Oh my jfkldjsafl. I just can't write as much as I used to and I feel like when I do, it sucks. I'm especially sad I can't get motivated to write my only two stories I have on here. Me updating is almost like once every fricken blue moon and because of it, I lose a ton of readers. D; Well here' chapter four, I planned on updating this at the same time as "Promise" however that story's chapter is still taking me a while to write. Currently there are around 3,000 for the 26th chapter, however there's a lot of stuff I'm still missing so it'll be pretty long when updated.

NEVER MIND MY RANT THOUGH... but I have set my deadline to finish the 26th chapter for "Promise" and update it sometime this week... hopefully. NEVER MIND THAT AS WELL THOUGH, THIS IS KHR.

I don't own KHR, only Rin and some other people who'll eventually show up.

The next day Rin was left recuperating and the next morning she was released early from the hospital. When the nurse had told her, she looked unsure of letting the patient go only after a day of rest.

Managing to make it back to her apartment she did a double check that nothing was touched after she passed out, then she changed into her school uniform and left.

At the school gate she was expecting to get punished by the leader of the disciplinary committee for being late, though rather it was his second in command Tetsuya Kusakabe. She stopped before him, "I'm sorry I'm late." She said casually.

He nodded, "We heard about the incident, are you sure you should be up and about with that…" He gestured towards the wound.

"I'll be fine." Rin said bluntly, and then she trudged off to class.

When she slid the door open, everything became quite. The teacher stared at her as if in a trance before walking up to her. "R-Rin… Uhmm are you okay?" The teacher stuttered.

"Fine." Then she walked over to her seat where she found some cards on the desk. Picking one up, she opened it.

Get well soon!

One of them had read. "Oh, those are from some second-year students." She looked up at the teacher's voice as if confirming it, then looked back down and read the last line:

Sasagawa Kyoko

Sliding the cards into her bag she sat down in the desk as the teacher resumed her lecture, all of which she tuned out until the bell for lunch.

Once it had signaled though, she sat in her desk quietly as she heard the students whisper and stare at her. The door at the front was quickly opened and in burst two girls.

"Rin-san!" Haru and Kyoko both shouted, as they quickly rushed over to her. "Are you okay?"

"Fine…" She noticed that she seemed to be repeating that phrase a lot today.

The two turned to each other as if sending telepathic messages, and then nodding their heads, they turned back to her. "Would you like to come with us after school to play with Fuuta, Lambo, and I-Pin?" Kyoko asked innocently.

Haru nodded her head quickly. "Watching kids and hanging out with friends will make you feel better!"

"And we can eat cake together!" Kyoko chimed in.

Miura turned to face Kyoko, smiling. "We can go to that delicious cake shop that's not too far from here!"

Kyoko nodded and turned back to Rin. "So, can you?"

Rin opened her mouth, but was cut off before she can say her answer. "Pleeeease!" Haru pleaded, she and Kyoko wanted to make her feel better by taking her out.

Shutting her mouth, Rin ended up nodding dumbly.

"Yes!" The two girls cheered as they gave each other a high five.

"Wahhh!" Rin's ears twitched as she heard the distant sound. Reacting quickly she set off towards the area.

She, along with Kyoko, Lambo, I-Pin, Haru, and Fuuta were going to the cake shop but the three kids got separated from them, so it was decided that they would split up and search.

"No." Kyoko and Haru gave Rin a questioning look.

"But we would be able to cover more ground this way." Haru explained. Rin shifted from on foot to the other.

"You two stick together." She simply said.

"But-" Kyoko started but once she saw the look Rin gave her, she stopped. Her eyes had widened in surprise.

Rin closed her eyes and sighed. "Just promise me you'll stick together…"

The two didn't reply and just nodded their heads slowly. Then with that sure answer, Rin turned and sprinted off.

"I've got a bad feeling about this…" She mumbled.

When she made it to the scene, she saw a peculiar sight. There were two distinctive groups, one on a ledge and the other below. She quickly took cover behind the nearest wall, scanning the area, the group below she figured out to be the three missing children along with Yamamoto, Gokudera, Ryohei, Reborn, and Tsuna. The group on the ledge was unfamiliar, yet familiar to her, though she shrugged it off as nothing.

"Those who wield the same type of ring will fight in a one-on-one battle." Iemitsu had said somewhere from the side.

'Hmmm… Iemitsu is here too…' Rin thought as she tuned into the conversation as two ladies appeared. After a while of talking Rin started getting restless and was losing her patience. All she was hearing was '9th' and 'external advisor'.

