Senpai, What Just Happened?!
The next morning after Ash had gotten sick, Annalisa and Dino met to discuss how they were going to get Ash and Hibari together. "Well, I think the best way would be jealousy," Annalisa thought aloud. "They are both the learn the hard way type. You know, the don't know what you have till you lost it type."
"I agree. They are also both the direct type," Added Dino. They both sighed at the huge amount of work cut out for them.
"Oh, I got an idea!" Said Annalisa excitedly. "What if I started to hang out with Hibari to make Ash jealous, and you hung around Ash to make Hibari jealous. One of us could just be sitting there while the other one said a bunch of stuff to add to the jealousy!"
"Yeah!" said Dino getting excited too. "Oh, but that won't work. You are the only girl we know who would be unafraid to hang out with Hibari, but you are dating Yamamoto. And I am the only guy who would be able to do it, but Ash would just find it weird that if I started to flirt with/ hang out with her more."
"Oh," said Annalisa looking downcast. "I didn't think of that. You're right."
"I know!" shouted Dino. "I have the perfect person in Italy! He even owes me a favor! I'll ask him to transfer here for awhile and make Hibari jealous!"
"Yeah!" agreed Annalisa and the two slapped high fives. "But what are we going to do about Ash?"
"Right," frowned Dino. "There's that too." The two went quiet, going back to their thinking. "I know!" Annalisa explained loudly, breaking the silence. "I know of a girl in Italy too! But I can't go to her, and it would take too long to contact her. Do you think you could deliver a letter for me when you go?" asked Annalisa hope itself was condensed in her eyes.
"Sure," answered Dino. "I'm on my way to get Luca anyways."
"Yay!" cheered Annalisa. "Okay so here's the plan. I'll ask Ash and you ask Hibari how they feel about each other. That will hopefully make them each aware of the other. Then You go and get those people in Italy and then they get close to Ash and Hibari while we spread rumors."
"Yup!" agreed Dino. "So, give me about a week to get them. After that we will put our plan into motion."
"Hehe," laughed Annalisa. "Alright partner!" She held out her hand and they shook on it.
A Week Later
Hibari was doing what he usually did, laying on the Namimori roof and trying to take a nap, when the doors to the roof where thrown open. "Hey, Kyoya! I was looking for you," said Dino walking out with Romario at his side. "I went to the reference room and met Kusakabe. Nice fellow he was. Makes for a good right hand man. He is hardworking and I get the feeling that he looks out for you in more ways than one. He reminds me of you Romario," commented Dino.
"Yes, and Hibari-san reminds me of you Boss," added Romario.
"Really?" asked Dino. He looked back and forth between the serious Hibari and his laid back self. "Here, wait a minute," he said walking over to Hibari. He fixed his hair, narrowed his eyes, and frowned. "Do I remind you more of him now?" asked Dino in a low voice trying to imitate Hibari. Dino and Romario started to laugh, while Hibari silently prepared his tonfas. "Wait, wait," said Dino trying hard to stop laughing. "I actually came here to say something to you." Dino took several deep breaths. Finally he stopped laughing. "I was wondering what you thought of Ash?"
Ash and Annalisa at the moment
"So, what do you think of the guys?" asked Annalisa. The girls were at home relaxing. Homework and dinner was both done.
"Huh? What do you mean?" asked Ash.
"You know, who you think is good looking, personalities, and such. So, let's start with Hibari!" Said Annalisa excitedly.
"Um... he is an arrogant jerk," answered Ash flatly. "Next? Why are we doing this anyways? You usually don't talk about guys and whatnot."
"Well, I just wanted to. We both know that if I didn't bring it up, we would never talk about girly stuff like this," said Annalisa innocently. "Now come on, tell me your real opinion of him."
"Your right, I answered falsely because you were here," answered Ash. Annalisa sighed in relief. "I really think he is an arrogant, lazy, tyrannic jerk," replied Ash bored. "I was going to easy on him."
"I think he is good looking and he did save you a lot of times," said Annalisa.
"If you really think so," answered Ash making a face. "Every time I see him all I see is his terrible personality."
"But like I said he cares about his men. I know he has saved you many times," Annalisa was getting desperate now.
"He doesn't have to do it in such a jerky manner though," said Ash scowling.
"He is hardworking! He is the chairman of the disciplinary committee and does a lot of work there," countered Annalisa.
