OMG I am so sorry, everyone!! D:

I wasn't really free to update since Thursday, but I'm back again, and I will be updating. I promise. ^^

And for the comments, I asked…because sometimes it gets tiring during multiple scene updates. It is a lot, if you put it all together. Of course, I will do them most of the time, if not all of the time. Of course all the time. Unless I update ten scenes at a time, right?

I won't do that. It'd probably jam up your inbox for those who alerted me and my story. It already did, to one of my friends who didn't get to their email for a long time. :]

Ah, and also, since I got in another re-vote, here's the current scoreboard:

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

Mukuro/Kaia with a Hibari twist: 1 [and 3 re-votes from Shoko-Chan]

Gokudera/Kaia: 5 [and 1 1/2 re-votes from Shin] [another re-vote from Crazee4anime] [a re-vote from little-L.A.M.]

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

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

Hibari/Kaia: 4 [a re-vote from that~one]

Belphegor/Kaia: 3 [a re-vote from The Great Pineapple MEKI] [a re-vote from RemStrike78] [and a re-vote from AkaMizu-Chan]

Soto/Kaia: 1

Byakuran/Kaia: 1

Xanxus/Kaia: 1

Bel and Hibari are really close. Re-votes from every single voter for the Bel/Kaia entry, Hibari/Kaia more of the one-time voters. Hm. Again, I've decided to finish up the majority of Hibari/Kaia first, before the Varia come back into play. Which means that Bel/Kaia would return, and probably the introduction of Xanxus/Kaia?

I'm not that sure. Not yet, at least. What I'm sure of, is that whatever you read on the Millifore vs. Vongola Choice mafia battle over the Trinisette, is not accurate. Why? Because I already twisted everything from the beginning. xD

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She bit her lip. She didn't want to go in. She didn't want to open that door knob, to enter, to see one of them.

Kaia stood, uncertainly and unsure, before the Reception Room, the place of the Disciplinary Committee. She moved not a single muscle, and she knew it was a matter of time before Hibari would notice a human-like shadow on the door.

"Come in," came that same male voice. Hibari seemed to be busy today. Kaia grasped the knob and turned, sticking her head out and peeking in.

"Hibari-sempai?"

"What is it?" Hibari was very busy – the stack of papers on his desk even overwhelmed Kaia.

"Do-Do you have a bus schedule to Kokyou?" Kaia averted her eyes to the ground. She was sure these words were going to hurt, whether he loved or not. "I miss my friends there, and I haven't any other way to contact them." Hibari wheeled around in his chair and looked out the window.

"Rain's coming. Are you sure?" Hibari turned back towards Kaia, and resumed his paperwork. Kaia wondered what his handwriting would look like, but that was beside the point. "Don't get sick, okay? And you don't have any way of calling anyone in case anything happens, right?"

"I'll be fine. I've made my way around before," shrugged Kaia. She forced a fake smile. "Can I…get a bus schedule…?"

"I don't have one," muttered the President. He paused and glanced up. He sat back into his chair, setting the pen [or mechanical pencil] down. "The next one is in ten minutes. Go out to the front of the school, make a left, and keep on going until there's a bus stop. The bus ride will be about 15 minutes to Kokyou Middle, and it will be the third stop. How long will you stay there?"

"I-I don't know, probably not long."

"Then in half an hour, there will be a bus going back to Namimori Middle – here. But if you don't get off, the next stop will be the shopping district." Hibari hunched back over his paperwork. "You should get going – the bus might go without you."

"A-Arigato [Th-Thanks]!!" Kaia beamed a smile, and dashed out of the room, down the hallway, and on her way to visiting Haruka.

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She caught the bus – but she had to pay. She paid the toll with a few coins, and settled for a seat in the front, next to the window.

There weren't that many people on the bus; there was a lady that apparently went shopping, and is going to her home in Kokyou, there were a few creepy people in suits, and a family with toddlers. The toddlers were thankfully sleeping.

It was a relatively short trip, where nothing really happened. No-one spoke, and nobody ever made eye contact. Fifteen minutes passed, and the bus came to a before Kokyou Middle. Kaia stood and made for the exit.

"Thanks!" acknowledged Kaia, before turning and getting off the bus. The bus drove away right after. Kaia had gotten off at a stop quite close to the school; she could even recognize the neighborhood. There was a bench where kids usually would sit, waiting for the bus to drive them home somewhere else.

Today, there was someone else sitting there.

Kaia avoided eye contact and made to walk by and into the school.

"Hey, Kaia, aren't you Namimori?" inquired a voice. "I don't think you should…uh, yeah. After-school activities are in session as well, so I'm not sure if the staff would allow you there." Kaia did not turn, but she stopped in her tracks.

She took another step.

"Kaia-chaan, can't you just say hi? Chrome would like that."

"Chrome? Don't speak her name in my presence, you- you horrible person!" snarled Kaia, as she turned around to face Mukuro. "Get out of my face, right now!"

"But- What'd I do?" frowned Mukuro, plainly confused. He looked a little hurt, too, and he scooted over to let Kaia sit as well. "Can't you keep a lonely guy company?"

"No, I won't, especially if it's you, okay, you…murderer!" Kaia glared at Mukuro, who was stunned.

"Murderer? What do you mean, murderer?" blinked Mukuro.

"You, don't play stupid, you scum," spat Kaia. "I'm coming to see Haruka, no one else." She turned to face the school again and marched on.

"Haruka's not talking about you anymore, and she's got new friends, Kaia."

That stopped Kaia in her tracks the second time that day.

"Why should I believe you? A pervert, a stalker, a murderer, an idiot, no doubt! Just shut up and leave me alone, okay?!" Kaia looked back and glared at Mukuro for a second, before disappearing past the corner.

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Note that Kaia wasn't really thinking when she said all of that to Mukuro. Neither was she sure about anything she said. It was all assumption. But how creepy – those assumptions were actually quite correct. And note, also, that the previous sentence could serve as a foreshadower. But then again it isn't part of the story. And it doesn't realy foreshadow anything in the author comments section. Then again, it is…in a way…a foreshadow. Keep that in mind; that could come in handy around 150 scenes later. ;]

Or more, that is.

Nevertheless, please review, everyone, and vote as well!! And please, when reviewing, tell me how long you want the new scene updates to be! Otherwise, I'd just assume you would like to keep the lengths as short or as long as it is right now.

Have an awesome summer [break] everyone!! xD