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Yay! chapter seven! Oh and I started on the official character profiles! I failed miserably at digital art so it's all hand drawn though :P I've done Cielo's Profile so go and check it out XD LINK TO DEVIANTART ACCOUNT IN MY PROFILE!
I'm just gonna upload the remaining pictures for it later on this week. There will be spoilers in the pics! You have been warned! :3
Thanks again to uniquemangalover for helping to introduce Yuki to Cielo's famiglia! LOVE YA! XD
Akayuki Sawada: Azusa and Kai are the only guardians that are related to the 10th gen. But we may meet their kids eventually XD And you forgot!? O_O But I put so much effort into that bit! T_T ...just kidding XD I'll just keep ya guessing for a while ;P
To the story!
End Notes
There isn't a cloud in the sky on this wonderfully hot and humid Saturday afternoon in June. Lovely, is it not? The correct answer is: NOT!
Merda, this really sucks… Oh, how I wish there really was rain on my horizon today… For the sake of all that's good, why must I be here baking in the sun watching a freaking baseball game (ugh, Dio forbid)? I have freaking baseball-phobia for crying out loud! And of course Sensei demands that Masamune be here too.
The reason? Well…
…Le flashbacks to a more peaceful time known as: earlier this morning…
"…Itadakimasu…" I mumble as I take my place at the end of the table. Ignoring the gunshots and shouting from upstairs (Masamune likes to sleep in when there's no morning practice) I dig into my breakfast. Must eat as much as possible before Reborn-sensei comes down…
Just as I finish pouring myself some juice the devil himself appears, and half my breakfast disappears in the same instance. How does he manage to steal my food so damn fast? Or rather, how does he manage to swallow it at the exact same moment without choking? Maybe I'm better off not knowing…
"Dame Sora." Sensei's voice brings me from my musings. "The baseball team is having a practice game today."
Well that was unexpected… "Um… yeah… and?" Just what has this got to do with me?
"You're going to watch." He said it like it was a foregone conclusion.
Which it most certainly is not! "What! Why?" There is no way in hell I'm going anywhere near a freaking baseball game!
"Naturally to recruit some new subordinates for your famiglia." What!? Subordinates!? "Your famiglia currently only has the two members: Hibari Kai and Allaire Kasumi. That Gokudera Azusa is also a possible member."
Huh!? My famiglia!? I don't have a freaking famiglia! "Wait! Kai and Sumi-chan are just friends! And that Azusa chick is out to kill me, remember?"
Sometime during the argument (on my part anyways) Katerina had left to spend the next hour or so in front of the mirror putting on makeup and such. Masamune had also come down for breakfast and was currently fighting to keep it on his plate.
Oh, come on! "Don't ignore me!" I'm so not going to that baseball game!
…And the flashback ends…
"…" I really should have brought some sunscreen with me today. Seriously, it's like an oven up here in the stands.
I glance over to my left where Masamune is sulking a little ways off. After bragging about how he didn't need any one's help in recruiting famiglia members Sensei said: "Then you can show dame Sora how it's done." There's no use sulking, you totally dug your own grave there.
After the initial shock and rejection to the idea, Masamune had decided he actually wanted to be a mafia boss. Given that the Dying Will bullet gives him this incredible power and let's do amazing things (it's still embarrassing though…), of course he'd want more of that power. If that's what he truly wants then let him be the Vongola Undicesimo already!
I want nothing to do with the bloody mafia! Plus, once Masamune sets his sights on something then there's no chance of me getting it at all. It's much easier to just let him have what he wants anyway. It had always been my life plan to let Masamune take over Padre's business in the first place.
Me? I was just gonna graduate as a D grade student and go to a D grade university. Then I'd get some low position in Padre's company and live out the rest of my long and pathetic existence in peace. Maybe one day I'd find a kind, accepting girl and possibly get married and have a family. But I've gotten used to the idea of it just being me and Aigís for life.
Well those plans are shot, considering Padre's "company" is actually one of the biggest mafia families in the world… I wonder if the mafia has relatively unimportant, low risk, low level desk jobs… Maybe I'll ask Padre next time he calls or emails. He finally got in contact again during the week; apparently it's pretty hectic over there so he's been really busy.
Wow, just think… one day that'll be Masamune buried under paperwork and meetings. Guess it really isn't that much different to an actual company in the end.
