Jump into the Real World Special 2: New Year's Special
Thanks for the wait guys! And Happy New Years! Like I said, reviews will be thanked in the next official chapter. Ugh. I'll be starting school again, so updates might take a while. So in this chapter, a lot of the characters will be at Riza's house. And they will be OOC. Just saying. I blame me. Ah, I actually made a mistake in the past chapters. I said Riza was sixteen. I mean fifteen…Haha…*brick'd* I honestly don't know how I made a mistake like that and I only noticed it when I was going over the character details I had.
PLEASE READ. So here I'm going to clarify some things. Flames are useless unless they wanna get burned. We don't have deathperation flames (sadly). Tsuna is useless unless he wants to get burned. (I'M SORRY TSUNA!) Mukuro's illusions will suck or they'll be like those optical illusions. That's because illusions we have here aren't like anything in KHR. Dynamite will be dangerous. Gokudera still hasn't learned his lesson. Chrome's organs are normal. We'll just call Magical Author Powers. Lambo's hair can no longer contain stuffs. The ten year bazooka is now a plastic toy. The Varia's awesomeness will be reduced. That means that Squalo's scream can't be heard from across the world, Bel's knives will cause people to bleed, Levi will be forgotten (or more like Riza will ignore him and his umbrellas are normal), Fran's illusions (see Mukuro's illusions), Mammon can't float and his frog is a frog, Lussuria will be Lussuria, Xanxus can't shoot flames and his scars won't grow when he's mad, and when he chucks stuff at Squalo, Squalo may pass out. Reborn will still be like himself in the anime/manga (Magical Author Powers) to keep in the comedy. But just because they have these limits does not mean their skills are gone. They can still fight. Just not on steroids/flames.
Geh. I know you guys might not like these changes, but if they were brought to the real world, everyone would have these limits. I'm sorry if you don't like these changes (and I get the feeling that I'll lose readers cuz of this). I think that's it…
Disclaimer: If I owned KHR, KHR would not exist. I'm not smart or talented enough to draw/come up with the idea.
"Lambo! Stop running around the house!" I-Pin shouted, chasing Lambo. Talk about hypocrisy.
"Gyahaha! The great Lambo-sama will never stop!" the cow child yelled. He turned a corner and ran into the wall. "Gotta…stay…calm…" he sniffed.
"Lambo-chan! Are you okay?" the eccentric Haru asked. She ran to the crying cow child and held him. Behind her was Kyoko who also ran over to him, Chrome who stood not that far from them, and Riza who was talking animatedly to her. Riza stopped walking and stared at Lambo. She could tolerate I-Pin because I-Pin was awesome, but Lambo…not so much.
"Oh. It's you," she said dryly. Haru glared at her.
"It's not you! It's Lambo-chan!" she argued. She turned her attention to Lambo. "Stop crying, Lambo-chan!"
"Waaaah! I want candy!" he screamed. Riza rolled her eyes and put her hand in her pocket. Pulling a piece of candy out, she threw it Lambo. It hit his forehead which prompted him to cry harder.
"That was mean, Riza-san!" Haru scolded. Riza rubbed her temple and grabbed another piece out. She forced a smile and walked to the crying kid.
"I'm sorry for throwing it at you, Lambo," she smiled. "Here's some more candy." He sniffled and accepted the candy from her outstretched hand.
"Is it grape?" he asked. Riza still smiled.
"Sure," she said a little sarcastically. He smiled and shoved it into his mouth. Riza sighed.
"Lambo-chan! What do you say?" Haru asked.
"Oh! Thanks, Stupid Riza!" he yelled. He jumped out of Haru's hold and ran off, I-Pin chasing after him.
"The kids are really energetic today, huh?" Kyoko asked. Haru and Chrome nodded while Riza was clenching her fists.
"Somebody hold me back before I run after that kid and kill him," she seethed. Chrome grabbed her arm.
"He means well," she said softly. Riza relaxed and breathed out a heavy sigh.
"Thanks Chrome," she smiled at the girl.
"RIZA! THERE'S AN EXTREME PROBLEM!" someone shouted. Guess who.
"Onii-chan!" Kyoko said in surprise. Riza was very tempted to bang her head against the wall as well as shove Nathan's dirty sock down the boxer's throat. HE NEVER STOPPED YELLING. Riza's lower eyelid twitched.
"What is it now?" she asked. The boxer ran up to them.
"Hibari and Mukuro are at it again," he said seriously. He grabbed Riza's arm and ran/dragged her with him.
"…I should yell rape. Or help," Riza sighed. The boxer either didn't hear her, or didn't care. He just continued to drag her. To the extreme.
"Riza-san! Thank goodness you're here!" Tsuna shouted in relief. Riza nodded. The usual gang of Tsuna, Gokudera, and Yamamoto stood there in the courtyard while Hibari and Mukuro were fighting. Again. In the distance, they heard metal clash, some 'Kufufu's, and 'I'll bite you to death's.
"So why did you call me here? They could've fought until someone died," Riza said, watching the fighting. Tsuna looked at her in horror. "Okay, no death. Maybe until someone got knocked out," she suggested. Yamamoto laughed.
"Oi! Stop freaking out Juudaime!" Gokudera yelled. Riza glared at him.
"Oh yeah? You wanna go, buddy? I know I'll lose, but it's worth a shot!" Riza yelled. Gokudera whipped out unlit dynamite and a lighter. Riza pulled out her sun and moon wheels that were strapped to her hips. What? She had to make it seem less suspicious.
"HIIEEE! Gokudera-kun! Don't bomb Riza-san! And Riza-san! Please don't provoke him!" Tsuna shouted. They both stopped glaring and turned to Tsuna.
"Juudaime! I'm so sorry!" he said.
"Sorry," Riza muttered. Gokudera glared at her again.
"Say it like you mean it!" he commanded. Riza stuck out her tongue.
"Or what, Octopus Head? You'll bomb me?" she taunted. Gokudera's fingers twitched near his jacket. Yamamoto laughed.
"I think Riza-san should stop Mukuro and Hibari soon," he suggested. Riza paled.
"Oh. Right," Riza muttered. She smiled. "Thanks Yamamoto!" She ran over to the two fighting rivals.
"…We should prepare her funeral," Yamamoto said.
"What flowers do you think she'll like?" Gokudera asked. Tsuna sweat dropped. It was nice knowing the Italian girl.
