DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN KHR.
"Sawada! Answer this question now!" Nezu sensei was standing in front of the board while staring angrily at Tsuna who he thought was busy day dreaming. Somehow, Nezu sensei managed to get his work as a teacher back and was now teaching at Namimori High much to everyone dismay.
"Ehh, err, let me think for a second, sensei." Tsuna scratched his head while quickly took a look at the question written on the board. He didn't focus during the whole lesson just now. Even if he did, he doubted he can answer it since Mathematics will forever be his weakest subject despite Reborn's daily effort to drill those formulas and solutions into his head.
Heck, Reborn even considered it an amazing feat when he managed to get a C instead of F in his last year test. Of course, this was kept a secret from everyone. He has a reputation to keep. As much as it was impossible, Reborn did made it his life goal to make Tsuna get an A for his Maths test before he graduated from his high school. If not, he won't hear the end of it from his damn rivals, Colonello and Verde for failing as a Math tutor. The word 'impossible' and 'failing' never exist in his dictionary. NEVER.
"Psst, Juudaime. Here's the answer." Gokudera, who was sitting in front of Tsuna, secretly passed a small paper to him.
"Hurry up, Sawada! I'm still waiting for the answer here." Nezu sensei was tapping his foot impatiently. Actually, he knew Tsuna won't be able to answer the question. After all, he was Dame-Tsuna. He can't do anything right. Yes, his test marks might have improved but Nezu sensei solely believed that those marks were just due to sheer luck and cheatings. There was no way he going to let go any chance to humiliate Tsuna after Tsuna and his stupid gang caused him to lose his job two years ago.
"6927?" Tsuna said. He wasn't sure the answer is 5927 or 6927 since Gokudera tore the paper right at the first number.
"HA! I knew you would get it wrong. Dame-Tsuna will always be dame. You can't even answer this easy question. I can already foresee your dull and hopeless future. It's a wonder you can join high school without having to repeat a gra-"
"BAM!" Gokudera's fist hit the table so hard that it cracked as he stood up and glared at Nezu-sensei. "You bas***d! How dare you insult Juudaime?" He was really tempted to blast off that stupid arrogant jerk named Nezu but he knew Tsuna will not let him.
"Hahaha. Sensei, it's bad to call people dame. You shouldn't do that or you might accidentally ended up in h*ll much sooner that you expected." Yamamoto left the latter part unsaid. His cold eyes were an enough tell-tale sign that Nezu-sensei should shut his mouth for good.
But, of course the warning didn't get through Nezu sensei's thick skull. "Shut up or both of you will go to detention class later. I don't get it why both of you like to defend that useless student. If it was me, I—OUCH! Who throw that?" An eraser hit straight at his nose causing his nose to bleed.
"Oopps, sorry. My hand slipped. Well, it shouldn't hurt, doesn't it, sensei? You are an elite and not dame teacher after all." Byakuran said in his sing-song voice.
"KKRINNGG!" The school bell rang signalling the end of the lesson. Consider yourself lucky, brats. Nezu sensei thought. "Tch. Alright, class, that's it for today. Please complete page 10 to 20 by tomorrow."He then proceeded to pack up his things and left when the bulb about him came crashing onto his head thanks to the power of a certain redhead.
"Tch, talk about bad luck. This is all dame-Tsuna's fault." Nezu sensei grumbled under his breath. As he opened the classroom's door, he tripped over nothing and fell flat onto the floor. The whole class roared in laughter as their Math teacher hurriedly back to his office before more things happened to him.
Students in Namimori Middle and Namimori High don't go to the rooftop for one and only reason. That is, the rooftop, just like the reception room, is exclusive for the leader of the Disciplinary Committee, Hibari Kyoya. Well, the only exception for that particularly unspoken rule is Tsuna and his gangs. Hibari doesn't really appreciate them crowding on the roof during lunch time but he just have to endure it. It's definitely better than letting them crowding at other parts of school and causing havoc.
Right now, Tsuna and all his friends are having their lunch 'peacefully' at the said rooftop.
"I'm terribly sorry, Juudaime for causing you to answer wrongly in the class just now." Gokudera immediately did a dogeza in front of Tsuna once they settled on the rooftop for lunch. Tsuna face palmed inwardly. I wonder how long it will take to get rid of this habit from Gokudera-kun.
