".. Tsuna .. what's it like? Having friends? ... "Tsukiko asked. The sun was setting as they sat on a hill next to a river, Tsukiko wrapped her arms around her legs and brought them closer to her chest.

"Well, they will sometimes make fun of you .. but-" Tsuna's eyes soften. "No matter what happen, they would always support you and try to cheer you up when you are sad, they would even humiliate themselves in public if it means it would make you smile .. " Tsuna smile softly, before turning towards Tsukiko. "I would do that too, if my friends are sad, I would do what ever it takes to see them smile again, their smiles are the most important thing to me."

"..really?... even if they betray you?"

"All I know is, is that I would never betray my friends, no matter what happens .. "He looked towards the sky."If they are walking down the wrong path, then I will pull them back to the right path, and I don't care how many times I have to do that, I'm sure they would do the same for me too, if I ever accidentally stray towards the wrong path … "

" .. if I ever walked down that wrong path, would you pull me back to the right one?" Tsukiko asked softly.

" Of course I will, after all, I am your friend, aren't I?" Tsukiko looked up at Tsuna in surprise.

" … your … friend?"

"Yup, and not only me, Gokudera-kun, Yamamoto, Onii-san, they are all your friends . . you are never alone Tsukiko-san, we are and will always be your friends .. "

"Friends .. " Tsukiko's eyes soften and she smiled at that word.

"Well it's getting late, shall I take you back home Tsukiko-san?" Tsuna stood up and offered his hand to Tsukiko.

"Oh, there's no need for that, I can get home myself … " Tsukiko took Tsuna's hand and Tsuna pulled her up, she took the bag on the floor which has the teddy bear inside . Tsukiko walked away from him, towards the direction of her house, she stopped suddenly and turned around, she wave goodbye to Tsuna who was still standing at hill, he wave back with a smile on his face. Tsukiko turn her back towards him once more and continued walking.

" … Thank you … Tsuna .. "She muttered and a tear slid down her cheeks.

"Hai .. I finally completed the dare Reborn gave me .. " Tsuna sighed in relieve . Glad that it was over, he didn't know that it was just beginning.

" … Sawada … Tsunayoshi .. " Tsuna felt a shiver up his spine when he heard that voice, he recognized that voice anywhere.

" … H-hibari-sa-HIE!" Tsuna shivered at the deadly aura Hibari had around him, the glare Hibari was giving him could make any normal person wet their pants, but thanks to Reborn, he felt like he was getting use to it. But Tsuna could tell that this was not the normal scary aura he gave out, it was something else.'w-what is Hibari-san doing here? Did I break a rule? Wait .. there is no school today! So why is Hibari here?!' Tsuna panicked.

" … Kamikorosu .. " Hibari growled out and brought out his tonfas. Tsuna didn't even need to think about what to do next, all he know now was to run like mad away from a prefect that getting ready to skin him alive.

" Why are you crying?" Hibari asked his sister as he lean against the front door's frame, apparently, that herbivore couldn't run very fast, it wasn't long before Hibari caught up with him and beaten him to a pulp, he was even getting ready to kill him, if he wasn't stopped by that baby, he had gotten home faster than his sister because he used a shortcut, he was expecting her to be nervous and scared when she saw him because she sneaked out, but instead he finds her crying, he swore, if that herbivore was responsible for this, he was really going to kill him, and nobody was going to stop him this time.

"N-nothing.." She tried rubbing away her tears, but it was useless, it just won't stop." I-I'm just .. so happy right now .. "

"Hn .. " Hibari went back inside, leaving Tsukiko outside, crying with a smile on her face, it would look like an ordinary smile to other people, but to Hibari, he could see that this was a special smile, it was a smile from the heart, one which he had not seen for a long time.

"Juudaime! I'm sorry I couldn't protect you! I have failed as your right hand man!" Gokudera got onto his knees and started banging his head against the floor, causing the nurse to enter and tell him to be more quiet as this is a hospital.

"G-gokudera-kun, there is no need to injure yourself further .. " Tsuna sat up in his bed, bandages covering his body, he eyed the bandages and plaster Gokudera had. When Gokudera and Yamamoto came to visit him, he was shocked when he saw them all covered in bandages, Gokudera told him what exactly happened when him Yamamoto and Ryohei bumped into Hibari.

"S-so that's why he beat me up, I thought I broke a school rule .. " Tsuna sighed.

They were interrupted by a knock on the door, Tsukiko came in with a bouquet of flowers in her hand.

"Tsuna, I came to visit you .. " She smiled as she entered the room. Tsuna stared at her smiling face,'somehow .. it looks different from her usual smile, she seem .. happier .. ' Tsuna felt his own lips curled into a smile.

"Sorry about what my brother did .. " She placed the flowers on the table next to his bed.

"Tch .. you were the one who cause it .. " Gokudera mumbled but Tsukiko heard it.

"Says the person who 'accidentally' told my brother about the dare?" Tsukiko replied as she place her hands on her hip and glare at him, which he responded by glaring back.

"E-eh? Tsukiko-san you know about it too?" Tsuna interrupted their glaring contest.

"Yea, Reborn told me everything .. "

"So Reborn-san(I think that's what Yamamoto called him, sorry if I am wrong :P) was there when everything happened, Hahahaha! Isn't that a surpise?" Yamamoto rubbed the back of his head with his hand.

