Date: Tuesday, September 07, 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 20: A Small Price To Pay.
"Alrighty then!" A dark brunette cheered as she gazed proudly at the supplies on the counter, "I think that that's all that we need!"
A redhead stood behind her and gazed warily in the same direction, "Are you sure we can do this, Li-san?"
"Sh-Shouichi-kun's right," A light brunette squeaked while clinging onto the girl's apron, "Don't we need an adult with us?"
Li snorted and waved off the worry, "Relax, Shou, Tsuna. I've done this plenty of times (with them in the living room). Besides, Papa's out doing his duty."
"Then, what about Fang-san?" Shouichi asked slowly, "She's free, right?"
"…" Li quieted for a moment.
"About that…" The dark brunette trailed off and shifted her eyes off to the side.
"Li…?" Tsuna started to ask slowly, "Is there a reason why you sent her off with Okaa-san?"
The gender-bender looked back at the boys with wide eyes, "Maybe?"
"Li…" Shouichi started in a warning tone.
The dark brunette blinked back (not) innocently, "Yes…?"
Green eyes narrowed disapprovingly as the redhead's temper began to make itself known, "Call Fang-san."
Li pouted and crossed her arms, turning away, "Iyada."
Tsuna paled a bit as a vein throbbed on the older boy's temple.
The light brunette tugged on the girl's apron again, "L-Li, maybe you should. It's not safe to do this alone."
Dark-brown eyes blinked before the girl pouted, "But, we're not alone. We're in this together!"
A second vein popped up as Tsuna squeaked, "S-Still!"
Li gazed at the boys for a moment longer before sighing dramatically, "Fine. Let's create a poisonous cake with Mama."
The veins disappeared as Shouichi nodded in agreement, "Right."
A pause occurred in a moment of silence.
"Wait…" Both boys did a double take and paled, "WHAT?"
Li put on a cheerful smile and began to skip to the phone, "Mama's horrible in the kitchen."
An incredulous look overcame the boys as she continued.
"In fact, the last time she tried to cook ramen, she burnt water."
The boys paled even more and shuddered as images of charred cake and rotten frosting flashed through their mind's eye.
They glanced at each other before squeaking as Li picked up the receiver.
"L-Li...!"
"Li-san, wait!"
A devilish grin briefly made it's appearance as the boys clung onto the gender-bender.
(Kekekeke~!)
After pouring the dark-brown (almost black) batter into the baking pan, the three children slipped the pan into the preheated oven.
They closed the oven door and stepped back, beginning to watch as the oven flicker on and hum softly.
Three pairs of eyes stared at the nonmoving object.
"… Now what?" Shouichi started as his green eyes flickered over to the girl.
Li grinned and crossed her arms, leaning against the counter, "Now, we wait."
A moment of silence reigned over them.
The light brunette stared a bit longer, "For how long?"
Li paused in her staring and blinked, "One hour."
Everyone paused and thought.
One hour...
That was sixty minutes...
Or...
Just enough time to watch two cartoon episodes!
Suddenly, Shouichi stood up.
"I'm leaving." The redhead declared.
"!" Li jerked up from her position, "What do you mean you're leaving?"
Green eyes blinked honestly, "I don't want to waste time."
A pout graced her lips, "We're not wasting time."
Shouichi sweatdropped, "We're just waiting around doing nothing."
Dark-brown eyes shifted, "We're not wasting time…"
Her gaze shifted over to the light brunette, "What do you think, Tsuna-Fish?"
Said boy jumped at being addressed before sheepishly rubbing the back of his head, "W-Well…"
Tsuna couldn't continue on, seeing that the dark-brunette had decided to huddle in a corner of the kitchen.
A dark cloud hovered over her as she wallowed in shame, "I'm a waste of time…"
Both boys shook their heads vigorously, "Th-That wasn't what we meant!"
But, the reply went in one ear and out the other as Li sniffled.
"And all I wanted was for Kiyoshi to enjoy some good cake today…"
"Li…" Tsuna whispered as he watched the girl's back.
Even though the dark brunette has a violent way of showing her affection, she still cares deeply for her sibling.
