Yellow Lies
Disclaimer: Katekyo Hitman Reborn! nor its characters does not belong to me.
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AiYui: Yoh~ and a good day to all~! :)
Ai: The SUPER delayed Chapter Eight: coming up!
Hope you enjoy~!
(~ By the way, I sincerely thank those who made this their favorite or on alert, and those who reviewed. Thanks again! Knowing your reactions every chapter makes me happy. :) ~)
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(Yellow Lies happened after the Varia arc)
+Chapter Eight: Hello Ryumi~!
She saw a little green box on her table. It has a ribbon and a small card; it's as if it was a birthday present.
She got it and read the content of the card.
It read:
"Ciao!
Hope you like it, dearest Ryumi.
P.S. Hope you will not shoo me away once we meet again there in Japan."
"Huh?" she asked herself. "Who would—what the heck!"
She seemed to be very astounded after reading the card. She hurriedly untied the ribbon and opened the box.
There we see…
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*BUMP*
"Ow…" Ryumi held her forehead that had hit the electric post.
Other people who were passing by the same intersection stared at her anxiously. Is she tired or just stupid?! , they thought incessantly. Her bandages and dressings added more to their bizarre speculations, thus looking at her in a bewildered manner.
Ryumi went on, as if nothing stupid happened. Her lifeless actions suggest a big burden that she keeps on hiding, even if they cannot be hidden.
"Ryumi-san?"
A familiar voice called out to her. (The whole statement is divided between Ryumi's thoughts [the italics] and the author's narration.)
"Maybe she's playing a 'I don't hear anything game'!"
Another familiar voice.
"Like a game such as that ever existed, you idiot!"
Another one…
Ryumi continued to walk forward, towards the path towards her school.
"Oi, stupid woman, Juudaime's calling you!" Hayato hit her head with a lot of force.
She jolted forward, but luckily, she managed to compose herself again, even before she should fall.
She eventually turned with distant green eyes staring at the people calling her.
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"What happened to you, Ryumi-san?" Tsuna asked with concern.
"He's coming… That cursed -- …" she muttered gloomily.
"Who?" Hayato asked on impulse.
"I don't want to say his cursed name." she replied still with a distant look in her eyes.
"Why, dearest Ryumi-chan?"
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"GAAAHHH~~!!!! You are already here, you vexed monster!" Ryumi exclaimed astoundingly.
"You mean him, Ryumi-san?" Takeshi pointed at the green-eyed and black-haired guy with a very devious smile etched on his face. "He actually went to Tsuna's house yesterday evening!"
"Yeah, barging in Juudaime's house as if he was someone special." Hayato agreed with a pissed off face. "If I had known that earlier, I might have defended Juudaime from the grasps of that uneducated dude."
"WHAAAT?!?!?" Ryumi gasped upon hearing their stories.
Tsuna shook his head repeatedly. "No, he wasn't much of a bother~! Actually…"
"Oi, oi… I thought we were already through with this, Gokudera? That Juudaime complex of yours versus my 'barging in'?" the unknown boy eased things up. "Anyway, I would like to study here with all of you too... But the papers for enrollment is still not finished so it may take a while."
"I wish it would take forever! I don't want to see your cursed face forever, IKUTO!!!" then Ryumi ran away swiftly.
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Giallo Ikuto.
If you could remember, he is Ryumi's fraternal twin. (Ryumi: Don't forget the 'cursed'.)
Whatever.
Anyway, he stood a little taller than Ryumi but not as tall as Takeshi. His descriptions from the first chapter were still the same until now, even if eight years had already gone past. Even if that is so, his eyes had changed. The once "deep envious green eyes" of before are now gone. They changed into something satisfied on what life gives him, much more now resembles the positive part of the color green—luscious green pastures of gentle hills darted with differently colored flowers of the meadows…
"Tch, that bastard… Coming here to give me added trouble. Now, now… If you think of it, he certainly is one of the cursed crows!" Ryumi mumbled while walking her way to school. "Darn, maybe I should bring a scarecrow! It should do the trick to shoo a crow or two away…"
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Now at school, Ryumi has the trio tailing her.
"Hey Mikura! Juudaime wants to tell you some things!" Hayato yelled at her in an annoyed tone.
Ryumi didn't respond. She kept on walking towards the building of their school.
"Grrr… This stupid bitch…" Then Hayato threw his bag straight at Ryumi's head. And it was a headshot.
"WHA—" she gasped and instantly fell to the ground.
"Now you are starting to feel a right-hand man's wrath, stupid bitch!" Hayato proclaimed.
"U-um, Gokudera-kun, Mikura-san…please don't fight…" Tsuna told them nervously.
"Yeah," Takeshi agreed. "That hit certainly smacked her head hard. It must hurt…playing dangerous games like that."
"Hmph, it's her fault for not listening to Juudaime."
Ryumi now had sat up on the ground. She reached for Hayato's bag and rearranged hers on her shoulder. She stood up and as if on revenge, threw Hayato's bag at him hardly on his tummy.
He caught it shortly after it had hit him. Then he glared at her.
"Baka, if it's about that 'other' cursed crow, I don't want to hear it." She said stiffly. Then she turned her back and continued, "It's a waste of time having discussions with him as a topic."
"Stupid Ryumi, why are you so mad at me, now?" Now this might be the thing that Tsuna wanted to talk about…
"Go back to where you came from." She said spontaneously as soon as she heard his voice.
"To Mom's womb? Hah, that's impossible!"
Ryumi fumed at this seemingly annoying statement. She clenched her fists and tied to hold back her temper. "Intruders are not allowed here; go away."
"It's a good thing that you know that, nest-head."
