Sinikka walked through the playground of the back of the little school she attended and sung a song in a hum that made her forget about the world around her. She swung around in circles of the sturdy metal monkey bars and looked down at her light blue skirt and it's fringes that flew at every spin and turn. She hummed the chorus of "Rockabye" over and over again because she couldn't remember the rest of the song, even though she had heard it many times. Mikoto was already annoyed with the song, but he tolerated it because it made her happy and she knew it. She continued to dance in circles as she sung the song to herself and felt the closeness of summer emerge from the sun that was cleared from the clouds of the spring. Yet she grew warm, her fire kept her cool in the inside and goosebumps formed on the surface of her skin. Soon enough, her dance came to a halt and her smile fades into a bite of her lower lip.

"You can't have the bars for yourself!" The boy says to her with a raised voice. Sinikka doesn't say anything as she looks down at the ground and takes a step back. "I said move!" The boy pushes Sinikka to the ground and begins to climb the monkey bars without looking down at the little girl on the ground.

"Hey!" She whines as she sat on her butt and felt her eyes begin to well up with tears.

"Oh. Is the little baby about to cry?" The boy pouted mockingly before letting out an obnoxious laugh.

Sinikka frowns before standing up and felt her fire begin to burn inside of her from anger. As her cool aura began to form around her, she grabs the boy the ankle and pulls him down from the bars and throws him to the ground. His jeans began to set fire as he screamed out and watched the crybaby turn into a fireball in a split second. As he laid on the ground on his back, she straddled herself on his waist and as hard as she can slaps him on the cheek from widening her eyes in realization of what she really just did.

~*~ Lite A Flame ~*~

Mikoto sat on the couch of HOMRA with a cup of coffee in front of him. No one but him and Izumo were in the bar, surrounded by the familiar silence they both were used to. But it doesn't last long when the blonds cell rang in his pocket before he picked it up and casually answered.

"Hello, Izumo speaking." It was silent as he listen to the person on the other side of the line speaking as he polished a wine glass in his hands.

Mikoto finally looks up at his friend when he drops the glass and shouts to the phone.

"She did what now?!"

~*~ Lite A Flame ~*~

"Thank you for coming in in such a short notice Mr. Suoh and Mr. Izumo." The principle says as she sat on her side of the desk with her hands folded over a file and the two men in front of her.

"What's this about?" Mikoto asks with a rough voice.

The principle clears her throat before speaking again. "Earlier today, your niece was playing near the monkey bars when a student; I won't say who, pushed her to the ground." Mikoto's arua was about to surround him when Kusanagi kicks his friends shin and shook his head just barely to be noticed. Causing the red aura to cease. "She fought back too hard. Causing the boy a bloody nose and second degree burns on his ankle."

Mikoto looks down at the ground before letting sigh out of his lips. Standing up from the chair, he silently walks out of the office and into the hallway before stopping in front of Sinikka; who sat on a chair with her feet dangling over the edge. She looks up to her father in silence before Mikoto nods his head to the exit and extended his hand out to her. Picking up her backpack and putting it on, she takes hold of her father's large hand and walks by his side as the two made their way out of the school and into the streets.

Izumo doesn't say anything as he looked at the seat where Mikoto sat only a moment ago.

"I understand that you are the leaders of the Red Clan, but we cannot allow this kind of behavior in this school." He looks up at her as she continues to speak.

"What are you saying?"

"I'm saying; she is hereby expelled from this school district." Izumo stood up quickly and plants his hand on her desk.

"You can't do that!" His aura began to appear around him as it rarely does as he hears the news.

"I don't want to do it, but I must report it." She calmly states. "We love Sinikka. She is a wonderful girl and a quick learner. She excels all her subjects that we have given to her and she is on top of her class. But the problem is that; she doesn't want to make friends, and that she can bare fire. Once the directors of the district hear about this, they will expel her. It's not my choice."

Kusanagi stood up straight and ceases his aura before sighing out loud. Turning around, he picks up his coat that was draped over the chair and walks to the door. Before walking out of the office, he looks back at the principal and spoke quietly.

"Thank you for letting us know."

~*~ Lite A Flame ~*~

Mikoto and Sinikka sat outside with an ice cream in both of their hands. Mikoto held a waffle cone with a triple chocolate fudge while Sinikka held a little bowl with a scoop of mint chocolate chip and rocky road and some sprinkles over the top of them. They sat on a park bench next to each other in silence; besides of the afternoon traffic, people walking here and there, and dogs barking in the distance. He hasn't said anything to her about the incident that happened at school and she didn't say anything; hoping that he wouldn't be mad at her.

Sinikka looks up at the red head and picks up the courage to speak to him.

"You're not mad?" Mikoto doesn't look down at her as he takes in the innocent question.

"No." He simply answers.

She thinks for a second before asking again. "Why aren't you mad at me?"

Mikoto doesn't say anything as he just looked up at the sky and sighed.

"Let's get back to HOMRA. Kusanagi might be back home already."

Sinikka nods and walks side by side with her father as they made their way back to the bar in silence.