Fiore yawned as she walked to Tsuna's house with Hayato. They had coincidentally met up on the way, Takeshi was already walking ahead of them. Once Fiore saw him, she shrugged. Hayato looked at her and sighed, "You know.." Fiore looked at him.

"I was quite mean to you before so um.. Sorry." Fiore grinned at him, he felt awkward. "It's fine, Gokudera. And I'm sorry for being rude too." They both just stayed silent after that. "I-If you want, I'll help you in school. We're classmates after all." Fiore stared at the silver haired boy with a cheerful grin.

"Thanks, Gokudera. I appreciate it," she held a smile that showed how much she appreciated it and somehow showed how mature she is. Hayato gave her an awkward smile but then Reborn suddenly landed on Fiore's small head. She looked up to see a foot on her forehead, Reborn had stepped on her forehead.

Reborn was wearing another crazy costume which is a lizard and Leon camouflaged very well. Fiore grabbed the tail of his costume and pulled it down which pulled Reborn along with it. He almost let out a yelp but kept it in to maintain his pride. She held him in front of her face, "Don't do that, Reborn." He just frowned and flipped back onto her head, much to her dismay. She was tired today. She didn't have any mood to play around, she didn't even want to be that happy or cheerful towards others. But she didn't want to worry others so she maintained a facade like when she did to her old classmates. Always happy and caring, even when she was broken. She kept everything inside.

She took Reborn and held him in her arms. She hugged him tightly and Reborn looked at her, confusingly. "Just be quiet. Don't say a word." He was about to utter something but he stopped when he saw the sad expression she had. Hayato had already walked ahead, leaving the two alone. "I feel useless." Her bangs covered her eyes but Reborn could easily see through it. He said nothing and let her silently let herself out. "Nii-chan and Obaa-chan got into an argument yesterday." At this, Reborn was shocked. Ignazio, her brother, would never argue with an elder. This was absolutely bizarre. "Nii-chan said that it's too dangerous for me to be here so he wants me to go back to America." Surely America was the safest place for her but how long will he be keeping this secret from her? Reborn was already thinking of a way. "Thanks for listening, old man.." Then she walked to Tsuna and the others. She had a bright smile on her face as she approached them, Reborn could just keep his thoughts to himself.

At school, Fiore had finally come to the Student Council meeting as a member of the Disciplinary Committee. Kyoya smirked and she glared. The wristband was on her wrist, her shoulders a bit stiff because she's new here and the only girl in the Disciplinary Committee. She listened to the President leading the discussion about students skipping classes and school. Kyoya seemed to be calm while his arms are crossed. Fiore could feel gazes on her while she tried to focus on listening to the lecture she was receiving for being new. Kyoya stayed quiet at the door frame while Kusakabe Tetsuya was giving his opinions to the student council president.

"Takano Aoi, do you have what it takes to be in the student council?" A male student asked. She answered swiftly, "I'm not sure about that but I'll make sure I'll do my best." Kyoya was impressed that she answered it without hesitation but some of the students in the student council which mostly has third years and second years were agreeing.

"You'll do your best? You'll do your best?" A senior asked. Fiore nodded her head while standing perfectly still even from his glare. "Kid, in the student council we don't do our best, we exceed those bests and take power over them." Fiore stood there with silence. "Very we-"

"I didn't tell you to talk!" He shouted which silenced her. Kyoya frowned. Apparently, this senior was taken in the student council because he was the richest boy in this school and what do you think will happen if you have so much money?

Fiore played with her long hair while waiting for him to continue. "You're just a kid, new too. What do you think you have that we don't?" Fiore blinked and thought. What is it that I have? She smiled before saying, "Maybe self-respect, Kuronuma-senpai." The senior gripped the file in his hand and sent her a death glare. "Senpai," she said, "you're a bit scary.." She said, a bit scared as she cowered back. Kyoya was about to do something but was immediately stopped when Fiore grinned. "Joke."

