FRIST OF ALL, I am so sorry for not updating sooner. The last 2 months have been a rollercoaster ride for me. I mean hectic. For example . . . my lovable little cousin (10 years old) passed away, God rest her soul. PLUS, I was grounded from my beloved computer. Sad isn't it? Well I'm copping and I realize that even though I miss my cousin (her name is Mi'Angel) I know for a fact that sure isn't missing me.

Guess that's it for now. I reward you all with cake for listening to my rant and waiting ever so patiently for my update. I am right now in the middle of chapter five, and this chapter may or may not be shorter than my previous chapters. Here's hoping, enjoy!

"WHAT THE CRAP!" Verde was NOT happy. He was bested by a girl. A GIRL! A FREAKIN' FEMALE! While everyone was utterly stunned, Verde was seething anger and glaring at the girl with pure hatred. To THINK he was beginning to like him. Tsuna, amazingly, was the first to bounce back to earth.

"I'm sorry…wha?" His question brought everyone else back, surprising. Reborn wasn't about to take that as his question, though. So he did what any other good tutor would do; hit him upside the head which was now much easier to reach since he and the rest of the Arcobaleno were in their adult forms.

"Hmm," Kaminika was confused, "I sure hope so, unless my gender changed recently without my knowing." She had been a girl this hold time. How did they not know? Verde only seethed more anger and glared harder in her direction. Spanner, Sioichi and the rest only stared and the two slack jawed from the discovery. Kaminika, still confused, stared clueless at Verde, Sioichi, and Spanner wandering why they were so shocked.

"Take it off." Verde demanded still staring her down. Kaminika was slightly taken aback from the harsh tone he was using with her and by what he suddenly asked.

"Excuse me?"

"Take. Off. The. Cloak." Kaminika seemed to relax in realization, but let out a sigh nonetheless. They all watched as the girl carefully undid the tie and button letting her cloak slide off her shoulders showing a teenage girl underneath. She gently folded the clothing and placed it over her arm only to cross her arms in front of her seconds later. There were a few gasps and hands covering mouths but all stared taking in the sight.

Kaminika was in fact a girl and had the figure to prove so. Her appearance consisted of a dark purple and black long-sleeved shirt with a dog collar and cat bell covering her neck. Black pants hung from her waist down with purple and dark grey shoes. She also wore fingerless black gloves to complete her style. Her hair, believe it or not, was a light purple tied up into a ponytail that reached the end of her hairline on her neck and had a piece that covered her left eye. Speaking of eyes, hers were a deep purple that were looking at the three geniuses in a calm manner. Her skin was about as tan as Yamamoto's and just as smooth. All in all she was a pretty girl. Some guys had to do a double take because of the unreal transformation. Her curves were now visible instead of being hidden under her black cloak. No wonder that thought she was a guy.

"Is there something wrong?" she asked a little concerned for their wellbeing. Again they were stunned. The voice at least should have told them she was a girl. Not that it was high pitched or anything, it was, well, feminine. Luckily they came back down to earth again.

"No, nothing at all is wrong." Reborn answered but quickly walked over, passed her, and grabbed Verde by the arm dragging him out the door all while Verde was still glaring daggers at Kaminika. "Excuse us." She only gave a nod and the rest followed Reborn and a glaring Verde out of the room. With a slam of the door, the room was free of all but one inhabitant; they had left her to clean up their mess.

*ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RAINBOW (get it)*

"He's a girl." Verde hissed. This guy really wanted to shoot something and that's not even his department.

"Your point is?" Reborn was getting frustrated with the prideful scientist. He had it up to his fedora with Verde's complaints and frankly he didn't know why he was complaining at all. He was a she; so what? If anything it made their trip here a heck of a lot more interesting.

"What's my point? WHAT'S MY POINT?! MY POINT IS HE. . .SHE. . . IT LIED TO ALL OF US AFTER IT JUST SAID IT DOSEN'T LIE. WHAT ELSE COULD HE. . .SHE. . .IT BE HIDING?" Verde screeched at Reborn for even putting Kaminika's 'lying streak' up to question. Verde was beginning to think something was wrong with staying at this house (more like mansion). Reborn thought otherwise.

"As far as I know, she never said that she wasn't a girl." Reborn retorted making Verde stop his rant. "And she wasn't hiding it, we just never noticed." he continued watching the teen attempt to stare him down.

