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Sawada Household 0530```
A large booming sound erupted in a certain room in the Sawada residence, not a second later a shriek followed by an all too frequented shout of 'Reborn!'
Tsunayoshi Sawada was not having a good morning, scratch that, since when did he have a 'good' morning when the child devil came into his life? The brunet thought as he scrambled to wear his sweats, dodging bullets as Reborn ordered to start his exercise routine. It was 0530 and the sun was still not out, the frigid morning air bit his skin as he exited the house. Despite wearing a jacket Tsuna gave off a shiver.
Another shot of bullet pierced the silent morning and without a word the brunet dashed away from his place. Still questioning how his neighbors still sleep with the amount of noise in the area.
"Ten rounds Dame-Tsuna!" Reborn shouted as he saw his student disappear from the corner.
Reborn sat on top of the gates drinking his morning espresso, he was contemplating about the exchange students that will enroll tomorrow. His spies had reported that they arrived yesterday at 1600, and stayed in one of the sold houses outside of the residential area and an apartment near the business district, there were no suspicious actions aside from their eccentric habits.
The exchange students studied under different school in different countries, however each school was funded by an international company and in order to promote their name the company decided to start an exchange program and sent letters to schools around the Asian continents. In a chance of luck Namimori was chosen, although Reborn has suspicions but with the extensive background research he conducted as a side project his doubts was laid to rest but that does not mean that he wont keep an eye on the group.
'05:23' Reborn marked the time as the short brunet passed the starting point. 'He's improving.'
The first time the brunet ran a lap he took 30 minutes, granted that the jogging trail the Sun Arcobaleno marked was a kilometer long, but it was not an excuse, the brunet was simply out of shape. Reborn decided that by end of the Vongola heir's training the one kilometer lap will be finished under 3 minutes.
Another 4 laps finished and Reborn noticed that his student was late, the timer has already passed the 7 minute mark than the usual below 6 minutes.
Meanwhile...
"Ah! Sorry, I was not looking at my way!" Tsuna bowed in a respectful manner as he quickly stood up from the ground. He was lost in thoughts about the battle yesterday and just blanked out his surroundings. He was snapped out his musings when he bumped with another person.
"That's alright! My Youthful friend manage to catch me on time!" A loud cheery voice shouted.
Tsuna hid a wince as he remembered Ryohei, the person was as loud as the boxer. The brunet straightened and finally looked at the person he crashed into.
The first thing he can say about the teen was eccentric - he has no other way of politely describing the teen before him-. The boy has a large eyes under a patch of thick pair eyebrows, and wears a green tracking suit with orange leg warmers, his hair was styled in a bowl cut and his grin was... was another teen beside the grinning one. He was short, although taller than him if he exclude his gravity defying hair, and has bright golden locks held back by an orange sweat band. The blond wore a black sweat pants and a burnt orange long sleeved shirt. Tsuna was awed as he saw the color of the teen's eyes, it was a deep blue color near oceanic like and on his cheeks were a peculiar whisker marks, three on each side.
"Ah, gomen. Are you new here?" Tsuna asked since he knew the residents in the area by appearance. He might as well befriend them if they recently transferred here, they look friendly enough and his intuition was not acting up. "My name's Sawada Tsunayoshi by the way. You can call me Tsuna for short."
"You are a very Youthful person Tsuna-san!, running in the town this early in the morning shows your Youthfulness. I am Rock Lee and my Youthful friend here is Namikaze Naruto." the youthful teen introduced.
Tsuna sweat dropped at the amount of Youth in the sentence.
"Yo." Namikaze greeted with a two fingered salute. "Yeah, we're the exchange students from overseas." the blond added a distinct accent in his dialogue.
'Exchange students?' Tsuna thought trying to remember any notice the school gave. He came up blank.
"Tsuna-san! Do you happen to Youthfully know where the park is?" Lee asked with vigor.
"A-ah, it's west of here, just g-go straight ahead and take the third left. T-the park is just around the corner." Tsuna directed with a stutter.
"Thank you for those Youthful directions, Tsuna-san! Come on Naruto-kun we need to show our Youth to the world!" Lee shouted and ran towards the given directions.
Tsuna saw Naruto shake his head in exasperation. "Well then, Tsuna-san see you around. Ja ne" the blond waved and with a smile he ran after his energetic friend.
