Jump into the Real World! Chapter 5
Haha, hey guys! It's a real chapter this time! Thanks for all those reviews and alerts! I'll thank y'all at the end! Charas will be OOC. Sadly. Oh, but first, it has come to my attention that a few of you guys want to see pairings with Riza. That or I'm delusional. If so, I'll put up a poll or something…! Just vote on the guy that you want her to end up with (but there'll be a twist~!), or you can just leave it in a review (leaving it in a review would be better, cuz that way, mobile users could give me feedback easier)! Oh yeah, BREAKTHROUGH! Assume that the break mentioned in this chapter is Winter Break. That means that Tsuna's fifteen. FIFTEEN! At least, when he gets to the "real" world…GYAHAHA, pairings GALORE~! (Thank you, lightning587.) Ahem.
Recap!
"Miss Riza, I'm back and I – What the…?" Nathan opened the door to see Riza pinned down by an older blond man.
'Oh shit,' both Riza and Dino thought.
Nathan continued to stare at the duo on the floor. They all found it difficult to move, only staring back at each other. Riza's blush began to show, increasing tenfold by the second. Why wasn't anyone moving?
Now, any normal father/mother figure would yell at the boy to get off of their daughter. Nathan didn't do that. He continued to stare, but pulled his iPineapple Phone 5 from his pocket and began to snap pictures.
"What the…" Riza mumbled. Common sense was knocked into both Dino and Riza. He jumped off of her as if she was a burning fire about to devour his body, then promptly tripped and landed on his head right next to her.
"Owww…" he moaned. While Riza's thought recollected themselves, reality decided to hit back with a vengeance.
"Nathan! What the heck are you doing?" she screeched. She got up immediately and ran over to the bodyguard mommy.
"Riza, I'm so proud of you! And here, I thought I would have to worry about you getting a husband! Should I leave the two of you alone? Dino, make sure you do a good job!" Nathan boomed. The other two in the room stared at him. Cue full-blown blushes.
"Y-you…SICKO! It's not like that!" Riza denied furiously. She pounded her fists on Nathan's chest. Nathan just laughed.
"Yeah, I know. Dino probably fell on top of you, right?" Nathan chuckled. Riza glared, her blush dying down a bit. Dino got up from the floor.
"Mr., uh…what was your name?" Dino gave him a sheepish smile. His blush was now less noticeable.
"Nathan Hughes, at your service," Nathan did a small bow. Dino grinned.
"Great! Wait, how did you know my name?" Riza groaned in aggravation and at Dino's and her own stupidity. She didn't do a real good job of explaining, huh?
"I thought you said you believed me?" She was ignored.
"I'm guessing Riza explained your situation to you," Nathan said. Dino nodded. "Well, you're pretty well-known by many fans. You will be recognized by these fans wherever you go. I just happened to guess," Nathan shrugged. Riza glared at him.
"Yeah right, liar."
"So let's go down for dinner!" Nathan cheerfully replied. Riza gasped.
"It's already this late? CRAP!" She ran out of the room, screaming something about bringing her dinner up to her desk and homework. Dino blinked.
"…Is she always like this?"
"Unfortunately."
~*The Next Day*~
"Miss Riza, please get up. You have school today," Nathan chided. Riza groaned.
"Five more minutes, Mom," she mumbled, turning on her side. She snuggled deeper under the covers. Nathan sighed and did what any normal person would. He yanked the covers off and dragged her off of bed. She yelped when her body hit the cold floor.
"What the frick?" Riza shouted. Nathan rolled his eyes.
"School," he spelled out. Her eyes widened.
"No!" she groaned, but ran into her bathroom anyways. He walked out of her room to go deal with a certain skylark. Or not. Maybe he'll go wake up I-Pin.
Riza's daily morning routine was to brush her teeth, jab her eyeballs putting in contacts, brush her hair, and change. Since she attended an academy, she was required to wear a uniform. Damned skirts…
Her uniform consisted of a wine red and black plaid skirt, a white button-up dress shirt, and a matching wine red sweater with the school emblem (a rather prestigious school reserved for future heirs and heiresses, or anyone crazy rich or smart enough to attend). Students were allowed to "modify" their uniforms, as long as the uniform still consisted of the clothes listed above (for girls. Guys had the same color scheme except they wore slacks rather than skirts. That would be very weird if they did wear skirts). By modify, that mean that colors could be added/sewn onto the uniform, or something to that effect. The school dress code was enforced greatly. Any skirt not knee-length would result in a walk to the principal's office and public humiliation. We're not going to dwell on that.
She ran down the stairs, nearly tripping over the stairs themselves and her feet.
