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Tsuna woke up with a start. After the Earl's talk last night, she kept having nightmares of her family being murdered by the Black Order.
Shaking her head…the exorcist climbed out of bed and start preparations for the day.
"Good morning!" Ryohei greeted loudly as Tsuna arrived at the main counter of the hotel, the other exorcists waiting for her. They were ready to check-out and make their way back, since they found Ryohei.
"Did you sleep well, Tsuna?" Allen asked, beaming brightly. Tsuna gave him a small smile and nodded. It was still hard to believe that these friendly and kind people actually belonged to the organization that had destroyed her whole family.
"Looks can be deceiving…" Reborn warned as he stood beside Tsuna, making sure no one heard him. The brown-haired girl nodded in understanding and turned to glance at Mukuro, who caught her eye and smiled. Hello Vongola...
"Okay, we are done here!" Manto announced and the group got up to leave, when they saw someone familiar…
"Isn't that Hibari, the bounty hunter?" Lenalee exclaimed, having spotted the raven first.
The others looked at the direction Lenalee pointed.
If I remember correctly, Hibari-san has innocence…
Should we convince him to come with us…?
He's scary, let's leave him alone…
As if sensing their thoughts, Hibari suddenly whipped his head in their direction and glared coldly, causing most of them to take a step back.
The bounty hunter then walked away, his yellow bird flying behind him.
"Did he just ignored us and walked away?" Allen slowly asked, doubt in his eyes. The white-haired exorcist could not believe his luck. Last time Hibari confront them, it had been a scary and tense day.
Phew…
"Let's just leave it. Getting the host and the innocence back is important." Shota said. The finder also did not want to deal with the dangerous bounty hunter.
"Yes, there might still be Akuma targeting him." Manto continued, looking at Ryohei.
Tsuna turned back to take one last look of Hibari and turned to her friends.
Maybe I should try to convince him…
"I will be back in a minute." The brown-eyed girl then ran to Hibari, followed by Reborn strolling behind.
"Hibari-san, do you think you can come with us to the Black Order." Instantly, several faces turned paled, while some just looked on calmly, amused.
Hibari glowered at the exorcist before him and considered the offer. If he agreed, he would get to meet new challenges and worthy opponents.
The hunter glanced sharply at the other exorcists nearby. Mukuro and Kanda were admirable; he could not wait to fight them…of course, the herbivore (Tsuna) standing in front of him was also very interesting.
"Alright, I will go, if I get to fight them." The bounty hunter agreed, crossing his arms, his eyes still on Mukuro and Kanda. Mukuro just snickered and Kanda turned his head away, obviously not amused.
Good job, Tsuna…
"Thanks!" Tsuna smiled and the group proceeded on to their destination.
'Wow, he actually made it. He convinced Hibari.' Lenalee, Allen, Lavi, Shota and Manto stared in disbelief. They had all thought that Hibari would take out his tonfas and bite Tsuna to death.
Reborn smirked. Of course, he's my student.
As they made their way to the train station, everyone seemed to be lost in their thoughts. Shota held a communicating device by his ear and suddenly stopped in his tracks. The rest behind all bumped into him.
"Ouch, why did you suddenly stopped?" Lavi inquired, rubbing his painful nose.
"We just received another mission from headquarters. There are some strange sightings in Japan. The other teams are still busy, so they sent for us." Shota reported.
Not again…
"However, our group is currently too big for travelling." Manto concluded, after mentally counting the number of people they had now.
There were Tsuna, Kanda, Hibari, Mukuro, Lavi, Lenalee, Allen, Ryohei, Shota, Reborn and him. There were a total number of 11 people!
"So, Manto and I are going back to the HQ first with Hibari and Ryohei. You will meet new finders in Japan. Mukuro-san would just stay here." Shota continued, and he immediately got some protests.
"I refuse to go with you, herbivore."
"We are leaving Mukuro here?"
"That (creepy) Reborn is coming with us?"
..
In the end, after being threatened and beaten, Shota agreed to let Hibari continue his journey with Tsuna's group. Mukuro would still stay there, since he was the resident exorcist.
"Mukuro, I would really miss you." Tsuna said sadly, while Mukuro just grinned.
