Hiya! As you can see, this is the new rewrite to Make Love, Not War.
Well, everything from then will be totally different here (Names, intro, ect.). I'll be going really slow, will be kinda irritating, but KHR's like that too right? The plot is always later (like 20-30 episodes later). Like I said, the names will be different, so the OC will have a different name-But that's not all that's different! I will be focusing this story more on the more crazy KHR life (school, friends, mafia, humor, ect.)-but hold your horses! I'm not done yet :) There will be action! Lots of them too! There will be tragedy, death, angst, all that stuff that make you squirm at the corner of your chair! But that's later :)
Pairings! Just what you've all been waiting for! Like last time, this will be a HibariXOC. But there's more! There will be triangles! You heard me! TRI-ANGLES! Ones that will bring great conflict! XD
Well, let's get on with the story I can't hold my excitement any longer! X3
Disclaimer: I don't own KHR, but I own this story plot. So don't come any close, I don't wanna get my hands dirty.
Make Love, Not War
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*CHAPTER 1*
The Sawada Family
Ever since I stepped into the airplane, I knew I would regret it. It was almost a normal routine for me to move to different places every year. France, Germany, Africa, Italy...I've been to almost every where. Why did I always move? How am I suppose to know! Ever since I was born, my dad started moving around the world with the whole family. But this year, it was different. I was told to move on my own to Japan, where a special friend lived.
Why did I have to move on my own? Why was I the only one to suffer loosing my friends? I had asked this to my dad, only to receive a bag of supplies, a phone, a ticket to Japan, and a big pat on the back. Now I was on the plane, gripping tightly onto the present Hannah gave me, back in America.
"We will arrive shortly. Please fasten your seat belts."
It's already time!? With a small groan, I stared out the lightly frosted window. It was still dark, only a bit of light behind the horizon. I sighed, slowly getting up from my seat. I should at least go to the bathroom before the plane lands.
That is...If I can.
Unfortunately, my seat was in the very corner of the airplane, next to a couple of scary (very scary) looking people. Nearly all of them had on an angry looking expression. But most of all, all of them had guns. Why!? Isn't it illegal for people to carry guns in an airplane? I gulped and fell back down to my seat, clumsily putting my seat belt back on.
"We have arrived to our destination. We hope you enjoyed your flight."
We're already here!? I simply sighed, taking off the belt that was just put on a second ago. I turned back to the window, waiting for the people next to me to leave. Don't make eye contact with strangers-that's what dad said before I left for the plane.
"I'm not a baby anymore..." I mumbled, still staring angrily out the window.
"Excuse me, ma'am?"
"Yes?"
"I'm sorry for being rude, but I believe you are the only passenger left on the plane."
True enough, I was the only passenger on the plane. I got up and ran down the aisle, feeling the heat rush to my face. I'm so stupid! How did I not notice the people leaving!? I finally stopped, slowly calming myself from the embarrassment. Dad said that his friend would come pick me up from the airport. He said this man was really special so I was to stay on my best behavior. His name was Reborn, or something like that...
With a small sigh, I continued down the crowded hallway, my heavy bag rolling behind me. There were a lot of people out in the waiting area, none of them looked like the description dad had given me. The man was suppose to be short, and was suppose to be wearing a black suit and a black hat with a chameleon on it. I continued to search, unable to see through the crowd of people. Was he late? Did he not remember? I narrowed my eyes and continued searching, only to pause at a light tap on my shoulder.
"Are you by any chance, Micheal's daughter, Natalie Ibuki?"
"Yes I am-"
I paused and looked around. Wasn't there someone just talking to me right now?
"Down here."
I looked down at the floor below me. Next to me was a small, dwarf like child with the same descriptions dad had told me.
"Ciaossu! It's nice to meet you. My name is Reborn!" The baby exclaimed, a smirk plastered on his face.
My eyes were fooling me. Surely there was no way that the special friend my dad was talking about was this baby. But I guess it wouldn't hurt to play a long with the guy until the real Reborn-san came. I smiled, "So your the Reborn-san my dad was talking about, it's nice to meet you too."
