Phew... I'm so glad i managed to update today (as i promised)... being sick really doesn't help
Well, enjoy :D
err... sorry if people are Out of character (OCC)
Chapter 9
"Ren-san! Come on our team!"
"No! Amaya-san!"
"Sorano-san!"
"They're on OUR team!"
"NO! OURS!"
"What?"
"Ne, Ren, Amaya, Sorano, which teams do you want to be on?"
"Are we done choosing yet?"
"Just four left."
"I'm saying that you can have No-good Tsuna on your team, and we can have Sorano-san, Amaya-san and Ren-san!" a boy said.
"Oh?" Two growling voices thought.
"He was amazing at volleyball but we all know he sucks at baseball!"
"Sigh….PE is always a pain…" Tsuna thought. "Gokudera-kun went to resupply his dynamite… so I thought it would finally be a bit more peaceful…"
"You know what?" Amaya glared at the two teams. "I don't want to join either team." She walked to a nearby bench and whipped out a book.
Ren also stated that she was getting a headache and didn't want to participate, so only Tsuna and Sorano were left.
"Excuse me…. Amaya, Ren," the teacher declared. "You must have a valid reason to sit out or else I will report this to the d-disciplinary c-committee."
"What?" Ren and Amaya looked up from the book they were both reading. They glared at the teacher. "Is that so?"
"M-Maybe I'll make an exception this time…"
"Your team has one more person than our team has, so we'll take Sorano-san!"
"What?" Unfair!"
"It's decided!"
"Oh, but No-good Tsuna's still left."
"Isn't it alright? Just join our team!" Yamamoto enthusiastically stated.
"Are you serious, Yamamoto? You don't have to let that loser in."
"Don't be so stingy. I just have to keep them from hitting, right?" Yamamoto swung his arm around the person's shoulder in a carefree manner.
"Well… if Yamamoto is saying so…"
"Alright then…"
"That's the first time I've been accepted into a team…" Tsuna thought. "And it's from the freshman who's the baseball team's starter. He has everyone's full trust and respect, Yamamoto Takeshi."
"Isn't that good, Sawada-san?" Sorano smiled at him.
The game began. It was just like a normal game of baseball, however, there was an interesting event that occurred. When it was Sorano's turn to hit the ball, she didn't hit it very hard, however, the ball flew up into the air and looped around strangely in the air, performing stunts, causing everybody's eyes- including her own- to pop out of their sockets.
(Secret Author's Note: This will be revealed at around the end/ middle of the Varia Arc, I think)
"So," Reborn, who was watching nearby, stated. "It's started for her. This will be troublesome." He pulled his fedora over his eyes.
Ren and Amaya raised their eyes at Sorano curiously, who merely looked puzzled, stating that she didn't do anything.
The game continued, and it was Yamamoto's turn to hit the ball. Instead of what had happened to Sorano, however, Yamamoto hit the ball too far, and out of the court.
"Sorry, sorry." Yamamoto apologised.
"Pfft, you should use one arm."
"Nice! Yamamoto!"
"Hail baseball freak!"
"So cool!"
"Takeshi!"
"Yamamoto is amazing…" Tsuna thought. "If only I was like that."
"Oh?" Reborn seemed to regain interest in the baseball game. "Yamamoto Takeshi. His athleticism and popularity are needed in the family."
(Timeskip- After the game)
"It's your fault, No-good Tsuna!"
"That's why I didn't want him in the team!"
"Sweep the field by yourself!"
"We still lost….." Tsuna sobbed inwardly.
"Sweep it seriously, loser!"
"I should go home..." Tsuna thought. "I don't want to do this."
"Help has arrived!" Yamamoto walked towards Tsuna, broom in hand, with the triplets following him.
"Ah, Yamamoto!" Tsuna exclaimed. "Amaya, Ren, Sorano! HIEEE! You came to help me?"
"No, dumbass, Reborn told us to."Amaya raised her eyebrows. "So he's scared of us after finding out we're dragons."
"Aha…." Tsuna was nervous.
Reborn jumped down from a nearby tree. "Oi, I want to confirm something. Everyone stand back."
"What now?" Amaya wanted to know.
"Sorano, go to the other side of the field, and when you're there, swing your broom in the air, like a sword."
She did as she was told. As she swung the broom, a sudden large gust of wind lifted up everything that was left behind, including shoes, rubbish and equipment, and carried them over to the side of the court, which just happened to be where Tsuna and the others were standing.
