I'm back, once again with the second chapter of Embracing the wind,
For any of you people who haven't read my stories yet – any OC's that I put in I usually end up drawing and posting on my deviantart –Ariaroze. I'm currently half way through drawing out Aria herself so once I've finished her I'll let you know in case any of you want a visual representation of her.
And thanks to 'whiteacrobaleno' for your review about Kyoya, I am no longer confuzzled :D
Now onwards with the next chapter
Once again 'thoughts'
And "speaking in English"
Previously "It's me Aria" she said as she pointed to herself, Tsuna blinked a couple of times in disbelief
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"Ari-chan!?""
Chapter two: confident Tsuna?
Normal POV:
"Yep" replied Aria, finally glad Tsuna remembered who she was
"But…but how… I mean when… You were in America?" Tsuna asked, stuttering as he tried to find the right words to say. Last he remembered Aria went with her mum six years ago to America and that she wasn't coming back. Aria chuckled nervously and rubbed the back of her neck
"Yeah about that. Some stuff happened and I had to move back here" she explained "so can I come in or we gonna spend our day outside?" She asked. Tsuna blinked a couple of times
"Oh yeah, haha sorry about that come on in. Okaasan isn't in at the moment but I'm about to make some lunch, you want something to eat" he then asked as he let the young girl enter the premises. Aria nodded her head as she took her shoes off
"Yes please, that airplane food was atrocious" Aria said, grimacing as she remembered the plane food. Tsuna laughed "that bad?" He asked
"Oh you have no idea, I had to get on several flights to get from America to here, with not enough time to get decent food in between so I had to settle for that crap" Aria explained, "awww diddums" Tsuna teased mockingly. Aria pouted "not funny, I could of got food poisoning and died" exclaimed Aria as she dramatically flung her left arm over her eyes as she sat down on one of the chairs in the kitchen. Tsuna chuckled at her actions.
"Well we haven't got much food in at the moment to do you a proper Japanese welcome back lunch, that's why Okaasan's gone shopping, but do you think you can handle a sandwich?" Tsuna asked. Aria grinned
"Please, I'll eat anything at the moment I'm so hungry" she said. Tsuna smiled as he began to make lunch and soon it turned into a peaceful silence for a few minutes till Aria spoke up "so what's been going on since I've been gone"
"Nothing really" Tsuna responded with, a little too quickly for Aria's liking. She narrowed her eyes at Tsuna
"Liar" Tsuna froze at what Aria said, he was currently having a internal fight with himself 'should I tell her, but then I don't want her involved with this. But reborns gonna find out about her sooner and later and somehow find a way for her to join. Gah but I can't lie to her she's my best friend' he thought. Tsuna was so caught up in his own world he didn't notice that Aria had gotten up and placed a hand on his right shoulder and and forced him to turn to her, her eyes were full of concern
"Tsunayoshi" Tsuna squeezed his eyes shut as he heard his best friend use his whole name, she only used it when she was serious about something "you can tell me anything, I'm not gonna judge you, you're my best friend" she said. Tsuna opened his eyes again and sighed
"I can't tell you, if I do you'll be in danger, if you get involved now there's no going back. People will try and hunt you down, you'll never have a normal life" he tried to explain. Aria stared into Tsuna's eyes and could tell he was telling the truth, she smiled softly
"I don't care, I don't care if people will want to kill me later. I don't care if I end up running for the rest of my life and won't be able to have a normal life again all I care about is being able to spend it with you. I'm not about to let my only friend go that easily." She said. Tsuna groaned before pulling the girl into a tight hug
"I've lost you once Ari-chan, I can't lose you again" Tsuna mumbled quietly into her hair, Aria smiled at her childhood friends words before hugging him back
"Baka, I'm not going anywhere" she said, however they quickly let go of each other when Aria's stomach started to growl. Tsuna quickly turned and grabbed the plates of food he was finished with
"Come on let's go upstairs and eat, it'll be better to explain to you where no one can hear us and before everyone else gets back" Tsuna explained as he pointed his head towards the stairs, realising that Aria won't stop pestering about it till he tells her everything and he rather he did it before everyone came back. Aria grinned when she fully processed what Tsuna had said and followed him to his room. She stopped just as she passed the door and looked around his room, not much had changed since she last saw it. Maybe a bigger bed than last time and definitely less toys that they used to play with but other than that it was the same.
