Warnings: Rated T for themes and language. I will be using both manga and anime b/c I like parts of both plots. And errors in grammar, spelling, etc.
Disclaimer: I do not own Katekyo Hitman Reborn anything, but I hope to bring my OC into the world of KHR.
Enjoy the story!
Italicized words = I use them to emphasize, when there is a different language, and when the characters are thinking. If it gets confusing - sorry.
Some side stories I was thinking of adding were Tsuna's thoughts on the relationship between Hibari and Nade and their nicknames for each other. Oh, yeah, I can't remember if I mentioned it in the last chapter, but Mashiko is the Japanese name for a rose finch. I may not be completely right, but at some point when I looked up red birds in Japanese I came across that name. Cue rose themes.
Anyway, let's meet some more characters!
Apparently, Gokudera's sister was now living with them in order to help tutor Tsuna, teach her along with Tsuna about poison, and to stay close to Reborn. Nadeshiko was extremely confused with how Bianchi, a teenager, was in a relationship with Reborn. It's still considered pedophilia right? Nothing made much sense to her nowadays, but she just ran with it.
She did pity Gokudera each time he passed out from seeing his sister because of his childhood trauma of eating her poison cooking for his piano recitals though. She wondered how well Gokudera played piano since she used to play in her last life (mostly classical music), but hadn't really taken it up again in her current one.
She was still angry at Bianchi for poisoning Lambo's 10-year older self when she mistook him for her ex-boyfriend Romeo. However, she accepted the fact that Bianchi was part of their family now and would stick around for a long time.
Nadeshiko and Tsuna were walking to school together with Reborn walking on top of the wall of the neighbor's yard when a brunette appeared before the trio…also walking on the fence.
"Hello! My name is Haru Miura," the strange girl introduced herself to just Reborn. Her legs were beginning to wobble for balance. From her yellow sweater vest and blue ribbon, Nadeshiko could tell the odd girl went to Midori Middle.
"I know. You often tag along when we are going to school," Reborn replied, "What do you want today?"
Nade whispered to Tsuna who was confused about the whole situation, "Why the heck did she decide walking on the wall was a good idea? She's not even wearing shorts underneath from what I can tell. Her underwear could be seen if the wind blows!" She stared at the odd girl in disbelief.
"Who cares about that?! Reborn says she's been following us?!" He whispered in reply.
The girl, Haru, looked like the happiest girl alive when Reborn said he knew her. She leaned forward to get closer to Reborn's height, "Ano, would you be my friend?"
That's all she wanted?! Nadeshiko thought as she and Tsuna watched her flip of the wall in happiness to Reborn's acceptance of her friendship.
"Ano, I know this is out of the blue, but would you let me hug you?" the brunette asked while squeezing her arms across her chest.
Pedophile...she's a freaking pedophile. Nadeshiko deadpanned. Who the heck asks some random kid if they can hug them? God, she sounds like she'd orgasm once she did. Can't say much about Bianchi though I think she's almost worse than Bianchi, and Bianchi was willing to kill Tsuna to free Reborn. Thoroughly freaked out from the situation, she missed Reborn's refusal but heard when Reborn said 'hitman' and saw as the brunette was about to slap Tsuna.
She intercepted the slap by grabbing the girl's wrist, "Oi, Miura-san, you have absolutely no reason to assault my brother so what makes you think it's alright for you to just slap an innocent?" she demanded slightly squeezing the wrist as she threw it back to the shocked girl.
"He's despicable! He's obviously been teaching this baby bad things!" she defended heatedly. Tsuna was still in confusion. All he knew was that when he tried to tell Reborn that saying he's a hitman wasn't something he should do; his sister was right in front of him holding the wrist of the strange girl.
"Babies are angels with totally pure hearts! If you're allowing him to destroy that young and pure innocence with his rotten heart then you're just as bad," she said stepping forward as if to get to Tsuna - Nadeshiko still blocking her way.
Before she could reply, a familiar laugh rang above them, "Wahahaha! Lambo-san's here to save the day! Reborn! Prepare yourself!" he yelled as he swung down on a rope and pulled out two of his pink grenades.
"Ah! Lambo don't -" Nade tried to warn him, but she was too late. Because he used both hands, he had no grip on the rope and fell before them. Nadeshiko rushed to his side and was about to pick up the sniffling child when the rude brunette snatched him into her arms.
