The Preview last chapter is A LIE. This chapter contains filler. I didn't even do Tsuna's POV.
I really apologize for not updating this story in a long while. I admit, I can't do Tsuna. I suck when I wrote about him in the preview and I sent people some letters of me discontinuing this story since I don't have the time to upload presently, even in my summer break (sigh).Surprisingly, I got many positive feedback from you guys. Thank you very much! :D
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I remind myself that my name is Sasagawa Kyoko.
Okay… so far so good…
I am seventeen years old.
Right you are, Kyoko!
I have a brother named Sasagawa Ryohei, and two girlfriends, Kurokawa Hana and Miura Haru.
Continue…
I also have guy friends: Yamamoto-kun and Gokudera-kun. There's also… uh, Tsuna…san.
'Kay… wait- what the hell-?
Oh right, I remember that I study at Namimori High. And… wait- no- oh no- darn-
Oh my… oh no… oh my god!
I also have two pop quizzes today… and a project I have to pass…
Warmer… warmer…
In conclusion, I study at Namimori High.
The mind-bombardments now end. Shutting down…
And where I should be, not in the Namimori Arena!
Crap, she has OFFICIALLY woken up. FINALLY!
~K27~
This. Is. Not. What. I. Have. Planned.
I will remember to thank Ryohei and Reborn for this.
And perhaps… Kyoko-san.
Which reminds me, I have to accompany her tonight in case she gets kidnapped again.
I smile a little and stand up, jump a couple of times and look at Reborn, who was painting an impressionistic portrait of what will face me the moment I step outside.
Tomorrow, will be Ryohei's match, and I wish that we switch places.
Schoolwork. Reborn had already given me those things at Italy. And it's such a tedious activity, since in the near future, it won't be of use the moment I become Vongola Decimo.
Sigh.
Still, though. It's a breath of fresh air from the suffocation from the Mafia.
Though it is a bore.
Even talking about it, bores me.
…
No more! I declare boredom to be banished!
…
I sit, and remind myself that I sound stupid.
And now I remind myself that Reborn's almost finished with the painting, and I could clearly see the four main characters, all of them risking schoolwork for my sake.
Even…
I just can't utter her name even in my head.
"Nervous, Tsuna?" Reborn asks.
I shake my head and shrug so he could finish his painting.
I am not nervous.
Just confused.
Damn, even in my head I sound stupid with my little arguments!
I look then at my padded fist, and try remembering what happened last night.
Namimori had given me enough surprises. Schoolwork was boring but what happened last night, wasn't.
Since I returned, I tried my best to protect my friends as we claimed the Namimori area as ours, with permission from Hibari, of course.
And she… hated it.
I know, I see it everytime I glance at her. She didn't like me too. Everytime I try to talk to her, she glares at me. She shouted at me once, and I nearly made her cry.
Yeah. Haru-san told me I made her cry a couple of times.
Even in the baseball game, when I tried my best to make her see I'm no longer Dame Tsuna.
I thought that in the end, my brief entrance to Namimori High was no use. I felt completely lost. It wasn't easy protecting friends and befriending them at the same time.
It's not easy. I admit.
Especially yesterday, when I found out that she disappeared. Reborn told me about it, and I didn't have the time to consult Yamamoto and Gokudera so I ran to where they dragged her off to.
And god, wished that I didn't.
Because I made her cry again.
Even then, I let them hit me again and again, wishing it was enough for them to let them go. I knew that they never intended to come clean and pour their rage on me.
Suddenly then, she acted.
Even if she had some major blows from her body, she still fought back.
She… she wasn't the Kyoko-san I knew from before.
She was no longer the Kyoko I left behind years ago.
Of course. I thought. There was no use hiding it anymore then. She was already involved in it all.
I showed her what I was able to do.
I let her use the Dying Will Bullet on the pen I told Ryohei to give her.
I showed her the dark me. The me that I used to idolize, and now the me that I want to throw away.
And she didn't return a glare or any signs of anger at me. Like before.
But she looked at me in awe, surprising even myself. I've been doing my best to show her that I wasn't Dame Tsuna. I had my grades high. I did my best in all the clubs I joined. I did what I can to impress her.
Only then, when I showed her the darker side of myself did she look at me like that.
Even for that brief moment, I became happy. It was already three years, and only then was I able to feel this swell in my chest.
