Well, I guess I should first apologize since I didn't upload very soon but its cuz I had school lolz XD. I'm so sorry I disappointed u guaize :( don't worry! I PROMISE YOU I will have another chapter next week (if ur wondering y I would commit to you like this is because I have a wweek off next week so, NO EXCUSES FOR ME! XD) I also kinda wanted to be mushy and upload a chapter yesterday which was Valentine's Day but work drove me crazy and time was not something I had a lot of~ Forgive me? ;) Oh! And big late thank you for xXBloodyIllusionXx who gave me the idea of making the owner of the cake shop an actually character~ XD

Midori had been thinking about what Reborn told her and what she and the owner were talking about. The week was coming to an end and she had to make up her mind soon. It was a simple accept or decline request but it held so much complications.

"Should I help Tsuna? But how do I know for sure that he won't become one of those people who only fight for money or power…? I should ask him some questions before making up my mind, see his resolve." Midori thought to herself as she got ready for school.

While walking to school, she saw Yamamoto. "Oh! Hey there Yamamoto!" Midori greeted. "Ooh, good morning Midori!" Yamamoto greeted back. He was carrying his bag over his shoulder as always but this time Midori took more notice to his hand.

He also had a Vongola ring, his was of the rain. This initially shocked Midori because she had never noticed this before; but she did remember that everyone except Nana knew about the mafia in the house last time she went over to Tsuna's house. So it was only natural that Yamamoto would have received a Vongola ring. Thinking to herself a bit, she decided to speak.

"I didn't know that you were a part of the Vongola Yamamoto."

"Huh? Oh yeah, it's a pretty fun game, Midori, you should join us haha!" Yamamoto laughed. This made Midori deadpan, how could he say that all of this is just a game?

"He is that good of a hit man to say that the mafia is just a game or he is too naïve … I'll go with the later…" Midori thought to herself. Then she realized something. Yamamoto is late often and for her to be walking to school with him must mean she's possibly late as well.

She wasn't going to chance the fact that she might get chased by Hibari again and so she started to run, Yamamoto started to run as well, thinking that Midori had created an undeclared race. When the two made it to Namimori, it turns out that they were right on time.

"Thank goodness for my intuition, had I not run, both of us could have possibly been bitten to death!" Midori thought to herself while panting as she and Yamamoto got into the classroom.

Homeroom had just started and so before Midori walked into the room, she stopped and blocked the door so Yamamoto couldn't go in either.

"Hmm? What's wrong Midori?" He asked.

"I'm just curious, since this is a mafia game, there's a lot of fighting right? I doubt you had come out of every battle unscathed, why do you stick around to do things that could possibly injure you heavily?" Midori asked seriously.

"Well, you're right, I don't really ever come out of a battle as good as new, but it's something I enjoy playing. My friends are there for me and it seems that I've just grown up more through this game. It's not only me who's changed for the better, everyone has. And Tsuna is a great boss with an even better resolution." Yamamoto explained.

And while he was, Midori could almost feel what he went through with his friends. It obviously did not sound easy, but it didn't seem all bad.

"I see…" Midori said quietly.

"So, will you join the game Midori?" Yamamoto asked in a light manner.

"I don't know. I'm not sure…" She answered.

"Alright then, you just think about it for a while Midori." Yamamoto decided and they both headed inside the classroom. Although Yamamoto kept using the word 'game', it almost looked like he knew more. For now, Midori decided not to press on, his expression had almost reassured her of his knowledge.

Today, class went by a bit faster than Midori had expected, which was a good thing. She didn't feel very hungry today so she went to the library just to explore. Midori had never really been here, only because she really never had the time and she felt like she had better things to do than read books.

She was looking around and she saw that Gokudera was also there. He was sitting at a table alone, reading a book. Midori crept up behind him and when she was close enough, she let out a loud "BOO!"

"Waa!" Gokudera spun around and almost fell off his chair. "You stupid girl! What the hell do you think you're doing?" He yelled loudly, only to be 'Shh-ed!' by all the other people in the library. Midori also mimicked them and said "Shh! Gokudera! Don't you know that people are trying to read?" To prove her point, Midori grabbed a random book and held it to her face.

A vein popped on Gokudera's head as he retorted. "Well, first of all, the book is upside down, second of all, you don't look like the type to read books since you're so stupid. What are you really doing here?"

