This extra-special chapter will reveal a part of Mira's secrets AND what she is capable of. No, not killing, don't get the wrong idea. And to tell you Mira is innocent, Mira is NOT FROM THE MAFIA AND WILL NEVER JOIN IT. Sorry if the word 'family' confused you. And Woopa, you have a gift for all those reviews you gave me! Read and Review de Onegai shimasu!
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A Visit to Namimori Chapter 10 – Scammers and assassins
Somewhere Unknown
A person held a picture of Mira to someone, who was kneeling down before him, in a dark room, with light coming in from the windows.
"Can you please bring this person back?" The person requested from this someone.
She looked up to her client, who had a look that made an impression that the client disliked failures. However, it had to be done. The person nodded.
"The reports from our spies said that she had left for Japan for refuge. You go there and bring her alive to me, or I'll make sure heads will be cut off, to the (1) third degree." The person fiercely demanded, and the person reluctantly obeyed him.
"Also." The stranger added, making the person look up. "If she resists, kill her."
The person left, and the stranger smirked.
"So you're after the other heir, Vinson?" A girl stepped into the room.
"Vanessa, I'm doing this for you and your cousin's sake." Vinson asked his friend's cousin, who was calm.
"She had never done anything to intimidate you." Vanessa mentioned.
"But she will get in the way of our plans." Vinson fiercely said and gripped his fists tightly.
'There he goes again. Still, some plans in order to do what? I just don't get him. Overthrow the family?' Vanessa thought as Vinson made an irritatingly long evil laugh.
"I think you're underestimating your opponent." Vanessa told Vinson.
"Nope, I am not." Vinson insisted.
"You'll know what I mean when you actually meet the girl herself." Vanessa told her cousin's crazy subordinate who is suspicious and planning something evil to their family.
She left the room. 'If selfish Vinson doesn't stop here, he'll be dead. That girl is merciless to anyone who hurts her.' Vanessa thought, reminded of the time when she spent her time with Mira.
At Namimori
"A-choo!" Mira sneezed when they were having dinner.
"Is there something wrong? Do you have a cold?" Nana asked worriedly as she walked over and touched Mira's forehead.
"It's nothing!" Mira said as she got Nana's hand away from her head.
"You may never know. A cold can become serious." Reborn butted in.
"Reborn might be right." Nana said, having seen the point.
"Nana-san!" Mira screamed at Nana and slammed the table with her hands.
Tsuna faked his laugh. 'Reborn is so good at persuading Kaa-san…I think I'll lose to him if we ever fought in words.' Tsuna thought as he ate.
"Gahahahaha! Mira is probably a stupid idiot who don't know what a cold is!" Lambo laughed and made a mess with his food.
This made Mira furious. She took a bowl of hot soup on the table and threw it at Lambo, who was at the other end of the table. The bowl landed in front of Lambo, splashing the hot soup at Lambo, scalding his face and he fell. Everyone at the table was shocked at this merciless act against a child done by the usually kind-hearted Mira.
Lambo started crying loudly and Nana attended to him carefully. Tsuna stared at Mira, who had a blank expression. He couldn't believe Mira's sudden violent behaviour would hurt an innocent child. Mira then noticed him staring at her. Tsuna hurriedly returned to his eating. What is she hiding? Bianchi then stood up.
"How can you do that to a child? He's only five." Bianchi scolded Mira.
"How can you poison others with your cooking?" Mira made a sharp reply.
"First of all, I do not poison others. And second, anything can be acceptable when it is for love." Bianchi clarified herself.
"Oh really? Can you explain the fact why would Gokudera faint at the sight of you?"
"That's because I'm his beloved sister!" Bianchi claimed.
"Sister? More like half-sister, isn't it?" Mira corrected Bianchi, stunning Reborn and Tsuna.
"I'll tell you why I knew you were half-siblings. First, you don't look alike. Secondly, why does your brother have a Japanese name while you have an Italian one!?" Mira explained her speculations.
She analyzed the looks of Tsuna, which confirmed her predictions.
"Ara? Gokudera-kun is Bianchi's little brother?" Nana said blatantly, ignoring the tension that's expanding in the kitchen.
Tsuna felt anxious. Mira had not shown any remorse for what had happened with Dino or Lambo.
"Mira, maybe I should take you to the doctor. You seem really angry recently, what happened?" Nana worriedly asked Mira, suddenly softening the tension.
Mira backed down. She can't do anything to her mother's friend. She sat down quietly and refused to answer.
"Did something happen at home?" Nana asked.
"Yes, but it's none of your business." Mira said instantly, stood up, and walked off.
"But it concerns my friend too!" Nana insisted.
"Thanks for the food." She said and went to her room.
