Date: Monday, September 27, 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

Omake: Of Extreme Sadists!

Dark-brown eyes sparkled as they stared into hazel-green ones.

The latter's owner sweatdropped at the former's, "H-Hey…"

Bubbles sparkled in the bright background as metaphorical cat ears perked up.

The sweatdrop doubled in size as a blonde brow twitched.

"Can you stop staring at me…?"

A kittenish smile appeared on the dark brunette as she wriggled around in place, "But, you're so cool-looking~!"

A slender hand ran through long blonde hair before its owner sighed, "Your mom's pretty cool-looking too, y'know?"

The kid pouted and crossed her arms, "But, she's Mama! I can't see her as being cool-!"

BONK!

A knife's hilt smacked into the girl's hard head as a voice gritted out, "Whom can't you see as being cool…?"

Tears ran down the dark brunette's cheeks as she whimpered, "No one, Mama…"

Canines flashed dangerously as Fang sheathed her weapon, "That's what I thought, Kyuu-chan."

A dark aura hung around Li as she huddled by a corner, sniffling, "Mama can be so cruel…"

The comment went over the raven-haired woman as she grinned to the sweatdropping blonde, "Hey, Riza. Long time no see, huh?"

"I wouldn't say that, but…" Riza sighed as her lips quirked up slightly, "I see you've still retained your Spartan ways, Fang-senpai."

"Kekekeke~!" Came the ravenette's cackle as her eyes flashed, "Why would I have given it up in the first place?"

Li whined at the rhetorical question, but a slipper to the face silenced her.

Ignoring the violet will-o'-wisps around Li, Fang plopped onto the couch and queried, "How's life treating you?"

Hazel-green eyes rolled upwards as Riza shrugged, "The same as always. Traveling 'round, doing odd jobs, that sort of thing."

A chuckle came from the ravenette, "And you're still working with Papa, right?"

Shoulders slumped as exasperation hung over the blonde's head, "Please don't remind me…"

Fang snorted before bursting out in laughter when a vein throbbed on Riza's temple.

"Fang-sempai…" The blonde bit off, hands trailing to her thighs, "I'd appreciate it if you stop laughing at me."

Canines flashed in a smirk as the ravenette drawled lowly with steely eyes, "Are you threatening me, Riza…?"

Dark-brown eyes clashed with hazel-green ones as both females stared each other down.

Electricity sparked between them before-

"Here you go~!"

-their vision was obscured by a man with spiky dark-brown hair and wisps of steam.

He placed down the tray of tea onto the low table before smiling brightly, "Earl Grey for Riza-san and Green Tea for my beloved~!"

The sweet aroma filled the room, making a small nose twitch as Li perked up, "Papa~!"

She glomped her father and widened her eyes dramatically, "Do I get one too?"

Before the man could respond, Fang pulled the girl off with a tug on her ear, commanding, "Dai-chan, don't give Kyuu-chan tea. It'll make her hyper again."

"I don't get hyper!" Li pouted as Riza breathed in the scent of her tea and sipped quietly.

The ravenette ignored the girl and smiled brightly at her husband, "Besides, she needs to grow-"

"WHO'S SMALL?"

"-so give her milk-"

"NOOOOO~! NOT MI-!"

BONK!

"URUSAI TTE BA!"

Daisuke chuckled at the common scene as Riza raised a brow in faint surprise, musing, "She's changed..."

The comment passed over Fang as she pulled on her daughter's cheeks with a shadowed face and glinting eyes, "You need milk."

"NOOOOO~!" Came the dramatic cry from the kid, "Non mi piace il latte~!"

"Berlo!" The pull got harder as a low cackle emitted from the ravenette, "Kekeke~!"

Waterfalls coursed down the kid's cheeks as she whimpered, "Mi fa male, Mama…"

A vein throbbed on the ravenette's temple before she released her grip and shook her head, sighing exaggeratedly, "Looks like I need to increase your training~!"

Li paled and backed away, shaking her head slowly, "N-No, thank you."

Dark-brown eyes flashed dangerously as the woman cooed lowly, "Oh~? But, weren't you complaining before about how I 'only' train Kiyo-chan?"

Arms crossed in an x-formation, Li shook her head more vigorously, "Nope. Nu-uh. No way. Never said that."

The girl shrunk as the woman grew with a fiery aura, smirking ominously with her hair shadowing her face.

"KEKEKEKE~!"

The latter cackled and grabbed the child by the back of her shirt, attempting to smuggle off with her, when-

Ding~ Dong~!

-the doorbell rang.

