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Clinic...

Mai stayed with Shamal in Nami Chuu's clinic under observation and under tight watch. Even Hibari visits just to be double-sure, after getting some clothes and her manga(on her request) from her apartment. She is still wary of both males, and ready to strike if it wasn't medication for her numerous bruises and fractures. But Mai has her own...trust issues yet something felt weird to the girl either way regarding Tsuna because if Tsuna wasn't there, she'd be rebellious every step of the way but with his presence, she couldn't refuse him. And despite only Shamal and Hibari checking up on her, she feels a third presence in the room during school hours with her bio-radar ability which is WHY she's wary.

'So Mai-chan,' said Shamal. 'Reborn has your relatives investigated.' he said. 'We'll have word in a few days. Soon, you'll know your real name, the whole package.' he grinned.

'Why go that far for a criminal?' Mai asked incredulously.

'Well, as Sawada said, there's a reason why people become the way they are.' said Shamal. 'You steal to live, not for fun. There's a difference. There's what we call 'evil necessity' and your stealing to eat and have a roof over your head is an example of evil necessity. Had you been stealing for fun we wouldn't hesitate to chuck you to a Juvie Center as Hibari originally wanted. So about your so-called schooling...how far are you?'

'Well, I stole school books off a really classy elevator school in Tokyo since its the best school justifying the hellish ransom they charge for a tuition fee. Elementary, Junior High and High School. College is optional anyway.' said Mai. 'I have trouble in Math and Computers because while formulas are shown in math books, its not exactly explained where to start and how to get the answer and I never touched a computer in my life. I usually have the librarian do it for me. Other than that, other subjects are good...I can pass everything but math and computer.' she said. 'All I know about Math is what I know in daycare. Adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing. I learn quick...but do we really need calculus or trigonometry in life?'

Shamal cracked up.

'Hahaha! You got me!' he cackled, wheezing in laughter. 'We don't even use those things in life anyway! Heeheehee...' he chuckled to sober up.

'So uhm...can you tell me about that boy with weird hair that looks like a broom?' Mai asked him, surprising Shamal and Hibari. 'Brown hair from last night.'

'He's Sawada Tsunayoshi.' Shamal informed her. 'Why ask about him?'

'...normally I'm not gonna tell you anything last night...normally I'll keep my mouth shut about myself...but for some reason I just couldn't refuse him.' said Mai. 'I don't get it. I feel compelled to tell him. And uhm...I can't describe the other things...but as long as he's here...everything would be OK. I felt that.' she said while fidgeting.

"Well, fuck me sideways." Shamal thought, astounded. She gained a Guardian Bond with Tsuna upon harmonizing in just a night? But as far as the bond goes, its halfway done when he scanned.

Skies are precious to the other flames. The Sky is their home. A place to belong. In turn, the Sky is lonely and naked until the Guardians come to protect the Sky in return for 'a home'. And Mai possessed powerful lightning flames and she wound up harmonizing with Tsuna. But a bit more nudge and the bond is complete.

'Well, for now go to sleep Mai.' said Shamal. 'Reading for several hours can make anybody mentally tired and sleep helps faster recovery.' he said, taking out a mosquito off his pill case to knock her out before she stated she really dislikes mosquitoes now. 'You heard that, Reborn?' he said as Reborn removed the camouflage cloth in his cactus disguise. 'He's one lucky kid isn't he?'

'Aa. I'm taking this opportunity so I'll have Tsuna drop by later and bring her into the Family given the situation.' said Reborn. 'Right now he's filling Yamamoto in about last night. And we'll have to explain about the nature of flames otherwise she might misunderstand her feelings.' he said as he left.

xxx

School rooftop, lunch time...

Yamamoto got filled in on last night's happenings about Mai.

'I see...' said Yamamoto. 'So that's why she became a burglar.' Well, with a life like that, you'd do anything to live.

'Juudaime is all we needed to get her talking, he's really amazing.' Gokudera marveled before frowning. 'But at least she's no Mukuro. Heck, Hibari defeated her easily.'

'But Gokudera...she easily could.' Tsuna pointed out grimly. 'There must be a reason why she didn't shock Hibari-san. Electricity can also be used in stun guns, right? Then she could rob his house, easy as that so why didn't she stun him?'

The older boys froze.

Indeed, why didn't she?

'H-he's right...why didn't she stun him?' Gokudera blurted as his mind raced.

