THE LONG AWAITED CHAPTER 5 IS HERE! SO VERY SORRY FOR BEING THIS LATE! WHAT WAS IT? TWO MONTHS?! SO VERY SORRY, THAT'S WHAT I AM!

WARNING: I KNOW A LOT OF AUTHORS SAY THIS, AND I WANTED TO BE THAT ONE AUTHOR THAT DIDN'T HAVE TO SAY THIS, BUT LADY LUCK IS NOT ON MY SIDE: THE PLOT BUNNY THAT I TAKE VERY GOOD CARE OF RAN AWAY ON ME! I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT HAPPENED OR WHY IT HAPPENED BUT IT JUST UP AND DISAPPEARED! I feed him, I played with him, I cleaned his play area, I even read him a bed time fan fiction every night like a good caretaker but I just HAD to join the clique that had their plot bunnies run away from home as well.

OH THE IRONY!.'

SO ANYWAY I'M GONNA TRY REALLY HARD TO GET THESE CHAPTERS UP AT LEAST EVERY MONTH, OKAY?! THANKS FOR STAYING WITH ME GUYS! PLEASE ENJOY! AND FOR THOSE WHO WAUTED EVER SO PATIENTLY FOR ME: DOUBLE CHOCOLATE FUDGE CAKE FOR YOU! (0v)

"Did I do something wrong?" Kaminika softly asked; her eyes filled with worry.

"Holy ham and cheese on rye." Tsuna mustard out. Everyone's faces distantly reminded Kaminika of fish with their mouths opening and closing. All of them except Ryohei who was punching the air like it was a threat.

"EEEXXTRRREEEMME!" which instantly got everyone to hold ears to ensure their eardrums didn't burst.

"Onii-san, please, not so loud." Tsuna tried to calm the glowing boxer with fire in his eyes.

"DID YOU SEE THAT SAWADA?! KAMINIKA EXTREMELY CAUGHT THAT GUY IN RED AT THE LAST SECOND! IT WAS SO EXTREME!" He burst out.

"I saw Onii-san, I saw." Tsuna muttered next to the extremely excited boxer.

'Guy in red?' everyone thought.

Fong was trying to collect his thoughts and himself before turning back to the group.

"To think that I was caught at the very end is . . . surprising. Congratulations to you. You pass."

"Thank you for testing me." Kaminika bowed with a smile lighting her face. Fong gave back a wary smile becoming cautious of the cloak wearing girl. Sadly enough she noticed but kept to herself. In the meantime, Verde was a gapping wreck. His eye was twitching at an inhumanly fast pace and his body was as stiff as a board with his jaw making an imprint in the ground. Soon, though, he composed himself and put on the most serious face he could muster.

"Well according to Fong you pass, congrats."

"Thank you." she bowed. Verde only scoffed at her gesture.

"On to the next challenge." With a new found determination rising up in him, Verde strode up to Reborn and stuck his hand. "The hat." were his only words. Reborn just looked at him with a focused hard glare.

"No." was the fedora wearing man's answer but Verde wasn't about to give up that easily. Thinking up a plan was practically child's play. The others watched as the two of them stood in front of one another; neither backing off. Verde had calculated the outcome of his master plan before putting it into action. Ingenious.

"Mother of all that's holy, what is that!" the green haired male shouted and pointed in a direction after taking a quick glance past the shoulder of the man before him. Unfortunately for Reborn, his inner child kicked in and head whirled around in the direction the scientist was pointing. Without a second of hesitation, Verde ripped the hat out of Reborn's grip and proceeded to run while shoving the remaining cards inside. Reborn, now feeling a small breeze wisp through his now bare head, swiftly spun around to find the retreating man heading towards the girl he was supposed to test. The hit man saw that he was too late and simply decided to just bore holes into the sleazy scientist's head.

"B*****d." The rest, not including the group that are 'too cool to care', dramatically face planted onto the ground below them. Some even sharply muttering how the scientist acted was that of a huge child.