"Don't underestimate me."
"Eh?"
Before I could react, the child swiftly pulled the chameleon off his hat and pointed it at my head. I lightly backed away and frowned. What was a harmless chameleon going to do anyway? I paused as I heard a sudden click sound above where my head was. What was that? Huh? Why is the chameleon replaced by a pistol? Pistol...?
I stared-petrified at the shining metallic weapon, which was once a harmless little chameleon. I turned back to the baby, smirking evilly at me.
"Like I said, don't underestimate me." He chuckled menacingly, slowly pulling away the small weapon.
I gulped and watched as it transformed back to it's original self (the chameleon). The baby smiled at my shocked expression, "Let's me reintroduce myself. I'm Reborn, your new and permanent guardian."
"Permanent guardian...wasn't I suppose to be with you for a month?" I inquired, being careful not to get in Reborn's bad side.
"About that, Micheal lied to you about that so you could come here without any worries." Reborn responded, frowning lightly.
Dad? Lie? That's too much...I coughed nervously, "Why...did he lie to me?"
"Like I said, so you could come her without any worries-"
"That's not what I mean. I mean, why did he send me here alone in the first place?" I inquired, frowning deeply.
"That much, I don't know myself." Reborn responded, staring at his watch.
"We should get going. The car's waiting." Reborn said, walking towards the exit.
I bit my bottom lip and slowly followed Reborn to the exit. I still had so many question in mind, but I could feel the aching pain my stomach telling me "Now's not the time."
As soon as we made it to the exit, five to ten people in black came running to us. I yelped and backed away, turning to Reborn, "Re-Reborn-san!"
"There's no need to panic." Reborn replied, smiling.
"But-"
Too late.
I watched as each man surrounded us, looming over us. I remember! These guys were sitting next to me in the plane! I gulped, catching the gun belted onto them-yup, it was definitely them. Calm down, Natalie. Remember the outrageous (stupid) training with Dad. I slowly sighed and raised my fists, making the stupid karate sounds Dad told me to use in a fight.
"There's no need to fight Natalie." Reborn said, turning to me and smiled.
"Eh?" I cocked an eyebrow, lowering my guard.
"Reborn-san!"
What?
I turned back to the men in black and nearly fell in shock. Each and everyone of them were kneeling down next to Reborn trying to shake hands with him. I twitched, "Reborn-san..."
"Like I said. There was no need to fight." Reborn smiled brightly.
I watched-dazed at the sight before me.
"Who exactly is Reborn..." I mumbled in confusion.
"One of the greatest men to stand on earth." I quickly turned as a hand patted my shoulder.
"Yo! You must Natalie-chan, am I right?" The tall man with dirty blond hair inquired, giving a big smile.
"H-Hai..." I responded nervously.
"I'm Sawada Iemitsu. It's nice to meet you!" Iemitsu gave a hearty laugh.
"It's nice to meet you too sir." I bowed, remembering what dad said about meeting people older than me in Japan.
"Hyaa! You so much cuter than what Micheal described! Much cuter!" Iemitsu replied, giving a flirty look at me.
I gulped, backing away slowly. What did my stupid dad say to this man!? I turned back to Reborn and cleared my throat nervously, "R-Reborn-san..."
He turned to me and sighed, "Iemitsu, stop creeping the girl and let's get home."
"I wasn't scaring her, right?" Iemitsu inquired, patting my head roughly.
Apparently, this man was (unfortunately) very similar to Dad. The goofy expression, the loud laugh, the creepy personality...I just hope his other family members were sane. I bit back a sigh and followed the men to the parking lot where several sets of expensive cars were parked. I got in the car where Reborn and Iemitsu rode on, feeling the annoying pain in my stomach once more.
The ride to the house felt awfully short. Actually, the ride from the airport to the house was only about 15 minutes. I got off as the other cars rode off to another direction. I slowly followed after as the two other men (or rather, man and baby) walked towards the front door to the house.