"Sure," Ash was starting to get weirded out with how much Annalisa was building him up. "Go for it, though I don't personally think either he or Yamamoto are worthy of you Senpai."
"NO! I like Yamamoto!" said Annalisa. "I was trying to get you to like Hibari!" she thought face palming.
"Um, Senpai? You okay?" asked Ash really confused.
"Yeah, moving on," continued Annalisa. "I hear we are going to have some new transfer students coming soon."
Back to Hibari and Dino
"She is one handful of a subordinate. She is lazy, has an attitude, and rebellious to the core," answered Hibari flat. "I answered, now leave."
Dino sighed, "Well I figured as much. I also came to tell you one more thing. There are new transfer students coming soon. They are friends of mine, please treat them nicely," said Dino with a smile.
"Hmph," answered Hibari.
Before Hibari could kick them off his roof, Dino spoke up, "Okay! That's all I'm leaving now!"
"Is that really okay boss? It doesn't feel like we accomplished anything," said Romario.
"Romario, Romario," sighed Dino. "Things like this take time, especially with thick skinned stubborn people."
"Right boss," smiled Romario.
Ash and Annalisa
"Okay," said Ash clearly not seeing how this applies to her.
Annalisa sighed, "Just be nice to them okay? I hear they are transferring to our class."
"Oh," said Ash seeing the connection now. "Fine if I must! And here I was planning on ambushing them, stripping them, then taking all their money!" She finished sarcastically.
"Hey!" said Annalisa trying to be serious, but laughing. "I don't need any back sass young misses!"
"I am so very sorry! I don't know what came over me!" said Ash continuing in her sarcasm.
Annalisa sighed, "What am I going to do with you!"
"Hehe," laughed Ash.
"Now go to bed! We have school tomorrow! And I still have some business to tend to," She was trying to use a strict voice and pointing in the direction of Ash's room.
"Yes ma'am!" said Ash. She saluted in front of Annalisa getting a head pat, then left the room sticking her tongue out.
Annalisa watched her leave, then waited for awhile to let Ash fall asleep. After she was sure that Ash was asleep, she grabbed her jacket and left the apartment quietly. Dino was waiting quietly on her roof in hiding. Annalisa almost missed him.
"What are you Hibari now?" asked Annalisa looking up at him. Dino for the second time that day fixed his hair, narrowed his eyes, and frowned.
"What do you think? More like Kyoya?" he asked in his deep voice imitating Hibari. He and Annalisa cracked up.
"What are you doing here really?" she asked.
"Well, I forgot that it would be dark by the time you could met us at the hotel. And we both know that you and dark don't mix, so I kindly came here to be your escort. When you came out though, I freaked and thought you were Ash. The only place to hide here is on the roof!" he explained himself.
"You know what they say, great minds think alike," sighed Annalisa. "I was just thinking about that myself," she smiled up at him as he came down and offered her his arm. "Thanks!"
"Anything for you lil' sis!" he said. They walked to the hotel where the transfer students were waiting.
"Annalisa this is my friend Luca. He is a few months older than Ash, so he is twelve too," introduced Dino.
"Hello," said Luca. He was Italian with dark almost black hair that was waved, but not long. He had tanned skin, was tone, and was about the height of Gokudera. He held out his hand to Annalisa and she shook it. He looked a bit nervous, with slightly flushed cheeks.
"Oh, you don't have to be nervous," said Annalisa with a smile.
"Right, it's just unnerving to be with such pretty ladies," he said honestly. "But I have heard so much about you form Dino that it feels like this isn't the first time I have met you." His manner was very pure and innocent. It was very cute.
"Hey! It took me forever to get her with Yamamoto!" complained Dino. "Don't ruin it! See what I mean when I say he is perfect for the job?!" asked Dino turning to Annalisa.
"Yes," answered Annalisa. "He is very sweet. Even Ash would be moved by his straight forward and honest compliments. "And don't worry Dino. I love Yamamoto, Luca reminds me of Tsuna though! I just want him to call me onee-chan! So, cute! Why couldn't you be my little brother? Reborn isn't cute at all!"
"Um then 'onee-chan'?" asked Luca innocently.
