So! heres my story!~ noppe sadly i don't own Katekyo Hitman Reborn :( but i do own Midori and that's enough X3
She stared at it. It stared back. Although it had no face, it was mocking her. Although it had no mouth, it was taunting her. This went about for quite some time until Midori gave up. Or rather, she was forced to give up because she didn't have any money left. It was a Monday morning when Midori had passed by a crane machine that contained a bunch of small bird stuffed animals. She made it her mission to obtain at least two of them. One, so she could give it to her animal friend, it was a yellow bird that often visits her and called himself "Hibird." She sometimes feed him crackers when she got the chance. "That bird is so smart." She told herself, she had taught him to say her name and he got it within a day.
The other one would be for her, the small stuffed animals looked so cute she just had to have one for her own.
Midori was not from Namimori but the town next to it. Before where she is now, she used to have a loving home and in it were her two wonderful parents. It was almost like the family that most people would wish they could have, a sweet mother that wouldn't yell at you no matter what you did, perhaps a scolding now and then though. And then there was the father that was rather in love with his job, not many people can have that. What bothered Midori the most though, was that she never knew what kind of work her father was involved in. Was it so secretive that he could even tell her? When she was young, she would brush it off but as she grew older, she wanted to know more and more. She even went as far as ignoring her father all week hoping she might get some kind of answer but no matter how long she held out, he just couldn't say.
She had to find out, she had to know when she was 13, and she followed her father to what seemed to be a sea port while being very careful at the same time. While hiding behind a crate, she took a peek and saw that her father was talking to some men whose attire was all black. They just seemed to be having a harmless conversation, nothing more and nothing less. It went on for a while and Midori started to get bored. She was about to fall asleep behind the crate when she heard a gun shot. It was so loud.
"What just happened?" Midori thought as she slowly lifted her head. The two men from before were gone, how they did it so quick did not concern her at the moment for she was looking at her beloved father on the floor, blood quick to leave his body. Midori ran up to him, everything else was no longer important. His face was first a shocked one but then calmed down; he didn't have much time left.
The rest of her memories were darkly shoved at the edge of the mind, it wasn't something she thought about often; only when she thinks of how she came across a town like Namimori. But! That is a memory for another time~
Midori now works and lives at a bakery, when she first approached the new town; the first thing that caught her was the smell of bread and pastries. She let herself wander into the store, knowing very well that she was hungry but had no money. She stood in front of one of the cases of cakes and marveled either their beautiful complexity or their simple elegance. She stood there for a good half an hour and the owner of the bakery knew exactly what her situation was.
The owner came up to her. "Would you like one?" he asked as he offered her a cookie. Midori changed her attention from the cakes to the cookie in front of her and her eyes started to sparkle. "Are you sure I can have it?" she asked reluctantly. "I don't see why not, I have plenty of these already, giving away one would not make a difference." He replied nicely.
Midori looked at the cookie and then looked at the man. He was like your normal old man, a white mustache and plenty white hair. Midori slowly took the cookie and when she bit into it, everything changed. She didn't worry about anything; she didn't feel any unpleasant feelings like she had before. After a second of that, was a feeling of shock, nothing had ever swayed her emotions like this. It was amazing how a cookie could do it.
"Please let me work here!" Midori yelled. The owner saw the fire of determination in her eyes and he knew what he should do. "If I let you work here, you will not eat all the sweets right?" he asked. Midori smiled brightly and "nope!" was her answer.
She had a job, but where to live? This question struck her as soon as she got her job. "Could I possibly live here?" she asked. Before the owner could reply, Midori spoke once more. "Um…. I-I'll pay rent and I don't really need blankets or whatever, I'll just sleep on the floor! I could also protect the bakery from burglars! Yea! Please let me stay here!" this caught the owner off guard but he decided not to ponder into her situation just yet.
"I suppose you can live here, but I think we should buy you some blankets the bakery can be chilly at night. As for the rent, you really don't have to." The owner replied, smiling warmly.
