Insanely Average

Fandom: Katekyo Hitman Reborn © Amano Akira

Synopsis: "Being average isn't so bad but I'd like to think that I'm somewhat insane as well. What do you think, Tsuna-kun?" He looked at her oddly. "W-Who are you?" He asked and she simply grinned. "Kobayashi Asahi, at your service." SI-OC

CHILDHOOD ARC

Weapon

"Okaa-chan, I'll be heading over to Kyoya-sempai's house together with Tuna now! See you later!" Erina heard her daughter call out to her just as she passed by the dining room where she was currently working in.

"Ah, Asahi-chan - !" Erina tried to call out in return as she walked over to the doorway to see her daughter, but she was already gone by the time she arrived.

S-So fast! I didn't even have enough time to tell her anything else.

She ended up sighing and touched her cheek in a contemplative manner.

"I wonder what changed? Asahi-chan used to be so much more open and childlike before - before that accident happened." She murmured worriedly to herself. "She became so much more mature and independent. It was like she suddenly turned into someone older but someone who was not yet an adult...she seems so much like a teenager nowadays."

She sighed again.

"Maybe I'm just over-imagining things. But then again, she never tells me anything."

She sighed one last time before she headed back to her worktable, temporarily leaving it at that.

I just wish she'd be more open to me or to her father at least. She thought sadly.

ooo

Asahi finally arrived in front of Kyoya's house which was actually one of those rare-Japanese mansions you don't see so often in a city (although Namimori was actually a town). She knew the gate would be left unlocked in order for her to be able to enter so she did as her sempai instructed her before the day of her release.

She soon arrived at the entrance and instead of heading through the door there, she passed through the gardens instead where she soon came across Ya-chin-sempai sitting patiently on the porch for her arrival.

"Ya-chin-sempai," she called out to him and he immediately look towards her direction.

"Hn. Come sit down beside me." He said with words which seemed very out-of-character for him. She did so anyway in order to make him feel like she wasn't wasting his time.

"Kusakabe." He suddenly said and the same boy whom she knew would become his right-hand man in the later future appeared from the side. Asahi hadn't recognized him at first though because of his appearance. The lack of the pompadour hairstyle surprised her.

"Hibari-san, Kobayashi-san, here is your tea." He said in a polite tone as he served their drinks.

"Thank you. Umm...what's your name?" She asked him.

"My name is Kusakabe Tetsuya, Kobayashi-san." He answered.

"Ah, it's nice to meet you! I'm Kobayashi Asahi." She ended up replying before blushing and looking down upon realizing that he might have already known her name as he was just addressing her with it a second ago.

"Kusakabe, leave." Ya-chin-sempai suddenly spoke up, his order short and kind of snappy.

"Yes, Hibari-san."

And then he left after he gave the two a short bow.

"Ne, Ya-chin-sempai. Who was that?" She asked, wondering internally what her sempai thought of the man.

"He is my minion." Kyoya answered without hesitation.

Asahi internally winced at his answer. Yeowch, that's just sad. I feel kinda bad for the guy even though I know that he'll become a closer but still kinda distant friend to Kyoya-sempai in the future.

" - mal."

She looked up, exiting her deep thoughts and stared at him with confused eyes. It was clear that she did not hear what he had just said. He stared at her for a moment before he stood up.

"Little Animal, follow me."

Oh!

"Hai~!" She answered excitedly in return. Her thoughts momentarily drifted off to the topic on how he would teach her how to fight.

(I'm kind of worried whether I'll be able to learn properly. I've never done something like this before. The closest lessons I had to learn were the artsy stuff - if you exclude the ballroom dancing lessons I've been learning in this life. She thought in slight worry.)

The two soon ended up in a weapon warehouse that was strategically placed beside the dojo. Asahi's heart almost burst out in shock by the sheer amount of weapons inside it. There were various types and she silently wondered if he was going to choose for her or not.

She looked at him and he gave her an expectant look.

It seemed like he wasn't going to.

"Umm...Ya-chin-sempai..." She began in an unsure tone when he quickly cut her off.

"I will not aid you here, little animal. You must pick carefully on your own as it will be your main weapon just like how these pair of tonfas - " He suddenly brought out the said weapons" - are to me. Do not rush yourself but do not dwell too long either."

"...okay." She finally said although internally she marveled at the fact that the prefect said so much words in one day again.

She hesitantly took a step forward and began to browse through the many weapons that hung on the walls and the ones that were laid on top of the tables. Her eyes twinkled at the thought of using a katana once she noticed it on the wall but thought better of it.

It would be cool to learn how to wield a katana but...that is - will be Tsuna's Rain Guardian's specialty in the future. It would feel wrong for me if I tried to learn it. Hmm...

She browsed a bit longer until her eyes came across a sickle with a chain attached to it. Her eyes widened as she approached it, taking the weapon in her hands and getting a good feel of it. She turned to look at her sempai.

"This, this is a kusarigama if I am not mistaken, right Kyoya-sempai?" She queried him, interest evident in her tone.

He nodded in return before asking, "So this is the weapon you have picked?"

She paused and looked at the kusarigama in her hands for a moment. I need a long-ranged weapon. With my condition now, I would need a weapon that could aid me with quickly binding my opponent from afar and striking him once within range. This might be what I just need to learn how to wield. She thought, silently giving herself a reason on why she would choose such a weapon.

She looked up towards him and stared at him with determined eyes.

"Yes. This is the weapon I have picked." She told him as she clenched tightly both the chain and the handle of the sickle in her hands.

"You may return it now." Kyoya-sempai suddenly said.

(Asahi nearly fell on the floor in shock at his words but managed to stop herself in time.)

"Eh?"

He suddenly turned and was starting to walk out of the warehouse as he explained. "You are not yet ready to wield it. You will need some training first, little animal."

"Ehhh?" She ended up screaming in surprise.

Whack

She felt her head get suddenly hit and was surprised to find her sempai towering over her with one tonfa drawn out. Ah, he had hit her. She soon realized that she had gotten quite noisy so she immediately quieted down.

"Sorry, Kyoya-sempai."

"Hn. Do not react like that again next time, little animal."

"Y-Yes, sempai." She nearly stuttered out.

(Man, it's been quite some time since I've been hit by sempai. Scary ~)

She was about to walk towards him in order to follow him when he suddenly shot her a glare. His eyes shifted downwards towards her hands and that was when she realized that she was still holding onto the kusarigama.

"Whoops. I'll just go return it." She said sheepishly.

"Hn."

A/N: Kusarigama - The kusarigama (鎖鎌, lit. "chain-sickle") is a traditional Japanese weapon that consists of a kama (the Japanese equivalent of a sickle) on a kusari-fundo – a type of metal chain (kusari) with a heavy iron weight (fundo) at the end. The kusarigama is said to have developed during the Muromachi period. The art of handling the kusarigama is called kusarigamajutsu.

Yo guys! I hope you like this chapter. Yay! Asahi has chosen her weapon! What do you think of her chosen weapon? And please review concerning the idea of Reborn's arrival at the start of Middle School like in canon or in High School instead.

Thanks for review and all your support btw.

Bai~