O.V.E.R.T.I.M.E
Chapter 2: The mysterious case of tooth fairies
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"Oi, let go of me!" I tried shaking off the firm grip he held on my wrist but my efforts were futile.
Hibari dragged me towards the back of the restaurant where there was a dark, little dead end decorated by a few trash cans. The scene reminded me of a robbery…or maybe even a rape!
Hibari let go, "What are you thinking of?" He asked, as if reading my mind.
"N-nothing!" I rubbed my pained wrists, aching from his tight grasp.
He glared at me before inching closer and pulling my head up towards his by the hair.
"Owww" I groaned, this guy seriously needs to stop the violence.
"Herbivore" He began, "If you dare to tell anyone about this, I will erase your existence from the face of this Earth."
"Okay okay, I won't! Just let go of my hair, jeeez" I was obviously lying, but getting myself out of this dilemma was priority no. 1. He did as told and folded his arms across his chest.
I fixed my hair before looking up at him again, "Why are you working here anyway? No one else accepted you? Awh, poor Hibari, I could imagine why though."
He whacked me on the head with a clenched fist.
"ARGH!" I held onto my throbbing head, "MY BRAIN CELLS! OH GOD NO, THEY DON'T REGENERATE YOU KNOW!"
"Shut up, you're loud."
My eyes were getting watery. "Isn't your break over? Shouldn't you go back to your shift? Can I go now?"
"You ask too much questions."
"That's good, means I'm gaining knowledge at an incredibly fast rate."
He sighed before walking off towards the direction of the W'c Donalds, "Don't forget my warning, herbivore."
"OKAY" I rolled my eyes and dashed off before he could strike another fist at me.
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"I hate algebra!" Tsuna moaned, digging his face into the desk.
"JYUUDAIME! DON'T LET THESE TRVIAL MATTERS GET YOU DOWN! WHO NEEDS ALGEBRA ANYWAY, PERSONALLY I HA –"
"Hahaha don't worry Tsuna, I'm not too fond of it either"
"HEY DON'T INTERUPT ME WHEN IM TALKING!"
"Ooops sorry, hahahah"
"Uh…" I patted Tsuna on the shoulder, "need help?"
"Yoko chan…" He looked up at me with admiration clearly visible in his big, brown eyes. I take it as a yes.
"So which part don't you get?" I skimmed through the book he was holding onto.
"Uhmm…" He trailed on. I could already imagine the words running through his mind. What is this "x", why must I find it, what is the relationship between "y" and "x", and why are they in the same equation?
"Well I don't understand uh…everything, basically."
"MHMMM" I spoke, as-a-matter-of-factly. "THIS CALLS FOR AN EMERGENCY GROUP MEETING! WE MUST ASSEMBLE AT OUR SECRET HIDEOUT!" I shot up out of my chair and reached my hand out in a princely manner, as though attempting to show Tsuna a whole new world…
"You mean Tsuna's house?" A cute, squeaky voice spoke.
I looked around for the source of the voice, onto to be pulled down by a strong tug on my sleeve. A baby wearing a black suit with a green lizard situated on his hat was looking up at me.
"Ciaossu, Watanabe Yoko" He greeted me first, "usually I would be the one helping Tsuna with his maths, but a little bonding time with his future subordinates will be good."
Subordinates? BONDING TIME? WHAT IS THIS
"Uh…" I didn't know what to think. Who was this baby? Has Tsuna secretly conceived a child with Kyoko? So young…so estupida…
"ERHM, YOKO CHAN! HE'S JUST MY UM..COUSIN'S SON…" Tsuna was covered in sweat drops; I knew he was hiding something from me. Maybe my guess was right! This kid is –
"I am not Tsuna's son" The baby back flipped, spun, and kicked me in the face.
"OWWW" I held onto my aching nose.
"HAHAHAH, THAT FELT GOOOOOD." I could hear Gokudera exploding into fits of laughter. Stupid jerk...liked the thought of me getting hurt huh?
"Whoa whoa, calm your farms everyone" Yamamoto was gesturing for peace with his two hands motioning in front of his chest.
"Watanabe Yoko, you will go to Tsuna's house after school and help him with maths, understand?" Although seemingly impossible, I could detect malice in the baby's high pitched vice.
"Y-yes!" I was forced to comply.
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I stood outside Tsuna's place, waiting for him to find his keys and open the gateway to his house.
"Hurry upp Tsunaaaa" I whined "does it usually take this long just to get your frikken keys out?"
"Stop putting pressure on Jyuudaime!" Gokudera snapped at me.
