AUTHOR'S NOTES: Happy Birthday Haru! I figured that May 3rd was the perfect day to start posting this particular fan fiction as we move into a new phase of Haru's mafia career. Welcome dearest readers to Flowers in Namimori the fourth story in my Future Revised arc. If you haven't read them already the previous stories in this series are Haru's Resolve (#1), The Oncoming Storm (#2), and Season's End (#3).
If the idea of picking up three complete stories in the realms of 30K each for #1 & #3 and 56K (#2) seems a bit intimidating, then I, your loving writer shall provide a short(ish) and sweet summary of our story up until now.
After coming back from ten years into the future Haru wanted to do anything she could to prevent that future from coming to pass. After being rejected by Reborn (her first choice for a tutor), Haru found her own tutor to learn how to fight and defend herself so that she could protect those that she loved. Unfortunately, it turns out that her chosen tutor, Dani Shirokaia, was actually an enemy of the Vongola and Haru wound up having to fight her and Dani wound up in Vendicare. Thankfully Dani did manage to introduce Haru to the members of the Hanatachi Clan and, more specifically Akai, who became one of Haru's closest confidantes and views her as a "little sister". Akai has proven to be a loyal friend, teacher, and, in some cases, protector when the young Vongola hitman digs herself in a little too deep. Gokudera became Haru's partner and teacher within the Vongola proper and the two became a couple during a turbulent fight with the Trabuchet Familia led by Claude and Emri, one of Haru's oldest friends. After the dust settled from the conflict with the Trabuchet, Haru drew the interest of Lady Tomi a member of the prominent Ishida Clan in Kyoto and, in the midst of studying for her high school exams and juggling her new responsibility as a representative of the Vongola Famiglia to other mafia families and allies in Namimori, Haru got caught up in a 'test' staged by Lady Tomi and approved by Iemitsu Sawada. Haru passed the test with flying colors (more or less), but, unfortunately, Judaime did not fare so well on his Namimori High School exam.
As Haru enters her first year of high school at Takanamori High, Tsunayoshi Sawada and Hayato Gokudera have moved to Italy with Iemitsu, Nana, Fuuta, I-Pin, and Lambo. Also, as a direct result of things getting out of hand in the Trabuchet conflict, Kyoko Sasagawa was forced to move to Okinawa with her parents though Ryohei remains in Namimori being unable to abandon the Namimori High boxing team. He's moved into a spare room at Take Sushi for the time being since it appears his parents have no intentions of returning to Namimori. Before he left for Italy, Iemitsu cornered Haru and delivered the Vongola Lightning Ring (on loan) to her as well as Kudaime's order that she will be the official representative of the Vongola Famiglia in Namimori. Tsuna (of his own choice not Kudaime's order) has requested Haru to watch Namimori while he's away getting 'on-the-job' training at Vongola HQ in Italy.
And there you have it ^_^
Other notes, Katekyo Hitman Reborn! doesn't belong to me nor does the original stories and characters of KHR. What is mine are the numerous OCs it takes to make fan fiction stories like this work and the story lines.
Thanks for reading through the wall of text and I hope that you enjoy Flowers in Namimori, which starts now!
The next update will be on May 17, 2015.
Regards,
~ Yuki Seki
Target 00-04: Harbinger of Fate
The sound of glass shattering was nearly lost in the roar of the storm outside the small apartment. A picture tumbled to the ground when Akai was slammed into the wall next to her desk. An arm rested firmly across her throat and she stared into a pair of eyes watching her from behind a kitsune mask similar to the one she wore when attending Hanatachi business. A shiver of dread slid down her spine even as she subtly moved to counterattack the intruder.
"You don't stand a chance," the person hissed and the arm pressed harder cutting off her air. "I did not come to kill you tonight, but that can be arranged."
Akai's eyes narrowed and she shifted her center of balance and sent the other flying across the room away from her. The intruder hit the wall on the other side of the small apartment and laughter rose above the storm raging outside as they came to their feet.
"You do not disappoint Red Fox," the other said, "but if this were a real attack you'd already be dead."
"Not without a fight," Akai stated and her fingers delved into the drawer next to her and pulled out the white darts she kept in it.
The ring Akai had acquired as a "graduation gift" sparked red and she charged them and sent them flying at her opponent.
There was a blur of motion and the red flames around the needles were snuffed out and they fell harmlessly at the feet of the mask-wearing woman. "I've come to give you a warning, Akagi Ryoko. Cut ties with the worthless Vongola girl and leave the Hanatachi Clan if you wish to survive. If I can get into your place this easily, I'm sure you can imagine how quickly I can have Miura Haru's blood spread on the floor. Death is coming for the impure—you don't have to be a casualty."
With that, the intruder threw something on the ground and smoke filled the apartment. When it cleared, the intruder was gone and Akai's hand went to her throat, she could feel the bruises from the woman's attack. She reached over and flipped the light on and her eyes went to the picture frame on the floor.
Crossing over, Akai picked up the picture and her eyes rested on the smiling face of Haru Miura distorted now by the broken glass. They'd taken the picture when they'd taken a break to go to the ocean together the previous summer.
Akai touched her fingers to the glass, not flinching when one of the shards cut into her skin and she traced it. "You won't touch Haru," she vowed glaring at the open window the kitsune woman had likely used to escape. "And you won't get anywhere near destroying the Hanatachi Clan. I won't let you."
The eyes behind that mask had seemed eerily familiar and Akai's hand tightened around the frame.
Akai wasn't going to abandon anyone.