'Mira-san…What is wrong with her?' Tsuna thought as Mira slammed the door loudly. 'Recently, the change in behaviour has been really too often, what if…' Tsuna stopped when Reborn kicked him in the head.
"Dame-Tsuna, what are you thinking?" Reborn asked as Tsuna was on the ground.
"Ow…why do you have to kick me?" Tsuna demanded as Reborn hopped onto Tsuna.
"Because I feel like it."
Tsuna was speechless. Mira sat on the bed and opened her laptop. She was chatting online to someone(of course, she is not talking to some pervert who wants to stalk her in real life, really, once she avoided that and actually beat the person up.), who seemed to be her friend.
Patricia893: Hey, you know, Vinson has sent someone after you. Her friend wrote in the chatroom.
Mira didn't seem one bit surprised. (BTW, the usernames are made up. Really, Madline910 isn't Mira's username; it's just an account to cover her up.)
Madeline910: Assassins again? I can't do anything in front of the people who is keeping me.
Patricia893: Looks like he's trying to trap you. How are you and her?
Madeline910: She's fine.
Mira then put her hand beside her head. 'Nothing, I guess.' Mira thought and saw another message.
Patricia893: You must have used her up.
Madeline910: Oh, really? How are things over there?
Patricia893: Great. Real great. Living in an isolated home that had connections to the AF is now, a bad idea.
Madeline910: What happened? Did they find you?
Patricia893:Let's see, one middle-aged man with dark yellow hair named Iemitsu, who barged into my house with his comrades in a very injured situation. I nursed them back to health.
Madeline910: Tell me, did they seem to be criminals?
Patricia893: Apparently, no, they never wore the black and white outfits you see prisoners wear in cartoons.
Madeline910: Ask them if they are part of a organisation.
Patricia893: I did. And they also asked me, which I replied AF. They were something called the 'CEDEF' or something?
Madeline910: Hmm...Well…
Mira typed, and stopped for a moment. 'I wonder what is the name of Tsuna's father? I'll ask Nana later.'
"What are you typing about?" Nana asked suddenly, and Mira shrieked when Nana puts her hand onto her shoulder.
Mira almost fell, but prevented her laptop from falling. She saw Nana, who was on the bed, smiling happily.
"Oh, Nana-san. Sorry for what happened earlier…" Mira's voice trailed off as Nana puts her hand on Mira's head.
"Silly girl, if you can't tell me what's wrong, then at the least just tell me that you need someone to confide in." Nana said and smiled at Mira, who calmed down.
Patricia893:Umm…Hello?
At the other side, 'Patricia893' puts the webcam over onto her computer to show Mira what is going on…at her hideout. Mira and Nana were busily talking when suddenly, a window popped out on Mira's laptop, showing a girl with brown hair, plain black eyes and someone crying in the background.
"Hey, Mira, you see me?" 'Patricia893' asked.
Mira hurries to puts the webcam on the laptop and the microphone too.
"Uh…I do. Who's that guy behind you?" Mira asked.
"Oh, that's Iemitsu. He had been crying all day after waking up." 'Patricia893' answered, and looked to face Iemitsu, who's lying on the bed behind her.
"Ahh! Anata(Dear!)" Nana suddenly shouted, and pushed Mira over. Mira fell onto the floor.
"Eh? Did I hear Nana-chan's voice? That can't be possible." Iemitsu said as he was completely bandaged up.
'A…nata? Wait a minute, so this guy named Iemitsu is Nana's husband!? What kind of man is he? Leaving behind his wife and son…Wait, Tsuna didn't talk about his father ever since the day I met him.' Mira thought as she tried to get back up beside Nana.
"Mira, who is that woman?" 'Patricia893' asked at the sudden appearance
"The person I'm staying with. Her name is Nana." Mira replied.
"I see." The girl on the screen then moves her chair backwards to the bed Iemitsu is on, and said something which made the two on the other side wonder what she said.
He then became very elated and cried out "Nana!" The girl then comes back to the computer.
"Apparently, I told him that I'm connecting to where you're staying. His surname coincidentally appears to be Sawada." 'Patricia893' told Mira with the webcam.
"Umm…Can I talk to my husband?" Nana asked 'Patricia893'.
"Uhh…sure. But my computer is a desktop, so I can't get him to stand u…" The girl stopped when she saw the crazy man standing right beside her.
"UWAAHH!" The girl screamed and fell off her chair.
"Nana!" Iemitsu shouted and sat down on her chair.
Mira widened her eyes upon seeing the bandaged up man sitting on the chair right in front of the screen. He was smiling even with the bandages on.
"Ahh! Anata! How are you doing?" Nana asked, making the casual mood into a 'mushy-mushy love dovey' mood.
