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Reminders: Conversations that are in a single quote and that are in italic (ex: 'abcde' ) are conversations between Tsuna and Natsuki ONLY.
Alternative Reality
Chapter 7: Operation Hide and Seek (part two)
Natsuki reached the Kokuyo Park. She had hard time breathing. She looked for the nearest tree where she could rest for a moment. When she found one, she sat on the ground and had her back on the tree trunk.
*huff huff* "Man! They're persistent! I left a letter not to look for me and look what they are doing! How come everything that I say turns out to be the opposite?" Natsuki complained as she removed her cap on her head and used it to fan herself.
"Haha... It must have been Reborn's doing." Tsuna replied as he scanned the entire place.
"Tch! I'm starting to hate him now! Anyway, I'm getting hungry." Natsuki said as she began to stand.
"What? AGAIN?" Tsuna countered. He couldn't believe what Natsuki said.
"HHEEEELLLOOO...? I've been running for hours! Of course, I'll get hungry!"
Tsuna sweat dropped.
Chikusa and Ken who happened to pass by at the park saw Natsuki.
"Hey! Byon! Aren't you Natsuki?" Ken asked her. He was pointing his index finger at her.
Natsuki's blood was drained out of her body. She knew them. They were Mukuro's friends. She was afraid that they might inform Mukuro about her location so she tried to feigned ignorance.
"N-no... You got the wrong person."
Natsuki lowered down her cap and she tried to change her voice as well. She started to take a few steps backwards.
"Message sent..." Chikusa mumbled.
"What are you doing, byon?" Ken asked Chikusa.
"I just informed Mukuro-sama about Natsuki's location." Chikusa answered calmly.
When Natsuki heared that, she ran as fast as she could away from all of them. She doesn't want to meet Mukuro right on the spot.
"Hey! Wait! Byon!" Ken tried to chase Natsuki but she was just too fast for him.
Chikusa's cellphone rang. He just received a call from Mukuro. He answered it calmly.
"You're late, Mukuro-sama... She already ran off..."
Mukuro who was still in the shopping district snapped his cellphone closed. He ran back to Kokuyo Park where Natsuki was last sighted.
"Kufufu... You're making this fun little canary..."
Natsuki suddenly stopped running. Her hands rested on her knees and she was sweating a lot. "Argh! Out of all the people that we could possibly meet, it's Mukuro's minions!"
Tsuna smiled when he realized where they suddenly stopped. 'Hey! Natsuki! Lucky you! We just stopped right in front of a fast food chain!'
A wide grin appeared on Natsuki's face then she entered the fast food chain.
The fast food chain was a combination of red and yellow paint. Three-fourths of its walls were painted yellow while the remaining one-fourth which was the lower part was painted red. There were six pillars that supported the place and it was painted red. The tables were red while the chairs were yellow. The counter was right across the entrance. The uniforms of the staff were composed of red shirt that has a yellow collar, black pants, yellow apron and a cap that was also colored red and yellow.
Natsuki scanned the entire place. "Woah! Red and Yellow... Those must be the only colors the owner knew."
'Sssshhh! Keep your thoughts to yourself! Really though... what kind of tongue do you HAVE?' (Tsuna)
Natsuki went into a line. A group of men were standing in front of her. All of them have the body of a boxer or a body builder. Some of them were just plain and pure delinquents. They were taking their orders but it was getting too long because they were hitting on the girl who was in the counter.
Natsuki was starting to get pissed. She wants to make an order already. She's too hungry. In fact, it's already lunch time.
"UGH! Slowpokes..." Natsuki mumbled to herself.
The men heard Natsuki's mumble and they all turned around to her with their scary faces. "Huuuhhh? Whaddya say little girl?"
Tsuna shrieked his infamous girly shriek. He was looking at the men then back to Natsuki.
Natsuki was completely unaffected by their looks.
"I said Slowpokes! All of you! Are you done yet? I'm already hungry and I want to order so that I could EAT!" Natsuki screamed at them desperately. Her stomach was growling.
The customers just watched them. They made sure that they won't get involved if a fight would start.
The leader of the men whose head was shinier than a light bulb appeared. He looked down at Natsuki then he mocked her.
"Haaahhh...? As if a little girl like you could hurt us? Go back to your mama, kid! Hahaha..."
The other men laughed together with their leader. All of them were looking down at her.
