I am really curious about what this would be like for Yuni, to be honest. You could say, this is like some kind of experiment in away. Who knows, if the readers really enjoy this, then I could continue.
I actually adore Yuni as she was one of my favorites characters from KHR and she has my respects that she sacrifice herself to bring Acrobaleno back in the world and save the world. My, oh my, so young and yet, so... *sigh*
Anyways! This is like, a completely different version of what it's like to have Yuni in KHR and stuff that I don't want to spoil it at all.
Yuni is thirteen years old in this story, and she's from another parallel world.
Warning: unbeta. English is my second language. ASL is my first. Yep, I'm Deaf. *peace*
I don't own Katekyo Hitman Reborn. None. Nope. Nada. *sulk*
Enjoy~? :)
Explosion heard in the distance with the flash of red, orange, yellow and black colors in the surrounding. The building collapsed as the ground trembled. A few bombs were thrown and destroyed the property and innocents nearby. Dead bodies are everywhere that painted their crimson blood on the Earth. The once blue sky is now covered dark gray smoke. Ashes falling in the air like the snow. Mothers running with their children, away from danger while the father sacrifices themselves to protect their families. Orphan cries over their dead parents. Women attempt to hide but ended up in the crossfire. Men attempted to help elders and children but got killed. Elders have pushed away in the panic crowded while children were so lost and filled with tears of fear.
Fire licking everywhere that is spreading more and more that firefighters have given up and decided to protect innocents from the danger. Again, the land trembled as another building has collapsed. While it's chaos, a young thirteen years old girl with shoulder-length emerald-green hair on the front with bangs and waist-length hair on the back that tied in low ponytail, strange tattoo underneath her left eye, blue eyes filled with sorrow and resigned, fair skin covered with blood and ashes, and clothes are torn and ripped.
She is standing in the middle of the ruined street while staring up at the sky with her hands clenched at her sides. "Why?" she whispered, slowly and sadly. In one of her hands, is holding tightly on an object. Her blue eyes slowly glanced down as she lifted her fist. She opened and stared at her pacifier that used to be full orange, however, the color is fading, and it's barely a flicker of orange left inside. Her lips tremble as her eyes started tearily. She closed his fist, bring it to her chest and shut her eyes.
The girl attempted to pray, pray for the last time to save the world, save innocents and destroy the evil. Suddenly, her eyes snapped open as her pupils shrink. She coughs out the blood as she dropped her hands to her sides and slowly glanced down. A bloody hand went through her heart and hot breath near her ear, behind her.
"I win, dear." A darkly whispered said and chuckled sadistically. He pulled his hand out of her body and she slowly fall forward with tears running down. Once she hit the ground, the last thing she saw was her pacifier landed next to her, orange faded away completely to clear pacifier, lifeless.
Her blue eyes snapped opened as she sat up, panted as she is covered with sweats. She jerked her head around at her surroundings while the sunlight shines through the glass while the curtains flying by the breeze from the slightly opened window. She blinked to clear away the blurry from her vision and slowly her shoulders relax once she discovered where she was. She is in her own bedroom, safe and sound. Her blue eyes examined her bedroom carefully, there's a brown wooden desk that was pushed against the wall next to the window, covered with books, folders, and stacked cups of pen and pencils. A royal blue spinning chair against the desk. The closest in the wall across from her twin bed with white silk sheets, orange blankets along with white and orange with a few black and white flowers patterns. An orange flower-shaped rug on the ground, underneath of brown wooden coffee table, brown wooden bookshelf next to the door, filled with books, manga, journals, and some charming trinkets. A body-length mirror attached to the door, and lastly, a nightstand next to her bed is covered with her digital clock, a photo, and a white lamp.
