Date: Thursday, December 23, 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 32: Stupid Drunken Old Man!
"NANI KORE?"
The panicked shout came from Tsuna as he gripped at his fluffy hair in horror.
"Nya~?" Came a slurred but familiar voice.
"L-LI?" The light brunette cried out with a pale face.
Said dark brunette was clinging onto Nana's dress while simpering.
The housewife simply tilted her head and asked with an oblivious smile, "What's wrong, Tsu-kun, Shou-kun?"
Shouichi sweatdropped at the woman's cheerfulness before deadpanning, "She's drunk… Li, that is."
The light brunette continued to gape (much like the Tsuna-Fish he is) but, before he could get a word in-
"BWAHAHAHA~!"
-the tall, broad-shouldered and blonde man in the room bursted out in loud laughter.
"YOU WANT MORE?"
This snapped Tsuna out of his shock as he waved his arms frantically, "YAMETE KUDASAI, TOU-SAN!"
Sawada Iemitsu, father of Tsuna, simply threw back his head and laughed again as Shouichi twitched in thought, 'Poor, Tsunayoshi-kun. He has a drunk of a father.'
A vein irked on the light brunette's temple before he turned to the woman and whined, "Kaa-san~!"
Nana giggled before flapping a hand at her husband, "Now, now, dear. Don't give Kyuu-chan too much."
"Yes~ my darling~!" Came the lovestruck reply, causing the woman to blush girlishly and titter, "You're so sweet, love~!"
Tsuna slumped over and cried to himself as Shouichi patted his shoulder in sympathy, secretly relieved that his family was nowhere near as crazy as his youngest friend's.
But the romantic interaction was interrupted when a cushion hit the man smack-dab in the face.
The boys looked up to see Nana covering her surprised expression with her hands and Iemitsu looking a bit dazed; whether it was from the alcoholic buzz or from the cushion attack was completely debatable.
Meanwhile, Li was standing shakily in front of Nana, glaring at the man.
"You-HIC!" She started slurring while hiccuping, "N-Nana-swa-an i-is - HIC- m- m- m- HIC - MINE!"
The gender-bender swayed a bit before abruptly straightening up to point and declare dramatically, "NO TOUCHY!"
That said, she stumbled back to the woman and clung onto her, whining with tears in her eyes, "D-Don't ever - HIC - l-leave me! HIC - Nana-swaaaaaaaaan~!"
"Squee~!" The woman swooned over the cute expression and cuddled the girl close, "Don't worry, Kyuu-chan~! I won't ever leave you~!"
"YAAAAAA- HIC -AAAAAAY~!" Came the slurred cheer before-
POOF!
-white smoke filled the living room.
Surprised coughs resounded before Iemitsu's boisterous laughter and comment was heard.
"The Sasaki really can't hold their liquor-!"
Another pillow slammed into his face, courtesy of Tsuna.
As the soft object fell down, the blonde couldn't help but cry, "Even my cute son's turned against me~!"
"Well you shouldn't have gotten Li drunk!" Came the snappy response.
Shouichi sighed as the son and the father started to argue (if you can even call it - a kid berating his father's action as said man sniffled proudly about how his son was growing up - an argument) before turning to the woman and gender-bender.
Li was still blubbering on about how Nana belonged to him and how the "Bearded Wine" wasn't allowed to take her away.
Seeing as how the craziness may never end, Shouichi plopped himself near the more calm duo.
The action caught the dark brunette's attention as his head snapped towards the redhead.
Clouded dark-brown eyes watched Shouichi closely as the bespectacled boy sweatdropped and asked, "What is it?"
Li stayed silent and continued to stare at the redhead.
Shouichi fiddled with his glasses, wondering what was wrong.
One moment…
Two moment…
THUD!
Tsuna paused and looked away from his chortling father before gaping at the scene.
A kittenish smile played on Li's lips as he cuddled the blushing redhead and cooed, "My yummy tomato~!"
Tsuna fell over as the gender-bender continued on:
"Yummy, yummy tomato~
My lovely, darling tomato~
Yum, yum, sweet and juicy~
Oh how I love my red Sho-mato~!"
"L-Li-san!" Shouichi struggled in the tight embrace, thoroughly flustered, "I'm NOT a tomato!"
The protest went over the gender-bender's head as he continued to sing off-key while slurring his words.
A dark aura hung over the light brunette as he listened to the chaos around him.
His father thought it was funny to let the seven-year-old drink sweet sake.
His mother's going about as if it's normal for the seven-year-old to receive alcohol.
His redheaded friend's dying from an overdose of love via a tight hug from the drunk seven-year-old.
And his best friend IS the drunk seven-year-old!
… Oi vey…
Tsuna's definitely got his work cut out for him.
Breathing deeply, the light brunette slapped his cheeks to pump himself up.
"Yosh!" He clenched his fists, "I'll get Li to be un-drunk!"
Looking around to see everyone else occupied, Tsuna snuck into the kitchen and rustled through the refrigerator.
