Sorry, everyone, I was unable to update anything at all during the weekends. Anyway, to make up for that, this scene is longer than most of them, so…

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"Come on, get up, Kaia," Soto knocked at her room and opened the door. Kaia was still in bed, but her eyes were wide open. "Kaia?"

She started, but calmed down a little once she saw it was Soto.

"You're going to school today, okay? You can't just ditch school for a week," frowned Soto. "Get up. I've got soup in the kitchen ready for you if you want it, okay?" He left, closing the door. Kaia blinked. Somehow, her mind felt more uncluttered. She knew what this place was, she knew who Soto was, and she knew…what the smell of soup was. Oh, it reminded her of the old days – when her mother and her father used to live together.

It had been a large mansion, the place they lived in. Kaia used explore the place all the time, and knew it upside down and inside out. Both her father and her mother would talk in some language Kaia would only half-understand; Kaia knew a few words of that language, but never found out what that language was. Her mother would always go to the kitchen, get in a big argument with the cook, and end up cooking soup by herself. And it was when Kaia would smell the irresistible smell of soup and drift into the kitchen, drooling with the longing and impatience to taste it. But then, her father left, her mother became exceedingly busy, and they moved to Japan. After Kaia and her mother moved to Japan for a while, her mother left again for Canada, according to her, to find another job.

Kaia got out of bed and dressed herself properly, then went to the kitchen to see what lay in store for her.

When Jasmine saw her and her shy, little smile on her face, she cried out in joy and hugged Kaia tightly for a while. After the two settled down, Kaia rushed to the pot of soup on the stove with an oversized ladle and an oversized bowl.

"Eh- no, Kaia! Not that much!" Soto paled. He snatched the ladle from Kaia and, instead, scooped out an amount she would be able to stomach in fifteen minutes. "School starts in about twenty-five minutes. Hurry up with your breakfast and be on your way, okay?" Kaia just nodded solemnly and started to sip her soup.

"Ah, Kaia, here's your bento…" Jasmine handed it to Kaia, who gratefully accepted it and slipped it in her bag.

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The very second Kaia burst out of her front door, she fell down. It wasn't her fault, actually. Gokudera was so intent on asking that Dino person about his new Half-Vongola Storm Ring that he hadn't noticed that Kaia, too, figured to go to school. Gokudera was still on his two feet, and looked down pitilessly at Kaia.

Kaia, meanwhile, slowly picked herself up, trying to ignore the horrid stares her classmate was giving her. When she was fully upright again, she felt belittled by the hateful glaring from the still taller Gokudera. Still avoiding his eyes, Kaia looked down to the ground and said:

"Can…you…please…stop…?"

Gokudera rolled his eyes.

"Keh." And with that, he left without another word. Kaia just stood at her doorstep for a while. Of course, she didn't want to be seen with such a rude person. Now, she carefully made her way down the stairwell and in the same direction she had gone the last time she actually got to school.

As she walked, she passed by a certain place which she remembered she had been before. There was no bazooka today, no Kyoko, none of those three, and no talking baby. There was, however, a woman, two infants, and a man she recognized. Kaia furrowed her brow; she had seen this person before, but never in a mining suit. She searched her memory; the last time she saw him had been years ago, when her mother and father used to still live together. Kaia approached the household, and the woman noticed her.

"Hello~! Are you one of Tsuna-kun's classmates? School is going to start soon…" beamed the woman. Kaia smiled and nodded, but her eyes flitted to the faintly familiar man sitting some distance away on the front door. That same man perked up, and walked up beside the cheerful woman.

"Hey, kid!" beamed the man with a mighty laugh, looming up over her. "You should be getting to school, don't you think?" He chuckled and mumbled to himself, and abruptly walked away. "Kids these days…really…"

"Ah, don't mind him, dear, you should be getting to school," the woman seemed concerned, but still brilliantly happy. Kaia nodded with a fake smile, and went on her way again. It was only after a long while had she felt something on her head. Kaia stopped in her tracks and reached her hand upwards to set the thing down on the ground.

She felt a mass of…something resembling the filling of a pillow. Kaia pulled the weight off her head, and found it to be one of the infants running around – the one with the afro.

"Lambo-san wants a candy," the toddler whined. "Eh? Do you have a candy~?" Kaia shook her head and placed the child on the ground.

"Awww… Where's Dame-Tsuna…?" yawned the kid. "I…want…candy!!" He stomped his foot on the ground in emphasis and sniffed. Kaia kneeled down to the kid's eye level. She smiled her true, sincere smile.

"Are…you…Lambo-san? I'm…Kaia," she whispered.

"Ehh?!" Lambo gaped up at Kaia. Seeing her smile, he, all in one moment, understood her. He broke into his wide grin. "Hai! I'm [Watashi wa] Lambo-sama!!"

"Well…Lambo-san…can…you…help…get…me…to…Namimori…Middle…please?" Kaia wasn't sure how to get to school again. She erupted into another fit of coughs, and she momentarily faced away from Lambo. Of course, she wasn't one who liked snot-covered babies.

"Of course! Lambo-sama knows all!!" With that, Lambo marched on forward, then broke into a giggling run. "You're not gonna catch the great Lambo-sama! KYAHAHHAHAHAHAAA!!"

Kaia smiled to herself – even this little, disrespectful toddler could understand her when those of experience, like Soto, Jasmine, couldn't. She, too, broke into a run.

"You aren't going to catch me!! KYAHAHHAHAHHAAHAH!!"

Nobody is going to catch up with your potential, Lambo, even if you're looked down upon or shunned from everyone. Your future is bright – brighter than mine.

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So, Kaia meets Lambo!! :D

Happy early birthday to him, as I've figured out I can't do something special for Lambo's birthday on time… Which is bad.

Thanks to everyone who read, and so please, please review? :D

Have an awesome life, everyone, and please review!! xD