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; Sasaki Li, Sasaki Xue Fang, Sasaki Daisuke, Sasaki Kiyoshi and every other non-identifiable characters 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 13: Don't You Know?
"Come on, Tsuna-Fish!" A dark brunette chirped as she tugged on her best friend's hand, trying to get him to walk faster.
"S-Sorry, Li…" The light brunette whimpered as he was jostled by a hurried pair.
Li frowned at the harsh handling of her friend before shaking a fist at the disappearing couple, "Watch where you're going, meanies!"
Of course, her threat went unheard of as the crowd began to push again.
Tsuna yelped as he was bumped into the girl before clinging onto her to avoid being separated.
Li scowled at the people around her before giving a goofy grin to the nervous boy and wrapping her arms around him, "Don't worry, Tsuna! I won't let go of you!"
The light brunette flushed red but smiled back gratefully, "Li…"
He didn't finish as the two were plowed into by all of the people behind them.
The dark brunette growled at the manhandling, holding the boy closer to her chest, before spotting an empty place.
Her lips curled up in a small smirk before she weaved through the crowd with Tsuna close by.
"W-What's going on, Li?" The light brunette questioned as he narrowly dodged a precarious elbow to the face.
Soon after he asked that, Tsuna was dragged to safety as he and Li stopped away from the crowd, hidden among cherry blossom trees.
A sigh of relief slipped out of the light brunette's mouth as he plopped onto the white snow, "We're safe…"
Tsuna stretched out his sore body before glancing over at his best friend who was dressed rather oddly.
With her short spiky hair and crude behavior, Li didn't look the least bit feminine and, thus, looked as if she were a he in a black and pink girl's kimono with an overly long white scarf.
Then again, Tsuna thought to himself, Li is almost like a guy anyway…
A small smile graced itself on the light brunette's lips as he thought back to the times when the girl gender-bended into a boy… before dropping his head and crying comically.
Why was it that he just noticed that most of those times ended up embarrassing him?
"-na?"
He blinked before flushing red when his light-brown eyes caught dark-brown ones looking worriedly at him before squeaking out, "I'm okay!"
Li frowned a bit at her best friend's red face before she placed her hands on his cheeks, "You sure?"
Tsuna turned a darker red but smiled and nodded, "Un!"
The gender-bender blinked before smiling back with closed eyes, "Okay then!"
She then turned and grabbed his hand, tugging lightly at it so that he would follow, "In that case, let's go visit the shrine!"
"Eh?" Tsuna blinked before sweatdropping at the still-large crowd, "But, how?"
A smirk slowly creeped up onto Li's lips as her bangs shadowed her eyes before she released a low and almost breathless cackle under her breath, "Kekekeke~!"
Tsuna paled as his light-brown eyes widened, "Oh no…"
"LI~!" The light brunette screamed as he clutched tightly onto said girl to avoid falling to his doom.
The dark brunette grinned wildly as she leapt off of a random person's shoulder and onto another's.
A few stumbled from the unexpected force, many were angered and all gaped at the sight of two kids hopping off of people.
Or, rather…
All were gaping at the sight of one kid haphazardly hopping off of people while piggy-backing another who was screaming bloody murder, to be specific.
"HIIIII~!"
"That was fun!" Li cheered as she threw her arms into the air, "What did you think, Tsuna-Fish…?"
The dark brunette trailed off as she sweatdropped at sight in front of her, "Tsuna…?"
The light brunette was sprawled out on a bench, pale, with his soul slowly floating away.
("I think that I see the light~!" The small thing seemed to say before tripping over air.)
"TS-TSUNA!" Li panicked as she shoved the cute hitodama back into the boy's mouth while apologizing in her mind.
Tsuna jerked up and choked a bit at her roughness before croaking out, "W-What is it?"
The gender-bender didn't reply as the boy shivered at how warm Li's hand were on his shoulders before pouting to himself.
Just, why didn't he wear a thicker jacket anyway?