"We're home!" Iemitsu shouted as he slammed the door open, his booming voice echoing throughout the house.
"Welcome home Papan!" A small boy came rushing towards us, jumping into Iemitsu's arms. The boy looked to be about 8 or 10 with sandy brown hair, light caramel eyes, and porcelain skin. He looked nothing like a Japanese person so...a foreigner?
The boy fell back and turned to me, "Who are you?"
"Sorry for the late introduction. My name is Ibuki Natalie. I'll be staying here from now on so I hope we get a long." I replied, remembering what dad said about putting the last name in front and the first name in last.
"My name is Fuuta de la stella. Fuuta's just fine. Eh, so your staying with us then. I hope we get a long too, Natalie-nee!" Fuuta responded cheerily, smiling sweetly up at me.
Nee? Does he mean by onee-san in short? You see, I'm still unfamiliar with Japanese, which I only learned in the short 3 month period, so I don't know a lot of stuff. Sorry.
"Fuuta, where's Nana?" Iemitsu inquired.
"Maman? She just went shopping for dinner. She'll be back soon probably." Fuuta responded, thinking for awhile.
"Ehh...Just when I was hoping for Nana's sweet welcome." Iemitsu sighed. "Oh well, Natalie, why not go on and start meeting everyone here. I got to go somewhere so, see you!" He said, slamming the door behind him as he left.
As soon as he left the house, I broke a long sigh, feeling the annoyance level fall back down. This man was beyond what I had expected. Babbling stuff about his personal life while turning on the radio. On top of that, he sang a song with the window open, oblivious of the multiple honking of cars. Just thinking about it gives me a sever headache. I shook the thought away and looked around. Some how, without me noticing, Reborn had left the house with Iemitsu. I sighed and turned back to Fuuta, "Um, can you guide me through the house?" I asked, giggling sheepishly at him
"Sure, while we do that I'll introduce you to everyone." Fuuta replied, a gentle smile on his face.
"Really! That would be really helpful!" I smiled, clasping my hands together in happiness.
Fuuta gave a broad smile and looked around, "Then let's start with the living room." He said, walking towards the door nearest us.
The living room was a large, open room with a large sliding window opposite of the door. A small table sat at the middle of the room while a medium sized TV sat at the left corner of the door. As I looked around the room I paused. Running around in the backyard were two young children who looked to be about 5 or 7. One had puffy, Afro like black hair, green eyes, and cow printed clothes. The other had black pig-tailed hair, squinted shut eyes (probably black), and red colored traditional Chinese clothing. The two children stopped and quickly ran inside, living the window open.
"Fuuta! Where's Papan?" The one with Afro hair shouted, jumping up and about energetically.
"Papan went out somewhere else." Fuuta said, "That aside, Lambo, Ipin, I have someone I want to introduce you to." Fuuta said, turning to me.
The two children turned and stared at me curiously, "Who are you?"
"My name is Ibuki Natalie. I was here by my dad. I'll be staying here from now on, so I hope we get a long!" I replied, smiling cheerily at them.
"My name's Lambo! I'm six. I like grapes and candy!" The boy with the afro said.
"My name is Ipin. I am also six years old. I welcome you to our family." The girl with the pig-tail said, bowing politely.
"Thanks!" I responded, smiling broadly at the small girl.
"Shall we continue, Natalie-nee?" Fuuta inquired, smiling patiently.
I nodded and waved the other children bye. The next door nearest us was the kitchen. The kitchen was a little small than the living room. A long, wooden table stood in the middle as the sink and all the other materials used in a kitchen was at the right of the door. A sidedoor leading outside stood at the right corner next to the sink and counter. Sitting on one of the chairs of the table was a young woman with light purple hair, sea-green eyes, and porcelain skin. Let's just say, she was radiating with beauty. The woman turned to us and got up, "Did Papan just leave?"
"Un, he said he had something to do." Fuuta replied. "Ah, Bianchi-nee I would like you to meet someone." Fuuta said.
"Um, Hello. My name is Ibuki Natalie. I was just sent here by my dad back in America. I am going to be here from now on so please treat me well!" I bowed low, a sheepish expression on my face.