'Breakfast, breakfast, breakfast, breakfast!' Riza chanted in her head. Yes, she was stupid in the mornings.
"Hey, Riza!" Dino smiled. Riza nodded in acknowledgement and grabbed a cereal box. She dumped some of its contents into a bowl and grabbed the milk carton. Spoon poised in hand, she began shoveling cereal into her mouth.
"Bad Riza, bad! Good grief, child! Where are your manners?" Nathan scolded. Riza glared at him. She readjusted her posture and began to eat the cereal as if it were a five star soup course. "Much better." She muttered foul words under her breath.
Dino looked at the scene before him. This was a bit familiar to him…That's right! While training under Reborn, he was forced to learn table manners for formal dinners. He was never really good at it though…
"I-Pin wants more cereal, please!" the smaller Chinese girl said. She held out her bowl.
"Of course." Nathan dumped some chocolate cereal stuff into her bowl.
"Aww! I-Pin's eating cereal! How do you like it, I-Pin?" Riza cooed. The other girl grinned at her.
"Very good!" she said ecstatically. Uh oh…Let's hope she wasn't on a sugar high.
"Where's Hibari?" Riza asked in between bites. "You did enroll him into a school, right?" Nathan nodded.
"Of course I did. Who do you think I am?" he asked. Riza shrugged.
"Then where is he?"
"…"
"…"
"…"
"I'm not waking him up."
"…" They both turned to Dino. "You're waking him up," they said simultaneously. Dino paled, frowning slightly.
"Hey! Why do I have to do it?" he protested in question form. "Why can't I-Pin do it?" Riza gasped and ran over to I-Pin to hug her protectively.
"Oh hell no! You ain't sending out I-Pin to go wake up that guy!" She glared at him. "And we pick you because you know him better. Or more like he's more familiar with you than us," Riza explained. She returned to her seat and lifted the bowl to her lips to guzzle down the milk.
"…Fine. I'll wake Kyouya up." He grudgingly trudged up the stairs and into Hibari's room.
"Should I have a funeral arranged, Miss Riza?" Nathan asked. Riza shrugged, getting up to put the bowl in the sink.
"Nah. Unless we know for sure that he's dead, no funeral. They're expensive, I've heard," Riza commented. She grabbed an apple and bit into it. Nathan nodded.
"Should I go check on them?" he asked. She shook her head and swallowed.
"Nope. Dino should be able to do it and remain intact." Her tone was absolutely resolute. "I-Pin's staying at home with you, right?"
"You get really smart when school starts, you know that?" Riza glared at him. "And yes, I-Pin is staying with me."
"I do not," she retorted. "I'm still the same idiot that falls down the stairs, trips going up the stairs, does the wrong homework assignment, and crushes on unobtainable people."
"So you admit you're an idiot?" Nathan smirked. "That means that you know you're smart." Riza glared at him harder.
"Imbecile. Nincompoop. Spanner. Man whore. Playboy. Deranged psycho. Smartass," she said, saying each "insult" slowly.
"Should I get a soap bar for your mouth, Miss Riza?" Nathan grinned. "Wrong. Nope. Lies. Double lie. Triple lie. Semi-truth. Complete truth," he corrected. Riza turned away, huffing.
"Anyways, I'm going up to check up on them. Hibari and Dino are taking too long," she said. She climbed the stairs slowly, as if each step was leading her to her doom. In a sense, it was.
~*Look at me~! Imma line break! The real line break was fired*~
"I-Piiiin! Where are youuuuu?" Lambo shouted. He was running around the Sawada household looking for his friend.
"Lambo! Stop running around the house!" Tsuna scolded. Lambo pulled his lower eye lid down and stuck out his tongue out at him.
"Dame-Tsuna!" he shouted, running off. Tsuna sighed. What a brat.
"Tsuna." Tsuna turned to face the person who called his name.
"R-Reborn?" He was going to say something serious. Reborn usually called him Dame-Tsuna, but when things got serious, it was always Tsuna.
"Have you felt anything today?" he asked, his fedora shading his eyes.
"No…but my Hyper Intuition is telling me something is going to happen later today," Tsuna said, unease settling in his stomach. What is he, pregnant?…Forget I said anything.
"Hn. Keep a careful lookout then."
~*Line Break. I'm purdy.*~
"Hey! Hibari! I know you don't love the school that you're going to since it's not Namimori, but that's no excuse to be late!" she yelled, going into his room. "You better hurry up and get your-" She stared at Hibari the Sex God. Just kidding. She stared at Hibari, gaping slightly. "Hibari? What happened…to your face?" He shot her an annoyed look and growled.