"I was just curious and decided to explore." Midori answered. "But you being here also makes it convenient for me because I have some questions for you!"

"What makes you think I'll answer your stupid questions?" Gokudera asked.

"I don't know, I just wanna ask you them." Midori answered back. "So! You're also in the Vongola right? Why did you join?"

"Ha! What kind of question is that? I obviously joined to be alongside the tenth!" Gokudera said simply.

"Well, what made you want to follow him?" Midori started to pry.

"The tenth saved my life! I will forever be grateful to him for that." Gokudera explained.

"Oh…. I see….." Midori said quietly while thinking to herself once more. "He really does sound like a good person, Tsuna. Well, before I really take all of this into consideration, there's still one more person I need to ask."

Without saying anything, Midori ran out of the library, leaving Gokudera confused; but all the more happy that she left.

Midori headed to the rooftop. She really didn't need to ask around to know where Hibari was anymore.

When she made it to the rooftop, she burst through the door and saw that Hibari was there. "Hey Kyoya! Can I ask you a-" Midori froze as she remembered something. Usually Hibari goes to the rooftop to sleep and if she were to wake him up…

"Oops…" She thought as she slapped her mouth quickly. The damage was already done and Hibari had woken up.

"You… do you want to die?" Hibari questioned her dangerously.

"Haha, err… I forgot that you slept up here … I just wanted to ask you a silly question that's all but it seems like your busy so maybe I should…" Midori managed to say while slowly inching towards the door.

BANG!

Midori froze and she turned her head to the left to see that one of Hibari's tonfas was close to her face and digging into the wall because of the amount of force applied.

"Why don't you enlighten me with this question of yours?" Hibari said, pretty satisfied with the reaction he had received.

"U-umm, well, I heard from Reborn that you are the Vongola's cloud guardian and I wanted to ask you why you decided to follow Tsuna…" Midori managed.

As soon as she asked that question, she felt a sharp wind hitting her right cheek. She didn't want to move her face in any direction this time, the sound of concrete breaking had already told the story for her.

"What makes you think I follow that weak herbivore?" Hibari asked sharply.

"Aren't you his cloud guardian though?" Midori asked in return; but this made Hibari's annoyance grow.

He started to walk up to Midori, who did not dare to move an inch from where she was. He simply wanted to get his tonfas back but Midori started to back against the wall, right in the middle of the two tonfas. Hibari had initially thought that it was out of fear but he thought otherwise when he looked a bit more closely at her. Midori was not only backing up, she was avoiding his gaze. This only made the aloof cloud guardian more curious as to what is making the girl so nervous about.

"I'll have you know that I follow no one." Hibari stated as he got so close to Midori she was in a way forced to meet his eyes.

She stared into his eyes for a while, she heard what he had to say but she saw something else. Even just a speck, she saw that there was a shy amount of respect that Hibari had gained towards Tsuna. Whatever the two had been through must have been pretty big and important.

"Ok, I'll believe you for now." Midori sighed. "But just so you know, I expect a more honest answer from you next time Kyoya!"

She then ducked under one of the tonfas that still impaled in the wall and went on her way.

This shocked Hibari not a little, but a lot. He had never had someone read him so clearly. He knew what he was telling her was not a hundred percent true but he himself had trouble admitting this new "gained" respect he had for the herbivore. For her to tell him that was almost like she had admitted what he had been denying for some time. He was starting to respect Tsuna and see him as a boss.

He stood there, still and engulfed in his thoughts.

To Midori~

She had decided. She knew what she wanted to do. Now she just had to find Reborn.

"Where is Reborn usually? I heard from Tsuna that he sneaks around the school in the middle of the day a lot but where? This school is not that small and with every step I take to find him, he could possibly be taking another step, be it away from me or closer to me…" Midori thought hopelessly.

"Don't worry, I'm right here Hanabira Midori." A voice came from behind her.

She turned around to confirm the voice and it really was Reborn.

"Good observation, this is the kind of skill that would be great for the Vongola. I suppose you have made up your mind?" Reborn continued.

"Yeah, I guess I have." Midori answered simply. "Ok, so I'm only an ally right? I wouldn't have to undergo training of any sorts because I am but an informant is that correct? Collect data and that's it right?"

"Yes, maybe, yes." Reborn answered in the order of Midori's questions. "I have one more question for you, what made you change your mind? From when we first met you clearly resented the mafia; would joining one not contradict you feelings for it?"

