Sun and Moon, Ryohei's Destiny 3 {Snap you like a twig}
School had gone like regular. All day I kept thinking about who Leiko reminded me of. He gave me chills with every staring glance. I tried to avoid eye contact but it was hard when I felt his eyes on me but each time I looked at him he looked off in a different direction.
Well, it was after school and all of us were in Tsuna's backyard. His mother was making us dinner again. The night before, Miharu and I couldn't believe how delicious the food was. I had almost forgotten how good a home cooked meal could be.
"Tsuna," I said as I stepped into the opened space. I wiggled my finger gesturing him to come. "Since you're the tenth, you're first. Miharu and I want to see your ability so we know how much training you all need." Tsuna nodded and began to take out a little pill box. I had seen one before but Tsuna was not going to be using it.
"No pills." Miharu said, recognizing the same pill box and taking it from him.
"No pill?" He gasped. I turned toward Reborn who sat, unmoved, on the steps.
"And no bullets." I informed him.
"Understood." Reborn nodded. It had to be done. Tsuna had to understand what was already inside of him. It was part of his training.
"How am I supposed to fight without the flame?" Tsuna asked.
"You will not always have Reborn shooting you with bullets or pills to take. Those pills are hard to find and Leon won't be able to fire bullets at you all the time. He is a living animal after all." From what I could tell, Tsuna wasn't ready for this. He wasn't ready to train but it had to be done. They all had to go through it.
"You can do it, Juudaime!" Gokudera cheered.
"Yeah, Tsuna! It will be easy." Yamamoto pitched in. Tsuna looked at his friends and smiled. I knew his flame was in him somewhere. He was unlike any mafia guy I had ever met. And I had my fair share.
"Tsuna," I said to get his attention. "You must find the resolution yourself. You know the feeling of the flame. Now find it." Tsuna took in a deep breath and nodded that he was ready. I smiled and pulled out a small rod from the back of my shirt. The small rod extended in my hand and pulled out to a longer length; almost about the size of my body. Tsuna's eyes went wide.
"I don't think this is fair anymore." I sighed and rolled my eyes.
"Tsuna, don't be afraid. I'm not going to kill you." I twirled the pole around and got into my fighting stance. Tsuna posed but he was shaking. Clearly, I had a lot of work to do.
"Tsuna, imagine the flame." Miharu tried to help. Tsuna closed his eyes, trying to imagine the feeling of the flame. He opened his eyes thinking he was ready.
Our battle lasted bare a minute. He was down after one hit. Tsuna tried again but failed. This happened several more times. The sad part was, I wasn't even trying hard to fight him.
"Alright, that's enough." I sighed as Tsuna collapsed on the ground. Gokudera and Yamamoto jumped up and helped him.
"What was that for? Are you trying to kill him?" Gokudera argued.
"I wasn't that hard on him. Plus, whoever he's going to face will not go as easy as I have." I told him. Miharu got up from her seat and stood in the middle of the yard next to me. "We'll try again tomorrow."
"Like heck you will! He can't do it yet. You didn't even give him time." Gokudera yelled as he stood up. It was obvious he cared for Tsuna and would do anything but how far would he go?
"You're not given any time when you're faced in a real battle." Miharu glared, her fists shaking. She wanted to fight him, I could tell. However, if I let them fight, they probably would kill each other. Or they would try to. "Tsuna must be ready for everything." A small smile formed on her lips. I could feel the challenge about to come out of her mouth. "Let's see how you do." Gokudera pulled a handful of bombs from deep within his clothes and stepped forward. I sighed and sat down on the steps.
"Fine, but I won't go easy on you because you're a girl." Gokudera told her. Miharu smirked.
"Funny. I was going to say the same to you." Gokudera glared at her and threw bombs at her. Miharu did a back flip and the bombs sailed past her. This was going to be an interesting fight.
~Meanwhile~
Culpo, also known as Leiko, sat down at the head of the table. The rest of his followers had already been seated. Tonight was the night they would discuss their plan of taking out Tsuna and his "family." If there was one thing Culpo hungered for, it was power. He hungered for it as much as Leilar did. Culpo looked over at T'saan who was resting his head on the table, still exhausted from the day's disguise for Culpo as Leiko.
