Chapter 2

When she got to her apartment, Nana collapsed onto her bed. Impossible. She can't have reincarnated into one of those anime her brother used to watch. It defied the laws of the universe. Does it mean that she's in an actual book? Could it imply that she could actually, somehow through science, enter her old world? Ridiculous. This was the 1990s and smartphones don't even exist. But, even in the 2010s, it would be impossible. It would at least take a couple of centuries to even get far in 'travelling into fictional dimensions', and the idea itself sounded preposterous.

Sawada Iemitsu. As far as she was aware, he was a builder in the anime and apparently an absent father. Sawada Nana was an oblivious mother, who had the main character, named something like Tuna, at a young age. Different. She is so different. Polar opposites. She doesn't smile 24/7 nor does act like a naïve woman, whereas that Nana was such a happy woman. Could she try and avoid everything that happened in the canon? The plot was centred around Nana's son, who was the heir to the Vongola family.

The last time she heard of the Vongola Family was when her father visited the ninth boss was for the birth of the youngest heir, named something like Fred or Fredrick. Other than that, the two families relatively stayed out of each other's matters.

But could she really avoid everything, especially since she met Iemitsu? It was no point anyway. It was inevitable. Especially with her as a yakuza boss and having flames, sky flames. It was bound to happen at any point. She came from a family who raised her to be a boss from the moment she could walk. Her flames activated at such a young age that her parents chose her over her older brother immediately. A prodigy, they whispered, she'll lead us into greatness. And that she did.

The Tachibana Family was originally a family who dealt with shady businesses, but Nana persuaded her grandfather to invest in some legal businesses that could perhaps bring the Tachibana Family in lighter view. She had persuaded him when she was young, and her grandfather decided to go with the whims of a five-year-old. And when money came pouring in like rain, Nana was then looked upon with a different light. A genius. When in reality, the truth was that she was just a 28-year-old soul. But either way, that only added to the pile of reasons on why she should be the boss.

But maybe she should retire. She could pass down the mantle to her brother. Nana was pretty sure that he could handle it. Ever since she was 16, she had been looking after the yakuza, and now, she reckoned it was a pretty good time to retire. Five years of the reign was actually pretty average. The shortest was three days (poor Natsu was killed on his wedding day by his brother), and the longest was 49 years.

She could also be free. She didn't exactly want to be a yakuza boss. With the way it was in her family, she was expected to marry for the family's good, and she refused to ever end up like her mother and aunt. So, she plotted and slithered her way around obstacles to be boss.

Once upon a time, she wanted to be a detective or a lawyer. But she doubted that would've worked considering her criminal family background.

Nana sighed when she heard her phone ring. She flipped it open to see who it was. Tsubaki. The woman was never going to stop until Nana answered.

"Hello?" she answered, in a resigned tone. She braced herself for Tsubaki's speech on how she needs to date a lot more and on how she was going to die a virgin. Technically, she already did, but Tsubaki didn't need to know that.

"How did it go?" Tsubaki asked lightly, and Nana could detect curiosity in her friend's tone.

Nana's eyes widened as she realised the implication of what Tsubaki said. So, she doesn't know yet, thought Nana. Perhaps she could somehow salvage the situation of a failed date.

"Oh, it was ok, and we just decided that it wouldn't work out."

What she said is true. It wouldn't have worked. (it could've if they were both honest, the hopeful part of her whispered.)

What she doesn't tell her is that she ditched her date.

"Really? I thought you guys would've looked great together."

Nana thought about it hard. Even though she was so different from that Nana, she still met Iemitsu. A smile soon graced her face as she thought about the first time they met. Although he pestered continuously for a date, she admitted that it was refreshing and her flames had also reacted to him in a good way. They were dancing around him, and she felt intoxicated. She had never met anyone so free and light like him. And she'd be lying if she said that she never thought about him in a romantic way.

"Perhaps," mused Nana. "Maybe I should just take a break."

"Boss, I'm your storm, and I believe it's my mission to make sure you don't die single!" cried out Tsubaki. "We can't let that bitch win!"

"That bitch is called Lily, and she's your friend Tsubaki," snorted Nana, bemusedly. "She isn't a rival!"

"She so is, Boss!" retorted Tsubaki. "I won't trust her until the day I die!"

"Well, I trust her with all my life," replied Nana. Sometimes the arguments between her storm and mist amused her but most of the other times? It tired the hell out of her. But usually, her guardians got along well with each other. As long as clothes, boys and make-up weren't mentioned that is.

"So um," said Tsubaki, "there's this guy I invited to dinner and like, I can't go cos I have a shift to cover-" Nana felt her smile twisting into a frown- "so like could you pretty please go in place of me?"

"Fine," relented Nana. She had a feeling Tsubaki didn't actually have a shift and was just using it as an excuse to make Nana 'get a life'.

"Just go to Yuri's at 8 and he'll be there."

"What's his name?" Nana asked. Somehow, dread began to lurk in her mind like a cloud.

"Hibari Yukio"

The world was so out to get her.

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