"I'm Bianchi. I see, your staying with us from now on. Maman will be pleased." Bianchi said, flipping her hair behind her shoulder.
Fuuta smiled and stepped back, "Let's go Natalie-nee." Fuuta turned to Bianchi, "I'm guiding her around the house until Maman comes back so we have to hurry."
Bianchi nodded and turned back to me, "It was nice meeting you, Natalie-chan."
"It was nice meeting you too Bianchi-san." I bowed and continued walking down the hallway with Fuuta.
As soon as we got out of the room, I took a quick glance back at Bianchi and turned back to Fuuta. Nope, didn't look anything a like. Now that I think about it, the other two kid's don't look anything like Fuuta, Bianchi, nor Iemitsu. Then why are they here? It couldn't be...adoption?
I cleared my throat and turned to Fuuta.
"This is the toilet. That's the bathing room. And that's the-"
"Um, Fuuta?"
"Hm?"
"I was wondering...are you, Bianchi, Ipin, and Lambo related?"
"No."
"Then...were you guys adopted?"
Awkward silence, "...No."
"Then...why are you here?"
Fuuta stopped in his tracks, making me stop with him, "Well how do I say...we came here because of similar reasons." He said thoughtfully.
"Similar...like what?"
"Like...for example. I wanted to be here because of Tsuna-nii." Fuuta replied, smiling.
Nii? As in onii-san? And who's Tsuna? I held the question for later and continued to walk, "How about...Lambo?"
"Well, he came mostly because of Reborn. But really he came also because of Tsuna-nii." Fuuta said, smiling broadly.
"Ipin too?"
"Yup."
"How about Bianchi?"
"That's hard," Fuutareplied sheepishly, "She says she came because of her love for Reborn, but deep inside, I think she wants to be here because of Tsuna-nii." Fuuta said firmly.
Bianchi loved Reborn!? And who is this Tsuna person? Whoever he is, he must be really special. I just hope he's not like Reborn...I slumped at the memory of the crazy baby pointing the gun at my forehead. Shaking the thought off, I continued to walk listening to Fuuta's guidance.
We finally stopped at a door somewhat down the hallway. Fuuta slowly opened the door open to reveal a small, dirty room with junk all over. There was a small table in the middle, a small medium sized bed stood at the far right corner opposite of the door, and a small window exactly opposite of the door. Sitting at the desk at the far left corner of the room was a short boy about my age. He had messy brown hair, caramel eyes, and an average, handsome looking face (though, he seemed kind of childish looking and clumsy). The boy got up and blushed sheepishly at the junk on the floor and turned to me, quickly turning away to Fuuta, "I-Is Oto-san gone?"
"Un, he just left." Fuuta said.
"I-I see..." The boy gave a quick glance at me "Um...hi?" He squeaked and turned away back to the junk, mumbling something like "This is embarrassing..." or "I didn't know someone was coming over...My room's a mess..."
"Hi, I'm Ibuki Natalie. I was just sent to America by my dad. I'll be staying here from now on so I hope we get a long." I said, smiling brightly.
"Eh-I mean, I'm Sawada Tsunayoshi. Just call me Tsuna. W-Welcome to our family!" The boy said, smiling sheepishly.
I held back a shocked expression. No way was this the Tsuna that Fuuta was talking about so proudly. I thought that Tsuna would be more like...great. Like how should I say...handsome, tall, sharp, serious, adult-like...I didn't even half expect this boy to be just like...my brother. Maybe I was expecting too much.
"Um, well I have to start cleaning my room so-" Tsuna said, cut off by a small object jumping on top of his mop of head.
"Let's do that for later." The object on his head said.
"R-Reborn!" Tsuna said, not even bothering to look up to see who it was.
Apparently, the object that fell on top of the boy's head was Reborn. The baby turned to me and smiled, "Let's go downstairs. Maman's waiting to meet you."