"Oh my, are you okay little boy?" the girl asked. Seeing her now occupied with Lambo, she shooed Tsuna away to get to school as she handled the strange girl. Not looking forward to staying around, he hurried away hoping Nade will be able to handle the crazy girl.
"Ah! He's kinda cute!" Haru squealed as she squeezed Lambo into an uncomfortable and suffocating hug. Next thing Haru knew, the boy was being smoothly taken out of her grip and into the annoyed amber-eyed girl's arms.
Lambo was just thankful to be back in his Nee-chan's arms because Nade-neechan gave the best hugs in his opinion. And his opinion was always right!
"Look, Miura-san. No offense, but I really don't like you right now. You tried to hit my brother for no reason other than some wild notion you cooked up from your imagination that it's his fault when it's not."
"Babies are angels and teenage boys are devils! Of course, it's his fault!" Haru defended.
"Miura-san, my brother is probably the most angelic teenage boy out there. I'd appreciate it if you didn't just judge someone before getting to know them," Amber eyes glared at the dense girl, "Plus, Reborn isn't even a real baby." At least, he probably isn't a real baby. No way that's normal no matter what Reborn says about being one year old. He's basically an adult despite his looks. He even drinks coffee.
"Eh?! Not a baby?!"
"No, he's a friend of our family who has this disease where the older he gets the younger he looks. So, since he's a baby he's at least 50 years old." Nade remembered the movie Benjamin Button from her last life, though she never actually watched it, she knew what it was about for the most part.
"Fifty?!" The brunette looked like her soul left her body to Nadeshiko.
"Uhuh! So now that that's all cleared up, please stop stalking him and us. Bye, Miura-san!" she said as she left the shocked girl to head to school herself.
"Thanks, Lambo-kun, for saving us back there, but you have to get back home to Mama, okay?" she said to the little boy in her arms.
"Gyahaha! Of course, Nee-chan, that's because Lambo-san is awesome! Lambo-san will go back to Mama because Lambo-san is a good boy!" He jumped out of her arms and began to run home, "Nee-chan has to play with Lambo-san when she gets back!" he demanded with a pout.
"Yes, yes, Lambo-kun! See you when I get back from school! Be good for Mama!"
She really is in awe of the situations Tsuna gets himself in. While she was in the dojo, Tsuna said he ran into Haru on the bridge and now has an admirer since he saved her from drowning. She thanked whatever gods were out there that she wasn't Tsuna. No way would she ever want a creepy stalker like Miura-san.
After Tsuna had his breakfast stolen from Reborn (not like it's the first time it's happened), they left for school. Though not before Reborn informed them that there is an assassin from Hong Kong, known as the Human Bomb called I-Pin. The name reminded her of that Chinese action movie Ip-Man she watched in her Before life.
"Why did it turn out this way, Nade?" Tsuna groaned, "I wish I could be a guy with supernatural powers, instead of a Mafioso, like you Nade. I'd fly to school in a flash."
She handed him a piece of the bread she was eating, "That's life Tsu-nii. Though we do have dying will flames so that can be considered your superpower once you learn how to harness it." The two noticed a Chinese food stand down the road, "Oooh, Nii-chan, look, there are steamed buns!"
She dragged him over and ordered a couple, sparing a quick glance at the child who jumped off the stool and jogged away.
Continuing their walk to school, the siblings ate their steamed buns and relished in its taste. The two paused at Rui's barking.
"He probably wants a taste," she murmured and dejectedly answered the yapping chihuahua, "Sorry, Rui, I don't think we can give you some. Takara-baasan won't be happy with us for feeding you without her permission."
Tsuna, on the other hand, had a smug grin on his face as gloated, "I won't give it to you! This is my breakfast you know."
And, of course, due to Tsuna's wonderful luck, Takara-obaasan just had to be dog-sitting her son's Doberman Pinscher. As the much more intimidating dog pushed open the gate, the child Nadeshiko remembered was sitting at the food stand ran in front of them and assumed a martial arts stance.
The kid looked about the same age as Lambo and wore a traditional Chinese cheongsam-style shirt over black pants. Nadeshiko couldn't tell if the kid was a girl or a boy even with the braid since she knew men also sometimes kept their hair long and braided in Chinese culture, and decided to ask as soon as possible to refrain from possibly insulting the martial artist. They watched as the child somehow lifted the dog into the air, gently placed it back in the yard, and locked the gate.
