Hello, Itsyoursis-Artemis here! Sorry for the long wait, so here's the new chapter.
This is kind of a short chapter, so I apologize. The build up is slow, but we will get there I promise!
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Two weeks had passed since the Nicolaou girl transferred to Namimori high. Within this short time frame, she became the unofficial "deliverer" of the student council. Everyone but her had part-time jobs or sports practice after their meetings, so they "could not" volunteer to deliver anything to the disciplinary committee. Therefore, she didn't mind distributing documents to the disciplinary committee room. After all, she was not terrified of Hibari or his subordinates.
In these two weeks, she has encountered Hibari four times. To ease the tension, Ayano thought she just needed to get on his good side by trying to initiate a brief but friendly conversation with him. So far, her attempts have failed to "ease" anything. Her genuine "how are you?" would receive a "my well-being is none of your business" or "like you actually care, leave me alone" types of response. He could be rude to people, but they could not be rude to him. She didn't understand his logic.
Ayano was on her way to return to her homeroom after a bathroom trip. She suddenly heard footsteps that were ascending in volume. As she turned around the corner, she immediately realized that she was about to crash onto a running group of students, but she reacted a second too late as she met a force that sent her falling backwards.
"I AM SO SORRY!" shrieked by a spiky, brown-haired boy named Sawada Tsunayoshi, who accidentally bit his lower lip and was now bleeding.
"OI woman! How dare you hurt the Tenth! Apologize to him!" the silver-haired boy demanded.
Ayano was not pleased by the situation. Are you kidding me? she mentally scowled. She was the victim here and the one who got sent flying backwards that could have possibly injured her back. And then this boy blamed her for it?
"Come on now Gokudera, we were the ones running recklessly in the hallway," the tall, black-haired boy confessed. "I'm sorry miss, we didn't mean to hurt you." He offered his hand, but Ayano respectfully declined.
She suddenly felt a sharp pain on her left wrist, which indicated that she must have twisted it due to the force of impact upon landing on the floor.
"Are the herbivores that weak they already gave up running?" the head of the disciplinary committee caught up to the trio.
"HIEEE! Hibari-san! We are sorry! We'll go back to our classroom!" Tsuna begged for his life.
The skylark noticed Ayano, who was still on the floor, and deduced that one of the herbivores must have bumped onto her which made her fall. He also noticed the way that the she was holding her left wrist, which was now exhibiting a bruise discoloration.
"I will bite you to death for disrupting my discipline," as he glared at the Vongola trio.
Bite them to death? Ayano was baffled by his peculiar statement.
As the three boys ran for their lives, Hibari started to chase them. However, he was stopped by Ayano (who was still on the floor) when she grabbed his ankle.
"Woman, what do you think are you doing?" he hissed.
"Stopping you, of course, from 'biting them to death'... whatever that pertains to." Ayano got up and faced the irritated disciplinary chairman. "Hibari-san, whatever they did to piss you off, I really doubt it's big enough for them to receive a death penalty."
"Mind your own business." Hibari moved to the side, but she then blocked him. She looked at him with an adamant stare, challenging his glare.
"Are you defying me, herbivore?"
"I'm not scared of you... or your tonfas."
"Would you rather I add another broken wrist to your collection?" he threatened her.
"Hibari-san, you shouldn't make me worth any of your breath," Ayano sighed.
He was now very pissed. His preys just escaped, and now this girl questioned his authority. He was definitely fighting his urge to bite Ayano to death, but weaklings were indeed not worth his breath and time. He glared more at her, but he couldn't help but notice how there was something about the way she stared back at him. She was defiant, but at the same time, there was an acknowledgement: an acknowledgement of who was in power. She was respectful, yet daring: a contradiction that the skylark didn't understand.
"Lunch break is about to end in five minutes, so I need to go back. Would you excuse me, Hibari-san," Ayano politely bowed.
"Do you think I will let you off the hook easily?" Hibari spoke.
Before Ayano could respond, a familiar tall boy interrupted between the two and pulled Ayano to go behind him.
"Hibari-san, I don't think it's nice to hurt a girl," the tall boy cautioned.
"Yamamoto Takeshi, I don't think it was wise of you to come back."
