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"What's my new resolution for the new year?"
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At the Sawada household, it was actually the third day of New Years Eve so everyone was being lazier than usual.
"Tsu-chan, Mai-chan! Its time to get up!" Nana yelled up to her daughters (she considers Mai her second daughter).
Tsuna stretched her arms up and yawned; she hopped out of bed and walked towards her closet. She opened it and began looking for her clothes, not really paying attention to Mai since she was sleeping in her own little futon on the closet floor.
Tsuna closed the door and began to change into dark green pants and a green-blue sweater with the number '27' in huge white letters on the front. Tsuna headed for the door then stopped, she walked back to the closet and opened it.
She looked down to the sleeping Coyote and just stared.
'Even now, she's still sleeping in my closet…' Tsuna thought tiredly, 'maybe my resolution for the year is to get her out of my closet…' Tsuna thought.
Tsuna kicked Mai's arm lightly and in return Mai grumbled. Tsuna sighed and kicked her lightly again, Mai blinked her eyes open. She sat up and stretched her arms up, then looked up at Tsuna with dazed eyes.
"What?" Mai asked tiredly, "wake up, it's already the third day" Tsuna said.
Mai grumbled something like 'Cranky Tuna' but nodded, she then shut the door.
Tsuna sighed and walked down the stairs, "It's so cold" Tsuna complained as she hugged herself for warmth.
"There's not much to do for New Year's after the first three days" Tsuna mumbled, "how late did you plan on sleeping in?" Nana asked from the door way to the kitchen.
"Where's Mai-chan?" Nana asked, "She said she's coming" Tsuna replied.
"Oh, well there's some Osechi* for breakfast on the Kotastu*" Nana said.
'Osechi again? I'm getting pretty tired of it' Tsuna thought honestly, but didn't say it out loud to not insult her mother.
Tsuna opened the door to wear the Kotastu was, but she finally got out of her tired stupor when she opened the door. Reborn was sleeping on the right of the Kotastu, I-pin on the left, and Bianchi covered two spots.
"What's this? The three days are about to be over and you're still rolling around?" Tsuna complained, wanting them to get out of the Kotastu.
"We're full, go somewhere else" Bianchi told the brunette, "that's because you're taking two spots!" Tsuna yelled at Bianchi.
"Open one up!" Tsuna ordered her, "why?" Bianchi asked.
"Why? Because I'm going to eat breakfast" Tsuna countered.
That's when Tsuna noticed the empty trays on the table, crumbles of food and trash littered around. "You ate it all?" Tsuna yelled in surprise, "Reborn ate it" Bianchi said.
"What am I supposed to do now?" Tsuna complained, "There's still some left" Bianchi gained the small brunette's attention.
"Some that I made" Bianchi said pulling out her poisoned filled food, "Um, that's ok. I'm not really that hungry" Tsuna declined the offer nervously.
'I would die at the beginning of the new year!' Tsuna paled at the thought.
"Then, good night" Bianchi laid her head back down and rested again. "Good night? How long do you plan on sleeping?" Tsuna yelled at the cook.
"I heard Italy's new year's ends in one day!" Tsuna yelled, "This is Japan" Bianchi countered easily.
"Geez" Tsuna gave up fighting with the poison scorpion, "but the new year's in Japan is certainly nice" Bianchi said happily.
"It is nicer here" Mai said from the door, "Mai, your awake" Tsuna said slightly surprised. Mai wore a light gray long sleeve shirt and a black vest; she also wore plain dark blue jeans.
"Yeah, today's a big day after all" Mai said as she rested her side on the door frame with crossed arms.
Tsuna just tilted her head in confusion, but then she heard a popping sound. Tsuna turned around and saw that Reborn's nose bubble popped, he's awake.
"That's right. We have to do that" Reborn said with a smirk.
Tsuna could only get more confused while Mai sighed at yet another tiring day.
14. New Year! The Hundred Million Yen Contest!
"Gyahahaha! Lambo-san will take those Otoshi-damas*!" Lambo yelled obnoxiously outside of the house.
He held up all the envelopes filled with money that Nana and other people gave him. He was on the fence yelling at random people to give some to him.
"Otoshi-dama! Hurry up and gimmie!" Lambo yelled at a couple that was passing by.
"Come on! Otoshi-dama!" Lambo continued to yell, "I guess I don't have a choice. Here" the nice lady said pulling out an envelope.
"Yay!" Lambo said but suddenly two arms grabbed him from behind and covered his mouth.
"Don't do anything embarrassing!" Tsuna scolded him in a hush voice.
"Otoshi-dama!" Lambo yelled up to the brunette, "Mom already gave you one!" Tsuna said in exasperation.
"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry" Tsuna apologized to the couple and any other people passing by.
"More Otoshi-dama!" Lambo yelled, "Lambo please shut up!" Tsuna said tiredly.
The people then left, obviously had enough of watching the duo. Tsuna sighed; Lambo realized all the grown-ups left and sulked in Tsuna's arms.
"Tsuna-chan, Lambo-kun" Kyoko called to the duo, they turned and saw their orange haired friend there. Kyoko wore a red kimono* with pink flowers decorated as a pattern, she also had a blue sash and her hair was tied up with a white flower on the side.
"Ah Kyoko-chan!" Tsuna said surprised by her sudden visit.
"Happy New Year's" Kyoko said cheerfully, "H-Happy new Year's" Tsuna said shyly. Kyoko only giggled while Tsuna blushed madly.
"U-um" Tsuna mumbled, "what is it, Tsuna-chan?" Kyoko asked.
"W-well, your Kimono l-looks super pretty" Tsuna said with a blush.
"Eh, really? Thank you, Tsuna-chan?" Kyoko smiled at her warmly. 'Why is Kyoko-chan here?' Tsuna thought.
"Onii-chan said this would be the first time he comes over to your house" Kyoko said, "Eh, Sempai?" Tsuna said with a tilt.
As if hearing his 'name' Ryohei popped up in front of the brunette, startling her. "Happy New Year's!" Ryohei yelled, he wore a black male version of a kimono.
"My aspiration for this year is 'EXTREME'!" Ryohei yelled triumphantly.
Tsuna thought her eyes were playing with her, she imagined Ryohei on a mountain yelling "Extreme!" with the words 'Joyous Extreme' above him…Yup, she's tired.
'Beside, don't you mean this year as well?' Tsuna thought with a pale face.
"He says the same thing every year" Kyoko said, "I can imagine" a voice said behind Tsuna.
The brunette turned around and saw Mai cross armed and staring blankly ahead.
"Mai" Tsuna said, "Yo, Happy New Year's Kyoko-chi, Ryohei" Mai said with half lidded eyes.
"Happy New Year's Mai-chan/Inoue!" the Sasagawa siblings greeted the Coyote.
'What's with that kind of greeting? Mai must be really tired…' Tsuna thought.
"More importantly, Sawada" Ryohei said, Tsuna turned her head back to the boxer. "Thanks for inviting me over for New Year's" Ryohei said, smiling at the brunette.
"Inviting?" Tsuna mumbled in confusion, "Hime! Happy New Year's!" a loyal voice greeted.
The teens looked over to their left and saw one by one, their friends came to greet.
"Tsuna-san, Happy New Year's" Haru greeted, "Yo, Tsuna!" Yamamoto also greeted.
Haru wore a green kimono with yellow patterns and a red sash, her hair was tied on either side of her head. Gokudera wore a green button up shirt with a black coat; his pants were dark khaki and his sneakers black and white. Yamamoto had a yellow shirt with a white (opened) coat, plain jeans and plain sneakers.
"Kyoko-chan! That kimono is beautiful!" Haru squealed in delight as she walked over to her friend. "No, Haru-chan, yours much better" Kyoko complimented back, "Not at all" Haru said.
"You both look cute" Mai grinned at the girls; the girls just blushed and smiled back at the Coyote. "Perv…" Gokudera mumbled, Mai looked over at him and glared.
