A/N: Hello…. *Dodges pineapples* Ra-Rin is so sorry my readers! It's been like what? 2 weeks? Haha…6 months you say? Ra-Rin knows, but a lot has been going on, but no worries! She's back with the 4th chapter of Crescendo of the Sky. And she will be updating weekly or even more since summers around… and almost ending… TT^TT
I want to thank all the readers and reviewers!( i would answer all of them personally, but i lost the list of reviewers and questions...so feel free to ask again? heheheh)
PLEASE READ! : Please let me clear up a misunderstanding!
1. Giotto is NOT Tsunako's older brother. He's a Childhood nii-chan; therefore, they are NOT related.
2. The song used in the previous chapter was called I'M ALIVE by: BECCA from Kuroshitsuji.
Story: Crescendo of the Sky
Pairings: ALLxfem27, readers pick
Warnings: OOC-ness! and a OC (well…kinda), and a new character!
DISCLAIMER: I disclaim KHR and nor do i own Kuroshitsuji.
~. ~ Chapter 4: Okay, What the heck is going on? ~.~
'Ouch…What happened? Why is everything dark?...Ara? I think I hear something…?'
"Kufufu, look at the poor bunny."
"Haha, bunny? That's funny Mukuro…but, I hope she wakes up soon!"
"Why the hell did she faint?"
"…."
'Ara…..Are they talking to me? Gosh… don't tell me I did something embarrassing again…"
Tsunako awoke as Ms. Luce tapped her right shoulder.
"Tsunako-Chan, you should wake up dear, it is almost time for the school to close up."
Tsuna groggily sat up as she blinked a couple of times to adjust her eyes to the brightness.
"Nnn… Ms. Luce? Wha…who...What am I doing here?" Tsunako asked as she looked around for a clock.
Ms. Luce smiled at Tsuna and handed her two pills and a glass of tap water. "Well, Tsunako-Chan, aren't you the lucky one! Four lovely boys brought you up to the infirmary because they were worried that you had fainted."
Tsunako now was really worried. Four boys? Did she even know one that would care enough to bring her to the infirmary? She really couldn't remember anything that happened before she had fainted…Heck, she didn't even remember why she had fainted as well.
Mrs. Luce, completely unaware of Tsunako's dismay, just happily smiled and started to pack her purse as well. Then she turned to Tsuna and happily said, "Tsunako-Chan, you should get going soon too! Aren't your parents going to worry if you don't get home soon?"
She strained a smile while she grabbed her backpack, "Hai Ms. Luce, thank you so much and see you tomorrow!" Then she headed home.
Tsunako stepped into her apartment and went straight into the kitchen, not even bothering to take off her shoes. She took out a banana, the last one, from the cupboard before sitting down on a small mushroom stool. She then proceeded to look at her mail.
'Bills…bills…bills…' This distressed her greatly because she had recently been fired from her trustworthy job as a waitress at a small diner. She had been secretly working after school, trying her best not to be caught by the school teachers, but all plans were dismissed when Mariko found out and told her dad. The principal immediately made Tsunako quit her job and told her to, 'focus more on school,' not knowingly about her situation at home. She had saved up quite a lot, not spending it on anything but food and bills but over the course of a few months, she was behind on her rent and even went to bed hungry at times.
'Ah! Oh…ugh…report cards already?'
She clumsily opened the yellow envelope and carefully opened the piece of paper revealing a pathetic row of C's and a few big fat F's in some categories.
"Hehe…. Ah…I can always try again!" Tsuna yelled up, pumping up her fist into the air, only to trip ungainly onto the floor, face down.
"Who am I kidding; I can't even afford to pay the rent, let alone food." Tsuna said as she started to nibble on the mushy, yellow banana, savoring what was her last meal for who knows how long. When she finished the fruit, she organized the letters, forged a signature on the report card, and threw the peel away.
Tsuna then attempted to do her homework, which she bombed completely and then organized her bag for the next day. She got ready for the night, cleaning up and changing into a pair of old, pink that she was outgrowing, fast.
It was about 8 when Tsunako decided to turn in. She walked to the living room, said goodnight to her precious parents photos, and headed to her room. She flipped onto the bed, not bothering to get underneath the blankets, and almost immediately fell into her dreamland.
