Stuck in the KHR! World
A Katekyo Hitman Reborn! Fanfiction
by Murasaki Argenteria
9. Meeting the Vongola Decimo... (When He Doesn't Know You Know)
Needless to say, despite the other brushing it off, Tsuna still felt really bad about having bumped into the other person, and, in the end, had ended up inviting her over to his place, seeing as her jacket sleeve seemed to have ripped -and it had looked very, very recent, too.
Besides, Reborn would probably kill him if he found out that he had been so 'discourteous' to a girl...
"Ah! Uhm, I'm Tsuna, by the way!" he said, when he realized that they had not introduced themselves, "Sawada, Tsunayoshi -though most call me Tsuna," he continued, though, of course, he had decided not to add the 'dame' part of it.
For some reason, though, it felt almost as if she had been waiting for this, "Nice to meet you, Tsuna!" she grinned, "I'm Mika! Murasaki, Mikami, though everyone here calls me Mika for whatever reason," she laughed...
When they had finally arrived at Tsuna's house, Mika was a bit surprised at just how loud it really was. Not quite as loud as Squalo, mind you, but it was almost as loud as the silver haired shark...
Beside her, Tsuna sighed, before opening the gate for her.
She smiled, and thanked him politely, as she looked around. Interestingly enough, she could already hear the kids (I-Pin and Lambo)'s screaming and yelling, before Tsuna had even opened the door.
As soon as it was open, though...
A blur of black and white shot out and slammed right into Tsuna, knocking the poor boy over.
"Gyahahaha~! You'll never catch the Great Lambo-sama!" exclaimed a certain obnoxious, cow-costumed child.
"Lambo! No! Give I-Pin sweet back! Not Lambo's!" an egg-headed infant around the same age as Lambo ran after him, wearing a chinese-styled uniform.
Tsuna was still laying on the floor, rubbing his head, as Lambo stood on his stomach, holding what looked like a pack of candy, still laughing and seemingly about it eat it, much to I-Pin's horror.
Mika frowned, plucking the treats out of Lambo's hands, "That's not nice -Lambo-kun, was it?" she said, just to make it seem like she didn't already know his name, though anyone listening would have found it quite easy to figure out...
Lambo grit his teeth, "Give that back! It's Lambo-sama's candy!" he exclaimed.
Mika sighed, still rather calm, "No," she said simply, "Now get off of Tsuna-kun, please," she said, still polite, though she was starting to get irritated.
I-Pin just watched what was going on in silence, not quite sure whether this new arrival was good or bad yet (although, seeing as she seemed to know Tsuna, I-Pin was hoping she was good).
"I-Pin willing share, if Lambo does!" she said at last, while Tsuna helped himself up, though Lambo still denied every charge against him.
"But Lambo take without ask!" she frowned, "Still, I-Pin share!" she told her, holding her hands out to Mika, hoping that she would be nice and return the package of sweets.
Mika's lips quirked into a smile, "You're too nice to him, I-Pin," she said, though she leaned down a bit to hand it back, "Now, don't let him take it away from you again, you hear?" she chided lightly.
I-Pin smiled, "谢谢, 大姐!" (XièXiè, DàJiě! ) she exclaimed in chinese, "I-Pin will look after it better from now on!"
Mika smiled, "不客气!" (BùKèQì! ) she replied in the same language, lips quirking as she had never thought she would be using it in a conversation here -not while she was with the Varia anyways.
"Make sure you do, okay?" she said, as I-Pin's face lit up at the familiar language.
"是的! 我会!" (Shì-de! WǒHuì! ) she replied, only too happy to be able to use her native language.
Mika smiled, "Un! 我相信你," (WǒXiāngXìnNǐ ) she answered, before seeing Tsuna and Lambo's confused looks. Tsuna was polite enough to stay quiet, though Lambo looked like he was about to interrupt.
"Now then, why don't you and Lambo-kun go play, I-Pin?" she asked, gently coaxing the Chinese Infant assassin.
I-Pin seemed to understand, as she looked at Lambo, and nodded. "Okay!" she said, before turning to her companion, "Come, Lambo!"
She ran back into the house, forcing the cow-print clad child to follow if he still wanted candy, though he was still wary of Mika.
"Bleh~!" He made an annoying face at Mika before following after I-Pin again...
Mika just sighed, suppressing what irritation she felt (after all, Lambo wasn't the most annoying Mafioso in Fuuta's book for nothing...!), seeing as he was only a child.
But really, that child needed discipline...
The two stood in the doorway for a while, one staring in shock, while the other looked on with a bit of amusement, biting back a smile.
"Uhm... Tsuna...? Are you alright...?" she asked when he showed no sign of stopping, even going so far as to wave a hand in front of the boy's face when he didn't answer.
"Huh- Wha?" Tsuna blinked, realizing that he had spaced out, and flushed, "Ah, s-sorry, Mika-san," he apologized.
"But, uhm... I-I didn't know you could speak... Chinese... was it?" he looked a little confused, "From what you spoke earlier, I was sure..." he trailed off, and flushed again, realizing that he had assumed things again.
Mika chuckled, "Oh, yeah, just one of my many abilities~" she teased, grinning.
