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Warning: Alternate Universe, Female Sena! Takes place before Sena enters Deimon High School!
Summary: AU! Female Sena! Before entering Deimon, Sena didn't just go to any middle school. But when she went to Namimori Chuu, she never expected to get involved with the mafia!
Kobayakawa Sena slightly panted as she skid to a stop before the gates of Namimori Middle. Her watch indicated that she had less than five minutes before the bell rang, giving her a small sense of relief as it meant that she did not have to face Hibari Kyouya's wrath due to lateness. Many rumours she heard about his violent tendencies were confirmed when she witnessed him punishing late comers from the class window.
She checked her uniform before entering, making sure that there was nothing wrong so she wouldn't get in trouble with the Discipline Committee. She wore a white collared blouse decorated with a stripped blue and white tie. Over her blouse was a beige blazer that hugged her form, showing her curves and sadly, her developing C-cup breasts. Underneath that, was a black plaid skirt that stopped passed her thighs. Black socks stopped above her calf, fitting into dark brown polished shoes. Her soft brown hair was layered and ended at the middle of her back. Short brown strands of hair framed her face, eventually turning longer as it went down and passed her face, two thick long strands of hair frame the edge of her face, resting on her shoulder. The rest of her hair in the back was slightly wavy.
Her mother and Mamori-neesan said that her body developed fast for a teenager and praised her for her beauty. But that didn't mean she liked it. Sometimes, it drew not so friendly stares.
After Riku left a few months ago, the bullies came back and the bullying was worse than before as the boys took advantage of the fact that Sena's protector was no longer there. The boys, wanting revenge for the humiliation Riku put them through took the term 'bullying' to a whole new level. It got so bad that they resorted to physical taunts, such as punching her in the stomach. Her parents had immediately noticed the bruises and complained to the school. While the boys were suspended, she was still scared to go back and face them when their suspension was off, so her parents transferred her to another school. The nearest was in Namimori.
Saying good bye to Mamori was the hardest thing to do actually, who cried so hard that she couldn't protect her little sister. Sena told her she couldn't protect Sena forever.
Sena sighed as she hurried and changed her shoes to indoor shoes, putting her brown shoes in the locker. She then hurried up to her designated classroom.
She sat down in her seat near the back of the classroom, just in time as the bell suddenly rang and the home-teacher came in through the door. The roll was called and her name came up.
"Kobayakawa Sena!"
"He-Here!" She stuttered, earning a few giggles from the girls in the class.
Despite being here for a few weeks, she still didn't make any new friends yet. Her appearance seemed to gain a few jealous looks from a few girls and while it seemed to attract a few people to try and be friends with her, her timid personality drove them away. In fact, it seemed to attract bullies...again.
The day passed by with Sawada Tsuna being insulted by the maths teacher again, a common occurrence. Sena felt pity for Sawada-san, he reminded her vaguely of herself. She wanted to help him from the boys who were her new tormentor, and verbally abused Sawada for their own amusement or as they called him "Dame-Tsuna". But every time she would try, she would always get a flashback of the physical abuse the bullies from her old middle school put her through and would freeze before she opened her mouth. That event traumatized her to the point that she was always scared of getting hurt.
Luckily for Sawada-san, he had two friends who looked out for him, the popular Yamamoto Takeshi and Gokudera Hayato. Gokudera-san in particular would always get in to a fight with those who taunted Sawada-san and would always come on top. For some reason, he had a habit of calling Sawada "Judaime" and carried what she thought looked like dynamites with him. Impossible, might be fireworks.
Sena had a slight envy for Sawada-san for having Gokudera-san for a friend, he vaguely reminded her of Riku and his protective nature.
The bell rang, indicating that it was lunch time.
The bullies made her get lunch from the canteen again. She swore she was doomed to be bullied forever, this was a sign.
She thought because she was a girl, guys wouldn't harm her but that was a HUGE misunderstanding that was definitely cleared up in her last school.
As school ended, the bullies held her back, telling her to get a few things for them from the convenience store, which were quite far from here and to give it to them at the arcade.
Sena whimpered when she saw the line queuing at the shop. One of the guys was in a very bad mood, and gave her a time-limit, that should she not get back in less than five minutes with their food, there would be hell to pay. Seriously, she already bought them lunch, and they're STILL hungry?
Sena sighed, 'Oh well, who am I to say no?' she thought.
While these bullies hadn't hurt her physically yet, one of them were apparently apart of the Yakuza, and she wasn't going to take any chances.
They already knew she was fast and they took great advantage of that.
She checked her watch as she waited in the line.
Two more minutes.
She sweated and sighed in relief when it was her turn. She immediately ran off as soon as she received all of the bullies' food in a plastic bag.
