Chapter 1: The Mysterious Transfer Student
It has been a week since the brunette first encounter with the raven whom she later found out was Hibari Kyouya, the Head of the Disciplinary Committee. Now she was sitting on her assigned chair which was at the back of the classroom. She sighed heavily as the memories of the past weeks came floating back at her.
"Hana-chan!" The brunette snapped back to reality when she heard her name. She looked up and saw a girl waving at her. Hana smiled as she stood up, grabbed her lunch box and started running towards the other brunette.
The next thing she knew was that she was sprawling on the floor, face down. Her fellow classmate's started laughing at her. "Hahaha! That's what you get for being useless!" they started laughing even more at that joke.
Hana put her hands on her ears, trying to block out the sound. Ever since that incident in which earned her the name useless-Hana. The brunette was on the verge of crying right then and there if it were not for the concerns voice that was calling her name. "Hana-chan! Daijoubu desu ka?" Hana looked up to see those concern eyes looking at her.
"D-daijoubu desu, Katomi-senpai." Hana reassured the older brunette. But Katomi did not seem to believe her as she looked her over. She was checking every part for a wound even if a small scratch.
Feeling satisfied, she finally stood up and thrust her hand to Hana. Taking it, the brunette smiled at Katomi's kindness. Katomi escorted Hana to the door while picking up the lunch box that was, surprisingly in no harm, on the floor.
Before walking outside, Katomi glared at the occupants of the room that has gone quiet when Katomi barged in. they paled a little at the glare, but their blood practically drained from their faces when Katomi mouthed two words. 'You're dead'.
Along the way to their lunch spot, Katomi kept asking the younger brunette how she feels. Hana doesn't want to ruin her first true friend just nodded and kept smiling. Memories from her past kept haunting her.
Katomi on the other hand kept sneak a glance at Hana's direction. Even though the younger brunette kept assuring her that she was okay, but she did not believe her when she saw her eyes. She looked at Hana who was frowning as if something was on her mind.
After a few minutes of walking, Hana finally realized that they were not on the right track. When she ask her sempai, the brunette just waved it away saying that it will be a surprise. If Hana was surprised, she didn't show it. Katomi wondered about that.
It turns out that their destination was the rooftop. Hana was curious as to what the surprise was. "U-ummm, what are w-we doing h-here, s-sempai?" She asked Katomi hesitantly. Katomi was surprised when Hana talks as she was the quite the quiet type.
"Don't worry, Hana-chan. I'm sure you'll like the surprise." Katomi smiled at her and she had no choice but to believe in her words.
Suddenly, they heard voices from the other side of the door. As soon as they walked through the door that divides them, the voices cease down. Hana looked around until her eyes spotted a group of students sitting there staring at her.
One of them suddenly spoke up. "Who's the squirt Katomi?" Hana's blood rushed again to his cheek at being called 'squirt'. "Don't say that Hibari-kun." The younger brunette snapped up her neck so fast she almost snapped her neck.
She saw the said person and suddenly, fast as lightning went to hide behind Katomi. She just laugh at her for being such a scaredy cat in front of Hibari. Hana just stand there, poking out her head every little while to glance at Hibari.
Hibari just raised his eyebrows in amusement and Hana could see it clearly from behind Katomi. "I believe you were the new transfer student, am I right?" he asked the brunette. Hana just nodded not wanting to get on the bad side of Hibari as what her classmate says.
"Yes. Guys this is Hana-chan. She just transferred here from Italy just a few days ago. She's a first year." Katomi introduced her to the group of friends, stepping out from her current spot. Hana started fidgeting under their intense gaze.
After a few minutes of silence that feels like eternity, someone finally spoke. "I'm Sawada Tsunayoshi. But I prefer being called Tsuna. I'm a second year." He thrust his hand out to Hana intending to shakes hand. "Ahhh, watashi wa Hana Chiaki Ghepardo desu. Y-yoroshiku onegaishimasu." Hana was about to shakes his hand when suddenly she was pushed to the ground.
"Don't you dare lay a hand on Jyuudaime, girl!" Hana looked at the silver-haired boy, shocked plastered on her face. Katomi was suddenly on her side, making sure she was okay.
"Gokudera-kun! What are you doing!" Tsuna screamed at the hot-headed boy. The said person just shrugged it off, saying that it was his duty or something to protect Jyuudaime from any harm. Tsuna then yelled that she was just going to shakes his hand, not to kill him.
Out of the sudden, Hana's sight were blocked by a huge guy. He was smiling like they was no tommorow. He help her stood up, and she still has to tilted her head up just to see his face. He laughed at her expression and thrust his hand out. "Hahaha, don't worry, Gokudera are just playong with you. He's a good guy if you've known him. By the way, I'm Yamamoto Takeshi. Second year." Hana sweatdropped at his carefree way. But nonetheless, she took the hand any way.
