Title: Second in Command
Disclaimer: I don't own anything.
Warning: Unbeta and horrible grammar. Maybe OOC.
Chapter 4
Natsume stared at the person who stood at Namimori middle school while her brother insisted her to walk into the school ground.
"Natsume, please stop staring at that person already. He looks like a scary person. Let's go into the building or we will be late for opening ceremony," Tsuna whispered to his sister while eyeing the same person the brunette stared on. He shuddered as his innocent brown orbs met with calm, cold grayish-blue orbs. I think I had seen him before…but where?
"Stop whispering like a sissy!" Natsume hissed, quickly elbowed her brother and passed the gate, ignoring both her groaning brother and the perfect. After a few steps, she tripped over her feet and fell down with face first on the ground. Tsuna winced and ran to his sister.
He crouched beside Natsume. "Natsume! Are you okay?"
"Ow…ow…" Natsume groaned and stood up. She sent a quick glare to her brother, making the brunet stood up and stepped a back. "Do I look fine? Yeah! And stay away from me, Tsunayoshi!" She huffed and walked away. Damn this clumsiness! Tripping over my own feet and in front of our savior too! That's embarrassing! I hope he doesn't remember any of this! My pride…no!
Other students who saw the small commotion from the twin quickly left the area once they caught a cold look from certain person at the main gate. Hibari Kyoya blinked once and looked at the pair of twin with less interest. First year herbivores. Too many crowds here and there.
Tsuna shrugged and slowly walked to the building. It seems Natsu-chan become colder from day to day. What can I do to mend back our…bond?
"You should stop yourself from staring, Tsuna-niichan! You are just worried too much!" Natsume sighed and place down his brother manga on her lap. "I can't concentrate on reading here. Your gaze is just…full of worries!"
Tsuna groaned. "Of course I'm worry! You nearly get a punch from that guy!"
"But, I'm fine now. We're both safe and thanks to your amazingly fast feet on emergency time, we managed to run away from them." Natsume look at the manga again. "Why you didn't run like that during the PE class? You could get top three places with that speed."
"…Top three? Hey! Don't change the topic!" Tsuna quickly focused at the main conversation.
"I'm not, I'm just saying the truth," Natsume smiled and chuckled softly.
"Natsu-chan…" Tsuna huffed and stared at his sister again.
"Okay, fine, fine. I'll be more careful and please don't worry too much, Tsuna-niichan. It's not good for your health. Trust me."
The brunet placed a hand on his head and groaned softly. What his sister said once before really did come true. Once he worried over something too much, his head ached.
I should stop worrying about Natsu-chan…She can take care of herself…No way! As his brother, I should worry about her and protect her but then, how?
An orange lock suddenly caught Tsuna's attention. He looked at the owner of orange hair and noticed that was the girl who helped him once after the eventful day between the twins.
"I don't really get her name before," Tsuna said softly and stumbled forward when someone smacked his back. "H-Hiee!"
"Hey girly shrieking again? Morning Dame-Tsuna!" Daichi greeted and smirked to the brunet. After the event with Natsume and Tanaka, Daichi slowly stayed away from the group. Apparently after Tsuna did help him with something during art class, the boy acted casual around the brunet but sometimes he would tease him and the nick name was still there. Tanaka and other two weren't in Namimori middle as they went to other school.
"M-Morning." Tsuna greeted and nodded slightly. He then looked at the person he focused earlier. Daichi followed.
"Sasagawa Kyoko," Daichi muttered softly and looked at brunet beside him. He smirked. "That's her name if you don't know."
"H-How did you know?"
"She is quite popular in our grade. Just like you and your sister but she is popular in opposite way of course."
Tsuna sweat dropped. "Oh, I see."
"To be same class with her is sure amazing and I hope I will. She is cute isn't she?"
The brunet nodded. Yeah and she is nice too. I won't forget that day…
Daichi wasn't in the same class with Tsuna. The brunet felt a little bit lonely but then the feeling suddenly disappeared as he noticed Sasagawa Kyoko was in the same class with him. The girl was talking with another girl with raven wavy hair.
My, I'm sure lucky to be same class with her… Tsuna smiled to himself and stopped. He quickly scanned the classroom, searching for someone he knew very well but the person wasn't there.
Natsu-chan! Where is she? Is she in different class? Wait, I did remember that we're in the same one but then, where is she?
