Chapter Two: Arguments and Solutions

Sasagawa Yoko wasn't amused. Not one bit. Most of the time she could tolerate Hisoka but this time he had pressed the one button that should never be pressed. She was officially mad at him and she was going to officially stop talking to him from now on. Well, any talking that needed to be done was going to happen with the use of her fists.

Right now there was only one person that she could think of going to and that person was none other than Yamamoto Yasuhiko.

At least she knew she could count on that guy to be there whenever she needed to blow off steam, rant about how annoying and stupid Ayane was or simply let out her frustrations about Hisoka.

She decided that she'd jog to the old sushi restaurant and since she was already so used to going through the same place it didn't take her too long to get there. "Yo, anyone here?" she called as soon as she stepped in, oblivious to the customers inside.

"Hahi! Yoko-chan I didn't know you'd come here today!"

Yoko blinked her eyes and then turned to the side to find none other than Miura Haru coming her way and welcoming her with a big hug. And in this case big was an overstatement. "Has Shou-kun told you about the dinner party?" she asked, with a bright grin that over the years had become quite familiar to Yoko.

"Um he didn't but I heard from Yasuhiko this morning, before I went to my Capoeira class."

"Hahi? Oh we should let Shou-kun know then, Kyoko-chan asked him to look for you!" Haru exclaimed, looking mildly concerned so Yoko was quick to try and reassure her mind. "Ah is that so? Well then I'll go look for him and—"

"No, no, there's no point in doing that! I'll give him a call myself!" Haru interjected, shifting back to her usual cheerful and helpful self "Rest assured, Yoko-chan!" she added further once she caught on to the fact that Yoko was going to protest and explain that she could do the phone call herself. "Yasu is out in the back doing some cleaning." She explained, ushering Yoko along.

"Uh—ok, then, um thank you Haru-san."

"Oh please, call me Auntie Haru!"

Yoko let out a small chuckle as she waved at Haru and went to find Yasuhiko. As expected he was out in the back sweeping the dust from the floor, working diligently. Eh, Hana would very much like it if Yoko was as hard-working and hipped up about housework as Yasuhiko was.

"Yo Yasu!" Yoko suddenly exclaimed as she came up from behind him, energetically slapping his back causing the taller boy to wince as he rubbed his back with his hand while keeping the other one on the broom. "Doing well I see!"

Yasuhiko laughed soundly, nodding his head a bit despite the pain in his back "How was class?"

"Fine, fine, we didn't learn anything new today." Yoko ended up saying with a slightly discouraged tone, shrugging her shoulders lightly "I guess we can't learn new things everyday though."

"That's true," Yasuhiko commented as he finished with the sweeping and set the broom aside. "So, how did things go with Hisoka?"

That simple question was enough to cause Yoko to develop a dark, murderous aura around her, prompting Yasu to take a couple of steps back. "I don't want to talk about it. He's not coming anyway." She ended up muttering, looking away from her friend. She really didn't want to talk about it but she knew that the right encouraging look from Yasuhiko would get her to start babbling away about what happened, until that petty rant turned into a full-blown shower of insults and threats to a Hisoka that was nowhere nearby to listen to them. Nope, Yasuhiko would be the one that would have to listen to them. And yet he didn't seem to mind. He rather liked helping people, especially those who were close to him like Yoko was.

"Are you sure you don't want to talk?" he questioned, arching an eyebrow at her.

Yoko tried her best not to look at Yasu because she was certain the moment she did she would start talking. So, and to try and avoid that she focused her gaze on a wall, narrowing her eyes at it.

"Really, really sure?"

"YES!"

She loudly exclaimed, which instead of making Yasuhiko run or give up on this conversation only made him laugh. "You know, why don't we go play some baseball?"

This time it was Yoko who arched her eyebrows in disbelief. "Baseball? I thought you didn't like baseball…" he mumbled, eyeing Yasuhiko suspiciously. The former only laughed it off again, waving a hand dismissively. "What are you talking about Yoko?" he began, lifting up the broom as if he was going to use it as baseball bat. "I love the sport!"

