"Xxx!! Oi!!!"

"Oww!! Dammit that hurts!"

"Well, if you could just look and pay attention to what I was saying then maybe I won't even hit you!"

"Harsh! I wonder if you really are my friend"

"Of course I am, Dumbass. I forever will"

"...Yeah.."

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".... He's alright.... Sleep.."

"...-'s good...."

He heard familiar voices and rustlings, the smell of disinfectant was strong and hurted his sense of smell a little. His eyelids felt heavier than usual and his body felt sore and tired. Waiting for a few seconds, he gathered the little strength he had and opened his eyes, only to have it shutted when he greeted with a blinding light. He blinked a few times before his sight came back to him. Above him was a white ceiling. '..Where..?'

He groaned when he tried to sit up to look at his surrounding better, only to have two pairs of hands hastily push him back down. Beside him was Dino and Tsuna, both of them looked worried. He furrowed his eyebrows. Realization hit him once his memories came back to him. 'Oh... Ohhhhhh!' He must have passed out in exhaustion once the fight ended. He probably is in the hospital right now.

Ryuuichi shook his head lightly when the two tried to had him lay down on the bed again, before sitting up. He didn't felt any pain at all. 'Probably the anesthetic..' Everything was quite numb, so he didn't care. "Hello" He cringed a little at his voice. It was so rough and hoarse it's a miracle that it didn't hurt at all.

"Here, water" Dino passed him a glass of water. He thanked the blonde and drank it all in one go. He looked at his surrounding, and saw Gokudera, Yamamoto and Hibari. Gokudera and Yamamoto, as usual was bickering on one side of the room while Hibari slept on the chair on the other side. Well, was sleeping. He probably had woke up when Ryuuichi opened his eyes.

"How's everyone? Did any of you called my family? Why is Dino here?"

Reborn suddenly popped out of nowhere and jumped onto his bed. He was in his usual black suit and fedora on his head. "What a strange thing to say after waking up" He was amused at the question. Normally people won't ask those kind of question after waking up in a hospital. He smirked when Ryuuichi rolled his eyes.

"Everyone's fine. Shamal-san had treated everyone, including you" Tsuna answered as he and Dino sat on plastic chairs beside his bed. "Are you alright Ryuuichi!?" Gokudera shouted. Ryuuichi chuckled internally when Gokudera changed into a delighted puppy after he said that he was alright. "We didn't call your parents nor Yuuichi as you had told us to, and Dino-san was had offered to pay for your hospital fee when he heard that you were hospitalized"

Ryuuichi feelings jumbled up. Felt a little scandalized when he heard Shamal was the one who treated him, probably forced by Reborn. Probably. He felt relieved when he heard that his family didn't know about his condition and confused that Dino paid for his fee, not that he's complaining. At least he didn't have to fork it out and answer his parents about the money. "Why?" He asked the Cavallone boss.

"W-well....." He could see the gears working when Dino paused for quite a while. He sighed "Nevermind. Anyway, how long was I out?" (Much to the blonde's dismay. He sputtered a few more moments before silencing himself when Reborn gave him the look for being noisy)

"A day and a half" Reborn said. "Shamal said that it's because of exhaustion. He had you admitted here to be checked on if you have any broken bones" Ryuuichi raised an eyebrow. The fact that Shamal actually helped him didn't really sat well. "I somehow really wanted to rub it on Shamal-san later for helping." He didn't mentioned about Shamal-san womanizer stuff because basically everyone else knew and nodded slowly. "Hibari?"

He saw the said prefect lifted up his head and deadpanned at him. "What?"

"You alright? I mean like, should you be the one hospitalized rather than me?" He didn't really meant to offend Hibari. It's just that Hibari's injuries were probably worst than his. Mukuro did mentioned that he had broken a few of his bones. He face palmed internally when Hibari glared at him. (Which read as = Seriously? Who do you think I am?)

"A-ah... Hibari-san had forced his way out from being hospitalized yesterday... And he had been here since then" He shouldn't be surprised. Of course that prefect would find a way from getting tied down. He sighed. Really, he shouldn't have asked. "Then when can I be discharged?"

"Probably today, seeing that you didn't have any major injuries other than the sprained ankle and the bruise all over you body" Dino mentioned. He asked if the teen wanted to discharge as soon as possible, before walking out of the room to get him out after Ryuuichi said he wanted to get out. "Speaking of which, how did you get beaten up when you learnt self defense before? And promptly got a dislocated shoulder and a sprain."