The teacher stepped into the class and everyone attention focused at middle aged man. Meanwhile Tsuna was still thinking about his sister and barely looked at the man in front of them.
"Good morning everyone, I'm Suzuki sensei and will be your homeroom teacher for this year. Welcome to Namimori middle and I hope you all will enjoy your middle school life to the fullest." The teacher introduced himself and welcomed the students but suddenly the classroom door opened.
A brunette stood at the door, panting. She then looked at Suzuki sensei and bowed. "I'm s-sorry sensei. Something came up earlier and I really sorry for my tardiness."
Tsuna quickly looked at the door and relaxed. It seems Natsu-chan is really in the same class with me.
Suzuki sensei nodded and let Natsume stepped into the classroom. The girl scanned the classroom to find an empty seat but her face suddenly soured as she noticed the orange haired girl was in the same room too. We're in the same class? Wait, I shouldn't care about her much. It's not that I really know her anyway. Her gaze wandering again and noticed the same brown as her. Tsuna-niichan? Now, I really should care…or not.
Natsume finally settled herself at the front desk in front of certain cheerful raven haired boy. She shrugged in her seat. My seat is far away from them two. I could handle this I guess. It's not that I don't like her, but…
Tsuna relieved as his sister managed to settle herself in their classroom. It seems that I can stay calm when Natsu-chan is around. Even she is changed a lot after that event, she is still my sister and I should care about her.
Natsume closed the karate club door and looked at the evening sky. There was orange hue plastered over the blue with floating clouds around made the sky look colourful.
"It's this late already. I hope Tsuna-niichan is not waiting for me and just go home already," Natsume said to herself while checking her wristwatch from her skirt pocket. She rarely wore it as her wrist always had something else on, wristbands. She shrugged and walked to the main building, collecting all her belongings before leaving the school ground.
Surprised was understatement, Natsume blinked and blinked again. She fastened her steps to the main gate and stopped beside her brother.
"Tsunayoshi, what are you doing here?" Natsume emotionlessly asked.
Tsuna startled, quickly turning around so he could face his sister properly. "Natsume…I'm waiting for you."
"…Why?" Natsume stared at her brother with indifferent gaze.
Tsuna debated and shrugged. "So we go back home together like usual?"
"I'll tell mom that we no need to go back together like before." The brunette crossed her arms.
"No!" Tsuna immediately shouted. No way I'll let that! We're just far enough after that stupid event and I don't want to broaden our gap.
"Why not? I'll be busy with club activity after school and you will just wasting your time here."
"N-No! I mean, I'll do something…or join anything…"
"…"
"You two, what are you doing here crowding after school hour?"
"H-Hiee!" Tsuna shrieked at the sudden cold calm voice.
"W-Who?" Natsume quickly turned around.
Hibari stared down at the soft brown haired twin. "Go back now or I'll bite both of you to death."
"N-Na-Natsume, let's go!" Tsuna quickly pulled his sister's hand and ran away from the Namimori middle main gate.
Natsume pulled her hand back and groaned, stopping both her and her brother. "S-Stop pulling me, Tsunayoshi! I can walk by my own self."
Tsuna shrugged and followed the younger twin who already walked ahead.
Hibari stared at the twin. Now I remember. Those two herbivores are different from the last time I met them.
The raven perfect shrugged off the changes of the twin and walked back into the school building.
"Mm…I don't really approve your request, Na-chan," Nana said with a smile.
"But mom, why?" Natsume softly pouted.
"I don't know, maybe it's just my instinct that the world out there is so dangerous and both of you need to stay together. Two is better than one, right?"
"…Y-Yeah." Tsuna nodded and stiffened as he felt a sharp gaze came from the brunette to him.
Nana shook her head and sighed. "Na-chan, remember your detention time?"
Natsume quickly looked at their mother and nodded. "Um, yeah…what about it?"
"Tsu-kun can do that, right?" Nana smiled.
"Huh?" Tsuna placed down his chopstick and looked at their mother with confuse gaze. Natsu-chan's detention time? Oh, I remember that she was always at the gate when the school was over. She was never late for once and we went back home together. Without talking by the way…
"Oh, I see…" Natsume stared down at her plate. That way, Tsuna-niichan won't waste his time at school doing nothing. At least he could stay at home during my time at school but then, it will be tiring to him. Our school is quite far from our home and who knows who he will meet around.
