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As Tsuna was pulled through the halls by the overly energetic boy he couldn't help but wonder why the other seemed to be so excited that he was here. Usually kids his age hated it when he was around. Swallowing and gathering his courage he decided to ask the question that was plaguing his mind. "W-why a-re y-you s-s-so ha-hap-py?"

Rikuo came to a stop and looked at the other in confusion. "Why shouldn't I be happy? You're a yokai but at the same time you're human… just like me!"

Tsuna blinked at the enthusiastic answer and then narrowed his eyebrows in confusion. "A-aren't th-there o-others l-like us?"

Rikuo thought about it for a minute. "Well I have heard of there being some others out there but I've never met any before you. The main house only has a few fighters and the rest are weak yokai. That's what grandpa says anyways!"

Tsuna deadpanned. "S-so ba-basically y-you're s-saying y-you h-ave n-no i-idea wh-what's g-going o-on?"

Rikuo laughed nervously while scratching the back of his head. "Well… I don't know everything yet but I will soon!"

Tsuna just stared at the boy who seemed to have sparkles emanating from him. "Y-you're w-weird Rikuo-kun," he said before he could stop himself but as soon as he realized what he'd said he clamped a hand over his mouth and stared at Rikuo in horror.

Whereas Rikuo was completely oblivious to the other's panic and just simply laughed. "Yeah I get that a lot!" He then looked at Tsuna and frowned at the horror struck expression the other had. "What's wrong Tsuna?"

"I-I… y-y-you're n-not a-an-angry?"

Rikuo's frown deepened. "No, why would I be?"

"I-it's j-just th-that i-if I h-had sa-said th-that t-to s-some-one i-in my cl-class th-they w-would h-have b-been r-r-really a-angry wi-with m-me."

Rikuo was speechless for a moment before he narrowed his eyes. "Why? It's not like you were being mean. You were just saying that I'm weird," he then added cheerily, "everyone knows that!"

"Oh… s-so y-you're n-not a-angry?"

"Of course not!" He reached out and grabbed Tsuna's arm. "Now come on I've got to change!" And with that they were shooting down the halls again.

"C-change? B-but a-aren't y-you a-already dressed?"

Rikuo glanced down at his clothes which consisted of a pair of jean shorts and a t-shirt. "These are for school. I'm changing into my home clothes!" They came to such a sudden stop that Tsuna ran into Rikuo causing them both to topple to the ground. When they heard a chuckle they both looked up to see a man with long hair covering his right eye standing in front of them. "Hello Gyuki!" Rikuo chimed happily. "What are you doing here?"

Gyuki bent down and helped both boys to their feet noticing the slight twitch from Tsuna as he tried to suppress a flinch before answering Rikuo's question. "Well I heard Nana-san was coming for a visit with her son," he glanced at Tsuna, "so I decided to come see them. Though it would appear that I'm a bit late to greet them at the front gate." He smiled at the two boys before bowing ever so slightly. "I will go and greet the Supreme Commander and Nana-san. It was a pleasure meeting you Tsuna and it was good seeing you as well Young Master."

"Bye Gyuki!" Rikuo then elbowed Tsuna in the side.

"G-go-good-b-bye."Gyuki raised an eyebrow but said nothing as the boys continued down the hall, heading for Rikuo's room.

"So that was Gyuki, he's one of the Heads of the clan! He's really powerful! He's actually the head of one of our strongest groups!"

"I'm a-assuming y-your G-grandfather t-told you th-this?" Tsuna asked as his arm was nearly torn out of its socket as they rounded a corner.

"Yep! He told me in one of his stories of the past how the Nura Clan fought against the Gyuki clan and of course we won, but then Grandpa offered to bring Gyuki into the family! Isn't my Grandpa awesome?"

Tsuna couldn't help but get infected with Rikuo's excitement. "Y-yeah, h-he sounds g-great."

This time when they stopped it was at a pace that actually allowed them to remain standing though they did slide a bit. "Wait here while I get changed then we can play!" Rikuo disappeared into his room, leaving Tsuna to stand outside it still a little dazed and winded from the run.

Glancing around he took notice of the fact that the hallway they were in was open on one side and lead into the yard. Looking over the area he saw a cherry blossom tree and smiled at it feeling a sense of peace while looking at the blooming flowers. He tore his eyes away from the tree when he heard whispers, looking around he saw quite a few smaller yokai gathered around talking and pointing in his direction.

