Date: Friday, September 10, 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 21: You Have A Tattoo?
It was a sweltering June afternoon as a dark brunette sprawled face-down on the front porch of his house.
The shade did little to help as the bright sunlight crept up to the boy and shined on his bare, sweaty back.
"So… hot…" The boy rasped as he lifted his head to squint and stare at nothing in particular.
"Did we… always have… two gates…?"
In his vision, the black gate continued to stay shut, but had miraculously split in two…
"No… Wait… It's three…?"
… going on to three gates.
Dark-brown orbs began to swirl before the boy groaned once more and dropped his head onto the wooden ground with a thunk.
Now, one might wonder just why was this young boy outside at the risk of a heatstroke.
Well, to find out, it's time to look back a few hours earlier...
"Kekekeke~!" The dark brunette cackled as he watched a pig panic and transform to run away, only to get caught and beaten by the hero, on the television screen in front of him.
On his lap was a large bowl filled with vanilla, strawberry and chocolate ice-cream scoops, drenched in chocolate syrup and topped with multicolor sprinkles.
Digging his spoon into the sugary treat, the boy shoved the cold sweet into his mouth as cold wind continued to blast him from above.
He shifted on the Meowth-styled bean bag before snickering when the cartoon pig revealed his dream of having a nice, shy girl... only to have it thwarted by kidnapping a lot of heartbreakers.
"Xiao Li~!," Another boy, who looked remarkably like the relaxing one but was older, sang as he skipped into the room and hugged Li from behind, "Guess what~?"
Li ignored the speaker as his eyes were trained on the colorful screen.
The older one pouted before musing quietly with a forefinger on his lips.
A metaphorical lightbulb flickered on before he slipped out of the room.
A faint poof was heard in the next room as faint wisps of white smoke was seen.
Finally, the credits to the cartoon show began just as Li shoved the last bits of the ice-cream treat into his mouth.
The dark brunette hummed happily as he licked the spoon clean before tensing when warm arms slyly wrapped around his torso.
His spiky dark-brown head was pressed firmly against a soft chest.
Li closed his eyes as his brow twitched for a few seconds, "Kiyoshi..."
A girlish giggle was heard before the dark brunette looked up and stared blankly at his sibling, "You pedophile. I'm only six."
THUMP!
Kiyoshi fell over at the jab before huddling in a corner and sniffling dramatically, "So mean… I only wanted to show you the adult's world."
"Who's an adult?" The dark brunette snorted as he got off of his bean bag and walked towards the kitchen, "You're only thirteen, doofus."
The anvil of shame dropped onto the ravenette's head as purple and green will-o'-wisps floated around her mockingly.
Walking into the kitchen, Li kicked a stool over to the sink and dropped his dirty utensils into it to wash.
"Kyuu-chan, were you being mean to Oto-chama again?" A tall man with similar hair asked before tasting the sweet concoction he was whisking.
The dark brunette began to dry off the bowl and spoon, "I wasn't being mean, Papa. I was being honest."
Li climbed onto the counter and placed the dining wear away before hopping off, "Besides, shouldn't you be worried about where Mama went? She's been gone for a few days…"
"There's no need to worry," Daisuke chuckled as he poured the white batter onto the simple graham cracker crust on the bottom of a ten-inch cake pan, "Mama-san knows how to take care of herself~!"
The child deadpanned.
"You can at least appear worried…" Li sighed as he stared sideways at the carefree man who continued to smile obliviously, "Never mind…"
The dark brunette sighed again before perking up at the sight of Daisuke putting the cake into the oven.
He cackled lowly to himself before swiping the bowl with leftover batter and tip-toeing towards the doorway.
Bump!
Li fell back onto his bottom and blinked before looking upwards, "Err..."
Slowly, his face lost all color though he gave his best innocent-looking eyes.
"Welcome home, Mama…?"
Who knew that such a simple prank that wasn't even completed would've led to such a horrible punishment?
It wasn't as if he were going to pour it on someone.
Wait, scratch that.
He was going to dump it on a certain overly affectionate thirteen-year-old...
Too bad that that plan went out the window.
Li groaned.
He was going to dehydrate at this rate...
In fact, he didn't even have the ability to cry waterfalls of tears anymore!
If possible, the day brunette would've melted into a blob and evaporated away.
He groaned again.
(This is practically child abuse, damn it!)
Death seems to be imminent when-
SPLASH!
The dark brunette startled upwards as a strong jet of cold water slammed into his face.
POOF!
Li coughed, partly from the white smoke and partly from the water, but relished in the drop in temperature.
She blew at the dripping wet bangs stuck to her face before running her fingers through them, slicking them backwards.
The dark brunette blinked owlishly before grinning at the sight of her two best friends.
"TSUNA! SHOU!"
Shouichi waved happily, making the open hose splash water on all of them, "Kiyoshi-san called us over!"
Li blinked before noticing that the said gender-bender was in a pink one-piece and relaxing in a kiddy pool.
"You don't mind, do you?" Tsuna asked with wide and worried eyes.
A sweatdrop tumbled down the side of Li's head but she shook her head at the question and smiled gratefully at her older sibling.
