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Sorry for the long update, had exams to study for and over exhausted but I'm still alive. Thank you all for the reviews, even though few, they are still appreciated.

A note: concerning the first chapter, I've re-edited due to readers have difficulty in understanding the dialogue. Again I apologize for that, never my intention, but somehow due to my efforts it not the edited version is not being viewed, I really don't know whats wrong. Anyways I'll try to get that fixed soon, if not I'll just re-post.

Here's the next chapter. Enjoy XD and as ever Health...Clean...positive reviews.

Unfortunately I do not own Hitman Reborn only Safuren

Chapter two

The beams of the morning sun peeped through the almost closed curtains, shedding light in the once dark room. Pieces of paper were scattered all along the shelf and across the table, it looked as if a tornado uprooted the neatness of the room as if it were ever neat. A small thump on the door was heard, loud enough to wake the room's occupant. Under the protection of the blanket, came a sound of discomfort and protest, the thumping got louder, whoever was under the blanket groaned in irritation and flung the material from off them,

"Okay mom I'm up already." Said the child in irritation,

"good, now get ready for school and come down for breakfast, and don't you dare go back to sleep."

Came a reply from behind the door, before the sound of fading footsteps were heard heading down the flight of stairs.

"You're so lazy, if you don't get moving now you'll be late for school,"

a voice said from the window, turning their head, they stared at the figure by the window, standing tall and proud in a black suit and hat was none other that the famous mafia trainer Reborn

"you know Reborn I don't really feel like going to school today, not after what happened yesterday."

Reborn hopped down from the window and landed on the small table in front of the downcast lad,

"whatever happened yesterday was your own fault, if only you had listened to me then none of this would have happened, if you weren't such a coward then you would be better off. Now quit whining like a little school girl and get ready for school or else I'll shoot you."

With that he hopped down the table and headed for the bedroom door

"something interesting happened that I'm contemplating whether to tell you or not but I think I'll put it on hold for a while until things sort themselves out, now get ready, I'll be in the kitchen enjoying your breakfast."

The child scrambled from the bed, just as Reborn was opening the door

"don't touch my breakfast, I'll get ready, dam if you keep eating my food I'll die from starvation," Reborn tilted his hat

"you have only yourself to blame for that,"

and with that he was out the door. Letting out a sigh, the child dragged themselves to the bathroom, bolting the door after entry; it seems that the bath was the only part in the house where privacy was respected. Staring at the reflection in the mirror was a young boy with messy brown hair, his eyes were of the same color and shimmered against the glass, a smirk rested on his features as he let out of sigh.

"I really wish I could just stay home today," he said as he grabbed his toothbrush from the bathroom shelf.

After the early morning routine and finally fully dressed for school, he headed downstairs to eat his breakfast and he prayed under his breath that Reborn didn't eat it. To his utter disappointment Reborn did eat it for there left on the table stood only his empty bowl and used chopsticks, his mother laughed nervously

"sorry Tsuna, I tried to stop Reborn but he refused to listen, he said that you need to be faster when the morning comes."

Reborn was no where in sight, which meant that he must be off causing mischief, lucky for him his mother had prepared extra breakfast. Tsuna quickly ate, gathered his things, bid his mother farewell and ran out the door. It was still fairly early so Tsuna decided to walk slowly to school; he was in no big hurry, after yesterday's incident he didn't think he could show his face in public but with a tutor like Reborn absence from school was not tolerated.

"What will she think of me now? I know she wouldn't want to see me after what I did."