But even then, she thought I was stupid.
She's right though. Oh how right she is.
Stupid people choose stupid things. Like what I did, when I joined the Mafia.
The door opens and a man asks kindly if we were ready.
I look at Reborn-san, who nods in reply.
I stand up and punch air.
"Let's go." I grin at Reborn, who smirks back.
I want to impress her.
That at least, for once in my life, I didn't look stupid.
We walk to the hallway.
I could then hear the tumult of the crowd as we walked to stage where I will be using. To prove her something.
From inside the ring, I look back. I see her.
"Tsuna-san."
I smile as I remember. She really had the guts to call me that. Even I couldn't call her by her name, until last night.
Reborn leaves me, saying some instructions I couldn't hear amidst the people cheering.
There are only three people left inside the four corners of my stage, including me.
The ref motions me and my opponent to the center.
This might be the last chance to impress Kyoko-san.
I'd probably never see her again when I return back to Italy.
The last chance…
"Fight!"
I'm ready to make it mine.
END OF PREVIEW.
~K27~
"Dreams don't have manuals
so why don't you just do it the way you want to?
My heart beats fast in this moment
because this moment will never come again
I'll grow lots of wonderful memories
for the day that I look back, I'll try not to lose to you"
'Yume no Manual'
~K27~
Ugh. I hate the trouble I've gotten myself into.
I have school. I have school, for Pete's sake.
I have quizzes. I have homework. With Haru and the rest here how will I know what to do with it?
"Shut your mouths!" I hear Gokudera-kun hiss at Yamamoto-kun and Haru, who continues their discussion about baseball (I found out from Haru that she was always reading a baseball magazine everyday).
"Darn, Mr. Shinee's at it again." Haru sneered as she brushed off the cap Gokudera-kun was wearing earlier. "Yamamoto-san, can we just text each other?" She raised her voice loud enough to drown Gokudera-kun's swears.
They are looking at us. Oh gawd. They are looking at us again. Haru and Yamamoto-kun had already been noisy earlier. But this- oh gawd all eyes were on us, even the people in the boxing ring.
Even.. him.
"-bitchy hag!" Gokudera-kun, whose cap disappeared from behind finally, unleashed his bombs. "You and baseball freak deserve to-"
"Gokudera-kun-!" I try to calm him down as he throws randomly unlit dynamite sticks and gets his cigarette lighter. This- this is so getting out of hand.
But those sticks merely fell like some kind of rain shower over their heads.
I look at Gokudera-kun, who just glares at the two. He then sits down. Haru just sticks her tongue out at him and continues texting. Yamamoto-kun pats Gokudera-kun and the shoulder. He surprisingly doesn't shove it away. Yamamoto-kun then types another message on his phone.
I just stare at Gokudera-kun. This is so unlike him. Just moping around without throwing something that will blow people up- especially to Haru and Yamamoto who he hates so much...
I gaze up to only notice that Tsuna-san… has won.
And it happened while Gokudera-kun threw the bombs.
And it seems like I have no comment on the issue.
Why am I feeling stupid right now?
~K27~
I haven't been able to watch Tsuna-san's match.
I… failed to see it.
I didn't see- because of these- these- these-!
I inhaled really, really deeply to make sure my emotions don't get mixed up with the euphoria the others are feeling as we walk to Tsuna's locker room.
"Tsuna was really cool, right Miura-chan?"
"Hehe, you don't need to say that again Yamamoto-kun. But he's really awesome- I mean he just used six hard punches to win? Kyoko-chan…" She elbowed me much to my annoyance. Even getting into a fight with Gokudera-kun, she was able to count the punches Tsuna-san had thrown. Now I'm really wondering if this girl's even normal.
Why is the world turning against me? I wished- since I skipped school just for this- to see Tsuna-san. Why- why can't the world let me grant that simple wish?
"Kyoko-chan, you do the honors," smirks Haru as we face the door to making my wish a reality. Great, right? I'm now going to see Tsuna-san.
Uh- my mind is thinking this is great? I'm really going insane here.
Because really, Yamamoto-kun is now holding the hem of my blouse to prevent me from running away- so yes I admit. I am really not in the mood to see him.