"Ah, um okay." I nodded and quickly walked out of the room the other two following. As soon as we went down the stairs, I paused. Standing near was a young looking woman with short brown hair, carmel eyes, and a pretty, light peach face. One glance and I knew. This was Tsuna's mother. The woman turned to me and smiled, "You must be..."
"My name is Ibuki Natalie. I was sent to Japan by my father. I will be staying here from now on so please take care of me!" I bowed low, smiling sweetly as I got up.
"My name is Sawada Nana. I am please to welcome you to our family!" She responded, giggling happily.
"Thank you! Somehow I feel really welcomed in the family!" I replied, blushing happily.
"We're happy to hear that, but you know, we're really hungry right now so why not hold the chit-chat for later? Ne, Maman?" Reborn asked.
"Ge, just when the atmosphere was getting really nice." I mumbled, glaring down at the smirking child.
Unfortunately, Nana said that dinner would take awhile so we should wait in the living room and watch tv while she cooked. Bianchi insisted on helping, but for some reason, the whole family insisted (begged?) that she should just leave it to Nana. I wonder why? Fuutasaid that I didn't get to see the whole house so he had to guide me around. Unfortunately, his favorite tv show was going on, so apparently, Tsuna insisted on (forced to?) guiding me through the rest of the house.
"Um, so where did you stop at?" Tsuna asked, scratching his cheek sheepishly.
"Um, I think it was your room." I responded following Tsuna up the stairs.
"Then, the room after mine should be..." Tsuna looked around while continuing down the hallway, "Should be the others rooms."
Apparently, Fuuta, Ipin, and Lambo slept in the same room. The room was plain with some toys (more like weapons...) here and there. There were three futons sitting at the far left corner of the room and a little window in the far middle, opposite of the door. The next room was Bianchi's. Actually, nothing really was in here, except for some small jars contains unusally, strange animals (preserved probably...), and a small futon in the middle. The next was Nana's and Iemitsu's room. It was a large, cutsy room with a desk with multiple pictures in the far right corner, a large queen bed in the far left corner and a medium sized window in the middle.
"I think that's it for the other's rooms. Let's see, we haven't found a room for you yet have we?" Tsuna inquired, staring at me questioningly.
"Hm, no. I guess not." I responded, shaking my head.
"I don't know of any other room we have in the house though..." Tsuna mumbled, thinking carefully.
Awkwards silence.
"Um, well. I guess the attic is open so why don't we check it out?" Tsuna asked, scratching the back of his head sheepishly.
"Sure! Attic's fine with me!" I replied, laughing uneasily.
Fortunately, the attic was pretty wide room with a just little dust here and there. A small bed was at the far end of the room next to the long window. I looked around lightly smoothing my fingers against the furniture. Tsuna smiled, "It's a litte dusty in here, so you might have to clean it up a little."
"That's okay. As you can see, I'm a master at cleaning!" I said, giving a thumbs up at Tsuna.
"Ha..." Tsuna nodded awkwardly.
"Tsuna-nii, Natalie-nee, are you up here?" Fuuta's voice called out. I turned to see Fuuta standing at the bottom of the stairs, waving to us. He smiled, "Dinner's ready! Hurry up before Lambo takes everything!" He said, rushing out of sight.
"Ah, okay, just hang on-" I quickly turned, only to trip on air and tumble painfully down the stairs.
"Ah! Natalie! Are you okay-"
All of a sudden, a large, human shaped object came tumbling down the stairs landing hard right on top of me. Apparently, that strange, human shaped object wasnone other that Tsuna. I gasped at the crushing weight and coughed, "Tsu-Tsuna...I-I'm...d-dieing..." I gasped, trying to push away the boy.
"Wah! I'm sorry." He said, quickly getting up from my (brutally abused) body.
I quickly inhaled and exhaled, as I tiredly stared at Tsuna, "How...much do you weigh!?"
"Eh!? I only weigh about 45 kilograms." Tsuna replied, frowning deeply.
"Eh, no way!?" I quickly got up in shock, "You mean, I weigh more than a guy...?" I mumbled, my head hung low.
