Disclaimer: I do not own the Katekyo Hitman Reborn! franchise, I only own the main character.

@Darkjaden: She will take some inspiration from other anime and manga, as for the Guardians, I still don't know if it will be different from canon, I'm still contemplating it.

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The next couple of weeks is followed with playing with Hana, either in the park, or walking around town and exploring Namimori.

This day is the latter, as me and Hana started walking from my front door, intent to explore the outer areas of Namimori. And as I started to know the town more and more, I discovered that there is a reason the original Tsuna and his friends doesn't get much attention here, it's just that Namimori is weird.

First, the people.

There's Ine-san, she has 15 cats that roamed the neighborhood, but thankfully she's not crazy, she's really nice actually.

There's Momo-san, she owns a flower shop, it would be normal if you exclude the black outfitted men that sometimes go to her shop, or that sometimes when I go there, and catch a glimpse at the back room, full of chemicals and strange liquids that's placed in glass containers.

There's Shiba-san, he owns an electronic shop and seems like a normal shopkeeper, if you didn't know that he teaches hacking as a side job, (don't ask how I know that, it involves a robot, pizzas, and a cat.) and that I have seen him brought something like sulfur to his workshop.

Second, there is some kind of... atmosphere here. The air is different from usual towns, making the population more...ignorant, I guess. I think that's what made the people here ignore the explosions and various weird things that happened in canon.

My deep thinking is disturbed by Hana, "Which building do we want to explore first?" she asked, as we stopped in front of one of the less busy streets.

I blinked, startled for a second, because usually Hana doesn't start a conversation, she's a quiet person, and I usually spend my time while walking thinking about my current situation.

I shrugged, "Which one is the more interest-" I was cut by the sounds of someone talking, I turned my attention to one of the alleys that we passed, and I quickly glanced at Hana, she nodded and we both quietly approached the alley.

As we both look inside, it seems that someone is being ganged up by a group of older kids, maybe a couple of years older than me and Hana, and as I subtly moved closer, I see that the victim is a small child, wearing glasses and seems to be sniffling.

"Aww, looks like the spoiled brat is crying," the tallest of the bully- the leader maybe- mocked, the other bullies laughing.

"W-well, at least I'm not harassing p-people because I can't buy a N-nintendo," the small child stutters, I can faintly see his hands are shaking, but I still can't help the respect that blooms in my chest, that kid has guts.

The bullies abruptly went silent, and the leader seethed, "Are you saying we're poor, brat?" he cracked his knuckles.

Hana tightened her fist at my side and muttered distastefully, "Bullies," while I frowned, my brain planning the best way to help the boy. But before we both can move, another voice echoed from the other side of the alley, "For crowding and harassment, I will punish you." I can't make out the figure because my vision is blocked by the bullies, but I know that voice, even though it's more childish than I imagined.

We watch as Hibari Kyoya fighting the group of bullies by a tonfa- it's more like a beating actually- and I stand there at the entrance of the alley, entranced by the graceful movement of the fighter.

When the bullies are each laying on the ground, either knocked out or groaning, and the child that was bullied is already running away- but he already said his thanks- I without hesitation started to approach him, ignoring Hana's harsh whisper of "Tsuki!"

After I got close to him- not too close of course, I'm not an idiot- I bowed deeply and said, "Please teach me how to fight," he seems to notice me then, and after a second of silence, he turned and walked away.

I followed him, a bit offended and opened my mouth to repeat the sentence again, but something in mind ringed warning bells and I instinctively ducked, and it's really fortunate that I do, because I avoided a tonfa swing. I looked up again to meet shocked eyes and I said firmly, "Please teach me how to fight,"

He let his weapon down and stared at me, it last for a few seconds before he ask, "What's your name?" I automatically bowed again, "Sawada Tsukihime, and you are?" something flashed in his eyes, something like curiosity, but it's gone before I can further analyze it.

"Hibari Kyoya," he nodded and turned away, again. "Hey!" I shouted, and wanted to ask, again, but he already walked away from the alley.

I let out a frustrated sigh and muttered, "There goes my chance," I wanted to mope further, but I was interrupted by a hard slap to my shoulder, I hissed rubbing my injured shoulder, relucantly, I turned to Hana and prepared for a lecturing.

"You idiot," she hissed, "why did you approach him? I thought he was going to beat you," she stated, face scowling, although a trace of worry crossed her face.

I stilled, "Well, he did actually, but I ducked at just the right time," she groaned and slapped her forehead. Feeling a little bit guilty that I worried her, I sighed and lifted my mouth into a smile, "Okay, I'm sorry that I worried you, but I wanted to learn self-defense, and what better teacher than him?"

"I know you wanted to learn, it's just that you don't have to be suicidal about it," she states, but there's a relucant smile blooming in her face, I giggled and apologized. She just shook her head fondly and said, "Come on, let's go home, it's almost sundown anyway," I looked up at the sky, to find that it's beginning to give an orange hue, I guess we wasted too much time.

I smiled, even though I got a bruised shoulder from Hana, and almost got hit by a tonfa, I got to meet Hibari Kyoya. "Yeah, let's go home," we started to make our way to our house, Hana's home is a little further away from mine, but the way to Hana's home is through mine, so that way, we can walk together home.

But something acurred to me, "Please don't say to Okaa-chan that I've almost got into a fight with Hibari Kyoya," she's going to make a fuss if she heard that.

Hana just let out an unladylike snort and answered, "No guarantees," I pouted, hoping that my puppy eyes makes Hana forfeit, but she just stares impassively, and we spend the whole way home arguing about it.

(She didn't say anything, fortunately, but she got this glint in her eyes like that time where she caught one of the boys in the park eating his mother's favorite cake, and I got a really unpleasant shiver.)

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A/N: Hey guys, so I know what kind of fighting style she's going to get, I've decided to make her use a weapon rather that pure martial arts. And she got to meet Kyoya in this chapter, so that's a bonus. And I've decided to post this chapter now rather than Monday because of New Years Eve. (I just changed my profile guys, check it out.) I hope you enjoyed this chapter and thank you for reading.

-Nesia24