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Warriors Don't Cry

Chapter 12: A Normal Day in Nanimori – Alana

The golden haired girl stared in surprise and annoyance at the dark-haired man who currently held her arm with surprising strength. To bruise her this easily, he must be an immortal like her.

"Let me go! I demand you to release me!" She snapped while struggling against his strong grip. "You're hurting me!"

Her statement only caused his grip to tighten. She winced. "Answer the question. Who are you? What are you doing in this field?"

"This place belongs to my mother! What of it? Am I not even allowed to play outside now?" She snapped. "Mother always keeps me inside. I only wanted to see what it was like outside of the stuffy room."

During her fit of anger, she lashed out at the man and struck his face. The man was surprised for a moment but recovered quickly. With his free hand, he touched the place where she struck him. Pain, it was a while since he felt that. The man looked at the blonde with new interest.

"You're Demeter's daughter?" He didn't know that she had a daughter.

The girl paused before nodding reluctantly. "Why? Do you know her?"

"Yes, you can say that."

"Will you tell her that I snuck out?" The young immortal asked sheepishly. To her surprise, he shook his head. "If you don't tell her that you saw me here, I won't."

She grinned and nodded. "Okay! That's a deal! If I can back outside again, will you be here? You're the very first immortal that I met who's not my mother." She laughed, "Actually, you're the very first person I met who's not my mother."

The man released her from his strong grip. "Go then, Daughter of Demeter. I won't make any promises."

"My name is Persephone!" She snapped before grinning. "Remember that, sir!"

She waved and turned toward her mother's castle. She was elated by the prospect of meeting a new person. She winced and looked at the bruise around her right wrist before smiling. Her first bruise.

She wanted to learn more new things from this mysterious man.

She'll find some way to sneak away again.

A group of tough-looking delinquent boys passed from the front gates laughing and one boy threw a wrapper over his shoulder, making it drop onto the ground with a deafening 'thunk'. My dark figure walked out from the shadows and picked it up and turned to the direction where the irresponsible boys were heading.

"Dudes, littering on school grounds is so uncool. That would be breaking school rule 234#."

They froze and turned woodenly. I could literally hear the clacking that their bones were making as they turned. Man, was I really that scary?

"E-Eepp! I-I mean, O-Ohayo A-Alana-sama!" The boy who littered stammered out. I calmly took out my Nunchucks and gave the boys an apologetic look. "Look guys, I really hate doing this (not), but this is about the third time you broke a rule. And you're late." I started swinging my Nunchucks and grinned, "Discipline time!"

Okay, maybe I really was that scary.

Pocky paddled out of nowhere and nudged my side. I stopped swinging my weapon and knelt down onto his level. I took the paper that he was carrying in his mouth.

Alana-

We need you to come to the Disciplinary Office THIS INSTANT, Kaichio's orders.

-Kusakabe

I sighed and shoved the note into my pocket. "You guys are really lucky today. You were just saved by Pocky here." I gestured over to the proud puppy. "Next time you break a rule, you're going to face either my Nunchucks or Hibari-sensei's tonfas." I smirked, making the guys flinch. "Got it?"

"Thank you for your kindness, Alana-sama. We won't do it again!" They said in chorus before hitting the hills.

I rolled my eyes. Wimps.

I turned to Pocky and scooped him up. "Hibari said THIS INSTANT so we better not disappoint him, right?" I looked around to make sure that no one was watching and jumped.

I knew that Tsuna-fish knew about our secret by now. Well, this part of it at least. Now that the cat is out of the bag, I can use my ability whenever I want when nobody is watching. I still had to be careful but now I didn't have to be afraid of Tsuna-fish finding out.

When my hands made contact with the school wall, I made the earth that it was made of shift and make ledges for me to grab onto. I climbed up to the window where the Disciplinary Meeting Room is and opened it. I made sure that the ledges were back into their normal places before clambering into room through the window.

"Alana-chan!"

The shocked faces of the committee were worth the climb. I smirked and leaned against the window frame. "Yeah? What did you need me for?"

Tetsuya was the first to recover and he cleared his throat. "Well, Kaichio wanted you to have these." He awkwardly gestured to the gigantic pile of chocolates. My mouth watered and I grinned a really, really big smile. "THANK YOU! THANK YOU SO-wait."

I looked at the members suspiciously. "Why is he giving all of this to me?"

"One, because you've been working hard since your recruitment and two… Kaichio hates sweet things." My happiness was sucked out of me at that simple statement. "Wait…these are Valentine's Day Chocolates? Isn't that tomorrow?"

Tetsuya shook his head. "Kaichio's secret admirers thought that it would be more surprising if they gave their chocolate to him the day before."