'This is getting outrageous.' Mira thought as she stared at Nana with fear and was smiling and chatting happily with Iemitsu.
"Uhh.."
"I'm fine as it ever was!" Iemitsu claimed.
"What happened to you?" Nana asked worriedly.
"Nah, that girl bandaged me completely because I almost died." Iemitsu blatantly replied.
'Yeah right.' Mira thought.
"What! What just happened?"
"I got chased by a big wild boar and tripped." Iemitsu told her casually.
'THAT HAS TO BE A LIE!' Mira thought in response and started freaking out. 'How does one end up like that because of some weird wild boar? They can't harm you to the extent of becoming bandaged like a mummy!' Mira unbelievingly thought.
"Who's that girl?" Iemitsu asked after seeing Mira freak out.
"Ah, you know Loko? She's Mira, Loko's daughter." Nana explained and then started asking lame questions.
'We're completely ignored…' Mira and her friend thought in unison. The couple apparently chatted for a long time until Mira's laptop ran out of batteries.
"Take care of my husband for me!" Nana requested from Mira's friend, who smiled.
Nana returns Mira the laptop and her friend kicked Iemitsu off her chair once they stopped the webcam.
"Next time, don't scare me out of the chair or else! You'll NOT GET OUT OF HERE ALIVE IF YOU DO THAT AGAIN!" The girl screamed and pointed to the bed, and Iemitsu started crying in disbelief.
Mira closed her laptop and started charging it. She never knew Nana could be very talkative. Her mother never told her much about Nana. She sighed and looked at the time. It was 10:30pm, which meant Nana had talked for about three hours. Mira looked at the calendar.
'...It's almost the third week with nothing. Am I going to stay here even longer then intended?' Mira worriedly thought and looked at her lap. The next day, Mira was spending the day at the rooftop. Kyoko and Hana were busy in the classroom with their duties, and Mira had nothing to do. It seemed that most of their male classmates were absent for the day.
She leaned on the fence, which she didn't know was curved and is about to break, and heard a creaking sound. Mira then saw the part that was bent and the fence breaks, making Mira fall over. She screamed as she fell, and landed on someone's hands safely. When she thought the fall had stopped, she opened her eyes to see someone. Mira widened her eyes and got off the person.
"Hi-Hibari-san!" Mira said as she turned away from him, and her face turning very red.
"For making a sudden attack from the sky, I'll bite you to death." Hibari said and took out his tonfas.
"I…I'll go!" Mira stammered and ran off.
'Phew…that was close!' Mira thought after panting. 'Still…he'll kill me for the fence.' Mira thought, reminding herself of the fence earlier. After school, Mira walked out of the school with Kyoko and Hana.
"Was classroom duties fun?" Mira happily asked Hana.
"Well, no." Hana replied.
"Don't you think it's strange? That most of our male classmates are absent? I wonder what Tsuna-kun and company are doing." Kyoko pointed, making Mira wonder what happened.
At the mountains
Tsuna was tired out and laid on the ground. It seemed, Reborn took him and his guardians (well, excluding Hibari because he saved Mira just now.) there for a training session, which meant running endless rounds around the mountains and fighting dummies. Yamamoto, Gokudera and Ryohei were panting heavily while Lambo seemed to be…knocked out by Reborn(1 hit KO!).
"What happened, everyone? What happened to the enthusiastic mood you gave off earlier?" Reborn asked, sitting on a rock and having tea.
"Were we that enthusiastic earlier!?" Tsuna screamed at Reborn.
"Well…except for Dame dame Tsuna. You still have lots more to work on." Reborn said.
"I don't need that reminder!" Tsuna shouted in response.
"Do you want to run around the town in your Dying Will Mode?" Reborn asked, taking his green gun out and pointing it at Tsuna.
"N-No thank you!" Tsuna shrieked.
He would never imagine what would happen. Being ridiculed for crushing on Kyoko was already enough (Chapter 9), but what's worse is that, people call him gay because they thought he liked Hibari!
"Lambo-san is going to rest." Lambo declared and like a drunkard, walked away slowly.
"We still have more to do." Reborn said and kicked Lambo.
'How…cruel…'Tsuna thought. Reborn turned to Gokudera, who stood up and faced the shooting range.
"Gokudera, you better buck up!" Reborn ordered.
He prepared his shooting equipment and started shooting the targets. He had been doing this all morning. Yamamoto, who was practicing his swinging (since he would be missing baseball practice.) and Ryohei…He was snoring away peacefully. Tsuna dropped his jaw in shock. How can he rest at this minute?!
