Sorry for the late...okay, really late delay, but my school life had just been really busy, and it didn't help that my brain was just shutting down. I am so glad that I'm on Spring Break. I feel horrible, though, I'm gone for who knows how long, and then I write this crappy thing. I hope this chapter's up to par, and I'm sorry if it's not.
Any English spoken will be italicized, so as to avoid confusion.
Disclaimer: Amano Akira-sama owns this, not me.
There were multiple things that happened then. While Tsuna was lying on the ground clutching at his face Gokudera had gone into 'PROTECT THE TENTH!' mode, placing himself between his beloved boss (and in Gokudera's eyes) the insane and raving lunatic who was now up and getting ready to continue her attack.
But before Ani could even move another inch Bianchi jumped on her, effectively pinning her down with her body weight. Everyone who had been around the bed moved away in shock all except Yamamoto who was moving his arms somewhat, unsure of what to do.
Ani had managed to throw Bianchi off somewhat and she tried jumping off of the bed again, but Bianchi let out a grunt of effort and managed to jump on her again. Ani cried out as she fell face forwards against the bed, with Bianchi using her knee to pin her in place.
"Ani, calm down!" Bianchi grunted, then she turned her head to look at Yamamoto who was the closest. "Help me, Yamamoto! Don't just stand there like an idiot!"
"R-right," Yamamoto made to help, but stopped when Gokudera roared.
"Argh! Baseball-Freak! Aneki! Just move out the way so I can blow her up for hurting the Tenth!"
"Huh?"
"Hiee! Gokudera!" Tsuna shrieked and was about to say something, but Haru beat him to it by pouncing on Gokudera with a battle cry.
"You idiot!" She began pounding him with her fists, "Ani-chan is hurting right now and you want to blow her up!"
"Haru's right," Hana walked over to the duo with purpose in each step, "and if you think that we'll just let you stupid, monkey boys do whatever you want to Ani-chan then you've got another thing coming." She stopped so that she stood just above them then crossed her arms across her chest glaring down at Gokudera who was glaring right back at her.
"You..." he shoved Haru off of him, who squeaked out of surprise, and stood up to full height, "You stupid women can't tell me what to do!"
"We can when it involves other girls!" Hana replied hotly, not flinching at the glare Gokudera was shooting at her. Gokudera opened his mouth to retort but was interrupted by an annoyed and desperate cry.
"GUYS!" Bianchi cried, who was struggling with holding down Ani. "Stop fighting about who's going to hurt Ani and come help me before she hurts herself!"
Ani struggled once more against Bianchi's hold in a vain attempt to get free, but when she didn't succeed she growled out of frustration and settled for glaring at Tsuna. Tsuna flinched at the intensity of her glare, and felt like crying. Why was she glaring at him!
"Marco! If you think that I'll just go with you then you're crazy! There's no way that I'll go! I'll kill myself before I go back home! I swear to God I will!"
"I don't understand what you're saying!" Tsuna replied, confused beyond belief. He never did well in English class anyways.
Yamamoto took a hesitant step towards Ani. "Ani-chan..." I-pin hid into Chrome's arms at the outburst, while Lambo just looked at Ani in confusion, then at the others to see how they would react.
Everyone in the room was surprised at Ani's sudden use of English, especially Bianchi, who's hold on Ani had slackened during her tirade.
"Does anyone know what she's saying?" Haru asked, as she just watched helplessly. No one got the chance to answer when Ani began yelling again.
"I won't, I won't, I won't!" Ani screeched, then began fighting against Bianchi's hold once more. After elbowing Bianchi in the gut, Ani finally used the bed as a springboard and jumped off, heading towards the window which was wide open.
"Somebody stop her!" Kyoko shrieked, covering her mouth in horror. Finally snapping out of his stupor, Yamamoto raced after Ani and tackled her to the ground. He was half-expecting her to put up a fight like she had with Bianchi, but to his surprise he saw that she had been knocked out.
"Ah! Oh man!" Yamamoto rolled Ani over so that she was on her back. Her eyes were spinning and she was moaning. "Guys? I think I accidentally knocked her out!"