"Aw! So cute!" said Annalisa. "You can call me onee-chan!" Dino sighed. Annalisa loved little kids too much. "Sorry, sorry we got off topic," said Annalisa shaking her head. "This is my old friend Daniella! She is in the care of the 9th! I met her a long time ago. She is a childhood friend! She is the same age as me, fourteen," said Annalisa happily as she went and hugged the girl. "But I guess you already met her, after all you did have to go and get her. Thank you for that by the way," said Annalisa to Dino.
"No prob," he answered casually.
"It's been so long since I have seen you!" squealed Annalisa. "We mail each other, but it's not the same as seeing you in the flesh and blood!"
"Haha!" laughed Daniella. She was also an Italian, but she had very light brown hair. It was wavy too, but very long. It reached her thin waist. She was also tan, and the same height as Annalisa. "Well, my flesh and blood is happy to see yours!" she and Annalisa laughed together.
"Sorry about making you came all the way here, even though I am glad to see you, and making you travel with a stranger," said Annalisa to Daniella.
"Don't worry about it," said Daniella waving it off. "Your letter explained everything. Plus the boss consented to letting me go. He also confirmed that he knew Dino. Dino was also really nice to me," said Daniella smiling at Dino.
"See? I was a perfect gentleman!" said Dino to Annalisa.
"You sure your alright?" asked Annalisa pretending to check Daniella all over.
"Yes, I'm fine," laughed Daniella.
"So, how did you and Luca met?" asked Annalisa.
"He was an orphan in my turf, I took him in," answered Dino rubbing Luca's head while Luca laughed. "We raised him like family! And how does he repay us? By saying that he wants to be a police man!" Everyone laughed. "So, don't you think he reminds you of me?" asked Dino.
"No," said Annalisa. "he is MUCH smoother with the ladies." Everyone laughed again.
"What? I am so smooth with the ladies!" countered Dino.
"Really? Let's think back to a few years ago when you had me practice pickup lines with you!" laughed Annalisa. "You couldn't say them without blushing, messing up, or biting your tongue!"
"Hey! At least I am smooth now!" complained Dino.
"You still practice in the mirror," replied Romario who had joined the party just then.
"HAHA!" laughed Annalisa. She slapped five with Romario.
"Well," said Dino. "I distinctly remember someone being shy around guys for what? Eight years? You hide behind me for so many years of school together. Real smooth," said Dino sarcastically.
"Excuse me," said Annalisa with her hands on her hips. "Who has a boyfriend now? And who's single? That's what I thought!"
"Alright alright!" said Dino holding his hands up in an I give position. "You win!"
"Good," said Annalisa getting him to bend down so she could rub his head. Everyone laughed, and this time Romario high fived Annalisa. "Oops, we got off topic again. So, let's go over the plan again. Luca you will be getting close to my friend Ash to make someone named Hibari jealous, and Daniella you will get close to Hibari to get Ash jealous. I will introduce you guys to both of them tomorrow. The goal is the get the two together." Everyone nodded their consent. The whole party went thorough their various strategies and scenarios. Soon it was late into the night. The party said their goodbyes and Dino walked Annalisa home.
"Here's to a successful plan," he said holding his hand out to her.
"Agreed," said Annalisa accepting his hand.
The Next Morning
"COME ON ASH!" yelled Annalisa from the kitchen. "WE CAN'T BE LATE TODAY!" In response to her voice, Annalisa heard a loud thud. "ASH! DON'T BE LAZY! GOT OFF THE FLOOR AND GET CHANGED!" Annalsia sighed. Ash was so not a morning person. She always did this. Ash would try to get out of bed, but loss strength half way through and fall flat on the floor, then be to lazy to get up. Next she heard a few more thuds and crashes, Ash knocking things off of her shelves and tripping. A few seconds later, a messily dressed Ash showed up with half closed eyes.
"Good morning," she yawned. Annalisa put the food on the table and fixed her uneven pigtail and crooked collar, while Ash sat down to eat breakfast. They both ate quickly and put their dishes in the sink. It was Ash's job to do them after school since Annalisa made the meal. They two grabbed their book bags and were out the door. They met the usual gang on the way to school. Yamamoto and Gokudera arguing about something, Tsuna and Reborn running late, Kyoko walking leisurely with Hana, and Rohei doing roadwork on the way to school they all met and went to school together. They went into class like usual and talked about the usual stuff.
Soon class started. The teacher went to the front of the room with an announcement, "Class, we are going to have a few new transfer students starting today. They are both from Italy. This is Luca and this is Daniella."
"Hello," bowed Luca.
