Yellow Lies

Disclaimer: Katekyo Hitman Reborn! nor its characters does not belong to me.

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AiYui: Yoh~ and a good day to all~! :)

Ai: Today, in this chapter, Ryumi gets interrogated by the Juudaime's right-hand man, Hayato Gokudera. Some unexplained scenes from the last chapter will certainly get properly explained in this chapter… like where did Ryumi get the cat and will her fight with Kyouya finally have its anticipated battle part two? Await those. Also, about Ryumi being an animé freak… is she or is she not?

Hey, minna-san! I would like to apologize because the "Hibari Kyouya and Mukuro Rokudo: Showdown!" episode of Ryumi's corner wouldn't be featured today… Maybe in the next chapter, okay?

Please review… I will definitely appreciate it, negative or positive.

Thank you for taking time to read this worthless (?) story…

Enjoy, minna-san~!!! :)

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(Yellow Lies happened after the Varia arc)

+Chapter Four: Interaction

Many minutes later, Ryumi was now on her way home. When she was about to turn in a certain intersection, someone suddenly said her name.

"Mikura Giallo… what a funny name."

She turned to see who it was. There she saw, in a corner of a street, a boy leaning on a wall.

It was the Storm Guardian, Hayato Gokudera.

"Ever since the teacher introduced you, I already knew who you were… besides the fact that you are using a false name." the Storm Guardian stated almost stiffly. He turned to Ryumi's direction with his hands tucked in his pant's pockets. He looked like a gangster (which, as we all know, he is more than that) ready to enter a brawl and, at the same time, an investigator interrogating his suspect. So calm and so composed, yet so deadly… it gives me the creeps.

"Where did you get the name 'Mikura', Ryumi Giallo?"

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Ryumi smiled sheepishly. She placed Aoi down on the ground then said, "I thought you wouldn't notice, Gokudera-san—"

"Don't act as if we are friends!!" Hayato yelled furiously. He was already holding unlit dynamites between his hands and was in a fighting stance.

Ryumi held up her arms in a bent manner then said, "Why, aren't we?"

"You really are testing my temper, you b*tchy freak!" he lit his dynamites in a fraction of a second and was ready to aim them at Ryumi but…

"Watch your mouth, Gokudera-san." she suddenly appeared in front of Hayato and the latter was very much astounded to see his explosives giving off wisps of smoke—its flame was not there anymore.

"You!" Hayato shouted but almost like a gasp. Ryumi held his wrists tightly, almost breaking the boy's bones, and this made him drop his dynamites unwillingly.

"Why are you here?!"

"Gosh, Gokudera-san! And I thought you would ask a more intriguing question, enough to answer why you would be so angry at me!" she remarked with a surprised expression.

"Just answer the question, b*tch!" he exclaimed while staring intently at the brown-haired's bright green eyes.

Ryumi tightened her grasp and this made Hayato grimace in pain.

"Once I get out of your hold, I'll kill you, torturing you to death!"

"Ah~" Ryumi let out a bothered sigh… then she released her grip on the strong wrists.

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Hayato pulled his arms up to his chest level and gently massaged the aching muscles of his wrist.

She stepped backwards to have a considerable distance from the furious teen. "I could have let you go sooner if you hadn't badmouthed me… Such foul language." she said with raised eyebrows. Then she finally got serious, "Now I'll answer your question. I guess applying a playful character to you is not accepted… I'll use Ryumi's attitude now.

I am here in Japan to relax. Yes, even in here, I still have to carry out my duties as a Mafia member but, my life here is less hectic than in Italy. I am still young… we are actually of the same age, Gokudera-san…so I can also play around, right?"

Still massaging his reddish wrist, he answered, "Your reasons are pathetic."

"Okay, if you want a less stupid answer," she suddenly dropped her gaze from Hayato to the side. "The other reason is very personal; I wouldn't want to talk about it. Italy, especially my home, holds many sad memories… I don't want to remember them."

"What 'sad memories'? Is it that personal for you not to tell?" he asked with a cross face.