The ravenette pushed up her sunglasses and grinned back before giving a thumbs-up and laying back.
Turning back, Li glomped onto the two boys, "Let's turn this into a water PAR-TAY~!"
"Un!" They smiled and nodded in agreement before freezing, eyes glued to the left side of Li's chest.
The dark brunette stepped back and tilted her head in confusion, "What's up?"
"Y-You-!" Shouichi sputtered before pointing at the spot and squeaking out, "You have a tattoo?!"
Li blinked and looked down at the red heartagram on her chest, right over her heart, before sweatdropping, "It's not a tattoo. It's a birthmark. Mama and Kiyoshi also have it."
The redhead deadpanned, "Seriously?"
The gender-bender nodded before tensing when she felt Tsuna poke at the design in curiosity.
His finger traced gingerly over the clean lines.
Li blushed faintly and coughed a bit, "Err… Tsuna?"
The light brunette blinked and gave the girl a confused look, "Huh?"
"Right now…" She started and rubbed the back of her head sheepishly, "I'm a gir-!"
"NOOOOO!"
WHAM!
Li was cut off as a blur slammed into her, effectively knocking her over.
Swirls replaced dark-brown eyes as Kiyoshi hugged the younger one tightly, "WAAAH~! I'm so SORRY, Xiao Li! I didn't realize that you POOFED into a girl! I'm such an AWFUL sister!"
Torrents of ashamed tears poured down the older gender-bender's face.
A moment of silence save for Kiyoshi's wailing passed before the information processed in the boys' mind.
Their entire being flushed red before-
THUMP! THUMP!
They promptly fell over in a faint.
Meanwhile…
"How could I have NOT? I mean, I've seen you transform sooo many times before! I should've recognized it and-!"
Kiyoshi continued to blubber at a suffocating Li.
(Extended Ending)
SLAM!
Luckily, the dark brunette's back was to her sibling's chest so she had managed to kick Kiyoshi in the face, forcing her to let go.
POOF!
At the moment that the older one fell onto the ground, white smoke had exploded.
"You…"
Li ignored the obstruction of her vision and neared her sibling before slamming her foot into the other's face.
"IDIOT!"
The vapor dissipated to reveal the exaggeratedly crying face of Kiyoshi as Li's foot became well acquainted with his cheek.
"There was absolutely NO need to barrel me over like that!"
She dug the bottom of her foot deeper as metaphorical flames of scorn appeared around her.
"And you made my best friends faint to boot!"
Li removed her foot only to kick the swimsuit-wearing boy in the side and sending him flying into the kiddy pool.
"Now, what am I going to do if I don't have people to water fight with?"
Bubbles raised to the top as Kiyoshi surfaced, still crying.
"You didn't have to kick me…"
The dark brunette turned to him so quickly that one could've sworn that she got a whip-lash (but didn't).
"What… was… that…?"
The male eeped before cowering in the small pool, "N-Nothing…"
Li growled before turning to the bodies of her friends and sulking, "Tsuna… Shou… I'm bored. Wake up."
Kiyoshi turned away and pouted softly, "Plus, you should put a shirt on."
(Extended Ending: Extra)
CONK!
"I'M ONLY SIX! WHAT'S THERE TO SEE?"
The boy fell facedown into the water as a coconut bounced away from him.
"Besides, shouldn't you be worried that you're a GUY in a GIRL'S BATHING SUIT?"
Li seethed for a second, still in her throwing pose, before relaxing with a satisfied smirk.
She dusted off her hands when a large bump quickly formed on her crying sibling's head.
"Baka hentai."
Author's Note:
*sweatdrop*
Even though I know that most people don't pay attention to Author's Notes, I still put them up...
*sighs*
Oh well, only two people bothered with my poll and I don't want to wait any longer.
SO! As special thanks to those two, I'll put up both voted pictures sometime after I uploaded this chapter.
(Hopefully, my internet won't conk out on me...)
The first picture is Kyoukugen! which features Sasaki Li and Sasagawa Ryohei. I personally apologize to kimkakashi. *bows* There isn't really interaction in the picture; it's just their posing as if training... *sniffles* I'll try my best to make a scene with actual interaction, but all (except for Tsuna) are pretty hard to draw... (Boo hoo...)
The second is Tsuna's Fan Club which features Sasaki Li and Gokudera Hayato. *grins* I really liked this one 'cause drawing happy-Hayato is a LOT easier than attempting to draw typical-Hayato. *sigh and oozes into a puddle of lava* So much easier...
Once more, THANK YOU FOR READING THE JOURNAL OF MEMORIES AND REVIEWING/ETC~!
Loose Translations:
(1) Oto-chama - (Not a real word. I just took the "oto" from "otoko," meaning man, and also from "otome," meaning lady, and added "-chama," which is a baby-ish version of the suffix "-chan" to create this nickname.)
(2) Baka hentai. - Perverted idiot.
Preview:
"Why did we have to come here, of all places?" Whined Li as he sprawled across a boulder.
"Banzai~!" Cheered Shouichi as he jumped into the glittering river.
"I-I'll just stay over here..." Murmured Tsuna as he slowly inched away.