Natsuki who was trembling in anger and hunger took a few steps back. She crossed her arms then suddenly ten blades appeared in each of her hands. She had the look of a killer and a hunter.
The men suddenly paled at her appearance. They can't believe that someone who looked so weak can be so scary.
"DIE! YOU FOOLS!" Natsuki screamed in a cold voice.
"E-E-EEEEEYYYYYYAAAAAAHHHHH!" The men screamed in unison.
Ten minutes later, a pile of dead-like bodies were found outside the fast food chain. The bodies were piled on top of each other that it formed a mini-mountain.
Hibari who happened to pass by in front of the fast food chain saw the bodies. He heard a couple of customers talking about it.
"I heard that a little girl has beaten those people up." One customer said.
"Yeah! I saw her. She's so small and yet look at what she did." A man replied.
"So they say, DON'T MESS WITH HUNGRY PEOPLE!" An old man countered.
Hibari started to run again in search of Natsuki. "Only one person who could do that... Natsuki!"
Natsuki was sitting happily on a bench holding a red and yellow box consisting of two triple-layered cheese burger, three large French fries and two large cokes. Her right hand held one cheese burger while her other hand held the coke. She was in a place that you could almost call a mini park. She was surrounded by trees and different kinds of plants.
Tsuna stared at her wide-eyed. He pointed his index finger at the box. 'You... You're not thinking of eating ALL of that! Aren't you?"
Natsuki looked at him while sipping on her coke then she nodded happily.
'YOU ARE GOING TO GET FAT!' Tsuna, who IS a man, was worried at their figure compared to Natsuki, who IS a woman.
Natsuki stopped drinking at her coke then she replied. "Nah! Don't worry! No matter how many times I eat, I won't get fat."
'HOW DID YOU DO THAT?'
Natsuki just continued eating like she had never heard Tsuna's question.
After ten minutes of eating, Natsuki finished all of her burgers, fries, and drinks. Tsuna was left speechless at Natsuki's appetite.
Natsuki lied on the bench. She was enjoying the peaceful environment of the place. She almost fell asleep when suddenly she heard a familiar loud scream.
"EXTREME!"
Natsuki sit up and looked at the direction of where the voice came from. She saw Ryohei running... running towards her direction.
'It's Oniisan!' Tsuna warned her.
"EEEEEEKKKKK! RUN! NO! HIDE! WE GOTTA HIDE!" Natsuki panicked as she looked for a good hiding place.
There was a big tree standing on her left side. Tsuna told her to hide there.
Natsuki climbed on the tree and she clung on its branches. She clung on the tree branch like her life depended on it. She watched Ryohei ran pass through them.
Ryohei stopped for a moment in front of the tree where Natsuki was hiding. He smelled the entire place.
*sniff sniff* "EXTREME! I can smell Natsuki here!"
'Shoot! Sempai, can smell me? What kind of nose does he have? Nose of a dog?' Natsuki prayed on not to be found by Ryohei.
Ryohei scanned the entire place. He can smell Natsuki's scent but he can't see her. He scratched his head. "EXTREME! She must have left already!"
With that, he left the place. He continued to run looking for Natsuki in other places.
Natsuki released a deep sigh of relief. She decided to leave the place in case Ryohei decided to come back and search the place thoroughly.
Natsuki was walking in an empty road that has white walls and houses on the sides. She made sure that Ryohei didn't follow her. She was so caught up with Ryohei that she didn't notice Gokudera coming to her left side when she reached a four-way corner. It was Gokudera's scream that took her attention and that was his mistake.
"JYUUDAIHIME!"
Natsuki's head snapped at where Gokudera is. She released a scream of terror when she saw him. "EEEEEEYYYYYAAAAAAHHHHHH...!"
She started running fast that it left smoke of dust behind her.
Tsuna was flying backwards behind her. He placed his hands over his eyebrows and looked at Gokudera.
'You'd better run fast Natsuki or else Gokudera-kun will caught up with you!' Tsuna gave an advice to Natsuki while smiling evilly.
*huff huff* "Shut up! Why don't YOU do the running while I do the flying?" Natsuki told Tsuna angrily.
'Heh Heh... You want to get caught? Let me warn you, I don't have your running abilities. Hahaha...' Tsuna countered.
"Che!"
Natsuki continued running. She was doing her best to get rid of Gokudera behind her tail.
Gokudera chased Natsuki with his life at stake. No matter what happens, it will be HIM who will bring his beloved Jyuudaihime back at her home and earn that sweet reward.
