Sorry I did not update yesterday. I was at the lake with my friends to celebrate the 4th of July. I also apologize that my last chapter wasn't much of a "fun" one. Though, you have to admit, it was damn hilarious when she saw the banana in the commercial :D I promise I'll make this chapter happy without too much suspense. YOU'RE WELCOME ANI! XD
Anyway, here's chapter eleven. Enjoy!
I do not own any of Katekyo Hitman Reborn. All rights go to Akira Amano, except for the characters and things I have created.
{WINTER}
[3rd Person Limited: Hibari]
*SCCHHU SCCHHU SCCHHU* (footsteps in snow)
"C'mon, Hibari!" Kuroi called out for him waving her arm in the air.
He silently sighed to himself and proceeded over to her.
Kuroi was standing on top of a hill. She wore a red trench coat with black lining that had a black fur hood attached to it. Black buttons ran down the front of it and black lace trimming encompassed the end of the sleeves and coat. She had black and white stockings on underneath and pink, fuzzy earmuffs on her head. Her gray knee-high lace-up boots were lined with dark colored fur and had buckles on them. She had snow covered all over her legs.
Hibari had his hands in his pockets as he trailed through the snow while Hibird was flying above them and landed on Kuroi's head. There was a sudden surge of icy wind. Hibari pulled up the collar of his coat to block the wind while his gray and black scarf was blowing with it.
"Hurry up, Hibari!" Kuroi ran up to him and pulled his arm.
Hibari grunted and followed along until they reached the top. He still didn't understand how she got him to come up here with her.
[FLASHBACK]
"Neh~ Hibari? Can we go outside?" Kuroi came up to him with a smile on her cheerful face.
"Why?" Hibari asked her disinterested.
"I want to take you somewhere that I think you will absolutely love, if not, like," She grinned at him. It seemed as if she knew something he didn't. This could be bad.
"No," He replied straight out flat.
"Awe, come on, why not?" Kuroi asked him dissatisfied with his answer.
"Because, I don't want to go outside in freezing temperatures," He explained to her.
"Oh, please, it's not that bad out there," She laughed.
"I said no," Hibari gave her a cold stare.
"Fine... Fine... Then, I guess you won't be able to see something magnificent..." She said.
"That's fine by me."
"... That has to do with Namimori," She finished her sentence, smiling at him mischievously.
"Hn? Namimori you say?" Hibari suddenly became interested.
"Yeah... But, you said you didn't want to go so... I guess we can't see it then..."Kuroi was obviously trying to play the guilt-trip on him.
"... Fine. We'll go see whatever it is you want. But, we are not staying long," He said in a stern voice.
"Yay! Thank you!" She thanked him as she ran and changed into more suitable clothing for the outside weather.
Hibari sighed and grabbed his grey trench coat, scarf and hat and waited for Kuroi to return so that they could go to this 'magnificent' place she had in mind...
[END OF FLASHBACK]
"Why are we here?" Hibari asked displeased since he never wanted to be outside in the cold in the first place.
Kuroi looked at him and smiled, "The view is rather nice, don't you think?"
"Hn?" Hibari blinked in confusion and then looked at the scenery presented before them.
Hibari was surprised. He never noticed it before as he gazed upon what view the hill brought him. He was able to see the whole town of Namimori. It was a beautiful, breathtaking site.
"Look, there's your school," Kuroi pointed to a large three story building that was covered with snow.
"Aa~..." Hibari looked in the direction she was pointing, and then turned back to her, "You still haven't told me why we're here."
"You seemed bored, so I thought I'd show you this," she explained, "I always come here whenever I need to clear my head."
Hibari wasn't one for going out in the cold for no reason, but he couldn't lie to himself that the scenery of the town was mesmerizing and instantly cleared all of his thoughts from before away.
"Neh~ Hibari..." He felt a tug at his sleeve.
Hibari snapped out of his daze and looked at her, "What?"
"Nothing. It's just that... You seemed to be in a daze, is all," She said.
"I'm fine," He turned around and started heading back.
Hibari continued walking until Hibird flew down to him and hovered in front of his face.
"What are you doing, little one?" He asked the bird as if it would respond like a human.
"Hibari, Hibari," The little yellow bird said, and then flew over towards Kuroi and hovered over her head.
"Hn?" Hibari reluctantly walked over to Kuroi with his hands in his pockets, "Yo, what are you doing? Let's go."
She didn't move, however.
He examined her closely and noticed she had more of a forlorn look on her face than that cheery, joyful one like how it was before.
"Hmm?"
Hibari took out one of his hands from his pockets and placed it on her shoulder.
No response.