Ryuuichi gave Reborn a look. "You researched on me?" Well, it was strange to see him like that when he could actually escape from Hibari's hits unharmed. ".. Mukuro had a girl to beat me up when I try to escape. Didn't feel like hitting a girl. And for your information, I got the sprain while trying to run away from Chikusa. Don't remind me of it, thank you very much" This time, everyone else gave him the look that made him roll his eyes.

"Oh Shut it" (And Dino who came back had a confused look when everyone in the room stared at Ryuuichi. "What?" Que glare from the dark brown haired teen.)

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Hot. If there was one thing that was on Ryuuichi's mind, it was hot. Why? Because the damn sun just won't hide between the clouds. The fact that he was wearing a long sleeve and long trousers didn't help either. (And he stood out like a sore thumb for wearing those in the middle of the summer and at the beach) The annoying exclamation of excitement from tourist and locals was starting to get on his nerves. The heat was getting to him that his patience and temper restrain was getting slimmer.

He started wondering why did he even came here in the first place. 'Ahh.. Right.. Reborn...' That infant literally forced him here. He could have just said no, but Yuuichi just had to side him Reborn and brought out the big guns when he refused for the last time. Damn the puppy eyes. If not for that, he wouldn't even be standing on this mountains of sands. That's right. They were currently at the beach. And because of the sand, he had forgone his shoes and wore slippers instead.

He stood under the shade to avoid getting the sunlight on him. Unlike the others, who were already half naked and running around here and there and perhaps trying to get tanned, he had no interest in it. Getting half naked is something that he would not do, especially in the public. (He still couldn't shake off the reserved habits he had from his pass life as a girl) And getting tanned? He rather not get sunburned. He experienced it once and it hurt like hell. (That explained why he was so pale in the first place)

He quickly walked up to Yamamoto when he stuck the huge umbrella into the sand and sighed. "Eh? Our part-time job is being lifeguards?" 'Oh yeah....' He remembered that the rest had to make money to pay for the damage they have made when they were at the public pool. Luckily he didn't follow them when they invited him that day.

"Ryuuichi?" Yuuichi called out. He walked towards him, half naked like the others and had his eyebrows furrowed. "Why haven't you changed?"

"You know why" Ryuuichi let out an exaggerated sigh as his twin stood next to him. Seriously, he had drilled why he didn't into Yuuichi's brain before, but he just had to forget about it don't he? Yuuichi rolled his eyes. "Yes yes, but you'll get heat stroke later. So change" He pushed a set of clothing into Ryuuichi's hands. "If you don't, I'll literally strip you right here, right now" Ok that option was worser.

The older twin clicked his tongue before walking off to the changing room, bringing his bag with him. Once he changed, he realized that he was wearing a light blue short sleeves T-shirt and a knee length shorts. He snorted. At least his twin didn't forced him into shirt with shorter sleeves than this and thigh-length shorts.

Once he was out of the changing room and with Tsuna and the others, Yuuichi had gone who knows where with Lambo and I-Pin. It was quite surprising that his brother weren't crept out when he met them, or when he met Reborn who was an adult in infant form. 'The idiots should appear... Now'

"You're just making trouble when you throw away garbage. That only creates more work for us"

Ryuuichi had his dead eyes on when he saw a group of guys in speedos, threatening a kid. He felt a vein popped. He could see Yamamoto and Gokudera's anger as they stood in front of the shaken Tsuna. Ryohei, well, let's just say that he's too oblivious as he cheerily introduced his seniors to them.

"Yo!" 'Yo, my ass.. Damned piece of shit' Ryuuichi narrowed his eyes. Ryohei's senior were all former Namimori Middle's Boxing Club members. Ryuuichi ignored those people and walked towards the fallen kid and helped him. And then, they decided to hit on the Kyoko and Haru. His vein popped once more. Yamamoto and Gokudera retorted angrily when they decided to push all the work to them.

