In the morning, I took Elf and Alter with me to Kazuma's. I made sure Iemitsu was busy with Tsuna so I wouldn't be questioned. Mama thought I'd be going to visit Yukine, but she didn't need to know the truth. It wasn't important enough. When I got to the Hibari estate, I was welcomed by a maid. She escorted me to the main room. Kazuma was waiting for me. "Good morning, Yona."

"Good morning."

"Are you ready?"

"Of course. I found out those two were Iemitsu's."

"I did as well. I confronted him at the store. He even talked to his men. He has a grudge against you. What happened between you two?" I rolled my eyes.

"Your guess is as good as mine. I have no idea what the relationship between him and my grandmother had, but his grudge for her is now on me. Can we go now?"

"I like how you're always about business. Let's go." We walked outside and into the already running car. The driver drove to our destination. I took Alter and Elf out and allowed them to turn to their human forms. Kazuma always liked seeing them go from dolls to humans.

"Can we kill him yet?" Alter asked me.

"Iemitsu? No not yet. We need to slowly take everything away from him and then go for the jugular."

"You're starting to act more and more like a proper master." Elf said happily.

"It's to be expected of me. I will surpass all of my ancestors."

When we arrived to the building, Kazuma brought us inside and inside an elevator. "Now, Yona, I should warn you about the prisoners you're about to see. They won't hesitate to kill you if you leave a single opening. Some of these are yakuza members while others are from other mafias."

"Can you also send the two I captured downstairs? Their stench is familiar to Tsuna's."

"As you wish."

The door opened to reveal a long corridor with multiple steel doors. At the end was another door. Inside was an interrogation room that seemed to work as a torture room. Two police officers brought in one of the two I captured and tied him on the medical examination table. He was awake, trying to fight his way out of the restraints. He saw me and gasped.

"You!"

"Should we knock him out?" I asked Elf.

"There's no need to, master." The man looked at Elf and Alter with wide eyes.

"He seems to be afraid of you two." I commented.

"He should be." Alter said.

"I don't see why. You two aren't scary."

"We shouldn't be scary to you, master. We live because of you. Our loyalty will always be for you" I turned to the man.

"Do you work for Iemitsu?" He kept quiet. "I'll pull the information out one way of another. Let's get started, Elf. Let's try not to kill him in the beginning. It'll be a shame."

Kazuma stayed in the corner of the room and watched Yona work with Elf. There was a hexagon projection in front of the two that appeared out of nowhere. It looked like a screen. Strange characters were on the screen in a yellow color. Elf was describing everything. It made his head spin. No wonder Yona is tired a lot of the time during practice. The information that she takes in is immense compared to a regular person. The man would scream when Yona would touch a certain thing on the screen. She wasn't bothered by it. Kazuma didn't feel comfortable seeing Yona not flinch, seeming to be fine with hearing someone suffering. Even though most Hibari were conditioned to punish people and ignore their cries, Yona wasn't a Hibari. She was a girl brought into a crumby situation by a man who held no care in the world for his family. Fon would love to see how far Yona has come. His face would be priceless if he saw her dolls could actually come to life. After three hours, Yona was still at it.

"Let's stop for now, master. He's going to die if you press anymore." Elf said.

"Okay."

After another two days of intensely messing with the brain, the man died on the table. Yona clicked her tongue in protest. "Did you figure anything out?" Kazuma asked her.

"A little bit. I wrote a few theories down of what could work, but I don't think I have enough experiments to work on." Yona replied.

"Each one would kill a person then?" She nodded. "I'll provide the specimen for your experiments. You worry about finding a solution." Yona brightened up.

"Thank you, Kazuma. With this, I'll be able to save Tsuna."

Kazuma admired her determination and protectiveness of her family. She knew Iemitsu was bad and is doing her best to get him out of her life. However, she can't do all of it alone which is why Kazuma is helping her. He motioned the guards to bring in the next man. He was surprised to see Yona and started cursing her name.

"You can't make me spill any information, brat. Even if I die, you won't be alive for much longer. You'll always be a target. You will die by our hands."

"The other one was much quieter. It's a shame I accidentally killed him." Yona replied.

"A brat like you can't kill anyone." Her hands were shaking.

