Sorry it took me a while longer to get this one up. I was working on an original story too, so...hehe...But aside from that, this chapter did take longer than usual to write for some odd reason; and it's not becasue it's longer than the previous ones either...

This chapter was suppose to be more HibariOC centric, but when I added in Dr. Shamal Tsuna and Co. just followed and appeared more often than I intended to have them, which didn't leave as much room for Hibari as I planned at first. Don't worry though, he'll get more roles next chapter as a make up.

Well, hope that you enjoyed this one anyways!

Chapter 6: Feeling Feverish

Groaning, Miki sat up from her bed and rubbed her sleepy eyes. It was a new morning and the rainfall had stopped during the night.

Last night, Hibari managed to come back from retrieving the house keys that she left at school. Of course, Miki swiftly dashed into her room as soon as the door was opened, afraid that Hibari was going to beat her up.

She did feel bad for him though. It was her fault after all that he had to go back into the pouring rain. What was more was that he had let her use his school jacket too. That just added onto her guiltiness. Maybe she should apologize to him. She didn't know whether he would listen to her or not, but that was the only thing that she could really do.

After getting dressed, Miki head downstairs to make breakfast. Hibari came down a while later and to her surprise didn't touch anything on the table. He only drank some hot green tea and that was it.

"Aren't you going to eat anything?" Miki asked.

"Not hungry."

Miki was starting to get worried. This was abnormal. "Are you okay?"

"…"

Miki frowned when Hibari didn't answer her. Instead he clasped his forehead with his hands. "Hibari…?"

"It's nothing," he said. "Hurry up and finish your breakfast. I have work to get done at school."

Knowing how stubborn Hibari can be, Miki went ahead and started to eat her breakfast like he told her to. Miki couldn't keep her eyes off Hibari the whole time though. There was something strange with him today.

"Hey, Hibari."

"…"

"I'm sorry for yesterday," Miki decided to go ahead and apologize.

"Forget it."

"Are you mad at me?" Miki wasn't sure what his answer meant.

"I said, forget it!" The volume of Hibari's voice went up and caused Miki to jump in her seat. Realizing what he just did, Hibari sighed. "Are you done with your breakfast yet?" he changed the subject.

Miki just managed to nod her head.

The morning went by normal. She just went to class in the morning after helping Hibari with his work and got the chance to talked to Tsuna and the others during break along with some of her other classmates during break time. Now it was lunch and the she joined the group once again on the school roof.

"It was hilarious! Then right after that…Hey Miki, are you okay?"

Miki snapped out of her thoughts when she heard Yamamoto's voice. She blinked. "Nani? Oh, I'm fine."

"Are you sure you're okay?" Yamamoto asked again.

Everyone else gave her a worried look.

Miki sighed. "I'm fine. It's Hibari that's not fine." She had to admit that ever since morning, she couldn't take her mind off Hibari. Even though he said that it was nothing, Miki still didn't believe him.

"What's wrong with Hibari-san?" Tsuna asked, looking worried. Hearing that something was wrong with the Head of the Disciplinary Committee was not a normal thing to hear.

"Well, he didn't eat anything this morning."

"He probably wasn't hungry," Gokudera stated, taking a bit out of pork bun.

Miki frowned. "But he always eats breakfast."

"Maybe Hibari's sick," Yamamoto said.

Miki felt a huge weight of guiltiness land on her. Of course, Hibari had walked home without anything to help shield him from the rain and then had to walk back to school again in the same state. It was all her fault…

"Sick? That guy? I never knew that he could get sick," Gokudera said in a mocking tone of voice.

"Hibari's still human," Yamamoto commented.

"I never knew that either."

"Gokudera-kun…" Tsuna sweatdropped. "Miki, where are you going?" he turned around to see Miki making her way off the roof.

"I need to go check something. See you guys during class," she said, before exiting.

"She's probably going to go check on Hibari."

"Reborn!" Tsuna yelled in surprise. "When did you get here? And why are you dressed like that!?"

Reborn, who was dressed up in a complete doctor uniform only smiled. "You have to be ready for every situation that comes your way. Being prepared is also another thing that a mafia boss needs to learn to do."

Tsuna let out a sigh of exasperation. Reborn and his lectures about being a mafia boss again. "Hey, Reborn, is Hibari-san really sick?"

"Who knows."

"What do you mean by that?"

"Don't worry. Miki's with him, she'll take care of things."

The sound of metal repeatedly making contact with human skin echoed in the hallway. The area near that particular hallway was empty except for two figures. Hibari shook the blood off his tonfas and stared down at his badly beaten victim. He had caught the student about to throw a cigarette outside the school window. Polluting the air inside the school and littering on the school property was something that the Head of the Disciplinary Committee was not going to tolerate.