Tsuna seemed to feel a little awkward, but at that moment, Sawada Nana came out of the kitchen.
"Ara? I thought I heard you, Tsu-kun!" Nana smiled, "And? Who's this? A friend?" she asked, seeming rather interested that her son had brought a strange girl home (quote "lady-friend" as she would later describe her to Iemitsu) -and alone.
"Eh? Ah! U-Uhm, Mom, this is Mika-san! I accidentally bumped into her on my way home," he said sheepishly, "And, uhm, well, she ripped her sleeve, so I thought..." he trailed off.
"Ah!" Nana nodded understandingly, "Well then, Welcome to our humble home, Mika-chan!" she smiled brightly, "If you'll give me the damaged shirt-"
"Jacket, mom," Tsuna corrected, making Nana smile again.
"-Oh, yes. Jacket- I'd be more that willing to fix it for you!" she beamed, before looking over to Tsuna, "Oh, Tsu-kun, Reborn-chan's waiting for you in your room by the way," she told him, eliciting a groan from her son.
Tsuna sighed, "Ugh, I'm sorry Mika-san, but I-"
Mika held a hand up, shaking her head, "It's alright," she said with a smile, "I understand, important right?" she asked.
"Well... Something like that..." he said awkwardly -how could he tell a total stranger that it was mafia-related?
She grinned, figuring out what he was thinking quite easily from his expression, "It's alright, I'll stay down here with your mother," she said, "I won't go anywhere too soon," she promised.
He just nodded, "O-okay, then..." he said, before going up the stairs, "C-Call if you need anything!" he called back, a slight nervous smile in place before he turned back and made his way to his room...
In the kitchen, Sawada Nana had already pulled out a sewing kit, and was waiting, "Sorry for intruding," Mika apologized, dredging up as much Japanese custom as she could.
Nana just smiled, "It's alright. It's just nice to see Tsu-kun making so many friends -he didn't have many before Reborn appeared, you know," she told her, as Mika handed her the jacket, and showed her the sleeve that needed repairing.
She sat down in the empty seat that Nana insisted she sit in -after all, no need for her to be uncomfortable as she waited, right?
"Ah, really?" she smiled, "That's nice," she agreed, watching as Nana expertly patched the sleeve up almost as good as new -definitely much better than she could do herself.
She just didn't have the patience...
Well, usually -not enough to do a good job, anyways!
"Mn," Nana smiled, before looking over to her, "So, how do you know my Tsu-kun?" she asked.
"Oh, well, we... kinda bumped into each other," she confessed, deciding that she should keep as much to the truth as she possibly could.
"Oh, really?" Nana looked surprised.
Mika nodded, "Yeah, I was wandering the area a bit, since I'm supposed to be starting at Namimori Middle come Monday," she explained, and Nana's eyes lit with understanding, "It's just temporary... I think," she frowned, "But I wanted to take a look at the school before I went back 'home'," she explained. In reality, though, she had been surprised that she'd been able to find the park so soon -the first actual sign that she had found the area Tsuna lived in, since the rest was just houses, and some of them looked so alike... Well, one could just imagine...
Nana nodded, "I see! Did you find it?" she asked, smiling a bit at her. She was glad to know that Tsuna would have another new friend to play with -and a girl at that!
Mika looked a bit sheepish, "Eh... Actually... No, I... kinda got lost..." she said, "See, we're staying at a hotel at the moment," she explained.
Nana looked quite sympathetic, "New house not ready yet?" she asked, assuming.
Mika bit her lip slightly, "Eh, well... Something like that," she said -not a total lie... kind of. She had a feeling that some of them were getting tired of the Hotel place, and would probably just buy a house or something, knowing what little common sense half the Varia had...
Unfortunately. Besides, Luss would probably demand it, and try to 'liven' the place up by decorating it...
In his fashion... She almost shivered at that, but somehow suppressed it.
"There we go! All done!" Mika looked back to Nana, a bit startled, as she cut the thread.
"Eh? Already?" she blinked, and Nana smiled, blushing a bit.
"Well, Tsu-kun tends to trip a lot..." she trailed off.
"Ah," Mika nodded -of course, she should have known that Nana would have a lot of experience.
"Oh, do you know how to get home? Or do you have a ride?" she asked.
"Oh, I was going to find a Taxi..." she said, before she realized how incredibly stupid the statement had been -not once had she seen one around Namimori while she had wandered...
Nana frowned, seeming to realize the same thing, "That's right, you probably don't know how the buses work here since you're new, do you?" she asked, before thinking, "Hold on! I think we have the number for the Taxi company around here somewhere..." she started, getting up to find the sheet with the number written on it. Iemitsu often used it when he came home to visit.
"Ah, yeah, but- Eh?" she blinked, Nana had left her seat before she had even realized it...
Damn! That woman was fast! She thought...
By the time that Mika got 'home', she could honestly say there wasn't much about Tsuna she didn't know...
Yes, Sawada Nana, like all doting and indulgent parents, loved to talk about her child -in this case, Tsuna. Now she probably wouldn't have to hide anything, too, which was the upside to all of it. There was little that she didn't already know, but... It had still been fun to listen to the stories about poor Tsuna.