"I agree with Reborn," Fong joined getting a few nods from others, "besides," he continued slightly opening the door to show Kaminika cleaning up their mess, "she has been very nice to us considering that we are a plethora of strangers that just showed up out of nowhere on her front porch."

"And as I said before, we just assumed she was a he."

"When, in fact, he was a she, kora." Colonello helped.

"Kufufu, we have no one to blame but ourselves for this misunderstanding." Mukuro added.

"B-but still…" Verde pressed attempting but failing to get them to see that there was something wrong with her.

"But still, what?" Tsuna intervened shocking a few of them including Verde. "She hasn't done anything bad to us. Why should we be suspicious of her now?" The statement received a couple gestures of agreement including a smirk from Reborn. "Besides, if there was something wrong with her some of us would've sensed it, right?" there were more nods. Tsuna was right, everyone here knew that he could've sensed danger with his Hyper Intuition plus most of them have had their senses sharpened to pick up on things like this. They all looked back to find Kaminika picking up the last of the mess.

"I'm not saying I just noticed this," Byakuran spoke up gaining everyone's attention, "but I do feel something strange about her."

"Ah ha! See?!"

"Hold on. I said something strange, not bad." Byakuran clarified.

"I thought it was just me." Tsuna piped up. Reborn was starting to take more interest in their stay here.

"What do you think it is?" he asked.

"I'm not exactly sure. It's not bad, but it's not good either. Something different." Tsuna brought out a rare thinking pose and started to decipher what the feeling was whilst the rest tried to convince Verde Kaminika was not, in any way, a threat to them.

"Did she attack us?"

"N-no."

"Did she purposefully hurt us?"

"No."

"Did she attempt to kill us?"

"NO!"

"That's right. In actuality she saved us from being killed."

". . ." Verde was speechless. They were all sticking up for a stranger they met a week ago. He took a peak back through the door to see her fastening the string from her cloak around her neck. If she had that thing on they could never see the upper part of her head nor could they see the rest of her body. Not even her shoes were visible just the lower part of her face, kind of like Mammon. Wonderful.

Verde still wasn't convinced though. Lal was seriously on the verge of slapping him to oblivion but Dino intervened before it could happen.

"How about we test her then. Would that make you feel better?" he asked the disturbed scientist. Verde thought about it for a moment, grinning as the motion sunk in his head.

"What a great idea." His evil grin grew more making Dino wish he kept his big mouth shut.

"Will that make you feel better? If we test her?" Enma asked. He was against the idea the second it came out of Dino's mouth. Verde gave a nod and, before anyone could stop him, burst through the doors making his way towards the girl who turned her head to find out what the noise was about. Her answers were given to her when she saw Verde approaching her at an alarming rate.

"Welcome back."

"Quiet, I have a question to ask." Verde ignored her petty greeting. She sat there for a second until turning her body to face him fully and silently waited. Verde took this as permission (not like he cared if he got any or not) to ask his question.

"Would you be willing to go through a few tests for me?" Kaminika froze at the question for a minute not failing to grab the attention from the onlookers.

"I-it depends." She stuttered catching the said onlookers off guard and making Verde's grin even wider.

"Worry not they're simple tests, it's not like I'm sticking wires in you."

"Oh." She loosened when he explained, though they weren't sure why she went stiff in the first place.

"Are there a number or is it just a fairly large test?" She asked in a more-calm manner.

"There are three tests I want you to go through. We already know you're smart so there's no need for an intelligence test. The other three, however, are required. Challenges if you will." Verde went on. Kaminika's ears perked up at the word 'challenge'. There was something about challenges that she just loved with a passion and she never backed down from one. She never lost one either; how about that. What are the odds?

"Very well. They are?"

"Strength, speed/agility, and accuracy," Verde, seeing that he still had her attention, continued on by pointing at three particular on lookers, "and they will be the ones to test you. The COUMBSIN monkey wearing the army arrangement will do strength, the ninja in red will do speed/agility, and the playboy with the hat will test your accuracy." he gladly finished, proud of decision.

"Hey, we didn't agree to this, kora!" Colonello shouted from his spot with the others in disapproval. "And who are you to call me a monkey, lab rat?!"

