Good news! I've finally finished a drawing of Kuroi! Check out my DeviantART account, Mysteare, if you want to see what she looks like. I'm sorry that my chapters are being posted later and later. I'm trying my best to get them in. But, for now, you'll just have to be patient with me. And as a reminder, I may or may not skip some of the ring battles. It just depends on how I feel. Plus, I write whatever pops into my head. Everything I write isn't pre-planned, it's more spontaneous. So sometimes even I surprise myself with the outcome of the chapter.

Anyway, here is the long awaited chapter fifteen. Enjoy!

I do not own any of Katekyo Hitman Reborn. All rights go to Akira Amano, except for the characters and things I have created.

[3rd Person Limited: Kuroi]

Over the next day, Dino was moving Hibari's training all over Namimori. Since, Hibari didn't want Kuroi to leave his sight, she was forced to travel with them. She still grew bored watching them fight, but at least she had Romario with her. Occasionally, he'd take her out somewhere to eat or he would play some sort of game with her, but it wasn't that entertaining.

When Dino and Hibari finally decided to take a break, Kuroi walked over to them.

"Neh~ Hibari..." Kuroi stood in front of him with an expression on her face that made her look as if she were dying, "Can we do something fun...? I'm... So... Bbbbooorrreeedddd."

"No," He denied her bluntly.

"Why not? All you two are doing is fighting in different areas. It's boring," Kuroi pouted.

"Deal with it," Hibari wasn't being any fun for her.

"... Your no fun," Kuroi said deadpanned.

"And, you're annoying me," Hibari retorted.

"Awe c'mon, Kyouya. She just wants to have some fun. I don't see why we can't take a short break from the training and entertain her," Dino tried to persuade Hibari to give in and play with her.

"I have no interest in playing games," Hibari continued to reject the notion.

"Well, then can you at least give me something to do?" Kuroi was practically begging for any sort of form of entertainment.

"Hmm..." Hibari went into deep thought.

"Please!" Kuroi pleaded.

"..." Hibari couldn't think of anything for her to do.

"Um... If you don't mind me saying; I have an idea..." Romario interjected his own words.

In the end, Dino and Romario resulted in taking Kuroi to a music shop.

"Don't take too long, all right?" Dino didn't want to stay long since he has to fight a demon who is impatient beyond belief.

"Okay!" Kuroi ran inside and gawked at all of the musical instruments.

"Try to pick out something that's portable and easy to carry," Dino was a little worried that she might try to pick something that was either extremely expensive or to big to carry.

Kuroi walked around the shop and found all sorts of instruments that appealed to her. She saw all sorts of guitars, keyboards, violins, saxophones, drum sets, etcetera. She was so overwhelmed by the variety, she wasn't able to choose. Kuroi would go over to one instrument and then spot something else and go over to the other one. It seemed that it was too much for her to handle.

Then, something caught her eyes: a beautiful black keyboard that was small enough for her to carry. She ran over to it and smiled at Dino.

"This one. I like this one," She held it up to him.

Dino took it in his hands and observed it, "It's not bad."

Dino turned it over to find the price tag. His jaw dropped to the floor, "Na- Ku-Kuroi-chan... This is... Expensive."

"It is? But, it's the cheapest one here," She looked at him innocently.

"Wha-?! That can't be true..." Dino found it hard to believe and started scanning over the prices of the other keyboards. Sure enough, all of the other keyboards were more expensive than the one Kuroi picked out.

"Wh-Why would they make the prices for this so high...? Geez..." Dino scratched the back of his head.

"Please," Kuroi pleaded with puppy dog eyes.

"Eh-er.. Uh..." Dino stuttered, "Uuuhhhh... It's-... It's just that it's so expensive..."

"Pllleeaaassssese?" Kuroi raised her hands in a praying mode.

"I... Don't think..." Dino started.

"Please!" Kuroi was pulling on his shirt.

"I... Um..." Dino was suffering internal conflict by now.

"Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaasssssssssssseeeeeee eeeeeee," She fell to the floor, looking up at him and still gripping his shirt.

"Kuroi-chan..." Dino was flustered. He didn't want to give in, but another part of him was saying otherwise.

"Pppppppppllllllllllllllllleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasssssssss ssssssssseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee," Kuroi continued and hooked herself onto Dino's leg, wrapping her whole body around it.

"Oi, Ku-Kuroi-chan...!?" Dino was drenched in perspiration, which was entirely out of being conflicted.

"Pppplllleeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaa-"

"How long are you going to keep this up?"

"Until forever- aaaaaeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesssssseeeeeeeee!"

Dino stared at her in disbelief. Finally he sighed and gave in.

"All-... All right... I'll get it for you, okay? Just stop looking at me with those adorable eyes like that," He smiled.

"Yay! Thank you, Dino!" She smiled brightly and released his leg from her grasp.

"Y-Yeah..." Dino grinned sheepishly.

Dino purchased the new keyboard, and the three headed back to their previous destination to continue Hibari's training.

As Hbari and Dino were training, Kuroi played multiple songs on her new keyboard. Eventually, the sun went down and Kuroi grew tired and sleepy. She got up and walked toward Hibari, whom of which was in the middle of a fight.

"Neh~ Hibari? I'm getting sleepy... Can we go home, now?" Kuroi asked while rubbing her eye.

"..." No response. He either didn't hear her, or he was purposefully ignoring her.

"Hibari!?" She called out for him.

"..." Still no response.

"Hibari!" She shouted.

"What do you want?" He was unhappy that she was interrupting him.

"Can we go home?" She repeated her question from before.

"No," He said as he swung at Dino.

"Why not?" She whined.

"I'm busy," Hibari replied.

"But, I'm tired and hungry, and I want to go home," She continued to whine.

"I don't care," He said as he dodged the whip that Dino had in his hands.

"Please," She begged.

"No."

"Pppplllllleeeaaassseeeee!"

"No."

"Oh, no. Kyouya, you'd better say yes or-" Dino was interrupted.

"Ppppppppplllllllllllllllllleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaa aaassssssssseeeeeee!"

"If you make me repeat myself again, I'll bite you to death, herbivore," He threatened.

Kuroi sulked and walked towards their fight. When Hibari jumped backwards to dodge Dino's attack, he landed near Kuroi. She, then, took this as an opportunity to persuade him. Kuroi attached herself onto Hibari's left leg and hugged him tightly, thus not allowing him much mobility.

"What are you doing?" His voice was stern, and she could tell she officially ticked him off. He gave her a cold stare that was cold enough to the point where it could cause the Sahara Desert to freeze over and become a wasteland of snow instead of sand.

"Get off of me, now, or I'll bite you to death," He repeated the same threat he always uses.

"But, I wanna go hoommmeee!" Kuroi complained.

"No. Besides, even if we did, it's out of walking distance," He explained.

"Well, the school is closer. Can we go to the school, then?"

"Na- I don't think that would be a good idea, ahaha..."Dino said nervously.

Hibari narrowed his eyes, "And, why is that?"

Not remembering that Kuroi was still attached to his leg, he stomped over to Dino in a threatening manner while holding up his tonfas.

"Ah-uh... Ahahaha, c'mon Kyouya, put those down. It's nothing bad, I promise," Dino rose his hands up in defense.

"Then, why do you say it would not be wise to visit the school?" Hibari took a step closer toward Dino.

"Eh... It's just that it wouldn't be safe, you know? It wouldn't be safe to head down to the school at night, is all. Ahahaha.. Haha..." Dino was obviously hiding something, but Hibrai decided to not go into the discussion any further.

"Whatever..." Hibari turned his attention to Kuroi, "Get off."

"Can you at least let me go and stay in the Reception Room?" Kuroi tried to negotiate.

Hibari sighed silently and turned to Romario, "You. Take her to the school."

"O-Oi, Kyouya," Dino protested.

"It's all right, Boss," Romario anxiously smiled and turned to Kuroi, "Ja~ shall we be off, then?"

Kuroi looked at him and then to Hibari. He gestured for her to go, so she got up and walked away with Romario. As the two were heading off, she turned back to look at Hibari. He was watching her as she walked away. Kuroi's expression turned sullen, but she didn't understand why. Though, she may be with Romario, she suddenly felt very alone.