The next one was another silver-haired boy. Hana's first impression of him was...loud. He almost explodes her ear with his constant yelling. "I'm Sasagawa Ryohei. Since I'm a third year just call me Onii-san to the EXTREME!" Hana was sure that by the time he was finished, her sense of hearing were damaged.
A girl stood up and stand in front of her. "Hi, I'm Yunisu Akimoto. Second year." She smiled at her and shook her hand frantically. 'Wow, she's beatiful. I wished I could be like her one day. Shelooked so mature, unlike me.' Hana smiled a little despite her current thought, and this makes Yunisu smile as she managed to make the new student smile, or so she says.
The next to come is a girl. This one makes Hana's interest piqued. She has a purple haired and an eyepatch. 'Is that even allowed here?' she asked herself. "M-my name i-is Chrome Dokuro. P-please to make y-your acquaintance. I-I'm a first year too." Hana was delighted to hear that there was another first year who was willing to be her friend.
"Kufufu~ I heard that a new transfer student came here. Is that true?" Suddenly a blanket of mist covered the whole area, making Hana looked around in defense. As soon as the mist came, it disappeared quickly as well. Hana blinked in surprised. "Kufufu~ She looks nice. And smells nice." Out of shocked, Hana sreamed and punched the newcomers in his face. He was so close at her, she doens't know how to react.
Everybody minus Hibari was laughing at the unconcious body when Hana regained herself. She looked at the body and realized that it was a boy. He looked creepily familiar to Chrome. 'Maybe they were related.' She guessed.
Katomi was still laughing when she introduced the boy. "That's Mukuro Rokudo. He's a second year, and Chrome's brother." Hana nodded her understanding.
"They are still a few of them, but maybe they were busy. You'll see them soon." Hana, still couldn't believe this were happening could only nodded dumbly.
They welcomed her happily into their group, except for Gokudera, who was still doubting her.
After lunch, they were making their way into their respective classroom when Gokudera asked Katomi how she managed to befriend Hana, which he nicely called a spies to some family or something. Hana looked down when Gokudera called her that.
"Don't call her that!" Katomi bonked Gokudera hard on the head when she saw Hana's expression. "She was being bullied when I first saw her." Those words triggered something in Hana's mind as she remembered the first day she met Katomi-senpai.
It was on the second day when it happen. She was just walking in the hallway when she bumped into a couple of third year. They were leering at her like she was some prey they could use. She apologized to them quickly then tried to run away. But she could not get far when one of them grabbed her by the collar and yanked her back.
She was srceaming frantically at them asking them to release her but to no avail. She kicked and punched and done everything she could do to escape. Finally had enough of her constant struggling, they slammed her to the floor as hard as they could and they laugh when they was a sickening crack was heard.
They raised their hand in punches and bring them down quickly towards her. Hana could only wait for the moment when their fist collided into her body. A second passed but nothing had happened. The brunette cautiously looked up only to see couples of body littering the floor.
In her dazed vision, she could see a face, concerns with worries look down at her. "Are you okay?" She started asking in a feminine voice. Hana could only nod softly when the effect of being thrown to the floor were coming full force.
She tried getting up, but it was proved difficult after she fall down several times. The other person finally grabbed her and help her up. Hana was reluctant at first, but eventually she accepted the silent offer.
She was brought to the nurses office as soon as the girl realize she was bleeding. Hana softly refused, but the girl was overly panic at her bleeding insisted. At the end, the brunette finally gave up. When the nurse looked at her condition, she began to have panic attack herself. After getting cleaned up, she was asked, more like demanded that she have a rest at the nurse office just in case she have a concusion.
When Hana came to, she expected that the other brunette would have left, but she was wrong. "Where do you think you're going in that condition?" Hana was surprised at those question, she almost fell down from the not so comfortable bed. But she quickly regained her composure.
"Umm, class?" She answered, a little too hopefully. The girl looked at her, and stared. "What were you doing in the third year floor anyway?" Katomi asked after the suffocating silence. Hana twirled her finger in a nervous way.
"U-ummm, w-well, t-they say I-I have t-to do an e-errand if I-I want a friend. So I took o-on the j-job." She answered, rather forcefully. The older brunette sighed. "They were literally playing a jokes at you, don't you realize that? It's a good I walked past there. Who know what would've happen to you if I weren't."
Hana looked down, suddenly finding that the floor was even more interesting than talking to another person. The other occupant in the room sighed. "Well, no use getting sad over that. Let me be your friends." To say Hana was shocked is an understatement. "Name's Katomi Yuuki. You must be a new student right?" Seeing Hana's nod, she continued. "I'm a third year. What about you?" Hana was fidgeting as she tried to think what to say. Finally, after a few minute of graveyard silence, Hana finally decided on following the other's footstep.
"M-my name is H-hana Chiaki G-ghepardo. I just transferred from Italy yesterday. I'm a f-first year." She said rather confidently. Well, sort of. Katomi outstretched her hand in which Hana took and start the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
Katomi and Hana were on their way to Hana's classroom because Katomi insisted to send her back to class. She just sighed at the overprotectiveness of the older women. They were talking happily on the way that they never realized the shadow that kept following them.