Fang blinked as the aura disappeared and Li wiped away sweat, thinking, 'Saved by the bell!'

"I'll get it~!" Daisuke chirped happily as he pranced off.

Silence reigned over the females before Fang turned to Li with a toothy grin, "Back to where we were…"

POOF!

The silent blonde raised both brows at the sight of white smoke before murmuring softly, "Already...?"

Her musing went unnoticed as tears poured down the gender-bender's cheeks.

"Mama~!" Li whined around, "I don't wanna d-!"

"HIIIII?" Came the startled cry from the guest, cutting off the dark brunette who blinked, "L-LI?"

Said boy looked over with watery eyes before holding out his arms towards the guest, "TSUNA~! TASUKETE~!"

The light brunette gulped at the dark look shot at him before stuttering, "A-Ano, Fang-s-san…"

The look darkened, earning a small squeak from the other as he hid behind the smiling man, before Li whined, waving an arm towards his mother, "Stop picking on Tsuna~!"

"Che." Was the short response before-

Thump!

-Li landed painfully on his bottom.

The dark brunette gave a short whimper before perking up and grinning over at the lighter one.

Jumping to his feet, Li pranced towards the younger boy and glomped him, "Tsuna~! I missed you~!"

Fang rolled her eyes at the greeting before chucking a knife at them, "Are you leaving now?"

Both boys paled when the weapon barely missed the gender-bender's head and embedded itself into the wall between them.

Sweat rolled down before Tsuna nodded vigorously, tugging on Li who called out, "SEE YA~!"

A trail of dust was left in their wake as they dashed out the door.

Dot. Dot. Dot.

"Anyway~!" Fang chirped before her expression steeled, "Let's get down to business."

"Waaa~ That was close!" Li sighed as Tsuna nodded vigorously before spotting a figure in the distance.

"Ah! Shouichi-kun!" The light brunette called out while waving towards the approaching redhead, "I got Li!"

"SHOU~!" Came the dark brunette's greeting as he stretched a bit while grinning widely and singing, "WE'RE FREE~!"

"Free from what?" A redhead asked with a raised brow as he examined the brunettes' ruffled appearance.

Li opened his mouth to reply when the image of the ravenette throwing a knife at him flickered across his mind's eye, "…"

A dark aura descended upon the brunettes as they slumped over a nearby wall, earning a baffled look from the redhead before he joked, "What? Was Fang-san throwing a fit?"

The aura darkened as a few will-o'-wisps hovered around the silent boys.

A sweatdrop ran down the redhead's head as he twitched lightly, "… She was?"

They nodded in sync before a cold wind blew pass them; a tumbleweed rolled by.

Shouichi shivered, "I-I see…"

"But!" Li perked up as the background suddenly turned bright and sparkly with bubbles, "Like I said: We. Are. FREE~!"

His arms spread to embrace the vast sky as he grinned widely and sang.

"Free like the wind~! Drifting like the clouds~! No more restoration-!"

"Restoration?" Shouichi cut in as he deadpanned, "Don't you mean 'restriction' as in no more limitations?"

Dot. Dot. Dot.

POOF!

White smoke billowed from the gender-bender as she waved her arms rapidly, airing out the wisps without intention, while whining.

"SHOU~!"

A pout graced the dark brunette's lips as her cheeks were visibly red, "Stop picking on me~!"

The redhead merely crossed his arms and grinned lightly, "What if I don't want to?"

Another whine released from the girl as she clung onto the other boy, "Tsuna~! Make him stop~!"

The light brunette sweatdropped before smiling nervously, "Uh… Stop…?"

A dark aura descended over the girl as she huddled below a wall, making friends with violet will-o'-wisps.

Shouichi bursted out laughing and Tsuna soon joined in as Li sniffled.

"Meanies…"

"Li-san." The redhead sighed as said girl kicked forward on the swings, "You know I was just playing with you."

"Buu~ I dun wanna talk with you anymore." Her lips were pouted out as she grumbled, "Meanie Shou."

Shouichi sweatdropped before flapping a hand at her, "Hai, hai."

"Hn!" Came the huff as Li turned away and swung higher.

Green eyes rolled upwards at the action before landing on an amused light brunette and lighting up.

The redhead motioned for the younger boy to come closer.

Tsuna tilted his head in confusion, but complied before Shouichi swung an arm over his shoulders and whispered secretly.

The actions caught the dark brunette's attention as she gradually came lower before eventually slowing to a stop.

"HIIIII?" Came the startled scream from Tsuna as he jumped away and shook his head vigorously, arms crossed in an x-formation, "IYADA! ZETTAI IYADA!"

