Yo! Will thanks for al the review you sent me. Even some are true….i have studied myself and I still have a lot to go before I can be a good writer…after all, I'm just a freelancer. And sorry for updating for so long….I was studying for our exam and damn it was hard. *Joke*

Oh yeah! About tsuna becoming Lys and all the out of the deal stuff. I really wanted to make a story that hibari would be paired with a girl that can matc he's cold and icy attitude but then all the girl candidates and guy candidates aren't suitable for my ideal image of a perfect girl so I created an alternative. Hope you won't hate me for it, though I know some already hated me. Hehehe!

Game 5: Trust is more reliable than Doubt

I thought that after resolving with Gokudera, everything will be fine but then……Things started to get worse than before. I was engulf in my own peaceful fantasies, and I thought I could live normally for the first time but I was only making that up, an illusion I wanted myself to believe. Now I realize I can live whatever life I wanted but a life I could never live is a normal life.

It was a beautiful morning. The start of the second semester. I was excited meeting with

my new friends, kyoko and Haru. We promise to meet each other at the 2nd semester and plan on what we do for Christmas. I was planning on giving the two of them a present as well as Auntie and Sho and my parents and subordinates but looking for a present that will suit them is really hard. Geez!

"hey! Lys! Lys! Are you listening?" I heard Sho's voice that brought me back to reality.

"Sorry! Sho! I space out a bit! I'm really sorry!" I apologized to him. We were walking to school. I decided to try it for a bit, the feeling of walking to school. *smiles* however!

"Sho! How long are we gonna walk?" I complained, "how can you endure this type of suffering, every single day……..ahhh! I wish I just ride with Mr. Mike…." I crumbled.

"Come on! Lys, just a bit more! We are really near!" Sho encouraged me.

"This is the 20th time you told me that and I still haven't seen the school's gate" I retorted, and then a red race car suddenly stop in front of us. It was quick so the car was being driven that fast as well.

"Yo! Want a lift?" the car window pulled down and revealed Gokudera sitting at the driver seat and cupball beside him.

"Why are you two still here?" I asked in surprised, "I thought you would go to your next performance Gokudera?"

"Well, I canceled them all" was he's cheerful reply, "I still wanted to get revenge on the guy that beat me up" he got a scary face, when he said that.

If only you knew that I know that guy

"I won't allow it!" I said, "Go back to Italy, right away!"

"What are you saying?" he responded, "Yamamoto and I have come to an agreement that we would stay here in to keep an eye on you. Now I know that there are dangerous guys lurking around here….."

"Dangerous?....." I was surprised by what he said, "you mean there are assassin sent to kill me?"

"YaH…uh…..what I mean to say is that there are guys like that punk who defeated me lurking in this city so I better be beside you and protect you if that happens"

I was silent for a while and then I walked to school.

"My lady?" Gokudera muttered.

I stopped in my track, "So there are assassins sent to kill me, right"

Gokudera and Yamamoto didn't reply, they just shut up.

"so its true…..they probably found out that I left the mansion and thought it was an opportunity for them to get rid of me….."

"that's not it! You should stop thinking about those things, you idiot" This time it was cupball's turn to speak.

"No! I'm actually fine with it!......being targeted, being fated to carry the Vongola family, being hated, being cursed……..Its simply is normal"

"What are you saying?" Gokudera asked hastily.

I turned to face them wearing a mask I wore since before I was born.

"Let them hate, so long as they fear" I quoted with a cute smile, "I learned it long ago"

"Now Let's go Sho! We're going to be late if we continue chatting like this" I told him with a cheerful laugh and I ran heading towards the School. With my back turned, they wouldn't see the face with my mask. They wouldn't see my eyes turning blurry with tears and my lips trembling to scream. They wouldn't see the weak Lys, they admire so much.

It was a surprise to me. I wasn't expecting Gokudera and cupball to go as far as to enroll in Namimori High. I mean, with Gokudera's attitude, I wonder what disaster would happen…..though, I Don't have to worry about cupball, he looks pretty normal without he's katana. I actually tied it using the 1st string: "grapple lock". So he uses the bamboo sword which turns into a blade when swing in a 100 speed reaction.

