This is the second part of the double-update, and this is for Hibari's birthday~! :D

Here's the first bit of the stuff everyone voted for! [Actually, for Shoko-Chan, and sorry, everyone, but other pairings will be coming soon. I think.]

Happy Reading, everyone!!

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Hibari yawned. He stretched as he lounged on the school rooftop. Hibird alighted next to him, chirping happily as usual. The President sat up and looked at the view around him. For some reason, there was always something nagging at him – a feeling that would refuse to leave. Hibari cursed himself for being weak, for being such a wimp like that. But he couldn't ignore that feeling. It was so different from the other emotions he was used to feeling. And this feeling was both a mixture of feelings he had felt before, and a mixture of feelings he had never experienced in his life.

Regret, anxiety, guilt, yearning, disgust. To sum it up, Hibari felt awful. He didn't like this new feeling. He wanted to get rid of it; it was worse than the hatred he felt after encountering that Mukuro. In fact, he would gladly be beaten by Mukuro again in exchange of never feeling this feeling ever again. Every time he tried to avoid the subject, his mind would remind him of it, again.

How the herbivore-pretender took the blow like an herbivore, falling to the ground, seemingly dead.

How impossible the very possibility was of a carnivore not even bothering to protect itself.

How he, for the first time, took down a perfectly normal student of Namimori Middle who had nothing to defend herself with.

How horrible Hibari felt to see that carnivore latched onto the hospital bed and unnaturally horrible he felt, too, when she had visitors.

Hibari tried to shun his instinct to protect and fend off enemies from his prey. It seemed that this instinct was eating him alive for not being close to that dying carnivore. He tried to distract himself with battle; but that only brought the feeling, the regret, and the knot in his stomach, back to reality. He tried to enforce the rules a little more; but no-one dared break any at all after seeing their example – Kaia.

She left the hospital yesterday, and apparently was staying at home until she fully recovered. Hibari's thoughts now drifted to where that might be. He knew the whole of Namimori by heart, and it wouldn't be difficult to root her out, single her out, to find her among the population of a meager city. He shook his head in an effort to rid himself of the thought. After finding it ineffective, he smashed his head into a pole to focus himself. He must not think of these vulgar herbivore matters. He was a carnivore; if he was caught with a weak side, he would fall and become a weakling, an herbivore. He became a little nauseous – he sat back down again.

Two objects of metal clattered on the gravelly rooftop. Hibari's tonfas lay ten meters away. Hibari just took one glance in that direction; his eyes hardened, and he quickly looked away. Punishing himself through physical pain is definitely not an option. It shows weakness of the heart – that was not for him to do.

Hibird chirped. Hibari looked down curiously at the little bird. He sighed and turned his head back to the view of Namimori.

And there he remained for a number of hours, trying to sort out everything, until he heard a whip crack. He mentally groaned.

"Hey, hey, Kyouya, don't be lazy – it's time."

"Okay, and?" Hibari muttered, still not facing his supposed "tutor." Dino frowned.

"You can't just lounge about – the Ring Battles are going to begin."

"Battle?" repeated Hibari. He seemed uninterested, but he was actually very interested. This was not only an opportunity to outfight an annoying cousin of that half carnivore/herbivore Sawada Tsunayoshi, but also to distract himself properly from that horrible conflict of feelings.

"Yeah, of course, why else am I here to teach you how to fight properly?"

"Just shut up; I don't need to listen to you."

"Tche; and to think Hibari Kyouya would pass on the chance to become more than who he is?"

"Like I would learn from an herbivore like you."

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Hah. So that's for you, Hibari, a special birthday scene. :D

Happy birthday!!

Oh yea, and talking about presents, I have a 27 hour countdown for mine. xD

So excited~!

Oh yeah, and have an awesome life, everyone, and please tune in next time~! :]