IMPORTANT AN: I'm not going to bother with much of an author's note. Listen, everyone. If you don't like how the story's going, please tell me. Review, PM me, something. I realize some of you began to read it because the story was supposed to be just Hibari/OC. Unfortunately, I realized that the character I made would not have a happy relationship with Hibari, which is why it changed.

Please review. I didn't want to write this, but reviews do help me stay interested in writing this story.

Anyways, I said that some of you will fangirl and rage at the same time in this chapter.

Chapter XI: A Day with Dino

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The Next Day, After School and Training

When I entered the hospital, I was soaked in sweat. I was practicing my strikes with my dull bladed cane, and strengthening my endurance by running about twenty laps with Ryohei. I could usually train by myself, but in this case, I needed someone to motivate me while I ran. When I asked Ryohei to help me, he was more than willing to help me with my "EXTREME TRAINING!" Now, I was thoroughly exhausted because although I intended to only run and practice my stances and strikes, Ryohei somehow managed to convince me to take my training further.

Since there was no after school boxing practice, Ryohei managed to drag me along with his workout schedule. Let me tell you this. It. Was. A. Complete. Nightmare. The warm up for the training was ten laps around Namimori in a steady jog. I was ready to collapse after the third. I had to depend on my lunch and adrenaline to survive the remaining seven. Then, Sasagawa-san had me do seventy pushups. Not the girl pushups, the type of pushups that men did. My arms were burning after twenty, so you can imagine how my training went. Next, I had to spar with Ryohei. Except, I was basically dodging all of his punches and practicing footwork. Tell me, how the heck he does it! I'm ready to pass out completely, but he's still fired up and patiently willing to train me! Me! His (somewhat) enemy! His extremely out of shape enemy! Ah, I'm not complaining. If I was going to survive in this world, I can't be out of shape.

After sneaking passed the receptionist, I stalked towards the elevators where I saw a few Cavallone men stationed at the elevator doors. "Erm… Is Dino here?" I asked nervously, with my can supporting my right leg.

"Third Floor, Room 309."

I nodded and pressed the up button for the elevator. I wonder if Squalo was awake. It was weird as I waited for the elevator. When the doors opened, I hurriedly stepped into the metal box and pressed the button for the third floor. I wonder if Dino's expecting me. Shaking my head, I immediately crushed that thought. Of course he wasn't expecting me… But may be he was. Dino did tell me visit today. The doors binged open, and I stepped out, following the numbers down to room 309.

I knocked on the door to be polite and waited as the door was opened for me. Dino greeted me with a smile, and I noticed that he wore a tank top that exposed the tattoos that decorated his left arm, neck, and hand. "Hello, Tsuya-chan. Squalo's awake if you want to talk to him."

"Thank you, Dino." I whispered in English, walking over to look at Squalo's bandaged form cautiously. "Hello, Squalo." I continued to speak in English just for the sake of privacy from the hospital staff. Although I'm sure that Dino's men have taken care of such important security measures, I wanted to be sure.

Grey eyes rolled to stare at me from between the spaces of the bandages covering Squalo's face. If the silvery white hair didn't give away Squalo's identity, it would be his eyes that allowed me to recognize him. At first, I thought that the Strategy Captain was going to ignore me, but then he spoke in clear English, "Why are you here, brat?"

I smirked and dragged a seat over to Squalo's bedside. Sitting down, I answered Squalo honestly. "I'm your new comrade according to Xanxus."

"VOOOOI!" I winced at the abrupt change in Squalo's tone. "What do you mean? I only remember you being mentioned as a future Guardian for the Varia! Don't tell me that shitty boss made another decision without telling me first!"

I shrugged, leaning back in my chair. "I guess. Everyone else seemed to know about me joining as the true Varia Cloud Guardian."

Squalo squinted at me with judging eyes, "You're a weak little girl. Why the fuck do you deserve the title of Varia Cloud Guardian? Xanxus is only using you. If it were up to me, you would be the last person on the list of Varia candidates."

It hurt. Those words felt like a dozen knives that stabbed into my chest over and over again. A pressure settled on my chest, and I couldn't bring myself to snap out a retort like I would do to the bullies from back home. Rising slowly, I willed myself not to cry. "Fine. I'll be out of your hair when the Ring Battles are over. To think that I cared if you were alright." I muttered, switching back to Japanese, my bangs shadowing my eyes as I strolled out of the room in a hurry.

"Wait. Tsuya!" Dino called out, running after me with his hoodie now on.

I kept running, not really caring about the limp in my right leg. By now, the tears had clouded my vision, making me run straight into the wall as I turned a corner. The impact hurt and caused me to rebound and fall to the floor. I sniffled and rubbed my forehead before breaking out into tears. "I really am useless!"