The brunet looked at the taller teen until the boy disappeared in the corner. There was something about that whiskered blond that feel's familiar, the thought is at the tip of his tongue and for the life of him can't spell it out. Tsuna shrugged off the feeling and returned to his run.
BANG!
A very familiar gunshot rang in the air as Tsuna arrived back at the staring point, freaking the hell out of the brunet who shrieked like a banshee.
"Reborn!" the brunet reprimanded.
"You're late Dame-Tsuna. It's three minutes past your usual time." Reborn idly said as he holstered his gun.
"W-wait, t-time? You timed my laps?" Tsuna asked, the only reply he got is a gunshot, with a resigned sigh the brunet continued his run.
The familiar feeling of Reborn sitting on top his head was registered by his body and brunet corrected his posture he does not want any more bruise on his head if he unbalanced Reborn.
"You're slowing down Dame-Tsuna." Reborn casually said.
Tsuna picked up his pace, he was slowly getting used to the burning feeling in his calves, the first time he felt the pain it was unbearable. They neared the park and Tsuna heard a very familiar voice shouting youth, and it was followed by a string of curses said in English. The brunet continued his run until he saw the two teens he met earlier.
They are running around the park in a very fast pace, nearly matching Ryohei's speed, and it seems the two were locked in a contest as he continued to watch the teens outspeed each other. Tsuna didn't noticed that he stopped and watch the competition with vague interest.
"Friends of yours?" Reborn asked, noticing the recognition in the eyes of the student.
"A-ah, I bumped into them earlier. T-they are the exchange students from overseas." Tsuna explained.
"Ha! I win Lee! That's my third win against two of yours!" the accented voice of Naruto echoed, and noticed Tsuna standing at the edge of the park, with a toddler in suit on top of his gravity defying hair.
"Tsuna-san!" Lee greeted with a wave, motioning the brunet to come in their bench.
With a not so gentle nudge Reborn made, an order to go to the two teens, Tsuna can only comply in resignation.
"Hello." Tsuna meekly greeted, he didn't know what to talk about since they had recently met, he was starting to feel the awkwardness.
"Are you here to join our Youthful exercise?" the wide eyed boy asked with a loud cheer.
"A-ano. Actua-" The brunet was immediately cut of by the squeaky voice of his tutor.
"Yes, Dame-Tsuna here will join your training." Reborn replied, getting raised eyebrows from the two teens.
"Who's the little guy?" Naruto asked with his usual accent as he drank from a water bottle.
"My name's Reborn, tutor of Dame-Tsuna and world's greatest hitman." the Arcobaleno introduced himself in an offhanded manner.
"That's one child genius you have there Tsuna." the whiskered blond replied after staring at the toddler in the eyes. "Although being a hitman in that age is impossible." he added not noticing the panicked warning look the brunet gave.
Before the Arcobaleno draws his gun Tsuna immediately rejoined the conversation.
"A-anyway!" Tsuna interrupted. "What w-were you two doing before hand?"
"We were having a contest on who can Youthfully run 3 kilometers the fastest!" Lee answered joyously
'Three kilometers!? That's unbelievable! Only 7 minutes has passed since I last saw them.' Tsuna thought in alarm.
"Since you're going to join our morning workout, how about you join our contests." Tsuna looked at Naruto who suggested while stretching his arms. "It's your first time so you can decide what kind of contest, although as long as it's physical."
"What a Youthful idea Naruto-kun!What you say Tsuna-san?" Lee added his thoughts.
Tsuna looked at the two smiling teens, and he really can't say no to those expecting faces. The brunet nodded, and felt Reborn jump off of his head.
"W-what have you guys done so far?" Tsuna asked with an uneasy smile, he got the feeling that by the time the sun is fully out he won't have a single win to tally with the other two.
Market District: 0615
Nana Sawada hummed as she inspected the produce before her. The Sawada matriarch was of average height, with dark brown hair cut just above her shoulder and eyes that was filled with happiness that only added to the youthful appearance of the woman despite nearing her forties. Wearing a floral patterned blouse, a light blue knee high skirt and a pair of doll shoes, Nana Sawada continued to scourge the market for more ingredients.
'Tsu-kun was really early this morning.' Nana idly noted as she heard a loud bang in her son's room at 0530. 'My little Tsu-kun is growing up...Ah I need to hurry up! the kids will wake up anytime now.' She thought and searched for the final produce in her mental list.
