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'So, how do you kids find your school?' Amon asked them.

'Its weird.' Gokudera croaked out.

'Yeah, blew my mind outta the water too.' said Yamamoto.

'Reborn-san are we going to be OK?' Gokudera fretted. 'The schools have a Sibling System. There would be groups of 'siblings' in all year levels. A senior must have two youngers in one sophomore and freshman respectively...and we're mafia!'

'Keep that secret and you'll be fine, that's all there is to it.' said Reborn. 'All of you must at least, finish High School officially as minimum requirement. Amon's taking online correspondence courses as he's too old to go to school but he must still complete education.'

'I managed to secure Chrome-chan as my petite soeur but I'm nervous on who'd pick me by the seniors.' said Tsunade. 'I gave Chrome-chan my rosary. They'll notice I don't have one and it'll be a rush to just fill school requirements.'

'Well, that's one problem solved as family must stay together.' said Reborn. 'I had to hire someone to tweak those parents of hers but...her background is concerning.'

'Concerning, more than being trained by a Miroku?' Tsunade shuddered.

'Her parents are neglectful save for material and educational concerns but other than that, nothing.' said Reborn in a none-too-happy coldness to his voice. 'The sole kindness and affection she had a first taste from, was from some of the Mirokus.' he said. 'That school is in fact, perfect excuse for this situation to bond with your Mist.'

'Got it.'

'It won't be for long before senpais pursued you.' said Amon. 'Have you two found little brothers yet?'

'Uhhh not yet...' said Yamamoto. 'This is a whole new ballpark for me. I'm my dad's only kid while Gokudera at least has experience with siblings.'

'Experience my ass.' Gokudera snarked. 'Being poisoned for three fucking years being Bianchi's toxic food tester you mean! Having a sibling who actually gave a damn about my life was Amon so I guess I have siblinghood experience at least.' he said as Amon beamed happily at Gokudera's admission.

'I'm an only child I wouldn't know how to have younger siblings either...this is going to be so weird!' Tsunade exclaimed.

'No kidding there...' Yamamoto gulped.

'Maa maa, surely its not that hard to care for others.' said Amon. 'You guys will do great!' he reassured them. 'Caring for others can never be learned, you have to have it in you and you'll know what to do and how to do it right as you go along.'

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The two schools are Sibling Schools with a Catholic/Foreign Background as students are required to learn French, not just English.

As an Elevator School with its Sibling System and proper upbringing to its students, it aims to raise decent citizens with strong morals and decent character of nobility.

Upon graduation, it makes sense that the way they carry themselves, they'd be mistaken for being children of upper-class families by manner and poise, and being very neat and well-groomed. Slovenliness is very frowned upon that Gokudera taught Yamamoto how to groom in a way that 'nobody'd complain over there'. As an Italian Rich kid, he knows full well to groom, and Yamamoto had to visit an ENT to clean his ears.

In an institution where everyone knows each other, its not unusual to call each other by name here. Especially in High School and University Divisions.

In Hanadera...when Gokudera and Yamamoto started their first official day with their classmates.

'I'll introduce to you your new classmates.' said the teacher. 'This is Gokudera Hayato-kun and Yamamoto Takeshi-kun. They have transferred here from their former schools so help them settle in.' he said, writing the kanji on the blackboard.

The two balked at being looked at with great interest.

'Gulp!'

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Tsunade also put up with being eyed at and knows full well what those eyes are.

Eyes of sheer interest in her as a female because she was attractive.

She inwardly shuddered, sweating buckets nervously.

Well, being wealthy gives you access to what made her what she is today.

The fairest skin tone she could possibly have with her genetics, and vibrant, glossy, silky-looking long hair and amber-colored eyes caused by her healthy lifestyle as eye color and brightness are influenced by certain foods that to these people, she looks exotic.

Needless to say, she has a fanclub instantly.

This kind of popularity is a whole new ballpark for her indeed.

Come lunch time...

'Phew...it was difficult getting away~' Tsunade sighed as she met up with Chrome in the school yards for lunch. 'One would think they just had a new exhibition in the school exhibit when they saw me.'

'Well...everyone knew each other since last year after all.' said Chrome. 'Transfers are supposedly a very rare occurrence because the school is that choosy in admission.'