A panting Verde ran up to a slightly confused Kaminika with the fedora owned by a hit man in tow. He hastily shoved it out to her a confident smile plastered on his face. "Go ahead. Look away and grab one." he said. Kaminika nodded and did as told. After a few seconds of shuffling the cards, she pulled her hand out of the hat once again. Verde, just like the first time, threw the useless (to him) fabric in a direction away from them. Again, Reborn Protested with rage about his signature hat being abused and disrespected; to many he looked like a blazing inferno glaring the sharpest daggers at the oblivious scientist. "Come on, unfurl your hand." The impatient man urged obviously ignoring the hit man's threating stare. The girl complied and unclenched her fist revealing…

A blue card.

"What?! You're telling me I have to go after that kora b*****d!" Reborn yelled in outrage. Colonello didn't take lightly to his comment.

"Who are you calling a kora b*****d you yellow-belled lizard, kora?!" he exclaimed loudly enough for people 5 miles away to hear.

"You, that's who!" Reborn answered back now giving his full attention to Colonello.

"Live and learn, dang it!"

"I am living and you're going to learn to know your place, road kill!" Of course, to accompany their insults to each other, they began the traditional bumping of heads to prove their points. Their antics finally got through to an already irritated Verde and he snapped.

*POP*

'Pop?' Kaminika thought when watching the two bickering before her. She turned her head side to notice the green haired man that was previously next to her gone but now in front of the other two holding what seemed to be. . .a giant rock.

"I should get to go before you!"

"Deal with it!

*WHAM**SLAM*

"SHUT UP!" Verde had flowing murder intent around him so strong someone could suffocate. He jabbed a vicious finger in their faces to make sure they were listening. "You, COUBSIN monkey, get your butt in gear and start telling her what to do," he started pointing in the girl's direction, "and you, quit crying like a baby before I give you something to cry about! You'll get your chance to destroy her eventually!" the group over to the side sweat dropped while the hooded girl laughed nervously at her predicament.

Verde was about to strangle them when he saw they were still sitting in their same exact spot.

"NOW!" Kaminika and some of the others watched amazed as Colonello scrambled to his feet and darted for the girl. As Verde walked away Reborn could definitely hear him muttering something like "way" "my" and "research". He rejoined the others with a grim look on his face.

"Serves you right, Reborn." Lal mocked but his mind was elsewhere and his facial expression didn't change.

"Something wrong, Reborn?" Tsuna asked feeling a little uneasy. Reborn kept his eyes trained on Verde.

"He's up to something and that muttering of his just confirmed my suspicions." he answered coldly. His student's eyes widened as he realized what his tutor was talking about.

"You mean to tell me that you planned that bout from the start?" Reborn gave him a slight nod never taking his eyes off Verde.

*WITH THE OTHER THREE*

"Sorry, sorry. Forgot all about you for a sec. My bad Kaminika." Colonello apologized repeatedly. The girl just gently pushed his head up and smiled.

"It is fine. I do not mind at all. Take all the time in the world if you need to."

"Thanks," he struggled to catch his breath, "again sorry."

"GET ON WITH IT!" Lal Mirch screamed at the man. He turned around in a flash to shout an equally loud reply.

"CALM YOURSELF! I'M GETTING TO IT, KORA!" he snapped his attention back to the girl in front of him. "Now before I was SO RUDELY INTERRUPTED," Colonello emphasized before continuing, "here's your challenge: you see that obstacle course over there? Complete it within the time is up." The rain explained while pointing said obstacle course not too far away.

"WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH STRENGTH?!" Verde yelled in annoyance.

"Hey, this is the kind of course that you can't get by without strength. Stay off my case, kora." Colonello casually replied. Verde, being the "cooperative" person that he is, gave in.

"Fine, give her the time limit." With that, Colonello held up two fingers.

"Two minutes." he spoke seriously.

"TWO MINUTES!" the clique behind them yelled obviously not expecting that and thinking it unfair. Colonello, on the other hand, crossed his arms over his well-built chest in a lazy manner.

"I didn't stutter." Verde's 'happy grin' came back full force as he mentally danced around in utter joy.

"Tell her how to complete the course." Verde urged him forward with flaps of his wrist, covering his mouth to stop himself from busting into uncontrollable laughter. He was still sane after all; at least that's what he wants them to think.

"Don't rush me, kora." Colonello sneered at the green haired man. "Kaminika," the blonde started before turning around and giving a hard glare to those behind him, "no interruptions." and turned right back around. "Kaminika, that course is probably the most energy sapping, strength inducing, hard core training that we've got in COUMBSIN and it's as difficult as H.E. double freakin' hockey sticks." Everyone had turned to Lal Mirch for confirmation.