"Oi! You two! Stop fighting!" Riza shouted. The two of them continued to clash, completely ignoring her. Riza twitched. She bent down and grabbed a handful of rocks. With the timing right, she threw them at the blur she assumed to be either Mukuro or Hibari's body.
"Oya oya. Who's throwing rocks at us?" Mukuro's eerie voice asked. He appeared behind Riza and wrapped an arm around her body and held his trident to her neck. Riza didn't blink or breathe.
"Mukuro, please let go of me," she said calmly. He 'kufufu'ed in her ear.
"Do I get to possess your body tonight?" he asked. She would have a few problems with that. Heck, she'd have problems with it. Period.
"No," she said immediately. Pervy!Mukuro frowned slightly.
"You're no fun."
"Duh. Anyways, you two should stop fighting. I don't wanna pay for property damage," she said. Mukuro smirked.
"Or what?" he asked, his grip on her tightening. "And besides, you don't pay. Nathan does," he added.
"I dunno. But kindly let go of me," she hissed. He hesitantly let go of her. She breathed and relaxed. Riza looked around. Mukuro was still standing on the field with her, but a certain someone went missing. "Where's Hibari?"
"Kufufu, I don't know. But it was fun playing with him," Mukuro commented. Riza shot him a glare.
"No one asked for your two cents, Mukuro."
"Touchy, touchy," he said, sauntering up to her. "Are you sure I can't take your body?" Riza slapped away his hand.
"No touchy. You're creepy. If you kept your mouth shut, I might consider that. But no," she said. By then, Mukuro had walked away. Riza huffed. "Jerk. Abusing his time out of Vendicare."
"Miss Riza, Xanxus wishes to see you," Nathan said. Riza spun lazily in the Boss chair, but sat up immediately.
"Why? What'd he break this time?" she asked. Nathan laughed at her.
"Nothing. Yet. He just wanted to see you," he said. Riza stood up.
"Sure. If I don't come back, please bury me with white carnations and my Vongola Guardians pillow," she ordered. Nathan nodded. She left the room and Nathan sat down. He began to reminisce about stuff. After all, New Year's was coming up, so might as well reflect back on the year.
Ever since the KHR characters had started to appear, Riza had changed. Way back when, she was more…patient. Or a pushover. He shrugged. She had snapped when Mukuro and Xanxus made their appearance at the house. After all, they were difficult characters, so he didn't blame her. Riza did try to be nice, but after all that creepy Kufufu-ing and breaking down her self-esteem and emotional stability, she had just changed. Several characters came at the same time, but they were only minor characters. He guessed even the friendly characters had noticed. She was more cynical or sarcastic, but had those rare times when the Riza of the past showed up. Or maybe she changed for the better so that she was more headstrong and boss-like instead of a loser. It would be good for her if she was to inherit her dad's company. In all honesty, he would have preferred a healthy mix of her old and new personalities. Maybe a certain character could change that….
Riza walked to the Varia portion of the house. Apparently, the ten year later Varia appeared rather than the present time. The Varia refused to be near the other characters other than those in their elite assassination group, so they "requested" that they take a "small" part of her house as a base. Reaching her destination, she knocked on the door and entered when she heard the rough, "Come in, trash."
"You called, Xanxus-sama?" He glared at the little sarcastic tone she used.
"Trash. I thought I told you to buy more steak and wines (or vodka)," he growled. Riza resisted the urge to roll her eyes and he resisted the urge to throw something at the girl.
"It's on its way, Xanxus-sama," she said monotonously. He glared at her. True, Riza was scared of him, but she wouldn't show him that or she would be shot on the spot, though with real bullets rather than his flames of wrath.
"Dismissed," he said. Riza bowed and walked out. He leaned back on his chair and closed his eyes.
"Stupid, free-loading, no good, money-wasting…" Riza muttered darkly. She walked quickly, eager to leave the Varia base.
"Shishishi, is the principessa irritated?"
"Go away, Bel," Riza was rubbing her temples.
"Shishi, that's prince to you," he smiled. Riza stopped. She sighed.
"What do you want, Prince Bel?" she grit out. He smiled even wider.
"That's better. The prince is bored. Entertain me, peasant." Riza frowned.
"Peasant? I thought I was promoted to principessa? And how do you want me to entertain you?"
"Shishi. I want you to-"
"Bel-sempai, stop harassing Riza-chan," the monotonous voice said. Riza brightened up with a smile.
"Fran! Yay!" She glomped the kid under the frog hat. Bel frowned.
"You're hurting me, Riza-chan," he said. "Ah. Bel-sempai that hurt." He untangled himself from Riza's arms and pulled out the knives from his hat. It was a good thing that the hat was padded. Otherwise, Fran would've suffered from a lot of bleeding.
"You're too cute, Fran," Riza gushed. "Ah. I should go check on the others. Bel, be nice to Fran. Fran, be nice to Bel. I'll be back later." She jogged out away from the two.
"Bel-sempai, would you quit stabbing me!" he said in his monotonous voice. Bel giggled.
"No way, froggie."
"Oi! Get your ass back here and take it like a man!" Lal yelled. A few of the Arcobaleno appeared with their curses removed. Lal was one of them. Riza growled.
"Never! I'd like to keep my ass in one piece!" she shouted back. Lal glared at her. The two had a mini glaring contest before Lal decided to break it.
"…I'll call in Reborn," she threatened. Riza frowned, paling slightly.
"Fine," she muttered reluctantly. She got back into a fighting stance and held up the wheels. The two were training after much begging from Nathan. After all, if Riza couldn't protect herself if he wasn't around, what would happen then? And besides, it would be a lot cheaper using the fighting masters of KHR rather than hiring people. He agreed to let them train in the backyard. Less damage, he said.
Lal shot several Nerf (don't own) bullets in Riza's direction. Riza narrowly dodged the bullets and ran for a slash towards Lal's abdomen. The older woman dodged effortlessly and shot a few bullets at Riza. Riza swung a wheel at the incoming bullets and rushed toward Lal again. She didn't get another chance to swing when Lal kicked her stomach, sending her staggering back a bit. Riza was panting heavily. With a click, Lal held her gun up to Riza's temple. (Fail battle scene is fail.)
"Game over, Loser Riza," she said coldly. Riza was breathing deeply, trying to control her breathing.
"Thanks, Lal," she said in between breaths. Lal frowned and lightly whacked the back of her head.
"You've improved. However," Lal grabbed the front of Riza's shirt with one hand and slapped Riza with the other hand. Riza dropped both weapons.
"Bubububububu!" was what Riza said during the slaps.