He wasn't the one for wanting to know other people's emotions. He thought that emotions were things that only herbivores would have, so he didn't pay attention to them. However, he knew that something was up with her, and only a small part of him really cared. But, since he is in charge of keeping her safe, he is forced to know of her wellbeing. Plus, the only way he was going to be able to go back to his nice, cozy home, was to figure out what was wrong with her so that she'll finally move.
"Neh~" He called to her with a hint of annoyance in his tone, "What's up with you?"
"... There's more than one reason why I like to come here..." She finally answered distantly.
"..." Hibari remained silent so that she'll finish.
"... My parents used to take me here when I was younger. We would have so much fun... But... I guess that won't ever happen again..." She turned to him, "I come here... To remember them... Because it's the only cherishable memory I have left of them."
Kuroi looked at her ring, "This... Has no cherishable meaning to me."
"Then why keep it?"
"Because.. I was told to," She returned her attention back to the town.
"... Ja~ let's go," Hibari turned to head off once again.
This time, Kuroi followed.
As they were walking back, the wind started to pick up again, except this time, the wind was a lot stronger and blurred their vision. Hibird flew down and nestled itself on Hibari's shoulder between the scarf and the collar of his coat.
A couple minutes passed as they walked through the stormy winds, when Hibari failed to realize that someone was falling fast behind. He couldn't see much and he couldn't hear anything over the gushes of wind blowing past his ears, so he kept moving.
[3rd Person Limited: Kuroi]
"Hibari...!?" She called for him, "Hibari!?"
Kuroi couldn't walk any further. The wind was too strong and it was making it harder for her to breathe. She ducked to the ground and put her hood up. She couldn't move and she was extremely cold.
"Hibari!?" She shouted with more urgency.
Kuroi felt totally alone and completely lost. Her body temperature was dropping by the minute.
"Hibari..." Kuroi started cry a little. She felt abandoned and lost in the cold, torturous weather.
[3rd Person Limited: Hibari]
Hibari turned around to check on Kuroi, but he found that she wasn't there. His eyes narrowed. He reluctantly went back down in the direction he came from, searching for her. He knew that at her age and in this type of weather, she wouldn't do so well...
He retraced his steps, keeping an eye out for her. The wind and cold was unbearable, but he had to find her.
After a good ten minutes, he saw something on the ground. It looked like a large rock, but as he got closer, he knew what it really was. His eyes widened.
He rushed over to what he thought he saw curled up on the ground and knelt down.
"Sora Kuroi..." He placed a hand on her.
Kuroi opened her eyes slowly and looked at him, "Hibari...?"
He blinked at her.
"... C-... Cold..." She stammered.
Hibari narrowed his eyes. He thought about what he should do for minute and then decided it couldn't be helped. He tried to move her, but she wouldn't cooperate.
"Stop it. Let's go," He ordered her, out of patience.
She looked at him confused. Hibari tried to move her again, and this time she allowed him. Hibari picked her up so that she was upright. She hugged him tightly, wraping her legs around his waist and her arms around his neck, to keep herself warm. Hibari wasn't enjoying it, but he had to bear with it. The harsh, icy wind wasn't helping either.
Hibari ran with her in his arms. By the time they finally made it back to town, the cruel winds stopped, but Kuroi was still clinging to him. He walked back to his home, still carrying her. By this time, Kuroi fell asleep.
He finally made it back to his home and sat Kuroi down on the couch. He plopped himself down, as well, and fell asleep out of exhaustion.
A few hours later, he woke up and found that Kuroi was gone. He looked around and saw her through the window, playing around in the snow outside. He sighed and went out to see what she was doing.
"What are you doing?" He asked her.
"I like the snow," She said as she formed a snowball in here hands.
"... Even after what just happened?"
"Yeah. It's not like it happens all the time. And if it does, I just make the best of it," She smiled innocently at him, "Besides there's a lot of things you can do with snow."
"... Such as?" He asked her deadpanned.
"Well, for one thing, you can make snow angels, you can make snowmen. You know, just build things..." She explained.
"How is that fun?" He asked unimpressed.
"Well... You can also.. Um.. Do this!" She threw a snowball at Hibari's chest.
"Why.. Did you throw that at me...?" Hibari was beginning to become quite irritated.
"Haha. It's a snowball fight, that's why!" She said proudly with a grin on her face.
"Whatever," He turned around and headed back inside, dusting the snow off of him.
Kuroi followed in after him.
"You're no fun, you know that?" She pouted.
"I'm not here to entertain you, herbivore," He said.
"Well... You could at least do something..." Kuroi idly walked over to the kitchen and grabbed a muffin.
Hibari walked over to the couch to sit down and began reading for the millionth time. Suddenly, there was a loud crash of glass. Hibari got up to investigate and found that the sound came from the kitchen.
"What are you doing in here?" He asked her with his wrath starting to show.