"JYUUDAIHIME! I WON'T LET YOU ESCAPE NO MATTER WHAT!"
"Agh! He's so desperate in catching me!" Natsuki complained as she looked back.
'IDIOT! Don't look back!' Tsuna scolded her.
Tsuna flew higher to examine the entire road. It looked like a maze in his view then he had a thought of confusing Gokudera by taking random turns then have Natsuki use her Ninja abilities.
'Natsuki! Do you know how to camouflage yourself on the walls?' Tsuna asked her.
Natsuki nodded in response. 'Yeah!'
'Good! I have an idea! Just listen to everything I will say!' (Tsuna)
'Ok!'
Gokudera ran faster to catch Natsuki. He stretched his hands to catch Natsuki. "JYUUDAIHIME!"
"EEEEPPP!" Natsuki evaded Gokudera's hand that almost grabbed her by moving to the left.
Gokudera missed Natsuki by inches. Due to his speed, he ran past her. He did his best to stop then he turned around. He saw Natsuki running to the opposite direction.
"You won't escape Jyuudaihime!" He licked his lips as he began chasing her again.
Natsuki saw the strange gleam on Gokudera's eyes as she turned around and began running again.
"YYYYAAAAHHHH! TSUNA! GOKUDERA'S EYES ARE STRANGE! I SAW IT! IT'S SCARING ME!"
'Don't tell me chasing you turned him on?' Tsuna commented.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN I TURNED HIM ON?"
Natsuki doesn't care any longer if she can't tell the difference between her spiritual life and physical life as long as she could escape Gokudera's clutches.
Tsuna sweat dropped at Natsuki's question. "So innocent!"
"Anyway! Let's do the plan!"
Natsuki nodded and she ran faster. Gokudera increased his speed also.
"JYUU-DAI-HI-ME!"
"TSUNA!" Natsuki screamed hysterically.
'Natsuki! Turn right! Quickly!' Tsuna told her.
Natsuki happily obliged.
This caught Gokudera surprised. He almost missed turning at the right corner where Natsuki turned. When he took the right corner, he saw Natsuki took the left corner. By the time he took the left corner, He was surprised that Natsuki disappeared. Gokudera went back to his normal self when Natsuki disappeared.
"Jyuudaihime! Where are you? Oh! Jyuudaihime!" Gokudera ran in a straight line until he disappeared.
Tsuna watched Gokudera disappeared through a distance.
"Is he still there yet?" Natsuki asked in her muffled voice.
'It's already safe. He's gone... You can come out now.' Tsuna answered calmly after making sure that Gokudera was no longer around.
A part of the white wall was peeled off and it revealed Natsuki releasing a sigh of relief.
*huff huff* "I can't believe that Gokudera IS smoking judging by the way he run!" Natsuki wiped the sweat on her chin.
'Heh... looks can be deceiving, Natsuki.'
The tie on Natsuki's hair snapped so she had no other choice but to hide her long hair inside her cap. After she fixed her hair, Tsuna whistled. He told her that she looked like a guy now.
Natsuki's stomach growled again. "I'm hungry... I need to eat some snack."
"That is the third time that you said that you are hungry this day!" Tsuna shouted.
He can't believe at the growling the stomach made. When he was using their body, he never gets hungry that easily. It only began acting like that when Natsuki started using it for a longer period of time. Regardless of those things, he was happy that there were no post present or else Natsuki will randomly hug one as one of her strange (a.k.a: stupid) habits.
The sun was starting to set. Natsuki was standing in front of a sushi shop named "Takezushi".
"Oooohhh...! Tsuna! Tsuna! Look here! The name of this shop sounds like Yamamoto's name." Natsuki told Tsuna as she pointed her finger at the sign board.
Tsuna just checked the place. He has a bad feeling about the place.
The door was left open slightly. Natsuki entered the sushi shop because she wants to eat sushi. To her surprise, the one who greeted her was...
"Welcome!" Yamamoto greeted their new customer.
Yamamoto should be searching for Natsuki as well like the other guys but his father called him because he was needed in the shop. Since he has to help his father in the shop, he decided to stop searching for Natsuki for the meantime.
Natsuki dropped her jaw when she saw Yamamoto over the counter. Worst, he had greeted her as well. The only thing that she wished for is for Yamamoto not to recognize her until she finished eating. She lowered down her cap so that half of her face can be covered.