"Don't ever let your guard down in battle! You should also remember that you have feet! Use them. I don't care if I get kicked because I know you won't land a hit! Run a little faster! If I was using real bullets, you would've been dead ten times over!" Lal shouted. She stopped hitting Riza. Riza rubbed at her stinging red cheeks.
"O-okay," she said. Lal dropped her, her butt hitting the floor.
"Same time tomorrow, Renata," she said, walking out swiftly. Riza sat up and grabbed her dropped wheels/rings.
"Ready to fight, kora?" Colonello shouted. Again, he was an adult since his curse was broken. Riza groaned, slapping the heel of her free hand against her forehead.
"No, I'm not. I just trained with Lal Mirch. What makes you think I'm ready to fight?" Riza asked. Colonello laughed and hit her head.
"If you have time to sit then you have time to fight," he said seriously. He pulled out his own Nerf gun and began firing at Riza. Riza squeaked and ran, scrabbling to run away from the gunman. "Oi! Run faster, kora!"
"No way! Why don't I get a break?" she shouted back, dodging his rapid firing.
"You need this training, kora! Would you rather I get Reborn?" he shouted back. Not like he was going to go get him. They were rivals. Riza shook her head and used the wheels to try and swat at the bullets. "Good. Now RUN, kora!"
This continued on until the person Riza dreaded the most appeared.
"Hey." Riza turned to the doorway to see the Sun Arcobaleno. Using her distraction to his advantage, Colonello shot her in the back.
"Ow! R-reborn! W-what are you doing here? Haha…" she laughed nervously. Colonello glared at him.
"I'm still training her, kora!" he said. Reborn smirked.
"It's my turn now. You can go," Reborn said. Colonello glared at him again, and turned to Riza.
"Increase your speed, kora! If I was using a real gun, you'd be dead, kora!" he said, reluctantly walking back into the house. 'That's what Lal said,' she thought. Riza turned to face Reborn.
"I thought you were training Tsuna," she said. Reborn kept his smirk. 'He's really hot, but scary too!' she screamed in her mind.
"I was, Loser Riza, but I decided to train you for a while too. So where did we leave off?" That was a rhetorical question, Reborn. He held up a gun loaded with paintballs. "Either cut these with your weapon or get hit." Translated to: Cut these up or I shoot you mercilessly. Riza didn't have a choice but to slash at the incoming paintballs. It was really hard, because really, was there anyone in real life who could slash paintballs midair? So instead, she decided to dodge them and/or attempt to hack at it.
They continued this for another half hour or so. By then, Riza's fatigue had gotten the best of her and she collapsed, panting heavily.
"I…don't…wanna…move," she panted out. Reborn stood over her, his fedora shadowing his eyes.
"Get up Loser Riza!" He stepped on her back with a shiny black shoe.
"Noooo. Don't wanna…"she moaned into the grass. Reborn frowned, moving his foot.
"I'll have you fight Hibari."
"I'm up! I'm up!" she shouted, jumping up. "Ow! Reborn! Can we please stop? I don't think I can fight anymore," she whined.
"Under normal circumstances, I'd say no. However, I'm not your tutor, so fine. Bring espresso to my room a.s.a.p.," he said, walking away. Riza flopped back onto the ground. After resting for a solid minute, she slowly got up and walked back into the house. To say it was in one piece was an understatement.
"WHAT THE FLYING FUCK HAPPENED HERE?" she screamed. Gokudera was in the middle of strangling Lambo, Lambo was screaming, "Aho-dera's a Baka-dera!" or something like that, Tsuna was trying to pacify things between the two of them, Yamamoto was sword-fighting with Squalo, Bel was using Fran as a dart board, Mammon was mumbling to himself/herself about profits in a corner, Mukuro was talking to Chrome who was blushing, and Byakuran (the present, not the future one) was nomming on marshmallows. There were dents in the wall that indicated Mukuro and Hibari had fought in the kitchen earlier. A few scorch marks were on the ceiling which may have been caused by Bianchi or Gokudera.
"EVERYBODY OUT! NOW!" she screamed. They all stopped their ruckus. Yes, ruckus.
"VOOOIIII! What the hell, woman?" Squalo yelled. He was swinging his sword in her direction.
"…Out. Now. I WILL feed you to the wolves called fan girls, Superbi. You remember what happened to Tsuna, right?" Riza hissed out. Tsuna gave an involuntary shudder. Squalo glared at the girl and stalked out stomping furiously.
"Tch. You got lucky this time, you stupid cow!" Gokudera said.
"Ahaha, let's go then," Yamamoto laughed.
"Shishi, the principessa snapped."
"Kufufu, let's go my dear Chrome."
"H-hai, Mukuro-sama!"
"Oh? Riza-chan's no fun~! I was just eating," Byakuran smiled.
Everyone in the room walked out, going to their respective locations (Vongola Decimo and Co. in the rec room., Varia in the Varia part of the house, Byakuran to his room, and Arcobaleno to wherever the hell they went). Riza went up to the coffee maker to make espresso. Hell's wrath would fall on the house if the Sun Arcobaleno didn't get his coffee. Especially now that he was an adult.
Tsuna and Co. were all lounging in the rec. room. They still had their own rooms to sleep in (well, they had to share rooms to be more accurate). Yamamoto decided that they would be better off hanging in that room rather than wandering in the hallways. Besides, it was pretty nice, so no one could really argue that it wasn't fitting for them.
"That girl! I'll blow her head off!" Gokudera fumed. He was lazing on the sofa, mumbling to himself.
"Gokudera-kun! Please don't! Remember what happened last time when your bombs exploded?" Tsuna asked. He had blown up a part of the house. The firefighters were involved as well as the police. Not to mention a lot of people showed up to see the house smoking. They were interrogated and from Riza's griping, the damages must have been expensive.
"Tch. You're too easy on her, Juudaime," Gokudera said. He was immediately suspicious of the girl when he first saw her, and an intense hatred and rivalry burned between the two of them. Why? Who knows. He doesn't exactly remember what happened, but they never agreed on anything. Psh. Like they were ever going to agree.
"I don't think so," Yamamoto said, swinging his arms. He was playing baseball on the Wii console (don't own. Well, I have one, but you know what I mean.). The screen showed block letters "Home-run!" while the sound system blasted a fanfare. "I think Riza-chan's trying her hardest!" He smiled on her behalf.
"But she didn't have any right to snap at Juudaime!" Gokudera argued.
"I-it's okay, Gokudera-kun! I don't blame her. She was training like crazy," Tsuna said. Gokudera scoffed.
