Chapter 11
Tamako and Hibari lay on the rooftop, watching as the sun slowly set. It had been five days since they had revealed their pasts to each other and although no one else could tell, the two knew that they had gotten close. However, neither were willing to admit that they had such a weakness, and therefore they still pretended that they were enemies around others. It was only when they were by themselves on the roof, that they would relax and just lie there, acknowledging each other silently. No need for words or intimate gestures to understand how close they were. However, the peace would not last, as Lemitsu barged suddenly onto the roof.
"The Varia have arrived. Are you willing to assist the others at this time?" he asked quietly. Tamako glanced over at Hibari. However, with his eyes shaded, he quietly growled "I do not care about this ring tournament. I simply wish to fight. Therefore, until I am required, I will not assist in anything nor help anyone." With that, he stood up and pushed Lemitsu aside, leaving the roof.
Tamako glanced at the fleeing figure worriedly and was about to follow when Lemitsu stopped her. "Wait" he said. "The fight will probably happen somewhere in Namimori. Knowing how protective he is of this place, it may be best to get him out for a while. Could you perhaps lure him out for a while under the facade of a training trip or something? Knowing him, the only way to get him to do anything is by promising a fight out of it" he said with a wry smile.
"Of course" she replied. "I will try best to keep him out of Namimori. However, knowing how protective he is of this place, I will only be able to keep him out for about three or four days. Will that be okay?"
Lemitsu wearily sighed and nodded. "That should be enough time for at least half of the tournaments to end, which should be enough time." At that, Tamako nodded and then bowed to take her leave. Then, she left, her mind whirling to make preparations.
A forest, a beach, a mountain, the terrains passed through her eyes as the girl tried to pull Hibari further and further away from the school. However, after three days, he pieced it together that something was wrong. Finally, before they were about to go to a swamp, he stopped her with his hand. "What is going on?" he asked. "You have heard my story so I do not understand why you wish to pull me further away from Namimori." At that, the girl was filled with guilt. Knowing that she could not put it back any longer, she put her head down in shame.
"I'm sorry" she whispered. "They were orders given to me to keep you away from Namimori while they were having the fight with the Varia because the school might be damaged." At that, he froze and his gaze turned icy. "I will leave now," he growled. As he left, he turned around once more. "Know this though, Many people break rules, whether they are for a good or bad cause. The rules told me that I should let the police run things. However, I took up my father's tonfa's and have protected Namimori by myself. You are not a robot. You are human. Therefore, at some point, you will have to choose whether to follow unjust orders or not"
Then he left, unaware that he had hurt her more than he thought. And as his words echoed through her mind, she wondered whether it was truly right to follow Xanxus's orders. To be willing to kill Tsuna and his group, even though he didn't even wish to be involved with the mafia? To kill Hibari because she was following orders? As she was thinking, she realized that Hibari was probably going to kill everyone involved in damaging Namimori. With that, she panicked and sprinted towards where Hibari was heading, pushing her conflicting thoughts to the side.
When she finally reached Namimori Middle, she found that she was already too late. Member's of Levi's lightning squad were beaten on the floor, a trail of bodies leading up to the 3rd floor, where the storm battle was taking place. As she sprinted up, she ran smack into Hibari, where he was planning to take on Squalo next. "Owwww" she murmured as she rubbed her nose where it had hit the prefect's very hard back. As everyone stared at her, she sort of just looked up at everyone and then waved, as a sweat drop appeared on everyone. Then, Hibari just sighed and pushed her gently to the side with his foot. Then, he turned back to Squalo with his tonfas raised. "Would you like me to bite you to death next?" he asked with a smirk.
"VVOOOOOOIIIIIIIIII" the long white haired man shouted, waving his sword around maniacally. "I'll easily stop you with my sword!" All of the sudden, HIbari seemed to falter for a moment, before preparing to charge forward at him. However, before he could get in a fight with Squalo, disqualifying him, Tamako blurred in front of him, stopping his tonfa. Glaring at her, he sighed. "How is it" he asked wearily, "that you are able to stop my tonfa in a split second whenever I wish to fight and yet at times you seem to randomly run into me and trip?" At that, she blushed and stuttered incomprehensibly as everyone else tried to hide their smirks and chuckles. However, after hearing her brother hide a laugh, she finally cracked. With her face bright red, she pushed Hibari back. "Hibari Kyouya" she shouted. "I am going to kill you!" she screamed and then kicked him out the already broken window and jumped out after him, leaving silence in their path. After just standing there gaping, the Cervello finally went and announced the next match between the rain guardians.
In the meantime, Hibari spent the rest of the night avoiding Tamako as she attempted to behead him…
The next morning, as the two lay on the roof, bathing in the sunlight, Tamako asked why he had hesitated when he was facing Squalo. "I saw you pause" she said. "Just for a second, but I know that you never hesitate when it comes to fighting." He lay quietly for a bit, as if thinking of what to say. Then, quietly, he said "That voice. It reminded me of that day. I think it might have been him. I think he might have been the one that killed my parents." At that, she froze. She was in the group that might have killed his parents. 'What would he think' she thought. 'What would he think if he found out that I was in the group that killed his parents and was destroying the place that he swore to protect?'
'He'd never forgive me, that's what' she thought bitterly. 'This love truly is impossible, isn't it? Like Romeo and Juliet, who even though they love each other, they were torn apart anyways.' Feeling gloomy, Tamako bade goodbye and left, saying a quick goodbye.
That night, as she called the Varia to check up with them, she felt the urge to ask. With dread, she asked the inevitable question. "Hey, Squalo" she asked. "Was your hair always long or was it short when you were longer?" He replied curiously "Well, I didn't start growing it out until I was about 15 years old or so. Why do you ask?" Grinning wryly, she just replied "Oh, It's nothing."
With that, she hung up, got into bed, and wept bitter tears at the unfairness of life.
TBC
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