All of the customers looked at her. They were guessing on what is her gender.
"Is that a boy?"
"Maybe, it's a girl?"
"How cute!"
Even Yamamoto had a hard time distinguishing what is Natsuki's gender. He didn't even realize that it was Natsuki who entered their shop, the one whom he had been looking for.
Natsuki sat on an empty seat in front of Yamamoto which was the only seat available.
'Why are you sitting IN FRONT of Yamamoto? Do you want him to find you?' Tsuna asked worriedly.
'What can I do? There are no empty seats other than this seat! Besides, I'm too hungry to look for any empty chairs aside this one.' Natsuki answered.
"What would you like to eat?" Yamamoto asked her.
Natsuki looked at him for a moment then she adjusted her cap. "Ten orders of sushi, please..."
"Ten?" Yamamoto asked again for clarification. He can't believe that someone as tiny like her would eat ten sushi.
Yamamoto's father smirked. He finally realize who the new customer that entered their shop. He knows only one person who has a tiny body that would eat a minimum of ten orders of sushi.
"Yes, ten..." Natsuki replied.
Yamamoto's father made ten orders of sushi for her. On the other hand, Yamamoto was having doubts on who she is. Her voice was somehow familiar for him. It just so happens that he can't see her face clearly due to her cap. He was itching to remove the cap on her head.
When Yamamoto's father finished making the ten orders of sushi, he gave it on Natsuki.
Natsuki happily ate it. She finished the ten orders of sushi by herself which shocked the other customers. What surprised them the most was that she kept on ordering additional orders which reached up to a total of thirty orders of sushi.
"What the?" One customer said.
"What kind of stomach does that kid have?" Another customer wondered.
Natsuki gave her payment to Yamamoto.
The warmth of her hands was so familiar to Yamamoto. "This person's hand... It's like..."
Natsuki slid the door open and went outside. She turned to her sides to close the door and that was her mistake.
Yamamoto finally recognized her when she left. He was itching to run to her side. It was his father who convinced him to go.
"Go Takeshi... You like her don't you? Chase her now."
Yamamoto nodded and left. "NATSUKI!"
The customers who knew Yamamoto whistled and cheered for him.
"Go! Takeshi-kun!" One male drunkard cheered.
"My~ Takeshi-kun has become a man..." One female drunkard commented.
Outside of the shop, Natsuki heard Yamamoto's voice calling her. Due to her shock, she suddenly jumped to a nearby post and hugged it. Heck, she even climbed it. She was very thankful that Yamamoto didn't look up when he searched for her. She saw him running, passing through the post where she was clinging.
Tsuna stared at her hugging the post. 'Tsk! Tsk! Tsk! Who would have thought that your stupid habits would come to use?'
Natsuki glared at him. 'SHUT UP!'
Natsuki went down when she was sure that Yamamoto was no longer around.
"I better get home..." Natsuki told herself then she started walking towards her home.
For one hour, Natsuki was walking in circles on the empty roads. She finds it fishy when no living person was around except her.
"That's strange... I'm sure I've walked here before." Natsuki said as she stared at a white house that has a green roof.
'Maybe you're lost?' Tsuna told her.
Natsuki shook her head. She decided to go back to Yamamoto's sushi shop to start over again but she noticed that she can't get back there and that she was walking in circles. While walking aimlessly, she saw an old man who was wearing a straw hat walking towards her direction. She went near the old man to ask for directions.
"Hey there, gramps, Can I ask you something?"
The old man nodded but he never said anything.
"Where is the Takezushi?"
The old man pointed to Natsuki's right side.
"Oh? Thanks, gramps!"
With that, Natsuki left and followed the old man's direction.
The old man stared at her back. He suddenly smirked. He removed his straw hat and it revealed two mismatched eyes.
"Kufufufu... Found you..."
The old man suddenly disappeared and it revealed Mukuro. He decided to follow Natsuki.
Tsuna had a bad feeling about that old man so he decided to look back again. When he turned around he saw Mukuro smirking seductively and dangerously behind Natsuki. He was about to warn her when suddenly Mukuro grabbed her waist which had Natsuki's back collide with Mukuro's chest.
"Gyyaaahh!" Natsuki screamed in surprise and terror.
"Kufufufu... I finally found you my dear little canary. Searching for you is quite a challenge." Mukuro murmured in her ears which made her blush.