Li perked up, fully attentive, as Shouichi sighed, "It's not going to kill you, Tsunayoshi-kun."

"IT WILL!" The light brunette shouted back, continuing to back away, "I'LL DEFINITELY DIE!"

"NOOOOO~!" A blur tackled Tsuna as Li clung onto him with tears in her eyes, "DON'T DIE ON ME, TSUNA-FISH~!"

Two pairs of eyes met and glinted briefly.

"Li-san." The redhead called out, flapping a hand and deadpanning, "You're choking him."

"EH?" The girl jumped and pulled away before panicking at the limp body, "TS-TSUNA?"

No response came the light brunette.

POOF!

"WHAT SHOULD I DO~?" Li shouted, ruffling his hair as the smoke billowed, "TSUNA'S NOT RESPONDING~!"

Green eyes looked away from the whiteness as Shouichi sang, "Not my problem."

"SHOU~!" Came the pleading cry, "HELP ME~! (No, wait.) HELP TSUUUNA~!"

The dark brunette clung onto the redhead, sniffling, "Pwease…?"

Shouichi raised a brow at the gender-bender whose face was buried before looking over at the light brunette.

Green eyes met with light-brown ones as lips quirked upwards.

"Shou~!" Li pleaded again, shaking the boy by his shirt, "We gotta do something!"

A hand covered the redhead's lips before he sighed, "Guess it can't be helped."

Dark-brown eyes looked glassily at the bespectacled boy as his glasses glinted in the sunlight.

"This calls for Irie's Super Special Formula Candy!"

Li blinked as Shouichi ruffled through his pockets before the former echoed, "Irie's Super Special Formula Candy?"

The redhead grinned lightly and pulled out a translucent yellow bag with the letters "ISSFC" scribbled on top of a scratched out word that appears to have started with a "K" (but it will never be known). It was filled with many tiny sweet pieces, each differently colored with a number of bulges.

The gender-bender looked wide-eyed as Shouichi sauntered over to the light brunette and popped one into his mouth.

The youngest boy twitched before sitting up and rubbing his head. He opened his mouth to say something, but was cut off by a blur tackling him.

"TSUNA-FISH~!" The dark brunette hugged the lighter one with tears clinging to his eyes as he sniffled, "I'm so sorry!"

The light brunette blinked before smiling and flushing a bit, "I-It's okay, Li. I'm okay."

Li whimpered a bit and hugged the other tighter, burying his face into Tsuna's shoulder, "If it weren't for Shou, then things might've turned bad!"

Light-brown eyes met with green ones before both pair sparkled mischievously.

"But, Shouichi-kun is here and I am okay!" Tsuna grinned lightly, "Shouichi-kun's really awesome, na?"

The gender-bender paused before pulling away and clapping his hands together. Bubbles shined brightly around Li as he looked over at the redhead before tackling him in a hug, "SHOU~! YOUR SUPER SPECIAL CANDY THING WAS PURE AWESOMENESS~!"

Pulling back a bit, Li shot adoring sparkly eyes at the sweatdropping redhead before the latter deadpanned, "I thought you weren't going to talk to me anymore?"

Dark-brown eyes blinked before-

POOF!

-white smoke appeared once more as the gender-bender panicked.

"NOOOOO~!" Li shouted, hands slapped onto her cheeks, before she slammed her head onto the ground in a bow, "I TAKE IT BACK~!"

Thunk!

"L-LI/-SAN!" The boys shouted in surprise before panicking at the trail of red liquid, "Y-YOU'RE BLEEDING!"

The girl took no heed and continued to apologize with tears in her eyes.

Thud!

"SHOU'S STILL MY FRIEND! "

"Please stop, Li-san!"

Smack.

"I LOVE SHOU!"

"Stop it, Li!"

Twack!

"DON'T LEAVE ME, SHOU~!"

"I can't believe you did that." The redhead grumbled, tapping his foot, "I know you're dramatic, but that doesn't mean you can hurt yourself!"

Li blinked and lightly kicked her feet before asking, "You're still my friend, right?"

Shouichi nearly fell over before shouting, "That's not important, right now!"

A caret-like frown appeared as the gender-bender stated firmly, "Yes, it is."

Dark-brown eyes met with wide green ones before the latter's owner sighed, shoulders slumping.

"Li-san…" Shouichi started as he plopped onto the bench besides the girl, "I was only teasing you about not talking to you."

The gender-bender blinked before repeating, "Then, we are friends, right?"

The redhead sweatdropped before sighing and smiling, "Yeah. We're still friends."

