Okay, this is a bit shorter than normal, but not by much and it get's a bit depressing near the end...but there is also a lot of info about her relationship towards some people in here too, so please review to tell me what you think! i'm sure you'll enjoy the end ^^

I trained with Fon all day the next morning and only stopped when I felt the need to join Tsuna as he walked to the school for Gokudera's challenge, making sure I put my sling back on. I knew that I couldn't stay after interfering with the last trial, but I might as well be there before hand to help ease his nervousness. I felt a tap on my shoulder and glanced at Tsuna.

"A-Are you all right? You seem a bit beat up."

I nodded and stared forward again. "I've been better. I was training with my old master all day…Are you okay? You seem…nervous."

I glanced at him, as his eyes widened before softening.

"I-I am. I mean, I know that he should have no problem since it's Gokudera, but…I can't help but feel worried. I don't want him to end up like Lambo."

"Tsuna, caring for others is not a bad thing. You can't win if there are not people to support you and the same goes for Gokudera. Trust in him and he will not disappoint you. He is your right hand man after all."

Tsuna smiled a bit and rubbed the back of his neck nervously.

"I guess you're right. Thanks Natsu."

"Sure thing."

We rounded the corner to the entrance of the school and Yamamoto and Ryohei stood there waiting for us. They talked for a bit and I waved them off as they headed inside the school. Hm, what to do now. A weight landed on my shoulder and I looked over to see Fon who wanted to speak with me. The two of us headed over to his gyoza stand and enjoyed our late dinner.

"You wanted to speak with me, Shīfu?"

"Yes. I am planning on returning to China for a little while; therefore, I will have to stop training you for now."

I bowed my head slightly. "I understand. I am thankful for what you have taught me so far and I wish you a safe journey."

He was smiling softly as I looked up. "You've always been so formal with me…I wish you good luck with your training and remember to think things through and not allow a perfect wind to drift by unnoticed."

I stood up and bowed to him before heading back to the school. Imagine my surprise when I very nearly ran into Hibari on the way there. He was not pleased about something it seems and swung his tonfa at me despite the fact that I hadn't actually ran into him. I dodged and held up my good hand in surrender.

"Sorry for almost running into you, Hibari, but uh, is everything okay? You're a little ten-"

I was cut off as the tonfa was pointed threateningly in my direction, millimeters away from taking my nose off.

"I am not tense. There is someone defiling my school."

I didn't even have a chance to wonder how he knew someone was destroying his school before he stalked off, grabbing me by the back of my collar and dragging me with him. He seemed to know that I had an idea about what was going on and grew even more displeased when he saw the explosions coming from the third floor of the school building. Oh crap. I can't let him go in there! Who knows what he'll end up doing!

"Hey, uh, Hibari? I know your school's being blown up and all, but what do you say we stay put here for a little while more?"

I struggled with his grip on my collar, trying to pry his hands off me, but he tossed me a glare over his shoulder and I sweat dropped. He is definitely not happy. Sorry, Tsuna, I tried.

Tsuna and the others had just been informed that Yamamoto was going to be fighting in the next battle and his opponent was going to be Squalo.

"I've been waiting for this moment for a long time. I can finally cut you up. Don't run away with your tail between your legs because of the power I showed you last time, sword kid."

Tsuna stared at him with a surprised look while Yamamoto just laughed.

"Hahaha, don't worry. I will be too excited to fall asleep."

"Brat…" Squalo growled as they were suddenly interrupted by one of their men jumping into the building.

"Sorry of the interruption! Captain Levi! Someone has entered the school. The lighting raiders are being defeated one by one!"

"What? Who could it be?"

Levi was shocked that someone could defeat the group of guards he had built up around the perimeter. Sure, they were weak, but not this weak. Tsuna was also surprised when Reborn spoke up.

"Didn't I say so? They will be assembled together in no time. That guy came back from training."

"Eh? That guy?" Tsuna said confused, but it didn't take much for him to figure out what Reborn meant when a man was thrown into the hall and Hibari Kyoya walked into the hall with his tonfa raised.

"What are you all doing in my school?"

Tsuna smiled. "Hibari…He came! He really came to participate in the scramble battle for the rings…The strongest guy, Hibari!"

Hibari himself ignored Tsuna's rambling and glared.

"Because of illegal intrusion and destruction of various school buildings, I will bite everyone here to death under collective responsibility."

The Vongola group was freaking out, aside from Yamamoto, but Levi was thoroughly ticked off.

"How dare you…to defeat all my subordinates! Move, Cervello! He's only an Illegal intruder!"

Levi brought his lightning covered swords together and launched an attack at Hibari. Being as calm as can be, he threw a figure at Levi and dodged them when they collided and both fell to the floor. Turning to look back at the two, he pulled out his other tonfa.

"Should I bite you to death first?"

"What?!"

"Oi! Get off me, Kinks! And what the hell, Hibari! I know you're pissed at me, but you didn't have to throw me into him!"

