I guess I'll put this one up before my New Years special.
"IT CAN'T BE!" Tsuna screamed.
"Tch. I knew that would happen." Rai said. His eyes shifted to the side. "I need to get my bandage back…But this girl is in the way…" Rai whispered to himself as he jumped up and landed on a building roof. He lifted his cloak to cover the lower part of his face.
"Wait!" Tsuna yelled. Rai gave Tsuna a look and Tsuna was silent.
"VOI! Where the hell do you think you're going!?" The long hair yelled. Rai disappeared and reappeared next to the long hair. The long hair froze. Rai took something out of his cloak and wrapped it around his face. The long hair swung his sword at Rai. Rai jumped up, dodging the attack and kicked the long hair away from him.
"Geez, you blew my bandages off my face." Rai said. "That really hurt dude. Good thing I had a spare. What swordsman needs explosives in his sword? That's considered cheating dude. And it proves that you can count on your skills alone."
"VOI!" The long hair screamed. "How dare you! I'll cut you to pieces!"
"Try me." Rai challenged. The long hair ran toward Rai. He swung his sword at Rai. Rai ducked and tried tripping him. He jumped up and Rai threw his kunai at him. He knocked them away.
"Voi! You're not so bad, kid." He said. "But you can't beat me!" He swung his sword and explosives came out. Rai jumped back quickly and looked up to see the long hair flying towards him. "VOI!"
"Tch!" Rai reached into his cloak and pulled out a gun. Explosives came out and the floor around them exploded. Tsuna stared into the smoke in awe. The smoke cleared up and Rai was on the floor. The long hair's sword was through Rai's shoulder and Rai's gun pointed at the long hair's heart. Rai pulled the trigger on his gun. BLAM! The bullet went through the long hair's upper right arm. Rai got up, clutching his wound. "To think that you actually dodged that bullet…I'm impressed." The long hair clutched his wound as well.
"Voi! You're not so bad, kid!" The long hair yelled. Rai looked at him.
"I'll admit that you're pretty good, Superbi Squalo. You actually injured me." The long hair smiled crazily.
"Then I'm going to kill you right here!" The long hair lifted his sword up. Rai closed his eyes.
"STOP IT!!!" Tsuna screamed with his eyes squeezed closed.
"You're the same as always, Superbi Squalo." Someone said. Tsuna looked up. The long hair backed up. "Being so serious against children…Aren't you embarrassed?"
"D-dino-san!" Tsuna yelled. Squalo was silent.
"If you insist on continuing your tasteless little game, I'll take you on." Dino said. Squalo was silent for a moment before talking.
"Voi! Bucking Bronco! It'd be fun to take you here and now! The brass won't like it if I take on the Family Alliance." Squalo yelled. "So I'll go home quietly…" Squalo smirked, grabbed the top of Tsuna's head, and pulled him up. "There's no way I'd do that!" He laughed.
"Let go of Tsuna!" Dino yelled as he flung his whip at Squalo and Squalo swung his sword toward Dino. Explosives came out and they collided with Dino's whip. Dino lifted his arm to cover himself from the blow of the collision. "Ts-Tsuna!" Dino looked up and ran into the smoke. He saw Tsuna and Basil. "Are you two all right?"
"S-somehow…" Tsuna said.
"Voi! You're as soft as ever, Bucking Bronco!" Squalo yelled. Everyone looked up to see Squalo on a building. "For your sake, I'll leave their lives in your hands." Dino, Basil, and Rai got up and faced Squalo. "But I'll be taking these with me! Voi!" Squalo pulled out the box that Tsuna was carrying.
"Wha-!" Dino yelled.
"Ah! The Vongola Rings!" Basil yelled.
"Vongola Rings?" Tsuna asked.
"Hey, Squalo! Be a good girl and give those back would you?" Rai asked.
"VOI! For the last fuckin' time! I'm not fuckin' girl!" Squalo screamed. "Hmph!" He jumped up and flipped. "See ya!"
"St-stop!" Basil yelled as he ran forward. Then he fell on his knees and clutched his wound even harder.