With the last ingredient of it being a cantaloupe the brunette went into the fruit section, her eyes immediately landed on a particularly large and ripe cantaloupe. She was glad that there were no other costumers this early in the morning, with eagerness she wrapped her hand around the fruit and abruptly stopped as she felt a tug on the other side of the fruit.
Nana blinked. "Are?" and looked at the owner of the hand.
It was another woman, a girl she corrected herself, as she saw the soft features of the teen. She has a raven hair that reached her mid back and two bangs that framed her delicate face. The younger girl was wearing a pale lavender hoodie and khaki shorts, and a pair of slippers. Dull gray eyes meet dark brown one.
Nana was a stubborn woman, despite being an optimist and pacifist at heart, she can and will put her foot down if situation needs it and there are rarely any situation that needs her stubborn side, the exception is when she goes shopping. Women, or more specific mothers, have a tendency to go wild when they buy foods and clothes and you can only get great foods if you 'fight' for it.
The two were left in a standoff, neither had let go of the fruit until an annoyed voice interrupted.
"Oi, Haku! What's the wait for?" A voice asked as it's owner rounded in the corner.
Nana looked at the male teen who clearly know the female before her. He was of average height, his black hair is tied into a high ponytail reminding Nana of a certain tropical fruit, his features were sharp but relaxed at the same time, almost lazy. He was wearing a dark green jacket, a deep blue pajama and a rubber slipper.
"Ah, Shikamaru-san I was just getting desert." the girl, now named Haku, replied in a soft voice although her accent was a bit stiff. Nana noted the girl's voice was a bit deep for the usual high pitch tone.
"You already got enough fruits for the whole week." the pajama clad male replied. "Hurry up, those two might be already home." he added
"Very well." The female replied.
"Troublesome. I'm going ahead, I'll wait for you at the counter." the teen informed, turning back from the isle he came from.
"I am sorry for any inconvenience I made." Haku apologized with a bow giving the prized fruit the brunette.
"No need, to apologize. Although thank you for the fruit. I'm Sawada Nana by the way." the brunette replied genially.
"Yuki Haku." the raven haired introduced, helping the older woman put the heavy fruit in her basket.
"I haven't seen you before. Are you new here?" Nana asked, starting a conversation as the two walked towards the counter.
"Yes, I'm an exchange student from overseas. I will be studying in Namimori Middle starting tomorrow." the younger one explained, her voice nearly monotonic.
"Ah." Nana recalled the rumors that the Namimori Middle was chosen to house overseas students from an exchange program. "How do you like the town so far?"
"It's...very friendly." Haku replied looking at Nana in the eyes.
The older woman smiled, getting the notion that the reply was directed at her.
As the two neared the counter, Nana saw the boy before. He was scanning some magazines while holding a cart filled with grocery items and some fruits. The male looked bored and annoyed.
"Oh, I shouldn't keep you from your boyfriend, you can go ahead. I forgot to get some spices." Nana said, she assumed the two were a couple since they seemed close.
"Boyfriend?" Haku replied in a confused tone.
"Are? You're not a couple?" Nana asked, getting a negative shake of head.
"A-ah, gomene. I assumed that you two are a couple..." the brunette replied lamely, and embarrassed blush peppered her cheeks.
"He's my housemate, along with three other boys." The raven replied with a small tilt on her lips.
"Isn't that hard for you Haku-san? Being the only girl in the house?" Nana asked, there were some boys who are the type to take advantage of the situation, it can end ugly for the girl before her.
The brunette was confused when the girl before her chuckled, hiding her lips in a half attempt to hide her laugh. Nana got the feeling that the girl was not laughing at her but at her question.
"I'm a boy Nana-san, so you shouldn't worry about me getting roughed up. I can defend myself very well." Haku replied getting a shocked expression from the older woman. "I'll go ahead, see you around Nana-san" the boy left with a small wave.
Namimori Middle. 0700
The morning of the early students of the Namimori Middle was walk in a landmine filled compound, every step is taken with caution and every action is thought twice, some had even double checked their uniforms for any creases. Why, you ask? The students will only give you one single name.
Hibari Kyoya.
The chief of the Disciplinary Committee, has returned. And he's not happy, to whom or what, the curious ones can only speculate.
Stalking the corridors of the Namimori Middle was the Head of the D.C. himself, glaring at the sweating students who passed by. It was still early for those herbivores -Tsuna and company- and he can only bid his time, his hands were itching to bite those herbivores to death for vandalizing the school, not to mention the half assed repairs those pink herbivores -Cervello- made to cover the damages.
