I know I haven't been able to update this fanfiction for a long, LONG time, and to my dear readers, I'm really sorry for that. It was quite hard to write when you lost inspiration in writing (yep, I did). And to top it all, I couldn't find any time at all to type it, even yet write it on a piece of paper. But after a long time of vacation in writing, I have finally found it again in me to write. Although, I might be busy again with all the commotion happening like college enrolment and dorm hunting, I might not have time again to update or write (although I envy my friend, Nikki, who can manage all those things at the same time be able to write and continue her fanfic).

And please allow me a bit of happiness in saying that I passed my entrance exam in UP! T_T At least my sacrifice in all that studying till death paid off. Well, anyway, here's the latest chapter, and for those expecting a bit of action, well, sorry but you will have to wait, but I promise that there WILL BE an action scene. And I'm sorry if the chappie's a bit crappy (with such a long vacation I think I lost my touch, so I'm really sorry) but please try to bear with it.

Enjoy (if you can) ~! ^_^

Chapter 5: Amusement Park and Restaurant

As Hibari stood there in front of Kokuyo Land waiting for Chrome, he can't help thinking about what Reborn said to him, especially about the letter he received from Nagi's parents.

"It's not that the letter is a fake one. Rather, her parents were deceived into thinking that she's dead."

What does he mean by that? Hibari thought. Last night, he found a way to have his pride avenged at the same time shed some light about the change of Nagi to Chrome: he would find out who was responsible for all that happened and bite him to death. And the only clues he had found out about that person were few and not much helpful.

First, Nagi doesn't remember him. If she really was Nagi, she would remember Hibari. But she didn't even recognize his name, so it was either she's not Nagi (which he doubts from this point) or she forgot the past she spent with Hibari. He can conclude that that person erased some parts or maybe even her whole past. Second, that person had made it a point to deceive Nagi's parents for the sake of taking and hiding her, and Hibari was quite confused about it; he couldn't think of a reason why that person would do that. And third, after a long time he saw Nagi again, now part of mafia with Mukuro Rokudo, and he knew well enough that Nagi has no such connection with the mafia.

So, he finally thought that he would get some answers from the pineapple bastard and bite him to death after, but he can only do that after knowing his whereabouts.

All the while he was thinking, surprised, he saw at last Chrome Dokuro walking towards him. What surprised him were her clothes; she was wearing a white blouse, an indigo skirt and black doll shoes. She was also carrying a simple violet shoulder bag. All in all, her look was very refreshing, especially if you're used to her wearing her green Kokuyo uniform. Hibari, meanwhile, realized a bit late that his mouth was gaping a little. He quickly snapped it shut and tried to look unconcerned. He admits that she looked quite charming, but it annoyed him that she kept the pineapple hairstyle.

She was now near to the place Hibari was standing when he said, "You're late, herbivore." Hibari threw towards Chrome the box he was supposed to give her. Chrome caught it, although a bit awkwardly. She looked at Hibari questioningly, who replied, "The infant told me to give it to you."

"Oh," Chrome just said, "Well…thank you, Cloudman." She looked very shy and embarrassed, unlike the cheerful and friendly Nagi he knew, Although there is no reason to be embarrassed, Hibari thought. With a bored look in his face, he said, "I assume that you know why I am here."

"Y-yes, Bianchi-san and Reborn told me."

There was a pause between them, with Chrome cautiously and curiously eyeing Hibari. Hibari, meanwhile, was thinking of trying now her strength but decided against it. It would be a waste if her dress got ruined, he thought. Then Chrome spoke, "Uhmm… Cloudman, you see, I'm supposed to meet now with Haru-chan, Kyoko-chan and Bianchi-san on an amusement park in Namimori. I think we should go now."

Hibari looked at Chrome, who flinched because she thought that he thought she was being impolite. Hibari, on the other side, actually cursed himself for forgetting his mission of accompanying Chrome. With his face still looking unconcerned, he suddenly walked away. Chrome, who now really thought that she had offended Hibari, called, "C-Cloudman, I-"She wasn't able to finish her apology, because Hibari cut her off and said, "Hurry up, herbivore. You need to go to Namimori Amusement Park, right?"

Chrome, a bit confused, replied, "Yes, I'm coming." She put the box she was holding inside her bag and followed Hibari. They were both quiet while going to the amusement park. When they arrived at the place, they saw Haru, Kyoko and Bianchi, all waiting for Chrome. Chrome cheerfully went to their side while Hibari just followed her. Kyoko and Haru, meanwhile, both turned nervously to Bianchi and Chrome when they saw Hibari.

