Chapter 1: Nicknames
"Sorry, Tsuna! I can't come to the mafia meeting right now, I have baseball practice!" Yamamoto was very anxious to go, because there was this one player that had homeruns on almost every ball thrown at him and he wanted to see if he could break that record. He had thought of numerous ways of how he could beat him, but he decided that this wasn't him. He had to go with the flow, because he's the rain guardian for Pete's sake! He was doing his normal routine encouragement talks to himself and got pumped up and ready for the meet.
Yamamoto shook off his excitement and tried to walk in calmly, but seeing that nobody was there yet, he jumped up in joy. He would meet the rumored baseball hitter that was said to be scouted into the Japan Little League! This is going to be huge, he thought to himself chuckling. Then he suddenly heard laughter from the opposite side dugout.
"You are one weird dude!" A voice shouted out from the shadowed benches, unable to contain their laughter, they stepped up from the dugout. Surprisingly it was a girl, and not too shabby looking either. Yamamoto studied her, she had style he thought. With her ponytail brought all the way back, and wearing silver ringlet earrings with a mini-jacket over a striped shirt, she actually looks really good. On the other hand, he didn't care much for fashion and threw stuff on. Then it was her turn to study him, he wasn't that bad looking either. His spikey-ish hair and the happy face with a brown military jacket, skinny jeans, and a white graphic t-shirt brought out his handsomeness. They had acknowledged each other as formidable rivals. You see, when there are baseball players near you, you automatically know if you play baseball. It's just one of those instincts that people naturally have.
"So, you are the one I was supposed to test-I mean meet today?" Yamamoto stumbled and tried to hide in his laughter that a girl could beat him. Guys have pride, no matter how nice they are.
"Call me, Mikuno, and yes. I was the one you were supposed to get crushed by- I mean play with today." Smirking at her overconfidence huh, thought Yamamoto. She's got spunk alright.
They get into position and as the crickets chirp, the summer heat dawns on them making them slightly sweaty. But, nonetheless, they are extremely excited for this showdown. Both of them had heard really flattering rumors about each other and can't wait to see what each other is made of. So, Yamamoto takes the turn to pitch a normal ball to her, with an added twist. She gets up to the bat, concentrates a little, then surprisingly closes her eyes. The timing had to be JUST perfect in order to hit this out of the park.
3…2….1!
She swings, and the ball just keeps on flying towards the right field. Forgetting that this was just a test, she runs around the diamond giddy with happiness. Another homerun, and her hitting streak keeps on getting higher. Yamamoto laughs at her childishness, and throws the mitt to Mikuno, and nods to her that he is ready.
"Fast, curve, or normal?"
"The fastest you can ever throw."
She was pretty impressed at his words, but was ready for him to bite back. She leans way back with her arm ready to throw. Then, she gives it to him as fast as a jet plane. He's shocked for a millisecond, but composes himself just in time. He hits it, and to her shock it made it all the way out of the park to the neighboring city.
"You do have skills! Oh, excuse me! I never got your name!" She said sheepishly, her mother had raised her up with manners and she forgets the most important thing! How will she face her mom when she gets home today?
"Yamamoto. Call me anything you like!" He smiles blushing olike her normally would, but his blush was more deeper than that.
"Call me anything you want too!" She had just made a new friend, and she didn't want this one to go badly. Especially with this one, but she didn't know the reason.
"I'll call you Mikki-chan! It sounds cute, like you!" He waited anxiously for her reply. She seems hard at thinking, but then her face lit up.
"Then, I'll call you Yammi-kun! It's cute like you too!" Smiling like two idiots, they pat each other on the back and walk back to get ready to leave. She forgets to tell him something important, and blurts out, "I'll be going to your school, Yammi-kun."
"Wow! Really?"
"Yup, just got the papers done last week. So, I'll be seeing you in a few days after summer is over." She holds out her hand and Yamamoto happily shakes it, it was a beginning of a new friendship.
