The spring sun naturally emits it rays of light on to the citizens of Namimori, who cheerfully welcomes the change from the frigid cold winter to the much warmer gentle weather.
"Don't forget that this is a golden opportunity for the family." Katsumi repeatedly voices while in the back seat of a black SUV.
Haru fought the urge to roll her eyes because she had been constantly reminded about this being a "golden opportunity" for the family.
The blonde casually peers down at the cellular device in his hand before he sternly advises, "Step on it. We're a little behind schedule."
The brunette had to conceal her excitement for her trip outside and away of the Ricotta household. To put it quite frankly, it is a hell hole ance that was an actual nice way to describe it.
They were on such a strict schedule to the point where they were forced to eat, sleep, and bath at a certain time. Regardless of, if they were extremely hungry, tired or stinky. If you were deemed good there was a chance for you to either have: an extra helping of food for dinner, longer bath hours or even new clothes. It was never a free day away from the house so Haru planned to milk this for as long as she can.
Nevertheless, she was genuinely excited to meet up with the orange haired beauty from the Vongola Family, Sawada, Kyoko.
She constantly bited down the sensation to break out in to a wide smile or even whistle a happy tune.
The sudden jerking and screeching sound of tires was immediately snapping out of her thoughts before realizing that they were at the park.
"Immediately report back once the Vongola woman dismisses her." Katsumi abruptly informed the guard that was assigned to her about his assignment.
"They should be at the gazebo. That's in the back portion of the park." He then disclosed the location of where they were supposed to meet up with the Vongola.
"Your life depends on it, Miura-san." The blonde solemnly declares to her before she exits out of the vehicle and patiently waits on the sidewalk for her "escort".
Her chocolate brown orbs slowly take in the greenery of the park's landscape and the clay like design of the playground. 'This is so...awesome!'
As she was about to take a step forward toward the playground, a hand instantly halts her in her tracks.
"Gazebo," was the simple word that was uttered from the man as it quickly snaps her back into reality.
Haru merely nods her head and walks ahead in front of the man while she secretly squeals from excitement, 'I'm so excited!'
The sight of a massive wooden gazebo finally enters in their line of vision as she searches for the orange haired woman.
Instead she spotted a bob of silver, which naturally caused her to tense when she inwardly assumed, 'I thought Yui was at the mansion!'
Just before panic could ensue, a feminine voice cheerfully greets her with "Haru-chan" along with a tight embrace.
A wide smile spreads across her face before she happily returns it, "Kyoko-chan" once she separates from the woman.
"Your outfit…is so cute!" The brunette gushes after she notices the woman in a light green mid-thigh drees with a clench frilly hem. A darker green hoodie covers her arms and dark brown shoes adorn her feet.
A small smile appears on Kyoko's face, who politely returns the compliment with "Yours is too."
'This ratty old dress is cute?!' Haru inwardly wonders as she peers down at the light brown fabric with a simple floral design on the right side, an Avocado green jacket, with black thigh length solid thighs and comfortable shoes.
On the other end, Hayato mentally groans as he watches the women engage in "girl talk".
'You're doing this for the tenth, be strong!' His inner voice constantly reminds him while he annoyingly rolls his eyes and stuffs his hands inside of his pocket.
'I've never seen Kyoko-san this happy to be around a stranger but then again…her brother is Ryohei.' The silver haired was instantly reminded who her older sibling was, the loud mouth boxer Turf head.
He releases a sigh when he notices that the two women start to venture down the gazebo and out on to the park.
A "finally" emitted from his mouth at the sight of movement when his eyes caught sight of the 'guard' they assigned to the brunette.
The man was clad in dark colors, glasses and an earpiece, which made him stick out like a sore thumb among the other casual dressed people.
'What are they trying to prove?' Hayato poses as he hangs back from the women and the man as well.
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Tsuna emits a long drawn out sigh while his eyes land on the piles of paperwork that graces the surface of his desk.
He casually leaned back into his chair and started to gently massage his temples to prevent a headache before he felt something kick the back of his chair.
A "damn" unknowingly emitted from his mouth as he speedily swerved to see the reason why his chair was kicked.
"Old habits die hard, neh Reborn?" The brunette loudly hisses his question in pain while he gently rubs the back of his head.
The former Sun Arcabelon simply cracks his infamous smirk and tilts his fedora forward at the boss of the Vongola family.
"It's good to see you too, No Good Tsuna." He purposely quips as he slides in one of the free seat in front of Tsuna.
Reborn naturally scans his surroundings before he speaks, "I heard that the Inheritance Ceremony went off without a hitch."
"Ah, yes it did. Too bad you had a mission at the time but we made sure to take plenty of pictures." Tsuna replies before he reaches for one of the frames on his desk.
The hitman graciously accepts the metallic object, carefully studies the picture and alleges, "Is that the Ricotta Familigia?"
Tsuna peers up at his former mentor after he hears the tone he uses when he mentions that particular family name. "Is there something wrong?"
"You do know what this Familigia is really known for, right?" His tone morphs from causal to seriousness when he answers his own question, "Human Trafficking,"
"Their hospitality is merely a front they use for the exploitation of humans, specifically young girls." Reborn clarifies while he returns the frame back on his desk.