"So, what did you call us over to play?" Yamamoto asked Tsuna.
"Eh? I don't remember inviting anyone" Tsuna replied honestly.
"Yeah, she was thinking of spending new years in bed" Mai said blankly, "you did too" Tsuna countered. Then the ground before the girls began to shake, the ground then opened up like a secret passage.
"What's that?" Tsuna asked, startled.
Reborn then popped up on some leveling and he was lying on couch while wearing a blue and orange kimono and his hairstyle as bizarre as ever, bald with hair tied in the back but held high.
"The one who called you, was me" Reborn said, "I had a feeling it was you" Mai said naturally.
"Yet another unreasonable appearance" Tsuna said unbearably. "I see that you're all assembled" Reborn ignored his student.
"We're about to begin the official Vongola Ceremonial family New Year's battle" Reborn said.
"What is that?" Tsuna asked, 'it's something dangerous…I can feel it…' Tsuna paled.
"Hey, your opponents are here" Reborn ignored the brunette, looking to his side.
Tsuna followed his gaze and saw a truck; it was coming towards Tsuna's house. Tsuna noticed a group of men in suits in the back of the car, but she mostly noticed her 'supposed' older brother there as well.
"Sorry to keep you waiting!" Dino yelled to them, "everyone, hop on!" Dino continued to yell.
"Dino-san?" Tsuna said in confusion, she didn't notice Yamamoto and Gokudera twitched at the sudden name.
'Idiots will be idiots…' Mai thought as she shook her head, only her and the smiling Reborn noticed the twos' displeasure.
~~scene change~~
The teens and Cavallone family stood by some river bank; obviously Reborn has some devious plan going on.
Tsuna and her friends faced the Cavallone family that apparently came with Dino. Tsuna noticed Dino's clothes were different than usual. He wore a red shirt and a brown sweater with tan-yellow sleeves, and dark khaki pants.
"The Cavallone family has arrived!" Dino said cheerfully, "thanks for coming" Reborn replied. Reborn sat on some odd styled pedestal waving a Leon fan.
"So, this is your family" Dino began looking through Tsuna's friends, "I see there are some new faces" Dino noticed.
"This year's official Vongola Ceremonial family New Year's battle will be interesting" Dino grinned, "What is this Vongola Ceremony?" Tsuna asked with a tilt.
Dino blushed and thought 'Cute!' while Tsuna's friends' blushed as well. 'That Dame-Tsuna has such a strong power…yet she's too stupid to notice it' Reborn shook his head in pity.
"Hey, what is it?" Tsuna tried asking again, confused on why everyone was so quiet.
"Ehem!" Mai coughed in her fist to get everyone's attention, which worked since everyone was looking at her. "It's a Vongola tradition, a battle between our allied families" Mai gestured to the Cavallone family as an example. "It shows each other's enthusiasm for the new year" Mai explained knowledgably.
"Wow Mai, you sure know a lot" Yamamoto said surprised, Tsuna nodded.
Mai blushed and scratched the back of her head embarrassedly, "o-of course I know I-I-It's for Vongola after all" Mai made a shy smile.
Dino chuckled lightly, 'always the same…Vongola always comes first for her…' Dino grinned.
"Eto, did you say battle?" Tsuna realized, 'we're not going to shoot guns at each other, are we?' Tsuna paled at her thought.
"Don't think of such stupid thoughts, Dame-Tsuna" Reborn said behind his Leon fan, Tsuna flinched in response.
"Mai, since you know so much, explain to Dame-Tsuna and her family" Reborn asked of Mai, "Um, sure" Mai said unsurely. "So yeah, representatives compete in New Year's-themed events to earn points towards the overall win" Mai gestured to a tall scoreboard beside Reborn's podium.
"There's a very fancy reward for the victorious family" Dino added in. "I see it's just a game" Tsuna said in relief.
"But the losing side has to pay one hundred million yen fine" Reborn added in happily, holding up a sign saying 'One hundred million' in kanji.
"It's just as crazy as I thought it was!" Tsuna yelled in outrage. 'He starting to sound like him…' Mai paled as she crossed her arms and shook her head.
"It can't be helped; it's a tradition" Reborn replied innocently and cutely, "Please don't talk like that!" Tsuna growled with an angry mark almost present on Tsuna's forehead and blush apparent on her face.
"One hundred million yen would be nice, even if it's just a dream" Kyoko said happily, smiling at Haru and her brother.
"It's such an exciting-sound New Year's event!" Haru yelled enthusiastically.
"They all think it's a game" Tsuna said tiredly as she held her head in pain.
"We'll begin! I'm the judge!" Reborn then announced, beginning the very dangerous game.
"Win or lose, no grudges, Tsuna" Dino said, 'why does this always happen?' Tsuna yelled in her head.
Round One: Fortune Slips
Reborn then blew into some kind of shell horn for emphasis.
"The first round is 'fortune slips*'" Reborn announced, "Fortune slips?" Tsuna repeated in confusion.
"That's right. There they are" Reborn pointed to the river.
Tsuna looked over to where he pointed and paled.
"Hiee! A crocodile! Why is there a crocodile!" Tsuna yelled.
"It's a fortune slip crocodile I imported from home" Reborn explained, "Fortune slip crocodile!" everyone in Tsuna's family (except Mai and the Cavallone) yelled in union.
"You don't even know how hard it was to get him here!" Mai whined, 'I don't even want to know!' Tsuna yelled in her thoughts. The crocodile opened its mouth, revealing a bunch of small paper slips.
"Draw fortune slips from the crocodile's mouth. But if you don't pull your hand out before its mouth shuts…" Reborn pulled out a small but thick piece of lumber and threw it towards the crocodile, and it chomped the piece of wood into pieces.
"That's dangerous!" Tsuna yelled angrily at the infant, "a game needs to have thrills" Reborn replied. "Besides, how do you get points with fortune slips?" Tsuna questioned.
"Like this: Very good fortune two points, Better fortune one point, Good fortune zero points, Bad fortune negative one point, Very bad fortune negative two points" Reborn explained.
"How sacrilegious" Tsuna paled, "wait a minute, then having a croc for all this is pointless!" Tsuna yelled at him furiously.
"It's a tradition" Reborn said once more innocently and cutely, 'as cute as that is…the way he said that pisses me off!' Tsuna had a huge angry mark on her head.
"All right! Leave it to me!" Ryohei announced, "Eh?" Tsuna turned around and saw Ryohei standing in front of the crocodile.
"Sempai?" Tsuna said confused, "I have this straight punch!" Ryohei yelled as he threw a right and left punch.
"The battle is between the points of the fortune slips" Reborn reminded him. "I don't believe in fortune slips" Ryohei growled, "because you decide your own destiny!" Ryohei yelled as he threw a fist into the croc's mouth.
"Amazing…" Tsuna stared at her Sempai with admiration, but Tsuna then flinched away when the croc bit him.
"S-Sempai?" Tsuna yelled in worry, "Hahii! H-he's been eaten!" Haru said in fear, "Onii-chan!" Kyoko began to fret.
"EXTREME!" Ryohei yelled as he yanked his arm from the croc's mouth, "This is how I do things!" he yelled as he looked down at the traumatized crocodile with a hand full of slips in the air.
Ryohei slammed all the slips beside Reborn, "why did you grab so many slips?" Tsuna asked questionably.
"My goal is to gain a great amount of points! I'll pull us ahead with this!" Ryohei answered confidently, everyone enlightened at hearing his plan.
Reborn held up the slips and began reading, "Very bad fortune, Very bad fortune, Very bad fortune, Bad fortune, Very bad fortune, Very bad fortune, Very bad fortune, Bad fortune, Very bad fortune. Minus 16 points" Reborn announced.
Everyone on the Vongola team groaned in dismay, "That was the most unlucky thing to ever happen" Mai said with a pale face.
"Next, Cavallone" Reborn said looking towards said family.