"I think we should throw and EXTREME party for her tomorrow!" Ryohei shouted. The three turned to the boxer who was beating the snot out of a punching bag hanging from a bar on the wall.
"Why? What's the whole point of that?" Gokudera asked. He snickered. "She'll just have a conniption fit over it." How strangely out of character…
"I think it's a great idea," Tsuna said. He slowly melted into a bright smile. "Yeah! Just think of it as a way to thank her for letting us stay here as well as tolerating and paying for the damages that we all caused. And she kindly explained our situation to us! She must have been really stressed, especially since Mukuro came here."
"Sawada Tsunayoshi…" Mukuro smiled eerily. Tsuna jumped back a bit.
"You know it's true, Mukuro," he said, defending himself. "So we'll throw a party, right?"
"Tch. Fine then. But only because you said so," Gokudera huffed, crossing his arms.
"I think we should have the others help out too!" Yamamoto said, swinging the remote again. "I'll try to get Squalo to help too!" Another fanfare signaled a home-run or an out of the park.
"THEN LET'S TELL NATHAN TO THE EXTREME!" the boxer roared.
"So it should be a surprise party. Don't leak anything. And that means you Turf Top!" Gokudera said. As much as he disliked the Italian girl, somewhere deep down in his heart, like deep, deep, deep, deep, DEEP down SOMEWHERE, he kind of cared for her. Or maybe saw her as an annoying sister or cousin or something.
"Oi! I won't mess up anything Octopus Head!" he cried indignantly. "I'll go tell Nathan about this TO THE EXTREME!" He jogged out of the room.
"Haha! I'll try to convince Squalo then!" Yamamoto said, running to Varia part of the house.
"Tch. Stupid baseball freak. Should I tell Reborn-san to tell the Arcobaleno, Juudaime?"
"Ah. Sure," Tsuna scratched the back of his head. Who else did he need to tell? Shoichi, I-Pin, Lambo, Kyoko, Haru, his mom, Chrome. He shuddered. Mukuro and Byakuran too. Tsuna sighed. This going to be a long day.
"It's not too bad. Did you use the coffee maker?" Reborn asked. Riza nodded stiffly. "Next time, use less water."
"Okay." She walked out of the room. Reborn watched her receding figure. The poor girl still hadn't figured out a way to get them back. He didn't know how much time had passed in Namimori since they've arrived, but hopefully, it didn't ruin anything. Yes, Reborn believed her. She had some evidence, not to mention he did some snooping of his own. Besides, he was in his adult form which suggested that they were in another universe. If they were in another world, they'd still have the curse because it would be a parallel world. If only Luce, Aria, or Yuni appeared… Well, at least their training was paying off.
Gokudera knocked on Reborn's door. Riza had passed him in the hall, but didn't really question his presence. She was in a hurry…of sorts.
"Reborn-san," Gokudera began.
"You want me to tell the others that you'll be throwing a surprise party for Riza," he said, stroking his sideburns. Gokudera didn't look surprised. Reborn was a great hitman after all. "And why are you doing this for that useless girl?"
"Just a way of saying thanks! If Juudaime agrees to it, then I'll help with it!" Gokudera shouted. Reborn smirked.
"Fine. I'll tell the others."
"Thank you Reborn-san!" He bowed and ran out of the room. Reborn sighed. What a troublesome girl Riza was. She had better not get a swollen head from this or he'd give her extra training.
Convincing Squalo was gonna hard, much less the rest of the Varia.
"VOIII! WHY THE HELL DO WE HAVE TO THROW A PARTY FOR THAT BRAT?" Squalo screamed. Lussuria pouted.
"Inside voices, Squalo dear~," Lussuria reprimanded. He scowled at him.
"VOIII! DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO!" he shouted back. Lussuria frowned and continued to cook the Varia's dinner.
"Haha, because we thought it would be a good idea!" Yamamoto responded.
"NO WAY IN HELL! ASK THAT STUPID BOSS OF OURS!" Squalo roared. He stalked out of the room.
"Well I think it's a great idea!" Lussuria said. "That Riza did a lot for us. I'm in~! Don't worry, Baby Riza! Mama Lussuria's gonna throw you a great party!" the flamboyant man woman thing squealed.
"R-right," Yamamoto said. "I'll be going now." He ran out of the Varia "base."
"Boss kicked me out," Levi sniffed. Lussuria sent him a sympathetic look.
"It's okay. Just tell Mama Lussuria all about it."
"NATHAN!" Ryohei hollered at the top of his lungs. Nathan was in the garage, planning to leave. He turned around to face the really loud kid.
"What is it? And please stop yelling," Nathan said. He could feel a headache coming.
"We want to EXTREMELY throw Riza a party for tomorrow!" Not more of this extreme crap. "Could you EXTREMELY buy stuff for it?" he asked.
"Sure. But where will it be held?"
"We will EXTREMELY figure that out later!" Ryohei shouted.
"Right. Sure," he said. He got in the car and drove off to get stuff.
Riza felt slightly guilty for yelling at the people earlier. Then again, she did have a reason to. The kitchen was…broken? No. Destroyed. Not necessarily. What was the word for it? Damaged? Probably.
"Hey, Riza! I heard yelling down there and- Ow!" That must have been Dino tripping down the stairs. After a moment, Dino appeared before her.
"Yeah. But look at this place. That's a lot of damage, no? What am I gonna do? And where's Nathan?" Riza asked. Dino laughed and patted her head.
"It is. We can get it fixed though. And Nathan left to go buy some things," Dino said. Riza sighed.
"I just yelled at a lot of people. They probably won't help me now," Riza groaned. "And Nathan will FLIP when he sees the damages in the kitchen." She laid her head on the table. "Where were you this whole time?"
"I was fighting Kyouya," he said sheepishly. If Riza could raise an eyebrow, she would've.
"Without your men?" she asked.
"Well, I consider Tsuna as my brother, and I want to protect him in any way I can, so…" he trailed off.
"But how is protecting him from his own Cloud guardian gonna…You know what? Never mind. Wait. Tsuna was with you?"
"Y-yeah. He left after things got a little crazier. And then Kyouya refused to fight me. I don't know why though. Haha," Dino shrugged. So that would explain why Tsuna was in the kitchen if he wasn't with Dino earlier.
"Right. You're helping me clean. Gather as many people you can since they did cause the mess. Yes, that includes Hibari," Riza ordered.
"Alright then." She heard Dino walk out of the room. Hopefully, he would get several people to help her clean.