"The battles will be held at Namimori Junior High. We shall await you tomorrow at 11pm, goodbye." And they left just as they came.

"Geez." Rin yawned.

Before anyone else left or made a move, there was a laugh. "Ushishishishi…" And Rin's eyes quickly moved to the flying object coming towards her wall, she inched back in as the knife was embedded right on the edge. "You. Peasant. Stop hiding."

Giving in, she stepped out, ready for the attacker to attack again.

"R-Rin-s-san!" Tsuna shouted, shocked.

Ignoring him, she glanced at the knife and studied it. She slightly shook her head. It wasn't the same kind that had stabbed her that day.

"Outside civilians who know nothing of the Vongola should be killed if they are to ever find out about it." Levi said raising his weapon. Rin turned her attention to the man with the umbrellas and saw Yamamoto, Ryohei, and Gokudera get into a fighting stance. She sent the group on the ledge a glare.

"She plays just as much a role as you do…." Iemitsu stated to the group. "If not bigger…" He ended looking towards her.

She turned away from everything, the teenager, the group of assassins, the battles. She wanted no part in this, yet it seemed as if fate was following her, and changing her path. "I have nothing to do with this." She replied and walked back to her apartment.

As the cool air of her air conditioned apartment hit her in the face she breathed in deeply and sighed. Her stomach kept flipping and it didn't seem like it was going to stop anytime soon. Walking into her kitchen she pulled out a glass and filled it with water from the sink and sat down at the small table for two.

From everything that has happened, she could feel a headache rising. She clutched her head in both hands. From the corner of her eye she spotted a lone door in the living room. It was taller than her and thinner than any of the other doors but she could still fit into it. Everything else around her seemed to disappear as she stared at it. The presence of it aggravated her, and it stood mocking her.

The wooden door was the only thing separating her from the sharp blades of reminder. From the dark tattered clothes that were once stained crimson, which made her worthy of her title.

Her dark eyes rested on the door knob as she stood up. No longer able to take it she walked over and flung the door open, almost ripping it off of it hinges as it squeaked with pressure. There inside stood a tall metal box chained over a dozen times.

It was in arms reach away. She lifted her hand towards the box but quickly pulled away. Uneasily, she stumbled backwards.

Clink.

Looking down a small silver ring had slipped out of her skirt pocket. She stared at it for a long time before picking it up and placing it on the chained box. Shutting the door as she backed away she turned and shut herself in her room for the night.

"I'm training for a sumo wrestling match with Gokudera, and Yamamoto!" Ryohei had shouted to Kyoko and Tsuna.

"B-Big brother?!" Tsuna was shocked to find him there. Then looking to the side there was someone else. "Rin-san!"

Ignoring him, Ryohei continues and hooked his arm around Tsuna. "Sawada is going to come, and Colonnello likes to watch."

Kyoko looked a little surprised but okay with it. "Oh, so that's what it was?"

"Yeah, Sawada, let's go practice our sumo!" And he took off with Tsuna. Rin followed behind and gave a small nod to Kyoko as she passed.

The three made their way to the roof, where Ryohei and Tsuna stood at the fence and Rin was leaning against a wall, far away. Then Ryohei started talking about how Kyoko gets worried when it comes to fighting.

"I'll definitely win, leave it to me!" He said confidently. Tsuna gave him a look, it wasn't one that was worried or scared, but kind of the one where you look up to someone. Then it changed to remembrance and he turned to Rin.

"Uhmmm… R-Rin-san? When… Err… What…" He seemed to be searching for the right words as he stumbled over them.

She pushed herself off the wall, her dark, blackish eyes with an unknown tinted color stared him down. "I have no part in the business of the Vongola Ring Battles."

"Huh… HUH? H-How did you-" Tsuna was shocked at her statement.

"I heard the pink haired lady say it last night…" She simply replied.

Tsuna relaxed just a bit, though was still unsure. "So you really don't know anything…?" He asked hesitantly.

She walked out the door as she gave him her answer. "No."

Tsuna clearly panicked. "What's that supposed to mean?! No, she does know about the mafia, or no, she knows nothing at all." His hands were pulling on his hair out of worry.

"Don't worry, Sawada! If it's Rin, we have nothing to worry about!" Ryohei reassured.

"What do you mean if it's Rin?! She's not supposed to know about the mafia!" Tsuna disregarded the reassurance.

