The next morning, after Tsuna and I helped each other get ready for school and learning that my mom was perfectly fine with me staying over at Tsuna's last night, we discussed what information I missed out on.
"Okay, so basically the three top candidates were kicked out of the running because they all died horrible deaths and you're the next one up because you're a direct descendant of the Vongola Family's founder, Vongola Primo?" I summarized, geez, I'm feeling dizzy already and it's not even seven-thirty yet!
Tsuna nodded begrudgingly in response.
We got to our classroom and stood just outside the door, we weren't ready to go inside yet.
I looked over at Tsuna. He was shaking a little and mumbling loud enough just for me to hear, "If I see Sasagawa Kyoko, I don't know what I'll do…"
I looked at him, then back at the door and brushed the back of my hand against his. He immediately grabbed my hand in his clammy one. We stood there a little longer basking in the last few quiet moments of morning before we entered our daily hell, gripping each other's hand like it was our lifeline. Tsuna and I both took a deep breath and slowly let it out before he slid open the door.
It was like a huge gust of wind smacked us both in the face, all our classmates were laughing and pointing at Tsuna, throwing out jab after jab of what transpired yesterday. We had already let go of the other's hand.
"Hey look! Underpants Man is here!"
"'Please be my girlfriend!'"
"Hahahahahaha! Better start praying, Mochida-sempai saw everything!"
"I heard she totally shut you down!"
"And I bet the freak was just off hiding behind a wall!"
"Hah! Some friend she is huh?"
"Well those two aren't 'No-good' for nothing!"
And that was just within the first five minutes. I looked over at Tsuna, who looked as pale as I was who was internally freaking out about all the people laughing and pointing at us. I could almost hear his thoughts.
'They all know!'
We turned to go out into the hallway, unfortunately we were surrounded by both under and upperclassmen alike, laughing and mocking Tsuna and I.
I swallowed and starting trembling, I honestly felt like throwing up. Th-there's too many people… …!
My jumbled thoughts were interrupted when some members of the kendo club ran up and dragged Tsuna away.
"You can't leave just yet!" One of them shouted.
"Yeah, Mochida's waiting for you in the dojo!" And off they went…
Behind me I heard Kurokawa-san explaining to Sasagawa-san that Mochida-sempai was going to beat Tsuna for 'making her cry' yesterday.
Hold it, she didn't cry! She ran away like any sane person would if a nearly naked teenager ran up to them!
Ugh, better get to the dojo while everyone's distracted by Mochida-sempai's 'act of love' or whatever…
When I got to the school dojo there was already a large crowd surrounding Tsuna and Mochida-sempai.
I'm not sure if I mentioned this already, but I'm seriously scared of him, since he's so popular among the female student population and the kendo team's captain.
"There you are you perverted stalker!" he shouted, gripping the handle of his bamboo sword tightly.
Perverted stalker…? Well… he's got a point, kinda…still, how rude!
"God might forgive scum like you, but I, Mochida, will not!" he continued, "You will be punished!"
"B-but!" Tsuna tried defending himself, but was interrupted.
"The challenge is as follows!" Mochida-sempai shouted, "If you can land a hit on me in ten minutes you win, if you can't, I'll be champion!"
But, he's the captain, this is already unfair!
"The prize of course," he thrust his hand behind him, revealing Sasagawa-san and her friend, Kurokawa-san, "Is Sasagawa Kyoko!"
P-prize? Pardon my coarse language, and despite my immense fear of him, I must say that this guy is a complete JERK to the highest degree!
Mochida-sempai then turned to the kendo team and he seemed to be talking to himself, hmm, very suspicious. I felt my arm being tugged and I was suddenly being dragged down an empty hallway.
"Tsuna? You got away?" I asked, matching his pace as my nervous friend slowed down. Tsuna nodded, a frown forming on his face.
"I asked them to let me go to the bathroom," he replied. I gave him a blank stare.
"Tsuna, it doesn't matter how long we've been friends or how many times we took a bath together, I'm not watching you-!" Tsuna began stuttering.
"I'm not going to do that!" he retorted, blushing, "I'm gonna run away."
I sighed. Running away was an unfortunate response common to Tsuna.
"Tsuna, if you run away, the other students will only treat you worse," I said, "I don't want them to start torturing you more."
"What more can they do?" Tsuna mumbled, "Can't be any worse then putting ink and tacks in our shoes or beating us up after school."