Self-conscious of all the attention he shrunk back, when suddenly he felt a tug on his jeans. Jumping in surprise he looked down at the small yokai that was looking up at him with wide eyes, the yokai had a very bird like face but he couldn't see any wings. "Are you Tsuna-sama?"

"U-um… I-I g-g-guess s-so…" he wasn't sure what the other meant by 'Tsuna-sama' he was pretty sure that everyone here knew each other so they wouldn't have to ask unless they weren't from around here.

The other opened their mouth to speak again when there was a sudden yell. "OOIII! Rikuo! It is I Zen! Where are you!?"

Tsuna covered his ears at the volume that made his ears ring. The door behind him opened to reveal Rikuo dressed in a black kimono with a blue cover jacket over it. There was a large face splitting grin on his face that somehow managed to be even larger than his previous ones. "Zen-san it here!"

"W-who's Z-Zen-san?"

"Zen-san is my best friend!"

Just then a boy rounded the corner, he looked older than them about eleven or twelve with white and black hair. "Rikuo! It's good to see you again!"

Zen moved forward and clapped Rikuo on the shoulder. "Hi Zen-san!"

"Please just call me Zen!" Zen's eyes swept over to Tsuna and the warmth in them disappeared. "Who is this?"

Rikuo turned around smiling at the other boy. "This is Tsuna! Him and his mom are going to be staying here for a while!" He turned to Tsuna but grabbed Zen's wrist and then grabbed Tsuna's wrist as well before shooting off down the hall. "So what kind of prank should we pull today?"

"P-prank?" Tsuna asked in confusion.

"Yeah!" Zen and Tsuna both deadpanned at the complete lack of answer.

Zen sighed and glanced over at the new kid. He didn't trust him. There was something about him that just made Zen suspicious. No one was that pathetic! He even stuttered! At that moment the bird yokai decided he would tear the boy's pathetic act away and make him reveal what his true intentions were.

Rikuo came to a sudden stop causing both of the boys he was dragging to slam into him and the combined weight made him collapse… for the second time in an hour. "Hurry up! Get off! I have the perfect prank!" the others got off him and stood up looking at the chocolate eyed boy waiting for him to tell them his prank. "Ok so what we're going to do is switch out the sake with a sleeping potion!"

Tsuna wrinkled his brow. "W-why?"

"Because tomorrow is a council meeting and it'll be funny if all the Clan Heads fell asleep in the middle of it!"

Tsuna frowned. "T-that d-d-doesn't s-sound t-that b-bad."

Rikuo tilted his head to the side and Zen glared at the spiky haired brunette. "What do you mean?" Rikuo asked.

"W-well t-they w-would ju-just f-fall a-asleep, i-isn't a p-prank s-supposed t-to e-embar-rass t-the p-person?" Tsuna didn't know where this sudden want to prank someone came from… but he really wanted to and that was strange considering he'd never done anything like this before.

Rikuo set his hand on his chin in thought. "You're right. Just making them fall asleep isn't enough. Hey Zen do you have any ideas?"

"Hm," the oldest of them crossed his arms in thought wondering what the best prank would be. "Well what if we switched the incense they burn with a tear inducing plant. It would make their eyes burn and tear up, causing uncontrollable crying."

The two younger boys thought it over before nodding. "Yeah but it shouldn't happen right away," Rikuo said, "They should be into the meeting a bit."

Zen nodded, "I can do that with little to no difficulty."

Rikuo grinned. "Good. But maybe we should also have something a bit more."

"L-like w-w-what?" Tsuna asked tilting his head to the side.

"Hm… maybe make them fall asleep after they cry…" He grinned evilly. "Now that would be funny."

"Y-you're e-evil R-Rikuo-kun." Tsuna said with a slight smile.

"Thank you Tsuna!" Rikuo beamed.

Zen rolled his eyes. "We could use a slow acting plant that induces sleep."

Rikuo nodded enthusiastically. "That would be perfect!" He then cackled almost evilly. That was hard for a seven year old to pull off but he did it. Now it was just a matter of whether or not this would work.

A/N: I am so sorry this took so long! I had troubles with my account, and then my computer and then school got in the way. I AM SO SORRY!