Un Fiore Per Te
Summary: A mother knows no boundaries when her child's life is in danger. And to protect her daughter, Sawada Nana would do anything. FemTsuna.
Just a warning: FemTsuna, AU, Language, Clichés, CloudGuardian!Bucky, LightningGuardian!Himeko, Granny!Angie, Competent!InvertedCloudGuardian!Skull, Uncle!MistOfficer!Shamal, StormGuardian!VictorCreed, CloudOfficer!Hibari, SunGuardian!IrieShoichi, more in the future…
I don't own Katekyo Hitman Reborn or anything related to Marvel!
Chapter XXI. Red Jasmine for Glee
"Wao."
Himeko froze at the impressed whistle.
Slowly, she looked away from her target, her eyes wide like a doe caught in headlights as she turned her head to see who had caught her and Skull – ahem – teaching Shamal a lesson that he would never forget.
"Tsuna-chan!" Skull beamed, jumping from the groaning doctor's back and running in direction of the little girl.
Himeko retreated her claws when she was her best friend. The moment the grey eyed preteen noticed that the little girl had disappeared from the playground, she had known that Tsuna would be fine on her own – But well, Himeko didn't like not knowing where the orange eyed clairaudient was so she panicked.
And as you may have already guessed, a panicked Himeko was a violent Himeko.
She blamed her volatile temper to her dad and the genes she had inherited from him. Being a feral type mutant also didn't help, no matter how weak she was compared to her father or others like them.
"Did you have fun playing tag with Mr. Misty Doctor?"
Himeko snorted, sending a look at the now unconscious and bleeding man.
Tag… Right... Uh huh. Let's just call it that.
"Carnivore, fight me."
Forgetting about Shamal for the moment, Himeko turned to look at the person who had been so impressed with her and Skull for beating the Mist Officer down. Raising her brow when she saw a boy two or three years younger than her standing next to Tsuna, she blinked at the bloodthirsty look on his face.
Before the grey eyed girl had the chance to say anything, maybe even ask who he thought he was to demand anything from her when they didn't even know each other, the boy lunged.
Himeko yelped, barely dodging his attack in time. She sidestepped, making a small twist to hold his wrist and force him to let go of one of the tonfas he was holding.
Ignoring the ugly and almost animalistic snarl on his face, she used a move Sgt. Barnes had taught to her a while ago to throw the boy to the ground, pinning his arms behind his back and using one of her foot as good measure to hold him down so he wouldn't find a chance to escape and attack her again.
She narrowed her eyes.
What was Tsuna doing with a boy like that? Had he bullied her to follow him around and leave the playground?
Her hold on him tightened at the thought.
No one bullied Tsuna and if he had done so, he would pay for it.
"Who're you?" The dark haired girl demand.
"That's Skylark-chan!" Tsuna supplied not so helpfully, snuggling with Skull as if he was a plushie toy.
A little absentminded, Himeko nodded slowly, eying the boy warily before her mind caught up with Tsuna's words.
Wait – Skylark-chan?
"Tsuna."
The little five years old blinked, "Yeah?"
"Please tell you're not bringing him home." Himeko pleaded, ignoring the look of annoyance on the boy's face.
Himeko didn't care about violent little boys. She had better things to worry about. Like Tsuna adopting him as well; she always gave nicknames to her strays.
The last thing Himeko needed right now was a new addition to the insanity that was her life.
"Don't be silly, Himeko-chan." Tsuna gave her a look as if questioning her sanity. The mutant girl had to stop herself from laughing at that, "He's my friend but Skylark-chan belongs to Skylark-chan."
That didn't answer her question.
However, Himeko liked to think that she was well versed in Tsuna Speak by now to understand what she meant… Which wasn't much, to be honest, aside from the blessed and holly fact that the boy wasn't in fact one of Tsuna's strays.
At least, the Tsuna Effect was giving her a break for onc…
"Kitten is coming with us though."
…She had spoken too soon.
The Lightning Guardian was almost afraid to ask but she had to. Taking a deep breath, she prepared herself both mentally and emotionally.
"Kitten who?"
"Kitten." Tsuna said.
"Yeah, I get it, but who is Kitten?"