"HIEEEEE!" Tsuna shouted at he got hit, then buried, by a mountain of rubbish, junk, and some rather heavy equipment.
"Ahahahaha, she's good at clearing up, isn't she?" Yamamoto laughed as if this was normal. He suddenly was hit on the head by an empty can of soft drink. "Whoops, no matter!"
Ren and Amaya stared at Sorano, eyes and mouth wide open. They turned to each other, and gaped, mouths stretching down to the floor.
As Sorano made her way across the field, noticing what she had done, a bit oblivious and a bit puzzled, Reborn smirked.
"So," he thought. "I was right , after all. This should instantly be reported to Lal and Luch—no, Aria, Luche's not here anymore. Verde has no right to know, however. He'd instantly start human experiments on her." Reborn hopped off to one of his secret lairs.
"Um… Ren, Amaya?" Sorano was concerned. She tapped them on the back, and they 'woke up' from their shock.
For a minute, there was an awkward silence.
"Oi, Ren, Sorano." Amaya folded her arms. "I think this calls for a discussion; people have always been after us, wanting our power, just what is it?"
"I think our powers are starting to develop now. What you just did proves that." Ren said to Sorano.
Sorano looked thoughtful. "Yes, perhaps we can find out now; we're old enough."
"Verde told us to email him if anything strange happened to us, right? So we should do that now, yes?" Ren noticed. "I still don't know why no one told us what our powers exactly are…."
The three walked home in silence, a dark cloud hanging above two heads.
(Meanwhile… back with Tsuna and Yamamoto- Tsuna has escaped from the pile of junk)
"Sorry, it's all my fault we lost…" Tsuna apologised. "And just when you let me in the team."
"Don't worry about it, it's only PE." Yamamoto watched Tsuna sweep the ground. "I'm counting on you, my target stock."
"Huh?" Tsuna was confused.
"Aren't you amazing lately? Like in the kendo battle and the volleyball tournament." Yamamoto grinned. "I've got you checked in my book.
"Oh… uhh…" Tsuna stuttered.
"In comparison, I just play baseball like it's all I know…" Yamamoto sighed.
"What are you talking about? Your baseball skills are amazing." Tsuna was shocked.
"Actually, it's not going that well…" Yamamoto looked a bit down.
"Huh?" Tsuna looked up from his sweeping.
"Lately, no matter how much I practice, my average is dropping and my fielding is screwing up." He leaned on his broom. "At this rate, it'll be the first time I don't start since I began playing baseball… Tsuna, what should I do?"
"EHH! You're asking me?" Tsuna was shocked.
"Just kidding. Lately you're so reliable so I just…"
"I've never seen Yamamoto like this, I want to give advice, but I also don't want him to find out about Reborn…" Tsuna turned to Yamamoto. "I guess, more effort is the way to go… I think…" He scratched his cheek. "Bleh… I'm such a liar…"
"Yeah."
"Huh?"
"You know, I thought that was it too… Yamamoto grinned. "We agree, as I expected."
"Really?" asked Tsuna.
"Alright, today I'm going to stay here and practice like hell!" Yamamoto slung his arm around Tsuna's shoulder.
"Haha, I said something good…" Tsuna was pleased.
(Timeskip- at Tsuna's home later, the triplets are there too)
"Did something good happen?" Reborn wiped his gun with a golden, silk cloth.
"You can tell?" Tsuna was sitting, doing his homework. "Today, a popular kid came to me for advice. Man, what to do…"
"Oh, about that Yamamoto…?"
"HOW DO YOU KNOW!"
"Reborn's always watching you, Sawada." Ren sipped some tea.
"AND WHY ARE YOU THREE ALWAYS HERE?"
"Reborn invited us."Sorano explained. "Though I do admit we're being invited over a lot."
"So, make him your subordinate."Reborn replied simply.
"What?" Tsuna exclaimed. "You're going to turn my classmate into a mafia member too?"
"That kid does what he wants, says what he wants, and eventually gets his own way." Amaya glared at Reborn.
"Absolutely not!" Tsuna shouted. "Yamamoto is hot on baseball. I want to help him out as a friend!"
"You should try getting hot too, for once." Reborn smirked, and chased after Tsuna in his bedroom, aiming his 'fire gun' at him the whole time. The room was ruined, and slightly on fire.
"HIEE!" Tsuna screamed. "My room!"
"That's the wrong meaning of hot." Reborn put on a childish grin.