Now all that was left was getting rid of the fallen student. He'll just let his henchmen take care of things. Hibari started to walk away when a sharp pain went through his head. It caused him to lean against the wall.

Stupid headaches…

He had been having bad headaches since morning. Even though he didn't want to admit it, being in the rain yesterday probably resulted in him starting to come down with something. It was all because of that girl. He had no idea what had made him give her his school jacket. What's more was that she should have just made her go back and get the keys herself. There was no way that she would've talked back to him. If she did, he would just have to teach her a lesson. So why didn't he make her go back out there?

Forcing back the pain in his head, Hibari made his way back to the guestroom and laid down on the couch. After a few minutes, he heard the door creak open. Hibari slowly sat back up and watched as Miki came into the room. Hibari frowned at her.

"What are you doing here?"

Miki stared at him a few seconds before answering, "I just came to see if you were alright."

"Why would I not be alright?"

"You didn't seem too well this morning, so I thought that you might be sick or something…"

Her comment made Hibari frown even more. "I don't need herbivores like you to worry about me." However, as soon as he said those words, another sharp pain shot through his head. Hibari winced.

He felt the couch sink in and looked to his side. Miki was now sitting next to him.

"Hibari, what's wrong?"

"It's nothing. Just a little headache. That's all," he said.

"You need to rest. Come on, I'll take you to the nurse office," Miki got up and tried to pull Hibari up by his arm.

"I'm not going there."

"Why? Don't be so stubborn."

"I'm not getting myself treated by that drunk."

Miki blinked. "Drunk?"

Hibari didn't want to start explaining to her about Dr. Shamal. "There's medicine in that drawer over there," he said instead, pointing over to the other side of the room. He watched as Miki made her way over there and opened up the drawer, searching for the medicine for him. Then another abnormal thing occurred. Hibari noticed that his vision was being to blur.

Darn it…

Miki finally found a medicine for headaches. Did Hibari have everything in the guestroom? It was like a little home for him at school. She wondered if Hibari even went to classes. How would he graduate though? Then again, she didn't think that Hibari even cared. It was kind of ironic though. He's a person that was very proud of his school and was strict about students going to class on time, but he had no responsibility about it himself whatsoever.

Miki found a water pitcher and poured some water into a glass before turning back to Hibari.

"Hibari!" she exclaimed, rushing over to his side.

Miki laid a hand on his forehead and her eyes widen in shock. He was burning hot. He really was sick. Miki carefully shifted Hibari's unconscious body into a more comfortable position on the couch before going back to the same drawer and searching for medicine that would help with his fever. There weren't any. She would have to go get some in the nurse office. She then remembered what Hibari said. A drunk as a nurse? Was that possible? She didn't know what to think of it, but right now she was more worried about Hibari, so decided to go.

Reaching her destination, Miki knocked on the door to the nurse's office and waited for a reply.

"Come in~," a male voice crooned from inside the room.

Miki hesitated. The voice really did sound drunk. However, she needed to get medicine for Hibari along with other supplies. The reason he was sick was because of her own carelessness. Now she had to take responsible for it. Miki prepared herself before turning the doorknob and stepped inside the room.

She found a middle age man sitting at his desk with a bottle of wine in his hands. "Oh, aren't you a cute one? So, may I ask what's wrong?" he said, walking towards her and leaning his bright red drunk face closer her hers.

Miki's hand instinctively moved on its own and slapped the guy hard on the face. He took a few steps backwards and rubbed his right cheek where her hands landed on.

"Oww. What really hurts you know?" he mumbled. There was now a red mark in the perfect shape of Miki's palm on his cheek. "Why don't you lie down and let me check you?" the man said, giving her a drunken smile.

Miki felt shivers going down her spine. This guy was more than drunk. He was a complete pervert! She wanted to get out of the room ASAP, but she still needed to get medicine for Hibari.

"It's okay, I need to get back to class soon for a test next period, so can I just have some medicine for a fever?" she said, hoping the school nurse would understand her.

"Eh? If you have a fever, then you should lie down and rest for awhile. Let me examine you to make sure that everything's fine," he said, walking towards her.

"Eeeeek! Don't come any closer!" Miki yelled, backing away from the man. She was now in her 'I am freaking out' mode.

"There's nothing to be afraid of," the man said, still advancing towards her.