Li perked up and smiled brightly, "Good!"

"Li." Came the call from the light brunette.

The gender-bender looked up before-

"ITAI!"

POOF!

-the familiar smoke appeared again.

Shouichi sweatdropped before musing, "You've been transforming a lot lately, Li-san."

The wisps cleared before Li flinched when a wet handkerchief dabbed onto his cut.

Waterfalls coursed down his cheeks as the dark brunette whined, "I know~! But, I can't help it! Even though Hage-Jii (sort of) told me the secret behind it, I still can't control it!"

Tsuna paused in his cleaning of the wound and blinked, echoing, "Hage-Jii…?"

Dark-brown eyes blinked before lighting up as Li grinned, "Oh yeah! I never told you guys, right?"

Two simultaneous nods were his answer.

Crossing his legs, the dark brunette leaned on his ankles and explained, "Hagi-Jii is Mama's Papa and he was the one who gave us the plates!"

"EH?" Shouichi exclaimed, baffled, "That scary baldy?"

Li nodded exuberantly as Tsuna piped up, "What scary baldy?"

The older ones sweatdropped before the redhead scratched his cheek, "Ah, that's right. Tsunayoshi-kun was sleeping at that time."

The light brunette blinked before Li poked his cheek and grinned lightly, "Remember, on your birthday, you fell asleep in the circus?"

Tsuna paled dramatically as the image of the clown's being in his face flashed across his mind's eye, "O-Oh."

"Tsuna…?" Li waved a hand in front of the other's face, "You alright?"

Shouichi sweatdropped and waved a hand, "M-Maa, Tsunayoshi-kun. It was a while back, so relax."

The light brunette flopped onto the bench, slumped over, and twitched, "I remember… the clowns..."

At the mention of the clowns, all three paled as a dark cloud hung over them.

(Creepy clowns…)

Suddenly, Li shook his head vigorously to clear himself of the thoughts before continuing on, "A-Anyway-! Hage-Jii came to visit and I had to take him out to sightsee!"

He leaned back a bit and hummed, "I guess it was pretty fun! I never spent a day with an old man before!"

The boys sweatdropped before Shouichi piped up, "What did your grandfather say?"

Li blinked before remembering, "Oh yeah!"

He frowned and crossed his arms, "Hage-Jii said something about feeling too much emotion and transforming!"

"Then, what are you supposed to do?" Tsuna asked with furrowed brows as Shouichi deadpanned, "What? Are you supposed to throw away your feelings?"

A sheepish grin made the boys fall over before the redhead shouted, "Are you serious?"

The light brunette crossed his arms and shook his head, "You can't throw your feelings away!"

Li pouted and whined, "But, how else am I gonna control it?"

The two hesitated, not knowing how to answer.

Dark-brown eyes watched the two, never wavering.

Both boys tensed at the intensity as sweat trickled down their faces.

"AH!" The redhead suddenly shouted, pointing in a direction, "PEOPLE!"

"WHERE?" Li snapped to attention.

The other two sighed in relief before falling over when Li chirped, "There are people~!"

Light-brown and green eyes looked over to the sandbox where a pair of siblings played: a white-haired boy and an orange-haired girl.

Wind blew pass them before a low cackle rang out.

"Kekekeke~!"

The redhead sighed as Tsuna sweatdropped, "Li…?"

The gender-bender had already pranced off towards the box with a kittenish grin.

Shouichi sighed.

"And there he goes…"

"HIYA~!"

The pair looked up in surprise before the white-haired one grinned back and pumped a fist.

"HI TO THE EXTREME!"

Dark-brown eyes sparkled at the powerful voice.

"I bet that I can beat you."

Grey eyes glinted at the challenge.

"YOSH! KYOUKUGEN NI FAITO!"

"N-Nii-san!" The girl placated, "Please don't fight!"

The brother blinked before laughing, "Don't worry, Kyoko! We're not really fighting!"

Li grinned and nodded, "That's right! We're gonna build-"

He paused dramatically and struck a pose.

"-A SAND-!"

"LI-SAN!"

The dark brunette blinked before pouting at his approaching friends.

"Mou, Shou~! I was in the middle of an awesome declarative!"

Shouichi deadpanned, "Li-san, 'declaration' is the word you're looking for."

Dot. Dot. Do-

"Zip it." Li pouted and crossed his arms, turning away.

The older sibling laughed loudly at their antics before patting Li's shoulder, "Don't worry! I do that too!"

The dark brunette grinned and wrapped an arm around the boy, turning back to the redhead, "See, Shou? I'm not the only one who gets things wrong!"