He arrived 4 in the morning after he had finished'training' with the stupid Bronco, and he immediately checked the surveillance, forgoing sleep for the sake of his duty. By the end of scanning the 120 hour footage, his anger nearly reached its boiling point. The Ring Battles had made changes in his school, without his permission nonetheless and caused damages in the building. He held his temper in, he can have all the time biting those herbivores this evening. If the footage is correct, the Rain Battle will start at 1900.
The last bell chimed, signaling the start of classes, students outside the school gate ran inside when they saw Hibari guarding the entrance. Minutes later, the raven saw the two running silhouettes of the herbivores nearing the school. Without a sound the Head of DC brandished his tonfas and ran towards the two, noticing that the tall herbivore is absent. He dismissed the thought and continued with his hunt.
Hibari made the first strike, taking the silver haired one unawares with a strike to the abdomen, followed by a kick behind the knees. The fallen Storm Guardian let out a shout but was immediately silenced by a tonfa to the head.
Hibari held back at the last strike, making sure that the herbivore will only get a mild concussion from the blow.
"G-Gokudera-kun!" Tsuna shouted in alarm when his friend was attacked. They were late again.
It was his fault, honestly. He was distracted by the competitions he made with Lee and Naruto earlier this morning. The two were so eager that he caught the competitive drive they have, it was the first time he enjoyed a hard workout without complains on his part. They were in the middle of climbing the tallest tree in the park -he was the last, the other two are already a quarter away form the tallest branch- when Naruto offhandedly told the time to Lee who asked the question. When the blond said 0715, Tsuna panicked, nearly falling if not for the strong grip he had on a branch -Reborn went ahead of him to get breakfast when they were on the 3rd contest leaving his student. With a hasty scramble to the ground, the brunet fired an excuse and waved goodbye to the two. Not seeing the cheery wave of Lee as he was standing at the very top of the tree.
Tsuna looked at their assailant and shivered at the feeling of dread when he locked eyes with Hibari Kyoya.
"H-h-hibari-san!" Tsuna said in surprise. 'He's back!' his mind shouted in terror.
The brunet shrieked in fright when the raven attacked without a word. He dodged the first strike, then the second and then the follow up strikes until it became an evasive routine for the shorter teen. After 10 minutes, Tsuna slowed down getting tired from dodging, despite his training his stamina is still poor. He shouted in pain when Hibari slammed his tonfa on his shoulder with deadly accuracy, another blow on his ribs left the teen gasping it was followed by a strike on his left arm.
'He's stronger now!' Tsuna thought with panic as he dodged the strike to his flank, carrying his numb limb. However he still has to keep his title as a dame, and with a sudden surprise appearance, Tsuna tripped.
'Of all times why NOW?' he cried internally.
Tsuna fell down and scrambled away from the blow that was coming straight on his temple. The brunet squeezed his eyes shut preparing himself for the painful blow that was sure to come.
BANG!
The Vongola heir blinked when he felt no pain, he looked up and saw Hibari glaring at Reborn who interrupted the fight. Tsuna glanced around and saw Hibari's tonfa a few feet away from the raven, a small dent made by a bullet was seen at the middle.
"Akambo." Hibari said his voice was filled with ire.
"Ciaossu, Hibari." Reborn replied jumping down from the tree branch. "I see that Bronco is finished with your training."
"Hn." was the only reply the toddler got.
"I'll meet you in your office this afternoon." Reborn subtly ordered, getting a glare from the raven but the hitman ignored it.
"Tsuna, you should get going, you already missed the first class." Reborn said. "You should get Gokudera to the clinic too, both of you need first aid."
Tsuna blinked in confusion, but the moment he heard the name of his Storm Guardian he immediately stood up and helped the now conscious silver head hobble towards the school. The bomber was cursing beneath his breath on how he can't protect his Juudaime.
Hibari watched limping duo until they entered the school, the baby already left without a word. Letting out a silent sigh, the Head of the DC picked up his tonfa and entered the school, jacket fluttering under the soft breeze.
"Excuse me." A smooth baritone voice said directly behind the raven.
Hibari froze as he glanced sideways to see the person that was a few feet behind him. He was impressed that the teen was able to sneak up behind him without projecting his presence, revealing that the teen has some worthy fighting skills. This day might be getting better for the Head of DC, besides he still has some energy left from the fight before. Turning around he faced the person with a blood thirsty look in his eyes.
