Alalaaa~ Just so hyper! Anyway, I want more timeskips, so yeah!
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Also….CHAPTER 370 IS AWEESOMMEE! REBORN IS SOO HOTTT! CHAOS INDEED!
Hehe! Here ya go!
BEWARE OF THEE TIMMMEEESKEEEP. AND THEEE LLONGNESS.
Chapter 10: Getting to Know a bit More
INFORMATION:
VERDE was a man of science. He believed every problem in this so-called goddamn world can be solved scientifically. Those that can't, however, are no longer his problem and are considered unscientific and insignificant. Only a few things have caught his interest, so few that he can count it in his two hands. Skull, Luce, Lal, Squalo, Women in all general, Xanxus, Belphegor, Colonello, Men with love problems, and lastly, the most recent one, Tsuna.
After that little episode, for two whole months, things were sailing smoothly.
Tsuna began talking with the others again, so did said others. The Arcobalenos now have breakfast with the Varia, who had enough of Lussuria's daily gay breakfasts, lunches and other meals (except snacks, both Tsuna and Lussuria were awesome). Tsuna now had a another bunch of mouths to feed, but it wasn't like she was complaining.
Also, the relationships between the two groups and the little audience have begun to improve over time. Tsuna was now Reborn's self-proclaimed servant, and she always fights back (in a small way, of course). Fon, Luce and Tsuna often had peaceful tea-times together, and the girls (including Squalo and sometimes Lussuria) often went out with each other for snacks (and for some reason, they've never gotten fat). The boys (and yes, sometimes Lussuria) went out for things that involved manly stuff. Fighting tournaments, school related, and more of the like.
But…it was weird. They all knew each other, but they didn't know Tsuna as much. It was like she was a brand new friend that was just recently accepted into their not-so small and not-so normal group.
To think they've been hanging out for two months now.
One cloudy Saturday, there were no classes. Verde thought it was a good day to do his experiments, and seriously hoped, prayed, believed that no one will ruin and disturb it.
Actually, he hasn't even started and he was already disturbed.
Skull banged his door open, grinning. The two have been close since childhood, and Verde was most comfortable with her (maybe Luce, but not entirely…). Skull walked inside the room, grabbed him by his collar, and dragged him out to the Student Council Room.
Skull kicked the door open, dropped Verde (who rubbed his aching back and neck, seriously, what a grip…) and shouted, "I got Verde! Now what?"
Verde looked around. The Varia were fighting in the living room, and they were currently in the study. Everyone has learned their lesson to never involve the kitchen, unless they want to see a depressed and broken (and insane) Tsuna.
But that's not our main focus today.
"Why the hell am I here? It's a goddamn Saturday!" Verde complained.
Luce smiled. "Oya, Verde. I just want everyone to spend time with everyone. Is that bad?"
Verde shivered. There was what interested him: the fierceness of women that scared men. "I'm sorry Luce." He got up. "But seriously, why are we here?"
"Reborn wanted to say something to all of us, kora!" Colonello grinned stupidly.
Reborn tipped his fedora. "I know that you're interested in Tsuna." He said.
Verde spluttered. What the fuck? "Wha-what?"
"I know that you find her interesting, not romantically." Reborn smirked. "Since I know just who you're really interested in…"
Ignoring the last comment, Verde replied, "And so?"
Reborn smirked. He knew exactly where this would lead to. "Well, all of us are interested in her. So, we want to get to know her more." He said. "Y'know, like a get-together of sorts."
Luce smiled. Reborn was really unbelievable. But that was to be expected, of course. "I agree. We all do. Even Xanxus, who is currently in the other room." Suddenly, they heard Xanxus fire his guns. Yeah, he did. "So, probably tomorrow, since it's Sunday. We could either stay here, and chat, or go around town and have some fun." She said. "But personally, I'd rather stay here."
Verde pondered on this for a moment. Yes, he was interested in that brunette that can stand up to the strongest groups in the whole school (and probably the whole town). This could be a great chance to know her more, and hopefully, one day, he'll be able to experiment on her and find out what's so special in her that made her like that.
He could not waste this great opportunity.
Reborn smirked. Yeah, he knew he was so epic awesome. "So, you're answer?"
Verde nodded. "Why not?"
Yeah, point one for Reborn, zero for Verde.
In the next room, Xanxus cackled.
Tsuna stared at what was in front of her door.
She just recently woke up (yes, just near lunch time) and heard her doorbell ring. She ignored it as she did her daily routine (bathing, fixing the bed, etc.) and the doorbell just kept on ringing. Suddenly, she snapped and opened the door, with a tower over her head. She swore she caught a flash of blue but instead, focused on the box on her doorstep.
It was a box that was covered in a dark green wrapper and it says 'Tsuna' on it. She blinks for a awhile and sighs. She bends down, holds her towel, and picks up the box. It wasn't that heavy, it seems, so she carried it with one hand instead. She closed the door, and went inside. She placed the box on the floor and sat down. She stared at it.