"You know, there could've been an easier solution to this," Fon said. Again, adult form. He walked in and sat next to Riza. "There's no way you can change their spitfire personalities so a better choice would be to adapt to them as well as hold a steady hand towards them."
"…Did you want oolong tea?"
"That would be nice, yes." Riza got up and got water in a whistling pot thingy.
"Just wait 'til the water boils. But seriously, Fon, what should I do?" He hummed to himself while in thought.
"An apology can go a long way," he said after his moment of silence. The pot whistled and Riza took it off heat.
"I'm guessing you'd rather make it yourself rather than have me do it. You remember last time, right?" Riza asked. Fon nodded.
"It wasn't too…bad," he said, carefully choosing his words. Riza smiled.
"You can tell me the truth you know," she said. Fon got up and did whatever he did to make his oolong tea taste so freakin' good.
"It really wasn't that bad. Next time, I suggest you let the leaves sit in the water for a bit longer," he said. Riza nodded.
'Not like there would be a next time,' Riza thought. Dino tripped into the room with Vongola Decimo and Co. An awkward silence filled the room with Riza looking at the group and vice versa. Fon was calmly sipping his tea as if there was nothing wrong.
"Riza?" he asked. Riza blinked.
"Oh, right. Guys, I'm really sorry for yelling at you earlier. I was just fed up with all the training I had to do, only to come into the house to find the kitchen a mess…I'm really sorry."
"Oh, it's alright, Riza-san! I know what you mean," Tsuna said. He thought back to his training with Lal and Reborn. He gave her a sympathetic smile.
"Tch. If Juudaime forgives you, then I guess I will too. But ONLY because he did," Gokudera said, looking away.
"Haha! That's fine! It must've been hard training with Lal-san and the kid, huh?" Yamamoto said. Lambo ran in between Tsuna's legs.
"Gyahaha! Give Lambo-sama some candy and maybe he'll forgive his subordinate!" he shrieked. Riza smiled and handed him a candy from her pocket.
"There. Now go play with I-Pin," she said. He grabbed it from her hand and ran out of the room.
"That stupid cow," Gokudera growled. Tsuna just sweat dropped. He turned back to Riza and smiled at her.
"You need help with repairing the kitchen, right? We can help you. Dino-san! Do you think you could convince a few of the others to help out?" Tsuna asked. The older blond nodded and tripped out the room.
"Thank you Tsuna!" She glomped him. "If you were a year older or I was a year younger, I would totally kiss you right now!" Tsuna blushed. They were about the same height after all…
"C-could you please get off of me?" he stuttered. Riza released him.
"Right! Sorry!"
"Grrr! How dare you touch Juudaime! I'll bomb you to pieces!" Gokudera shouted. He pulled out a dynamite stick and lit it.
"ARE YOU CRAZY? PUT THAT THING OUT RIGHT NOW!" she shouted, ripping the dynamite out of his hands and running it under cold water. It went out. Now that it was useless for the time being, Riza chucked it at Gokudera's head.
"Stupid Octopus Head! What would've happened if that went off, huh? The house would've exploded! Would you rather live in the streets?" she shouted, jabbing a finger in his direction. Why she didn't bring up the fact that he would've killed everyone, including Tsuna, no one will know.
"What did you call me? And who cares if the house explodes!" he shouted back. Tsuna held Gokudera back while Yamamoto held Riza back. They glared at each other.
"I called you Octopus Head, stupid! What? Can't understand me?"
"I'll kill you! Let me go Juudaime!" Dino tripped back into the room.
"I brought back Byakuran, Kyoko, Haru, and Mama," he reported. Riza stopped glaring at Gokudera.
"Thanks Dino! You'll help too, right?" Dino nodded.
"Oh my goodness! What a mess!" Mama said. Riza nodded.
"Hahi! It looks like a storm ran through here!" Haru squeaked. Kyoko agreed.
"Could you please help us, Nana, Kyoko, Haru?"
"Of course! And call me Mama! Everyone else does," she said. Riza sent her a grateful smile.
"Thanks Mama! Okay, we'll leave the repairs to the repairmen after Nathan calls them. We'll just clean up, yes?" Riza asked. Everyone nodded. "Byakuran?" The white haired male turned to her.
"Yes?"
"If you weasel your way out of cleaning, I'll cut your supply of marshmallows for a month as well as burn your stash hidden in your room."
"Why would you say that?" He grinned at her.
"You were thinking it, weren't you?" Riza demanded. He laughed.
"Of course not, Riza-chan~!" he sang. She made the gesture, 'I'm watching you.'
"Let's clean then."
True to his word, Byakuran had stayed put and helped them clean. It took a lot of time, swear words, a knocked out Dino, a lot of 'Hahi!'s, a 'GET TO WORK YOU STUPID OCTOPUS HEAD!', a 'SHUT UP OR I'LL BOMB YOU!', many 'HIIIIIEEEE!'s, and a 'Calm down everyone.' Eventually, they got the room cleaned for the most part with the exception of the damaged walls. Miraculously, they were able to clean the scorch marks off the ceiling. Nana had prepared drinks and snacks for everyone that helped and began to make dinner.
"Thanks everyone!" Riza smiled gratefully. They finished putting away the last of the supplies.
"Anything for you~!" Byakuran smiled. "I expect a surplus supply of marshmallows in my room within the week." So he had an ulterior motive huh? Sneaky bastard…
"No problem, Riza-san!" Tsuna smiled. She glomped him.
"You really are too cute, Tsu-kun~! I can call you that, right?" Riza snuggled herself into Tsuna's fluffy brown hair.
"S-sure…Could you please get off of me?" Tsuna asked nervously, slightly blushing. Hopefully Kyoko wouldn't take this the wrong way. He glanced at her only to see her giggle.
"Why you! Let go of Juudaime!" Gokudera yelled. Riza glared at him.
"Only because Tsuna asked, stupid Octopus Head," Riza said, releasing Tsuna.
"Haha! Everyone is really lively today, huh?" Yamamoto grinned. Riza stared at him.
"Yama-kun. It's like this every day," she deadpanned. He laughed.
"But they're extra lively today, right?" he asked. She nodded.
"Hey, where'd Fon go?" The others looked around to search for the man. "Gone like the wind," she muttered. Riza stood up. "Mama? Would you like me to call the others down for dinner?" she asked. Sawada Nana nodded.
"I'd like that Riza-chan!" Riza turned to Tsuna.