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Why do scenes like this always happen?! , Tsuna thought anxiously.
"Oh, it's Hibari-san!" Takeshi exclaimed with a cheerful face.
How exactly can you stay composed at this kind of scenes, Yamamoto-san?!?! , he thought again.
"Oh! A delinquent!" Ikuto exclaimed happily. He seems to be amused even if Kyouya was already glaring at him to go away. "Are you going to punish me, then?" Ironically, his tone changed there.
"I don't want to answer stupid questions asked by a herbivore." Kyouya stated while holding his tonfas stiff under his arms.
"Whoa, don't be so hot! I'm just visiting my family." Ikuto defended himself. He seems to be enjoying this…playing with a hot-headed Kyouya.
With that, the Prefect turned to look at Ryumi. He narrowed his eyes at her, and this made Ryumi face-palm.
Why are you so stupid?, she thought. Then she said, "Iinchou, don't worry, I'm going to take this trash away from here! It sure makes your fragrant school stink, ne?" Then she turned to the three. "Please wait for me in our room. I'll be asking some things, Juudaime."
She reached for Ikuto's collar and pulled him out of the school grounds.
"Good." Kyouya remarked while he kept his tonfas wherever it is kept. Then he continued on patrolling the school.
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"Why do I have to have a brother like you…?" Ryumi desperately thought while dragging her twin out.
"Be thankful of that, Stupid Ryumi. There's someone that you could practice your wisdom on." Ikuto whispered.
"Hah, so you finally admitted your dumbness…"
"That's the same for you; admitting that I'm stronger than you."
She shook her head. "What a troublesome thing to deal with."
They were now outside the school's premises. She released her hold then told him, "Don't go near the school if you don't want to be pecked by a patrolling crow. Either way, don't give me such a trouble. I obviously know that you want to fight with him."
"Yeah, he seems to be tough. A perfect Prefect, I should say. Anyway, they appear to be referring to you as 'Mikura'. Should I too?"
"Baka, isn't it obvious that it's my cover?!" Why are you an idiot, Ikuto? Why?
"Just checking…"
"Anyway, again, don't go near me! This conversation doesn't mean that I'm already in good terms with you, Weak Ikuto."
"Hai, hai, Stupid Ryumi…"
After that statement, he left quietly away.
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Back in Class 2A, break time…
"Oh yeah, Mikura-san, where's Ogasu-san? I don't see him anywhere…" Tsuna asked.
"He suddenly got a fever because of his allegedly 'simple flu' last night." Ryumi answered casually. "Anyway, moving that aside, did Ikuto tell you anything?"
"He said that he'll be here for quite a time only. He seems to be in a hurry, actually." Tsuna answered.
"That bastard, saying that he'll be here for a short period of time only…" Hayato grumbled under his breath. "Contradicting what he previously said, about studying here..."
"Quite a time only…?" Ryumi repeated with a little doubt in her tone.
"Yeah, he also said that he wants to try our sushi!" Takeshi exclaimed happily. (A/N: I would like to thank Aya-chan~ for telling me the name of Takeshi's Sushi Shop, Takesushi! Thank you!)
What could he mean by that phrase…?
"Erm, Mikura-san?" Tsuna interrupted her deep thoughtful state.
"Ah, sorry, sorry…" Ryumi mumbled. "I was just thinking… on what he meant by that phrase…"
"What made you doubt about it?" Hayato asked her on impulse.
"His statements…" Ryumi started to narrate, "…often have double meanings. He likes to say things that should be read between the lines."
"Like," Takeshi thought of something, "by that phrase, he meant that you and he should enjoy your last hours here, because his purpose in going here in Japan is actually because he intends to fetch you and go back home?"
AiYui: Oh, don't ask me…
Ai: This chapter turned out to be quite short. Hehe… maybe because "Yui" prevailed in my typing… (laziness, haha!)
- Could I relate something? I recently knew that the word "Prefect", when "e" and "r" are switched, would equal to "perfect". (Well, maybe because I didn't care at all…) Talk about destiny!
- Another thing, the previous chapters… they could actually be divided into several chapters more… Hmm, maybe I really like loooong chapters…
- Ooopps! I promised myself to write shorter AN's! No this is the last, I promise (^^v):
- Update (02-13-10):
- The Book is on hold. Ahahaha… final exams are fast approaching, you know! But I just might pull off a chapter in the following days. I wish.
- The Riot!: VongolaStyle would face a major makeover—no, I'll just be deleting some unnecessary parts in it. Expect it in an hour or day/s.
- This story, Yellow Lies, is actually a direct sequel to the story Who is Ryumi: an encounter. That story is my first, actually *blushes*. That story contains Ryumi's and her room's full description. You could see what crap is inside her room. But please (*defensive mode*) Ryumi's not a Mary Sue! But you can call her one if you want because each person has different eyes and sense of judgment. I can accept opinions and comments from other people if they see to it that they don't hurt the creator's feelings.
- I said that because I read a certain fanfic that criticized the whole character. Gah, who can blame anyone but one's self, right? Who the hell has the right but the creator, right? right? A fanfic character is one person's fantasy or self evaluation. Who the hell doesn't want to be beautiful?
- To Aya-chan~: Yes, That song is from Naruto: Shippuuden. (Blue Bird by Ikimonogakari)
- This AN really became quite long, sorry. Last: Thank you again to the reviewers and the people who read this story! And also to those who are like me, those people who like to read AN's! Especially to the ones who read this almost useless part!!! All of you have my gratitude. ^^
AiYui: So, ja ne, minna-san! :)
See ya next time! :)
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Disclaimer: Katekyo Hitman Reborn! nor its characters does not belong to me.