AN: Well, now that we've seen the boys prepare, let's have a look at what is happening with the girls running /

Let me just say, that for being a woman herself, Amano Akira has very few strong female characters in KHR. Bianchi is strong, but her love of Reborn is quite creepy and she doesn't really get much action, Chrome is used as a plot device to have Mukuro around and Yuni... I love the cinnamon roll to pieces, but she isn't exactly pro-active.

The boys soon all left to their training while Ayumi calmly re-entered the room and stared at the wall behind Tsuna's motorcycle silently.
She didn't have to wait for long before the two of them dropped the piece of cloth which was concealing them.
The girls sighed in relief. It had gotten rather stuffy behind the tarp, so breathing fresh air was a true delight.
Ayumi watched them silently waiting for their explanation for their impromptu hide-and-seek game, but she also looked mildly proud of them, which gave Haru the courage to speak up.
"We know they are keeping the secret to keep us safe, but we don't need to constantly be protected. We can help as well!"
The blonde in front of them smiled gently and picked up the tarp they had dropped and calmly folded it for them.
"I know," was her simple reply, "I know that you wanted to trust in what they told you until you could not help but see the proof of their lies. I know your future selves to this day still believe in the web of lies they span to protect them. But you girls have been confronted with unshakeable proof of the secret kept from you. You're perfectly right to demand answers because you do not demand them in ignorance but after contemplating the reasons behind the secrecy. The boys will just have to learn that 'damsel in distress' is not a title a woman will bear if she has any choice in the matter."
The two girls looked at Ayumi with hope blooming in their hearts. After all the blonde had never outright flipped them off. Asked them to rethink their demands, yes, but not outright denied them.
"While our Tsuna asked me to look after your group from the past, he never explicitly stated that I should keep you oblivious. Right now I think you two should find out what you believe you need to know. Because quite frankly, I think you deserve to know, but I am not the one who should tell you. That responsibility lies upon the people who are trying to keep the knowledge from you."
She draped the now folded tarp over her arm and turned towards the door.
"So, do we want to get Bianchi-san, Chrome-chan and I-Pin-chan in on this and plan what we're going to do to make the boys listen to our demands? But please, take of those ridiculous pieces of cloth you've tied under your noses. It makes you look like a common thief."
A little embarrassed Kyoko and Haru did remove the offending piece of cloh they had tied around their heads in an attempt to look sneaky.

Exhilaration evidently bubbled over with their chuckles as they returned to their training room after telling the boys they would no longer stand for the lies and secrets.
"We'll see how long the boys take until they realise how important the support you give them is," Ayumi commented, "I know for a fact they're hopeless at any type of chores."
"It's interesting how they instantly accused me of telling them and still assume you know as little as the girls do," Bianchi chimed in.
Ayumi shrugged.
"It's not like I promote how much I know. Knowledge is power."
Kyoko regarded the blonde teen with new found admiration for this admission. Truly, she herself hadn't thought there was more to the 17-year-old than met the eye apart from the unusual knowledge in first aid. If she was honest with herself, Kyoko wanted to do the same as soon as she found out what Tsuna and her big brother were hiding from them. She disliked making her brother worry about her. If acting oblivious stopped him from worrying about her, she would. But she would still arm herself with knowledge.
Ayumi then turned to the men in their entourage.
"Well, Reborn-san, Fuuta-kun and Giannini-san, thank you for supporting our cause." She expressed their gratitude graciously, "This way the boys will have to see reason. After all, you don't disrespect the support, don't you agree, Giannini-san?"
Giannini nodded resolutely even as he took off the high heels and removed the ridiculous make-up with a makeup remover wipe from Bianchi.
"Our Decimo knows this, but this Decimo still has to learn this. Better now than later."

