AN: Neh neh! So I got tired sitting around and twiddling my thumbs. I'm a very active writer when I have ideas to write about. It's weird because I don't think I've had this many ideas before. So, as you can see, the romance has changed to Squalo/OC/Dino… Don't worry, Hibari will still be incorporated into Tsuya's life as her best friend and frequent sparring buddy. That's what I'm planning at least.

Remember how I said that I was a very active writer? Uh… Over the passed three days, I've kinda gotten ahead of myself in chapters. I'm er… six chapters ahead of schedule, and I'm writing about the Future Arc now. It's weird writing about Box Weapons because everyone has a different type of animal and different number of animals. And the fact that the box weapon can actually give you just a weapon. But then there are Box Weapons that give you an animal and a weapon. It's just all so weird. If you're all wondering where in the future I'm writing, it's the part when they first fight the Black Spell members Tazaru and Nosaru.

So, because I've gotten ahead of myself, I'll update a second time this week so that you guys can have more to think about!

Chapter IX: What Became My Normal

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"Miss! Please watch out!" a kind and serious voice called out as I strolled towards a field of grass. I heard the swish from my left and crouched just in time to avoid receiving a combined hit of two tonfas and a whip.

"H-hey, Kyoya. You really should watch where you're trying to hit." a light and teasing tone chastised the person to my right.

"Hmph. Kamikorosu." came the reply accompanied by a slightly dark aura.

I made a face while still maintaining my crouched position and somersaulted forward in order to get out of my spot between the two sparring males. Once back up into an upright position, I made another face of disgust. I had long since changed into my forest green v-neck, black and white tie (which was hanging from my neck), the matching belt, black gloves, black sneakers, black jeans, black beanie, and white hoodie, so I was a bit upset that I had to roll in the dirt. I stared at the two males' fight before speaking. "I want to join in on the fun."

Dino and Hibari heard, and both had different reactions. Dino drew back his whip with a cry of "Huh?" Hibari, on the other hand, charged at me with both his tonfas.

I was not ready for the incoming assault, I ended up falling onto my butt and rolling away from the attacking teen. Holy Shizuo! He's fast! Scrambling to my feet, I drew the blade from my cane in order to block the two tonfa strikes. I did not feel like getting hit by Hibari. Those few times in the real world were enough for me.

Hibari pushed against my blade with his tonfas, and I pushed back with equal force. Somehow, the situation was familiar with me. I often trained in kendo with my sempais. All of my sempais were taller and stronger than me, so I had to learn how to deal with my disadvantage in stature and strength. I wasn't strong, but I knew how to move quickly. I pushed against the Disciplinary Head until I quickly withdrew my sword and ducked away from his two weapons. Then, using my unsharpened blade, I hit the Vongola Cloud Guardian in the back of his left arm before he recovered and began to attack me again.

"Wao. You're quick." the carnivore complimented.

I smirked hesitantly before dodging again and running towards Dino. "Hey! He's your student! You spar with him!"

"Wha?" And then, Hibari hit Dino in the face with his tonfa, which made me flinch and panic when the skylark started to chase after me, too.

"Ahhhhhh! I don't want to be bitten to death!" I cried, and dodged Hibari's strikes in order to take refuge next to Romario, which was far enough away that Hibari didn't give chase.

Romario coughed to break the silence, but then addressed me seriously. I wasn't really surprised, I was a stranger and he had to protect Dino and keep the whole mafia business a secret. "Excuse me, Miss. But what are you doing out here and who are you?"

I grinned and held my hand out to shake. "I'm Okita Tsuya! Nice to meet you!" The man did not take my hand, which upset me a little, but I continued to answer his question. "I was taking a walk after dinner. It's my first time in Japan, so I wanted to do a little sight-seeing."

"Could you please return home? This matter does not involve you."

I frowned before kicking the ground, "Fine. See you around. Or not."

I went home to ponder upon the events of the day. There were a lot of things that were happening, but I knew that I didn't belong in the Mafia world yet. Yamamoto-san said that he was going to take me to get enrolled at Namimori Middle School tomorrow, so I was going to be attending classes tomorrow while Takeshi and the others trained. I fell asleep thinking about tomorrow's Ring Battle. Squalo was going to get mauled by a shark tomorrow. Maybe I can help Dino save Squalo. If I manage it, it'll be like taking two birds with one stone. I get involved with the affairs of the Vongola and Cavallone, and I get to save Squalo!

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It was weird. Going back to middle school I mean. I was almost finished with high school when I was my world, but now I'm forced to go back in time to ninth grade. Yamamoto-san had walked me to Namimori Middle School that morning and enrolled me into the school. Yamamoto-san must have been well respected because the school officials did not ask for my papers, which was irresponsible of them. I was placed in a homeroom full of strangers, and immediately, I resolved to not associate myself with anyone except the members of the main story line. There was no point in uselessly associating myself with people that I was not going to talk with.

