It was Hibari's fault why Hana was so hungry right now. If Hibari wasn't so eager to bite everyone to death for the smallest infractions (even by his standards), then she would have had time to get some pocket money for lunch. But no, she can't even afford to be a few seconds late in school anymore. And to top it all off, her best friend, who would have shared her lunch because she was the kindest person in the world, was absent.

She hated borrowing money but needs must. On the way to find a friend to borrow money from, she bumped into the stupidest monkey in school. Not that she had anything against Sawada personally; in fact she could care less if he was smart or stupid because at the end of the day, boys are just monkeys.

"So-sorry," he stammered, still on the floor.

"It's all right," she tried to reassure him because he looked and acted more like a tiny frightened waterlogged kitten than a monkey.

As she was about to leave, her stomach grumbled, much to her embarrassment. Sawada looked up with his big brown eyes (and it was at that moment that she would call and treat him as a kitten) and took out a bento from his bag. Then he offered it to her.

"Thanks for the offer, but no thanks," she said because she couldn't take it from him. She barely even knew him.

"Bu-but you-you're h-hungry," he stuttered rather pathetically from where he sat.

"But you obviously need it more. You're too thin," she reasoned with him.

"I-I ha-have another on-one," he said as he brought out another one from his bag. (And why was he so thin and tiny despite having two bento in his bag?)

"Thank you," she said, conceding and taking the proffered bento.

He gave a small and wobbly smile, as if he was unused to smiling, in return.

She was about to smile back but several very brainless monkeys approached them. She usually wouldn't involve herself with monkeys, but she would be a horrible person if she left a kitten behind to fend against monkeys. And besides, she owed him for lunch.

"What do you want?" she sneered and they sneered back at her. She only raised her brow at their posturing. These monkeys whose names were absolutely forgettable wouldn't dare hurt the best friend of the school idol if they wanted a chance with her. (Not that they actually have a chance with Kyoko, but they don't need to know that.)

Apparently one of them was stupider than the rest or gay because he pulled back his fist.

Unlike Tsuna, who was trembling as he stood between her and the bullying monkeys, she wasn't afraid at all. She was Kyoko's best friend and as her best friend, she had perks.

"SAWADA! YOU HAVE TO JOIN THE BOXING CLUB TO THE EXTREME!" Ryohei said (because that really was his normal speaking volume, unfortunately), running through the hallways.

One of these perks was protection from captain of the Boxing Club, who was also Kyoko's big brother. In turn, she would protect Kyoko in her own way from dangers her brother can't protect her from.

The nameless monkeys ran away as Ryohei ran towards them. "WHAT DID THEY WANT TO THE EXTREME?"

She would have waved the whole thing away but then Sawada spoke up, "Th-they wanted to hu-hurt Kuro-kurokawa-san."

Despite being the King of Monkeys (and influencing her outlook on boys forever) because of his simple-mindedness and single-mindedness (if he even had a brain to begin with), she would never accuse Ryohei of being thoughtless. It was odd seeing pressed lips instead of a grin and his usually wide and bright eyes, narrowed and dimmed.

"And you extremely protected Hana-chan?" he asked Sawada, who ducked his head.

"Do I look like I need protection from you?" She was rather offended that the weakest monkey in school felt that he could protect her. What a joke.

He shrunk into himself at her scathing tone, no doubt. How could he protect her if he didn't even have a spine?

"I..." he started softly, trailing off. Then he started to speak, "I-i-i do-don't want the-them to h-hu-hurt y-you."

"But they would have hurt you instead," she blurted out, caught off guard by his stupid monkey-slash-kitten reasoning. He had no answer to that, which was an answer in and of itself.

"THANK YOU TO THE EXTREME FOR EXTREMELY PROTECTING HANA-CHAN!" he said before adding, "YOU SHOULD REALLY JOIN THE BOXING CLUB TO THE EXTREME!"

"Yes. Thank you," she said, remembering her manners before realizing what Ryohei just said. "You want Sawada to join the Boxing Club? Does he even know how to box?" she asked in disbelief at the grinning Ryohei.

"YES! SAWADA IS VERY EXTREME!"

She blinked at him, trying to imagine what he meant by very extreme. Extremely timid? Extremely weak? Extremely unfit to join the Boxing Club? She would have attempted to reason with him except she realized that she was about tried to use logic against Ryohei.

She only sighed and said, "You haven't answered my second question."

"WHAT WAS THE QUESTION TO THE EXTREME?" and it was a testament on how long she has known him that she already expected that. "Does Sawada even know how to box?"

"THAT DOESN'T MATTER! SAWADA WILL BECOME THE MOST EXTREME BOXER IN THE CLUB!"

She only looked at Ryohei, who was still grinning, and then at Sawada, who kept his head down and hasn't spoken a word.