The teen was an inch short from the average height, wearing a red polo shirt and a black sleeveless vest, his pants were a dark brown color and wore a black and red messenger back across his back. He has dark red hair and has a very pale complexion. The teen's pale blue green eyes was surrounded by black lining, similar to a raccoon.
Without a word Hibari charged at the teen, tonfas flashed into existence.
The red head raised a non-existent eyebrow, and jump a few feet back from the slashes, his bangs flowed with his movement showing his tattoo. He read the bio of the raven before him and knew that the silver eyed teen was a battle addict, but to attack a civilian with the slight sign of strength was preposterous.
'He's either bored or had a bad day...' The red head thought, throwing his bag a few feet from a tree not far from his position.
Hibari watched idly as the red head threw his bag, and performed a stance. Feet apart, left hand positioned close the body while the right was extended outward. The raven vaguely remembered the style is similar to the Philippine martial arts, it's called Eskrima if he remembered correctly.
Without prompting the raven attacked, closing on the red head with great speed. Raising his tonfa high, Hibari slammed the weapon on the opening he can see, but he was stopped halfway through when a pale hand grabbed the weapon. He quickly followed up with an uppercut strike, however he was too late when the red head made a few precise strikes on his wrist joints, loosening his grip on his weapon.
The red head tugged the weapon out of the raven's hand, and evaded the uppercut, dodging the strike narrowly when he felt the weapon grazed his chin. His fighting style ws more on defense turned offence so for every strike the raven made, he will either redirect it, or create an opening for an attack. Tonfa in hand the shorter teen held the weapon like those of a stick, -the shorter edge of the tonfa- and countered with a few strikes of his own.
Hibari glared when the red head took his tonfa, and defended himself from the red head's counter. The raven decided to up the battle and made a low sweep kick, which the red head blocked with a low kick, Hibari was not deterred and made a high kick, twisting his body from his position on the the ground. The raven felt his kick being blocked, however he used the momentum from his last kick to do a handstand and spun in mid air, he manage to land a kick to the red head's abdomen and landed swiftly on solid ground.
The silver eyed teen looked at his opponent and raised an eyebrow when the red head showed no visible pain from the kick. He had put enough force to cause internal damage and the pale teen didn't even flinch. The first bout only lasted less than fifteen seconds and Hibari thirst for more.
The two circled each other. Hibari was in a relaxed stance idly twirling his tonfa in his right hand, while the red head was looking at the raven with a critical eye, tonfa raised at eye level and right hand extended slightly forward in an open palm.
In a blink of an eye, the two attacked. Hibari on defensive while the red head performed sweeping attacks in a flowing 8 figure.
Hibari was pressured in a figurative corner, having enough. The raven closed in and engaged in hand-to-hand. The two were a flurry of punches and tonfas, loud clangs of metal echoed in the school yard.
The read red head jumped back evading a high kick from the raven. He manage to land the last hit on their second bout disabling the right arm by attacking the nerve ends in the joint. The victim will feel temporary numbness from the elbow downwards. He raised a nonexistent eyebrow when the raven let out a smirk.
"Wao, you're strong. Your name, herbivore." Hibari asked as he undid the damage in his right arm by hitting a few nerve points below his elbow.
"Subaku Gaara." the now name red head replied.
Wordlessly the two readied for another bout, stances now more guarded and eyes watched critically on their opponent's movements. They were a second away from attacking each other when a voice interrupted.
"Hibari-san! Please wait Hibari-san!" A stout man was running towards them hands waving in the air.
Out of politeness Gaara undid his stance and stood straight, getting an annoyed glare from the raven.
Komura Kenta was in between a rock and a hard place. Being the school principal is a hard effort when you are under the watch of the school's Head of the Disciplinary Committee on a daily basis. He was also under pressure when the director of the school has high expectations of you, and to keep that good grace -and job- he must do 'anything' that will lead to Namimori School getting a positive reputation from the public.
The problem is, that 'anything' is to stop Hibari from murdering the exchange student. The fight from before had taken the attention of the school population and the information of an unknown teen being able to fight the Head of DC on equal grounds was an information worth sharing. Somehow that news has manage to get into the hands of the director who was in a meeting in Tokyo, and recognized the red haired exchange student he quickly made a call and with a few words -orders, really- to the principal to break out the fight lest the company will redraw the students.
