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The three girls lost track of time and noticed it is already dark. 

"Man, I want to talk with you more~!" Emma whined blaming the night to come so quick. 

"Can we have more of this on some other time?" Hina asked the two girls who nodded. 

"We are always free! Especially Kiri-chan!" Kiriko just glared at Milim. The pink-headed girl laughed seeing her best friend's reaction, "Actually, please drag Kiri-chan as much as you want. Let the sun make her tan." 

"Milim, don't make the sun your reason for being tan." 

"I am not tan!" 

A round of laughter came from Emma and Hina watching the two bickering about being tan and pale. They heard motorcycle engines coming and turn their heads, only to see a bunch of guys in their motorcycles, wearing a black gakuran with a crest of their proud gang. 

"Ah! Mikey! Draken! Here!" Emma called them. 

The boys immediately spotted the girls. But surprised to see the additional two that they do not expect. 

"Kiricchi?" Mikey called which made Kiriko turn her eyes to the newcomers. She let out a smile and greeted the boys, "Yoh." she waved her hand at them. 

"It's already dark. You girls go home." Draken said to the four of them when he got close. Takemitchi is now standing beside Hina who walks her home. 

"Alright, see you tomorrow, Emma." 

"See ya! Em-chan!" 

"I'll give you a ride---" Mikey offered but cut by Kiriko, "Nah, we can get home by ourselves. Besides, didn't we already mention that our place is not accepting guests that my brother considers uninvited?" Kiriko said to him. 

"Let's hang out again-- Emma, Hina." The two girls nodded. She turns her head to Mikey who is giving a sad look over his face. Kiriko chuckles seeing a poor and sad small dog who doesn't want its owner to go. 

"Give me a call on the day you want to hang out." she told him that switches Mikey's mood, "Really? Anytime?" he asked with his eyes twinkling. At this point, Mikey and Emma are indeed siblings. Kiriko answered with a nod, "Yes, anytime." she assured him. 

"Please call her every time or else she'll stay inside her room for the rest of the month." 

"Milim, shut up." But the pink-headed girl sticks her tongue out to Kiriko, obviously teasing her. 

"Is that so? Alright then!" 

Kiriko is starting to regret what she just said. 

The two; Kiriko and Milim parted ways with the Toman, Hina, and Emma. Mikey is planning to follow them only to get blown up by Kiriko who instantly found him on the top of a tree. 

"What did you girls talk about?" Mitsuya asked noticing the smiles of the two girls. Emma giggled while Hina chuckled earning a round of clueless looks from the boys who just arrived. 

"Emma! Tell us!" Mikey demanded his sister who is now laughing. 

"Nothing really. They just educated us." Hinata said to them still smiling. Even Takemitchi is wondering, then he remembered the conversation of the three before he left them. 

"Did you continue talking about your nationalities?" he asked. The looks now turned to him and his girlfriend, Hina nodded. 

"Mikey! I'll give you information about Kiriko-chan if you promise me not to hide my dresses!" 

"Deal!" an immediate answer from Mikey. The dresses that Emma is talking about are the revealing and sexy ones. He hides them because he doesn't want her to wear them, but on Emma's side, it is not revealing and sexy. It is only a bit shorter than the others and much stylish. 

Emma smirked as she let go of the recorder on her phone. Mitsuya noticed it and sighed. 

"Apparently, Kiriko-chan and Milim-chan just got here in Japan two years ago," 

"Got here in Japan?" Draken asked. 

"Yep! They've been living in Italy before they moved here to Japan. Oh! And Milim-chan is a pure Italian while Kiriko-chan is half Chinese."  

"That explains their foreign features," Mitsuya said now making sense of the undeniably looks of the two which catch the most attention. 

"They also talked about why I have honey eyes and she has purple eyes." Emma added, "What did she say?" Draken asked the girl a bit curious since it concerns Emma. 

"There is a possibility that my father is an American," she answered. 

"But an Italian and Chinese..." 

The boys had a hunch that those two are not Japanese, but the Italian option did not occur to them. It is one of the difficult ones to remember after all. 

"Chinese, huh... should I learn how to converse in learn Chinese?" Mikey asked Draken who just glare at him. 