Yamamoto scratched his head and sighed. "How about this, Hibari, I promise to have a one-time duel with you. You choose the day, and let this little miss go?"
Hibari untensed his shoulders. "Interesting. You seemed to have learned from the baby how to talk properly." Hibari looked at Ayano once more, then continued, "Hn. You better not break your word." He walked away and disappeared from Ayano's sight.
"Are you ok, miss?" Yamamoto asked.
"I'm fine, thank you." Ayano answered. "But are you really going to fight Hibari-san?"
"Maybe, maybe not," he chuckled. "I'm glad I came back, he was about to hurt you! I'm Yamamoto Takeshi, by the way."
"I couldn't tell what his next action was going to be, but I'm glad I wasn't hurt. Thank you, Yamamoto-san. I'm Ayano." she bowed.
"It's nice to meet you. Well, I'll head back to class. Have a nice day!"
Ayano bowed again then ran as she realized her next class was about to start in a minute.
"Oh. My. God. Girl, you dodged a bullet there! How are you not afraid of that dude?"
It was after school as Mina chatted with Ayano in the infirmary while the latter's sprained wrist was being treated.
"I acknowledge that he might be a bully-"
"HE IS A BULLY." Mina interrupted.
"Whether he is or not, no one should be fearful of a bully, right?" Ayano pointed. "Fear gives them power."
"Sure, Miss-goody-pants, but Yano-chan, that DUDE almost hurt you, like he was willing to fight a harmless girl!" the short-haired girl warned.
The school nurse finished bandaging Ayano's wrist and instructed her not to move her injured wrist too much until it's healed. The two walked out of the nurse office and continued chatting before they parted.
"It was a good thing that Yamamoto-san helped me," Ayano giggled in relief.
"Yamamoto...as in, Yamamoto Takeshi?!" Mina gasped.
"Yes. Do you know him, Mina-chan?"
"Ohhhhhh giiiirllll, he's like, a really really popular, and a HOT—emphasis on hot—athlete!"
"Okaayyy…?" Ayano drawled. She'd admit, Yamamoto was indeed, attractive and had a nice built. But it wasn't like she's interested in him.
"Ghurrlllll, he's got the hots for you! Maybe love on first sight?" Mina smirked.
"What does that statement even mean?" she pushed her friend jokingly.
"What I said. Anyways, gutta go to my volleyball practice. Be safe on your way home!"
Ayano got home, and noticed a pair of shoes in the walkway, which meant that her aunt was home. Her aunt heard the door, peeked from the kitchen, and greeted her niece. She told her aunt about the crazy day she had in school, to which her aunt responded with:
"Hibari Kyoya?"
"Yes, him. You know him? Why is he so popular?"
"Well, his authority spans not only around the school, but also the whole Namimori town," Agatha revealed. "Outside of school, he becomes the leader of a disciplinary gang. He even has a control over the CEO of the hospital I work for."
The teenager couldn't believe what she just heard. She knew that anything about Hibari should never be made into her business. However, the Nicolaou teenager—who happened to be fond of mystery—labeled Hibari as mysterious which now made her extremely intrigued of him.
"How did he get everyone to submit to him?"
"I don't know. Rumors say he's a member of one of the most powerful mafia in the world. Sounds absurd huh?" Agatha ridiculed. "I wouldn't be surprised if he is indeed in a mafia."
Of course, the two ladies didn't know that Hibari was indeed a member of the powerful Vongola mafia. And so were the three boys that Ayano met today. Whether Ayano will learn that the easy or the hard way would depend on how she would behave in the future.
Agatha changed the subject to her sister's diary. "How's it going with the whole mapping thing?"
"It's going slow, since my mom wrote a diary that spanned through 3 years. Because of school and my council, it will take some time to complete it."
Ayano had been reading through her mother's diary and mapping out a timeline. The diary started when her mother started college, at roughly 18 years of age. Her diary, which contained an almost everyday entries, was three notebooks long. Ayano was reading every single detail thoroughly and making sure she didn't miss a small detail that could serve as a clue about her mother's whereabouts.
It was amazing how her mother's writings corresponded with Tara's college stories.
Next chapter is what I believe where the pace start to pick up. So please anticipate it.
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