"Hey… Where'd Reborn go?" Huh? Now that you mention it…
I glance around looking for the familiar fedora and black suit but I can't find him anywhere… Merda… don't tell me he just dumped us here…
I wish he had just dumped us there… Seriously, I am about two seconds away from crying here… Though I have to admit, Sensei's getting pretty creative with his torturing methods… Why the diamine am I standing out in the scorching sun wearing a freaking baseball uniform!
Turns out Reborn-sensei is actually a professional baseball coach and kindly offered to coach our team for the day since the real coach suddenly fell ill and couldn't make it today. Not only that, but over half the player got food poisoning, the subs too… So "Coach" went ahead and found a couple of spare players.
Guess who he got? No seriously, guess. I'm currently in Narnia, having tea on the ceiling with Mary Poppins while I help babysit the Pegasus foals. Therefore: unavailable.
BAM! I'm brought back to my miserable reality when my skull collides with a baseball.
"ARGH!" Holy shit, that freaking hurt! And of course they're all yelling for me to get the damn ball rather than seeing if I'm okay… cazzi…
"Hey, you still alive there?"
"Ugh… I hope not…" Blearily I sit up and look over to where the damn ball landed, but then the ground underneath my hand starts making a beeping noise. Oh merda… I manage to roll away just before ground blows up below me. Did I forget to mention we're playing Vongola style baseball? Oh, and that we're currently losing?
What surprises me is that no one has died yet. With mines buried all over the field and a ball that may or may not explode on contact with the bat, there should have been at least one casualty by now… I'm getting a lot of dirty looks now though… Apparently it's my fault that this sadistic coach is forcing them to play this deadly game, and it's my fault we're losing too.
And of course, Masamune has absolutely nothing to do with this either… Yep, it's all on me. Oh, what fun we are having.
"Don't mind!" An overly hyper and friendly voice shouts as we head back in for our turn to bat. I turn to find Mizuno-sempai draping his arm over my shoulder with that big, stupid (and fake) grin plastered over his face. "Everybody drops the ball sometimes!"
"…" I just stare blankly in response. I didn't drop the damn ball; it hit me in the freaking head… I'm lucky my head is so hard after seven odd years of constant beatings, or I could have been permanently damaged…
"It's all good! I just have to pitch a little harder next time!" While sempai laughing all carefree like, the rest of the team sends me death glares and silent threats about messing up. Oh, how I wish there was a hole for me to crawl into and hide…
As I sit down in the corner furthest away from everyone I can't help but think there's something up with sempai today… Even though he's still got the same old grin on his face it looks a hell of a lot more strained than normal. And he looks like he's struggling really hard with his pitching and batting too.
I don't think he can play any better than he's doing now. Something in the back of my head just keeps nagging me about this guy. Now that I think about it, when he touched me before, I got a really strange feeling. Like the one I get from Kai, Sumi-chan and sometimes Tsubaki. It's as if the flame inside me is being pulled.
Also… his chest didn't feel all that broad against my back just then. He really does look oddly slim for a guy that trains hard every day… it couldn't be that… but maybe… he can't possibly be…? Anorexic?
"You think the guy might be depressed or something?"
"I dunno but…" That fake smile would make more sense if it's true… What he could possibly have to be depressed about is a total mystery to me. The guy has everything: good at sports, okay grades, he's super popular too. Hm, guess you really can't judge a book by its cover.
Even with all of Mizuno-sempai's and Masamune's home runs, we still lost… And what a brilliant loss it was! We did all the great losers of the world proud! Yes, no one could have lost that game as amazingly (or by as much) as we did!
Oh yeah, turns out the school we were playing against has had a long running rivalry with us. So it's incredibly shameful to lose against them, plus it damages the reputation of the baseball team! Isn't that just the most wonderful thought? To top it all off, the other team gets bragging rights! In the words of my "extreme" Uncle: what extreme sportsmanship!
Sigh… I'm just glad it's all over and I never have to go near anything baseball related ever again, since I've been banned from the club. Geez, overreaction much… It's more of a reward to me rather than a punishment though. Oh… I've still gotta fight Kai today too… Better get going or I'll be late.
Not that I was planning to stick around here at all. I have a tingly feeling in my gut telling me something bad is about to happen too. As if today could get much worse… Now that I've said that it'll probably start raining or something. Maybe that's what Sumi-chan meant about the "rain on my horizon".
Urgh… the tingly feeling is kinda giving me a headache now… Not to mention there's probably a lump on my head where the ball hit me. Reborn-sensei left with Masamune so I doubt he's got anything else planned for me today… I increase my pace a little, but just as I round a corner I bump into someone and fall backwards to the ground.