Dino looked towards Romario and he nodded, Romario walked over to the unconscious croc and pulled one slip out. He then handed it to Reborn, "Better fortune, 1 point. 1 point versus -16" Reborn announced.
Ryohei held a pale face while Tsuna was just awestruck.
'They pulled ahead all at once' Tsuna thought grimly.
Round Two: Japanese Battledore
Reborn blew the horn again, "Second round is 'Japanese Battledore*'" Reborn announced.
He threw two battledores onto the ground in front of either team, but they landed with a humungous 'thud'. "What are these?" Tsuna asked in fear, "these are the battledores, made from steel and weighing 50 kilos" Reborn explained.
"50 kilos?" Tsuna gasped, "And the shuttlecock is 20 kilos" Reborn added in.
"Why do we have to play battledore with these?" Tsuna demanded. "I told you, it's tradition" Reborn said, once again, cutely.
"Don't look at me with those puppy dog eyes!" Tsuna yelled at the infant with a blush, 'she should really overcome cute things for the new year…' Mai and Reborn thought, deadpanned.
"Ma, ma its fine!" Yamamoto tried calming Tsuna, which might've worked since she turned her head to the male.
"This kind of battledore seems fun" Yamamoto picked up one of the battledores, he held it and inspected it.
"This is about same as the bats I use for swinging practice" Yamamoto said, "r-really?" Tsuna said slightly surprised.
Yamamoto held up the battledore and swung it about three times, a harsh wind being blown every time as he swung, proving it had a lot of weight.
"As expected from a sportsman, Yamamoto!" Tsuna gushed in admiration; Yamamoto blushed but continued to grin for her.
"Then on our side…Brutus!" Dino called, and then a gigantic man walked towards Dino, "Okay, Boss" he answered with every heavy footstep. "Hey Brutus!" Mai waved at the giant, 'she waves to him so casually!' Tsuna stared at her friend with a pale face.
"Don't run away, boy" Brutus taunted Yamamoto, Tsuna was on the sidelines with fear all over her face, but Yamamoto was calmed and he smiled at his competitor.
"If you drop the shuttlecock or knock it outside the court, you lose" Reborn explained as the two competitors faced each other from either side of the court.
"So its like badminton" Yamamoto summed up, "Don't lose, Takeshi!" Mai yelled blankly, "don't say things like that!" Tsuna yelled at the Coyote who blinked blankly at her.
"The game is for three points, and the winner will receive 20 points" Reborn added in, "so if Yamamoto wins, we can still get ahead of the Cavallone by 3 more points" Gokudera said.
"Let's start" Reborn announced as he blew a whistle to commence the game.
Brutus served and the shuttlecock and it came fast at the idol, "Take that!" Yamamoto yelled to return the serve, but the serve was so strong that the battledore flew out of his grasp and landed behind him.
"Yamamoto, are you okay?" Tsuna asked in worry, but to her surprise the idol was smiling while massaging his wrist.
"Amazing, now this is interesting" Yamamoto said as he walked over to pick up the battledore.
"Eh? But-are you okay?" Tsuna was confused but still worried, "I'm fine don't worry" Yamamoto tried soothing her, but his heart warmed up at seeing such concern for him in her eyes.
"This is where the real fight starts!" Yamamoto yelled, fired up, Yamamoto walked back to where he was and yelled "Come on!"
"Wait!" Reborn suddenly said as he hopped off his podium, everyone looked over at him in confusion.
"Tsuna, come here" Reborn called the brunette, which she complied to timidly.
"What is it?" Tsuna asked as she crouched down to his eye level, but she was taken by surprise when the Hitman got a paintbrush with black paint and drew a circle around her right eye.
"W-what're you doing?" Tsuna backed away as soon as he was done, "its battledore. If you lose, you get your face inked" Reborn replied.
"But why is it Hime's face and not the baseball idiot's?" Gokudera yelled while pointing at the confused star, he found it unfair. "The subordinate's mistake is the boss' responsibility" Reborn replied, "…he's got a point there" Mai agreed, 'that's not fair!' Tsuna whined in her head.
Reborn hopped back up the podium and blew the whistle once more, the players ready again. Brutus served like he did last time, but the difference now is that Yamamoto smirked and swung it back with full force.
"Yeah!" Tsuna cheered, "No, it's no good" Gokudera said, confusing the brunette.
"Chance ball" Brutus said as he smiled, "Smash!" Brutus yelled as he swung on the shuttlecock hard.
It headed towards Yamamoto at high speed, Yamamoto used the battledore as a shield to block it but he fell backwards from the impact.
"Yamamoto!" Tsuna began to panic, as well did the other girls (excluding Mai).
Yamamoto stood up, dirt covering his clothes, but he was still smiling and said "All right, I've got it now."
"Is he invulnerable?" Brutus was surprised to see the baseball star still standing and smiling.
"Such a hardcore game of battledore" Haru said slightly freaked out, "do your best, Yamamoto-kun!" Kyoko cheered him on densely.
"Sigh, I'm glad he's okay" Tsuna smiled in relief.
But then Reborn continued to draw on her face, he drew another circle around her left eye and painted her nose. Tsuna wept anime tears; Mai could only pity the girl.
Back to the game, the whistle was blown and Brutus served as hard as last time. Yamamoto returned the serve all the same as last time, the shuttlecock flew above.
"He did it. That guy will smash it again" Gokudera groaned in dismay.
"This is finished!" Brutus yelled, "What do we do?" Tsuna began to panic.
Yamamoto smirked, 'this is not over' he thought.
~ Katekyo Hitman Reborn! ~
Yamamoto still smirked through the whole thing, "Baseball gets really interesting after two strikes!" Yamamoto grinned to himself as he got into a batting stance.
Dino gasped and realization hit him, "Oh right, this guy-!" Dino began to remember the training they did and how the baseball star turned his bat into a katana.
"Dino should know…that idiot adapts fast" Mai smirked, "Stop! Brutus!" Dino yelled to his subordinate but it was all in vain.
"Smash!" Brutus yelled as he did the same attack as before, "the shuttlecock looks like it's standing still!" Yamamoto yelled as he swung the battledore like a baseball bat.
"He did it!" Tsuna and her friends enlightened, the shot was so strong that Brutus ducked as it passed by and launched into the sky to never be seen again.
"An out of the park homerun!" Yamamoto yelled cheerfully as he watched the shuttlecock disappear.
"You idiot!" Mai yelled at the star, confusing the Vongola team. Reborn blew the whistle, "Out. Cavallone wins" Reborn announced.
Yamamoto was confused but Gokudera started yelling at him, "Why did you hit it out of the court?" he yelled, "Oh yeah" Yamamoto grinned apologetically as he turned to his team.
Reborn went back to painting Tsuna "If things keep going this way, you'll be the one paying the one hundred million yen" he smirked when he pulled away to look at his masterpiece. He had painted tears on her left eye circle and an 'x' mark on her right cheek, "That's not fair!" Tsuna whined with another set of anime tears in her eyes.
"Sorry Tsuna" Yamamoto looked over at her with a sad smile and sad puppy dog eyes. Tsuna stood up and shook her hands frantically, "n-no it's ok y-y-you didn't mean to!" Tsuna blushed the entire time.
"Here I thought you were making a comeback…" Mai crouched down to the ground and hid her face in her knees.
"Mai?" Yamamoto called worriedly to her; Mai stood up and walked her way over to the idol with her eyes hidden by her hair. She grabbed him by the collar of his shirt and looked at him with imaginary dying will fires burning in her eyes.
"Don't you ever do something like that again!" Mai yelled as she shook him frantically, "Mai calm down" Tsuna tried calming her.
"Do you know how long it took for Vongola to get all its money and you decide to lose it all! If you ever do that then I'll beat you with a battledore!" Mai yelled furiously at Yamamoto, who was laughing nervously as he was being shaken.
'She only cares about the money…' Tsuna and Gokudera thought as they sweat dropped at the scene.
"Vongola Family: -16 points. Cavallone Family: 21 points" Reborn announced the results while Tsuna wiped the drawings from her face.