"Come on, Kyoko-chan. Just open that door and you'll be able to see Tsuna-san. You were saying something about not being able to see him because of the ruckus we made so I hope this will make up to you…" Haru smiled. Gokudera-kun and Yamamoto-kun also had the same weird expressions on their faces. It's really obvious that they're expecting something to happen.
Oh my gawd I know what they're thinking-
I look at them all, my eyes getting bigger and bigger. This time, Gokudera-kun had to force my hands open.
"G-gokudera-kun-" I almost scream, as he stuffs my hands to the knob. "Th-this is Vongola-style harassment Gokudera-kun! If Tsuna-san sees this-"
"Sorry, Kyoko-san," Gokudera-kun says lazily as his smile goes wider and wider the more the knob moved. "But the Tenth ordered me to do this."
I try walking out, slapping Gokudera-kun (I apologize) and tripping him in the progress.
Then it was quickly Yamamoto's turn to test my escapee abilities. As I was about to catch my breath and tell Gokudera how truly sorry I am, he then gently forces my hand to twist the doorknob.
"Yamamoto-kun-" I nearly cried. He grins (somewhat evilly?) and let my hand do the final twist.
He looks at me.
I look dreading the door as it-
Oh, the door's locked.
Eff, oh yeah! Do the Mamba!
I was about to wrench free from Yamamoto-kun and do my victory dance when I saw Tsuna-san still in his shirt with a towel hanging on his shoulder and a water bottle in his hand. He looks surprised as he notices Gokudera-kun on the floor and me doing an Undertaker move at Yamamoto-kun. Haru, smiling shook Tsuna's empty right hand.
"Hi," she grinned. "So… Kyoko-chan was dying to congratulate you. Will you let her?"
Tsuna-san is quizzical. He looks at me, and I can't help but "….".
"Kyaa~! Kyoko-chan's blushing!"
"Hiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeee!"
Darn, Haru found out what "…" meant!
~K27~
Okay. They left me. Reborn-san also left. Haru and the rest probably left and by then Gokudera-kun and Haru will probably bicker again with each other, Yamamoto-kun the peacemaker in the background. Reborn-san will probably go to Sawada-san's and have fun with Lambo-chan and I-pin-chan while I-
I'm here alone with Tsuna-san. ALONE.
My arms rested to my knees. I look down and bite my lip. Tsuna-san is stuffing his things in his bag (okay, I admit that I looked at what he's doing once). He's just beside me, and a simple shake of my head would be enough to touch his cheek-
Dear gawd what the hell am I saying?
I haven't even talked to him for thirty minutes straight. All I did as I wasted my minutes was stare at the floor, my hands tightly scratching my skirt.
He didn't even talk to me either. Probably, Tsuna-san doesn't have time to talk to me. I mean, he has a match tomorrow and all with onii-chan… I will really have a smash-to-smash talk with Haru tomorrow!
"K-kyoko-san?"
His hand is on my shoulder. I push it aside and "…"
"U-umm…" I can't even think of something to say since what happened last night! He saved me, I know and I don't want to say something stupid again! This disconcerts me to no end!
Plus what can I say? That I didn't watch him win? For crying out loud, I know a perfect guy only wants to crow about his perfection. I don't want to ruin that.
"Why are you so perfect?"
I then, with all the strength I have try to stare at his eyes that weren't like the ones I usually see since we were children.
He smiles and I "…".
"I just do my best, that's all," he shrugs, making the recent achievements he had some no-biggie feats and I almost believe him.
"I do my best and all I can do is lose to you," I titter and try to smile, but my mouth doesn't obey me. I guess it couldn't forget what happened yesterday.
"Do you do your very best then, Kyoko-san?" he asks, as he tries to meet my gaze. I now try my best to turn away, afraid of "…"-ing.
"I do but dammit my best is not good enough to beat you," I sigh at him. "I mean, you're much better at me than any subject, no matter how hard I review. You're also good at cooking while I who was taught by mo-" I pause and remember to not say anything about my parents. "Since I was five… and you lost on purpose to us in the baseball tourney… why?"
He shrugs at me and stares into my eyes, with his puzzled expression; the same one I had often seen in the Tsuna I knew from before.
"There you go again with the shrugging." I giggle.
He opens his mouth, and then closes it again.
"Do you want me not to do my best then? Were you not happy… when I do- when I… I beat you, Kyoko-san?" He sounded a little alarmed when he said those questions.