Kyoko was sprawled on the floor of the training room they commandeered as she poured over the thick medical compilation Ayumi had given her. She could however just not concentrate on its contents.
Chewing her lower lip she contemplated what Bianchi had told them while they were in the baths.
She had said the boys didn't tell them because they didn't want them to change. But that was plain stupid, why would they change? They'd stay the same normal two girls they were now. The only thing she could very well imagine was if it was something dangerous, then they'd probably worry. But they did that anyway because they didn't know what was going on.
There was no way the boys could be involved with something worse than what they could come up with by themselves when they worried about them.
Furthermore there was no reason for them to protect the girls. They could do so themselves perfectly well. Or at least they would as soon as Ayumi taught them enough.
Then she thought of the wound on Chrome's back and her words back in the bath.
The boys were going to much lengths to keep them safe and happy and currently cooking was the only thing they could do to support them, but keeping the truth from them was not okay.
She had agreed with Haru to break off their boycott, but would the boys ever tell them if they didn't force them?
A sigh left her lips as she tried to look at the situation from every possible angle.
"Every time you sigh a little bit of happiness escapes, you know?"
Startled Kyoko turned to see Ayumi standing in the doorway.
"Ayumi-san, you're already back?"
She swung the plastic bag in her hand around idly as she crossed the room and sat against the wall in front of Kyoko.
"Jep, the kitchen is stocked with instant ramen again. So the boys won't starve despite their obstinacy. They'll be malnourished if they don't get their heads out of their behinds though." She replied easily, "I got some pudding for us and the children. Where's Haru-chan?"
Humming in agreement Kyoko turned to the page before as she realised she hadn't retained a bit of the information she'd just read.
"She went to check on Lambo, because she doesn't trust Gokudera-kun with him."
Ayumi chuckled.
"Ah, she's probably right with that. I'll just message her to bring Lambo-kun back with her. I got enough pudding for the children as well."
Then she reached out and closed the book Kyoko should be reading but had already half given up on.
"Okay, now tell me what's on your mind.", she demanded gently.
Again Kyoko sighed but complied.
"Haru-chan and I agreed to break off the boycott but I can't help but feel the boys'll never tell us what they're currently keeping from us. And despite wanting to trust them that they're only doing this for us, I want them to share the burden with us."
Thinking about it for a moment Ayumi's reply was a simple one.
"You're probably right about that too." She told the girl straight out, "if it wasn't Tsuna-kun we're talking about, but your big brother and the other boys."
She set the plastic bag she had still been holding to the side and held both her hands out like a scale.
Holding one up she explained, "the boys' male pride demands they protect you by keeping the secret, but you showed them that you know something is wrong and you want to know what it is. You've also showed them this issue is important enough to you to make you boycott the household chores you took upon yourselves to support them. Now you've decided you're stopping the boycott because you don't want them to carry the burden by themselves no matter how mad you are at them for keeping things from you."
Kyoko nodded. That pretty much summed up their situation.
Ayumi continued, "the rest of the boys would feel themselves confirmed in their belief that they were doing the right thing. But knowing Tsuna-kun, who is way to innocent and nice for this world, he'll feel guilty for being supported by you, despite not actually helping you gain something you want - knowledge in this case. Which he could readily give you without any consequences, only his male pride on the line."
Then an unholy grin lit up Ayumi's face.
"So basically, the best strategy is to be obnoxiously too nice to him. Be yourself, stop the boycott and by doing so guilt trip Tsuna-kun into telling you."
Kyoko blinked.
So… ending the boycott was actually the right way to go.
It was a win-win situation.
When Ayumi put it like that Kyoko knew what she would aspire to be like when they returned home.
As long as she paid enough attention while keeping up her normal behaviour she could gather all information she needed without tipping the boys off.
The boys wouldn't worry and she'd still be informed and able to help. Yes, that's what she would do. She wasn't quite sure if her acting skills were good enough for it to work, but she would have to see.
For now though she would follow Ayumi's lead.
They could hardly keep on letting the boys starve themselves when they clearly needed the nutrition to combat an enemy the girls might not really know about yet but still threatened them. And if by doing so they got what they wanted, then double win.
"Anyway! I seem to have forgotten the meat for dinner despite Bianchi reminding me before I left. Would you mind going to the shop for me to get some?"

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