Green eyes flattened, "I never said you were."

Li stuck out his tongue before a tug on his shirt caught his attention.

Light-brown eyes blinked at the gender-bender before shifting warily to the pair.

"Li, do you know them…?"

Sharp teeth shined in a wide grin.

"Nope~!"

Shouichi sighed at the answer before pushing his glasses up and giving an apologetic smile, "I'm sorry about this weirdo-"

"HEY!" Came the interruption before the redhead finished.

"-here."

A raspberry was the reaction from the dark brunette before he grinned and bowed exaggeratedly.

"HI! I'M SASAKI LI!"

The girl bowed back, respectively, "I'm Sasagawa Kyoko and this is my big brother-"

"SASAGAWA RYOHEI!" The boy finished, punching the air, "NICE MEETING YOU TO THE EXTREME, SASAKI!"

"YOU TOO!" Li grinned, holding out a fist, "I found someone EXTREMELY AWESOME!"

From behind him, Tsuna and Shouichi pouted, "We're not awesome?"

The dark brunette froze at the dejected voices before waving his arms wildly, "Th-That's not it!"

Two pairs of eyes widened dramatically as lower lips trembled, "So we're not…?"

Li shook his head vigorously, "That's not what I meant!"

The boys' eyes misted over as the dark brunette panicked some more, "You are awesome! I mean it! NOOOO~! Don't CRY~!"

As Li continued to ramble, Tsuna and Shouichi grinned to themselves before bursting out laughing.

The dark brunette paused with tears in his eyes before realizing.

A dark cloud hung over him as he huddled under a tree, sniffling.

"I was tricked…"

Kyoko giggled a bit at the scene before holding out a hand, "You're funny, Sasaki-kun."

Dark-brown eyes looked up into golden ones before the background suddenly turned bright and bubbly.

"Kyoko-chan…" Li glomped the girl, "You're so sweet~!"

The others' eyes bugged out at the affectionate gesture before-

WHOOSH!

-Kyoko was abruptly pulled away by Ryohei as Tsuna held onto Li.

Green eyes watched the scene in front before their owner mused lightly, 'That was strange…?'

Kyoko and Li blinked before the dark brunette pouted, "What was that for, Tsuna-Fish?"

Turning red, Tsuna simply looked away and stuttered, "I-I thought I saw a sna-ake…"

"REALLY?" Dark-brown eyes lit up before flickering around, "WHERE?"

Meanwhile, the light redhead asked, "What's wrong, Nii-san?"

The white-haired boy coughed with a blush, "I want to start the contest now!"

Forgetting about his previous interest, Li perked up with a grin, "Yeah! Let's start!"

Both contestants stood their ground and breathed deeply.

"KYOUKUGEN!" Ryohei shouted.

Li cheered, "FAITO!"

Tsuna sighed at the excitable boys before tensing when he felt eyes on him.

Robotically, he turned around before paling at seeing green eyes on him.

Shouichi grabbed the light brunette and crouched down, so that they were conversing secretly, "What's the real reason, Tsunayoshi-kun?"

Tsuna slumped over with tears coursing down, 'Why does Shouichi-kun have to be so smart?'

"Well…?" The redhead prodded.

Red dusted against Tsuna's cheeks as he buried his face in his arm, mumbling inaudibly.

Shouichi raised an eyebrow and poked the boy.

Tsuna raised his head slightly though he was still covered.

"I… I don't know…"

The redhead tilted his head with furrowed brows, "You don't…?"

Light-brown eyes trailed to the occupied gender-bender as their owner admitted, "I don't."

Shouichi followed his sight before sweatdropping when Li cackled darkly over his workplace.

"It''s like…" Tsuna continued to mumble, "…my body just moved…"

The redhead didn't say anything before sighing, "Alright."

The light brunette blinked, "Alright…?"

Shouichi smiled and straightened up, "Sometimes, we do things that don't make sense."

He jerked a thumb over at the dark brunette, "Like how Li-san got so intense with the contest."

Tsuna sweatdropped before laughing softly, "Yeah."

The older male held out a hand, "Come on. Let's go check out how he's doing."

The younger grabbed it and nodded with a grin, "Hai!"

"Li-san…"

Shouichi twitched before the atmosphere became darker.

"What is that supposed to be…?"

Dark-brown eyes blinked as their owner responded innocently.

"A sandcastle."

The redhead facepalmed as Tsuna gave a nervous smile.

The sandcastle, as Li had put it, was simply a mound of sand with a twig serving as its flag and multiple rocks embedded into it.