'Heee...well, to maintain a garden like this, you really gotta separate weeds from flowers eh?' Tsunade mused. 'Everyone here is friendly, no sign of bullying or delinquency and such...I can't believe a school like this existed.'

'This is my first school...I was homeschooled my whole life.' said Chrome shyly. 'I'm just glad my first school is a good one.'

'You and me both...all I ever had of school...were bad memories I became a Hikikomori.' Tsunade admitted. 'To be honest I didn't want to go but...I'm outvoted by law and society and my family. They must have done background checks before chucking me here.'

'Ah...'

'So Nagi-chan, have you chosen a club? Its a requirement and I haven't gotten a club yet either...I'm at a loss.'

'Ummm, I have a tutor at home I have no time for clubs.' said Chrome. 'Kirara-sensei had a talk with the teachers so they're OK with me having no club.'

'Guess I'm stuck here due to the rules.' Tsunade went gloomy.

The clubs here are either educational or cultural. Things 'proper young ladies' can learn and martial arts-based clubs for self-defense learning.

While she and her famiglia are in school...

In Ura-Shinjuku...

Rokudo Mukuro and his gang wondered just what they got into.

They saw what a world of lawless sin and death the place was.

They had to fight for their lives, quite literally Mukuro can't even have the time to conjure an illusion.

'Honestly, for a daughter of a mafioso to live in this gutter...she must be something else!' he mused irritably as each scuffle, they barely escape with their lives but learning from their harrowing ordeal.

'That's enough out of you!' strings shot and wrapped around the men and spun them so hard they looked like tornadoes to the boys. 'Are you boys alright?!'

Mukuro, Ken and Chikusa saw a very beautiful woman...who just used strings on their foes and spun them like hi-speed tops. 'Are you runaways, looking for someone or wish sanctuary in Mugenjou? Its where we outcasts live while the criminals live in Ura-Shinjuku. We drove them out to make Mugenjou a home for us who have nowhere to go.'

'...we were looking for someone and we got intel she lives here.' said Mukuro. 'Sawada Tsunade.'

'Oh dear, Tsuna-chan doesn't live in Mugenjou anymore...that info you got is outdated.' said the woman with a sigh as the boys gawked at her. 'I can take you to where she lives if you like. But I hear she goes to school now so you're in for a long wait.'

'...we'll manage.' Mukuro smiled.

'Well, I'll take you to Maria-san for treatment. This district is extremely lawless and vicious not even the law can do a thing. To live here you have to be strong and street-smart.'

NOW she tells them...

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'Oh! I always tend to get cuties as visitors~' Maria squealed happily as Kazuki brought in the boys for treatment. And for boys who have no clue how the world works beyond their hatred of all things mafia, Maria's appearance was just 'another weird day' for them. 'But looking for Tsunade-chan neh? That cute baby finally persuaded her to go to school.' she said as she and Kazuki helped treat the boys together.

Mukuro, Ken and Chikusa knew from that statement that an Arcobaleno is with her. It would be difficult.

'Its a decent school though, an all-girls' place.' said Kazuki. 'She hated school due to her past so her father must have done intensive checks to make sure she'll be happy there.' that was another thing the boys jotted down. 'We also did our own check and she has a little sister now due to the school's Soeur System. That school has French influence and Soeur is 'sister'.' he explained to the benefit of the boys.

'Heee...I'd like to meet the cutie too.' Maria giggled as they soon finished. 'There we go~Kazuki-kun I don't own a phone, so can you tell Tsunade-chan I want to meet her little sister?'

'Hai, can I leave the boys to you Maria-san? They've had quite the first impression they should recover first. I'll take them to Tsunade-chan's house tomorrow after school ends.'

'Sure! I'd like some company before I'm all~by my lonesome again!' Maria chirped happily. Kazuki bid farewell and left. 'Now then~you boys have bad thoughts towards that gentle girl I'm not sure I'll let Kazuki-kun take you to her.'

'Pff, gentle? If she lives in this hellhole?' Mukuro sneered.