It helps to get rid of suspicion and rumors that will be made up by others. So that's how it is and Gokudera and cupball are seated beside me, Gokudera at my right and cupball in front of him. Sho transferred to the seat in front of me. Still it's bothersome; I now have limited times to spent time with myself and ONLY MYSELF! Geez!

"Yo! You're Lys-chan right?" Now it started. *sigh*

"You are Gokudera-kun, right?" I responded politely, "Nice to meet you" I added.

"Well, Nice to meet you too" he greeted me back, politely.

"I am Yamamoto, nice to meet you too" cupball lend out he's hand to me. I accepted it and we made a handshake. Our classmates were really interested, since we all came from Italy.

"Hey! Yamamoto-kun definitely is Japanese but Gokudera isn't, he's an Italian, right?" one of the girls asked them.

"Yeah! I'm a full Italian blood." Gokudera replied.

"I'm a full blood Japanese, but when I was 10, I was sent to Italy to become a maf….. I mean an Italian man" he laughed at he's almost exposure. Somehow, I've become worried about him too.

"Excuse me!" I said and went out of the room. I wanted to be alone for awhile. And I can't do that with those two tagging along. That's why I've decided to go to the rooftop, to chill out.

The breeze up here, at the rooftop, is cool and it simply is just peaceful. The best place ever.

"Hey! What are you doing here, slave?"

I opened my eyes, to see Kyoya, sitting on top of the adjacent rooftop.

"Kyoya? What are you doing here?" I asked him.

"Me….aren't I the one to ask you that?" he replied quickly. "I'm the head of the Discipline Committee and so I can do whatever I like"

Hearing him say that is nostalgic. It brings back memories. I couldn't help to smile.

"How boring! That authority which you call yours" I said frankly, "blurting out something that was just appointed to you, using it for your own advantage……" I giggled, "I don't like such rubbish stuff" my tone turned cold at the last sentence.

I turned my back at him and just lie there, not caring on anything and forgetting everything.

"Compared to mine, isn't the life that you walk on even boring" He retorted. "Acting all polite and good-natured even if the real you aren't like that. Smiling as if everything is alright, laughing at anything interesting and lying to everyone, it's quite disgusting to look at"

I smiled, "You think so." He didn't reply. "I know about my true self and I'm not hiding it to anyone. I just refuse to let them enter that solicitude I created only for me."

"That solicitude you call yours isn't yours at all…..You're only running away."

I opened my eyes and look up to the sky. "Do you really think that?" I smiled.

He was silent for awhile until he broke the silence himself.

"You're acting really strange……."

"I am not-"

"It looks like your falling apart"

Those words pierce me. Am I really running away from everything, refusing the responsibility as the heir to the Vongola, breaking and falling apart because I can't decide what to do?

Kyoya jumped down from the adjacent rooftop and landed graceful as if it was a piece of cake jumping from those 13 meters height.

"The girl who defeated me isn't like these………….She's not this weak….am I right?" he said, while slowly sitting beside me.

"Who knows" I replied but I smiled at that simple statement. I defeated him with my own strength and ability, it wasn't anyone but I.

"hahahahahaha!" I laughed heartily, "Yeah! You're right! I was the one who beat you to a pulp and almost killed you. Hahahahahaha!"

I stood up and face Kyoya. Face to face with a 5 inch distance.

"Thanks Kyoya!" I said showing him my cutest smile I never showed to anyone. I was happy so I was a little off guard about that.

"Why are you thanking me? I didn't do anything." Was he's uncaring reply.

"Well, to put it simply, you just made me feel better" with that I kissed Kyoya on the forehead.

"Why did you do that?" Kyoya asked, blushing in deep shades of red.

"It's how we do it in Italy" I replied with a smile, "When we say thank you to the opposite sex, we kiss their forehead as a symbol of our gratitude……..ummmm….that's how ladies do that to men……."