Heaviness weighed in his heart as the light brunette bit the bottom of his lips.
Shouichi sighed as his shoulders dropped, "Li, I didn't mean that…"
The gender-bender stayed silent.
Tsuna looked on with brows furrowed in worry.
The redhead mussed his hair and started again, "I know that you want to make Kiyoshi happy. And I'm all for it! I mean it!"
Li tensed and huddled closer to the wall.
Green eyes dulled a bit at the distance, "It's just... I wanted for us to have some fun instead of just doing nothing but waiting."
The dark brunette remained immovable.
Shouichi sighed as light-brown eyes flickered to and fro between his best friends.
Tsuna's heart thumped loudly in his ears, something seemed off.
The light brunette shuffled silently towards the girl as Shouichi gave him a confused look, tinged with sadness.
The smaller boy tiptoed closer and peeked at the shadowed expression of Li before...
A large sweatdrop appeared.
Slowly, the guilty expression on Shouichi's face completely faded into one of confusion.
Tsuna sighed silently as the feeling subsided and smiled exasperatedly at the teary girl.
Li sniffled and rubbed her eyes, "That was… so…"
She paused before glomping onto the light brunette with tears clinging to the edge of her eyes.
"TOUCHING~!"
THUMP!
The redhead fell over as the sweatdrop doubled in size.
"I was only teasing you, Shou, but you-" She clutched her hand over her heart, "-you were so into it and you gave the BEST speech EVER!"
An enthusiastic fist pump appeared at the end as Li grinned with sparkles in the background.
"LET'S PAR-TAY!"
Shouichi ruffled his hair in irritation and moaned, "Li-san! I know you're dramatic, but did you have to do that?"
The dark brunette merely laughed cheerfully as Tsuna gave a helpless smile.
The redhead fell over again.
Honestly...
"Li-san…" Shouichi started with exasperated green eyes, "What are you doing?"
The dark brunette grinned impishly, "What's it look like?"
"… You're putting icing on cushions…" The redhead stated blandly.
"Exactly!" Li chirped as she continued to smear the dark brown frosting onto the green pads.
A vein popped up on the redhead's temple as Tsuna sweatdropped at the exchange.
The light brunette looked down at the frosted cushion in his hands before piping up, "Li?"
The other brunette hummed to indicate her attention.
"I think Shouichi-kun means: Why are you icing the cushion?"
Li paused and blinked, "You don't know?"
Two head shook negative.
The dark brunette sighed and shook her head before proclaiming exaggeratedly, "I'm taking things to the next level of fun!"
Flat expressions were shot at the gender-bender who merely grinned widely.
"I-I don't think that we should do this…" Tsuna whimpered as he clung onto the nimble girl.
Li waved off the worry, "Relax, Tsuna-Fish! Besides, it'll be fine!"
Green eyes flickered to the gender-bender in a bland expression, "How will this be fine?"
"You'll see~!" The dark brunette cackled as she gingerly held the frosted cushion.
Two boys, one younger and one older, who looked very similar (and vaguely familiar) were walking down the street.
"Daigorou-niii!" The younger started, "Guess what?"
Oh.
So that's why they're familiar.
They're the brothers whom Li had threatened and beaten (respectively) back when she went to Acorn Daycare...
Anyway!
The older looked over at his brother, "What is it?"
A haughty smile crossed over the younger one's face, "We were learning numbers today and Dame-Tsu - OW!
The other jumped in surprise, "What's wrong?"
The smaller one rubbed his neck, where a red mark was developing, before looking at the floor, "It's just a twig."
The older one relaxed, "Oh. It probably fell from the tree or something."
The other nodded in agreement before thinking, "Anyway…"
Then, he remembered, "Oh yeah! He said that "nine" was "nueve" instead!"
The older one snorted, "What an idiot. It must be 'cause he hung around that stupid girly-guy."
"I know!" The younger snickered, "And I bet that that guy got kicked out of the daycare!"
"Obviously!" The other replied boisterously, "He was rude and stupid and it rubbed off on that Megane-Sho-!"
WHAM!
A dark blur slammed into the speaker's face, effectively shutting him up and knocking him down.
