B-Rabbit28: Hi everyone, how have you been? Boy I am just happy to see people reading this story giving it equal likes to my other story (almost). I know that nothing exciting is happening yet, but it will in this chapter. The mystery stalker will be identified today. Also, this person is a OC also but won't appear through the whole story, just for this ring arc. But, there will be another OC who will reappear later on. Now, on with the story. Remember to review and favorite.

Chapter 10: Sudden change and who?

Dream

"Alice...Hey Alice are you there?" A voice said.

I opened my eyes and see myself outside standing in front of a nice simple cottage. When I looked around, I notice a women with long, silver hair with a blouse shirt and shorts looking at me. She was sitting down on one of those yard chairs with her arms cross over her chest.

"How long are you going to stand there? Come here." She waved her hand.

Trusting my gut feeling, I walked slowly over to her but with caution. She then uncrossed her arms and lead one of her hands to the empty chair near her.

"Come, sit down." She said kindly.

I did what she said and sat down in the empty seat next to her. I still had the feeling in my gut of caution, but there was that one question on my mind.

'How did she know my name?' I though.

Looking over at her, I said the question in my mind out loud to her.

"How do you know my name?" I ask carefully.

She just looks over at me and took a tea cup from the table separating the two chairs.

"You'll find out soon dear. But, I'm not here to visit." She said looking at her tea. "It seems you are working for the mafia, are you not?

Hearing her sudden announcement, I quickly looked up to her in shock.

"H-How...?" I asked shocked.

All she did was smile and drank her tea. When she finish, she placed the cup back down and placed her arms crossed on the table.

"All in good time dear. But, what I'm about to tell you is important." She said with a serious face and tone. "It seems that your opponent for the ring battle has been looking over you. I suggest you be careful for what's around you and be careful."

Hearing her words carefully, I remembered that I had a feeling that someone was looking at me. But I never though that my opponent would appear so early. I just stood up from my seat and looked over at the women sitting down.

"Thank you for this advice." I said. "But, I have to ask who are you?"

She just gave me the warm smile and looked at me.

"You'll find out soon, Alice." She said softly. "But, I think it's time for you to wake up."

"Wait!" I exclaimed reaching my hand out to her.

But, a flashing light blinded me from seeing her.

After that, I see the view of my bedroom and my extended hand still out. I took back my hand and looked at it confused.

"A dream?" I said confused.

I looked over to my clock and see that it was almost time for Lal Mirch to come into the room for my wake up call. To avoid the wake up call, I quickly got up from bed and started to change. As I was about to rush into the bathroom, I passed my calendar and noticed a note attached to it. I stopped with what I was doing and walked over to the note. When I took the note off the calender, I notice that the note was from Lal Mirch.

Been called to work on something. Work double time when I come back.
-Lal Mirch

All I did was crumble the note and threw it into the trash can. Looking at the clock, it was still six in the morning and I was too wide awake to go back to sleep. Since I was up, I went over to the closet and changed into some casual clothes since it was the weekend. I had on a short sleeve shirt and some shorts with converse. I tied a little bit of my hair into a pony tail and put on a ribbon around my head. After getting change, I headed outside and started to walk around. As I was walking, I heard noise from a bush nearby me.

"Who's there!" I yelled out.

The rustling stopped and the thing inside the bush came out. In view, I saw that the thing inside the bush was...Just Kuppuru. I placed a hand onto my chest and released a breath of relieve.

"Kuppuru...It's just you." I said relieved.

I walked over to Kuppuru and lifted him up.

"Want to walk around with me?" I asked the black kitty.

All he did was meow and we started walking. Well, I was carrying him in my arms when walking around, but he did keep me company. As we were walking, I was still thinking about who that lady was and who my opponent for the ring battle is. It has been a while since I have left Namimori and became a guardian for Tsuna. I still feel homesick even if they came to visit just a while ago. As I was walking, I was soon called out of thought by a meow and looked over at Kuppuru. When I looked over to where Kuppuru was looking, there was a lady with violet hair wearing a black eye mask and clock. Seeing this, I placed Kuppuru on the ground and walked over to the lady.