"Hey. Don't push yourself." Dino said.
"Pursuing him isn't wise." Reborn said. Rai looked up at where Squalo was standing for a few minutes as Tsuna panicked. His eyes narrowed. Then he turned away from the building. He looked over to see Yamamoto and Gokudera regaining consciousness. Then he closed his eyes and walked away. His eyes quickly opened again and shifted to the side. BLAM! Rai jumped up and dodged a bullet. "Where do you think you're going?"
"Reborn…" Rai muttered. "Leave me alone for a while, won't you?"
"Impossible. I'm going to turn you in." Reborn said. Rai sighed.
"You just don't get it." Rai shook his head. "Everyone's injured, Reborn. You can fight me anytime you want. Just get their injuries tended to first." Reborn stared at Rai for a moment before putting his gun down. "Good." Rai then disappeared and reappeared next to Tsuna. Reborn turned around quickly.
"Tsuna!" Dino yelled as he readied his whip.
"Tenth!" Gokudera yelled.
"Tsuna!" Yamamoto yelled. Rai placed his hand on Tsuna's shoulder and put his lips near Tsuna's ear. Tsuna froze. Rai's lips moved behind the bandages. Tsuna's eyes widened. Then Rai jumped out of slight. Tsuna's turned around and saw Rai on top of a building. Tsuna looked up at Rai and Rai stared back. Rai then jumped up and fell into an alley. Tsuna looked away to Yamamoto and Gokudera and ran to them. Around the same time, Hikaru and Hikari were still in the arcade.
"Raidou!" Hikaru yelled, irritated. "What's taking you so long?" Hikaru ran into the changing room to see Raidou still packing his stuff. "What the hell!? How can it take you that long to pack you things!? You never took this long before!" Raidou sighed.
"Relax, Hikaru." Raidou said. "I'm going to live with you guys for a while."
"So!?" Hikaru yelled.
"You're panicking about the explosion just a few minutes ago?" Raidou asked.
"N-No!" Hikaru said. "Hmm?" Hikaru looked at Raidou's head. "What happened to your face?" Raidou shrugged and closed his eyes.
"The explosives shook the room and something fell onto me." Raidou rubbed the back of his head. "Look over there." Raidou pointed toward the table. Hikaru looked toward it to see that the lights had fallen. "I tried to dodge it but I was a tad too late."
"Doesn't that hurt?" Hikaru said.
"Of course." Raidou said, bluntly. Hikaru sweat dropped.
"Aren't you supposed to deny it?" Hikaru asked.
"I'm not an immature boy, Hikaru. I tried to clean up the mess but the glass pieces were too small for me to pick up." Raidou said as he slung his bag over his shoulder. He stood there for a moment. "You're not moving, Hikaru?"
"Oh yeah…." Hikaru said. "Let's go." Raidou followed Hikaru out the door.
"Sorry for the wait, Hikari." Raidou said.
"No big deal, Raidou-kun." Hikari said. "Let's get going home." Raidou nodded and they headed home. Hikaru and Hikari were fighting along the way.
"You were all 'Kyaa! Kyaa!' when those guys came into the arcade!!" Hikaru yelled.
"Well, if you were actually a girl then you would understand why! And you were blushing and rubbing the back of your neck in embarrassment as those girls walked by!" Hikari said as she touched her red cheeks. "Oh! Raidou-kun!" Hikari ran up to Raidou. "You know those guys back there, right?" Raidou just answered with a little shrug. Hikari looked at Raidou before whispering to Hikaru. "Onii-chan, isn't Raidou acting a bit different than usual?"
"Yeah. But don't you worry about that. I'll have him back in a few minutes." Hikaru backed up. Then everything sorta went in slow motion. Hikari just watched as Hikaru ran toward Raidou. He jumped up and pointed his foot toward Raidou's back. Hikari watched, gawking. Then Raidou just simply sidestepped and Hikaru's foot passed by Raidou. "Eh?"