"Uhmmm…Chrome-chan," Hibari overheard Haru whispering to Chrome nervously, "why is Hibari-san with you?"

"Well, it will be quite long to explain why, Haru." It was Bianchi who answered. "But to enlighten you two a bit…" She whispered something to the two girls while Hibari and Chrome, unable to hear it, wondered what she was telling them. The two girls then looked at them, smiling.

"Now that I know a bit," Kyoko said, "I'm not really surprised why."

"Hai, hai," Haru agreed, "Of course that would be natural."

"Kyoko-chan, Haru-chan, what do you mean?" Chrome looked at them, puzzled.

"Don't worry, Chrome-chan," Kyoko assured, "we understand so you don't need to tell us."

"Let's just enjoy our time here in the amusement park." Haru cheerfully said. Both girls grabbed Chrome by her arms and led her towards the entrance of the park. Hibari, meanwhile looked at Bianchi suspiciously. "I don't know what you said to those herbivores, and I don't care either, but if you said something that would destroy my reputation I'll bite you to death."

Bianchi just chuckled at Hibari's threat and said, "You don't need to worry then, because I really didn't tell them anything of that sort." He gave Hibari the entrance ticket but when he didn't take it, she said, "You'll need that to enter the park so you can watch after Chrome. Or you can just stand here outside and watch Chrome from a tall tree or something. It's your choice." Hibari looked at her, and then took the ticket from her rather roughly. They both proceeded to the entrance with Haru, Chrome, and Kyoko and entered the park.

The girls wasted no time at all and rode the first ride they saw as soon as they entered the park. Of course, he also had to ride with them, since Bianchi gave him a ride-all-you-can ticket and also it would be difficult to keep an eye on Chrome from afar (like Bianchi said earlier). The girls were having fun, like any herbivore would be, just from riding these rides, playing the games offered, and eating cotton candies and ice creams, Hibari thought. Hibari, on the other hand, was quite the opposite of the girls (although, he did enjoy the roller coaster and the drop tower ride). Bored, Hibari yawned widely as he followed the girls behind, keeping an eye at Chrome. Meanwhile, Bianchi was watching Hibari without him knowing it, somehow amused because of a plan she, Reborn and Dino prepared yesterday.

A few moments later, while taking a break on a nearby bench, Kyoko's phone rang. "Hello? Oh, Onii-chan, why did you call?" There was a pause as Kyoko listened to her brother. "Eh? You and Tsuna-kun need my help? And Haru too?" Haru and Chrome both eyed Kyoko curiously as she listened to Ryohei's urgent request. She looked at Chrome, then to Haru and made an eye contact with with her. Haru, who somehow understood what it meant, then glanced at Hibari who was watching Chrome. Haru smirked, then looked at Bianchi, who was also taking a call, but managed to catch Haru's glance and smiled at her.

Kyoko had then already ended her brother's call. "Haru-chan, Onii-chan said that Tsuna-kun and the others need our help. He said that we need to go to their place immediately."

Just then, Bianchi also finished with her phone call. "Sorry everyone, Reborn-san also said that he wants my help on something. I need to go now."

Haru then said to Kyoko, "Kyoko, let's go now."

"Eh?" Kyoko glanced at Chrome. "But what about Chrome-chan? Wasn't this outing for her to relax?"

Haru looked at Chrome sadly. "I'm sorry, Chrome-chan. We really want to spend the whole day with you, but everyone needs our help. We promise we'll make it up to you."

Chrome, meanwhile, just said, "It's alright, Haru-chan. I understand." She smiled at them. Both Haru and Kyoko held Chrome's hands and smiled at her.

After some hugs and assurances of making it up, Haru and Kyoko both said goodbye to Chrome, and gave an acknowledgement nod to Hibari, who just ignored them. Meanwhile, Bianchi whispered to Hibari, "Take care of Chrome now. Accompany her wherever she would decide to go after this."

"I know what I should do." He replied through gritted teeth. It annoys him when people remind him of his duties when he knows it pretty well already. Bianchi just smiled, then said goodbye to Chrome and left with the two other girls.

While walking away, Kyoko said to Bianchi and Haru, "I wish I could stay a bit longer with Chrome-chan. I really feel guilty about leaving her when we promised her this day."

