Hayato, Haru and Chiharu were arriving at a nearby park full of bustling toddlers around Chiharu's age. The parents were maintaining a vigilant watch over not just their own children but others as well.
"Play!" Chiharu happily proclaims while she watches the activities that goes on in front of her from the backseat of the car.
Hayato then slowly drove in the parking lot always alert for any child that may randomly run out from their parents. He creeps to find an empty parking spot between two mini-vans.
Haru could not help but to absorb someone of Chiharu's energy since it seems she never had enough anymore.
Once the couple and the child emerged from the car, Hayato squatted to Chiharu's level so that they were face to face with one another.
"Here are the rules young lady…no wondering off by yourself, don't talk to strangers, and if there is something wrong come see me or your mother about it. Deal?" He instructs her right before he sticks out his right pinkie toward the little girl.
Chiharu was peering up at her mother, who is wearing a stern expression on her face, before facing Hayato and wrapping her left pinkie around his.
"She's already to go now." Hayato declares to Haru after he rises back to his original height.
Haru nods her head before the group advances forward together until they reach the surface of the park and an entrance.
Hayato was noting how Haru was hesitating on releasing Chiharu's hand from within her grasp. "It is alright. You aren't alone anymore."
His statement catches her off-guard, which causes her to release her grip around her daughter's hand. She was watching her run in a mad dash towards the playground.
Haru felt as if she needed to have Chiharu within arms length so she could quickly grab her and run if danger approached them.
"Haru…I'm going to need for you to breathe." He remains her after she intakes a quick breathe of fresh air.
"Haru can't do this. She needs to be by Haru's side." Haru proclaims before she advances forward only to be stop by Hayato's hand on her shoulder.
"You can stay near but let her at least have a childhood." Hayato suggests to her after he notes the look of terror on her face.
The brunette then overhears Chiharu giggles along with a small group of children before they chase each other around the playground.
"Haru is such a horrible mother. Haru didn't even let Chiharu experience her childhood." She sniffles at her sudden realization.
He knew from experiences that whenever Haru start to sniffle that tears were soon to follow so he acted fast to comfort her.
Hayato gently tugs her shoulder back so now that her face presses against his chest. "If you are going to cry make it fast. Crying doesn't suit you woman. Suck it up!"
Haru was once again caught of guard by his statement, the tears begin to flow freely from her eyes while her hands grasp Hayato's shirt with her hands.
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Kyoko manages to make it back home in little to no time since the grocery store was not too far away from her home.
"Welcome back Lady Kyoko." Her husband's subordinates dutifully greets her upon her arrival. She juggles a couple of grocery bags in her hands and arms.
She returns the greeting before asking, "There are more groceries in the car. Can you grab them and bring them to the kitchen?"
The surbodinates responds in perfect unison with a "Yes ma'am."
"Kyoko-chan" She overheard two familiar voices call her name before being approached by none other than Lambo and I-pin.
"Did you get them?" The two of them curiously ask her with hopeful looks on their face as they eye the bags in her grasp.
Kyoko simply stares at the pair hard. "Do you mean these?" She was inquiring while digging in one of the plastic bags and producing the item that the two request her to pick up for them.
She notes that there were stars in their eyes when they utter "Thank you. Kyoko-chan is the best!"
A wide smile materializes on her face after she listens to their compliment before they run throughout the house once again.
''I swear…those two are still full of energy even at their age.' Kyoko concludes after she witnesses Lambo and I-pin's reactions.
"Welcome back home dear." She was hearing another greeting before turning her attention toward her husband.
"Thank you. I'm glad to see that you are getting more sun." Kyoko responds with a wide smile on her face.
Tsuna nods his head up and down before he asks his wife a question, "Have you talked to Haru at all today?"
Kyoko shakes her left and right, "No. I was going to call her once I placed all of the groceries down."
"Do you really think that I was wrong for letting the others know?" Tsuna questions his wife with his hands in his pockets.
Kyoko knew her husband was quite serious about his questions sincd it dealt with humanity.
"On a personal tip, Haru confined solely to you and not the others but if you felt that it was necessary for the others to know incase something may happen then I can't blame you for that either."
He steps down from the platform, advances over to her and places a kiss on her forehead. "Thank you. I needed that."
Tsuna grabs some of the bags from Kyoko's hand and guides his wife back in the house.
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Meanwhile on the street ways of Tokyo, an ominous black vehicle with black tinted windows pulled up to a red colored traffic light
"So boss, are you going to tell me why we need this little girl?" The driver directs his question to the individual in the backseat.
"The child is perfect as the power source for our new little project." The man in the back explains to his driver.
"Don't you think that it is a little weird thst the child hasn't had a ring placed on her finger to conceal her powers?" The driver presents their view.
"I have that same thought process as well…" The man in the back pauses in his statement. "that is why we are going to do a little recon. Did you bring what I asked you to bring?"
The driver reaches out toward the passenger seat before they flash the rider a item in his hand. "Good. Now set it up so we can be on our way."