"Yes there is! You! Stay right there! I don't want to lose my virginity to someone like you! What I'm I even saying, I'm only fourteen! I'm not even ready for that kind of stuff! Please spare me! All I want is some medicine to help my sick friend! TOT" 'Wait…since when was Hibari my friend?...Oh well, never mind that. First thing's first...I have to find a way outta here and away from this freaking drunken pervert! The only question is how do I get away from him and still get Hibari his medicine! Think Miki, think!...Oh wait, I know! Maybe if I just…'

"AHHHHH!"

'Maybe if I just scream, someone will hear me and come help!'

"Did you guys hear that?"

"Someone screamed."

"I think it came from the nurse's office."

"Don't tell me that stupid doctor did something again!"

Miki's method of screaming worked. A few seconds later, Tsuna, Gokudera, Yamamoto and Reborn were at the scene.

"Minna!" Miki let out a shout of joy and rushed over to the group and clung onto Yamamoto's uniform as if her life depended on it. "Wah! Help me! That perverted school nurse was about to…Wah!~TTOTT"

"E-Eh?" Yamamoto stammered, not quite getting what Miki was trying to say.

"I knew it! You're up to your perverted conspiracies again!" Gokudera yelled at .

Hearing the familiar voice of his student, Dr. Shamal took a quick glance at Gokudera. "Oh it's you," he said and crawled back to his desk, muttering to himself. "Where's my other bottle of wine?"

"What do you mean by 'oh it's you'?" Gokudera, who was just basically ignored, shouted at Dr. Shamal. Suddenly, empty cans of beer started flying in the direction of the group, followed by an empty bottle of wine. The glass bottle hit the wall just inches from Gokudera's head, causing his fuse to break.

"Watch where you're throwing things!" Gokudera yelled, starting to charge towards Dr. Shamal.

From past experiences, Yamamoto automatically took action and locked both of Gokudera's arms. "Calm down there, Gokudera."

"Let go of me, baseball idiot! I'm going to teach that drunken doctor a lesson!" Gokudera shouted, struggle to escape from Yamamoto's hold.

"Reckless as always aren't you?" Dr. Shamal remarked, staring at Gokudera.

"Got a problem with that!?" Gokudera yelled back, trying to toss out kicks towards his instructor.

"Gokudera, I can't hold on to you any longer if you keep struggling," Yamamoto told his friend, desperately using all of his strength to stop Gokudera from kicking the person in front of him in the face.

"Then don't waste your energy and just let me go!"

After staring at the scene before her for a while, Miki decided to take this chance to get the medicine she needed for Hibari. She went over to Tsuna who was eyeing his friends in front of him with a troubled expression on his face, trying to think of a way to calm things down.

"Tsuna-kun, can you help me find some medicine for Hibari's fever?"

"N-Nani? Hibari-san really is sick?" Tsuna said, eyes widening.

Miki nodded.

Taking a glance at the threesome before them, the two began to carefully search the drawers and cupboards.

"Found it!" Tsuna said happily, showing Miki a pack of medicine.

"Arigato, Tsuna-kun," Miki thanked him.

The both of them looked back at the scene before them and saw that amazingly, Yamamoto somehow managed to start being able to drag a still resisting Gokudera towards the door.

"Gokudera-kun, there's no need to start a fight. Let's get back to class now," Tsuna decided to rush up and tell his friend.

Once he heard what his boss had to say, Gokudera almost immediately stopped struggling. "If Juudaime said so," he said, though his eyes were still deadly glaring at Dr. Shamal. "Hey, can you let go of me now?" Gokudera shifted his glare to Yamamoto who still had both his arms locked in his.

Yamamoto gave a sheepish smile and slid his arms out. "Haha. Sorry about that."

"Che. Idiot."

Yamamoto rubbed the back of his neck and smiled again. Noticing Miki was now standing next to him, he turned to her. "What was it that you were trying to say earlier? Something about Dr. Shamal about to do something?"

Miki's face went slightly red. "Um…Err…Nevermind that. It's fine now."

"What were you doing in there anyways?" Gokudera questioned Miki as they all walked out of the nurse's office.

"Oh, I was getting some medicine for Hibari's fever."

"The guy really was sick?" Gokudera said. He seemed to not believe what he just heard. "I don't believe it. Even that guy can get sick?"

"Hey, let's go see Hibari together," Yamamoto suggested.

Just then the first bell for class rang.

"I just that'll just have to wait then," he concluded.

Darn it. Miki couldn't believe that the bell just rang. She still needed to go back and take care of Hibari first. There was no way that she could get back to class on time before the second bell rang. If she went back in the middle of class, the teacher would ask her where she had been and her excuse wasn't going to work very well since the school actually did have a nurse office…Well, if anyone even managed to get a suitable treatment that is...There was only one option remaining, and that was to skip her next class all together.

