"Onee-chan… Wake up…"
The fourteen year old brunette rolled in bed and hid under the covers. "Five more minutes… Tiramisu…" "Mou… Onee-chan…"
The dark green haired girl sighed and opened the curtains. "Guess I resort to that…" She walked to the other side of her bed and cracked her knuckles. "Wake up already!" She growled as she pushed her older sister out of bed. The teen landed face down on the blue carpet still half-awake.
"I'm up… I'm up…" She groaned.
"You're gonna be late for school. Look," She pointed at the clock on the desk.
"Crap, I'm late!"
"But I'm not~" 10-year old Tsuki teased. "Rin-nee-chan should get up. You only have ten minutes to run to school,"
"Only 10 minutes?" Rin jumped to her feet and rushed to change into her school uniform. Tsuki sat on the edge of her bed and watched as her sister fumble with her tie and pants. Rin grabbed her bag and ran to the stairs only to trip on the carpet and fall. Tsuki stared at the lump that was sister whining pathetically on the wooden floor.
"Onee-chan, you okay?"
"Oh, just peachy…" She said sarcastically.
Nana peeked out from the kitchen. "Oh, Rin-chan! Again?"
"Yeah…" She answered. She stood back up and slipped her boots on. "I'm off!" She started running to Nami-chuu past the Chihuahua and other people walking to school.
"Rinny-chan!" Rin stopped to turn right when Remilia hug-attacked her, knocking her to the ground.
"M-Morning Remmy-chan…" Rin breathed.
"Morning~. You're early today."
"What? Tsuki-chan said I…" Wait, Tsuki said it. Rin facepalmed and sighed at her own stupidity. "Another Tsuki Trick…"
Remilia snickered and smirked at her friend. "Nice job." She commented. Rin rolled her eyes and picked up her bag.
"C'mon, enough fun at my expense," She groaned.
At school…
"Amano-san, solve this problem on the board,"
"H-Hai!" She walked to the board and took the chalk in her left hand. "32 Pi, right?" She asked.
He looked in his book and nodded. "Correct, Amano-san. Have a seat,"
She sat back down and sighed. The math was easy as usual and she just yawned. She stared out the window and outside in the quad, she can see Kyoi Murasaki patrolling with the committee. He always had this scary look on his face for as long as she's known him. Murasaki-senpai's outside again… Does that guy ever go to class? Then something caught her eye. She saw a figure standing in the gates, a fedora shielding his eyes and his hand in his pocket. He looked up at Rin's window and smirked.
"So that's her, huh? She's sure grown…" Rin rubbed her eyes and looked again. No one was there… At least not anymore… The bell rung, snapping her out of her daze. People stood up and walked out of the classroom with their lunches in their hands.
"Rin-san, Remilia-san, wanna eat up on the roof?" Viola asked.
"Sure," Remilia answered.
"Yeah, why not?"
"H-Hang on a sec, please," The three girls looked up at the person who was approaching them. "I hate to ask, but can one of you guys take these papers to the teacher's lounge? I forgot to give it to Nakamura-sensei…" Mori Takasu, class president and Rin's crush. He created the red stain Rin's cheeks, but was completely oblivious to it times before and now.
"Sure, I'll take it," Rin responded eagerly. She took the stack of papers in her hands and smiled.
"Thanks so much Amano-san!" He turned on his heel and walked out the door.
"I'll see you guys on the roof later," Rin said as she moved out the door.
Remilia sighed and shook her head. "I swear, she's heads-over-heels for that guy…"
"Name three girls that aren't," Viola laughed.
Remilia held up three fingers. "Me, you and my little sister," She answered bluntly.
Viola just blankly stared at the brunette and sighed. "Let's just go eat lunch…"
Meanwhile with Rin…
"Man… I'm starting to get hungry…" Rin groaned at the sound of her stomach. It was practically barking at her to feed it. "I'll make it fast," She muttered in a huff, making a sharp running turn around the corner. Before she knew it, she crashed into someone and papers scattered on the tiles with people staring.