"Well that's just great, Baseball-Freak!" Gokudera snarled as he brought out some dynamite. "Now move out of the way so I can blow her u-" Gokudera fell back with a cry when a chair suddenly appeared where his head had just been.
"Stay still you stupid monkey!" Hana shouted, swinging the chair at him once more. She stopped to glare at Yamamoto. "You're next for hurting Ani-chan, too, you other stupid monkey!"
"What? But..."
Hana ignored Yamamoto and brought the chair up, swinging it at Gokudera once more. She grunted out of surprise when it slipped out of her hands and went sailing towards Tsuna who was still sitting on the ground. He shrieked as it crashed at his side and the chair legs just barely hit his head.
"Tenth!" Gokudera turned to glare at Hana, "You stupid woman! You could have killed the Tenth!"
"Well I didn't and that wouldn't have happened if you had just stayed still!" Hana shouted back.
"Hey," Lambo tugged on Hana's skirt, "Lambo-san is bored, play with me."
"EWW! Don't get so close to me you're giving me hives!" Hana pushed Lambo away with her foot like he was a pile of dirty clothes and went back to arguing with Gokudera.
"To-le-rate," Lambo tried to put on a brave face, but it instantly fell apart. "WAAHHH! Lambo-san has had enough!" To Tsuna's horror he brought out the ten-year bazooka and aimed it himself while still bawling. A pink cloud instantly surrounded Lambo and there in his place stood the older, and much more handsome Lambo.
"Eh? I was just about to step into the bath. Where am I?" Tsuna's jaw dropped when he saw that the only thing future Lambo was wearing was a bath towel that was wrapped around his waist.
"Oh! It's that really handsome guy from before!" Hana clasped her hands together and swooned, completely ignoring Gokudera while Lambo just sweat-dropped at her.
"Hahi! It's that pervert from before!" Haru shrieked. Lambo's face lit up with shock and disbelief, then he turned to face Haru.
"Wait! It's not like that at all! It's just a misunderstanding!" he cried and took a step towards her.
"NOOO! Don't come near me, you pervert!" she covered her eyes and turned away running towards Tsuna. "Tsuna-san! Help me! Don't let him come near me!"
Tsuna grunted out of pain when Haru jumped on his lap and hid her face in the curve of his neck. Tsuna's face flared up, and just groaned in exasperation and tugged at his hair. How in the world had things turned out like this! And where was Reborn who had just so happened to conveniently disappear?
"Boss..." Tsuna looked up to see Chrome standing in front of him awkwardly holding I-pin, "um...I hope I'm not interrupting anything, but I think that you should calm everyone down before-"
"WHAT IN THE WORLD IS GOING ON IN HERE!" The door to the room shot open and standing in the doorway was the one person that Tsuna was hoping he could avoid. Chief. Her jaw fell open as she took in the scene in front of her.
Chrome frowned and pulled I-pin closer to her, "Too late." Tsuna could only nod in mild horror, already knowing that this wouldn't end well.
Chief looked around the room in disbelief. There was another one of the nurse-seducing boys here, and this time he was only wearing a towel of which Chief had to pinch her nose to prevent the oncoming nosebleed from getting everywhere. Then there was that nurse-seducing boy from earlier who was hovering over the foreigner patient who was seemingly unconscious and laying on the floor. What was going on with this scene? There was a strange woman on the hospital bed, a boy and a girl were about ready to throw chairs at each other, and why was there a cat in here? Then in the middle of it all she saw him, and with a girl no less!
"YOU!" she screeched, pointing at poor, little Tsuna who had been cowering at the sight of her, "I thought I told you to never come back in here! How in the world did you get in! That's it! I'm calling the PPP^, and then the police!"
She dug into her pocket and pulled out a small whistle like the one that is used for dogs. She put it to her mouth and was about to blow when a voice stopped her.
"That won't be necessary, Chihiro-san*." Chief, no, Chihiro turned around and eeped when she saw who it was.
"D-Director!" The man in question walked into the room and looked around at the people around him. Then he turned back to face Chihiro and smiled softly.
"Let's let the youth have their fun. Besides, they're Hibari-kun's friends." Tsuna sighed. So once again they were saved because of Hibari. "And they've got another visitor coming...Have you ever heard of the famous doctor, Reboyama?"