"Since when do you tell me what to do?" Reborn felt too lazy to even waste time on Verde's absurd idea. Fong didn't like it either.

"I really don't like where this going." Tsuna cut in.

"Don't worry Tenth, she's only a girl they can't do much." Gokudera tried to comfort his boss to no avail.

"Alright." The comment about girls set her off though she stayed calm. Gokudera only snorted and Verde was excited that she accepted. Looks like they didn't have a choice now. "I look forward to it." The three Arcobaleno could only shake their heads at Verde, who in the meantime was cackling on the inside. Tsuna, Enma, and select others where a bit surprised she said yes. That surprise was quickly turned to fear and worry.

Kaminika approached the three and bowed politely. "Please do not hold back for my sake, go all out." She lifted and met their eyes. Her head shifted a little so that they saw a part of her face. She smiled wider and made sure that she had made eye contact with them. Part of her face was still covered but they could see one of her eyes. "You just might be surprised." With that said she walked back to her spot and the three of them felt a ting of excitement flow up their spines, though they all thought that her eye changed color.

"Mistress!" Kaminika turned to find a familiar woman in the doorway next to the KHR group.

"Mary. Is there something wrong?" she asked, concern filled her voice.

"Far from it! He called and said he would be home no later than 5:30 this afternoon." Mary blurted excited for the arrival of a certain person.

"Ah, really?! We must prepare then. Ask the chefs to make a 5 star meal and, whenever you can get to it, make sure the dining room is spotless, please."

"We'll get it done within the hour. It's 3:15 right now."

"Perfect, thank you."

"Yes, mistress." Those who were watching this were thoroughly confused because they were speaking in a different language. Kaminika noticed this so before Mary left…

"Ah, Mary wait a moment." As she approached her she brought Verde along with her. "My apologies everyone, this is Mary. She works as a maid and caretaker here; she has taken very good care of me. She is also one of the few people that are bilingual. If you ever need help or any information and I am not around please do not hesitate to ask her." Kaminika explained and Mary slightly bowed.

"I'll tell you anything you need to know." After introductions, Mary set off to do what she was told and Kaminika made her way to her room asking for the three Arcobaleno to come to get her when they were ready, leaving everyone else to go flying once again. Colonello, Reborn, and Fong went to plan their tests.

*ONE FABULOUS HOUR OF PLANING LATER*

Reborn was in a chair leaning against the wall; his legs crossed in a manly way. The fedora on his head shadowing his eyes and his arms crossed over his chest. All in all he looked like he was taking a nap.

"You two done yet?" he asked. Reborn was finished planning his test exactly 53 minutes and 37 seconds before Fong and Colonello. Fong was just finishing while Colonello was still pulling out ideas.

"How about I have her lift some weights?" he asked getting a frustrated groan from Reborn.

"Colonello she said not to hold back didn't she? Do a one-on-one match or something." He advised getting tired of the rain Arcobaleno.

"Well I want to test her not unintentionally hurt her or scar her for life." he barked back.

"That's a big word you used Colonello. I'm slightly impressed."

"Shut up, Reborn I'm trying to think!"

"Another impossibility coming to reality. Keep this up and you could write a book about yourself."

"Quiet!" Colonello shot back, getting fed up with Reborn's teasing.

"*sigh* You two…Well in any case, I'm finished planning so I'll go fetch her for her first test." Fong claimed standing up from his seat and walking toward the door.

"Hold on, who said you're going first." Reborn objected. Fong turned to face Reborn with a look that said 'Really?'

"I don't see you making an effort to move." Fong retaliated.

"Touché." Reborn said turning his attention back to the table in front of him. Colonello, though, was not helping at all.

"Wait a minute! Didn't she say for us to come and get her when we're done?" he panicked.

"She did." Fong clarified.

"Then why are-."

"You take too long." The two said in unison.

"Now hold it!"

"No." At this point Fong and Reborn were walking out of the room.

"Don't ignore me, kora!"

"Too late," and they were out the door leaving Colonello all by his lonesome.

"Hey!" making him jump from his seat running after them. "Wait! I'm done! I'm done! I'm coming, kora!"

*APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES LATER*

"We."

"Are."

"Lost." The boys who had previously left for the owner of the house's room were now in a bind. They were lost. Poor boys.