"I'm trusting you and your friends to keep a watch on here. If anything gets destroyed, feel free to scream and yell. I'll probably hear it," Riza said. She jogged out of the room.
"R-right…" Tsuna replied hesitantly.
Finding the Arcobaleno that were at her house was rather easy. Reborn would usually be in either his room, or a room that had turned into gunman's practice shooting room. Fon would be in his room meditating or in the backyard teaching her and I-Pin. Lal and Colonello should be making out in a room….Never mind. One of the two would shoot her thinking that. Lal was in her room. Colonello would probably be with Reborn in the shooting room, trying to outshoot the number one hitman in KHR. Mammon was with the Varia, so he would be eating with them…if they ever ate. First stop, Reborn and Colonello.
"Reborn! Colonello! Dinner's almost done!" Riza shouted over their gunshots. She was ignored. "Hey! I said dinner's almost done!" Ignored again. She grabbed the moon ring and was about to swing it over Colonello's head, but he held the gun to her head.
"We heard you the first time, kora!" he said. Reborn turned to face them, calmly placing his gun down.
"You two head down first. I still have to get the others. Actually, Colonello, go get Lal. I'll get Fon. I still have to get a few others too," Riza said. She ran out of the room.
"Tch. Not very subtle, is she, kora?" Colonello smiled. Reborn looked away. Huffing to himself, he walked smoothly out of the room. Colonello followed, but headed a different direction. He was told to get Lal after all. Not that he ever listened to the girl. Whatever.
Riza knocked on Fon's room.
"Come in," he said. She opened the door to see the older Chinese male practicing kung fu.
"Dinner's almost done so please come down soon," she said. He nodded and finished whatever he was doing before heading downstairs. She had left by then.
There was no way Riza was going to get the Varia. Lussuria could probably cook something up for them. After all, he had a kitchen in his part of the house, so they'll have dinner made by him per usual. Who else was left? Byakuran was down there already…she should probably go get Shoichi of ten years later. She walked to his room which was at the far end of the hall. Knocking on the door, she heard the usual, "Come in."
"Shoichi? Dinner's almost done. Please come down," she said politely. He hung his headphones around his neck and stood up. "How's research going?"
"Not too well. There's nothing here that suggests we can get back. Basically, there's no evidence that proves a way back or our appearance here. I have a few theories, but I need some more evidence before I test them," he said. Riza nodded.
"Maybe you could use this time to build things you want to then," she suggested. "Head down first. I still think I have a few more people." He nodded and they left his room.
Who else did she miss? Dino was down there, I-Pin and Lambo had went down there already, or at least they could smell the cooking and went down there. Ryohei, Mukuro, and Chrome! As much as the Vongola guardians didn't get along much (only a few of them though…*cough Hibari and Mukuro cough*). Ryohei should be in there too. She did install a punching bag for him…so…
"Onii-san, Mukuro, Chrome, dinner's almost done! Please come down," she said. Said people turned to look at her.
"I'll go to the EXTREME!" he shouted. He jogged out of the room. Riza turned to the pineapple duo.
"And you guys?" she asked. Chrome nodded and stood up. Mukuro mirrored her actions, but when Chrome left the room, he snaked an arm around Riza. Oh no! Pervy!Mukuro has returned! And what the heck? Wasn't Chrome someone special to him?
"Kufufu."
"…Mukuro, what is the whole point of this?" she asked, attempting to pry his fingers off of her. She was itching it swing her sun and moon rings against his head. Unfortunately, he was hugging her waist which prevented her from unstrapping them.
"I like messing with you," he said simply.
"No. Get off," she said.
"Are you sure I can't take your body?" Mukuro asked.
"Absolutely not."
"Why?"
"Dude. We're fifteen."
"And your point is? I know there are people who do it at our age or younger," he said. She sent him a disgusted glare.
"My point is, I'd like to remain a virgin. Not done in by some creepy weirdo who's suddenly acting out of character because of the authoress's incompetency."
"Kufufu…" he breathed in her ear.
"…You just want those kanji contacts, huh?" Because apparently, his eye no longer sported his creepy kanji eyes from hell. He did search for cosplay contacts. And he had been to hell and back six times. He earned those eyes.
"Bingo," he smirked.
"Stop touching me and maybe we can strike a deal," she said. "AFTER dinner," she added. He 'Kufufu'd and left the room. She let a breath she didn't realize she was holding.
Now who was she missing?…Hibari. She internally kicked herself. How could she forget the bloodthirsty prefect? Then again, he didn't like crowding, so she'd have to bring his food separately…
Riza ran back downstairs to the kitchen.
"Mama! Can I have a tray of food?" Riza asked. Nana looked surprised.
"Of course. But what for?" she asked, preparing the dinner on a tray. Riza shuddered.
"We have a family member (read: delinquent) who prefers to be by himself. I think he'd rather have dinner by himself rather than crowd," she explained.
"Alright then. Here you go! Be careful!" Nana said, handing her the tray. Riza took it and nodded.
"Thanks, Mama!" she walked up the stairs.
While Riza was taking dinner to the Demon Prefect, Tsuna was talking to the people at the dinner table.
"A-as you all know, we're planning on throwing a thank you party for R-Riza tomorrow," he stuttered. Mukuro and Byakuran had amused facial expressions. Hibari wasn't at the dinner table, so it wouldn't really matter. He wouldn't want any part of it anyways. Kyoko and Haru nodded. Shoichi was rather skeptical about it.
"Why now though?" he asked. Usually, parties needed more time for planning.
"I don't really know," Tsuna answered. Curse the authoress for making them do something for some random person at some random time. "But I think it would be nice. Riza-san did allow us to stay here and all. She also paid for our damages since we have no money."
"And this would be good experience for the Vongola Decimo," Reborn added, smirking. Even though he was in his adult form, he did still have to tutor Tsuna. He made an agreement (or a contract) with Vongola Nono. Tsuna frowned.
"Y-yeah."
"Kyoko-chan and Haru will help Mama with food!" Haru declared.
"Sho-chan and I can help pick out the music. Ne, Sho-chan~?" the white haired guy said. Shoichi nodded.
"Lambo and I-Pin, could you help with the decorations?" Tsuna asked. The two nodded.
"Gyahaha! The great Lambo will make the best decorations ever!" the cow child shrieked. Good thing he wasn't like Lampo or else he would've complained about the work load.
"I-Pin will do her best!" I-Pin agreed. Tsuna smiled at the children's enthusiasm.