Li shook her head and sighed in relief when the light brunette started to move again though she made no motion to move before her relief turned into thoughtfulness.
(Why did Tsuna faint like that? It's not like anything scary happened…)
"Li?" Tsuna blinked curiously as the dark brunette's face turned ashen and depressed.
Since his soul was floating away…
Did that mean that Tsuna turned into a zombie?
The boy sweatdropped when Li gave a mock horrified look, complete with her hands on her cheeks and small white eyes.
"Li…?"
But, then again, even if Tsuna were a zombie, he'd still make a cute zombie.
"Li~?"
The dark brunette grinned to herself as she imagined a chibi Zombie-Tsuna wandering around before tripping over and causing his brain to fall out of his popped-open skull.
And then the brain would panic at his (and his body's) clumsiness before crying.
Of course, by then, the awesome gender-bender would come to his rescue and cuddle him while ignoring the fact that zombies are suppose to eat her brain.
Then again, the innocent boy probably wouldn't even think of hurting someone, let alone, eating someone's brain.
She, on the other hand… The gender-bender let loose another low cackle while grinning sadistically.
"LI!"
The girl jumped at the volume before giving her best friend a confused and (not) innocent look, "What's up?"
Tsuna sighed at Li's strangeness before shaking his head and asking, "What are we going to do now?"
Dark-brown eyes stared blankly into light-brown ones before lighting up in remembrance.
"Omikuji!" Li squealed happily while hugging Tsuna, "I've always wanted to draw one!"
The light brunette sweatdropped at how simple-minded his best friend can be.
"So, basically…" Tsuna started as he glanced over at the dark brunette, "You wanted to come here to draw lottery?"
The gender-bender grinned widely and nodded quite enthusiastically.
The boy dropped his head and sighed.
What an easy girl to please…
Nonetheless, Tsuna smiled back before grabbing the container.
He paused and gulped nervously.
"…"
After a moment of nothing, Li tilted her head to the side, "What's wrong?"
The light brunette blushed faintly before looking away and mumbling under his breath.
At the gender-bender's still-confused expression, Tsuna cleared his throat and spoke louder.
"It's just… I've always gotten 'bad' luck."
The girl hummed softly and thought for a moment before grinning cheekily, "Ja! I'll help!"
"H-HIIIII!"
Tsuna squeaked and flushed the darkest red anyone has ever seen.
Li stood behind the boy with her arms wrapped around his torso and her hands over his.
The gender-bender stuck out her tongue from under her left canine as she concentrated as hard as she could.
Tightening her grip, the dark brunette shook the container a bit, making its contents mix, before a stick fell out.
The two tilted their heads at the stick before a man working at the shrine exchanged it with a piece of paper.
Tsuna grabbed the paper with shaky hands before shutting his eyes tight and gulping.
"Here goes nothing…"
The paper rustled as Li wrapped her arms around the boy from behind, resting her chin on his shoulder.
Tsuna peeked out from one eyes before both widened immensely as he gaped at the paper.
"U-Uso…!"
Written neatly on the white paper were the kanji for "shoukichi."
"B-But, how!" The light brunette had to question as he looked up at the girl.
Dark-brown eyes sparkled mischievously as the other brunette grinned, "Don't you know?"
At the confused expression adorning the other's face, Li giggled and hugged the boy tightly while burying her lightly blushing face into his shoulder.
"Great luck and bad luck leads to little luck!"
Author's Note:
Just a cute one-shot of New Years.
If anyone had seen the Anime of KHR, and actually bothered to watch the omake (Monster Hunter Tsuna!) at the end, then you should know what I'm talking about when I was describing chibi Zombie-Tsuna.
A little bit more of Li's personality and abilities are revealed in this fluff-filled short story.
Lastly, I posted up a new picture for this story. It's called "Under the Sakura Tree" and features Li, Tsuna and Shouichi.
I'll be posting my pictures periodically, so check my homepage every now and then.
If anyone has an idea for a picture, I welcome it (though whether or not I actually get to it is debatable).
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