jychan: And just like what I have said, I was going to make a story based from the other Guardians of the Rose Noire. This time, the characters I have chosen are Kyoya Hibari and Tan Li-Chen. This could also be a companion fic of Black Rose.

Summary: She was the Wind. He was the Cloud. They were both the aces of their own Mafia Famiglia. The only difference was that while one was the cat, the other was a rat. HibarixOC

4

A woman in a red Cheongsam dress was running through the halls of the Rose Noire China HQ when she suddenly bumped into something or rather someone. She stumbled into the ground while the person who she bumped on was underneath her. Tan Li-Chen massaged the bump on her head as she suddenly noticed that what she was on was not the cold floor, but rather the legs of a person. Unfortunately for her, the only other person at the Rose Noire China HQ was none other than the Cloud Guardian of the Vongola, Hibari Kyoya.

"What is it this time, Tan Li-Chen? Do you not have eyes to see what is in front of you?" Hibari Kyoya asked as he looked at the quivering woman. The fact that she was somehow heavy was a bit painful on his thighs and although he had gone through worst, he had just woken up.

Tan Li-Chen simply chuckled on what was happening. Not that she was amused, certainly she would never be amused with what was happening, but she was left with no other option for any other reaction except for a simply chuckle. And so, a chuckle she did give.

"I'm sorry, Hibari-san." She apologized to the older man until she had noticed the awkward position they were in. She immediately stood up and skipped off wherever her feet would lead her. Simply because it was rather awkward and she had no face to show to Hibari Kyoya.

Hibari Kyoya, on the other hand, was confused and amused, at the same time. The woman he was assigned with was one of a kind. She was really good in fighting, and yet she would quiver whenever she saw him. He frowned. Was he really that scary? He had no problem with that, but it was a bit difficult to challenge her into a fight if she would just chuckle (he knew that she had no choice but to chuckle in front of him) or run off away just like earlier.

She was on the training grounds. Not that she wanted to go here, but that was where her feet brought her to. And so, since she was here already, why not go along and train, right? She took out her arnis sticks from somewhere and had placed them in front of her while she sat down on the ground. She closed her eyes and meditated.

She listened earnestly and breathed in and out several times. She had to attain inner peace first before she started training. That was what she had to do before training. Her master told her to do that even before. In fact, she would do that with her older sister. She opened her eyes suddenly.

Older sister? When did she have an older sister? She was the oldest daughter in the family and that was why she inherited the name, Tan Li-Chen. It was a title and a name that goes to the oldest child of the family. She swallowed. Something was weird. She shook her head and took her arnis sticks. There was no time for finding and attaining inner peace, right?

She hit every dummy that was before her on every critical point of the body. A dummy robot was going towards her and she had immediately jumped up to the air and had kicked the dummy robot's head which went off rolling on the ground. She hit and kicked every dummy that was coming towards her. She had succeeded in all of the simulations at the training grounds. Now that was a nice training.

She heard several claps as she turned around and saw Hibari Kyoya with a smile on his face. She grimaced. She knew that Hibari Kyoya had been wanting to fight her ever since they had that encounter in Italy and that was why she continued to escape from him always, but now there was no room for escape. If she wanted to go out of the training grounds, she had to fight Hibari Kyoya with all her might.

"You made some mistakes and several unnecessary movements." He said as she raised an eyebrow. She wasn't expecting this from him.

"I see. Well, there's still room for improvement then." She smiled at her response as the older man shook his head.

"I know how you fight. Your movements, fighting stances and actions are flawless." Kyoya said as Li-Chen was shocked at his words. He knew how she fought. He had fought her once and that was already enough for him to know how her flexes and moves are. And yet this time there was something wrong with her.

"Well, there is such a thing as Beginners' Luck." Li-Chen said as she continued on pretending. Nobody had to know about this. Her actions were a bit sloppy today, well she would admit that, but she should not mix personal things with business stuff.

"I had gained experience in life to know the difference between beginners' luck and a person with wide experience. Although you say that you are the former, but I would classify you as the latter." Kyoya replied, "And as much as I would like to duel with you right now, but I would like to duel with you once you're in your proper head already."

He turned around and never looked back, leaving Li-Chen on the ground, confused. She had thought that the older man would definitely love to duel her right there and then, but she was wrong. She supposed that he had sensed that there was something with her, which indeed, affect her fighting style, no matter how hard she denied it. Earlier she thought that she had lost face already, but she was wrong, because it was only now that she had indeed lost her face to him.

He only wanted to fight with her when she was on her right mind. He wanted to fight her when she was in her best shape. Not now, when he knew that he could easily overpower her, especially with the emotions that she was experiencing right now, which will make her unable to concentrate on the fight that they were going to have. It was funny that a man like him would care about his opponent.

He stopped on his tracks. He would certainly not care for his opponent. No. Not at all. He had just wanted to fight her fair and square. He was that type of person. And she seemed to be that kind of person, as well, since she didn't necessarily beat up that person from the Martinio Famiglia the last time. If she were the same as he was, then she would definitely be terrifying. He smirked.

He would have just to wait for that kind of thing to happen someday. That is if that would really happen, especially with her personality. And then again, expect what you least expect, right?

jychan: CHAPTER FOUR UP! :)))))