"Kuronuma Daiki, age 18, second year, went into this school because of parents then bribed his way to the student council." She grinned and the first years beside her gasped. "That's what the rumor said, of course." She tapped her chin while putting on a thinking face. "Hmm, Hibari-senpai, is the whole student council like him? He's rude, shouted at a junior who just wanted to respond to his advise for no reason. Um, what else," she closed her eyes before grinning. "Any problem, Kuronuma Daiki?" She dropped the -senpai from his name because he didn't earn her respect. "I'll have you know, I'm not here to hear your lecture. I will and would only cooperate if you would, through communication and not violence. Kaichou, Hibari-senpai, and some others in this room are the only ones who can order me around." Kyoya had smirked until the end of her little speech. "And what makes you think I'll listen to you?" He asked, his tone getting angrier. "I don't, I'm just advising you as a part of the Disciplinary Committee, Kuronuma. If you don't take any action to this then I'll take my own action." She said while smiling the whole time. The President was already smirking while the others excluding Kyoya in the room cowered in fear. Kyoya had his tonfas ready beneath his jacket while Kusakabe was ready to fight any moment.

"Alright everyone, let's ge-" the President's sentence was interrupted when Kuronuma threw a pencil at Fiore. Her eyes widened slightly and Kuronuma charged at her. Kyoya raised his tonfas to hit Kuronuma but stopped when he stopped. Kuronuma was shaking and Kyoya felt an intimidating killing intent from the small petite girl.

"Kuronuma.. Did I say I don't respond to violence really well yet?" Her hand held the pencil that Kuronuma had thrown to his throat. "Come closer, Kuronuma. I'm pretty sure you know what that means." She smiled, grimly. Her soft blue eyes sparked with bloodlust. His knees lost strength and he dropped on the ground with shaking hands. Meanwhile, Kyoya was surprised, he has never felt that kind of bloodlust from anybody except Reborn.

"Scared, senpai?" She teased and pulled him up. Some students helped him to the infirmary. "Please don't respond to my words with violence, Kaichou, everyone." Fiore didn't mention Kyoya because she knew he would fight her anyways.

"Anyways, have any questions about, Aoi-chan?" The President asked while smiling towards Fiore and she kept the same smile. No one said anything and the President finally dismissed them. Fiore walked out when Kyoya walked out. "Did I do something wrong?" She asked, still a bit guilty for letting her rage take over earlier.

"No," Kyoya simply said and let Fiore follow him. "So what am I supposed to do now? Patrol or go to class?" She asked again. Kyoya sighed and told her to patrol around the school for any skipping students while the other members of the Student Council went to their own classes except for the President since he was busy doing some paperworks given by the teachers. She nodded and quickly walked the other way.

As she was walking, she met up with Tsuna who was walking to Home Economics with Hayato and Takeshi. She greeted them and grinned, "Sorry, I'm gonna have to patrol today so I won't be able to join." She smiled apologetically. "But Naka-sensei told us four to cook together." Tsuna said disappointedly. The look on his face gave guilt to Fiore, should she have not went for the Disciplinary Committee? Tsuna immediately shook his head and smiled warmly, "It's okay, I know the troubles so go on and finish patrolling so you could join us." Fiore smiled at this and patted his head. "Will do, Little Tuna." Hayato smiled awkwardly while Takeshi grinned.

"Don't make a crowd, Omnivore." They all flinched in surprised, they haven't realized that Kyoya had walked behind them. "Ah, Hibari. I-" Fiore was about apologize when Kyoya muttered something. She leaned closer to hear but couldn't get a single word clear. "I'm sorry, what?" She asked, waiting for Kyoya to repeat his words again. He glared and whacked her with one of his tonfas. "Go and join Tsunayoshi to cook. You're still a first year so go, that's an order." She looked at him with wide-eyes but smiled afterwards, "Thank you, Hibari." She gave him a big hug which surprised everyone including Kyoya himself. She waved and grinned before pulling the three to the cooking room.