"Hi!" said Daniella with a smile.
"They are new here, so be nice to them. Does anyone what to volunteer to show them around," asked the teacher. Virtually everyone raised their hands. Everyone wanted to spend time with either the new cute guy or girl. "Um, do you two know anyone?" asked the teacher.
"Onee-chan," answered Luca pointing to Annalisa.
"Annalisa," said Daniella at the same time.
"Okay then, Annalisa can you show the two of them around?" asked the teacher.
"No, problem," answered Annalisa.
"Now that that is taken care of, you two can go sit next to Annalisa," instructed the teacher.
"Yes sir," they both said, then sat down.
As soon as the two sat down, they were bombarded with question. "Where are you from, how old where they, were they single?" Daniella handled it fine, but Luca seemed a bit lost and nervous, which the girls loved.
"Oh, um," Luca looked like a kid who had lost his mom in the supermarket. He leaned towards Annalisa. Annalisa seeing his uneasiness smiled at him.
"I am going to start the lesson now," warned the teacher and the noise settled down.
Lunch time!
Daniella and Luca were once again surrounded. Annalisa felt bad, Luca the poor kid. "Daniella, Luca! Want me to show you guys around? The teacher asked me too," Annalisa gently reminded her classmates of that fact.
"Yes," they both said. Annalisa took them up the the roof with everyone else.
"Everyone, this is my childhood friends Daniella," Annalisa introduced them all. "And this is Luca. He is a friend of Dino's here on vacation. Dino wanted him to hang out with people his own age," she explained.
"Hi," said everyone.
"Okay, so left to right this is Tsuna, Takeshi, Hayato, and Ash," said Annalisa.
"Hi," said Luca and Daniella.
"So, why did you call Annalisa onee-chan?" asked Gokudera.
"Yeah? Are you my girlfriend's brother?" asked Yamamoto. Annalisa noticed how he had included that she was his girlfriend while casually placing his arm around her. She stiffed a giggle.
"OH, are you Yamamoto?" asked Luca. "Sorry, I am bad with names."
"Yeah, no sweat," said Yamamoto.
"Dino has told me a lot about you! Can I call you Onii-chan?" he asked excitedly.
"And that is how I was called Onee-chan," concluded Annalisa.
"Sure," said Yamamoto cheerily, he had a soft spot for children too.
Luca turned to Ash, "Are you Ash?" he asked blushing. "Wow, you're really pretty," he said straight forwardly.
"Yeah," said Ash thinking this was getting weirder by the second.
Luca and Daniella soon were used to the group and were taking part in their conversations. Later after school since Annalisa didn't have Kendo club, she took the two of them for a tour around the school.
"Okay, you did great Luca!" she praised. He smiled in embarrassment, but was happy to get praised non the less.
"Thanks Onee-chan!" he said. "It was fun hanging out with Onii-chan and the rest!"
"Yup you have some good friends," smiled Daniella.
"Thanks! Alright," said Annalisa getting serious. "We are about to go into the disciplinary committee. Daniella your up!"
"You got it!" said Daniella giving Annalisa the thumbs up sign.
Annalisa escorted the two of them into the reference room. "And here is the disciplinary committee. This is were Ash has club activities."
"Ah!" commented the two.
"Oh, and we are in luck," said Annalisa. "This is the head perfect, Hibari."
"Who are they?" asked Hibari coldly barely looking up from his seemingly never ending paper work.
"These are the new transfer students," answered Annalisa. "I brought them here, because Daniella is interested in joining."
"Yup!" confirmed Daniella. "I like to keep everything in order and in line."
"So, I suggested she enter the disciplinary committee," explained Annalisa. "She is very organized and good at desk work." Annalisa raised her eyebrows and pointed to the pile on his desk.
"When do you want to start?" asked Kusakabe coming in just then.
"I can start whenever," answered Daniella.
"Okay, well if you are going to join us you need to learn the son-" started Hibari.
"AH!" said Kusakabe loudly interrupting Hibari. "Chairman, they are only going to be here for a while. I don't think it is necessary for her to do the um... 'initiation', for she will be just a temporary member," Kusakabe said hurriedly.
"Vice Chairman, you do not interrupt me," said Hibari, but despite that he dropped the 'initiation' idea. Kusakabe sighed in relief.
"Well, Annalisa I can take Daniella from here," said Kusakabe. "I'll be sure to show her around properly."