"H-Hibari-san, p-please d-d-don't fight the e-e-exchange s-student." The principal stuttered, now that he was three feet away from the prefect his earlier fears came back full force. He might as well resign to save his life.
"Hn." was the only reply the principal got from the raven.
Kenta didn't know what to say, he stopped the fight but the seething glare the prefect made, might as well lead to a beating. He fidgeted in his place and heard a rustle of paper inside one of his pockets. The missive! Quickly pulling out the paper, the principal hastily unfolded the paper and handed it to the prefect.
"H-here Hibari-s-san, the d-director has s-sent this missive t-t-three days ago to i-inform us o-of t-the a-a-arriving e-exchange s-students." the stout man watched nervously as the teen read the missive.
Being out of town so to speak, the prefect was not able to get his paperwork done, he only gave the order to protect Namimori to Kusakabe and nothing else. Begrudgingly he accepted the request and returned the paper.
"I'll expect a report this afternoon, herbivore." Hibari ordered.
"Of course Hibari-san, I'll s-s-send it to y-your office as s-soon as p-possible.' With that the principal hurriedly went back to his office, thanking the gods all the way.
The prefect glanced at his opponent, who was standing perfectly still throughout the short conversation. He sheathed his tonfa, making it vanish into thin air. Getting the hint to stop the spar, Gaara threw the stolen tonfa which Hibari caught with ease. Silence permeated in the air as the two quiet teens waited for the closure of the fight, until Gaara decided to break it.
"Do you happen to know where the Administration Office is?" the red head asked, his mind was preoccupied with the fight that he nearly forgotten what he was here for.
The raven raised an eyebrow at the question.
"I need to finalize our enrollment, and get the required materials for the school tomorrow." Gaara added.
The prefect swiftly turned around and began to walk towards the school, Gaara grabbed his bag and followed the raven in silence. Along the way the red head reassessed the fighting style of the teen before him, there were a lot of holes in his stances but throughout the fight the raven corrected himself. Hibari Kyoya has a limitless potential to improve himself, he only needs a push in the right direction.
Gaara stopped a few feet away from the prefect when he saw the raven stood before a door. The red head glance upward and saw the a plaque saying 'Administration Office', he nodded at the prefect walked towards the door, slowing down when he was near the teen and entered the office.
Hibari Kyoya smirked when the red head closed the door, a steely glint in his eyes.
'Subaku Gaara. What an interesting person...' He idly thought as he walked towards the direction of his office.
Namimori Shopping District 1545
Kyoko Sasagawa walked idly around the shopping district still in her class uniform as school ended 15 minutes ago. She was enjoying her time as she saw the various displays in the shops, two more days to go until she and Haru will celebrate their appreciation day and she can't wait.
Speaking of Haru, Kyoko saw the brunette scanning the skirts in one of the clothes shop. Humming a small tune the blonde entered the shop and decided to surprise her friend.
"Haru-chan!" Suddenly shouted behind the brunette.
"Hahi!" the Midori student exclaimed and turned around, getting a full view of Kyoko hiding her giggle. "Eh, Kyoko-chan! What are you doing here?"
"I'm shopping too, silly." Kyoko replied. "Although I haven't bought anything yet."
"Oh." Haru blinked and looked around. "Where's Hana-chan? She was always with you when you two got a break from school."
"Hana went home early, she was complaining about muscle cramps." Kyoko replied as the brunette nodded in understanding.
"Well, did you see anything you like?" The blonde asked as she began to scan the skirts.
"No. Not yet." Haru replied with a shake of her head.
"Come on, I'll help you." Kyoko said, pulling out a knee high skirt with floral pattern at the edge.
The two continued to rummage around the shop, trying out their chosen skirts and sometimes a blouse when they saw it to their liking. Thirty minutes later they finished with their shopping. Kyoko buying a faded green skirt, while Haru bought a light blue jumper skirt and a white blouse with an imprint of peace in the center.
"Ne, Haru chan what's happening there?" Kyoko asked as she pointed out their frequented coffee shop across the street.
The cafe was brimming with teenage girls as well as young women who seem to have the mission to get a seat inside the shop. The teens passed the street when they saw one of the customers suddenly bumped into a passerby who fell from the collision. The two hurriedly ran towards the girl to help her from the accident.
"Here" Kyoko lend a hand while Haru picked up the shopping bags the girl carried earlier.