It was night already. The sun fled below the horizon and Rin was just getting ready to leave. Placing her black blazer over her dull gray shirt she grabbed the keys to her apartment and left. It was already a few minutes past eleven, meaning that the boys should already be at the school and the battles must've already begun.

Walking out of the building she made her way through the town, her legs walking a familiar road and taking her to her destination. The neighborhood enclosed her into their walls and she sighed, 'Why do I have to do this…' She thought to herself.

Finally stepping foot onto the front of the house she was needed at, she rang the bell and Sasagawa Kyoko had opened it.

"Rin-san! Welcome! I just finished putting Colonnello to sleep." She greeted. "Hana's in the house too."

Rin didn't say anything because she has never met this Hana person before, but she guessed that it was a classmate of hers. Kyoko soon realized this, "Hana is a good friend of mine, I'll introduce you to each other." She then waved Rin to come into the house.

"Pardon me." Rin whispered when she stepped foot into the doorway. Kyoko left to go check on Colonnello once more.

As Rin was taking her shoes off, another girl with dark hair poked her head through a door way. "Kyoko, who was it?" Then she saw Rin, "You're that girl, the third-year that walked into our classroom." Walking over to Rin she introduced herself. "I'm Kurokawa Hana."

Rin bowed her head in return. "Rin." Rin looked around the house, everything was clean and sparkling, not a speck of dust in sight.

"Well don't just stand there at the entrance, come on in. By the way, where did Kyoko go?"

As she bent down to take off her shoes she told Hana. "She went to go check on Colonnello." Though before one shoe could even come off, a panicked Kyoko came from upstairs.

"Colonnello's missing!"

"Are you sure? Did you check under the beds and everything?" Hana was curious as to how a kid could disappear in minutes.

Kyoko nodded her head quickly. "What does he look like?" Rin asked also finding the situation odd.

"Well, he has blonde spiky hair, usually wears green army clothes and has a blue pacifier around his neck." Kyoko explained as she started getting some shoes on.

Rin didn't move for a while. It seemed that the week just seemed to be getting worse for her. She tried to block it out of her mind just as she did with Reborn, but it was already too late. One of the doors had opened, one of the locks fell, and the chains were broken.

'Arcobaleno.'

Rin clenched her teeth together and grinded them. "Stay here." She ordered to the two girls who were getting ready to leave. Opening the door she stepped out and started speed walking towards the school. Kyoko and Hana not listening to the last order started following her.

"R-Rin-san! Wait!" Kyoko called out a few feet behind her.

Rin turned around and was about to yell, but caught herself. "I thought I told you to stay in the house."

Hana ran up next to Kyoko, her kind attitude now gone. "You can't order us around!" She defended.

Looking closely, she noticed Kyoko had a very worried look on her face with a hint of fright. Relaxing her shoulders a little, she spoke, "Fine." Then she started walking, at least five feet ahead of the other two girls.

"Where do you think Colonnello is?" Kyoko asked as she noticed that Rin had a set destination.

Rin never turned around to answer. "He's at-"

"He's at the Namimori Middle School." A voice had said from the side. She stopped walking, and Kyoko and Hana came up next to her.

Turning her head right, Rin locked her eyes on him. "Iemitsu." Another boy was next to him, though was quiet.

"Hey Rin!" He smiled. "It's dangerous here at night, would you allow us to escort you ladies to the school?" He walked up to the three.

There no one answered him, Rin was about to reject when she suddenly thought of something. Hana watched Rin and Iemitsu converse, trying to figure out what was going on. "Alright. Take these two to get Colonnello. I'm going home." She turned around ready to leave.

"Oh? But if you do that, you'll be breaking a little deal you made earlier today." When he got no answer, he continued. "He's in danger right now."

She turned back around slowly and gave in. The five then started towards the school again, Rin walking ahead of the group along with Iemitsu and Basil behind her and the two girls behind him. Speeding up his walk a little he came up beside Rin. "You can't avoid it you know."

She heard what he had said, but was more focused on other things.

The bell for the end of school had sounded and everyone was starting to leave. Rin sat in her desk patiently staring out the window with her hand supporting her head. Out of the corner of her eye she noticed someone next to her desk.

"What is it Ryohei?" He had already dragged her towards Tsuna during lunch break and was hoping he wouldn't bring her somewhere else.

"I have an extreme favor to ask of you." He asked.

Rin tore her eyes from the window, he had asked her in a different manner than usual. She thought she heard a serious tone coming from him but couldn't tell. It wasn't until she saw the look in his eyes that he really meant it. She gave him her full attention telling him that she was willing to listen.