Natsuki struggled from Mukuro's arms. She wants to break free but his hold on her was too strong. "Waaahhh... let go of me, Mukuro-san!"
"Kufufufu..." Mukuro just laughed at her then he began kissing her cheeks. He even licks it.
Natsuki tried to move her face away from Mukuro's mouth as much as possible. His actions give her the creeps. She was trembling from head to foot. The feeling was alien to her because that was the first time that someone did those things to her.
"EEEYYYAAHHH! Nononono... STOP!" She was blushing furiously.
Mukuro smirked and stared at her cute, blushing face. He finds it adorable but he somehow felt that Natsuki was getting scared at his actions so he decided to stop himself even though it was hard.
Natsuki was hyperventilating when Mukuro released her.
"WHA... WHA... WHAT DID YOU JUST DO?" Natsuki asked Mukuro while blushing.
Tsuna face palmed at her stupid question. It was obviously a kiss and yet she was asking on what Mukuro did to her.
Mukuro can't stop himself then he laughed. "Kufufufu... Natsuyuki-chan... I know that you are an innocent girl but I have never thought that you are THAT innocent."
Natsuki narrowed down her eyes at him then she pouted. "Well... I'm sorry for being THAT innocent."
Mukuro found Natsuki's pouting face cute. "Oya~ How cute..."
Natsuki blushed at his compliment.
Suddenly, the illusion that Mukuro used break and it revealed Natsuki's house.
Natsuki dropped her jaw then she glared at Mukuro. "You! My house was just in front of me and yet you hid it from me!"
Mukuro just laughed at her.
Natsuki started to pound Mukuro's chest which he blocked by his hands. "Kufufufu..."
Minutes later, her other guardians appeared.
"Jyuudaihime!" Gokudera shouted.
"Natsuki!" Yamamoto and Ryohei said at the same time.
"Hn~" Hibari started to walk towards them.
The four of them were mad because just like Natsuki, they fall on Mukuro's illusions.
Reborn came out of the house. "So the winner is Mukuro."
"What winner?" Natsuki demanded an answer from Reborn, the great Reborn.
Reborn looked at her then smirked. "Well, the first person who will find you before the sunset will have the right to date you."
"The right to what?"
Reborn cocked his gun. He was getting irritated and pissed by Natsuki's slow brain.
Natsuki hid behind Mukuro's back.
Mukuro laughed at her while giving a spare glance at his fellow guardians. He gave all of them a triumphant grin.
Gokudera, Yamamoto, Ryohei and most of all, Hibari trembled in anger and jealousy. They can't believe that they got defeated by Mukuro, the renowned pineapple-head. If it only wasn't for the first rule, they might have joined forces to beat the crap out of Mukuro. They finally regretted agreeing to Reborn's rules.
Iemitsu, who just arrived home from Italy, suddenly appeared and lifted his one and only daughter.
"Dad! Put me down! It's embarrassing!" Natsuki blushed as she saw some of her guardians smiling at her. They were smiling at them because the image of a father lifting his daughter was so cute and sweet.
"Natsuki! Good news! You are going to Italy tomorrow! Your grandpa wants to see you when I told him about your revival."
Iemitsu puts his daughter down then Natsuki suddenly froze.
Reborn told Mukuro that he could start claiming his prize once Natsuki returned from Italy.
Natsuki stared at his father's smiling and happy face then she asked. "Italy?"
"Yes, Italy!" Iemitsu happily and stupidly replied.
There was a long and awkward silence at first then suddenly Natsuki laughed creepily. "Hohohohoho..."
A chill ran through their spine when they heard Natsuki's creepy voice. Even Tsuna got curious at Natsuki's strange behaviour.
Iemitsu paled. He remembered that his daughter hates Italy. No matter how beautiful the place is, she still hated it because of one person.
"Hohoho... You're telling me Dad to go to Italy?" Natsuki asked with a forced smile attached to her face.
Iemitsu nodded nervously.
"THERE'S NO WAY IN HELL I'LL GO TO THAT PLACE! I'LL NEVER SET MY FOOT IN THAT LAND WHERE THAT SCUMBAG LIVES!"
Natsuki screamed at the top of her lungs while baring her fangs.
Xanxus, who was living in Italy, suddenly sneezed.
Author's Notes: Here's the part two. I hope you guys would like this chapter. I'm excited to write the next chapter. Tee-hee! :D
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