Who Tsuna was referring to was none other than his crush Kyoko. Apparently Reborn dared Tsuna to confess to Kyoko and when he chickened out, Reborn shot him with a dying will bullet. Tsuna confessed but in the process reeked havoc and upon catching up with Kyoko whom had left with Hana to go home, grabbed hold of her upper arms to get her undivided attention, traumatizing the poor girl. By the time the dying will's power died down, Tsuna was confronted by an angry Hana who cursed him to kingdom come and Kyoko who started crying, realizing what happened he tried to apologize but Kyoko ran off, Hana hot on her trail. So standing in the middle of the street completely half naked, totally embarrassed was none other than no-good Tsuna as everyone calls him, cursing himself for making Kyoko cry and for letting Reborn rope him into the entire fiasco. Tsuna was deep in thought; trying to find a way to apologize to Kyoko that he didn't notice the two people running in front of him

"Juidamine," came a call,

Tsuna snapped out of demeanor and came face to face with one of his closest friends, Gokeruda a silver haired teen who had a knack for cigarettes, the other was a dark haired boy named Yamamoto,

"hey are you alright Tsuna? You seemed lost,"Yamamoto asked full of concern

, Tsuna knew that they had no knowledge of what took place yesterday but best to tell them now than when they reached to school, he knew by now that Hana had already opened her big mouth and informed the entire school about what happened.

"Something happened yesterday and it has me worried."

Gokeruda was at full alert when he heard that

"tenth did someone trouble you, cause if they did I'll blow them into nothing," he said with full venom in his mouth,

Tsuna shook his head and started walking ahead of them, both Gokeruda and Yamamoto knew that whatever took place had to be only one thing: Kyoko: they followed behind him

"yesterday Reborn dared me to confess to Kyoko and I told him I couldn't so he shot me with a dying will bullet. I ended up hurting her and her feelings, I made her cry, I've tried to apologize but she ran away and Hana was with her, she saw the entire thing. I have no idea what to do, no doubt that Hana has already told the entire school by now and that Kyoko may very well never speak to me ever again."

They listened in silence and couldn't offer words of comfort, when it came to the topic of Kyoko and Tsuna it was always a complicated story, they had discussed it amongst themselves one afternoon and thought it best if Tsuna just got over her for his own good.

"I'm sure everything will be fine Tsuna, don't worry,"

Yamamoto said trying to reassure him, Gokeruda agreed and patted Tsuna on the shoulder "Juidamine, don't worry too much, we'll help you as much as we can. Now come on we need to hurry, I have no intentions of reaching late and having to see Hibari's face."

Tsuna paled, if there was one person you don't want to mess with was the president of the school's disciplinary committee Hibari Kyoya. They ran the entire way until they arrived at the school gates. The first thing Tsuna noticed was the fact that no one paid him any attention, they were too busy talking to their friends, it was like how it was every morning, even when walking through the halls to his locker everything was normal, no one came up to him to beat him up, or yell at him, absolutely nothing. Inserting his locker code he took out his math text and headed to class. 'I wonder if Reborn did anything.' He entered the classroom and his gaze immediately landed on Kyoko who was seated speaking with Hana, as if feeling his gaze on her she lifted her head to look at him then turning her attention back to Hana who didn't even acknowledge his presence, Tsuna groaned to himself 'today is going to be a long day' he thought as he made his way to his seat. The bell for first period rang and the remaining students scattered in their seats just as their home teacher came walking through the door arms stacked with paper and text books. Everyone stood, giving their sensei all attention and respect

"you may have your seats class, and be quiet as I sign the register."

The students listened for their names and answered when called staying as quiet as they could. After the register was marked, the teacher cleared his throat

"well class I have an announcement to make, it seems we have a new student joining us today,"

murmurs and mumbling could be heard all over the class, many wanted to know whether it was a boy or girl, if their were cute or handsome, clearing his throat again to get the attention of his students, their heads turned as the class door slid opened revealing a girl who walked in and handed the teacher a piece of paper. The whole class was silent as they watched her; she was tall but not too tall, with long dark blue hair and orange eyes. She was chocolate in complexion and had a neutral expression on her face

"can you please introduce yourself to the class miss,"

she turned facing the class, her expression never changing

"Good morning everyone, my name is Safuren Traise, pleasure to meet you."

The class continued to talk amongst themselves,

"Ms. Traise you can take the window seat next to Tsuna over there," he said pointing,

"Thank you sensei"

she said as she walked to her seat, all eyes followed her, everyone was curious to know who she was and were eager to ask her questions. The voice of their teacher brought them back to reality

"alright class today we are having a math quiz, so put away all books so we can begin,"

they all groaned, great just what they needed, another math quiz. Tsuna especially was unhappy, for tests were not his thing, today really wasn't his day.