"R-Reboyama!" Chihiro's eyes widened comically so that they were almost as large as dinner plates. "H-he's coming here! Right now h-he is?" The director nodded gravely and faced the door.
"He's here right now, actually. Reboyama-sensei, if you'd please you may come in now."
Tsuna pursed his lips together in thought. Reboyama...Why did that name sound so familiar?
There were some light footsteps from the hall, and then in walked Reboyama-sensei, two feet tall and clad in his lab coat. Tsuna's eyes drooped in disdain.
Of course it had to be Reborn.
"Thank you for taking the time to come, Reboyama-sensei," Director bowed deeply.
"Y-yes! It's a great pleasure finally being able to meet someone as knowledgeable as you, Reboyama-sensei," Chihiro too bowed deeply.
"It's a pleasure to be here," Reborn said, bowing back at them. "But I must ask you to leave so I can speak with these people."
"As you wish, Reboyama-sensei," Director bowed deeply once more, "I hope that your efforts are successful as they always are." Then he faced Chihiro. "Come, Chihiro-san. Let's give Reboyama-sensei the space he needs." Chihiro visibly deflated, but she nodded and after giving Reboyama another quick bow followed after the director and closed the door behind her. There was a minute of awkward silence.
"So..." Reborn spun around and made a pose, holding a needle in his hand, then in a cutesy voice said, "now, who's going to get their shots first?" Everyone but Tsuna shrank back in fear as Reborn squirted some of the fluid out.
Tsuna felt a vein pop. "Don't screw around, Reborn! Where were you?"
"Who's Reborn? I'm the great Reboyama-sensei, and I'm here to take care of the injured," he said sweetly. He pointed at Yamamoto, "You, place the patient back on the hospital bed, and, you," he pointed at Gokudera, "I need you to help move the nice lady who's already over there out of the way so then we can put the patient back on there."
"Yes, Reboyama-sensei!" Yamamoto and Gokudera stated as they proceeded to carry out their orders.
"Reborn! What are you doing?" Tsuna shouted. There was a sudden puffing sound, and when Tsuna turned to look he saw that ten-years later Lambo was now back to his annoying five-year old self. Lambo looked around the room while sucking on a lollipop. Who gave him this stuff? Or maybe he just got it from his hair.
"All right, Reboyama-sensei," Yamamoto said after setting down Ani. "Ani-chan's on the bed now." He backed up while keeping a worried look on her face.
"Thank you, young man," Reborn said, then jumped up on the bed alongside Ani. Tsuna shot up and ran over to the side of the bed. Everyone else followed suit and crowded around the bed as well.
"Wait, Reborn! What are you going to do?" Reborn just smirked.
"I'm going to wake her up, Dame-Tsuna. Wasn't that obvious?"
XxXxXxX
The first thing Ani noticed as the fog lifted from her mind was a smell. It was the most putrid and gut wrenching smell that she had ever come across. A mix between moldy cheese and wet dog, and some other unholy smells that were starting to make her nauseous.
She tried turning her face to get away from the smell, but it followed her nose no matter which way she turned. It was getting too horrible to bear...
"Aughh!" she shot up and covered her nose and mouth with both hands in an attempt to block off whatever that horrible smell was. Ani groaned and shook her head in an attempt to shake off the smell. She stopped when there was a sudden sharp pain at the back of her head, so she moved her hands to rub at it. It felt like she was hit in the head by a sledgehammer.
"Ani-chan! You're awake now, right?" Groggily, Ani turned to look at the voice and was surprised to see so many people crowded around her.
"Kyoko-chan?" Ani asked looking at the orange-haired girl, then frowned when she saw her holding a cat. "Where- er, where am I?" She scanned the room and saw the machines that were letting off small, repetitive beats. When Ani shifted on the bed she felt a sudden cold draft touch her back and then she realized that she was wearing a hospital gown.
At this point, Ani didn't really need Kyoko or anyone else to answer her question. She knew exactly where she was, even though not in terms of geographical location.
"Well, you're in Namimori Hospital, Ani-chan," Kyoko smiled softly at her.
"The...hospital," that was when Ani noticed all of the bandages on her arms, and when she shifted a little more she could feel many more covering her legs, back and chest. "That's right...I was...I was..." She wrapped her arms around herself but then groaned in pain when her body started burning. "Oww..."