"I told you to ask that maid for directions three turns and a couple stairwells back Mr. Know-It-All." Colonello spat at Reborn who supposedly had become the leader of the pack. Reborn had been a bit too stubborn in asking for directions and now learning to regret it though he refuses to admit it. His pride is on the line and the last thing he wanted was that shrewd rain Arcobaleno to get the satisfaction of being right. So right at this moment he had a big tick mark on the side of his head.

"Colonello, please," Fong interrupted his rant, "he probably thought he knew where he was going."

"Fong…"

"Yes?"

"Not helping."

"I realize this." Reborn's tick mark grew three times that day...

"I told you. You're terrible with directions."

…and then some. Thus a full blow argument was born with words that would crumble a person's ego and stab a man's pride.

"Is there a problem here?" a soft voice from behind rang in their ears making them stop their actions. Slowly turning their heads, their eyes met with a black cloak. "Are you all well?"

"Kaminika-san?" The girl gave Fong a smile for he was confused from where she appeared.

"Where did you come from?"

"From there," she said pointing at the door behind her before turning back to him, "You are standing outside of my bedroom door." Colonello suddenly hit the floor in tears and disbelief with Reborn towering over him. A smug grin graced his lips and an air full of victory surrounded him. Under the shadow of his fedora, Colonello could tell Reborn was giving him a look that screamed 'Now what sukkah''.

"Were you all, by any chance, lost?" the girl asked. Colonello was quick to answer, but just as he opened his mouth Reborn swiftly kicked him in his gut all while giving Kaminika the most charming he could muster.

"Of course not." Reborn lied while Colonello was gasping for air.

"Lair…" he managed to wheeze out being granted yet another boot to the head this time. The poor rain cried out in agony. Reborn still kept up his charming smile plastered all over his face.

"Really…?" the girl said a bit dazed. Fong sighed at the two's childish antics. Turning his attention back to the dazed girl, Fong proceeded to get everyone back on track since the two troublemakers forgot why they were there in the first place.

"Kaminika-chan, we have finished preparing and are ready to test you when you deem ready."

"Is that so? Wonderful, I just finished preparing myself. When do we begin?"

"If you have an open space large enough for our tests, we can begin immediately."

"Hmm…I have one space in mind."

"Oh?"

"The back yard past the gardens is fairly large."

"Perfect. Then we will start when everyone is gathered."

"Very well. I will have a maid show you the way once you all have gathered."

"Xie Xie." Fong bowed in thanks and Kaminika was slightly baffled in the change of language but caught on.

"Huanying nin." Fong was surprised she knew how to speak his native tongue and quickly stood up and stared at her for few seconds while she smiled back.

"Well let's go Fong, I think we've all waited long enough."

". . ." They soon walked back in the direction in which they came or in Colonello's case limped. Kaminika watched their figures fade into nothing then turned to walk towards her next destination.

"Once Reborn, Fong, and Colonello got back to the workshop they called everyone together and told them how everything was going to go down.

"Now we just have to wait for the guide Kaminika-chan told us about."

"You mean the maid?" Tsuna questioned.

"No Dame-Tsuna your mom." Reborn spat out.

"HEY! I'll take you making fun of me but when you insult my mom…it's on you sanity challenged freak!"

"*Gasp*" Everyone took a slight step back.

"You want to repeat that, brat?" The hit man questioned pointing his trusty gun at his student's head itching to pull the trigger.

"SURE! Don't. Insult. My. Mother! Ya Spartan sadistic psycho!"

"Oh it's on cream puff!"

"Bring it!" Both charged each other without thinking about anyone else. Even though Reborn had a gun, he chucked to the side planning to use his fists. Tsuna also knew he was out-matched but when someone makes fun of his mom, no, his family…Boy it's on like DONKEY KONG! No Hyper Dying Will Mode needed. Luckily, Colonello had enough sense to stop the battle before it begun. Taking all chances, he swiftly placed himself in between the two before they collided.

"Whoa, whoa! Wait! Time out, kora!" It took all of his strength to push them away from each other. "Seriously, kora?" he breathed out attempting to catch his breath. "Where is that maid, kora? I can't take much more of this." As if on time with his question a maid, more specifically Mary, slipped into the room.

"I'm sorry for the wait everyone." She bowed politely.