"What had ever happened to the 'extreme passion'?" Tsuna asked, leaning towards the snoring boxer and…
"Did someone say EXTREME!?" Ryohei suddenly jumped up, his head hitting Tsuna's chin, and Tsuna fell.
"Ow…Nii-san, what are you thinking?" Tsuna said when he looked up to see Ryohei.
"Training to the Extreme!" Ryohei announced as he shines brightly in the sun.
'…He's sunny.' Tsuna thought in fear, and soon got kicked by Reborn. Nearby, hiding in the bushes, was a woman. She puts on her lipstick, and covered the upper part of her face. The assassin was lost, so she ended up in the forest. She spied on the group, searching for a brunette. 'Is that the target?' The assassin thought, having been confused as Mira and Tsuna had brown hair, yet noticeably different hairstyles. 'Damn, this thing is so annoying. I wish I could take it off and wear my glasses to get a better view.' The assassin fidgeted with her mask.
She then analyzed Tsuna's build. 'My god, that boy is small, thin and totally resembled me of a girl.' The assassin lamented, sighing that she had to go search for her target again with no clue. She then flew into the trees, perching on the tree branches for a bird-view. Tsuna suddenly turned in her direction.
"What's wrong, Sawada?" Ryohei asked.
Tsuna then faced Ryohei. "Umm…nothing." Tsuna replied, assuring that it was nothing.
'Oops. I almost messed up.' The assassin thought. 'But maybe I should follow them home, in case the target might know them.' The assassin decided to hide herself. At home, Mira was busy preparing some cakes with Kyoko.
"Is Haru-san going to join us?" Mira asked.
"Yup! She'll taste our cakes and see if it's delicious for sure!" Kyoko replied, elated when Haru pressed the doorbell.
"I'll get it." Mira said and opened the door.
"Hi, Haru" Mira greeted.
"Are your cakes done!?" Haru asked Mira.
"Almost. We need some time to put on the final touch on our cakes." Mira answered and returned to the kitchen.
Haru sat in the living, patted her skirt to make her look neat. She breathed in the fresh air that was circulating the room. 'Ahh…Tsuna-san's house is so fresh…'Haru thought in envy while Mira finished her chocolate chip cake. Mira sliced a piece of her cake, puts it on her plate, took a fork, and went to the living room. She puts the plate on the table.
"Wow! It's so fantastic!" Haru felt that she flew into heaven after tasting the cake.
'I think she's overboard with the comment…What's with the angel costume?' Mira thought when Haru suddenly changed into an angel cosplay costume. Kyoko then came with her strawberry cake.
"Here, Haru-chan!" Kyoko passes Haru a plate of her strawberry cake.
Mira smiled as the two happily tasted the cakes. She tasted hers, which was delicious for the first time. She felt proud, that she could make cakes that make others happy. After putting the cakes in the refrigerator and cleaning up, Kyoko and Haru talked happily in the living room. Mira headed for the door when the door was opened by Nana, who was holding her groceries and smiling.
"Nana-san, you came back from shopping." Mira greeted her.
"Yup! Mira, guess what, a doctor suddenly popped out and said he specializes in psychology and agree to look on you!" Nana happily said, and moved away to show the man.
Immediately, Mira frowned. No, not that she was unhappy with Nana.
"Thanks for bringing me in."
Mira grabbed his wrist and puts his arm behind his back, pushing on him to the ground.
"Where's your license?" Mira threatened the 'doctor' and pushed his arm against his back even harder.
"Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow! I'll tell you! I'm a scammer!" The 'doctor' cried, and Mira pushed it even harder.
"Scammer?" Nana said. She then looked at Mira, who cruelly restraining the 'doctor' in a hellish way.
"Mira, be kind to him and let him go." Nana said in a polite tone. "You can't hurt people."
Mira snapped out of her defensive, cruel and angry trance and lets the 'doctor' go. She suddenly grabbed his suitcase and threw it on the floor. The contents of the suitcase came out, with loads of money and information of colleagues.
"You're part of a scamming group, are you?" Mira asked the man who was about to leave.
The 'doctor' froze upon hearing that.
"Make sure you return these back to those you've scammed, or else, I'll report you to the police. Understand?" Mira ordered the 'doctor' cruelly, that he even obeyed her orders. He took the suitcase and went.
"Well, let's put the things back." Nana said and Mira followed her to the kitchen.
At the mountains
The assassin was still watching from the trees. 'Ugh, how much longer do I have to wait until they get back home?' She thought, irritated and impatient of the children. So far, there was nothing special about the teenagers. Except for the talking toting baby with the fedora, and he seemed to know of her presence.
"When can we go home?" Tsuna whined, having been tortured by Reborn all day.
"Saa na.(I don't know.)" Reborn answered.