"Are you okay, Ani-chan?" Kyoko asked, frowning a little out of concern.
"I'll be okay, Kyoko-chan," Ani groaned, pressing down on her arms to try and suppress the pain.
"Are you sure you'll be okay, Ani-chan?" Ani turned towards the voice and was half-surprised to see Yamamoto leaning down so that he was at eye-level with her. She just nodded bravely, despite the intense burning that she was still feeling.
A million thoughts were running through Ani's head, but the most prominent thought was of how she ended up in the hospital and how horrible it was that she had. Hospitals write down everything, and somewhere in this building they had a record of her stay with all of her details which would then be put on the computer to which anyone could access if they had the right tools.
Her thoughts were interrupted when she heard a squeaky voice and a small person appeared on the end of the bed. Ani's eyes widened in surprise.
"You're name is Ani-chan, right?" Ani nodded her head numbly at the sight of this baby in front of her. "My name is Reboyama-sensei, and I'm the doctor who's in charge of taking care of you right now."
"Doctor, huh?" Ignoring the shock of the doctor being a baby, Ani squeezed her hands together and tried to keep herself composed. Maybe if she talked to him she could get him to erase her files. That way she could be safer. Feel safer. Even if just for a little bit longer.
"Um...Reboyama-sensei, I-I need to-"
"You want to talk to me alone don't you?" he finished for her. Ani's eyes widened in surprise at his mind-reading skills and just nodded dumbly.
"Yes, but, how did you-"
"How did I know?" Reborn smirked and looked at her, "I could see it in your eyes. I'd know that look anywhere." Ani just stared at him, mouth slightly open. There was something about this doctor that seemed all-knowing, omniscient almost. It was really amazing.
"Wait a minute, Reboyama-sensei!" Gokudera pushed his way to the bed and glared at Ani causing her to flinch. What a scary person! "I need to give her a piece of my mind for throwing a fit and hurting the Tenth! It's all her fault for how crazy everybody got, too!"
"What are you talking about!" Ani cried, trying to hide under her sheets. "I-I didn't hurt anyone!"
"Did too!" Gokudera snarled, "Now Tenth is sporting a horrible bruise and it's all your f-"
"That's enough out of you," Reborn stated while kicking Gokudera in the face, causing him to crash into the wall on the opposite side of the room. "I don't need you stressing out my patient anymore," then Reborn pointed into the crowd of people, "Tsuna, you come here so my patient can have some closure."
"What do you need me for!" Tsuna cried as he pushed his way through the others. He really wasn't sure why Ani had hit him earlier and he wasn't exactly thrilled to go closer to her where the same thing could happen again.
Ani, meanwhile, was struck speechless at the sudden turn of events, and was especially shocked at how somebody as small as Reboyama-sensei could send someone sailing like that. It was scary. So that was why she wasn't really paying attention to who this Tsuna was, and that was why when she just caught a glimpse of brown hair and caramel eyes she panicked.
Marco!
"NOOO!" she swung her arm out and felt her fist connect with something. She groaned and cradled her hand which was starting to throb, but managed a look at who she had hit and gasped in surprise. It wasn't him, although his hair and eye color were really similar. The boy was sprawled on the ground, and rubbed at his face where Ani guessed she had hit him.
"Oh kami! I'm so, so sorry! It was an accident! I thought you were someone else!" Ani cried.
"Like hell it was an accident!" Ani gasped, and saw that the guy Reboyama-sensei had hit earlier was now standing with a killing aura surrounding him. "How the fuck do you accidentally punch somebody, especially the Tenth!"
"Ma ma, calm down, Gokudera," Yamamoto held Gokudera back when he tried going for Ani. "She said it was an accident, and she apologized."
"That's right!" Hana, Haru, Bianchi, I-Pin, and even Chrome lined up so that they formed a sort of wall between Gokudera and Ani. Bianchi was acting as the group's spokesperson. "We won't allow you to lay one finger on Ani-chan's head, Hayato!"
"Everyone..." Ani wiped at her eyes. These people really were too kind, but she felt like this kindness was going to get her killed one of these days.