"W-Wow. What's going on?" Tsuna asked, looking shocked at the turn of events, "He didn't even touch him."
"I have no idea, but thanks for helping us, kid." She had taken a Chinese language course in high school in her last life but hadn't learned much because the teachers kept changing. It made it hard to advance in the language if each teacher was trying to make sure we knew the basics. She could only remember a few simple words and phrases but wasn't taught how to properly pronounce most of them.
"Ano, yeah. Thank you for saving us."
The child's face scrunched up as he looked at them then bowed respectively. He didn't look annoyed, so she wondered if it was because he didn't understand them. Before the little martial artist left Nadeshiko crouched down and asked, "Ne, haizi, ni jiao shenme mingzi he ni shi nuhai haishi nanhai? (Kid, what's your name and are you a girl or a boy?)" She hoped her Chinese at least sounded better now that she knew how to speak Japanese.
The martial artist seemed to pause and stared at her. "Wo jiao I-pin, wo shi nuhai, xiaojie, (My name is I-pin, I am a girl, Miss,)" the now dubbed girl answered. Her face scrunched up again.
Wow, I really couldn't tell the kid was a girl. She'll definitely mature into herself when she grows up. And she's the assassin Reborn warned us about? She's only a kid.
"Duibuqi, meimei. Xiexie ni bangzhu wo gege he wo. (Sorry, little sister. Thank you for helping my brother and I.)"
"Bu keqi, xiaojie. (You're welcome, Miss)"
"You can call me jiejie if you want," she told the girl who looked happy to have had their small conversation in her native language. She really wished she could speak more, but her vocabulary was so limited, "Is there any way I can help you with anything to thank you for helping us?"
Tsuna had no idea where Nade had picked up Chinese and was completely lost as he watched his sister chat with the boy who saved them until she switched back to Japanese.
The martial artist, looked down in thought, her eyebrows furrowing and seemed to decide something as she reached into her pocket and handed it to Nadeshiko. She looked at the photo in her hands, "I don't know who he is, sorry."
The tiny assassin frowned and put the photo back in her pocket when Nadeshiko handed it back to her. She bowed again and ran off.
"Nade, when did you pick up Chinese and who was he?"
"Ah, she's a girl Tsu-nii. In fact, she's the assassin Reborn warned us about, I-pin the Human Bomb," she said, purposely avoiding his first question. Her brother didn't notice, too focused on the fact that the kid was an assassin. She did wonder why she was called a 'human bomb'.
"Eh?! She's an assassin?!"
"Yeah, but neither of us are her target so we should be fine. I hope she stays safe. She looks like she's Lambo's age." She got up from her crouched position with a contemplative look on her face.
"I'm gonna head to school now Nii-chan. Don't be late!" She said, giving him a two-fingered salute and running to Midori Elementary.
When Tsuna got back from school he told her about how I-Pin mistook him for her target and tried to kill him with her Gyoza Fist and almost killed everyone with her Minzu Time Bomb. To Nadeshiko, the fact that I-Pin latched on to others for comfort when the bomb is activated is both funny and terrifying. I-Pin decided to stay in Japan to train so Nadeshiko invited her to stay at their house if she had nowhere to stay. I-Pin had given her a huge hug and an endearing smile in thanks.
Her and Lambo seemed to have a tentative friendship started. I-Pin's more respectful and strict attitude paired well with Lambo's free-spirited troublemaking. She knew they'd be best buddies in time because opposites attract. You couldn't find another pair of children who were more different yet still loved playing games with the other.
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Thanks to those who have reviewed recently! It makes me excited to know what you think!
Just saying, I don't really like Haru but she's in Canon a lot so I'll see how I put her in my story. The next chapters include some other introductions to characters and I've been trying to figure out how I want Dino and Nadeshiko's relationship to be since I want Nade to only want ONE older brother which is Tsuna and refuse to call him Dino-nii. Maybe she can tease him since she doesn't really tease Tsuna? And then I think of Dino who trains Hibari later and I'm like maybe they should have a close relationship and text each other a bunch. We'll see. I'll post the next chapter in a couple of days. Maybe 2-3 chapters until Kokuyo.
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