"Is that really your answer!?" Tsuna shouted at Reborn.
'Perhaps I'll just go now.' The assassin impatiently thought, as her family's lives are on the line. But how is she going to leave? They'll notice her!
"Let's keep it up!" Reborn clapped his hands, gaining moans of the boys instead.
"We haven't eaten anything since morning!" Tsuna shouted at Reborn, pointing at the fact they haven't consumed anything.
"We're not…" Reborn stopped as his stomach growled. "Let's go home for dinner!"
"…To him…his stomach has the highest priority, right?" Tsuna mentioned, remembering the same scene before in the Varia Arc.
"Well, kids also need energy, right?" Yamamoto cheered.
"Don't you need energy too, Yakyuu Baka!?" Gokudera yelled at Yamamoto.
'Oh, finally!' The assassin thought as she watched the teenagers beginning to pack up. Back at home, Mira, Kyoko, Haru and Nana were talking about what they are going to prepare for dinner.
"Maybe our two cakes can be dessert!" Mira happily suggested, which Kyoko agreed.
"Maybe let's give Tsuna-san a delicious feast!" Haru suggested.
"Haru-san, if that's the case; everyone would be full and not eat our cakes."
"Oops, I forgot!" Haru embarrassedly said, scratching her head.
"Let's start cooking!" Nana told them, which they nodded with a smile.
Mira went to wash the rice while Nana boiled the water. Kyoko sliced the carrots while Haru takes out the ingredients from the refrigerator. Mira suddenly stopped washing the rice.
"What's wrong, Mira?"
"Somehow, how come do I feel that I'm missing something?" Mira asked, and at Namimori Middle School, Hibari reached the rooftop.
He saw the damaged fence.
"Those damned herbivores…"Hibari said as he clutched his tonfas tightly as his deadly aura can be seen. He is going to make the person who bent the fence pay.
"I'm sure it's nothing, Mira-chan!" Haru butted in, back at home, and Mira nodded.
"Let's continue cooking!" Kyoko said, and they went back to their usual stuff.
I-Pin cringed and hid behind the door. Haru noticed her being shy, and walked towards her.
"I-Pin, what's wrong? Come and join us to cook!" Haru cheered, urging I-Pin to join them.
"A…" I-Pin could not utter anything.
Mira saw Haru at the door and walked towards her.
"Haru, what's wrong?" Mira asked Haru, who was sitting in the corridor.
"I-Pin-chan is acting strange. Everything we cooked, she would join us. But this time she isn't and refuses to budge." Haru explained as Mira kneeled down.
"I-Pin-chan, I'm sorry. I probably have frightened you." Mira calmly coaxed the frightened I-Pin, who softened a little.
"Hahi! What happened?" Haru asked Mira.
"Well, just now, I kind of…threatened an scammer that Nana-san brought back home." Mira explained, and felt a little bit awkward.
"Hahi! You threatened a scammer?" Haru was shocked.
"Uh…Yeah. And I really did it in a cruel way though." Mira answered, with a little guilt in her voice.
"Oh no!" Nana exclaimed.
Mira, Haru and Kyoko turned to Nana, who was holding her knife up in the air.
"I forgot that I left my purse with him!" Nana mentioned.
"What!"
"How can you be so reckless with your things?" Mira asked as she stood up.
"Yeah! I mean, he's a stranger! How can you leave your things with him?" Haru told Nana, who was having a normal and embarrassed expression.
"Well, I guess I was too overwhelmed with my groceries, so I passed him my purse for him to hold at the time being. I guess…I forgot." Nana said casually.
"We have to do the cooking first and let's not tell anyone about this." Mira cut in, noting their original purpose.
"Oh…"
Nana then giggled a little. Mira stared at her dense behaviour and thought 'You can still laugh after your mistake?'. After preparing dinner, Tsuna came home with Reborn.
"I'm home."
"Ara, Tsu-kun, come for dinner!" Nana called out to her son, who entered the kitchen and saw a feast.
'…About how many feasts do we have since we came back from the future?' Tsuna thought as he was tired of this trend ever since they came back.
"Haru-chan and Kyoko-chan helped out!" Nana said while Mira was eating dinner.
"And Mira is freeloading?" Tsuna asked Nana.
"I heard that!" Mira shouted.
"No, she didn't. She baked a cake with Kyoko for you to taste!"
"Yeah! Lambo-san loves shortcake!" Lambo said and jumped from Tsuna's back. (Earlier, Lambo actually sticked to Tsuna's back on the way home.)
They then sat at the table and ate. After eating dinner, Mira and Kyoko took out their cakes and surprised Tsuna. They put it on the table and got a knife to slice a piece of cake for everyone.