Dino eventually caught up to me, kneeling down next to my fallen form and patting my head as I cried. "Don't take what Squalo said to heart. He's wrong about you being weak. So please stop crying." The Cavallone Boss pleaded with me, kneeling down right next to me.

"I-I… Bwahhhh!" I continued to sob, throwing my arms around Dino's neck and basically using him as my sob pillow.

"H-hey! Tsuya! C-cut it out!" Dino panicked, no doubt blushing in embarrassment. I still couldn't stop myself from crying, which was the case every time I started to act like a crybaby. I heard a sigh before I was picked up and carried somewhere.

When I was set down, I found that I was in a café and Dino was sitting across from me with a gentle expression. I looked around in a panic and found that we were sitting in a booth within a fairly crowded café. Remarkably, I could did not see any of Dino's subordinates around. "Where are we?" I questioned softly, having lost most of my voice due to my previous sobbing.

"Are you feeling better now?" Dino asked with concern, leaning across the table.

I nodded and was about to speak until a waitress decided to interrupt me. "Are you two ready to order?"

Dino turned his attention towards the waitress with a smile, "I'll have a hazelnut cappuccino with whipped cream, and a chocolate mousse cake. What about you, Tsuya?"

I blinked in surprise at Dino's kind smile. Blushing like the darn teenager that I was, I managed to bring my voice to barely above a squeak. "A hot mocha cappuccino with whipped cream…" I stayed quiet after that, nervous because I didn't really know what was going on.

Dino chuckled at me before addressing the waitress once more. "We'll also take a plate of almond macarons."

The waitress nodded and walked away, giggling at how innocent I was acting. I couldn't help it. My teenage hormones were raging at the moment as I fiddled with my fingers. "Why did you order the macarons?"

Dino chuckled, his brown eyes closing as he laughed. "Don't be shy, Tsuya! I'm paying for our little snack! I had a feeling that you had a sweet tooth, so I brought you here to cheer you up!"

I blushed brightly just as the waitress came back with our order. "Enjoy your date, you two!"

If it were possible, my blush deepened even more. "Er…"

"Thank you, we will!" came Dino's cheerful reply. Then, Dino turned to look at my red face. Tilting his head to the right, Dino asked me what was wrong. "Why are you red, Tsuya?"

Was Dino oblivious? "She called it a date." I replied uncertainly.

Dino blinked, "Well, yeah. It is a date between us." My eyes widened until the blonde smiled, "It's a date to cheer you up, Tsuya."

I smiled and started on my cappuccino. Of course it wasn't that type of date. "Thanks a lot, Dino. I feel much better now."

Dino popped a macaron into his mouth, "I'm glad."

I sipped my mocha cappuccino with a content smile on my face. "It's so delicious!" I sighed.

Dino blinked while eating his cake. Then, after looking back and forth at me, and the cake, he cut a piece of the cake with his fork, stabbed it, and offered it to me. "Here. Try some." Surprised, I reached forward to take the piece of cake off the fork with my fingers, but Dino quickly pulled the fork away with a disapproving pout. I stared at him in confusion a moment before Dino smirked and offered the fork to me again, this time commanding, "Say 'Ahhh~' Tsuya!"

The blush came back as I hesitantly opened my mouth, exposing my straight teeth and sharper than normal canines as I said, "Ahhh~!" The blonde mafia boss smirked and fed the piece of cake to me with a joyful laugh.

My mood improved after a while of just sitting and eating macarons with Dino. I was amazed that the Cavallone, a mocha cappuccino, and macarons could lift my mood so easily. I also found it weird that Dino did not do anything clumsy yet. I watched as Dino stood up to pay for the meal, but as he strolled forward, Dino did not seem to noticed the chair leg that came from the table next to ours. I mentally cursed myself for jinxing the situation as Dino tripped and fell.

Scooting out of the booth, I knelt down next to Dino and offered a hand. "Are you okay, Dino?"

The twenty-two year old sat up with a grimace before taking my hand and standing up. "Yeah. Thanks, Tsuya."

I smiled brightly as Dino and I walked towards the front to pay for the meal. In the end, Dino and I decided to hang out a bit more, so I arranged for him to pick me up during the Mist Battle because I wanted to accompany him when he went to visit Hibari. Dino walked me home like a true gentleman, "I'll see you at eight, Tsuya-chan."

I nodded and stood up on my toes to give him a kiss on the cheek, which made us both go red in the face. "Thanks for today, Dino. I'll see you later!"

I waved as Dino seemed to stumble down the street in a half daze before going into the house. "I'm home, Tou-san!"

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8pm

"Your dad really nice, Tsuya!" Dino smiled, walking alongside me with his arms behind his head.

I was a bit slumped over as I strolled alongside Dino. "He's not really my dad."