I bit my bottom lip, trembling violently and began tripping over my words. Tsuna squeezed my hand tightly.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to…" I shook my head.
"It's fine," I stopped walking and looked at him, "But I'm sure they can find worse ways to bully us after this Tsuna."
I suddenly felt something wrap around my ankle and Tsuna and I were being hanging upside-down. Luckily I had an arm free to hold my skirt down.
"Wh-what the-!"
"Ciaossu."
Oh dear, excuse me as I frantically force myself to stay calm.
"Reborn!" Tsuna shouted, vaguely aware of Chi freezing up next to him, "What are you doing here?"
Reborn was holding the other end of the rope holding up the two, "I've been watching you to make sure you were conducting yourself like a real mafia boss. It'll be troublesome, but don't worry about it, you and I have a relationship."
"What relationship?" Tsuna shouted angrily. Reborn smirked.
"A relationship," Reborn took out a gun, "between an assassin and his target."
Bang!
"I'LL SCORE A POINT WITH MY DYING WILL!"
Huh? Dying Wi-oh. Oh no. I was being dragged down the hallway again by Tsuna. Except this time, he was in his underwear and his forehead was on fire. Hm, looks like it's another trip to the student store.
When we got to the dojo, Tsuna dropped me off at the entrance and slammed open the door.
"RAAAAAAAAAGH! Let's fight!" he shouted. Various female screams and the occasional insult about Tsuna's attire were heard throughout the room. Two of the kendo members were struggling to give Tsuna pieces of the kendo armor which seemed pretty heavy, but paid them no attention and headed straight for Mochida-sempai, who burst out laughing.
"Pfft! Hahahahaha! Are you seriously thinking of fighting me like that?" He raised his bamboo sword and brought it down as Tsuna got closer, "Don't think I'll go easy on you!"
The sword hit Tsuna right on the forehead.
…F-forehead? Ts-tsuna!
Tsuna paid it no mind and smashed his forehead against Mochida-sempai, who fell back in both pain and surprise. He then sat on Mochida-sempai's stomach.
W-wait, what's he doing? I slipped through the crowd, shaking among the way because of all the bodily contact. When I got to the front Tsuna had torn off a handful of Mochida-sempai's hair.
Oh my.
"SCORE! 100 POINTS!" Tsuna yelled sticking his hair-filled fist up in the air. The room went silent before cheers erupted, amused and proud shouts of Tsuna's 'strategy' on winning the challenge was heard throughout the crowd.
I just stared ahead in disbelief and pride was welling up in my chest. Who knew Tsuna would be strong enough to pull off a handful of hair?
"HOW'S THIS!" Tsuna shouted, the scorekeeper was frozen stiff in shock, "NOT ENOUGH!" Tsuna turned back to Mochida-sempai and began tearing off the rest of his hair until all that was left was his scalp.
Ouch.
"I WIN!" Tsuna held up a pile of Mochida-sempai's hair to the scorekeeper who quickly, and shakily, held up a red flag signaling Tsuna's win. The room went still and I took this chance to run up to Tsuna, who calmed down from his 'Dying Will' mode.
"Tsuna," I whispered, intending to take him to the student store for a replacement uniform, but the room began cheering again. Everyone crowded around us and I clung to Tsuna's hand, frozen in fear of the amount of people surrounding us.
Sasagawa-san walked up to Tsuna, "I'm sorry for running away yesterday," she let out a small giggle, "My friends are always telling me I don't know when to laugh."
So she thought his confession was a joke? If I wasn't so scared of her, I'd probably be giving her a nice long lecture about not hurting someone's feelings, especially if it concerns MY best friend!
"That was really awesome, Sawada-kun! You're no ordinary guy!" she giggled again.
Hm? This is weird, I've never felt so irritated from someone's giggling before…
After school Tsuna and I decided to hang out at his house since our moms were out grocery shopping.
"I can't believe it!" Tsuna cheered, "I actually became friends with Kyoko-chan!"
"And all because of a baby tutor and a bullet…" I said. Tsuna stopped cheering and looked thoughtful.
"Huh, you're right," Tsuna remarked quietly, "Everything he does is crazy and completely unnecessary, but if it weren't for him, none of this would've happened…"
Tsuna and I ran up to his room expecting to find Reborn-san. Which we did, unfortunately there was a trip-wire near a sleeping Reborn-san and it set off an explosion.
…Will this chaos ever cease? I think not. Ugh, my body's feeling stiff just thinking about it.