June 2007
Sawada Tsunayoshi
6 years old
Kuro Ayame
6 years old
Tsuna stood at the school gates, he ignored the crowd of curious students, as his best friend was taken to the hospital. She was pale, her hair sticky. She coughed, and coughed, and coughed, red splotches of blood hit the ground as she did. The nurse who was escorting Ayame to the hospital was obviously worried, and as Ayame swayed, a second nurse jumped out of the ambulance with a wheelchair. Tsuna hoped she would be okay, he didn't know what was wrong, but knew it had to do with her unstable magic. He hoped Ayame's Magic Sensei would find a way to make Ayame better.
Tsuna went to visit Ayame at the hospital every day after school. On Friday her Sensei was there. The young man with brown hair, and brown eyes, sat on the chair by Ayame's bedside. Tsuna sat next to him when he was waved in.
"Ayame, I'm cutting back your martial arts training," He held up a hand to stall her interruption,
"You need to focus on your meditation and music. If you can channel your magic through your voice as Yuki-Sensei has been teaching you then it should give your magic another outlet. I've got you a new Staff as well, the crystal on your other one burned the wood to ash. Your magic core is growing faster than we thought. You'll take more dance classes and join the gymnastics club after school. Do you know why I'm changing your schedule?"
Ayame sighed as she dropped back to her pillows. The green eyed girl nodded and Tsuna was glad, because she was awake. She had been sleeping all week.
"Meditation to build my connection to my magic. So I can control which of my four types I use when casting. So I keep my magic calm, and steady." Ayame's voice was soft, and tired as she spoke.
"Music because of the different branches of magic, I need to learn Sorceress Magic, and of that power class I chose intent based mental, and spiritual type magic. I chose to channel my magic through my music. Dance and gymnastics is to keep me active and work on my control while multitasking. Dance and gymnastics also help with my speed, flexibility, coordination, concentration, and strength among other things."
Tsuna was surprised that dance could do so much for someone's personal fitness.
"-... if Tsuna-kun here joins you."
Tsuna blinked at the sound of his name having gotten lost in thought, to see bright, hopeful, emerald green eyes gazing at him.
"Um, Sure!" Tsuna agreed, judging by Ayame's squeal of thanks, he made a good choice, but judging by Xander-sensei's sympathetic look Tsuna had made a very unlucky choice.
"So I'll stop by your house at 5:30 in the morning, first breakfast is really light, then we'll run around town for an hour, after that is second breakfast which is also light, then we go to school or we'll go to Jenny-sensei's gym. Lunch, then after a visit to the gym we'll Meditate, after an hour of meditation I'll go to Music lessons, and you will go to Martial Arts lessons, then we both have Dance, then.."
Tsuna was wide eyed and worried. When will I sleep?
Monday
5:30 am
Nana smiled as she let Ayame-chan inside. The ebony haired girl smiled and requested two bowls of oatmeal.
"One for me and the other for Tsuna-kun please. Tsuna-kun has promised to spend everyday he can as my training partner. I'm on the dance team you know, and it's a lot of fun!" Ayame laughed.
Nana was so happy, her little Tus-kun was learning how to dance and had such a sweet friend.
Ayame grabbed a few ice cubes from the icebox and dropped them into a glass of water. With a cheerful, "I'm going to wake Tsuna-kun! I'll be right back.", she was skipping up the stairs.
When Nana heard her son scream, "Cold! Hiee! Ice! Ice!" she smiled. Ayame-chan was such a sweet little girl.
5:50 am
"Sawada-san, here's my phone number and my Sensei's number. We'll be back in time to change and get ready for school, if not you need to call me or my Sensei. It is possible for us to have gotten lost." Ayame instructed.
Nana's eyes brightened as she nodded her understanding.
"I promise Ayame-chan."
5:55 am
Tsuna wore a blue and white track suit, while Ayame wore a white and blue track suit. She had given him a watch that would record his lap times, could have alarms, and told the time. She had also given him an ipod and headset. She had similar set except hers were made with magic instead of science. Tsuna left his house tired but with a smile.
6:00 am
They left Tsuna's house, their timers ticking away the seconds. It was nice and easy, a steady jog out of his subdivision. Ayame was bright eyed and cheerful as she ran next to him. She couldn't help but smile back as they passed the other houses and the gently falling leaves. This was nice, Tsuna decided. He didn't know why Xander-sensei was so worried.