"Oh." I looked down. "So I'm the garbage dispenser for the sweets." Ouch.

Pocky waddled to my side and butted his head onto my leg. I got his little doggie message. 'Suck it up and bear it'. I patted his head. Yeah, at least I got to have more chocolate than usual. And it was free!

"So is that all you need from me?" I asked Tetsuya, trying to be a little perky. "No? Well I got to go to class 'cause I'm going to be late. Come on, Pocky! Lets jog to class!"

Jog? A sprint was a bit more like it. I think it was a bit like the dogs from hell chasing me type of run. You know, the one that I pulled after my nap in the roof.

At least we made it to class in time.

Homeroom/English

I scowled at the squealing girls sitting behind me. They really didn't know when to shut up, did they? I slapped my hands over my ears but dropped them when I heard Karasu's name being mentioned.

"Karasu-chan is so amazing, isn't she? Compared to her no-good brother, she's like some genius!"

"Yeah, and I heard that she calls Yamamoto-kun by his first name! They must be really close! Gah, I'm so jealous!"

"But doesn't Gokudera-kun like her too? He literally worships her and her brother! He calls her 'Juuhime' or something like that." Another girl sighed. "What I'd do to get him to call me 'hime'. That Karasu is such a lucky girl."

I smiled slightly. I turned to my friend's desk and laughed a little when I saw that her face was as red as a tomato. I guess she overheard that.

The teacher began to check attendance. This teacher was a substitute so I'm not so sure if I liked him or not.

"Sawada Karasu."

"Present." She called. I didn't like the way the man looked at her. Obviously, Gokudera didn't like how he looked at her either. He scowled at the sub and I glared down at him. Pocky even growled for a good measure but the creep didn't notice.

"Sawada Tsunayoshi."

"H-Here!" Tsuna-fish squeaked out pathetically. The sub sneered at him before moving on.

"K-Keem Elaina."

Silence. I looked around. Who the hell was this Elaina person? The sub called the name out again and no one answered. He shrugged and went on with the list. After he was done, I held my hand up. "Um, sir? You didn't call my name."

"Obviously. What is an elementary school student doing here?" He asked, looking at me critically. "Must I call the front office to escort you back to your proper grade?"

Silence

Dead silence

I shook a little and my eyebrow twitched. "Care to repeat that again?"

"What is an elementary student doing here?" He repeated. Some students edged away from me. Even Octopus-head knew not to say those things in my presence. I cracked my knuckles and put on my creepy Yamamoto smile. A shiver ran through the classroom. "I'm 14 years old, sir. I think I belong in this classroom."

The sub snorted. "Really? Then you're a midget!"

Did that guy just-

Oh, you're SO on my to-kill list!

Karasu stepped in. "Sir, I would think of it as wise not to say those things to her. It's hurtful, not to mention rude. I also think that you misread her name. It's pronounced Kim Alana, not Keem Elaina."

The sub sniffed disdainfully. "Well she has such a weird name. It's natural to make such a mistake."

"Alana is an American name, sir. It's easy to pronounce if you know the language. Aren't you supposed to be our English Teacher?"

The sub turned red in embarrassment when the class erupted into laughter.

"You! Sawada Karasu, I would like to see you teach the class instead of me then if you're so smart!" He snapped at her, putting her on the spot.

"That bastard!" Octopus-head attempted to light a bomb but was stopped by Reborn's firm hand. Yamamoto didn't look so happy about this either and looked at the sub with disapproval.

Karasu shrugged and took her textbook. She walked up to the front of the class and cleared her throat. "Okay class, let's go over the homework from last night. Let's start with the person in my farthest left and make our way down."

The class went pretty smoothly under Karasu's careful guidance but the sub decided that Karasu was handling it a bit too well. "Okay Sawada, that's enough." Karasu sat back down into her seat.

Still not giving up on trying to embarrass her, the sub threw every single one of the remaining homework questions at Karasu only to have her answer each and every one of them flawlessly without glancing at her textbook to read her answers.

"Enpitsu!"

"Pencil."

"Inu!"

"Dog."

"Kumo!"

"Cloud."

"Hajimemashite!"

"Nice to meet you."

Getting desperate, the sub began throwing sentences that weren't even in the book at Karasu.

"Watashi wa doa ni kotaeru!"

"I will answer the door."

"Watashi wa hitori de gakko e aruite iku!"

"I will walk to school alone."

"Amerika no shokuji wa subarashi aji!"

"The American dinner tasted nice."

Fuming and panting, the sub pointed at a random page in the textbook. "Sawada! I want you to try translating page 246. All of it, if you please."