Midori looked at the baby for a second, scanning his expression but it proved to be difficult. "I hate the mafia for killing my parents but I will not be closed minded. I cannot judge people whom I have not met yet. To judge a book before reading it is the worst characteristics humans hold. I don't want to be like that but I had my doubts. That changed of course when I started to talk to his guardians."

"Hmm, you are quite mature for a girl who has green hair and is currently failing almost all of her classes." Reborn complimented before taking that compliment away in one sentence.

"Ok, green hair has nothing to do with anything. I'm failing? I thought I did a pretty good job in my classes!" Midori changed from an annoyed mood to a distressed one in 3 seconds.

"Maybe you should stop wasting you time trying to come up with ways to gain Hibari's affection and actually pay attention." Reborn retorted.

"I-it's not like that!" Midori yelled, one hand waving 'no' and the other hand trying to cover her blushing face.

"Really?" Reborn smirked. He turned away from her and decided to walk but stopped. "You should hang out with Tsuna and get to know him more, come to his house this weekend."

"Err, is anyone else going to be there?"

"Everyone, all of his guardians and Kyoko and Haru."

Midori thought for a second. "Can I ask what the occasion is?"

"No, you may not." Reborn held his gun up to her face. "You ask anything about this to anyone and I will blow you brains. I hope Tsuna has already told you that I have secret passageways around the whole school."

"F-fine sheesh~" Midori pouted, what she really hated was being kept in the dark, which Reborn understood completely considering her past.

Midori kept her word and had not asked anyone about the mysterious event, too afraid for her life.

~Lalala time passes~

The weekend came and Midori was rather nervous. She had no idea what event it was and the weather was getting warmer so she wore a minty green dress that lightly touched the knees. With that, she wore a white jacket and dark green shoes.

On her way to Tsuna's house, she saw Hibird.

"Hibird!" She called. The yellow bird responded almost immediately. And he flew down to the girl.

"Midori! Midori!" He chirped.

"Aww hey there buddy! I missed you!" Midori said as she poked the bird playfully.

"Miss you!" Hibird repeated.

"Aww! You missed me too? Haha that makes me really happy then! Nee, where's your crazy owner?" Midori laughed.

"Right behind you." Came an annoyed voice.

"Holy baloney! You scared me! I guess it makes sense since Hibird's here…" Midori said while still holding the bird in her palms.

Midori looked at Hibari and saw that he was still wearing his uniform even though it was the weekends.

Midori laughed; this was half expected since the last time they hung out on the weekends he was also wearing his uniform.

"Hey do you have any other clothes besides you uniform 'cause it looks like that's all you every wear!"

"I don't see how that is any of your business." Hibari stated coldly but it seems Midori had not cared for his tone and kept talking.

"Maybe it is my business, I'm you friend so I would care whether or not you look ridiculous during the weekend in public~" Midori said quickly hoping Hibari would just ignore or accept the fact that she said they were friends.

"Are you stupid? Last time I remember, we were not friends." Hibari was starting to get annoyed. Why did she want to become his friend so bad? She already has enough. There was no reason for their relationship to get any closer than acquaintances. No more!

"I don't know what you have against me but if it's because I'm a girl, I don't know how to fix that haha~!" Midori laughed once again. "But anyways, where are you headed? Are you going to Tsuna's house?"

"The baby asked me to go; I was hoping to fight him." Hibari answered.

"Well haha, I hate to break it to you but I don't think that's it. I'm pretty sure it's something else. Reborn may be good at hiding his expressions but the fact that he hid his intent tells me something more…" Midori explained. "Everyone is going to be there, all the Vongola guardians and Kyoko and Haru."

Both of them saw the resident but then Hibari decided to change his mind.

"I'm leaving." Hibari turned around and walked a few steps before he was stopped by Midori. She grasped on one of his arms and refused to let go.

"Wait! Common! Don't leave, we're almost there and who knows? I could be wrong!" Midori pleaded. She tugged on his arm and was able to only get him to take one more step forward towards Tsuna's house.

When both were in front of the house, Midori was panting from all of her efforts of almost dragging Hibari to the front of the Sawada resident. Hibari smirk, he was rather amused than mad at this moment, the look on Midori's face was too funny. She was about to let go of Hibari's arm when she saw Kyoko and Haru come out of Tsuna's front door.

