Disclaimer: I don't own the story, only the character's I made. And i don't own Mori..sadly she belongs to my friend Alice. Read her fanfic btw for Hitman Reborn:D Hibari Isn't from KHR. Same name, same weapon. That's it. Sorry for grammar mistakes and spelling. I'm not the greatest writer. Plus, the first chapter is just a background of the OC's, I hope the story turns out how I'm envisioning. Anyway...
The Beginning
The wind was blistering cold. You could hardly see through the sharp darts known as snow. It was a terrible day, and Kari liked it. She looked out the curtain of her window and sighed. If only she could prance around the snow, she would be in heaven. I mean, hey, people do rain dances and everything, why not do a snow dance? She sighed again and slumped into her over-bearing couch.
"Who to call, who to call…" She mumbled to herself. "Ah! Let's call Hana!" Her fingers flew across her phone and within a millisecond; the dial tone was already ringing.
"Hello?"
"HANA! I AM DYING!!"
"…umm you know, most people would say, hello to you too. But then again you are Kari." Kari could imagine Hana rolling her eyes.
"You've got that right. Wanna hang out somewhere? I am bored to tears. There is no way there's going to be practice this week."
"You've got that right. Do you think our championship meet will be affected? Ehh whatever. We'll know when coach tells us. And yeah, want to hang out at Mori's dads' café?"
"Catch you in five." Kari hung up the phone.
"Well at least I'll be out of the house." Kari mumbled, yet again.
The Café
"Kyouya…"Kari's eyebrow twitched. "Let me keep this as G rated as possible…WHAT THE HELL IS SMART ASS HIBARI DOING HERE?!" Kari yelled.
"Well, he is Mori's boyfriend, it's only normal that he's here." Hana rolled her eyes.
Kari crossed her arms and glared at Hibari.
"Don't worry; I'm not pleased to see this idiot here either." He jerked his thumb at Kari.
"Ass"
"I would call you something profane, however your non-existent mind wouldn't understand words of my intellect." He spat
"Pshh you wish bird brain."
"At least I have a brain."
"…YOU UNBELIEVABLE JERK, YOU LITTLE, SLIMY IDOT, STUPID, STUPID--"
"SHUT UP!!" Hana roared
Hibari and Kari immediately clasped their hands and bowed their heads, lips sealed tightly.
"I'm sorry Miss Hana." The two chorused softly.
"You better be." Hana sighed and sat back down.
"Uhm…So who are you guys swimming against on Friday?" Mori asked, changing the subject.
"Some high school…Mission San Jose right?" Kari looked at Hana.
"Yeah, they're supposed to be really good. Hopefully we can beat them." Hana agreed.
"Well, I hope you guys do well." Mori whispered.
The girls...and Hibari exited the cafe, leaving only Kari behind. She examined her bracelt, she always wore it--for the past ten years.
When she got back home, she immediately changed into her pajamas and jumped into bed. She closed her eyes, and dreamt of an oddly familiar park. She was there with three boys and one girl. The two girls were laughing and playing around the monkey bars. The youngest boy stood on the edge of the playground, refusing to go in. Another boy with light brown hair was laughing while sliding down the slide. The last boy, with glasses, sat on a bench, studying. The girl beckoned the stoic young boy to play with them, but he politely refused. Finally, they got him to go down the slide. Everyone was laughing. Kari's lips twitched upwards remembering the event. She had been so small back then. Her dream shifted into another scene. She was screaming and tearing at her parents' clothing, refusing to leave. She was shoved into the car and was scolded mercilessly by the driver. Kari suddenly jolted up, ending her dream. She was panting heavily. She looked down to her wrist where her bracelet hung. She kissed it lightly, closing her eyes and drifted back to sleep. Her lips opened a bit and she murmered,
"Tezuka..."
Day of the Swim Meet
"Get up there girls and WIN!" The coach yelled out.
Kari stepped on the bleacher and cupped her hands around her mouth. "SIRENS! Listen up! We are going to beat his team today! We will CREAM them! And you guys know what'll happen if we win right?!"
The team smiled and shouted, "The CHAMPIONSHIP!"
Everyone cheered.
"Ok everybody on three!" Kari smiled as she shouted
"1-2-3-SIRENS!" They all threw their towels into the air and cheered.
BEEP
"We will now begin the meet. Event 1, Medley Relay, Varsity Girls Heat 1." The guy announced on the loud speaker.
The girls rushed to their positions.
Beep
That signaled the first person of the relay to get in the water.
"WOOOHH! Let's go Wendy!!" The girls in Kari's relay cheered.