"Hey, can you guys tell me what class was about afterschool later? I'm going to go take care of Hibari."

"Eh? Sure, well...um...okay then," Tsuna fumbled a bit with his words. He was just a bit surprised that Miki was going to skip class to take care of Hibari. Not that he didn't care about his cloud guardian, but it's the fact that not many people outside of him and his friends did care, and here was Miki, who just met Hibari less than a week ago and is already sacrificing her time to take care of him.

"Thanks, guys. See you later then!" Miki said, dashing off to the guestroom.

"Those two seem close don't they?" Yamamoto stated with a smile.

"Yeah…" Tsuna muttered his agreement.

"Seems that things are starting to get interesting," Reborn who had been silent during the whole affair with Dr. Shamal spoke up.

"What do you mean?" Tsuna asked his tutor.

Reborn didn't say anything more and merely smiled that oh-you'll-see smile of his.

Reaching the guestroom, Miki found Hibari laying awake on the couch.

"Here's some medicine," Miki said, putting a pill onto his large hands.

Hibari popped the pill into his mouth and took the glass of water from her, gulping it all down. He then slowly laid back down. He looked worse than before she had left him. His face was flushed red and he was burning hot. His chest heaved heavily with every breath he took.

All of this because of her. She was really feeling exceptionally guilty now.

Miki took out her handkerchief and went to the bathroom to wet it in the sink before coming back and placing it on Hibari's hot forehead. There was nothing she could do but just let him rest and wait until his fever goes down. She should take him to see the doctor later on.

After the bell for the current class rang for dismissal, Miki headed back to class. There was only one more class left before school was out. She'll check back on Hibari then.

"Hey, Miki, let's go visit Hibari together!" Yamamoto said cheerfully, approaching her desk as school was dismissed.

"Sure."

"Are you guys coming?" Yamamoto asked his two other friends.

Tsuna nodded. "I guess so." He was worried about Hibari, but on the other hand he was a little bit hesitant to go visit, seeing how much Hibari hated people crowding around him.

"Sorry, Tsuna, but you have work to get done," Reborn, who suddenly popped out again out of nowhere and now in a teacher's uniform said. He gave Tsuna a kick on the head. He gracefully landed on the floor and started to drag the poor teen away.

Tsuna shooked his head to try and wear off the daze from the Arcobaleno's kick. 'Why is it that I'm having a lot of these de ja vu concerning Reborn kicking me and dragging me off to do homework lately? Then again, doesn't Reborn hurt me one way or another everyday?'

"I'm going to need your help too Gokudera," Reborn told Gokudera, who happily agreed on helping with a big grin on his face.

"Anything for Juudaime!"

"Take good care of Hibari you two," Reborn turn to face Yamamoto and Miki with a smirk on his face.

"No problem!" Yamamoto said with a grin.

"Yeah, we will. Don't worry," Miki said, blinking. Was it just her or did Reborn have a suspicious smile on his face?

Tsuna eyed his tutor. 'He's planning something. I know he's planning something."

"Alright then, let's go," Reborn said, dragging Tsuna out of the room by his collar.

"I can walk on my own you know!" Tsuna shouted at Reborn, pulling himself onto his feet. He then stared down at the little baby hitman. "You have something in mind don't you?"

A mischievous devil-like smirk found its way onto Reborn's cute innocent looking face. It sent shivers down Tsuna's spine.

"It's best to let things work out on its own. Like a seed that's fallen onto the ground and grew into a big healthy tree by nature, interesting events can also occur naturally."

I wasn't even planning on having Dr. Shamal appear at first actually. I hope that he wasn't OOC...He felt a bit OOC as I was writing...Hope it's alright. I said before that next chapter will be 80OC centric ne? Well, that's going to have to move to chapter 8 cause next chapter is gonna be more 18OC80 now haha...

And also...*snaps finger*

Tsuna:*pops in* Arigato gozaimasu for all of those who review/favorite/alert this fic! Your comments are very much appriciated! *bows* Thank you for your support and don't forget to keep reveiwing! Both praise and critizism are appriciated! So please don't forget to review!*puppy dog eyes* 'Why on earth I'm I the one doing this!?' *glances to the side*

Reborn: *clicks trigger* The ability to be able to win people over and to able to pursuade people into doing something are also good to have as a mafia boss, Dame Tsuna. This is good training.

Tsuna: *sweats* Eeeek! Please review and thank you in advance! See you all next time!*waves*