I responded with a rough smack on his arms.
"Ow" He exclaimed in a sarcastic manner, rolling his eyes, "That hurt?"
"Violence is not the answer Yoko chan" Yamamoto scolded.
O hohohoho, did he just tell me violence was not the answer? Time for a little mind fuck!
"What's not the answer?"
"Violence"
"But violence is not the answer~!"
Yamamoto stood still, taking time to process his thoughts.
"I FOUND THEM!" I heard Tsuna call out, opening the gates and heading towards his front door.
"THANK GOD!" I yelled, arms flinging around randomly in the air as I dashed towards Tsuna. Yamamoto and Gokudera followed behind.
"Now I just need to find the keys to the front door…." He looked through his bundle of keys with a tilted head.
"ARGH" I face palmed.
Without notice, the door opened and a brunette woman appeared from behind. "Ara, Tsu-kun, you're home with friends!" I concluded that this woman was his mother. I mentally thanked her for opening the door, hoping she noticed my psyche waves…
"Ka- san, this is Yoko-chan, you haven't met her yet" Tsuna walked into the house, switching to slippers and waved for the three of us to come in.
"Nice to meet you Sawada san" I bowed before stepping in.
"Hello hello! Make yourself at home" she smiled sweetly, I returned the gesture.
"Watanabe Yoko" I heard the same baby voice from earlier interrupt, "welcome."
I looked down and sweat dropped, "H-hello." The baby was intimidating…
"Let me re-introduce myself, my name is Reborn, I am a professional hitman from the Vongola family, sent here to Japan to tutor Tsuna, the tenth generation boss"
"W-WAIT REBORN, UHM, LET'S GO UPSTAIRS FIRST!" Tsuna pulled me towards the steps and snatched up Reborn.
"JYUUDAIME!" Gokudera ran after him, I could hear Yamamoto's senseless laughter in the background.
As we entered Tsuna's room, I came face to face with four unfamiliar figures.
"Eurgh.." I turned around only to see Gokudera clutching onto his stomach and falling onto the floor, "Ane.." I heard him say.
"What the fwacks, are you okay Gokudera?" I bent down to check on him. I may harbour some form of hate for him, but that didn't mean I was heartless! I am a very kind, compassionate person thank you very much.
"IT'S AHO-DERA! NOT GOKUDERA" an extremely annoying voice called out. I shifted away from Gokudera and stood back up, searching for the origin of the voice.
"Lambo, don't be rude" a softer voice lectured. I noticed it was the two babies sitting around Tsuna's desk who were speaking. How many people were taking refuge here? Seriously, free loaders these days, even children could walk down that path!
"Let me go" Reborn pinched Tsuna's hand, hurting him and effectively loosening the grip that held him down.
I could hear Tsuna in pain, "Watanabe" Reborn spoke, "as I was saying, we are of the Vongola, Italy's top Mafia …and I want you to join Tsuna's family."
"What are you on?" I raised an eyebrow.
"Don't listen to him Yoko chan!" Tsuna tried to shut the baby up, only to be stomped on the foot.
"Hahahahah, we're just playing a mafia game!"
I refused to listen to anything Yamamoto had to say.
"Don't get her involved! And who said I was going to be a mafia boss?" Tsuna was at it again, this time he earned himself a punch in the face.
"Erh…weren't we supposed to be doing maths homework? And it's okay Tsuna, even though the majority of the people in your house are made up of the mentally challenged…I'll still be your friend." I patted him on the shoulder and waved a maths text book in front of his face.
"Does that mean you will join Tsuna's family?" The violent baby asked me.
"Yeah, yeah I'll join this family of yours, now can we get to work? Oh and tell me who those people are please?" I pointed to the group sitting around Tsuna's table.
"Good" Reborn adjusted his hat "you will be useful to the family, your quick reflexes and witty mind are a great asset…"
I, once again, raised an eyebrow. Like Hibari Kyouya, it was time this kid went to see a professional. Hasn't Tsuna considered the well being of this child? He is obviously not in a healthy state-of-mind.
"This is Bianchi" Tsuna walked over towards a strawberry haired foreign.
"Hello" She waved at me. Smiling back at her, I noticed how pretty she was and that we both had pink hair except hers had a tone of grey in them.
"…And she's Gokudera's sister."
"EH?" I turned back to check on Gokudera; he was still unconscious. Perhaps he was so happy to see his sister he uh..swooned?
"And this is Lambo and I-pin" The afro kid jumped up and down ecstatically while the baby with the egg head bowed.
