Aydan took to the roofs once more. For reasons she didn't quite understand the answer to this particular letter was important to her. She had surprised herself by putting not her code name but her birth name in the letter and then again by asking about becoming friends with Tsunayoshi Sawada.

"What is going on with me lately? And why is his answer so important to me?" She pulled out her binoculars and looks into Gokudera's apartment, he was taking his time in going to sleep tonight and it was starting to get on her nerves. "Damn it. All the other nights you knocked right out! But not tonight! The one night I am actually waiting for the answer and you decided to stay up!" Her hand strays to the cross-bow resting between her shoulder blades. One good shot and he'd be out till morning. "No. You're not to leave any trace, and getting hit with a bolt is leaving a trace."

About three hours later Gokudera finally went to his room and fell asleep, allowing Aydan the time to vault over to the building and work her way down to his apartment.

As she enters the apartment she noticed her last letter lying on the table surrounded by other crumpled papers and one that was laid out flat. She quickly picks it up and reads through it.

'Uh huh...

Yeah...No.

No can do.

You see, Aydan (was it?), Juudaime is kind but that doesn't mean I'm about to let YOU (who just before spoke about "destroying him") anywhere near him. Either as a friend or anything else.

Come back in a few years and we'll figure it out.'

Although she had expected this type of answer, it still stung for some reason. Aydan's hand drifts to her pocket, where she had the rest of their letters except for the few she had left here.

"Maybe..."

Aydan quickly grabs a piece of paper and writes her response.

Gokudera wakes to find a stack of carefully folded letters on his table, the one on top in a sealed envelope.

"What the...?"

He opens the envelope and stares down at the response.

'Why don't you ask the Tenth what he thinks? Show him the entire of our conversation and voice your opinion of me and see what he says. I think I know his answer just as you do and so I am not hopeful.

Anyway this is all just a...small thought of mine. My boss has given me a direct order that your boss is to be taken out. Do not think for one moment that I wish this life on myself, I would do anything to escape this world, but I cannot...

Show Tsuna. I wish to know what he thinks of me.

This was not what he expected, gloating or anger sure, but not someone who hate's their life.

"Show Tsuna. I wish to know what he thinks of me." Gokudera looks down at the stack of letters on his table and realizes that they were every letter that had gone back and forth between them. "They kept these...? Why?"

Gokudera runs a hand through his hair in frustration, a million thoughts running through his mind. "Damn it."

Aydan never really left the apartment complex. She had gone back to the place she was staying at sunrise to change clothes but had come right back. Something about this particular mark, about Hayato Gokudera, intrigued her. It wasn't the job she knew that much, none of the other marks created this reaction in her, so the sudden change in her mindset had to be because of Hayato Gokudera. Aydan was so lost in thought that it took Raven yelling her name twice for her to notice it.

"What!"

She snaps.

"Wow, someone's on edge." Raven laughs. "Just thought I should tell you that the other Boss called and he wants a report by tonight."

"Damn it..."

"Please tell me you have a report ready."

"Heh...about that."

"Boss, this job is messing with your head. There's no shame in pu-."

"I'm not pulling out Raven! I just...there's something about this one."

"The job or the kid?"

"Raven...just get a report out for me."

"Yes ma'am."

"Don't call me ma'am."

Aydan smiles as she hangs up on her right-hand man, the emotions were beginning to affect every aspect of her life and her team had noticed. She was going to have to figure this out and soon.

Aydan looks at her watch with a mild interest.

"Noon, time to go."

Aydan lies down on her stomach with a long thin tube in front of her. She lines the tube up with Gokudera's window and pulls the trigger. A small silver ball shoots out, trailing a line behind it, and sticks onto the window. Aydan smiles again.

"Ospray, you and Robin are amazing."

She says, looking at the tube fondly before tying the line around the air conditioning unit to her left. She gives the line one final tug before dropping off the roof. The girl advances slowly across the line, placing on hand in front of the other and praying that the line holds. As she drops in to Gokudera's apartment she looks down at the small red lines across the palm of her hand.

"Ow. Note to self. Wear gloves next time."

It takes a moment but she soon finds the letter she was looking for.

'I'll think about it.

That aside...

No one wishes this for themselves. Some are chosen and others are just unfortunate enough to be born into the mafia world.

But if you really want to change, then I suppose that the Boss can help.

That aside: who IS your boss? Why does he want Juudaime taken out? What would that accomplish?'

"Oh if only it was that easy to say..."

Aydan sighs and quickly writes out a response before leaving out the same way she came in.

Gokudera walks home in silence. He hadn't told Tsuna about the assassin and he had half decided to never tell him when a little kid stopped in front of him.

"The pretty lady asked me to give you this."

The kid held up a letter and smiled.

"What? Who gave you this!"

"The pretty lady, she was at the park and she bought me candy for promising to give you that."

"Where is she? Is she still at the park?"

"No...She left right after she bought me candy."

"What she look like?"

"I don't know she had a hood on, all I know was that she had really pretty blue eyes."

Gokudera sighs.

"Thanks kid. If you see her again, tell her I want to talk to her."

Gokudera left the kid standing in the middle of the sidewalk and quickly opens the letter.

'I may wish out of this life, but do not think that I am un-loyal. My past keeps my heart true and my life debt keeps my lips sealed. You will know who I work for in due time...just so you know, we may be small but our boss has long since wished death on the Tenth. As for his reasons I cannot say, as I said before I am but a simple assassin and am told nothing but the name of my mark.

I must admit you are rather funny Hayato Gokudera...a little weak but that can be fixed in due time.'

Gokudera half smiles, whoever this girl was she definitely was interesting for an enemy. He re-reads the letter a few times as he walks the rest of the way to his apartment. A trait he had not noticed before shines through in this letter, loyalty. Whoever this girl was wanted out of the life but she stayed because of someone who had saved her life. As he closes his door, Gokudera sees a flash of red and black at his window.

"What the hell?"

He runs over and throws the window open, looking around. Although he saw no one he did hear something, laughter. Someone had been at his window and they were laughing at their close escape.

"Damn creepers..."