"What 'that personal…?'? Well, if you really want to know that badly, I will give you an overview later… I just have to ask you one question: What do you know about my family, the Giallo?" she stated seriously.

"The Giallo family is an Italian Mafia family with much history and has no specific field of work and operation. But even if that is so, they are quite famous and in the process, a very wealthy and powerful family."

Ryumi sighed. "Like what I expected… You only know about what the Giallo is and not who the Giallo is. I left to escape the sad memory that continued to hunt me while I was there. Have you heard anything about the succession of the heir to become the 10th Giallo family Boss?"

Hayato narrowed his eyes. "No… What about it?"

"Didn't I tell you that I'll just give you the overview? You don't know so you shouldn't know."

Hayato raised his eyebrow. "What a reason… So, why do you even enrolled in Namimori?"

Ryumi slowly smiled. "Because it is where the Tenth Generation Vongola Boss and his Guardians study!"

Hayato gave her a puzzled face. Then he slowly crossed his eyebrows…

"Are you here to kill Juudaime?!"

"Gokudera-san!" Ryumi interjected. "Don't be so presumptive! I won't kill the Boss…"

"Then why?!"

"Don't be so rash! It is because I just want to know you guys better… Included there is the further and deeper relationship with the Vongolas. Oh, you might not know, the Giallo family is one of the top allied families of the Vongola family."

Then someone's voice interrupted their conversation.

"Gokudera-san? Giallo-san?"

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Tch… The Boss is here. I didn't notice that we are just paces away from his house… "Oh, hi, Sawada-san…!" Ryumi greeted cheerfully.

Then her expression suddenly became serious. "Have you heard anything?"

Tsuna's eyes widened and he was very surprised. "Ah, actually—!"

She smiled again. "Don't worry; I wouldn't be mad at you… But I admit, you should have known everything in the appropriate time which, I presumed, should be sometime in the near future… I guess it's too late now…!"

"Juudaime, you should stay back while I fight this woman!" Hayato shouted with the dynamites from before back between his fingers.

"Go-Gokudera-san, stop!" Tsuna pleaded while sweats were forming in his face.

"Why?!" Hayato demanded angrily.

"Oh my, oh my…" Ryumi sighed silently opposite them. Aoi, who automatically walks away when his owner does her business, walked back to Ryumi and was carried back to her arms. "I think we should go back home, Aoi."

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Ryumi started to leave the two and proceeded back to her home.

"Not so fast, you!" Hayato shouted at her, and then threw an unlit dynamite to her head.

"Ow!" Ryumi exclaimed in pain. She turned around and asked outrageously, "What was that for?!?!"

She saw Hayato and Tsuna still there, with the addition of Takeshi, standing in front of the Juudaime's main gate.

Hayato's expression returned to his usual one. "Juudaime's calling for you."

Ryumi smiled and retraced her steps.

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"So you planned this, eh?" Ryumi asked Hayato.

"Is it not obvious yet?" the latter said, looking at his side. "Juudaime needs to know the truth."

"Wow, Giallo-san! You are now also part of the Mafia game! So, are you our enemy or our ally?" Takeshi remarked.

"This isn't a game, you baseball freak!" Hayato yelled.

Ryumi just smiled at their little quarrel. "Well Yamamoto-san, I would be one of your most trusted allies in this game!"

Then Tsuna suddenly raised a question. "Giallo-san, knowing that you are one of us now… How should we address you?"

"Ah, that…" Ryumi pondered on this for a moment and then answered, "I would like all of you to call me by my first name, I like that better than being called by my family name. Then… at school, you should identify me as Mikura and when only us are gathered, call me by my real name, Ryumi."

"Okay Ryumi-san!" Takeshi said happily. "But I have a question…"

"What is it, Yamamoto-san?"

Takeshi pointed his finger at the object in Ryumi's arms. "Is that 'Aoi'?"

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After a while, Ryumi was on her way to her home.

It was already getting dark; maybe she stayed and conversed with the Vongolas for quite long. The streets are now deserted and the sun's last orange rays struck everything it lays upon.