"Ehh? Midori-chan! What took you so long?" Kyoko asked but said her words slowly as she examined the image before her, before she could say anything else Haru interjected.

"Whaa Midori-chan! You look so cute!" Haru shouted and then took a looked at the whole picture. "Umm, Midori-chan are you and Hibari-san…"

"Huh? What?" Midori asked unknowingly. Hibari sighed and hit Midori on the head.

"Oi baka herbivore, arm." He said, raising the arm that Midori was holding onto up.

"Ow! Wait what?" She looked down.

Midori realized what he meant and immediately let go. "O-oh! Sorry!" She apologized; Now her face started to flush.

"You were right, this is nothing but a useless crowding, I'll take my leave." Hibari stated with annoyance though his face was indifferent. Hibird, who was currently at Midori's shoulder, flew over to Hibari's and Midori didn't stop him this time. She was still flustered from what had just happened.

When Hibari turned at a corner and was out of sight, Midori changed her focus to the two girls. "What were we doing again?" She asked.

"Oh right, we were about to go in Tsuna's house right?" She half answered her own question as she started to walk towards the front door, but she was forced to take a pause in her walking. Kyoko and Haru both liked their arms to each of Midori's.

"Don't think your getting out of that so easily Midori-chan!" Haru said enthusiastically.

"That's right Midori-chan!" Kyoko agreed.

Midori's face, that had just went back to a normal color started to glow pink again.

When the trio came in the house, something made Midori jump. She saw some people she knew, and other new faces just jumping out of nowhere going "SURPRISE!"

She really did not expect this.

All she could say to this was "Huh?"

"This is a late surprise birthday party for you! we're sorry we didn't find out sooner." Kyoko informed.

"You guys really didn't have to do this you know." Midori said but she was inwardly grateful.

"Tsuna, go to Midori!" Reborn said. He was sitting on Tsuna's head, trying to navigate Tsuna towards Midori by pulling on his hair.

"I-ittai! Wait Reborn! I'm going!" Tsuna cried as he made his way towards Midori.

When they were face to face, Reborn decided to speak.

"Just so you know, this is also thrown for you for the fact that you have joined the Vongola."

"Hee? Midori-chan is in the Vongola? When did this happen?" Tsuna asked frantically.

"It's fine Tsuna, I choose to join and I'm sorry; I knew you were a kind person but my mind was sidetracked from my past." Midori reassured.

What she just said echoed in Tsuna's mind, making him curious and wishing Midori had said more.

"Well, let's start the party!" Nana yelled as everyone cheered.

Midori met the remaining guardians and Reborn had explained to her that Chrome and Mukuro was one person, one mist guardian. She was able to properly introduce herself to the selfish lighting guardian and the nice Chinese girl this time around. To Midori's shock, Kyoko and Haru also know about the mafia. After they were done eating, most of the guardians, which excludes Lambo, and Midori and the girls headed to Tsuna's room where they all just talked. Midori got to know each one of them a bit more.

They talked about serious things but much more light things. Gokudera argued with Yamamoto, trying to convince Yamamoto that his weapons were not firecrackers but dynamites. Ryohei, who was surprisingly Kyoko's brother, went on and on about being extreme. Haru did not stop gushing about how much she would one day be Tsuna's wife. This annoyed Tsuna and amused Midori greatly.

When things calmed down, Reborn started to get into explaining Midori's part in the Vongola a little more in detail telling her that she would have to go through some kind of training. The guys could only sit in silence and listen to Reborn's plans for Midori. When he was explaining this, Kyoko felt some disappointment inside her and Haru was being swallowed with jealousy. The two girls held no ill feelings for their bright hair colored friend but they felt so useless.

After all they had been through; they could only help from the very edge of the sidelines. When remembering their crazy moments when they were in the future, they could only cook and clean. Of course their efforts helped the guardians but they could never fight, they even got in the way a few times.

Midori looked over to the two girls and read their expressions easily. They too wanted to really be a part of the Vongola. They wanted to really go in combat instead of waiting and worrying at the sidelines. Midori wished she could make them feel better but the worst thing possible was to let the girls fight. She knew that they could never take the fighting and the blood if they were to really experience it. The sight, the smell, this would only result in mentally damaging them and that was not what she wanted.

After hearing this conversation for too long, Haru decided to speak up.

"Ne Reborn, why can Haru not fight? After everything that's happened, could Haru not fight beside Tsuna?"

