Author's Note: Minasan, Gomen Nasai! Gomen Nasai! Gomen Nasai! Gomen Nasai! Gomen Nasai! Gomen Nasai! Gomen Nasai! Gomen Nasai! Gomen Nasai!

I'm really sorry for not being able to update for at least three weeks or more. I had a lot of things to do and I wasn't even able to warn everyone that I won't be able to update…..I'm really- really- really- really sorry…^pouts and cries^

But, here we are. Here's a special birthday chapter for our story's main female protagonist "Chrome Dokuro"!...Since her birthday is gonna be December 5 and that's also the day of my Bushido tournament…..and please pray for me on this one, I need to win this contest so that I could go to Japan and meet Lida Toshinabuto (Mukuro's dubber), Akesaka Satomi (Chrome's dubber), and Takashi Kondo (Hibari's dubber) ...Eeeeeeeiiiiiiiii!...fan-girl squeal!

Anyways, cheers to those who have read and reviewed my past chapters:

- KHR LOVER

- Kichou

- NagiChrome

- Chromex3

- Frost190

- Rin97

- KuriousKitty

- CodeHalo

Oh, and BTW: I had observed that some of the reviews I got were like this:

"DON'T LET HIBARI END UP WITH M.M.!"

Sheesh guys, come on! I won't let Hibari end up with our red-headed female kokuyo brat! I would have to marry the ugliest guy first before that happens…which will not happen so I of course won't let Hibari marry M.M. ….that's such a CRACK pairing…

And as said at the very top of Chapter 19 (Romeo, Juliet, and Paris), I disclaim Romeo and Juliet. The edited part thingie that Reborn mention was made-up…so there's no such thing as Romeo, Juliet, and Paris. I made it all up so it can blend in to the chapter….okay? Everything's clear now? OKAY!

But either way, that doesn't matter anymore.

Enjoy! And Happy Birthday Chrome!

Sunday: Verde's Formula, Chrome's Birthday!

The day of my birth is finally here again. I smiled by the time the morning rays of the sun strikes my skin. I was excited about this day where I would receive the warm greetings and feelings of being loved by my family. But then again, there are still small tangles that this day might not be as exciting as I think.

After taking my morning bath, I've put on my most elegant and favorite white dress to celebrate my birthday. Who knows what kind of surprise is waiting for me. By the time I've reached the dinning hall for breakfast:

"Happy Birthday Chrome!" Everyone greeted lively with bright smiles on their faces.

I of course was surprisingly happy by their warm greeting.

"Chrome-san, you're gonna give me a cake right? Cause Ipin said that you won't give me a slice of your deliciously sweet chocolate birthday cake that both Kyoko-san and Haru-san made." Lambo-kun pleaded with puppy eyes.

"Lambo! I never said that!" Ipin-chan complained.

"You stupid cow! Stop giving Chrome a headache on her birthday!" Hana-chan scolded.

"Chrome, how would you like to have me as your birthday present? I could give you the pleasure you've been dying for." Mukuro-sama said as he placed an arm around me.

"Uhm…no thank you…Mukuro-sama…" I blushed like a tomato.

"You're inviting her to sleep with you? You don't even know how to kiss her yet." Fran-kun teased lifelessly before he got stabbed by Mukuro-sama's trident again.

"Sorry about that Chrome, Fran doesn't know what he's saying. Now where were we?" Mukuro-sama excused.

"Hands off Mukuro!" Hibari-sempai suddenly popped out from nowhere.

"Hibari-sempai!" I exclaimed.

"Kufufufu…what's the matter Kyouya-kun? You're still jealous, aren't you?" Mukuro-sama teased.

"And you're still such an insult; I'll bite you to death!" Hibari-sempai readied his tonfas.

"Kufufufu…how pitiful." Mukuro-sama brought out his trident.

"Hey, stop it you two! For once can both of you get along? It's Chrome's birthday and don't give her a headache for God's sake!" Hana-chan halted with mad flames.

"Hana's right!" Reborn-san suddenly appeared dressed like the lightning arcobaleno, Verde-san.

"Reborn-san!" I exclaimed.

"Good morning and Happy Birthday Chrome!" Reborn-san greeted.

"What do you want this time infant?" Hibari-sempai questioned rudely but placed his guard towards Mukuro-sama down.

"I just want to give Chrome my present for her…or should I say…our present for her." Reborn-san answered.