The two walked back into the town and went in the direction of the school. Along the way, Romario and Kuroi stopped by a small restaurant and grabbed something quick to eat as a dinner. When they finished, they returned to their small journey.

It was getting pretty late by the time they finally got to the school's entrance. The two stopped at the front doors.

"Will you be alright from here on?" Romario asked her.

"Yes. Thank you," She replied distantly and stepped inside, leaving him outisde at the front.

Kuroi ventured up to the Reception Room. As she walking down one of the back hallways, a bright light coming from outside lit up the hallway as the light travelled through the windows. Kuroi stopped in her tracks, and her eyes widened. She turned slowly in the light's direction. It was too bright for her to see anything, so she held her arm up to shield some of it.

When her eyes adjusted to the sudden change in lighting, she was able to focus in on a group of familiar silhouettes. She turned her head to right a little and noticed a completely unfamiliar and unrecognizable group on the other side of the blinding lights.

"Who are..." She trailed off.

Kuroi became curious and headed down to the first floor to go check out who those people were, what the lights were for and why those people were there. Unfortunately, her longing to understand more got the best of her.

[3rd Person Limited: Hibari]

With Kuroi gone, Hibari felt that he was missing something for some reason. He felt that he was in a state of longing for something he didn't have. But, he already had pretty much everything. It didn't make much sense to him. His feelings seemed to be out of order. Why was this happening to him, he wondered? And why did he feel regret while he watched Kuroi, the one person who causes him so many problems, walk away from him? Had he grown attached to her? That couldn't be possible. Hibari isn't a herbivore; he doesn't have unnecessary feelings.

In confusion and frustration, Hibari rose his tonfas to fight Dino, yet again. He didn't want to have anything to do with these types of weak feelings. It made him petty and vulnerable in a way. Thinking about this made him angrier and angrier.

"Kyouya... You alright there?" Dino was confused and bewildered by Hibari's actions as well as the terrifying aura around him.

"..." Hibari didn't say anything and continued stalking up to Dino.

Dino backed up a bit and wondered why Hibari was acting different from usual. He lunged for Dino, and because of Dino's clumsiness whenever his subordinates weren't around, it wasn't much of a fight considering Dino basically screwed up and attacked himself.

"Hmpf... That wasn't a real fight," Hibari said to his victim, "You weren't serious, so it doesn't count."

He walked over to a tree and sat down, leaning up against it. Hibird flew down and landed on his shoulders. Hibari began to drift off to sleep, since he had nothing better to do.

[3rd Person Limited: Kuroi]

Kuroi walked down the halls, trying to get back to the front entrance. She made it to the front and rounded around the school to go to the light's origin. When she finally made it, the two groups were more distinguishable, and the lights seemed to come from some sort of boxing ring.

Who were these people?

Kuroi wandered cautiously up to the unfamiliar people. As she got closer, she was able to see a few familiar faces, though the light was blinding her. Kuroi was able to see some of the distinct facial features, and her eyes widened. The closest person to her that she could see had distinctive silver, chin-length hair.

"Ha-Hayato...?" She called out confused and unsure of what to do. The longer she stayed in the briht lights, the more she was having trouble seeing.

"Na- Sora-chan!" She knew that voice; it was Tsuna.

"O-Oi, what are you doing here, you stupid, little girl!?" The voice closest to her sounded like Gokudera's.

"Hm? Kuroi is here?" Yamamoto was here, as well?

Why were they all here? What were they doing? And, at such a late time, too?

Kuroi idly walked up closer to the recognizable group of friends. She heard footsteps come her way.

"Oi, kora! Why the hell are you here so late? Shouldn't you be with Hibari?" It was Gokudera that came up to her.

Kuroi held her head up with here eyes shut, "I'm tired and Hibari is busy training. I came here because it was closer than home. I was going to the Reception Room when these lights distracted me... Why are you here?"

"I'll explain later..." He said and then smirked, "Cheh. Damn, you're hopeless."

Gokudera bent down and picked her up. He carried her back over to Tsuna and the others where Reborn gave her sunglasses so that she could see.

"What is that boxing ring for?" She asked as soon as she could see.

