Flower, Tutor, Client

Utilizing Harmony in many ways, courtesy of the Fuuchouin-Ryu and Kakei-Ryu techniques made Mizuki a very formidable girl.

She grew up Fuuchouin-Beautiful as a result, with honey-blonde hair with foreign influence on her looks as her father was half-italian, making her quarter.

As far as everyone knows in Namimori, Sawada Mizuki always wore kimonos all her life in Elementary School...and even broke the uniform rule in Junior High that got her in the Prefect's Case, but she easily trounced him with her strings...of all things. And got his awe-struck expression and his respect, calling her 'disastrous flower' to her chagrin.

She seemed to be the perfect existence for her schoolmates.

Beautiful, graceful, great grades, and a maiden in every sense of the word. In school, she always wears that orange furisode of hers with a dark blue obi and white obi cords. Her long hair is worn loose, looking like a glossy curtain, with bunches of hair tied in hair spools.

However, she was also perpetually alone, since she always goes home quickly when school bell rung. She was also wearing her kimono during P.E, and made it work. One of the teachers pretty much certified how 'haute couture' her kimono was, that she could effectively move in P.E classes with it when in normal silks, what she does is IMPOSSIBLE. She was a legendary existence pretty much.

But one day, peace in the Sawada Household was disturbed with the arrival of a certain flyer...that Nana dismissed as Mizuki's grades are so perfect, 'why bother?' which rather got the hidden tutor curious.

So he did some digging...and while he got childhood photos, it was another matter in person.

How the hell did this couple luck out that their daughter, is ridiculously beautiful?

'Mama...can I kill someone?' that question concerned him greatly as he felt dread.

'That depends dear. Is someone spying on us?' Nana asked a tad too cheerfully.

'Yup. So can I kill?' Mizuki asked as if a child asked for a new toy.

'Sure! Its for your safety dear, go kill it.' wow, talk about dehumanization! Reborn really has to wonder, when he found himself dodging...strings!

Strings that destroyed the tree branch he was on seconds ago to splinters...and Mizuki is on his case, cheerfully trying to kill him in a kimono and waving bells where the strings are coming from. And she was unfazed by his baby appearance to boot!

He had to shoot the bells out of her hands. But she somehow made a string shield out of her strings and bullets didn't break it!

"I, am sooo going to make them PAY for this misinformation...!" Reborn swore as he had to retreat for now as he can't exactly fight back his string-wielding assignment...

'Awww! It got away!' Mizuki cried in dismay. 'If only we're not in a city, I could do more!'

'Oh well, some other time I guess!' said Nana playfully. 'Back to breakfast now dear, you'll be late for school!'

'Hai!'

xxx

Reborn was not happy at all.

Sure the flower turned out to be VERY prickly which is good, the problem was, with their behavior, they expected an attack any day! And killing is normal which is worrying!

He sent unhappy faxes home while he continued to watch a bit more.

He wondered what her range was.

Really, going to school in an orange kimono and a dark blue obi...while everyone else is in uniform.

What's going on here?

'Disastrous Flower.' the boy in black by the gate greeted.

'Hi-ba-ri-saaaan!' Mizuki whined. 'Stop calling me that!'

'Heh, it suits you.' the boy called Hibari smirked. 'Now...we fight!'

'You just won't give up, do you?!'

'NO!'

All hell broke loose, sending students fleeing.

Apparently, these two fight on a daily basis. Boy fights with tonfas, girl fights with strings!

Sooo yeah.

Reborn just wondered what is it with her strings, that she's capable of such massive damages with it? And tonfa boy is pretty good that their relationship was that of utterly bizarre, violent playmates, sooo they have some bonds with each other which is good...this one's a potential guardian for her and she happened to snag the most difficult element in the beginning...or was he?

He loses to her, of course.

xxx

'They're at it again...super strings and that violent prefect.' Kurokawa Hana sighed as their class watches from the windows as usual. 'What did we do to attract two nutjobs to this school?'

'Maa maa, Sawada-chan's a nice girl...as long as Hibari-senpai doesn't start a fight.' said Kyoko.