"N-no! I didn't say such things, Tsuna- uh Tsuna-san!" I say hastily at him, my 'worry bar' temperature rising higher and higher by the second. Checking my status, over! "D-don't misunderstand. I guess I can't compete with you on that matter! And besides-"
It is now my turn to smile at him.
"If you didn't do your best last night, I wouldn't be here with you right now," I admit to him truthfully.
He's struck dumb and just stares at me.
"I found out that maybe you're not competing at all with me. You're just doing your best right? To show how much you've grown these past three years?" I tell him, trying to sound impressive when I know that it's not impressive at all. I am just too blind to see the message he's giving me all these times. "You know, I've just realized now that I can't compete with you. Okay Tsuna-san you win this round."
He grins. I grin also and look onto those tasty chocolate eggs that are staring at me too. They're pretty mature than the ones I remember from three years ago. They aren't the orange jewels from last night, but I don't mind… for now. Hihi.
"Before yesterday… I thought you've changed. I was just stupid to notice you never did," I laugh. "People never change. It is up to others to believe if they do or not."
I look down and notice his hand on top of mine. I- I don't slap it away. The intense embarrassment and strangeness begins to well up again the more his hand clasps mine.
"I wonder… if it's the same for Haru and the others though." My feelings suddenly wash away as he slowly let go off my hand.
"Why do you say that?"
"Gokudera-kun and Yamamoto-kun… like Haru, right?"
"I… I never knew about that!"
"Tsuna-san you are so dense!" I scold him and punch his left arm. He cringes a little and the bruise he had earlier just got bigger.
"K-kyoko-san… that was the place where my opponent hit me earlier…"
"W-what? I-I-I'm so sorry Tsuna-san!" Oh gawd, I'm really stupid of not watching his match!
"Continue, Kyoko-san. It doesn't hurt much."
He's really a good liar. Yeah, right. He's even putting ice in it.
"Are you okay with the both of them liking the same girl? For Pete's sake, you should do something about this! Don't you want them to not fight over something this touchy?"
"Does Miura like one of them?"
"Uh… yeah. Yamamoto-kun. Gokudera-kun and her always fight all the time so-"
"Then let those two bloom."
"W-what? But what about Gokudera-kun?"
"I cannot believe that he will be telling you that he actually likes someone."
"He said that he likes arguing with her! And Yamamoto-kun likes texting her!"
"I really cannot believe that you easily make conclusions based on that, Kyoko-san."
"Oh, so you're telling me I'm stupid?" I fire as I stand up. Who the hell does he think he is? "I don't need someone as egotistic as you to push me around!"
"Since when did I become egotistic?" Darn, I'm even surprised that Tsuna-san (from the tone of his voice) is not the tiny bit angry at me.
"Fine! You're on Yamamoto-kun's side then? I'm with Gokudera-kun this time! He'll definitely have Haru this time around. I definitely won't lose!" I stick my tongue out at him.
"This is a competition now?"
"I'll definitely prove to you that you need to use your heart to win someone over!" Tsuna-san, I'm really sorry but I don't like Yamamoto-kun and Haru together. I just don't find them a little bit compatible!
"Then I'll show Kyoko-san doing your best to win will be victorious once more." He stands up and points his fist to my face.
"I'll prove you wrong then. Finally I will." I grin and then stand and walk towards the exit.
"Tsuna, this might be a little interesting. I was hoping for something 'heating' to happen but this might be better." I hear a child saying from behind. I am surprised to see Reborn, flying from the small window and plopping to the place I was sitting in earlier.
"D-don't say that!" Tsuna-san whispers, and even if he does it seems the first time he used an exclamation point in his sentence. "This is not the thing I planned when I won! I was planning to impress her as she watched like before!"
I laugh the best villain cackle I could muster as I raise my hand to my mouth for an 'evil pose'. "Kukuku. I'm afraid I didn't watch you Tsuna-san at all. Haru and the others had such a huge commotion that made me a little… how do I put it- feasible on the eyes. See ya later then. Tomorrow we will begin."
His chocolate eggs stare at me for a long time. Then-
"EEEEEHHHHHHHHH?"
In the end, Reborn-chan had to accompany me home and teach me some tips for tomorrow.
Next Chapter: When I see your face… It's like the end of the world!
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