Surprisingly, though, Lambo and I-Pin had not caused any ruckus during the rest of the duration of her stay. She had a feeling that Lambo hated her now, though I-Pin seemed to like her well enough -although that may have mainly been because she could speak to Mika in full sentences and ramble on, unlike with the others, since she still struggled a little with Japanese on a daily basis...
Fuuta had not made an appearance, and that disappointed her, though she knew it wasn't likely to appear to begin with (she didn't remember him being around during that arc, in any case), and she had not seen Yamamoto and Gokudera. And, though she wasn't surprised, she was still a bit disappointed.
She did promise Nana that she would come back and visit whenever she could though, seeing as Nana had so kindly invited her to stay at her home whenever and for however long to 'play', or even study.
She wasn't sure that the Varia would be very happy if they found out about this, but she knew it was unlikely she would do more than stay for dinner anyways -none of the Varia would miss her, after all...
Unless it was Luss, and Mammon -though in the latter's case, it was more out of duty than affection. (Though she didn't know that she actually had started to grow on the infant.)
No, wait, maybe Mammon, too, since -odd as it was- there was an almost paternal relationship that had been forged between the two...
Oh, and Squalo, though he would probably only be irritated that she was missing lessons -oh, right, note to self: Never miss Squalo's lessons, and always do Luss' recommended exercises at the very least if unable to meet for training... she thought to herself.
"I'm back!" she called, though she expected no reply, as she pulled the hood down, and walked down the hall towards her assigned room, looking just a little worse for wear (due to fatigue, of course).
So it was quite a surprise when almost all the Varia -minus Levi- appeared almost immediately to question her. It was quite late after all.
She sighed, looks like she would have to go through 'interrogation' before she could even get to her room let alone the shower...
"Eh?" Tsuna blinked, coming down the stairs to find his mother alone. "Did Mika-san leave already?" he asked.
Nana smiled at her son, "Oh, yes, she left a while ago, Tsu-kun. And you should be getting ready for bed now!" she chided gently.
"Eh?" Tsuna blinked again, and looking at the clock, "Hieeee-! It's so late already?" he exclaimed, finally realizing what time it was -so late! He would never be able to wake up on time tomorrow!
"Uuu..." The tears started then, as he thought of the wake-up call he was sure to receive -no, wait, more importantly, Reborn was being too evil! He had changed all the times on the clocks in his room, the little Devil!
Wait, no, he couldn't thinking of that right now. Mika had left, which he supposed was good in a way... but...
"But my, I still can't believe such a cute girl is going to be moving here~" Nana giggled, "How nice!" she smiled.
"Eh?" Tsuna stared at his mother incomprehensibly. What was she talking about? Wasn't Mika just here on vacation or something...?
"Ara, Tsu-kun, didn't you know? She's starting at your school on monday!" she smiled ecstatically at the thought of her Tsu-kun having a new 'friend' -and such a nice girl at that! "Isn't that nice?"
"Eeeeehhhh-!(!)!" he exclaimed.
Mika sighed, trying to sort all the questions out.
"Wait, wait, wait!(!)" she exclaimed, catching their attention at last, "I can't hear myself think, let alone hear all your questions at once!" she cried out, glaring at them all.
Not that they were at all phased, though they did quiet down.
"Well where were you?(!)" exclaimed Lussuria, "You were so late, we were about to send out a search party!" the okama declared.
Mika just raised a single brow, really? Just now?
"Uh... For one, I was in Namimori," she started, "I wanted to see what the school would look like," she said off-hand, "Of course, it might have been a better idea to have gone there first, then shopping after, but..." she shrugged.
Obviously stores didn't open that late.
Lussuria finally noticed the few shopping bags she had with her, and wondered, first of all, why she had not bought more, and second, what she could have bought anyways -something a few others were thinking too, after the last shopping spree she and Lussuria had gone on.
Xanxus rolled his eyes, finally speaking up (again), since he wanted his question answered too. Surprisingly, he had been just a little worried about the girl -even if only for what she could possibly become in the future...
"And? That doesn't explain why you were so late," Xanxus growled -just a little ways apart, Squalo seemed to be scowling as well.
Mika didn't need to ask to know what he was thinking. Gah, how troublesome! She thought, grumbling a bit.
"Well, I got lost," she pouted slightly, "It's kind of hard to remember every land mark in a new place you know," she said dryly, making Xanxus frown -she had never been this disrespectful before (though it was only minor disrespect).
Then again, he was standing between her, a bath, and a good night's sleep.
She sighed, "Look, I'm tired, I'm irritable -and I have school early in the morning tomorrow... Can we keep this short please?" she asked when she realized how she was acting -though she really wastired.
She had been walking practically the entire day!
There was slight grumbling but they agreed. The only ones with no questions now were just interested in what might happen now (Bel), or already knew that their questions would be answered with the others' (Mammon).
"As for training -I walked all over Namimori today, isn't that enough?" she asked, "And yes, I have the sword," she said, before Squalo could open his mouth.
She pulled it out from a hidden pocket none of them had noticed in her pants.
It was actually the length of the sword's sheath, and went to her knee, with the handle and everything else hidden beneath the baggy shirt -she had thought this through, after all, since she A- didn't want to attract unneeded attention (IE a certain DC -Disciplinary Committee- Head), and B- it was easier to catch one by surprise if they didn't know all your tricks -lesson number one of self defense.
