The Sakurai: Kashikoi Ayame

Welcome, ladies and gentlemen to another new and exciting chapter of the Sakurai and the Vongola! Last chapter, Chiyome met Venerazione Hayate, her first subordinate on the Vongola side! Now for her first subordinate on the Sakurai side! Who will it be…? Read to find out!

Note: I don't own Katekyo Hitman Reborn… If I did, Bel and Fran would be all lovey dovey, instead of threatening to kill each other!

"HHHHIIIIIIEEEEE!" the familiar shriek echoed throughout the neighborhood. "I'm going to be late for school! Hibiki-san is going to kill me!"

A girl then emerged from a house, running like the devil himself was coming after her. Toast hanging from her mouth, carrying her lunch and her school bag.

As she rounded the corner, the familiar call of "20th!" came from behind her.

Turning and continuing to jog in place, she saw her faithful self-proclaimed right hand man, Venerazione Hayate.

"Ohayōgozaimasu (1), 20th!" he exclaimed with a bow.

"No time! We're going to be late!" the girl exclaimed, grabbing her friends wrist, and beginning to run as fast as she could pulling him along.

They had managed to get to class (relatively) unharmed by Hibiki-san's bites of death, and met up with Chiyome's 3 other friends, Victor, Mizuki, and Megumi. They took their seats; Chiyome sitting by the window in the 2nd row, Venerazione-kun in the back, Victor right next to Chiyome, Megumi behind her, and Mizuki diagonally across her, when the bell rang.

Aoyama-sensei walked in.

"Tatsu!" exclaimed the class president, we all stood. "Senshu!" we all bowed, then straitened. "Kakeru!" We all sat. Then class officially began. (2)

It was later in the day and we were looking at our scores in the test. Amazingly, Venerazione-kun was second in the class, Megumi was fifth, Mizuki was ranked tenth, Victor was sixteenth, and I was ranked thirty-third… Last in the class…

I heaved a sigh… Why wasn't I surprised… I was always ranked last when it came to most things…

Victor gave me a sympathetic pat on the back. "Don't worry Hanī~! It isn't that bad…"

"Ne, look at who's at the top this time!" I heard someone say. Looking at the chart that hosted our scores, I saw that, as always, Kashikoi Ayame, was the first in the class.

"Wow! She must really be smart!" I commented, impressed.

"Sawada Chiyome-kun!" Aoyama-sensei exclaimed.

"Hai?" I asked turning towards him.

"Because of your grades, you get detention, be at the library during lunch, and after school!"

"EH? No way!" I groaned.

Venerazione-kun growled angrily. "How dare that bastard embarrass the 20th! Why I ought to blow him up!" he exclaimed, about to pull out his gun.

After, about 5 minutes of trying to keep Venerazione-kun from killing the sensei, they managed to calm him down to a bunch of incoherent mumbling.

"Maa maa, Chiyome-chan!" exclaimed Mizuki cheerfully. "It probably won't be that bad!"

It was now lunchtime, and I quietly walked into the library, o bentō (3) in hand.

Timidly opening the door, I poked my head in. "Sumimasen. (4)" I said loud enough for someone to hear, but not enough to disturb the peaceful silence.

"Ah, you must be the girl I'm s'posed to have fer detention." Said a voice in Kansai (5)dialect.

Turning my head, I saw a kindly old lady, the one who I guessed to have spoken.

"Hai." I replied stepping in, before bowing. "Jama shite sumimasen!(6)"

"Aw, there's no need to'be so polite! Come on in Missy!" she replied sweetly. "Just finish yer lunch 'nd then ya can help me out with some chores. Oh, 'nd, try not to make to much of a mess, we don't want the school to start complaining about roaches and itty bitty mice, now would we?"

She sashayed over to the desk and sat down. "Now what might your name be, Missy? They call me Amai-sensei."

"Sawada Chiyome…" I mumbled.

"Well, it's nice to meet ya Missy, ya can go over there, and have yer lunch with Kashikoi -kun!" she pointed to another girl, who was on the other side of the room, reading a book and quietly eating a sandwich.

Nodding I quietly walked over to her, and sat next to her, she looked up at me, and I smiled at her.

"Kon'nichiwa (7), I'm Sawada Chiyome, I'm here because the teacher gave me detention, who are you?" I asked with a kind smile.

"Moshimoshi (8), I'm Kashikoi Ayame, it's a pleasure to meet you." She murmured politely.

"EH? You're Kashikoi Ayame! The genius girl that's always at the top of our class! That Kashikoi Ayame!" I exclaimed, rather loudly.

"Shhh!" exclaimed Amai-sensei and the girl at the same time.

"Oh, oops… Gomen…" I mumbled sheepishly.

"Oh, yes, I know you! You're the girl that most people always call Dame-Chiyome!" she murmured with a thoughtful look on her face.

I felt myself go red as I sank lower into my seat.

"Oh, sorry! I didn't mean to offend you! That plus no one's really been calling you that after the volleyball game! You were really rather amazing! And to think you didn't even notice until your friend showed you the video…" she murmured.

"Wait, how do you know about the video thing?" I asked.