Tsuna placed the plates of food down and looked up to to his childhood friend, and took notes on how much Aria had changed, her hair was much longer than last time, and last time she never had pink tips. Her sense of style was also very different, when she was younger she was girly but now it was almost tomboyish but still had that 'girly' essence to it. But what he took most notice of was how her eyes still shined with excitement and how her pouting seemed so adorable at times. Realising he was staring at her he quickly cleared his throat and gestured to the small table in the centre of the room
"You might want to take a seat, this is gonna take a while to explain" he said as he pointed to the table, he watched as Aria sat down and made herself comfy "well" he started "it started a few months ago when my Okaasan's decided to get me a tutor…"
~~~~~ roughly an hour later ~~~~~
"So let me get this right, some kid – called Reborn – claiming to be a Hitman is here to teach you to be the 10th generation Mafia boss of the Vongola family. The most influential family in all of Italy. And one of your friends carries round dynamite, one is a boxing fanatic, and the other is a baseball lover. You also have a woman living here who's cooking all turns poisonous and two children who are hitmen themselves but are only five years old." Aria summed up, Tsuna nodded
"In a nutshell" he replied with. "Look there's still time for you to back out if you want to, you don't have to get involved, there's still a chance to live a normal life"
"No way" Aria responded with "like hell am I gonna let you do this on your own, we're besties and besties stick together" she stated
"But…but" Tsuna started but sighed dejectedly, he knew when Aria was like this you wouldn't be able to change her mind, 'she's too stubborn' he thought. "You'll have to fight" he said quietly, he also knew that unlike her brother she did not like to use violence
Aria sat quietly and thought over what Tsuna said "I know" she whispered "but you're my family and I'll fight anyone who dares threaten that" she said louder before she started laughing laughing deviously "I'll kick their arses into the middle of next week"
"do you know how to fight?" He asked curiously
"Yeah, but I only use it in self defence mostly. There were a load of gangs near where I lived so I went to classes to learn to protect myself, I didn't have oniisan and I couldn't rely on mum" Aria explained "I can help teach you some moves if you want?" She then offered
"Really" asked Tsuna "Reborn is trying to teach me, but he's such a sadistic baby, I swear he's like the son of satan or something" grimacing at the thought of how many times Reborn has nearly killed him before. However before Aria could respond two children burst into Tsuna's room screaming.
"Lambo, I-pin. Stop that" Tsuna said as he tried to calm down the two hyperactive kids, which unfortunately didn't work. They continued running until Lambo accidentally ran into Aria.