"Waah…strawberry cake made by Kyoko-chan!" Tsuna happily said as a slice of Kyoko's strawberry cake was served to him.
He tasted it.
"Wow, this is delicious!" Tsuna felt like he was in heaven.
"Thanks for the compliment."Kyoko took it as a compliment.
Mira was speechless. 'I guess she's way too dense for that guy anyway.' Mira thought and faked her laugh as Reborn snatched Tsuna's slice of the cake. After cleaning up, Mira suggested that she walk Kyoko and Haru home.
"Why do that? You could ask Tsu-kun to walk Kyoko and Haru home for you." Nana offered Mira, who shook her head.
"Ehh?"
"No thank you. I want to go out for a walk, that's all." Mira politely declined Nana's offer, and she walked out of the room with Kyoko and Haru.
After they left, Nana looked at Tsuna.
"Tsu-kun, you can't let three girls out like that. What happens if something happens to them?" Nana told Tsuna, who rested his head on the table in response.
"Please give me a break, Kaa-san. I already have enough of exercising today." Tsuna whined and snored away.
Nana then turned to Reborn.
"Reborn-kun, what happened today?"
"Just a little visit to the gym." Reborn answered nonchalantly.
"Oh, I see!" Nana exclaimed after a period of silence.
At Kyoko's house, Ryohei was thanking Mira non-stop ever since she escorted Kyoko home first.
"You don't have to be extreme…" Mira's voice trailed away as Ryohei's voice was louder.
"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! THANK YOU TO THE EXTREME!!!!"
"I got it!" Mira shouted back.
"Oops, sorry, I guess I went overboard."
"Well then, see you tomorrow!" Kyoko told Mira and went inside with her brother.
Mira walked Haru home and went on her way back to the Sawada Residence. She then walked faster and made a sharp turn into the park. Someone was following her and ran into the park, who met Mira.
"You followed Tsuna home in order to find me, did you?" Mira demanded from the person.
"No, I did not." The assassin denied.
"You lied. You were sent here to bring me back, not kill me, right?" Mira mentioned.
"Half-right and Half-wrong."
"There's no such answer as that." Mira said and charged forward.
The assassin avoided her fast attacks, while Mira attempts hitting the assassin with her bare hands and legs. The assassin retaliated by trying to kick Mira's head, which cut a bit of Mira's hair. Mira then steps forward to punch the woman in the stomach. The assassin fell onto the ground, panting heavily. 'So this is the difference, between a heir and a normal person.' The assassin thought as she saw Mira standing, with some scratches on both her arms and legs.
"Tell me, why did you obey that selfish Vinson?" Mira said, changing her tone to a threatening one.
"Why should I tell you?"
"Oh. So your family is in danger because of him?" Mira said, ignoring the fact that she might be attacked soon.
The assassin's face showed a frown, with the mask still covering her face. Suddenly, Mira kicked the mask off her face lightly, without a scratch on the face. She was stunned, while Mira calmly stepped back with the mask in her hand. She threw it away, and turned to face the now-exposed assassin.
"Leave. Before some rude people come and interrupt us." Mira ordered.
'Who?' The person thought. The colleagues of the scammer earlier came back and surrounded the two.
"Hey little girl. We're here to get our revenge for our comrade."
"Leave before I call the police." Mira ordered, ignoring their words.
"We won't leave until we get our payback."
"Your comrade did steal from my friend's mother, so why do I have to pay you your pay check?" Mira mentioned, which they didn't care.
A purse was thrown out of the crowd of scammers. Mira caught it.
"I don't want it!" A scream was heard after that.
"I see. You want to beat me up?" Mira said, and they responded by charging at her with their weapons.
The assassin stood in front of Mira and blocked the hits. Mira wasn't surprised.
"I need to bring you back in perfect condition…" The assassin told Mira.
"I can't let you into this. I won't go back with you. Go home now." Mira ordered with a calm expression, who hid her cell phone in her skirt pocket and dialled the police.
"But-!" Mira grabbed the assassin's collar and threw her out of the surrounding enemies.
Mira stood there, obviously calm and not expecting help. Back at home, Nana was increasingly worried. Mira had not been back yet.
"Tsu-kun! Can you go get Mira back!?" Nana shouted for her son when the phone rang.
Nana picked it up and said, "Moshi moshi?"
"Nana-san." Mira said, with her cell phone to her ear.
"Mira!" Nana shouted.
"Sayonara." Mira uttered as the scammers prepared to hit her.
She hung up and puts it in her skirt, as if the scammers were very slow.
"Oi! Mira! Mira! Are you there? Mira! Answer me!"
"What's wrong, Kaa-san?" Tsuna asked as he stepped down the stairs.