"THERE SHE IS! Right on cue." Colonello called, briskly speed-walking towards her. "Tell me you're going to takes us to Kaminika-chan now." he pleaded; anime tears flowing from his eyes.

"Yes. Please follow me." She began to walk off towing Colonello with her, Tsuna and Reborn sparking lightning between their eyes behind him, and everyone trudging along keeping their distance from tutor and student.

Throughout the walk, Colonello asked Mary questions. Simple ones like how she became a maid at the house, did she like her job, and how long she was there for.

"How old are you, kora?" Just then, Lal ran up from the back and socked him one upside the head causing him to topple over in a crumpled heap.

"You don't ask a woman that! You NEVER ask a woman that!"

"Sorry. My bad. Forget I asked." Mary only smiled with sympathy and helped him off the ground.

"It's fine, I'm not shy about my age like most woman. I'm 47."

"Really? I thought you were 30." Colonello weakly called out.

"Thank you but that isn't so."

"How long did you say you worked here?"

"Eight-teen years. I worked here before the mistress was born."

"When was she born?" Lal asked ever so casually.

"Hmm. She is around all of your ages; she is a teenager after all."

"Oh really?" Skull questioned.

"Hey I've seemed to notice it's been a week and I haven't seen Kaminika-chan's parents around. Do they work abroad or something? I'd love to meet them." Kyoko stated. Mary paused a little almost barely noticeable. It took a minute for her to answer.

"No."

"Oh, they don't?"

"That's correct."

"Then where are they? What do they do?" she asked again, more interested than before. Somehow everyone started unconsciously listening intently for the answer, but before Mary could answer there was a shout.

"Gyahaa!"

"!"

"Haha, looks like we're here." Yamamoto pointed over to an open area where Kaminika stood with a familiar looking cow child in her arms.

"Calm down Lambo-kun." Kaminika scolded softly but to no avail.

"No way; Lambo-sama is too great to follow orders!"

"Lambo!" said child turned his head finding a flabbergasted Tsuna sprinting towards him. "Where have you been?!"

"Ah, Tsunayoshi-san you are here and with the rest I see."

"Sorry for the trouble Kaminika-ku- I mean chan!" Tsuna spluttered out. She just shook her head.

"No trouble at all, and you can drop the chan or kun. They are not necessary for me.

"O-Okay." Just then, an arm flung around Tsuna's shoulder.

"Yo, what's up? You excited?" the baseball star asked.

"Very much so."

"Cool."

"Hey baseball idiot! Don't sling your arm around the 10th like that! Show some respect!" Gokudera growled.

"Ushishishi. That wuss doesn't deserve respect."

"What'd you say sheepdog?!"

"You heard me loud and clear mop bucket." While those two where at it, Lambo asked Tsuna for candy, Yamamoto was laughing his care free laugh, Tsuna tried to stop the upcoming fight, and everyone else filed in accordingly; crowding around them. Kaminika, beginning to feel uncomfortable in the newly form crowd, took a few steps back. Tsuna, Reborn and Hibari noticed this and were about to comment but thought better of it. The area was soon filled with chatter and liveliness until an impatient Verde grew tired of waiting. Unfortunately for him, Kaminika was talking to Mary.

"Thank you again for escorting them here."

"Anything for you at any time mistress." and she dismissed herself. When she left Verde was beyond enthusiastic.

"Finally! Let's get on with this already." Reborn, Colonello and Fong gave a nod and turned to the girl.

"Alright, are you ready for your challenges?" Fong questioned.

"Yes."

"Well then let's-"

"Oh, please not here. I had a different place in mind." she panicked. The group was confused. This wasn't the tests were being held. "It is this way; follow me." She opened the clear doors behind her and proceeded outside, everyone following. The sight that greeted them was stunning. Left and right were flowers in their field of view.

"A garden?" Lessuria pondered taking in the beautiful sight.

"Mmhmm."

"It's so beautiful." Kyoko praised.

"Thank you."

"The gardeners take very good care of it." Haru added.

"You are close."

"Hmm?"

"This is my garden. Only I take care of it. It is my responsibility. These are special flowers to me."

"Wow, all by yourself? That's amazing." Enma praised.

"Thank you very much. Come, our destination is this way. Fill free to sight see but stay close. Any of you could easily get lost if you do not know your way." They nodded to show understanding and continued on.