Simple yet a touch of feminine in her own bedroom that she recently moved in a week ago. She sighed softly and glanced over at the door when she heard it knocked. "Yuni, dear? Are you up?" a doorknob twisted open and revealed a mid-fifties woman who isn't exactly an elder yet but definitely acceptable as grandmother way. She is an average height of five feet and seven inches tall, dark blonde hair with grey mixed, tied up in loose bun with lovely flowers clips, fair skin with happy and laughing wrinkles, her blue eyes filled with twinkles of wise and love, and she wears a dark blue dress with cute cream-white apron, white socks tucked in pink slippers. Her named was Hoshizora, Chiara and preferred Granny.
Granny smiles wide when she saw her granddaughter who is awake. "Yuni, breakfast will be on the table in a few minutes. Please get ready before you leave on your first day of school." She informed the young girl.
"I understand, Granny." Yuni said, politely with a smile. Granny nodded her head with satisfied and leave as she shut the door quietly. Yuni sighed softly, she climbed out from her bed, stretched her arms above her head while as usual, she doesn't remember her dream. Every time she wakes up from the horrible dreams, she immediately forgot. It's almost as if her brain is protecting her from the horrible imagines. Not that she minded it. Yuni walked to her closest, slide it opened and grabbed a hanger of her clean and ironed uniform.
After she finished her morning routines and dressed in her school uniform. She stared at the reflection of the mirror. She stood tall proudly of her petite height of four foot and eight inches, with waist-length emerald-green hair that braided with an orange flower ribbon at the end and full bangs that barely covered her eyebrows, bright blue eyes, fair skin, and dressed in properly in Namimori Middle School uniform.
Yuni's blue eyes glanced over at the photo on her nightstand with a sad smile. "I'm going now, mama, papa." She said softly. In the photo, there was a couple hugging each other as the beach was in the background. A young woman in her early thirties with waist-length black hair and full bangs, dark brown eyes, pale skin, and dressed in a dull-orange summer dress. A young man in his mid-twenties with ruffled and messy blond hair, bright blue eyes, tanned skin, and dressed in a white polo shirt and brown pants. It was a lovely happy couple that had passed away a few months ago. Yuni shook the pessimistic away from her mind as she promised her parents that she will continue moving forward with a smile.
The young girl reached the doorknob, twisted it and opened. Yuni walked out of her bedroom and shut it behind her without knowing the black portal suddenly appeared in the middle of her room.
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Aesthetic Sky
Chapter One
"Welcome to Namimori"
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Location: Namimori, Japan
Namimori Middle School
Yuni stood next to the door underneath the sign labeled that said 1-A class. Her blue eyes glanced at the empty hallways with slight interested and nervous while waiting for the teacher's permission. She had arrived early at the school, meet the teachers and has been followed by her homeroom teacher and said that she has to wait until the students in the classroom calm down first. Yuni is nervous, she isn't good at socializing since she never felt connected to her peers at all. It was hard for her to find someone who is willing to be her friend and accept her uniqueness. She remembered that her Granny told her that Yuni she a very special girl that no one would understand, but Granny also mention that Yuni will find herself, true friends, someday who will accept her for her.
The young girl mentally sighed. She hopes to earn a friend in her life, she remembered all her life that she was treated as an outsider, and no one wants to go near her. Yuni is a very smart girl with a good IQ enough that she could graduate right now and attend High School. However, that would make her even more outsider. Plus, her Granny preferred Yuni to stick with her peers close to her age. Yuni doesn't have the best athletic skill but she was a decent runner, only because she used to run and hide from her bullies in elementary school back at her homeland.
Yuni frowned deeply as her hands clenched onto her satchel. She doesn't remember anything before she was five years old, but at that age of five, she remembered one thing. Yuni had experienced a hollow, emptiness and cold feelings that stuck with her for months. It was oddly confusing and scary for her at that time, and odd thing is that around that time, it was when people refuse to get close to her. Except for her family, her parents loved her, and her Granny adores her. Her childhood wasn't good nor bad, but it did make her grew up as socialize awkward with peers and adults.