She caressed Aoi with her hand then she held him up in front of her while she was still walking. "Please Aoi, next time, if you are looking for me at school, never ever approach the black-haired boy you are with earlier. That's a cursed crow and is very dangerous!"

Aoi didn't make any sound, in contrast with his expression every time his master tells him something important. He only stared at his owner with his mysterious, unusually blue cat eyes.

"And what do you mean by that?"

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The sky is part-gray, part-black, and part-red. And by this time, Ryumi had already reached her home.

She stopped in front of the gates and told Aoi, "Don't enter this house until I say so, okay?"

Aoi meowed at her cheerfully, as if telling her "I understand!"

So she put the cat down and patted it for a while. Then she finally resolved to enter the house.

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"Tadaima!!" she yelled then removed her school shoes in the genkan.

She heard footsteps and who else would it be?

"Okairi, Mikura-san." Hiroshi welcomed her back.

"Is Mrs. O—err, I mean, is okasan already home?" she asked while slipping into her slippers for use inside the house.

"Yes, Mother, Father, and Yumi are already home."

"I see…" then she entered the house. "Just tell me if the dinner's ready, 'kay? I'll be upstairs…"

Hiroshi nodded then said, "Okay."

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Ryumi went up to her room. She had a little problem though, on opening the door.

Is this the problem that Hiroshi encountered before?! , she thought angrily while trying to open the door. She was turning the knob furiously while smashing herself to the door.

Grr… what the hell is on the other side—?

Her thoughts were cut off because the door suddenly opened.

She was lucky to manage to regain her stance even if the intensity of she slamming on the door was enough to make her fly across the room.

Gosh… no one is inside…, she thought indifferently while opening the lights. Then who the hell opened this door?!?!

The room that welcomed her was empty and lifeless. The windows are closed and definitely, no one could enter the room… except of course the family members of this house; Ryumi does not lock her door.

She thought that the opening of the door was the only problem… but she was wrong.

Another weird act happened in the room.

It was clean.

What the hell is happening in here!?!? , she thought desperately while holding on her head.

The papers, boxes, envelopes, and letters that usually hang around on the floor freely are gone. They are already confined in different boxes, which are labeled according to what it contains. Those boxes are placed under the table and are arranged neatly.

Her room was also sparkling; someone might have swept and dusted the place.

The table, which is usually crowded with pens, pencils, colored pens and pencils, sharpeners, erasers, correction fluids, and another pile of papers, is now clean. The writing materials are kept in canisters and cases according to purpose, and the pile of papers may be inside the boxes under the table.

Who could have done this? , she thought puzzlingly, while placing her school bag on the table. No, wait… It couldn't be—!

She noticed a stick-on note stuck on the high shelf.

It said (in English):

"What a messy room. Please clean more often, stupid."

No name was written on the note. But surely, Ryumi had already figured out who meddled with her things inside the room.

It couldn't be him… but no one else is up for a suitable candidate.

"Mikura-san!! The dinner's ready!!" Hiroshi yelled from outside the door.

"Okay, I'll be there in a while!" Ryumi answered then got her change of clothes and changed inside her bathroom.

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Downstairs inside the dining area, everyone was ready for dinner.

"Itadakimasu!" they said in unison and in different tones.

"Mikura, why didn't you tell us that you would be studying in Namimori with Hiroshi?" the mother, Mrs. Ogasu, asked.

"Ah, gomen nasai, okasan…" Ryumi muttered sheepishly. "It was all of a sudden; a family friend enrolled me in Namimori and I only knew that yesterday…"

"A family friend?!" Hiroshi gasped while choking his food. He drank up, and when he was already fine, he continued, "What a friend that was! So rich to send to school someone not even his blood relative!"

"Well, all I know is that they are kind…" she said. That family really wanted me to study again, because they believe that I was wasting my life…Even though they knew that I already finished school…

"Alright then, Mikura… Every school day, I would make you lunch to be eaten at school, is that okay?" Mrs. Ogasu asked.

