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CHAPTER 2
"Shut up stupid cow! Juudaime is studying!" Gokudera scolded the Lightning Guardian for laughing boisterously outside Tsuna's room.
"Ahaha! I want to play with Tsurishi!" said the kid in the cow print overalls.
He was lucky the Storm guardian hadn't resorted to physical violence yet. "You can do that later, ahoushi!" he said, in a hushed down form of yelling which of course was still pretty loud and distracting.
"I bet you just wanna play with Tsurishi too~! But this awesome Lambo-san won't let you." cooed Lambo, causing the latter to smack him at the back of the head. You wouldn't recognize whose face was redder, the crying cow-kid or the embarrassed right-hand man.
A muffled voice screamed from beyond the door, "HOOII! Urusai! I can't teach properly!"
"Sumimasen deshita, Tsuri, Juudaime!" Gokudera shouted back, and glared at Lambo "See? Shut up!"
"You're no fun! You'll see Tsurishi will marry me someday. Ahahaha, because Lambo-san is awesome! Ohoho~ You can be my servant! Ahahaha. That's 'cause I'm the best!"
"A-as if!"
Once again, the hitting and crying and shouting cycle of the Gokudera-Lambo brawl commenced cutting of the last string of patience held by Tsurishi. The door burst open with firing books and magazines, Tsuna's favorite edition of Shonen Jump heading the lot.
"Aaaagh!" Gokudera said, covering his head and ducking to escape the attack, "What the heck?" Math and English.
"Sugoi. Go, go Tsuri~!" encouraged Lambo.
"I told you to zip it!" the girl hollered. Literature. "And you didn't, baka-tachi!" Chair.
"How dare you do that!" And Gokudera Hayato sent bombs flying back.
"Hoi, you're willing to hit your boss?" she bellowed. Table.
BOOM!
"Warui na, Tsuna," she turned to Sawada Tsunayoshi, who was looking bewildered as usual at their eccentric behavior, "We'll continue tomorrow. Oh, the day after that I mean, since it's Hayato's turn tomorrow."
"Oi, Tsuri, why did you throw books at me?" He was being ignored all together.
"Tsuri, let's play now! You're done with dame-Tsuna, right? Right!?"
She had a wide, happy grin, "Hai, Lambo-sama."
The Lightning Flame bearers "played" in a very peculiar way. The passed on currents continuously, back and forth, to and fro, sending waves of tickling sensation, although to Tsuri it was sometimes rather stingy, as compared to Lambo's skin tolerance (and Lambo not controlling his powers properly). They were at the porch now, the wind calm and cool, the perfect time to hang out.
"Ahaha, Lambo-san is tired now. Let's play again..." The "stupid cow" drifted to sleep, not even able to finish his sentence.
"I'll take care of Lambo-kun, Akechi-san," Tsuna's mom said.
"Hai, arigatou," Tsurishi replied, handing over the kid to Sawada Nana. The mother went inside and left the girl sitting on the porch with Gokudera to wait for Yamamoto.
She gave off a huge yawn and stretched her arms. "Takeshi sure is taking too long."
"Che, that baseball-idiot can only think of baseball-" then he stopped. "I-I mean maybe he's concentrating too much because the tournament is near." What am I blabbering? Gokudera Hayato leaned on the post and looked down at Tsuri who sat sleepily on the front step.
She looked at him in an "are you stupid" fashion, "Hayato, the season is finished."
"Eh-?" He scratched his head, "Ah, course it is! I just forgot-"
"Ahaha, I can always go home by myself." She stood and prepared to take her leave, "Mata ashita, Hayato-kun. I'll see you at school."
"Haa, ja," he waved goodbye, then thought about something, "Wait up, Tsuri. I'm coming with you."
She showed no signs of surprise or whatever, and simply nodded, "Hm, sure. Ikko."
"Tsuna, we'll be going now!" Sawada Tsunayoshi heard his tutor shout from the front yard. "See you tomorrow!"
"Oi, Tsuri, Yamamoto won't die on the road or anything. Stop the funeral face."
'Although I'm worried about Takeshi...'
Gokudera noticed her preoccupation and announced, "Well, if we come across that idiot I can always give him a punch or two. Or just blow him up."
"Hayato-kun!"
"Ahaha, just kidding."
"Ikara, let's just head out."
But she still looked anxious. "I have a very bad feeling. Ne, Hayato, let's look for Takeshi first."
He sighed. "That troublesome moron. Now I'm really blowing him up!"
"Quit the blow up speech, 'kay?"
"Che, if you say so."
And they searched.
"Takeshi!"
"Woi, Yamamoto! Teme wa doko da (Where the hell are you)?" He turned around a corner and-
"Tsuri!" This can't be happening. "Tsuri! Hayaku!"
"Nande, Ha-" Then she saw it too. Fuck.
"TAKESHI!"