'Crap. What could be inside? A serial killer baby? A drug? A bomb? A…dead baby? Hiiee!' She panicked.
Silence.
"Yeah, I'm opening it." She said before completely removing the wrappers and opening the box. There, in the box, was an orange hoodie with bunny ears on the hood. It was paired with a black and white knee-length skirt and it had hearts all around it. There was also a pair of high-cut rubber shoes that were orange and black. There was another box inside, and inside it, was a single earring that was silver.
So yeah, she got a whole set of casual clothes.
She stared at it. Who sent her these? More importantly, for what? Ah. She just saw an envelope attached to the shoes and she read it. It says,
Tsunaaa!
It's me, Skull! We, the Arcobalenos, are giving you these to wear tomorrow for our outing! By the way, Varia gave the earring, so please don't wear it.
Anyway, see you tomorrow!
Skull~
Tsuna kept the letter in a drawer. Ohhh…So that's why…
She looked down at the clothes once again. They just seemed to radiate an aura that says, 'Hey, look at us, we're so happy and sparkly!' which, of course, Tsuna hates the most. She hates sparkly stuff, that includes auras and killing intents (yes, sometimes they are sparkly, and she's seen some for herself, and trust me, she didn't like what she saw). She looked at her closet in the other room, then back at her box.
Yeah, she knew what she was gonna do.
Xanxus looked at his watch, then at his clothes, then his watch again. Where was that trash?
Fran, seeing his boss, said, "Ne, bossu. It's okay. She'll be here soon."
"I hope. That trash is stalling!" Xanxus growled. He really wanted to beat that girl, but for some reason, his mind tells him not to. Wrong. He can't, no matter what.
Hm. Weird.
Anyway, Luce was wearing a white dress, with a white hat. Her long (yes, long, since she usually ties it into a low ponytail and leaving some strands) greenish-bluish hair was tucked behind her ears, but was still in a low ponytail. She played with her hair, waiting for Tsuna.
Lal was wearing a red shirt, paired with denim shorts above the knees. Her long blue hair was in a high ponytail, and she brought an iPod Touch, to play with. Mostly there were army games there.
Skull was wearing a purple blouse, with ripped denim jeans. Her short purple hair was as messy as always, so was her make-up (but actually, that's natural). She looked at the far distance, and saw a brunette walking towards them. She stood up, waved and shouted, "TSUNAAA~~"
Tsuna ran faster and in less than a minute, she was panting in front of Skull. She wasn't wearing what they gave her (Lal was kinda sad about this) and instead, she wore a loose blue shirt with a pair of ripped denim jeans. Her normally waist-length hair was now tied into a high ponytail but her bangs were still there. She was wearing the silver earing on her left ear and a black buddy bag.
Mammon stepped forward. She was wearing an indigo dress and a black cloak. She nodded and Tsuna nodded back and said, "Thanks."
Once again, they have been shocked.
Reborn stepped forward, and tipped his fedora. He wore a white shirt, with a yellow necktie and black pants. "Well, you wore the Varia's gift instead of ours huh?"
Tsuna flinched. "Well…it's just that…it's too revealing, and it doesn't fit me…" She said.
Lal was shocked. "But it was the smallest!"
The brunette sighed. Yes, she was small, but… "As a girl, you would know what I mean."
Silence. Squalo, Skull, Lal, Mammon and Luce blushed. Boys…still unfazed, but a bit confused.
Xanxus turned around and said, "Oi, trash (Tsuna immediately knew this meant her), come earlier next time, and nice earring." He then turned around and walked away with the rest of the Varia. They really weren't needed anyway.
Squalo looked back and then front again. Xanxus never compliments anyone, if he does, rarely. She knew that she was special to him, and she knew she was usually jealous. But now…she can't be jealous. It's like…she's also special to her.
It feels like…they've forgotten something important…something that makes them who they are now.
The rest of the day, they went inside various shops and went window-shopping. Actually, mostly the girls did. They went inside fashion stores and bought a hell lot of clothes, shoes, jewelleries and more. The boys carried the bags, and the girls carried their wallets. So far, Lal bought the most, and Tsuna bought none (much to the girls' disappointment, and the boys' joy).
When they passed by a music store, Tsuna immediately went in. The others were puzzled but followed in. There, inside, Tsuna was already surfing throughout the CDs at a fast speed. In less than five minutes, she already bought five CDs. They then went out and Mammon asked, "What did you buy?"
Tsuna stuffed them in her bag (which made the boys happy) and replied, "Soundtracks of the bands, Tunafish and Clams." She smiled.
They noticed that it was like her name, 'Tsuna.' Luce smiled. It seems she was really having fun.
The boys and Lal then noticed this store that sells weaponry. They all liked weapons (Fon too, just that it wasn't that obvious) so they rushed in with the girls. The store was full of traditional, international and imported weapons. They dropped the bags off at the package counter (poor worker) and left. The girls just followed behind.
Suddenly, a brown blur passed by them. It seems that it was actually…Tsuna?