"It's the battleground for the scramble battle for the Vongola's Ring of Sun," Reborn explained to her as he sat on Yamamoto's shoulder.

"Huh?" She cocked her head to the side in confusion, "Why are they fighting over a ring?"

"Well, to put it in terms you'll understand; those guys over there," Reborn pointed to the group of odd people on the other side of the boxing ring, "They are bad guys that are trying to take these special rings from us which are very powerful."

"Oh... So they're meaners?" She asked.

"Yup."

"VVVVOOOOIIIII! Why is there a little brat here!?"

"I think my ears are bleeding..." Kuroi said holding her head.

She turned her head in the direction of the loud-mouth. A person with long, white hair appeared to be the one shouting.

"That lady has really long hair," Kuroi said.

Suddenly, Gokudera, Tsuna and Yamamoto were laughing a little, or at least trying to hold back a laugh.

"What's so funny?" Kuroi was utterly confused.

"VVOOOIIIIII! YOU STUPID BRAT, I'M NOT A WOMAN, I'M A F*CK*NG MAN!" She, or rather he, shouted.

"Oi, kora! No one calls her stupid, except me!" Gokudera shouted back.

"Gokudera-kun..." Tsuna had an 'Da-F*ck' expression on his face.

"Well, it's true... I really am the only person who calls her stupid," Gokudera turned his attention to Kuroi, "I'm the only person who calls you stupid, right?"

"Yup!" She replied cheerfully.

"See!"

"A-Aa~..." Tsuna's expression didn't change.

"Ushishi~ they're such a lively group."

Kuroi looked over at a blonde that had a striped shirt and a tiara. Their fringe covered their eyes. How did they see?

"Look, that person has a tiara. They must be a princess!" Kuroi got excited.

Everyone went silent. Then, there was a burst of laughter coming from either group. The blonde didn't look too happy.

"Why is everyone laughing...?" Kuroi's smile disappeared, and she looked at everyone.

"... I'm not a princess... I'm a prince. And this isn't a tiara, it's a crown," He was smiling, but Kuroi could tell he was angry.

"Oh... I'm sorry, Mr. Prince," Kuroi felt so embarrassed that she made two gender mistakes.

"Ushishi~... At least she shows respect to royalty," He didn't seem as angry as before.

"What an interesting girl," A hooded baby said as he stood on a giant robot's hand.

"Oi, Lussuria, hurry up and finish the fight, already!" The long-haired exclaimed.

Kuroi looked at the boxing ring and saw a tall, muscular, weird looking man standing in an odd pose facing a teenaged boy that wasn't wearing a shirt, nor sunglasses. His white hair was short and spiky and he was lying on the floor, covered in sweat and was completely dehydrated. His left hand looked nearly broken. He looked as if he were about to give up.

"Hey, stand up!"

"Colonello!" Tsuna was surprised to see him.

Kuroi looked up and saw a military styled-looking baby with a blue pacifier and a gun. He was held up in the air by a large bird.

"Hey, that shorty is the Arcobaleno, Colonello," The long-haired said, "Why is he here?"

"It's about time. Go and show him your true strength, Ryohei!" The military baby shouted.

"No matter who talks, it's useless," Lussuria smirked, "This boy is finished, and I'll have him."

"Master... Colonello...!" Ryohei started to get up, "I've been waiting for those words!"

Kuroi was confused as to what was going on. She thought about it for a second. Then, she remembered that everyone was training in combat skills, and everyone who is training has a ring. And since Ryohei is part of Tsuna's group, he must have one, as well. Reborn also said that the other group is fighting Tsuna and the others for the rings, so this must be what everyone is training for. So then there's only one question: if Hibari is fighting, who will he fight and ...will he even win?

[END]

Yes! I finally finished a chapter. I'm sorry it's taking so long to put these out, but at least I'm trying. I'm still working on some projects, so the chapter updates will still come in late. But, hey, at least we started into a battle.

Reminder: check my DeviantART page, Mysteare, if you want a visual of what Kuroi looks like.

Anyway, tell me what you think in a review and let me know your favorite part and (or) quote. Until next time, I will see you in the next update.

POOF!