Date: Friday, September 03, 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 19: ¡Cinco de Mayo! Eh? Kodomo no Hi?

Two children stood across from each other.

One had spiky dark-brown hair and wide dark-brown eyes.

The other had short, tamed black hair and narrow grey eyes.

The former placed his hands together in a pleading fashion, "Please, Kyouya-nii?"

"Sasaki Li…" The latter mumbled before swiftly bringing up a tonfa, "Kamikorosu."

Li nearly fell over at the typical response before pouting, "Oh, come on!"

But, the dark brunette couldn't say much more as the wooden tonfa came at him.

He swiftly jumped back before dodging to his left as the second one came at him.

Then, came the flurry of attacks as the older boy tried to hit the younger one.

Li, however, dodged the onslaught, having trained with Kyouya for quite a while.

A glint appeared in the black haired boy's eyes as he swiftly uppercutted the other with his weapon.

Dark-brown eyes widened as their owner was caught by the hit to his chin, sending him flying.

Li crashed into the soft grass and groaned softly before startling as he heard Kyouya running towards him.

The dark brunette pushed himself to roll backwards and perform a handstand as the tonfa slammed into the ground before Li twisted his body and swung his left leg towards Kyouya.

Kyouya blocked the kick with a tonfa just as Li's other leg swung towards him, slamming into the other tonfa, but Li didn't stop there.

The dark brunette turned and slammed his left heel onto Kyouya's shoulder, forcing him to a knee.

Uno...

The older boy shook off the shock, however, and thrusted his free tonfa towards Li, but the dark brunette pivoted on one hand before backflipping and skidding to temporary safety.

Kyouya raised his tonfa and dashed forward.

Having caught his breath and balance, Li ducked and released a sweeping kick, but the older boy jumped over it and slammed his weapon towards the face.

The gender-bender was thrown to the side and rolled for a distance before pushing himself up and back onto his feet.

Digging one foot into the grass, Li sprang forward and ducked under an incoming attack before turning and performing a high sweeping kick, successfully hitting Kyouya's side and putting some distance between the two.

Dos...

The older boy smirked a bit at the sharp dark-brown eyes before rising from his crouch and crossing his arms as Li's right foot dug into the two tonfa and pushed his cousin backwards.

The dark brunette turned and performed a back kick to Kyouya's chin.

Tres...

The Hibari took the hit in stride and slammed his tonfa upwards, hitting the back of the knee and flipping the Sasaki over.

Li landed on one foot and barely dodged a swipe to his face, leaving a red abrasion, before he jumped over his cousin and tried kicked him in the back of his head.

Kyouya simply blocked it before slamming his other tonfa into the offending leg, making Li land on his back.

The dark brunette scowled before his eyes widened at the incoming attack.

A wooden tonfa raised and aimed for the gender-bender's throat but Li rolled backwards and caught the arm with his legs.

Bracing his hands against the ground, the dark brunette raised himself before twisting his body and slamming the older boy into the ground.

Cuatro...

The tonfa bounced a few feet away, but Kyouya paid it no mind as he swung his other weapon towards his cousin and slammed it into his side, knocking him away.

Li skidded a bit in a crouch as Kyouya dashed towards him, grabbing his fallen tonfa on the way, and swung at the head with one.

The dark brunette dodged and performed a roundhouse kick to the underarm just as Kyouya swung his other tonfa at the torso.

Cinco.

Both hits landed, but Kyouya recovered much more quickly and raised a tonfa before slamming it downwards, smashing Li's head into the ground.

POOF!

The white smoke billowed in the wind briefly and dissipated.

A moment of silence passed between the fighters before the gender-bender twitched.

Slowly, a large bump grew from underneath the wooden weapon.

"…"

Li clutched the bruised spot and whined with tears pouring from her eyes, "You didn't have to hit so hard, Kyouya-nii!"

The older boy merely placed his weapons away and turned while dusting himself off, "I said I wanted a real fight."

"Still…" The dark brunette whimpered as the waterworks stopped (save for the tears clinging to the edge of her eyes), "Why couldn't you ask for something normal (and painless)?"

Grey eyes turned sharply to the girl, making her jump, before their owner turned away and snorted.

A vein throbbed on her temple as Li crossed her arms and grumbled through pursed lips, "Next time, I'm getting you a carp streamer and a sombrero for your birthday."

(Extended Ending)

The black haired boy twitched at the last comment before his bangs shadowed his face and he murmured lowly.

"What was that?"

Li, however, appeared oblivious to it as she rambled, "I mean, your birthday's on the fifth of May, so it fits."

A dark cloud hovered over Kyouya.

"Both Children's Day and Cinco de Mayo occur on that particular day."

Grey eyes gleamed with a certain amount of bloodlust.

"Thus, a carp streamer and a sombrero would be appropriate, no?"

WHAM!

Li twitched with swirly eyes as her larger bump gained a smaller bump and simmered.

Kyouya sheathed his tonfa again though a vein throbbed noticeably on his otherwise expressionless face.

"I have no use for a fake fish nor am I Mexican, soushoku no itoko."

(Extended Ending: Extra)

"You know…" Li started to say as she pressed an ice pack to her bumps, "May sure has a lot of things to do with the number five."

Kyouya neatly packed up the first-aid kit, not really paying attention to his younger cousin.

"It's the fifth month. It's fifth day has three special events: your birthday, Kodomo no Hi and Cinco de Mayo. And…"

She trailed off before grinning with a thumbs-up, eliciting a raised eyebrow from the boy.

"I managed to land five clean hits on you!"

BAM!

A wooden tonfa knocked into her forehead as a new bump occurred.

"But, that was eight hits."

Author's Note:

TA DA~!

It's a birthday-fic for Kyouya~!

Of course, no matter what day it is, I highly doubt that Kyouya will ever change.

*sweat*

Anyway!

The poll ended with the majority favoring my putting up pictures every once in a while. Please check my profile to see what kind of spoilers the pictures have before viewing! Thank you to those who voted and I apologize if it wasn't a long enough time for those who haven't. But, it's always optional for you to look at my artworks, just as it's optional for you to view my story (or, stories if I ever get to more). Currently uploaded is "Daijoubu...?" which features Sasaki Li as a teenager.

Moving along...

I'm curious. What do you, the readers, want for pairings during the Teen Years, or in the future? That is, who (anyone) do you want to get together in the end? I may or may not be able to conform to your opinions, but I still want to know. Maybe it'll spark a new idea. *wink*wink*nudge*nudge* Just leave a review, or PM me! *grins with a thumbs-up* (I don't want to put up a poll seeing as how there's a VERY large amount of different pairings that can be done. *sweatdrops*)

THANK YOU FOR READING/REVIEWING/ETCETERA!

Loose Translations:

(1) soushoku no itoko - herbivorous cousin

(2) Uno... Dos... Tres... Cuatro... Cinco. - One... Two... Three... Four... Five.

(3) Kamikorosu. - I'll bite you to death.

Preview:

"Alrighty then!" A certain dark brunette cheered at the sight.

A redhead was wary, "Are you sure we can do this?"

"Sh-Shouldn't we have someone with us?" A light brunette whimpered.

"Sasaki Li," Came the low whisper, "What have you done...?"