"Explain this herbivore," he demanded. She continued to stare then held her hand to her mouth to stifle her giggles.
"Haha! Oh my god! Haha! Nathan! Get your bum up here and laugh with me!" Riza howled. She doubled over, slapping her thigh to emphasize her mirth. Hibari glared at her darkly, fingers itching to hit the girl.
"What is it Miss Riza?" Nathan walked into the room. Riza grinned gleefully, her hand pointing to Hibari.
"Look closely!" she urged, still giggling. And he did.
"…I don't see it," he finally said. Riza giggled again, Hibari still glaring daggers at her.
"H-his forehead," she giggled. Both Dino and Nathan looked at the area where she mentioned. Nathan coughed lightly to avoid laughing while Dino walked out of the room. Probably to laugh in his room where he wouldn't be bitten to death.
"Miss Riza, this is no laughing matter," he said sternly. At least he made an attempt to sound calm. Riza tried to stifle her laughter again, but failed, giggles escaping her mouth.
"Herbivore, explain it to me now or I'll bite you to death," Hibari growled. Riza still giggled, but nodded.
"That, Hibari, is what we call a pimple or pimples for plural," she snickered. Hibari's flawless, porcelain skin was blemished. With a pimple. Hibari glared at the half-Italian, grabbing his tonfas. Nathan saw this and ripped the tonfas with lots of effort from his vice-grip.
"No weapons on school grounds," he reprimanded, tucking away the retractable tonfas. Hibari growled and tried to get them back, but Riza held onto him.
"Do you want me to help you take care of that, Hibari?" Riza asked, still giggling. He glared at her, but something about him screamed, 'Take care of this now, or so help me I'll bite you to death with or without my tonfas.'
"You're all crowding. I'll bite you to death," Hibari muttered. Riza just ignored him and grabbed his hand.
"Before you kill us all and be charged with murder, let me, the weak herbivore, help the carnivore," Riza said. Hibari raised an eyebrow at her statement. Was she teasing him?
"Hn." She dragged him to her room and into her bathroom.
"Sit," she commanded. He glared at her. "What? You're taller than me. You expect me to reach up to your forehead?"
"You're crowding," he stated.
"Deal with it," she snapped. "Either you can kneel down, or sit on the toilet lid." He went to the toilet and hesitantly sat down. Hibari would never, and I repeat never, kneel down to anyone. "I'm going to apply some acne cream, okay?" Hibari said nothing, but glared at her. "I'm going to touch you for a second. I know very well that you could do this yourself, but to be honest, I don't really trust you to NOT apply the cream, okay?" She wordlessly uncapped the small squeeze bottle and squeezed some onto her finger. Gently, she applied the white cream to the small pimple, gingerly touching his skin. When she finished, he silently stood up.
"..."
"A thank you would be nice, yes?" she suggested. He scowled.
"For crowding around me, I'll bite you to death." He promptly hit her head.
"Oww!"
"Riza! Hibari! Hurry up, or you'll be late to school!" Nathan yelled. Riza sighed and grabbed her backpack from the foot of her bed.
"Well? Get out of my room!" Hibari walked out, Riza following behind him. They descended the stairs with Nathan at the base of the steps.
"Hibari, you'll be expected to stay in class. I don't want any phone calls saying that you skipped. Distance yourself from your new classmates or hit Riza, I don't care."
"Hey!"
"No fighting. You'll get your tonfas back when you get home from school. Here's your backpack. You should find that it has necessary things you'll need for your classes. Your lunch is packed in there since you don't want to be in a crowded lunch room. You are permitted to eat outside during lunch as long as you don't make a mess of things," Nathan lectured. Riza rolled her eyes.
"What makes you think that Hibari will listen to you?" she asked. Nathan grinned.
"Blackmail, my dear lady." He turned to Hibari and whispered something in his ear. Hibari's eyes widened slightly before his face settled itself into his signature scowl.
"Breath a single word about this to anyone and I'll bite you to death," he growled. Nathan simply smiled.
"Of course. But if you still insist on misbehaving, I assure you, I have pictures. And those pictures will go onto the internet where your secret will be exposed to fan girls/the entire world." Hibari glared at him, but grudgingly yanked the backpack out of his hands. Riza gasped.
"What dirt do you have on him? Tell me! Tell me!" she chirped. Nathan shook his head.
"None for you, Miss Riza. I'd rather keep you ignorant on this matter. And besides, you'll blab it to the whole world."
"That's a lie!" she cried out indignantly. Nathan ignored her.