"Excuse me?" I ask.

"Are you Alice Song, the 10th snow guardian?" The lady asked suddenly.

I just looked at her shocked for a little bit but calmed down guessing she is part of the mafia also.

"Yes that right. Is there something wrong?" I asked.

"I am a judge for the ring battles." She explained. "The battles will be held over at Namimori. But, since you are not in Namimori, you will have to go over to Namimori to attend the battle."

I listened to her carefully hearing what I have to do, but there was something I wondered.

"What about what happens here in Saotome?" I asked.

"You will be taken out of the school due to the many days of absence." She announced.

I was shocked to hear that I would have to leave my dream of being a singer in order to help Tsuna. If I leave, I would have to leave everyone I knew here but if I reject going over to Namimori, then I would be betraying my family.

"Is there another way to do the battle?" I asked concern.

"No Miss Alice." She stated.

I thought for a moment about the situation, and then, I had a idea.

"If I can suggest, can I attend the battles that are happening later on. I want to at least learn a few more material before leaving.

The judge thought for a moment and the spoke yet again.

"That a good idea, but you will have to at least attend the battles in person for it to be valid." She explained. "Also, sinceyou'll go to Namimori to battle, we will host your battle there."

I thought for a moment about what she has accepted on. I looked up to her with a serious look and spoke.

"I accept those rules and changes." I said.

The lady nodded and started to walk away, but not before she turned around and looked at me.

"The ring battles will start in a few weeks, just to announce." She said.

As she says that, she turns back and walks away leaving me by myself outside.

'A few weeks...' I thought. 'I hope I'm ready by then.'

Voices interrupted me from thought as the sun started to come out. When I looked around, I noticed that people started to get up now and walk around also. Seeing how I have not eaten breakfast yet, I went back on my quest for food.

As I arrive to the cafeteria, I see my cousin, Ittoki, Masato, and Tomo hanging out at a table. As I walked out to the table, I notice that Ittoki were talking to Haruka about something.

"Huh? Nanami, are you going somewhere?" Ittoki asked as I walked over.

"Yes, I'm going to Hayato-sama's concert!" Haruka said in a happy tone.

"Huh...Haruka's finally going to see her idol." I said coming up to the group.

"Alice, good morning." Ittoki said looking at me.

"Good morning, Alice." Tomo-chan said. "I heard Hayato is going to announce his new song."

"I'm so excited, I could sleep last night!" Haruka said happily.

"I'm worried." Masato suddenly said.

Haruka had a shocked face on her when Masato said that. Then, Tomo-chan stood up from her seat and stood next to Haruka and I.

"If I didn't have so much homework piled up, I'd go with you, but..." Tomo-chan explained.

"It's okay Tomo-chan." Haruka said. "Beside, Alice will be going with me."

"Really?" Tomo-chan said.

"I can never let my cousin go alone. Beside, I have nothing else to do." I explained.

"But, are you two sure you'll both be okay going?" Ittoki asked.

"Umm...?" Haruka said looking cartoonish with a sweatdrop.

"Well...?" I said doing the same thing.

I don't know this city by heart, so their might be a chance that I might get lost and may need a search party.

"As long as you two don't get lost..." Masato said.

"In that case..." A voice said.

Suddenly, me and Haruka heard footsteps behind us and a hand on out shoulders. When we all looked at the person, it was Ren who spoke.

"I'll take you there, little lamb and kitty." Ren finish saying.

"Jinguji-san!" Haruka exclaimed.

"Ren..." I said after.

"If fact, why don't we call it a date?" Ren suggested.

"That makes me even more worried." Masato stated.

Ren soon looked up at Masato and a staring contest started. Seeing the conflict going on, Haruka waved her arms around and spoke up.