"Huh" the cow child said as he looked up and stared at the new face "who are you" he asked
Aria smiled "nice to meet you, Lambo right? I'm Tsuna's childhood friend " she said as she ruffled his hair, Lambo stared at her for a couple of minutes before he started running after I-pin again once again screaming. Tsuna let out a huff of air
"Come on, if their home so is Okaasan. She'll want to see you" Tsuna explained to Aria and held a hand out to her, which she gladly accepted, quickly brushing the invisible dust off her jeans and followed Tsuna down stairs "Okaasan" Tsuna called out as he got to the bottom of the stairs
"In the kitchen Tsu-kun" a feminine voice responded, the two teens headed to the kitchen, Aria stood behind Tsuna and peeked over his shoulder and watched as she saw Nana, last time she saw her she had much longer hair and now it was much shorter, however Nana had her back to her son and Aria so she had yet to notice the young teen. "Are you ok Tsu-kun?" She asked without turning round still, Tsuna rolled his eyes
"I'm ok, I have a friend here can they stay for tea?" He asked, Nana at this point had turned round and Aria quickly hid herself behind Tsuna
"Oh of course, who's your friend" she asked curiously, Aria took this as her cue and and moved from behind Tsuna and gave a small wave to Tsuna's mother
"Hi, Na-San" she said, using the old nickname she used for Nana when she was little. Nana smiled immediately recognising the young girl
"Oh Aria-chan, my dear how are you? When did you get back?" She asked as she went forward and quickly hugged the young girl. Aria laughed
"I'm good, I got back this morning and came over once I dumped my stuff home so I could catch up with Yoshi-kun" Aria explained. Then Tsuna spoke up
"Hey Kaasan, could we do something special for dinner please, Aria hasn't eaten proper Japanese food in ages and it can be a welcome back present" he explained. Nana smiled at her son
"Oh of course, I'll make it extra special, now why don't you two go upstairs I'm sure you've got lots of catching up to do" nana suggested, the two teens nodded before turning and making their way back upstairs. Nana however noticed the two youngest in the living area and went over to them
"Lambo, I-pin" she called out, the two children stopped what they were doing and turned to face Nana
"Yes mama" they both repsonded with, nana smiled before crouching down closer to the two
"Can you two stay down here and play for a while and not go to Tsu-kuns room please" she asked, Lambo whined
"Ah, why" he asked, "you saw that girl from a minute ago?" Nana asked. The two children thought for a sec before nodding "well she's a very special friend of Tsuna, and she's been gone for almost six years now and only got back today. It would be nice for the two to spend some time together". She explained
"But" Lambo began to protest but nana stopped him "Lambo, sweetie how would you feel if I-pin had to leave for six years, you would no longer have a playmate" nana said, trying to make sure Lambo understood not to disturb the two teens but Lambo gasped at what nana said
"I would be sad" Lambo responded with, nana smiled softly as the young boy could kinda understand how Tsuna might of felt. "Good now why don't you to play in the garden and I'll make us some snacks" nana said as she stood back up and watched the two children run off before looking over to the stairs 'it'sa good thing Aria-chan has finally come back, he needs it' she thought before she went off to the kitchen.
~~~~~ about another hour, so almost coming up to 3pm ~~~~~
"Tch, why are you following me baseball freak?" Gokudera complained, he just had to run into Yamamoto of all people didn't he. Both of them had finished their activities for the day and we're heading over to Tsuna's
Yamamoto laughed and placed his hands behind his head "I'm not following you, we're just both heading to Tsuna's place"
Gokudera growled quietly and started muttering to himself about how the baseball freak didn't need to follow. However he suddenly stopped when he heard a familiar voice call out
"TO THE EXTREME!" They heard a muscular voice yell,
"Oh come on" Gokudera exclaimed, as in front of him and Yamamoto was Ryohei Sasagawa along with his younger sister Kyoko and their friend Haru Miura. "What are you guys doing here" he asked
"I'm here to make Sawada extremely join the boxing club" Ryohei exclaimed rather loudly, despite Tsuna refusing the first time he is still determined to get him to join, Kyoko and Haru giggled at his antics
"We came over to see Tsuna-kun" explained Kyoko in a slightly calmer manner than her brother. Yamamoto grinned
"We can all go together then" he suggested
"TO THE EXTREME" yelled Ryohei
"SHUT UP TURF-TOP" Gokudera yelled in response as they all continued walking toward Tsuna's home.
To any civilians at the time passing this group watched in amusement as Ryohei yelled about stuff to the extreme, while Haru and Gokudera soon started an argument over pointless things and Kyoko and Yamamoto stayed at the back of the group watching at the others antics.