"Time to go to school. Or in other words, hell. Dino, watch over I-Pin while I take the kids to school."
~*Time Skip*~
"Welcome back from your break, students. I'm sure you all had a lovely vacation of sorts," the teacher droned. He's not important enough to be given a name. The students in his class groaned, but many whispered amongst themselves. "Quiet! Now I'm sure you're all wondering who the new student is. Please stand up and introduce yourself."
Riza was absentmindedly doodling on a piece of paper. She wasn't paying any attention, but jolted a bit in her seat when she heard "new student."
'We have a new student? Where? Where?" She craned her neck to glance around the large room that held fifty or so students. Since she sat towards the center, she had a good view of people. Kind of.
Where was the new student? A movement in the back caught her eye. She shifted in her seat, her eyes following to the new prey of the school. Since he was farther back, and she was sure he was a guy since he wore slacks rather than a skirt, she couldn't make out the details of the new student. All she could see was that he was rather pale, and had black hair. Asian. Probably Chinese, or perhaps Japanese. Maybe Korean?
'I wonder how Hibari's doing in his new school,' she mused. 'I bet he's probably beaten some poor random student up already.'
All the other eyes in the room turned to the lone boy standing in the back. His impassive face made it difficult for the hunters of the room to sniff out the fear that should have emanated from the newbie.
"Hibari Kyouya. I moved here from Japan. Prease excuse my Engrish," he said. Riza suddenly stood up from her seat, her gasp heard above all the whispers.
"Miss Renata, please sit down. Under normal circumstances, I'd have sent you out of the room, but I'll let you off with a warning since you rarely disturb class. Consider this your first and only warning."
"Y-yes." Riza hesitantly sat down, looking back at Hibari one last time.
'…Nathan. He probably did this. Ah, wait, Hibari's in my class! How did I not notice him wearing our uniform? Gah!' Riza cursed mentally. The whispers in her class increased a bit until the teacher yelled at them to be quiet.
"Today we will be taking notes on the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. We will watch 30 minutes into the video. Take as many notes on the characters, at least 25 notes per character. No doodles. Complete sentences or you will be docked points. This assignment is the equivalent to a quiz in points. Failure to make the requirements will result in a grade letter drop as well as detention and supplementary classes. Write the proper heading in the top right-hand corner. Mr. Hibari, that means that in the upper right corner, you will write your name, the period, which is Period 1 (English, or Language Arts), and the date, which is 0X/1X/20XX." Riza glanced back at him to see that he had slightly nodded his head in acknowledgement. She turned to face forward and took out her notebook. Time to get this crappy assignment started…
~*Time Skip*~
Second period, Riza had math. Surprisingly, Hibari was also in her class. Or unsurprisingly if Nathan was involved. Hibari was the first to be in the room. Since he wasn't in Japan anymore, teachers didn't move around to get to the next classes. Students did. And that meant crowded hallways. How the hell did Hibari know where to go, and how did he get there so fast?
Third period, Riza and Hibari had biology. Surely Hibari excelled in this class since he was all about herbivores and carnivores, right? Wrong. They were studying organ systems. That had nothing to do with carnivores or herbivores.
Fourth period, Riza and Hibari had World History. This class felt like one of the longest. Each period was only 55 minutes long, but there were seven periods plus a lunch break. The teacher that droned on in that class didn't help.
Lunch break~! Also lasted 55 minutes. Riza grabbed her lunch bag and headed out to the courtyard. A certain black haired skylark caught her eyes. She tried to walk over to him. Key word: tried. Many people, all popular people, Riza recognized, were vying to get the aloof Cloud man's attention. Here's what happened:
"Oh, so you're from Japan?" some random girl asked. She pushed her arm under her boobs to make them appear bigger. Uh, who does that anyways? She smiled a flirty grin in his direction.
"Hn." Hibari bit into his sandwich. He made no eye contact with anyone.
"A man of little words? That's okay~!" another girl purred. She reached over to grab a napkin, while at the same time, Hibari's hand grabbed his. The girl immediately pulled back, but not before flashing a smile at him.
"Hey man! Do you wanna hang out after school?" a blond guy asked. Jock, abs, slightly less intelligent.
"Hn."
"That's cool." So Hibari speaks jock-speak? Or was the blond guy smart enough to figure out what Hibari said when he said "Hn."?
"What's in like in Japan?" another girl asked. She seemed like the most docile of the group. I label this girl, "Lackey!"
"That is none of your business," Hibari glared. He finished his lunch and threw the garbage away, wandering around aimlessly. The crowd dispersed when he left, but not without discussing the new transfer student.
"He's so hot!"