"Wha------So it's just a…."

"Well see you later, Kyoya" with a wave of my hand, I head back to my classroom.

"That's how you do that in Italy, huh?" I smirked. That girl doesn't really know how we do that in Japan. How funny. If only she knew what it meant of what she did here in Japan. She'll probably throw into fits just like last time.

"Kyoya-sama!" one of my servants appeared. They're a member of the Discipline Committee and they serve me, they're master loyally. What faithful dogs.

"What is it?" I said, in a cold tone.

"This is the list of information about the two transfer student" he handed me a thick envelope. I opened it.

"Gokudera Hayato and Yamamoto Takeshi" I read out their names out loud, "from Italy huh?" I smirked.

This is interesting! I wonder if those two knew Lys. It's not just coincidence that they arrived a few weeks after her arrival.

…………………………… Could it be that Lys is the person they called "My Lady"

"Okay! I have decided. I'll treat you all to dinner!" Gokudera announced proudly.

"Woah! Did something happen for a change of attitude……you seem in a good mood today, Gokudera" I commented.

"Why are you all shocked….I'm always in a good mood" Me, Sho and cupball didn't say anything on that statement he said. Everyone knows he's not always in a good mood.

"Anyway, My---I mean Lys-chan. We should commemorate this day of getting to know each other….That's the first step of building a good relationship" Gokudera stated proudly.

"Good relationship?…..Gokudera-kun….I don't intend to be in a really close relationship with you" That was that. I turned him down.

"Huh?!...EH!"

"That's how it is Gokudera. We are classmate and making such a troublesome relationship isn't really a good image for you, you know?" Cupball tease him.

"What?! Wait, I haven't even started my move!" he complained.

"Hey! Gokudera-kun. You should try polishing your attacks first." I said.

"uh…..Right"

"Next time, I'll give you a chance to battle me again" I said, "Oh yeah! Where are you going to treat us?" I asked. I could hear my stomach grumbling already.

"To the best restaurant in town!" he announced

I don't mind the best restaurant but I like to go the ramen shop Sho brought me before. Their food was really delicious.

"Hey! Gokudera! I want to go to a ramen shop!" I winked at Sho. He smiled getting the message. "I know a good ramen shop, so why not treat us there, than go to a restaurant" I told him.

"Uh….Is a ramen taste that good?" he asked curiously. I nodded.

"I want to taste ramen again. I missed the taste of it" Cupball said enthusiastically.

"Okay! Since Lys-chan wanted to eat some ramen, then I'll treat you some ramen." He gladly agreed.

The 4 of us head towards the ramen store. I forgot the way so Sho was leading us to it.

"Hear we are" Sho announced.

The ramen house isn't that grand, its your typical Japanese traditional house. Evrything around it is antique. The table, the chair and even the bowl. It has a homely scent and feeling. I caught a glimpse of cupball smiling in a nostalgic feeling. He must have remembered he's childhood or so I guess.

"This place isn't that bad" Gokudera commented.

We sat at a vacant table and soon a waiter arrived to ask our order.

"May I know your orders?" everyone paused and simultaneously look up at the person asking our orders. We were all surprised. I was even more surprised. It was none other than Kyoya.

"Kyoya!" I gasped.

"Hibari-kun" Sho gasped.

"YOU!" Gokudera shouted.

"Yo!" Cupball greeted him.

Kyoya all this time remained compose with all our noise.

"Hibari-kun, are this your friends?" a beautiful woman asked him. She got black hair and beautiful green eyes. Pretty.

"No! They're not!" he said coldly.

I stick a tongue at him and greeted the beautiful woman.

"Kyoya is very famous at our school so we know him." I said. The woman smiled sweetly.

"My! My! Calling him by he's first name, you to must be closed" she commented.

" May I know your order?" he asked coldly. From the looks of it, Kyoya looked annoyed and pissed. It makes it even fun to tease him.

Gokudera stood up and approached him. "You! You're the one who beat me up that night" he took out he's dynamites, "It's time for payback this time"

Kyoya was about to take out he's "tonfa" when I hit Gokudera with a paperfan.