"ciaosu" suddenly said in a squeaky voice, the five teens stopped and turned to the wall to see Reborn on top of the said wall, wearing his signature suit and fedora hat
"Yo, it's the baby" Yamamoto pointed out
"Reborn-San, what are you doing here" Gokudera asked. Reborn jumped off the wall and onto Yamamoto's head
"Seeing Dino off at the airport, I was just heading back to dame-Tsuna's" Reborn explained, Yamamoto grinned
"So are we" he said
"Hmph" Gokudera said as he turned around "let's go then, or we're gonna be late to see juudaime" he said and began to walk, everyone soon following at a comfortable silence until Ryohei shouted
"TO THE EXTREME"
Gokudera groaned, why him?
~~~~~Sawada residence~~~~~
*knock knock knock* the door suddenly went, Nana stopped what she was doing in the kitchen and opened the door to see Gokudera, Yamamoto, Ryohei, Kyoko, Haru and Reborn at her door
"Come on in" she said as she opened the door further to allow everyone one to come in "follow me" she then said and walked into the kitchen with everyone in tow. Reborn jumped off of Yamamoto's head and jumped onto the kitchen side "would any of you like a drink" Nana asked, the teens just shook their heads
"Is Tsuna-kun in?" Kyoko asked,
"Yes but I would advise not seeing him now, that includes you Reborn. I don't want my son training today he needs this break" nana explained, they all looked curiously at her
"What do you mean?" reborn asked, nana sighed and stopped what she was doing
"I know all about Tsuna and the Mafia" she explained but held a hand out in front of silencing the others before continuing "I'm not as oblivious as everyone thinks I am, I know about Lemitsu being part of it and I know your training Tsuna to be the 10th generation Mafia boss." She finished explaining.
"Ok so you know about all of that but why can't we see Tsuna?" Yamamoto asked
"He needs a break" she responded with before pointing to Reborn "I know your working him to the extreme at the moment so he needs this, otherwise he'll break. He's my son and his welfare comes first before any of this Mafia stuff." She stated, just then Lambo entered
"Ne, ne Tsuna-nii has a girlfriend" he stated rather excitedly
"WHAT!" Screamed five voices
"Yeah, they upstairs now but mama won't let us see them" Lambo explained then started to pick his nose
"Nani.. How can this be?" Haru said as she collapsed to her knees dramatically
"Haha, oh heavens no Lambo dear, Aria-Chan is just a friend" nana then explained,
Haru then suddenly bounced back up at hearing what nana said, her eyes sparkling "really" she asked
"Aria-chan is Tsu-Kuns childhood friend, she's spent the past six years living in America and only got back this morning. Though with the way they act it wouldn't surprise me if they ended up dating" nana said as she placed her hand under her chin in thought, the sparkles In Haru's suddenly disappeared and a black aura began to surround her
"Love rival desu" Haru began muttering
"But yes" nana continued "their currently making up for lost time upstairs, it would be nice for Tsu-kun to finally start acting like himself again"
"What do you mean" Reborn asked curiously
"Tsu-kun wasn't always known as dame-Tsuna. The bad grades and the bullying started a few months after Aria-chan left for America and he wasn't always a klutz either, when he's with Aria-chan he's a lot more confident. Sometimes it's like a completely different person"
"I see" Reborn said, he smirked this girl might be useful to the family he thought. However he was brought out of his thoughts when they heard a thud and a scream, the three male teens suddenly stilled before heading towards the stairs
"Don't bother" nana called out, to them
"What do you mean" exclaimed Gokudera "Juudaime might be in trouble" he tried to argue, but nana just laughed
"Their messing about don't worry" then paused suddenly "you might want to move yourselves up against the wall" she then suggested, the teens curiously did what they were told
"Hahi, how come desu" Haru asked, nana paused and held her finger out in the air, suddenly there was a sound of a door slamming open upstairs
"ARIA GET BACK HERE" they heard someone shout. Nana smiled
"That's why" she said
~~~~~about a few minutes before with Tsuna and Aria~~~~~
"Seriously!" Asked Tsuna as he laughed and clutched his stomach, Aria was also laughing and wiped a tear from from her eye
"Yeah, the teacher quiet the next day, he didn't even last a week with my class" Aria said
"Damn girl that was a cruel prank" Tsuna said as he calmed down. Since they reentered the room after Nana came back home Tsuna had enquired about Aria and her life in America, she was currently explaining about a prank her class played on her teacher who had a paranoia of aliens. "What else" he asked, a mischievous glint shined in his eyes
"Well…" Aria began.