"Yamamoto and the others are right, Gokudera," Tsuna stood up, while still clutching at his cheek. He winced slightly, but managed to keep his face fairly composed. "I can tell that Ani means it. Don't worry about it anymore."
"But..." at the look Tsuna gave him, Gokudera gave in, "if you say so, Tenth," Gokudera muttered and stopped fighting, although he did send Ani another dirty look. Ani looked down at the bed sheets like they were the most interesting thing in the world as she fought back some tears. It really was an accident. After a couple seconds she couldn't hold it in anymore and faced Tsuna.
"I really am sorry!" she cried, and bowed as low as she could while sitting on the bed and ignored the burning from her cuts the action caused. "You just looked a lot like my brother, and I mistook you for him. Please forgive me!"
"Ah!" Tsuna waved his arms in embarrassment. "Wait, r-really! It's no problem! I've been hit worse by Reborn, so you don't have to worry about it."
"But..."
"Don't worry about it any longer, Ani-chan," Reborn said, putting his hands into his lab coat pockets, "you don't have to bow down to him, so raise your head." Tsuna gave Reborn an irritated look, while Reborn just ignored him. Ani watched this exchange and wondered if these two knew each other, since they were acting like old friends...to some extent.
Besides that, Ani decided to follow Reboyama-sensei's (Reborn's) advice to sit back up, since she was starting to feel really awkward and her back was aching. Ani used her arms as support to push herself back upright, but froze when a searing pain flared across her back. She bit her tongue to hold in the cry of pain she almost let out, and collapsed back onto the bed feeling tears sting at her eyes due to the pain. It felt like her back was being cut into with a thousand sharp knives, each one laced with acid.
"Ah! Are you okay!" that was Tsuna's voice.
"Ani-chan!" that was Yamamoto's voice. "Hey! Are you okay! Where does it hurt?" Ani heard some shuffling and she sensed that he had moved closer to her. She would've turned to see, but she was too scared to move less that pain flare up again.
Ani felt a hand rest on her back, and she was instantly reminded of the fact that she was wearing a hospital gown and her back was probably really exposed right now. But when Yamamoto's touch sent waves of pain all over her body she became too distracted by it to worry about how much of her body was being exposed. Ani vaguely heard the others say her name out of concern, but couldn't worry about it when the doctor began speaking again.
"All right, guys!" he clapped his hands to get everyone's attention. "I need to attend to my patient seeing as how she's in great pain! So..." everyone cried out in surprise when they suddenly found themselves out in the hall, "if you could all just wait out here then that would be great."
Tsuna, who, for once, luckily ended up on top of the dog pile, just stared at the now closed door in worry. He really hoped that Reborn wouldn't do anything crazy.
"I hope Reboyama-sensei can help Ani-chan," Haru murmured worriedly, also disentangling herself from the dog pile.
"Don't worry, guys." Tsuna turned to see Bianchi leaning up against the wall, of course she would be spared the pain of being in the dog pile. "I'm sure Ani-chan will be fine. Anyone with the kind of energy she had will be able to get better in not time."
"That reminds me, are you okay, Bianchi?" Kyoko questioned worriedly, "Ani-chan hit you hard in your stomach, didn't she?" Bianchi just waved it off, but she put a hand on her side and rubbed at it, wincing slightly at the pain.
"Don't worry about me. Right now we need to pray for Ani's recovery since she's the one hurting really badly right now." That was when Tsuna remembered something.
"Oh crap!" he pulled at his hair worriedly, "Didn't Reborn say he was going to try recruiting her! What if he's doing that right now! I've gotta stop him!" He tried jumping for the door but cried out in surprise when multiple pairs of hands pulled him back.
"Tsuna-san," Haru smiled too sweetly, "let Reboyama-sensei do his job. Because if you interrupt them and end up hurting Ani-chan more-"
"-we won't forgive you." Tsuna gulped as every single one of the girls in the group gave him a death glare. Female power really was a force to be reckoned with.
XxXxXxX
Meanwhile, back in the room.
"So, Ani-chan, tell me exactly where it hurts," Reborn said, jumping back on the bed.
"Well...it's my whole back really. It feels like it's being burned off every time I move."