"Don't waste your anger on him, master." Alter came out of the shadows. She glared at the man. "We can't afford to kill you. My master needs to learn how that weak flame of yours works."

"You don't know how to use your flames?! Pathetic! I can't believe we were hired to kill you." The man spat.

"Iemitsu really knows how to pick scum." Yona commented slyly which made Kazuma smile. The man let out a gasp.

"You know?"

"I know a lot more than he does. Who do you think is killing all of his men?" She started to laugh. The two dolls joined their master. "Alter, strap him down. Let's start the testing from the top of the list." Kazuma watched as Yona mercilessly experimented on the man. She went to the point of his own death. "We only made it half-way down the list. Kazuma, can you get another?"

"Shouldn't you take a break?" He asked.

"Master." Elf said seriously. Yona looked up.

"What is it?"

"There's trouble at the house. Freya is currently running away from men."

"What about Aya?"

"She's hiding Tsuna in a closet that's protected by a barrier. They won't be able to see anything."

"Will Freya be alright?"

"She's the fastest one out of us. She does represent the wind after all." Yona seemed to understand what that meant.

"I can tell these aren't Iemitsu's men. Either way, have Freya take them out if possible. We'll go back to the house and take care of any lose ends there."

Once we left, the two turned into dolls. I hid them in the bag I always carried. I kept a few noise tubes with me in case I needed to use them. When we got home, there were many cars parked outside. Iemitsu was talking to a few men. He saw me and walked over. "Where have you been?"

"I was at a friend's house."

"Do you know where Tsuna is?"

"No. Is he not inside?" I asked.

"I haven't been able to find him. The police are here to look for him. It's going on an entire day he's been missing." Aya must have hid him well.

"He might be in the closets." I suggested.

"I looked already."

"I'll look again." I walked inside and saw how destroyed the house was. Every single room was dug through. It looked like there was a literal storm inside. I went to my extremely messy room and opened the closet. Aya was holding a sleeping Tsuna.

"Welcome home, master. I kept him safe. He knows to run to us when he's in trouble."

"Smart boy." I picked Tsuna up and walked outside. "Found him." Iemitsu ran over.

"Where was he?"

"My closet. It's really messy in there. Plus, that's his hiding spot when we play hide and go seek. He can make himself invisible. It's really amazing."

"I'm glad he's safe."

"Did something happen?" I asked.

"Someone broke in and stole a few things. I was afraid Tsuna was kidnapped."

"Well, he's safe. I'm sure he went in there to find one of my dolls and fell asleep."

"Has he done that before?"

"Yeah. He likes Elf the most. He probably thinks she's the prettiest."

"Where do you keep your dolls?" Iemitsu asked. It made me suspicious.

"I don't keep them in one place. They're usually in my room or on my bed."

"You still sleep with dolls?" A man asked.

"I do. Do you have a problem with that? I bet you still live in the basement of your parents' house because you're too much of a loser to do anything." I spat back.

"That's not nice, Yona."

"Neither was his comment. I'm going to put Tsuna in his bed so he can sleep and then I'm cleaning my room. I hope whoever did this is captured. I'd like to give them a piece of my mind." I went in the house and put Tsuna in his bed. In my room, Freya was waiting for me.

"I arrived without any trouble. I killed the ones that caused this."

"Good job, Freya. I'm glad you weren't hurt." I took Elf and Alter out of my bag and put them on my desk. Freya and Aya joined her sisters and watched me clean. I made sure there wasn't anything stolen. However, I needed to make a safe place where only I and the dolls can reach. Once everything was cleaned, Tsuna woke up from his nap. He walked into my room and hugged me. "Did you have a good nap?" I asked. He nodded, still groggy. "Why don't you go downstairs? Your papa is there. He'll get you some juice and a snack."

Once Tsuna left, I closed my door. "We think alike, master. You need a place to put your work. A surveillance system will also be wise." Freya said.

"Leave that to us." Elf said as she and Freya stood up. They went into my closet and closed the door. I wonder what they were going to do. I opened the door and then laid on my bed. It was comforting to just lay down and do nothing. I didn't like Iemitsu's men here. It made the entire place almost unbearable to be in. I couldn't even open a window for fresh air.