"Watch where you're going, dame Sora!" Sneers the guy I bumped into. Oh crud, it's one of the guys from the baseball team… and it looks like the rest of the team is here too… Fantastico…
I scramble to my feet, mumbling an apology (even though I'm the one who got shoved to the ground) and turn to leave. I'm barely able to take three steps before they circle around blocking the way. I have a really bad feeling about this. Sigh… I should've just stayed in bed today…
"Hey, hey, don't leave yet dame Sora." One snickers with a cruel smile on his face.
"Yeah, we wanna have a little chat." From the way they're all smirking and the nasty looks on their faces, I'd say they don't to just chat…
Well, I'm not really up for a "chat" right now, plus Kai's waiting for me. I scan over them as they start closing in, some laughing and cracking their knuckles, which makes me back away until my back hits the wall behind me. Guess there's no escaping now… this is really not my day. Kai's gonna be so mad when I don't show up on time…
Aigís makes a threatening growling sound and comes dangerously close to the one who knocked me over, the vice-captain if I'm not mistaken. I narrow my eyes at him, sending the silent message to back the hell off. Mr Vice-captain appears to flinch ever so slightly and stops abruptly.
They all glance questioningly at him, so I use the moment they're distracted to dash off the side and barrel through a bunch of first years. Taken by surprise I manage to escape their encirclement and proceed to run for my life. Running from danger is skill I'm particularly gifted at. Still, they're all athletes so I don't have time to relax as they're right on my heels.
My lungs burn and my throat feels raw but I keep on running with the team thundering behind me. I try turning corners in an attempt to lose them. Ah! There's the river! Now if I can just make it onto a main street then I should be safe. And as a bonus we're pretty close to Kai's "territory" too.
There's no time to celebrate because one of the brutes yanks me by the arm and me being my dame self ends up falling over, sliding down the hill onto the river bank. At least I took two of the guys with me… I raise myself up on my arms, trying to catch my breath, when someone slams their foot on my back forcing me back down.
Pinned to the dirt I struggle to free myself but it's no use, I'm stuck. Instead I turn to glare at my capturer, the vice-captain. He's panting hard as he sneers at me, "Hahaha… Did you… honestly think… you could get… away?"
He then lifts his foot off my back and slams it into my side. By now the rest of the team has caught up and the form a circle around me. I bite my lip in an attempt to keep from crying out in pain as they each take a hit at me. I can feel the bile rising in my throat with each kick to the gut. I hope my ribs aren't broken…
Aigís hovers around the edge, snarling and growling menacingly. Dio, he really sounds like a wild animal… Well, I guess he kinda is like a wild animal. Only one that's been domesticated or something; like a lion in a cage. He'd better not try anything funny…
The kicking stops briefly as one of them yanks on my hair, pulling my head up. Then the punching starts. I've already lost all my baby teeth, so I'd rather not get a tooth knocked out… I'm all that fond of the idea of a broken nose either… I spit out some blood as they toss me to the ground again.
Have they finally had enough?
Urgh, nope… they're just taking a moment to catch their breaths before they start up again… Merda it really hurts. I hope Kai will let me postpone our fight till tomorrow. I don't think I can fight anymore today…
The beating comes to a halt when I hear somebody bellow, "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU GUYS DOING!?" Blearily look up to find Mizuno-sempai looking royally pissed off.
Wow, never thought I'd ever see that look on his face. Apparently some of the others didn't either as half of them bolted at the sight of him. Most of them looked like first years. But the vice-captain, most the third years and some of the second years stayed. The smile on Mr Vice-captain's face is giving me a really bad feeling…
"Good afternoon Captain." The way he said 'captain' sounded like an insult, "As you can clearly see we're putting dame Sora in his place."
I spit out some more blood and roll my eyes; that's all anyone wants to do with me. Sempai said something in response but I didn't catch it, the others laughed though. A very unpleasant kind of laughter… I try to get up but my face is slammed into the dirt (for the umpteenth time today) and a weight is pressed on my head.
I can't really make out what they're saying anymore, but I think the vice-captain is rebelling against Mizuno-sempai or something. And he looks damn confident about it, like he's got something on Sempai that'll ensure his victory. The members that stayed must be backing him up as well… Maybe this is what was bothering him, a split in the team.