Ryumi nodded politely then said, "Thank you, okasan." This family is so kind…

They continued eating and chatting happily, and after a while, Ryumi remembered something.

"Um, I would like to ask… could I keep a pet here?"

Hiroshi choked again. When he calmed down he said, "I forgot to tell you something, Mikura-san!"

Everyone was surprised. What could that be this time?

Ryumi asked curiously, "What is it?"

Hiroshi started to relate, "Earlier morning, before going to school, I met a mailman. He was holding a pet cage with a cat inside and he asked where he would find someone by the name of Ryumi Giallo. I said that I know her, and he asked me to sign something and then I accepted the cage. I put it in the front lawn because I was in hurry. Earlier, I saw that the cat inside it was gone… Do you know anyone by the name of Ryumi Giallo?"

Oh, darn! I forgot to write 'Mikura' and not 'Ryumi'! "Ah yes, I know someone. She is my cousin that tends to space out at times…she told me before that she would send me my cat and maybe she forgot to write my name and not hers." she lied partly.

"That cat is yours?! I'm sorry!" Hiroshi apologized continuously.

Ryumi shook her head. "No, it's fine. The cat might have just searched for me. He would return here soon; don't worry about it." Then she asked again, "So, could I keep a pet here?"

"Of course you can, Mikura. Isn't that right, Dad?" Mrs. Ogasu affirmed her.

The Father gave a silent nod and continued to eat.

"Wow!" Yumi exclaimed. "We'll own a cat! Can I play with it, Mi-neesan?"

Ryumi nodded with a smile.

Then they finally finished eating dinner, and the Mother started to clean the dishes while the others turned to watch the television.

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"Mikura-san…" Hiroshi muttered silently while they were watching a news program.

"What is it, Hiroshi?" Ryumi asked.

"Who is the Aoi that you said back at school? Is what you said true? That you were singing and you got surprised?" he asked simultaneously.

"Um, actually, no… Aoi is the name of my cat."

"It followed you to school?!"

She nodded silently then said, "Yes, he did." Then she stood up and announced, "I would just go outside and find my cat."

Yumi asked her with a pout, "You wouldn't watch animé with me today, Mi-neesan?"

Ryumi smiled then replied, "Maybe not today, Yumi. It's dark and I might have trouble finding my cat, Aoi."

She slipped in her outside shoes in the genkan and went outside.

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It was already dark and was very peaceful, except of course for her shouting. The streets are deserted as usual and nothing wrong was happening in their area…

"Aoi! It's fine to come home with me now!!"

She walked for a certain distance because Aoi might have loitered too far.

"Aoi—"

A swing of tonfa was seen shining in the depths of the night.

Forget about what I mentioned earlier; there is going to be something wrong about to happen in their area.

Ryumi ducked just in time to avoid the assault. What does this crow want now?! , she asked herself in her thoughts.

"You are not Mikura Giallo, herbivore. You lied and that's against the rules." Kyouya slyly muttered in the dark.

Ryumi walked towards a lamp post and stayed under its bright white light.

Kyouya followed and he too, stepped in the light. It showed his scary face and his dark glare at Ryumi. He was holding both of his tonfas and was ready to attack anytime.

"How would you know if I'm not, Iinchou? I'm Mikura Giallo and that is certain." Ryumi defended.

"Don't fool me. You are the homo that I encountered before and our fight is still not finished." he continued to walk towards Ryumi, who was then stepping backwards slowly.

"What are you talking about, Iinchou?!" she demanded.

"Don't act as if you do not know. When I assaulted you in school, your moves were impressive and I was definite that you are who I encountered before."

"Gomen nasai, Iinchou… What you say is false."

"Herbivore, I heard your conversation with the other one of your kind earlier. You have multiple lies already and that deserves multiple punishments!" Then Kyouya lunged towards Ryumi and started to swing his tonfas at her.

Ryumi just dodged and his attacks and while doing so, she was thinking, this is a big problem. He heard about what Gokudera-san and I were talking about!

"So you finally accepted your fault, eh?" Kyouya muttered.