"D-Daigorou-nii?" The younger one squeaked, "Are you ok-!"
SLAM!
Another blur cut the boy off and forced him over.
Daigorou ripped the offending object off of his baffled face, "A pillow? What the-?"
SMOOSH!
Another projectile attached to his face as the younger one licked his lips, "Chocolate?"
CRASH!
A new pad clung to the younger Ooyama before falling off as the boy cried and rubbed at his eyes.
Too bad that all that did was rubbed the sweet in.
Daigorou snarled and jumped to his feet, "Who's there-?"
BAM!
THUNK!
BOOM!
POOF!
A barrage of chocolate-covered cushions rained from above and buried the two boys under a large pile.
Muffled screams could be heard from somewhere below and nearly mute whispers from above.
THUMP!
One last pillow was thrown on top, making a soft whimper come from below, and bounced off.
A low cackle rang through the now-silent air before-
BONK!
-a plastic bowl fell on top and stuck to the soft pads.
The leftover chocolate was smeared across the bottom.
"BA~KA!"
It said.
"Kekekeke~!"
A certain dark brunette cackled gleefully as he dusted off imaginary dirt.
The light brunette stared at his best friend in shock, "L-Li, you…"
The gender-bender gave no indication of hearing and continued to cackle as the redhead facepalmed and sighed.
"How did I know that Li-san was going to do something like this…?"
A fanged smile was worn proudly on the dark brunette's face as he pranced away.
The other two looked at each other before following and sighing simultaneously.
"Li/-san…"
A faint cackle was heard from the distancing boy, however...
He never noticed the grateful smiles shot at his back.
Opening the door to his house, Li instantly noticed the faint trail of blackness and the harsh odor.
With a pale face, the dark brunette dashed towards the kitchen.
The two boys jumped in surprise at the speed before they too were alarmed and followed suit.
Entering the kitchen, they locked eyes with a dejected gender-bender as he sulked.
The oven's door was left open, airing out the smoke and smell.
Li held the smoking blackness in his hands gently.
The spiky dark-brown head dropped as a dark cloud hovered over its owner.
Tsuna hesitated and glanced at Shouichi who bit his lower lip but stepped forward, "Li-san… It's not your fault."
Instead of lightening, the aura darkened even more as violet will-o'-wisps made themselves visible.
The redhead sweatdropped as the light brunette looked over the cake.
Despite it's original appearance out of the oven, the cake wasn't completely burnt.
It merely appeared that way since the brown batter was nearly black in and of itself.
The truly charred parts were on the edges and surfaces.
Light-brown eyes swept the room as the redhead patted the gender-bender sympathetically on the back.
"Don't worry, Li-san. We can fix it."
They landed on the many sharp utensils tucked away in a wooden holder.
"Besides, if we have you, then everything will be fine, right?"
Li blinked and looked into firm green eyes before widening his eyes, "Really?"
Shouichi smiled and nodded, "Un!"
The dark brunette gave a small grin of gratitude before his attention was shifted by a tug on his apron.
Tsuna smiled shyly before pointing at the object on the corner of the counter, "Are we allowed to use that?"
Dark-brown and green eyes turned towards the direction.
The latter widened as the former narrowed.
A smirk adorned on one's lips, revealing sharp canines.
"Perfect~!"
"Done!" Li chirped happily as he gazed at the top of the chocolate cake.
Crushed peppermint candy were used as garnish and lettering.
"See? Everything turned out alright!" The redhead quipped as he pushed up his glasses with the back of his hand.
"Un!" The dark brunette grinned and nodded as Tsuna piped up.
"Plus, we've got leftover frosting and candy!"
They glanced over at the two bowls before a thoughtful look came across Li's face.
The gender-bender hummed softly before the metaphorical lightbulb flickered on.
He jumped off of the stool and made his way to the fridge.
The other two glanced at each other in confusion before turning back.
Light-brown and green eyes lit up at the sight.
An elegant black brow twitched as narrowed dark-brown eyes stared at the scene in irritation.
Although the smoke had already dissipated, there was a faint lingering odor.
In addition to that, the counter was a mess with pieces of charred things scattered across it.