"I'm fuuta" The last of the persons introduced himself, "want me to give you your ranks one-chan?"
"Ranks?" This couldn't get more confuzzling.
"Fuuta is widely known around the mafia world for his extremely accurate rankings" Reborn informed.
"Oh.." I still didn't believe the mafia crap but went along with it anyway in case the baby resorted to violence. "Yeah sure, what are my ranks?"
"12th place in terms of flexibility, 57th in terms of tactics and 2nd in terms of potential –"
Fuuta was interrupted by the opening of the door, "everyone, I made cookies for you!" Tsuna's ka-san walked into the room holding a plate of freshly baked cookies.
"They smell great!" I heard Yamamoto exclaim. Nana settled them onto the desk and hands flew out at them like daggers…including mine.
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I walked towards school at a steady pace, recalling the events of yesterday. Mafia? Hitmen? Ranks? Either my friends were trying to pull off a lame joke or they were socially inept. Speaking of ranks, how on earth did I achieve 12th in flexibility? And 12th out of how many people exactly? Probably something to do with the mafia again…
Well I guess 12th wasn't an impossible rank. I've always been pretty good at gymnastics, and I was quite strong too. Thank god for good genes!
I was looking down while walking, and was taught not too when I suddenly collided into the person in front of me.
"Ooops, sorry" I rubbed my head and apologised.
"Watch it herbivore"
Ah crap, please don't let it be who I think it is! I slowly lifted my head up, "Erh..Hibari…hi?" I squeaked.
He snarled and walked off. What a rude man! A very, very rude man indeed. Seeing as I don't like Hibari Kyouya, I began thinking of ways to annoy him. How about stealing his most precious blazer? Or maybe waxing him while he's sleeping…beheheh, I'm too good. But then again, I heard he was a light sleeper…
My bubble was suddenly popped when I heard a loud scream erupt from the alleyway I was standing close to. I checked to see if Hibari was still around but it seems like my mastermind plan has taken up quite some time.
Seeing as I was the heroic type, I quickly hurried over to the source of the scream. The place was dark, and a pair of cat like eyes glared at me as I entered the scene.
"Who's there?" I shouted, eyes darting towards the body lying on the floor.
No response was given and the culprit simply jumped over the wall I was facing and got away. Well, it's not like I could catch him anyway, I ain't some manly macho. So instead, I ran towards the beat up body on the floor.
"H-hey, are you alright?" It was a Namimori student, one of the prefects.
"…Help me.." He moaned in pain and had difficulty speaking. I realised his teeth were pulled out.
"Wait, I'll call an ambulance" I pulled out my phone from my pocket and dialled.
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Because of the incident in the morning, I ended up having to go to hospital with the victim of the tooth thief. Hibari and his crew, along with a few teachers, rushed to hospital to check on the boy. Apparently, he wasn't the first victim. Around three others had also encountered the same situation and have had their teeth pulled out. Pretty freaky if you ask me, and why the teeth anyway? That is just slack, they're gonna be stuck with fake replacements for the rest of their lives…
Later on, the boy's parents arrived and the discipline committee took their leave. I was forced to return to school with them. One thing I noticed about the committee is that they all had Elvis hair. By god it was hideous! They really need to update their sense of fashion, seriously, I'm gonna have to consult Hibari about this.
"HIBARI!" I shouted and ran to his side. We were on the way back to school, Hibari decided to walk, I guess he liked walking? Old men like to walk too? Do I see a connection?
"What" He didn't even turn to look at me. What a gentleman.
"WHY DOES EVERYONE IN YOUR COMMITTEE HAVE UGLY HAIR?" I turned back and pointed to the mob of guys behind me, all bathed in black.
"Watanabe-san…" Kusakabe Tetsuya flinched.
"WHAT HAPPENED TO ORIGINALALITY? THEY ALL LOOK THE SAMEEE. HEY HIBARI ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME?" I pouted.
"Shut up" He ordered "or I'll bite you to death."
"HEHEHEHHE, COME BITE ME THEN! BITE ME BAHAHAH" Literally.
His eyebrows scrunched up, I think he was getting annoyed. JEEZ, I'm not that annoying…OR AM I? Kusakabe quickly stepped in before Hibari could do anything, "iinchou, what are we going to do about these attacks? Two of the victims are our men."
"We'll see" Hibari replied, not slowing down his pace, seems to me like he was eager to get back to school.