Next to his, Ryohei's sandcastle wasn't looking all that better, but at least it resembled a castle… of sorts.

"YOSH!" The white-haired boy shouted with an excited grin, "Let the judging begin to the EXTREME!"

He waved over to the three younger ones, "JUDGES!"

Kyoko clapped her hands together and smiled brightly, "This is a bit hard to do, Nii-san! They both look great!"

'WHICH PART LOOKS GREAT?' Tsuna and Shouichi exclaimed in their minds.

"Kyoko…" The brother looked moved as he clenched his fists, "KYOUKUGEN NI GAMBATTE! FAITO!"

"Hai!" The girl chirped as small flowers danced happily around her.

While Ryohei fawned over his sister, Tsuna sighed before scratching his cheek nervously, "Eto…"

Dark-brown eyes looked at the light brunette while sparkling in expectance.

The youngest boy sweatdropped and tensed at the pleading look, "E-Eto…"

They widened dramatically as Li pouted out his lower lip and started, "Tsu-!"

BAM!

Everyone jumped and turned to see the redhead holding a stick that rested against the sandbox.

Shouichi pushed up his glasses, making them glint briefly, before clearing his throat, "The results are as follows!"

"Shou~!" Li interrupted, "You guys didn't even dis-!"

"Ryohei-san's the winner." He ignored the dark brunette and pointed to the oldest one.

The boulder of depression slammed into Li's head as fire roared around the winner.

"GRAAAWR~!" Ryohei shouted as he pumped his fists, "KYOUKUGEN NI KATTA~!"

"Waaa~!" His sister clapped mildly with a bright smile, "Omedetou, Onii-san!"

Ryohei laughed proudly before noticing the dark aura around Li.

"Oi, Sasaki!" The white-haired boy called out, "Subarashii tatakai!"

A metaphorical cat's tail curled dejectedly around the gender-bender as cat ears drooped.

"(Boo hoo…) I lost to the extreme…"

"L-Li…" Tsuna started as he crouched down to the boy, "It's okay. There's always next time!"

Violet will-o'-wisps floated around the dark brunette as he sniffled.

"That's right, Sasaki!" Ryohei supported, clamping a hand on his shoulder, "Let's compete again to the extreme!"

Li simply tended to mushrooms.

Shouichi sighed as Tsuna shot him a pleading look before the redhead started, "Li-san."

Said boy looked sadly over at the redhead.

"You lost."

It was the depression to the fifth power.

"But," He continued, nonplussed, "You tried your hardest."

Li simply huddled into a tighter ball.

A vein irked on the redhead before he sighed exaggeratedly, "I guess I have no choice..."

Everyone watched as Shouichi dug into his pockets.

The rustling of plastic filled their ears though the dark brunette paid no mind.

"A-Ah…" Tsuna stuttered, "A-Arigatou, Shouichi-kun…?"

The sound of tearing was heard as a metaphorical cat's ear twitched.

"Sankyuu, Irie!" Ryohei thanked as Kyoko chimed, "Arigatou, Irie-san!"

Robotically, Li turned around before his jaw dropped at the sight.

The others were munching on a variety of candy from peppermint patties to sour gummies!

Green eyes blinked innocently at the drool that appeared.

"Do you want some?" Shouichi asked, holding out a peppermint, "Li-san?"

The dark brunette gulped before wiping away the saliva and nodding.

The redhead grinned before tossing it over.

Li grabbed the candy before plopping onto the ground, rubbing his cheek against the treat as his lips curved up into a kittenish grin.

Tsuna sweatdropped at the reaction as Shouichi nonchalantly put the candy away.

"I didn't ask before, but…" The light brunette started slowly, "When did you start carrying around candy…?"

The redhead blinked before jerking a thumb over at the preoccupied boy, "Ever since I learned that Li-san's dramatic like that."

Said boy was currently bowing to the treat as sweatdrops appeared.

"I-I see…"

"YOSH!" Ryohei exclaimed, holding out a fist, "Until next time, Sasaki!"

Li bumped fists with the other with a grin, "You bet, Ryo-senpai!"

The sun shined on them as the two watched each other before-

"BWAHAHAHA~!"

-bursting out in boisterous laughter.

Tsuna looked away with a faint twitch in his brows as Shouichi watched the scene with a sigh.

Kyoko giggled softly, "I'm glad that they're getting along!"

Her smile faltered a bit as she admitted, "I was worried after that happened…"

The boys blinked before looking confusedly at the girl, "After 'that' happened…?"