"Don't say my line!" Tsuna was exasperated. "We have to g-get rid of…. F-fire." He fainted, and Reborn kicked him onto his bed, which happened to not get burnt.
"So…. What now?" Ren asked Reborn. "Getting rid of the flames?"
"Ow…." The flame had reached Sorano's hand, who blew on it hurriedly.
"What are you talking about?" Amaya reached out and felt the flames. "I wouldn't even call these flames lukewarm."
"Here, I'll try…" Ren stretched out her hand and poked the flame. Her hand had the same reaction as Sorano.
"I…. really do not understand this…"Amaya shrugged.
"Well… Oi, Amaya." Reborn said.
"What?"
"Point to that rock." He ordered.
"E r….. Ok?" she pointed her finger towards a rock in the neighbour's garden. "I don't get this Reborn. Just what good does this do anyway?"
As she said this, she didn't notice the flames flying in a straight line, directly at the rock she was pointing to. The flames collided, and a small explosion occurred. This time, it was Ren and Sorano's mouths that stretched to the floor.
"What?" Amaya still had not realised. "Wait, wait, tell me later what happened. Reborn?"
Reborn had already scurried off to another hideaway, making preparations to also send an email to Skull and Marmon.
(Secret Authors Note: He hasn't sent the emails to anyone yet, he needs further experiments- you'll see why. You'll also understand later on why I chose Lal and Luche for Sorano's event, and Skull and Marmon for Amaya's event. There's still Ren to go, too. XD)
"Reborn's off to one of his lairs, and Sawada-san's still in shock (while fainting). We should go now, right?" Sorano wanted to know. The other two nodded, and they walked out, thanking Mrs Sawada on the way out.
(Timeskip: The next morning at school)
"Hey! Everyone!" A boy swung open the door leading to 1A, where Tsuna, others and the triplets were. "Yamamoto is about to jump off the roof!"
"Huh?"
"Yamamoto from our class?"
"Him? That's impossible."
"They're good and bad pranks, you know."
"Listen!" The boy tried to explain. "When Yamamoto stayed after school practising yesterday, he went too far and broke his arm!"
"No way…" Tsuna thought. "What I said yesterday… 'Effort is the only way… It's my fault?"
"Anyway, go to the roof!"
"Okay!"
"Tsuna-kun, let's go!" Kyoko looked worried.
"Uh…yeah!" Tsuna exclaimed. "After I go to the bathroom."
Kyoko nodded, and ran out of the room.
"You always just have to go to the bathroom, right, hero?" Amaya's voice appeared in Tsuna's left ear.
"Effort is the only way, was it… what a hypocrite." Ren's voice lingered in Tsuna's right ear.
A cold wind blew onto Tsuna's neck. He turned around slowly, and saw the triplets.
"HIEE!" You were listening yesterday?"
"No, Reborn told us." Sorano explained.
Ren pointed to the door. "Think you should go now?"
They went.
(At the roof, the triplets are also there, but Tsuna snuck off)
"Hey, Yamamoto, this isn't funny!"
"You're taking it too far!"
"Heh. Sorry, but that's not true." Yamamoto looked crestfallen. "After the baseball god threw me away, I have nothing left."
"No way!"
"He's serious?"
"That fence is rusty and might fall apart anytime, too!"
"Yamamoto Takeshi." Sorano walked up to Yamamoto. She looked concerned yet a bit disappointed. "What about your father? What will he do when he finds out?"
Yamamoto looked towards the ground, and managed a sad smile.
"Oh, no…" Ren walked forwards. "I know a particular kid who's trying to get you into something. Something big, and something that will have many obstacles to overcome. The way you are acting is sickening, and you should know that your arm will heal in time anyway."
"I see…." It was Amaya's turn. "You're afraid, right. You're too scared to do the things after this, so you're trying to end it all now. Am I right? Alright, jump. If you're going to get it over with sooner or later, jump now."
(With Tsuna)
"What should I do, I shouldn't have said that!" Tsuna was stressing out. "I can't face Yamamoto."
Reborn walked in front of Tsuna. "You want to help Yamamoto as a friend, right? Then don't run away."
"Reborn!" Tsuna shouted. "Wait! Time out! HIEEE!" He ran around a corner, and found himself behind Yamamoto.
"Tsuna…" Yamamoto sighed.
"Eh…. Ah…. Wha-what do I do?" Tsuna started panicking.