"It's okay, Gokudera-kun. I'm used to answer questions wrongly anyway. More importantly, you shouldn't be threating Nezu-sensei just now. You even cracked your table. Again. For the twentieth time in just three days. Please don't lose your temper in class. I don't want Hibari-san to bite us to death for disturbing the class lesson." And I have to fork up my allowance to replace the new table again. Tsuna sighed.
"But, Juudaime, I-"
"Maa, don't worry, Tsuna. I bet Hibari will bite sensei to death first before you if he found out that he is insulting the student of Namimori." Yamamoto interrupted Gokudera's words while putting his arm on Tsuna's shoulder.
"Don't interrupt my w-"
Enma chuckled. "Well, he deserved it. He should be glad that I didn't drop the ceiling on him." Enma said nonchalantly as he opened his bento box.
"Same goes for you, Enma. I can't believe you use your power to drop the bulb right onto his head. Hibari-san going to bite you to death later for destroying the school properties."
Enma paled instantly. "He wouldn't know, will he? Please don't tell him, Tsuna-kun. Aoba will fix it right away later."
"WHAT? Why me, Enma?" Aoba spluttered.
"Whose money did you think you used when you and Ryohei-san keep destroying things when you guys are on your so called friendly little weekly boxing matches?" Enma glared (more like pouting) at Aoba.
"Fine. I fix it after school." Though it's clearly not my fault that those things exploded by themselves when we are fighting.
"You know I won't, Enma-kun. But, I doubt you can hide it from Hibari-san. Also, remember, guys. I used to get bullied and insulted before Reborn and you guys come into my life. And we caused him to lose his job last time too. I kind of feel bad for him."
"But, Juudaime, you are the future-"
"You are too soft, Tsu-chan. Even Chrome-chan here thinks that Nezu needed to be taught a lesson. Am I right, Chrome-chan?" Byakuran who was sitting beside Yamamoto turned to look at Chrome who was sitting beside Kyoko.
Chrome blushed and nodded slightly. She didn't expect someone to catch her using illusions to trip that teacher.
"Stop inter-"
"I agree with everyone to the EXTREME, Tsuna." Ryohei yelled although he didn't understand what they are talking about since he was busy talking (arguing) with Aoba.
"STOP INTERUPTING MY WORDS WITH JUUDAIME, YOU IDIOTS!" Gokudera snapped and fished out his dynamites. Tsuna and Yamamoto tried to calm him down. It's lucky that Hibari and Adelheid weren't there or else things would get much worse.
Kiko just stared at the large group's antics while eating her bento. Despite all those ruckus and quarrelling, she could see the strong bonds between all of them. Tsuna was indeed an all-encompassing sky. And for some reasons, seeing the ways Tsuna hangs out with his guardians, she felt somewhat familiar and warm. She felt like she has seen them before yet at the same time, she was 100% sure that she never hang out with them or meet them before up till now.
"-ko, Kiko-chan?"
Snapping out from her thought, Kiko turned to look at Kyoko. "What is it, Kyoko-chan?"
"Ah, nothing. It just that you seems spaced out. Is something wrong, Kiko-chan?" Kyoko stared at Kiko with a concern look.
"Ohh. Don't worry. Nothing is wrong. Just that this is a rather large lively group. Did you guys always gathered like this for lunch?"
"Yup. Those idiot monkeys always hang out here. They are noisy and some are rude but they didn't mean any harm. You'll get used to this soon." Hana said.
Kiko nodded and chuckled slightly. She never thought that having lunch in a large group was this fun. She used to having lunch alone or with Irie or a small group of friends. Her circle of friends when she was in Teitan Middle School was quite small since she was not the talkative/gossip type and she rather spent her free time alone in the library.
As Kiko was having some small talks with Kyoko and Hana and occasionally Chrome, something touched Kiko's cheek. It was a small bottle of strawberry milk.
"Here's my treat for you, Kiko-chan. It's your favourite, right?" Byakuran chirped.
"Err, thanks, Byakuran-kun. Did Sho-kun tell you about this?" Kiko asked as she opened the bottle. It has been a while since she last drank this. She was still waiting for the stock to come since this brand was only available in Italy.