And it was about 10 o' clock when Tsuna was awoken by the loud banging at her door. She ran to the door and looked through the peephole, and saw the landlady with an angry expression carved onto her face. She rushed to open the door.
The landlady glared at Tsuna as she demanded, "My rent! When are you going to pay my rent! Ms. Tsunako, I have a family to feed as well."
Tsuna bowed down repeatedly as she begged for more time, "P-please Mrs. Moriyama, g-give me more time! Just o-one more m-month, no, by the end of this month, and I'll be sure to pay you your m-money!"
The landlady rolled her eyes and grumbled before finally agreeing, "You pay by this month or you'll have to leave the apartment. Your two months overdue on your rent already and since this month is also coming to an end soon, you will have to owe me $600 dollars. And do something with your hair!"
"Yes, I-I am so sorry Ma'am. I'll be sure to pay the rent by the e-end of the week!" Tsunako happily replied, temporarily relieved that she had a little more time to pay the rent.
The lady then walked down the halls, murmuring something about 'teenagers these days and their weird sense of hairstyles.'
Thanks to the commotion, Tsuna couldn't go back to sleep for she was now fully awake. She sat on the kitchen stool when she saw a stack of manga books she had borrowed from another tenant downstairs and forgot to return. She was pretty sure he wasn't sleeping right now, because it was still pretty early, and since she didn't have anything better to do, she decided to go return the books.
She put on a light orange sweater, picked up the stack of books, and headed downstairs.
She knocked on the mahogany door, number plate '17', and waited. A young man of his early 20's opened the door. He had blonde hair that seemed to curl at the bangs and a skin complexion that was very light. He was quite tall and was wearing a plain, green jumpsuit that he had unzipped halfway, showing his chiseled, lean, upper body.
"Ah…Tsuna. Good Evening." The young man stated, as he helped Tsuna inside his apartment. "What brings you today?"
"H-hello Spanner-san, sorry to bother, but I just wanted to return the manga you let me borrow weeks before." Tsuna replied as she awkwardly stood in the middle of his living room. There were robots everywhere, of every size and shape. There were screwdriver, wrenches, and other tools randomly placed here and there. The room smelled of gasoline and pinewood, a smell she had gotten used to since she visited now and then.
Spanner put the books down onto a table before leading Tsuna to the couch. When she sat down, a robot rolled next to her, ejecting a hot cup of green tea onto the table that was in front of her. "Thank you very much." She said, as she took a sip of the tea.
"So, Tsuna…do you mind telling me what happened to your hair?" Spanner asked quite randomly, as he stared at Tsuna intensely.
"Haha…ah, f-funny story actually… I kind of got into…an accident…" Tsuna carefully replied, as she twirled her thumbs in a circular motion.
Spanner stayed quiet. He knew Tsuna was lying. She always seemed to twirl her thumbs when in a pressured situation, or when she was lying. He then asked, "Do you want me to fix it for you?"
That caught Tsuna off guard as she almost dropped her cup of hot tea. "Uh…no, no, no, I wouldn't w-want to bother Spanner-san anymore!"
Spanner laughed a whole hearted laugh as he stood up. He left to go into the kitchen and came back with a pair of sharp, long scissors.
Tsuna asked meekly, "Is it a-alright for you to be wasting time c-cutting my hair for me?"
Spanner just smiled and led her into the bathroom. He set newspapers underneath them, turned Tsuna around, and started to cut off the long side of her hair. Then he started to chip off pieces here and there. Spanner spoke suddenly, "If you're scared of the results, don't worry; I know what I'm doing. Being a mechanic strangely helps with your sense of style you know."
Tsuna had no idea of what spanner had just said and just giggled along.
When He had finished, Tsuna looked in the bathroom mirror. She was surprised that the short haircut actually matched her. Her light brown locks were tousled here and there, giving her the messy bedhead look that many people envied for. She frowned at her bangs that seemed to be sticking up, evening after the haircut, but other than that, she was content.
"T-thank you so much Spanner-san!" Tsuna thanked while bowing quickly down in front of him, causing her to bang her head on the bathroom counter. Tsuna tried to hold in her yelp as she covered her head while crouching down on the floor.
Spanner winced at the brunette. He even felt that one himself. He helped Tsuna get back on her feet before telling her to be careful and that she was very welcome.