"Mira's in trouble!" Nana told her son and dropped to her knees.
"What?" Tsuna said and Nana started to cry.
Nana unexpectedly was reminded by an incident with her friend Loko a few years before. 'Loko…I'm scared!' Nana thought in fear. The door opened and Tsuna rushed outside as fast as he could. Nana saw this and the wind blew into the house violently. The silhouette of Tsuna reminded her of Iemitsu running out, and she blushed slightly, calming her down. 'Tsu-kun, you really have grown up.' Nana thought, elated at her son's maturity. Tsuna ran around the residential district, looking for Mira. Suddenly, he heard sounds from the park and ran in. There were many people who apparently beating up someone.
"Mira!" Tsuna shouted, and they turned towards him.
Mira escaped from the group of scammers, having scratches and bruises from the beating. She endured it, as long as she could keep her secrets, it would be fine. She panted and ran towards Tsuna. Mira gets chased by the group and she evaded their smashes and slices. Mira fell onto the ground after some time.
"Mira!" Tsuna shouted, running towards her.
"I…called…the police." Mira stammered to him in a soft voice, and passed out.
"Eh, you're her boyfriend?" A fat, middle aged man approached him.
"No I'm not!" Tsuna told them. How many more people have to misunderstand his relationships!
"Anyway, let's beat you two up…" The fat man stopped as they heard sirens around the corner.
Tsuna grinned and risked a kick onto the middle aged man.
"Damn you, did you call the police?!" One of the scammers demanded from him.
"No, I did not. She did." Tsuna said and picked Mira up.
"What!?"
"Police! You all are under arrest for scamming and assaulting an innocent party!" Many police officers claimed and took out their handcuffs.
The police took all the scammers into custody and Tsuna was still carrying Mira.
"Are you the friend of the victim?"
"Uhh..yes, I am."
"Can you give us your statements?"
"O…kay?" Tsuna said as the policewoman passed Mira over to the paramedics.
The next day, at the Hospital
Mira rested on her bed, with Tsuna sitting beside her. 'I wonder what trouble she had got into yesterday…' Tsuna thought as Nana ran into the room with Kyoko and Haru.
"Mira-chan!" Kyoko and Haru shouted while Nana sat on a chair beside her.
"How's her condition?" Nana asked him worriedly, with tears in her eyes.
"The doctors say she's fine, so she'll be discharged after some rest." Tsuna told them.
Kyoko and Haru were crying on her bed, as if Mira was in a car accident and won't wake up.
"Gomen ne…Mira-chan…It's our fault that we got you into this mess." Kyoko apologised and continued crying.
'It's because of my weakness that she's injured!' Kyoko thought. 'Kyoko-chan…' Tsuna thought as he saw her crying. 'If her brother was injured, she would cry like this too.'
"It's not your fault. She knew that it would happen to her." Tsuna told them, trying to take the burden off them.
"Ehh?" Haru and Kyoko looked up.
"She expected that the scammers would come after her." Tsuna added.
"I…didn't know." Nana said, making everyone turn to her.
"What happened?"
"Yesterday, oba-san brought back a scammer who claimed that he was a psychologist and Mira threatened him cruelly by putting his arm against his back extremely hard desu. She also kicked his suitcase with the names of the colleagues and tons of money in it." Haru explained everything in a teary voice and continued crying.
"And oba-san left her purse with the scammer." Kyoko added and cried on Mira's bed.
"Ehh? Why didn't you tell us yesterday?" Tsuna asked, not happy that he didn't know anything.
"Mira-san told us not to tell you yet after dinner…I guess we forgot." Haru explained why they didn't tell him.
"How can you forget such an important thing?" Tsuna said, trying not to shout.
"What matters now, is that now have Mira recover." Reborn said, appearing from the window.
"Reborn! Why are you here?" Tsuna asked the toting baby with the fedora.
I-Pin was sitting on the table with a sad face while Lambo nonchalantly was still playing a fool. Bianchi suddenly ran in and comforted Nana. Gokudera and Yamamoto walk in and saw Tsuna.
"Juudaime! Are you alright…" Gokudera stopped at the sight of his sister's face and fainted in shock. "A…aneki…why are you here." He passed out finally.
"Tsuna! We heard you almost got into a brawl fight where Mira was involved. Are you alright?"
"I'm fine and didn't do anything. She escaped with some bruises and scratches on her arms and legs." Tsuna answered Yamamoto.
Everyone looked sad for a moment, except for Reborn and Lambo. Mira then woke up, and tried to sit up properly.
"Mira-san! Are you alright?" Haru asked.
"Did they get them?" Mira asked Tsuna, who nodded.
"Wow, that's some red bruises you have there. It seems like you were beaten up by Hibari."
