and out the door.

I can't believe that just happened! She ran as fast as she could, passing Chikusa at the gate without a word to him. When she got home, she spent an hour locked in her room as she tried to recuperate from what had just occurred. Why did he do that? I mean it's not like it would make me bleed. I accidentally broke my hymen in that fall during training. But why would he touch me like that?! And worse…why did it feel so good?