'Well its electricity isn't it? She probably doesn't know how much power to use on people other than herself.' Yamamoto pointed out. 'She didn't want to risk killing him I think so she used fists instead.'

'No-good control over power...I guess that makes sense.' Gokudera mused. 'The power required in a stun gun is weak and a human body needs 1.5A to cause serious damage or kill. She's a robber not a killer.'

'That's good to know at least.' said Yamamoto in relief. 'But what happens now?'

'She's shacking up in the clinic because Hibari-san went way overboard when she numbed herself.' Tsuna shuddered. 'Probably testing the limits of the ability and Shamal's taking care of her for a month until he gives the clear. She has plenty of fractures and her organs, other than her arms, legs and back are all badly bruised so she's on a soup diet.'

Yamamoto looked like a mix of green and blue, ill from the mental image his mind cast for him.

xxx

Britain, England hours later...then still a few more hours drive, Iemitsu arrived in Little Whinging, Surrey with his subordinates, disguised as 'relatives from Hawaii' and asked about the Dursleys since...

'Hey, all houses look alike, we could use a hand in where their house is!' said Iemitsu jovially in a friendly manner, pretending to be Marcus Dursley.

'That's the problem bub, this area's a cookie-cutter neighborhood, the mayor just doesn't have imagination.' said the old grandpa, weeding the lawn. 'So the numbers are in our mailboxes.' he snorted. 'Well, I see that you have a kid with you...'

'Oh, he's my sister's son.' the old grandpa looked wary which got CEDEF wary.

'Visiting the Dursleys...if I was you, keep a close eye on your nephew bub.' said the old grandpa. 'Vernon and Petunia only see and hear what they want to. They believe their...precious dudders can't harm a fly when all neighborhood kids complained about him and his gang for being a band of bullies. They have a niece but her name changes each time which was weird. We've heard different names for a year when neighbors come visiting for tea...'

'Really? What's she like?'

'She's a nice girl, but meek, lonely and a bully victim just like my grandson.' the old grandpa sighed. 'Dudley bullies away anyone who tries to be friends with her while bullying her too for daring to make friends. I'm not even sure if her files in school are right in the name department. Her name in school is Fiore Rose Potter. That family is bad news and you seem to be a decent bunch...too bad for you to be related to them. We all think they have a problem! Mental nutcases, that bunch. Then when they came back from Japan, Fiore's gone.'

'Er...I see...thanks gramps.' and they left.

'School next, boss?' Turmeric asked him.

'School.' Iemitsu affirmed.

The van drove off for the local elementary school to look up Fiore Potter but...

'Sawada-sama, the pictures are different...' said Basil as they took out a picture of Mai, and Fiore. They were two entirely different girls. Fiore is a brunette with vivid green eyes with messy black hair, looking nothing like Mai.

'...Dursleys it is.' said Iemitsu grimly. 'The hell is going on here?' he mused as these are clearly two different girls!

xxx

Number 4, Privet Drive...

'Turmeric, don't hold back.' Iemitsu ordered his dark-skinned subordinate. 'Use your flames to get what we want. Memories of Fiore and this supposed trip to Tokyo and leaving Fiore in a dingy apartment.'

'Right.' they rang the doorbell for Petunia to answer, and Turmeric struck hard. Being an illusionist, you also have to be a psychic. A telepath to be exact whether you're born with the power, or have to be trained in sensory perception and invasion it if you possess Mist Flames but its rare for a telepath mist to exist. Because to be an Illusionist, you must gain control of the enemy's five senses as well as that of their audiences who are watching the fight. Turmeric is a telepath mist which makes him useful for obtaining information.

Soon, Turmeric was done.

'Boss...I think we just opened a can of worms regarding this case.' said Turmeric grimly. 'We gotta go to London. I'll explain everything in the van and Oregano, you drive!' he said with a shudder.

'Just show us everything.' Iemitsu grumbled.

'With her driving? I think not.'

xxx

London...

By now, CEDEF was reeling.

Fiore was Mai's real name...and she's a witch from an affluent noble family...the civil war...Petunia's jealousy of her sister that was taken out on her niece...its a Cinderella story! But because of the goblins managing the Potter fortune, and Fiore's disappearance to be revealed, British Wizards were looking for Fiore in Tokyo but unable to find her for three years since she never showed up for Hogwarts.