From then on, Midori lived and worked in the bakery. Although she has a passion or sweets, it didn't mean she could make any. She was horrible at it, usually; she would either burn them, or take them out too soon, leaving them raw. The only thing that she had improved on over the years was her decorating skills. When the owner asks her why she doesn't go to school, she would reply "People go to school to get good education to find a job right? But I don't need it because I know where I'll work for the rest of my life! Right here!" Nevertheless, the owner did try to convince her to go to school but she would never budge… until now.
It was still Monday, but around noon. A few hours passed and Midori lost all her money and had no stuffed animal in her grasp whatsoever. She could always break the glass but that would be stealing. If its one thing her parents taught her before their tragic death, it was that she should never lie or steal.
"Maybe it my hand is long enough, I can just get it with my hand!" Midori thought optimistically. "It's not stealing… more like a cheat!" she convinced herself. She stuck her hand in the opening where people usually do to get their prize if, they could get one. "Ahh! Almost there!~" she said.
Close to the area was none other than Hibari Kyoya. Even though he loved to hang around at Namimori, it was testing week and things were getting boring, no one was asking for a fight, they were all in class. Maybe he could find something interesting on the streets of Nanimori. While walking around, his beloved bird, Hibird flew towards him and landed on his shoulders. "Hibari! Hibari!" he chirped.
"Hn." Hibari acknowledged the presence of Hibird and both approached near the arcade which Hibari was expecting empty since it is testing week. To his surprise it was not empty, there was but one person in there, someone who did not look familiar. "Midori! Midori!" Hibird chirped again. This caught Hibari wide eyes and off guard, he had never heard Hibird call out any other name besides his, that and singing the Namimori anthem. Her name actually described her in a way.
He saw that the girl had green hair, not too dark or too light but in the middle that had a nice sheen to it. Her hair was slightly more than shoulder length with some bangs.
"Hey you." Hibari called out, making Midori jump. "Trying to cheat?" he asked. She turned around to face him slowly and then he noticed. She had big orange eyes that complimented her bright hair rather well, her skin was slightly on the pale side but it was difficult to tell since she was blushing. "Hmm~ her eyes have the same color as that herbivore, Tsunayoshi Sawada when he's in his serious mode."
He was snapped out of his thoughts when he heard her yell "Ahh! ~ Hibird!" Midori came close to Hibird, even having the nerve to take him off Hibari's shoulders. This pissed him off greatly.
"Oi, just what do you think you're doing?" He asked.
"Huh? Oh is this your bird? Hehe~ he's really smart! ~" Midori gently poked the bird in a friendly way.
Hibari got his tonfas out, it didn't really matter to him weather it was a girl or boy, he would beat them to death if they broke the rules and so far, that girl has broken a few too many. First off, she was not in school; second of all, she had no permission to pick Hibird off his shoulders and ignore his presence.
"Whoa! Where did those things come from?" Midori yelled in shock when she saw the tonfas. Was this guy really going to beat her up? She's a girl! But it would seem he didn't care for gender.
"That is for me to know. Why are you not in school? It is testing week and I don't tolerate stupid herbivores." Hibari said coolly.
"I don't need school! People go to school to get good education to find a job right? But I don't need it because I know where I'll work for the rest of my life!" Midori yelled she was confident that this answer will brush off that crazy guy, or at least she was hoping.
"Wao, you seem pretty confident about your intelligence when two minutes ago you were trying to steal from a crane machine." Hibari retorted.
This made Midori flush. "T-These things just steal your money! For how much I fed into this thing, I deserve at least 1 of those stuffed birds! Psh, this has nothing to do with intelligence anyways! I bet you couldn't get one if you tried!"
"Oh? Is that a challenge?" Hibari asked while putting away his tonfas. This girl was starting to spark his interest.
"Yea! It is!" Midori shouted. "I bet you, you can't get that green one over there and that purple one over there!" Midori pointed at the glass of the crane machine. The green one was next to the purple one and both were buried slightly beneath all the rest.
10 seconds later~
"Aww how did you do that?" Midori cried out in frustration. "That was the work of intelligence, something you should try to obtain by going to school." Hibari said simply.