"You already know that the battles are tonight, so I'm asking of a favor that you'll watch over Kyoko tonight at the house. Please?"

She could tell he was really worried, whether for his sister's safety or his own. "Alright."

He looked up and grinned. "THEN IT'S A DEAL! I'll tell Kyoko you're coming over tonight then, see ya!"

Rin looked up to find the school right in front of them Kyoko ran ahead of her when she saw that her brother was in a ring with another man. He was on his knees with blood coming from his fists, and he was sweating a ton, glass was all around him.

"Onii-chan!" She shouted as loud as she could. Her stamina wasn't the best so after that sprint she was breathing deeply for air.

Everyone turned at the sound of her voice. Tsuna was very surprised to see her and Hana there. "Kyoko-chan! Wh-Why are you here?"

"They were looking for Colonnello so I brought them here." Iemitsu announced coming up next to Rin, and Basil following up.

"D-Dad! Basil! And Rin-san!" Neither of them replied and kept their gazes on the ring. Kyoko ran up closer to the ring.

Reborn looked up at Rin. "So you came."

She made no movement to answer.

"Kyoko, this looks dangerous." Hana called to her.

"Why are there wounds all over?" Kyoko hurriedly asked and in a worried tone, that made Rin feel guilty for not leaving her at the house.

The man that Ryohei was facing off against bent down near her brother. "Are you this boy's little sister? You came at a good time, he was just about to lose to me and be killed."

Kyoko ignored his words and kept talking to her brother. "You promised you wouldn't fight!"

"Kyoko, stop! It looks dangerous!" Hana tried again, but Kyoko kept calling out to him until he started to stir.

"When I cracked my forehead I made a promise not to fight again." He struggled to stand up. "I also said this though: There may be a time when I have to fight, and if it's going to make you cry, then I won't lose." Standing up with a fierce new glow about him he started for another round.

Everyone watched the battle with interest, it would be the final strike for either side. No one had noticed, but Rin was solely focused on the battle. Usually she wouldn't care about anything so much as to the point where she stayed any longer than needed.

When the metal knee had been broken, Colonnello took Kyoko, telling her there wasn't anything more too see and that he was tired. Hana followed in pursuit, but Rin stayed. No matter how much she didn't want to be at the battles she was already here.

The battle had already been decided by most of the people, yet Lussuria stood up, shaking, scared, and determined.

"Come on! Let's continue! Hurry!" He tried to rush Ryohei into fighting. Everyone was wondering what was going on, yet of course, only the Varia knew.

They could only figure out after it happened, after Lussuria was shot in the back by the robot.

"H-His own ally…" Tsuna started but couldn't finish.

"Erasing the weak is one of the reasons why Varia is the strongest." Reborn explained to the group and when he looked over to Rin for her reaction, there was none. Just a face covered by the shadows.

Tsuna couldn't believe his eyes or ears. "Erasing the weak…? N-No way…" He repeated the words.

Ryohei, being the kind person he is, was going over to help him. "Hey! Wake up!" One of the ladies in pink though had stopped him.

"At this moment, Lussuria is unable to continue to battle. Therefore Sasagawa Ryohei is the victor of the battle for the Ring of the Sun." She continued on when no one said anything. "This is the end of tonight's match, though from now on we will announce the next battle participants."

Tsuna was surprised. "Eh! We'll find out already!"

The long haired guy seemed ready to go. "Voiii! Let me go next!"

"Tomorrow's battle will be the match between thunder guardians." She finished ignoring the two side comments. She then had something in her hand, which after making a small noise blew the stadium up. The Varia had left as fast as the ring was blown up.

"Wait Kyoko!" Hana's voice could be heard from behind and sure enough Kyoko was running back.

Kyoko came straight to Tsuna. "Tsuna-kun! Tell me the truth! What is my brother doing?"

Visibly, he was having troubles on deciding. "It's a sumo wrestling match." Yamamoto, Gokudera, and Reborn had covered.

Ryohei decided to step in again. "I told you it was a Sumo match. Let's go home, Kyoko!" She nodded happily in response. He turned back to Tsuna. "Sawada… I'll give this to you." He held out the ring, then he took the other piece and placed them together, where Tsuna placed it in the box. "And before I forget!" He turned to an empty space. "I'm sorry for the trouble Rin…" He trailed off when she wasn't there.

Everyone else turned and looked around their perimeter, but she was nowhere to be found.

"Maybe she went back already." Kyoko suggested.

jflkdasjfl;dsjal... Done. I swear I cry every time I come onto FF.