Levi was thrown off to the side as the figure sat up with a glare at Hibari, who just scoffed.

"Hmph. You were in the way."

"N-Natsu?!" Tsuna yelled in shock.

She didn't hear him of course as she pushed herself up off the ground, but turned towards him anyway with a tired look on her face.

"Hey, Tsuna."

"H-How did-"

She sighed and rubbed her head. "I ran into Hibari outside. He knew I knew what was going on and dragged me here. As you can see, he's not happy."

Tsuna glanced at Hibari and freaked out when he saw that he was being egged on by Squalo.

"Please stop. A fight between guardians outside of a regulated match would result in a disqualification for both participants." The Cervello said.

Natsu personally thought their attempts at calming Hibari were pointless because once Hibari was ready for a fight; there was nothing that could stop him except more fighting. It was interesting though, to see Yamamoto dodge Hibari's attack and provoke him even more. Then, Reborn called out to him.

"Caiossu, Hibari."

"The baby? Sorry, but I'm busy right now."

"While going out of control here is fine too, you might miss out on something even more fun."

"Fun?"

Natsu caught on to what Reborn was saying and came over as well with a nod.

"He's right. It might not be right away, but if you don't fight now you might have a chance to fight Mukuro again."

He smirked and turned his head to the side.

"Hmph, really?"

He then turned to the Cervello asking about the repairs and once they confirmed that they would fix everything, he spun around on his heels and spoke to Yamamoto.

"Is that so? Then I changed my mind. Don't lose to that one over there before my battle." He turned to Natsu and grabbed her by the collar again. "Tachibana. Let's go."

"Eh? Go where?!"

He ignored her and dragged her back down the stairs, leaving Tsuna and the others wondering what exactly was going to befall their poor friend who seemed to have caught Hibari's interest.

"H-Hibari actually stopped fighting?" Tsuna stuttered out.

"Not quite. It looks as though Natsu's going to be the one he's fighting, but from this we can see how great he considers the humiliation he suffered at the hands of Mukuro." Reborn stated, which had Tsuna freaking out even more. "A-Are you serious?! Shouldn't we go help Natsu?! She's still hurt from before and are you sure it's okay to promise Hibari something like that?!"

"Who knows."

"Who knows?!"

"And if you want to go save Natsu, you're welcome to go ahead."

That had Tsuna fidgeting in his place. On one hand, he wanted to help Natsu before her injuries got worse. Not to mention that she said she had been training all day. But then, he didn't want to get beat up by Hibari for interfering. As he contemplated the pros and cons of his possible actions, the Varia had left.

"Geeze, and I was wondering what would happen when Hibari showed up and started rampaging." Gokudera muttered.

"Still, to have Hibari on our side, we'll be stronger. After his training, he's probably become even more skilled."

Tsuna paled at the thought and worried about what Natsu was going through right now, when he remembered Gokudera's wounds.

"Ah! We have to treat Gokudera's wounds!"

Dr. Shamal left, saying something about not examining guys when a familiar voice came from a little down the hall.

"It can't be helped. Romario, examine him instead."

"Dino!"

"Looks like we missed the Varia. Hibari still hasn't showed up has he?"

"Eh? He came a short while ago."

"What?! When?!"

"Don't worry," Reborn said. "He didn't create much trouble before leaving aside from taking Natsu with him."

"Natsu?"

"The girl you met before who held her own against Squalo, moron." Reborn kicked Dino upside the face. "How strong did Hibari become?"

Dino sat up, rubbing his face with a grimace. "Who knows?"

"What?!" Tsuna shouted. "What does that even mean?!"

He was really worried about Natsu now. Who knows what Hibari has learned and he's probably testing it out on her I really want to find her but…Agh! I can't let her get hurt!

"Reborn. I'm going to find Natsu."

The little hitman smirked and tilted his fedora, before hopping on his shoulder.

"Then what are you waiting for?"

Tsuna nodded and left his friends in the hall with Dino before dashing out of the school to find Natsu. Let's hope Hibari hasn't done anything too bad.

"Is there-" Dodge. "Any reason why-" Dodge again. "You're attacking me right now?!"

Hibari's frown deepened as he swung his tonfa at my injured shoulder. This jerk! I don't even know why he's attacking me and he's purposely going after my weak spot?! I barely dodged the attack and used my tekagi-shuko to block his other tonfa from hitting my injured arm. He's definitely gotten faster and his stamina is impeccable, after fighting those lightening guys with one hand and now challenging me. Although…I wish I knew WHY!

I managed to get behind him somehow and tripped his legs out from under him, but he rolled and got back up with an attack, that I expected. You see, there's this thing about Hibari that makes him somewhat predictable. He's always trying to be on the offensive side. So, I dodged and threw him over my shoulder huffing and puffing since I was still exhausted from my fight with Fon earlier. Unfortunately, that left me open for his next attack and I was hit hard in the stomach with the side of his tonfa. I fell to my knees, coughing, before looking up at him.

"Is this all you are, Hibari?"

"What are you talking about, herbivore?"