"Really? I think he's an ass."
"So? I think that's his appeal! The sexy, unobtainable one!"
"What the hell are you talking about?"
"Whatever! Hey, let's go somewhere else! I just got a text saying that there's a fight in the cafeteria!"
Riza watched all of this at a distance, her lips pursed together. She wasn't hungry, but ate it anyways. Nathan would scold her otherwise. She went to an empty white table and ate in silence. After all, at school, she was just the quiet one, or the smart one. She didn't belong to the group of idiots that this school had fostered. No. And for once in her life, she was glad that the others didn't pay attention to her. It made going to this school a whole hell a lot easier. Being the quiet one worked well as her façade. She didn't need to get close to any of these people. They were all users, anyways. Now off to the library…
~*I'm the line break that introduces weirdoes…I mean fan girls!*~
"Did you hear? There's a Hibari Kyouya attending school." Girl A said.
"I heard. DAYUM HE'S SO HOT!" Girl B squealed.
"So Katekyo Hitman Reborn is real? Pinch me, I must be dreaming!" Girl C gasped.
"Yeah, well, he's mine. I saw him first." Girl B said.
"Nuh-uh!" Girl A argued.
"Did too!" Girl B shouted back.
"Nuh-uh!" Girl A denied.
"Did too!" Girl B refuted.
"Lies!" Girl A was obviously in denial. And denial is a river that runs in Egypt. XD (I'm sorry if I offended any people out there!)
"…Who got you into KHR?"
"…You did…"
"Which means that I saw him first, and therefore, he's mine." One could hear the smirk in Girl B's voice.
"Oh shut up!"
"Well I might consider sharing him, but only a little bit," Girl B taunted. Girl A looked at her with skepticism.
"If?"
"If you snap a picture of him, or have proof that he really is here."
"…Fine," Girl A said begrudgingly. She left the room.
"What about me?" Girl C cried. Girl B turned to look at her.
"Go get me a sandwich," she ordered. Girl C sent her a nasty glare and stalked off to the cafeteria. Girl B began to snicker to herself. ** Hey! That sounds like a pretty cool pen name! Minus the coughs. "Hibari Kyouya, you've spent too much time away from your fiancée. It's time you return me, ne?" she cackled. How creepy. And delusional. And…I'll shut up now.
~*Told you they were weirdoes…I MEAN fan girls!*~
Hibari resisted the urge to bite (and sneeze because sneezing is a sign of weakness) the clustering herbivores to death, so he settled with ignoring them. It was hard though, since they just. Kept. TALKING. Did they not know how to keep their mouths shut? Not to mention the girls and guys used too much perfume/cologne. And he noticed that a few girls were breaking dress code by having their skirts higher than the allotted length. He would've bitten them all to death if they attended Namimori. Only the useless administration wouldn't catch it. Perhaps he should take it upon himself to recreate the Disciplinary Committee of XXXXXXX…
And under normal circumstances, he would've ruthlessly bitten those herbivores to death for crowding around and breaking school rules. Damn Nathan and his blackmail…but wait. Why should the great Hibari Kyouya care if he was blackmailed or not? What was going on with him?
Where was that small herbivore Riza? He had seen her approach him earlier before the mob had walked up to him and started blabbing their mouths off. In the very back recesses of his mind, (and I mean way, way, way, way back in his mind), Hibari thought about Riza. Touching. Him. No one dared touch him back in Namimori unless he was fighting them. He went back to think about how she lightly touched him, even for the briefest second, and how she was really close to him…No. He didn't like Riza*. Not like that, not ever. She was too herbivorous for a carnivore like him.
~*Library, library, library!*~
Riza sat in a library armchair contemplating the mysteries of life. With closed eyes, she leaned back, resting her head on the headrest. The whispers in the background made it hard for her to fall asleep though.
"Hey! Did you hear? There's a new transfer student. He looks really hot too," someone whispered. Riza's jaw clenched. Shut up, please. Someone's trying to sleep here!
"Yeah! I heard that he's actually some Japanese model that escaped Japan because he had some serious issues with his fans or an ex or something," another whispered. If Riza could roll her eyes at the moment, she would've. Hibari? A model? More like a murderer…if he's killed anyone yet, that is.
"That's highly unlikely. He's probably the son of some wealthy Japanese company CEO or something," the first person retorted.
"Whatever. But he's really hot! Do you think he has a girlfriend?"