'She used to live here...like Kazuki-kun told you earlier, Mugenjou is a place where outcasts, runaways and criminals call it home. A lawless place where the only rule is you have to be strong as the weak become dog food. Things got so bad that her adoptive brother purchased a house in the city so she could have a normal life.' said Maria. 'And before learning she's a mafia by blood...she was a child abandoned by her own mother until she decided to leave too before she died of starvation.'

'Funny, she's a child of a powerful family yet unguarded?' Mukuro scoffed incredulously.

'Tsunade-chan IS protected...Iemitsu ensured not a mafioso goes anywhere near Japan. But he had no idea the true enemy lied too close to home...his delusional wife who lives by her ideals, and tends to abandon things or people that don't live up to it while stringing her husband along for money. Needless to say the truth comes out eventually.' said Maria somberly. 'She was abnormal as a child yet managed to hide her true nature according to her parents...until she abandons her friends and boyfriends when they don't live up to her ideal fantasies. Understandably, Tsunade-chan's mother doesn't have friends anymore, only people bitter towards her. That attitude extended to her innocent daughter that when she was being bullied as a child, she got no help nor support, only cold apathy, unaware how many her mother hurt in her wake in their younger years and took revenge on an innocent girl by doing nothing in her time of need.'

'She's not a typical mafia daughter as you believe. In fact, while staying around, why not observe and judge for yourself boys?' she suggested. 'She lives with Reborn and her three Guardians since her foster brother moved out to live with his fiancee.'

'I don't know why you are the way you are now...all I can feel is hatred. But see with your own eyes first, then the rest is up to you.' she advised them kindly yet with a sad smile. 'The only mafia-thing about that girl is that all of Ura-Shinjuku fears and respects her and is popular in Japan's Freelancing Circles. That's it.'

xxx

Next day, after having a good sleep, being well-fed and a bath, it was around late afternoon that Kazuki came to pick up the boys with a taxi cab.

'...a taxicab in a place like this?!' Ken squawked. 'Walking in here is a shitstorm I'm surprised this one's got no damage!'

'Fufu, I did hire Mr. No-Brakes for a driving service.' Kazuki smiled. 'Let's just say whoever tried to jump a seemingly-innocent taxi driver didn't live for long.'

'Really, and I thought as a deliveryman I'd be a known face for my repute. Must be newbies who don't know how the world works yet.' Maguruma sighed. 'So we're driving lost children out of here, Ito no Kazuki?'

'Yes. Walking out of here is dangerous to the kids. Bad enough they got a wonderful first impression...' Kazuki grimaced. 'Yesterday was no-patrol day but Makubex got wind of three teenagers being pounced on I took the case. Our destination is Tsunade-chan's house.'

'Alright, seatbelts boys! When I'm called Mr. No-Brakes, I mean it.' Maguruma grinned wolfishly. 'To me, traffic rules and obstacles are worth nothing. Away we go!' and he sped off...

The boys saw clearly vicious criminals trying to prey on the taxi but the driver just looked amused...and ran them over.

'...looks like he really means it.' Chikusa commented.

'Oh, I don't run over innocent civilians. Criminal garbage like them? I enjoy being the bowling ball.' said Maguruma with a dark grin before scowling. 'If you've seen what they do to runaways who try to go to sanctuary in Mugenjou you'd want to run them over too.'

'We patrol but we can't be everywhere at once.' said Kazuki softly. 'We can't save everyone and bring them to Mugenjou if they're fed up with hypocrisies of society and wish to live there in peaceful freedom. Tsunade-chan once call these victims 'strip-killed'.'

'Strip-killed?' Mukuro frowned.

'Those bums I just bashed will do anything for money. Killing a victim isn't enough for them.' said Maguruma darkly. 'The poor soul won't get the dignity of a peaceful death. They'll toy with them until they die, then strip them of anything of value. Human body parts sell well in the Black Market. That's what being strip-killed in Ura Shinjuku means so do your damndest and always choose your life over theirs, and do all means to live if you step foot here. For now you're lucky you're rescued but there's no next time.'

The imagery it presented reminded the boys of the horrors of their past.

Upon leaving Ura-Shinjuku back to normal society, it was a two-hour long drive of insanity since in the roads, Maguruma did everything and broke all traffic rules to pieces in his wake.

It was a very crazy and bumpy ride that by the end of it, the boys shuddered and were glad they were all alive.