Reborn frowned at Haru's remark. "You will never be able to handle it Haru, you and Kyoko are not fit for this."

"And why not? When everyone was sent to the future, Haru and Kyoko were there! We help but everyone hid things from us! If someone had told us sooner, we could have trained along with you guys."

This conversation was not amusing to Reborn and so he decided to say what he thought directly.

"You and Kyoko are too weak; I am not just talking about physically, but mentally as well. Could you have possibly taken in all of the deaths and bloodshed from the mafia? Could you have been able to sort and balance you mind from the guilt of killing and what you had to do to protect you family? You cannot handle the stress that a hit man holds. If you were to have a breakdown, we cannot and will not always be there for you. Should you make even the smallest mistake, it can cost one of us our lives; can you live with the guilt?"

Haru was taken aback by Reborn's words. She really looked into it and she realized that this is what Tsuna and everyone had been feeling. They had gotten in the way more than once and had never even stopped to reflect on the events that took place.

She felt like crying. When she turned to Kyoko, tears were also brimming her eyes. She looked at everyone around her and saw that they held guilty looks on their face, even Midori. Even someone who hasn't even known them for a long time had already understood the weight of the situation better than she or Kyoko will ever.

She ran out of Tsuna's room followed by Kyoko.

"Haru! Kyoko-chan! Wait!" Tsuna called out, but they had already left.

Everyone looked at each other except Reborn who kept his fedora down, hiding his expression.

"I'll get them." Midori said as she ran after the girls.

When she reached the bottom of the stairs, she didn't see the girls but she heard them crying in the kitchen.

Midori went into the kitchen and saw that Gokudera's sister, Bianchi, was comforting them.

"Are you guys ok?" Midori ask.

"No! And this is you fault!" Haru cried. "Maybe if you weren't in the Vongola, me or Kyoko could have gotten in and fight alongside Tsuna-san and the others!"

"A-ah wait Haru-chan, this is not Midori-chan's fault." Kyoko said, trying to calm Haru down while trying to calm herself down as well.

"You know, Reborn may have said some harsh things up there but this is because he wants to keep you guys safe. You both are very important people to the Vongola even if you are not necessarily in it." Midori explained.

"That's right." Bianchi agreed. "How could they possibly live with it if they weren't there to protect you and you got hurt?"

Haru calmed down a bit after Bianchi's words. Kyoko did as well.

"Why do you get to fight then Midori-chan? Reborn said you would go through some training as well." Haru stated.

"Hmm? Oh, that's because I have been involved with the mafia longer than you guys have been. A mafia famiglia had killed my parents and although it hurt me, I no longer look back into the past. Even though I am fine now, I was very close to a mental breakdown. I almost lost all faith in the world. If you look at it, now, I have gain that mental stability back, but I will always feel that pressure of just being in a mafia family. I don't want you guys to feel what I have been through." Midori said with a sad, pained expression on her face.

This shocked the three other girls. Midori had seemed like such a crazy, happy, careless person. None of them would have ever imagined that her past had been so tragic.

"Hey, where's Nana and the kids?" Midori questioned, changing the subject.

"I think they're-" Bianchi started but was interrupted.

Lambo ran into the kitchen naked and crying which shocked everyone even more.

"No! Lambo doesn't want to get his hair washed!" He cried.

As he ran towards the girls, he tripped and something flew out of his hair.

It looked like a bazooka and it was aimed directly at Midori.

"Look out Midori!" The girls yelled.

"Huh?" Midori turned her face to the bazooka but could not react fast enough. It shot directly at her and the kitchen was covered pink smoke.

When the smoke had cleared from her view, she was no longer in Tsuna's house. She was in quite a state of shock.

"What just happened? W-where am I? W-where is everyone? Did I die or something? WAIT! Let's calm down… I was hit with a bazooka? And now I'm here… does it transport things? That would be logical right?" Midori thought to herself. It was like as if a million thoughts flew by her mind.

"Hey you, what are you doing here?" a voice came behind her. Midori jumped and turned around slowly to face the person. She did not expect this at all.

Hehe well, there you go!~ I hope you guys liked this chapter, well you don't have to love it but tell me what you think! Don't forget to review it!~ Until next time :) Baiabi~ Oh! And plz still have some anticipation! I'm sure the next chapter will… cause a certain reaction~