Pretty sure this has been done before, but oh well.
Disclaimer: I do not own KHR or its characters.
Midori tanabiku namimori no~
Sawada Tsunayoshi disliked the school anthem with a bit of passion. It reverberated through the auditorium with a miserable forced tone. The students unwillingly sang it, and as a result, the deep Gregorian chanting of the disciplinary committee became the backbone of the anthem.
However, Tsuna would never dare to not sing it. Under Hibari's watchful eye (there were rumors that the prefect had composed the song himself) various people were called out for not singing along and then bitten to death.
So Tsuna did the best he could. He had never been good at singing, especially now that he had hit puberty. His voice would crack on the low notes, and wheedle out on the high notes.
For fear that he would be bitten to death for butchering the anthem, he kept his voice soft like the rest of the student population did.
He tensed when Hibari's eyes swept over him, and he relaxed immediately when he couldn't feel that murderous gaze on him anymore.
And then it was over. The solemn piano and the unwilling singing of the student population.
Only the last notes of Tsuna's cracked voice echoed through the room.
Silence.
And then laughter. Choruses among choruses of chuckles and laughter.
Tsuna's face quickly turned red as he glanced around at the jeering faces to see what Kyoko's reaction would be. There she was, giggling into her hand. He had made a fool of himself in front of the girl he liked.
Another quick sweep of the crowd showed the baseball idol of the school, Yamamoto Takeshi, doubled over in good-natured laughter.
Tsuna stood there in embarrassment as he realized that there was still one person he had yet to look at. He turned around slowly and made eye contact with Hibari. The prefect was smiling that creepy smile that showed that he had found his next victim.
In tears, Tsuna pushed his way frantically through the crowd, trying to put as much distance between the prefect and him as possible. All the while, people clapped him on the back, laughing. Some of them gave strange encouragements such as "Hope you don't end up in the hospital useless-Tsuna" or "Maybe he'll go easy on you because you're so pitiful". Others teased him about his voice with comments like "I didn't know guys could sound so wimpy".
He managed to make his way out the door before breaking into a sprint. It was rumored that Hibari couldn't leave the school grounds, and Tsuna had never seen the prefect outside of school, so maybe if he skipped school for the day he could avoid a beating.
"But then he'll hunt me for the rest of the school year. What do I do?" he wondered out loud, stopping in the middle of the hallway and clutching his head.
"You face him head on," a squeaky voice said out of nowhere.
Tsuna looked around him for the source of the voice. There was no one in the hallway except for some baby dressed in a suit and a fedora. Huh, he thought the students of his school were responsible enough not to bring their babies to school.
"Hey, little guy. Are you lost?" Tsuna asked the kid, glancing back to see if Hibari had come barreling after him yet.
"Name's Reborn," the baby said, stepping forward. "I'm here to train you to make something of your pathetic self."
Tsuna blinked in confusion, and then he burst into laughter. The little baby was saying some ridiculous stuff. "So what, am I the next successor of some mafia family or something?" the brunette asked between fits of laughter.
"Close." The baby takes out a gun and aims it at Tsuna's head.
"W-wait a moment! That's a toy right? Y-you shouldn't point those at other people!" Tsuna exclaims, fearing for his life for some reason.
"Shut up and die."
Bang.