Countdown number five until next arc. Woah, come to think of it, this Varia Arc-Future Arc intermission was really long, compared to the manga. Two weeks of intermission in the storyline for this story. And that took up twenty, thirty scenes? That's really long.

Also, I think this'll be the last update I will post today, after four separate scene updates. That's the most I did, ever, in a single day. And I bet you readers don't know how long it takes to update. And it does take a long time.

Well, read up!

Happy Reading, and please review at the end!

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Friday, and with Fridays came school. School whipped by without anything happening much, like last Friday, Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. But right after school, Kaia thought of apologizing to Reborn about her behavior last week Monday. She was so self-centered when she said that; perhaps all her accusations weren't even true. She numbly stood up from her seat and made to leave with the throng of students hurrying out. Kaia came out into the hallway and stopped.

She realized she couldn't. When she thinks of Reborn, she thinks of what he said last Monday. Borderline Personality Disorder, BPD.

It couldn't be true. It was either a lie or a cover-up. But…he can't be like that right? I made myself believe that, but… It simply didn't work. It just didn't work out. There's something I'm missing…

"R-Raiahu-san?"

Kaia turned around; it was Tsuna.

"A-Are you okay? You've been really silent since last Wednesday…" Tsuna seemed to be concerned. "All of us are worried, too." He looked down to the floor. "Even Reborn." The Arcobaleno nodded. "So…can you tell us what's been bothering you?" Tsuna looked at Kaia, prying for an answer. Kaia's nose wrinkled in disgust, and her eyes narrowed angrily. At first, Tsuna seemed unfazed. Gokudera, in the back, looked up in shock. Yamamoto's grin was a lot flatter than usual, and his eyebrows were scrunched together.

"You… you're all trying to be like that, aren't you?!" There were several turned heads. Everyone in the hallway turned their head now. "You…you're all just trying to- to do bad things to me, right?! Like- Like how Hibari does it, right?" Kaia stomped her foot, like she was a child again, complaining to her parents.

"Well just give it up, okay?! You're just making me kill myself, on the long run! If that's been your goal all along, then good for you!! I-" Kaia stopped. She bit her lip and looked away.

I can't do this, right? I couldn't do this to the people that had tolerated me for this long… But I can't live like that any longer. I just can't.

"I hate you all!"

I can't do it.

Kaia fell to her knees, her hands covering her face, silent tears flowing down her cheeks.

"I hate you all, I hate you!!" she cried. "The way you make me feel this way… I hate you!" A few of the turned heads quickly refocused and hurried away. Tsuna and his Guardians were stunned at what they did, rather, what Tsuna did.

"R-Raiahu-san…" Tsuna took a step backwards unconsciously, not knowing how to deal with this. "What do you mean…making you feel…that way?"

"Shut…up," Kaia choked and rubbed her eye. "All of you know, all of you! I hate you!" Gokudera was taken aback. Reborn's face was hidden with his fedora. His frown, however, didn't signal any good news. Tsuna kneeled down.

"Do you know…how thin the barrier is between love and hate?" Tsuna cracked a hopeful smile. "We're all a big, happy family, right?" Gokudera blinked.

Juudaime's right. He could only be referring to the Vongola, and-

Gokudera remembered the bitter fact of Kaia's inclusion in the family. How exactly would she be involved? With the family, or as just Tsuna's support, like stupid woman or Kyoko? Kaia's tears refused to stop, and she began to whimper like a puppy.

"No, we're not, okay? We're not that big, we're not happy, and we're not even family, okay? Get it?" cried Kaia. "I don't know why I- I don't know now. I know you guys are capable of killing, so there's no problem that you can't just kill me right here and right now, right?

"I don't want to do anything but be normal, but nooo, you had to go around and mess up my life! I wanted the attention a normal person gets! I wanted the grades a normal person gets! I wanted the friends a normal person gets! I wanted the hobbies, the personality, the-the everything a normal person gets! And I did, at first! And then came along you guys, telling me to do this, do that, and it ate up my life, okay?! Get it?! It ate up my life!!"

"Quit your whining, okay?!" growled Gokudera. Tsuna turned in amazement. "Why the hell would Soto spend such a long time with you, stuffing you full with skills and knowledge?! He wouldn't do that if you weren't worth it! Who knows – you probably wouldn't regret this when you grow up!"

"But why would you wait for the BPD to eat me alive?! Why would you say something like that when Soto had already predicted my death?!" Kaia glared at Gokudera, rubbing her eyes and trying to rub away the redness of her cheeks.

She hated herself for doing this to them. They hated her for doing this. Hate, hate, when would you ever go away?!

The hallway was silent now. The stray students had all wandered away now. This would be the typical time Hibari would be wandering the halls, looking for stragglers. Tsuna's eyes were wide and shocked, nearly scared. Yamamoto was obviously caught off guard. Gokudera, he was frozen in shock.

"BPD cannot eat you alive, Kaia," Reborn said. "You are eating yourself alive."

"What do you mean, eating myself alive?! I'm-I'm perfectly fine, a-am I?" Kaia looked away, teeth gritted, trying to erect a wall to hold in her feelings. "Then fine. Fine, okay?! I don't care anymore! I'm going." She shakily picked herself up. Tsuna stepped forward to help, but Kaia waved him away. She picked up her bag and began to walk away.

"Oh no, she can't mean that…" Reborn scrunched his eyebrows together, his grim expression expressing his overwhelming foreboding. "Kaia!!" Kaia did not hear him; if she did, she ignored it and walked on.

"Reborn, what did you mean?" Tsuna mumbled, looking down to his tutor. Reborn jumped onto his shoulder.

"Ask Yamamoto. About how he joined."

Gokudera started.

"What- Reborn, not… not that…" Tsuna's expression was too scared for Kaia to put into words. Tsuna turned to see Kaia, still walking down the hallway. "K-Kaia, don't!!"

"Shut up. [Ku-ro-sai.]" That was Kaia's reply – soft and light, but it broke their hearts. It was like she had no resolution, no care for living anymore. Tsuna and Gokudera looked away. Yamamoto's smile was no more, but a thin, pursed line. Reborn looked to the two Guardians from his perch on Tsuna's shoulder.

"Gokudera, I know you can keep an eye on her. Make sure she doesn't do anything stupid," ordered Reborn. Gokudera nodded. He knew Reborn referred to 'anything stupid' as to harming herself or anyone else. Tsuna was concerned, and he could not bear taking a look at Kaia again.

"Crowding?"

Tsuna, Gokudera, and Yamamoto turned. Hibari's eyes were aflame. Kaia had already turned the corner, and now Hibari stood at that end of the hallway in her place.

"And not only crowding, but loitering after class? I'll have to bite you to death."

"We were just leaving," grumbled Gokudera, glaring daggers at Hibari. "And if it's about Kaia, shut the f*** up and go to hell. It wasn't our fault, I'll let you know that."

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Sigh, poor girl. Finally actually losing her bearing. She wasn't thinking when she said all that – just expressed her emotions. What she was feeling got the best of her.

And Gokudera's ending statement? He was avoiding a fight. That time wasn't the time for a fight, you know. Of course you know. But Hibari was feeling a bit revengeful [take the 'a bit' out of there and replace it with 'very, very'; then it would make a little more sense] and he wanted to punish someone. Especially those he despised.

Oh well. Anyhoo, please review, vote as well if you want, and please, some suggestions for the new length of the scenes after the 100-scene/101-scene anniversary.

Thanks, everyone, and have an awesome summer [break] everyone!