She had less than a minute and the bullies were on the other side of town.
Sena ran as fast as she could, which she was proud to say, was very fast.
As she ran passed a loud street, she stopped at the sight before her.
It wasn't crowded, but it wasn't completely empty either.
Sawada-san and his friends were on the walk path, Gokudera-san was busy yelling at a...baby cow?
No, it was a child dressed as a cow she guessed.
There was a baby there too, sitting on Yamamoto-san shoulder, he was dressed in a suit and a hat.
She didn't even know they made outfits for babies like that.
For some reason, the boy dressed in a cow's suit was waving a...pink grenade in his hands?
Sawada-san and his friends were panicking, she wondered why. It was just a toy...right?
However, her thought soon stood corrected as the little boy threw the grenade in the air as Sawada-san and his friends separated as it landed exactly where they were standing and exploded.
Sena gaped in shock.
For the first time in the history of her life, Sena thought 'What the hell!' Mamori-neesan's voice was already scolding her for her language.
People also stopped and stared at the commotion caused by the explosion.
Sena snapped out of her shocked state when she heard the loud sound of a vehicle driving straight at them.
While Gokudera-san (Who was holding the boy in the cow-suit angrily) and Yamamoto-san were still on the sidewalk, Sawada-san had retreated to the road when the explosion erupted.
When the smoke from the explosion faded away, the sight of a large truck driving straight at them caused a lot of panic. The truck was breaking to a stop but it was too fast and close to stop before it hit Sawada-san.
Sena didn't notice when Sawada Tsuna froze in shock at the sight of the truck, or when Yamamoto's and Gokudera's eyes widen and yelled "Tsuna!" and "Judaime!" respectively or when the baby in the business suit scowled before lifting a handgun and was about to aim it at Sawada.
In Sena's mind, she thought of all of the abuse she suffered at the hands of her tormentor, of how afraid she was of pain. The sight of Riku's face suddenly came to mind, his voice ran through her mind.
"Promise me you'll stand up for yourself"
But she never did.
The memories of failing trying to help Sawada-san flashed through her mind. She never stood up for herself or for others, and right now, Sawada-san was about to be runned over and might die from the impact.
The result of a huge truck hitting a small middle school student was rather obvious. Screams of people were heard at the sight before them.
But... suddenly everything was in slow motion. The truck was slowly about to hit Sawada-san.
But...Sena knew.
That she was faster than that truck.
But her fear of pain kept her back and froze her legs.
'What use is strength if they can't even touch us?' Riku's voice said in her head.
Speed is our weapon.
Sena could save Sawada-san, she could! But her legs won't move! The one time where only she can save someone by out speeding the truck and save someone from their death is when she's held back by the fear of being hurt.
But Sawada Tsunayoshi was the one who was going to suffer if she didn't do anything.
Suddenly, Sena's legs felt like they were on fire. Her legs burst into action and she unknowingly ran 4.2 seconds for the 40 yard dash for the first time.
Since Sawada-san was just a few meters from her, she was immediately right in front of him.
Instinct took over as she pushed them both down on the sidewalk, the truck just passed by with a crash.
Alarms blazed and people shouting was all Sena heard. "Someone call an ambulance!" The voice of a man far away was heard.
The shape of a body under her was all she felt.
"Ko-Kobayakaya-san?" A shocked and hesitant voice reached out and Sena opened her eyes and caramel brown eyes met hazel brown eyes.
Sena blushed when she realized how close she was face to face and body to body with Sawada-san. She immediately jumped off the boy and sat onto her legs as she sat a bit away from Sawada-san.
"Sor-Sorry! ..Are you alright?" She asked.
"Ahh-Hai!" Tsuna sat up, still in shock, she noticed he had a red hue on his cheeks but dismissed it to the fact that he nearly died, it would come as a huge shock.
She was totally unaware that he was used to the fact that he nearly dies every other week.
From the corner of her eye, Sena saw her other two classmates and the two children with them staring at her in shock.
She looked down, slightly embarrassed by her physical closeness with Sawada-san. He was the first boy she touched besides Riku without intentional harm aimed at her.
She felt her legs slightly tingle; it was the first time she went so fast! And she managed to save Sawada-san as well!
Riku would be so proud...Though Mamori would probably scold her for the huge risk she just took.
But it didn't matter, this was the first time she didn't react in fear and she managed to save someone for that! She was never prouder of herself than this moment.
"TSUNA! ARE YOU ALRIGHT!"
"JUDAIME! ARE YOU ALRIGHT!"
Both Yamamoto-san and Gokudera-san ran towards us, the boy in a cow suit was Gokudera-san's arms, munching happily on a lolly, while the baby in a business suit was starring at Sena with a strange glint in his eyes.