6:05 am
"Pick up the pace!" Ayame called. Tsuna easily rose his pace to match Ayame's as they left his thought he could handle an hour of this, it was nice, with Ayame's laughter, and the open air, it was nice.
6:10
"Pick up the pace!" Ayame called again. Tsuna increased his pace to match Ayame's as they passed another block. Tsuna was starting to see why xander-sensei was so worried. Maybe this wasn't as nice as he had first thought.
6:15
Tsuna sped up again as Ayame called out. They were a quarter of the way through the residential district now, and Tsuna was finding it difficult to keep the faster paces. How Ayame did it was a mystery. Magic. Tsuna decided. It was her magic.
6:20
Tsuna pushed himself just a bit faster as Ayame cheerfully asked him to. They had been running for what felt like hours, but Tsuna would keep at it. For Ayame, he'd keep going.
6:30
As they entered the shopping district Tsuna was panting, and exhausted. He knew Ayame was scary but as he watched the cheerful girl as she ran in place next to him, he knew she was probably the scariest person in the world. At least she's my friend. I'd rather have her on my side then not. She grinned, and as she said the dreaded words, Tsuna knew, no matter how glad he was they were friends, Ayame was just too hyper in the morning.
6:55
"Almost done!"
Tsuna had never been happier to hear Ayame-chan's voice in his life. His street was in sight, and he pushed himself faster. The sooner he got home the better. Rest, shower, maybe a nap. He could only hope.
7:15 am
After showers, and changing into clean clothes, they got a bowl of fruits, and left for school.
3:30 pm
After school Tsuna was taken to Jenny-sensei's gym. It was a magical gym with every item of exercise equipment imaginable. Ayame ignored the smelly room with weights, and lead Tsuna instead to a clean, open room with wooden floors.
Yoga, Tsuna learned, while really nice, was also difficult. Tsuna's balance was questionable on a good day, and downright nonexistent on a bad day. Yoga made his lack of balance seem fatal.
4:00pm
They stayed in the yoga room after the other's left, for an hour of meditation. It was easier this time, than Tsuna's first attempt at meditation. It was just as peaceful and timeless as he remembered.
5:00pm
He walked Ayame to her music lessons, and went across the street to his martial Arts classes. As he was learning the stances, and safe way of falling and throwing a punch, he reminded himself it was for Ayame. She was happier knowing he could defend himself from her enemies, and honestly, he felt safer too.
5:30 pm
Their dance instructor had them learning the waltz. Tsuna was glad he was partnered with Ayame. It was a fun dance, but besides Tsuna's two left feet stepping on her toes, Ayame said she had fun. Tsuna would admit he had fun too.
6:00pm
They were back at Tsuna's house, eating dinner and finishing their homework. Before Ayame was ready to leave her question had Tsuna wanting to cry,
"Same time Tomorrow?"
Instead he smiled and chirped.
"Sure!"
Ayame left with a smile while Tsuna went to bed, dreading the morning.
Tsuna joined Ayame on her morning runs, and her monster training regimen, all week. Sunday, it appeared, was a peaceful day. Their run was faster paced, but only half an hour. They spent two hours in Yoga and meditation, then she had two hours of Music, which Tsuna got to watch. Her Music-Sensei, Yuki-sensei, was a friendly middle aged woman with dark brown hair and dark blue eyes. She wore earmuffs, and handed Tsuna a pair as well. He wasn't able to listen to Ayame as she sang, but judging by the broken glass, and the sudden changes in temperature, he was sure that was a good thing. After her music class they went to dance then had the rest of the day to relax. It was nice.
Chapters 1 and 2 became a single chapter, I will try to keep my chapters for this story 1,000+ words.
To address a few worries I've been notified of, Yes, I did have a six year old Fem Harry knock out a few older boys because they were seeking to harm her new friend.
I have a strong dislike for bullies, anyone who picks on or harms a younger kid just because they can deserves a harsh beat down. Personally, my brother was almost killed because some high schooler thought it would be funny to push the 8 year old into an old and abandoned school building. If he wasn't found when he was, he would've bled to death. I have no reason to give bullies any respect and figure since I was taught self defense at six, and this is FICTION and more than that, a FANFICTION of an ANIME, it will be possible. If you want me to put on kid gloves when dealing with fictional bullies then your are out of luck.
I haven't written many fanfictions so I don't know much about writing an Idealistic character. I don't think I have ran into that problem before and will continue to try and avoid it for the future.
I'd like to thank you for reading, following, and reviewing. Your support is much appreciated.
Dominique Icefall.