The next morning, Akari woke up early and gathered all her stuff together so she wouldn't be a burden right when they were going to leave. Tsuyoshi opened the door and was surprised to see Akari awake so early. "Could you please tell Takeshi that breakfast is ready while I set the table?" he quietly asked. She nodded and heard the door close when she started to gently shake Yamamoto. He yawned as he woke up and rubbed one eye, stretched with his other arm, and looked at her, greeting her good morning and asked for the time. Not wanting to look at a watch or clock, she answered, "It's time for breakfast."
She helped him up after he was fully awake and ready to get up then they walked side by side to the kitchen.
After breakfast, the two teenagers chatted as they cleaned the table and washed the dishes.
"What should we do after this?" asked Yamamoto.
"Tsuna's house? They're all probably worried about me spending the night when I just barely came back into their lives a few days ago." answered Akari.
"Haha, then Tsuna's house it is!" announced Yamamoto, "But first we have to get ready."
With a plan for the day, the two worked faster and hurried to get ready. After they were both set, they headed out the door with Yamamoto telling his dad where they were going as they walked out of the house.
"I see them." announced Reborn before he put his binoculars down and jumped off the window sill. Tsuna sat up and asked who he saw exactly, but Reborn told him he'd see soon enough and walked out of the room. Worried, Tsuna got up and chased after him saying, "Don't tell me it's more mafia people!" Reborn stopped a few inches away from the front door and told Tsuna to just open it. Without question, Tsuna nervously opened the door only to see his sister and Yamamoto. He got less tense at the sight of them and greeted them. Reborn also greeted them with his "Ciaossu." and they both responded with a "Hey Reborn. Yo Tsuna."
From the kitchen, Nana loudly asks, "Akari-chan? Are you home?" A smile appears on Akari's face at the voice of her mother and says, "Hai, Okaa-san!" then she runs to the kitchen. "Mama, I'm thirsty, may I please have a drink?" Akari asks. Nana asks what she would like and is asked for wine. "Wine?" Nana says questionably, "Why?"
"I'm craving it. May I please have some?" Akari beggingly asks. Reborn jumps onto her shoulder and tells Nana it's okay for her to have some. She thinks for a few minutes and gives a big sigh before getting out of her chair to get a bottle of wine. When she comes back, she informs Akari that it was the last bottle before handing it to her.
The moment Akari touched the bottle, she felt something coming from it. Something familiar like... herself. She starred wide eyed at it for a while before Reborn asked her what the matter was. Worried, Nana said, "I'm sorry! Do you not like that kind of wine? I can go out and buy some more-"
"No," interrupted Akari, "Please do not do that. This wine is perfect."
"You mean the wine from my wedding?"
"Yes... This wine... is very special to me..." she started to sniffle.
The two boys who were standing in front of the door came running in at the sound of her crying and asked what had happened. "Reborn, what did you do?!" exclaimed Tsuna. "Nothing, she found something she's very grateful to." retorted Reborn.
"Yep! Saved my life~" added Akari.
"You're life?!" cried Tsuna as his mom smiled, puzzled at the new topic at hand.
"Haha, that's what I heard!" said Yamamoto.
"Can I please keep this wine bottle?" begged Akari.
"If it's that important to you then I don't mind." answered Nana.
Akari bowed and ran upstairs to put it away in the bag she left in Tsuna's room. After she ran into his room Gokudera showed up greeting Tsuna with an "Ohayo gozaimasu, Juudaime!" then a "What are you doing here, baseball freak?!" when he turned and saw Yamamoto. Nicely answering his question with a smile, Yamamoto told him he came to drop off Akari after she spent the night at his house. Eyes widening and anger slowly rising, Gokudera asks, "You didn't do anything like I said, right?! I know you're an idiot but I'm pretty sure I made it as simple as I could." Clueless, Tsuna asks about the situation, "What are you talking about Gokudera-kun?" but is surprisingly ignored.
Yamamoto scratches the back of his head as a hint of pink spreads across his cheeks when he tells Gokudera, "Well... I saw her take her shirt off..."
Before kicking Yamamoto to the ground he calls him a bastard and reminds him of his promise. Yamamoto stands up and replies, "I said I wouldn't do it on purpose. It was an accident!"
"Don't you dare start acting like a smart-ass towards me!"
The tension in the room, mainly from Gokudera, rises but is soon interrupted by Reborn. "It's taking Akari longer than it should be." he says.
Tsuna volunteers to check up on her and rushes upstairs to his room only to see her lying on the floor unconscious. "Akari?!" he cries at the sight of her body. He rushes to her and shakes her body to wake her up. "Akari? Wake up!" She slowly opens her eyes so they can focus and clear her vision before speaking. Looking up at her little brother, they simultaneously ask, "What happened?"
"Haha, guess I cant hold my liquor?" She says with levity in her voice, "I did finish the rest of the bottle after all."
"You what?!" he exclaimed.
The others also rushed up when they heard all the commotion. Gokudera, being the most concerned, quickly asks what had happened. Akari says, once again, that she had fainted. Yamamoto asked why she'd fainted and her response was the fact that she finished the bottle. With a serious look on his face Reborn asks her, "You weren't going to keep it for analysis?" Her face becomes stern when she snapped back at him saying, "No!"
Tsuna and the other two teenagers were very confused with their conversation so he asked what they were talking about. Akari slowly shook her head to tell him it wasn't any of his business. Gokudera asked if he could know. "I was on my way to tell you..." she sadly started, "but that was the day I got hit by that car." She forced a smile. The three boys were shocked at the coincidence and were speechless until Reborn broke the silence by telling them it was no accident. All at once, the four frantically asked, "Then who did it?"
"Well... Someone knew her plans for that day and didn't want her to spill the beans so they attempted a hit-and-run murder."
Face in a panic, Akari flailed her arms asking the question again. Reborn jumps onto her shoulder and whispers into her ear. When he is done, she stares at the ground with a somewhat solace expression choking out the words "He's alive...?"