Something none of the Varia seemed to be very keen on (except Bel, but he was quick to brag so that didn't count either), which had really surprised her.
Though the surprised looks on their faces were rather worth it.
Squalo and Bel opened their mouths, but were shot down before they could speak.
"Don't ask," she told them, sighing, as she kneaded the bridge of her nose, "Can I go now? I want a bath before I go to sleep -my muscles are kind of sore..."
Mika sighed. Bliss, pure bliss, that was exactly what she was feeling at the moment, as she stood under the shower.
As she had passed by -on her way to her room- she had realized that there had been an explosion pretty close by, seeing as two thirds of a room, and a quarter of another right next to it were completely charred.
She blinked, a little surprised, but shook it off, deciding to ignore it -it was normal for there to be char marks on the walls back at the Castle, and since it was made out of sturdier stuff, she really wasn't surprised that the hotel wouldn't be able to fare quite so well.
After that, she had continued walking to her room. Only then realizing, with some annoyance, that she now had neighbors...
Xanxus was now using the suit next to hers, while Squalo had his across from hers...
It certainly explained the remains of the two rooms if Xanxus and Squalo had had another one of their 'tiffs' -especially if Xanxus was pissed enough to flame through a wall to hit Squalo. Who, she realized,had been smelling a little funky.
Then again, he was around Xanxus so much, both smelled a little like brimstone and fire, let alone charcoal -actually, luckily for them all, the two men didn't smell like charcoal, hazardous and normal as it might be -it was still hazardous and dangerous, after all.
After all, they couldn't be questioned every time a sprinkler went off on them, right...?
Speaking of sprinklers... She thought, turning the shower off. She had been in there long enough.
And she had a feeling she would have to wake up extra early tomorrow...
Something she wasn't quite happy about, but had, in the end, deemed it necessary enough that she didn't fight it. Nor did she read or play around as she usually did before bed.
No, today, she fell right into the bed, and rolled under the covers, asleep within seconds -even with Xanxus and Squalo arguing (again) out in the hall...
Chinese to English Translations: (In case anyone was interested =D Yes, I know Chinese! *Gasp!* XD)
谢谢, 大姐! / XièXiè, DàJiě! : Thank you, big sister!
不客气! / Bù KèQì! : You're Welcome.
是的! 我会! / Shì de! Wǒ huì! : 'Yes!/Of course! I will!' or 'I definately will!'
我相信你 / Wǒ XiāngXìn Nǐ : I believe you. (Un! Means nothing, just a sound of agreement =D)
A/N: Bleh, around 3,000 Words {Now 3,759 Words exactly} not including the Translations (in case anyone needed them) =D And yes, I knows Chinese! LeGasp! *grins*
Spanner: Uh... yay?
Tsuri-Born: *squeals* YAY! OMAKE! (XP)
Spanner: *jumps* What the-! *didn't see her coming*
Authoress: *gasps -then chokes due to gasp-failure* ...! *coughs to clear throat* Ahem! (XD) He- I mean, Tsuri-kouhai! (XD)
When'd you get here! (XD)
Tsuri-Born: Three hours ago~ *grins*
Authoress: I knew that! (XD)
Spanner: (O.o) How-?
Authoress: -'d she get past security? *smirks, finishing Spanner's sentence*
Spanner: *nods mutely*
Authoress: (=D) Oh, that's simple~ Ne~ Watashi no kawaii imouto-kun~? (X3)
Tsuri-Born: *grins* Hai~ Watashi no sugoi no Ane-san~ *evil smirk* But, that's for me to know, and you to... not know! (XD)
Spanner: *confused beyond reason*
Authoress: (XD) Lol! She got ya, Span-chan~ *grins evilly* But, she's right, we can't tell ya~ Or others would be able to infiltrate our base too~ *grins*
Spanner: ...? But how-? Why...? *shakes head* Lollipop?
Authoress: YAY! Lolli's! (XD) Still got Coconut flavor?
Spanner: *riffles pockets* Uh... Yeah. *pulls out a few white pops* I can't remember if those were Coconut or Lycee so you'll have to guess though. *blinks*
Tsuri-Born: *giant puppy-eyes and whines like a puppy* Don't I get one...? *pouts*
Spanner: ... *stares* ... Chibi... *continues to stare mutely*
Authoress: *takes pop and sucks it happily, then blinks* ... Uh-oh...
Tsuri-Born: *Tilts head slightly -puppy eyes still in effect* A-Aneki...? Spanner's scaring me~! *teary eyes*
Authoress: ... *frozen* (O.o) Uh... *trying to think of a solution*
Spanner: ...
*total silence except for slight whimpering*
Authoress: LOOK IT'S XS!
Tsuri-Born: Whe- Wait... I don't like XS-
Me: *legasp!* How could you-
Tsuri-Born: -as much as R2718!
Authoress: (O.o) What... the fuck...?(!)
Spanner: *more than confused now* Uh... Lollipop? *blinks*
Tsuri-Born: *eyes light up* gasp! YES! (XD) *glomps Spanner for lolli*
Spanner: *knocked over* -Oof!