Round Three: Over Carta
"The next battle is Over Carta*!" Reborn said.
Then a red carpet was set out with cards spread all over and three from each team on the opposite sides of it. Haru was in the middle, I-pin on her right, Lambo on her left.
"I'm going to do my best, Tsuna-san!" Haru proclaimed to the brunette, "o-okay" Tsuna nodded timidly.
Haru smiled at Tsuna, "It's no problem! During kindergarten, Haru was called the carta master by relatives!" she said confidently.
"Oh really" Tsuna said blankly, "I'll be reading the cards" Reborn said as he sat on the side in the middle. "If you win, it will be 30 points" Reborn continued.
"Let's do it!" Haru said enthusiastically, "before we start, let's have a drink of tea" Reborn said as he grabbed a cup of tea, "what?" was all Haru could say at such an odd thing to do all of a sudden.
Reborn stared up into the sky where some kites flew above, he then began slurping the tea. Everyone stared at him for awhile; he just kept on slurping the tea for a long while. Even when looking in the clouds he was drinking the tea and watching birds fly by.
When Reborn finally stopped slurping he said "let's start" but Haru fell forward onto the cards.
"It's no good! My legs fell asleep!" Haru blushed in embarrassment, "Vongola, one member out" Reborn said.
"What kind of idiot legs falls asleep in the middle of a game?" Gokudera yelled at Haru, "It's not Haru's fault!" Haru yelled back at the bomber. Kyoko helped Haru off the mat and she sat on the ground with a heavy blush.
"Hey Hayato?" Mai called to the bomber, he looked over at her and said "What?" irritably.
"Where's Tsuna?" Mai asked, Gokudera's eyes widen as he looked around but the brunette was missing.
"If you're looking for Dame-Tsuna, look down" Reborn suggested. They all did as he asked and gasped as they saw little Tsuna face down on the ground.
"Sawada, what extremely happened?" Ryohei asked the brunette as she sat up on her knees. "Ah gomenasai, my legs fell asleep, ehehehe?" Tsuna blushed and laughed nervously.
"What were you saying about idiots, Hayato?" Mai asked the bomber, but he blushed and got down on his knees and banged his head on the ground.
"It's okay, Gokudera-kun. Besides we need to focus right now" Tsuna said calming him and stood up, Gokudera actually bought that and stood up and turned towards the two infants on the mat.
"Hey, Lambo, I-pin!" he yelled, they turned their heads to the older teen.
"If you lose, I won't let you get off easy" Gokudera yelled at the children. 'He's inspiring them by threatening them!' Tsuna and Mai thought with pale faces.
"I-pin understands" I-pin nodded, "Gyahaha; leave it to Lambo-san!" Lambo laughed obnoxiously.
"Here I go!" Lambo yelled as he jumped towards a card but then it exploded.
"I haven't read the card yet" Reborn said, "If you make a mistake, the carta will explode" Reborn explained. Gokudera was startled while Tsuna paled, "u-unbelievable" Tsuna mumbled.
"What a shame, Haru-chan. It looks like fun" Kyoko said innocently, smiling since she did not know the dangers of the game.
"I-I guess so" Haru stuttered, fearing this 'game'.
"Gotta…stay…calm…" Lambo mumbled as he crawled back to his spot.
"Let's start" Reborn said once again, "The law of steel…" Lambo didn't listen, "got it!" Lambo yelled as he jumped onto another card.
But he blew up again with a "Gupyaaa!"
"B-But he got the right card!" Tsuna argued, "He probably guessed…" Mai said silently.
"Wait until I'm done reading before going for the cards" Reborn scolded the burnt up cow.
"Gotta…stay…calm…" Lambo mumbled again as he crawled to his seat…again!
"The law of steel, the Vongola Family is very close-" Lambo thought he finished and hopped on a card with a smiling Tsuna, "-but the boss isn't very reliable, she is Sawada Tsunayoshi" he said and Lambo blew up in a big explosion, bigger than the last.
"Gotta! Stay! Calm!" Lambo yelled as he flew into the distance, becoming a star…a stupid star that is.
"Lambo!" Tsuna yelled in worry as the cow disappeared from her sight, "Lambo! Watch out for planes!" Mai yelled up to him nonchalantly.
Tsuna stared at her in disbelief, "what? My new year's resolution is to be a little nicer to the dumb-cow" Mai shrugged while Tsuna shook her head tiredly.
"Vongola, second member out" Reborn announced, making Tsuna freak out even more.
"What do we do?" Tsuna panicked, "w-we still have I-pin!" Gokudera tried to ease her nerves.
Tsuna remembered the Chinese girl was smarter than the cow and looked her way. I-pin was focusing on the cards, "what is she doing?" Mai asked cross armed.
"It'll be fine" Yamamoto assured her, "a true master does not move around meaninglessly" Ryohei nodded in agreement, "I wish you would take your own advice…" Mai said dully.
"Oh, then good luck, I-pin!" Tsuna cheered to the infant. I-pin nodded, "the next one is easy" Reborn began. "My name is Home Tutor Hitman Reborn!" he said. I-pin listened and began reaching her arm to the cards, staring intently at them.
"Wait, doesn't she have bad eyesight?" Gokudera realized, "Oh yeah! I-pin put on your glasses!" Tsuna yelled to her.
"Ah, Aiya!" I-pin realized and pulled out her glasses and put them on. "It's right there! Go for it!" Gokudera yelled impatiently to her.
"Hey, you guys do remember something really important about I-pin, right?" Mai asked the brunette, "important?" Tsuna repeated in a confused tone.
"I'm sorry" I-pin suddenly apologized, making everyone stare at her in confusion.
"I-pin's not good at reading hiragana" I-pin confessed, Gokudera and Tsuna did an anime fall while Mai sighed.
"I-pin's from china, this is her first New Year's here" Mai explained with a sigh, "say that beforehand!" Tsuna yelled at the two.
"Cavallone Family: 51 points. Vongola Family: -16 points" Reborn said Tsuna's team's points almost pitiably.
"I can't pay 100 million yen! At this rate we'll lose" Tsuna whined as she and Gokudera stood up.
"Don't worry Hime, I'll go next" Gokudera assured her. "And I will definitely reverse the situation and meet your expectations!" Gokudera declared.
"Eh, really, Gokudera-kun?" Tsuna said with innocent child eyes, having hope filled in them.
Gokudera nodded with a blush, "Gokudera-kun…good luck!" Tsuna smiled at him brightly, "leave it to me!" Gokudera thumbed up to his boss with the same blush on him.
"So, what's next? Intelligence? Stamina?" Gokudera yelled, "That would be your forte, huh?" Mai said blankly. 'But if it was that easy then Reborn wouldn't be here now would he?' Mai thought as she sighed tiredly.
Round Four: Fuku-warai
"The next battle is Fuku-warai" Reborn announced. Tsuna and Gokudera paled at such a ridiculous activity.
And skipping ahead, we now see the bomber's work. The face has its nose where the mouth should be, ears at the eyes, mouth as the nose, and eyes as ears.
"I'm sorry. I lost" Gokudera bowed his head in shame and apologized. "And you lost in such an odd way!" Tsuna yelled in shock, it was very weird face.
'I swear, I think Reborn did this on purpose just to humiliate him!' Mai face palmed.
"In its own way, it's art" Haru tried saying to comfort the bomber's loss, "Amazing, Gokudera-kun!" Kyoko complimented innocently.
"Cavallone Family: 81 points. Vongola Family: -16 points, as usual" Reborn stated bluntly, 'Why'd he say it like that!' Tsuna, Mai, and Gokudera thought furiously.
Tsuna then sat on the ground and hugged her knees close as she wept anime tears. "This is no good! At this rate, I'll be in dept. by one hundred million yen for life!" Tsuna complained silently, but her friends heard her.
"I'm sorry, Hime. It's because we're so worthless" Gokudera felt guilt all over him, "I didn't do anything wrong…the dudes here are worthless" Mai said as she pointed at the three males.
