Date Started: Friday, August 06, 2010

Title: The Journal of Memories

Author: Gin Nanashi

Creation Type: Fanfiction

Main Rating: K+

Main Genre: One-Shot Series; Fluff, Friendship

Disclaimer: Katekyo Hitman REBORN! belongs to Amano Akira and Sasaki Li belongs to me (Gin Nanashi).

Summary: Sasaki Li came from a bloodline that allows her to gender-bend. Unfortunately, Li has yet to figure out how to control her ability. Fortunately, it leads to a whole bit of fun for the readers!

The Journal of Memories

Event 03: POOF!

White smoke filled the area again as coughs sounded out before the offending particles dissipated to reveal two five-year-olds covering their nose and mouth with one hand while waving their other hand around to clear the air.

Once the smoke cleared, the two breathed a sigh of relief before the dark brunette plopped onto the grass with a pout, "Not again!"

The light brunette blinked before gazing on in curiosity as his friend mussed her spiky locks (making them even more messy) before shyly asking, "Um… Li? Why do you keep... poof-ing?"

Li fell onto her back and whined, "I don't know~ Tsuna! And it's the third time today! Usually, I don't poof so much. Only once a week. Or so the old man said-!"

The girl suddenly sat up with a glare and shook her fist at the bright blue sky, "YOU MEAN OLD MAN! YOU LIED TO MOI!"

Tsuna sweatdropped at his friend before tugging on her t-shirt nervously, "C-Calm down, Li!"

"But I dun wanna~!" Li pouted while crossing her arms across her chest and sticking her nose in the air, "The old man lied to me! SO! I have the right to remain pouty!"

The typically-meek boy sighed exaggeratedly at the girl's declaration, "Hai, hai…"

The dark brunette ignored the airy comment and continued to shake a fit at the sky, "I'M SOOO GONNA GETCHA, OLD MAN LIAR PANTS! I'LL TEACH YA TO LIE TO MEH!"

Almost as if Mother Nature was trying to protect this so-called liar, the golden sun came out from behind a white cloud and shined brightly on the poor girl.

"NOOOSH!" Li wailed as she grabbed her eyes and began frantically rolling around on the grass, "The sun! It BURNS!"

Tsuna sweatdropped again as he dropped his head at Li's strange antics before flapping his hand weakly, "Li... You really shouldn't roll around so-"

"GACK!"

"-much…" Tsuna trailed off and gave the girl a look of horror as she managed to entangle herself in one of the many green bushes, "L-LI!"

The boy quickly ran over to the other brunette but tripped over a small ditch and skidded forward face-down.

"T-TSUNA?" Li shouted in panic as silence fell for a moment before said boy slowly pushed himself up with teary eyes and a quivering lower lip. He sniffled slightly before glistening tears began to build in the corner of his eyes. Then, the waterworks began.

Ignoring the sharp branches, Li quickly disentangled herself from the annoying green trap and stumbled towards the hiccuping boy as he began rubbing furiously at his eyes.

Digging her hands into the pockets of her shorts, the dark brunette managed to pull out her only handkerchief. She grabbed the boy's hands and pulled them away from his face before wiping the dirt off, "Mou… I wish that you'd be more careful."

"S-Sorry…" Tsuna squeaked as he stilled and allowed the other brunette to clean his scratches.

Once done, Li grinned and stuffed the handkerchief into the boy's sweater's pocket, "Keep it! I never use it anyway!"

A faint blush settled itself onto his cheeks before Tsuna gave a brilliant smile of his own, "Thank you, Li!"

POOF!

White smoke covered the area again as the coughing fit occurred while Li whined, "OH COME ON!"

Once the smoke cleared, Tsuna blinked at his huffing friend before remembering and lightly tugging on Li's shirt again, "Um… Li? You still haven't answered my question…"

The now-male turned to face the light brunette with a confused look on his face, "I didn't? I thought that I did…"

Tsuna thought for a moment before shaking his head and clarifying, "I mean, why do you poof? Nothing happens when you do."

Li blinked at the boy's comment before shaking his head and flicking Tsuna's forehead lightly, "Sure something happens!"

A baffled look prodded the gender-bender to continue (which he did while crossing his arms, closing his eyes, nodding and adopting a know-it-all pose), "You see, every time that I poof, my molecular structure shifts causing my body to take on a new form which, in the case of my family and I who have my mom's DNA, causes my very being to switch sexes. But, since I'm still underdeveloped, the change in gender doesn't quite affect my physical appearance until I hit puberty (whatever that is). Thus, that is the something that happens every time that I poof!"

At the end of her long and complicated explanation, Li grinned and thrusted a fist in the air as if victorious before sweatdropping at the flat look directed at him from the light brunette.

Slowly, the dark brunette brought down his hand to rub the back of his neck as his grin turned sheepish, "Okay, okay. That was just something that I quoted from my big brother."

Locking his arms behind his head, Li looked at the sky before simplifying the quote, "In all actuality, I have absolutely no clue what he was saying. BUT! I do know that when I'm a girl and I poof then I turn into a boy while when I'm a boy and I poof then I turn into a girl!"

"…"

Upon hearing nothing from Tsuna, Li turned around with a confused look before panicking at the swirly-eyed brunette, "T-TSUNA?"

And that is how Tsuna came to know about Li's awesome gender-bending skills.