"Don't worry, you will see me again…" the illusionist promised before he disappeared in the mist.
Kanda frowned at what Mukuro said while Allen and Lenalee just cocked their head in confusion, not sure what the conversation was about.
"Bye, Ryohei, Shota and Manto!" Allen, Lenalee, Lavi and Tsuna waved to their friends as they took the train to Japan. Kanda just 'Che' and leaned back on his chair while Reborn smirked and checked his mail via his Blackberry.
_japAn_
"Passengers, thank you for boarding." Tsuna and her fellow exorcists stepped out of the train and glanced around, trying to adapt to their new surroundings.
"Mmm…I smell food!" Allen exclaimed happily and jumped up and down.
"…Soba." Kanda mumbled.
"I see a sushi shop over there." Reborn stated, walking to a direction, the other exorcists tagging along, their stomachs growling.
Minutes later
"Welcome, what would you like to have?" someone inquired as the exorcists entered the sushi shop. Tsuna got a slight shock when she saw who was there.
"Yamamoto, what are you doing here?" Tsuna asked, pointing at Yamamoto, who was now wearing an apron and holding a teacup.
"Dame-Tsuna, don't go around pointing rudely at people." Reborn shook a finger at his student, slipping onto a seat nearby.
"Ha, ha, hello, we meet again! What would you like for lunch?" the black-haired teen asked, beaming.
As usual, Allen ordered piles and piles of food, earning him surprised stares from the other customers in the sushi shop.
"I will have some tuna sushi." Tsuna said, looking at the menu.
"Set A for me, Hibari and Miss Lenalee." Reborn closed his menu and leaned back on his chair.
"I want soba." Kanda said quietly.
Yamamoto laughed, running a hand through his hair.
"Sorry, we only sell sushi, so there's no soba available. Would you like to choose something else?" the teen suggested, handing Kanda a menu.
"Che, what did you say?" Kanda scowled, unsheathing his sword.
Tsuna scratched her head nervously, trying hard to think of something to stop them.
Her intuition told her that she had seen this before.
(Yes, she did, somewhere...)
Hibari and Reborn just ate their sushi silently and Lenalee watching the scene in interest. Allen was busy munching his food to notice the tense atmosphere.
Kanda was about to say something when Yamamoto's eyes suddenly narrowed.
"Pops, I'm going for a run!" Yamamoto called before he ran out of the sushi store, out into the street.
Huh? Tsuna did not react until Allen shouted, "My left eye is reacting! There is Akuma nearby!"
"I will chase Yamamoto and find out what's going on, the rest of you stay here to protect the people from Akuma attacks." Tsuna told her group and sprinted off with Reborn hot on her heels, no giving time for the other exorcists to react.
"Reborn…" Tsuna started when they ran at high speed towards the direction Yamamoto went.
"What, Tsuna?"
"Ryohei-nii, Hibari and Yamamoto all have dying will flames right?" the burette asked her tutor.
"How did you know?" Reborn was curious how his student found out. He did not even realize that those three had dying will flames (except for Ryohei).
Tsuna shrugged. "I just had a feeling." It must be my intuition.
Reborn did not know how to answer the female exorcist, so he allowed silence to fall between them.
It was Tsuna who broke the silence first.
"Reborn…I want to find my guardians. Now, I had already found three of them." Tsuna was determined. She was lucky to have found three people with dying will flames like hers. Now, she could start rebuilding her family.
The tall man was about to reply when they saw Akuma nearby.
"It's Yamamoto, he's surrounded by Akuma!" Tsuna exclaimed, dashing towards the raven-haired boy.
_suShishOp_
"Say, do you think that Tsuna is acting weird today?" Lenalee asked the other three exorcists present. They were still at the sushi shop, waiting for Tsuna and Reborn to come back.
"Are you sure? I felt nothing." Allen was puzzled. Tsuna seemed perfectly fine and normal to him.
Lavi and Kanda said nothing, deep in their thoughts.
I wonder if Tsuna is alright.
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Oki: Another chapter done.
Yama: Time to rest for today! :)
Oki: By the way, please cast your votes for the pairings!
Yama: Currently in the lead is...wow...I did not expect that.
Oki: They are Hibari (1st) and Mukuro (2nd)...
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