"No problem. The real fight starts now" Ryohei reasoned, "That's right! We should hit a come-from-behind, game-winning homerun!" Yamamoto agreed. 'When did we start talking about fights and Homeruns?' Mai thought blankly.
"Yeah" Tsuna sniffled and looked up at her friend's with teary eyes. They all felt blush rush to their faces and thought 'too cute!' Tsuna wiped her eyes and looked towards the Cavallone Family.
Dino noticed her teary eyes and blushed madly and quickly looked away, confusing the brunette. Tsuna decided to look over to the infant; he looked back at her with a gleam in his eye.
'Those eyes aren't kidding around. He definitely plans on making me pay when we lose!' Tsuna paled quickly.
"Tsuna" Dino's voice caught her attention, he held his hand out and she accepted, glares were thrown at the blonde as he helped the brunette up.
"It may have been too hard on you, putting adults against kids" Dino said, "we could give you a handicap" Dino suggested.
"Really? Thank you Dino-san!" Tsuna smiled gratefully at the blonde, who grinned and blushed at her smile, glares thrown at him again. In actuality, he felt pity for her and he felt stabbed in the heart when he saw her crying.
"You have a point. So, let's discount everything so far" Reborn suddenly said.
"Hey!" Dino yelled at Reborn in surprise, "You wanna be the one disappointing her then?" Reborn suggested to the brunette cheering in happiness.
Dino blushed and shook his head, 'if it's for Tsuna…' he thought, Reborn just continued to smile at the happy brunette as well did her teammates.
"So for the next round, whoever wins obviously wins the game" Reborn said, cutting into Tsuna's happiness.
"If you lose, be ready to pay the one hundred million" Reborn said subtly, "Don't be unreasonable!" Tsuna whined to Reborn.
"Oh well, he doesn't change his mind so easily" Dino sighed tiredly, with his shoulders slump.
"Eh? Your just gonna accept that?" Tsuna said slightly surprised he gave up so easily.
"Its Reborn, it's a waste trying to change his mind" Mai added in, "you too?" Tsuna realized that she might need to learn from the two who already experienced Reborn's ways.
"I'll add a bonus to this game, too" Reborn added in, everyone turned back to him. "The winner can take anyone from the other side" Reborn said, surprising the few who understood what he said.
Tsuna went over beside Leon, who was sitting by his master's side on the podium, and was about to complain when she took notice of the silence around Dino.
"Then…" Dino said as he looked over every member (Lambo somehow came back from the explosion) the Cavallone family had an idea who their boss was going to pick. Dino's gaze stopped at Tsuna, surprising the males of the Vongola family.
"Alright, I decided" Dino answered, making the males flinch.
Tsuna tilted her head in wonderment of who Dino picked, but decided to shrug it off and start yelling at Reborn. Gokudera motioned for the Vongola members to huddle up for a meeting.
"I think the Bucking bronco chosen Hime" Gokudera said.
"Are you sure? 'Cause I'm not so sure" Yamamoto said honestly.
"I extremely don't understand" Ryohei also said honestly.
"Damn Turf-Top! The Bucking Bronco is going to take Hime once he leaves! Meaning you might never see her again!" Gokudera yelled in a hush tone, so others outside of the huddle couldn't hear.
"Hahii! Tsuna-san is going to leave! No~" Haru whined, "I-pin no want Tsuna-san to go" I-pin said.
"Yeah, Dame-Tsuna is Lambo-san's servant!" Lambo yelled obnoxiously, Gokudera punched him so he could keep quiet but he still cried loudly.
"Then if we don't want Hime to leave, we must work hard on the last challenge, agreed?" Gokudera said, the rest nodded except for Mai. They all turned to see Mai had closed her eyes and had her arms crossed.
"Hey Mai! Did you hear anything at all?" Yamamoto asked her, Mai sighed as a reply.
'These goofballs don't know a thing' Mai opened one eye half lidded.
"Baka-Dino's not taking Tsu-Gah!" Mai yelled as she fell forward with a bump on the back of her head.
Mai lifted herself up and looked over to see Reborn with a boomerang in hand and a mischievous smirk playing on his lips, Tsuna was busy trying to talk the relentless Dino out of the competition.
'He really irks me!' Mai growled but stood up, ignoring the questions of concern.
She looked over at Gokudera and nodded with a sigh. Everyone smiled and got ready for the next challenge.
Kyoko didn't understand a lot of what they were talking about except for the part when they said 'Tsuna will be taken away'. Kyoko didn't want that happening, Tsuna is after all, really important to her and everyone else.
"Let's get this started" Reborn cut in, making everyone stop what they were doing.
"Ugh, Reborn this is causing trouble for everyone else!" Tsuna tried reasoning again.
"Then just protect them" Reborn said simply, slightly surprising her.
"It's the Boss' job to protect his/her allies" Reborn told her, 'Reborn…' Tsuna thought.
"You really thought you could anything into a learning lesson?" Mai asked the Hitman with crossed arms, "…it was worth a shot" Reborn shrugged, 'that bastard!' Tsuna growled at him.
Round Five: Make a Rice Cake
"All teams members are to participate in making rice cakes" Reborn explained.
Each group was on either side with their own supplies in front of them.
"The winner is whoever bakes the best sweet bean rice cake for me" Reborn announced.
'If we lose…' the males and Haru thought, an imagination flooding their minds.
"Guys!" Tsuna smiled and yelled as she waved to them from a boat sailing away in the sunset with Dino standing beside her.
"Sayonara!" she yelled, the words echoed in their thoughts.
Sayonara!
Sayonara!
Sayonara!
They all shuddered in fear of losing their precious boss, while Mai sighed at their stupidity.
'If Kyoya heard what they were saying he'd be biting people to death like crazy. Good thing he's busy…' Mai looked out of the corner of her eye and saw Reborn smirking while still looking forward.
'Ack! He knows something I don't!' Mai yelled in her head. Tsuna on the other hand was panicking about the money she has to pay if they lose.
"Hime!" Gokudera caught her attention from her rant.
"Let's win this!" he said confidently.
"Win?" Tsuna repeated, 'actually, I've been busy thinking of the 'what if's' that I haven't thought of ways to win at all!' Tsuna paled.
"We have the home team advantage!" Gokudera pointed towards the confused Cavallone family. Tsuna looked over at them and saw how they stared at the equipment in deep confusion and distraught.
"Boss, what is this hammer?" Romario asked Dino, "I don't know" Dino replied.
"I've eaten a rice cake before but…" Dino explained, 'Poor Dino-san, they were raised in Italy so they don't know our customs' Tsuna thought, but she was slightly amused even if she doesn't admit it for her kind nature.
'Dame-Tsuna really does have an evil side…' Reborn smirked at this new discovery.
Tsuna turned around and saw Gokudera hammering into the barrel/bowl while Yamamoto pulled something out, every time Gokudera hammered, and putting it into a container. Ryohei and Mai, she was forced to do it against her will, were cheering with fans in the background.
"We can win this battle!" Ryohei cheered, "What battle?" Mai mumbled tiredly.
"Secret plan!" I-pin yelled as she and Lambo pulled a cover in front of the four at work, "We won't show you!" Lambo yelled.
"Let's do our best, Haru-chan!" Kyoko said as she and Haru tied there Kimono back to start preparing the food. "We'll make the sweet bean!" Haru declared confidently.
'Everyone is working so hard!' Tsuna's eyes sparkled and she smiled warmly.
"Hey, what's mochi? One of Dino's subordinates asked the infants, Tsuna turned to the noise.
"We won't show no matter what!" Lambo yelled as he pulled out tons of grenades and through them at the man, who ran away soon after.
Unfortunately one of the grenades rolled over to Gokudera and Yamamoto and soon enough it blew up, making the duo fly backwards and the rice cake fly in the air.
"You stupid cow!" Mai yelled at Lambo in the background.