"Nope. Ne, Kiko-chan. Can I call you Koko-chan? The name suits you since you have hair that is the same shade as dark chocolate."
Kiko stared at Byakuran. For a split second, she thought she saw a kid Byakuran sitting in front of her instead of a teenage Byakuran. It's weird. This looks familiar. And why I have this sudden urge to call him Shiro-kun? There is no way I gonna call him that. Kiko shaked her head slightly. It's embarrassing and childish at the same time. We barely know each other for like three days. He will surely think that I am crazy if I call him that. But, 'Shiro' really suits him though. He has white hair and according to Sho-kun, he is a marshmallow-addict guy.
"Is that a no?" Byakuran sounded dejected.
"What? No. Ehh, I mean it's not a no. Of course you can call me Koko-chan. I don't mind. Actually, you are the first one who calls me that."
"Yey, thanks, Koko-chan. We talk again later. I feel like someone is going to murder me if I continue sitting here." Byakuran excused himself and whispered something to Hana before went back to his original seat. "You know, if you keep glaring at men, you won't get a boyfriend later~~"
This caused a vein to pop up in Hana's face. The heck is wrong with this monkey.
As the bell rang and everyone prepared to go back to their classes, Byakuran slung his arms around Tsuna and Enma. "Tsuna-kun, Enma-kun, meeting at my apartment later after school."
The duo nodded. People might see this as just a normal action, but both the young dons knew better. Byakuran doesn't use the honorific '-kun' unless he was serious about something. It might have something to do with the intuition that has been ringing lightly in my head since this morning. Tsuna thought.
Kiko was on her way home from the supermarket with her little pet pup, Yuki when she heard someone crying. When she looked around, she saw a girl, around seven years old, crying while hugging tightly her teddy bear as she sat under a tree.
"Are you okay, little girl?" Kiko approached the girl with her pup trotting behind her.
The girl looked at Kiko with red puffy eyes and tried to hide behind the tree. "W-Who are you?" She stuttered.
"Don't worry. I'm here to help you. Don't be scared. My name is Kiko. What's yours?" Kiko said gently. She knew the little girl was scared and maybe lost considering that she was crying and there were no adults nearby.
Slowly peeking through behind the tree, the little girl replied. "I'm Reina. Papa said he…he will pick Reina up after he go get something but…but papa not here yet. I wait for papa here so long but no papa. Uwahhhh" The little girl began to cry again.
Either she got abandoned by her own father, or her father has met with some accident on his way to pick her up again. Most likely the former though. Who the heck left their daughter under a tree alone?
"Don't cry. I'll help you find your papa, Reina-chan. Just wait here for a minute."
Kiko turned around and crouched down to see Yuki. "Yuki, can you bring this bag home first? I'm going to bring her to the police station. I'm afraid the ice cream will melt if I bring the plastic bag with me."
"Kiu~~" The pup replied.
Kiko lighted up her ring and fed some sun flame to her pup. The once small pup then turned into an elegant adult arctic fox which was the actual form of Kiko's ring animal.
"Thanks, Yuki. I'll be home as fast as I can." Kiko then handed the plastic bag filled with strawberry snacks and ice cream for Yuki to held by its mouth.
Kiko turned back to look at Reina who has stopped crying as she was distracted by the 'magic' in front of her.
"That's so cool. Can you teach me how to do that?"
"I'm afraid not now, Reina-chan. Maybe, later. Right now, let's find your papa. Come. Let's go." Kiko held Reina's hand while trying to distract her by talking about other things so that Reina won't ask any more about the 'magic'.
Kiko felt like want to knock herself on a wall. She totally forgot that she was a directionally-challenged person (She refused to acknowledge that she got lost easily). Note to myself. Never again attempt to use a shortcut with a child beside you. Right now, she was a bit lost as she tried to recall the correct way to the police station. She was so sure that if she crossed the small park and turn left twice, she would reach the police station faster. However, instead of the police station, she reached a row of old abandoned shops.
"Ne, ne, Kiko-oneechan, why do we stop?" Reina clutched onto the hem of her dress.
Kiko crouched down to meet her eye-level. Before she could say anything, something sprayed out from the teddy bear that Reina held onto her face.