"Well whatever! I don't need school! And what you did there was out of pure luck!" Midori said. But she thought about something for 2 seconds. "I kind of want the green one… maybe if I'm nice he'll give it to me… yea! I mean there's no reason to keep both of them!"
"But… can I have one of them?" Midori asked carefully while looking at Hibari's expression, the chances of her getting the green one all depends on how she asks him.
"No." Hibari said his one worded reply held no emotion in it.
"Why not?" Midori whined. "You have two of them! Just share! You ever heard the saying 'Sharing is caring'?"
"And what if I don't care?" Hibari asked. Midori couldn't think of anything to say after this but then something came to her.
"Well then you can go on and look ridiculous wherever you're going today while holding two super cute stuffed animals!" Midori finally answered.
Hibari thought about it for a second, what she said was true. If its one thing Hibari hated, it was the thought of everyone thinking that he's weak, not to mention he had no use for these things. Of course as soon as Hibari did some calculating, he came up with a solution.
"If I were to give one of these to you, or both, would you consider applying for Namimori Middle School?" Hibari finally asked.
"Uh…. Hmm… I don't know…" Midori said to herself. She thought about how much time she would have to give up if she were to go to school; although, it would make the owner happy and these days, there's usually not that many people coming in the store so it's gotten kind of boring. Even if she was gone, the rest of the staff could do without her.
"I get both of them?" she asked. "Maybe." Was her answer. "I guess so. Sure why not?" Midori said and so she followed Hibari back to Namimori Middle. While they were walking, there were two chibis on each side of Midori's shoulder. One was beating her up, scolding her for getting so caught up over a bunch of stuffed animals while the other chibi had it's eyes on the stuffed animals Hibird was carrying. "Hibird is a pretty strong bird" Midori thought.
"To be able to hold on to both of them with his little legs. Why doesn't that guy just swallow his pride for two seconds and hold them instead of forcing it on Hibird? Or he could've given them to me but then again, he doesn't trust me… Heck, I don't even trust me; I might have just grabbed them and bolted." And with the last of her thoughts fading, she sighed.
Hibari led her through the halls of Namimori Middle toward the Namimori Middle Disciplinary Committee room. On the way there, she took a look into the classrooms and saw that in every room, everyone was taking a test. She stopped for a minute when she saw a boy with fluffy looking brown hair freaking out. It doesn't take a genius to figure out that he was having trouble with the test and this made Midori chuckle.
Eventually, they made it to the room where Hibari handed her a few papers and said that she needed to have a parent or guardian fill it out. She took the papers and was about to be on her way when Hibari asked her "What is your name?" She turned around with a bright smile and said "Hanabira Midori, but you can just call me Midori. Say, what's your name?"
"You don't need to know." This was not the answer Midori was looking for. "Aww come on! We're all friends here! You, me, and Hibird!" At the mentioning of Hibird's name, he once again chirped. "Midori! Midori!"
"I'll have you know that we are not friends here, I only asked you to come to Namimori Middle because although I hate weak herbivores, I hate stupid ones even more." Hibari said coldly but Midori didn't take notice to his tone.
"Fine! You know what? It is all good because will I find out your name, and I will make you my friend just you wait!" Midori declared cheerfully and with that, she ran out of the office, completely forgetting about the stuffed animals.
That night, she handed the papers to the owner of the bakery who happily filled them out. It wasn't that he didn't want her at the bakery; actually, he would kind of miss her when she's gone but it made him happy to see that she would be able to go and find some friends that are in her age group as well. She couldn't have the staff of the bakery as her friends forever, they may know and work together well but the rest of the staff are much older than her.
It was the next day, Tuesday when Midori got up super early and got into her new uniform, it felt a little strange, the thought of going to school had changed her schedule drastically. Hopefully for the best.
Midori walked up to the entrance to find that there was no one there, but the person she had met yesterday who refused to give her his name. He did not look very happy.
Midori was about to greet him when he interrupted. "You're late." "Oh?~ I take it you were waiting for me?" Midori asked teasingly.