I had a bit of a superiority complex that bordered on egotistical pride. Unless I found the person superior to me in some way, I won't acknowledge other people as my equals. This trait of mine had prevented me from garnering any friends throughout my school years. I was a prideful crybaby, simply said. Besides, there was no reason to involve new people in the conflicts that were to follow. I may be prideful, but I still cared about strangers to an extent.

During class, I found myself bored with the material in math and English, but I thoroughly enjoyed learning about Japanese history and sciences. I had a difficult time with gym because they made me run. Although I had regained a little bit more movement in my legs, I was still pretty much crippled. However, I theorize that I will be able to acquire full use of my legs with more training. At lunch, I sat on the roof and ate the homemade bento that Yamamoto-san had prepared for me. I was glad that everyone was off training. If Hibari had seen me crowding up his usual spot, I would've been a goner, especially after our "first meeting" yesterday evening.

Quite unfortunately for me, I was proved wrong because the door was kicked open behind me. Having been seated on the side of the entrance, I scrambled to hide from whoever had kicked the door. Eyes wide, I pressed my back against the wall and struggled to control my breathing. My mind jumped everywhere in my memory to remember if Hibari came back from training yesterday night. Sure enough, I remembered that he did because he attacked the group yesterday after the Storm Ring Battle. I really did not want to be bitten to death. I stayed silent as much as possible because I heard the footsteps walk around before descending the stairs again.

I allowed myself to let go of the breath that I was holding and slid down the wall, mindful of the fact that I was wearing the girl's uniform. "That was a close call."

"Midori tanabiku namimori no Dai naku shou naku nami ga ii~"

"AH!" I yelled, startled by the sudden noise above me.

I stared up and smiled at the appearance of the small yellow canary. "You must be Hibari-san's little friend." I greeted Hibird with a smile and lifted my left hand up with my fingers gently tilted to the side. "Would you please come down? I won't hurt you."

The small canary seemed to stare at me before chirping and descending to land on my index finger with a cry of, "Hibari! Hibari!"

I smiled and gently stroked the bird's small head with my other index finger. "I'm Okita, Tsuya. Can you say my name?"

Hibird seemed to tilt its head to the side before chirping happily, "Tsuya! Tsuya! Kiss! Kiss!"

I blinked multiple times at the small canary's request before smiling, "Alright." Gently, I bent my head down to kiss Hibird's small head. "Fly now. I'm sure Hibari-san will be wondering where you are, little one."

Chirping, Hibird flapped its small yellow wings before ascending and flying away while singing the Namimori Anthem.

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School was school in the end. I had homework, which I finished rather quickly due to having the mind of a soon to be seventeen year old. I thank whoever let me retain my memories. Dart only knows how horrendous my situation would have been if I didn't remember anything at all. Actually, I think I would have been dead by now. I would probably be dead in the forest and full of maggots. I shuddered at that thought and mentally vowed to not mess with the plotline as much as I could by being here. I rather liked the plotline as it was, and didn't want anyone finding out my knowledge of the future events to come. It would be a complete disaster if any of the characters were to find out that I was not from their world.

While walking home, I made a list of people to be careful of. I could not let my true origins be uncovered by a specific list of people because it could ultimately ruin the world. Viper, Verde, Xanxus, Levi, Mukuro, Chrome, Gokudera, Ken, Chikusa, MM, Byakuran (especially him! I like him and everything, but he is kinda psychopathic in the future), Bermuda, Jager, the entire Simon(Shimon) Famiglia, Daemon Spade, and Checker Face! Those were the people that I absolutely had to look out for. Then, I winced because most of the people I listed were stronger than me by a lot… Okay, I think all of them can pretty much kill me without breaking a sweat. I only added Chrome and Gokudera because Chrome is connected to Mukuro, and Gokudera would take advantage of my information to assist Tsuna… that, or call me a U.M.A…

Shaking my head, I entered the Yamamoto household and greeted Yamamoto-san before quickly running into Takeshi's room. Setting my bag down, I quickly changed into black jeans, a white v-neck, a black hoodie, and my sneakers before heading to the dojo with my cane. When I arrived, I saw Takeshi on the floor with his hands behind his head. It seemed as if he did not notice my arrival, so I grinned mischievously, took off my shoes, and set my cane down on the side before running to slide and hug the younger male. "Takeshi~" I called out playfully.

"Tsuya!" Takeshi called out in surprise while a smile graced his tanned face. "What are you doing here?"

I stood up and gestured to my discarded cane. "I'm here to train. I practiced kendo back home in America. So… Do you want to spar?"

Takeshi grinned and nodded, standing up and taking out his shinai (bamboo sword used in kendo). "Sure! I'll try to go easy on you!"

I furrowed my brow and grabbed a shinai of my own from the rack on the wall. "You will do no such thing. I need to get stronger, and you can't afford to hold back because of your fight tonight."

"How do you know about the mafia game?" Takeshi asked, utterly serious. "You were there when Lambo was fighting."

