Date: Friday, November 19, 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 30: A Thousand Words, A Thousand Meanings.
"Waaaiii~!" Came an excited cry from a large group, "It's such a great day today!"
An exasperated sigh was released by the sole redhead, "Exactly how is it a 'great' day today?"
"What d'ya mean, Shou?" Li stretched with a kittenish grin, "A great day's a great day~!"
"Li-san," Shouichi deadpanned, "It's cloudy, cold and looks like it's gonna rain."
A pause before dark-brown eyes shifted away, "… So…?"
The redhead made a motion to strangle the dark brunette when the lighter one piped up, "It's great 'cause it's New Years!"
Another pause before-
"Tsuna-Fish~!"
-Li glomped the light brunette, rubbing his cheek against the rapidly-turning-red boy, "You're absolutely correct~!"
Green eyes rolled upwards before Shouichi poked the gender-bender and teased, "Or maybe it's 'cause there's no school."
His answer was a very (im)mature raspberry.
Suddenly, a fist knocked into Li's head as he whined, "Mama~! Why d'ya do that?"
Said ravenette raised a brow before tugging on her child's ear, "It seems you need more training, Kyuu-chan, if you can't even handle that."
"Gerk!" Came the choked response before Li tightened his grip around Tsuna, shaking his head vigorously, "Iyada! You already made me spar with Kyouya-nii for five hours straight!"
Ignoring the fact that Tsuna was turning blue, Fang tugged harshly as a vein throbbed on her temple.
She smiled tightly, "That was punishment for stealing my sweets."
Waterfalls coursed down his cheeks as the dark brunette whined, "But you never ate them~!"
A dark aura began to crackle around her as Fang glared down, "And if I were saving them…?"
Lips pursed in a sulking manner, "They were gonna go bad."
Knives suddenly glinted in her hands as Fang attempted to mutilate/discipline her child but Daisuke held her back and smile brightly (greatly contrasting the two's disposition), "The breeze is gentle enough to play hanetsuki today so why don't we split into teams?"
"I CALL KYUU-CHAN!" Came the sudden declaration as a blur tackled Li to the ground.
Calming down, Fang sheathed her weapons and smirked at her twitching child, "Having fun down there?"
"Of course~!" Kiyoshi started before keeling over when a small fist met his face as Li snapped, "NOT!"
The dark brunette scrambled out from under his brother's weight before latching onto his counterpart, "I wanna be with Tsuna!"
Said boy blushed brightly before paling when Kiyoshi steel-grey eyes glared at him with killing intent.
Shouichi wisely kept his mouth shut despite wanting to ask, 'What about me?'
Fang grabbed the back of Li's shirt and lifted him up easily while drawling, "You're not with Tsunayoshi-kun."
"EH?" Came the surprised cry before he waved an arm at his mother, whining, "WHY NOOOOOT~?"
"Because." Came the short response.
"That's not an answer~!" Li whined, struggling in his mother's grasp, before turning to his father and pouting, "Papa~ Mama's being mean again~!"
Daisuke laughed heartily before sweatdropping when his wife's dark-brown eyes steeled at him.
Rubbing his spiky head, the oldest Sasaki questioned, "We're playing singles instead…?"
The glare disappeared as Fang smiled sickeningly sweet, "But of course~!"
"NUUUUU~!" Li opposed as he waved an arm towards his capturer, "I REFUSE TO GO ALONG WITH THE SHE-DEV-"
A fist silenced him as he dangled from Fang's grasp with swirls for eyes as she sang, "And that's the plan~!"
She then glared at the others, "Agreed?"
The boys shivered at the deadly gaze but nodded quickly in agreement.
'S-Scary!' Came their rarely used male-telepathy.
Meanwhile, Li slurred, "Hoi..."
"TAKE THIS!"
A bright red shuttlecock flew towards Fang who rolled her eyes and gracefully hit it back, drawling, "Too slow, Kyuu-chan."
"You-!" A low growl sounded as a vein irked on the child's temple.
As the shuttlecock came flying back, Li jumped and slammed his paddle into the red ball with such a force that it would have cried if it wasn't for the fact that it was an inanimate object.
Sadly, the same result occurred as the ravenette simply flicked her wrist and sent it back again.
And what made it even more disappointing was that Fang was barely trying if her yawn was any indication.
Off to the side, the other males couldn't help but sweatdrop at the one-sidedness of it all with Li running around like an enraged monkey and Fang dangling the bait known as provocation.
Fang hid a smirk behind another yawn, teasing lightly, "Ara~? Could it be that you got weaker~?"
Another vein throbbed on the child as he snapped, "HAVE NOT!"
The shuttlecock flew in another arc as Fang continued, "But your hits are softer than a feather's~!"
A third vein appeared on the younger gender-bender, "OR MAYBE YOU'RE A RHINO!"
Fang's smirk grew wider as she responded, "A rhino's better than a hummingbird."
"WHO'RE YOU CALLING GIRLY?" Li roared, smashing with all his might.
BAM!
The red ball of fluff implanted itself comfortably on the ravenette's face.
Dot. Dot. Dot.