"I'm so sorry! This guy just got a habit of challenging anyone that he hates." I explained.

"Oh! No need to worry! I like guys like that" the woman said that got us the attention. She like guy's like that. Is that why Kyoya turned to be the guy he is now?

"ahahaha! Is that so?" I said faking a smile.

"Dear! Order in table 4" a man called out from the counter.

"Coming Dear!" the woman replied. "I have to go now so Kyoya, treat our customer kindly, Okay?" she added while rushing back.

"Now, tell me what your order is so I can be done with you" he said, he didn't treat us kindly.

"Ramen with seafood" I ordered.

"Ramen with egg" Sho and Yamamoto said simultaneously.

"Well, if Lys-chan likes seafood then I'll want the same with her" Gokudera ordered.

Kyoya wrote our order and walked back to the counter.

"Oh! Wait kyoya! Add tea on it" I requested.

"We don't serve tea in a ramen shop"

"Then please give us something refreshing to drink" I said. He frowned and walked really fast to the counter.

"What's up with him…." I mumbled, "he doesn't look chatty as always"

"Lys-chan, do you know that punk?" Gokudera asked.

"Yeah!" I replied

"Lys defeated him in a one on one battle so know Kyoya is Lys subordinate, but Kyoya didn't said Yes so I think he's not Yet Lys subordinate" Sho explained

Kyoya arrived with our order faster than we expected.

"That was quick" I complimented him. He just ignored me.

"Hey! Punk! Don't get so cocky" Gokudera uttered angrily, he's loosing he's self-control.

"Now! Now! Calm down Gokudera-kun, we're here to celebrate our friendship remember" I told him.

"friendship….you mean you just met each other" Kyoya spoke suddenly.

"yeah! Sho and Yamamoto knew each other so know I'm getting to know Sho's acquaintance" I replied.

He didn't say anything after that and we ate a hearty meal. We left afterwards and Kyoya's mother invited us to come again, we couldn't turn down a welcoming request.

"Auntie! I'm going out! And don't worry about dinner, I'll eat on my own" I said and went out. I didn't tell Gokudera nor cupball where I am going since I don't want to take care of those two….I mean be held responsible if there is trouble cause by them.

I headed towards Shibuya and yeah! CLOTHES! I didn't say I like them but I love styling them and wearing my masterpiece.

I went into stores that caught my attention, not flashy store but non-attractive store and bought a few things. Stores like that have better quality than stores who are too flashy. The limelight doesn't prove the quality is guaranteed, they are just made to fool the customers.

"hey! Beautiful! You seem to be enjoying yourself with all those shopping bags" a guy who look like a gangster together with he's friends approach me. "Why don't you come and play with us, it will be fun than what you are doing" Man! It pisses me off.

"What I'm doing is much more fun than waste my time with you guys" I retorted, then started walking away from them.

The guy who took to me seem to be the bus and got angry because he was laughed by he's pals or so I say gang members.

"What did you say, you bitch" he grabbed me by the arm. He got a tight gripped on me. I struggled but this guy's grip is strong and I just realized I left my strings at home. On no! Wah!

"I said it before, you guys are a waste of my time. So let go before somebody gets hurt" I said, my expression was cold and my tone was icy. It's all I can do. Give out an evil aura.

"Why you!" the leader ordered he's man to get a hold of me. The people just watch nobody bothers to stop them. I kicked them hard. Really hard on the guts. I knock a few but its not enough to kill them. I want my string back.

"Hey! Slave! What are you doing restraining yourself?" a familiar voice I know spoke. Everyone look who was the person who spoke and it was no other than Kyoya. Why do he always appear in times like this. This makes me really pissed. First a group of gangster and now him. How am I supposed to finish shopping with this entire troublesome people around?

"Are you her boyfriend?" the leader asked with a fucking stupid voice.

"I'm not the person to be labeled her boy-friend." Kyoya replied. "First is we're not friends, I'm her master and second I'm not a boy…I'm a man" he looked at me. "So why don't you stop pretending and deal with them yourself." He added.