'Well that's one thing, that, is another.' Hana deadpanned as Mizuki can literally jump higher than humanly possible, cause damage with strings which should NOT and never ever will be possible but she made it work. And look beautiful while she was at it.

There's mixed feelings about Mizuki in the classroom.

She was the school's admired hime-sama and then there's this side of her that also easily made her the scariest person in the school.

Disastrous Flower(saika) indeed.

And there's another admirer of Mizuki.

A boy named Yamamoto Takeshi.

He wasn't the only boy really but she was way out of their leagues, to be honest. Beautiful, great grades and kimono-be-damned, athletics.

It was also difficult to speak to her out of intimidation that only girls can speak to her normally.

Seriously.

xxx

Reborn made lists.

That wasn't in Iemitsu's information of his daughter.

As far as he knew, he boasted of his daughter's beauty when Nono called him over to train her as his successor as the last heir left.

Nana had asked Iemitsu for kimonos for their daughter ever since she was three so yes, Mizuki never owned a dress, shirt, shorts, skirts and pants her whole life as a result. Furisodes and yukatas. A rather expensive venture if bought in Japan, so Iemitsu had everything custom made to be cheaper in Italy as if made in Japan, the costs are STEEP. Hell, even goes to school in one. How Nana managed that, he hasn't a clue.

But what's the deal?

Iemitsu has no idea either but indulged his wife anyway. He was raised in Italy despite his half blood, so he has no idea what true-blue Japanese think.

Er, you're the CEDEF Boss, isn't intel gathering your damn job?

Reborn shook his head, respect sinking rapidly.

However, she also strangely asks for kimonos for older kids in different sizes. Probably as gifts for nieces or something, so Iemitsu had it handwaved too.

However, nasty strings aren't on the menu on Nana's odd requests.

Beautiful kimono girl aside, Mizuki had lessons in Japanese Musical Arts and Fan Dancing. Iemitsu begged Reborn for videos...and photos.

However, he has absolutely NO IDEA how lethal his daughter is with strings.

So he opened Skype to videochat with Nono.

'Well? What do you think?'

/I'm honestly stumped./ Timoteo shook his head. /You basically lit Iemitsu's ass on fire with your reports./

'Its his damn job as your Intel Boss, its his job to know these things.' Reborn grumbled. 'Perhaps, a vacation with Lal is in order, don't you think? I do NOT appreciate being chucked to jobs with misinformation. So, I'll be upping my rates you can charge to the idiot as my revenge.' Timoteo winced at that.

/Right...and how is Mizuki-chan?/

'She went psycho on me that's what. She asked her mother if its OK to kill someone, maman said yes and even dehumanized me while talking about me, calling me an 'it'. What was I supposed to think?' Reborn chuckled. 'There's probably a story behind that.' he said, eyes glinting. 'I need to talk to maman about this while Mizuki's out. Her strings are a nasty piece of work...oh, and I'll be sending you a video about two little hellions going about it in the school...so your Vongola Decimo is one strong one. Her opponent affectionately calls her disastroso fiore. And how.'

/I'd like to see this video...this person she's fighting?/

'An older kid. A Cloud she has a bond with.'

/CLOUD?!/ Timoteo squawked, bursting out of his seat in shock.

'Unbelievable, right?' Reborn grinned. 'Things got interesting on day one alone.'

xxx

And so...

Nana was peacefully cleaning the house, when Reborn came visiting.

'Signora, may we have a talk?' Reborn asked her.

'Ara, mafia came for my daughter now?' Reborn stiffened. Nana wasn't supposed to know! 'I knew...ever since Micchan went on fire.'

Holy shit, Reborn thought.

'...when was this?' Reborn croaked out.

'Oh, the nice mummy man told us.' Nana smiled as he got even more floored. Nana met the Vindice whom she just called 'nice mummy man'! 'I had to learn from someone else about the mafia, what my baby girl is, and stuff I'm supposed to know so I'm one unhappy wife, OK? And you baby-chans are supposed to be neutral so I can relax a bit.'

Yup, Reborn thought. It won't be easy. Maman doesn't trust him by body language alone.

'So why are you in our house, hm?' Nana asked with a cold smile. 'Does that mean the last boy is sleeping with the worms that its Micchan's turn?'

