Tsuna and I were walking to school with Reborn-san following us, walking on top of the brick walls surrounding the houses we passed. I suddenly felt a cold shiver run down my spine.
"Chi, you okay?" Tsuna asked.
"Y-yeah…" I answered, "I think…" In front of us, I spotted a figure peeking from behind the corner of a brick fence. The figure's face disappeared and a pair of hands gripped at the wall. The figure pulled itself up, revealing itself to be a girl about the same age as Tsuna and I, she was wearing a school uniform, her hair was styled into a loose bun and hair clips holding her bangs out of her face. She started walking on the edge, her face flushed and legs shaky.
"Huh?" said Tsuna in disbelief. I could only stare.
I'm getting a weird vibe from this person.
"H-hi…" the girl greeted, her face blushing darkly.
"Ciaossu," Reborn-san greeted back.
The girl let out a giggle that made my spine go cold. Oh dear…
"My name is…Miura Haru," she said, her voice high and sounding a little too cheerful for my tastes.
"I know," replied Reborn-san curtly, "You live here-" he pointed at the house we were standing next to, "Right?"
'Miura'-san grinned, "W-would you be my friend?" she stuttered.
"Sure," he said bluntly. She let out a blissful sigh and jumped off the wall, making an exaggerated landing.
"Yes!" she shouted, throwing her arms out wide, "I did it!"
Unable to handle her energy, I quickly hid behind Tsuna, trembling as the girl continued to converse with Reborn-san.
"I-I know this is out of the blue…" she said, she wrapped her arms around herself, "but will you let me give you a big hug?"
Looking over Tsuna's shoulder, I saw him deadpan.
"Don't get too close," Reborn-san smirked, pulling out a gun, "I'm an assassin you know."
The girl froze.
"H-hey, Reborn, don't say that in broad daylight-!" Tsuna scolded before being hit in the face.
"Tsu-Tsuna!" I whispered loudly, the events becoming a little too much for me.
"How could you!" the girl shouted, "Teaching a child to kill! You're the lowest of the low!"
"What!" Tsuna yelled. I dug into my bag for my first aid kit.
"Babies are angels with pure hearts…" she growled, "How could you taint that innocence!"
She continued on like this, accusing Tsuna of corrupting Reborn-san. Fortunately, Reborn-san was giving his two cents.
"I'm afraid I can't leave Tsuna," he said calmly. Tsuna turned away grumbling and let me press a cold water bottle my mom gave me that morning against his bruised cheek. I realized that I had no cold compress in my kit, so the bottle would have to do.
"It's my job to train Tsuna into the tenth generation boss of the mafia," Reborn-san explained, "I can't leave him till then."
Tsuna was punched in the face once more, the force pushing Tsuna away from me. The girl…well, I suppose I should call her Miura-san…started shouting at Tsuna with more conviction, but this time about the mafia. She then turned to me with a dark glare.
Now considering that she punched my best friend twice in the same place, I felt the need to return the favor, but she turned and left with a cheerful 'later', leaving the three of us there confused (in Tsuna's case), amused (in Reborn-san's case), and uncharacteristically angry (in my case).
The next morning, Tsuna and I were walking alone on the way to school.
"Ugh, geez why is it so hot…" Tsuna complained, wiping his forehead. I passed him my water bottle.
"Here, it'll help," I said, "Hopefully it'll cool down soon."
Clank Clank Clank
"I hope so," said Tsuna, "Because I think I'm starting to hear things…"
Clank Clank
"…No, I…I'm starting to hear them too…," I confessed.
Clank
The noise had stopped behind us. Tsuna and I turned around and saw Miura-san dressed in the traditional samurai armor with a hockey stick and motorcycle helmet replacing the sword and normal helmet.
Being rather fond of traditional Japanese armor, I couldn't help but say, "What are you doing?"
Miura-san let out a few huffs, "It's me, Miura Haru, my head was spinning so I couldn't sleep…"
"So you wear this when you can't sleep?" Tsuna remarked.
"No! What do you think I am? Some sort of idiot?" she retorted. I was about to reply in the affirmative since she wasn't carrying the right helmet for the armor, nor was she using the correct weapon, and was walking around in it outside festival time, but she didn't let me answer.
"If Reborn really is an assassin and you're going to be a mafia boss, then you should be strong," She stated, "If what Reborn said is true, then I won't complain." She placed the motorcycle helmet on her head and raised her hockey stick, "Fight me!"
She brought down the hockey stick with Tsuna and I quickly dodging to the left.
"Wait a minute!" Tsuna shouted.
"If you're going to fight us, then at least wear the correct helmet!" I yelled.
"Now isn't the time, Chi!"
A little ways away from Tsuna and Chi
Eva was humming classical tunes while Gokudera was pointing out her flat notes.
