Joker's Destiny
By imaginarysong
Chapter 4- Chance
The next morning, Kojima Ran was staring out the classroom window from his desk with boredom. Since he was late on his first day, he decided to go to school earlier than nesscesscary. He regretted his decision. Now he had nothing to do for the next thirty minutes.
He placed his hand under his chin, yawned, and drowsily blinked. Would walking around the school be a good idea?
Ran shook his head at himself and abandoned the idea immediately; he didn't want to repeat yesterday's events.
Ten minutes later, several boys entered the classroom, talking. They spotted Ran by himself in the room and waved. Kojima shyly waved back.
They sat in their assigned seats which happened to be close to his and continued their conversation. Nakano, the boy that Kojima sat next to happened to be one of the boys.
Ran decided to take a nap to pass the time. However, he could not help but listen to them as he attempted to fall asleep.
"Where's Hiroshi? Doesn't he have a volley ball match today?" he heard Nakano ask his friends.
"He told me that he got food poisoning yesterday night. He's not coming to school today," one of the guys told him.
"Well then. Takeru will certainly be happy to be able to substitute for him so soon."
"Takeru? I think he ate at Hiroshi's house yesterday…" his classmate trailed off.
"Do they even have a substitute for the substitute?" Nakano questioned with interest.
"I think so. That should be Kazuo if I remember correctly."
Another boy walked into the classroom towards them.
"Minoru," Nakano called out to him, "where's Kazuo? Don't you usually walk together to school with him?"
"Yeah. But his mom told me that he wouldn't be able to walk with me. He's sick with food poisoning," he replied with a troubled face. "Oh yeah, thanks for letting me borrow your pen the other day." Minoru took a pen out of his pocket and handed it to Nakano.
Are you serious? Kojima felt sorry for the people who got food poisoning but could not help but feel amused by the coincidences. He lifted his head up from his napping position.
"So, does your class have a reserve for the reserve for the reserve?" Kojima spoke up out of curiosity.
"Kojima-san's got a point there," Nakano admitted.
"Hey, what about Tsuna?" one of the boys suggested.
Minoru's face lit up. "You know, he might be the best man for the job. He was really cool yesterday. I'll let Yamamoto know. Thanks guys!" he quickly left.
"Today's match is going to be fun to watch then. We've got to check it out."
After everyone came into the classroom, class finally began. In the middle of their algebra lesson, the teacher realized that he forgot to bring their homework worksheets that he copied in the printer room.
"Who wants to help me get them?" he asked the class. Immediately, several hands were up in the air. They wanted to take the opportunity to skip class, even though it would only be for a short period of time. Seeing his classmates' eagerness, Kojima felt compelled to raise his hand too. Before he knew it, he was picked and was on his way out of the classroom.
"It's one of the rooms close to the office. You'll be able to find it easily," the teacher told him. "If you still can't find it, just ask the office."
Ran wasn't too worried about getting lost this time. He found the place and spotted the pile of papers beside one of the printers.
As he turned at a corner after walking up the stairs, someone walked right into him. Both of them found themselves on the floor. Thankfully, the papers that Kojima were carrying didn't scatter all over the place. Several escaped from his hands but he managed to hold onto most of the pile.
"Watch where you're going," a silver-haired boy said in a menacing voice as he picked himself up. He dusted himself off while Kojima was busying himself with gathering the papers on the floor. There was a silence between the two. "Where's my apology?" he asked.
"Not giving you one," Kojima said automatically as he continued to pick up the papers, "I would have but you're arrogant and rude enough not to help me."
The boy clenched his fist. With the other hand, he swiftly gripped Kojima's collar. "Why you-"
"What are you guys doing?" a voice interrupted the silver-haired boy. A tall black-haired boy with sharp eyes approached them. Kojima finished up and stood before the two boys. Ran spotted the red band on the dark-haired boy's jacket sleeve.
It said Disciplinary Committee in golden words.
"Just an accident," Kojima informed him. "Don't worry, I'll be on my way back to class Mr. Disciplinary Committee guy."
"Hibari Kyoya." he told Kojima, sounding slightly amused.
"Hibari-san," Kojima repeated. He then bowed and walked away, leaving Hibari to deal with the rude person.