"Kufufu. Chrome and I-"
"Will do nothing," Nathan cut in. He carried lots of bags full of groceries and party decorations. Mukuro frowned while Chrome nodded. "Mukuro, don't drag Chrome down to your level."
"I would never drag my dear Chrome down," Mukuro denied suavely. Chrome blushed a little.
"M-Mukuro-sama," she said softly. Nathan sighed.
"In that case, if you want to help so much, Chrome can help the girls in the kitchen and Mukuro can help clean after the party."
"Kufufu, no. I want to be the one to lead Riza to the party," he demanded. Nathan raised an eyebrow.
"You are in no position to demand your part, Rokudo. You are part of the cleaning staff."
"…" Mukuro sent him a dirty scowl.
"Does anyone know what the Varia will do?" Tsuna asked. They'll probably crash the party and break a lot of things.
"Knowing them, they'll either crash the party or not show up at all," Bianchi said, leaning against the doorway.
"B-big sis," Gokudera doubled over. Hey, just because he's in the real world does not necessarily mean that his phobia disappeared. Actually, it probably wouldn't happen in real life, but meh. It would be too OOC if he didn't crash.
"I'll help with the after-party clean up," Bianchi said, slinging Gokudera's arm around her neck. She hauled him back to his room that he shared with Tsuna and Yamamoto.
"Hm. Don't expect us to help you, Tsuna," Reborn said. "Dino should do anything either." Dino was about to shout his objection, but quickly sat down. If Reborn was scary as a baby, he must have been worse than Satan himself in his original form. Reborn smirked.
"Does that cover everyone?" Tsuna asked. Everyone nodded.
"What about Hibari-san?" Yamamoto brought up. A few people (Tsuna, Haru, and Shoichi) paled. Other people (Byakuran, Reborn, and Mukuro) smirked. The rest (Lal, Colonello, Fon, Kyoko, Nathan, Lambo, and I-Pin) were indifferent.
"I think he shouldn't be involved," Tsuna said. The skylark hated crowding, so a party would most definitely tick him off. Mukuro continued to smirk.
"Sawada Tsunayoshi, I'll have to disagree with you here. I think it'd be fun if he was there," Mukuro grinned.
"But the Cloud man doesn't like crowding," Chrome murmured. Mukuro 'Kufufu'ed.
"That's where the fun is, my dear Chrome."
"I say we have Riza tell him," Byakuran suggested. They all turned to stare at him.
"If we're surprising her, why would we have her tell Kyouya?" Dino asked. Byakuran smile suggested that they were all idiots.
"We surprise her first then we have her go get Hibari-kun," he said. Several people murmured in agreement.
"Tsuna should do it. After all, Hibari is his Cloud Guardian, and he is the boss," Reborn said.
"How about Tsuna and Riza go together!" Yamamoto suggested. Yamamoto's on a roll! Tsuna paled.
"No, no, no, no!" he denied vehemently. "We'd crowding around him and he'll bite us to death!" Tsuna shouted.
"Let's just discuss that when we get there," Fon said. He stood up, his bowl and plate empty. "If you'll excuse me," he said, walking towards the kitchen.
"I agree with him, kora! I think it'd be better to solve it tomorrow, kora!" Colonello said. Lal snorted.
"Like you think," she said.
"I do too, kora!"
"Whatever helps you sleep at night, fool," she said calmly, putting a piece of meat in her mouth. Nathan smiled. Dinner sure was much livelier. Not that he complained. They were rather amusing.
While the others ate dinner, Riza carefully walked up the stairs, tray in hand. Hibari would probably be in his room. Again, no use wandering around. He had been here longer than the others so he was probably accustomed to the surroundings by now. His room was moved to the end of the hall. He requested such so he wasn't "crowded around by useless herbivores," as he put it. She walked in silence, going over her thoughts. When she reached his door, she placed the tray on the floor.
"Hibari-san?" she knocked on his door then picked the tray up. She waited a while until the door swung open to reveal the Demon Prefect. "Here's your dinner," she held out her hands to hand it to him.
"Just leave it on my table," he said. Was that permission for her to enter his room?
"Okay." Riza followed him in and set the tray down. She could feel his eyes shooting daggers at her. Why did he call her in if he was just going to glare at her? "Can I help you?" she asked. Hibari walked over to her, still glaring at her. "If I did anything in the past, I'll apologize, but Hibari-san, you're beginning to creep me out like – mmph!" Hibari crushed his lips against hers. Her eyes widened in surprise. Hibari Kyouya was kissing her. Kissing her. As much as she enjoyed it, she had to pull away. It only lasted a second anyways.
"What are you doing?" she said, her voice an octave higher. Hibari smirked and closed the distance between them…
"Herbivore, what are you doing?" Hibari growled. Riza continued to stare into space, still holding onto the tray. He frowned and pulled out a tonfa. Being careful, but only because he wanted his food, Hibari hit her head and slipped his free hand under the tray.
"Ow!" Riza clutched her head, but began to spazz when she thought she had dropped the tray. Hibari walked away, tray in hand. "What was that for?" she asked when she saw him go into his room.
"For standing there and crowding around, herbivore," he said simply. She gaped at him.
"Nuh-uh! It's just the two of us!" she argued.
"Hn. Then it's for being a creepy herbivore like that pineapple bastard." He closed the door. Wow. What a weird Hibari. That, my good fan girls, is called wishful thinking. Poor Riza was deluded into thinking that Hibari was in love with her. Or at least deluded enough to have him kiss her.
"That was completely unnecessary!" she shouted after him. She blew a raspberry at his door, which didn't deserve it, and stomped back to the kitchen.
"Mama, I'm not going to eat tonight," she told her. Everyone had finished eating anyways. Good thing she had junk food before…or not.
"Oh? That's alright then. Good night, Riza-chan," Mama said. Riza smiled and nodded. She went up to her room to sleep.
"Alright then. The coast is clear!" Nana whispered excitedly. Tsuna peeked up from behind the counter.
"It's a good thing that girl stomps after dealing with a certain prefect. Thank you Hibari-san!" Nathan smiled.
Up in his room, Hibari twitched. Was someone thanking him? He continued to eat in silence.
Nathan carried the decorations to the common room. It was adjacent to the kitchen in the case where the Renatas had wanted to throw a party.
"Is it really okay to start decorating this late?" Tsuna asked. Psh. It was only nine. Nathan nodded.
"It'll be really fast. I was able to call the Varia, so hopefully, we'll get done faster." Tsuna paled. No, they wouldn't get done faster. They'd just make a big mess.