She has always been alone in schools, but her Granny has faith that Yuni will find someone who could understand her, who could be her true friend and someone who will accept her for her. Yuni truly wishes it and decided to try to be positive but she also has to be realistic as well. 'I can't get my hopes up. I can prepare for being lonely if no one wants to come near me…' her heart nearly sank, she really wants to have a friend and experience the bond.
"You may come in." a voice speaks out, loud enough for Yuni's ears as she snapped out of it. Yuni took a breather then reached the slid door and opened it quietly. The students' murmurs halted when Yuni walked inside the classroom and closed the door behind her.
'I can do this.' Yuni walked to the homeroom teacher who smiles politely at her. "Please introduce yourself." Yuni nodded her head and turned her attention to her peers in the class.
Yuni bowed politely and smiles friendly as she hopes. "My name is Hoshizora, Yuni. Nice to meet you all."
The homeroom teacher cleared his throat. "Hoshizora-san transferred here from Italy, so please help her in case she ever in need it and make sure she is welcome here." His eyes warn the students. Then he glanced over the classroom and made a grimaced face. "You may take a seat next to Sawada-san." He smiled at Yuni then frowned at the boy with brown defying hair, large caramel-brown eyes, and fair skin.
"Sawada-san, raise your hand!" the petite boy squeaked as he raised his hand nervously. Yuni frowned at this treatment as she walked to the direction where the boy had raised his hand. She noticed a silver-haired boy who glared at her with a scowl on his face.
Yuni bit her lip as she glanced away, resigned and sadly that she knew it's too good to be true that she'll gain a new friend. When she arrived at her new seat, she sat down next to Sawada boy who fidgeted his seat, nervously.
The homeroom teacher cleared his throat and start to lessons in class while Yuni mentally sighed sadly. However, she flinched when she felt a low presence outside. Her blue eyes dart out the window, to the tree not too far from the class she is in. She narrowed her eyes in confused, suspicion, and curious if she could spot anything odd at the specific tree. However, she couldn't find anything but the presence is still there.
Yuni furrowed her eyebrows. 'I doubt it's birds… they have a different kind of presence…this is… human presence but…' there's nothing out of shape in the tree. Then suddenly, the presence vanished and Yuni frowned deeply at this. She wasn't sure if she should be cautioned about this or not, so she decided to keep in mind as she turned her attention back to the lessons.
Unknowingly, that she was observed by a Sun Arcobaleno with interested in his onyx eyes. 'She actually felt my low presence this far and almost immediately located my spot.' He mused while making mental report about this new transfer girl from Italy. For once, he has nothing to do with this girl, but he will make sure to research about her just in case. And who knows, she might be good addition to the Vongola Famiglia.
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Namimori Middle
Lunch Break
Yuni links her fingers through the chain fence while her blue eyes stared up at the clear blue sky. Slowly, she closed her eyes as she felt the cool breeze touches her bare skin as her braided hair fly briefly behind her. It's rather a very quiet on the rooftop that she was surprised it was empty, she remembered back in her hometown, in her old middle school that rooftop was a very popular place to hang out for students.
She didn't expect to find an empty rooftop but decided to take advantage of it and enjoyed the quietness underneath the large sky that never leaves her. It made her feel less lonely, to learn that no matter what, day or night, the sky is always there. A soft smile appeared on her face while she felt another kiss from the breezes on her skin.
Then, she felt the presence coming up through the door. Her eyes snapped open as she turned her head at the door. When the door opened, he revealed three boys walking out onto the rooftop. They stopped when they saw her, as she is feeling nervous and awkward. Yuni ducks her head away from them as she unlinks her fingers from the chain fence and crossed her arms, defensive.
Yuni bit her lips, anxiously when she could feel them coming closer to her direction. She quickly closed her eyes as her breath hitch as if waiting for something. Until a friendly voice speaks up. "Hey, you're Hoshizora-san, right?" Yuni opens her eyes in surprised to hear such a tone direct to her.
