Red Roses: Sveiki (this is Latvian), my readers/friends. Thank you for staying for my late update. I hope the last chapter wasn't too confusing or disappointing.
Let me say I'm so sorry for this incredibly late update but in the previous weeks, I had my monthly exam and choir practice till late in the afternoon (I know, excuses).
Gomenasai! *bows deeply*
My replies to my dear readers
SunshineGal16: *Joins in victory dance* Nothing like a dramatic scream at the end to keep the suspense. I deeply return the virtual hug *hugs back* I will keep udapting for my loyal readers
mystery18blue: I am big KHR fan as well and Shinako would love to meet you too
YamadaHikari: Hmm...it seems that Katou doesn't want to answer your question Hikari-san. Anyway, I was inspired by a crossover fanart between Sket Dance and KHR and when I noticed how Tsubaki and Katou were similar to Tsuna and Gokudera, I just had to write that!
Light27: The 'SHINAKO!' scream really makes the chapter a little more dramatic, doesn't it? I still love your picture of Shinako
Enma Marius: So, my chapter is finger-licking good? Yay! One of the most interesting compliments I ever had. I don't mind of your so-called limited vocabulary, your kind words warms my heart
Late Bloomers: One of the main reasons I watch KHR is because of the characters' individuality. It just makes them so fun to write. Don't worry, the function of the bazooka will be revealed in this chapter.
Thank you all for your kind words and support. I feel so happy!
And of course, the disclaimer...
Himeko: Red Roses does not own Sket Dance
Yamamoto: ...or Katekyo Hitman Reborn but it's alright
Red Roses: Two anime shows which doesn't belong to me...*sigh*
WARNING: Crude Language is present but I assumed most, if not all of you have already knew of these words anyway... should I even bother?
"Shinako-chan!" Unyuu cried in hot tears when she saw her junior disappear in a pink cloud. Katou was currently trying to strangle the poor cow-looking five-year-old boy who was responsible in pulling the trigger of the bazooka.
"You little snot-nosed brat! What the hell did you do?!" Katou demanded an answer as he violently trashed the afro-haired boy back and forth as if he could shake the words out of him.
"Waahhhh!" the poor boy cried in pure fear and dizziness as he was being rocked violently to and fro.
"Katou-san, p-please calm down!" Tsuna tried to calm the enraged ninja but he ended shrieking like a girlish child when the albino student turned his vicious glare at him.
"Calm down?! How the f*** can I calm down when I just saw my classmate get killed?!"
"Ma, ma Katou-senpai. Don't worry, Kikuchi-senpai is alright" Yamamoto tried to sooth the angry beast-like ninja.
"Don't f***ing lie to me!"
"He's right, Katou" a new voice appeared in the conversation and everyone turned to see a talking toddler wearing an expensive looking tuxedo and a black fedora.
"Reborn!"
The mature infant at least stunned the charcoal-eyed ninja in his tracks "What? How...What do you-"
Then, a new more mature yet rather familiar voice appeared.
"Huh? Where am I?"
Somewhere else in another time, Shinako was wondering the same thing as the pink cloud finally disappear.
"Huh? Where am I?"
The last thing Shinako could remember was putting herself in front of the missile that was heading for her well-endowned senior. If that's what the last thing, she recalled then...does that mean...
"AHHHH! AM I IN HEAVEN?!" Shinako screamed in her head and she quickly shot up for her lying position and she took a closer look to where she really was.
"Eh? I'm on a bed?" Shinako muttered confusedly as she felt the soft mattress under her and the pillow she was just lying her head atop a few seconds ago.
Things got even more puzzling for the young samurai and she took one big look around the room she in. It was a master bedroom, seems like two people sleep here as possessions of a man and woman were both present in the room. There was even a personal bathroom where she could hear a faint noise coming from them.
"Eeek! Someone is still here! I should get out" Shinako thought panickedly as she got off the bed and rushed to the door, accidentally bumping into the coffee table beside the bed and knocking over a framed picture.
"Oops" Shinako quickly went back to pick up the fallen picture but not before she saw what was the picture about.
She saw that it was a wedding photo. She saw a young couple standing atop of the stairs of a church. It seems that the couple just got married before this picture was taken. Shinako couldn't help but notice how familiar the two young adults looked to her.
It was a picture of a beautiful young woman and a dashing young man. The two were complete opposites as the woman had long dark hair styled beautifully and bright chocolate eyes while the man had snow white hair which looked good on him and sharp dark eyes. The couple really complimented each other and they seemed to be beaming with pure joy.
"Where have I seen them before? They seem so familiar" the female samurai pondered to herself and she stare into the picture, trying to solve the puzzle. It wasn't until the loud slam of a opening bathroom door and a low male voice snapped her out of her train of thought.
"Oi Shinako, hurry up and get ready" a young man called out to her as he walked out of the bathroom shirtless but wearing his dress pants while drying his snow white hair with a towel. It was the same man from the wedding photo.