She just shook her head at the monkey logic. (And hoped that the kitten would survive.)

. . .

Ryohei was practicing with his club members when someone knocked on the door. It was Sawada.

"SAWADA! ARE YOU HERE TO EXTREMELY JOIN THE BOXING CLUB?" he asked, grinning because the club was getting an extreme new member. He nodded, much to Ryohei's extreme happiness. Now if Ryuujin would also join.

Then the other members spoke up.

"Why is Dame-Tsuna joining the Boxing Club?"

"BECAUSE HE IS EXTREME!"

"Does he even know how to box?"

"THEN I'LL EXTREMELY TEACH HIM!"

"He's too weak to join the club."

"NO! HE'S EXTREMELY NOT!"

"The club is going to lose because of him."

"NO! IT'S EXTREMELY NOT!"

"He'll infect us with his dame-ness!"

"WHAT? HE EXTREMELY WON'T!"

"You should just kick Dame-Tsuna out of the club!"

"NO!"

"If you don't, I'm quitting."

"So am I!"

"Me too!"

"Count me in!"

"WHAT?" because Ryohei extremely didn't understand.

"In other words, Captain," one of them said slowly and mockingly as if he was too stupid to understand. (He got this a lot. Just because he extremely focused on the important things doesn't mean he's stupid.) "Either he stays or we stay. We are not going to stay in a club that has Dame-Tsuna in it."

"YOU'RE STAYING. AND SAWADA IS EXTREMELY STAYING," he said with finality.

"Captain, I don't think you just understood what we said," one of them said rather condescendingly.

"IF YOU WANT TO QUIT, YOU HAVE TO BEAT ME!" he exclaimed and the other club members just shook their heads.

"It doesn't work that way, Sasagawa-senpai," and he ignored the extreme pain of not being called their captain.

"Didn't you hear your captain? You have to beat him to quit," said an unfamiliar voice.

Everyone turned to the source of the voice and all of them were shocked.

"MA-MASTER PAOPAO!" he stuttered because the legendary Thai boxer was here to the extreme!

"In the flesh," he said with a grin before turning to the rest of the club. "So what are you going to do?"

They grumbled and glared but returned to their exercises.

"Don't you dare bring us down, Dame-Tsuna," one of them sneered as he passed by the extremely tiny boy, who hasn't spoken a single word through the whole thing.

"Why didn't you just quit?" Master PaoPao asked him. "It would have saved everyone a lot of trouble."

Ryohei was about to extremely protest but Master PaoPao glared at him and said, "I asked him a question." So he extremely tried to stay quiet.

"Be-because," he started but Master PaoPao interrupted Sawada. "You're stuttering."

Sawada stopped, took a deep breath, then softly said, "Because you and Hari-san and Sasagawa-senpai want me to join."

"But the other members wanted you to quit. And there were more of them."

Sawada just looked extremely confused and shrugged in reply.

"Do you want to join the Boxing Club?" Master PaoPao asked.

Sawada looked at Master Paopao then at Ryohei, who extremely wished he would say yes, then nodded. Ryohei couldn't help but extremely cheer at the extremely good news.

"Just because you're a member of the Boxing Club doesn't mean you will stop jogging with Harry and Hibari," Master PaoPao said. "You'll be running with them for two hours instead of just one hour every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday."

"HEY! THOSE ARE THE DAYS WHEN THERE'S NO BOXING CLUB! CAN I JOIN YOUR EXTREME JOGS?" he asked because it was extremely fun jogging with Ryuujin and Sawada and Hibari.

"Go ahead," the master boxer said and Ryohei thought that this was one of the best days ever.

"SAWADA!" and the brunet looked up at him who jumped back when Ryohei offered his fist. "YOU SHOULDN'T JUMP BACK! YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO EXTREMELY BUMP YOUR FIST AGAINST MINE. IT IS THE SIGN OF OUR EXTREME FRIENDSHIP!"

Sawada looked at him weirdly before lifting his own fist and lightly bumping it against his.

He grinned and Sawada gave a small smile in return.

This was the best day ever to the extreme!

Monkey (and) Fist - end.

i should be sorry that this update is uber late but i didn't have electricity thanks to glenda (aka rammasun), who caused a brownout the whole day yesterday because she was a raging bitch.

what i am sorry for is not replying to your reviews yet so i'll get to that sometime today.

to leviathanmaster, i hope you log in the next time so i can send you your reply personally. anyway, thanks and i'm glad you liked ryohei. xDD

to Grayfia, thanks again. x3 and i'm glad you enjoyed the chapter. and yes, i already planned that he would join their jogs because they are extreme. and he's fun like that.

to KK, thanks again. x3 and true story, ryohei doesn't get as much attention as the other guardians. so here's another chapter that kinda focues on him because apparently everyone likes him well enough.

to fellow, thanks for your review and i'm glad you think so.

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