HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! So... instead of doing what I should be doing, aka catching up on all my work T_T, I spent the last three days rushing this out. The whole fic is already written. I'll be editing and updating every Friday :D Please review and let me know what you think! Also, constructive criticism and suggestions are always welcome! Anything to help improve my writing! So please don't hesitate to PM me ^_^
Disclaimer: KHR belongs to Amano-sensei TO THE EXTREME!
Chapter notes: This one happens before the Future Arc but after the Varia Arc.
Chapter warnings: Extreme chaos and loudness; mentions of blood.
笹川了平 – Sasagawa Ryouhei
This was extreme.
Master PaoPao was holding another extreme Saturday afternoon training session at Namimori Middle.
If there was one thing Sasagawa Ryouhei loved, it was training, TO THE EXTREME!
He dashed through the halls, chasing after a distraught Tsuna in dying-will mode.
"Sawada! Joining the boxing club to the extreme!"
Right behind him, a certain Hurricane Bomber was equally loud.
"Stop it! You stupid lawn-head! Leave Juudaime alone! He doesn't want to join your stupid boxing club! Stop it or I'll blow you to pieces!"
"Octopus-head! It's not stupid to the extreme! You should extremely join, too!"
"You stupid lawn-head SHUT UP!"
"NO! SAWADA! JOIN THE BOXING CL–"
His shout was cut off by an extremely loud rumble.
Ryouhei stopped in his tracks and looked around – the building was shaking. No. The ground was shaking.
"Woah! Who's making the ground shake?! They must be extremely strong! They should join the boxing club TO THE EXTREME!"
"I said SHUT UP you stupid lawn-head! I think it's a fucking earthquake!"
Ryouhei was extreme, but he didn't have a death wish. This was extremely bad.
And the kids are in the school, too! And…
"KYOKO!"
He bolted down the hallway towards the home ec room without a second thought.
Tsuna's mind drew a blank as he fell out of dying-will mode. He was supposed to run away from onii-san with his dying will, but it seemed like Ryouhei had stopped chasing after him. But why?
Then he noticed the shaking.
"… a fucking earthquake!"
Gokudera's shout confirmed his suspicions.
Oh god… Haru… Lambo… I-pin… and –
"KYOKO!"
Tsuna could only watch as Ryouhei screamed and charged down the hallway. Now that he was back being dame-Tsuna and clad in nothing but a pair of light blue boxers, he was completely helpless. He tried to suppress a whimper –
– and failed…
"Doushiyou?! I left the dying-will pills with my clothes!" he could feel tears welling in his eyes, "Kyoko-chan! What am I going to do? We are going to d–"
'Whack!'
Reborn appeared out of nowhere and smacked him in the head – hard and merciless as always.
"Dame-Tsuna, you can't accomplish anything by crying," he stated in his usual baby-voice while Leon transformed into the all-too-familiar hand gun. "Now, go save Sasagawa Kyoko with your dying will!"
'BANG!'
The shot rang through the still-shaking building and, a split second later, a half-naked Sawada Tsunayoshi tore through the hallways.
The decade-old building of Namimori Middle withstood the initial quake, but the aftershock was too much for it to handle.
Tsuna sprinted towards the home ec room as the ceiling started collapsing. At the back of his mind, he wondered if this was another of Reborn's tests. But he wouldn't do that, right? A real earthquake was, in onii-san's words, way too extreme.
But Reborn is Reborn…
When he crashed into the classroom, Ryouhei's shout almost blew his eardrums.
"Ahh! What should I do! I can't save the kids, Haru, AND Kyoko at the same time! THIS IS TOO EXTREME!"
Without a second thought, Tsuna grabbed Kyoko's hand and started running.
"AHH! Good! Sawada! You got Kyoko! Woah, octopus-head you are here too! You take Haru! I'll take the kids TO THE EXTREME!"
"Don't tell me what to do, lawn-head!"
Tsuna left the chaos behind and pulled Kyoko towards the exit.
Then, merely steps away from safety, everything fell apart in slow motion.
Parts of the ceiling came crashing down, making him trip and tumble out the door. Tsuna panicked as he felt Kyoko's hand slipping from his. Beside him, he was vaguely aware as Gokudera and onii-san dashed past.
Seconds later, Tsuna skidded to a halt and fell hard onto open-ground.
His dying-will flame slowly diminished as he squinted through the thick layer of dust that was gradually settling. He was outside. Everyone was here, safe – except for Kyoko.
Tsuna gasped. Oh god… onii-san entrusted Kyoko to me! Is she… is she…
His morbid thoughts were interrupted by another scream.
"KYOKO! ONII-SAN IS GOING TO SAVE YOU TO THE EXTREME!"
Tsuna stared dumbly as Ryouhei dashed back to the collapsed building and started digging through the debris.
Please let her be okay… Please let her be okay… Please…
Then, Ryouhei suddenly stopped and became deathly still.
Oh no…
Was my dying will… not enough?
Tsuna stood up in dread, with tears barely contained in his huge brown eyes. He gulped and trudged towards Ryouhei on shaky legs.
"Onii-san," he whimpered, a tear finally squeezing out of his eye and trailing down his dirt-smudged cheek, "I'm sorry…"
He looked down, heart clenching as he saw blood seeping through –
- a black gakuran?
"Eeh?!" Tsuna gasped, barely believing his eyes as he saw a familiar red-gold armband.
"Hibari-san?! Someone call the ambulance!"
Sasagawa Ryouhei frowned as he stood, arms crossed, staring at the door of a hospital room.
That earthquake was extreme, maybe even a little too extreme. He never wanted his baby sister to go through anything like that again, ever.
It was extremely good that Hibari saved her!
The boy, on the other hand, was still unconscious on the opposite side of the door.
But knowing Hibari, he'll be up and extremely biting people to death in no time!
It had occurred to him that he and Hibari were extremely similar men: stubborn and simple-minded, and he meant that in an extremely praising way. Hibari had staked his claim on Namimori Middle and vowed to protect its students to the extreme – and he had kept his words, simple as that.
Hibari Kyouya,
Ryouhei decided as he continued scrutinizing the door,
is EXTREME…