Before leaving Tsuna asked, "Do you think…I can take a few of my long locks with me?"
Spanner commanded a robot with a whistle and a blue and purple robot rolled into the bathroom. It then rolled over some locked that Spanner had placed neatly on the gray tile floor. It beeps and clanked a few times before its chest opened up, revealing Tsuna's locks neatly combed and tied into a knot. It was inside a clear plastic bag that was tied at the top.
Tsuna widened her eyes at this and giggled, amazed at Spanner's invention once again.
"I call this the 'Tsunako lock tier…fier that helps tie Tsunako's locks.'" Spanner joked as he grabbed the bag and handed it to Tsuna. Tsunako thanked him once again before leaving, said her goodbyes, and went back to her apartment. She placed the little bag with her precious hair on her bedroom desk. By then, she was a little too tired to do anything else and went straight to bed.
In the morning, Tsuna bounced out of bed, with a muffled, broken sound of the metal alarm clock blaring its' wake up call. She once again tripped over her feet and flipped onto the floor, face first. This resulted in a small cut on her forehead, in which she said, "Nothing a Band-Aid can't fix."
Tsunako got ready with her morning rituals, falling and tripping here and there before standing in front of her bedroom mirror. This time, the mirror reflected a girl with dark bags under her eyes and a skin complexion a bit paler than usual. Nothing was too different from her usual reflection, except her hair. Replacing her two long braided pigtails was a bit messy but well cut short hairstyle. Her bangs were sticking out in random places as usual, but it was nothing that a little water and brushing couldn't fix. "Ah…well its okay Tsunako!" she whispered as she nodded to herself. "You waited a long time for your hair to grow and you can wait a little bit more."
With a 'goodbye' to the empty apartment, she rushed out the door, not wanting to be later than she already was.
The hallway was crowded and it blared with commotion as the Vongola Gang walked down the aisle, as it was now time for lunch. They managed to get through the crowd and sat down at their usual table as a group of girls approached them.
Yamamoto, sighting them first, asked welcoming-ly, "Good afternoon ladies! Can we help you?" as he waved playfully, throwing in a little wink.
All the girls swooned at the refreshing and hot smile of their beloved Yamamoto-sama until one girl spoke up in an attempted sexy voice. Readers, remember, I said attempted.
"Ya-ma-mo-to-kun~, are you guys going to join this year's talent show?~We'd all love to hear you guys play again," the said girl asked with a ATTEMPTED, fake, 'sexy' voice, as she placed her fake nails on his shoulder.
Yamamoto was not affected by any of the attempted seducing and bluntly answered, "Haha, you know, I'm actually not sure. It's up to the gang, but it was fun last year, right Gokudera?" He turned to Gokudera, forgetting all about the slutty girls behind him.
"How the fuck should I know baseball-freak?" Gokudera grunted out, pissed off at the girls that was crowding the table. He then glared at the girls, signaling them to leave the table.
Mukuro smirked and turned to the girls behind him and asked politely, "My lovely ladies, I'd personally love all your presences here, but, our Goku-chan here is getting a little tired from his lack of sleep, so we'd appreciate it if you left the table."
"Of c-course Mukuro-kun!" the girls chorused as they started to walk back to their tables.
"Mukuro, I'm amazed at how fast you can get rid of those girls, when I ask, they seem to stick to me even more," Yamamoto complimented as he raised an eyebrow.
It was the last class of the day when the teacher banged on his desk to get the classes' attention.
"Ahem, class. Tomorrow is the signup for the annual spring Namimori Talent show." This caught the attention of everybody, and with everybody paying attention, the teacher continued. "This is not mandatory and you will not receive extra credit for attending, but the winners of the talent show get money in prize."
This really got the class listening; even Tsunako awoke from her little dreamland. The teacher then said, "Anybody can sign up and the judging will be done by several famous people that the School Chairman has set us up with. This will be a big event, so don't think you can goof off with your act if you decide to enter."
Everybody was excited, especially Mariko and her crew. Everybody knew that the annual talent show of Namimori High School was the biggest event of the year. Although everybody that thought of joining the talent show had their eyes on the prize, they knew that it was also a chance to reach stardom and become a superstar. At the annually talent show, Divistar Nami Productions used this as a way to find and raise potential superstars through this talent show. Everybody knew that, everybody that is, but Tsuna.