"Thanks." the girl mumbled as she pulled herself up.
"Are these yours?" Haru asked as she pointed at the bags she gathered.
Haru was surprised by the weight of each bag, nearly a kilo in weight and there are ten of them. The teen must have a very strong arms to carry all of them in one hand, and a lot of budget too.
"Ah, yes. Thank you." The teen bowed as she picked up the bags with ease. "What's with the commotion anyway?" the girl asked, a light accent in her words.
"I overheard that they hired a new waiter this morning." the brunette replied, looking at the girl with a curious expression. "And by the looks of it he's pretty popular."
The girl was about their height, wearing a faded skinny jeans, a striped long sleeve shirt under a red hooded vest lined with fur and wore a navy blue ankle high boots. Her features definitely belongs to a foreigner, long light blond hair, pale blue eyes, angular facial structure...but just to make sure...
"Are you a foreigner?" Haru asked suddenly, until she remembered her manners. "Oh, I nearly forgot. I'm Miura Haru and this is Sasagawa Kyoko." the brunette introduced.
"Yamanaka Ino, and yes, I'm a foreigner. I'm an exchange student from overseas. I'll be entering Namimori Middle tomorrow." Ino replied.
'Exchange student?' Kyoko thought. "Ne, Ino-san. Do you happen to know a a red headed male?" she asked.
"I do happen to know one, why?" Ino asked, getting a feeling that Gaara manage to get in trouble.
"Ano, he fought with the head prefect." Kyoko replied, she was unsure about the news running around the school this morning since she was worrying about Tsuna and co. The group made many absents during the week, getting into class in the morning and skipping the afternoon session, worrying the blonde student about their education.
"Oh." Ino can only reply, she wont ask for details since they will have a meeting this evening.
Kyoko blinked at the unconcerned reply, reminding herself that Ino doesn't know about the strict disciplinarian of the Namimori.
"Hahi! Is he still breathing?" Haru exclaimed, despite her bravado when she faced the prefect in the past, she was still amazed by his fighting abilities, good thing the raven don't hit girls.
Kyoko shook her head with a smile, "No, the principal broke the fight before they got serious."
"You shouldn't worry about Gaara, he can protect himself. I heard he was a martial artist in his school." Ino replied offhandedly. "Anyway, I should be going now, I still need to tidy up my apartment. I'll see you at school Kyoko-san, Haru-san."
"Wait Ino-san, are you free on Saturday? Kyoko and I have an appreciation day two days in a month." Haru asked.
"Appreciation day?" Ino asked, is this a new gig the female teens starting nowadays?
"Ah it's the day we can eat a cake to reward ourselves." the brunette replied with a grin.
Ino perked up at the mention of cake. Despite being a soldier of their nation she is, at foremost a girl, anything related to sweets is a must have. Sweets in their village are eaten sparingly by the female soldiers since they need to maintain a healthy diet, sure they can eat but mostly on special occasions. But the blonde was tempted by the offer, the last time she ate a cake was last week. Glancing at the devious little cake displayed in the cafe, Ino relented.
"I'll think about it. I might be free on that day" the blonde foreigner replied with smile and walked away from the two waving students.
Meanwhile... At the back of the coffee shop...
'Why oh why did I got a job of a waiter of all things?' Kaskashi thought despairingly as he leaned at the wall. He was wearing a light blue polo shirt, black slacks and white sneakers. A blue messenger bag slung across his shoulders.
He had forgone his face mask, showing his angular face and European features to the public. He has once thought to cover his right eye, but it might lower his chances in applying for a job, in the end he decided to just wear a contact lense to hide his eye.
"Good thing that my shift ends at 5..." he mumbled.
He was hunting for jobs earlier this morning, planning to apply as a technician or even an office worker. So how the heck did he end up being a waiter?
Flashback...
He was looking for a diner to eat a quick meal near the shopping district after an unsuccessful morning of job hunt when he saw a 'Help Wanted' plastered in front of a coffee shop, he was quick to dismiss the sign but was a second too late when a middle age woman walk near him.
"Looking for a job young man?" the woman asked looking up at the tall teen.
She was below average height with a light brown hair tied in a neat bun, age lines began to show on her young features. She was wearing a long dark blue skirt under a red apron, a white uniform bouse with a brown name tag on her right breast. Embedded on the name tag was a name 'Tanaka Yume' and under the name was the word 'Manager'.