"I forgot my strings at home, so now you can say I'm just a helpless girl" I said with a cute smile.

Just get lost all of you!

"hmmm. Is that so?" was all he said.

"I'm sorry to disturb you with your chat but I'll be taking this girl with me." The gang leader interrupted us. He signaled he's man to surround Kyoya.

"Do whatever you want….." was he's cold reply. Wait! I change my mind. Kyoya! Please save me. "but I won't let you have all the fun…." He added.

He took out he's tonfa. "Since this girl is my slave. I'm the one who have the right to do whatever I please with her." He then knock out all the gang members in the blink of an eye. Wow! This guy has improved for the past weeks. Did he train?

"What?!" the gang leader was speechless. Kyoya walk towards him. He was in panic, in rage, I think he's losing he's mind and I really do. He pulled out a knife from his pocket and grabbed me on the neck. He then pointed the sharp knife at me, threatening Kyoya that he would kill me, if he moved any nearer from him.

Wait! A knife! Isn't it metal or steel?

Kyoya actually obeyed. He didn't move an inch and the gang leader just move backwards, farther and farther away from him.

Wait! Even a knife can't pierce through silver!.......that's it!

I looked at Kyoya really hard and winked at him.

He was somewhat surprised but smirked. What I want to convey to him is "I have a plan!" that was all the rest is up to him to decide.

I remember that my pendant is made of silver. I just bought it a while ago and decided to wear it since I like the quality of it.

I slowly, pulled out my pendant and place it on my neck.

"Kyoya!" I shouted. Kyoya reacted immediately at the sound of my voice. He dash towards us. The gang leader at that instant plunched the knife t my neck.

BAM!

"Are you alright now?" I asked my stupid slave who almost got killed by a knife.

"I'm alright!" my slave said. "Thanks for letting me eat your ramen for free" she said and continued eating happily as if nothing happened.

"aren't you a bit bothered about what happened a while ago….." I inquired, "you were almost killed, you know" I added.

"No! Not at all!" she replied. "I manage to pinpoint where he would strike the knife and as a drug-addict as he is….he wasn't thinking properly about anything, so he would probably strike at the part where I wouldn't be able to survive. In other words the neck"

"then if you know it all along, why didn't you avoid it?"

"then it would hit my face" was my automatic reply.

"You…you were only thinking of your face!" Kyoya had such a cute, annoyed face. It made me giggle.

"What's so funny?"

"if you can only see your expression…..hahahaha! It's so funny"

Kyoya frowned at my action and remained silent. I happily finish the ramen without any disruption.

"Do you have something to ask me, kyoya?" I asked him.

"What do you think I have something to ask you?" he replied

"You've got an uneasy face, you know" I told him while poking he's cheeks.

"Stop it! Will you! It's annoying" he complained.

I giggled then grab my thanks and started to leave. Of course, I stop and say my gratitude to Kyoya's parents. For the delicious treat.

When I was out of the store, kyoya was behind me.

"What is it?" I asked him, "ah! Are you going to tell me, what's in your mind now."

"Shut up and listen or I'll bite you to death" he replied coldly.

"What is it already?" I asked annoyed.

"At that time, you knew that that guy would go for the neck……so why didn't you dodge it?" he asked. Kyoya's tone was serious. He was really serious. I could tell just by looking at him.

"Kyoya" I said in a soft, gentle tone, " Humans are weak that's why they strive to be strong, others became insane because they wanted to prove themselves to the world, others got lost because they give up their conscience. But you see, sometimes you have to rely on others to survive……" I made eye contact with Kyoya so that he would understand this. "Trust is better than doubt…….and I put all my trust in you at that time, that's why I survive" I kissed Kyoya's forehead. My sincere gratitude for saving me.

"If I didn't do hit him at the time difference, your trust would have become nothing more than a disbelief." He said, I only smiled at him.

"but I am alive and that is all there is to it!"

"You're really are a weird girl, after all"