"Ah!" Kyoko started with a faint blush before shaking her head, "I'm sorry. I was just thinking…"

Green eyes met with light-brown ones briefly but their owners didn't press the uncomfortable girl any further.

Instead, Shouichi smiled and mused aloud, "Li-san seems to get along with a lot of people!"

The girl blinked as Tsuna laughed softly, "Yeah. Li would probably even befriend a tiger!"

Briefly, the image of the gender-bender's attempt at jumping into the circus ring of three tigers flashed across their mind's eye, making a dark cloud hang over them as they thought, 'Which she attempted to do…'

Kyoko looked at the boys curiously before smiling at the light brunette, "Ano, Sawada-kun...?"

Light-brown eyes trailed to the girl and blinked in confusion.

A faint blush rested on Kyoko's cheeks as she fiddled with the end of her dress, "Um… About Sasaki-kun…!"

The light brunette tensed at the name and watched the light redhead while asking slowly, "What about Li…?"

Her cheeks flushed deeper as golden eyes closed before their flustered owner attempted to ask, "U-Um...! Is Sasaki-kun a g-?"

"KYOUKUGEN~!"

The loud shout cut the girl off as everyone jumped and turned to Ryohei.

Suddenly, a dark aura descended upon Tsuna as he twitched.

Ryohei had the gender-bender in a headlock while ruffling the dark locks roughly with a wide grin.

Shouichi sweatdropped and sighed, "Li-san…"

"Sawada-kun…?" Kyoko started, looking a bit worried at the shadowed expression.

The light brunette stalked forward as Shouichi laughed a bit, "Li-san really rubbed off of him!"

Kyoko blinked before jumping a bit when Tsuna tackled the gender-bender out of the other's grip.

But, just as suddenly, he squeaked and jumped away with a blush, stuttering out an apology.

Shouichi grinned as Li glomped the younger boy and cuddled him before musing lightly, "It makes me glad to have met them early…"

Golden eyes blinked in confusion as their owner attempted to question the redhead when-

BAM!

-a gunshot rang through the air causing the group to jump.

Wide eyes locked onto a tall figure whose blonde hair swayed in the wind before the gunner placed her weapon away and started, "Come on, kid, you-!"

She was cut off as a blur tackled her and-

POOF!

-white smoke billowed in the area as-

"I KNEW YOU'D TEACH ME~!"

-Li sang happily before the wisps began to clear.

She was clinging tightly onto the blonde woman who noticeably twitched before attempting to push the gender-bender away.

"Get." Riza grunted, "Off."

A vein throbbed on her temple as her aura crackled dangerously, "You…!"

In the background, everyone tensed and huddled together, praying for the gender-bender's safety.

Her bangs moved with the aura as she glared down at the kid before swiftly bringing out her secret weapon.

KATATATATATATAK!

Rounds of bullets released from an AK-47 as-

"MUAHAHAHA~!"

-she cackled victoriously with Li shaking under a tree, metaphorical tail curled tightly around her leg as her hands covered her ears.

Tsuna made an attempt to go over to the dark brunette but Shouichi held him back with a grave expression, "Don't do it. Besides..."

The light brunette hesitated before the redhead continued, "Li-san's over it already."

Light-brown eyes blinked before a sweatdrop rolled down their owner's face.

The area around the gender-bender had shifted from complete and utter fear to unadulterated admiration with the background bright and bubbly with sparkles dancing around.

Dark-brown eyes sparkled at the still-cackling woman.

The light brunette slumped over as Shouichi patted his back, "You know how Li-san can be."

"GRAAAWR~!" Came the loud roar from Ryohei, startling everyone as they stared at him, "AWESOME TO THE EXTREME~! TRAIN-!"

"NOOOOO~!" Came the cry from Li as she clung onto the twitching woman again, "SHE'S MINE-!"

BONK!

"WHO'S YOURS?" Came the terrifying snarl as the blonde implanted a fist onto the Li's hard head, "I refuse to train you!"

Tears ran down the gender-bender's cheeks, "B-But-!"

"No buts!" Riza snorted before grabbing the girl by the back of her collar as she began to walk out of the park, "Besides!"

Tsuna and Shouichi jumped at the sudden exit and ran after them.

"You have training with Fang-senpai!"

The three froze at the declaration before-

"NOOOOO~!"

POOF!

-white smoke dispersed as Li cried, "I dun wanna to train with Mama~!"

The blonde ignored the gender-bender as the boys sympathized with their best friend.

Tears poured down Li's cheeks as he sniffled.

"I'm gonna die, aren't I?

Pathetic looks were his answer.