"W-W-W-Wait a second, everyone!" Haruka exclaimed. "We may not look it, but we will be fine."

"She's right!" I exclaimed after. "We may look weak, but we know what to do if something happens."

"Are you two sure?" Ittoki asked.

"Yeah." We both exclaimed.

"See you all later." Haruka said speeding off.

What she didn't notice was that she left me behind in her excitement.

"..." We all had seeing Haruka running off.

"She must be really excited." Tomo-chan said calmly.

"Why wouldn't she?" I said. "She has never seen Hayato live before."

"But Alice...?" Ittoki said. "Aren't you going with her?"

"...AHH! You're right." I said shocked.

I soon ran off in a hurry to catch up with my cousin.

"Bye everyone!" I exclaimed running off.

By then time I caught up to my cousin, I see her standing there dosing off holding her Hayato CD in her hand.

"Haruka, why are you just standing there?" I asked. "Let's go."

"A-Ah! Yes!" Haruka exclaimed.

We both started to walk outside towards the town.

"This is bad..." I said with my arms behind my head.

"Could we be...lost?!" Haruka said a bit shocked.

As soon as we arrived in town, we seemed to be lost due to not knowing the town well. As I heard Haruka panic to herself, I was looking around the area trying to remember the location.

"There are so many people walking around." I said to myself.

'This town...It's so different from Namimori.' I thought. 'While Namimori was a peaceful town, here it's just so busy and noisy.'

"Hey Haruka..." I said turning around to the girl.

But, when I turned around, all I saw a dotted outline of the said girl.

"Huh! Haruka!" I exclaim looking around. "This is bad, I can't believe I lost her!"

I looked around until I see a familiar look.

"Huh, Natsuki?" I said.

I walked over to the guy on the bench seeing him write something. As I got closer, I felt this bad feeling as I got closer to him.

"Natsuki, have you seen Haruka?" I asked.

All he did was look up at me and continued writing. When he looked up, I noticed that he wasn't wearing his glasses. But, I was upset when he didn't respond to me for something so important.

"Excuse me Natsuki..." I said again.

"Move. You're casting a shadow." He said in a mean tone.

I looked down and notice that I did cast a shadow. So I moved, but after that I looked at him with a almost mad face.

"Natsuki, listen to me!" I exclaim almost upset. "Have you seen Haruka?"

"Take a hike. I'm composing." He said.

'Who is this guy, this is not the Natsuki I know!' I thought shocked.

While looking at him, two guys were passing us talking. Suddenly, one of the guys threw a wrapper which hit Natsuki in the head. I looked at them with a serious face.

"Those guys...They should pay attention to what they do." I said looking at the two guys. "Ignore what they-"

When I looked over at Natsuki, he was shivering not with fear, but with anger. He then broke the pen he wrote his papers with, which made me stand back from the sudden break. Natsuki then stood from his seat and ran towards the to guys.

"W-Wait, Natsuki!" I exclaimed running after him.

When I got to him, he he just punched the wall near one of the guys face.

"N-Natsuki!" I exclaimed.

After punching the wall, he held the guy by his collar and held the wrapper that hit him up.

"Garbage goes in the garbage can." Natsuki said with anger. "What if I threw you away with it?"

Before he did anything drastic, I ran behind him and held back his arm.

"Hey Natsuki stop it!" I exclaim trying to hold him back.

"There! There he is!" A voice exclaimed out.

Before I could turn around, someone came towards Natsuki and placed something on his face. As I let go of Natsuki's arm, I noticed that it was Syo who yelled out and I see Haruka running over to the group.

"S-Syo!" I exclaimed a bit shocked.

When Natsuki looked up, I noticed that the things Syo placed on Natsuki's face were his glasses. By the time he looked up, Haruka was next to me.

"Huh? Nanami and Alice, what are you two doing here?" Natsuki asked.

