Title:"Life can Become Art"
Summary:And that was all it took. After that first stroke of paint, everything he had been feeling came rushing out in the form of art. Funny how you could turn sorrow into something beautiful.
Disclaimer:I do not own the wonderfulness of Katekyo Hitman Reborn! I do not own any of the amazing characters, either! I do however own the plot to this story, as well as any OC's that may show up. (Note: OC's will be minor if they show up).
Chapter Title: "The Carnivore and the Herbivore" (Chapter Ten)
Once he got behind the nearby wall, Tsuna dashed towards his class, thankful that it was close by.
The pencil in his hand shook slightly as the art prodigy finished his sketch, the adrenaline rush he felt while drawing gone as he signed the paper where he usually did. Those big brown eyes of his were wide in fear, and he looked over at his muse for the sketch, gulping a lump in his throat.
Tsuna stood up, ignoring his shaking legs and trying to leave the scene as quietly as possible. He didn't dare take his terror-filled eyes away from the sleeping carnivore under the largest tree on the school campus, knowing that if he did, the third year would wake up from his slumber.
He took a silent step back, then another. Once he got a safe distance away, the brunet slowly, so that he wouldn't trip over his own feet, began to turn around. His notebook was held tightly against his chest, almost painfully so, as he tried desperately not to flat out run away.
The art prodigy was a yard away from the terrifying being with the title of Disciplinary Committee Leader, and he let out a small, shaky sigh in happiness.
"Do you know what happens to Herbivores that interrupt my sleep?"
Tsuna's body went ridged at the words, tensing up painfully in terror. He began to shake, brown eyes wide and terrified as he turned around slowly. The black haired martial arts prodigy came into view, the one that had been very much asleep up until a minute ago, glaring down at him murderously.
"H-Hibari-san," the small brunet muttered out, voice shaking as he let the name slip from his lips. "U-Uh, I-I wa…was j-just-,"
"They're bitten to death," the dark-haired third-year answered his own question, completely ignoring what the art prodigy was trying to say.
Out of the corner of his eye, Tsuna saw something metallic shine in the direct sunlight, looking absolutely deadly, and painful, to the eye. The brunet let out his signature high-pitched screech, falling back onto his bum when he tried to take a step back from the tonfa-user.
"H-H-Hibari-san, please don't," the art prodigy begged, removing one hand from his sketch book to wave it in front of him in some indication for his higher-up to stop. In all honesty, Tsuna wasn't worried about himself (Maybe a little…) at the moment. No, he was worried about his drawings, his artwork.
If the Carnivore saw the sketches of himself (The one of him sleeping being the fourth one drawn of the raven.), then he would definitely destroy it. And Tsuna held no doubt that he would destroy the rest of his work in the process.
The drawings of Yamamoto, Chrome, and Mukuro. Even the few of his caretakers, Fon and Reborn, would be destroyed right before his eyes.
Tsuna couldn't allow that.
The art prodigy looked Hibari in the eyes, his own wide, though his gaze unwavering. He continued to shake in fear, but slowly he was able to stand on his unstable legs, knees knocking together as he clutched his precious pieces of art tightly against his clothed chest.
"Oh," the dark haired carnivore marveled, smirking a bit at the sight, "The herbivore is trying to look big by puffing out its fur, hmm?"
Tsuna blinked his large brown eyes in confusion for a moment, not sure whether he should take that as an insult or not. Though his eyes narrowed a bit after deciding it didn't matter.
"H-Hibari-san, I'm s-sorry that I woke you up. A-And I know that you want to," the brunet gulped, pausing his sentence that he was barely stuttering out. It took a moment for him to continue on, ignoring the voices in his head to quit while he could.
"I know you want to bite me to death, and I'll accept that. But I can't let you touch my notebook!"
The two students went silent, and for a moment Tsuna felt proud of himself. He had stood up to the third-year that terrified everyone; even most of the high-school students (Tsuna had found out that the campus was both a middle and high school.) were terrified to death and back by him.
Though his thoughts were interrupted and the foreign feeling of pride was diminished when he saw Hibari eye the notebook in his arms. The Shylark's face told that he had just noticed it, and Tsuna felt a feeling of dread tear itself into his system.
Oh God, the brunet thought as he began to panic mentally, unconsciously shaking his head in odd ways as he did so. What did I just do! He didn't even know I had it! I brought it his freaking attention! What is wrong with me!?
While he was mentally beating himself for being a complete and total numbskull, the martial art prodigy plucked the notebook out of the brunet's arms unnoticed, flipping though the pages filled with sketches rather peacefully. His dark eyes, which had curiosity shining lightly within them, scanned over the people, recognizing a few of them (The pineapple siblings), and paused for a moment once he reached a few of himself.
"Hiiieeee," Tsuna screeched, feeling his heart drop down to his numb feet, "Don't destroy them, Hibari-san! You can bite me to death all you want, just don't rip-"
The sound of paper tearing echoed inside of the burnet's ears, his heart feeling as though it had been torn apart. His eyes had been closed once he started to plea rather pathetically, and he dared not open them. Just the thought, the mental images he created within his mind, was enough to bring tears to his eyes.
"Herbivore," he heard the Shylark scuff. Something rectangular hit him in the chest softly, and on instinct he flailed around a bit before catching it within his hands.
The brunet's brown eyes blinked open at the contact, the tears that had formed in the orbs disappearing. His eyes widened, staring in shock at his notebook, seemingly unharmed. "H-huh?"
"Don't sketch me without permission anymore, or I'll bite you to death," the martial arts prodigy commanded, tucking what looked like a piece of paper into the black leather jacket that never left the raven's shoulders. "Just ask next time, Herbivore."
With that, the terrifying Disciplinary Committee Leader turned and left without saying another word, back to his regular self in an instant.
Tsuna blinked his eyes a few more times, unsure if what happened was real. Had he really gotten away from a mad Hibari without being bitten death? That was unheard of!
Once the shock of being unharmed left his rigid body, the art prodigy flipped through the pages of his notebook, stopping at the last sketch. It was the one he had done a few days ago of Chrome and Mukuro together, the drawing that was behind it torn out.
Tsuna's brown eyes once again blinked in surprise, looking up in the direction his upperclassmen had gone. Did Hibari just…want the picture of him sleeping?
AN: I lied. I'm sorry. XD I said Mukuro would be in this chapter, but it was only Hibari who showed up... But I got an idea in my head and I rolled with it. On the upside, this chapter is slightly longer than the last one, so I didn't lie on that part! :D
I honestly don't know what the next chapter is gonna be about (I only planned up to chapter six. XD Oops?), or how long its gonna be, or anything about it, actually. I'll need to do more planning, soon, or else they'll probably be a lame ending...I already sort of know here I wanna go...sort of.
On other news, my Poll is still up! Go vote, please. Um, I uploaded a new story. Its a KHR! one-shot, and is pretty short, but I like it. Oh, I have a Facebook page that RondineeLion and I share ( FanFictionersofAwesomeness), and if the link doesn't show up there inbetween the (), then its on my profile.
Alright, that's all I have to say. Please review! They give me motivation (Low review last chapter, which told me nobody really like it. :I), and make me happy. :)