(Extended Ending)

"That Sasaki trains to the EXTREME!" Ryohei shouted.

Kyoko looked a bit worried, "I wonder if Sasaki-kun's okay…"

The boy ruffled his sister's hair and laughed, "Don't worry, Kyoko! Sasaki's strong!"

Golden eyes blinked up at the boy before Kyoko smiled and nodded, "Hai!"

"YOSH!" The brother pumped a fist into the air, "I also need to train to the EXTREME!"

"Gambatte ne, Nii-san!" The sister cheered.

"GRAAAWR~!" Ryohei declared excitedly, jogging a bit ahead, "KYOUKUGEN~!"

Kyoko giggled a bit and followed faithfully before-

"Ah!"

-she startled.

"I didn't finish asking Sawada-kun!"

She paused and looked in the direction the four had went before sighing.

"Oh well."

Kyoko began to job after her brother.

"After all."

She slowed a little and looked up at the blue sky with a smile.

"Sasaki-kun will still be Sasaki-kun, boy or girl."

(Extended Ending: Extra)

Hazel-green eyes watched the scene as their owner sweatdropped.

"Fang-senpai…"

The blonde flinched a bit when-

THUMP!

"IYADA~!"

-a cry rang out as a knife embedded into a wall before sighing when-

THUMP!

-another knife ripped through as its master cackled.

"KEKEKEKE~!"

THUMP!

A third knife was thrown skillfully as a shaking brunette whimpered fearfully, "L-Li…!"

THUMP!

Came the sound of one last blade as the redhead squeaked, "Li-san…!"

Said boy twitched before tears ran down his face.

The raven-haired woman sashayed out of the room, pausing only to smirk, "That's all... for now."

Li slumped, or he would have if it weren't for the knives holding him up.

Tsuna and Shouichi hurried to him and attempted to pull out the weapons embedded in his clothes.

Leaning against the doorway, Riza sighed and shook her head, grumbling.

"I was just kidding about the training."

Author's Note:

x3 Ryohei and Kyoko appeared~! ^o^

I tried to emphasize their competitive natures a bit; hopefully, it worked out that way... ._.'

Anyway, I uploaded a picture of Riza so go check it out! ;D

Also, some of you may have already checked it out, but (for those who haven't) I've created two new stories:

(1) Transcending Dreams was really just a random idea that popped into mind. Here's the summary: When Tsuna accidentally finds himself in a world where he exists as a form of entertainment, what is he to think? Not only that, but he meets the characters of a manga that's famous in his world! Just what is reality! I may or may not decide to update this one. *shrugs*

(2) The Hilarity of 74 was created from my reviews of (the awesomesauce) mangarox14's story Dear 59-kun (GO CHECK IT OUT!). My reviews started out as simply reviews, but somewhere along the line, it started to turn into a short skits that can be turned into a FanFiction. Thus, I created THo74 and dedicated it to mangarox14 'cause my love inspired me~! *hearts* -^^- And, just as a warning, there's no real storyline. It's purely crack. Beware. x3

In addition to that, I caution you that there are cursing and some sexual implications in those stories. No lemons or limes, but there are... implications. And violence. xD That's why the ratings are M.

Lastly:

THANK YOU FOR READING/REVIEWING/ETCETERA-ING THE JOURNAL OF MEMORIES~!

Loose Translation:

(1) URUSAI TTE BA! - YOU'RE NOISY!

(2) Non mi place il latte~! - I don't like milk~!

(3) Berlo! - Drink it!

(4) Mi fa male, Mama... - It hurts, Mama...

(5) TASUKETE~! - HELP ME~!

(6) IYADA! ZETTAI IYADA! - NO! ABSOLUTELY NOT!

(7) YOSH! KYOUKUGEN NI FAITO! - ALRIGHT! FIGHT TO THE EXTREME!

(8) Hai! - Yeah!

(9) KYOUKUGEN NI GAMBATTE! - TRY TO THE EXTREME!

(10) KYOUKUGEN NI KATTA~! - I WON TO THE EXTREME~!

(11) Omedetou, Onii-san! - Congratulations, Big Brother!

(12) Subarashii tatakai! - Great fight!

(13) Arigatou/Sankyuu - Thank You

Preview:

"Come on, Tsuna-Fish~!" A dark brunette chirped, trying to tug the other brunette forward.

The younger squeaked and dug his heels into the floor, shaking his head vigorously, "N-No, thank you."

"Why not?" The former pouted, "We came all this way, already!"

Still, the other shook his head, earning him a whine.

"But, this place is really cool~!"