"Ye-Yeah, Kobayakawa-san saved me" He stuttered.
"We saw" Yamamoto turned to Sena with a brilliant smile "Arigatou Kobayakawa!"
She blushed. Now she knows why Yamamoto Takeshi was so popular, aside from his famous baseball skills and good looks, his smile (in her opinion) was one of his best qualities.
"It-it's fine"
Feeling someone's eyes on her, she turned and saw Gokudera-san starring at her with an intense look, making her slightly sweat with nervousness. The fact that he was slightly scowling did nothing to help it.
Suddenly, he went on his knees and bowed towards her. Her eyes widened not only her's but Sawada-san's as well. Yamamoto-san didn't look surprised but looked at Gokudera with...understanding?
"Ehhh?" No one ever bowed to her before, so it was surprising.
"Arigatou Gozaimashita!" Gokudera-san suddenly said with a hint of gratefulness in his voice.
Sena's jaw dropped.
"Ahh! Arigatou Kobayakawa-san, you saved me" Sawada-san turned towards her with a bright smile that looked sincere and attractive as Yamamoto-san's smile, she noticed with a blush.
She always thought Sawada-san was cute but never said so due to fear of social suicide.
"No! It's fine!" She begged for Gokudera to get up which he did as she gratefully saw. She was just not used to seeing someone address her with so much respect and look at her with reverent eyes.
It was lucky that time was on her side when she saved Sawada-san.
Time.
That reminded her.
"Oh crap!" Sena openly swore, scaring the people around her as she stood up and picked up the plastic bag that fell to the side. She examined it and noticed with relief that it was still intact with everything inside it in one piece.
Sena look at her watch and noticed with growing alarm and panic that she had less that thirty seconds to get to the arcade before the time-limit.
"Sumimasen! But I have to get going!" She told the boys and immediately ran off without looking back or waiting for a reply. The leftover fire in her legs was still burning so she ran with the same speed that saved Sawada.
The thought of the bullies and their Yakuza leader grew fear in her. The courage from saving Sawada Tsuna left her.
Sena seriously hoped time was still on her side.
She was unaware that she passed by two boys who were looking at her in shock.
One of them turned towards the other who was still starring at Sena with wide eyes.
"Did you see that Shin! That girl saved that boy's life! She's so fast!" Sakuraba ranted as he thought 'She was faster than even Shin'
However, his friend didn't reply, the dark haired boy was still looking in the direction that Sena disappeared to.
-Back where Tsuna is-
Tsuna looked on with a dropped jaw as Kobayakawa Sena ran.
"So-So fast!" He choked.
Gokudera and Yamamoto were also starring at the direction in which she ran off with shocked eyes.
They still couldn't believe what just happened.
The new girl who just transferred a few weeks ago just saved Tsuna.
They also couldn't believe how unbelievably fast she was.
Tsuna vaguely noticed when Sena entered the street.
'How did she get to me so fast?' Tsuna wondered, she was at the other end of the street.
Reborn watched as his student raved on what just happened as Gokudera complained that it was the stupid cow's fault.
That girl was faster than a lot of Mafioso he knew and that was saying something. She ran 4.2 seconds for the 40 yard dash, the so called 'human limit'.
Or at least, that was the official report was.
With flames, it was possible to go faster.
Reborn smirked
"You should make her join your famiglia Tsuna" he ordered, attracting an "Ehh!" from his no good student.
"With her speed, she would definitely be useful" he inputted with Gokudera nodding at every word.
Strange that Gokudera would be open to letting someone join the family but considering she just saved his precious Tenth's life and that she looked a bit similar to Tsuna appearance wise, it wasn't surprising.
"But Reborn! You can't just-" Tsuna was cut off by Reborn who aimed a gunned shaped Leon at him "Hiiee!"
"Why not Dame-Tsuna, she's pretty girl after all" He smirked at Tsuna's blushed, who distinctively remember the feel of Sena's curved body against his.
Tsuna shook his head. 'I LIKE KYOKO-CHAN! I LIKE KYOKO-CHAN!' Tsuna furiously thought as he stubbornly remained loyal to his crush.
Reborn watch with knowing eyes and a smirk, earning a frustrated look from Tsuna directed at his mind reading tutor.
"Haha! Sure, let's invite her to play our game!" Yamamoto laughed.
Tsuna sweat dropped. 'He still thinks this is a game!' He thought with disbelief.
However, Reborn had research to do. Research that concerned Kobayakawa Sena.
A certain gun wielding sharp eared blonde would be so useful in this situation but he doubted he had information on this person.
But then again, he smirked.
He learnt to never underestimate Hiruma Youichi's sources.
To be continued...