Authoress: *gasps* Heo- I mean, Tsuri! *looks disapproving*
Tsuri-Born: B-But... But-! *tears up*
Authoress: Oh damn... *sighs* Tsuri, c'mon, now I- *winces*
Tsuri-Born: ~! *starts crying*
Authoress: *groans* Oh gawd... *sighs, and covers ears* Well, at least she let Spanner go.. *mutters*
Spanner: *deaf now* What was that? *yells*
?: *door slams* Shut up. You're being too noisy!
Tsuri-Born: *stops, only because surprised but tears up again* But I- You- I...! *sniffles*
Authoress: *groans* Ugh... Look what you did, Mammon! *sighs*
Mammon: *scoffs* Whatever, The only reason I'm still here is cuz it's probably not safe to go back yet, *grumbles* And I can't count my money cause you're being so loud... *grumbles and sighs*
I'm leaving... *floats out of base*
Authoress: (O.o) Wait, what-? *starts* But, Mammon-! *door slams*
... Well, that went horribly...
Spanner: What? *still deaf*
Authoress: ... *picks up board and starts writing*
Board: You're deaf, Spanner.
Spanner: Deaf...? *confused* Oh... so that's why I can't hear anything... *mumbles*
Board: Can you fix it?
Spanner: Our hearing...? *thinks... then nods* Yeah, might take a little, but I should be able to get it fixed... I'll start now... *leaves*
Tsuri-Born: *getting ready to cry again* Uuu...
Authoress: *notices Tsuri and starts panicking* Oh crap, uh...
Oh, hey! Omake! Remember?
Tsuri-Born: O...ma...ke...? *eyes start shining*
Authoress: ... Crap... *groans/mumbles*
Uh, y-yeah...! See? Right here! Omake! *points down*
Tsuri-Born: *eyes sparkle* Omake? *squeals* OMAKEOMAKEOMAKEOMAKEOMAKE~! (XD) OMAKE- *continues chanting*
Authoress: .. *sighs* Well, Guess I better get on that, then... And for today's omake *ignoring hyper-active kouhai in background acting on sugar high (due to FRUIT of all things) with shiny eyes* ...
Well, I'll leave that for you to see... *sighs* Oh darnit, almost forgot... *mutters* TSURI! *snaps*
Tsuri-Born: *screeches to halt* Yes? *still has shiny sparkly eyes*
Authoress: Do the disclaimer and we'll get to the Omake, k? *smiles sweetly*
Tsuri-Born: Haaai~! (^w^)/
Onee-san (Authoress: Senpai, He-Tsuri, Onee-san would confuse them. Tsuri: Oh, right, well then, Senpai) doesn't own KHR! (^w^)
Akira Amano-san does~ *worships Amano statue*
Authoress: Uh... *sweats* Yeah, what she said. I don't own anyone but Mika-chan, and this idea, and possibly any other OCs that show up.
Ja! Heon- I mean, Tsuri! *calls* Let's end this and start teh Omake, already!
Tsuri-Born: Hai! Nee-san! *runs over*
Authoress: On the count of three...
One...
Tsuri-Born: Two...
Both: THREE!
Authoress: Ja!
Both: Matta ne!
Haru: *pops out of nowhere* See you again, desu! *waves*
Authoress: *twitches* DAMNIT HARU! You don't show up here! *growls and kicks Haru out*
Haru: Hahi! So me-aaaaannnn~! *flies off into the distance*
Authoress: *grumbles* How does she keep getting in anyways? *mumbles*
Tsuri-Born: *traumatized by the most annoying person in the series -in her opinion, not including Levi or Lambo*
... (O.o) *soul flies out of mouth*
Authoress: GACK! *shocked* No! You can't die! *chases after flying soul* TSURI~~~~! *finally gets used to calling Kouhai Tsuri*
Omake:
Once upon a time... there was a simple girl, in a simple enough world, who was obsessed with an anime called KHR! (written by Akira Amano)...
She was a -seemingly- normal girl, with short(-ish) onyx hair that fell to her shoulders, and simple, chocolate colored eyes...
"...Really?" blink. "But I-"
Shush! I am the author! I decide what happens!
"...Alright, fine..." sighs.
Good! Now I can start the story again...! Ahem...!
X-x-X-x-X-x-X-x-X-x-X-x-X-x-X-x-X-x-X-x-X-x-X-x-X
Once, there was a simple girl, living in her own simple little world. She loved anime and manga, and obsessed particularily over a series called Katekyoushi Hitman Reborn. Now, other than her little obsessions, Mikami "Kyouya" Murasaki was about as normal as one could get...
Well, as normal as insane got in today's world anyways.
(Mika: Hey! Authoress: Shut up! And get into your costume! Everyone else is ready already! Mika: What! *yelps*)
Of course, she was also a dreamer, and tended to day dream during her lessons...
Mika appears in a traditional English garden wearing a lacy noblewoman's dress and sits under the shade of a tree-
(Mika: What! But there were no anime/manga back then! And a dress? Really?(!) You know I hate dresses-! A: I said shut up! It doesn't have to make sense anyway! Now get back in place! *orders*Mika: Tche, fine, whatever... *grumbles but obeys*)
-reading a manga, while pretending to be studying.
