Well, it's time for the Varia arc and the intense training that goes along with it ^^ I hope you enjoy it and review so I know what you think about the whole thing. My favorite part was the ending ;)

TheKawaiiStar21: I am highly considering making this a TsunaxOC story so yeah, it's probably heading in that direction.

Hayate The Soul Reaper: I'm glad you liked the ending of the last chapter, since I had fun writing it! Also, I'm not too sure about what exactly the ring's significance is at the moment since, when I wrote it, it was a spur of the moment kind of thing. Also, (I totally apologize for this) I didn't actually notice that I named her after Tsuna's box weapon animal until someone else mentioned it and, until we get up to that point, I don't know what will happen as far as him naming his box weapon. Sorry if it's not a very helpful answer, but this is how I write and almost everything is a spur of the moment decision ^^

And now I'm rambling...anyway, ignore me and continue reading please~

It wasn't long before my wounds were healed enough to move about and I headed home from the hospital. Just as I closed the door, I had to dodge a set of kitchen knives as well as a tackled from my one and only brother.

"Nii-san, what are you doing here?"

Getting up off the floor, he grabbed my face with a scowl and began looking me up and down before a devilish smirk appeared on his face. I don't like that look.

"You've been neglecting your training, sis. Well, I guess it's a good thing I got the next week and a half off~ We're going camping."

"You can't be serious…"

My eyes widened, remembering what happened the last time we went camping. The destruction of that forest was catastrophic. And to think, the fire was caused by my brother's failed cooking. It was so bad; the bears attacked our camp just to get rid of the smell. I didn't have much of a choice though, so I headed past my brother to start packing when he grabbed my wrist. Turning around, I glared at him.

"What?"

"It's not just ordinary camping. It's survival training."

Suddenly, I was blindfolded and a chloroform covered cloth covered my mouth forcing me to pass out; all the while wondering how I was related to this crackpot of a brother.

I woke up, pissed. That damn brother of mine is going to get it when- Cutting off my own thoughts, I found myself in a forest with a note in the pocket of my jeans.

Dear sis,

Your mission if you chose to accept (although you don't have a choice) is to find me within this expanse of forest. You must survive without anything except for the clothes on your back (I made sure to take away everything you had) and you will receive hints along the way. Your first hint:

Storm the castle surrounded by the moat.

Signed, Your brother

P.S. you looked so cute when you were sleeping XD

I growled and check myself, discovering that I literally had nothing to work with before trying to figure out the clue. Hoping I could see where I was at, at least, I climbed the nearest tree to discover that I was maybe a day's walk from what appeared to be a large cliff.

Deciding that was my best chance, I headed in that direction picking up a large stick, a couple of rocks, and several half dead plants. I braided the plants to make a rope, shoving that into my pocket before scraping the two rocks together. By the time the sun had gone down, I had managed to make a spear and found a nice tree to situate myself in for the night.

The next morning, I check below me for any food and spotted a young warthog. Smirking, I jumped out of the tree and chased it, soon killing it with the spear and roasting it on a fire I'd made. Of course, lucky me attracted a large bear with the smell of food and, after several painful attempts to get it to leave; I ditched the food before I could so much as take a bite.

Heading out again, I ended up at the cliff to finding a river traveling around it. This must be the moat and castle thing. Now all I have to do is 'storm' it. Glancing up, I groaned. It was a long way up and my stomach just reminded me I'd had nothing to eat with the bear taking my breakfast. Glancing down at my torn clothes and cuts, I headed to the river and hopped in, cleaning myself for the most part as well as waiting with my spear to catch some fish. I had just caught one and roasted it on the bank next to the cliff when something, or someone, came out of no where and began climbing the cliff shouting. Fish poised in front of my mouth, I shook my head before taking a large bite.

"I don't even want to know."

Next thing I know, the baby faced hitman is standing in front of me with a fake mustache.

"Caiossu. What are you doing here, Natsu?"

Glancing down at the fish and back at him, I answered with an unamused expression.

"Eating fish."

He glared at me and I rolled my eyes.

"My brother knocked me out and left me here saying something about survival training. I'm supposed to find him and survive without any equipment. Happy? 'Cause I'm sure as hell not."

I went back to eating my fish and when I finished, I started heading towards the cliff. Part way up, I saw Tsuna begin to fall past me so I grabbed him, stabbing my makeshift spear into the rocks to help me hold both our weight. I grit my teeth against the pain that traveled up my arm and slowly made my way back down to solid ground with Tsuna. When we reached the ground, he suddenly hugged me around the waist.

"Thank you so much, Natsu! I thought I was going to die! I'm so glad you're here!…You don't have a ring, do you?"

I gave him an odd look and glanced at Reborn for an explanation, which I didn't receive.

"No. She's here for her own personal training, Dame-Tsuna."

They continued talking for a bit as I turned around to go back up the cliff, unable to hear or notice the conversation down below had changed to me.

"Well, this is just the beginning of the training."

"I-I don't care about all that! Besides, my body is crumbling due to muscle pains! I can't go through this!"

"Natsu is nearly halfway up and it's only taken her a few moments, even with her injuries as well as lack of nutrition."

"Wha?"

Turning around, Tsuna looked up and stared wide eyed at Natsu, noticing the sweat collecting on her brow and the determined look she had as she continued to climb. She lost her footing at one point and Tsuna couldn't help but suck in a breath, watching as she hung from one arm before swinging around and grabbing the rock again. Wait, Reborn said injuries, what is he- Looking again, Tsuna realized that Natsu was keeping most of her weight away off of her left arm. That was the arm she caught me with…and lack of nutrition…has she not been eating?

Reborn's fedora shadowed his face, the smirk on his lips barely visible as he watched Tsuna's determination underneath his obvious worry. With Natsu around, my job seems to be slightly easier.