A/N: I do not own Katekyo Hitman Reborn, property of Amano Akira, or the song Ringo Biyori, property of Rocky Chak. I own only the story.
SHOT ELEVEN: RINGO BIYORI {CRACK}
I'm a little wolf inside a girl, you say
And off I'll go (I cannot stay)
Oh whistling round the world
Let's whistle round the world
You were sitting high in the branches of a tree, swinging your legs as you gazed around you. It was a beautiful day outside, warm and bright. Your hand reached out to pluck the last apple off a branch close to you. This was a special tree, a witch's tree. It produced the most succulent fruit around. As you gobbled up the last little bit of the apple, core and all, you sighed. That was amazingly good.
Giggling happily, you started your descent down the tree, feet and hands swinging from branch to branch until, with a light plop, your feet hit the grassy ground around the tree. Grinning, you looked around. Peanut butterflies, the shells surrounded by opulently colored wings, flew all around you, almost looking as if they were dancing. You laughed as you twirled and danced along with them until all the spinning made you dizzy and you ended up falling flat on your backside on the grass. You only laughed harder at that though. As you caught your breath and your head returned to its normal feeling, you stood up. You knew why you had descended from your tree, something you rarely did. With no more fruit on it, you were out of food. You had to set off to find another witch's tree to take refuse in.
So, whistling a little tune, you started skipping off down the path. You skipped on and on, the path deserted around you. It wasn't until a half hour later that you finally met someone. In the middle of the path stood a man, dressed in a tiara and a golden swan suit. You bounced right up to him. His blonde hair gleamed in the sun, his bangs covering his eyes as he turned towards you with a wide smile.
"Hi! That's a pretty costume!"
"Ushishi. It's not a costume. I am the swan prince Belphegor."
"Oh wow! I've never met a prince," you said, awed a little as you curtsied. Then you remembered why you were on the path and asked him the question that had been on your mind.
"Does the prince know where there's a witch's tree?"
"Yes I do. Because I am a prince."
"Oh, yay! Where?"
Lifting a feather covered arm, Belphegor pointed farther down the path.
"The peasant has to go straight until the path gets to the harbor. From there a boat will take the peasant to where she needs to go."
"Ah! Thank you!" you called out, already skipping along in the direction he had indicated.
You skipped straight along the path for what seemed like an eternity. Finally, the path started sloping downwards and you caught sight of a sea bluer than any you could ever have imagined. The harbor around it was beautiful, many boats docked, their creamy white sails blowing in the wind. With a joyful shout, your skipping turned into full-fledged running. And your running turned into you falling head over heels all the way down into the hill into the harbor as you tripped over your own foot and went tumbling.
As you landed on your back in the harbor, you found yourself staring up into big brown eyes which were looking down at you concernedly.
"Are you okay?" the eyes owner squeaked out, holding a hand out to help you up.
"Oh yes, I'm just fine! That was rather a long tumble though!"
Taking the hand, you got to your feet and took a good look at your rescuer of sorts. He was a short boy, only about your height with extremely spiky hair.
"Thank you by the way!" you said, quickly remembering your manners.
"It's okay. I'm just glad you're alright!" the boy said, blushing as he realized he was still holding your hand. He snatched his away quickly. You looked at him oddly before remembering your ultimate quest.
"Do you work around here?"
"Ah, yeah! I'm a sailor on a boat. Why?"
"Do you know which boat will take me to a witch's tree?"
"Yeah! My boat is actually heading to the Silver Spoon Island. I think there are some witch's trees there!"
"Yes! Do you think I could go with you guys?"
The boy nodded and together you two set off for his boat, a huge ship with lovely white sails and large masts called the Marmalade Moon. The boy told you to wait for a second on the boardwalk while he had a word with his captain. Five minutes later, the same boy hurried back down to where you stood.
"Captain Reborn said it's okay! Come on! We're leaving soon!"
As you boarded the ship, you felt ecstatic. You were finally going to find the witch's tree of your dreams. You were so lost in thought that you figured you had missed what had hit you as you felt a sharp pain near the back of your skull.
You jerked awake at the second blow, looking around you dazed.
"Sleeping on school grounds is against the rules, herbivore," Hibari said, raising his tonfa once more.
