Hello! I'm back!
Zoe: Weren't you planning to play Minecraft today?
Yes, but... *sigh*
Chiseki: Oh well, you can always start playing it after writing this, right?
Yep! *smiles*
Summary: Tsuna's family neglects him. His twin abuses him, both verbally and physically away from public's eye. The public itself avoids Tsuna. He would've fallen into depression, had Byakuran and Yuni not decide it would be a fun idea to kick down the Sawada's front door and freeload. ... Wait, what?
Warning: AU, OOC (both intentional and unintentional), some people's ages may be tweaked, un-Beta'd
Pairings: None
Inspired by Triple Layered Sky and Achromatic Sky
Chapter 7
The Shining Sun
"C'mon, Tsuna, we're gonna be late!"
Tsuna and Takeshi ran the entire way to school as Byakuran and Yuni tailed them.
The night before, Takeshi had decided to spend the night at Tsuna's house, both of them trying to understand their homework. It turns out, Takeshi is also doing bad in academics, though not as much as Tsuna.
Byakuran and Yuni were rather gleeful to help them with their homework. It turns out, Yuni is also quite smart in her own right, apparently being home tutored by her family and later on Byakuran. Tsuna wanted to ask why was she with Byakuran instead of her family, but chose not to question it, deciding that it's a personal matter.
Byakuran was a great tutor and Yuni was quite helpful, and Tsuna soaked up all the information like a sponge. However, Takeshi was a different matter and Byakuran had to explain a few more times before he understood.
This had continued until late at night, and thus, they overslept.
Which leads to their current predicament.
"EXTREME!"
"Wha-"
Something had crashed into Tsuna.
"Tsuna! Are you alright?" Byakuran, Takeshi and Yuni halted in their tracks and ran towards the crash.
What had crashed into Tsuna was a boy with snowy white hair and a bandage on his nose.
"I-Ite..." Tsuna groaned.
"Oh! I'm sorry to the EXTREME!" the boy exclaimed, jumping up with Tsuna falling in the process.
"I-I'm alright..." the brunet groaned, getting up shakily. Byakuran grabbed him by the arm and helped him up.
"Ne, ne, nii-san, why were you running?" asked Yuni, looking at the newcomer curiously.
"Because I'm EXTREMELY late!" the boy exclaimed.
"Oh! Senpai!" Takeshi exclaimed.
"Ara? Takeshi-kun, you know him?" Byakuran prodded curiously.
"EXTREMELY good morning, Yamamoto!" the white-haired boy shouted out. Tsuna resisted the urge to cover his ears.
"Good morning!" Takeshi answered. "And yes, I do. This is Sasagawa Ryohei, captain of the boxing club!"
Tsuna nodded.
"Shouldn't we run?" Byakuran stated. "You three are going to be late!"
Tsuna's eyes widened. "L-Let's go, now!"
They all started running- with Tsuna surprisingly in the lead.
They soon reached the school grounds. Tsuna and Takeshi panted as they fell to their knees. Ryohei was panting a little, too, but he was still standing.
"You two run fast to the EXTREME!" Ryohei exclaimed, fist-pumping. "Join my boxing club!"
"Gomen, senpai, but I'm already in the baseball club," Takeshi apologized with a smile.
Ryohei blinked. "Then you! Join my boxing club to the EXTREME!" he was pointing at Tsuna now.
"I-I-I don't think I-I'll b-b-be able t-to land a-a p-p-p-punch..." Tsuna stuttered.
"Meet me after school in the gym to the EXTREME!" he yelled. "See you later!"
And he ran off, presumably to his class.
Takeshi chuckled. "Ahaha... I don't think Senpai was listening."
"I-I guess I'll have t-to m-m-meet him a-after school t-then..." Tsuna sighed.
"Shouldn't you two be getting to class as well?" Byakuran called out. "You've only got 5 minutes!"
Tsuna and Takeshi's eyes widened. "We better hurry!"
As they got up, Tsuna called out to Byakuran. "W-We'll be o-off now!" And the two scrambled for it.
Byakuran chuckled. "Yuni-chan, let's sneak into school and spy on them, ne?"