I sighed and held my shinai at the ready. Takeshi copied my stance as I began to make up an explanation. "My future self sent me a package that the fifteen year old Lambo delivered to me when I followed you to that fight. My future self explained everything about Sawada Tsunayoshi, the Varia, and the 'mafia game.' I know what's going on Takeshi. You need to win."

So, we spent the next hour or so training. Takeshi was really strong, and I kept falling on my buttocks. I really needed to train a lot more. At around six, I went back into the house and took a shower before changing in my second pair of jeans and my teal blue v-neck. After dinner, I watched as Takeshi headed off to think about the upcoming fight in the dojo.

As much as it pained me to lie to Takeshi, he can't know that I literally know what will happen in the next year or so. I watched from the back porch as Tsuna and Reborn went into the dojo to greet the Rain Guardian. Then, I felt a hand gently clamp onto my left shoulder. Glancing to the side, I saw Yamamoto-san looking down at me with a gentle smile. "He thinks of you as an older sibling, you know."

I furrowed my brow and stared off into the evening sky. "He's only known me for three days. How can he be so accepting? How can you be so accepting? I'm a shady person. I don't have papers or a passport, and you both can obviously see that I'm hiding something. So why are you so accepting of me in your family?"

"When you're a parent like I am, you come to recognize certain things about children. When I first spoke with you, I recognized that you were telling me the truth about your parents' neglect. As a father, I felt pained knowing that such a young child had not had a proper family life. So, I took you in so that you could have a real family. Maybe one day, I'll adopt you into my family, but Takeshi and I already consider you a part of our family." Yamamoto-san explained to me.

"Takeshi isn't a parent though. What is his reason for accepting me?" I questioned out loud.

"My son is very kind and accepting. He'll trust you until you give him a reason not to. Even then, he'll accept you with open arms." Yamamoto-san elaborated before walking off towards the dojo.

For a while, I stood on the porch before I decided to go back into the house. There was no use if Reborn and Tsuna saw me again so early. Lying on Takeshi's bed, I yawned loudly as I waited for him to depart for the Rain Ring Battle. I struggled to recall how the fight went, but I knew that Squalo was going to sacrifice himself to save Takeshi. Hibari would be watching from the nearby roof, Dino would watch Takeshi's battle, Xanxus was going to watch the fight, and the Kokuyo Gang would also be watching under the cover of fog.

A lot of people that I should avoid will be there. I sighed and sat up from the bed as the clock struck eight. I wanted to be there to cheer forTakeshi.

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alia03: Hehe I had a feeling that your reaction would be that of surprise. I originally planned for Lachance to be a woman or genderless, but it's weird writing about a woman observing a girl, well, at least it's weird for me. A genderless person was just too neutral. I tried to make Lachance relatable because he plays quite a role in helping Tsuya later on.

I think everyone thinks that Tsuya is engaged to Squalo. It seems the best choice, but I think in like… two week, a week in the least, you'll see that maybe it's not possible. I dunno. I've got quite the list of events planned for you guys. I really wanted Xanxus to be her fiancé, or Hibari! Because the way to a man's heart is through his stomach most of the time. And as I've written in the beginning chapters, Tsuya has some skills as a chef. Here's a spoiler: Gokudera and Tsuya become really good friends. (*wink, wink) I can't stand it when people portray him as utterly cranky and lacking of manners. Honestly, you just have to be able to put up with him and work with him calmly.

The usual flames that are given to OCs are the snow flame, night flame, moon flame, ice flame, etc. Which is abuse to the whole idea of the flames of the sky. I mean, I never get to read the end to stories like these, but they never include the Shimon (Simon) Famiglia. I understand how people come up with the snow flame, but it was from the video game, and it was said to be another flame in disguise. (*sighs) I'm not beating on people, but when writing a story, I like to stay within the limits of that world. It makes it a bit more believable. I was going to use Cloud and Lightning, but then, it seemed weird to have Lightning without Storm, so I made it into Rain and Cloud.

I hope that your question about why Tsuya was taken in by Yamamoto-san was answered in this chapter. Squalo's quietness will be explained when Tsuya realizes why he blew up on her in two chapters. Yeah, Fran is like TYL Tsuya's baby brother. (*evil laugh) You'll see about the conditions for the Sky Battle next chapter. I hope I answered your questions to the best of my ability. I'm glad that you enjoy my story!

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Bonus!

1) How does one fight against Hibari Kyoya? Answer: You don't. I originally planned for Tsuya to be really flexible in this chapter. Then again, I didn't want to make Tsuya strong so fast. I mean, although she had some training with Squalo before coming to this world, she is kind of weak. It just wouldn't be right having her suddenly become really strong and beat Hibari. She's not a super human or a genius.

2) I originally had a whole segment of fighting and running on the roof… I almost had a fit when I couldn't find a proper way to transition the scenes, so I just change the entire roof scene to just Tsuya and Hibird! XD I mean, being with such a cute canary can perk up my day!

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Eh. Short this time because the major revisions were done later on in the story. I might update again this weekend. Thank you for reading!