Title: Playing Nice: Namimori High
Theme/Genre/Prompt: Rivalry
Pairings: HibarixOC
Rating: T
Summary: She never said she'd play fair. HibarixOC
Disclaimer: I do not own Katekyo Hitman Reborn. Akira Amano does.
When Miki transferred to Namimori High, she found the school a haven for idiots. Sawada Tsunayoshi, a.k.a. No-good Tsuna, made a regular fool out of himself everyday in class. She also found Namimori to be a haven for friends of idiots. Gokudera Hayato was such a case. And just when she thought things couldn't get any worse, she found Namimori to be a haven for idiots dumber than idiots. When Yamamoto Takeshi nearly had his head blown off by some dynamite sticks from who knows where on Gokudera, he had laughed and merely asked what game they were playing today, and for all Miki knew to be true, those were some real sticks of dynamite.
By the second week of school, Miki had a reputation for being very hard to please. It wasn't that she didn't like the school, or that she hated her classmates, it was more of a small thing for she had discovered a little Chinese girl and an afro cow running in the school hallways. When she could, Miki would find herself grimacing at the absolute absurdity under which the school ran and wondered if discipline was ever enforced. As far as she could see, this school wasn't living up to her standards.
During the third week of school, Miki decided to give up on Namimori. Although she had found the quirky school acceptable, there were some things she would not stand for, and if she ever saw Tsuna running in his boxers screaming once more, that would be the end of the line.
In the second month of her attendance at Namimori High, Miki had placed the school on her probation list. It wasn't because of the idiots, the friends of idiots, or idiots dumber than idiots, but rather, she had seen Tsuna running around in his boxers one too many times, said time being when she had asked Tsuna what color his boxers were. When he told her they were white, she had refused to believe him because they were, to her eyes, a glaring yellow. Then, she had wondered if Tsuna had previously had a pair of white boxers, and if he did, what had happened to them?
One day, in the second month of Miki's attendance at Namimori, she decided to venture to the roof for lunch. She had thought it best to take a look at the school from a high point of view, and maybe the scenery would lighten her up a bit. When she reached the roof, all her worries left her, the sky was the simplest shade of blue with not a cloud in sight and she sighed as she sat down and began to dig into her lunch. When words of the school anthem reached her ears, she perked up and took a look around. No one. But before she could spear another piece of sushi, she heard it again, the words of the school anthem.
"Midori tanabiku, namimori no..."
Miki frowned. The singing had stopped again. She looked around again. No one in sight. Thinking she was imagining things, she returned to her lunch. But the incessant singing started up again and she growled in frustration. A small bird plopped onto the roof and hopped around before peering quizzically at Miki. Miki smiled at it. It sure was a cute bird.
"Midori tanabiku, namimori no..."
Miki stared. She rubbed her eyes. She stared again. The bird was singing.
"Hibari! Hibari!"
Miki frowned. Midori tanabiku namimori no...hibari? She was positively sure that wasn't how the song went. Positively sure. She returned to her lunch, allowing the small bird to serenade no one in particular.
"Hibari! Hibari"
There it was again. Miki frowned at the bird before extending a hand towards it. Hibird hobbled over to peck at her fingers. Once again, Hibird gazed at her.
"Hibari! Hibari!"
Miki laughed. "No, it's Miki."
"Hibari!"
"Miki!"
"Hibari!"
"Miki!"
Hibird quieted and faced the palm of Miki's hand, as if contemplating Miki's name. Hibird returned its scrutinizing gaze back to Miki's face before flapping its wings and chirping again, "Hibari!"
When the bell rang, Miki returned to class, her unfinished lunch in her hands. Though she was starving, she was happy. A singing bird. As she returned to her seat she wondered if the bird had escaped from one of the classrooms.
Quite a while later, Hibird returned to the roof to find Hibari snoozing under the warmth of the sun. The bird landed gracefully beside Hibari's head and fluttered its wings, waiting for Hibari to awaken. Hibari sat up, still a bit dazed from his nap, but that was enough of a cue for Hibird to start singing again.
"Midori tanabiku, namimori no..."
Hibari extended his hand to the bird and Hibird promptly hobbled over to stand in Hibari's palm. When Hibari brought the little bird up to eye level, Hibird eagerly flapped its wings before proudly calling out.
"Miki!"
Namimori High was three months familiar to Miki now, but today, she made the mistake of arriving at school late, although she could care less. As she entered the school gates, she was greeted by none other than Hibari Kyouya himself.
"Oh good morning!" Miki chirped, waving enthusiastically.
Hibari quirked an eyebrow. Was she not familiar with the Discipline Committee?
"You're late."
"Oh yes I know, I woke up late this morning. Are you late too?"
Miki received no reply.
"Well I'm off to class then! Good bye!"
"Being late is unacceptable, you have broken the rules."
"Ahh... I'm just a little late, and who are you to talk, you're not in class either," Miki huffed. Boy was this guy stuck up.
"Oi! Isn't that Miki? And... and Hibari Kyouya?"
"What? Let me see!"
"Miki? Oh god no! Not Miki! She'll die out there!"
"Let her, it's not our fault she doesn't know who he is."
"Hibari Kyouya?"
"Miki! No!"
"Serves her right!"
Miki looked up to find her classroom window full of the faces of her fellow students, and some idiots. She waved to them.
"What is she doing?"
"Is she stupid?"
"Hibari! Hibari!"
"Oh hello!" Miki greeted.
Hibird observed the girl from Hibari's shoulder. She certainly looked familiar. Hibird twittered. It all made sense.
"Miki! Miki!"
Miki laughed, "You remember!"
Hibari stood there, forgotten as Miki conversed with the bird. Hibari was pretty sure Hibird had no idea what this girl was talking about, but she wouldn't stop babbling.
"Oh," Miki mumbled, as if just remembering Hibari's presence, "Well I have to go to class. See?" Miki pointed at a classroom window, "All my classmates are waiting for me. Bye bye now!" She gave Hibari's arm a few pats before skipping off, with Hibird flying after her.
The two glanced at each other before breaking into song.
"Midori tanabiku, namimori no...."
Author's Note:I cannot get the Namimori High anthem out of my head. T.T Review please?