The rest of the walk back was silent. An occasional whisper was heard from the bunch of lackeys behind us but nothing more. I wondered how Hibari's parents coped with him…I wondered how his GIRLFRIEND coped with him! On second thought, he probably didn't have a girlfriend.
When we had arrived at the school, instead of allowing me back to class, Hibari forced me towards the reception room while the rest of his gang dispersed.
Closing the door behind him, he asked, "What did you see?"
"This creepy blonde guy with cat eyes" I replied, "…Hey Hibari isn't this kinda exciting? We're like detectives!"
"…"
"ALRIGHT WATSON, LETS GET TO WORK!"
"…You are the most idiotic herbivore I have ever met."
"But like… I'm not vegetarian…" My head tilted 45 degrees.
"…"
"So does that make me an omnivore? I think it doooes!"
"Get out of my room" He thumped back onto his sofa and face palmed.
"HEY COOL YOU FACEPALMED!" I squealed, "HAHAHAH, YOU HURT YOURSELF."
This time Hibari looked pissed, he reached into his pockets and dug out his signature tonfas.
Ah crap. Next thing I know and his tonfas are heading straight for me. This time I dodged. Unlike past experiences, I wasn't as surprised by the fact that a middle schooler like Hibari Kyouya was capable of bashing girls to pulp.
"Hm, you evaded" Hibari smirked, obviously interested.
"Uh yeah well I'm smart" I arrogantly replied, "My reflexes are better than yours yo"
"…"
"You jelly jealous?"
Another blow was sent at me, I ducked down and side stepped, edging closer towards the door. His attacks didn't stop; what's more - they were getting faster and faster, I couldn't keep up with his speed. What on earth has this guy been doing all his life?
It ended up as a one hit K.O. I had good reflexes, but that didn't mean I had a high stamina, wait what the fuck..why do I sound like I'm in a street fighter game?
His last hit had me on the floor clutching onto my sides and trying to stop the overflow of blood streaming from my nose. He stood before me, glaring down and waiting for me to stand up so he can go for another round.
It made me wonder, what made Hibari Kyouya like this? Why was he always so violent? And really… how did his parents put up with all this? You couldn't blame me for being curious; I was insensitive, blunt and extremely straight forward, I could hurt people unintentionally and I hated myself for it.
"Hibari, how does your parents put up with all your shit?" I questioned him without thinking. He instantly withdrew his tonfas and even recoiled a bit but kept the same emotionless expression on his face. By then I had realised what I was asked was taboo.
I covered my mouth with my hand, perhaps they were dead? Divorced? Maybe he lived away from them like me.
"Erhm, sorry if I asked something uh…stupid." He should apologize for beating me up too.
"Hn" He settled himself back onto the sofa; his violent nature vanished just as quickly as it came.
An awkward silence entered the room. I was just about to break it by requesting to go to the infirmary when another one of Hibari's drones stepped in.
"Iinchou! There was another attack just then, it happened near school grounds!"
"Who?" Hibari narrowed his eyes.
"Sasagawa Ryohei from the boxing club" The messenger replied.
Hibari seemed like he was starting to get ticked off from these incidents. "Who dares disturb the peace of my Namimori…?" He stood up and forwarded out the door, not even taking another glance at me.
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"Y-yoko chan! Are you alright?" Tsuna rushed towards me and eyed the large bruise, evident on my face. By now it was nearing the end of lunch.
"Who did this to you?" Yamamoto had a hand on my head, looking extremely worried. I glanced at Gokudera who, to my surprise, also had a concerned look on his face.
"Oh no one, just Hibari" I shrugged it off, acting tough. Before the three could respond, I quickly hurried over towards Kyoko chan. Sasagawa Ryohei, that's what I heard and if I recall, that was Kyoko chan's nii-san.
I saw her standing next to Hana's desk, quietly chatting.
"Kyoko chan!" I called out.
"Ah, Yoko chan….what happened to you?"
"That's not important..I mean uhm, I just heard your brother was attacked by some random, try hard tooth fairy."
"Eh? Tooth fairy?" Her voice was one of surprise and confusion mingled together.
"Yeah, apparently he got beaten up by a punk near school grounds…"
"WHAT? Oh he was probably training but beat up?" She was worried, "Where is he now?"
"No idea, I'm pretty sure the discipline committee should have taken him to hospital… Don't worry Kyoko chan, you can visit him as soon as school ends." I reassured her.
She responded with a few nods, the worried expression not leaving her face.
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"Ryohei nii-san was attacked?" Tsuna was taking me to the infirmary.
"Mhmm, I encountered a similar incident this morning too, he's not the only one." I pointed out.
