He felt his pulse beating faster every second ever since he laid eyes on that shadow in the front school yard. He ran out the classroom, running to wherever his little legs could carry him, anywhere far away from that shadow. Tsuna looked around and realized that he had ended up on the roof during the physical examination. He collapsed on his knees as his hands gave his arms support, his chest heaving up and down. His shirt was unbuttoned, revealing a deep scar running down along his lower left abdomen. His breathing was abnormal and he did not have his inhaler with him. This was the worst situation. He thought it would be gone since Ibara-nee and Tsuru-nii was actually alive, but how come his spasms had not disappeared? Were they really there or not?

His body shook violently as a series of earthquakes passed through his body. It hurt so much. Why? Why did that shadow scare him so much? His shirt clenched onto him as sweated dripped from his forehead and slowly soaked into his shirt.

"Herbivore, what are you doing?"

Tsuna's eyes widened, when he heard Hibari's voice. But they immediately closed as he fell on his side, curling up in pain. He could see the perfect's shoes right in front of him, the confident shadow standing over him. However, the pain spreading through his body was indomitable. Nothing could get rid of it. "H-Hibari-san… P-Please run a-away…" Tsuna realized what was happening.

The disciplinary perfect raised an eyebrow at the boy's actions. "Don't make me laugh, herbivore." Suddenly, a flame ignited at his feet as he took a jump back from the suddenness.

The younger male pushed himself up, as his body swayed back and forth, the flames surrounded his hands, slowly scorching them. As soon as his head was held up, it revealed crimson orange orbs taking over the once brown hued eyes. In an instant, he was taking swings at Hibari. "Don't come near me." His eyes stared at Hibari, holding no feeling, remaining stoic. Remaining pieces of the herbivore had disappeared. So why was there was desperation in his voice?

"I'll bite you to death, herbivore." Hibari whipped out of tonfas, fast enough to block the flames that aimed at him.

"No…" But Tsuna's body did not obey its mind as it continued to attack Hibari as if it was doing it out of self defense.

A flame flew past Hibari with high velocity, barely missing the perfect's face. A smirk replaced the scowl on his face, until he was kicked from the side into the floor. His body rolled until it hit the fence, looking up to see the brunette about to smash his face. He growled, getting ready for the impact of the punch, only to feel nothing.

He soon saw the brunette looking the other way, only to dodge the daggers that laid rest at the place where his feet once were. They were sharp enough to penetrate through the floor, proving that their user was skilled.

A chain came out of nowhere and grabbed onto the boy's leg. As soon as it was wrapped around a leg, a tug was seen and the boy was smashed into the railing across from Hibari, making him unconscious on impact.

A female silhouette appeared from behind the entrance of roof, revealing herself in the sun.

Hibari eyed the woman. She was definitely someone he had seen before. If he looked closer at her legs, he could see a foreign sword strapped around her left leg. There was something on her right leg, but he could not identify what it was. "Who are you?"

The female walked up to him and stood over him, kneeling down to look at his face. "Someone you will learn to fear, young one. Thorns that will prick at your side if you dare attack its rose."

Hibari glared at the female as he got himself cleaned up and standing. He was about to attack her until he felt something cold touched his neck. He looked down and saw it that weapon she had on her left leg. "Tch."

The female laughed at him. "Wondering what this is? It's a kaiken. I suggest you don't move, since this little one can–" Before she could finish, the blade was tossed out of her hand, as it landed on her side, as a tonfa was held at her throat.

Hibari glared at the woman in front of him. She dare point a blade at him? "Who are you, herbivore?"

Her lips curved into a devious smile, almost sending chills down the perfect's spine. "You'll know soon. But I suggest watching your own neck before attacking mine."

Hibari scowled, realizing that he was now stuck in this woman's hands. So that was what strapped on her right leg. It was a sickle, connected to a chain. It was a good weapon for ranged attacks as well as close range, a kusari, if trained well. She was not someone who gave mercy, since she did not give him time to get back into his stance.

She lowered her weapon and placed it back on her leg as she walked over and picked up her other weapon. She knew Hibari would take this moment to attack her, so she let him.

Hibari almost questioned her when she moved to get her weapons, but resulted in attacking the female. As his tonfa neared her side, his eyes widened when her body shifted to side and side kicked him in the rib, making him tumble over on the ground.

"Hibari Kyouya, know your place. You should know when a carnivore cannot take on a species more dominant than itself, it backs down." Her eyes glared down at him as she lowered her face down to his ear. "You finally found your predator, Kyouya. And it's me."

Hibari was left in shock as the woman walked over the herbivore and picked him in gentle way. It was almost like a lioness protecting her cub. He growled as soon as she disappeared. She was indeed a ferocious woman, a carnivore indeed.

Too bad for Hibari. There was someone who was stronger than her and that was her partner.

"Reborn, what are you doing here?"

The shadow turned around and eyed the male in front of him with slight suspicion. A baby dressed in a black suit with a black fedora adorning his head, his sideburns curling nicely, giving him an innocent look. "I would like to ask you the same thing, Vendice."

Tsuru glared at the hitman before him. "I'm here because of the Decimo and only the Decimo. He is my top priority and no one replaces him, even if it's my own famiglia." His eyes showed resolution that finally replaced his own confusion of being with the Vongola heir.

Reborn was surprised at his declaration, a bit impressed, but did not show it. "Vendice, if you're here because of the Vongola Decimo, then you work for the Vongola Famiglia. That's how it works."

Tsuru almost reached in his pocket to pull out his weapon, but stopped, not wanting to fight. "That's what you think, Arcobaleno. I won't harm you now, but if you break that boy, I will break that pacifier of yours." And with that, Tsuru walked off from Reborn.

Reborn watched as the Vendice male walked away. That male was serious in his threat. Reborn knew that he had to take this seriously or else his life would be at stake, no matter how powerful the curse was. This was going to be tough one.

Notes:

Just got sudden inspiration to do this chapter. And took less than a half day. Cool. I wonder if I made Ibara beat up Hibari too much... Please review.