"Ha...?" Tsuna lightly tilted his head in confusion.
Dinner was rather enjoyable, although the thought of weight was still bothering me. The food was great too. The table was consisted of mostly western foods. I didn't half expect a Japanese person to follow the American way of cooking...But what I really didn't expect was how this family was more "energetic" then our family was at the table. I can't really express in words but let's just say the second you sit down to eat, a "war" is about to take place. After the apparently crazy, but fun dinner everyone ended up to their seperate rooms.
I was about to go up to the attic, which would be from now on my room, I paused. Something felt out of place. Like something was missing...What was it? Now that I think about it, wasn't there something tight in my arms ever since I stepped out the airplane...Oh God.
"Hannah's present!" I whispered in horror, I didn't want to wake up anyone.
"Where did I put it...?"
"If it's about that's heart shaped present, I have it."
"Re-Reborn-san!" I whispered in shock as I turned to see the baby, holding onto the present.
"H-How did you..."
"I saw it in the car when I went out with Iemitsu. Here, catch." Reborn said, throwing the present up to my face.
I clumsily caught it and sighed in relief, "Thank god..." I turned back to Reborn and smiled happily, "Thank you so much, Reborn-san."
"You're welcome, I'm gonna go back now. I feel really sleepy..." Reborn yawned, slowly walking down the hallway.
My annoyance of him quickly disappeared. Even though he was a cocky brat with no respect to his elders and was always beating his family members around, he did have a sweet spot. I smiled lightly and held the little present against my chest, slowly walking up the attic stairs.
As I go to the room, I quickly flopped down onto the lightly dusted bed. I turned to see my lone bag sitting at the left corner of the room. I closed my eyes and decided to just sleep. Houses in Japan are more close together then it is back in America so cleaning up and making a ruckus would only trouble the others. I slowly opened my eyes and stared down at the present wrapped in clean pink wrapping. I carefully pulled the wrapping off, not wanting to rip the delicate paper. I stared at the bare box and quickly got up in a sitting position. I slowly lifted the lid and lightly gasped.
Inside the box was a beautiful ruby pendant which shone brightly before the pale rays of the moon. I lifted it and paused as a small letter slipped out of the box. I quickly caught it and stared at it. The letter was decorated with cute decorations. I smiled and flipped the card back and forth. As expected from Hannah. I opened the small envelope and took out the also decorated card and slowly read it.
Dear Natalie,
How do you like the pendant? It took my whole worth of allowance to buy
that so take care of it! Just kidding! But I really hope you cherish it. I put
all my hope and good luck in it, so it will protect you wherever you go. I'm
gonna miss you girl. School will be so boring without you. Everyone misses
you. Even Allan.I bet your blushing red right now! HAHA! I really wanna see
you right now...I never told anyone this except Allan, but I cried like a baby right
after I heard you would be leaving for Japan. Do you remember that time when
we all went to six flags for vacation and rode on that really scary rollercoaster?
Do youremember the feeling you got in your stomach as you were on it. It felt
just like that. Except it was worse and painful. Sorry, I'm talking a lot right?
hehe...I hope you come and visit. I can never imagine a day without you.
Wear that pendant everywhere you go! That's why I bought it! OKAY?
Love and Cheers,
From Hannah
I stared at the letter and smiled. "Stupid Hannah...I'm not something to cry about" I cleaned the remaining tears on my face and put the shining pendant around my neck. I stared down at the blazing red and fell back down onto the bed. I slowly closed my eyes and fell to sleep, the letter slipping from my hand to the dusty floor.
What do you think? REALLY LONG right? Well, it is 5,229 words. If it sucks then tell me straight away. Well, the next chapter will be about her getting registered into school and meeting the whole Gaurdian family. Yes, that also means Hibari! XD
I don't think I said this yet but I think this will take place after Ring conflict. I would like to have it after the TYL arc but I don't know what happens at the end...^^;;
I have a lot I wanna say but I think I'm gonna take too much time. Well, bye to you all!
-xXTearsOfTheBlueSkyXx salutes farewell to you all