"Shishishi~! We'll help," Bel said. Fran just stood there.
"Sempai, you're beginning to creep me out." Bel glared at him. Err, frowned at him.
"Shut up, froggie."
"Let's get started then~!" Lussuria said, grabbing a yellow streamer roll.
"VO-" Nathan hit his head.
"Shut it, or Riza'll hear you," he glared. Squalo glared.
"VO-"
"Final warning Superbi." A metaphorical lightbulb lit in his head.
"VO-"
"Strike three, you're out." Squalo grinned.
"Peace out suckers!" he shouted. The shark man ran out of the room and back into the Varia "base."
"…Was he really smart enough to use his noise to get out of decorating?" Everyone wondered.
"I am also here to help," Levi reported. Nathan nodded.
"Juudaime!" Gokudera jogged into the room.
"Ah! Gokudera-kun! Are you feeling better?" Tsuna asked. His bomber friend nodded.
"Yep! I'll help you decorate!" He pulled the red streamer roll.
"Haha! Guess I'll help too!" Yamamoto grabbed the blue streamer roll. Tsuna smiled and grabbed a red nylon tablecloth.
"Have the tables been arranged yet?" he asked. Mukuro nodded. Since he denied doing cleaning duty, he was told to arrange the tables and help decorate. Meh. He was okay with it. It beat cleaning other people's garbage any day.
Tsuna draped it over one end of the table while Fran helped cover the other end.
"Bel-sempai, why aren't you doing anything?"
"Shishi. That's because I'm a prince, and princes don't work," was his reply.
"Fake prince, you mean," Fran said.
And since the authoress is getting lazy, let's just say that they did a good job decorating. At least, Tsuna, Yamamoto, Gokudera, Lussuria, Nathan, Levi the perverted old man, and Fran did a good job. I-Pin and Lambo were put to bed early, but it was probably better that way. Bel was pretty useless. Ow. Please don't stab me, Bel. Anyways, the girls had decided to make a fondue thingy. Nana had baked some cookies and with a little free time, made small sandwiches that would be served tomorrow. She had finished and turned in earlier than the others. Well, she did deserve it.
The room…didn't look too bad. Ryohei had added himself into the mix and threw confetti around the room. Lussuria…went nuts with the streamers. After managing to tape it all over the walls, he decided the ceiling needed some decoration too. He grabbed a few more colors, demanded a ladder, and began taping various lengths of streamers to the ceiling. So basically, once you stepped in, it would be hard to get out.
At least Byakuran and Shoichi did their jobs right. Shoichi had managed to fix the sound system in the common room (it was an area that was untouched with confetti). Byakuran had snuck into Riza's room and grabbed her mp3 player. Mukuro did not appreciate the fact that she had stuck a pineapple on the back of it where an apple was supposed to be. He also took Nathan's.
Bel was bored during the whole decoration process. His froggie friend was helping them decorate. And because he was a prince, princes didn't work. He giggled to himself and tugged on a streamer attached to the ceiling.
"Shishishi."
"Bel, honey. Don't tug on the decorations."
"I will do whatever I want, peasant."
Lussuria pouted. Bel made the room look better by reducing the decorations…so Prince the Ripper can actually do something useful? Ow. They finished the decorations around 11 to 12. Nathan stood back to observe the decorations.
"Not too bad for an impromptu party. Alright then, 'night guys!" They all disbanded to their rooms. Hopefully, nothing would go wrong tomorrow.
Riza woke up with the sneaking suspicion of something gone wrong. She looked down. Her clothes were still intact. She looked to her right and nearly screamed.
"Mukuro, what are you doing here?" she hissed. He opened an eye.
"You said we could discuss the contacts after dinner, but you didn't show up," he said. Riza blinked.
"Could you get out first?" she asked, rubbing her eyes.
"No. I'm taking you downstairs." He grabbed her wrist and dragged her to her bathroom. "But first go brush your teeth," he ordered. Riza glared at him, but did so.
The second she finished, Mukuro dragged her downstairs.
"Kufufu, if you don't walk, I'll shove you down the stairs," he said. What was with characters dragging her then threatening to shove her down the stairs? She glared at him and walked down to head to the kitchen. "Uh uh. We're going to the common room." Riza looked at him questioningly.
"Why?"
"Just go with it." She shrugged and went in.
"Happy New Years!" everyone shouted. Riza stared at the area where the source of the voices came from.
"Um…where are you guys exactly?" she asked.
"VOIIII! ALL THIS STREAMER CRAP IS IN THE WAY!" Squalo screamed. He swung his sword around to cut it.
"All my hard work!" Lussuria sobbed.
"Hey! Watch it, you!" Gokudera shouted. Since Squalo had so nicely cut away the streamers, Riza had a good view of the KHR cast. The Arcobaleno, the Vongola guardians of the tenth generation with the exception of Hibari, some of the Varia, and the other characters of KHR showed up.
"You guys did this for me?" Riza asked, touched.
"Of course not," Levi scoffed. Riza ignored him.
"Of course we did, darling!" Lussuria said.
"It's our way of showing our appreciation to you for paying for the damages we caused and for letting us stay here instead of allowing us to get eaten alive by fangirls," Tsuna said. Riza smiled.
"You guys really didn't have to," she said. "And it's New Years! I completely forgot! Dang it! And we were supposed to stay up all night to celebrate too!"
"Is that how you do things in America?" Yamamoto asked. She nodded. "Haha! That's so funny!"
"VOIII! I'm outta here!" Squalo stomped out. He really didn't like these losers.
"Ah." Riza looked at everyone. "Thanks guys! But isn't there something we have to do?"
"What is it now, woman?" Gokudera growled.
"Haha, I'm sure she has something up her sleeve. Just trust her, Gokudera," Yamamoto said. Riza grinned.
"Nathan, did you get them?" she asked. Nathan nodded and pulled out a bag.
"Explosives!" she clapped. Nathan shot her a glare.
"No. Confetti poppers," he corrected. Riza pouted.
"Same diff," she muttered. She handed them out to those who had attended. "On the count of three we pop them and shout happy New Year's! One! Two! Three!" With a loud pop, everyone pulled the strings to release the confetti.
"Happy New Year's!"
Ah, I know I rushed the end. I'm sorry! I just didn't know what I was going to do, and there were a lot of characters, not to mention I procrastinated! Gah! Well, I hope you enjoyed it! Happy New Year's guys!
Read Five Year Old Time Travelers by Amethystgirl1943! She's working really hard on those chapters!