"Ah…! Perche non guardare dove stai andando?" Rin stood up and grabbed the person's hand.
"I'm so sorry!" She pulled up the student and bowed in apology. She had a better look at him and saw that the tips of his hair were black and his eyes were a dark blue. A new student…? He looks pretty cool… Wait, what am I doing? I gotta get this done! She picked up the mess in a hurry and ran to the teacher's lounge
. The foreign student clicked his tongue. "Non puo essere lei…" T
hat was so weird… Since when did we have a new student? He was speaking Italian too… Rin finished the errand and headed straight to the roof with her lunch. She told Viola and Remilia about what just happened and they said that they had no idea about the new student.
"I'm the source of info at this school. I would've known if we had a new student," Viola pointed out.
"I guess... But he was so rude. Saying things like 'Why don't you watch where you're going?'"
Remilia stared at her in awe and Viola stared in disbelief.
"What?" The brunette asked.
"Y-You actually understood th-that…" Remilia stuttered, pointing her chopsticks at her best friend.
"So?"
"So? You said that the guy was speaking Italian. You speak Japanese and the last time I checked this is a school that teaches Japanese and English." Viola explained as she stretched Rin's cheeks.
Rin shrugged and Viola let go. "Well judging by how he said it, he probably said that. Not entirely sure,"
"… No further comment," Viola responded.
Rin stuck her tongue teasingly and laughed. Later during that day, Rin went with Remilia to baseball practice just to watch. It was always amazing seeing Remilia bat. There's been some occasions where the ball never did make it back at all. Rin usually came just to wait for Remilia to finish up so they could get some coffee later. Instead, her phone had other plans waiting for her.
I love you~ You love me~ We're one happy fami-
"Geh! Remmy-chan, did you change my ringtone again?" Rin barked.
Remilia looked back after hitting the ball clean over the fence. "Yup! Like it?" She asked with a smug smirk.
"No, I do not," Rin responded as she answered.
"Hello?" "Onee-chan, it's almost time for dinner."
"It is?" Rin checked her watch and found that she was right. "Alright, I'm coming," She hung up and shouted at Remilia that she was leaving.
"Alright, guess I'll see you tomorrow," Remilia swung the bat again, but narrowly missed the ball. She sharply took in some air and stance herself again.
"Good luck!"
At home…
"I'm home~"
No one answered, but she can hear talking from the living room. She crept towards the living room and looked through a crack in the door.
"They've gotten big now, haven't they?" A man spoke. It certainly wasn't Tsuna, but who was it exactly?
Nana nodded and smiled. "You've gotten big yourself, Reborn-kun,"
"Ne, Uncle Reborn. Why'd you come here?" Tsuki asked.
"You'll see. Where's Rin?" He asked.
Tsuki bit the tip of her thumb and thought. "Onee-chan should be home by now…"
Rin was somewhat confused by what was going on. Since when did they have an Uncle Reborn? Was it one of the things she forgot? It can't be, she remembers everyone she met.
"Come out of there,"
The brunette cringed and slowly came out of hiding. "I-I'm home…?" She forced a chuckle as she opened the door.
"Welcome home. Rin-chan, this is Reborn," Nana introduced.
She bowed politely. "N-Nice to meet you, Reborn-san,"
He frowned and glanced at Nana. "So she really doesn't know?"
Nana shook her head with a disappointed face. "I'm afraid that Tsuna and Kyoko haven't said anything about it,"
"I see…" He stood and started walking towards the kitchen. "Well let's have dinner shall we?"
"Uh… Grandma, who is he?" Nana simply smiled and clapped her hands together.
"An old friend of mine, don't worry about it!"
"I feel like I should worry anyways…"
Dinner was livelier than the usual silence. Reborn was catching up with Nana and filling her in about Italy and how the Vongola Company was doing. Rin rolled her eyes at the mention of that name and ate in bitter silence.
