One more ^^ I'm not as proud of it as I am the other ones, but someone might like it and if you do, please review and I will continue it!

I sighed loudly as I glanced back and forth between the different shops, looking for someplace good to eat. I was new to town, just moved in from the States, and had yet to familiarize myself with anything. My brother had forced me to call him the moment I finished packing and he practically ordered me to leave the small apartment and to, as he put it, enjoy myself.

I adjusted the large headphones on my head just as I happened to spot a nice looking sushi shop. Stopping abruptly in the middle of the road, I finally convinced myself to head on in to grab a bite to eat. It had a nice traditional Japanese style to it and I was surprised that there were only four people currently eating here, but they were quite the odd group.

A young teen with spiked up brown hair was sitting next to a toddler wearing, what appeared to be a cow suit. The toddler had a large amount of hair with a pair of horns sticking out of it, but it was one of the couple sitting across from them that had me interested. The young woman seemed normal enough despite her odd light burgundy hair, but everyone was dying their hair nowadays so it didn't surprise me in the least. The person next to her was the most interesting. He was wearing a black suit and a fedora with a orange stripe; a lizard of some sort sitting on the brim of the hat, and what appeared to be a yellow pacifier hung around his neck. He looked to be around the same age as the toddler across the table, but his eyes held a great depth to them that led me to think that he was no mere child.

I had sat down at the sushi bar at some point during my thought process and just barely noticed the owner of the shop getting angry at my lack of response.

"Hey, are you gonna order anything?"

"Yeah, sorry. I'll have the salmon and the crab, and can I get a glass of ice water?"

"Comin' right up!"

He handed me my glass and proceeded to prepare what I ordered as well as the other group's order. Not a minute later I was given my food and he went to give the group theirs. I noticed that some of them were being picky, but blew it off until the woman got up and ran. The rest of the group followed, leaving the teen behind to pay and before he could escape, the owner caught him.

I felt a bit bad for the kid after he tried calling someone and no one picked up, but before I could even offer my help someone walked in through the front. He was tall with black hair, probably around the same age as myself and the spiky haired kid. He also seemed to be related from the owner and friends with said teen, so I turned back to my food only to find the afro cow stealing what was on my plate. The moment we made eye contact, the kid pointed at me and laughed loudly.

"Haha! Lambo got your food, freaky head!"

I was about to say something when he hopped over the counter and began pillaging the rest of the sushi along with the woman and the other toddler. They all began to run off again and I decided that now would be a good time to help the poor guy out.

"Excuse me."

"The total cost will be about 70,000 yen."

"What should I do? I can't possibly pay for all that!"

"Hello?"

"How about working to pay it off?"

They all continued to ignore me until I finally snapped.

"Hey!"

All heads turned to me and the owner chuckled nervously.

"I-I'm sorry about all of this."

"It's fine. I was just going to say that I could pay for the damages. I don't mind helping this guy out."

"I can't allow that."

It was the toddler in the suit that had spoke to me, but I didn't hear him and began pulling out the required amount to pay for his and my sushi bill when something collided with the back of my head and knocking my headphones to the ground.

"Ow. Was that really necessary?"

I bent down to pick up the headphones and noticed that the cord was lying on the ground as well, not attached to anything. When I stood straight again, stuffing the cord in the pocket of my orange sculpture pants, I came face to face with the suit wearing fedora kid who was pointing a gun at my head from his spot on the table.

"It was. You were ignoring me."

"Look, I wasn't ignoring you. I'm deaf. Can't hear a word. I can, however read lips and do sign language. You weren't in front of me so I couldn't 'hear' you."

"Is that why you have nothing connected to your headphones?"

"Yup. Most people guess that I'm not listening when I wear these, so they tap me to get my attention. It's better than being pitied…But anyway, what did you want to tell me?"

"You don't need to pay for Dame-Tsuna's debt. He should be repaying you for Stupid Cow eating your sushi."