No magic could find Fiore. At all. Even with cooperation with the Japanese Ministry due to how important a figure Fiore is to the British and her true circumstances known. So Iemitsu requested a chat with the Potter Family Accountant regarding Fiore, now Mai Nogami. CEDEF can get in with Petunia's information. The Leaky Cauldron is invisible to 'muggles' and even Flame Users with muggle-repellant spells, but Basil being a Rain, neutralized its effects on them by simply being with them, enabling them to get through. Oregano lied to Tom the Bartender that they're muggleborns shopping for a new wand for Basil having accidentally broken his on a general house cleaning so Tom let them through Diagon Alley and they got to Gringotts to talk with the goblins...with Turmeric showing by illusions what they know.

'I see...but you see here...' the goblin cackled. 'The young miss performed a forgotten art that our Japanese Branch notified us of when their alarms for wish magic rang.' he said.

'What did Fiore do sir?' Basil asked him. 'And does it have to do with why she has a really different appearance now?'

'Indeed.' said the goblin as he took out a huge tapestry of a family tree. 'My family worked with the Potters for generations and before that, they were Peverells. Hence the prestigious bloodline.' he explained. 'And pure-blood supremacists naturally did only selective breeding to maintain blood purity until its ugly head showed caused by severe inbreeding. Weakening of magic, birth of squibs, physical deformations, low intelligence to the point of stupidity, mental instability, sterility...until the last lord James Potter married muggleborn Lily Evans, so Fiore will not suffer what ailed purebloods due to new blood Lady Lily introduced into the family bloodline. The Potters mostly bred with purebloods who weren't into the supremacy nonsense. They only maintained their purity for their house standing's sake but they're OK with dealing with half-bloods and muggleborns. By the time of Lord James, there's no pureblood lady that shared his family's ideals left.'

'But the bloodlines have something to do with what Lady Fiore has done.' the goblin continued. 'The forgotten art of Wish Magic only children can do at least once in their lives. That power can only be used once and only once.' he said seriously. He pointed at Fiore's head portrait in the tapestry. 'We must know what her wish is that caused the change of appearance, and it totally made her a Squib...which is why no magic wizards can find her right now nor would any magic school send her an invitation. We only know because goblin magic and blood magic are tied together between client and goblin manager which is why we got informed. And now you say she has the power of Dying Will Flames? Which?'

'She's a lightning...and according to the Arcobaleno working for Vongola, she harmonized with my son.' said Iemitsu who is inwardly happy with the good fortune. 'She's a Lightning Guardian and a powerful one at that.'

'I see...so now she'll be in the Mafia then.' the goblin sighed. 'Well, when she's 17, have her visit us because by then, she will be legal to inherit her family fortune as stated by our laws. Where is Lady Potter? We will have our Japanese agents come to her there to learn of her wish, as well as goblin healers to diagnose what the bloody hell happened.'

'She's in Namimori, a town not far from Tokyo.' Iemitsu said. 'She's currently in the clinic of Namimori Middle School, watched over by an associate of ours.'

'Alright. We'll be notifying the Japanese Branch.'

'Um...out of curiosity...how come you didn't inform the Ministry?' Basil pointed out. The goblin snorted.

'You kidding? We HATE the British Ministry and their racial bias bullshit. Our Asian and African Branches have it luckier while European and Americas? Not so much!' he scoffed. 'But business is business, money is money!' he griped. 'And anything to give em' a headache, is entertainment to us!'

CEDEF sweatdropped.

'Er in that case, we need your assistance in forging records to explain away Fiore in the muggle world because we can't let the Mafia Community find out about magic.' Iemitsu requested. 'Its bad enough with the flames as it is!'

'That'll cost you a pretty penny.'

'How much?'

'900 Galleons and that's about 5300 Euro I believe.' said the goblin. 'Get exchanging back at the lobby and be back here.'

xxx

'Well, this was quite productive...' said Oregano as they left Charring Cross Road in order to be able to use their gadgets. 'But another world and society altogether...'

'It'll be a bad idea if humans get wind of this.' said Iemitsu grimly. 'Let's keep it to ourselves and parties involved. As Turmeric said, this is a can of worms and we can't let anymore worms spill out for chickens to pluck on.'

In the van, they sent word to Reborn and a warning that goblins will come over to find out what was Fiore's wish so the clinic must be on a lockdown lest students see goblins who look like The Leprechaun from a recent movie film this year, only, shorter and wearing black suits!

xxx

Sawada Residence, the House...

Reborn's eyebrows raised as his eyes got wider in the information he was sent, as well as a photo of Fiore Potter. What she used to look like before the appearance change. The only ones allowed to know, is the CEDEF involved, Shamal, Reborn, Tsuna and Mai herself. Anybody else, nada. Omerta level secret!

