6) "Okay seriously, what's with the bear?!"

When Hibari was spotted by the other Vongola guardians walking through their underground base with Kusakabe not far behind, they initially thought nothing of it. And then they noticed the animal in Kusakabe's arms.

"Maybe it's Hibari's new box weapon?" Yamamoto thought aloud.

Gokudera snorted, "As if. Except that bird, He doesn't carry his box weapons outside their boxes. Anyway, it didn't look like much of a weapon."

"Or maybe he's going to raise it as his EXTREME sparring partner!" Ryohei shouted, punching the air. Excitement glowed in his eyes, "Do you think he'll let me fight it?!"

"What if it's Kusakabe-san's?" Lambo wondered, and was mostly ignored.

The guessing continued, their ideas getting more and more farfetched as time passed. And when Hibari and his follower passed by again, the mysterious animal still in tow, Ryohei was quick to approach them.

"What's with the EXTREME bear?!"

Hibari paused, long enough to give him a sideways glance and scowl at the crowd gathered not far behind the boxer. All he offered was, "It's a box weapon." Before walking briskly away.

Kusakabe shifted the small panda cub in his arms, and explained a bit more broadly, "Hibari found a box weapon in his studies and opened it, but he broke its box in the process."

With Hibari gone, the remaining group approached, and Lambo leaned in, face to face with the cub. It turned to look at him, and he smiled, "Yare yare, such a cute weapon…"

"So it really is his new weapon!" Yamamoto gloated, and then laughed sheepishly, "That hedgehog of his is pretty cute, too, don't you think?"

Before any further questions could be asked, Hibari was back, threatening to bite them all and ordering Kusakabe to get back to the lab with 'that thing.'

'That thing growled at the prefect, undoubtedly unaware of the Cloud guardian's violent tendencies, and received a bone-chilling glare that made it freeze and burrow deeper into Kusakabe's arms.

And then they were gone down the hallway.

A few moments later, Ryohei commented, "I bet it would make an EXTREME sparring partner!"