Suddenly I hear the distinct sound of flesh hitting flesh and the vice-captain is flung to the ground. Looks like Sempai hit him pretty hard. The rest then start ganging up in him and it turns into an all-out brawl, with me caught up in the middle of it. Well, ain't that just dandy…
I curl up into a ball trying to avoid any more damage. I hope Sempai will be okay… the odds aren't exactly in his favour here…
"Herbivores, it's forbidden to crowd in front of me." As if someone hit the 'pause' button everyone just stops at the oh-so-wonderful sound of Kai's voice. "I'll bite you to death."
Kai must've come looking for me when I didn't show up on time; I had told him that I'd be at the baseball game after all. Still, his "hunting" instincts never cease to amaze me. I can always count on Kai to find me whenever I get lost (which happens more often than I'd like to admit).
"H-H-Hibari-san!" The lump of meat on top of me stutters and backs away. The majority of the team does the same, probably thinking they could make a break for it. But now that they've moved I've finally got enough room to breathe. Tenderly I uncurl myself and lift my head up to where Kai is standing above us.
He narrows his eyes dangerously and I can visibly see his irritation level rising dramatically. Everyone else can probably see it too as half of them try to escape screaming like girls. They sealed their fate the moment they had their backs turned on him. With one swift movement Kai swept his whip down on them knocking them all to the ground.
Some try to fight back but Kai's way to quick (and about a thousand times stronger) and they're out cold in a matter of seconds. Even Sempai wasn't left out and was flung off to the side as Kai charged past him in pursuit of the remaining guys that fled. He paused only once to give me the "don't you dare move from there" look.
I watched him disappear off into the distance for a while before getting up into a sitting position. I heard sempai groan as he too tried to get up off the floor. Carefully I checked over my wounds, feeling around for any broken bones or cuts. Luckily it doesn't look like anything's broken this time.
I can still taste the metallic tang of blood in my mouth and spit out some more of it. Looks like I have a cut on my lip and maybe on the inside of my cheek too. There are a few scrapes and bruises on my arms and legs; my gut is most certainly covered in bruises. Other than that there aren't any serious wounds.
"Ugh… You okay there, uh, Sora was it?" Mizuno-sempai comes wobbling over to me and offers me his hand.
"…A-actually… i-it's Cielo…" I murmur as I take his hand and pull myself up. "…But, Sora is… its fine…"
He blinks confusedly at me before grinning again. "Okay, 'Cielo' it is then!" This time it feels just a little more genuine. I can't help but smile weakly in response, he definitely looks better with a real smile on his face.
Of course, I had to go and ruin the moment by stumbling backwards into the river, pulling sempai along with me. Yep, real smooth… I really am "dame Sora", aren't I?
Somehow I ended sprawled out on top of him, with our legs all tangled up and my face pressed into his chest. Seriously though, the guy's only a year older than me and I only come up to his damn chest— Wait… huh? That's weird... why is his chest all squishy? Now that I think about it, given our current position, I should be feeling a "bump" against my leg too… why isn't there a "bump"?
"Holy shit… how did we miss this?"
Swiftly I push myself up muttering an apology and quickly move off "him". I can't help but stare, slowly processing this new information… "His" now wet clothes are hugging "his" figure. I can clearly see the "his" thin waist, wide curved hips, not so broad shoulders and there's no Adams apple. Plus, "he" has a squishy chest…
I could hit myself at my own stupidity for never noticing this before, but then again, I don't think I've ever taken the time look closely at sempai's face before… The soft curves of "his" cheeks, the lines of "his" nose, those round deep blue eyes with long eyelashes, even the way his dark grey (almost black) hair frames his face are a dead giveaway…
Hang on, is that blue in "his" hair? On each side it looks as though there's a dark blue-ish black streak of hair… Seriously, what is this? Are we part of a generation born with mutant hair genes or something?
"Focus, Cielo! More important things to think about right now!"
Oh! Right… Back to the present… the person sitting (completely soaked) in front of me is not the ever popular, male, third year student and captain of the baseball club that everybody knows him to be… Why? Well, that's because…
…HE'S A FREAKING SHE!
Oh, now I get what that weird feeling I had about him— erm, about her was. But why is she pretending to be a guy? And does it have something to do with that fake smile? Dio, this day just got really weird…
More Notes
Le gasp! Yuki's a girl! O_O hehehe betcha didn't see that bombshell coming didja? What's your impression of her so far?
I want to write some more Reborn scenes but it's kinda hard to write his character... I don't want to change him too much...
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