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"Obviously, we need to listen to what Juudaime says!" Hayato yelled in the cooking room Tsuna's group is currently in now. Takeshi laughed to shake off the intimading aura that Hayato is letting out due to his rage while Tsuna was trying to cook but ended up in a big disaster. He might be a whole badass in other things but he's a sucker for cooking since he has no experience cooking complicated food. Maybe just onigiri, takoyaki or ikiminoyaki but not western food. He had just burnt his part of the meat and silently was trying not to cry when he was too scared that someone will get mad at him for ruining it again. Some students snickered and some just sighed in disappointment while Fiore just giggled. "Oi, chibi. That's not how you grill meat." She said and put a hand on her hip while the other held a knife loosely towards him. His eyes looks crystallised yet at the same time showed that warmth Fiore first felt when she met him. Says the small petite girl! And why a knife?!

Fiore patted his head, "C'mon, let me teach you a few things I've learned in America." She started off on how to marinate the meat with the seasonings then to getting the other ingredients ready while waiting for the meat to finish grilling. Takeshi had already done his part while Hayato was struggling with decorating the desserts. "F-Fiore-san," Tsuna called, slightly panicked. "Huh? The meat's ready." She switched off the switch to the stove with a touch of a button, she was grateful that the cooking materials and utensils were the newest of brands and all.

"So you take the grilled meat and put it on the plate but be careful not to place it just anywhere. As a cook, you need to decorate it too. Since this is meat, you should put veggies as side dishes." She explained while slowly doing the things she said while Tsuna helped her to put the salad on the plate first before she put the meat down and putting the coleslaw in a small bowl. "And to top it all off," she took a spoon and poured some of the marinated seasonings on the meat to give it a bit more taste. "And võila! We're done with western." She looked at the result of their cooking. "See! It isn't so bad, Tsuna." Tsuna grinned and the teacher came to take a bite of it. I'm sure it's safe to say, she loves it. Tsuna's group grinned altogether before cheering and getting scolded by the teacher. "So what now? Eat?" Takeshi asked but looked at the one plate on the counter. "Of course!" Fiore chimed, "That's why I made extras." She put half the quantity of the plate with diced meat and gave them some mashed potatoes as a side dish along with the coleslaw. "Tada!~" she grinned, everyone else was drooling at her cooking, "Living at a dorm had its perks." She winked before taking a bite of her delicious creation.

After the delicious dessert Hayato made with decorations of numbers on it, they all headed to their next class, Social Studies. Fiore especially hated this one since she was required to talk to her classmates.

"Alright, students. Please stay with your group and talk. That'll be your work for today. I know some of you have some troubles to talk to others but please open up." The teacher said as Fiore looked at her group. Two delinquents, two popular girls and a really shy girl. She sweated at the members of her group as she watched them interact. The shy girl started stuttering when one of the delinquent boys glared at her. The two popular girls were complaining about their group. Fiore stared at Tsuna's group, envy enveloped her. Tsuna was with his usual gang which is Hayato, Takeshi, Hana, Haru and Kyoko. Haru and Fiore met during recess on her first week at school. Fiore was about to say something when a delinquent stood up and shouted, "I can't take this anymore! I'm going!" When he got up, the shy girl tried to reason with him. Fiore smiled at her bravery, "Please Takaoka-kun, don't leave." She kept on saying but the delinquent just walked to the door while the other just shrugged when one of the popular girls said, "He must be a wimp to just go like that." It caused the delinquent to stop and turn to glare at her.

Fiore knew that there would be a fight soon and not to mention the teacher is out of the class. The other group were talking loudly and she could hear the usual one-sided bickering between Hayato and Takeshi. She casted her attention to the two bickering members of her own group. Now isn't a time to worry about other groups, it's time to stop this.

Fiore was about to stop the fight when the one who started the fight said, "You and your little slut should just get out of this school already!" Fiore stared at them with eyes wide and gaping. Most of the students had already stopped their conversations and looked at Fiore's group.