Yoko was now officially confused. She had known Yasuhiko long enough to know that baseball was not his favorite sport. Heck, most people commented on that precisely because it was his dad's favorite sport and yet Yasuhiko never took a liking to it. "What got into you? You barely ever even played baseball before." She blurted out, yet Yasuhiko only shrugged his shoulders. "C'mon do you want to go hit something with a bat or not?" he questioned, grinning as usual "It'll be fun and very stress relieving!"

…..

"So where do you want to go Shou-kun?"

Shou sighed as he let Ayane drag him through the streets of Namimori. He knew where he wanted to go, he just knew better than to tell his friend he wanted to go find his cousin. "Um… why don't you choose?..." he said a bit hesitantly and once Ayane looked over her shoulder he smiled up at her. That smile apparently convinced her because she then grinned and, unfortunately for Shou, squeezed his hand even harder and started darting down the streets. "Great! I need to find something to wear for tomorrow!" she squealed.

Shou's jaw almost dropped, yet he didn't have time to be shocked since he had to focus on keeping up with her. "Ayane-san why do you need something new?... Don't you have enough clothes?..." he asked, somewhat hesitantly.

Ayane on the other hand stopped dead in her tracks and glared at show. "What are you implying?"

"No-Nothing at all!"

Ayane only arched an eyebrow further, keeping her grey eyes on Shou. "I swear! It was just an innocent question!"

Ayane eyed him carefully once more and after a seemingly never ending pause for Shou she was about to speak up again when another familiar voice was hear. "Yo Shou! Why the hell are you doing hanging out with my scary sister?"

Shou could have honestly gotten on his knees and thanked the Lord for sending Kaemon at the right time if it weren't for the fact that Ayane would have probably hit him over the head. "What are you doing here you obnoxious brat? !" She hissed, whereas Kaemon laughed. He truly did look like his father, only his hair was spikier at the ends and his bangs fell over his eyes to the point where sometimes people wondered if he could even see properly.

"What? It's not like I'm interrupting anything am I?" he began, smirking at mere idea of making his sister angry something which he was achieving quite easily.

"You are! We were going shopp—"

"Are you serious? Are you trying to send my best friend to the hospital by boring him to the degree of coma? !" Kaemon exclaimed, pretending to be offended and appalled at what he was hearing from Ayane. In a swift movement he grabbed Shou by his free arm. "C'mon buddy, I'll save you from this evil monster." He told him, being overly dramatic in his heroic declaration.

Of course, Ayane was not amused. This was proven by the fact that upon hearing the words 'evil monster' she immediately let go of Shou, only to try to and choke Kaemon. "Who the hell are you talking about you insensitive moron? !" she yelled which caused Shou to pale at the sight. "A-Ayane-san, Kaemon clearly didn't mean it like that!"

"No. I totally meant it like that." Kaemon managed to choke out which only made Ayane apply even more pressure.

Shou's jaw dropped before he reminded himself that he needed to defuse the fight and so tried to pull Ayane away from Kaemon "Ayane-san please be reasonable! People are looking!" he exclaimed, trying to reason with the girl.

For one reason or another, the fact is that Ayane did let go. "Fine, but only because Shou-kun asked." She stated simply, huffed and looked away from Kaemon, who was now trying to regain his breath. Ayane then flicked her hair over her shoulder as usual "I'm still going shopping, so I'll leave you two to do whatever it is you do when you're together." She said and then faced Kaemon, pointing an accusing finger at him. "And you, don't you dare blow something up!" she spoke sternly before facing Shou, who was now laughing nervously. Immediately her expression softened "See ya later, Shou-kun." She said, waving him goodbye before running off again.

Kaemon scoffed, rubbing his throat a little before looking up at Shou and grinning like he hadn't just been attacked just moments ago. "You can thank me for saving you later."

"Wasn't I the one that just saved you?"

"… … no, that was all part of my plan."

Shou tried not to laugh at this. "Really?"