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Haru was watching her daughter running around with a wide smile evident on her face while sitting on a nearby green park bench.
'I can't believe that I cried in front of him…again.' She inwardly grumbles while she cuts her eyes over to Hayato.
The silver haired man chose to stand rather than to sit on the park bench with a deep expression apparent on his face.
"So when did you start to receive them?" Hayato suddenly questions Haru, which captures her attention.
"Receive what?" She was posing for clarification on what Hayato was asking her while maintaining her concentration on her daughter.
"The death threats?" He specifies his question after he reaches for a stick of gum from his pocket once a craving for nicotine hits him.
"This year. Ever since Chiharu turned two the letters kept rolling in." Haru supplies an answer before she eases out on the bench.
"Do you recall exactly when they were sent to you?" Hayato probes as he attempts to create a timeline of events. He then slides the stick of gum inside of his mouth.
"I think it was when I took her to a park one day. When I got back home, it was sitting in my mailbox." Haru recalls from her memory.
'That's why she was hesitant about the park…' Hayato deemed once realization hit him.
"Thank you for answering my questions, if I brought up any bad memories then I apologize." He thanks the girl to his left.
She simply shakes her left and right before she responds with, "It's alright…Haru thinks you are just doing your job."
Hayato was feeling his cell phone vibrating against his left leg before reaching for it to see that it was none other than Kyoko calling him.
"Hello?"
"This is he…"
"They both are fine…"
"Why would you think that I'm lying to you? I swear everything is fine."
"I'll ask her. Hold on…"
Hayato breaks away from the phone before he faces Haru. "Kyoko invites us to dinner tonight."
"That's fine." She provides a simple answer to his question.
"Add room for three."
"Yeah, I understand that."
"See you then."
Hayato ends the phone call and slides the cell phone in one of his pockets. "It seems as if everyone is in good spirits ever since you arrive back."
'Even you?' Haru wanted to ask but she still was a little fragile from their broken relationship.
'So am I...' He was inwardly saying to himself while observing her actions to his statement.
"That's good. Do you think we can swing by my parents' home tomorrow? I just want to make sure that they are alright." Haru poses to Hayato.
"I don't see why not. I haven't seen them in ages so it would be good to catch up with them." Hayato answers her question.
She was opting to remain silent since it would only cause more harm to herself by speaking.
Her moment of silence did not last long when her eyes was watching Chiharu walking towards her instead of running.
"Mommy," Chiharu utters after she stops in front of Haru as panic begins to surge throughout her body. 'Did something happen to her? I was watching her the whole entire time. "I'm sleepy."
A smile materializes on her face after she stares at her daughter, who rubs her eyes with the back of both of her hands.
"We are going to go and visit Aunt Kyoko and Uncle Tsuna so we can eat. Are you hungry?" Haru informs her daughter about the rest of their plans.
Chiharu nods her head up and down slowly before her mother scoops her up and rests her on her hip.
After making sure Chiharu was safe and secure, Haru was rotating to face Hayato before telling him, "We are ready."
"So let's get going." He mentions to her before he allows Haru to pass in front of him. The silver hair male briefly pauses to observe his surroundings.
'Something's not right…' He was thinking while constantly scanning what was going on around him.
"Boss, we found the target. It seems as if that woman is indeed the child's mother." The driver discloses before the passenger lay a pair of binoculars down on their lap.
"Good. We have what we need lets go." The rider orders to the driver.
"Yes, sir." The driver was responding before shifting the car from the "P" for park to the "D" for drive and merging off into traffic.
'I must have been imagining something then...' Hayato downplays his previous thought before he follows behind Haru and Chiharu
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The Vongola headquarters was a little busy due to the fact that Kyoko was preparing for dinner. Some of the other guardians had retired to their respective hobbies.
Tsuna eventually reached the Cloud guardian's portion of the house. A slight chill crept up and down the length of his spine.
'No matter how many times I come here…I always have the same feeling every time.' He considers while he displays a brave face with hope that Kyoya would not smell his fear.
"Hibari-san?" The Vongola's boss calls out to the raven-haired male before he senses a presence behind him.
"Eek" He quickly recovered from the shock of being scared by Kyoya. "Your reactions still suck."
Tsuna releases his hands from his mouth and a sigh of relief at the same time. "You just like doing that, don't you?"
He had sworn that a smirk crept across Kyoya's face but it vanished just as quickly as it showed. "Anyway, did you find out about the situation?"
He did not immediately answer the question instead he walks pass Tsuna as a signal for him to follow him.
"It appears that due to the child's natural ability to produce extremely powerful flames, she probably caught the interest of someone that plans to manipulate that power. After all, the child wears no ring to conceal the powers inside of her. Now exactly who wants her, I don't know yet. However, you assigned the proper guard dog for the both of them." Kyoya reveals to him the information that he manages to acquire within the short time period.
'So someone wants her…' Tsuna assumed, as he had to mull over their plans for their future movements.
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Author's Note: major editing revision 05.05.16