"So am I, Kyoko," Haru said, "but I don't think Chrome-chan would be that lonely." She giggled at what she just thought. Kyoko just looked at Haru, confused. Meanwhile, Bianchi just smiled and said in a mocking tone, "How can you say that, Haru-chan?"

"Well, didn't you saw how Hibari-san looks at Chrome-chan?"

"Well," Kyoko said, thinking, "I did notice that Hibari-san doesn't take his eyes off Chrome-chan." Then, as though she just realized something, she said, "Oh…" And both girls giggled. Bianchi also laughed, and then patted the girls on their head. "Really, you two."

"I wonder why Tsuna-kun and Onii-chan asked for us." Kyoko said out of the blue. While Kyoko and Haru wondered about the reason, Bianchi meanwhile took out her phone and texted to Reborn.

The plan proceeds just like you told us, Reborn-san.

Meanwhile, Chrome and Hibari were left alone, now that Haru, Kyoko and Bianchi left them, with Hibari just accompanying Chrome. Chrome, meanwhile, was just walking aimlessly, looking at the clear blue sky.

Hibari just did nothing but stare at Chrome. He doesn't mind the silence; in fact, it quite reminded him of his times with Nagi, of his times with her. And to think that this is really Nagi beside me, Hibari thought.

His thoughts were interrupted when Chrome broke the silence and said, "Hibari-san, do you want to go someplace?" She blushed after saying those words; apparently, she was actually worried that she's disturbing Hibari by guarding her, and also because she wasn't used to calling him by his name. Earlier, she told her to call him by his name. "I do have a name, and it's Hibari Kyouya. Don't forget it, herbivore." (A/N: look who's talking LOL xP)

Hibari sighed mentally, "No, there's no particular place that I'd want to go." Chrome's face became downcast, "Oh…"

Hibari knew that Chrome was trying to amuse and befriend him. It wasn't the way Nagi would do it, Hibari thought, but maybe she's doing it as Chrome, not as Nagi, since she doesn't even remember that she's Nagi. Without thinking, he suddenly said, "But I wouldn't mind getting some hamburger."

Chrome suddenly looked at Hibari. Hibari meanwhile was mentally shocked at what he just said. What the… he thought. Chrome, meanwhile, covered her mouth with her hand, and then giggled; she just saw Hibari's incredulous face. Hibari felt his face grew hot. He turned his face away from her sight and said, "What's so funny?"

Chrome immediately stopped giggling and said while looking at the pavement beneath her, "Sorry, Hibari-san. To be honest, I was surprised by what you said." She blushed again.

"And what's so surprising about what I said?"

Chrome shook her head, although she's still looking at the pavement instead at him, and said, "Nothing, but maybe because I'm so used to you always ignoring others or wanting to be alone."

Hibari looked at her, and in her he finally saw his Nagi. Chrome's sincerity was exactly the same as Nagi's, he thought. Chrome, seeing Hibari gazing intensely at her, quickly added, "Not that it's a bad thing, Hibari-san."

There was a pause. Then, Hibari just walked on without a word, with Chrome rooted to where she stands and her face becoming downcast again. Then, she heard Hibari called on to her. "Well? What are you standing there for?" She looked at Hibari, who stopped walking and looked at her with a rather annoyed face. "Hibari-san…"

"Hurry up, herbivore, I'm starving. If you don't hurry up I'll bite you to death." He turned his back to her, with a ghost of smile on his face. Chrome, meanwhile, smiled and lightened up. "I'm sorry, I'm coming." She then followed Hibari outside of the amusement park.

Outside the park, Chrome follows Hibari as they went towards God-knows-where Hibari was going. After a while of walking, Chrome suddenly asked, "Ummm… Hibari-san, where are we going?"

"Some place to eat, of course." Hibari said without looking at her. "Didn't I say earlier that I'm starving? And it's lunch time already."

After that, they arrived at some fancy restaurant Hibari always visit. Chrome looked around her surroundings as they entered the place. Hibari was reminded of a child visiting an aquarium for the first time as he looked at Chrome, who was like she had never been to a restaurant before. He was amused by it, although it didn't show on his face. "From the way you act, it's like you haven't entered a restaurant before."

Chrome looked at Hibari, a bit embarrassed. "Sorry, Hibari-san. I was wondering what kind of place you usually go to."

A host greeted and led them to an empty table where they both seated themselves. They both looked up to the waiter who just arrived on their table and gave them the menus, only to be surprised to see that the waiter was Dino, who was wearing a waiter's suit.