But even if Tsuna knew about the whole fling to be famous, she wouldn't have cared. She was set on finding ways to pay her rent and if she won the talent show, she would get what she needed. She wasn't confident on winning and you might think she was over estimating herself, but that, my readers, is what happens when you see an opportunity to get money when you need it the most.
The class was chattering amongst themselves, asking each other if they were going to join the talent show or what they were going to do when the teacher yelled out, "Okay, calm down everyone. I'll pass out the forms to sign up. Just sign it and return it tomorrow after school at latest." He then passed around the stacks of paper, students grabbing frantically, not wanting to be the last one to get the paper. Luckily, there were enough papers to go around the classroom, along with spares. "The requirements and details will be announced in the loud speaker tomorrow at lunch so if you are planning to sign up, make sure to listen."
When each person received a paper, the teacher calmed the students down and continued on his lesson.
By the time school was over, every student was busy talking to each other about the talent show. The hallways were filled with students, everyone of them excited.
Tsunako stared at her signup sheet as she walked down the hallway, not noticing Mariko and her crew blocking her way until she bumped into them. She was about to apologize and go on with her way until an arm blocked her path.
"You didn't like my little haircut for you? I see you decided to ruin my masterpiece" Mariko snorted as eyes Tsunako's new hairstyle. Mariko scoffed at herself when she started to think it actually made the small rat a bit cuter, but she immediately put that thought to sleep.
When she noticed the sign-up sheet in Tsunako's hands, she grabbed it forcefully, and raised her eyebrow at Tsuna. Mariko smirked and started to laugh at the 'pitiful sight' in front of her, cueing her followers to laugh as well. She then managed to choke out during her little hysteria, "You? Are you like serious? You're actually even thinking of taking part of the talent show? The Dame-Tsuna?"
Tsuna cringed a little at the insult. Mariko didn't fail to notice and tried further to make Tsunako fall into misery by slyly saying, "Even if you did enter the contest, you wouldn't even be able to make it onto the stage. You'd probably fall on the stairs and ruin the whole show! Ha, AND, with me in the show, you have NO chance winning anyway." And with that, Mariko ripped Tsuna's copy of the sign-up sheet in half before strutting away, her so called 'friends' following behind her.
The poor brunette fell to her knees as a dark shadow cast over her eyes. If it were just a day before, Tsunako would've started to cry, but it was a day after the haircut incident and she had unknowingly built a small wall against Mariko's bullying. She simply gave herself a moment to calm down, picked herself up from the ground, collected the ripped pieces of paper, and continued on her way.
Just a few feet away a certain blue haired teen looked at the group of girls in disapproval but slightly smiled at the way Tsunako had handled the girls.
Hibari stood in front of the large mahogany desk situated in middle of a enormous room. The room was rather empty, filled with only the desk with a chair and two creme colored sofas lined in front of it. A simple lemon tree was placed next to the large desk, giving it a serene feeling. The walls were completely white while the floor was a simple black and white tile pattern. There was no light source in the room, completely void of light bulbs and switches. The only thing that aided anybody to see was the 2 windows on the back wall that were shaded with black curtains.
There were currently two people in the room I just described to you: Hibari himself and a man that sitting on the chair behind the desk.
"I see your doing well in school. I called you here…" The man was cut off by Hibari.
"I know you called me here because of the show." Hibari grunted.
If the man was even a little bit mad for being cut off, he made sure the emotion was not shown. The man simply nodded and said, "Yes. This is for the media and the benefit of the school…and also your benefit. If you want to stay away from the company for another year, I recommend doing what I tell you." The man replied as he rested his head on his interlocked hands.
Hibari saw this action as being dismissed and started to walk away when the man said, "I expect great things this year as well, Kyouya."
Hibari glared hard at the door, trying to hide the fact that he greatly pissed at the man behind the desk. He then parted through the wooden doors with a, "Yes Father."
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Oh! Chapter 4 finished! Ra-Rin had the hardest time ending the chapter!
We can see that Tsunako has becomes a bit stronger, and a good plot is coming on! ~
Spanner was introduced! Heheh. So…Ra-Rin may be adding the Millifiore, Acrobaleno, The 1st generation, and any other group with eye-candy… heheh. Well, review your opinions!
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