"It's true. Many men have been crushed, thrown, and pulverized at the hands of this obstacle course. The best time to complete that course has to be, if I can remember correctly …7 minutes and 43 seconds?"

" 7 minutes and 53 seconds." Colonello corrected with ease. "That poor poor boy." He shook his head in exasperation. Lal put a hand over her heart and sighed heavily.

"Such a brave solider."

"And you want her to complete that . . . thing in 2 minutes." Fong inquired with worry lacing his words clearly. Colonello only nodded then pointed to the course as he began to explain.

"First you must…" he went through the obstacles purpose and how to clear them thoroughly. "Do you understand?"

"I do."

"Then head to the starting line and tell us when you're ready. Good luck." The girl bowed and thanked the teen then walked to her destination. Tsuna could only worry about the girls' circumstances.

"This is insane."

"I agree," Fong added and turned to Colonello, "are you sure this is a good idea; she could become hurt."

"She'll be fine. Besides weren't you wary of her just a second ago? Yeah, that's right, I noticed; we all noticed. Calm down will you?"

"How can you say all of that after you and Lal just mourned for a guy because he attempted this obstacle course?"

"Oh he's fine. Just a trip to the emergency medical unit and he was up and at'em in 3 ½ months."

"HHHIIIIIIEEEEE! Colonello-san stop this madness before she actually gets hurt!"

"No. She accepted it; she's going to do it and finish it."

"Colonello-san-"

"I am fully aware that everyone here is at edge with this girl just because she won the challenge against Fong with ridiculous ease. Fong I know for sure you're at the top of that list. Relax; let's just see how it turns out okay? Stop being so ridged, Fong."

". . ." Kaminika stretched a little and did some deep breathing before giving the okay to start.

"Ready…" the pack began shouting words of encouragement.

"GO GET'EM KAMINIKA-CHAN!"

"YOU SHOW THAT OBSTICLE COURSE WHO'S BOSS!"

"Set…" Verde's smirk grew larger with thoughts of the girl's defeat.

'She won't even get half way done with this thing in a minute let alone finish it in two.' Before Colonello could say "Go" Reborn had Leon turn into a whistle and blew.

*TWEET*

And she was off

(A/N: I'm so sorry guy's. I tried really hard to think of a good obstacle course that would be interesting and awesome and something else along those lines but I just wouldn't come to me I am so very sorry. Try thinking of something that would fit the circumstances. Good luck my readers.)

*EXACTLY 1 MINUTE AND 19 SECONDS LATER*

Kaminika was patiently awaiting her assessment while hearing the roars of excitement and sighs of relief coming from her guest. Colonello was writing her skill level down on an evaluation sheet he had on hand. Verde was doing the exact opposite of what everyone else was doing. Slowing processing what he had just witnessed about a minute and 30 seconds ago.

"So how'd she do Colonello." The scientist snapped his head in the direction of said Arcobaleno for an answer.

"Hold on…" the rain said focusing on the paper in front of him. The cheers died down and all eyes landed on Colonello. What seemed like an agonizing hour that had actually been about 15 second passed when the Rain Arcobaleno had let one final tap of his pen hit the clipboard. He calmly looked up from the same clipboard to see Kaminika standing by the finish line waiting for him. With pride, Colonello strode over to her and handed her the paper.

Kaminika politely thanked him and scanned over the evaluation. She suddenly stopped at the end of the paper and stared at the four letter fate-deciding word, looking up for confirmation only to be met by the hard eyes of Colonello. He obviously takes his job very seriously. Her eyes widened as he nodded and gave her a confident smile. In return, she gave him an ear-splitting grin and clutched her paper tightly.

"Congrats, solider. You pass." When Verde heard those words he swore he had a massive heart attack.

I know that this chapter is about half as short as my other chapters but to be honest I'm not very confident in this chapter. I really wish it could have turned out better.

On another note my next chapter, chapter 6, might take a month or shorter to submit. I HATE to keep you guy's waiting and I will do anything to avoid it. So I'm making a promise right now. I WILL GET CHAPTER 6 UP IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY! HUZZAH! So it is written SO IT SHALL BE!

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