Of Presidents & Hitmen

CH 11: Cominciare

-When we last left off, our dear reader and you best friend the club president, had the pleasure of running into a few kids form your school. You also had the pleasure of Commander Squalo inform you that you were going to fight each other.

-Of course were worried; not for yourself but for the petite Prez by your side. As far as you knew, she's never been in any kind of physical altercation in her life.

-The Prez breathed evenly and calmly through her nostrils. 'Don't show them you're fazed,' she tried to calm herself. 'He's only looking for any kind of weakness he can get out of me.'

=You wondered what was going through her mind right now. Placing a hand on her shoulder, you tried to give her a reassuring smile, however it didn't seem to work.

='Great!' She thought sarcastically, 'now _ is gonna know I can't hold my own! I'm going to look like a damsel in distress or something.' She groaned. Everyone glanced at her, but quickly returned their attention back to Squalo.

="So how is this gonna work," Gokudera asked with his arms folded and his usual scowl. "Do we just pair up and fight?"

="Obviously not," Commander Squ-chan responded equally sassy, "I'm going to decide who's fighting who."

=That made you more nervous, especially since he wasn't very fond of you and your friend. Worst case scenarios ran through your head, imagining that he would make you fight each other, or bears. You sharpened your senses to scope out if any nears were in the area.

=Amid you and the Prez's silent panicking, Tsuna scooted toward Squalo and whispered, "Eh... What about them? What are they gonna do?"

=Having the subtlety of a raging bull, Squalo growled, "those losers are going to fight also!"

=Tsuna blushed with embarrassment when you both looked at him. 'I hope they don't think I referred to them as 'losers.'

="Alright, let's begin!"

=Gokudera tried to protest that they needed more rest, to which Squalo informed him that the enemy wouldn't let them rest. "There are no time-outs in battle!

="Alright, first up will be... Tsuna!" The young boy jumped with fright at his name being called so harshly. "And..." he panned the rest of the crowd looking for an opponent for the boss. He stopped to glare at your face and you were certain he was going to call on you; but his eyes quickly flashed to the Prez and he quipped, "Prez!"

=She nearly wet herself at being called like that.

=Squalo smirked at her response and gestured at them, "you two are first, everyone else stand back."

=You and the Prez stared horrified into each others eyes and you could see she was on the brink of tears.

="Now hold on," that Ryohei kid interjected, "that hardly seems fair! You know Sawada is the strongest of us all!"

=That did little to put her at ease.

="You can do it, Juudaime~!" Gokudera cheered from the sideline behind Squalo.

="He's right," Yamamoto chimed in. "I mean, she's not going to fight anyway, so do we really have to do this?" For the first time in her life, the Prez looked almost appreciatively up at Yamamoto.

=Everyone tried to talk the Commander out of it. He only silenced them saying it would be much worse if he trained her one-on-one.

=You took slow steps toward the sideline, hesitant to leave her side. After Squalo had came over and drug you away, he had the Prez and Tsuna stand apart from each other, showdown style.

=When she looked into Tsuna's eyes, she could see a determined glint in his eyes, and he appeared to glow. She got her sword at the ready in case this kid really was going t try and fight her.

="!COMINCIARE!" (Begin!)

=Prez waited to see if Tsuna was going to make the first move. In an instant he was up close and personal, she let out an audible squeak.

=Tsuna only calmly moved her sword aside and wrapped a protective arm around her. "It's alright, I'm not going to hurt you," he cooed.

=She let out a shaky breath she didn't realize she'd been holding. His eyes were honest and apologetic. He never had any intention to fight her and didn't mean to let it get this far. She rested he head in the crook of his neck, causing him to stammer, and she muttered a 'thanks.'

=When they let go of each other, she ran towards you with open arms. You yanked yourself away from your instructor and embraced her while everyone else just watched on awkwardly.

="Weak," Squalo announced looking at Tsuna, "that little bitch wins by forfeit!" He rolled his eyes when they exchanged looks of sympathy.

='I really don't feel like I won anything,' Prez thought glumly as she struggled to get her heartbeat under control. She was more upset than anything.

=For the umpteenth time since this trip began you found yourself thinking about how batshit crazy Squalo is.

="Next up," Squalo continued not missing a beat.

= All the kids' hearts stopped in anticipation of his next words; of who he was going to pit next. Time seemed to stop when his next words came out.

="_!" All the blood drained from your face when he boomed your name; and you felt a little light-headed when he called upon Gokudera Hayato to be your opponent.

="Crap," you muttered.

Author's Note:

I'm so sorry for going on hiatus for so long~! But I'm back to finish this story before I leave for the Navy~! I'm almost finished planning it out, and hopefully I'll finish it soon~!

Now, back to the story~ Here's a preivew of Chapter 12:

Gokudera immediately got ready to fight, standing in the same spot where his beloved boss stood and waited for you to get ready also. When you appeared to be ready, Squalo initiated the battle.

'Uh oh,' you thought, 'this doesn't seem like it's going to end well for me!'

Tsuna pussies out of fighting the Prez, good on him. But will Gokudera be as forgiving? What is the point of all this training? Could Squalo suck any less? (Probably not.)

All these questions and more to be answered int eh next installment of

OF PRESIDENTS AND HITMEN

Until then, see you again desu~!

Love,

MadameGiGi