Tsuna was looking up at the sky with wide eyes and agony written all over her face. 'The rice cake everyone did their best to make!' Tsuna felt dread reap her heart, sadness filling her eyes.
"Even though this is cheating…" Reborn held out his hand for Leon to hop onto.
Leon then turned into a gun and Reborn aimed for Tsuna's head, then a shot rung and Tsuna fell backwards. Everyone was either surprised or worried over the brunette.
Mai began to panic and looked around for anything that can cover Tsuna, since; unfortunately, she didn't know Reborn was going to shoot her today.
She felt a tap on her shoulder and turned around and gasped, "What are you doing here?" Mai asked in surprise. But she didn't question anymore when she saw what the person held.
Tsuna's body began to glow and her eyes turned serious, a flame appearing on her forehead. Tsuna stood up and just as quickly Mai yelled "Here Tsuna!" and clothes were thrown to the brunette.
In a swift movement she put on her clothes and jumped high in the air while yelling "REBORN! I'll protect the rice cake with my dying will!" she caught it and finally came down with a 'thud'.
Everyone couldn't keep up with her quick speed, "Dame-Tsuna has improved in speed" Reborn said as he checked the Leon timer in his hand, earning him a sigh from Mai.
There was dust surrounding Tsuna so no one knew what she was wearing but still saw her shadow figure.
"Wow that was amazing, Tsuna!" Yamamoto cheered.
"That was extreme!" Ryohei obviously yelled.
"The best like always, Hime!" Gokudera complimented.
"Nice catch, Tsuna" Dino added in.
"R-Reborn, cou-could you please blow away the dust…" Mai mumbled with her body bent down a bit and her face hidden by her hair.
"Didn't know it affected you so much" Reborn smirked at the shaking form of Mai.
"J-just d-d-do it, d-damn it…" Mai continued to mumble.
Reborn didn't say anymore and transformed Leon into a fan, blowing all of the dust away from the brunette. Everyone expected to see the normal appearance of the brunette but was surprised of the sight.
Tsuna was wearing an orange Kimono with light orange flower patterns and a light green sash. She looked so innocent, even though the kimono fit her curves, and looked around with wide eyes; the kimono fit her so well!
Everyone felt heat rise up in their cheeks, some for innocent reasons, most for the obvious (perverted) reason. Tsuna then handed her friends the rice they worked so hard for.
"Oi Mai, you okay?" Reborn asked the trembling Coyote beside him, but the tone of his voice had amusement in it.
Everyone turned their heads to the two and saw Mai was shaking, her right hand holding her face while the left hand held onto the podium as to not fall over. Mai slowly looked up and everyone saw blood dripping between the fingers of the hand holding her nose.
"Couldn't handle the cuteness, could you?" Reborn smirked while Mai hissed with a blush.
"U-Urasai I-I Can't handle total c-c-c-cuteness!" Mai growled at the infant.
"Mai!" Tsuna yelled as she ran towards the two.
Mai froze and slowly turned to the brunet slightly bent forward to look directly in the eye of the black haired girl.
"Are you okay?" she asked, especially with innocent and worried eyes, Mai lost it. She fell back wards and fainted on the spot.
Tsuna began panicking but Reborn stopped her, "Don't worry, she'll be fine" Reborn assured her.
Tsuna nodded unsurely but soon enough walked towards her friends to aid them, leaving the Coyote with the loss of blood.
-#After a While#-
"Times up" Reborn announced, the teams finally finished preparing the food.
Tsuna was the one to present to Reborn, her appearance a little different than earlier. Her hair was tied up into a cute pony tail and she wore sandals, it was apparently a big difference if you asked the blushing boys.
"Now we'll have a taste test, so bring it here" Reborn ordered them.
"We tried making it, but…" Dino depressingly said as he brought up the bento with their rice cake.
He held it out to the infant and Reborn saw it was still soaking and slightly burnt. Reborn took a piece of the rice cake and chewed thoroughly.
"Wit's fwlakey, wand wit twastes bwad" Reborn said with a mouth full, 'cute…'Tsuna thought on the sidelines with a blush.
"I thought as much, and here was my chance to get Leon" Dino said while sighing. "Eh? Leon?" Yamamoto repeated, him and his friends were confused (excluding Mai and Tsuna).
"Isn't that Reborn-san's chameleon?" Gokudera said, everyone looked over to the small green chameleon beside Reborn, smiling as usual.
"That's what I've been trying to tell you!" Mai exclaimed as she walked towards while holding a tissue to her nose. They got even confused, Mai groaned at their denseness.
'I swear they're as dense as Tsuna!' Mai yelled in her mind.
"Dino wanted Leon not Tsuna, (whispered-no matter how cute she is), he wouldn't take her against her will" Mai explained.
"EH?" they all yelled, surprising the other group and Tsuna.
"Wha-whats wrong?" Tsuna asked surprised, "N-nothing!" the group said in union and shook their heads with a blush.
"Okay?" Tsuna said unsurely, turning back to Reborn and Dino.
She noticed that Dino was looking at his bitter looking rice cake. Tsuna felt sad and tried cheering him up.
"Don't feel down, Dino-san. I bet it tastes just as good" Tsuna smiled at him, Dino was slightly surprised.
"It still tastes terrible" Reborn said bluntly, still smiling.
'So straight-forward…' his two students thought with pale faces.
"Anyway, it's the thought that counts" Tsuna said turning back to the blond. Dino blinked a couple of times before smiling at the brunette.
Mai was watching the scene from afar, standing close to the Vongola team that was raving at their 'stupidity'. Mai just stared at Dino's smiling face, noticing the blush also on it.
'Even if he wasn't going to take her…that doesn't mean that thought didn't cross his mind…' Mai thought.
"Enough with the stalling, its Vongola's turn next" Reborn said, cutting everyone's chatter.
Tsuna realized she's been standing there with the bento but didn't give it to the infant. She opened the case and was about to present when her nose smelled a foul odor.
"What the-" Tsuna gasped as she looked down towards the poisoned Rice cakes, she was appalled.
"I started helping mid-way" Bianchi said from behind the brunette. Tsuna turned around and saw Bianchi wearing a purple kimono and pink light sweater in a seductive way, her hair all tied up.
"Bianchi!" Tsuna said surprised, "You're poison scorpion!" Dino realized.
"It's been a while. I guess the last time was when you were Reborn's student" Bianchi said as she remembered Dino.
In the background Gokudera's on the ground holding his stomach in pain while Yamamoto was over him asking 'what's wrong?' repeatedly. Bianchi looked away from the blond and turned her eyes back to the brunette.
"I guess the kimono fit you well, you look adorable" Bianchi smiled at her. Tsuna blushed and looked over her attire and then back at Bianchi.
"You're the one that gave me these clothes? But Mai threw them to me" Tsuna said in confusion.
"That's 'cus she gave it to me to give to you" Mai said as she walked over to them.
"Besides, Reborn asked me to give these clothes to you in the first place, but you left before I could" Bianchi explained simply.
"Eh? Reborn?" Tsuna yelled as she turned to the smirking infant, 'why the hell would he do that?' Tsuna yelled in her mind.
"Now he fulfilled the promise he gave to-" Mai didn't get to finish since Dino's food was launched to her mouth and she fell backwards unconscious.
"M-Mai! Dino-san?" Tsuna looked between the Coyote and the bucking bronco in question.
He shook his head as to say 'I didn't do it!' and looked down towards his hands and noticed the bento was missing. Dino looked to his side and saw Leon transformed into a slingshot and an empty bento beside an innocently smiling Reborn.
'Reborn!' his two students thought in union again.
"Oi, why are you stalling?" Bianchi asked the brunette, she answered with an "Eh?" and a tilt.
'Too cute for her own good…and dense…' Bianchi thought with the shake of her head. She walked over to Tsuna and took the bento from her hands, "it's bad to waste food that is filled with love" Bianchi scolded her.
"Here you are, Reborn" Bianchi said lovingly as she handed the infant the bento.