"Hm~hmm~hm~hm~" Eva hummed cheerfully, swinging her hand along with Gokudera's as they were walking towards the school, "Ah~ I can't wait to see Chi-chan and the Tenth~!" she gushed, her blue eyes sparkled, "Chi-chan looks so cute in the school uniform~!"
Gokudera sighed while holding a barely there smile on his face, shaking his head at Eva's 'fangirling', stopping when he heard a commotion, "Hold on, Eva," he jerked his head towards the sounds, "What's that? Ah!" his green eyes widened, "It's the boss!"
"Hm?" Eva followed his line of sight, "EH! And Chi-chan too!"
"We gotta hurry!" shouted Gokudera.
Back with Tsuna and Chi
"I'm trying to tell you that I'm not going to become a mafia boss!" Tsuna yelled, dodging all the strikes Miura-san was throwing at us.
"Aha!" she called out, "So you ARE taking advantage of Reborn-chan!"
"I'm not!" he shouted.
She really isn't listening to reason…
Miura-san raised her hockey stick in the air again and was bringing it down once more.
"Boss!"
"Tenth! Chi-chan!"
"Wha-!"
Gokudera-san and Shimizu-san had jumped in front of us.
"Stand back, boss!" Gokudera-san ordered, he took out some dynamite and threw it at Miura-san.
"Eh?" she looked up, "Those are…"
BOOM
…Sh-she fell into the water!
"Oh no!" Tsuna cried out, "She fell in the river!"
Shimizu-san looked over the bridge, "Hey, Chi-chan, what's that chick's name anyway?"
"Huh? U-um," I stuttered, "U-uh, Miura Haru-san…I think?"
Shimizu-san suddenly gained a dark look in her eyes, "'Miura' huh?" she replied, "Reborn told me about her yesterday."
"Sh-Shimizu-san?" I squeaked.
"She was stalking you, the Tenth, and Reborn yesterday, right?"
"Y-yes…" I nodded slowly.
"Grr…" Shimizu-san growled, "Let her drown!"
"What!" Tsuna and I shouted.
"Stalkers and pedophiles, I hate them all!" She exclaimed, waving her fist in the air.
"She was stalking you, Boss?" Gokudera-san asked, "Then we should punish her by letting her drown!"
"Wha-No!" Tsuna cried.
"I'll save her."
Hm? We all turned around.
"Reborn-san?" He was standing at the edge of the bridge, and calmly took out his gun.
"Go, Tsuna," he said shortly and shot.
"Wai-!" The bullet had gone through his forehead, "SAVE MIURA HARU WITH MY DYING WILL!"
He jumped into the water and grabbed Miura-san, "HOLD ON!"
Once everything calmed down, we all stood at the riverbank.
"Thank you," Miura-san mumbled.
"If anything happened to the boss, you wouldn't even be here," Gokudera-san threatened.
"I still say we should have let her die," grumbled Shimizu-san, "Or you could've let me inject a neurotoxin in her or something…"
I don't very much like her either, but I don't think she should've died…
"Aaaah!" Miura-san shot up from where she was sitting, "I'll save Haru with my dying will! Hold on to me!" she wrapped her arms around herself, "I only thought people on tv would say that~!"
I stepped closer to Tsuna, who was still in his underwear, "I think we should start running…" I whispered.
"Sounds like a good idea…" he replied quietly.
"My heart's pounding," continued Miura-san, "I…I think I'm in love with you, Tsuna-san…"
"What!" we shouted.
"B-but, weren't you in love with Reborn?" Tsuna cried.
"I want to give you a great big hug, Tsuna-san~!" Miura-san gushed.
"N-no way!" and he ran, dragging me with him.
"Oi!" barked Shimizu-san, running after them, "Stay away from the Tenth, you Stalking Pedophile! Don't you dare lay your hands on them!"
After school, Gokudera-san and Shimizu-san were walking Tsuna and I home.
Gokudera-san was keeping a watchful eye on the surroundings and Shimizu-san was grumbling.
"Shimizu-san, is something wrong?" I asked, next to us, Gokudera-san was offering to help Tsuna with today's homework.
"Tch, I'm still pissed off…" she growled.
"Why do you hate stalkers and pedophiles so much, um not that it's okay to like them, but…" I tripped over my tongue.
"I seem to have a hate that's deeper than the general public's?" she finished. I nodded, covering my mouth. I bit my tongue too.
She sighed grumpily, "I was a student working under a very perverted doctor, he's such a womanizer…" her eye twitched, "But, I couldn't really deny myself the chance of learning from the ever-so-famous mafia doctor."
"But that doesn't really explain why you hate stalkers and pedophiles…" Shimizu-san let out another sigh.
"He chases around middle school girls too…" she answered, "And I just really don't like stalkers, I like my sense of security, y'know?"
"I-I see…" I whispered a bit fearfully.
This doctor sounds dangerous, hopefully I won't have to meet him.