The trip was consisted of 'oo's' and 'ah's'. Many questions were asked and answered and it wasn't long until they reached their designated area.

"It's so spacious!" Tsuna awed.

"It is much better than in the house." Kaminika replied.

"So it is." Fong said. Kaminika turned serious seconds later and shifted to her three testers.

"Which of my tests shall be first?" Verde silently cheered at the question.

"Now wait a minute, I have my test ready for you but I can't speak for the others on whether they have obstacles they need to set up or not." Fong informed her and Colonello's hand shot up.

"I do, I have obstacles."

"Oh, COME! ON!" Verde shouted, veins popping up all over his face.

"Calm down drama queen. It won't take long to do."

*10 WHOLE MINUTES LATER*

"Done!" Colonello said smiling really wide; proud of his work.

"About time. Can we just move on?" Verde sighed.

"Yep."

"Good! I took the initiative and decided on a way to choose what event would go first." the scientist spoke aloud.

"Knowing him it'll probably be some new device he came up with." Tsuna whispered behind him receiving many nods. To their dumbfoundment, Verde snatched Reborn's fedora and pulled out three colored strips. He placed the strips in the hat and held it out to Kaminika causing Tsuna and the rest to sweatdrop.

"Then again…"

"Even a scientist like him can be simple-minded, kora." Colonello commented dryly.

"Pick a strip. Don't look." The green haired man instructed ignoring the group and focusing on the teen in front of him. The girl placed her hand in the hat and turned her head the opposite direction. She pulled out a balled fist and Verde tossed the hat over his shoulder much to Reborn's protest.

"Get over it," Verde shouted over his shoulder, "let's see which one you have." Slowly her hand opened up revealing a red card. By now Verde was grinning like an idiot and Kaminika looked at the card thoughtfully.

"This is not a bad thing is it?" she asked. The eager scientist chuckled at her confusion.

"No, it means your challenger for your first test is Fong." Fong stepped forward; a warm smile apparent on his face. "What the challenger must do is state what the challenge is and what the testee must do to pass. Short and simple." Verde instructed and backed up towards the others. The two nodded and faced each other. "First tester: Fong."

"My rules are simple, you must catch me whilst dodging my attacks within the time limit." he explained.

"Fair enough. I accept." Kaminika replied.

"I find it in order to warn you that I won't hold back like told." he stated bowing and striking a fighting pose.

"I would not have it any other way." she commented back also bowing.

"The test of Speed/Agility is set. You may begin when ready." Verde boomed.

"Go Fong! Show her the power of the Arcobaleno!"

"FIGHT TO THE EXTREME, KAMINIKA!"

"Onii-san, why are you cheering for her?" Tsuna asked the boxer.

"SHE LOOKS LIKE SHE COULD USE SOME EXTREME ENCOURAGEMENT!"

"Oh…F-FIGHT KAMINIKA!"

"ATTA BOY SAWADA!"

"BET THAT GIRL!" Gokudera screeched.

"5000 yen on Nika-chan." Byakuran blurted out.

"Pft, 7000 on Chinese boy." Squalo threw down said amount.

"THAT AGAIN?!" Tsuna screamed. The betting continued.

"Looks like thing are becoming lively." Kaminika observed.

"Agreed."

"Are you ready?"

"More than ready. You have a time limit of five minutes."

Without warning, Fong launched himself towards the girl planning to land a blow. At the last second she stepped aside as he rushed past her. Not slowing down a bit, Fong turned around and quickly rushed her again. Kaminika's back was still facing him but, just like before, she stepped to the side as he ran past. This time he kept running forward turning his head back.

"Come catch me." The girl watched him speed off into the forest. A smile on her face, she ran after him.

"Let the chase begin." The others watched as they disappeared in the forest leaving them behind.

"Hey!"

"How're we supposed to see how the match ends?"

"Fear not everyone, I've prepared for this. In the 10 minutes that Colonello used to set up for his test, I placed mini cameras up all over that forest and I have the monitor right here." Verde pulled out a small box-like monitor before throwing it near open space. It grew 10 times its original size so everyone could see. He then pulled out a remote and pressed a green button making the screen come to life. The screen started to show an old Frankenstein movie. The group gave the scientist questionable looks making him laugh nervously.