'F-for real?' Tsuna thought in fear, "are you gonna eat it, Reborn?" Dino asked shakily. But the question was never answered since three nose bubbles popped out of Reborn's nose.
"He's fallen into his deepest sleep ever!" Tsuna yelled in shock.
"Hehehe, Silly Reborn, this part of you is cute, too" Bianchi giggled, which no one knew she could.
"Since we went to the trouble of making this, why don't you guys eat it?" Bianchi said as more of a command.
"The side that can't eat it loses. Pay one billion yen" Reborn mumbled in his sleep.
"Don't say insane things in your sleep!" Tsuna yelled, "Reborn said it, now…" Bianchi pushed the bento in front of them.
Dino and Tsuna looked at each other and sent a one message.
Run!
And so they did, running beside the lake for freedom…of Bianchi's cooking.
"I don't want it!"
"Stay away!"
"Stop!"
The three yelled as they ran the distance, and might I say I'm amazed those two girls can even run with kimonos on.
"Tsuna-chan looks like she's having fun" Kyoko smiled happily, "It looks like this year's going to be dangerous too" Haru said tiredly.
Dino's men were laughing in the background.
"We'll continue this battle next year" Reborn mumbled again.
The two mafia bosses just continued to run for their lives.
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"My new years resolution is to protect everyone, no matter what" -Tsuna
Side Story
Just another boring new years for Hibari Kyoya, as usual.
He sat at his desk, finishing the paperwork, as usual.
But he was still irritated, not from being lonely, but from the excessive paperwork he has to handle.
Not usual.
'Damn Herbivores…ruining my school…doing as they please…grr!' Hibari then broke the pen in his hand.
He sighed and threw it into a waste bin filled with broken pens. He opened a desk drawer that was filled with pens and pulled one out before slamming the drawer shut.
He continued writing and writing, scribbling his signature for paying for any damages to the finally took enough of this and slammed the pen onto the desk, breaking yet another pen.
"I've had enough, I won't deal with this anymore" he growled to himself and he began stomping out of the reception room.
'Why am I dealing with this? I'm a carnivore, not some lowly Herbivore' he thought as he walked down the hall.
Hibari stopped walking as he remembered the reason he was stuck with this 'worthless task'.
**Flashback**
Hibari was walking down the hall with his ever so loyal subordinate and Vice chairmen, Kusakabe Tetsuya, beside him (actually he was behind him but you get the point).
Hibari saw something out of the corner of his eye and noticed a small group at the baseball field.
Hibari growled, "Its those crowding herbivores…" he hissed.
Hibari growled, "It's those crowding herbivores…" he hissed. But Kusakabe could sense the venom in his word, he paled.
'On this special day, Namimori's anniversary, they come to defile its school grounds' he thought, "I'll bite those herbivores to death" Hibari said as he pulled out his trusty tonfas.
Kusakabe felt pity for those unfortunate teens.
Hibari was about to jump out the window but he noticed someone in the middle of the crowding.
Tsuna's face had a tired expression while watching her two companions yell at each other (Gokudera was yelling at the laughing Yamamoto). Hibari froze when he noticed it was her, Kusakabe was confused on why he stopped.
Kusakabe walked closer to the window and followed his chairman's gaze. He finally noticed the brunette and a soft smile appeared on his face.
'If it isn't Sawada-san, guess Kyo-san can't attack her friends now' Kusakabe thought as he turned to look at Hibari's calculating expression.
Kusakabe known for a while that the small brunette has earned a special part in the prefects stone-cold heart, but the prefect himself has no idea what it means.
"Kyo-san, are you going to punish those crowding teens?" Kusakabe asked, but he knew full well that Hibari was still deciding.
"They still owe me for damaging the school last time" Hibari said in remembrance of the time the group had a competition for Lambo's baby-sitter and Bianchi had slice the school out of anger with Adult Lambo.
"So you are going to attack them, Hibari" a squeaky voice caught the two's attention. They turned and saw Reborn in his ridiculous baseball outfit, standing right in front of them.
"Infant, why are the herbivores here?" Hibari asked him, surprising Kusakabe slightly.
'This baby must've gotten Kyo-san's respect somehow!' Kusakabe thought in shock.
"I'm just doing a little training with them, I just came in to tell you will be doing a little damage on your school" Reborn explained, but he continued to smile.
Hibari's eye twitched, "damage my school? And you think I'm going to let you guys off so easily after the last time you damaged Namimori" Hibari pulled out his tonfas again.
"I'll bite you to death" Hibari said as he got in a fighting stance, 'he's really going to attack a baby?' Kusakabe thought so surprised that the stem in his mouth almost fell out.
"Ah but Hibari, something good will come from all of this" Reborn said calmly, surprising Kusakabe again.
"Good?" Hibari repeated, curious of what the infant was talking about.
"Yes, just you wait" Reborn persuaded, Hibari thought this over for a while and then put his tonfas away. He turned his back to Reborn and began walking away, passing the still surprised Kusakabe.
"It better be worthwhile, Infant" Hibari said as he continued walking, "don't worry it will be" Reborn said as he hopped out the window.
Kusakabe looked between the window and the prefect, standing there with a face like a gaping fish.
The prefect looked out of the corner of his eye and saw Tsuna paling at her two friends competing.
'Herbivore…' Hibari thought, then he noticed Tsuna turned towards the infant and blushed madly. Hibari felt jealousy tinge him but he tried ignoring, mostly out of irritation and confusion.
He heard the words echo his mind.
Something good will come from all of this.
Hibari walked even faster to his office and thought 'it better be, Infant' and he walked into his reception room and slammed the door close.
**End of Flashback**
'And I kept hearing explosion after explosion, and screaming too' Hibari growled in his mind.
Something good will come from all of this.
"Yeah right, nothing good has come from this, not even a fight" he began walking down the hall again.
'Why am I letting the infant do as he pleases? Just because he's strong doesn't mean I'll let him be' Hibari thought angrily.
'I have to deal with all the paperwork…great now I'm complaining like some herbivore' Hibari felt even more irritated.
Hibari noticed after all that walking he ended up at the front gate of the school, standing at the post he's always in the mornings when school begins.
He stood there arms crossed, staring at one particular spot. An image of little Tsuna running onto the school ground right before the school bell rang came into mind, she smiled at not being so late.
Hibari felt heat reach his face but shook it off, 'What are these herbivore feelings?' he sighed tiredly.
As he was about to turn away and leave he heard running footsteps and panting. He looked over to the other side of the gate since that's where it was coming from. His eyes widen in surprise as he noticed Tsuna running into the school grounds. He felt heat reach his cheeks at what she was wearing, she was wearing an orange kimono and everything.
'She looks so…so…so…' "Cute…" he accidently said out loud, both teens flinched as soon as the word was spoken. Tsuna looked up from the ground and paled just as quickly.
"H-Hi-Hibari-san!" she yelled in surprise and fear, not really hearing the word he said, Hibari flinched inwardly at the fear in her eyes.
But he kept his cold and blank demeanor in both his expression and voice. "Herbivore, what are you doing on school premise on a holiday?" he said coldly, Tsuna recoiled.
"U-um, well, I was r-running from Bianchi and got separated from Dino-san, and ended up…here" she mumbled, her eyes looking up at the prefect cutely.
Hibari was struggling to keep his blush from being present, 'why am I blushing? She's just a herbivore, so why?' he kept thinking.
"Um, Hibari-san?" Hibari noticed the brunette calling him and snapped out of his thoughts.
"What is it, Herbivore?" he continued to talk coldly.
"Hiee, I-I just wanted to ask, wh-why are you here, on N-New Year's?" Tsuna asked him timidly.
Hibari was slightly surprised that she was concerned for him, but he stayed impassive. "That is my business, Herbivore" he said, Tsuna flinched.
"O-oh, I'm sorry" she apologized with her face down casted. Hibari looked at her expression and felt a pang in his heart (he has one?).