"Well, you view him as your father, right?" at my nod, Dino smiled and patted my head. "Then, you might as well consider him your real dad."

I smirked and skipped forward away from Dino's reach with a playful smile. "Yeah! He's the only person that I'll ever consider a father."

Eventually, we both reached the meeting place for Dino and Hibari. Or rather, according to Dino, he was meeting Hibari to tell him about tomorrow's battle. At first, I thought that nobody was in the park, but then I heard a familiar tweet from a certain cute yellow canary.

"Tsuya! Tsuya! Kiss! Kiss!"

Tilting my head to look at the sky, I practically glowed at the sight of the small canary. "Hello, little one! It's nice to see you again!"

Hibird fluttered down to land on my outstretched left hand and chirped. "Kiss! Kiss!"

Laughing at Dino's amazed face, I lifted my hand to give Hibird a small peck on the head. "Does Hibari-san happen to be near, little one? Dino needs to tell him something."

Chirping happily, the yellow bird flapped its wings and took off a little to the left and fly in circles, chanting it's owner's name. "Hibari! Hibari! Hibari!"

A shift in the grass alerted me of the Disciplinary Committee's Leader's position in the grass. I watched as Dino walked towards the Tenth Generation Vongola Cloud Guardian as Hibird landed on my index finger once more. "Tsuya! Tsuya!" Immediately, my attention was averted towards the small canary. With a smile, I set Hibird on top of my head before strolling towards Dino and Hibari.

Hibari had both of his tonfas out, looking as if he wanted to fight Dino. Obviously, Dino didn't want to fight at the moment, and I half wondered if he had forgotten to bring his whip with him. "Kyoya. I don't want to fight right now." Dino had both of his hands up in a surrender position.

"Dino. Did you give him the message, yet?" I asked, walking forward, causing Dino to panic.

"Ahhhh! T-tsuya! Don't come near! He's looking for a fight!" Dino started to wave his arms around wildly in warning.

I smiled, happy that he was worried about my safety. "It's no problem, Dino. If Hibari-san does attack me, I'll defend myself, or I'll make it a repeat of our first meeting." I reassured the Cavallone boss, raising my cane and flashing a confident smile, ignoring the obvious soreness developing in my arms, legs, and stomach. I was acting overconfident again, which was a major mistake on my part because the darn carnivore charged forward with both of his tonfas poised for attack.

Stepping backwards, I spoke calmly to Hibird. "I think that you should fly towards Dino, little one. Wouldn't want you to get hurt." I managed to raise my cane in defense just as Hibari aimed for my left side.

"Wao. You improved, herbivore. I look forward to fighting you tomorrow." Hibari remarked with narrowed eyes.

My own almond shaped hazel eyes no doubt held a determined glint, but I still corrected Hibari. "No. You will not be fighting me tomorrow. You'll be going up against that hunk of metal, Gola Mosca. You'll be able to fight me after school, though."

"Hm. You go to Namichuu? How come I haven't seen you, herbivore?" Hibari questioned as he started a flurry of strikes.

I detached the blade from the sheathe in order to defend against attacks from both of Hibari's tonfas. I skidded back when the Disciplinary Head shoved against my two weapons. "I recently transferred into Namichuu, and I've tried to stay out of trouble the best I could. I'm a senior."

A sly and scheming glint appeared in Hibari's eyes as he stepped up his game, attacking me with both his tonfas and his legs. The fluid movements coming from the fierce male overwhelmed me into running back a few paces in order to regain my stances. My right leg felt extremely twitchy at this point, so I knew that my right leg was not going to respond to any of my brain signals very soon. The limitations in my leg was alarming because the Future Arc was going to hit Tsuna and the others within the next three or four days. Somehow, I had a feeling that I was going to be sent back in time due to Future Me's letter. I needed to be able to fight for a longer period of time if I'm to battle against Byakuran and the Real Six Funeral Wreaths. Taking advantage of my distracted mind, Hibari sprinted forward before I could regain my senses and landed a good seven solid strikes to my body before I fell forward due to my leg giving out.

I don't know if I was lucky or not, but Dino managed to run forward and catch me in time as I clawed at my immobile right leg while falling. "Tsuya! Are you alright?" I glanced up from my leg to see that I had landed on top of Dino, much to my shock and embarrassment.

I scrambled backwards and nodded before gently tending to my right leg. "I'm fine, Dino. I just haven't made a full recovery from my injuries."

Both Dino and Hibari focused in on the mention of my injuries. "Heh? What injuries, Tsuya?"

Sitting back, I stared up at the sky. "About two years ago, I was in a severe car accident with my parents. My father died, and my mother was put into a coma. I, on the other hand, got off with a broken arm and paralysis from my waist down. Only recently, I regained full use of my hip area and left leg. However, my right leg has yet to regain its full use." I lifted my cane to show teacher and student, "That's why I have a cane."

Dino looked incredibly guilty and worried. "I shouldn't have let Kyoya attack you."

Patting Dino's arm, I disarmed him with a kind smile. "It's fine, Dino. I need to learn to deal with my injuries anyway." Standing up, I bowed to Hibari. "I apologize for not giving you a better fight, Hibari-san." Straightening up, my eyes narrowed in determination, "But when I regain full use of both my legs, you will receive a better fight from me. That's a promise."

Hibari glanced at me for a full minute before asking, "Do you participate in any after school activities, Okita?"

I blinked before denying, "No. I was thinking about joining the kendo club, though."

"You will not be joining the kendo club." Hibari began to walk away with Hibird flying after him. "From tomorrow onward, you will be a member of the Disciplinary Committee."

Hibari left Dino and I to stare after him for a good few seconds before I let out a loud "WHAT?"

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Congrats everyone who is still reading this story! You have finally made it to the Sky Ring Battle! Well, it's next chapter anyways. Which means, only one more chapter until I send us all into the Future Arc and officially start powering Tsuya up for the Shimon Arc, and Cursed Rainbow Arc! Oh! And I'm gonna mess with Tsuya's heart a little. You can generally tell which way her love life is going, right? Who will it be? Squalo? Or Dino? Who's her future fiancé? Who will she actually end up with? Kufufufufufufu! We shall see!

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Neeky-chan: Hm… We shall see. I mean, Tsuya has to learn to tolerate her future teammates anyways. Tsuna's family is generally accepting if you're not an enemy. I dunno… Gokudera is pretty stubborn and hard headed. Yamamoto is really awesome. If I had a boyfriend, I would want him to be somewhat like Yamamoto. After all, a sweet, strong, and protective boyfriend is rather appealing right? He can be smart when he wants to, also. (*sighs) I can dream. A lot of guys are selfish jerks now-a-days. And then there are boys who only like you because of your body. I don't have a problem with that. More like I have someone who is generally creepy, won't take no for an answer, and wants me as a girlfriend because I resemble one of his favorite anime characters, so that I can be a part of his personal harem… (*huffs and puffs) I'm sorry, I just had to through that out. In the school I go to, and the people that I'm acquainted with, there are no guys like Yamamoto, or Dino… Or any other anime guys for the matter. Argh! I'm such an otaku, it's hopeless!

pococo: Thank you for following my story!

alia03: I wanted Xanxus to be her lover, too. But, unfortunately, he is not going to be. I might make a one shot for him, though. Knowing my one shots though, they won't be the short three paragraph one shots that are pretty common on fanfiction. Nope. My one shots actually become their own short stories. The one-shot in development for FFVII is nearly fifteen notebook pages… and I'm not even close to done. I thought the Cervello were robots. I looked it up… They are actually people. I think Belphegor needs a Princess. Besides, Tsuya's future self called him "Bel-nii" which says something about their relationship.

Hahahaha! I don't think pedophilia will be a problem in this story after the Future Arc. Here's a SPOILER! Lachance gets into some pretty deep stuff with his superiors. I won't tell you how, but Tsuya's going to get those two years back. Sometimes, things aren't fair. Fortunately, Tsuya will be able to finish high school and head off to college. Then, the age difference between Tsuya, Dino, and Squalo will only be five years. It would be nice if Tsuya didn't have to age, but I rather like the little twist. It lets you all know that there is a higher power than Lachance, and that there are always consequences.

The slip up was placed there for the Future Arc. Something bad will happen. That's all I'll say. And yes, the Sky Battle is next chapter! Hehehe.

So, did you fangirl and rage? I certainly did when I wrote it. Took about everything I had to not run around screaming. I like KHR Mafiosi, but the mafia in real life aren't that bad if you're on their good side. They are good connections to have. The picture with all the Hibirds was my wallpaper for a while. Now, it's Izaya Orihara from Durarara… I'm kinda upset that they didn't put the light novels into anime episodes. I would love for them to make a season 2 of Durarara. I recently got my little brother into Durarara, too. We watched the entire series yesterday instead of doing chores. The ending pissed my brother off because it was so… anticlimactic.

It's kinda difficult to survive in that world anyways… She'll get stronger, but still not stronger than a lot of characters. Squalo is… well, I'll let you decide for yourself.

I Am Alys: Thank you for following my story! Shows that Xanxus isn't her fiancé. Potential, yes. But he's not her future self's fiancé.

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Er… I get really hyper on just one bar of chocolate… If some of you didn't realize… I had a bar while I was replying to the reviews and writing about the next chapter… Hehehehehhehehehehe!