"Reborn, what do you mean? Don't tell me you're up to something again?" Boss demanded.

"Stop yelling Dame-Tsuna…sheesh, and you call yourself a boss." Reborn-san commented.

"BUT I NEVER WANTED TO BE A BOSS!" Boss shrieked.

"Shut up already!" Reborn-san exclaimed as he hit Boss with a big green hammer, which was we all know that it's his green chameleon, Leon.

Afterwards, Reborn san cleared his throat that caught everyone's attention "Anyways, may I ask everyone's cooperation and please sit down to their respective chairs so that we could begin the game…I mean…showing Chrome's birthday present."

Game? I have a bad feeling about this. But as ordered by Reborn-san everyone sat to their respective seats as I was seated between Mukuro-sama and Hibari-sempai, as usual. When everyone was finally at their seats, a bunch of waiters emerged from the kitchen door and began serving us a glass of orange juice.

"Are you planning to poison us at Chrome's birthday? Kufufu… that won't be necessary, arcobaleno." Mukuro-sama mocked.

"Don't worry Mukuro, just drink it to refresh yourself before we get started." Reborn-san replied.

Like everyone else, including Mukuro-sama, I of course drank the juice and it was indeed as refreshing like what Reborn-san said.

"Is everyone finished drinking their refreshments?" Reborn-san asked, and everyone nodded.

"It was good to the extreme!" Sasagawa-sempai shouted.

"I'm glad everybody liked it! Now then, let's get this party started shall we?" Reborn-san brought out a remote control and pushed a large red button that made the chairs moved in to random directions.

"Nyaaah! What's going on? The chairs our moving?' I uttered in a surprised but in a panicking tone as well.

"Yay! A carnival ride!" Lambo-kun cheered.

Seconds later, the chairs stopped moving as it was all at its places. My chair was placed right next to Reborn-san and with another vacant chair, while all of the guardians, including Mukuro-sama and excluding me, were all placed and aligned facing me and Reborn-san diagonally, while the others were placed in an audience type manner at the left side.

Weird, this situation looks like as if we're in a game-show. But Reborn-san did mention the word "game" earlier, which means that….

"Minasan, Ciaossu and welcome to Chrome's 24th grand birthday celebration celebrity game-show!" Reborn-san announced and the audience applause wildly.

I knew it!

"And today's guest is none other than….Verde!" Reborn-san introduced as Verde-san emerged on the spot light and was seated at the vacant chair near me.

"Verde-san!" I uttered.

"Happy Birthday Chrome Dokuro! Its been such a long time!" Verde-san greeted.

"What's going on here infant?" Hibari-sempai demanded an answer.

"Well…how should I put this? You see, the refreshments I let you drank earlier were not really just ordinary orange juices. Those refreshments have been mixed with Verde's new formula called "Segreti che Svelano", in which if a person drinks it he will answer all of your questions directly and honestly. Since its Chrome's birthday and Verde needs to test his new research, I've decided to do a little collaboration, good idea right?" Reborn-san answered.

"So that means you will ask us questions for Chrome which will serve as your birthday gift for her? That's rude Reborn!" Boss complained.

"Not for Chrome. I will ask you morons some questions "about" Chrome and you will answer them truthfully. And yes, this serves as my birthday present for Chrome." Reborn-san replied.

"Reborn-san, Verde-san, you don't need to do this." I cried with a blush.

"Non sense Chrome! This research should be tested for you as requested by Huzimori. We made this formula as partners when he was still working for me at the research lab last summer." Verde-san answered.

Mitsuru-kun? He made this for me?

"Don't you think it would be shameful if I wasn't able to fulfill his request?" Verde-san queried.

"No, it's alright Verde-san. I guess all of this is okay." I smiled.

"Wait, did the audience drink the formula with the juice earlier as well?" Gokudera-sempai asked with concern.

"Nope, only the seven of you drink my formula. The others including Chrome here drank a simple orange juice." Verde-san smiled.

"Okay then, let's get started! Round ONE!" Reborn-san announced as a bell rang.

"Our first question is for Tsuna…" Reborn-san began.

"Eh? Me?" Boss uttered with a panicking tone.

"Tsuna, what do you think of Chrome?"

"Eh? What do I think of Chrome?...well, I guess I simply treat her like my little sister. Everyone knows that."

"Boring! Tsuna, you're out!" Reborn-san pushed another button.