The emerald-haired girl turned her head up at the tall boy. He has black spiky hair, sharp brown eyes, sun-kissed tan skin, and he grinned at her in friendly. "I'm Yamamoto, Takeshi." Yamamoto introduced himself happily, "I'm in your class and they were in it too." He pointed at two boys behind him.
Yuni carefully peek around the tall boy and recognized them easily. A petite boy smiles shyly at her. "H-hello, I'm Sawada, Tsunayoshi. But you can call me Tsuna." Tsuna said, politely.
"Gokudera, Hayato." Gokudera clicked his tongue sharply while his arms crossed with warning glares at Yuni who flinched slightly.
"N-nice to meet you." Yuni smiles back, awkwardly as she fiddles with her sleeves.
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Meanwhile
"I don't trust her, Juudamie." Gokudera suddenly proclaimed to his beloved boss as he, Tsuna and Yamamoto are walking down the hallway.
Tsuna sweatdropped. "A-ah… why is that?" he asked his self-proclaimed right-hand man. The silver-haired boy crossed his arms and narrowed his eyes with contemplative.
"She's from Italy, and nothing about that is good."
Yamamoto crossed his arms behind his head with a grinned on his face. "But what if she's just innocent?" which makes the silver-haired boy glared at Yamamoto with disbelieved and annoyed.
"Shut up, you baseball-freak! You wouldn't understand!" Gokudera hisses at the tall boy who just laughed.
Tsuna sighed once again that his friends are arguing. 'Who is she exactly? Did Reborn bring her here, as he did with Gokudera-kun and his sister? Or was Yamamoto-san right? It's just coincidence?' he mused to himself until they arrived upstairs at the rooftop door.
Yamamoto opened the door and they walked out but halted when they saw Yuni standing in front of the fence as she is staring at them with nervous in her blue eyes. Almost immediately, she ducked her head away from them and crossed her arms, defensive.
Tsuna noted this with a soft frowned on his face. 'I recognize that posture… I used to do that all the time, before…' he attempted to remembered and noticed that his baseball friend walked up to her with a grinned on his face.
"Hey, you're Hoshizora-san, right?" Yamamoto asked her, friendly. Yuni glanced up at him with surprise in her eyes. The tall boy grinned wide. "I'm Yamamoto, Takeshi. I'm in your class, and they were in it too." He pointed at Gokudera and Tsuna behind him.
Yuni peek around him, nervously at Tsuna and Gokudera. The petite boy smiles at her shyly. "H-hello, I'm Sawada, Tsunayoshi. But you can call me Tsuna." Tsuna said, politely.
"Gokudera, Hayato." Gokudera clicked his tongue sharply while his arms crossed with warning glares at Yuni who flinched slightly.
"N-nice to meet you." Yuni smiles back, awkwardly as she fiddles with her sleeves. Tsuna is carefully observing her as he felt the urge to offer her comfort, as in bringing her out in the light. He continues that way as his Guardians noticed his intense examined while they waited. 'That posture… wait! I recognize that anywhere, I used to do that all the time before Reborn came in my life. I was so scared, so lonely and shielded myself away from harm.' His eyes spark with understanding as his instinct poking him. Locked. Lonely. Scare. Cold. She's cold. Hollow. Years. Crying. He almost gasped out loud when he felt his instinct telling him how hollow and cold, she is in.
Tsuna used to feel that before he has his flame. 'Could it be…?' he keeps his suspicions to himself as he walked to Yuni who glanced up, timidly. His caramel-eyes made contact with her shy blue eyes. Sister. Comrade. Companion. Family. Protect. Sister. Protect. His instinct slowly making him protective over this tiny girl with emerald-hair and blue eyes. He offered his hand to her which makes her eyes widen in shock. "Join us, Hoshizora-san." A soft yet friendly smile appeared on his face.