Who else you are adding to your collection?! The grey eyed preteen thought dryly.
At her confusion, Tsuna puffed her cheeks, looking adorable as she stomped her small feet to the ground.
"Kitten." She stressed the word and it was only then that Himeko noticed that the small five years old was making a motion with her head and that Skull was hanging immobile in her arms, gaping.
There was moment of silence.
Himeko rubbed her eyes with a sigh, "Kitten is standing right behind me… Aren't they?"
Tsuna beamed at finally being understood while Skull nodded slowly. Even the Skylark boy grunted in agreement like the caveman he was.
Himeko raised her up, and up – Her neck was in a odd angle when she finally caught sight of the tall giant sized man standing behind her.
She didn't think she had ever seen him before but there was something really familiar about him. Himeko just didn't know what or even how she would have known him...
Dressed much like an hermit, he had a wild mane of dirty blonde, feline like golden-eyes and, woah, those were some canines he was showing right there.
How does Tsuna find those people? Himeko despaired, First the ex-brainwashed assassin lost in time, then the perverted doctor who collects mosquitos, after that there was the cursed stuntman and now the Tarzan-like man who seems to have been raised by some kind of big cats?!
"Himeko-chan…?" Tsuna's hesitant voice snapped her out of her frantic thoughts, remind the older girl that she needed to breath.
Himeko hadn't even noticed that she stopped breathing.
The wild looking man grinned widely. For some reason, as she turned around to have a better look at him and not break her neck accidentally, Himeko thought that that grin was rather nostalgic.
Had she seen this man before? That wasn't the first time that she thought he was familiar –
Oh.
She froze.
A memory long ago forgotten flashed in her mind and she gaped, staring at the man – No. Not just any man – Staring at her uncle with disbelief.
"Well, well," He said, "Look who I found; Wolverine's spawn. I hadn't seen you in years, brat."
Himeko didn't say anything, she couldn't. The last time she had seen her Uncle, he had guided her in direction of the orphanage before disappearing to do whatever he did for work. That had been years ago and –
Wait a minute.
What did Tsuna call him?
"Nice to know you still got some fire even after what happened."
The praise was nice and all but her mind was far too occupied with something else to help her formulate something wit to say in return.
Himeko blinked, "You're Kitten."
His grin fell and he narrowed his eyes, clawed hand twitching a little, "Yes."
"You."
"Yes." The man pursued his lips, baring his teeth a little.
Maybe that would have scared her at any other time but right now. But well – Himeko snorted one, two, three times before she bent over and started laughing, stepping away from the Skylark boy and letting him free.
"Haha – Pff – Hahaha!" She blinked her tears away, trying to breath as she laughed until her stomach started hurting, "Kitten!"
God – That was just gold.
Best. Nickname. Ever.
Her laugh had gotten contagious at that point. Tsuna started giggling, happy to see her Lightning Guardian in such good spirits; Skull cackled at the hilarity of the nickname and even the Skylark boy smirked at the golden-eyed man misfortune.
"Brat, I'm going to hurt you."
"The Kitten has claws." Skull stage whispered, loud enough for all of them to hear.
The man's eyebrow twitched while Himeko just started laughing a little more, falling to her knees and hitting her fist against the ground.
"Hahaha – I can't even – Hahaha – That's just too much! Hahahaha! Kitten! Kitten!"
You know what?
Himeko didn't even care if Tsuna wanted to take her Uncle home nor did she care to find out why he was in Japan after so long or even if it had anything to do with her. She needed a good laugh sometimes and just looking at him would be better than any joke in the world.
"I can't wait to see dad again!" She said between gasps for air, "He is going to love this."
"Don't you dare." He growled.
She ignored him, stopping herself from laughing for a second to stare up at him. The blonde haired man was leaning over her, looking dangerous and furious but she didn't even care.
Himeko grinned.
"Meow."
"That's it! I'm killing you!"
Tsuna watched as the storm chased the lightning, smiling happily at the duo. Humming, she patted a laughing Skull's hair and looked up, staring at the Sky with a thoughtful expression.
Now that the first Storm had joined the family, it won't take long for them to leave...
She smiled widely.
Tsuna couldn't wait to meet the rest of the family.
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