SCHOOL :D
"Did you see that beauty that transferred today?" All the boys were talking about it, and it made Yamamoto restless. He didn't like them calling her that, not one bit.
"Gosh, what's wrong with you today, Yamamoto?" He smacks himself irritatingly on the head, and looks out the window in frustration. He hadn't seen Mikki-chan at all today, even though he was her first friend. They had special privileges, everybody knows that!
"YAMMI-KUN!" A voice calls out from the end of the hall, he looks up expectantly. It's Mikki-chan! His spirits were lifted high up, and he ran to her. Suddenly, he lifts her up from the ground and twirls her in the air with her laughing.
"Let's do this all the time, Yammi-kun!" Then, she takes his arm and walks side-by-side by him.
Then he realizes something very important, he hadn't introduced her to his friends yet! What kind of first friend does this? Determined to make his Family meet her and become best friends, he drags her lightly to the roof. Mikuno was very excited of the friends Yammi-kun has, because he seems like the type to hang out with cheerful people. Well, only two of them were cheerful at least.
"Tsuna! Ryohei-san! Gokudera! Hibari (I know you are here somewhere)! Meet my new friend, Mikuno!" She bows flustered to finally meet his friends, which would be her friends from now on, too.
"So you are the girl he keeps talking about, like a happy-drunk idiot!", Gokudera exclaims. He then went up to investigate her, and approves of her immediately. Ryohei then comes bouncing towards them yelling to the extreme.
"WOAH! SHE'S PRETTY, YAMAMOTO! WHERE'D YOU FIND HER!" Always shouting out his thoughts, he never fails to make everybody laugh, except Hibari of course.
"Haha! You must be Ryohei-senpai!" Bowing politely was one of the main mannerisms, and Mikuno patter herself on the back for being polite. Ryohei was of course blushing to the extreme, to have such a pretty girl bowing to him was like a dream come true, TO THE EXTREME!
"I'm Tsuna!" Happy that they have a normal person, that's not part of the mafia or knows about it, was like a rare occurrence, Tsuna is determined not to let her go at any costs.
"I'll call you…TsuTsu-kun!" She waited for his response, and he seemed really flustered. Yamamoto cuts in saying, " I thought I was the only one you could nickname." He pouts in a childish manner, and then chuckles at Mikuno's guilty face.
"A joke! Haha, Mikki-chan, don't be all serious all the time!" Patting her very gently on the back like she's delicate made her angry.
"I'm not fragile, so please treat me like one of the guys.." Her smile was replaced with a slight frown and then she murmurs an excuse to leave. She hastily gathered up her books and hurriedly leaves the rooftop.
"Did..Did I do something…?" Yamamoto was extremely upset, she was his first girl friend that he had ever made! What could he have done to shatter the trust, no bond, that they had before? Then Tsuna and the others realize the drop in his mood, they tried to comfort him but he lashed out.
"Stop! YOU GUYS DON'T UNDERSTAND!" Then he stopped shocked that he actually yelled, he tch-ed and ran out to his next class.
"W-What's going on?" Tsuna said, while nervously while grabbing his hair and pulling them out frantically.
Ok, I decided to make this a chapter story, because it's going to drag on FOREVER if I let it be a one-shot. So, I will be back to doing LOVE CRUISE, since I finally stopped getting lazy, reading manga, and getting over my writer's block.
*Oh, forgot. In all my stories, Haru and Kyoko don't ever appear. (That's why Yamamoto said Mikuno was the first GIRL friend he ever made) They don't exist, I just don't like them very much. And because, ITS ALL ABOUT CHARACTERXOC OR CHARACTERXCHARACTER IN HERE, for this I might write a VERY LIGHT shounen-ai stories sometimes. So no girls sometimes!
**It's 1:57 AM, so I should really get to sleep. But, I stayed up all night to write this! PLEASE RxR! OPINIONS THAT ACTUALLY HAVE SOME MEANING TO IT, ADVICE, AND CRITISCM APPREACIATED! Just bagging on my stories and being extremely rude and not giving anything to help me improve is NOT.