First off, sorry for the long AN, I need to explain a few things before the story could be hit off into motion.

Second off, this story takes place after the last episode (which made my feels blow up way too much if you ask me - sorry off topic), where Haru and Tokaku walked off. Now, I knew from what Haru said when she got her diploma was that she was going to personally take everyone else's diploma to them personally... I kind of didn't know if the things in the bag she had when she met up with Tokaku were diplomas or not, so I did some research and, I'll tell you right now, I found what I was looking for on Wikipedia (I know, not a good site, but it was helpful...to an extent I suppose) and, I was right: the things in the bag she had were indeed diplomas belonging to everyone that was in Class Black.

Before I start talking more, I'm going to head off to the disclaimer and start this chapter! Also, almost everything will be explained in the end AN so that questions will most likely be avoidable...to an extent of course... *laughs nervously*

Disclaimer: I do not own Riddle Story of Devil!

"Ne, Tokaku-san," Haru said, turning her red gaze on Tokaku, who turned her attention from the sakura trees to the girl clinging to her arm. "Do you think we can stop by the hospital first?"

"Why?" the blue-haired assassin asked, blinking curiously at the red head.

Haru smiled that cute smile of hers, placing her head on Tokaku's shoulder. "Well, Haru needs to deliver Chitaru's diploma to her."

"Diploma?"

Haru nodded. "Mhm. Haru promised Mizorogi-sensei that the diplomas will be given to all the members of Class Black."

Tokaku nodded her head in understanding, a small smile gracing her features. "I don't see why not."

Haru reeled her head off of Tokaku's shoulder, staring at her protector with a happy smile and bright eyes. "Really?! Arigato, Tokaku-san!" She squeezed Tokaku's arm with her own, as well as simultaneously squeezing the brown bag holding the diplomas of everyone that was in Class Black.

Tokaku just shrugged helplessly in response, and steered Haru off of the path that they were originally taking. Around them, the petals of the sakura trees flew off their branches and flew around, putting everything in a pink glow of Spring.

Chitaru stared out of the window of her hospital room, blank eyes glancing at the scenery of the city. Hitsugi sat on a chair by the calm red head's bed, peeling an apple with a kitchen knife. Every once and a while, the light blue-haired assassin would glance up at the quiet woman, before looking back at the apple that she was peeling. The two were in silence for a good four minutes, until two knocks on the door started them out from their thoughts. Hitsugi, surprised, accidentally dropped the knife onto the ground, while gripping too tightly on the peeled apple, making the juices of the fruit to coat her palm.

"C-come in," Hitsugi called out, turning her attention to the door. Chitaru glanced over, as well, not expecting any other visitors besides the nurse or doctor.

The door opened and the two figures that walked in shocked both females.

"Haru-chan! Azuma-san!" Hitsugi gasped, letting go of the apple. The fruit made a small thud as it landed on the ground, rolling for a few moments, before being stopped by the leg of the stool that the light blue-haired assassin was sitting on.

"Konichiwa," Haru greeted happily, handing the brown bag to Tokaku, who started, not expecting the action. "How are you feeling, Chitaru-san?" Haru asked, though not looking at the taller red head, as she was looking into the brown bag, rummaging through it.

Chitaru, after a few moments, got over the initial shock of seeing the two people that she'd thought she probably might not see for a while and gave a bit of a small smile. "Better than a few weeks ago, if that's what you mean." she said softly.

"That's good to hear! And how are you doing, Hitsugi-chan?" Haru questioned the shorter girl, turning her attention to the two assassins finally, holding two, round, straight, black objects in her arms.

"I'm doing well, Haru-chan." Hitsugi replied quietly, smiling.

Haru grinned and nodded. She walked over to the two and held out the black objects to both assassins. "Here you go! Haru and Tokaku-san had a bit of some trouble trying to get past the front desk," - Tokaku began grumbling to herself at this point, looking rather frustrated - "but after telling them that we were friends with you guys, they let us through."