The class erupted into whispers.

"We're only on page 98, what is that teacher saying?"

"Harsh! And all of these words look so hard, too!"

"Is he seriously going to make her translate all of this?"

The sub's sneer looked disgusting. I was really tempted to grab one of Octopus-head's bombs and blow his ass all the way to the other side of the continent. Karasu caught my eye and winked at me before clearing her throat. "Should I read it in English before translating it?"

"So you can have more time to translating the page? No."

Tsuna-fish looked really upset and he was whispering something frantically to Reborn. Reborn shook his head and pointed at Karasu's direction saying something that I couldn't hear.

Karasu took a deep breath.

"Once upon a time, there was a beautiful goddess name Persephone. She was the daughter of Demeter, the goddess of Harvest. Wherever she walked, she made flowers bloom and animals were attracted to her presence…"

Karasu perfectly translated the short story. Everyone in the class, in fact, enjoyed the Greek Myth. When she was finished, I seriously thought that the sub was going to explode or something.

Did I mention that my best buddy is awesome?

Karasu looked up from her textbook. "Is that all, Sensei?"

"No it is NOT!" The teacher yelled, making most of the students jump in surprise, Tsuna-fish included. Karasu checked her watch and glanced at the classroom door. "Oh look, English is now over. I think you should transition with the Math teacher. She's waiting so patiently outside the door."

"I will NOT leave this classroom until I make sure that you admit that I am a teacher who deserves respect! RESPECT!" The teacher howled. Karasu held her hands up calmingly. "Okay fine, you are a teacher who deserves respect. Now can you let the poor Math teacher in and leave? I still need to take the Algebra Quiz that I missed."

"HA! So you admitted it!" The teacher crazily pointed at a random student. "You heard her, right? RIGHT?"

The kid looked as if he was going to piss in his pants.

"You did too? And you?"

Pocky whimpered and hid his face into his paws. Yeah, it was that bad.

Then the sub had the gal to come to me and grab me out of my seat. He held me up like I was some rag doll and shook me. "You saw-

What happened next was out of pure instinct, I tell you. It wasn't on purpose. I didn't really mean to- Okay, maybe I did a little bit, but it was out of self-defense!

The whole class stared open-mouthed at the fallen form of the teacher and then at me, the person who knocked him out with a nunchuck.

O-kay, this is pretty awkward.

Karasu sighed. "Alana, don't you think that was a bit too much?"

"It was out of self-defense! That creep was touching me and could've done something violent anyways!" I retorted. I turned to the class and pointed at the foaming, knocked out sub. "Does anyone have any objection about what I did to him?"

"Nah, he got what he deserved." Octopus-head said while shrugging. In a darker tone, he added, "Besides, he was insulting Juuhime. Che, bastard thinks he could even match her intellect."

Yamamoto laughed. "Great job, Alana! You hit him pretty hard, huh? Your swing would've been a homerun in baseball."

I'm seriously considering on switching his nickname back into Baseball Nut.

But after he spoke up, the others began to agree and cheer quietly. I dramatically bowed and blew kisses at the class, to which a few giggled or laughed at.

"Hey, how are we going to explain this?" A random student whose name I didn't know called out.

I took out my cell and pressed on speed dial. The receiver immediately picked up. "Hey, do you mind helping me clean something up? No, it's not exactly that big of a deal, just a sub, who broke almost ten of the school rules. Don't worry. I knocked him out for you. Really? Why of course you can come by for a visit. Wait, he's going to come too? No, I have no problem about that. No problem at all! Thanks dude!"

I snapped my cell shut and twiddled my thumbs.

(A few seconds or so later)

"Wow you guys are fast!" I greeted Hibari and Kusakabe. Kusakabe acknowledged me with a nod before slinging the sub's body over his shoulder. "We'll be taking him away. Are you all right, Alana?"

"Psh, little ol' me? I'm a big girl. I think I can handle a crazy substitute by myself."

Hibari ignored the stock-still class. "You, Chibi-omnivore, remember to stop by the Disciplinary Office after school. I have important matters to discuss with you. Don't be late or I'll bite you to death."

"Important matters" as in "the obliteration of Valentine's Chocolates"

Yeah, you'll know how to speak Hibari's language after a while.

Pocky danced around Hibari's feet, vying for the prefect's attention. He spared the puppy a pat on the head but that's it. "Yeah, I'll remember to do that."

The Math teacher had the shock of her life as Kusakabe walked out with the knocked-out English sub.

"Nothing to see here, Ma'am. Nothing to see here."

Math

"Alana, do you mind answering the next question?"