"…I protect Namimori no matter when" Hibari answered, Tsuna looked back up at him with surprised eyes.
"Eh?" Tsuna said, Hibari glared at her, but actually he was staring at her.
"O-Oh!" she yelled in fear. 'Weak herbivore…' he thought tiredly.
"But-um-d-doesn't it get lonely?" she asked, Hibari turned back to her and glared, staring.
"…I don't' mind being lonely" he said as he closed his eyes and crossed is arms.
"I-I see…" she mumbled, but her voice had a hint of sadness, confusing the prefect.
"If it was me, I'd really hate to be lonely" Tsuna said.
"Well there's the difference. I'm a carnivore and you're a herbivore" he said coldly, Tsuna flinched at hearing such cruel words.
Hibari felt his heart hurt even more, 'I'm saying the truth…so why does it hurt?' Hibari thought. The prefect thought that by now, the brunette would have run away, but his guess was wrong.
"Hi-Hibari-san" she called to him; he opened his right eye in acknowledgment and stared at her to proceed.
"What's your n-new year's…resolution?" she whispered the last part but the chairman heard her.
"The same as every year protect Namimori and the peace" he said simply. Then there was silence, Hibari thought that maybe she was frightened at what he said but she surprised him again.
"Hahahaha!" Tsuna laughed, Hibari opened both eyes and watched the brunette laughing in happiness.
"Wh-what's so funny?" Hibari demanded, but he was surprised he was stuttering and blushing at the same time.
"I-I'm sorry-haha-Hibari-he-san-but-haha-it was just so…" Tsuna laughed between her words.
"So what, herbivore?" he growled, "Funny!" she laughed even louder.
"What? Why?" Hibari turned even redder, "B-because I had a feeling Hibari-san would say that" she confessed.
'What?' Hibari yelled in his mind, Tsuna was wiping away a tear from her eye; it was due to all the laughing.
Hibari pulled out one tonfa and growled, 'this herbivore thinks she can laugh at me and get away with it? I'll bite her to death!' Hibari was shaking in anger.
"Hibari-san is such a great person" Tsuna said, Hibari stopped shaking and stared at her in surprise. "I'm what?" he asked, Tsuna turned to him and smiled.
"Hibari-san works so hard for his goal. I mean you always protect Namimori year after year, its such an amazing dedication" she closed her eyes and grinned at him, for once, not feeling fear in his presence.
"Herbivore…" Hibari mumbled with wide eyes, she didn't see luckily. 'This herbivore…' his eyes got covered by his hair, but he smiled none the less.
He walked over to her, that's when Tsuna opened her eyes and looked at him questionably. She couldn't see his expression, when he finally stopped in front of her he raised his fist and hit Tsuna hard on the head.
"Itte!" she whined as she held her head in pain, a bump forming on her head. She looked back at Hibari with fear and confusion written in her eyes.
Hibari reached out his hand again and Tsuna flinched and closed her eyes for another hit. But she never felt one; she soon opened one eye then the other. She felt fingers pulling her pony tail out and her hair being free once more.
"Hibari-san?" she said, she looked up and saw Hibari smiling at her genuinely. She blushed at such a smile, that no one has ever seen before.
"I like…" he began, Tsuna turned even redder at the words.
'Wha-what's he going to say? 'I like' what?' Tsuna panicked silently, her heart beating faster.
"I like…" he repeated, Tsuna froze, "…your hair this way" he finished.
'E-eh?' Tsuna yelled in her mind, Hibari knew what she was thinking and chuckled.
"That's what you get for laughing at me" he said, Tsuna face turned even redder, if it was possible.
'He made fun of me? That's so evil!' Tsuna yelled in her mind. But Tsuna found a revelation and stared at Hibari chuckling.
'This is the first time I've seen Hibari-san laugh and smile…it's such a warm smile and laugh though, why doesn't he show it?' Tsuna thought questionably, she stared at the prefect with soft eyes.
Before she could ask a squeaky voice called out.
"Oi, Dame-Tsuna" Reborn yelled, the two teens turned to the voice.
Mai was beside the gate's side, hands in pockets, and Reborn was back in his suit, standing on the Coyote's shoulder.
"Mai, your okay?" Tsuna said relieved, turning her attention to the Coyote.
"Yeah, no thanks to Reborn!" Mai yelled angrily at the infant on her shoulders.
Reborn shrugged her off and hopped off her shoulder and into Tsuna's arms. Hibari's expression reverted back to the usual blank, but with a scowl.
"Happy New Year's, Hibari" Reborn greeted the prefect with a smirk, knowing full well on how Hibari felt even if Hibari doesn't.
"Infant" he greeted back with crossed arms; he let out a dark aura. Tsuna shivered and paled at the prefect's sudden change of moods.
"S-scary…" she mumbled fearfully, Hibari noticed and felt cold.
"Happy New Year's, Kyoya!" Mai yelled waving to him, not noticing the atmosphere.
"Let's get going, Dame-Tsuna. We don't want Maman to worry" he ordered her and she complied with a sigh.
Mai finally noticed the prefect's mood, 'is he…sulking?' Mai thought in confusion. She saw Tsuna walking towards her with Reborn in her arms; Mai looked between the two and the prefect and formed a plan.
"Well, we better get going. Don't worry Tsuna, I'll take Reborn" Mai snatched Reborn out of the brunette's hold, surprising the brunette.
"Before we go you should say bye to Kyoya, ne?" Mai suggested.
Tsuna nodded and turned to the prefect, he was still sulking.
"Hibari-san!" she yelled to him, he turned to her.
"Happy New Year's!" she yelled and smiled at him warmly, it actually warmed his heart.
Hibari was surprised and blushed; he then nodded to her and returned a small, quick smile. Tsuna felt happy and walked off with her friends, Reborn hopped back into Tsuna's arms.
He glared at Mai and she returned the glare. Tsuna was plain confused and if she paid more attention she could actually understand the message they sent between each other.
'Don't ever foil my fun again' Reborn's glare.
'Don't mess with others then!' Mai's glare.
"Um, Reborn?" Tsuna caught his attention.
"What is it?" he said as he looked up to her, "how did you know I was there?" she asked out of curiosity.
Reborn stared at her blankly then looked ahead and smirked. 'He planned this!' Tsuna gaped at her tutor; Mai just shook her head tiredly.
Back to Hibari, he was staring at the teens walking away.
"What's your n-new year's…resolution?"
Hibari smiled, 'the same every year…but with a little twist' he thought and began walking back to the reception room to finish the paperwork.
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"I'll protect Namimori…I'll protect the peace…and I'll protect her smile…"-Hibari Kyoya
Hey, hey, hey! Late for New Year, huh? But better late than never! I made the side story 'cause I know a lot of you have been missing Hibari, heck I even miss him (He'll bite me to death! -_-'). So I added this and also an explanation of how the group never got in trouble with the prefect, and the debt repaid. Good? Yes? No? Tell me if Hibari was a little OOC, 'cause I hate making mistakes. And Tsuna still fears Hibari but is a little friendly with him. And Hibari still has no idea for his feelings, but is protective of 'his little Herbivore'. Anyway, I've noticed that in the reviews you guys have questions for my story. I'm sorry for not replying to them but I'll try doing it from now on! So starting now, ask me any questions (old, new, whatever) and I'll see if I can reply to them and a future apology if I can't answer 'em.
Glossary:
Osechi- a special traditional new year's meal
Kotastu- a table that is perfectly warm for the cold weather
Otoshi-damas- a new year's gift (money) given to children
Kimono- is traditional wear for celebrating
Fortune Slips- literally 'sacred lottery', where a slip is pulled from a box in hopes of good fortune
Japanese Battledore- a traditional Japanese game, similar to badminton
Over Carta- Japanese playing cards. Rules: one person reads, player goes after the card that has the first letter of the line that is read
Fuku-warai- a game where you place pieces of a face onto the face while blindfolded, akin to 'pin the tale on the donkey'
Until next time
Ciao!