"Well, everyone was kind of listening to your conversation… It was really rather interesting…" she murmured, somewhat sheepishly.

"Wait, why was everyone listening…" I froze, and thought for a minute. "You know what, never mind, let's just forget this conversation, and start over again. Hi, I'm Sawada Chiyome, and you are?"

"Kashikoi Ayame, it's a pleasure to meet you, Sawada-san." She replied with a wry smile.

"Please, call me Chiyome, When you say my name like that, it makes me sound like an old lady."

She giggled. "Alright, and you can call me Ayame."

"Hmmm… That girl seems as though she would make a good addition to the family…" Chika murmured to herself.

"Really, you think?" asked a familiar voice behind her.

"Rinato!" she exclaimed, turning, about to yell at him nearly giving her a heart attack, before stopping and staring.

"What's up with that look, Kitty cat? Is it because I'm so sexy?" he asked with a smirk.

"Actually, it's because of that ridiculous outfit that you're in, Why exactly are you wearing that?"

He was wearing exactly what Amai-sensei, the teacher was wearing… And it was disturbing… Let your imagination wonder…

He shrugged, "I have my reasons… Now then, what were saying about a new family member?"

"Oh no, Rinato, I'm not letting you have this one! You already have one for the Vongola side, this girl would be much more suited for the Sakurai side."

"What makes you say that?" he asked.

"Because, she's going to Chiyome's first member of the Sakurai family! And there's nothing that you can do about it!" she exclaimed.

"Oh? And what if I try and steal her for my side?" he asked smirking. "What would you do then?"

She thought about it for a moment, before replying with a smirk. "Not if you value your time with me as a human…"

He paled ever so slightly. "You wouldn't dare…" he whispered.

"Oh yes, so I suggest you, first of all, get changed back into you normal clothes. Then, secondly, don't think about stealing the Sakurai's newest member!" she then turned, and went back to spying on Chiyome and Ayame, while Rinato stared at her, shocked. Before turning and walking away, grumbling about a certain stupid feline.

Our lunch continued on with pleasant conversation, and when we were done, we both began doing library chores. Checking books in and putting them back in their proper place in the shelf, it was a lot more fun than I thought it would be, and time passed quickly. And before we knew it, it was time to get back to class. We quickly bid Amai-sensei goodbye, and quickly walked back to class, with our o bentō.

As we walked in the door, everyone turned to stare at us.

"You two, your both late!" Aoyama-sensei sighed. "I make Sawada-kun spend one lunch time in the library with you, Kashikoi -kun, and the next thing you know her slacker attitude is rubbing off onto you…"

"Hey! She was only late once, it doesn't mean that you have to bite her head off, she's the best in the class!" I exclaimed, angry with him.

"Oh? And since when did you two become such good friends, I don't really remember…" I heard Akane Yumiko exclaim, sounding smug.

"How dare you disrespect the 20th!" Venerazione-kun exclaimed. "Why I ought to…" he began, pulling his gun out.

After a long amount of time trying to calm Venerazione-kun down, once again, and managing to make him place his gun back into it's usual hiding place (I don't think I want to know where…) everything settled down, and Ayame and I took our seats.

It was now after school, and I had reported back to the library, entering, and looking around for Ayame. Spotting her in the far corner of the library, I cheerfully walked over to her.

"Hi Ayame-chan! Ready to get to work?" I asked.

She turned and gave me an icy glare. "Sawada-san. I would appreciate it if you didn't call me so informally, after all, we aren't friends."

"Eh? What do you mean? I thought we were getting along well during lunch…" I said, confused.

"Yes we were getting along very well… Before you embarrassed me in front of the class and Aoyama-sensei! You made such a big commotion out of it!" she exclaimed, glaring at me.

"Hey deserved it for talking to you like that! I was just defending you!" I exclaimed defensively.

"Well, I didn't need it…" she sniffed. "Now if you'll excuse me, I have some books to sort!"

She then turned and went back to placing books back into their proper place.

I stared at her blankly. 'Ayame-chan…' I thought to myself.

Then I shook my head, and turned. 'This is what I get for trying to defend someone that I thought I was my friend…'

It had been a week since the incident and everyone seemed to notice how down I was, no matter how much I tried to hide it. So to cheer me up, they brought me to my favorite cake shop, to treat me. But despite the my friends buying me my favorite, chocolate parfait, it, it didn't make me feel any better… I heaved another sigh, as I brought another spoonful of chocolatey goodness to my mouth, then sighed again. My friends looked at me, then at each other, then at me again.

"You know Chiyome-chan, you can't be friends with everyone." Mizuki said, patting me on the arm.

"Yeah, so what if the girl doesn't like you anymore, you're the 20th, your popular enough already!" exclaimed, Venerazione-kun.

I heaved yet another sigh. "That's not the point guys, she seemed like really nice girl, despite what everyone thinks about her… And I really wish that we could've been friends…"

"Look guys, I really don't want to talk about this right now, okay?" I said, finishing off my parfait. "Thanks for the treat guys, later…"

Just as I was about to head home, I heard screaming around the corner. Racing there, I saw Ayame struggling against two burly men, who were trying to force her into a dark blue sedan. I looked around, I had left my pills at home by accident, then I saw a tree nearby, running up to it, I broke off two pieces of it. "Gomen, Mr. Ki (9), but I have to save that girl." I murmured, before turning the branches into my weapons. I then turned towards Ayame, and charged.

