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Soon, winter would set foot onto the season, almost the end of the year. Despite the coldness, the weather in Namimori was warm enough to bring people to their daily habits. Both Yamamoto and Tsuna arrived at Nami middle, greeted by the 2nd year students who wore baseball uniform. While Tsuna sat at a bench nearby, Yamamoto began training the students. It was rather enjoying seeing Yamamoto be a coach.

"Ah, third! Try to jump higher!"

"S-Sorry, coach!"

The pitcher threw the ball, but the batter hit it to the wrong direction. It was out of field, but surprisingly, someone caught it and it was Neve.

"Ha—no, what are you doing here?" Tsuna was surprised by her appearance and it was her alone who came. She threw the ball back and Yamamoto answered "I invited her here. Is that a problem, Tsuna?"

"N-No, It's fine. Don't mind me, just continue. Then, umm… Neve? Sit here, if you don't mind" he tapped onto the spot next to him. Without putting any more argument, she followed precisely what he told her.

"I thought you're supposed to be mourning over Sasagawa Kyoko's death, not this. Is this what you do to respect her?"

"So, you're saying we should stay gloomy? Some people are like that, but to me, being too sad over death is just a reason to be afraid of moving on. That reminds me, thank you for comforting Lambo" he said as he looked to her in the eye, which she did the same having heard him. "I didn't do anything much. But, you're welcome. Anything I can do for the boss" she continued looking at the practice and so as Tsuna.

"Yamamoto, he was the ace of this school's baseball team" Tsuna said. "You don't have to force the conversation. I didn't ask" she simply answered. "Well yeah, but..."

"Vongola, why do you trust me? You're naïve to no end"

"Ahaha, funny… that's exactly what my mist guardian always says to me" he smiled merrily and then stood up. "I have my reason to trust you" he said with another same smile and approached Yamamoto.

"How's the practice, Yamamoto?"

"Ah, perfect timing. Tsuna, do you mind throwing one ball for me? I need to demonstrate them how to hit a homerun"

"Sure, I don't mind" he was given the ball and stood at pitcher position. Even though he didn't know much about baseball, he knew how to throw properly. But Yamamoto hit it too forceful that it went into an open window of a classroom at the upper floor.

"I'll get it" Neve ran towards the classroom and thankfully as she arrived, the ball was inside it and she picked it up immediately. But as she saw the chalkboard after picking the ball, she halted.

She stared at the chalkboard thoughtfully and touched it with her palm and then her forehead with closed eyes. Then, as she looked back at a certain desk, she approached the desk and touched the surface of the desk. It felt odd for her, yet somehow, it brought painful memories. Although there were good parts, it was just… painful.

Suddenly, she felt another painful heartbeat and gripped her chest sorely in suffering. Her face winced in pain and she held onto it.

"Neve?" Tsuna's voice startled her. "That's my former desk" he pointed at it.

"I know" she mumbled with heavy breath.

"What?"

"Nothing. Why are you here?"

"You're late, so I'm here to pick you up. What's wrong? Are you okay?" he approached her, but she directly walked pass him without answering, which puzzled him. As he walked through the hallway, he sensed something from behind and looked back. No one or nothing was there, so he didn't really care about it too much.

The next day when the match began at the outdoor arena, the guardians who was supposed to be busy took their time to watch the match as a sign of respect towards the students' effort, despite battling with the opponents that larger than them. Thankfully, Yamamoto had trained them. Unsure why, Tsuna kept eyeing on the opponents rather intently.

"Tsuna" Reborn called.

He didn't answer or respond. Still with the same behavior.

"Oi, Tsuna!"

"E-Eh? What is it, Reborn?" he snapped.

"Change seat"

"What? Where?" he asked and Reborn pointed to his left where Neve was sitting quite far away from them. Having no option, he did what his tutor had told him. As he just settled himself, she spoke "Did you notice?"

Confused at first, but when he looked at the direction where she was eyeing at, he nodded slightly and said "Ah. Those guys, right?"

She murmured in agreement and didn't continue their talk. Along the intense match, while everyone was looking anxious and excited, both bosses remained cool and watched the whole match resolutely.

Eventually, their sweat and hard work really paid off. Although their opponents didn't seem to be happy at all, they succeeded in giving the victory to their school. The pitcher gave a thumb up to Yamamoto and he did the same. However, all of the sudden, a sudden gunshot was heard and the pitcher's ear was instantly covered in blood and he passed out.

"Don't move!" the person aimed to the spectator, which was only the Vongola. The surprise wasn't just that. The rest of the members let out shotguns and AK-47. Then, they took the students as hostages, including the injured one.

"If I were you, I would put that down" Gokudera took out his weapon and followed by the others.