"Dang, poor Kyoko chan, she must be really worried about him"
"Yeah she was" we took a turn to the left and I quickly spotted the infirmary sign hanging high above the wall.
"If Hibari hurts you again tell me!" Something unexpected was blurted out of Tsuna's mouth, "I-I mean, I'm afraid of him but I won't let him hurt my friends!"
"Aww" I cooed, "You're sho cute Tuna" I pinched that baby face of his before entering the room, Tsuna rubbed his now reddened cheeks before following closely behind.
I had expected a nurse to be around but instead, a tall, dark skinned, foreign man presented himself before me.
"Why hello there pretty lady" He casually threw the paper work in his hand away and walked up towards me, inspecting my wound. YEAH THE BRUISE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF MY LEFT CHEEK. "Now who could do such a thing to a cute little miss like you?" He turned towards one of the shelves and brought out a medical kit.
"Who knows" I shrugged.
"Ehrmm, Shamal…" Tsuna started.
"Eh? Tsuna..you were here? Oh sorry, didn't notice you there, I was too focused on this charming girly over here" The doctor didn't seem to notice the poor boy, what's more, it seemed like he was trying to pick me up or something. This is why young girls like me should be more wary of old men… OLD MEN LIKE HIBARI!
"Y-yes!" Tsuna seemed embarrassed.
I didn't say anything else. I was feeling tired actually. Shamal, whose name I learned from Tsuna, quickly patched me up by attaching a soft, cotton bandage on my cheek. I thanked him and left along with Tsuna. The old perve seemed disappointed.
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"Kusakabe was attacked too?"
We were standing outside Ryohei's room. He had been attacked yesterday and Tsuna was thoughtful enough to come visit him the next day.
"Yeah" Yamamoto replied, "I passed by his room on the way here"
"Ehhh.." I quite liked Kusakabe. He was much more gentle compared to Hibari…a nice contrast, "I'm going to visit him then, he saved me from assault once!" (From Hibari of course)
"Don't make Jyuudaime wait too long!" I heard Gokudera call out as I ran off.
I scouted around the area, looking for Kusakabe's room. There were more than just a mere 4 victims now, many more to be precise. I can betcha Hibari's gonna explode and tear that blonde into a million little pieces..just like SHREDDER! TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES! TURLES COMING IN! ONE TWO THREE FOU –
"What are you doing here?" A deep voice questioned. I turned around, already expecting who it was.
"None of your business Hibanette" I waved him off and walked on, noticing the familiar shape of Elvis hair in one of the rooms. As I walked in, I heard Hibari's foot steps behind me.
"Hey quit following me!" I roughly spun around in a ninja stance.
"…I was going to visit Kusakabe"
"Oh" Feeling embarrassed, I quickly hurried towards Kusakabe's bed, "KUSAKABE SEMPAI ARE YOU O.K?"
"Eh, Yoko-san, ah yes I'm fine…just lost a few teeth" Just a few? Really now….
"I can't believe someone would do this, they must be harvesting some sort of tooth farm…A TOOTH COLLECTOR!" A light bulb shone above my head.
"It was a Kokuyo student actually, though I'm unsure as to why they've been targeting the Namimori's"
"Kokuyo…" Hibari, again with the straight face, "I'll bite those vermins to death" Upon his gallant little speech, he turned around and headed towards the exit.
"Wait Iinchou!" The vice captain tried to stop his superior, but failed miserably. "He should at least take some of the others with him…"
"Chill Kusakabe, I'm sure that idio – erh I mean Hibari will be fine! I mean, he's super strong right? Must be eating Nutri-grain all his life derrheheh"
Kusakabe gave me a small smile, "you're right, iinchou is strong…"
A/N: PLEASE READ!:D
Thanks for reading guys :3 I'd just like to point our there is actually gonna be a main plot, I just haven't gotten it straightened out yet. And yeah I'm starting the Kokuyo arc now, truth be told, I kinda forgot bits and pieces of it... Well I remember Hibari getting bashed...PULP FICTION! Erh.. anyway yeah, as I was saying, there's gonn be a main plot for this fic! So things might get a bit serious later on :3 Also, you may have noticed I didn't include any W'c Donalds stuff, I'll probably mention that in the later chaps.
Oh and about the mind fuck thing, thats a paradox.. like this one's really good: "What if Pinocchio said my nose will grow?" HMMM I WONDER.
Erhm yeah, sorry if the Tsuna's house thing was a little boring but I needed a way to introduce the others D: Welps, hope you enjoyed.