"I should be productive." I sat up and took out a notepad and a pencil. I wanted to sketch a few costume ideas so I won't get yelled at. Well, Kei would just give me looks of disappointment for a week. Ayumu would complain for weeks. Those two really are two peas in a pod. After having two sketches completed, I was proud of my work. Though, I'm sure everyone else had better designs. I went for a more Victorian feel for the costumes with a hair accessory for each one of us. I yawned. I'm more exhausted than I thought. "I guess a little nap won't hurt."

By the end of the week, I ended up killing ten more inmates. I didn't feel bad. They were there for a reason. Kazuma always reassured me by listing their crimes. None of my hypotheses worked and that bothered me. "Even I'm stumped, master." Elf admitted.

"That's okay. The most we can do is keep Tsuna as protected as possible." I tried to be optimistic mostly for myself.

"Can you delete the memory?" Kazuma asked.

"It isn't that simple. I wish it was. Tsuna experienced trauma right before that happened. If I mess with that, I'll do permanent damage. I'll just leave it for now. Thank you for everything, Kazuma."

"Come to me whenever you'd like to try something else. Your alchemy is enchanting to look at." When I left, I ran into Ayumu at the cake shop.

"What are you doing here?" She asked.

"Cake. Isn't that why you're here?"

"I-I'm not getting cake for myself. I'll get fat. It's for Kei."

"Whatever you say, Ayumu." I teased and got in line. She walked over and pinched my cheeks. I let out a high-pitched groan from the pain.

"Don't give me that, Yona. I know you'll tell Yukine the second you get." I pinched her cheeks in retaliation.

"I wasn't going to tell anyone, but I'll tell Sayo instead." She let out a muffled gasp.

"You wouldn't."

"Try me."

"Excuse me, ma'am. Would you like to order?" The girl at the register asked me.

"I'd like one slice of chocolate and one slice of lemon."

"Two pieces? You'll be fat by the time school starts." I pinched Ayumu's cheeks harder.

"If you haven't noticed, the fat is going somewhere other than my stomach. Plus, thick thighs are in."

"Don't make fun of my petite form!"

"Don't make fun of my cake eating habits!"

"Alright, girls, that's enough." A deep voice said. We let go and looked up to a man that looked like Kei with long hair.

"Dad?" Ayumu questioned nervously.

"I never expected you to act that way, Ayumu."

"I'm sorry to have shown an unsightly side of me." She said seriously. Her father looked at me, analyzing every inch of me. It was the same as when Iemitsu looked at me.

"You must be Yona. It's a pleasure to finally meet the one that surpassed my son's expectations."

"That's me." He kept staring at me. It was making Ayumu uncomfortable.

"Let's go check to see if the cakes are done, dad." She said to try and distract him. He stayed in place. Was he trying to intimidate me?

"Is your dad always like this?"

"Not really." I looked at Ayumu.

"He doesn't seem too bad."

"I don't think any dad can top Iemitsu."

"He's only a sperm donor. I got a cute brother who thankfully resembles my mom."

"Are you not his daughter?" Ayumu's dad asked me.

"I'm thankfully not. There's nothing good about him."

"He's a jerk that got mad at her for auditioning and getting free tuition at the academy." Ayumu pointed out.

"He still brings that up when he wants to pick a fight with me. If I do the slightest thing, I'm called disrespectful. That man leaves overseas for over a year and thinks he can boss me around." I said with irritation.

"You should give him a piece of your mind."

"I do. I'm not afraid of him."

"That's what I like about you, Yona. You're not afraid of anyone even if they're higher in authority." Ayumu said, making me smile brightly. I loved it when she complimented me.

"You're the only one I'll let trample over me."

"Damn straight! I'm the boss."

"Of course. The merciless boss who would never be caught eating cake."

"Yona." She said in a threatening voice.

"I'm just kidding."

"Miss, your cake is ready." I turned and paid for my cake. I took the box.

"I'll see you at practice, Ayumu. Enjoy your cake." I gave a small bow to her father before walking away. I stopped and turned back. "And Ayumu?"

"What?" I smirked and held a thumbs up.

"Nice body." Her face slowly turned beat red.

"Y-Yona!"

Ayumu never understood why Yona teased her all the time. She used to be completely afraid of Ayumu and now she's acting as if they've been friends since kids. "She's a nice girl." Ayumu's dad said.