"Bronco-san." Chrome said, surprised. Hibari just glared at him.

"Kyouya-kun," Dino greeted cheerfully, "and Chrome-chan. Wow, you look pretty today." He was referring to Chrome's change of clothes. He was about to flirt a bit with Chrome when he sensed Hibari's murderous glare on him.

"What are you doing here?" Hibari kept on glaring at Dino.

"Oh, nothing important, Kyouya-kun." Dino pulled out a pen and a notebook from his pocket. "It's another one of Reborn's idea to keep the family entertained." He smiled at them a bit slyly, and then said, "So, what will be your orders?"

Although Hibari was suspicious of what Dino is up to, he kept it to himself; he's not really interested on what Reborn or Dino's up to at the moment.

Chrome looked at the menu and was surprised to see that the prices of the food were quite expensive. Hibari sensed Chrome's problem. "Order whatever you want. I'll pay for it."

"But Hibari-san, these foods are very expensive."

"Just order." Hibari threw her a glare. Chrome flinched slightly and quickly scanned the menu for the cheapest food. Hibari sighed inwardly again. He didn't want to glare at Nagi, but he's quite sure that if he didn't, she'll argue that she can't have him pay for her.

"What will be your order, Chrome-chan?" Dino asked, ready to jot down the orders.

"Uhmmm...Spaghetti casserole and...orange juice."

"And you, Kyouya-kun?

"Rossini burger and coconut juice."

"Alright," Dino scribbled the orders on the notebook, "your orders will take for about 3 to 5 minutes to be prepared. I'll be right back."

After Dino left, there was an awkward silence between the two of them. Hibari's face was impassive, but he was actually racking his brain for anything to say. He was spared the thinking when Chrome said, "Hibari-san, do you usually go to this place?" Her expression now wasn't the usual embarrassed one but a curious one.

Funny how she can easily be comfortable with me, Hibari thought. But he wasn't really bothered by it. "Yes," he answered curtly.

Again, there was an awkward silence between them. Suddenly, Dino arrived with their orders. Unfortunately, since Romario or any of Dino's men wasn't around that time, Dino's clumsiness got over him and tripped to his feet, the food and juices going to spill on Chrome. Hibari, instinctively, stood on the way, the food spilling on him instead. Chrome and Dino's expressions were shocked.

"Kyouya-kun!" Dino's face becoming a mix of fear and apology. "I'm really, really sorry about that. I didn't mean to."

Hibari just glared at Dino. "Stupid Bronco."

"Hibari-san!" Chrome stood up. "Are you alright?" She took out her handkerchief and started wiping some spill on Hibari's face.

Hibari slightly flinched at the contact, and then became self-conscious, his face becoming warm. He grabbed Chrome's hand. "I-I'm fine. Stop doing that." He looked down to the ground, feeling slightly foolish although he doesn't know why.

Dino, meanwhile, kept on apologizing and bowing both to Chrome and Hibari and to the manager of the restaurant. "I'm really sorry, sir," the manager said, "I'll go and order you another order for free." The manager called another waiter and ordered their food, then went back to scolding Dino for his clumsiness.

"Hibari-san," Chrome called as Hibari walked on, "where are you going?"

"To the washroom. Stay there, I'll be back."

Hibari entered the washroom and washed his face. He tried to figure out what he just felt earlier. Why the hell would I feel foolish out of no reason at all? He tried to shake the thought and instead focused on cleaning the spill on his clothes as much as possible.

When he got back, the food was already served. Hibari ate in silence. Then, he noticed Chrome looking at him. "What? Do I have something on my face?"

"Ah, no, it's not that." Chrome looked away, then said in a very quiet tone, "I just noticed that you really love meat."

Hibari just stared at her. "Of course. Vegetables are for weak herbivores, and meat is for the superior carnivores."

"Uhm...is that so?" Chrome just said weakly. After that, they finished their lunch in silence.

Hibari paid their bill and then they left the restaurant. Dino, seeing that they left, called Reborn.

"Ciaossu."

"Hey, Reborn. They left the restaurant now."

"Ok. Phase B is done. We proceed to Phase C of the plan."

"Whatever. I hope this plan of yours work, or my sacrifice of me getting scolded for an hour would be in waste."

"It won't be a waste, since I guarantee that after this those two would be much closer than before."

"Not to mention more troubled." And with that, Reborn hung up the phone.