Ryumi was annoyed at this statement so she quickly held Kyouya's wrists to stop him.

Kyouya was about to slide his leg to trip Ryumi but he stopped because of a single statement.

"Stop."

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"What's your problem, herbivore?" he asked flatly.

"I don't want to fight, crow." she stated seriously. "But you could punish me some other time."

"So you finally accepted that I was right and you were wrong. Calling me a 'crow' tells me that you really are the homo that I encountered before."

Ryumi released her grip on Kyouya's wrists and stepped backwards.

Then she said, "Stop calling me a 'homo' and a 'herbivore'. I'm a girl and an omnivore."

"You don't have the right to demand and order me things. And also stop calling me a 'crow'… and a 'cursed crow'." he commanded then hid his tonfas somewhere in his sleeves.

"How about a deal then, crow?" Ryumi offered.

"I don't trust you."

"Nor do I." Then Ryumi started to walk past Kyouya and continued to look for Aoi.

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"Looking for your cat?" Kyouya suddenly asked when Ryumi was directly at his side.

"Yes, Iinchou." she answered almost politely again.

"It's pointless…" Kyouya started to say and that made Ryumi very worried. "Your cat went to me."

"That's exactly the statement I fear… Could I get him back?" she asked.

"After your punishment; he will serve as collateral."

"WHAT?!?!" Ryumi exclaimed loudly. She faced Kyouya and held his shoulders tightly. "And what the hell do you mean by that?!"

Ryumi was of the same height as Kyouya so she was seeing his threatening glare directly—eye-to-eye. He was like saying, "get your hands off me".

She grunted as if she understood what the Prefect ordered indirectly. She released her hold and crossed her arms.

Kyouya arranged his black coat as though Ryumi displaced it because of her hold.

"I don't agree." Ryumi stated frankly with her eyes narrowing like how Kyouya does it.

"When did I require your agreement? I don't care about your defiance and everything I say should be followed."

"You cursed crow! Give my cat—"

"That's an order." Kyouya interrupted her swiftly then walked away silently.

Ryumi turned to Kyouya's direction and said, "He will come back to me without you knowing."

Kyouya stopped. He then said, "You will not get that cat back unless you are done with your punishment."

Then he disappeared into the lonely darkness.

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Ryumi was left alone in the middle of the street. She was very annoyed and her silent scream indicated that.

Arrgh!! That cursed crow certainly pisses me off! , she thought furiously. She went back home with a dark aura hovering around her.

I will get my cat back… even before we fight again, Hibari Kyouya.

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Ai: Chapter Four: Mission accomplished!

This chapter came out to be a very long one (for me), eh?

Now I thank again those who read this story… Please wait for the succeeding chapters because we might actually figure out who cleaned Ryumi's disaster-stricken room.

I'm sorry if there are any OOC scenes, wrong information, and some cuts loaded with super stupidity and idiocy. Gomen nasai.

(A-he, gomen nasai because I updated very late. I finished chapters 3 and 4 weeks ago but a lot of things hindered me from uploading it. School work, quizzes, events, conventions, and the stupid Internet connection… those are the darn elements that delayed me from updating… Gomen ne…

Maybe the 5th chapter would not arrive next week… another late update, I guess… *sigh*)

Ryumi: I really need to get my cat back. He will certainly know about it or worse… he will go all the way here!!!

Ai: Who's this 'he'?

Ryumi: You'll know him later. He's the freak who patiently cleaned my room.

Ai: O-okay… Now, next time on Yellow Lies:

The next day, Ryumi goes to school again and finds Aoi in the care of Kyouya. What would she do?! Another series of strange occurrences will happen to our beloved brown-haired heroine and finally, later in the day, this 'he' will show up and guess who he is…

I guess that by now, you guys came up with an idea what the hell is this story's main idea or point to prove.

If you already had, then that means that you already know that this story is about to ***. Please read until… until… :(

AiYui: Well, ja ne, minna-san! :)

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Disclaimer: Katekyo Hitman Reborn! nor its characters does not belong to me.