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Kiriko and Milim safely arrived on the base. Kiriko decided to stay in the Vongola Underground Base than the Hibari Base. The two entered their private room where a bunch of game consoles, books, and other unimportant stuff were scattered in the room. The dark-haired girl narrowed her gaze at the sight of the room. 

"What an actual fuck, Milim? Can't you clean the room?!" she irritably said to her friend who laughed, "Nah, don't really have time for that." she answered and lay down on the empty couch. While Kiriko who couldn't stay in this room with this mess decided to clean a bit. 

"What is your plan, Kiri-chan?" Milim asked the girl talking about the mission. 

"Stay close and watch from the sidelines." 

"That sounds simple." 

Exactly. It sounds simple that Kiriko feels horribly nervous about it. She is used on infiltration method with the elements of fighting. Working under pressure with possible death blows. This whole condition is way too good to be true. 

"Isn't a good thing though?" Milim asked her which she couldn't give an answer. 

"It feels like a calm before the storm." 

"How about the others? Did you already talk with them?" Milim asked again talking about the guys in Italy. She shrugged, "I just read some of the previous conversations. But I still haven't talked to them. They are all busy in their jobs," she stated. 

The twins; Ady and Kid are accompanying Varia's Illusionist, Flan under the orders of Rokudo Mukuro, the half Mist Guardian. Ernest is cooperating with the Storm Guardian, Gokudera Hayato to further expand the use of SISTEMA C.A.I for the other Storm Division members. Killua is still wandering with the Hunters, eliminating the list of people the Varia, Cloud, and Mist Division gave them. All of them are full on the mission that was handed to them. If this becomes a big deal, the Vongola Headquarters will send them in here as reinforcements. 

"For now let's focus on the job on hand." Kiriko stated that made Milim smirked, "Shall we then?" the mess in the room has been cleaned by Kiriko alone. Milim opened the assistance system and sat down properly with Kiriko following her. They turn their eyes to the holographic desktop in front of them. 

"Gather information about the gangs that surround the whole of Tokyo." 

"Roger." 

Work mode on.

It is already nighttime. The two haven't had their dinner since they got back from school. They are still wearing their school uniforms, but they couldn't care less. If they are in their work mode they will not stop until they finished their main agenda.

Time has passed. The two remained silent with their eyes still on their holographic desktop. Someone knock on the door but the two did not notice. Impatient, the person who knocked entered the room without permission.

"K-Kyo-san!" Turns out it was the Commander and President of the Cloud Division, Hibari Kyoya, also Hibari Kiriko's older brother. His eyes landed on the two girls with their attention fixed on the holographic desktop.

"Kyo-san, it seems like Kiriko-san and Milim-san are in the middle of their data gathering." Kusakabe-san tried to say to his superior who does not give a care about that matter. He approached the two and called his sister, "Hey."

But no response. Kiriko remained unfazed by the disturbance. An irk appeared on Kyoya's forehead, receiving this kind of response from his own sister.

"Kiriko." He called again but to no avail. She is still fixated on her data gathering. This is the final push. Kyoya snap his fingers, turning off the holographic desktop that made Kiriko and Milim jump from their seats with a loud whining.

"WHAT AN ACTUAL FUCK?!"

"I HAVEN'T SAVED THE DATA!"

Their eyes turn to the presence between them and a narrowed look from Kyoya appeared before them. Milim's irritated look immediately faded when she saw the Captain. Except for Kiriko who is obviously pissed.

"KYO-NII! WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN HERE?!"

"Let's eat dinner."

"I AM BUSY."

"I don't care."

Kiriko mentally counts to ten, calming herself.

"I have work to do."

"Don't skip your meals."

"I do not."

"Do too. Now let's eat dinner."

"I'll eat later."

"What time?"

"After we finished."

"What time—" Kiriko grunted in annoyance, "Fine! Let's eat!" she said defeated. A smirk comes across Kyoya's lips, "Then let's go." He turns around but stops at the door and turn his look over the pink-haired Sun attribute member.

"You can come as well."

"Y-Yes, Captain!" Milim answered. Then Kyoya and Kusakabe-san left the room. Kusakabe-san let out a smile, watching the Captain's actions towards his little sister.

Despite being called selfish by others. Everyone inside of the Cloud Division Base and members knows how much he indirectly takes care of his only sister.

He is not true to himself. Kusakabe-san thought as they continue their way towards the dining hall.

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