"No, I always wait here to bite stupid herbivores that are late to death." With that, Hibari once again brought out his tonfas.
"Holy Cheese! Where do you keep those things? In your pants or something?" Midori cried and this made her remember something. "Wait! Before you chew me to death, where are the stuffed animals you promised? Here I am, in front of Namimori Middle and I see no stuffed animal anywhere!"
This made Hibari's eye twitch with annoyance, he was going to bite her to death but at the same time, she did fulfill her end of the deal and he would hate to be indebt to her. So, putting his tonfas away again, he led her back towards the Namimori Middle Disciplinary Committee room.
To Tsuna!~
The boy with fluffy looking brown hair or Tsuna looked at the hallway from where he was sitting and saw his cloud guardian walking with a girl who had a big grin on her face. "HIIEEE! Who's that girl with Hibari-san and why does she look so happy? Well! Not that it's impossible for someone to be happy around Hibari-san but… AHH Whatever! I shouldn't get too into his business anyway!" He sighed dropping the matter quickly.
Back to Midori!~
"Ahh~ and we're back in this room" Midori thought to herself as she walked in. "Well? Where are my stuffed birds?" she asked "Wao that sounded weird!" She thought to herself.
"Here." Hibari said throwing both of them at her. Midori caught both of them, almost falling in the process. "Um….. here, this one's for you…" Midori said shyly while handing him the purple bird. "I only needed one." Hibari raised an eyebrow as he saw Midori pink at the cheeks, only getting redder as time passed. "Well! That's all so later!" Midori said while looking at the floor, and once she had nothing else to say, she ran out of the room with her bag on her shoulder and her hands clutching the green stuffed animal.
"I have to find my class!" she thought out loud as she ran down the halls.
Again to Tsuna!~
Tsuna was talking to his friends Yamamoto Takeshi and Gokudera Hayato when the teacher came in. "Alright students! Today we have a new student who should be coming here any moment now." The students started to talk again but not going back to their past conversation, now they all wanted to know who the new student was.
To Midori!~
"A-1! I found it! Why does it have to be at the end of the hall!" Midori mentally screamed. She dashed straight into the open door surprising everyone. "Hello! My name is Hanabira Midori but you can call me Midori! Uhh I have not been to school for some time so I forgot how things worked! Umm please take care of me?" Midori quickly said her self introduction and the class was silent for one second before laughing loudly, not necessarily at her, but at her introduction, usually new students would be very shy but she had just jumped into the class and said her introduction at an inhuman speed.
Everyone started talking to each other. Some of the girls talked about how energetic she is and how she could bring up any serious mood. The guys talked about how cute she was not only her appearance but the fact that she was holding a stuffed animal that slightly matched her hair color.
"HIIEEE! It's that girl that was with Hibari-san!" Tsuna cried, loud enough for the whole class to hear all eyes when back to her with astonishment, they were about to talk again when she said something.
"Oh? You're that boy who has super fluffy looking hair and was freaking out over a test yesterday!" Midori pointed out. The whole class burst into laughter once more except for Gokudera who was trying to silence a few people. Tsuna flushed at her observation and asked her "Wa! How did you know that?" this made Midori chuckle darkly "Some things I just know~" She said with a scary look on her face.
"T-This girl is bi-polar or something tenth." Gokudera said, if looks could kill, her face defiantly wounded him. "She looks like a fun person to get to know ne Tsuna?" Yamamoto asked and laughed. The girl with the short brown hair or Kyoko chimed in as well. "She looks rather unique don't you think Tsuna-kun?"
"This is going to be a crazy year for me!" both Tsuna and Midori thought at the same time.
So! How did this story turn out? This is the first fanfiction that I've written of Katekyo Hitman Reborn its also been the most I've ever written! XD about the AU or not... I'm not really sure, probably not. Many characters will be mentioned but I dont know if I'll be adding any fighting~ Uhh what else?
I hope you review it! tell me if thers anything wrong with it XD i hoped you enjoyed I'll maybe have a new chapter every month... though im not sure if I can keep my word on that but if you guys can review, then that would be a great motivation! Until next time!~