"T'saan, are you alright?" Culpo asked. T'saan raised a hand in the air and gave Culpo a thumbs up. Satisfied with this answer, Culpo turned to the others and began their meeting. "Today, we discuss our plan of action. In a few days, we will take down the Vongola." Ira slammed her fists on the table, her face gleaming with excitement.
"Finally!" Her fist was shaking in the air.
"Calm down, Ira." Leilar sighed. Ira stood up as a challenge to Leilar.
"You want to start something? Huh? Let's go? I'll snap you like a twig, I swear I will!" Ira yelled. Leilar seemed to want to accept the challenge and stood up.
"Let's go! Right here! Right now!" He was about to start the battle but Culpo put his hands in the air. Both, still glaring at each other, slowly sat down.
"That is enough you two." Culpo said calmly. "Save it for the battle against the Vongola." Superbi cleared her throat and adjusted her glasses.
"We have to think about this logically." She suggested. "We can't just attack and fight them." Ira smiled as an idea came to her mind. She picked up her basketball and began to twirl it on her finger.
"I think I have an idea," Ira smiled.
~Back at Tsuna's house~
Gokudera searched all around but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't find Miharu. He had forgotten that Miharu specialized in illusionary. Gokudera pulled out more bombs and looked around, ready for when she would attack. Suddenly, Miharu appeared and kicked Gokudera in the face. The boy fell over backwards, defeated. No one said anything for a few moments. Ryohei was the first to say something.
"Now it's my turn to the extreme!" He clenched his fist, ready for a fight. I smiled at his eagerness and decided Miharu needed a break. I placed a hand on her shoulder before she stepped forward to fight him.
"My turn." Miharu looked at me and smiled before turning back to Ryohei. She knew exactly what I was thinking. Miharu sat down so she could watch. Gokudera, on the other hand, stood and the porch and folded his arms. He wasn't happy that he had just been beaten by a girl. I didn't blame him. After all, Ryohei was about to experience the same thing.
Ryohei stepped forward and didn't hesitate as he began to punch me. Or, at least, attempt to. Every punch he flew at me, failed. I was able to dodge each one. He thought they were flying very fast but, to me, they seemed slow and it was as if he was trying too hard.
"GAH! Hold still to the extreme!" Ryohei yelled out of frustration. I laughed decided to end it. We need to move on and I could already tell what needed to be done in order to train Ryohei. He needed to learn how to be calm and be steady with his movements. It wasn't about speed but about accuracy and, as of in that moment, he was just using speed.
I quickly twisted my body around and did a roundhouse kick; knocking him off his feet. Ryohei was taken aback that I had defeated him in one swift move.
"That was…..extreme!" Ryohei yelled with excitement. Yamamoto laughed and stepped forward.
"I suppose it's my turn." I took out my staff and twirled it around. He did the same with his Shinai. This was going to be fun.
Compared to the rest of them, Yamamoto wasn't so bad. He had better training than any of the others but, as well as the others, still had a ways to go. But none of them were as bad as Tsuna. He had a good heart but he couldn't fight to save his life; and he needed it to save his life.
The next day Miharu and I walked out of our apartment and headed to class. For some reason, I felt as if someone was watching us. I stopped and turned around but I say nothing. No movement at all.
"You ok?" Miharu asked.
"Y-yeah, I'm fine." I said and continued onto school. The rest of the day I had that strange feeling. Someone was watching me and I didn't like it. I was so paranoid about being followed that I barely noticed the day passing me by. Before I knew it, school ended and Miharu and I were headed out of class with the Vongola boys.
"Hey, Tsuna." Someone called from behind. We all turned around to face Leiko and his goons. I recognized Luxura and T'saan from our class. However, I didn't know who the other five where. One girl looked straight at me. I thought Luxura hated me but this girl seemed to hate me more. This girl hated even said anything to me and I already knew that.
"My friends and I would like to challenge you to a basketball game." Lieko challenged. I thought it a bit strange that he was randomly challenging Tsuna, especially to anything let alone basketball. I had only known Tsuna for a short time and I already knew Tsuna was not very athletic. However, before any of us could say anything, Ryohei appeared and answered for all of us.
"We accept to the extreme!" He shook his fist in the air to add more to his statement. Tsuna gasped. In fact, he seemed the only one shocked. Everyone else was for it; even Miharu.
"When and where?" She asked, stepping forward. I didn't like any of this. There had to be more in all of this.