"You're a hundred years too early to try something like that on me, Hikaru." Raidou asked. Everything went back to normal. Hikaru crashed onto the floor and Hikari ran up to Raidou. Hikaru fell on top of a skateboard that belonged to a little boy and he rolled down the street. "Whoa…where'd that come from…?"
"Onii-chan!" Hikari screamed as she ran down the street. Raidou smirked as a little boy approached him. The boy tugged on his pants. Raidou looked down at the boy.
"Hey, Onii-chan? Did you see my skateboard?" The boy asked. Raidou smiled and nodded. "Really? Where?"
"It rolled down the street. Come on, we might be able to catch it." Raidou smiled. The boy agreed and the two boys ran down the street. Meanwhile, Hikaru was sitting on the board clutching the side of the board, screaming.
"HEEEEELPPP!!!" He screamed. Then he smashed into someone and he tumbled to the floor. "Ow…oh! I'm sorry! Are you okay!?" He yelled as he turned to look at the one he bumped into. Then he froze. It was Hibari. "HOLY SHIT!!!" He screamed.
"Onii-chan!!!" Hikari yelled. Then she froze as well. She saw Hibari. "EEEKK!!" Raidou looked up. Raidou bent down on his knee.
"Onii-chan?" The boy asked in worry. "What's wrong?"
"Get on my back." Raidou said. "It's going to be easier." The boy got on Raidou's back and Raidou got up. "Hold on tight!" He yelled as he ran down the street. He saw his two buddies shaking in front of a person in black. "God… what happened this time?" Raidou asked himself. He ran up to them. "Hikaru! Hikari! What's going on?"
"RAIDOU! HELP!" Hikaru yelled. Raidou looked around to see Hibari. He let the boy down from his back.
"Oh. I see." Raidou said. He looked around and saw the skateboard that the boy wanted. He went over and picked it up. Then he walked to the boy and handed him the skateboard. "Here."
"Th-thanks, O-onii-chan…" The boy said, shaking. Raidou turned around to see Hibari again.
"Oh." Raidou said. "Don't worry about that dude." He took the little boy's hand and walked over to Hikaru and Hikari. "Let's go. He's in a bad mood right now." Hikaru looked up at Raidou and started slamming his head against the ground, screaming 'I'M SO SORRY!' Raidou just watched. "Hey, Hikaru. You know you'll only lose more brain cells that way." Raidou pointed his thumb toward Hibari. "This guy isn't the type to forgive." Hikaru looked up terrified. "What happened anyway?"
"I-I-I-I s-s-slammed i-i-i-into H-H-H-H-H-Hibari!!!!!!" Hikaru said. Raidou sighed.
"So that's it." Raidou said. He turned to Hibari. "You get mad way too easily, Hibari-!" Hibari swung his tonfa at Raidou and Raidou ducked. "Whoa! Hey!" Hibari started to attack Raidou. "Hey! Wait up!" Raidou missed each attack by a few millimeters. Then Hibari stopped. Raidou stepped back. Hibari lifted his tonfa and it grew blades. Hibari ran towards Raidou. "Blades!? When did you have those!? That's cheating!" Hibari swung his tonfa. Raidou jumped out of the way, but part of his sweater was ripped. "Hey! My sweater is ripped! Now I have to sew it up!" Hibari ignored him. "Tch!" Raidou said as he dodged each attack. Hikari stared at the two of them fight then shook herself out of her trance. She snapped her head around. She spotted a piece of metal and ran over to it. She picked it up and hurled it over to Raidou.
"Raidou-kun! Catch!" Hikari yelled. Everything went in slow motion again. Raidou looked down to see a huge shadow below him, growing bigger. He looked up and saw a huge piece of metal flying toward him.
