Ryu heard from the various students that someone was pulling the teeth out of some students lately. He scratched his chin while thinking.

Number of teeth pulled out. Students in hospital due to that. Sound like Namimori High is being targeted. Wait a minute. The strength of students! It's sound like it came from Fuuta's Ranking Book! Ryu thought with a dread feeling in his stomach. He also heard Ryohei is in hospital as well.

He ran until he came across Hibari Kyoya and slow down his running to walking. Hibari look to see the white-haired boy with serious expression on his face. Red eyes clashed with grey eyes.

"Well, Hibari-kun." Ryu spoke calmly as Hibari pointed his tonfa close to his face due to casual use of honorifics toward the black-haired boy. "I know you are after the culprits who has disturbed the discipline of Namimori. Here is my cell phone number if you have your injuries fix up or merely talk to me. I don't care either way. I'm handy with first-aid kit."

Hibari took a piece of paper with Ryu's cell number and left. Ryu look back to the fluttering jacket on Hibari's shoulders. He sighed and decided to head to the geisha establishment to visit the certain geisha.

He stepped into a small area that hold the geisha establishment and went inside. The geisha with dark red hair look up to see the white-haired boy.

"Hello. Welcome to Hana Butterfly. How can I help you?" The geisha asked politely.

"Thank you very much. I could like to see the head geisha called Benihana-sama. Tell him Ryu is here." Ryu replied with a warm smile.

The red-haired geisha nodded and left to get the head geisha.

Ryu sat down on the pillow to relax. The head geisha with light blond hair took one look at the white-haired boy and recognized him. He squealed and hugged him tightly to the point that Ryu's face is turning blue.

The other geishas quickly pulled Benihana off Ryu before he died from lack of air. Ryu collapsed and twitched around couple of times and the ghost hovered out of his mouth. Benihana look at the twitching figure and said "Oops."

Ryu got up and look at Benihana looking at him.

"It's been while, hasn't it, Ryu?" Benihana, who is actually a male with a feminine features like Ryu, said.

"Yes, it is. Can you tell what is going on in the mafia underworld?" Ryu asked.

"Well, Volpe Famiglia is getting ready to make the deal with the Vongola Famiglia." Benihana replied.

Ryu's lips twitched in amusement.

"Can I stay here just for a few hours?" Ryu asked.

Benihana nodded. "Your room is still there."

Ryu nodded in thanks and head to the room.

The room is fairly large and has the futon, table, and sliding door that lead to outside. Ryu laid down on the futon to take a quick nap.

-Dream of memory-

Ryu look up to Uncle Vernon who seem way too gleeful for a reason. He noticed the two men stand behind him which he knew came from the Italian mafia. He was taken by two men in suits. They knocked him out with a blow to head. Ryu woke up and see the blond-haired boy and black-purple-haired boy sitting next to each other. Ryu was again grabbed by the scientists and was strapped to the table. They put the tubes into his body. He screamed in pain as the fox blood is being put into him, magic trying to fight off the foreign blood.

Days passed into months. Ryu sat next to Ken and Chikusa, bandages wrapped on the arms and legs, Dull green eyes look into the dual-colored eyes of Mukuro whom he got to know.

The room is splattered with blood from the scientists. Mukuro and Ryu, who is holding his dagger whom he hidden from the scientists, standing there. They escaped from the Estrengo Famiglia. Mukuro and Ryu were captured by the Vendic. He was put into the water prison for a year as part of a deal due to his magical heritage, He knew the people will never stop looking for him, He left the prison a day before he turn eleven.

-Dream ended-

Ryu woke up with a gasp. He smell the smoke and knew it is from Gokudera. He got up and ran out of the establishment before he left the note for Benihana. He skidded to a stop as he saw the familiar face from his past.

Chikusa stand there, injuries from Gokudera's bomb. Tsuna and Takeshi is there as well. Ryu stand there, not interfering.

At the Nami Junior, Ryu listened to Reborn talking about Mukuro and the Kokuyo Gang. He got a bad feeling since he knew that Mukuro can use illusions and Hibari will meet him.

He got up and quickly head back to the building where he has lived. He rummaged through his trunk to take out his bladed weapons which he is skilled at. He stored it in his knot tattoo.

CRACK!

The familiars and Ryu look back to the source of cracking to see the lenses of the silver glasses is cracked. He knew it is a bad omen. He cursed in Romanian and put on the black delicate frame glasses. Ryu cursed at Mukuro for going after Tsuna and sighed.

As Ryu got out of the building, he relaxed and followed the scents of Takeshi, Gokudera, and Tsuna. He listened to their conversations and smiled.

"I'll join as well, Tsuna-kun" Ryu spoke, everyone look back to the white-haired boy with a smile on his face even Reborn.

Ryu listened to Reborn talking about the place where the Kokuyo Gang is and his face blanched as he heard Reborn mention about the hostage is someone they know very well.