"...Um.." Kuroi looked at the window and then back him, "There was another spider..."
She looked back at the window again, "It's gone now..."
Hibari looked in the direction she glanced to and saw that the window above the kitchen sink was broken. He also took notice that the bananas he bought earlier disappeared as well.
"... You are going to pay for having the window replaced, herbivore," Hibari was not at all thrilled. Maybe today was just not his day.
"How? I don't have any money, and, besides, I'm too young to work," She complained.
"There is more than one way to atone for your crime," Hibari smirked at her with such an evil intent, it made Kuroi back away slowly from him.
"... How so...?" She asked him hesitantly.
"Well, for one thing, you can do work around the house, or you can be my personal assistant," He smiled.
"... You said what now?" She asked.
In the end, Hibari had fun making her do a bunch of chores around the house to keep her out of trouble while he was able to catch up on some reading. Though, eventually, he fell asleep on the couch.
[3rd Person Limited: Kuroi]
It took Kuroi most of the day to finish up all of the chores the demon gave her for breaking the window. By the time she was done, it was close to nighttime.
She got changed into her baggy pajamas and went out to the living room to tell Hibari that she finished everything he wanted her to do. When she saw Hibari, he had his book still open laying face up on his chest. He must've been pretty exhausted. Kuroi took the book and sat it down on the coffee table. She then poked him to wake him up. After all, he is a light sleeper so it shouldn't take much for him to awaken.
"What are you doing?" He asked her, still half asleep.
"I just came to tell you that I finished everything that you wanted me to do. Um... Sorry to disturb you," Kuroi gave her condolences and walked off to her room to go to sleep.
By the next morning, when Kuroi finally decided to wake up, she found out that the window had been replaced.
When she entered the living room, she noticed that Hibari was still asleep on the couch instead of his own bed. Kuroi walked over to him and tried to decide on whether or not she should wake him. She decided not to and went over into the kitchen and grabbed something random to eat.
Just then, Hibird flew in and landed on top of Kuroi's head and started singing the Namimori Chuu~ anthem. Kuroi listened to the bird sing and after a few minutes of hearing the same versus, the lyrics got stuck in her head and she found herself singing along with the little, yellow bird. When they finished the song, Hibird flew off of her head and went over toward the living room's direction. Kuroi followed the bird's movements and saw him land on Hibari's shoulder, whom of which was standing in the doorway for who knows how long.
"Hibari, Hibari," The little bird said.
"Um... I'm sorry I woke you up..." She was hesitant as to what she should say. He didn't seem to be in the best of moods, and one thing that usually sets him off, is being woken up by someone when he never wanted to be awakened in the first place.
"If you disturb my sleep again, herbivore, I'll bite you to death," He said as he rose one of his tonfas.
"I know..." Kuroi hung her head down and walked off to the living room.
"Your voice..." She heard him say as she past him, "... It's nice."
Kuroi was in shock that he would actually complement her. She stared at him, unable to reply.
"However, it's off key," He finished his thought.
Kuroi pouted but shrugged it off and went out to the living room to sit on the couch to watch TV.
She wondered how long he'd been listening to her and the bird sing together. Was he there the whole time? Or just for one moment? Though, one thing is for sure is that his complement caught her off guard, even if he did critique her in the end. Overall, she thought it was nice of him. He might seem to be warming up to her after all.
"Neh~ Hibari?" She called out for him.
"What do you want?" He asked her.
"I hear that the weather is supposed to be nice today," She smiled to herself.
"... What of it?" He was confused.
"So.. There shouldn't be much wind today, so if for whatever reason we go out, it should be fine," She was grinning that same evil smile as before.
"... What's your point...?" Hibari asked her cautiously.
"Well, since the weather is suppose to be nice, can we go back to the hilltop, again?" She asked eagerly.
"No," He denied her request bluntly.
"Please! You and I both know that you liked the veiw it gave us. It was pretty," She tried to persuade him into going with her.
"No," He continued to reject as he came into the room.
"It's not like what happened last time is going to happen again," Kuroi pressed on.
"I said no. I don't like repeating myself."
"Well, you won't have to repeat yourself if you say yes," She found a loophole in his statement, "Besides, don't you want to see that amazing scenery again?"
"... Alright... Fine.. We can go. But if you fall behind again, I'll bite you to death," He threatened her, raising his tonfas for her to see.
"Yes!" Kuroi ran up to her room and grabbed her coat so that they could head out.
The two set out for the hilltop once again to enjoy the scenery. Though, for Kuroi, it was much more than the scenery she wanted to revisit...
[END]
Hey wasn't this a great chapter!? It didn't have much suspense... I think...
Anyway, tell me in a review what you think and let me know your favorite part and (or) quote. Until next time, I will see you in the next update.
POOF!