"If you came to stop me, it's no use." Yamamoto stated. "You should be able to understand my feelings."
"Huh?"
"For someone that's called No-good Tsuna all the time…. You can understand the feeling of preferring to die over failing at everything, right?"
"Huh?" Tsuna was confused. "No…. You and I are different, so…"
Yamamoto's eyes were shadowed. "How arrogant of the recently awesome Tsuna-sama. So you're a fine student now as opposed to me… What Dorago-san said was exactly right. I don't want to keep failing so I want to end it now."
"N-No, that's wrong!"Tsuna tried to explain what he just said. "It's because I'm no good! Unlike you, I've never put any effort into one single thing! I arrogantly said 'effort', but I've really done nothing! What I said yesterday was a lie. Sorry. Saying you're so frustrated that you want to die because of a career ending accident, unlike you, I've never had those thoughts. In fact, I'm a pathetic person…."
"Yes, indeed." Muttered Amaya quietly. "Glad you realised."
Tsuna glanced around, shivered, but continued. "I would have regrets when dying, thinking if I'm going to die then I should have done it with a dying will…Thinking it's a waste to die from something like this…So, I can't understand your feelings…. Sorry… Later!" He started running off.
"Good job, Sawada-san…"Sorano said quietly.
"Wait, Tsuna!" Yamamoto grabbed Tsuna's collar before he could run away. Tsuna was pulled back and fell onto Yamamoto. Suddenly the rusty fence broke, and the two tumbled down the building.
"Reborn will shoot him with the dying will bullet, so there's no need to worry…" thought Ren.
"AHH!"
"KYAAA!"
"WHA!"
(In the nearby building)
"Humph…" A voice smirked. "Now is the time to get your dying will…" The figure shot a bullet at Tsuna.
(With Tsuna)
My friend…. I want to save Yamamoto… MID-AIR REBORN! SAVE YAMAMOTO WITH MY DYING WILL!"
"Tsuna!" Yamamoto shouted.
"Can't stop!" shouted Tsuna.
The figure in the building shrugged. "Additional shot." He shot an extra bullet at Tsuna's head.
(Tsuna)
"MY HAIR! IT ITCHES!" Tsuna's hair grew a spring, which allowed him to bounce on the ground, and stand up.
"If you hit the hair whorl, it's the hair-growth spring bullet." Reborn explained.
(Back with the others on the roof)
"No way!"
"They're S-SAFE?"
"That's not possible!"
"Maybe it was a joke of Yamamoto's? Using wires or something?"
Three particular girls looked at each other and rapidly shook their heads.
"Yeah."
"What the hell! I was seriously worried, too!"
"Tsuna really is a pervert, huh?"
"Let's go, let's go."
(With Tsuna and Yamamoto)
"Yamamoto!" Tsuna looked worried. "Are you ok?"
"Yeah…" Yamamoto looked up with a face full of admiration. "Tsuna! You're amazing."
"E-Eh?"
"Just like you said. You have to do it with dying will." He starched his head sheepishly. "I don't know what I was thinking. Nothing good comes from my idiocy."
"Yamamoto…" Tsuna grinned. "Thanks, Reborn. I saved Yamamoto with my dying will…"
This is how Tsuna made a close friend. But Reborn didn't think that… "Family acquired."
(Later)
Tsuna ran in the hallway, hopelessly trying to cover himself (his uniform ripped) with his arms. He ran to his classroom and pulled open the door, to see Sorano, holding a clean, un-ripped boy's uniform for him to wear. He grabbed it thankfully and rushed to the bathroom.
(Later, during science)
"Today, class, we will be observing plants, and also recording how long it takes for them to grow… Please follow me to the garden…"
(Timeskip)
Ren sat in front of her pot plant, bored. She looked around her. Most people's plants had small, green shoots coming out of them, Sorano's flower had a small bud, and Amaya's plant, had died the moment she had touched the pot.
"Seriously…" Ren thought. "Wouldn't it be more fun if we were growing plants and not observing how long it takes for them to grow?" She gently poured some water from a watering can onto the soil in her pot. "Come on, hurry up and grow….."
First, the plant's sprout appeared above the soil. Then it turned into a shrub. Then more leaves appeared. Next, a beanstalk zoomed out of the soil, reaching the top of the classroom.
Everyone turned her way, mouths wide and eyes ready to fall out.
