voice;

[assassinmvp]

[Filtered to Ugetsu]

Ugetsu? I'm ready to start. Sorry to keep you waiting.

[Filtered to Trunks]

Are you doing okay?

[Filtered to Gokudera]

Gokudera?

[Filtered AWAY from the Vongola family]So...suppose a guy's got something he needs to do no matter what. That probably means he shouldn't do anything else until he's positive he can do the

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[tokiokakeru]

I think it depends on what it is you have to do... is everything alright, Yamamoto?

[First Trunks looking over tired and now you saying cryptic things. She is starting to worry about you boys.]

[assassinmvp]

Everything's okay! This is good, I wanted to talk to you.

I think we might have enough people for a game now, probably.

[tokiokakeru]

I think so too! I've gotten a couple of others interested and hopefully when I make an announcement at the beginning of the week we can get a few more. This is really exciting!

[assassinmvp]

Yup. I'll try and get enough equipment for everybody. It should work if I wish for it, right?

[tokiokakeru]

Most likely. I can help wish for some too.

[assassinmvp]

Great, thanks.

[Hurrgh pausing. Okay sure, let's bring it up now.]

Makoto? Just to let you know, after we have the game I'm probably going to have to [quit] take a break from baseball. For a while.

[tokiokakeru]

What?! Why?!?

[assassinmvp]

Ahh, well, it's a little complicated. See, this thing I have to do, I don't think I can do that and baseball at the same time, so.

[tokiokakeru]

Why not? What is it you have to do?

[She's more worried than hurt. She knows there are times you just have to do something, like studying to pass an exam so you don't get held back a year or needing to take care of family. Yamamoto has a lot of friends here, has something happened with them?

Did it have to do with the person he warned her about? She wanted to ask, but wasn't sure she should.]

[assassinmvp]

Something really, really important.

But we can still be friends, right? We don't have to just talk to each other about baseball.

[tokiokakeru]

Of course we can still be friends. I'm not going to suddenly stop talking to you because you're being responsible about something important to you. Just... be careful, okay?

I'm worried about you and Trunks.

[assassinmvp]

[Hurk. She sounds exactly like Haru and Sasagawa had when they'd been completely in the dark about the whole mafia game thing. He'd wanted to tell them back then (though he hadn't since Tsuna had been so against it) and he wants to tell Makoto now. It must really suck being kept in the dark.]

Would you feel better about it if I told you what it was?

[tokiokakeru]

[She is in the dark everywhere. Trunks is up to something, but won't say anything about it. You're up to something now... Everyone is up to something, but her.]

I... I would, but-[a brief pause]-if it's something you shouldn't talk about, I understand.

[assassinmvp]

[if Mukuro were to possess her, if Byakuran or Kozato were to go after her she wouldn't stand a chance, not like Trunks could.

Yamamoto waffles for just a bit, but his father always told him that when his thoughts got his head too tangled up, he should just do what he wants. Not what he should, and not what he needs to. He should ask Tsuna first. He needs to make sure Makoto doesn't get hurt because of her friendship with him.

But he wants to make sure she doesn't feel so alone.]

Can you meet me down at the field today?

[tokiokakeru]

[That certainly wasn't a question she was expecting.]

O-oh, sure! When do you want to meet up?

[assassinmvp]

Whenever's best for you, I've got nowhere to be today.