His mocha-colored eyes lit up upon finding what he was looking for.
Returning to the living room, Tsuna sweatdropped upon seeing Li growl at Iemitsu like a dangerously cute kitten with sharp claws and even sharper teeth.
The blonde man was crying dramatically over being kept away from his darling Nana who was giggling at how amusing the scene was.
Green eyes flickered over to Tsuna before Shouichi flapped a hand weakly.
The light brunette followed the motion and crouched next to the redhead.
Fixing his glasses and mussed appearance, Shouichi deadpanned, "Li-san's crazy when he's drunk."
Tsuna sweatdropped at the half-dead expression and laughed nervously, "I kind of figured."
The redhead sighed before blinking and raising a brow.
"Why…?" Shouichi started to ask.
A sheepish grin graced Tsuna's lips as he shrugged.
"I overheard Fang-san talking to Daisuke-san."
Understanding entered his green eyes, "Aa…"
Suddenly, the redhead clasped a hand over the younger one's shoulder and said quite seriously.
"Good luck."
Tsuna nearly fell over before straightening up and hissing, "You're not helping!"
But the redhead had decided to hide himself behind the propped up low-table.
The light brunette slouched over, releasing a exaggerated sigh, before gulping.
The metaphorical black tail flickered irritably behind Li as cat-ears pinned backwards in fury.
A fiery aura could practically be seen roaring around the gender-bender.
Steeling himself, Tsuna decided to sacrifice the last of his sanity and stepped towards his best-friend-turned-crazy-drunk.
One of his metaphorical cat-ears twitched upon hearing the light brunette's footsteps.
Temporarily forgetting about the blonde man, Li tilted his head towards Tsuna.
His clouded dark-brown eyes trailed over the younger boy before dropping to the other's hands.
A delicious scent wafted over.
One blink.
Two blinks.
Three-
"HIIIIIIIII~!"
THUD!
"Tsu-kun…?" Nana startled at the shout before clapping her hands together and smiling, "How sweet of you to do that!"
Shouichi's jaw dropped as he deadpanned in thought, 'She's not even noticing that-'
"BRAVO!" Iemitsu laughed, holding up his cup of sake in a toast, "You're one step closer to being a gentleman, Tsu-kun!"
'Even his father…' Came the shocked thought before the only sane person left in the room sighed and straightened up with a stern expression washing over his cherubic face.
Clapping his hands together, Shouichi tilted his head downwards in a silent moment.
The two adults continued to be merry, eventually returning to their romantic banter, as the redhead furrowed his brows.
Suddenly, Shouichi bowed all the way and stated quite seriously.
"May his eternal soul rest in peace."
POOF!
(Extended Ending)
"I'M NOT DEAD YET!" Tsuna snapped irritably, waving away the white smoke.
"Sorry." Shouichi grinned sheepishly, "But you kind of looked dead before."
The light brunette groaned at that before dropping his head with a thud.
His forehead made nice with the floor as he cried, "Why does this always happen to me~?"
The redhead shrugged helplessly, causing waterfalls of tears to flow down the light brunette's cheeks.
"Huu... Please get off, Li~!"
Said gender-bender simply munched on her claimed roast beef sandwich.
"Purr~ "
(Extended Ending: Extra)
CRASH!
"Li-san! Put that down!"
SMASH!
"L-Li! That's dangerous!"
SNAP! CRACKLE! POP!
DOM~!
"…"
"…"
Tsuna and Shoichi clung onto one another from behind the overthrown couch in fear.
Sweat trickled down as they shivered upon feeling the lingering bloodlust in the air.
Li dusted off her hands as a caret-frown continued to grace her lips.
Upon closer inspection, they could see a small vein throbbing on her temple.
She inhaled deeply and exhaled slowly before turning around.
The boys jumped upon seeing her shadowed face before gulping.
They glanced at each other before Tsuna started hesitantly, "L-Li…?"
Suddenly, the darkness disappeared as Li smile brightly, eyes closed, "Yes?"
Once more the boys glanced at each other before staring openly at the girl again.
Sparkles and flowers danced around her as if she were some holy being of light.
A cold draft passed as they shuddered, convinced.
"The brightest people have the darkest sides."
Meanwhile, Iemitsu cried over his destroyed sake, upturned home and-
"Nana-love~ Please come back~!"
-of course, his beloved wife who went shopping prior to Li becoming sober.
Author's Note:
About the Sho-mato thing... Blame Hetalia and Italy.
There's only three-ish more chapters until this arc is done.
Thanks for reading/reviewing/etc-ing The Journal of Memories!
Loose Translation:
(1) NANI KORE? - WHAT IS THIS?
(2) YAMETE KUDASAI, TOU-SAN! - PLEASE STOP, DAD!
Preview:
It's White Day - the day on which boys give girls a gift reciprocating their gifts for Valentine's Day.
Thing is, Tsuna's never gone to Namimori Shogakko before.
Let's hope that nothing too horrible happens to him.
But, knowing him, something's bound to go wrong.