"Apparently, one of the girls helped Kyoko out." The Vongola Boss eventually reveals the reason when he hears Reborn verbalizes, "I should have known. Does that explain why your right hand man is absent as well?"
Tsuna silently nods his head before he receives another warning from his mentor, "Do not extend any arms of relations with them."
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'Whew…that was too much work!' Yui inwardly exclaims with a stretch of his stiff body until he hears a couple of pops from his bones.
He then peers over at the analog clock above his office door and reads the time. 'They should be on their lunch hour.'
The silver haired male pushes away from the desk before he hops to his feet and exits his office space.
'All work and no play…makes Yui a dull boy.' He mentally chimes as he ventures over in the direction of their Geisha house.
"Here for a routine check." Yui announces his presence, which sends the girls on a desperate scramble to line up.
As he travels down the line, his mind mentally addresses each and every one of the girls by their respective name. However, he had reached the end of the line and there was no spring.
"Where is…" The silver haired male was about to snap when the sight of a blonde male slides in front of his line of vision.
Katsumi peers down the line and calmly explains, "Miura-san is currently out on a date with a Vongola family member."
"Spring is on a date?" He outwardly grunts as he tightly clenches his jaw and balls up his fist from anger.
The silver haired man swiftly faces away from the blonde and proceeds to storm out of the Geisha House until he overhears, "Don't forget what your father told you if you violate the agreement."
Katsumi watches as the man promptly halts and ponders over his thoughts for a few minutes, "Fine".
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"Oh good…the restroom!" Kyoko happily exclaims before she excuses herself and dashes toward the restroom.
Haru merely watches as the orange haired woman heads inside of the ladies room while her guard mysteriously disappears from within her line of vision.
Hayato eventually catches up to the brunette when he spots bruises around her neck and his mind recalls exactly how she got those. 'It was because of me.'
The brunette felt a pair of eyes on her so she swiftly rotated around to say something to the silver haired male until her ears picked up on some racket.
There was a group of boys that swarmed and tormented a young girl with hurtful words, "Your outfits stupid!" "Who would even wear this?!" "Only babies wear that!"
The little girl was on the verge of tears before Haru immediately steps in between the boys and the girl with her hands on her hips.
However, the boys seem unrelenting before starting to viscously attack the older woman with their antics.
'Stupid woman!' The silver haired male inwardly alleged about the woman in front of him, who was on the verge of being bullied.
Hayato stealthily approaches Haru and flashes the boys a scary glance. His facial expression made them desperately scampered away while they screamed at the top of their lungs, "Monster! It's a monster!"
The brunette simply pulls the skin from underneath her eye, sticks her tongue out, and shouted at them, "You betta run! That'll teach you!"
Her attention turns toward the girl, drops to her level, and questions, "Are you alright? Are you hurt anywhere?"
The child shakes her head a "no" before she encourages her, "Forget those bullies! There are just jealous that they couldn't wear your awesome costume. Haru used to cosplay all the time with her dad and it was the best time of Haru's life. So never let them bring you down."
"Promise?" The brunette sticks her pinkie finger out to the younger child, who happily hooks her pinkie with her, "Pwomise"
'Maybe she's not that stupid….' Haru unknowingly trips over her own two feet, which earns a laugh and the sudden thought of, 'Nope…she's still stupid.'
Kyoko and the guard had returned at the same time when Haru began to divulge to the woman what just happened a few minutes ago.
"Excuse us, but it's time for us to leave." The guard suddenly revealed to the trio after he slipped his cellphone in his pants pocket.
"Is that so?" Hayato unintentionally utters as he peers over toward the woman, who were now practically join at the hip now.
Haru exchange glances between the guard and Kyoko when she declares,"Haru doesn't want to go. Katsumi-san said Haru can stay until Kyoko-chan dismisses her."
'Dismisses?' The two Vongola family members simultaneously repeat that particular word in their mind.
"I just got orders from Yui-sama. Time to go!" His tone starts to change as he addresses the brunette.
Haru folds her arms in front of her chest and defiantly proclaims, "I'm not leaving!"
At her very last word, the guard immediately executes a take down and promptly calls for the car to come around.
"What the hell is your damn problem?! That's a woman!" Hayato shockingly but angrily shouts after he removes the man from over the brunette.
Kyoko instantly ran over to the still brunette as she nervously asked, "Are you alright, Haru-chan?"
The woman merely groans from the sudden impact of her body against the ground and rolls over on to her back.
"Haru's fine…see no scratches!" Haru cheerfully claims while she points at her face, which clearly has visible marks on her face.
She nervously peers over to Hayato and pleads, "Can you let him go? Haru is the one to blame."
The two watch as the woman stands to her feet, dusts herself off, bows at the waist and recites, "Haru would like to thank you for this date."
"But…" Kyoko was about to protest until Hayato was sticking his arm out to block the orange haired woman from advancing a foot further.
"Gokudera-san, what was that?" She questioned his reason as to why he had stopped her in her tracks.
"It's none of our business." He firmly declares.