Jessica woke up to the sound of running water in a soft like bed. She sat up and yelped clutching her chest. She looked down and then remembered what had happened; the sudden sharp pain and all the blood. She panicked and like every normal teenage girl would do; she screamed bloody murder at the top of her lungs, and ran for her purse.

Squalo was in the shower when he heard the scream; he slipped and fell hitting his head hard. "So fucking noisy!" he cursed as he got out and put a towel around himself. He opened the door to see her rummaging through her purse. He walked over to her and put his hand on her shoulder. "Oi! You need to.." he didn't get to finish his sentence; he was met with a face full of pepper spray. He clutched his face, and she kicked him in the balls. "OI BITCH!" he seethed through his clenched teeth.

Jess was scared; she ran out the door down the hall and was almost to the stairs when she ran into someone's chest. The guy with a furry jacket, and multi colored hair was laughing. She heard the weird boy scrambling after her yelling death threats. She went to run around him when she was picked up by the mutli colored hair guy who was still laughing. He held her bridal style and whispered "calm down, it'll be okay."

Lussuria found it quite amusing to see Squalo running down the hall half doubled over, only in a towel. The girl in her arms reminded him of a scared, wounded kitten. Shivering and crying like a child. Well I guess she is a child, he thought. She wasn't as adorable as the Simon girl, but cute in an innocent type way.

"Squalo, you're scaring the poor girl." Lussuria chided

"She pepper sprayed me, and then kicked me in the jewels!" He yelped leaning on the rail.

"Well she did wake up with a wound, in a strange place, and a naked man in the same room." He said bluntly

"I could've left her in the alley to die." Squalo mumbled.

"We'll talk about this later, after you have put on some clothes. I'll look after the kitten till then."

Without another word Lussuria walked down there stairs leaving a stunned, and annoyed Squalo half-naked in the hallway.

Jess was utterly shocked; the strange peacock man was causing her gaydar to go off. He walked into an expansive kitchen and set her down on a padded stool, before he started moving stuff around in the kitchen.

"Thanks for saving me back there."

"Well you're too cute; if you were ugly I would have fed you to the shark." Luss cooed.

"Well… Thanks all the same.." Jessica said.

"What do you want to eat?"

"Have any cereal?" she asked

Lussuria had a big bowel of spooky fruits sitting in front in a matter of minutes. He made himself a bowel as well. They ate in silence, and after the dishes where cleaned her carried her back up stairs. He took her into another room and laid her on the bed.

"You need your rest." He said gently

"Where am I?" Jess asked

"The Varia L.A. base, you've been passed out for days."

"Oh.."

"Sorry about being so rough with you."

"You guys where after shay right?"

"Valentina you mean?" he asked with a smirk

Jessica just stared at him blankly. Not saying a word.

"Do you want to hear the whole story on your friend shay?" He asked

Jessica took in a deep breath. "Yea spill it sister." Lussuria laughed.

Belphegor had just returned to the base. It's been two days and she hadn't responded. He was starting to get impatient. He walked in to the kitchen and grabbed bottle of water from the fridge when Squalo walked in. "her friends not dead."

"Really?"

"Yeah, she's here…"

"You brought her here?" Bel asked raising an eyebrow.

"Yeah, but don't read too much into it." He mumbled blushing.

Belphegor just laughed as he pulled out his cell phone.

Val was having a rough two days. She was thankful to have Dino by her side. He was like the older brother she never had. Japan in the summer was hot, and humid. She stared out the window of her apartment. The people she had met have been interesting. Tsuna was a cute brown haired boy who was the epitome of innocence. The other boy Yamato seemed to be a baseball fanatic, and a little aloof; Cute, but aloof all the same. The "extreme" guy was weird as well. Then there was the bomb boy, he was interesting. He was always sticking to Tsunsa's side. Maybe he's gay, Val thought with a laugh. She was done moving all the boxes when she heard vibrating coming from the last one. She opened it and found her cell phone there. She had five text messages from Bel. She couldn't help but smirk as she read through them.

I wanna kiss you again, next time without the deadly lip gloss. Okay?

Was the touch of royalty so intense that you can't text back?

Good morning principessa.

Hmmm So you're in Japan now, Silly girl you CAN NOT hide from the prince ;)

She shook her head and was about to send a witty reply back, about him being a clingy princess when she got the next one causing her to drop her phone and gape at the screen.

Your friend is alive, her and Squalo seem to be dating. It's quite amusing.

Well fuck Valentina said aloud as she felt her legs go weak as she slid down against the wall.

Otaku's Thoughts

Gomenasai! I know it took me awhile to finish this chapter, and sorry it's shorter than the previous ones.

I have been dealing with some writer's block, so suggestions are always welcome.

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(^.^) Thanks for reading!

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