The laughter and idle chattering of students filled the hallway during the rest period; gangs of girls would form a crowd filling each other with the latest gossip from annoying teachers to cute boys. Boys spoke of clubs, sports and the usual topic, girls. Times likes this, the teachers would all get together and discuss amongst each other how their classes went, talk about the best and worst students, strategies in dealing with them, and so forth. Sitting staring out the window in classroom 1-B was the new girl Safuren, she had absolutely no knowledge of where to wonder off or who anyone was in the class and she knew to herself that she was feeling too lazy to actually get up and form a conversation, so the best thing to do was to sit and not utter a word. 'I know I would normally be eccentric when it comes to school but honestly first days are always a bust' thinking matter-of-factly and after a few moments of agonizing self-conflict, she rose from her seat and headed for the door evading any passing person and ignoring the trailing eyes for her now fellow classmates. Slipping through the door and walking down the halls, Safuren noticed that she was being stared at; this didn't surprise her one bit. Her unusual hair color and eyes were enough to make anyone stare, and that was something she always like knowing that she was different and not like everyone else. 'To hell with their staring' she said to herself as she confidently walked down the hall, letting her legs take her to wherever. Safuren kept wandering aimlessly throughout the halls of the school, paying no attention to anyone and little to her environment when she bumped into something solid, then stumbling backwards. She felt a strong hand gripping her shoulders that prevented her from falling on the floor,

"well I never expected such a pretty thing to fall into my clutches, did you guys?"

Safuren's eyes shot open and same face to face with a boy she had never seen before

*like dah Safuren you're new, remember?*she hear herself say.

Eyes shifting, she noticed about four other boys standing behind the one holding her shoulders; she immediately became irritated,

"sorry for bumping into you, I wasn't looking where I was going."

He gave a low chuckle that sparked her irritation more

"not a problem little lady, no harm done."

Safuren gave him a small smile and was ready to walk away from him when the grip on her shoulder tightened, smile quickly vanishing.

"What's the rush? Come hang with us, we won't harm you. I know you're new and want to get to know you a little better, plus you're cute."

Another thing Safuren hated was being called cute, the very word made her sick to her stomach.

*out of all names on this planet, why the hell did he call me cute? Do I look like a puppy or some pet?*

"can you get your hands off me!"

her words came out in a hiss. The boy looked at her sternly before pulling her closer towards him, their faces only centimeters away

"I don't want to, you're too cute,"

that's when she snapped, Safuren gripped the hand on her shoulder, swiftly pulling it around her before twisting his arm behind his back with a force that made his cry out,

"a-r-are you crazy? Let go of my arm, it hurts."

Safuren's grip tightened

"when a girl tells you to stop touching her, do it!"

she half yelled, the other boys jumped at the tone in her voice, their leader snickered at her despite the predicament he was in

"what are you morons doing? Get her off me and hold her,"

they snapped out of their stunned daze and marched towards her. Safuren with one hand gripping the boy swung around as another tried to punch her, their leader ended up receiving the blow

*did he seriously try to punch me? Is he out his mind?*

she felt their leader stumble to the ground as effect from the blow he'd just received, using this opportunity, she landed a punch on the moron who tried to hit her, sending him tumbling to the ground. The other three watched her intently, trying to figure out a way to tackle her, she too was thinking of a way to beat them all down. A few moments of silence passed when suddenly the expressions of the three boys changed from hate to fear, they scrambled around each other before picking up their friend and leader then in the blink of an eye vanished. Safuren stood in disbelief then her anger flared

*they ran away!?*

"COWARDS!"

she snarled loudly. Knowing that she needed to cool down, she decided to walk it off by heading back to class. Mind made up she turned on her heels to head back in the direction of class when she stopped in her tracks, for only a few inches away was a weapon pointing straight at her, her gaze slowly went up and gasped when she say who the wielder was.