"Oi...." He said, back facing them as a dark aura seeped out. He stood up from his previous crouching position and turned towards them. He stared down at them(Even when they were taller than him), one eye shadowed while the other glared at them. "Don't push your luck" He grabbed both Kyoko and Haru and pulled them towards him. He had a sense of overprotective-ness over the girls he had regarded as friends. (Of course, all because of his pass life)

The idiots suppressed a shudder and acted tough. They didn't know nor recognize Ryuuichi even though they were ex-students from Namimori Middle, which made Ryuuichi snort at their attempt to act tough. They mocked them and also mocked Tsuna's name. Ryohei, well, was still useless and dense. Too dense. Well, Ryuuichi didn't mind, they would be going down after all.

They decided to fight with sports. A 3-on-3 swimming competition. "The losers becomes the winners' slave" Ryuuichi snorted. "Don't regret your words, dumbasses"

"We accept that challenge!" Reborn and him exchanged a smirk, the rest was left with no protest but to accept it. Tsuna was a little worried, but a little relieved. Because he thought that he won't have to participate but, oh how wrong was he. "Don't look so relaxed, Tsuna. I won't be participating. You'll be the one who will participate" He laughed internally at the bewildered face of the brunette's. "I couldn't swim after all"

It's quite true, he could swim a little, but he would have to stop quite often because he doesn't know how to change his breathe. Not to mention that he had never swim in the ocean before, so he would have to pass. They would have to swim from where they were, around the little island and to where they were again. Those who won majority of the rounds would win.

First round was Yamamoto. Ryuuichi knew that he would be ambushed but he could take care of it, so he wasn't that worried. As expected, Yamamoto didn't came back. The one competing against said that he had a cramp. What a load of bullshit.

The next one was Gokudera, who again, like Yamamoto didn't came back. Once it was Tsuna's turn and when he was already in the water, Gokudera and Yamamoto appeared with a heap of bodies, presumably the 'juniors' of the three idiots. The speechless look on the two of the idiots were really amusing that Ryuuichi had laughed out loud as the bomber and the baseball star proceed to 'take care' of them.

As for Tsuna, he had 'Reborn' once again, and had saved a small girl with a float that drifted far away from shore. He literally kicked the one whom he was competing against out of the way when he wanted to snatch the fame for saving the girl.

Well, the first part ended well.

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The sun was beginning to set as Ryuuichi and Yuuichi walked around. Stalls of all kind were everywhere and the joyful atmosphere was very warm. Ryuuichi had a loopsided smile on, at least it was calmer than the morning. He chuckled when Yuuichi was happily looking around, eyes sparkling.

Upon a stall, they bumped into Tsuna who was walking around with Lambo and I-Pin. "Ah" Two more voices had joined theirs'. It was Gokudera's and Yamamoto. They were selling Chocolate Coated Banana as they bickered. Seriously, they were like old married couple. Ryuuichi voiced out to them which led to Gokudera's sputtering and protest while Yamamoto simply just laughed sheepishly.

"Well, give me two, please" He handed them the money and grabbed two of it. He handed Yuuichi his, when Hibari and his committee member appeared. They were collecting debts from the stall next to their's. Ryuuichi sweated at their choice of weapons to threaten people. "Shit" Hibari had turned to him, and his blood thirsty smirk was on his face. He took out his tonfa and walked intimidatingly towards him. "Ya, Small Animal"

Ryuuichi quickly finished his treat and threw away the stick. "Yo Hibari, and see you guys later!!" He ran away, nodded as he saw the girls. Hibari was hot on his tail. He chased after the dark brown haired teen to the shrine. He literally tackled him down to the grass and rolled until Ryuuichi was on his back, and Hibari above him. His tonfa was pressed against his throat but it didn't hurt.

"Umm... Senpai..?" The prefect didn't said anything, and just simply stared into his eyes. There was something in that grey eyes that he couldn't read. After a few minutes, Hibari stood up and left. Ryuuichi pushed himself up and was supported by his elbow as he watched the older teen walk down the stairs, puzzled at his action. 'What the heck was all that about...'

Ryuuichi plopped back down on the grass, not minding if there's any dirt. He didn't even cared to go after the teen, seeing that he and of course, the others would be there once sun's down to watch the firework. He took out his phone and texted Yuuichi his location, and told him to come later along with Tsuna.

He played on his phone for almost 2 hours and almost falling asleep in the process of waiting for them, he noticed that the idiots from the beach had arrived. Probably one of their lackeys had already went to steal their money. He scoffed at them and paid no heed as they didn't noticed him either.