"Right now at the basketball court." Leiko's smile turned into a smirk and I didn't like it one bit. He was planning something. Either that or he already did have something planned. Leiko and his goons turned and started walking towards the court. Miharu, along with the Vongola boys followed as did I.
All of us changed into our P.E. uniforms before meeting back at in the middle of the court. Leiko winked at me before turning to Tsuna. "Pick your players."
"I'm right behind you, Juudaime." Gokudera said first.
"To the extreme!" Ryohei confirmed with his fist in the air. I looked to Yamamoto who shook his head. I didn't blame him. Basketball wasn't his thing. Only baseball was. I turned to my best friend who nodded.
"We're with you, Tsuna." I patted his shoulder and Leiko smiled as if he had expected this all along.
"And I choose T'saan, Leilar, Ira, Superbi and myself." The girl known was Ira looked over at Ryohei and waved flirtatiously. For some reason, this didn't sit with me. I didn't like her and I didn't like her waving at Ryohei like that. I looked at Ryohei who was waving but when he looked at me he stopped. I glared at Ira, wishing looks could kill. Oh it was on.
The game started and we were all doing great for awhile. The score was tied and none of us were getting tired, though I was getting there. Ira was good at basketball but I was better. But that wasn't really what had my attention. I couldn't stop watching Leiko. He reminded me so much of someone I use to know but I was afraid to even think it.
The game went on and on. Neither side scored but I almost felt as if Leiko's team wasn't doing as well as they could have. It was clear that Ira was good because she blocked every shot Ryohei tried to make; no matter how hard he threw it in the air. At one point, Ryohei hit it so hard he popped the ball. Ira had to run and get her basketball from her locker. As we continued to play, I could see everyone was getting pretty tired. Leiko saw it too. He called a time out but he turned to Tsuna instead of his team.
"Oi! Tsuna," he called, "how about we raise the stakes? If we win, T'saan and I get dates with Miharu and Sayomi." Ryohei and Gokudera looked at each other, not liking the sound of where this was going. Miharu and I didn't either. I looked over at Ira as she whispered something in Leiko's ear. Leiko smiled and nodded. "Along with Ryohei and Ira." Ira waved at Ryohei but, this time, Ryohei didn't wave back. I didn't blame him. I didn't like any of it either.
"And if we win?" Gokudera asked. I didn't want to hear what Leiko had to say because I was afraid who would say something else.
"You leave Japan." I said before anyone else could. Everyone gasped except Miharu and Leiko. Leiko smirked and bowed his head in agreement.
The game continued and Leiko and his team were playing better than they had; as I suspected. However, the whole time I couldn't stop watching Leiko. Every time his shirt lifted, I thought I would see a tattoo that my ex-boyfriend Culpo had. But I was going crazy. Sadly, I was so distracted that I hardly noticed that Ira had possession of the ball. She ran toward her team's hoop and scooped her arm around like the professionals did. Leiko and his team won the game and the bet. But that wasn't the worst part. When I thought the tattoo was just in my head, I saw it again as he was giving he teammates high fives.
I couldn't take it anymore. I walked across the court and lifted up his shirt. As clear as day, there it was. Culpo's tattoo that only two people knew the design of. Me and Culpo. I was so shocked I barely noticed Ryohei arguing that I had lifted up Leiko's shirt.
"Oi! What are you doing?" Ryohei yelled. "Don't look at his chest! If you want to look at an extreme chest, look at mine!" I couldn't stop looking at Leiko. Out of nowhere, Luxura walked up with her mini skirt and fashion bag.
"Leiko, let's go." She sighed, bored. "Gula is hungry again." Leiko nodded and turned back to me.
"See you around, Yomi." He kissed my hand and winked before he walked off with his gang.
"Hey! Don't touch her!" Ryohei yelled after Leiko. I couldn't move. That was, without a doubt, Culpo. I didn't know how but I knew that was him. Only one person ever called me Yomi and that was my ex-boyfriend. "Hey are you ok?" Ryohei asked but I said nothing. Miharu sensed something wrong and ran right over.
"Sayomi, what's wrong?" She asked. I could barely speak. My hand slowly lift as I pointed to someone who wasn't there anymore.
"That. Was. Culpo." Miharu gasped and looked in the direction Leiko, or Culpo, had gone.
"Oi, who's Culpo?" Ryohei asked, still confused. I ignored him and turned back to Sayomi.
"And I have to go on a date with him!"