"Wait" Neve's voice halted them. "They're holograms" Tsuna in instant hyper mode explained.

"That's right. And if you make one movement, we will shot their heads one by one" the leader spoke. "Drop your weapons. Now!" the situation had forced them to drop their weapons. "Put your hands behind your head and sit down" again, they did what he told them, except for Neve who was crossing her arms coolly. Seeing that, the leader pointed the shotgun at her.

"Hey, you woman. Are you deaf? I said put your hands behind your head"

"I don't want to"

"What?"

Out of the blue, long chains rose up to the air and curved like they were strangling something. Much to their surprise, the curved chains were surrounding a large part of air like there was something in it, which was true. As the chains grew tighter, the so-called "invisible" chopper had lost its "in" and with damages. Due to the crushing force the chains gave it, it fell down but surprisingly again, a block of ice had stopped it from directly hitting the ground.

Looking to their left, they knew it was Tsuna's doing. The hologram had disappeared and 9 people got out from the chopper. As they were about to run away with the trophy, Gokudera had appeared in front of them with dangerous-looking bombs on his hands and while behind them, Yamamoto, Ryohei, Chrome, and Lambo stood with armed weapons.

"T-This isn't over yet!"

"Actually, it has" with Tsuna hovered above the air while charging a little amount of flame, it was enough to incapacitate the enemies.

"Nice work, juudaime!"

"Ah. You too, everyone" his flame lit off.

"You guys can go back now. I'll handle Takku's injuries" Yamamoto spoke to the students.

"T-Thank you very much! Please handle him with care!" they bowed in 90 degrees and left with the trophy.

"Now then… who are these guys?" Tsuna walked approaching them.

"Vongola" Neve's call halted him. "You should run"

Right after she said that, sirens were heard from the road and it grew louder, indicating they were heading towards them. "What about you?" Tsuna asked. "I'll stay here with your student. I know what I'm doing, trust me. Your safety is my priority"

He flinched and stood still as he heard the last sentence. While everyone had already ran, he was standing in frozen state. "Juudaime, come on!" Gokudera had to drag him and Tsuna ran with thoughtful mind. He ran with eyes on the ground and after ran far away from the arena, he suddenly stopped.

"Gokudera-kun, wait" hearing that, Gokudera also stopped. "What are you doing, juudaime? We should—"

"Gokudera-kun, I need help" he said with solemn looks.

The patrol cars had arrived later on and began handcuffing the fugitives while a paramedic took the injured boy to the hospital. Then, an officer approached her. "Excuse me, but I need to ask you few questions"

"Ah, let me do it" a 40-year old man with suit approached them and the officer returned to his car. "Hey, detective Dave. We're about to head back" the lieutenant spoke. "I'll catch up with you"

Thus, the patrol cars had returned back to their base with the fugitives, leaving Neve and the detective there. "Dave, huh" she voiced. "So, you choose a fat man now" she literally slapped his belly. The man just smiled amusingly and then slowly, a mist covered him. The 40 year old man now turned into 25 year old healthy young man with proportional body and mist Mare ring appeared on his finger.

"Really, Covart. Thank you for going all the way here. But I thought you're supposed to be at Italy"

"It is my and Vel's duty to keep you safe"

"Well, you're doing it right, but I can still detect your presence" she said with a small smile. "I already concealed my presence, almost like I hid my own existence. But nothing gets off from your radar"

Hearing that, she just sighed with a smile. "Let's go, Dave. Vel's waiting in the hotel" both walked towards his car, but then she was halted by a certain note on the ground that had her name. So, she picked it up and read it.

"Covart"

"Yeah?"

"I'll catch up with you. Vel's probably waiting at the lobby or if he's not, go to room 712" after saying so, she left.

Exactly like what the note had been written, she was told to walk from there and told whether to go left or right, just following the note until she arrived at the place at night. To her surprise, she arrived at the beach, but she was alone there. Seeing the beach view at night, seeing she was the only one there, it reminded her of 7 years ago; when she was supposed to watch the fireworks, but she was hurt too much by the sight of Tsuna and Kyoko together.

It was supposed to be a beautiful view she should get in her last moments as Miura Haru. Now that she couldn't go back to be Haru, it didn't make anything better. It just made it worst, it was like her life was a curse, it was like she never meant to have a good ending—no, she didn't care about her good ending anymore. Not when… Tsuna's life and her friends' lives were at stake.

All she had been given since she got back to Namimori was painful memories. The beach was the most painful part of her previous life, yet part of her wanted to go back to her previous life, where she could talk to her friends, be Miura Haru, and expressed her feelings to Tsuna.