"HIKARI! THAT'S WAY TOO BIG!!!" Raidou yelled. He looked to see Hibari running toward him. "Damn…" He looked up to still see the metal come toward them. "I've got no choice!" He ran forward and caught Hibari's tonfa. He jumped forward, Hibari's face buried in his sweater. Everything went back to normal. CRASH! The metal smashed onto the floor. WHAP! Raidou and Hibari hit the floor. Hibari opened his eyes to see that he was unharmed. Raidou had softened his fall. Hibari's head and back was protected by Raidou's arm. Hibari couldn't get up for two reasons: Raidou's arm was wrapped around his waist and Raidou's lips were touching his neck. Hikari, Hikaru, and the little boy ran over to see Raidou, but stopped dead in their tracks. They stared at Hibari and Raidou. Hibari was completely frozen and Raidou was asleep. Raidou started to regain consciousness. He breathed and Hibari stiffened. "Hmm? Is this heaven? Looks pretty plain to me." Raidou said, staring at Hibari's neck.
"No! You stupid idiot!!" Hikaru yelled. "You're not dead and that's-!" Hikaru couldn't finish his sentence. He was too embarrassed to say anything.
"Hmm? Oh. This is Hibari's neck. Oh, yeah. Are you okay, Hibari?" Raidou asked. No response. "Hibari?" Hibari got up. "So he's fine." Raidou got up. "Oww…." He moaned in pain. Everyone looked over to see Raidou clutching his head and his hand was bleeding.
"Raidou-kun!?!?!" Hikari yelled. "Are you okay!?" They looked at where Raidou's head was resting. There was a pool of blood there. Raidou shrugged.
"My head hurts and my hand's is cut up…how much worse can it get?" Raidou asked. He got on his feet. "At least my legs aren't broken." Raidou said. "Well, they're scratched pretty badly, but it's good." Raidou looked at Hibari. "How are you doing, Hibari?"
"I'm fine." Hibari said, coldly. Raidou nodded.
"Okay then. Oh yeah. When I was sleeping, I felt as if I was hugging something. I wonder what I hugged…" Hikaru and Hikari stared at Raidou for a long moment. The little boy ran up to Raidou.
"Onii-chan!" The little boy tugged on Raidou's pants. "We have to tend your wounds!" The little boy said.
"It's fine. There's nothing-!" Raidou started. The boy just grabbed Raidou's hand and ran up the street. "Oh well." Raidou said. "Hey, Hikaru! Hikari! You guys can go first! Hibari! I'll see you around!" Raidou yelled. Hikaru and Hikari looked at each other and then ran down the street, screaming. Hibari stood there for a moment before walking away quickly.
"We're here, Onii-chan!" The little boy said. He pulled Raidou up the stairs and rang the bell. His mother answered the door. "Mommy!"
"Oh, Kai! Where were you? Hmm?" She looked up to see Raidou. "Oh dear! You're bleeding!" Raidou looked at himself and shrugged. "Come on in dear and I'll wrap those injuries up for you."
"Thanks." Raidou entered the house and looked around. Kai ran up to Raidou.
"Hey, Onii-chan! This way!" Kai said, pulling on Raidou's hand. "This is my room!"
"Pretty big." Raidou looked around.
"Right?" someone said. Raidou turned around to see Kai's mother. "Come on. Let's bandage you up." Raidou followed Kai's mother to her room. "Kai. Would you set the table for dinner?"
"Okay!" Kai said as he ran to the kitchen.
"He's an energetic kid." Raidou said.
"Yes he is." Kai's mother said. "Now let's bandage you up." Kai's mother wrapped Raidou's head and hand in bandages. "Hmm?" Kai's mother looked at Raidou's black sweater. "Your sweater is ripped up." Kai's mother pointed at Raidou's shoulder.
"It's fine." Raidou said. "Well, I have to get going now."
"Oh dear. You must be hungry. Why don't you stay?" Kai's mother said. Raidou shrugged.
"Sure." Raidou stayed over and ate with Kai and his family. After dinner, Kai's mother brought Raidou to her room. "What's wrong?"
"I noticed something. That's all." Kai's mother said. "Sit down." Raidou listened to her and sat down. Kai's mother whispered in his ear and Raidou smirked.
"Heh. I hope that you're probably the first to notice." Kai's mother giggled. "Keep it a secret, okay?" Kai's mother nodded.
