"Hey you!"

Aria spun around to see who's calling for her. The eyes that gazed into hers were...honest.

"You're with Varia, right?" Tsuna bravely asked the strange girl. He could just ignore her presence during his training, but he had the urge to ask her something.

Something that he really didn't get it.

"Are you here to spy on us?" Reborn asked when Tsuna was rendered clueless when he saw the very same girl wandering around Namimori school few times.

Aria remained impassive. She didn't say a word but she was ready to leave. There was no point watching their trainings anymore.

"Hey, Reborn." Tsuna looked at the infant on his shoulder. "Who is the Mist's guardian?"

"You're still on about that?"

"But! I'm worried! She's obviously with Varia!"

Reborn looked at his apprentice. "What's your instinct telling you?"

Tsuna looked as Aria's shadow were nowhere near. "She's different. Unlike the rest of us, she's neither a foe nor a friend."

Aria sat by the edge of the rooftop across the gymasium, where the battle between Mist Guardians will be held. The wind blew rather strong, making her shiver in the cold.

"Here." A jacket was thrown on her head. "You will catch a cold in this weather."

"Dino Cavallone." Aria pulled the jacket from her head and wrapped herself in it.

The boss of Cavallone boss looked through the gym's glass. There was unidentified girl with Rokudo Mukuro's underlings. "So, that's Tsuna's Mist Guardian."

"You sounded calm."

"Why shouldn't I be?"

"You know nothing of that girl. And that Storm Guardian is so worked up about her." Aria was right. From their spot, it could be seen clearly there was argument amongst them. Probably about whether to let her fight as one of the guardians or not.

"Maybe." Dino smiled. "But, you know nothing of Tsuna."

Aria continued watching. Now the girl just kissed Tsuna. And suddenly the atmosphere around them settled down.

"See? I've told you." The girl and Marmon now ready in their battle stance. "Who do you think will win?"

"It does not matter to me. More importantly...you did something unnecessary from the last match, didn't you?"

Dino was shocked. But, his frown face was later replaced with a sheepish smile. "So, you knew. Should have expected it."

Aria pulled out a pocky from nothingness. Talk about magic – Dino thought. She opened the box and put a stick into a her mouth.

"What a one-sided match."

"You're talking about that baby overpowering her?" Chrome was already lying on the floor. Her internal organs were slowly fading.

Eh? Fading?

The female noticed the look on Dino's face. She put a stick in her mouth, nibbling on it. "Her organs are just illusions provided by Rokudo Mukuro . And no. I'm not talking about her losing. I'm talking about him winning."

Dino was puzzled, but not for long. Replacing Chrome's place in the match was Rokudo Mukuro. He easily countered Marmon's illusions and ended the match with one clean swoop.

"Looks like he's not all talk when he said he's a regular visitor of hell." Aria got up. Half of her unfinished pocky vanished into thin air in a blink of an eye.

"Where are you going?"

"Sleeping." She unwrapped herself from Dino's jacket and threw it at him. "I'm sure they save the best for last, so that would mean it would be the match of Cloud Guardians next."

"We won't lose."

"That's not the point, Cavallone."

"What do you mean?"

Aria pulled out a card from her pocket and threw it at Dino's feet. "If you really think that winning is all it takes to end the conflict, then, you might as well going to regret that very decision."

Dino watched as she jumped downwards from the building. He bent down and picked the card.

A joker.