"I doubt it. Unless he's into long-distance relationships," they scoffed. Riza opened her eyes just to roll them. Long-distance relationships? Hibari wouldn't clump together with an herbivore, as he put it. How was it that no one has recognized him from Katekyo Hitman Reborn? It was blatantly obvious! Nathan didn't even change his name! Riza continued to eavesdrop on their conversation. Hey, it wasn't her fault that they were talking so loud.
"So who's gonna ask him?"
"Not me. And ask him what?"
"If he has a girlfriend! I might~!"
"You don't have the guts."
"You bitch! So will you come with me or not?" The girl scoffed. Bitch was not an insult, huh?
"…Fine. Oh look! I see him in the courtyard. Let's go then."
Riza heard their footsteps get fainter and fainter. She sighed, pitying the poor females. Glancing out the window, she did see Hibari walking around the courtyard. Maybe he was "patrolling". There were crowds of people, but what surprised Riza the most was that Hibari wasn't hurting anyone.
'I need to find out what Nathan blackmailed him with,' she thought grimly. Was it really that bad that Hibari was willing to listen to what her bodyguard ordered him to do? Riza closed her eyes again, a sigh still escaping her lips. Maybe she was a bit jealous of the attention Hibari was getting. Sometimes, she fantasized that she was popular too. Then again…she hated attention, and she wasn't really comfortable standing around with complete strangers. Oh well. No need to cry over it or anything.
Riza drifted off to sleep, her cell phone acting as her alarm clock.
~*With Hibari, With Hibari*~
Hibari needed to find that useless herbivore Riza. He had been meaning to talk to her, not like he would tell her though. No. He needed to release his stress and beat her up. It was her fault for making him go to school that wasn't even remotely like Namimori. This school was too different from his beloved Nami-Chuu. It was…weird. Hibari didn't like it.
He stalked down the halls, glaring at the people who stared at him. They all either looked away or continued to look at him. Two girls approached him, giggling.
"Hi! I'm Hannah!" the brunette introduced herself. He glared.
"And I'm Abby," the blonde girl said indifferently. Hannah glared at her. "What?"
"Nothing." Hannah turned to grin at Hibari. "Anyways, would you like us to give you a tour of the school? I'm sure you know where your classes are, but you probably don't know where the auditorium or cafeteria is. We're part of the Student Council, so it's a part of our job. Let's get started!" Hannah grabbed Hibari's hand. A few collective gasps came from the people that were watching them. He was Student Council territory now.
"We have at least 25 minutes left of lunch break," Abby said, texting on her phone. Hannah grinned.
"Great! Where do you want to start?" She turned to look at Hibari.
"I don't care."
"Awesome! Let's start with the auditorium then!" Hibari's eye subtlely twitched with annoyance. Who gave this herbivore permission to touch him? He really wanted to hit someone now.
They walked around the large school campus, Hannah pointing out rooms and Abby adding in her sarcastic two cents. As they toured the school, Hibari's irritation grew. The Hannah girl was way too happy. Or annoying. He could tolerate the Abby girl since she kept her distance and didn't say much. His fingers unconsciously wandered to his sleeves where his tonfas would be. He tried to pull a tonfa out of his sleeve, but remembered that they were confiscated. Hibari let out a low growl.
"Did you just growl?" Abby asked, an eyebrow raised. Hibari blinked and shook his head.
"Do you know Riza Renata?" he asked. What had brought on this sudden question? Hannah giggled.
"Of course we know Riza! She's a really quiet girl, ya know? Why? Do you know her?" Hannah blabbered.
"No."
"Are you sure you don't know her? Seems suspicious that you're just asking for one girl," Abby commented. Her fingers danced across her iPineapple Phone 5's screen.
"Hn." Hibari looked away.
"And you just looked away. Must mean you have the hots for this girl, yeah?" Abby airily said, not looking up from the screen. Hibari glared at her.
"Whatever, herbivore," he said casually. He wasn't aware that he said 'herbivore'. Yay~! Our Hibari that we all know and love is coming back! "Tell me where she is, or I'll bite you to death." Abby looked at him, skepticism laced all over her features.
"Herbivore? Bite to death? Either you have some crazy fascination with science, or you're a huge pervert. That's pretty kinky right there," she said. Hannah pouted. She didn't like not having attention, and didn't Abby say she wasn't interested?
"Oh yeah! She always goes into the library after lunch!" Hannah gushed. "Hey, would you like to join the Student Council? I'm sure we could use you in some way! And do you have a girlfriend?" Hibari glared at her, completely ignoring her last question.
"I will never join any other group other than my Disciplinary Committee." With those words, he left the two Student Council members, his sweater perched on his shoulders, fluttering in the nonexistent wind. When Hibari leaves, he leaves in style.