"Swimmers take your marks, BEEP"
The swimmers launched off on beautiful backstroke starts. Everyone was cheering; this meet would decide who would compete in the nation-wide swimming championship, representing the west coast.
"GO, GO, GO WENDY!! GOOO!!" Everyone was cheering crazily.
Hana stepped on the block, preparing to swim butterfly.
"You've got this Hana." Kari nodded at Hana.
"Oh they are so going down!" Hana winked at her.
Wendy was nearing the wall and Hana did a relay start. Her butterfly was the best in the team; she was prepared to win this.
"Go!! HANA! YOU'VE GOT THIS!!" Kari roared.
As Hana neared the end of her 50, Kari stepped on the block. It was finally her turn to shine. Their lane was tied with the lane next to them for first. Catherine, the girl who would be swimming freestyle in their relay patted Kari.
"You can do this Kari! All you need to do is keep this tie and I can win this." Catherine said calmly
"Hey, don't get too cocky, who says it's only going to stay a tie." Kari smirked, preparing to dive.
"You forget that I'm a distance swimmer. A fifty is going to be a breeze." Catherine smirked back at her and yelled, "Let's go Kari!"
Kari dived off the block, executing her signature dive. The dive wasn't just average, it pulled her ahead of the girl next to her, putting her in the lead. She surged forward with strength and confidence. As she started her last lap, she glanced at her side and realized the girl from Mission San Jose was catching up.
"Shit. That must be Salena, that crazy fast girl." She cursed in her head. "I can do this, I can do this! For the team!" She pushed herself to her limits.
Just before she was at the wall, she made one last stroke that almost tied her to Salena. Catherine immediately was off the block, sprinting with all she could. The two lanes were tied, neither one of them would give up. Suddenly, Catherine stopped taking strokes to breathe. She just kept swimming, without stroking to breathe.
"Insane woman" Hana muttered.
Catherine surged into the wall, almost tied with the girl next to them. They had won. As Catherine slowly got out of the pool, she cursed at Kari.
"Idiot! What happened to keeping the tie?! You forced me to almost drown myself imbecile!" Catherine mock-glared at Kari.
"Hey! I was racing against that insanely fast swimmer, Salena." Kari huffed
"Yeah, yeah, you're still the baby of our team. Anyway, we WON!" Catherine high-fived everyone.
"Yeah but that was only the first race, wait until the end of this meet and we'll see what happens." Hana advised.
The rest of the meet went smoothly. They didn't win all their events, but at least it seemed like they were tied with the other team. Kari was a breastroke swimmer, short-distance in anything else. She did fine in most of her event, but she only snagged fourth place in the 200 yard freestyle. At the end of the meet, everyone was tired but anxious for the result.
"Attention all swimmers, we have the results. The team that will be representing the West Coast is…."
Everyone was frozen in nervousness, awaiting the outcome.
"Mission San Jose High School!"
There was an enormous amount of applause, deafening to say the least.
The girls from (1) High School bowed their heads and respectfully applauded for their rival team.
"We did our best. That's all that matters." Their coach assured them.
"Listen up Swimmers! We have another announcement.
Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at the announcer in confusion.
" (refer to 1) High School is not representing the west coast in the Nation-wide meet, however, they are representing the United States in the international swimming competition." The announcer smiled slyly.
"OH MY GOD!! WE'RE REPRESENTING THE U.S.!!" Wendy screamed
"OH MY GOODNESS, OH MY GOODNESS!!" Kari squealed "WE DID IT!!"
Everyone was jumping up in down with happiness.
The announcer grabbed his speaker again. "Ladies and gentlemen, I understand many of you are confused. The Untied States Swimming Association decided to let the winner of this meet represent the U.S. while the other team would represent the west coast. And you know what that means… (1) High School Wins!!" He cheered and congratulated both teams.
The two high schools congratulated each other, agreeing they would have a rematch when they met again.
At Mei's House
They were all at Mei's house, celebrating their achievement. They were surprised they had won after the announcer's sly deception.
"So where are we going anyway coach?" Wendy asked
"From what I know you girls will be flying to either Japan or Korea for the preliminaries…in two days." The coach's eyes twinkled with excitement.
The girls squealed in anticipation.
"You know what Japan and Korea means." Kari smiled
"Beyond imaginable guys!!" Kari, Wendy, and Mei squealed.
Hana laughed at the trio, not feeling mean enough to shoot a comeback to them. They had only two days to get ready for the time of their lives, two days and they would be gone. And she hated to admit it but, in two days, she would be in cute guys galore. She smirked to herself as she thought this.
--END--
..of chapter 1 at least :D
(1)Okay I have NO clue what to name their high school, any suggestions?! It would be greatly appreciated so I won't have to put a blank every time I name their school -.-