But little did she know, one day, her dreaming would take her to an entirely different world altogether...
A world where sense made no sense, and insanity reigned -though a little common sense didn't hurt in dangerous situations...
(Mika: Wait, WHAT? What do you mean- A: *doesn't bother saying anything this time, instead, kicking her straight back to the set and conveniently into the hole she was supposed to trip into to start the story*)
And so it was, that she was pulled into that other world...
(Mika: WHAT! But You haven't even-! *is cut off once she falls into the hole...)
X-x-X-x-X-x-X-x-X-x-X-x-X-x-X-x-X-x-X-x-X-x-X-x-X
...Mikami in Varia-Land!
Once, there were four Great kingdoms in a world called Mafia(-Land), the first Kingdom was known for their kind hearted rulers, the Vongolan Kingdom -otherwise known as the Kingdom of Clams- the land of the Mystic Arcobaleno (which, really, wasn't a Kingdom, but for lack of a better term, and since the royal Famiglia were said to be Immortal, since they never seemed to age, though their 'Leader', the Sky Arcobaleno always seemed to change) -also known as the Kingdom of Gods- the Millefiore Kingdom -which, actually, used to be two small Kingdoms before they formed an alliance (Gesso Kingdom actually sorta coerced the Giglio Nero Kingdom to join 'forces', and thus the Millefiore Kingdom was born)- and last but most definitely not least, the Varian Kingdom.
Which actually, was also known as 'Varia-Land', since they weren't really a Kingdom. The leader of the Varia was said to be the Ninth Vongolan Ki-Leader's adopted son. And upon finding out that he could not take the throne for himself (because he did not have the Vongolan Blood, which caused him to be rejected, and some scrawny brunette peasant became next in line), he and some others created the Kingdom of Varia, so that he could rule -though, unfortunately, the 'freedom' came with a price, of working with the Vongola when needed (since his 'father' was such a sentimental old fool).
And it was, quite unfortunately for the poor girl that was pulled into their world, where our story starts...
And where the once (somewhat) normal girl named Mikami Murasaki's life changed forever. But whether for better or worse, well, you'll just have to see...
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"Ughn..." Mika awoke with a groan, finding herself (once again) lost in a forest she had no recollection of entering at all.
"I swear, I am going to kill that woman..." (A: Hey! No Breaking the 4th wall! Mika: What! You're the one who broke it first! A: Did not! *argument continues until Squalo appears* Squalo: Voooiiiii! Boss says that if we don't get this over with soon, then he's gonna be pissed! Mika: Meep! *eyes wide* A: Psh! *rolls eyes* Oh please, he's not leaving till the end of this story! And if he tries... *starts smiling evilly and laughs maniacally* S+M: *shivers* She's so (fucking) creepy... A: ... *snrk* S-S + M... *cracks up* S+M: *back away slowly* What the fuck-?1 A: *stops laughing* Ahem! Now... BACK TO THE STORY! *rawrs* S+M: (O.o) Meep! *run back to their places in the story)
(A: Now... Let's try this again... *rewinds back to where Mika wakes up*)
"Ughn..." Mika woke with a groan, finding herself (once again) lost in a forest she had no recollection of entering at all.
"What the-!" she gasped, staring at the forest around her.
It was the weirdest forest she had ever seen! Well, if not the largest. (She had a feeling even five people trying to stretch their arms around one of those big ones wouldn't be enough to make a full circumference of the trunk...)
But not only that, but there were such odd creatures! Well, okay, not odd, really, though the fact that they were even in the forest was the odd thing.
For one, she was pretty sure that Minks did not live in forests as green or leafy as this one was, since -from what she had learned- they lived in cold. Second, Sharks and Manta Rays most certainly did NOTlive in a forest, let alone fly through the air like the ones she was seeing did...
Wait a minute... Sharks and... Manta... Rays...?
Oh crap... she thought, as one of said sharks seemed to spot her, and dove straight for her from somewhere in the upper reaches of the trees -quite high if the height of the trees were any indication...
No, wait, more importantly, she was about to be shark bait-!
And so, Mika did the only thing a (somewhat) sane adolescent teen would do...
She ran.
Well, actually, she screamed, then ran...
Fortunately for her, the Shark kept ramming into the foliage and fauna around them as it chased after her, slowing it down as it chased it.
Unfortunately for her, this also meant that it was at least several times larger than her, considering the size of the destruction it was carving into the forest.
"-!" Mika screamed as she ran as fast as her legs could carry her, fervertly wishing that she had gone on with her self defense lessons instead of giving into her mother and elder sister after all. Then, at least she would have a better chance of surviving in whatever insane place this was...
"VOOOOOIIIII! SHUT THE HELL UP, BITCH! BOSS'LL GET PISSED IF YOU KEEP BEING SO LOUD!" yelled a familiar looking silver haired man, as she ran past him.
She didn't even bother to stop (running and screaming that is).
"VOOOIIIII! DON'T IGNORE ME, BITCH!(!)!" he yelled, not even looking as he called after her, and sliced through the impending shark before he caught her.
"Gya-kugh-!" She choked a bit as he caught her by the back of her collar, and pulled her back, forcing her to face the scowling 'shark'.