"You think so?"

"I do. I've never seen you act like that before. You came out of your shell."

"I did?"

"I'm proud you've found a friend. It was never easy for you." The duo got their cake and left. "So, does Yona have a tough personality?"

"Why are you asking me? You usually know the second you look at someone what their personality is." Ayumu said.

"I couldn't get a read on her."

"That's new. When I first met her, she was really quiet and acted as if she was walking on eggshells. She'd agree to almost anything. I thought she was a doormat."

"What changed your perception of her?"

"When she auditioned, the committee treated her like garbage. They were trying to break her by mocking her skill. One asked if she was going to play twinkle little star and they laughed. She didn't let any of that bother her. She then told them how unprofessional they were being and how it disgusted her. Her voice was cold and it made them all shut up. She didn't care if they were professionals and would decide her future. She gives it how she sees it." Ayumu explained with a smile.

"Why did they do that?"

"Her reference was Kazuma Hibari. He's her martial arts instructor and her only reference. We're waiting to hear back from Yukine if they actually broke the law. We'll see when school starts."

By the next week, band practice was back in full swing. This meant we all had to give a small presentation on our costume designs. For some odd reason, we all picked the Victorian theme.

"I like Yona's head pieces." Aki complemented.

"I know I'll be wearing shorts. We don't want any panty shots." Sayo said.

"We also need to incorporate Yona's red shoes." Kei said.

"And thigh-high tights." Ayumu put in her own two cents. Aki started a sketch for me that only had the tights and shoes.

"White tights seem better with red shoes. I think the skirt should be short to show off her legs." Yukine said.

"Do I get a say in what I wear?" I asked.

"I guess." Yukine said.

"You guess?!"

"What do you want to wear?" Aki asked.

"Shorts would be nice with a skirt component. I don't care what I wear for the top."

"That'll work. I'll make something look nice for you, Yona."

"Thank you, Aki."

"I'll wear a skirt then. Make it shorter on one side." Yukine said.

"Sounds good. Anything for you, Kei, Ayumu?" Aki asked them.

"We trust you." Kei responded.

"Okay. Yona, I'll need your measurements." He pulled a tape measurer from his pocket. I took off my jacket and followed his every command. "Your muscles are quite defined." Aki said. He was taking the measurement of my thighs. Everyone else zoned in on my thighs.

"My instructor made my program specifically for me. He explained it as helping me optimize my body's energy."

"Well, he is a Hibari. It's no wonder you'd be as strong as them." Aki said, writing down the measurement.

"Kazuma's son can beat me in a spar. I'm being taught self-defense."

"Why?" Kei asked.

"I've been attacked before. Kazuma took care of the guys and offered to teach me."

"Who would ever attack you?" Sayo questioned. A lot of people would attack me, but they didn't need to know. They'd eventually be dragged into my game and I didn't want that.

"I'll get things started tonight." Aki changed subjects immediately seeing my discomfort.

"When will you have them completed?" Kei asked.

"I'll be done before school. Don't worry. I'll work overtime for this."

"Don't let it get in the way of your piano lessons."

"I won't." Aki said lazily. While Aki worked on the overall designs of the costumes, we worked out what we'd play for the school opening. Surprisingly, we'd play the song I rearranged.

"Why that one?" I asked Kei.

"It's the best song we have right now. Plus, it's the official public appearance of Magnolia. It makes sense to play a song we all worked on."

"I just hope the school will let us play." Sayo said.

"My dad okayed the performance. I've already been spreading our name around social media and to other students. People are excited." Yukine said.

"Good. Start leaking snippets of our songs and previews of our costumes once we have them. I'll get someone to make a website for us. We'll need to create biographies for each person." Kei said. My head was starting to spin. There was so much work and so much I didn't really understand.

"There is one thing people are most excited about." Yukine said. We all looked at her. She then looked at me.

"Everyone has been asking about our mysterious bassist. All people know is she's an incoming first year."

"That's right. Yona will be the most talked about person among our fans. The fact she will be seen as a nobody is even better. People love underdogs." Ayumu said with confidence. I didn't really understand what was going on, but I went with it.

"You'll get used to it, Yona."

"I hope so."