"Wrong channel." Pressing another button, the screen changed to the Opera Show. "Wrong channel." He did the same thing again and ended up on America's Best Top Model. "WRONG CHANNEL!" By now there were a few snickers pointed in his direction. He clicked the button again and it showed huge trees standing tall. "At last."

"What's that?" Dino asked pointing at the monitor having everyone focus on the screen as a red blur passed by. Verde zoomed in showing the red blur to be Fong.

"It's Fong."

"And that girl is nowhere in sight."

"I wouldn't be too sure." Reborn interrupted, because just as he said it a black figure ran by making Verde do a double-take.

"S-She's keeping up with Fong?" It came out more of a question than a statement.

"Who knew?"

"Looks like Verde isn't the only one surprised."

*WITH FONG AND KAMINIKA*

Fong was jumping from tree branch to tree branch making distance between him and Kaminika. It wasn't long until he heard rustling from behind him. He looked over his shoulder to find said girl on the forest floor running right behind him.

"Well how about that? This won't be as boring as I thought." He picked up his pace not going unnoticed by the girl below him. She also picked up her pace to stay in time with the cursed boy.

"Stay with me Kaminika-san." Though saying that, Fong let out a flurry of attacks. Kaminika easily dodged them but lost track of Fong. She stood there for a good 30 seconds before making a hard right and running again.

*WITH THE OTHERS*

"Nice one, Fong." Lal commented.

"Left her in the dust, literally." Mukuro teased.

"What's she doing, byon?" They all turned to the screen to see Kaminika standing there. She moved seconds later in the right direction.

"Hey, isn't that the same way Fong went?" Skull questioned. Jaws were agape; not all but some.

"Yep."

*BACK WITH THE OTHER TWO*

Fong was back to running away for the girl thinking he was ahead. He heard more rustling from behind and unfortunately, yet again, she was gaining on him.

"She's tougher than she looks." Fong took a look at the watch on wrist that he previously put on before the match. "Two minutes remain!" he yelled back. The unusually silent girl took this time to speed up even more. Fong was caught off guard but stayed calm. He took the next minute to think up a plan. When he got one he realized that there was only one minute left on the clock and that was all he needed. The storm quickly made a turn left heading back to the open space where the others waited.

*WITH THE OTHERS*

"He turned again. He's heading back." Skull pointed out.

"There's only a minute left, what's he thinking?" Lal barked.

"I think he has a plan." Reborn stated almost surely. Only seconds after Reborn said that, Fong burst through the trees landing on the opposite side of the field with the purple haired female nanoseconds behind.

Only 30 seconds remained and the two were at a stand-off. Fong had decided to end the battle now while there was still time left. The onlookers watched intensely as the time ticked by. The storm took a quick glance away from the girl and towards the timer. Just 13 seconds left.

'It's now or never.' he thought striking a pose for his most deadliest and dangerous attack. The girl across from him became puzzled on what he was doing, then it clicked.

'He's attacking.' She took a look at the clock. 'Seven seconds left. I have to move.' But before a centimeter was within her grasp, he attacked.

"Bakuryuu Enbu!"

Wide-eyed, she watched as the dragon sped towards her with a loud screech, pure energy that felt like fire rushed around her and engulfed her completely. Gasps were heard from among the onlookers.

Once the smoke cleared there was nothing left which sent Fong in a frenzy of panic. Looking around he franticly searched for remains. He may have used his ultimate attack but he made sure that it wouldn't do much damage. His attack may have scorched her, maybe but incinerate her? Not in a million years. All the searching made him completely unaware on what was happening everywhere except in front of him. By the time he felt a presence behind him, it was too late.

The next three seconds went by in slow motion for everyone. Two out-stretched arms shot out from behind Fong and ever so slowly wrapped around his torso and waist. His eyes practically bulged out of his sockets from the surprise. He was equally surprised when he turned his head to see a BLACK HOODED CLOAK draping over the arms it carried. It was what she said that made him almost collapse.

"I win." It was then he realized that the FREAKING TIMER DIDN'T GO OFF!

*BUZZZZ*

Silence. As Kaminika let go of the stunned boy, she turned to the speechless crew.

"So? How did I do?" The only sound that managed to escape from the area were the birds chirping, the wind blowing, and the dropping of Verde's remote.