"Now, What the Fuck are you doing here, bitch?" he asked, eyes narrowed, as he spoke in a low growl (or as soft as Squalo could, which was, quite really, the equivilent of a person talking).
"I-I don't know! I just fell through the hole... And... I was almost eaten by a shark!" she exclaimed, almost hysterically, as she prayed to the gods that she would not be killed where she stood...
"Tche! Useless!" he growled, "Whatever," he grumbled, "We'll just see what Xanxus wants to do with you..." his eyes narrowed as he stared at her, trying to decide whether it would be worth bothering Xanxus for to get her 'official' punishment...
"Wh-What?" Her eyes widened at the mention of Xanxus -as much as he loved the Varia characters, she knew that they were absolutely ruthless. "Xanxus-? Y-You can't do this to me, Squalo!" at this point she started to struggle. "Let... go...!" she struggled as much as she could, but with the old-fashioned dress and petticoats on, she couldn't really do much, though the dress was ripped at the hemm, allowing her easier leg movement, even if not by much.
The silver haired swordsman's eyes narrowed at the girl, "VOOOOIIII! HOW THE FUCK DO YOU KNOW THAT, BITCH?(!)" he exclaimed, keeping hold of her despite her (fierce) struggles.
Finally, he got tired of this, and, despite his slim figure (he was rather strong, after all, otherwise he wouldn't be in the Varia), easily shook her (one handed, of course, the other was fake), and silenced the poor girl.
She paled, and immediately shut up, staringa t Squalo with wide eyes.
He growled, "Fuck this!" he scowled, pulling up his other synthetic hand, and checking the time on the watch, "I'm going to be late!" he scowled, muttering quite a few obscenities before seeming to remember her, "And YOU! YOU'RE COMING TOO!" he glared at the girl once more, before proceeding to drag her along as he started running.
"Gah-!" Poor Mika could only try to catch up, impeded as she was by her clothes, only to trip constantly, as her stocking tore against the rough ground.
Eventually, Squalo growled, sighing, and stopped, "You know what? Forget it! You can go by yourself!" he snapped, letting go of the girl, before running off, not quite thinking past the whole 'he was going to be late, and fucking shit! Xanxus was going to be so pissed if he was late again!' to think that anysane person would not follow, and would, quite to the contrary, run in the opposite direction to get as far as they could...
Which, as it so happened, was exactly what poor Mika did...
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Eventually, she stopped, realizing that, once again, she was completely and utterly lost.
But just as she was about to give up hope, she heard something... music...? She blinked, perhaps it was some sort of settlement? Or at least there might be people! She thought, hope renewing itself as she ran towards the sound, tired as her legs were getting... (Her stocking and shoes were filthy as well, not to mention the ends of her ripped skirt/dress...)
"...'cuz I'm the Prince, and as a Prince, at noon I'll have my tea~ Ushishishi~"
As she got closer, she slowed down, paying a bit more attention to the lyrics, and what was being said.
"...Please stop singing, Fake-Prince -senpai... Your horrible voice is killing my ears..." a rather monotone and dull voice interrupted, before the speaker sighed, "...Ow... Please stop stabbing me, Senpai..."
"No," said the 'Prince' before he laughed, and started singing again, just to spite the other speaker.
"Ushishishi~" By now, she had gotten close enough to see what was going on, and she could hear the slight mechanical breathing of the Gola Mosca a little off to the side.
It was Bel(phegor) and Fran! She recognized the two immediately, but dared not come out yet, seeing as Bel was a homicidal... well, he was just plain homicidal... (No, wait, he was a prince, too.)
"..." Fran sighed, and decided that a subject change was needed, as Bel -once again- stabbed Fran's frog hat. "Levi's late," he monotoned rather than using one of his usual snarky replies (which, actually, were usually the cause of the knives currently sticking out of his head).
"Ushishishi..." Bel stopped laughing, and frowned, "You're right, the peasant is late with my milk!" he scowled, twirling one of his knives rapidly in his free hand, as the other one supported his head on the not quite rectangular, not quite round, table they were at.
The Gola Mosca continued to stay still, holding a tray with what looked like an English tea set, complete with desserts ranging from simple sweets, to entire miniature cakes and pies...
Almost immediately, Mika felt her stomach's message -she had not eaten since breakfast, and of course, her midsection would choose now of all times to complain.
Luckily for her, just then, a figure crashed through, and dropped (actually, he slammed) the 'groceries' on the table.
It was Levi. (A: Ugh, I hate that guy! Even more than I dislike Haru! *grumbles*) His entrance managed to hide her stomach's complaint, but she would have to find something to sustain her -andsoon!
"Here's your damn milk," Levi scowled, taking the milk out of what looked like a paper convenience store bag and slamming it down onto the table in front of the Prince.
"Ushishishi~ Finally!" said Bel, not thankful in the least, as he ordered Fran to pour the milk into the little milk container especially used for holding the milk during teas.
"...No," he monotoned simple, "I don't want to," he said, and seemed to attempt a pout, though with his usual apathetic it just seemed more rebellious than cute.
Bel frowned, "Oh?" almost immediately, the corners of his mouth turned up into a rather sadistic smile.