"What? Wait!..Whaaaa!" Boss shrieked as he fell on a hole that suddenly opened below his chair.

"Tenth!" Gokudera-sempai exclaimed by the time Boss was gone.

"Oops, I guess I've forgotten to mention that if your answer is boring, then you will be out of the game." Reborn-san informed.

"eh? So…it's a survival game too?" Gokudera-sempai chocked.

"I cannot determine whether Sawada admitted the truth or he lied. Ask another question Reborn." Verde-san favored.

"With pleasure. We now move to Round TWO!" Reborn-san said and a bell rang again.

"Our second question is for Gokudera Hayato." Reborn-san started "Gokudera, what part of Chrome's body is your favorite?"

"Reborn-san!" I exclaimed with blushing cheeks.

"Her….her….her…smooth white hot legs!" Gokudera-sempai answered that made everyone's jaws fall in to the ground.

"Interesting, his sentence had adjectives on it as well." Verde-san observed as he began to take down some notes.

"Gokudera!" Haru-chan busts out in flames.

"Hey, shut it woman! Besides, we're not even in a relationship yet so there is no reason for you to be mad at me! I'm just simply having a large crush on you!" Gokudera-sempai yelled out loud.

"Wow, he admitted that he has a crush on you Haru-chan. I guess Verde-san's formula really does work!" Kyoko-chan was amazed.

"Okay then, I guess Gokudera is safe. Next, our third question will be answered by Lambo." Reborn-san announced "Lambo, what is it that you like about Chrome?"

"Chrome-san makes good delicious mouth-watering chocolates!" Lambo-kun answered proudly.

"That's not a good answer you cow brat! You're out!" Reborn-san clicked the button that accessed an opening hole under Lambo-kun's chair and he fell just like Boss did earlier.

"It seems that the formula doesn't work on a person who has a high lightning resistance." Verde-san took down some words again.

"What makes you say that?" Reborn-san asked.

"I just know it. I'm a scientist remember." Verde-san answered.

Sometimes I wonder what kind of mind a scientists like Verde-san has.

"Well, enough about that. We now move to Round THREE!" Reborn-san rang the bell again.

"Our next question is for Ryohei." Reborn-san smiled.

"I'LL ANSWER IT TO THE EXTREME!" Sasagawa-sempai yelled excitingly.

"Ryohei, if you would have a chance to choose between Hana and Chrome, who would you choose?"

"Of course I'll choose Chrome to the extreme! Besides, she's extremely cuter than Hana!"

"WHAT? HOW DARE YOU? I'LL KILL YOU!" Hana-chan suddenly scurry off of the audience and began to chase and murder her boyfriend.

"Whaaaa!" Sasagawa-sempai ran out of the room as he was being chased.

"Well, because of the on-going misunderstanding between Hana Kurokawa and Ryohei Sasagawa, Ryohei is considered to be out of the game. We now move to Round FOUR!" Reborn-san announced.

"Alright then, our fifth question is for Yamamoto." Reborn-san continued "Yamamoto is there anything special that you like about Chrome?"

Yamamoto-sempai answered with a friendly laugh "Ahahahaha…I don't consider it that special. Besides, I like Haru-chan more than Chrome anyways. No offense Chrome!"

"It's alright Yamamoto-sempai!" I smiled.

"Though about you question….maybe my answer would be the same as Tsuna. I do treat Chrome like my little sister too!" Yamamoto-sempai added.

"You baseball nut! Stop copying the tenth's answers!" Gokudera-sempai scolded.

"Well, it's the truth after all!" Yamamoto-sempai replied.

"Yamamoto, Gokudera, both of you are disqualified!" Reborn-san ordered.

"Whaaa! How come Reborn-san?" Gokudera-sempai asked with a shocked face.

"Because the contestants are not allowed to talk with each other. Both of you are out!" Reborn-san said and the two fell on the hole like everyone else had earlier.

"Kufufufu…I guess it's gonna be you and I after all Kyouya-kun." Mukuro-sam smirked.

"Shut up pineapple-herbivore!" Hibari-sempai threatens.

So it's only between Mukuro-sama and Hibari-sempai at the final round. As expected.

"Okay, here's our final round for today's game show! Who will survive this round? Let's find out!" and Reborn-san rang the bell again that caused the crowd to applause lively.

"For this round, I would like to call on Fran and Dino from the audience. They will be replacing me here and be the ones to ask the finalists their questions." Reborn-san called as both Fran-kun and Dino-sempai walked their way to the stage.

"First and for most I would like to greet Chrome-sama a happy birthday!" Fran-kun announced in a very emotionless tone.

"Hey, I thought I was going to be the one to greet her first." Dino-sempai cried.

"Well, I guess it's a first-come-first-serve policy now Dino-sempai. By the way, it's nice to se you again Verde-sempai. I hope you're still hitting Mitsuru with something hard and painful." Fran-kun added.

Verde-san laughed "Hahaha….that kid. I've always hit him every time he makes a mistake."

Poor Mitsuru-kun.

"Okay, enough with your comedic intro you two. It's time for both of you to ask our contestants some questions." Reborn-san cut the line.

"Of all the pathetic herbivores, why is it that you choose the nagging Bronco infant?" Hibari-sempai complained.

"And why is it that Fran is to be the one to ask me with your insignificant questions arcobaleno?" Mukuro-sama questioned with a glare.

"Stop complaining and just play along you two. It's Chrome's birthday after all!" Reborn-san answered.

"Okay, I'm going to start my first question" Fran-kun said as he read a piece of yellow card "Mukuro-sama, aside from using it for any combat battles, what other things do you use your "Cambio Forma" or your "Daemon Spade's Devil Lens" for?"

But that question doesn't seem to be related to me in anyway. Or is it?

"Kufufufu…isn't it obvious Fran? I use it to peek on Chrome's slender body while she's having her morning bath."

"Mu….Mukuro-sama!" I exclaimed and I blush rapidly while Mukuro-sama had his I-can't-believe-I-just-said-that face.

"You're such a pervert Mukuro!" Hibari-sempai commented.

"Now, now Kyouya, don't judge Mukuro first. You might be a pervert yourself as well." Dino-sempai said.

"Just shut up and ask your pathetic question herbivore!" Hibari-sempai demanded.

"Alright, alright, I'll give you my question" Dino-sempai brought out and began reading another yellow card "Okay, here we go. Kyouya, do you have any plans on bedding Chrome? If yes, where do you plan to do it?"

"…" Hibari-sempai couldn't answer.

"Interesting, the formula doesn't work when the person doesn't want to speak." Verde-san took his notes again.

"Hibari, if you won't answer the question, Hibird will be our dinner for tonight." Reborn-san blackmailed.

"If you did that, I'll bite you to death infant! And of course I have plans to bed Chrome, and I'd prefer doing it in my house while she's in that loosed kimono I brought for her." Hibari-sempai answered.

I of course was shocked by his answer. Who wouldn't be?

"Okay, enough with the commotion. Here's our last question for both Mukuro and Hibari" Dino-sempai continued "Kyouya, Mukuro, which one of you is prepared to die for Chrome?"

Suddenly, Mukuro-sama and Hibari-sempai both fell asleep as they might have accidentally hit their heads on the table as if they were shot by a gun.

Wow, I guess both of them are willing to die for me.

"Eeeeiiik! What happened?" Dino-sempai screamed in fright.

"So this is the side-effect that Huzimori's been warning me." Verde-san said.

"What side-effect?" I asked.

"Huzimori said that there are side-effects for those people who are fond of eating either chocolates or meat. I guess the side-effect that he said is that the person will automatically fall asleep after at least 15 minutes." Verde-san explained.

And again, Mitsuru-kun can't stop inventing things which have side-effects.

Sigh!

Well, I guess the show is over everybody!" Reborn-san ended the play, receiving an "aww" cry from the audience.

"Chrome-sama" Fran-kun called.

"Fran-kun, whatever it is can it please wait later. Now is not the best time." I apologized; I wasn't really in a proper mood after what had happened.

"I'm sorry Chrome-sama, but I just wanted to give you my present. Happy birthday Chrome-sama!" Fran-kun handed a wrapped pink birthday box and walked away.

I, before going back to my room to get my stress out, suddenly had the urge to open Fran-kun's gift. As I unwrap it, the gift was a picture frame with that photo of me, Hibari-sempai, and Mukuro-sama sleeping in the airport when we were on our way back here. I've almost forgot that Fran-kun took a shot of us back then. The photo was breath-taking and stress-relieving. It really made me smile.

Well, it was really like what I said earlier. There will always be small tangles.

And I really should cheer myself up. It's a special day after all.

Happy Birthday…Nagi!