I looked over at Tsuna and saw him freaking out, yelling frantically. I turned back around and handed the cash to the owner before smirking at the toddler.

"Then he can pay me back. No need to make things any worse for him."

I put my wallet away and headed to the entrance, leaving without another word.

A cough from the teacher at the front of the class got everyone's attention as he was finally able to speak.

"Listen up. We have a new transfer student who just moved here from America, Natsu Tachibana. So please be on your best behavior. You can come on in now!"

The door opened and the girls went insane as I walked in the room. I kept my eyes on the teacher so I'd know when I could sit down, and finally he stopped talking long enough to point out my seat next to none other than Tsuna. He shrunk down in his seat when I glanced at him, but I tried to stay more focused on what the teacher was saying in case we were learning something I didn't know.

Lunch came around and I was swarmed by people asking questions, and somehow managed to answer them all and get on with actually eating. I reached into my bag and pulled out a cup of noodle and a thermos, pouring the hot water into the cup and waiting the required three minutes when Tsuna poked my shoulder to get my attention.

"Hm."

"U-Um, H-H-Hibari!"

I turned around to find a mean looking black haired teen, wearing the coat of the school uniform over his shoulders with a disciplinary badge on the arm, glaring at me.

"Natsu Tachibana, go change to the proper uniform, or I will bite you to death."

I turned back to Tsuna with a questioning look in my eyes.

"Did I understand that right? Bite me to death?"

He just nodded vigorously, but began freaking out when I felt something aiming for my head. My hand shot up and caught what appeared to be a tonfa, held by Hibari. I raised my eyebrow and pulled out the student handbook, flipping to the page that I memorized in case this occurred.

"Page 24, paragraph 3: 'A school uniform must be worn at all times and in a proper manner.' There is nothing here saying that a woman cannot wear the men's uniform. I've checked the whole handbook and nothing states other wise. Now I would appreciate if you did not aim weapons of any sort at my head. Any other deaf person would be on the floor in pain."

His eyes narrowed as he pulled the tonfa out of my grip and 'hmphed' as he walked out of the room. Shrugging my shoulders I began eating my noodles with the chopsticks I pullout out of my jacket sleeve. Of course, I didn't hear a word of Tsuna's freaking out about me being a girl until a grey haired boy slammed his hands on my desk. He began yelling at me, so I calmly set down my empty cup and spoke.

"Look, I don't know who you are or what you're yelling about. I'm deaf and it's hard to read your lips when you let your emotions get out of control. Besides, you guys never asked whether I was female or not. Assumptions are not the same as facts, you know…Oh, and Tsuna? Isn't that your friend from the sushi shop?"

Sure enough, in the door way was the afro cow who was crying and shaking in what I like to call the 'pee dance'. Tsuna immediately went out into the hall way where the toddler pointed out the fedora kid resting on a branch. I was momentarily distracted until the kid turned around crying with a puddle at his feet. Tsuna quickly took the kid home and I ditched the rest of class, making the excuse that I needed to finish unpacking. Besides, I'd already learned what was being taught a while ago. Hopefully tomorrow wouldn't be too bad.

At least, that's what I thought until the fedora kid landed in front of me.

"Caiossu."

"Hey, um…"

"Reborn."

"Okay then. Is there something you need, Reborn?"

His smirk kind of scared me a bit, but I followed him as he led me outside where Tsuna, the grey haired guy, and the sushi owner's son were at. Tsuna began freaking out and I could only pick up a few words such as, "babysitting" "mafia" and "Lambo". Speaking of the cow, he just showed up and punched the grey haired guy in the face. I snickered until the guy kicked Lambo in the face, making the poor kid cry again. I turned back to Reborn to figure out what was going on.

"Let's start the compatibility test for babysitting Lambo then."

"Hold up, Reborn. I don't even know who these two are or why I'm here."

I was pointing over my shoulder at sushi and octopus head when Reborn explained.