Soon Tsuna was laughing again, a prank about how they glued everything on the principals office to the ceiling, in the exact same place it would have been on the floor. Unfortunately Tsuna was laughing so hard and had slightly leaned to his left and had fallen off his bed and accidentally caught the the table which caused one of the glasses of water on it to topple over and splash over Aria's right leg, which caused her too scream and jump back. Which caused Tsuna to continue laughing
Aria pouted as she saw Tsuna was still laughing "that's not funny" she said and crossed her arms
"Oh…god" Tsuna gasped out "that scream was so adorable" he said, chuckling at what happened and smirked when he say Aria blushing, then slowly pushing himself up into a sitting position "gomennasai" he said holding his hands up in surrender however the smirk on his face said otherwise.
Aria continue to pout until she noticed something out of the corner of her eye and soon began to grin herself. "It's ok" she said, she reached forwards towards the other glass of water, luckily Tsuna had yet to notice "let me repay the favour" she said with a sickeningly sweet smile before throwing the other glass of water into Tsuna's face. "Whoops" she said before she made a beeline for the door and slammed the door open.
Tsuna blinked a couple of seconds before growling playfully and got up and began chasing Aria "ARIA GET BACK HERE" he yelled as he playfully chased the raven haired girl down the corridor, Aria was laughing the whole time. They both ran down the stairs and quickly slid into the kitchen. Completely oblivious to their guests.
"Na-San help me" cried Aria dramatically as She entered the kitchen, Tsuna hot on her trail , nana laughed
"My my active as ever, sorry dear your on your own" nana said to Aria and watched as said teens eyes widened when she realised she won't be getting any help and quickly squeaked and ducked at an incoming, Tsuna who tried to grab her before going to the opposite side of the table.
Tsuna quickly regained his composure and went towards Aria "oh you are so gonna get it now" he said before he began chasing Aria around the table. Aria laughed and kept running "ah, no. Come on it was a Joke" she tried to explain as Tsuna narrowly missed her.
"Get back here" he said and then climbed over the table, which luckily had nothing on it. Aria ran into the living area however unfortunately Tsuna had caught up to her and wrapped his arms around her waist before hoisting her backwards and began spinning around the living room while holding her still, both laughing, still oblivious to their guests.
The teens watched, jaws hitting the ground as they watched this young girl, presumably this Aria, come sliding into the kitchen only for her to be chased by Tsuna, they never knew Tsuna could move that fast before and watched as he chased her around the table before climbing over it and chasing the girl before finally catching up to her and swinging her around. Nana was right, Tsuna was like a different person they all thought. However none of them knew what to say, it was Reborn who broke the tension by clearing his throat.
Suddenly Tsuna and Aria stopped what they were doing as they heard someone clear their throat, looking towards the kitchen they saw Gokudera, Yamamoto , Ryohei, Kyoko, Haru and Reborn. Well Aria guessed that was them from how he described his friends earlier. Tsuna let go of Aria placing her on the ground before swinging his right arm over her shoulder, and began grinning, Aria at this point thought that his grin could most likely out do the Cheshire Cat
"Hey guys" Tsuna began and used his left arm to point towards his friends "Ari-chan this is Gokudera-kun, Yamamoto, Oniichan, Kyoko, Haru and my tutor Reborn" he said going from left to right "guys, this is Ari-chan" said girl gave a quick wave.
"starting today she's joining our familia".
And done, like I said, I am trying to keep them in character .
However Tsuna does act a little Oc when she's with Aria
Li0ness95 out
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