Nana placed a hand on her cheek. "Beside, I feel much secure when both of you are together. I won't ask much but please protect each other will you?"
"Um, okay, mom." Natsume slowly nodded.
If this mom's request…I don't want to disappoint her.
Tsuna followed his sister and looked at their mother. "I can manage it."
"Good! But if you both really can't do it, it's okay but reminds each other and me too." Nana clasped her hands and resumed the dinner.
Deep in her heart, she knew that one day both of her children will went to different path from each other but, unknown to her, her children was tied with something that never lead them away from each other.
Natsume sighed for nth time in front of their television. Tsuna's gaze followed to his sister as he heard the sigh and he simply shrugged. That morning, both of them received their math test paper back and the result was not that good. They also decided to keep the result away from their mother to avoid the dark brown haired woman worried about them.
"Natsume, what will you do about the test paper?"Tsuna asked his twin during their walk back home. That day, Natsume didn't have any club activity and they managed to go home earlier.
Natsume groaned. "Isn't it obvious? I'll keep it away! Stop bothering me with any question, Tsunayoshi!"
"Uh…okay."Tsuna nodded and sighed.
"And you will do the same, right?"The brunette softly added and walked ahead.
"Yeah." Tsuna nodded. "I don't even feel proud with it at all and everyone call me dame again."
Natsume shrugged and gripped her bag. You're not alone Niichan…
Natsume sighed once again before stood up and left the living room.
Nana was debating with herself when his son showed at the kitchen entrance. She looked at her son with her warm smile while closing the book in front of her.
"Tsu-kun, what are you doing here? Where is Na-chan?"
"I want to have some juice. Natsume is in her room." Tsuna picked up a glass and opened the refrigerator, taking out a bottle of orange juice.
Nana looked at her son. "Tsu-kun…"
"Mm?" Tsuna blinked.
"Never mind, I think my favorite program is starting by now." Nana happily stood up and left the kitchen with a hum, leaving Tsuna alone. He ignored the disturbing feeling and went to his room after he washed the glass and let it dry on drying rack.
"I knew it and I'm glad to call that advertisement." Nana stared at the paper in her hand. Her gaze slowly drifted to the empty bed and sighed. Natsume was already woke up and went for a lap around Namimori. That was the brunette routine which started around two years ago.
Nana stepped out from her daughter room and walked to the next door. "Now, Tsu-kun…it's getting late already and I hope Na-chan will come home soon."
Natsume walked slowly as she could see their home roof. "Ah, I feel better after running around this morning and I don't even want to remember about that evil math test!"
The brunette hummed and slowly opened the door. She stiffened at the sight of her brother with his face on the floor, her mother who silently stood at the stairs and a baby wearing a suit.
"W-What had just happened?" Natsume asked softly. "Why Tsunayoshi is on the floor? And whose baby is here?"
The baby noticed another person around his perimeter, slowly looked at the girl.
"Ciaossu…Sawada Natsume I assumed. I'm Reborn, your home tutor."
"H-He can talk! And what? Home tutor?" Natsume looked at her mom who waved her math test paper with fifteen marks on it. "Um…oh…mom…um…"
"You two will be late," Nana said with a smile as she kept the paper away.
"H-Hiee!" Tsuna immediately stood up.
Natsume was already in her room, preparing herself for school. Unknown to her, there was someone else inside.
"Evil math test! And that baby…whatever, someone must leave their baby around and mom takes him in until his parents come." Natsume mumbled to herself and went out from her room once she done with everything.
The door slowly closed with a click and a hooded figure stepped out from hiding.
"Sawada Natsume; Sawada Iemitsu and Sawada Nana only daughter and the twin of Sawada Tsunayoshi. Both twins are candidates for Vongola tenth but they don't know about it so far." A firm female young voice read the paper in her hand.
The figure stepped out to the veranda from sliding door in the room and observed the pair of twin ran out from the door. A small wearing fedora figure hopped on to the gate and followed the twin after glanced at the veranda.
"Reborn is here too and this isn't just a mere coincidence."
Nana closed the door and pulled out something from her apron pocket and stared at the postcard in her hand. "Iemitsu dear…I make a right decision, right?"
A/N: Math are evil! (sweat drop). I add some OOC in warning this time in case I strayed away from the real character characteristics. It was disturbing me and I hope I don't stray far than it's supposed to be. Yeah, Reborn is here and the happening days will start next! Any suggestions and comments are welcomed!