"Exactly! Now that my sister is gone we can finally have some fun!" Kaemon exclaimed with a mischievous grin appearing on his features which prompted Shou to think that nothing good could come out of it. "Ok, what did you plan and how many bombs does it involve?"

"Ah! You know me well." Kaemon declared and looped an arm around Shou's shoulder "I'll explain it all to you. But first, how about you buy me lunch?"

"Again?"

"Just a slice of chocolate cake, please?"

"Alright fine." Shou muttered, but still smiled softly as the two walked towards the nearest bakery where Kaemon would then explain the awesome plans he had come up with.

…

Meanwhile, Ayane was shopping just like she had told the boys she would. She honestly couldn't stand her brother and his antics and she was indeed mad at him because, thanks to the fact that he showed up literally out of nowhere she was now doing her shopping alone.

"Idiot. Obnoxious little brat. I don't know why dad couldn't settle for one kid." She muttered angrily as she tried to pick out something decent. The fact that nothing was to her liking was making her even more frustrated.

She walked the around the store until her grey eyes landed on a particular shirt and her whole expression seemed to lighten. Now in a much better mood, she outstretched a hand to pick up said shirt only to be beaten to it. Her eyes immediately narrowed into a death glare yet as she looked to the side the angry look turned to a surprised one.

"Nagi?"

"Kufufu looks like the shirt is mine." The young pineapple head said as she held the shirt close to her. "I think it looks a lot better on me anyway."

Ayane's eyebrow twitched a number of times and she was ready to just yank the shirt out of the girl's hands when another voice, albeit a more meek one cut her off.

"Nee-chan, please don't start a fight with Gokudera-san…"

Nagi, who still held the shirt and had taken a couple of steps back to be out of Ayane's range looked to the side at her younger twin. "Kiri? Oh, I believe you're mistaken, this isn't a fight, just friendly conversation, right Ayana-chan?"

Ayane only gave her a dull look before turning to Kiri "Your sister is a jerk, she stole my shirt!"

"Kufufu I don't believe it's yours, it's for whoever picks it up and pays for it."

Kiri looked somewhat distressed and quickly got in between the two and before Nagi laughed or Ayane snapped she raised another shirt "Gokudera-san do you like this one?... I think red looks better on you then purple…" she murmured sheepishly. Ayane arched an eyebrow as she looked at the shirt before taking it from Kiri's hand. "You're actually…right. I do like this one better."

Nagi chuckled again. "And everyone' happy now."

Kiri nodded with a small smile before looking towards Ayane "We're just shopping for tomorrow… I still haven't found anything…uh…um…would you like to join us?" she blurted out that last bit, unable to maintain eye contact with Ayane.

Kiri did know that her father hadn't always been very trusted within the Vongola and so she tried her hardest to be friends with all the other members of the family since she really did want to belong and she really did want others to trust her.

Ayane eyed her and then her gaze returned to Nagi, who just smiled in a seemingly innocent yet taunting manner. In the end she drew a deep breath and nodded her head. "Yes, I wouldn't mind joining you two." Somehow she couldn't shake off the feeling that she was going to regret this.

…

And a recap on the new characters!

-Yamamoto Yasuhiko (Yamamoto Takeshi and Miura Haru's son). He's the tallest one of all the kids, much like his father was. He took after his father in many things like being caring and optimistic yet he can still act eccentric like Haru on occasions. Unlike his father he doesn't really like baseball and he's actually quite bad at it. He's 16 years old.

-Rokudo Nagi (Rokudo Mukuro and Dokuro Chrome's daughter). Even though she has her mother's original name personality wise she's a lot like her father, even mimicking his trademark kufufu. She quite enjoys teasing, fooling and even manipulate others and then using her innocent appearance to pass everything off as joke. She's 15 years old and the other twin.

-Rokudo Kiri (Rokudo Mukuro and Dokuro Chrome's daughter). Kiri takes more after her mother, being kind and more worried about being accepted by others than her older twin sister. She tries really hard for others to like her and always goes out of her way to help someone. She also fears being overshadowed by her sister but she still cares for her dearly. She's 15 years old and the younger twin.