Kateikyoushi Hitman Reborn - The Heart of Darkness -

Chapter 4

"Reborn! I refuse to join the committee, definitely not with this freak as its head!"

Even so, both of them apparently ignored her complaint, instead Hibari was seriously considering it.

"... You could let her stay with you too; she can be a good helper in the house."

"Reborn!!" Shiho complained again, which was again ignored. She was already out of breath thanks to her lousy heart plus now she needed to argue with the never-lose-in-arguing ex-tutor. Leaning her back on the fence, she took out her pills and swallowed one immediately.

At that moment too, Hibari gave his reply. "... Fine, you owe me one for this, baby. She can start working tomorrow."

Shiho almost choked her pills when she heard him agree to this ridiculous scheme set by Reborn. "Wha-"

"I'll send someone to get you tomorrow." And he just disappeared through the door without giving Shiho some time to express her complaints.

*Heh... I asked for two favors yet I only owe him one? I wonder which one that doesn't count as a favor...* thought Reborn. "Hey, Shiho, you heard him. Make sure you do it."

"No! This time, no matter what, I can't obey you if I have to live with that jerk!!" shouted Shiho in frustration, "it's totally unreasonable!!"

"I need your help to gain information on that guy. He's someone important for Tsuna's family. So far, only you seem to have enough skill to get it from that lone wolf. Besides, living with him does give you advantages."

"Like what?" said Shiho in I'm-still-not-convinced tone.

"...with your heart condition, its better to get you live with someone in case of emergency…"

"Well, joining the committee is one thing but I definitely can't live with him. I might end up fight him to death because of miscalculation. Besides, why can't I live with one of the others, like Kyoko? Why must be him out of all people?!"

"Are you sure you want to drag Kyoko into the mafia problem?"

Shiho was taken aback. She knew about this but because of her frustration, she totally forgot about this important point. "That's..."

"The same goes for the rest of your classmates. Yamamoto has his own family. I doubt you want to live with Gokudera."

"Of course not… I can't handle his bad temper if my own temper is almost as bad as his."

"Exactly… and definitely not tsuna's place."

"Why??"

"The house is already too crowded and adding you in..."

"Adding me in??"

"... Would reduce the amount of food served." He said confidently with his gun out.

*what a selfish tutor... Is your stomach more important than your student?!* She thought but yet don't dare to defy him.

"That's why Hibari's place is the best for you. Besides..."

"Besides what?" Shiho asked with her arms crossed, though already given up on arguing more.

".... Anyway, let's go to the boxing club first. The rest are still waiting for you there."

"Hey! Besides what?! Reborn!!" She shouted as his ex-tutor just went away and ran away from her questioning. "Damn it... Why he always leaves a question mark that will never be answered?!" Grumbling, she followed suit towards the boxing club.

The thought of skipping the school next day was seriously not a bad idea. Still, Shiho decided to go so as not to get more stupid tasks from Reborn. She definitely would try to avoid living with that maniac if she could. The question is how??