Tsuna wheezed all around the store, jumping and all happy. You could clearly see flowers behind her, blooming as she examined a dagger that can be used to kill. It seems that her favourite sections were the blades, the Japanese weaponries and guns. She examined a katana and said, "Rain!" She examined a tonfa and said, "Cloud!" She examined a trident and said, "Mist! Pineapple!" She examined a gun and suddenly, she looked so…sad.
Then she was happy again, but didn't say anything.
Colonello (who was wearing an army ensemble, with his trusty headband) then joined her in her quest for weapons, along with the other boys. They stayed a bit behind, however, due to the fact that flowers were still blooming. Which was, to be very blunt, creepy like hell.
Anyway, with Colonello, she fawned over the guns. With Reborn, they fought which was better. With Fon (who wore traditional-modern Chinese wear), they went through the Chinese weapons in peace and silence. With Lal, they squealed at the death rate of the guns.
When they got out, they all have new weapons. Reborn and Colonello have new revolvers, Fon has a new dagger. Tsuna had a new pistol (which was in her bag, along with the others' weapons). The girls were kind of disturbed, but they were happy for her.
At least she was having fun. Just not like a normal girl. But hey, they weren't normal either, so who were they to judge?
They then settled in a big café, and had a room to themselves (how, Tsuna did not know or wanted to). They all had their lunches there, and their desserts. After eating, they all stayed there for a while to chat.
"So then, Tsuna-chan, why don't you tell us more about yourself?" Luce smiled.
Tsuna fidgeted. Her intuition was really helpful. It said to be prepared last night, for the questions she'll face in the morning. "Uh, like what?"
"Anything, my dear, anything."
"So then…I'm Tsuna, and I'm fourteen turning fifteen. Yes, I'm younger than all the freshmen." She said. "I like to cook and bake for others and myself. I have other hobbies that I'd rather not tell because of certain circumstances." She paused, then talked again. "I used to live in the town next to this. I moved to Colourful Skies Academy because of…certain reasons. My attribute is a secret, because it just seems so…impossible…"
"Ne, Tsuna, why do keep so much things out? Why aren't you telling us?" Skull asked.
"Like I said, certain circumstances or/and reasons prevent me from doing so." Tsuna replied.
"But you will tell us your attribute soon, right?" Skull asked.
"Maybe." Tsuna smiled.
Skull was about to retort, but Tsuna cut her off. "I have two older brothers, well, brother-figures, since I don't have any blood siblings at all. I didn't have much friends there, but I still did. They were mostly boys (two certain men twitched at this) and I only had…five friends that are girls there." She said. "Even though they weren't…exactly normal…I…they are my most precious treasures…" She smiled lovingly.
Fon smiled. "Well then, you must really love them, right?"
"Yeah!" She said. "I really did!"
They smiled at her innocence. She was just…so pure.
"I lived alone, in a house. It was big enough for one family with parents and five children and one guest family. Even though many could've lived there, I lived alone, in a house that was cold, but very, very warm." She said. "Even though, my friends that lived alone sometimes slept over for a day or two, with a week being the most. They ate in my house, and we always had fun. We were like one big family…"
'It's because we really are…in a different way…' She added inwardly.
"We had special roles. Our roles were based on the sky and the earth. I was their Sky, they said. I just laughed, and gave their roles." She smiled and her voice began to crack. "We even made some things to remember each other by and we treasured it. Everything was so peaceful …but then…that…that…" She stopped and started taking deep breaths. Luce came to her and hugged her.
They were silent. Tsuna's past may kind of been a bit common, but somehow, they can feel and undertone of secrecy in her voice. It was like…she wasn't telling everything. If she did, she would break down. She was already beginning to break down, just by retelling part of her life story to them.
Just what was her life like?
After calming down, Tsuna smiled and bowed. "I'm sorry, that's all I can say for now…"
Verde (who was wearing a green sleeveless shirt with a black necktie and black pants) thought about this. She has just told a quarter (probably) of her life, to them. To people she hasn't even been long enough with, and she already trusts them. How can she do that? To trust freely and limitlessly?
She was really interesting.
"It's okay, Tsuna-san." Verde said, surprising everybody. "It's up to you if you want to tell us anyway."
'Besides, we all have our own secrets that can never, or should never be revealed as well.' Verde thought.
Tsuna smiled. "Thanks."
They really did grow closer in heart. Today was worth the energy after all.
They soon went home, after that little episode. They went to their respective dorms, and rested. Today was really tiring, and they were exhausted.
In Tsuna's room, she took a bath and changed clothes. She flopped down on her bed and held her phone in her hands. She clicked a certain and number, and called it. Shouts were heard, and she smiled. She missed this. She then took a deep breath, smiled, and said…
"Hey guys. I bought your CDs. Really, Tunafish? Clams? Did you miss me that much? Well, I did…"
"What do mean, Tsuna? Of course we missed you! You're our precious sky!"
Tsuna felt tears coming. She really did love them. So much…
"Thanks. And You're my precious family…guardians…Famiglia…"
Ohhh...what does this mean...suspense! :D Please review!
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