Yuni nodded enthusiastically. "Hai!"
Takeshi and Tsuna dashed into class, all the students jumping in surprise.
"Ha... Ha... We arrived on time..." Takeshi panted. Tsuna nodded, taking deep breaths.
"Haha, we're lucky Hibari didn't catch us running!" he stated cheerfully. The brunet nodded in reply.
Then, Takeshi noticed that glares were being sent in the brunet's way.
Takeshi and Tsuna have been friends for a week, and the former of the two learnt of something very unpleasant.
While he was busy drooling on his textbook, his classmates and teachers were treating Tsuna like dirt.
That very discovery kept Takeshi from falling asleep in class ever since.
The baseball player smiled, too sweetly in his classmates' opinion, and then narrowed his eyes.
No one dared to insult Tsuna since then.
It didn't stop people from sending glares his way, though.
"Let's go to our seats, Tsuna," said Takeshi, grabbing his friend's arm and dragging him to their seats, glaring back at whoever dared to do so.
It turns out, Takeshi sat right behind Tsuna, which was where Yuni had occupied when he was absent. It made the raven-haired boy wonder even more on how he didn't realize he was there, with his blatantly gravity-defying hair sticking out. It was most likely because he was busy napping, a habit that Takeshi abruptly gave up all together.
As they sat, the teacher entered.
Takeshi yawned, but he made sure not to fall asleep. He didn't want to leave his friend at the mercy of the classroom on his own.
Ryohei was excited for after school.
How could he not?
The brunet didn't look like much, but there was something powerful hidden in him, just waiting to burst and bloom to its full potential. He could tell, he would grow to be something more, despite his appearance.
He also reminded him of Kyoko.
Kyoko.
That sent a pang to Ryohei's chest.
His little sister's drifting away from him.
They were as close as siblings could get. Sure, Kyoko disapproved of Ryohei fighting, but that was because she was worried for him, and Ryohei fought to protect her. Nothing could get in between them.
Or so he thought.
Now, though...
They barely spend any time together anymore.
When they are, Kyoko's often daydreaming of something, or staring at a certain boy -Ienari, was it?- and barely pays attention to Ryohei.
Ever since Kyoko met that boy...
Ryohei may be dense, but he isn't blind.
Something just doesn't sit right with him about Sawada Ienari.
He doesn't know what exactly is it that unsettles him, but it's just that something isn't right, as if his actions aren't out of genuine kindness, as if he's physically there but is distancing himself at the same time.
Ryohei can't really believe that his sister is being taken away by that Sawada.
Right now, though, his thoughts drift back to the brunet from that morning.
He couldn't help but smile as he thought of the boy.
While he looked wimpy to some degree, there's also something about him that makes you want to smile in his presence. He could already tell he was very nice.
That may be a lot, especially coming from Ryohei, but he's got eyes.
Speaking of which, Ryohei realized, he never got the boy's name.
Oh well. I'll just ask him later to the EXTREME!
Hana sighed as she listened to the teacher drone on about something or other that she already knew.
Instead, she took this time to think about her best friend, Kyoko.
She's apparently gotten a crush on Sawada Ienari.
Hana felt rather disappointed at that.
She knew that her best friend had always been a hopeless romantic at heart, but to fall in love with a stupid monkey like that...
To Hana, it was quite obvious that Sawada was wearing a mask.
She can't really believe that most of the school population are so blind they can't see the truth, that Sawada is not who he says he is. She could see that Sawada was pulling strings like a puppeteer, manipulating everyone into doing what he wants.
She supposes that he's the reason why Dame-Tsuna has such low self-esteem.
Speaking of Dame-Tsuna...
"Better, Sawada," the teacher stated with a surprised look on his face as he gave the homework back to Dame-Tsuna.
There was a red 50 marked on the brunet's papers.
Sawada smiled softly. Hana mentally scoffed. Yeah, sure, 50 was better than his usual marks, but 50 wasn't much. She couldn't blame him, though. The highest he had ever gotten was a 45.
Hana could here many gasps around the room.