I looked at him shocked seeing him being his happy self. When Natsuki turned around, the two guys looked at him with fear. As Natsuki got closer, the two guys cower in fear but who wouldn't since they almost got beat up by him. As Natsuki bend down, he held something hanging from one of the guys bag.

"What a cute Piyo-chan!" Natsuki exclaimed. "Actually...I'm a huge fan of Piyo-chan!"

As Natsuki said that, he lifted the back of his shirt to reveal a picture of Piyo.

"W-What just happened?" I said out loud.

After everything that has happened, we all went to a cafe and sat outside. Looking over at Natsuki, I can't believe that scarey guy is the same as Natsuki.

"Get it now. If Natsuki removes his glasses,he become an entirely different person: Satsuki." Syo explained to the two of us. "I don't know if something happened to him before we met as kids, but he's put 50,000 who've ticked him off in the hospital. Anyway, if you piss him off, it's all over. If Natsuki isn't brought back, all hell breaks loose."

Imagining how Satsuki is like, I can compare his temper to someone familiar.

"But, Satsuki also has an unexpected talent for composing. Whenever he's got free time, he writes songs...He's a so-called genius." Syo continued explaining.

'So that's what he was writing when I saw him.' I thought.

"Wow! I'd love to talk to him!" Haruka said excited.

"Impossible. Satsuki doesn't talk to people, and Natsuki doesn't remember a thing about him." Syo said.

"He wreaks havoc , but then doesn't remember any of it?" Haruka said.

"It's like they're two people in one body." I added.

"Nanami-San, Alice..." Natsuki said.

"Yes." "Yeah Natsuki?" We both said.

"I always find myself thinking that you two...That you both remind me so much of my precious Elizabeth and Neko-chan!"

"Eliza...Beth?" Haruka thought. "Your dog, right?"

"Neko.." I said with confusion.

"Yes. When we're all together, I feel like I'm basking in the sun." Natsuki said.

"Really?" Haruka said. "I love sitting in the sun, too!"

"Me too. The sun makes you all relaxed and warm inside." I added.

"Nanami-San, Alice...You two understand me." Natsuki said pouring tea.

As he did that, the steam from the tea went up to his glasses making them fog up.

"Huh?" Natsuki said about to take off his glasses.

Me and Syo looked at him with shocked and held a hand out to stop him.

"W-Wait a second Natsuki!" I exclaimed.

"D-Don't take your glasses off, Natsuki!" Syo added. "I'll cool that off for you!"

After saying that, Syo got close to Natsuki's face and started to blow on his glasses.

"You're so nice to me, Syo-Chan." Natsuki said happily.

But, Natsuki started to sway back and forth meaning that he was about to sneeze. When he did, his glasses came off and landed onto the table.

"H-His glasses..." I said shocked.

When we all looked over at the now glasses-less Natsuki, he looked up at us with a evil glare.

"You three...are annoying." Satsuki started to say.

After hearing that, Syo and Haruka walked back in fear while I stood my ground looking at him.

"Unlike Natsuki, I'm not softhearted." Satsuki said standing up. "Don't you dare whisper...Right in front of me!"

Satsuki then waved him arm back landing a punch at the tree behind him. From the hit, the tree fell down right into the outdoor cafe.

"B-Bad!" I said started to shake.

"If you've got the message, get the hell out of my..." Satuski started to say.

But before he finish speaking, Syo sneaked behind him and placed the glasses onto Satsuki.

"Huh? What the..?!" Natsuki started to say. "What's wrong, Nanami-San, Alice? You two look kind of pale..."

Hearing that, we both tried to shake that feeling off since it was Natsuki asking us.

"W-We are just fine, right Haruka?" I said trying to be calm.

"R-Right, we're fine!" Haruka exclaimed. "Right, Syo-Kun?"

As Syo looked at us, he laugh in a weird way and so did Haruka.

'They're doing a great job trying to act calm' I thought.

The sky soon became gray meaning it was almost about to rain on this day. We all soon arrived to Carnival land where Hayato's concert was held.