'Er, I was sent here to tutor her for that reason.' said Reborn. 'I am Reborn. Freelance Associate.'

'Hummm...well, no mafia attack on us so far and Micchan's done a good job sniffing trouble and she kills it, so we're OK so far!' Nana chimed, clapping her hands once. 'However there is one thing you can do for me before you start your job?'

'What is it?' this maman is one scary maman...for her child.

'Kick both my husband's and his boss' balls for me and crush it real good, baby-chan?' Nana asked him a tad sweetly. 'Micchan will know if you lie to us. No kicking, you don't get to start, OK? Off you go dear.'

Yikes.

Yup, maman's not too happy with a condition like that.

(days later, the two bosses were smarting hard from a painful-but easy price to pay-somehow from one unhappy wife)

xxx

Mizuki's eyes narrowed as her mother told her what happened while she was at school.

'Heee...so its my turn now huh~' Mizuki frowned. 'Mama, I'm gonna go to Shinjuku for a bit?' she told her mother.

'Eh? What for dear?'

'I need to talk to Kazuki-nii in person about a favor I'm gonna ask of him.' said Mizuki. 'I'll have to miss school for a bit. I need to prepare my Guardian for the future mess. I'll act while that Arcobaleno's gone. This way he's none-the-wiser.'

'Mm-hm.' Nana nodded. 'You need reliable guys by your side. Your own band of Retainers.'

'Yeah. I'm courting my toughest one, the rest will be easy-as-pie mama!' Mizuki grinned. 'I'm off!'

'Take care now~' and Mizuki left the house when she wasn't even barely an hour in it. 'Yare yare...'

Nana knows its her daughter's turn to plan for her survival.

She just wished this didn't have to happen to her sister, herself, and their kids.

xxx

Mizuki, following her instincts managed to obtain an obscene amount of money, and her feet led her to Honky Tonk.

'Here is where my power told me to go...so I shall.' she mused as she entered the hotel.

'Irrashai!' the bartender greeted with his dark shades. 'What can I do for you young lady?' he asked Mizuki who sat by the counter, putting her luggage down and rested her chin on her well-manicured, laced fingers.

'Ne ne ojisan...do you know anyone who's an expert in fighting? As in, walking disaster, one-man-army fighter?' Mizuki asked him as she flared her aura that got him spooked...as she knew he's one hell of a man himself.

'Well, I do know one who fits the bill...' said Wan Paul.

'Great! Call them over please!' Mizuki chimed. 'I got a job for them.'

'Well, how much are you paying this guy? I'm warning you, he has one hell of a personality.' said Paul a bit worriedly.

Mizuki just smiled.

'The stuff I'll make him do is quite challenging~' Mizuki grinned. 'By the way, does he have a tab here?'

'Like you wouldn't believe.' Paul eagerly took out a looooong bill, taped end on end. Mizuki read it all and twitched. It was a bill about four yards long! And it was named to 'Midou Ban' and 'Amano Ginji'!

'Something tells me this is just the beginning of his wonderful personality?'

'Yup.'

'Well, I will have to pay off this tab using his reward money then, otherwise next time I come here it'll be more than ten yards.' Mizuki commented dryly, taking out about...ten wads of 10000 bills!

'Woooow!' Mizuki Natsumi, the waitress gaped wide-eyed at the crisp, fresh money. 'My salary this month is freshly-crisp too!' she gushed out happily.

'Finally, the tabs're paid!' Paul sobbed in relief, cradling the money in his arms. 'Ban refuses to pay since clients don't pay much and the idiot is AWFUL in financial handling! Not to mention his car got towed away again so I'll be taking some out to get his car out of the pound!'

'Ahahaha...' Mizuki laughed sheepishly. 'If he comes here, tell him I'll be in Mugenjou to visit my cousin OK? I'll play with him before I come back here tonight.' she then dumped a leather suitcase on him. 'Babysit his pay for me til then!'

'You have a cousin in Mugen...ah...I think I know whose cousin you are...' Paul croaked as his eyes fell on the bells on Mizuki's hair.

'Ah, niichan came by?'

'Twice, but he sure made one helluva impression.'