"You cheated!" a boy had actually exclaimed. "Dame-Tsuna couldn't get a mark that high!"
"He didn't cheat at all," Yamamoto Takeshi argued with a smile, standing up.
Last week, Yamamoto and Sawada had suddenly become friends. Hana had ignored that fact - monkeys group with monkeys, after all. Though, interestingly enough, it was soon found out that Yamamoto can be very intimidating when need be.
"Byakuran helped him," he finished.
Hana raised an eyebrow. Byakuran?
The boy wisely shut up, not wanting to be on the receiving end of one of Yamamoto's glares.
Yamamoto smiled brightly, and sat down once more.
As Sawada sat down, Hana couldn't help but smile when she saw the little smile. It was oddly enlightening, she had to admit. Despite Sawada being a self-degrading monkey, Hana decided that he was more tolerable with a smile.
"You sure about this, Tsuna?" asked Takeshi as they stood at the doorway of the gym.
Tsuna nodded. He didn't want to join the boxing club. He has to explain to Senpai that he doesn't want to join the club.
"Then let's go," said Takeshi as Tsuna opened the door.
Tsuna felt intimidated as stares were sent his way.
"Oh! You're EXTREMELY here!" Sasagawa-senpai exclaimed, running towards the two.
"H-hello, Senpai," Tsuna said softly.
"Oh, yeah! I never EXTREMELY got your name!" Ryohei exclaimed.
"S-Sawada Tsunayoshi," the brunet muttered.
Ryohei's eyes widened. Sawada?
But he shook the thought out of his head. Sawada is a common name, and even if he was related to Sawada Ienari it wouldn't be fair to take it out on someone unrelated to the matter.
"Have you decided to join my EXTREME boxing club?!" he screamed.
"G-Gomen, Senpai, b-b-but I-I can't join t-the b-b-boxing c-club," Tsuna stuttered.
"Huh?" The boxer looked confused. "Why not?"
"W-well," Tsuna tried to explain. "Y-you see... I-I don't k-k-know how t-to box a-and-"
"It's EXTREMELY simple!" Ryohei declared. "You fight with your fists!"
Tsuna and Takeshi sweatdropped. That's not much of an explanation...
"A-and I c-can't land a p-p-punch," he continued.
Ryohei blinked.
"Then let's fight to the EXTREME!" he declared.
"E-eh?" Tsuna was taken aback. "B-but I-I-I don't k-know how to fight!"
But Ryohei didn't hear him, instead choosing to drag him towards the boxing ring.
"H-Hoi!" Takeshi tried to stop Ryohei, but Ryohei's pretty thickheaded when he wants to be.
Tsuna sighed. No getting out of this one, huh?
As they entered the ring, Tsuna panicked.
"U-um..." A judge sweatdropped as he saw the situation the brunet got caught up in. "T-Three..."
What do I do?! What do I do?!
"Two..."
U-Um... Maybe if I just-
"Three! Begin!"
Tsuna's eyes widened as a punch was aimed his way.
Dodge to the left.
Tsuna had done so.
Suddenly, he found it all going so naturally.
Right, left, duck, sidestep-
There!
He tripped Ryohei with his leg, resulting in the white-haired boy falling face-first.
Silence ensued.
"... A-ano..." Tsuna looked at Ryohei worriedly. "A-Are you okay?"
More silence.
Then...
"EXTREME!" he stood up, fistpumping. "You should EXTREMELY join my boxing club!"
"I-Is tripping e-even allowed in b-b-boxing?!" Tsuna exclaimed, side-stepping another punch.
"I-I don't think so..." Takeshi muttered, sweatdropping as he watched the fight continue on.
But still... Tsuna, that's amazing! Takeshi thought.
He continued to watch as Tsuna continued dodging all Ryohei's punches, not getting hit by even one.
The judge didn't stop the fight even though Tsuna had tripped Ryohei, which is most likely not allowed in boxing, because he was too busy watching the fight keep going.
Dodge to the left, to the right, duck, sidestep to the right then Tsuna clenched his left hand into a fist and brought it to Ryohei's stomache. The boxer fell once more.