"But still-" Tsukiko put her hands on Tsuna head and ruffle his hair slightly. "I'm surprised you survive my brother's beating, any normal people would have died from it, so you should consider yourself a very strong person!" Tsukiko looked at the amount of bandages he had on his body, surprised he could still move. She then noticed a ring on his finger, it seemed like it was emitting some sort of light, it started glowing brighter, before it disappeared completely.

"Tsukiko-san? Are you okay?" Tsuna looked at her worriedly.

"I-I'm fine! Well, I got to go now, I'll see you later, bye Tsuna!" She left the room hurriedly, not giving Tsuna a chance to answer. She closed the door and leaned against it, breathing heavily.

"W-what in the world was that?" Tsukiko stared at the ground and calm herself , as soon as her breathing got back to normal, she pushed herself up from the door and left.

"Tsukiko-san was looking weird just now, I wonder if she is ok?"Tsuna looked towards his hands, which were place on his lap.

"Tch, I'm sure she is fine .. " Gokudera grumbled.

"Hm .. I hope so, she was like in a trance mode for a while just now .. " Tsuna couldn't get rid of the horrible feeling he had, he just felt like something was going to happen soon, and he can't tell whether it's good or bad.

"Ma,ma , Hibari-san will be alright, she is stronger than she looks, maybe she was just thinking about something just now … " Yamamoto gave out his usual goofy grin.

'Yeah, Yamamoto is right, Tsukiko-san will be fine, my hyper intuition can't always be correct, right?'Tsuna thought and looked out the window. 'but .. I just hope that I am not wrong … '

"Nii-san! I'm back from the hospital!" Tsukiko burst open the door to the reception room, and she almost got a tonfa to her face.

"Keep quiet, I'm taking a nap .. " Hibari lay on the couch, his eyes closed.

"Mou! It's like 3 o'clock in the afternoon and you are taking a nap?" Tsukiko whined as she ran to his side and shook him."Wake up!"

" .. What?" He growled slightly, he didn't like being awoken from his nap.

"You have a ring don't you?"

"What ring?" he raised an eyebrow

"Um… a ring with special carving on it, I saw wearing it the other day"

" .. you mean this thing .. " His hand reached into his pocket and brought a ring, it had a cloud symbol on it. Tsukiko snatched it away from him and stared intensely at it, suddenly the ring started glowing a light purple, when she focus more, it glowed brightly, but it later disappear as she had ran out of energy.

" .. what are you doing? Is that ring so nice to see?" Hibari leaned over her shoulder and observed the ring she had in her hands, it looked like any ordinary ring.

"N-nothing! Just .. er .. observing it's beauty?"

Hibari stared at her in disbelief, is she that bored that even a ring is nice to look at?

"Baka .. " Hibari mumbled as he snatched the ring back and put it into his pocket , then he continue sleeping.

"Don't call me baka! Baka nii-san!"Tsukiko crossed her arms.

"Hn … " Hibari ignored her.

"Fine I'll just go and find someone else to talk to .. " Tsukiko stood up and left the room. Hibari smirking slightly now that he can finally sleep in peace.

"Hai … I'm so bored …. " Tsukiko placed both of the hands behind her head as she took a walk in the park.

"Kufufufu …. " Tsukiko heard a sound coming from the bushes, she thought it was an animal, but seriously, no animals go 'kufufufu'. She walked towards the bushes, hoping to find out what was causing that sound, to find a purple pineapple sticking out from the bushes, curious, she pulled on it, and a trident came out from the bushes, she let go of the pineapple to jumped backwards. 'do pineapple actually do that? That is a very high defence system for a pineapple'.

Four people came walking out of the bushes, one had spiky yellow and dog fangs?, another had a barcode on his cheek, and two pineapple, one is a boy, the other one is a girl and they are all wearing the same uniform.

"Kufufufu, it seem you have found us … " the pineapple boy smirked.

" … it's not my fault that your hairstyles are so …. Uh … what was the word again … 'outstanding'?"

" Mukuro-sama! That's why I told you to cut away that pineapple of yours!" the one with dog fangs spoke up.

" ….. Ken ….you are going to get punished ….." The pineapple guy, whose name she guessed is Mukuro, made a pineapple appeared at his palm, which suddenly made me feel dizzy, and threw it at the boy named Ken. She wanted to laugh, but the dizziness was making her vision blurry. The pineapple girl, which was quiet until now, must have noticed it, because she went to Tsukiko's side and asked her if she was alright.

"I-I'm Alright … " Tsukiko clutch her head, trying to stop her head from spinning. The spinning stopped when Mukuro stopped making pineapples appearing.

" … oya .. chrome, making friends with the enemy already is it?" Mukuro looked towards them.

"E-enemy? W-who are you?" She asked, trying to steady herself.

" Who am I doesn't matter, I just want you to tell me, where is Sawada Tsunayoshi?"

"What do you want with him?" She glared at him.

"It is none of your concern, now tell me …." His tone grew more serious.

" ….. Never …"

" Hmph … then I no longer have any use for you …" That was the last thing Tsukiko heard from him before she was knocked out from behind.

(A/N: writing the first part and listening to Fairy Tail's sad song was not a good idea, I almost cried T^T, anyway, i'm sorry if there is any grammatical mistake, i know i suck T^T)