Kakashi idly nodded and stopped when he saw the devilish grin from the woman.
'That was the wrong answer...' The silver haired teen thought.
"Oh good! I was worrying about getting an extra hand. Mari-chan resigned last week and I need a new worker to help our cafe. This week had been hard for us since Cana-chan was the only one who takes the afternoon shift..." Yume continued to babble as she pulled the confused tall teen inside her shop
"W-what's happening?' Kakashi thought as he suddenly found himself dragged at the back, bag placed inside a locker and red apron on his hand.
"A-ah Tanaka-san-" The silver haired teen began but was immediately cut off.
"You can call me Yume. Now as I was saying before, afternoon shifts starts at 1 in the afternoon and ends at 5. Oh I almost forgot, what's your name young man?"
"Hatake Kakashi, Ma'am." the teen replied, a resigned tone in his voice. Knowing a losing battle when he saw one.
The woman then wrote his name on a plastic name tag and handed it to the teen. "Here, your first three days will be as a trainee. Cana-chan will instruct you along the way. Speaking of Cana, wait here I'll go get her."
Kakashi sighed deeply as the woman left, he can win against two enemy teams all by himself, but he can never win when a woman is on that state of excitement. While waiting the silver haired teen tied the apron and clipped the name tag on his breast pocket. He sat on a chair and read his favorite little orange notebook.
"Here he is Cana-chan!"
Kakashi looked up and quickly hid his book as the two females entered.
Cana was a very petite young woman, with long curly brown hair tied in a high ponytail, auburn eyes and a cheery grin. She was wearing clothes similar to Yume.
"Now, since there are few customers out there, Cana will teach you the basics until the rush hour starts." Yume said with a grin.
"Come on Hatake-san." Cana said as she returned to the counter.
"Hai, hai." Kakashi said in a lazy tone, he might as well get started. "Ah, Yume-san. About the paperwork." He inquired. 'As well as the wages.'
"I'll send it to you after your shift ends, you can write your information in your house and submit it tomorrow with your resume." Yume replied. "If you have questions just ask."
'What an inconvenient way of getting a job.' the teen thought as he nodded.
-End-
After two hours of running through the basics, the rush hour began. At first it was only some middle age people getting their afternoon cup of coffee, then the students came. He was assigned into serving, just to get into motion and as the norm, he was polite to the costumers and always left the female teens in giggle. Thirty minutes later the word that the cafe hired a new -and handsome (it was the females' opinion)- waiter spread out through word of mouth and curious females began to gather outside. They only need a peek in order to get an eyeful of the tall and handsome silver haired teen, females of all ages form fourteen and above wants to have even a small interaction to with man. Some teens asked for water, tissue, an extra cup, or even asked for the direction of the comfort room when the sign can be clearly seen at the corner. The older, bolder, females took the chance when the man was serving to flirt with the young man, only to get a polite refusal.
Kakashi shivered when the amount of females doubled, nearly getting a riot from the costumers that was too slow to finish their meal. It was quickly abated by the Manager when things nearly got out of hand. Yume was smiling at full blast at the costumers in her cafe.
Giving out another sigh, Kakashi pulled out his book and began to read, lifting it high enough to cover his lower face. Second later the door opened revealing Yume holding a folder.
"Here Kakashi-san." the woman said as she handed the folder. "It contains the information about our cafe, it's rules, salary rates and the paperworks."
Taking the folder, Kaskashi took a polite bow to the woman. "Thank you for hiring me, Yume-san."
The brunette gave out a small giggle. "Ah no. I'm the one who needs to thank you, the costumers you attracted were so many, and they even gave tips!"
The silver haired teen sweat dropped and hid his grimace with a smile. "I'll be going now Yume-san." He has some unfinished work from hacking the Varia base and a meeting to organize this evening.
'And lunch' he thought as his stomach let out a grumble.
"Well then, I'll meet you tomorrow Kakashi-san." Yume waved as the teen went home.
A/N: Finally! An update, sorry for the wait guys, internet signal in our area has gotten crazy and I only got two hours a day of making this chapter. So...What do you think? Characters are too out of their -well character?-, bland fight scenes?, low humor? If you have anything you want to correct or inform me please put it in your review.
And as a bonus round for the next chapter! The first three reviews in this chapter can get to have a special omake of their chosen character, -yay! your genre of course- and can even choose whose character's point of view for the intro of our next chap! - I need ideas guys!-
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