"The one who kicked Stupid Cow is Gokudera Hayato and the one holding him back is Yamamoto Takeshi. Now, the rule is easy. Whoever makes him laugh is the winner. The time limit is 3 minutes."

Gokudera walked forward and bent down to try and make up with the toddler, who handed him something. Gokudera freaked out and threw the…grenade before strangling the afro headed kid. It was Yamamoto's turn and he decided to play catch with the kid. It looked fine, until the ball was thrown at tops speed at Lambo's face. The poor kid didn't stand a chance.

I headed over to help the kid, but this other girl picked him up before I had a chance so I just walked back to Reborn, kneeling down to ask him something.

"Who's that?"

"Haru. She goes to another school and has a crush on Tsuna, but she likes little kids more."

I nodded and sat cross-legged on the ground, pulling out a banana from my coat to eat as I watched the show. The cow pulled out yet another weapon and shot himself with it, changing into an adult, I guess.

"Hey Reborn, why does that kid have weapons anyway?"

"Lambo is from the Bovino Famiglia who specialize in weapon arsenal in the mafia."

"Mafia? Cool."

Reborn probably looked at me weird, but I was looking back the now crying adult Lambo, who had gotten hit in the head by the horn Yamamoto threw. I sighed and got up, walking over to the guy, before patting his back.

"Relax Lambo. If you stop crying I'll give you the candy I was saving for later."

He immediately looked up at me, relaxing until all you could hear were sniffles so I pulled out the grape sucker and handed it to him.

"You were always so nice to me, Natsu. Thanks."

"Sure thing."

He changed back into the little Lambo again and I picked him up, handing him to Tsuna.

"Here ya go. Little kids are a pain, but if you have snacks they are easily distracted…Reborn, you have something you want to speak to me about, yes? Then hop on and we'll head to my place."

I felt his weight on my shoulder and headed back home, stopping slightly only to pick up some runaway oranges that a mother had dropped. When we reached my small apartment, I pulled out some coffee for Reborn and myself and we both sat down at opposite ends of my small table.

My apartment didn't have much, as far as furniture goes; a table, all the kitchen and bathroom necessities, and a desk was all it had. My bed consisted of a futon that I had packed away in the closet this morning, and the only entertainment device I had was a laptop sitting on the desk. Reborn didn't seem to mind and he only took interest in his coffee at the moment, until he decided to get down to business.

"Natsu Tachibana, correct?"

"Yep."

"Have any family?"

"Right now? Just an older brother who works and lives in America. He stops by when he can but, he's been busy."

"Parents?"

"None. They died in…a mafia incident."

This obviously shocked Reborn. He hadn't gotten that information when he'd searched me up most likely.

"What happened exactly?"

"Dad was a boss and mom was an assassin hired to kill him. They fell I love and one day she was taken hostage by a rival group. She wanted to protect him and he her, so they were both killed and the group disbanded. My brother and I were lucky and were never introduced to the whole mafia world, kept secret until the end."

We were silent for a while when he spoke up again.

"I saw you in the classroom with Hibari. You have good reflexes."

"Oh yeah. After they died, I was bullied in school since I never told anyone I was deaf. They all though I was ignorant and was ignoring them so they attacked me daily. Needless to say, my overprotective brother began to teach me self defense and other martial arts. So when I'd come home, random objects would be thrown at me, he'd attack me when I'd least expected it, and soon enough I was able to protect myself. Simple as that."

He nodded in silence before putting his cup down and getting up. I'm guessing it was the comment about my parents, but whatever he was so eager to ask me about before seemed to have become less important as I showed him to the door. Might as well make this right. I can't stand watching someone leave my house depressed...even if he doesn't show it.

"Hey, Reborn! I'll see if I can help you put a bit, but you gotta convince my brother first!"

He smirked and tipped his fedora before practically disappearing. And if I'm lucky, my brother won't come to Japan to kill the poor kid.