I shuffled through my notes frantically and finally found the answering sheet I was looking for. "Um…is it 12?"

"Yes, Alana. Good job."

Really? I sucked at Math so that was news to me. I sat back contentedly, knowing that she wouldn't call on me again. The woman rarely did.

"Karasu? The next question?"

Without looking up from her quiz, she answered, "1 over 3X +4 centimeters."

"Correct as always."

I stared at my friend, openmouthed.

How does she do that?

Science

I balanced a pencil on my nose as the teacher droned on about the subject.

Karasu was scribbling notes down. I bet she was writing down every single word that old geezer was saying!

It's been over 15 minutes and the pencil is still staying on my nose! Awesomeness! Take that Isaac Newton! The pencil on my nose shall never fall into gravity's influence!

History

"So class, what do you know most about the Edo Period?" The History teacher asked. I waved my hand frantically. I actually knew a lot about this!

"Yes Alana?"

"It was the period when samurais became bureaucrats and became more politically involved!" I said excitedly. "It was the era where the warriors ruled!"

The teacher sweatdropped, "A-Ah, I see. Anything else about the Edo period that you would like to share with us, Alana?"

"If you don't want to bring the courtesans into the subject then I'm done." I told her bluntly.

The teacher sighed. "I see."

School was over before I knew it. I left the classroom and made a beeline toward the Disciplinary Office. Pocky was in my arms and just enjoying the ride. I guess moving the earth under my feet so I can reach the office a little faster wouldn't be that bad, would it?

"I'm here!"

Hibari didn't even look up from what he was looking over. "Come in."

Pocky jumped out of my arms and paddled over to Hibari's side. Hibari ripped his attention from his paperwork (I'm just going to guess that the pile of paper was that) to pick him up.

Pocky eagerly licked Hibari's cheek.

"So…what did you call me over for?" I asked while lying down on the couch. Hibari pointed at the huge pile of chocolates. "Take all of these and do whatever you want with them."

I nodded. "Okay, sure. Hey Hibari, I know you don't like sweets but would it hurt to try bitter chocolate?" Hibari didn't answer due to Pocky giving his full attention to him. For once, he didn't seem as scary as hell. Actually, he looked (dare I say it?) kind and nice. I got this weird, warm feeling. You know, the kind that you get when a friend tells you that you're needed or the kind when a little kid tells you that you're 'cool' and 'amazing'.

And from that experience, I think it's called 'pride'.

"Huh, you're pretty soft when it comes to little animals and kids, aren't you?" It's kinda true judging by how carefully he held the wounded duckling I found near a random pond the other day and how surprisingly nice he was to I-pin.

I got the scare of my life when I saw Hibari's face looming over mine. He was smirking, maybe even sneering at my comment. And on top of that, he was on me like some cat catching a mouse! "And what makes you think that, Chibi-omnivore?"

"Off." I ordered him. "I hate it when you do that! I feel more like some sort of prey than your student!"

Hibari pondered over something. All in that while, I was slowly suffocating under his surprisingly heavy body. Lovely. "Suppose that I really am as 'soft' as you say I am toward small animals, then are you implying that I'm being 'soft' to you?"

"Are you implying that I'm SMALL?" I spluttered angrily. "Okay, that's it! Pocky, bite him!"

Pocky looked at me from his curled up spot in the desk and harrumphed before turning his back at me. I gaped at him. That traitor!

Hibari made an amused sound before leaning his face uncomfortably close to mine.

Did his mother ever tell him about 'personal space'?

"It's a carnivore's job to bite an herbivore to death, or at this case, an omnivore." He told me with a toothy grin. Oh god, I'm seriously going to die right here, aren't I? He was serious about the 'biting to death' thing, wasn't he?

I squeezed my eyes shut and prayed to God, Buddha, and any other god out there to HELP ME OUT OF THIS SITUATION ALREADY! I shivered in fear (?) as I felt his hot breath over my lips. If I didn't know him so well, I would've thought he was going to kiss me.

I felt something nip my nose before the weight on me disappeared.

I sat up and blinked dazedly. What the heck just happened?

"I expect you to give me those bitter chocolates tomorrow, Omnivore." Hibari told me from his desk. Wait, how did he get back there so quickly? "You can leave now."

I nodded numbly and walked out of the office with Pocky paddling after me.

(A few minutes later)

"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?"

Ah, my infamous delayed reaction.

And that's that! Hopefully, you all enjoyed this little filler chapter. The idea just popped into me during school. I also needed some Alana/Hibari moments (does that count as a moment?)

Next chapter will be Valentine's Day in Karasu's POV. Yipee! More fluff!

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