~*You know I'm sexy. XD*~
"Oi, herbivore, get up." Riza slowly opened her eyes, rubbing the crud out.
"My alarm didn't even go off," she complained. She checked her phone. "I still had 5 minutes left."
"I don't care. I'm going to bite you to death." Riza sat up and stretched.
"Oh, hey Hibari!" His response was a glare. "Did you want something? And how did you find me?"
"Student Council," he said. Riza 'ahh'ed to show understanding. "How long until school ends?"
"So I'm guessing you don't like it here? Haha! Hmm...We have about 4 minutes to get to class, and we have three more periods. Can you last that long?" Riza asked, smirking. Hibari glared at her.
"Hn."
"Hey, did the others give you some trouble? I know you hate crowding, so…" she trailed off. Hibari raised an eyebrow.
"That doesn't concern you, herbivore," he said, looking out the window. Riza shrugged casually.
"Are you surprised? That I'm quiet here, but loud at home?" she asked. Hibari ignored her. "It's just that I don't know how to get close to people. I don't really get them. And besides, I'd rather keep to myself rather than associate myself with them. And I don't really see the point of standing in a hallway to talk about stupid gossip that could ruin people or anything like that. It also makes it hard to-"
"Excuses."
"What?"
"You're just using excuses," Hibari noted. Riza looked at him, a faint blush creeping up her neck.
"I-I'm not!" she said indignantly. She looked away. "I don't want to get close to them. They'll probably just use me. I might be an heiress, you know? That is, if he'll give me the money. My dad does own a company, and we have a lot of money. So do they. And they'd rather be out shopping in groups or something. I just don't like being in crowds. Call me an antisocial freak or whatever. I don't care."
Hibari looked at the girl that sat in front of him. Oh boy, she was going to start pouring out her emotional stress on him. Joy.
"But sometimes I kind of wish that I was popular, you know? Like, the kind of girl who wears make-up every day and looks good. And other times, I kind of want to know what other people think of me. Like, is there anyone out there who has a crush on me? Or is there something out there who wants to stab my back? And don't get me started on having a boyfriend-"
"I don't care." So she was like every other insecure girl out there. Human? Yes, very much so.
"Owww! Why'd you hit me?" Riza rubbed her head. "I'll get permanent brain damage!"
"I'll bite you to death."
"…Are you stuck on repeat or something? You keep saying that." Riza frowned. "Ah! We should get back to class! Let me see your schedule." She held out her hand to receive the piece of paper that had Hibari's classes. She studied it for a bit. "Just as I thought. You have all my classes. Just follow me," she said. Riza stood up, a sour frown on her face. Damn Nathan. Her facial expression took on a neutral look when she took a step away from her armchair.
"W-wait. Could you please help me?" Riza flinched. Slowly, dramatically, she turned around. Brown irises met her hazel ones. Riza's eyes widened, complete shock etched over her features.
"No…way…" She moved forward, hesitantly touching his brown hair. "T-Tsuna?"
*When Hibari was thinking about Riza, I said he didn't like her. Well he doesn't (at least not yet if there are pairings~! *hinthint*). It's just that I think that Hibari's a bit too…inhuman. And he is! XD. But now he's in the real world, so his character will be watered down-ish. And you know teenagers, hormonal and whatnot! Well, Hibari has hormones too (he just bottles his up in the manga and uses it to fight. Like steroids. XD). And since girls don't normally hug Hibari in the manga, he has no idea how to react to it (other than beat them up, but his tonfas aren't there, but I wouldn't put it above Hibari to fight with his fists...What was I talking about again?). Being in the real world, his more human feelings will be brought out (but I won't turn it into a mushy shojo manga, no I won't), so he'll be a little bit more…responsive? Expressive? To Riza? I dunno…I was just thinking that Hibari'll be a little more emotional in this story since he's supposedly in the "real" world. Do you guys follow? And do you think it's a good idea?
And that's a wrap! This was kinda hard! I just kept getting stuck, and Hibari's such a difficult character!
Hibari – What was that herbivore? *holds up tonfas*
N-nothing! Anyways, here's the Freakin' Thanks Corner! Oh boy, this is gonna be LONG.
Amethystgirl1943 – Aha, thanks! You've been reviewing every single chapter! Thanks so much! Ah, Squalo got cut off because he wanted to avoid work. ^.^' Sure thing~!
Lightning587 – Maybe he can…Thanks for the review! I'm glad that you loved the Christmas chapter! Riza is, ne? And Santa is a stalker, but he also gives children happiness (for at least 4 years).