When they did realize however it was already too late as the shadow attack them. Hana was sent sprawling to the ground, and Katomi was having difficulties blocking her opponent. Katomi glared at the attacker.
"What the hell are you doing!" she screamed at him. "Do you KNOW who I am?" The ugly student just grinned making his face even more creepier. She recognized him as Tatsumi, the famous gangster.
"Oh, I know. I know very much who you are. But that doesn't mean I should be afraid of you. Beside, you are just someone who live behind Hibari's shadow." Katomi was shocked at the statement, she faltered her movement a bit. Unfortunately that small movement did not go unnoticed by the third year, and he took those opportunity to sidekick her.
Katomi fell to the ground, clutching at her wounded side. 'The guy could kick.' She thought. Her breath was short due to his powerful kick.
Hana quickly went to her beloved senpai place and took a look at her. She was panting hard. Her face was very pale, and looks like she would collapse any moment.
This angered the younger brunette. She stood up and walked towards the bullies despite the protest from Katomi. She tilted up her head and look at the third year in the eyes. The boy sneer at her. "Got any problem, girlie? Can't take a shock up your spine?" He asked, still wearing that hideous smile of his. "Well too bad, cause I'm about to give you some more!" he prepared his knuckles and stared to punch her, ignoring the protest from the other girl.
"THIS is for bumping me the other day!" He punched her. His punch would've hit it's target if it was not the fact that the target can move around. He was getting furious by the second, because all Hana did was avoiding him.
Out of the blue, black spot appear on his line of sight. He looked around furiously, trying to find Hana only to feel pain in his lower abdomen. When he looked up it was already too late as Hana punch his face.
He was begging for forgiveness when Hana sent him sprawling the ground. Katomi watched in fascination as Hana kept punching him mercilessly. Then she saw something that made her blood coil in fear. Tatsumi were trying to run away when he realized that Hana wouldn't stop until he was either killed or she was satisfied.
He ran towards the direction of Katomi, and that's when she saw it. Hana's face were an emotioless mask. It was like she wasn't the Hana that she know. Katomi knows that if she didn't stop the younger brunette, Tatsumi would really be killed.
Katomi stood up slowly and carefully, walking towards Hana who was shortening the distance between her and Tatsumi. When the brunette reached her, Katomi grabbed the younger brunette and gasped.
Hana stared at her with those emotionless eyes. Katomi stepped back a little at her staring. She hadn't feel this scary since that time. Memories flashed through her mind and she almost gave in to the temptation.
It is all thanks to her willpower that she managed to control herself. 'This is certainly not the time for that. Hana-chan needs my help!' She kept reminding herself. She gather her courage and run towards Hana who has long gone after Tatsumi.
She decided to follow the s\not so manly screaming that rang throughout the hallway, making all the students curious as to what had happen. She cursed the student that litter the hallway as it was getting hard to run or even to move.
Finally when she arrived at the scene, she was surprised to see that Hibari was already there. 'Duh, of course he would be here. He's the head of the Disciplinary Committee after all.' She thought sarcastically. But it was not Hibari being there she was surprised at. When she averted her eyes to look for Hana, it was then she saw that Hana was blocking Hibari's tonfa.
The student were either impressed at Hana for successing to hold off Hibari's attack. Katomi was impressed by this but Hibari is older and stronger than her. She would not be able to hold him off that long. Deciding to interrupt, Katomi ran towards both of them and pull Hana back.
Hibari glared at Katomi. "Get away from her, Katomi. She distrupt the peace of Namimori, thus she has to be punished." Katomi glared at him at those words.
"She's just a girl, Hibari-kun! It wasn't even her fault in the first place!" She glanced at Tatsumi who was getting frightened by both Hibari and Hana. He was pale as a ghost and has already soiled himself. 'How embarrasing. The third year was scared by the first year.' Katomi was disgusted at Tatsumi.
"It was his fault. He attacked us from nowhere." Katomi stated. She looked hopefully at Hibari, begging him to release Hana from the punishment. Hibari, still glaring, ordered his men to bring Tatsumi to the disciplinary room to receive his punishment.
Katomi thanked Hibari silently and escorted Hana to the nurse office. When she looked around, she realized that most of the walls has blown up. 'What happened here?' She glanced at Hana that was obediently being dragged by her.
Katomi tried asking her question but did not get any response from the younger brunette. She noticed that when she walked through the group of student, they went paled immediately at the sight of Hana.
Suddenly, Hana went into a panic attack as she screamed loudly. Everyone clutched their ears to block the high pitched sound. Even Katomi was having problem calming the brunette down.
"No, no, no! Let me go! Let me go!" Hana was struggling furiously in her grasp. "I did nothing! I swear! Please just let me go!" After that, everything went silent as Hana fell limp to the ground.
"Hana-chan? Hana-chan!" Katomi's scream were the last words Hana could heard before she gave up and plunged into the darkness that soon enveloped her world.