Ah, scene 19 already!! xD

This is awesome – people are reviewing!! I'm sooo happy~!

Anyway, here are the votes so far- wait, I don't think they changed, didn't they? No, they didn't… But anyway, here they are!

Kaia/Mukuro: 8 [and 5 re-votes from Shin] [one of the votes are from Shoko-Chan, and she re-votes]

Kaia/Mukuro with a Hibari twist: 1 [and 2 re-votes from Shoko-Chan]

Kaia/Gokudera: 3 1/2 [and 1 1/2 re-votes from Shin] [another re-vote from Crazee4anime] [Tsunadesama89 half-votes, but all final votes will be rounded down. Heheh.]

------------------ In a way, though, it's actually three votes…

Haruka/Hibari: 2 [and another re-vote from Shin]

Yamamoto/Chrome: 2 [and 2 re-votes from Shin] [and a re-vote from Banyou]

GUH. Testing is coming up, and I'm not going to be writing for a bit, but I'll still be updating since I'm safe until I run out of my 50 scenes I finished already! Hahahahhahaha…

Ehh…Oh well, happy reading, everyone~!

Oh yeah, the disclaimer, sorry… I don't own KHR or anything except my plotline that I made up, not the one Akira Amano made up, and my OCs. And that applies to all previous scenes and all future scenes, unless I say otherwise. Which wouldn't happen.

Happy Reading, and review/vote, please, thanks~!

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"Okay, I think it's about time you left," said Soto, standing up. "You guys should get going now; you can't stay here forever."

"You're right," rejoined Reborn. "Time to train, all of you. Soto, you should, too." Reborn glanced at him.

"B-But who-" Tsuna finished in his head, Is going to teach us? What about Soto? Will he teach Hibari-san?

"Never mind that, Dame-Tsuna. You'll learn that everything works out in the end, okay?" Reborn twitched with annoyance. "Let's go. Now." He walked out the door.

"Ahh- Reborn!" Tsuna ran to catch up again, with both Gokudera and Yamamoto at his heels. Soto half-sighed and half-laughed.

It's just like old times… Reborn's going to have to make the best of this opportunity, or I'm going to kill him…

And then Soto's brain just turned itself over again.

Kaia's probably going to be out cold for a really long time…

Soto mentally slapped himself for not knowing that. Otherwise, he could have been staying here for ten hours straight, and that's not good use of time. So he stood up, walked out the door, locked it, and went off to reluctantly start training, but not forgetting to leave a note for Kaia that he slipped through the opening under the door, and another copy of the note somewhere else he thought that Kaia wouldn't miss.

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Kaia blinked. She felt so calm, but she was really afraid, so scared, so nervous and flustered. She didn't get to sleep like Soto told her to. So she, in consequence, heard absolutely everything that happened outside.

Allegra's my mother's name? No, that isn't right! It might be another name, like a nickname? I mean, Mom does things really fast, and I've been told that Allegro means fast or something… And Soto's this… Vongola Nono's Cloud Guardian? Is he like the Guardian of Clouds for this thing called Vongola Nono? What a weird name, that Vongola Nono… And… Tsuna and his family?! And… And what's up with this Ninth and Storm Guardians… And the talk about death? Is underwear-boy, bomber-man, and sword-guy…involved?! And who's this Reborn??

Actually, she's avoiding the main problem. Purposely avoiding the problem. The problem is, of course, why she's feeling so afraid of her surroundings. She didn't want to think about it. And yes, it was that frightening.

Kaia heard this Reborn and her classmates leave, and a few minutes later Soto followed, but not after slipping a sheet of paper under her door. Kaia mentally jumped, but she managed to not be caught by Soto. After she heard the retreating footfalls of Soto's feet travel a reasonable distance, Kaia slowly turned the knob of her door, and gently eased it open. She peeked outside, and shut the door again shyly.

No one's there…

Kaia breathed a few deep breaths to control herself.

No one's there… No one's there… Nobody…is there… Nobody…

And Kaia's trembling hand reached out for the knob again. But she faltered and dropped her hand. She decided to read the note Soto left her. Kneeling down, she picked up the folded piece of paper, unfolded, and started to read.

Kaia:

I'm off to do a little training, so when you read this, wait for me to come back. If nobody's at home, then you should stay in the apartment. Don't make any loud noises or anything, or do anything that might alarm you or me. Got that? Okay. Bye~

Soto

The paper fell from her hand.

I'm alone… Nobody's here… Nobody but me…

Kaia took a few more breaths to steady herself. Once again, her trembling hand reached for the doorknob. Closer and closer she inched, and finally, her hand grasped the knob. She slowly opened the door and looked out.

She barely saw a dark, moving figure, possibly even human-like, move out of sight, like a shadow. Kaia immediately slammed shut the door and she sharply breathed in. With wide, fearing eyes, she sank down next to the door, trying to discern the slightest sound or movement on the other side of the door. Her breaths were loud to her ears; she held them in, but that made way for her heartbeats to start thumping even louder.

"W-Who's there?" Kaia barely whispered. There was no answer, which made Kaia even more fearful. "Who's there?" she repeated, hardly louder than the first demand.

The poor girl listened for a moment longer, then made a mad crawl for her bed. Once there, Kaia climbed into bed and threw the covers over her head, hoping she wouldn't be noticed. She was visibly shivering, and Kaia herself could tell.

Whoever, whatever that is, I'm not going to be caught… I'm not going to be discovered… I'm not going to be found… Not yet…

She suddenly heard the front door unlock and open.

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Heh, here it is, scene 19. Hope you guys enjoyed it, and I'll be updating tomorrow as well, so please tune in~! xD

But I still want reviews as well, as after testing time; I'll be waiting for those two reviews again…

And for re-cap, I'll only be reviewing if the average is one update per day and two reviews per chapter. But that'll apply after testing time, and after Hibari's birthday~! :D

Aside from that, I'll be turning 13 soon, KYAHH!! So excited~!

BTW, just so you guys have an idea of how old I am, I made this account when I was only eleven, I think. Yeah, I think so, yeah… A few days before I turned twelve. :]

Oh yeahh, happy birthday to everyone who I didn't wish happy birthday… Sorry, I'm not properly informed whose birthday is when…

I know that Hibari's birthday is on the fifth, thanks to Shoko-Chan… :D

Thanks!!

And everyone, don't forget to review and vote!! xD

Have an awesome life, everyone, and tune in next time~!