The rest of the clearing's occupants seemed to freeze, as the Ripping Prince's smile turned into a grin, then an almost-maniacal laugh.
"..." The forest seemed to get several degrees lower in that moment.
And at that moment, Mika was quite ready to believe that Bel was even scarier than Xanxus on a bad day...
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In a stone castle (Varia Castle) that lay deep in the Varia Forest, a certain ruler (A: *cough* Dictator*cough*) sneezed and scowled, just as a certain silver haired man barged into the throne room.
"VOOOOOOOIIIIIIIIIIII!"
Needless to say, there was a rather larger-than-usual explosion deep within the forest that day...
oOoOoOoOoOo
"..." The occupants of the clearing stared at each other blankly (with the exception of GM since he doesn't stare).
"Ushishishi~ And... who are you again...?"
This comment from a certain prince recieved a collective round of groans. Mika had been repeating herself for over an hour now, and she was starting to think that maybe Bel was doing this on purpose -just to get her riled.
Instead, she just sighed, as a snort came from a certain green-haired frog-hat wearing teen -the closest Fran had gotten to laughter so far (or ever, if the series was to be believed).
Fran knew the teenage Prince (from another, smaller Kingdom, of course -not the Four Great Ones, and so, not worth mentioning), also known as the Mad Hatter (thought, really, he thought that his other nickname was more appropriate -I mean, he didn't even wear a hat! It was a tiara! -thought, Bel might differ on that... (Bel: *scowls* It's a crown! A: Hey! No breaking the th-no wait... it was... uh... oh, right. Fourth wall! *glares* Bel: *scoffs* Whatever... *grumbles and goes back*)).
Well, there was a reason he was Madder than a certain Arcobaleno Hatter (Reborn) -even if he was a Prince.
Thus, the nickname of the Varia's own 'Mad Hatter', for not only was he insane (not that any of themweren't -well, with the exception of GM since it was a machine...), but he was the only one of them to wear anything close to a hat, and his insanity was usually fueled by a whim -whims that were usually fueled by his 'Princely-hood'...
Agh, thinking about these sort of things always gave him such a headache...
"...Bel-senpai...?" Fran twitched, when he felt the familiar feel of cold iron going through him.
"Ushishishi~ Yes, ungrateful froggy-kouhai...?" he grinned, wondering whether he would react to his jibes and (in his mind) 'taunts' in any way.
"...Please stop stabbing me," he frowned -or...as much as he could without changing his expression more than just marginally.
"...Heehee-!" Mika couldn't help but laugh at the situation, though...
Maybe it wasn't such a good idea, considering that everyone there was staring at her...
Again.
"Heh...heh...?" She giggled rather nervously, "Uhm... has anyone seen a girly-looking male with long silver hair run by here...?" she asked, trying to get their attention off her.
"Eh?" "Squalo?" "The Sharkie~? ...shishi~"
Fran blinked, "Oh. Yeah, he ran towar-Ow!" he winced slightly as several knives embedded themselves in his body.
"No," Bel told her blatantly, all the while smiling content/innocent -ly.
Fran Frowned, "...Bel-Senpai..."
"Ushishishi~ Yes~? Uncute Frog-Kouhai?" Bel Grinned.
"Please stop stabbing me..." He twitched. Really?
"Hmn..." He seemed to think about it for half a second before 'making up' his mind, "N. O. No~" He teased, grinning even more.
"..." Mika had a feeling she would be stuck there for a while if this went on...
Wait... where'd Levi disappear off to...? She thought suspiciously, looking around to realize that the pierced male was no-where to be seen.
Little did she know, Bel had 'taken care' of him before proceeding to taking care of of the Frog-hat wearing boy who had been trying to be Polite, at the very least...
Obviously that wasn't going well, though. But, Bel's judgement (for once) had been correct in taking Levi out first -the fool would've blurted everything out (as he had been about to before his convenient little, eh... 'nap'), and then where would he have been?
Back to the Frog-hat for a companion for one, and really, he was no fun -never any reactions...
Well, whatever, he was sure he'd have some fun with this one at least, before she 'perspired'...
To Be Continued...
Edit(2/24/11'): Whoot! Managed to finish revising both chapters today~ =D Over at LAST!
Can't wait to get started on the next chapter of Woruba~~ :hearts:
Oh, yes, this chapter spans the length of 3,759 words. Short, I know, but I think I more than made up for it with that doozy of an Omake! And that's not even all of it!
I'd say it's about a Fourth of it. I'm thinking of continuing it whenever I have the time, but I think I may just use this as a 'preview' of the thingie, and just post the 'Omake' as a seperate story on Fanfiction later -Hell knows this Omake is long enough for a one-shot!
Of course, there will be several -four, in fact~ As you've all probably guessed~ =P Comments/Reviews would be much appreciated -especially what you think of the omake and my plans or it! =3
And of course, Flames will be used to power Verde's machine, as always~~
Verde: And to be used to help find a way to break the Arcobaleno curse, of course. Kuku... *pushes glasses up*
Authoress: Of course! So, if you wanna see Reborn and the other Arcobaleno in adult form in the fanfiction sooner, please review!
Verde: And leave flames, don't forget~ *smirk*
Authoress: Hai~ Verde-sama~ :hearts: