Ryu- Here's a quick update from yours truly.
Black Dragon- Please enjoy.
Ryu- Not very talkative now, are you?
Black Dragon- ...
-Shiroix3 – I glad you liked it, and I won't say how many days I have left, only that it's more than that, but going back to school won't make you die, just think, every day is one step closer to graduating.
HikariNoTenshi-San – I glad you liked it. I tried my very best.
yuki-nekolin – Thanks, I appreciate your support. If your talking about Byakuran, I'm not quite sure about him. I might put him in.
Couples Now?
After the amusement park incident, some of Tsuna's pack members are now more close than before. Though it's hard to tell because some joined without Tsuna knowing.
But one good thing was that Tsuna was able to talk and be with Hibari without all the tension and the "I'll bite you to death" phrases.
April had already past and it was now May first. Tsuna was a bit stressed because now he knew Hibari's birthday and wanted to give Hibari something, but he didn't know what.
It didn't help that Mukuro was suggesting things that shouldn't even be said, and that everyone else was busy. So Tsuna had about four days to found out what to give to Hibari and to get it.
It's not that easy, because even though Tsuna became more friendly with Hibari, he didn't know all of Hibari's likes, hobbies, or anything related.
To decided what to do, Tsuna went out for a walk, just to get some ideas. As he walked, he didn't expect to meet Dragon.
Tsuna called Dragon's name, but she didn't didn't respond. It was then Tsuna noticed things about Dragon. He could see bags under her eyes, tense shoulders, and could hear growling coming from her.
Tsuna wasn't sure whether to approach Dragon or not, but he didn't need to decide any more because Dragon noticed him. When Tsuna blinked, Dragon looked completely fine.
'I guess it was my imagination' Tsuna thought.
"Hey Tsuna. What are you doing here." Black Dragon said. "I was just taking a walk." Tsuna said. "Why?" Black Dragon said.
"I was trying to think what to get for Hibari-san's birthday." Tsuna said. "Well, what do you know about Hibari?" Black Dragon said.
"Well, I know he likes Japanese food." Tsuna said. "Then why don't you work with that." Black Dragon said.
"Eh?" Tsuna said. "I'm saying, you could make bento for him." Black Dragon said. (1)
"I don't know. I can't cook, and I don't have time to take lessons." Tsuna said. "It doesn't have to be cooked. You could make desserts or just prepare some fruits in a Japanese style." Black Dragon said.
"I could do that?" Tsuna said. "Of course. Bento can be prepared any way you want it." Black Dragon said.
Tsuna jumped for joy and ran up to Dragon. "Thanks." Tsuna said, then he began to run to the grocery store to get what he needed.
Dragon watched with a pained smile.
But back with Tsuna, he was currently thinking about what he should make for Hibari. Tsuna thought that it shouldn't all be fruit, or that'd seem weird, but desserts were partially in the "cook" section, or was it the bake section.
Anyway, now that Tsuna began to think more about it, maybe he should have at least one cooked things. Tsuna scratched his head in frustration. It was then Haru and Kyoko suddenly popped up.
"Hahi! It's Tsuna-san." Haru said. "Hi Tsuna." Kyoko said. "Hi Haru, Kyoko." Tsuna said.
"What are you doing here?" Kyoko said. "I was thinking what I should do for a bento." Tsuna said.
"Eh, but it shouldn't be that hard." Haru said. "Yeah, but I can't really cook." Tsuna said. "Oh, but you don't need to cook." Kyoko said.
"I know, it's just that I don't know what to do." Tsuna said. "Why don't you make onigri?" Haru said. "Yeah, that's a great idea. All you would need to do is steam so rice and the rest you can make." Kyoko said. (2)
"Okay, thanks. I know what to do now." Tsuna said as he ran to get some supplies.
First he went to get rice. After he went to get seaweed and other things. Then Tsuna decided that it was okay to have some fruit, so he got those as well.
With the ingredients in hand, Tsuna went home and began making the bento. It took longer than expected because it was his first time making bento and every attempt looked wrong. So Tsuna had to try again.
The first try, Tsuna didn't like how the lay out looked. The second, the rice had been slightly burnt. The third, Tsuna just thought it didn't feel right. The other attempts had similar results.
It was now finally the day before Hibari's birthday and still Tsuna could not perfect the bento.
"Wow, it's been this long and you have not finished." Black Dragon said suddenly from out of no where.
"Gah! Where did you come from?!" Tsuna shouted as he jumped. "Your mom let me in. So, what's the problem?" Black Dragon said.
"The bento just doesn't seem perfect. I can't get the onigri round enough and the lay out of the fruit doesn't seem right." Tsuna said.
"Why don't you try making a picture in the bento?" Black Dragon said. "Eh?" Tsuna said. "If you make a picture, shape and lay out won't look too bad." Black Dragon said.
"But what picture should I make?" Tsuna asked. "Try doing a everyday scene, or do something you've seen before." Black Dragon said.
"But what if it tastes bad?" Tsuna said. To answer Tsuna's question, Dragon took a bite of one of Tsuna's failed bentos. Tsuna waited as Dragon chewed.
"Well, it doesn't taste too bad, just don't put the rice in for too long, and don't add any salt or sugar, let the natural flavors do the job." Black Dragon said.
"Okay." Tsuna said happily as he began to make the bento. Soon, he had the bento made and went to bed. Dragon had disappeared sometime while he was making it.
The next morning, Tsuna got up early, much to the surprise of Reborn, and got everything ready. He wrapped the bento in a cloth and put it in his bag. Then he left. Surprisingly, he did not meet up with Yamamoto or Gokudera, which was good because he didn't want the two to see him.
Soon he arrived at school and went to the first place he could think of that Hibari would be in. Luckily, Hibari was in the room Tsuna thought of, it was the reception room. Tsuna still couldn't figure out why Hibari liked being in there.
When Tsuna had come through the door, Hibari was a bit surprised, but he did not show it.
"What brings you here?" Hibari asked. "Um, well. Today is your birthday, and I thought that I would give you something." Tsuna said as he handed Hibari the bento.
Hibari raised an eyebrow. "You know you're supposed to give bentos at lunch." Hibari said.
"I know, it's just that I made it yesterday and Dragon said it should be kept out too long, and I didn't think I would have time in the morning." Tsuna said.
"No, it's fine." Hibari said as he opened the box. What was inside surprised Hibari a little.
Inside, there were two onigris. One was shaped and made to look like Hibird. Another was shaped like a wolf and fully wrapped in seaweed to to make it look like a black wolf. Rice was surrounding the two onigris. Then there was the fruit. Tsuna had arranged them in the shape of a wolf in the final compartment.
"Interesting." Hibari said as he took the fully wrapped and took a bite of it.
"Do you like it?" Tsuna said. "It's good." Hibari said. "Really?" Tsuna said. "Yes." Hibari said as he finished the bento and gave the box back to Tsuna.
"Well, I guess I have to go." Tsuna said as he headed for the door. "Tsunayoshi." Hibari said. "Huh?" Tsuna said, a bit surprised that Hibari said his name.
"Come back here during lunch." Hibari said. "Uh, okay." Tsuna said as he left.
So Tsuna had went to homeroom and had met up with Gokudera and Yamamoto. Gokudera being Gokudera, he asked where Tsuna had gone. Tsuna merely stated that he did an errand and it was left at that.
Soon lunch had come and Tsuna had magically disappeared.
"Where is tenth?" Gokudera said to no one. "He's probably doing another errand. Come on, let's eat lunch. I have something special." Yamamoto said.
So they went to the roof and Yamamoto took out a container. Gokudera smelled something fishy from it, literally. When Yamamoto took off the lid, it revealed sushi.
"Gah! What are you trying to pull?!" Gokudera shouted. "Nothing." Yamamoto smiled as he began to wave the tuna sushi in front of Gokudera, who tried his best to resist, but soon, he caved.
"Gah. Give me some of that!" Gokudera shouted and lunged, only to miss.
"I'll give you some if you let me pet your ears." Yamamoto said as he waved the sushi again. Gokudera stared at the sushi as it was being waved.
"Mm, fine!" Gokudera said as the sushi was handed to him and Yamamoto began to pet his ears. At first, everything seemed fine, until Yamamoto began to hear something.
"Are you purring?" Yamamoto said. "Of course not!" Gokudera said while blushing. "Of course." Yamamoto said.
With Tsuna, he was already at the reception room door. He knocked on the door and heard the familiar voice.
"Enter."
Tsuna did as he was told and suddenly began to smell a very sweet smell. "Hibari-san?" Tsuna said.
"Come here." Hibari said. So Tsuna went over to the couch where Hibari was and sat next to Hibari. Then Hibari got a tray out of no where and placed it in front of Tsuna.
"Eat some." Hibari said. So Tsuna looked at the tray and saw that there were many sweets. Candy, mochi, even some fruit. So Tsuna took some of the mochi.
When he was done chewing, he spoke.
"Why did you do this?" Tsuna said. Hibari seemed to give a little smile. He pulled Tsuna closer to him.
"Because I love you." Hibari said as he kissed Tsuna. Tsuna was startled, but began to enjoy the kiss.
Somewhere else, Dragon was sitting under the Sakura tree that had already lost most of it's petals, when suddenly Chrome and Mukuro appeared out of no where.
"Good afternoon." Both Mukuro and Chrome said from both sides of Dragon.
"Gah! Don't do that!" White Dragon said. "Are you back to yourself?" Mukuro said. "What does it look like?" White Dragon said.
"Hm, seems not." Mukuro said. "What's wrong?" Chrome said. "Nothing." White Dragon said.
"Kufufu. Well, since we're here, want some pineapple?" Mukuro said as he took out a container and opened it.
"No, sorry. I'm happily allergic." White Dragon said. "That's too bad." Mukuro said as he took a bite and then hand the container to Chrome.
"So, what is happening?" Mukuro said. Dragon seemed to think before answering. "The locusts are coming." Black Dragon said. "That's bad." Mukuro said in understanding. (3)
Chrome didn't quite understand what they were talking about.
-TBC-
1. Bento is a Japanese lunch in a box. The food can be made any way.
2. I'm not sure if I've said this, but onigri is a rice ball wrapped in seaweed or seasoned with other things.
3. If you don't understand, locusts are a insect that eat and destroy. Think about that.
Ryu- Well, I hoped you liked this chapter.
White Dragon- And be prepared for something special.