"Gomen, Sasagawa-senpai," said Tsuna. "But I don't want to join the boxing club."
Ryohei's eyes met Tsuna's, and he was taken aback to see a tint of orange in those caramel brown eyes.
He could see a power brewing in those eyes.
"... Uh..." The judge sounded unsure. "The winner is Sawada Tsunayoshi."
"E-eh?" And the orange was gone, just like that. "A-ah! G-gomen, Sempai. Daijobio?"
"I'm EXTREMELY fine!" Ryohei exclaimed, standing up. "You should EXTREMELY join my boxing club!"
Tsuna sighed. "Gomen, but no thanks, Sasagawa-senpai."
"You can EXTREMELY call me Onii-san!"
"O-Oniisan?"
"Because you EXTREMELY remind me of Kyoko!"
Tsuna blinked. While he had realized he might be related to Sasagawa Kyoko because of the name, he didn't actually expect them to be related.
"K-Kyoko? You m-mean S-Sasagawa Kyoko? She's i-in my class..." Tsuna muttered, rubbing the back of his head.
"Really? What an EXTREME coincidence!" Ryohei stated gleefully. Tsuna nodded.
"I-I guess, Sasagawa-senpai."
"I told you, you can EXTREMELY call me Onii-san, Sawada!"
Tsuna smiled brightly. "Then, call me Tsuna, Onii-san."
And somewhere in the gym, hidden from sight, a certain albino smiled as he and his companion left the gym.
The sun hovers above the sky, basking the day in light almost immediately.
'As they entered the ring, Tsuna panicked.'
And so did I.
Honestly? I've never really done an actual, legit fighting scene before. I mean, sure, I've read some good ones and understood, but I honestly don't know if it was good. Um... Please tell me whether if the fighting scene's fine or if I should really consider getting a battle beta (if any of you can make legit battle sequences, please, PLEASE leave a review saying so and if you can help).
So... How did I do? :3
Zoe: Don't ask me.
I'm not asking you.
Chiseki: The waiter didn't appear?
"Byaku-nii, are you sure we should sneak into Namimori Elementary?" asked the little girl as she sipped her tea. "Won't Kuro-san be angry?"
The waiter stopped in his tracks. Those two were actually considering sneaking into Namimori Elementary? Are they crazy? Don't they know about Hibari Kyoya?!
"Don't worry," the albino reassured. "He won't notice we were even there."
"He won't," the girl deadpanned.
"He won't," and the grin that appeared on the albino's face was really creeping him out. "Trust me."
Come on, where does the waiter fit in all this?
Zoe: ... *facepalm*
Shoo, shoo. Don't you two have tea time with Katya and Kaze?
Chiseki: True, true. Let's go, Zoe! *drags Zoe by the collar out the door*
Fun. Anyways, I may or may not update tomorrow, as I still haven't decided exactly what will happen for bonding. Bonding will be very important in this fic, I can't just go timeskipping straight to three years later.
Also, just to let you know, Byakuran is NOT the antagonist of the Future arc. I'm pretty sure most of you expected this thanks to the trigger event of the story, but just to let you know that doesn't mean the Future arc isn't happening. The antagonist will be replaced. By whom? Figure it out yourself.
Thanks to Amy-chan, Yamazaki Kyou, silvermoon170, LaLunaLight, Setsu27, death angel alice, Kiri Kaitou Clover, MageofJuubi, shadowmarialove, kwerli, otaku908 and Neeky-chan for reviewing!
Questions:
What do you think of Waiter-san?
Have you made up your own name for Waiter-san? If so, what is it?
Do you think that Waiter-san should be implemented as something more?
What did you think of the fez at first and what do you think of it right now?
Well, I'm off for the showers, then Minecraft. See ya later!
Tsuna gazed at the people before him. "U-um..."
"Well, Tsuna," Byakuran said cheerfully. "These two are my aquaintances from Italy."
The boy with a pineapple hairstyle smirked.
"Tsuna, meet Lancia Draghi and Mukuro Rokudo. They'll be staying in Namimori for a while."
Next Chapter: The Deceiving Mist