Yuni blinked at him with puzzled, confuse, curious, and longing. It made his heart squeeze at the last emotion in her blue eyes. Sister. Give warm. Kill cold. Protect. Sister. She hesitated to reach her tiny hand to his offer hand. She paused as she carefully observed Tsuna who kept smiling at her. "Come on." He urges her.
The emerald-haired girl slowly allowed her hand to touch him as she stared at him in awe, nervous and yet hope in her eyes.
Tsuna beamed at her. Protect her. Protect sister. Sister. Not alone. Family. He turned his head at his guardians who are surprised to see his caramel-eyes flickered of sunset-orange for a few seconds. "She's joining us. Will that be okay, Gokudera-kun, Yamamoto-san?" without knowing that he used the authority tone of Mafia Boss.
"Of course, Juudamine." Gokudera nods his head as his tense shoulders relax while Yamamoto laughed happily.
"The more, the merrier! Hahaha!" Yamamoto grinned at Yuni. "It's cool to have a new friend!"
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Meanwhile
Yuni stared wide eyes at the tall boy then glanced at Tsuna who is still holding her hand with a sweet smile, and even the silver-haired boy who has been glaring at her is now relaxed. "F-friend?" such a foreign word came out of her mouth, yet she has been longing for years.
"Hai, friend." Tsuna nodded his head.
Such a warm feeling appeared inside of her heart that made her eyes watery. "Friend…" a beautiful small yet bright smile appeared on her face. Her blue eyes shine happily. "…that's… wonderful." Tsuna beamed at her while his Guardians stared at her with amazed and felt warm by her smile.
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The Sky recognize the lonely, caged Sky and knew it's his family that needed help, needed to protect and find a way to break the cage. Sky will find a way to bring his sister's freedom back. For now, he will protect her and watch over her. After all, she is his and he is hers.
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Location: Hoshizora Resident
After School
Yuni walked inside her house with a glowing smile on her face. "I'm home!" she announces her return from school while slipped off her white with orange stripes sneakers. And then exchanged to orange slippers and walked through the hallway to the living room. "Granny?" she called out to her grandmother with curious.
She saw her grandmother who is napping on the couch with yarns and needles on her lap. Her blue eyes soften at the sight of her grandmother. Yuni walked toward her quietly, even though Granny is a heavy sleeper and could easily sleep through the explosion without fail. Yuni gently takes the yarns and needles away from Granny, set it on the coffee table and grabbed a quilt blanket to cover her grandmother. Yuni can't wait to tell her grandmother about her first day and how she earns a new friend, friends!
The petite girl felt the excitement coming from her. She just couldn't believe it actually happen, that she got herself, friends. Yuni nod herself with satisfied that her grandmother is warm and comfortable enough during her nap. So, the young girl walked out of the living room, ascended the stairs and went straight to her bedroom.
Once she arrived in her bedroom, she closed the door behind her and set her satchel bag on the coffee table. Her blue eyes overlook her bedroom but halted when her eyes landed on the box that is placed on her desk. "Huh?" she never saw that box before, she walked to her desk and picked up the box.
Her blue eyes studied the box in her hands with a soft frown on her face. She opened the lid and blinked owlishly at it. Carefully she plucks the object from the box, lowered the box back on the desk and observed the object. "This is… a pacifier?" she questions with puzzling frowned. In her hands, it's an orange pacifier. Yuni wondered if her grandmother placed it on her desk as a gift or some sort of memento. "Maybe it used to be mine when I was a baby?" Yuni tilted her head with contemplative while she studied the orange pacifier. It's not the first time that her grandmother has given her trinkets for either memory or brought from the store just because.
"Oh, Granny… your taste in trinkets is unique as usual." A soft smile with fond eyes as she walked to the bookshelf, placed an orange pacifier along with other trinkets and turned away from it. Unaware that an orange pacifier has glowed for few seconds until it faded.
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Yuni's Love Interest
Who and Why? (Convince me to place a name in a list of a vote for Yuni's lover) *grin*