Sorry for not updating yesterday, and as you know, my updates have been slowing down… D:

Gahh… Sorry, everyone, sorry!! Oh well, anyway, the story's still rolling along quite fine, but I'm not quite done with the Varia arc. *winks*

And MEKI, even I can't quite work out how Lambo could understand anything aside from food, sleep, and whining. But, note, he has a brain, and I'll just keep this a mystery until Lambo finally could explain himself [not as a toddler, obviously].

Thanks to MEKI and vampireizzy for reviewing!! :D Love you both! And everyone who reads and everything!! xD

Happy Reading, and please review [again??]!!

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"There it is~!" Lambo pointed. Now, he was a hand-held GPS, in a way. Kaia had him securely in her arms; this way, Lambo wouldn't get lost, and Kaia would find her way to school. Kaia smiled, and continued to run as fast as she could to her destination. And then there was the gate.

It loomed over them; it was impossible for them to climb. Otherwise, if they did climb it, Kaia would certainly be in trouble.

"That way!" called Lambo. He pointed, and Kaia hurried in that direction. They were coming in the back way. They kept running – there soon came an entrance. Kaia readily took it. But once she got to the school, she wondered what to do with Lambo. He wasn't supposed to be here.

"Lambo…" breathed Kaia. "Thanks…"

"HUM!" beamed Lambo. "I'm gonna play…hide and seek!!" And he leaped out of Kaia's grasp and ran off to play hide and seek by himself. Though Kaia was unsure how Lambo would play hide and seek by himself, she shrugged and entered the school campus.

After a while, Kaia reached her classroom – it was right on time. The bell rang, and Kaia hurried to her seat.

And as if the teacher could read her mind, he boomed:

"Raiahu Kaiashi, report to the Reception Room – you were late."

Kaia paled.

"No excuses! To the Disciplinary Committee! Right now!" he pointed a finger to the classroom door.

"But…" complained Kaia. She was silenced by an indignant stare from the teacher, and she reluctantly left the classroom. Tsuna eyed her pitifully, and as Gokudera followed Juudaime's gaze, instead of wrinkling his nose in disgust, he just looked away. Yamamoto preferred to not even notice; it wasn't like him to be sad. Nevertheless, he was concerned.

Kaia was out in the hallway again – as she made her way to the Disciplinary Committee, she began to slow down. She didn't want to face the President ever again, much less get on his bad side. He already gave her that bruise and that injury in her head. In fact, she wasn't even thinking of that. She had a bad feeling floating about her. Something horrible was going to happen to her again. Kaia was sure of that. But still, getting to the Disciplinary Committee wasn't going to take forever. She halted right in front of the door, which was labeled "Disciplinary Committee."

"Come in," growled the same, low, menacing voice Kaia heard the last time she had come here. Kaia nervously gripped the door knob and turned it. The door swung open a crack, and Kaia stuck a head out. Hibari's expression darkened. His murderous aura intensified – even to a point that Kaia could not ignore it. Kaia shut the door gently and walked up timidly to Hibari's desk.

"I am aware you were late, Raiahu." Hibari was clearly very pissed off. Kaia bowed her head in an effort to pacify him, and to avoid his glare. It seemed that people liked to stare at her… And Kaia miserably noted this fact.

"And it seems you have brought something to school you shouldn't have brought," Hibari narrowed his eyes dangerously. Kaia looked up. Hibari was holding up something that faintly resembled that of a broccoli by the scruff. Kaia's eyes widened. It was Lambo.

"Lambo…" Kaia bit back her urge to slap Hibari. He had hurt Lambo – the poor toddler was covered in little bruises. She fought herself to keep the angry tears to flow. "You…" Kaia shut her eyes and turned away. She had to suppress her anger; if she exploded against Hibari, who knew what would happen? "Punish…me…not…him…Hi-Hibari…sempai…"

"Very well," a wicked gleam appeared in Hibari's eye. "Take this useless piece of trash to that Sawada – he'll see to it this trash will be taken care of." He threw the unconscious Lambo relentlessly at Kaia. Luckily, Kaia had turned around, and she caught Lambo in her arms. "But if you don't come back, you will be bitten to death, clear?!"

"H-Hai…" Kaia nodded. She hurried out of the room, and eventually found her classroom. She slammed open the classroom door, angering the teacher.

"Rai-" he started, but was cut off by Kaia's soft but authoritative voice. She was desperate. Lambo was in a bad condition.

"Sawada…Tsuna…yoshi…" she looked to Tsuna. He stood up from his seat, and saw the poor Lambo in her hands. "I'm…sorry…" Kaia looked she was on the verge of tears. She obviously cared a lot about Lambo, and Tsuna rushed over to get him.

"How?" Tsuna paled. Kaia looked up to Tsuna.

"Hibari…sempai…" she looked away and rushed back out of the classroom. Tsuna looked after her running person pitifully, bowed his head respectfully to her, and returned to his seat. He understood. Gokudera glanced questionably to Tsuna.

"Juudaime, what was that about?" he frowned with concern due to Tsuna's somber expression.

"She stopped Hibari from hurting Lambo – but with a sacrifice with her own; probably at the cost of her life."

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About Tsuna's ending comment:

Well, it was Hibari and Kaia. Kaia tended to get really bad injuries when the President was involved for some reason. Also, there's rumors floating in Namimori about that, but I shouldn't explain right now. It'll come later, and also, you know how Hibari hates crowds, including the crowds that flock together when the Vongola or the mafia is involved. Of course, he knew that Lambo was the Thunder Guardian. And he acknowledges the fact that this Tenth Vongola Family is just a group of herbivores, and that fact is emphasized by Lambo's relation to the Vongola. Tsuna knows that, because Dino was already training Hibari for the Ring Battles. Obviously, Hibari couldn't fight in the Ring Battles if he hadn't a clue about what the Vongola was, the mafia, and how everything worked.

Also, as a reminder to both me and you, today is the day of the first ring battle – the Sun Battle. And, today in the story is Saturday. The Japanese have half-school-days on Saturdays, so that explains why they have school right now [in the story] and why the Japanese kids have the most days of school in a school year.

So that's it for this update, and if you want to read more, please, please review!

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Thanks everyone!!

Have an awesome life, everyone~!!