"Let her go!" I exclaimed, throwing my fan at one of her captors. It managed to strike him right in the back of the head, and knock him out. The other man looked away from Ayame, he growled, llet go of her, and came charging at me. The two of us began to fight, and I was losing. Seeing Ayame still sitting there frozen, I yelled at her. "Go! Get out of here! You'll get hurt!"

"But-" she began.

"Just go! Hurry!" I exclaimed, still struggling.

She nodded, before sprinting away, I turned back to the man I was struggling against, half of his face was covered with a bandanna. 'Why do they always hide their faces? It's not like there are any cameras or witnesses here to report them if they're seen…'

Ayame had run, but only around the corner where Chiyome had come from. 'I can't believe it, I yelled at Chiyome for no reason, and now she saves me? Then I reward her by running away, and leaving her to be killed?'

"No…" she said out loud. "No! I have to help her!"

"Wait!" exclaimed a voice, before she could go. Turning, she looked around and found herself looking at… A cat? A talking cat?

Before she could start screaming, the cat interrupted her. "You want to help Lady Sawada, do you not?" she asked.

Ayame nodded absently. The cat nudged a something towards her. She picked it up, and stared at it.

"A stick?" she asked blankly. "How is this supposed to-"

"Focus! Feel the energy flow from you to the stick… Use your Qi (10) to turn it into a weapon…"

Ayame eyed the cat suspiciously. "Are you sure this will help Chiyome?"

"Trust me," replied the cat. "Now focus… Do as I told you…"

Ayame did so, closing her eyes, and feeling her Qi flow through her into the stick. When she opened her eyes, she was shocked to find: a Bo staff!

"Whoa! But how-" she turned to look at the cat… It was gone…

Chiyome was still struggling against the man, trying to break free.

"Take this!" a familiar voice, exclaimed.

Her opponent stiffened, then fell unconscious. Chiyome managed to roll him off of her, then looked up, there stood Ayame, holding her Bo staff. "Daijōbu?" she asked, helping Chiyome up.

Chiyome nodded, "Yeah, thanks… Say, why were those guys trying to kidnap you?"

"Oh, well…" Ayame looked away.

"If you don't want to talk about it, it's fine." Chiyome said quickly.

"No! I want to talk about it, I just don't know how you'll react…" Ayame mumbled.

"What do you mean?" asked Chiyome.

"Well, it's like this…"

"Oh… I see…" Chiyome murmured.

The two had gone to Namimori Park, and were having ice cream, the same flavor, Neapolitan.

"So, because your mother and father are rich doctors, they wanted to kidnap you so that they would pay ransom… That's horrible…" I murmured, sympathetically.

She shrugged. "It's happened before, but the police have always managed to catch to kidnappers."

"Huh… Well anyways… I'm sorry for what happened last week…" Chiyome mumbled.

Ayame shook her head. "No, I'm sorry for yelling at my new friend."

Chiyome looked at her "You think we're friends?"

Ayame looked nervous. "Only if you want to be…"

"Of course I do! I-" she began, before a familiar purr of amusement interrupted her.

Both girls turned to the cat that had come into their conversation. Ayame gasped, but Chiyome didn't notice, because she was too busy picking up her feline friend.

"Oh, hey Chika, what are you doing here?" she asked, scratching her behind the ears.

If cats could smirk, then Chika would have one on her face right at this moment. "I'm here to congratulate you on making Kashikoi Ayame (11)the first member to join the 20th generation of the Sakurai." Chika purred.

"Eh?" Chiyome asked blankly, looking from Ayame to Chika. "Eh? No way! Chika! I already told you I'm not going to be a Yakuza or a Mafia Boss!"

Crappy ending, I know… But you try writing a chapter for a story, when you have writer's block... for most of the week! Well then, thank you random reader who reviewed my story! If your still out there reading this, and not having stopped due to it's Oc-ness, then I thank you again!

1.)This is a formal way of saying Good Morning in Japanese.

2.)I don't know if I did this greeting right, but in Japan, classes begin by the greeting the teacher by standing (Tatsu), bowing (Senshu), and then sitting back down (Kakeru).

3.)O bentō means lunch box in Japanese.

4.) Sumimasen I thinks means excuse the intrusion… or I'm sorry for the intrusion… Something along those lines… I think…

5.)Kansai dialect is what I think we Americans classify as the 'southern accent' of the Japanese… I think… I'm putting this in simple terms.

6.) Jama shite sumimasen means I'm sorry for the bother in Japanese

7.) Kon'nichiwa means hello in Japanese

8.)Moshimoshi is another way of saying hello in Japanese.

9.)I'm pretty sure Ki means tree in Japanese.

10.)Qi, or as it is more commonly know as, chi is what is known as 'life force' in Chinese philosophy.

11.) Kashikoi Ayame (sorry, I just now realized that I din't explain her name…) Kashikoi means smart while Ayame means Iris in Japanese.