"Takaoka-kun, stop it!" The shy girl shouted in hope to stop the boy. "Makoto, just stop it already." The other delinquent said while holding Makoto's arm to stop him from continuing any further. "June, Kaoru, this little bitch just called June a slut." He said which caused the girl to flinch while the popular girls stood their grounds. "Ain't nobody calls my girl a slut," he lifted up his fist and aimed it at the girl who said those words. Both girls had their eyes wide while June screamed out. In a split second, Fiore was in front of them with her arms stretched out, ready to take the damage. The boy's eyes widened slightly and tried to stop his fist but he couldn't since it was too close.

Fiore's heart beated fast and her breathing hitched, she braced herself to take the hit as she stared at the fist slowly coming her way. She could see that the boy wanted to stop and the other people in the class shouting for him to stop.

Why do I feel so calm? Fiore thought. Aren't I supposed to be scared of getting hit?

"Such a little angel. Too bad your mother died trying to save you, now you've got no one to save you, Fiore."

Everything went by slowly as the fist almost made contact with her face. She released her breath when she saw a hand gripped tightly on Makoto's wrist. She turned her head to see Takeshi with the most scariest killing intent he has ever sent anyone. It made her shiver in fright, no one has ever done that in front of her before. Makoto relaxed his arm before dropping it to his side. June stared at Fiore before going to her side, "Are you okay? I'm sorry Makoto snapped and you almost took a hit, Takano-san." Fiore slowly shook her head and smiled. "I'm fine, Hanakawa." The truth is that she was shooked. It was like a little fragment of memory that tapped into her head the second she saw that fist coming but she knew it was something bad from her past. She shook her head to push away the thought and focus at the matter at hand. Takeshi looked at her worriedly.

"Niekawa, what did you think you'll gain by saying all those things to Takaoka?" Fiore glared at her, she could've sworn she just had a dejavu feeling. Like she has done this before.

The girl named Niekawa Hitomi scoffed and was about to do a remark when Fiore started chanting, "Rule 34 section A.3 - fighting with other students are prohibited. You broke this rule and several others, Niekawa. With these much witnesses, you're not going to get away easily."

"But it's not impossible, newbie. You're just new, so don't act tough, Takano." Hitomi smirked, "You're just one little kid that came from America thinking that you're better than us." The girl's eyes widened from shock.

"Better than you?" Fiore gave a grim grin. "I am not trying to compete with any of you in this school." She hissed. "I hate it so bad when people say something about me that's wrong, Niekawa. It's like you hate me for just being here. But I could care less." She broke the pencil in her hand, scaring her own self but cast it away for the mean time. "You're coming with me to the discipline room." Takeshi shivered when he saw Fiore giving Hitomi a devilish grin. "Hibari-senpai is waiting for you there~" the whole class became quiet and the temperature dropped a notch since the demon of Namimori had overheard their whole argument during his usual walk around school and now at the class door.

"Oh, Hibari-senpai! I have two guilty students but one is provoked." Fiore briefly explained when she noticed his presence. Kyoya frowned, "Why are you all crowding here?" He asked. Takeshi let out a carefree laugh, "This is a class, Kyoya. Of course we crowd here." Tsuna and Hayato paled at their friend's obliviousness. "E-erm, we-uh, we're-" Kyoya glared at Tsuna making him shrink away. Hayato started glaring at Kyoya for doing that to his precious Juudaime.

"Hibari-senpai." Everyone froze at Fiore's action. She flicked his forehead with him looking at her with wide eyes. "We still have a case to do." He first glared at her but then sighed, "I heard everything from outside." Fiore chuckled awkwardly, feeling embarrassed for herself. Kyoya lifted his tonfas and glared at the girl.

"How dare you say things that aren't true about my kouhai, herbivore."

TBC...

Such a sad filler, don't worry. There will be more fun up ahead like Kyoya and Takeshi ba--I almost gave you all spoilers😅 well see ya next time! 👋🏼👋🏼