"But that's going to be a problem." Kai's mother said. "Since someone has been eavesdropping on us." Raidou nodded. "Kai! You can come in!" The door opened and Kai walked in. Raidou smiled.
"Kai…" Raidou walked to Kai and took his hands. "This is going to be a secret between you, me, and okaa-san." Raidou put a finger to his lips. "Keep it a secret okay?" Kai looked up at Raidou in awe.
"Okay, Raidou-onii-chan!" Kai said. Raidou laughed and rubbed Kai's head.
"Thanks buddy." Raidou laughed.
"Raidou-kun?" Kai's mother asked. Raidou turned to look at her. "I want us to discuss something, so Kai could you clean the dishes?" Kai nodded and ran to the kitchen. A few minutes later, Raidou came out of the room.
"Thanks." Raidou said. Kai ran to him.
"Raidou-onii-chan!" Kai said. "Are you leaving?"
"Yup." Raidou smiled as he walked to the door. "Thanks for the dinner. Delicious. Another person who can cook delicious foods. Auntie and Kai's mother… Who's the better cook…?" Kai's mother smiled.
"I certainly don't mind being number 2!" Raidou laughed. "You can come by anytime!" Kai's mother said.
"Bye, bye! Raidou-onii-chan!" Kai waved. Raidou waved back and started to walk down the street.
"Huh? It's hard to see since it's dark out." Raidou said to himself. BAM! "Ow!" Raidou fell backwards. "Sorry. I didn't see you."
"Nah, it's my fault." Someone said.
"Huh? That voice…. Yamamoto?" Raidou asked.
"Huh? Raidou? Is that you?" Yamamoto asked, getting down on his knees.
"Yup. What are you doing out here so late?"
"I just got back from the hospital…" Yamamoto said.
"The hospital? What happened?" Raidou asked.
"N-nothing much." Yamamoto said. Raidou was silent for a moment.
"What a coincidence. To think that we both ended up getting hurt and getting it treated." Raidou said, getting off his behind.
"Eh? You got hurt, Raidou?!" Yamamoto said.
"Nothing serious." Raidou said, getting on his knees. "Just hurt my head and hand."
"Really?! Are you okay?!" Yamamoto asked.
"Yeah." Raidou said. A breath passed by Yamamoto's face. He stiffened.
"H-huh?" Yamamoto said.
"What?"
"D-do you happen to be right in front of my face right now?" Yamamoto asked.
"How am I supposed to know?" Raidou asked.
"Hey! Quit hogging the flash light, Hikari!" a voice yelled.
"I'm scared of the dark, onii-chan!" A light flashed at both Raidou and Yamamoto. They looked away from the light. "Hey! You-!" Hikaru and Hikari stood there, frozen and unable to talk. Raidou's face was just inches away from Yamamoto's.
"Damn! The light is freaking blinding me!" Raidou said. Hikaru shifted his flashlight so the light wasn't in Raidou's eyes anymore and so that everyone can see clearly. "Hmm?" Raidou stared straight into Yamamoto's eyes. "Oh. I didn't notice I was that close. Sorry. Hmm?" Raidou got closer to Yamamoto's face. "Uh, Yamamoto? Your face is a bit red. Are you o-!" Yamamoto jumped up to his feet, knocking Raidou over, and blotted up the street. "Hey! Yamamoto?!" Raidou yelled after Yamamoto. "What's with him?" Hikari and Hikaru stared at Raidou. "What ever. Hope he gets better. Let's go home, Hikaru, Hikari." The twins agreed and the three of them walked down the street. Meanwhile, Yamamoto was still running up the street. He stopped and rested his hands on his knees, panting.
"Wh-what was that?" Yamamoto asked himself. "I must not be feeling well or something. I need to get some sleep." Yamamoto took a step. "I missed my house…" He turned around and took a step. He stopped. "Uh…maybe I'll take the long cut home…" Yamamoto said as he turned once more and ran up the street again.
Okay… Raidou may be a bit dense… Anyway, please review! The New Years special is really late. I tried to finish it but I was too sleepy so I called it a day. Sorry. I think it might be up tomorrow.