I frowned. "You can't fight the person you want so you take it out on the next best person, not caring that I'm injured and probably won't be able to fight very long anyway. You just want someone to take out your damn frustration on. If I'm an herbivore, then what are you? You're nothing more than a scavenger that plays on the weak. You're no better than Mukuro."

His face grew absolutely livid and he went to hit me across the face, but I didn't move and just stared at him when he stopped centimeters from my face and turned his head. I looked as well and saw Tsuna and Reborn running in our direction. Not bothering to glance back at Hibari, I spoke softer so as Reborn and Tsuna wouldn't hear what I said next.

"You can be better than him though, you know." I just assumed I had his attention and continued. "You just need to learn what to fight for."

I gave him a small smile, despite my battered state, and he lightly hit me on the head with his tonfa.

"Stupid omnivore."

He stalked off, ignoring whatever it was Tsuna was shouting at him and I mentally chuckled at my quick change in status as an herbivore to an omnivore. It was only when Tsuna helped me up that I soon realized the full extent of my injuries. I grew light-headed almost immediately and Tsuna luckily caught me before I fell, trying to be careful about my shoulder as he gently laid me down on the ground. I focused on what he was saying to me, surprised that he was actually being so calm.

"Natsu, are you okay? What's wrong?…Reborn! What do I do?!"

And there goes the calm. I ruffled his hair with my good arm and gave him a small grin.

"It's okay, Tsuna. I'm just a bit tired."

His face changed and I was beyond shocked when tears started forming at the corner of his eyes.

"Tired? Are you stupid?! Why do you keep doing this, Natsu?! Why do you keep getting yourself hurt?!"

The tears fell down his face and I just stared back at him with my mouth open attempting to figure out what I should say to fix this. Did I do something wrong? W-Why is he crying?

"Tsuna?"

His brown eyes met mine and I stared back at the swirl of emotions, searching for an explanation as to why he was upset with me.

"I-I just…" He bowed his head, laying it in the crook of my shoulder as he clutched at my shirt. "I just don't want you to keep getting hurt because of me."

I missed the last part, with being deaf and all, so I looked to Reborn for an explanation and he mouthed the words back to me. Something in me felt torn and I don't know why, but I grabbed the back of Tsuna's shirt and hugged him.

"I-I'm sorry…So sorry…P-Please…Please stop crying, Tsuna…I-I…I'm really sorry."

I found myself shedding tears as well and felt Tsuna's arms wrap around me in an embrace as he lifted me off the ground. I couldn't tell who, but I felt the vibrations of Tsuna's voice as he spoke with someone and I couldn't care less at the moment. I just needed to know someone was here and they cared.

A dark cloaked figure watched the sleeping girl for a moment before brushing a strand of red-orange hair from her face. He quietly chuckled to himself when she shivered and her face scrunched up, and he slowly pulled out a dagger. He was unbelievably calm, despite the fact that he was standing in Tsuna's room, but he was confident because he knew everyone was still downstairs talking about the ring battles.

The blade of the dagger ran along the sleeping girl's face, giving her a small cut on her cheek, yet not waking her. Bringing the dagger up to his own face, he licked the small amount of blood off the blade before raising it to kill her. He brought the blade down, only to pause just inches from her clothing when he heard footsteps and voices coming up the stairs.

"Hey, Reborn! What are you doing?! You're going to wake up Natsu!"

The man in black scoffed and hurried out the window, promising to deal with the girl another day just as the door was opened and in walked Tsuna and the hitman tutor. Nothing seemed wrong to Tsuna, but Reborn knew better.

"Reborn!" Tsuna half-whispered. "What are you looking for? There's nothing up here!"

The baby hitman jumped onto the window sill and glanced around, spotting a single black figure disappearing around a corner yards away.

"Dame-Tsuna. Did you have your window open?"

"Huh? What does that have to do with-Hiii!" Tsuna held his hands up in fright as Reborn gave him a scary look and pointed his gun at him. "N-N-No! I-I don't think so! B-But, uh, why are you asking?"

Reborn jumped off the window and onto the bed where Natsu was left sleeping. He frowned when he noticed the cut on her cheek and pointed it out to Tsuna.

"Someone was up here…and they were going to kill Natsu."

Tsuna immediately grew serious and he gazed out the open window with a serious look that one wouldn't expect coming from him.

"Reborn. I'm going to tell the others to leave. Will you-"

"Just go, Dame-Tsuna. I'll watch her."

Tsuna nodded and walked out of the room to send the other guardians home while Reborn closed the window and sat down next to Natsu's sleeping form. He'd grown close to her, even though she wasn't technically a guardian, but something about her reminded him of Fon and of…Luce. Natsu shares both of their attributes. Fon being calm, strong, and intelligent and then Luce…She was always kind and calm during even the worst of times, but she was more than willing to sacrifice herself for others. I can see that same light in Natsu. Which is why I won't allow anything to happen to her under my watch. And down in the other room, Tsuna was thinking the same thing.