(A little while ago, with Tsuna, Tsuna's POV)
"It's good that my plant didn't die…. I wonder, what happened to Amaya-san's?" I looked at my small plant, ready to sprout. "Even if my plant didn't die (yet), is it going to grow? No one else's is growing, so it should be alrigh-" I turned around, hearing a loud whooshing noise, and noticed Ren-san's plant growing. Way. Too. Fast.
(Ren's POV)
"Hmm…. I only said that I wanted it to grow, and I have no powers to make it grow… why? No, how?" I was confused. "It seems we have more things to tell Verde-san this afternoon." She walked forwards (she had dropped the pot in front of her in shock) and poked the hard, wide stem. The plant felt as if it had been growing for years, nice, and steadily. She frowned in confusion.
"Um…. Ren-san?"
"What happened?"
"Woah, look at the plant."
"HOW did that happen?"
"How weird…"
"Ahaha, that's a fast plant, indeed." (Guess who?)
"Tch, that's not special at all compared to Juudaime's superior power and strength." (Guess who?)
A person watching from a window raised his eyebrows. "Hnn?" (Guess who?)
A small shadow, watching from inside a secret base, smirked. "Looks like Fong and that stupid rival will have to be informed too." (Colonello)
(Normal POV)
(Secret Author's Note: So, Ren's 'event', complete. There may be more powers for them, though. What do you think their powers are?)
The triplets walked home in silence. Sorano produced a key from her pocket and opened the door, and the three gathered around Ren's laptop, as she was the favourite of 'Professor Verde'. Ren asked Verde online for a video chat, and Verde agreed almost at once.
"This had better be interesting, Ren." Verde smirked.
"Strange things have been happening." Ren and the others explained everything in detail to Verde.
(After the long explanation)
"This could be interesting for my research."
"That's all?"
"Well, Ren and siblings, Reborn hasn't told you what your powers are yet, has he?"
"No."
"Fufufu, well, I do not wish to make an enemy of the world's greatest hitman."
"I see…"
"This will be good for my research."
"Yes, yes."
"Send me some blood, skin, and flesh samples at once ."
"Ok, Verde-san" "Err…" "No, what do you think we are, test subjects?"
"Amaya, you did not become my favourite because you were too disobedient."
"I don't want to be."
"Ren and Sorano, on the other hand, obeyed me. I hate disobedience of test subjects."
"Oh? Then why Ren and not Sorano?"
"Sorano was too much of a peacemaker."
"Is there a problem with that?"
"Make sure I get those sampl-" The video message was cut off by a dark, looming figure, angrily placing a finger on the 'stop' button. The dark figure stormed out of the room.
Ren and Sorano looked at each other. "I'll start making dinner." Ren sighed. Sorano nodded and walked to Amaya's room, where she was. She found Amaya sitting on her bed, deep in thought and frowning.
"Amaya." Sorano understood how Amaya felt. "I know you don't care about not being Verde's favourite, but there's no need to keep a grudge against him because he did countless human experiments on you. He did say it was because it seemed you had the most physical strength out of us three, being the oldest."
"Humph."
"You don't have to send the samples to Verde." Sorano stated.
"I wasn't planning to."
The three triplets sighed in unison. This so-called great power was going to be troublesome.
(With Reborn)
Reborn, in one of his secret hideaways, was in a bad mood. He had just received a email from Verde, notifying Reborn that Verde already knew about the powers they had started to develop. Reborn frowned. He hadn't wanted Verde to know, seeing as he knew about the human experiments, but he understood that Verde could have asked Ren, his favourite out the three. Verde had also insulted him, saying that he didn't want to anger the so-called greatest hitman.
Reborn pulled his hat over his head. He sipped some espresso from a teacup, and sat down in his small, baby-sized sofa. He started typing, to them, the trainers of the dragon triplets, the Arcobaleno.
(Secret Author's Note: I'm not revealing who trained who but if you read the above carefully you could guess)
To: Aria/ Lal Mirch/Fong/Colonello/Lackey (Skull) / Viper
This email is to inform you of the fact that your disciples are at that time.
Yes, their powers are growing.
At times of emergency, I will have to call you over.
For more training for them- I have a feeling they'll need it.
Do NOT tell anything of importance to Verde.
Sincerely,
The greatest hitman, Reborn.
(On Lal's email only) PS: When I told Colonello how well you treated _ he was envious. Of course, he was fan- slapped every time he did something wrong, unlike how well you treated her.
Reborn sent the emails and scowled slightly. "Annoying."
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