'...well, damn...' Reborn whistled. 'Tsuna.' he said as Tsuna was going his homework. 'Come with me to Nami Chuu now! Its urgent.'

'And we just got back.' Tsuna sighed as he stood up and ran for the entrance area to put his shoes on and Reborn jumped to his shoulder for a free ride. 'What's going on?'

'I can't speak of it until we're in the clinic.' said Reborn. 'I told you about Omerta before didn't I? CEDEF found out something big about Mai...no, Fiore Rose Potter.'

'Is that her real name?' Tsuna asked him as he ran. 'She'd be happy if it is!' he said excitedly.

'She would be if we tell her. Fiore means 'flower' in Italian and its a very feminine name. Although a can of worms is opened that only you, I, Shamal and Fiore herself is allowed to know. This is under Omerta. Not even Gokudera and Yamamoto can know. Its that big!'

Tsuna gulped.

'People who break usually dies right?'

'Yes.'

xxx

Nami Chuu, minutes later...

'...its still club hours isn't it? Why are you locking up?' Mai blinked, perplexed as Shamal boarded up the infirmary on Reborn's orders.

'Mai-san, Reborn said something big happened and only the four of us are allowed to know.' Tsuna told her. 'Makes me wonder how big if even Reborn of all people got this anal about security.' Reborn threw a shoe at his face, only for said shoe to be ashes in a bolt of green in an instant.

Reborn and Shamal raised an eyebrow. Guardian Instincts on high alert, this one.

Tsuna noted Reborn would have to buy a replacement for that shoe. 'So what's going on?'

'I believe 'they' are giving us time for Mai...no, Fiore Rose Potter to digest the details before they show up.' said Reborn as Leon turned into a laptop. 'You three share the laptop with Shamal operating the scroll-down. Its a lengthy report only we can know. No. one. else under Omerta!' Reborn barked. So they began sharing the laptop with Mai in the middle because she's still in bed rest.

Upon learning what CEDEF knew since everything, even terminology is explained away and the truth about Fiore and her family...three minds reeled.

'Holy shit...' Shamal sputtered.

'So this is your original face before you turned into your present looks because of Wish Magic?' Tsuna crowed out to Mai as they looked at her before and after photos who numbly nodded.

Tsuna also learned about Dying Will Flames and their relationship to each other, the Sky and their abilities. And the fact that he's a Sky which is why Mai harmonized with him. Harmonzation only occurs if one's Hadou Wavelength either matched or fit the Sky...as for Skies themselves, the weaker the Sky, the 'pickier' they are while powerful skies welcome and accept everyone regardless of who they are or where they came from.

'Well...yes...I think.' she said numbly. 'But how should I know my wish would change everything about my body? And the fact that I was once a witch?'

'What did you wish for, Mai-san?' Tsuna asked her curiously as Mai deflated sadly.

'I wished that anyone who intends to harm me, use me or be cruel to me can never find me ever again.' said Mai gloomily. 'I just never expected for my whole body to boil so hot and re-arrange itself while mushing up as if someone's kneading clay, except for my brain, nerves and bones...it hurt so bad I can't even scream...then the scar on my forehead cut open and spurted out a black tar...that smells like something so rotten and putrid gush out like a high-pressure hose and it stinks so bad and hurts just as much...and I blacked out. Next thing I knew I woke up with a different appearance. Weird things always happened to me when I was a kid...but when I made this wish, I felt that I lost a big chunk of myself, leaving me only with my electricity. That feeling was instinctual.' she explained. 'I never knew a lot would happen and losing my magic is part of the deal but I'm OK with it.'

'Is that so...well, that explains it.' a rough, grizzly voice spoke as a group of goblins came, dressed in suits but one dressed in a white kimono. 'Our healer will diagnose you now, Lady Potter.'

'Uhm, thanks? But I'm still healing from bruises and fractured bones from a fight not long ago...so you're from the Japanese Branch?'

'Yes. We're here for your memories of Japan.' said the lead goblin. 'We'll take a copy, wait for the diagnosing and healing to be done and we will report immediately.' he said. 'And also, the location of the Japanese Shopping Alley, Fushigimori.' he said, giving a piece of paper to Mai. 'Once you're all better, please visit Gringotts for your state of accounting affairs.'

'Alright...'

And the mafioso watched the Healer Goblin at work with a piece of parchment and self-inking quill writing what he finds.

He gave the verdict.