But she knew it better than anyone that she couldn't go back, even if she wanted to so badly. The reason she could go through her own life was because she was always thinking the suffering Tsuna had to go through for being a boss of mafia, but she didn't know that her suffering was much more sacrificial than Tsuna's. At this moment, to her, the beach brought her to the unwanted past, so she turned her back away from the beach.

Just when she was going to walk away from her past, she heard a sudden bang and radiating light above the sky behind her. As she looked back to the sky, colorful fireworks began bursting out gorgeously. It was very stunning that it widened her one visible eye.

"Wonderful, isn't it?" she flinched and then looked forward as she heard the familiar low-deep voice. "Come here" he stretched his hand forward and she accepted it. While she watched the fireworks, he stared at her with sincere smile. Maybe it wasn't that hard to believe in love again, maybe it wasn't that bad, he thought.

"It's strange. You set up fireworks at beach near winter" she said simply while looking above.

He patted her head gently and said with a smile "Enjoy the mood while you still can"

He said that and it was true she felt kind of relieve, yet truthfully it didn't change anything whatsoever. In place of what she was supposed to enjoy 7 years ago, she finally viewed it with the man she loved but sadly, she didn't watch it as Haru. Having thought of that, she lowered her head with disheartened looks, unseen by Tsuna.

"I'm very sorry, Vongola. But I need to go back now" she said while suddenly walking away from him.

"Why so sudden? Could you stay a bit longer?"

"I'm sorry, my guardians are waiting for me"

"Wait" he halted her. "Will you come to the party?"

"I'll be there with my guardians" after she said it, she left rather in hurry while Tsuna stared at where she left in puzzled.

At a certain luxurious hotel, a double door of room 712 was opened harshly and two men who were inside abruptly stood up from the chairs. "What happened?" Vel asked, but she immediately sat on an armchair and hung her head down. "Covart, could you leave us alone for a while?" Vel said. "Sure" Covart walked out of the room.

"Nothing happened, it's just… I can't stand being near him. I can't act cold properly. There's a clash, Vel… Between a part of me that didn't care about him, wanting to hurt him and a part of me wanting to go back to my past. I know it's 'her' doings, but…" her face showed discomposure and then rose up, walking towards the window.

"Well, we can execute that plan at that event. What do you want to do before then?"

"Nothing. I don't want to see his face for a while. Let's just… go back for now"

"What just happened?" hearing that, she fell in silence. Knowing she wouldn't want to answer, he suddenly hugged her from behind, surprising her. "What did he do?" he asked in deep menacing voice. "You're not a good actor in front of me" he whispered to her ear.

"Let go" she peeled away from him. "I told you, that's my answer. I'm going to get some fresh air outside" she walked towards the door.

"He can help you"

"No!" she suddenly raised her voice, which kind of surprising. "…No, no one can. This is something… I have to bear alone" with that said, she left the room.

"She's amazing" to his surprise, a familiar voice was heard and a thick mist that covered one spot had gradually regaining a human form.

"W-What are you doing here? I told you to go outside!"

"You didn't hear the rumor, did you? It's been spread throughout our base, you know. That you have a secret feeling towards the boss" he emphasized the 'secret' part.

"Shut up. Good thing for you I'm not in the mood to yell"

Covart smiled amusingly and said "But as expected from our boss. Her rigidity and toughness are astounding"

"She is. But the question is: Can she handle that much of burden? She needs a break—no, permanent break. We can't do anything and she's right. We can't ask the Vongola about this. If they know, she…"

One short black-haired woman was surrounded by pitch black and white flowers on the ground. As she looked at her back, a young woman with the same appearance as her but with one red left eye stood still facing her.

"You don't look good, Haru" the young woman spoke.

"Why are you still calling me that? I'm not Haru anymore. You're already controlling my life, so don't be greedy and stop contaminating my mind. I told you I can act, and you have no business in taking over whatsoever. Get it?"

"If you can talk like that to me, why can't you to your beloved Tsuna? And also, I thought I told you to kill that woman. What's up with that?"

"I don't want to be bound by you forever. This is my body and I appreciate a little bit of privacy"

"You could've just remove that ring and be free from me, easy. But when you do, you know what will happen to your precious guardians. And they seem to adore you too, how sweet"

"…"

"Prefer not to talk back, huh. You must know it's futile to resist me, since you're so smart. Remember, if you speak about this to the Vongola, especially to that guy…"

"I know"

"Good girl. We'll be in touch"

…

Neve opened her eyes from her sleep. When she did, she was in an airplane already. Lamenting over her dream, she stared outside from the small window.

"Of course we'll be. You're me and I can't escape from you"

I wrote this chapter under a very heavy pressure, so forgive me for any mistakes.

Thank you for reading!