"I see," there was a clicking sound and Ani was tempted to look up but stopped when the pain came back, "do you want the good news or bad news first?"
A burst of fear and panic shot through Ani. "Can't there only be good news?" she asked hopefully.
"No." Ani blanched at his sudden bluntness. "There can't be good news without bad news otherwise it would just be news, wouldn't it?" Ani soaked in what he said. There was some heavy truth behind those words.
"I'll have the good news first, then," Ani decided.
"Your wounds can be easily treated through a fairly simple process. If you'll let me I can get rid of all of this pain sooner than you can say, reborn."
"That sounds like a miracle, Reboyama-sensei," Ani replied, "but I'll do it. So, what's the bad news, then?" There was some more of that clicking sound from earlier, and then Ani felt something cold and hard press against the back of her head. What in the world was that?
"You have to die."
"What?"
Ani heard the gunshot go off right before she felt it. Her life literally flashed before her eyes right at this moment with her last thoughts racing through her head as well.
Why did that doctor have a gun and just shoot her? Was she really going to die right here and now? Years before her time, and when she was just starting to make some new friends. What was going to happen to those guys? Was this crazy doctor going to go after them after he was finished with her?
No. She couldn't let that happen. She hadn't been strong enough to hold her own back home, but here in Japan, with all of her new friends, she had to at least try to protect them. She couldn't die yet. She wouldn't allow herself to die yet. Not yet.
Suddenly, Ani's cooling body flared with a heat that seemed to come from the deepest part of her being. The heat continually expanded out to her chest, her arms and legs, her head, then finally it reached the tips of her toes and fingertips until it felt like her whole body was on fire.
All of a sudden, the fire disappeared, and when Ani opened her eyes she found herself lying face-down on the bed. She took in a breath and coughed as the dry air filled her lungs causing them to burn. Then she sat up, and with trembling hands reached up to feel her head where she was sure the bullet had gone through. No matter how much she felt, she couldn't find the bullet hole, even though the sensation of being shot was fresh in her mind and the pain was still lingering.
She turned to look at the small doctor, and in the process realized with shock that it didn't hurt to move. In experimentation she raised her arms and when it didn't hurt she twisted her body to the right, then to the left, but it still didn't hurt.
"How are you feeling, Ani-chan?" Reborn asked, smiling slightly.
"I-I...it doesn't...but...how...what happened?" Ani inquired in disbelief.
"It's a new bullet that was just discovered recently. I like to call it the Viva bullet#-" but before he could explain any further the door burst open, startling Ani and causing her to shriek. She put a hand on her heart to help calm down as she saw that one guy, Tsuna, walk in with Yamamoto and Gokudera following after him. Shortly after, Bianchi and the others followed as well. Haru was fuming.
"Tsuna-san! What if they're in the middle of her treatment! You can't just barge in here!"
"That doesn't matter right now, Haru! I heard a gunshot and I bet Reborn is torturing her to try to get her to join my family!"
"Do you really have such little faith in me, Tsuna," Reborn said, crossing his arms, and smirking a little.
"Well-" it looked like he was about to say something else, but when Tsuna saw Ani sitting upright and seemingly not being tortured he became tongue-tied and flushed in embarrassment.
"Yo, Ani," Yamamoto waved at her, "did the treatment work? You're looking a lot better."
"I think it did," Ani replied and she put her arms up in the air for emphasis, "I can't feel anymore pain. Reboyama-sensei is a miracle worker."
"That's great, Ani-chan!" Kyoko walked over to the bedside with a bright smile on her face. Ani noticed that Kyoko was still holding the cat from earlier, and it's eyes were half lidded in content when Kyoko stroked him behind the ears.
"Is that your cat, Kyoko-chan?" Ani asked, then reached over and stoked the cat under its chin eliciting a purr from it. Ani smiled. She'd wanted a cat when she was younger, but her dad wouldn't allow it since he was allergic to them, and thus that childhood dream was thrown out of the window from the beginning.
"No, I found him stuck on the windowsill so I brought him in," she continued rubbing him behind the ears, "he's such a nice kitty, too. Do you want to hold him?"