Meanwhile, some of the red and white crushed candy spilled over and onto the floor.
All the while, the three children stared innocently up at the woman with chocolate frosting on their face.
Or rather, one dark brunette stared up (not) innocently while the light brunette and redhead cowered behind him.
"Sasaki Li." The woman started as a vein popped up, "What in the seven hells have you done to my kitchen?"
Li blinked widely before questioning, "But, Mama, Papa is the one who uses the kitchen."
BONK!
POOF!
"Waaa~! Mama wa hidoi yo~!"
A large bump formed on the gender-bender's head as she clung onto the redhead with tears pouring down her face.
Shouichi flushed red before paling at the fact that he was in front of Fang.
The woman held up her shaking fist as two more veins joined the first.
"Toge no gaki, you know that I used to cook when your brother was first born!"
Li instantly perked up and stuck out her tongue, "And you poisoned him!"
An indignant expression came over the woman.
"Did not!" Fang protested rather childishly, "He's still alive, isn't he?"
"…" The girl released her grip on Shouichi and placed her fists on her hips, giving the woman a flat look, "He can't taste anything."
The woman's eyes moved shiftily, "… His taste buds are a small price to pay for life."
THUMP! THUMP!
The boys fainted with foaming mouths as Li facepalmed.
"Oy vey…"
(Extended Ending)
"Come to think of it, how did Kiyoshi survive your cooking from birth?" The dark brunette mused aloud.
Fang dumped the boys on the couch and dusted off her hands, "It might be because of my body."
A confused look adorned the girl's face, "What do you mean, Mama?"
The woman paused for a moment and gazed at the sight of her older child in the dining room, gushing over the fact that Li made him a cake.
"… I am pretty resilient to poison so it probably got passed down."
They stayed silent for a moment.
"You did it little by little and on purpose, didn't you?"
"Saa~ Who knows?"
(Extended Ending: Extra)
"By the way…" Fang started as she cleaned up the spills, "Did you three finish up the ice-cream?"
"Yup!" Li chirped happily as she accurately tossed the burnt scraps behind her and into the trash bin.
"Really?" The woman continued in an obviously sarcastic tone, "All twelve cartons?"
The girl paused for a brief second, "… No?"
A vein throbbed in irritation, "Sasaki Li…"
An eep escaped her lips as the dark brunette dashed for it.
"GET BACK HERE! I'LL TEACH YOU TO INHALE MY SWEETS!"
Author's Note:
I thank those who answered my question!
*bows happily*
For those who haven't yet, my question is this:
Which pairing(s) are you hoping to see?
Please note that I am pretty open-minded, so whatever your opinions may be (be it crack, heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, asexual, etc.), I swear on my pride as a writer that I won't make fun of you! I may ask why (and you can give me the answer: "Just, because!") but I won't be critical. If it appears that way, I apologize in advance 'cause I must not have been in my right mind (not that I really have a right mind...) or I was distracted/irritated by something.
Moving along!
This is centered around the three's activities on Kiyoshi's birthday. BUT! Kiyoshi doesn't really appear until the next chapter.
Concerning the Ooyama siblings, believe it or not, but they DON'T belong to me!
*cue the gasping of audience*
They belong to none other than Amano Akira!
*cue fainting of some readers*
I'll give a virtual cookie and plushes of KHR characters to anyone who can figure out who these extremely minor characters are~!
LASTLY: CHECK OUT MY PROFILE EVERY NOW AND THEN FOR A NEW PICTURE! I JUST UPLOADED "TEEN YEARS: TSUNA AND LI" ONTO DEVIANTART! I'M HOPING TO UPLOAD ANOTHER BY TONIGHT!
Loose Translations:
(1) Mama wa hidoi yo~! - Mama's being mean~!
(2) BA~KA! - I~DIOT!
(3) Iyada. - Never.
(4) Nueve - Nine
(5) Toge no Gaki - Spiky Brat
Preview:
"Where do you think you're going...?" A black-haired gender-bender growled.
"Where else?" An older man smiled.
Several strands of dark-brown hair drifted down.
"Kiyoshi..." Came the tight smile, "What have I said about using that?"