Kiko immediately jumped a few steps backward and almost lost her balance. She felt dizzy. A few men dressed in black suit came out from those abandoned shops and surrounded her. Sh**! I fell into a trap. Must get out of here fast.
As though reading her mind, Reina said with a smirk, a smirk that does not belong to a normal seven years old girl. "Don't even bother to run away. I doubt you can since you are sprayed with sleeping gas just now. Just surrender quietly and come with us."
"No harm trying." Kiko forced out a smile. Her consciousness was fading quickly and she needed to act fast. She obviously can't fight in this state. So, the only choice she had was run and hides. She pretended to faint and when the men approached her, she threw one of her earrings to the ground. Turn out, the earring was a smoke bomb and she fled by kicking the nearest unfortunate guy on his gut.
Good thing she was a bit immune to sleeping gas effect but it won't last long. She probably has at most two more minutes to run before she succumbed to the sleeping effect. She ran as fast as she could in her sleepy state and ended bumped onto someone and fell.
"OUCH!" Both of them blurted out.
"Woah there. What's the hurry, young lady?" Katou Julie was the first one to recover. He extended his hand to help Kiko stood up.
Kiko looked up. She idly recalled the guy that was standing in front of him as the Simon Desert Guardian. "I-"
Before she could say anything, the men in black caught up to her. One of them shouted, "Hey, you there, give the girl to us and we spare your life!" The rest of them pointed flame powered guns towards Kiko and Julie.
Julie narrowed his eyes. Those people were clearly from the mafia. He stood protectively in front of Kiko. "That's not the correct way to court a lady. Let me teach you the way." Julie lighted up both his ring and his ring animal. Knowing that she was now safe, Kiko leaned towards the wall as she slowly losing her consciousness.
"Merky, attack them."
A small sandstorm blew towards the group of men who began to fire at the two of them. Something hidden within the sandstorm cut down the guns into pieces before trapping them in another sandstorm. It was a brown meerkat with desert flames burning on its claws.
"Hmph, useless men." Reina muttered under her breath before launching herself to attack Julie secretly from behind. She was however stopped by shards of ice directed towards her. She turned just in time to block the metal fan of the Simon Glacier Guardian using her right arm.
Adelheid was busy trying to track down a certain pervert named Katou Julie. She lost him halfway when the said pervert used his desert element to run away. She heard some commotion nearby and saw some shady men were busy chasing someone. She chose to follow the men to see what they were up to and she quickly shot some ice shards towards the little girl who decided to sneak behind Julie and the new Namimori student.
"Hmph. I come back for revenge later." Reina glared at Adelheid who managed to hit her and promptly disappear into the mist leaving behind those useless men that were still trapped in the sandstorm.
"Julie, take care of these men. Make sure none of them get away. I'll interrogate them later. Right now, I'll bring Sendou to infirmary." Adelheid said as she carried Kiko, who has fallen asleep bridal style.
"Why not now? I can carry Kiko-chan to the infirmary."
"Because I don't trust you. You'll definitely sexually harass her in some way." Adelheid replied even without looking at Julie.
"Aww, you don't trust me?"
"Yes, I don't." Adelheid told him off in a deadpan manner.
"Ouch, that's hurt."
At the dark corner of a well decorated office, stood a man clad in all black holding a glass of Krug 1928 (champagne) with a black big crow on his shoulder. "How are the preparations going?" He asked the man who was kneeling in front of him.
"They are almost complete, boss. We can start plan A right away." The man reported.
"Hmm. Good." Just you wait, Kawahira. I'll destroy the Trinisette this time for sure.
A/N: Sorry for not updating for a while. I got sick straight after I came back from the camp. (It turned out the camp was quite fun since the physical activities were much less compared to the same camp at other location.) My head went fuzzy for like a week since I didn't get enough sleep. I woke up like almost every hour at night coughing non stop. T^T
Things will start to get serious from this chapter on although I still haven't sure about the villain.
Well, at least I decided to stick using past tense instead of present tense for the rest of the fanfic. Why tenses exist in the first place? And I don't get how girls can gossip endlessly without getting tired. That's why my circle of friends is quite small too since I am not the gossip type. -_- Basically, Akiko's personality will most likely base on mine.