After a while, Tsuna and the others had arrived. He propped himself on his elbow again, and watched the scene unfolded. People started surrounding Tsuna when Ryuuichi decided to help. Perhaps he could have some fun while at it. "Tsunayoshi~ Let me join, will you?" He walked up towards the brunette and placed a hand on his shoulder, smirking.

"Cannot allow evil" "Lambo-san will beat the bad guys, too" The kids jumped in front of them. Suddenly, a guy from their back was beaten down. Hibari appeared. "I thought I found a delicious little flock, and it turned out to be the big catch of thieves I've been after" "Welcome back, Senpai" Ryuuichi was answered with a 'hn'. The damned prefect actually wanted to take the money after all.

I-Pin's pinzu count down had started. She had a crush on Hibari after all. She literally stuck onto Lambo, who frantically ran away before she exploded with him.

The ones surrounding them went onto their attack stance, whilst Reborn in Yukata had stood on the shrine's entrance. Leon changed into a gun on his hand before he shot Tsuna, who went into Dying Will Mode. Gokudera and Yamamoto seemed to have popped out somewhere around the time they were talking.

Ryuuichi laughed. This would be a really great work out.

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BOOM!!!

The fireworks let off as they all sat down on the grass Ryuuichi had previously laid on. They had won against those junkies. Hibari had gotten his money, but he didn't take Tsuna's and the others' hard work for I-Pin's sake. Ryuuichi sure will rub the fact in the prefect's face when he sees him the next time. Yuuichi, Fuuta, Kyoko and Haru had arrived just after they finished.

Yuuichi was surprised when he saw piles of bodies beside the shrine, most either groaning or already unconscious. Ryuuichi had filled it in with him and made him pouted. Seriously, his older teen could have called him. He wanted to go up against those idiots. Their face had Yuuichi felt disgusted and he wanted to land a punch or two on them.

(Ryuuichi sweated. He somewhat pitied those guys. He had mentioned it in the previous chapters. Yuuichi punches is a real deal. He himself did not want to deal with it)

They all relaxed just in time and had scattered across the grass just in time for the firework show. All content and happy. For once, Ryuuichi felt genuinely content. He never had this kind of relaxed feeling after hanging out with his friends in his pass life. Usually he would felt tired, rather than happy. (Because he, she was probably the most matured one among her group, so she had to take care of them) But with this group of friends, he noticed that he didn't have to be matured for once. He could go wild for all he care, and none of them would say anything. Unknowingly, they have all crawled themselves into his heart, and had taken the position of being his best friends.

He smiled, briefly wondered when did they became one of the people he considered important and he cared. He broken his thought at the sound of fireworks going off and smiled. He was glad that he had chosen this path. Satisfied of his decision for once.

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A/N = The next would be the first chapter of the Third Arc. Varia Arc would be longer than Kokuyo Arc. Will try to at least make it longer. TRY. NO CONFIRMATION THERE.

Have I mentioned it before that Ryuuichi had learnt self defense with Yuuichi in the past? Yeah, he did.

I generally didn't know what to write for this chapter because of some reason and among the Daily Life episodes in between the Kokuyo arc and the Varia arc, the episode when they went to the beach and the summer festival was my favourite one.

Ryuuichi only had his demon reputation in Namimori and his old school, which is why those idiots who graduated before Ryuuichi goes to Namimori didn't know. Well, those who know his reputation wouldn't dare to mock him or irritate him.

I didn't mention about this but he had this sickly pale skin that was once burned a little before. He looked like a glowing human until he was 9 when he had accidently stayed under the sun for too long. Which led to his sun burn that he had said. And for those who never experience it(I doubt that no one never experience sun burn before), it hurt like a shit. And it lasts for a few days, or weeks too. Had it once, definitely didn't wanna taste it again.

In Ryuuichi's pass life, he had a group of close friends that he trust and cared. But he was the sanest and most mature one among them so he had to go through an extend to worry about them when they go out. That's why. He still regards them as one of the important person in his life though.

The conversation on the beginning of the chapter was a memory of Ryuuichi's pass life.

Ryuuichi generally calls Hibari by "Hibari" or "Senpai". The former the most.

Fun fact = Ryuuichi didn't like sunny days or hot weathers. Cloudy but bright is fine but not full blown sunny. He would literally melt.

[I apologize for any grammar, spelling, etc.etc. mistakes]