Silence reigned over the group as fear began to creep up.
A dark aura began to seep from the woman as she twitched.
The shuttlecock fell to the ground.
The males began to inch away.
Several veins irked dangerously on her as she raised crouched to the ground.
The group turned and began their robotic escape.
A clawed hand grabbed the shuttlecock and squeezed it tightly (to the point that Li could've sworn it squeaked) before pulling back.
WHAM!
The red blur slammed into the back of Li's head and bounced off as he tumbled into Tsuna who stumbled at the impact and flailed onto Shouichi who then tripped onto Kiyoshi who grabbed onto Daisuke who was caught off-guard with the sudden weight and-
THUMP!
-down they all went in a pile of tangled and pained limbs.
The shuttlecock then landed in Daisuke's open palm, making him blink.
A hundred and twenty yards away, Fang dusted off her hands.
Suddenly, the man realized what had just transpired and laughed loudly.
"TOUCHDOWN~!"
A smirk revealed her canines.
Li nursed the bumps on his head, courtesy of his beautiful but dangerous mother, and sulked beneath a seemingly random tree (which was actually the very same one that Kiyoshi had sulked under prior to the great hanetsuki battle).
Incoherent mutterings escaped Li's pouting lips.
Nearby, Shouichi shook his head before patting the dark brunette's head.
This earned him an even more exaggerated (if possible) version of Li's pout, making him laugh.
The gender-bender huffed at the action before turning away and hunching over.
Green eyes shining with mirth, Shouichi forced himself to calm down before encouraging, "Look on the bright side, Li-san!"
Li simply huffed again, "What bright side?"
The redhead grinned cheekily, "It's only three hours of training instead of five!"
Dot. Dot. Dot.
"Yeah." Li deadpanned, "Only three hours for the rest of break instead of five in one day."
Tsuna sweatdropped at the contrasting emotions displayed between his best friends before poking the gender-bender and asking, "Is it really that bad? Training?"
The result was instantaneous as Li hunched over deeply with a heavy dark cloud descending over him. Violet and indigo will-o'-wisps danced mockingly around him (to the point that one can almost hear them). This was followed by his tending to a variety of poisonous mushrooms at the root of the tree and low mumblings of a variety of not-so-nice words in several dialects of Chinese before switching over to Spanish.
The two normal (well, more normal, anyway) boys sweatdropped a storm before sighing to themselves.
They then looked over to one another before nodding in determination.
Crouching down besides the depressed brunette, the boys slung their arm over his slumped shoulders and huddled like a trio of cute, fluffy, baby penguins on ice.
Dark-brown eyes blinked in surprise at the sudden warmth before glancing between the boys on either side of Li.
Their cheeks were flushed red (so red, in fact, that Shouichi's glasses even fogged up) and their eyes were closed in embarrassment.
Doki doki!
Heat creeped up in his own cheeks before-
POOF!
-Li returned to her original gender.
Her lips curved into a wide smile as her heart warmed and thumped faster.
She buried her face in her arms but failed at hiding her purely elated face as she whispered.
"Tsuna… Shou… Arigatou. Hontou ni..."
(Extended Ending)
"Hontou ni…"
Her hands gripped onto her arms tightly before-
"DAI~SUKI~!"
-she tackled her best friends into a hug which caused them to-
THUMP!
-promptly faint from shock.
"Mou~!" Li whined as she poked the boys, "Why d'ya have to faint on me again?"
Her eyes trained on their dizzying eyes before she plopped onto the grass and sulked, "Now who am I gonna fly my kite with-"
"ME, OF COURSE-"
SLAM!
Li's sneaker-clad foot stopped her brother short.
Tears flowed down his face as Kiyoshi whimpered, "You can be so cruel, Kyuu-chan…"
A vein throbbed.
"… Urusai."
Author's Note:
Most of my paperwork's done now! :'D
Hopefully, I'll be able to write and update a bit faster now but I'm also focusing on my original story One+Seven and my new fanfiction Resonate as well as my other fanfictions and all the drawings I've been doing. ^^'
Speaking of which, if you'd like to take a look at my artworks, please search up "Kira-Tsume" on DeviantArt! (I've finally put up an artwork for THo74!)
Again, thank you for reading/reviewing/etc-ing The Journal of Memories!
Loose Translation:
(1) Iyada! - No way!
(2) hanetsuki - a Japanese version of badminton that's typically played on New Years
(3) Hoi.../Mou~! - just sounds so no real meanings :P
(4) Doki doki! - onomatopoeia for the thumping of the heart
(5) Arigatou. - Thank you.
(6) Hontou ni... - Really...
(7) DAI~SUKE~! - I LOVE YOU~!
(8) ... Urusai. - ... Zip it.
Preview:
Planning on writing another birthday-fic but focusing on family interaction. Especially with a certain sky lark...
Progress: Trying to wear away that thing known as "Writer's Block" with my Mark XIX Desert Eagle in .357 Magnum. Sadly, it's not working very well with this chapter... On the brighter side, I typed up a rough draft of one of my later chapters! :D But that really doesn't matter if I don't finish the one I'm supposed to finish... -.-;