While Haru was explaining how they got to the room, Hitsugi and Chitaru grabbed the black objects, glanced at each other, and then at the objects one more time. They opened it and their eyes widen at seeing what it was.

Tokaku came up beside Haru and, upon seeing the other two assassins expressions, couldn't help but give a soft smile, her normal ice-cold eyes, warming up at the sight.

"H-Haru-chan... You... You didn't have to-" Hitsugi began, but was cut off by a soft giggle coming from the carefree red head.

"But Haru wanted to!" she explained cheerfully, clapping her hands together in front of her, "Haru didn't want to feel like she was the only one that graduated Class Black - everyone in the class did their very best throughout the school year, and made it fun for Haru! Sure you guys were there originally to kill Haru," - the three assassins winced, though not as badly as Tokaku did, who seemed rather pained - "but it felt like an actual class..." She stopped though, face scrunched up in thought, before the happy grin came back. "Well, as actual and normal as it could get with assassins around."

Hitsugi and Chitaru were quiet, still staring at the paper in their hands. After a while, Hitsugi lowered the paper down onto her lap, lowering her head so her hair framed her face and blocking it from view. Chitaru looked over at the shorter girl, worry plastered onto her face; the same emotion was shown on Haru's face, while Tokaku looked on with curiousness. Hitsugi raised her head, her gold eyes watery.

"A-arigato, Haru-chan... Azuma-san..." the light blue-haired girl whimpered.

Chitaru stared at the shorter assassin for a few moments, blinking, before her eyes went soft and a small smile graced her lips. She closed her eyes as she began speaking, "Yes. Arigato." She opened them, staring gratefully at the two.

Haru blinked a few times, before smiling widely. She grinned, eyes closed, and exclaimed, "You're welcome!" Tokaku just smiled in response, something she never really did that much in front of other people that weren't Haru. But, then again, these two assassins were completely different from the others in Class Black. However, Chitaru and Hitsugi...they were kind of like Haru and Tokaku...in a sense...

"By the way, Haru-chan," Chitaru started, staring curiously at the shorter red head, who looked over with a confused look. Hitsugi was rubbing her eyes with the sleeve of her shirt, while Tokaku stared, intrigued. "Are those everyone else's diplomas?"

Haru blinked, before glancing over at the bag that Tokaku was holding. She looked over at Chitaru and smiled, nodding. Chitaru blinked, before the smile she had on earlier, resurfaced again. "Good luck on giving them to the rest."

Haru smiled broadly again. "Right! Thank you, Chitaru-san!"

"That reminds me," Hitsugi said suddenly, gathering the other females' attentions, "do you know where some of the others are?"

Haru's smile stayed for about two seconds, before it vanished and she slumped forward, suddenly depressed. "N-not really," she mumbled.

Tokaku blinked a few times, before she sighed, an amused smile playing on her lips. "We already know where Nio is, but we might be able to find the rest if we keep looking," she told the two assassins.

Haru immediately perked up at that, turning to her protector and nodded determinedly. "That's right!" she agreed.

Chitaru and Hitsugi glanced at each other, smiling, then looked back at the cheerful red head and the stoic blue-haired assassin. "Well, as said before, good luck," the two said.

Haru grinned, and Tokaku closed her eyes and smirked in response.

Annnnd, that's Chapter 1! Okay, so time for some explanation (I think)...

Alright, so I was trying to add some... Japanese flare into this story, and I really hope I spelled some things right. If not, then, well, I tried. Another thing to point out, is I'm sorry for any OOCness in this story - I tried keeping them in character, but I really feel like I failed on that.. Hehe...

Also, the reason why I added their first "visit" is because I didn't want to have the AN at the beginning to be too long. Another reason is because it didn't, y'know, fit to just leave it like that, so... *smiles nervously*

Anyway, that's it! I wonder who the next person will be? Probably someone mentioned in the conversation? Probably not. Who knows? I don't! *cheers, then bricked*