"Eep!" Shinako let out a squeak of surprise when she heard this male stranger call her name and she got even more embarrassed that he was shirtless in front of her.
"I-I-I'm sorry! I d-d-didn't mean to c-come in u-uninvited! I don't know h-how I g-got h-h-here" Shinako nervously stuttered out her apology as she kept her gaze on the floor, unwilling to meet the older man's charcoal eyes.
"Huh?" the young male finally saw the girl standing nervously in his room with his own eyes as he step closer to her and grabbed her chin, startling the poor nervous samurai.
"E-Ehh?" Shinako felt the blood rushing to her cheeks as her face burns with a deep shade of scarlet. There she was face-to-face with an older man and he was bringing her closer by her chin.
"T-Too close!"
"Shinako?" he called out her name with uncertainty to which Shinako nodded nervously. Looking into the albino man's eyes froze Shinako to the spot and she couldn't look away.
"H-How do you k-know my n-name?" Shinako nervously asked him but the older male ignored her question and pulled her closer to him. He carefully wrapped his arms around her smaller frame.
If she wasn't blushing hard enough before, that did it. Shinako's face was beating as red as Rudolph's red nose fighting a cold. But, for a strange reason, there was something warm, soothing and oddly familiar being in this man's embrace.
"What is wrong with me?! I shouldn't be enjoying this!"
In the midst of her frantic confusion, Shinako almost missed what the older albino whisper into her reddened ear.
"Please don't hide from me"
"What?"
Shinako looked to him in confusion as she tried to comprehend his words. With that serious expression of his, she knew he really wanted her to understand his words.
"I-I'm sorry but I don't-"
Before she could finish her sentence, a large cloud of pink dust enveloped her again, blocking her view of the older man. As the smoke clears, she finally found herself back where she last remembered before meeting that strange man, back at Kaimei High School.
"Shinako-chan!" the said girl heard her senior called out to her as Unyuu suddenly wrapped her arms around her whilst still crying hot tears.
"Unyuu-senpai, please don't cry" Shinako tried to sooth her senior but her own tears started leaking out as well. She could have sworn she would never see her friends ever again.
"Oi, woman where the hell did you go?" Katou asked the ebony-haired samurai and though seemingly on bad terms, Shinako was relief to see the brash ninja again.
"Katou, I thought I'll never hear your annoyingly rude voice again" Shinako cried, smiling at him and even if Katou felt a vein pop on his forehead, deep inside he was a little relieved to see the naive samurai girl again.
But back to the question. "Hey, answer me where did you go?"
"I-I...don't know" the confused samurai replied truthfully as she recalled appearing in that stranger's bedroom. "I just found myself in someone's room, then I saw that man"
"A man?" Katou inquired quizzically to which Shinako nodded back.
"I'm not quite sure but he seemed awfully familiar" Shinako said, recalled the stranger's features; the snow white hair, the deep dark eyes and the low, deep voice. It all sounds strangely familiar for a reason.
"I'll tell you where you went" suddenly, a small walking baby wearing an expensive-looking suit jumped in front of Shinako, startling her heart for a moment.
"Eh? Who are you?" She asked the young fedora-wearing infant as he tip his hat to her.
"My name is Reborn and I have the answers you're looking for"
"HIEEE REBORN!" Tsuna cried as he was scared that Shinako might be terrified of a talking baby in front of her. What the nervous brunette didn't account for was Shinako's strange tolerance and indifference for these kinda things after being in this school for some time now.
"Oh no, was this poor kid a victim of one of Chuuma-sensei's crazy potions?" Shinako thought worriedly as she saw the perfectly matured baby in front of her eyes.
"Anyway, you Miss Shinako just switch places with yourself ten years into the future"
"..."
"..."
"...What?"
"Let me explain. That bazooka which belongs to that stupid cow kid allows a person to travel to the world ten years from now by switching the present you with your older self"
"So...I just traveled to my future?"
"Yes" Reborn answered, pleased that the samurai was taking all this information rather calmly.
As Shinako tried to register this new information, she suddenly remembered the photograph she saw in the room. As she thought more into it, she finally realized something.
That was a picture of her, ten years later!
"So...that man...was my..."
All of a sudden, Shinako's face exploded in heat as she came to a sudden realization. All of the blood rushing to her head was too much as she blacked out and then fainted in front of everyone.
"Shinako-chan!"
"HIIIEEE, Kikuchi-san!"
"Well, that was to be expected at least" Reborn had to have the last comment.
Finally! I'm finished...with this chapter! This story is far from over.
For those who might not understand...Shinako just travel ten years into the future and saw her wedding photo and just met her husband without knowing. Any sane girl would faint from that kind of information.
Another thing for confused readers, the baby's name is Reborn and yes, he's a talking baby.
P.S can you tell who's Shinako's future husband? (probably yes)
So, Uz redzēšanos and please don't hate me...
