Ryohei was extremely sad because the Boxing Club had to be cancelled. Again. It was not his fault that the boxing equipment broke. Again. He doesn't mind having an extreme spar against his clubmates but they extremely refused. So he decided that he should jog maybe a few dozen extreme laps around Nanimori.

He was about to leave Nami-chuu when he saw Hibari heading towards the gates. It was an extreme waste of Hibari's extreme strength for Hibari not to join the Boxing Club.

As he was about to invite the prefect, Hibari started running. He didn't want to waste the opportunity or else he would forget again.

So despite Hibari's extreme headstart, Ryohei used his extreme speed to catch up to him.

"HIBARI! YOU SHOULD JOIN THE BOXING CLUB TO THE EXTREME!" he exclaimed right beside the other teen.

Instead of his usual reply and an extreme strike from his tonfa, the prefect just ignored him, much to Ryohei's extreme confusion and disappointment. He was about to ask again when he noticed why Hibari was ignoring him.

He was extremely focused on the extremely fast pair - a short brown-haired boy leading a black-haired teen - running in front of them.

The black-haired boy glanced back and waved at Ryohei. "Hi there!"

"HEY!" Ryohei replied with a grin, speeding so he could run beside them, which spurned Hibari to run faster.

"Oh, Tsuna-kun, it seems that herbivore is speeding up!" the teen with an extreme pair of pink shades happily commented.

Hibari ran even faster as growled back, "I will bite you to death."

"HIEEE! Please call him Hibari-san, Hari-san!" the shorter boy said without looking back. He sped up as well, dragging the other teen with him.

"Why should I?" the taller brunet pouted. "He hasn't introduced himself yet so I don't have to call him by his name. It's only good manners, Tsuna-kun," he continued and Ryohei noted that he didn't sound out of breath at all, despite their speed.

"WAIT UP TO THE EXTREME!" he shouted, trying to catch up with them, which spurned Hibari to speed up as well.

"He's moving faster, Tsuna-kun~" the taller one noted gleefully and both of them ran even faster to stay ahead.

"YOU GUYS ARE EXTREMELY FAST," he noted, trying to keep up.

"Thank you," the one with the shades answered with a grin. "So are you."

"THANK YOU TO THE EXTREME!" he said, following them as they twisted and turned along the streets of Nanimori.

"And you seem to be very extreme as well," he said and Ryohei grinned because not many noticed his extremeness despite his flaunting it all the time.

"YES!" he shouted. "LIFE SHOULD BE LIVED TO THE EXTREME!"

"Hm...That's a very good motto to live by."

"THANK YOU TO THE EXTREME!"

"You're very welcome," he said before turning around. And it was only then that Ryohei noticed that the black-haired teen hasn't been looking in front of him while he has been running yet he never missed a step or stumbled. "Did you hear that, Tsuna-kun? We should live life to the EXTREME!"

"What?" the smallest and fastest among them asked, baffled and breathless.

"We should live life to the extreme, like, um, I don't think I got your name. I'm Ryuujin Hari, by the way. And this is my cousin, Sawada Tsunayoshi," he introduced himself and his cousin.

"I'M SASAGAWA RYOHEI! THE CAPTAIN OF THE BOXING CLUB!" he replied, speeding up again.

"He's catching up, Tsuna-kun!" he said as he glanced at his cousin before facing Ryohei once more. "It's a pleasure to meet you, Sasagawa-san."

"YOU SHOULD JOIN THE BOXING CLUB TO THE EXTREME!" he said with a cheer and Ryuujin grinned at him.

"I'm sorry but I'm not a student of Nami-chuu," he said, looking extremely sad.

"THAT'S ALL RIGHT! YOU SHOULD EXTREMELY JOIN ANYWAY!" because little things like those shouldn't matter when it came to boxing.

"Hm...I'll think about it."

"Trespassing is against school rules," Hibari snarled as he sped up, overtaking Ryohei, which was extremely unacceptable.

"Oops, they're catching up!" Ryuujin crowed.

"That's not a good thing!" Sawada answered back and Ryuujin pouted.

"Hm…Hey Tsuna-kun, do you have a club?" he asked as he faced Sawada, who glanced back with an extremely confused look on his face.

"What?"

"Do you have a club, Tsuna-kun?" he repeated and Sawada looked away.

"No," he answered, sounding extremely sad and lonely.

"THEN YOU SHOULD JOIN THE BOXING CLUB TO THE EXTREME!" Ryohei insisted because everyone should have a club.

"But, um…" he started off before trailing off into silence. Ryohei was extremely confused while Ryuujin looked sad.

"Tsuna-kun. You should really speak up. Reborn isn't around to read your mind."

"No one wants me in their club," Sawada said, his breath coming up short.

"Well, it seems that Sasagawa-san does. And he's the captain to boot!" Ryuujin commented happily and Sawada looked back at them to give him an odd look.

"Bu-but I do-don't e-e-even know ho-how to box," his answer came in huffs, already out of breath.

"THEN I CAN TEACH YOU! YOU WILL BECOME THE MOST EXTREME BOXER IN THE CLUB!" Ryohei joined their conversation, extremely happy that the club could possibly have another member as extreme as Sawada and Ryuujin.

"And you do need to work on your strength," Ryuujin added. Sawada looked a bit fearful now.

Then there was an insistent beeping sound. "Oh. It's time already?" Ryuujin sounded extremely disappointed. "Oh well, it's been fun but we have to go home," he continued.

He swept Sawada off his feet - like an extreme bride. "It's a pleasure to meet you, Sasagawa-san. And see you tomorrow, herbivore!"

And then he realized that he was extremely wrong. Sawada wasn't the fastest among the four of them. The only reason why Sawada was leading was because Ryuujin let him.

He tried to keep up with Ryuujin, who moved faster even though he was carrying Sawada. He was extremely fast that it seemed that he disappeared into thin air when he ducked into an alley.

Hibari growled as he pulled out his tonfa and extremely struck at the wall, which crumbled on impact. Ryohei now remembered why he hasn't asked Hibari to join the Boxing Club for the past few days.

He extremely can't get hospitalized again or else Kyoko would extremely worry. And he can't allow that.

So he only said, "You should extremely cool down after that extreme jogging."

He would invite the prefect on another day instead.

Thrill of the Chase - end.

i think i kinda hate ryohei for taking over this chapter. he wasn't originally going to appear in this chapter but then here he is. also, there was less descriptions and more dialogue because even i find his extremeness redundant (even if i've cut it down already). so i hope i've done him some justice and if not...well, i dunno. damn him very much.

to KK, thank you as well. and nami-chuu students and staff probably have a high level of speed and endurance all because of hibari. xDD

to Grayfia, thank you as well. and tsuna needs to set his priorities straight. xDD as for being the only sane man, well, i'm not sure yet, but sanity isn't really that important in HP or KHR considering magic and dying will flames and all.

so, i have nothing to apologize for. (not even the lack of capitalization in my an.) i have replied to all reviews and updated before midnight.

thank you for dropping by and i hope you enjoyed your read~