"The Vongola's doing well. Tsuna's been a little too busy though,"
"As usual…" Rin muttered. Reborn raised a brow at her and opened his mouth to speak. Right when he found the words, Rin stood up and put her plate in the sink. "I'm going to do homework. G'night,"
"Rin-chan…"
She walked up the stairs and locked the door to her room, doing her homework in bed with the volume on her MP3 as loud as she can handle. Nana sighed and smiled sadly for Reborn. "Don't mind her; she's been like that for a while. Whenever Tsuna comes up in a conversation, she gets distant and upset."
"Onee-chan doesn't like Papa that much. It gets me worried sometimes…"
Reborn pondered and locked his fingers together. "Perhaps what I came for could be of use here…"
"So does that mean you're staying?" Tsuki asked excitedly. He nodded.
"I'll tutor Rin into shape, kid," Tsuki ran around the table and tackle-hugged Reborn. Reborn stared at her and smiled. Looking at Tsuki gave him a faint nostalgic reminder.
The next day…
A lovely way to start the day: Listen to your granddaughter and student fall down the stairs yelping in the pain.
"How often does that happen?" Reborn asked as he took a sip of espresso.
"Almost every morning." Nana smiled. The hitman smirked.
"She's just like Tsuna, maybe clumsier,"
"Mou, one-chan… You need to be more careful…"
Rin stood up and walked in the kitchen with Tsuki behind her. "Morning, grandma. …Uncle Reborn…?" She asked reluctantly.
"Nice to see you remember my name,"
"Right… Anyways, I have clean-up duty so I'm off," She grabbed a piece of toast and bit down on the corner as she ran out the door. "Bye grandma, bye Tsuki-chan!" She had a running start into the cool morning and figured that she might have time to just take it easy and walk. Sadly, she could never take it easy…
"Whoa, hey there kid," A group of 3rd year thugs approached her as she finished off the jam-smothered toast. "Don't you know you shouldn't be walking alone? You might get mugged." He smirked, grabbing her arm so tight to the point that her bone might shatter.
"Let me go. Now," She demanded.
"Now don't be like that,"
Click
They all looked in the same direction at an oncoming figure. One hand was in his pocket and the other had a pistol pointed up at the sky. "Eat lead,"
The group started to panic and took a few steps back. "Whoa, man! W-We were just kidding!"
"Hn." He smirked and pulled the trigger. The gun roared and the bullet missed its mark leaving Rin to fall back with a piece of lead in her forehead.
What the hell was that…? Reborn shot me… If I had known that all this would've happened… I would've just kept running to school like my life depended on it… What a waste.
The thugs were even more riled up. "Oh my god, he shot her! He freakin' killed her!" The lackey shrieked.
"C-Calm down! Just walk away and act like we were nev-"
"Boss, look!"
Slowly Rin started to burst out of her clothes, an orange flame burning over her forehead and heart. She bore nothing more than a tank top and underwear, her eyes fierce and bright orange. "REBORN!"
"Holy crap, this girl's crazy!"
"I'll get to school like my life depends on it!" Her bag was still in her hands and it ended up being used as a weapon against the fail gangsters. "Out of my way!" Damn did she seem savage. Rin ran all the way to school, catching the eyes of a few other students. Even after getting hit by a bus, she kept going and going.
W-What's going on? My body… It feels really light and strong. More importantly… Why the hell am I in my freakin' underwear?
"K-Kyoi-san… Look…" The committee vice-president pointed at Rin charging at them.
Murasaki raised a brow and held out a set of five cards. "A trouble-maker…?" His voice was calm and smooth, nearly sultry.
"I've got no time for you!" She growled, pushing him out of the way.
Murasaki didn't lose his balance, but he did seem rather pissed and amused at the same time. "Hoh~? That's one brave troublemaker," He chuckled. "Vice-President, find out what class she's in," He ordered as he picked up her bag's beat-up tag. "Yes sir!" "Let's see how strong she is…" He smirked deviously, tossing the tag lightly in his hands.