Ani blushed slightly, but nodded. Was she that easy to read? Kyoko set the cat down on Ani's lap, and Ani couldn't help but stare at it in awe. It's fur was absolutely beautiful, the silver was consistent and shone under the light, while the cat's eyes were the prettiest yellow she had ever seen.
The cat meowed, then went over to Ani's arm, and after some nudging managed to drape it over its body so that her hand was resting on its head.
"Aww..." that was Bianchi, who was still wearing goggles. Ani wondered why. "He's asking to be pet. How cute."
"Are you kidding, Aneki?" Gokudera hissed, "That cat attacked us when we were trying to get in here. There's nothing cute about it. It's a bakeneko."
"What's a bakeneko?" Ani cocked her head in thought. She really wasn't accustomed to Japanese culture, was she? Bianchi sighed irritably.
"Hayato, you and your strange superstitions. There's no way this cat is a bakeneko, it doesn't even have a forked tail."
"What's a bakeneko?"
"They don't need to have a forked tail in order to be one, Aneki! Besides they're called nekomata when they have a forked tail," Gokudera regarded the cat on Ani's lap with something like awe and fear. "If we're not careful then it'll eat us while we're sleeping!"
"Eat!" Ani looked at the cat in horror and trembled when it licked her hand that had recently been petting it.
"Really, Hayato!" Bianchi put her hands on her hips, "Don't put weird ideas into Ani's head. Besides, have you actually seen this little one do anything out of the ordinary?" Gokudera flinched in surprise.
"Er...well, not exactly..."
"That's exactly what I mean! You assume things before taking the time to look it over!"
"No! I can prove that that cat is a bakeneko! Just let me show you!" Gokudera tried maneuvering around Bianchi, but stopped when she placed a hand on his shoulder. "What now, Aneki!"
"You're getting out of control, Hayato, leave the poor cat alone," with her free hand she lifted up her goggles and stared straight into Gokudera's eyes.
"What's a bake- OH MY KAMI!" Ani stared in shock as Gokudera began foaming at the mouth and collapsed onto the ground.
"Hiee! Gokudera, are you all right!" Tsuna cried running over to his incapacitated friend. Bianchi flicked some of her hair out of her face and sniffed disdainfully.
"My work here is done," she stated. Ani, meanwhile was panicking at the sight of Gokudera on the ground, and foaming at the mouth. She turned to Reborn.
"Reboyama-sensei! Please work some of your miracle magic on him!" Reborn just looked at Gokudera and sniffed disdainfully as well.
"Meh, he'll be all right. Just ignore him."
And so Ani followed Reborn's advice and tried to ignore Gokudera as best as she could while chatting with Hana, Kyoko and the others, but it was a lot harder than she thought to to block out those gurgling sounds.
^ Patient Protection Program. I just made it up. It doesn't exist...I think.
* I just made up a name for that nurse. I just thought that it would've been weird for the director to call her Chief.
# The Viva bullet. It uses one's dying will flames to heal inner and outer injuries. The healing power depends on one's resolution. Full healing comes with a strong resolution while little healing comes from a weak resolution. The user will die if they don't have enough resolution to elicit some response from the bullet, so caution is urged when using it. I just made up this bullet. I'm not sure if Reborn is licensed to be a doctor either, but I think that he could be if he wanted to. He's that awesome.
Man, I just kept making stuff up, huh?
I never really noticed this until now, but it is so hard trying to fit everyone in the story. I don't know how Amano-sama does it. So, I apologize if I forget to include certain characters. I'm also going to continue editing past chapters, because the more I re-read them the more I think, "What the heck was I thinking here!" So hopefully they're a bit better, and I'll continue trying to improve them.
So...I really don't know if I'm going to have pairings in this story, and if I do then I really don't know between who. If you leave suggestions, then I'd be willing to listen. Then I'll make a poll once I see a large amount of people asking for a certain pairing(s).
Anyways, I just want to rant a little about the latest manga update, so you can ignore this if you want, especially if it'll be a spoiler. (Clears throat) So...I can't believe those stupid, cheating Vindice! They make me so mad that I just want to strangle them with their own chains! AGGH! And then Checkerface makes them fight right when they're trying to recover! AGGH! The only good thing that happened was with Lal and Colonnello. They were just so cute! KYAA! Okay, I'm done ranting now.
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