"Wow, what a coincidence! We were on our way here, too." Natsuki said wearing a Piyo hat and glasses.

"Huh? To Hayato-sama's concert?" Haruka asked.

"I don't think so." I said.

"No..." Syo said after.

"See, there's a Piyo-chan character show after the concert." Natsuki said holding up a flyer. "Syo-chan said he had to see it, so we came together."

"Huh, Syo did?" I said looking over at said guy.

"I didn't say anything like that!" Syo exclaimed with anger. "Letting you go anywhere alone is dangerous, so I came with!"

"Aw, don't be shy."

"I'm not shy! I told you I have no interest in friggin Piyo-chan!"

"Sure, sure, Syo-chan, you're cute when you're bashful..."

"Listen when someone's talking!"

As they had their little argument, me and Haruka were laughing at this scene. While laughing, I noticed a butterfly flying around, but what interested me was the white dust it gave. As the others were distracted, I sneaked off from the group and followed the mysterious butterfly. By the time I stopped, I notice that the butterfly lead me to a empty place outside nearby the concert. When I was looking at the butterfly, it suddenly disappeared and I felt a cut on my face.

"What!" I exclaimed.

When I looked down, I noticed that there was nothing on the ground, yet the thing that cut me went towards the ground. When I looked up, something came towards me and had something sharp coming from it's cloak that covered it. When the blade was about to hit me, I jumped back and did a back flip to get a better look at my attacker.

"Who are you!" I exclaimed.

The thing didn't answer back and still charged towards me. All I could do was dodge and try to not get a hit.

'Of all the days to leave my weapons in my room.' I thought with anger.

I was about to dodge another hit, but the cloaked attacker disappeared from its spot.

"What?" I said confused.

When I turned around, there was the cloak attacker with his sharp weapons out.

"Bad!" I exclaimed.

By the time I noticed, he landed a hit onto me sending me down to the ground with cuts on me. Before I could stand back up, the attacker placed his foot on my back and leaned in close to my ear.

"This is just a sample of what you will face later, snow guardian." He says judging from its voice.

I felt the weight from his foot disappeared and when I turned to my back, he was gone.

'A sample...' I thought.

When I was going to stand up, I went back down because of my injury. I looked at it and notice that it was a bit deep into my body.

"This is bad..." I said looking at the injury.

I just took out the first aid that I carried and started to tend to the injury. By the time I was finish, the injury stopped but the cuts on my shirt were still there. I'll just tell the others its a fashion statement. But, that person...I'll have to work better in order to beat him. Remembering Haruka, I left the field and headed towards the concert stage seeing Natsuki and Haruka on stage. When I looked at that, a hand touched my shoulder.

"Ah!" I yelled out.

When I turned around, it was Syo who did the sudden action. Before I could even say something to him, he grabbed me by the wrist and ran somewhere with me right behind him.

"S-Syo, what's going on?" I asked wondering.

"Satsuki is back and he's got Nanami with him." Syo explained. "His glasses broke in the crowd so we have to place these other glasses on him."

I looked at Syo's other hand and noticed the hat Natsuki had before. By the time we got there, Satsuki was holding onto Haruka. Rushing up to them, Syo placed the hat onto Natsuki while I held them down.

"Huh?" Natsuki said confused.

"C-Come on Natsuki, Haruka. You two are disturbing the concert." I said pulling them off stage with Syo.

By the time we were offstage, we were all calm.

"Syo-Chan, why were me and Nanami-San on stage?" Natsuki asked.

"W-Well, thats..." Syo said nervously.

"Its because of Hayato!" I interrupted. "He invited people onto the stage and he chose you two right, Syo?"

"Y-Yeah because of that!" Syo answered to Natsuki.

"I see." Natsuki said. "But, it's going to rain soon. It might be best to head back now."

"That's true. Well, at least the concert went well." Haruka said happily.

After saying that, we all headed back to Saotome all happy and cheerful...Well some were.