"Sawada-kun! We'll be living here from-"

I shut my bedroom door in Naito Longchamp's face and locked it. Thank goodness I'd had the foresight to change the flimsy original door for a heavy wooden one with an industrial strength lock.

I read the text message on my phone and sighed in resignation. A Reborn 'disguised' as Reboko had ordered me to attend the bowling session that Naito had invited Tsuna and Gokudera to. I weighed the consequences of ignoring Reborn against the consequences of changing the story, and decided that disobeying Reborn just wasn't worth it.

I pulled on an orange hoodie and pair of jeans, but didn't bother making any other part of myself more traditionally masculine. That would be my excuse for leaving. Not actually being a guy.

I left the house and walked to the bowling centre. Ryohei walked out of the building in an extreme fashion when I reached my destination.

"Sawada!"

"Senpai."

"There are some formidable opponents in there! Extremely watch your back!"

Then he ran off, presumably to do some more training. I raised an eyebrow after him, then shrugged and made my way inside to where Tsuna was. The girl who had been pushed aside at the start was now sitting with another group of teenagers. At least they looked like they were having fun.

"Alright, I'm here."

Tsuna whirled around. "N-"

"Sawada-kun!"

"Naito." I acknowledged him with a nod.

"That's a she!" yelled the... big-boned woman with the lopsided afro. The gangly woman made angry 'Pshew' noises and Reborn said the only sentence he'd been saying all day.

"Oh no, you saw through my disguise. Whatever shall I do now." I slapped my hands to my face in mock distress. Tsuna looked at me in a deadpan way.

"Nee-chan, just... just go." He began pushing me towards the door. I let myself be directed without any resistance. Once I was outside, I breathed a sigh of relief and started walking aimlessly. I was already outside. Might as well walk around and observe the world around me, right?

That was one of the worst decisions I've ever made in my life.

I was walking too aimlessly and managed to find myself on the yakuza's territory. The Sonohoka yakuza's territory. Y'know, the ones that were chasing me some time ago because they wanted to recruit me? And that led to my very own separate story path. Lucky me.

And leads us to where I was now. On a luxury cruise to Mafia-land. The Sonohoka was apparently actually the most powerful yakuza group in Japan. When this information was given to me, I didn't know what to do with it. If the Sonohoka were the most powerful yakuza, what did they want with me? I was very confused, but not so confused that I didn't flat out reject their recruitment offer.

They had been disappointed for reasons that I could not fathom. Then they had insisted on "At least let us show our appreciation for the rescue of our princess!". Correctly assuming that their 'princess' was Akira, I tried to convince them that I'd had no part in it, and when that didn't work, told them that I would have done it anyway as Akira was a good friend of mine, so there was no need to thank me.

For some reason, that made them even more determined to show their appreciation, and eventually wore me down. I still had no idea why they were trying so hard. They were the most powerful group in Japan, surely they had better things to do than to try show their appreciation to a person who was content with a simple 'thank you'.

"Sawada-sama, what would you like to drink?" asked the waiter. The Sonohoka told me to pack a suitcase for a certain number of days and go to the harbour at a certain time. I could have avoided all this by just not showing up, but I had a bad, bad, and very accurate feeling that if I did, I'd be in an even worse situation later on. I could only thank my lucky stars that this was a private ship and not the boat that my brother and co. would be on.

"Any mocktail will do fine. Maybe something with lemon or lime or both in it." Speaking of Tsuna and co., when the tickets arrived in the mail, there had actually been three. When my mother announced that there were only two tickets, Reborn had raised an eyebrow at me. I simply smiled at him and told Nana to go with Tsuna. Nana had been reluctant, wanting me and Tsuna to go together instead, but I assured her that it was fine, that I had other plans anyway. She'd still been reluctant, but finally agreed to go after a few more minutes of my assurance.

"Right away." The waiter bowed and left, only to return a minute later with an orange glass. "A millionaire sour for the young lady."

"Thank you." I accepted the glass and took a sip of the refreshing ice cold liquid. When the lightly tangy taste hit my tongue, I sighed in contentment. This really wasn't bad at all. Relaxing in the nice warm sunlight, feeling the ocean breeze against my skin, having someone tend to my every need...

"Is there anything else you need, Sawada-sama?" At his query, I bit my lip, thinking.

"Mm, I'd like to know how much longer until we get there."

He told me, and I nodded at the new info.

"Okay, then I think I'll take a nap. Wake me up at dinnertime."

The waiter promised to do so, then bowed and left again. I raised my headphones from around my neck up to my head, started playing a nice relaxing song, then drifted off to sleep.

My updating times are most likely going to get even worse, just a heads up. Also, 27 is for Tsuna.

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