Fye Chroix – Well, if you're still reading this, I think you just saw. :D Dino is a perv, at least here. His character still eludes me…
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Pineapple the Fourth – Yes she did. But it was his pride. She should've been beaten up more…C-cackle? Aha…A hot mess? Yes, I guess it was. XD. Ah, thanks again!
Kawaiinekochan16 – I'm glad that you liked it! And thanks for your suggestion! It was actually pretty fun to write, but it was kinda hard! I thought his character would be easier to do, but I guess not. I'll try to make it more realistic! Hm…no yaoi. I couldn't do it to save my life. I've probably upset a lot of people, haha…Ah, fluff. I'm working on it~! You rolled out of your bed? *blinks* Haha! Mukuro is a perv, at least here since he can't be his creepy usual self. Sekuharu? What's that? The characters are pretty great! It's been fun writing with them. Huh, she probably spends hundreds? Thousands? She's pretty rich, so it shouldn't be a problem for her. Yet. Oh, I didn't forget Skull! He just didn't show up! Fight scenes? I'll try to work on them! I'm not really good in describing detail, so…Thanks again!
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Bishi-bishi – Ah, saved best for last! Thanks so much for the long reviews! I'll try to respond to them! Haha! Well, it seems like school isn't the greatest place for Hibari right now…Riza says that she can't enroll you her school because she doesn't have any authority to do so. You should ask Nathan. XD. Ah, poor Lambo…They don't notice because they forgot? XD. I DUN LIKE MATH EITHER! IT'S TOO HARD THIS YEAR! I AGREE WITH CHU! ;3 Manly, indeed. STRIPTEASE~! Dino refused to admit anything…*cough but we all know he liked it cough* XD. Haha! D18 love? *raises eyebrow* Hibari is not pleased…RUN FOR YOUR LIFEEEEEE! RizaXFloor! I'm glad you noticed! They made out good. XD. M scene…DURRHURRR XD. FON IS~! AND I LOVE HIS TAIL HAIR THINGY UNLESS IT WAS WHERE UNI WAS ABOUT TO BRING THEM BACK TO LIFE AND HIS HAIR THINGY WAS JUST STICKING OUT FROM HIS PACIFIER, I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS CREEPY. IKR? Wao~! I just love it when he says that…*searches that on youtube* O_o You got a ball of cheese? Was it good cheese? XD. Caaaaaakeeeee….His raging face is hot, no? Ah, no. Giannini is not hot. Glo Xinia is not hot – wait. He's not a guy. But whatever! Mmmm, Forbidden Doooonuttt….Ah, well Riza is…special. She's a fan girl. XD. Well I'm glad that you're laughing! I aim to please! Riza has issues with measurements. I do too. XD. Hibari might as well believe that since he ain't gonna believe Riza any time soon. *A* I has that pic~! I just can't stop staring at it~ I need to download it. They're all too cute~! Especially Tsuna, and Hibarin, and Yamamoto, and Chrome, and Ken, and Dokuro, and Takeshi, and Gokudera…I'll shut up now. Haha! I do that sometimes! Pffft…Manwich…I doooo~! But Riza's Riza! Pffft. I see you like Pineapple-kun…IKR? I DUN EVEN GET TO PUT THE STAR ON TOP! I'm too short…I think a man would. Especially around Black Friday…yeah, Hibari wouldn't…*tonfa'd* DEATH THE KID FTW! Hibird loves her. XD. Well, I wouldn't, but Riza might…not. She doesn't want to get bitten to death. XD. Uh, yes? I wanna poke his cheeks, but I dun wanna get bitten to death…Yes, yes I did. Finally, my authority is not questioned! She has guts or she's got an empty brain. XD. Because she was told to apologize? I dunno…FACEBOOK~! Riza's lucky. She just doesn't realize it…I wanna get kissed by a few KHR guys…And it's alright! Aha…whut? Not kids…world is ending…Ah! You mean Amethystgirl1943's fic? Haha!
Thanks to VFran, xXScarlatto-OokamiXx, Bree Renee, BookWorm145, AnimeMeg27, dustbunniehailey, Sasuna123, and Alexandria Volturi for the fave story alerts. More thanks goes to It'sMeHereReally, dolphinherovamp5, AnimeFreak13xX, ratmgrlly, OtakuDino, CloudyDays12, btcvwolf, and Sasuna123 for the story alerts! It's good to know that you guys are keeping tabs on this story! I just hope I didn't forget anybody.
Whew! Well, I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. Make sure you read Amethystgirl1943's fic since it's great! She has a great idea too! And remember, if you guys want any pairings, just leave it in a review, PM me, or vote in the poll that I will put up if I remember!