"Did somebody call?" Hibari stepped in.
"Hi-Hibari-san!"
Hibari turned to Mira.
"Were you the one who broke the fence?" Hibari demanded from Mira.
"No. It was bent before I even leaned on it." Mira replied.
"I see. I'll let you off this time." Hibari told her and left. "It won't be entertaining with a injured opponent."
Nana suddenly hugged onto Mira.
"Mira! I'm glad you're fine! You scared me…just like what Loko did…" Nana said as she worried looked away.
"Umm…Mira…" Haru stammered and Mira faced her.
"Sorry…that we caused you this."
"It's fine." Mira told them immediately and puts her hand on Haru's crying face.
"I brought this to myself, and I'm not blaming you for it." Mira told them, making them cry even more. "So, please calm down. I'd hate to see your tears." She calmed them down, and they stopped crying.
'She already knew how to handle with them.' Tsuna thought.
"Tsuna-san." Mira said as she turned to face him.
"Can I speak with you in private for a while?" Mira requested.
"Ehh?" Everyone was confused.
"What do you want to talk to him about?" Nana asked her.
"It's nothing much." Mira told them, and then turned to see Reborn at the window.
"I also want Reborn-san to leave please." She directed this at Reborn, who was curious about what she is about to say.
"Hahi! Is it a love confession?" Haru suddenly asked.
"No and it'll never be one." Mira answered without looking at her.
"Why do we have to leave?" Kyoko asked from Mira.
"It's private, between us." Mira answered as she faced them.
"Well…we'll go out." Yamamoto told them and walked out of the room.
"Thank you for respecting my privacy." Mira thanked Yamamoto.
"I'll bring back some bento for you to get better." Yamamoto told her.
Bianchi stood up and suggested to Nana they should go, and they left. Suddenly, Gokudera shot up and pointed at Mira.
"I'm not leaving the Juudaime with you!" He declared.
"Yup! Lambo-san is going to play some more!"
"Reborn-san, don't you agree? Why would we leave Juudaime with her? She's suspicious and we don't trust her." Gokudera pointed.
"I'm sure it's nothing." Tsuna told them, and Gokudera was about to disobey.
"We'll go." The two girls said as they stood up.
"We won't disturb you, Tsuna-kun."
"So will I, Tsuna-san."
"Go away you stupid woman!" Gokudera bellowed at her.
"What!? Who do you think you are?!" Haru shouted at him as they exited the room.
"Let's go, I-Pin-chan, Lambo-chan." Kyoko got the kids to leave the room.
Gokudera, Reborn and Tsuna were alone in Mira's ward.
"You're not going to leave?" Mira asked Gokudera.
"Never! I'll never leave the Juudaime's side." Gokudera declared.
"At the least, I would like you to leave." Mira told Gokudera, which angered him.
'It seems like he wouldn't budge. If I were to tell the baby something, he would also tell everyone too. Only Tsuna is the one I trust for now.' Mira thought as she bit her lip.
"Don't worry, you can trust me." Reborn told her after reading her mind.
"Any evidence that I should?" Mira demanded from Reborn. "You're from the Mafia and if I tell you, it'll be troublesome." Mira added.
"Fine. I'll leave you alone." Reborn told her and jumped off the window.
"Re-Reborn-san!" Gokudera called for him as he walked out of the room.
"And Reborn-san. Please get rid of your spies in this room in case if you had laid any here." Mira said loudly when Reborn was about to exit the ward.
"Eh?" Tsuna said.
"He had some of his insects here." Mira explained.
Reborn collected his insects and was about to close the door when Mira called again.
"Wait." Mira said again.
"Now what is it?" Gokudera asked from her, being irritated.
Mira felt the bottom of her bed and found a recorder.
"You installed this, didn't you?" Mira directed her question at Reborn and Gokudera.
They remained silent as Mira de-activated the recorder and threw it to Gokudera.
"Reborn, Gokudera, can't we give Mira some privacy? I'll tell you after she had finished talking with me. So please not hinder her." Tsuna requested from them, and they reluctantly obeyed him.
After closing the door, Mira then turned to Tsuna, who shut the windows.
"I'll tell you the reason why did I visit your mother." Mira told him, with both looking at each other seriously.
End of Chapter 10
(1) I've read the first few parts of Adeline Yen Mah's A Thousand Pieces of Gold about the third degree…I don't remember but the heads cut off to parents, siblings and probably spouses too.
Hmm…maybe I should consider having a forum for my stories, but I doubt a community is a forum. And Woopa, give me a long review please T_T. Mira did not defend herself from the scammers, because she'd risk spilling the beans. But now, she's telling Tsuna something, but what is it? Find out in the next chapter!