"Okay, thanks," answered Annalisa. So, they left Daniella there and continued on their tour of the school. The rest of the afternoon was spent showing Luca around the school and to the various clubs.
Daniella and Hibari
Soon after Kusakabe showed Daniella around the disciplinary committee and what to do, he had to take care of something. That left Daniella alone with Hibari. "Well I guess it's my turn to shine, Luca already had a good start with Ash," thought Daniella. "Time to show off for the chairman!" Daniella had a stack of paper work to do, she finished it quickly. "Uh," She said turning to Hibari. "I'm done with this pile, do you want me to do the one you are working on? It shouldn't take me too long, and I'm sure that you have more important things to do than paper work," she said gently with a sweet smile.
"Half of these need my signature," he started flatly.
"Okay," she said easily dismissing his rejection. "How about we do this," she said as she moved her seat to next to his. They were now sitting side by side at his desk. "This way, I can do the paper work, then hand it to you when it requires a signature." At first Daniella, thought his silence meant that he didn't like the idea but instead he started to hand the pile of paper work to her. She smiled to herself and started the work.
"CHAIRMAN!" yelled Ash as she walked into the reference room suddenly. She stopped short when she saw the cozy position they were in. She was flustered for a second, but quickly recovered, "So, Chairman," Ash started to smirk. "You giving Daniella the personal tour?" She started to laugh.
"I was doing paper work and needed his signature on some things," answered Daniella smoothly. "Is there something we can help you with?"
"I was just going to ask the chairman if I could leave early," said Ash a little bored with that response. "Senpai doesn't have club activities so I wanted to walk her home instead of that jerk Yamamoto."
"I thought he was her boyfriend," said Daniella confused.
"NO! I DO NOT APPROVE! HE IS-" Shouted Ash, but was cut off.
"Fine, you would have just complained and not done any work if I forced you to stay. Plus I don't need your screaming. Daniella, can you handle her work?" he asked turning to her.
"Yes of course," answered Daniella. Ash felt a little left out.
"Okay," she said a little disheartened. She grabbed her stuff and left with a backwards glance at the two and their friendly atmosphere.
Ash and Annalisa at Home
Ash had indeed caught Annalisa and Yamamoto on their way home. It had taken longer than Annalisa had thought to show Luca around. The tour finished at the baseball club, were the club was wrapping things up. Luca had gone home from there, and Annalisa had waited for Yamamoto and started to walk home with him. Ash had met up with them shortly after, squeezing between the two. She had latched onto Annalisa and growled at Yamamoto. Annalisa was trying very hard not to laugh in the background. At dinner, Ash had told Annalisa all about how the weird scene between Daniella and Hibari she had stumbled upon.
"It was SO weird! He was actually sitting with his shoulder touching her's! That close!" explained Ash like it was the weirdest thing she had ever seen. "And he trusted a new member that joined that day and who doesn't even know the song to do my work!"
"Well," said Annalisa hesitantly. "You did abandon your work, he needed someone who was free to do it."
"But a new member?" Ash shook her head. Annalisa mentally praised Daniella in her head.
"Well, enough about that," said Annalisa. "Let's hurry and clean up! The new episode of-"
"AH! HURRY SENPAI THE NEW EPISODE IS ABOUT TO COME ON!" Yelled Ash, and all serious talk was put out of their minds.
The following weeks
"Have you heard the rumors?" asked one girl to another.
"Yeah! They say that the head perfect actually has a girlfriend!" said the other girl.
"Yup! They say it's one of the new transfers. An Italian named Daniella," they whispered. Annalisa heard and was absolutely over the moon. She had been very proud of both Daniella and Luca. They had both been doing their very best to get as close to Ash and Hibari as was possible. Annalisa may have been happy, but someone else wasn't.
"Chairman doesn't have girlfriends, that girl just joined the committee," said Ash irritated.
"But I hear that someone saw them cuddling in the reference room," said yet another girl.
"They were doing desk work," sighed Ash. She was getting really tired of this, "At least get your fact straight people!" She though.
"You seem to be in a bad mode," said Annalisa next to her.
"I'm just tired of all these weird rumors," complained Ash. "That jerk flirting with someone else!"
Annalisa's eyes widened for a split second, but she didn't want to ruin the moment so she pushed her surprise down. "What is he thinking ruining the reputation of the entire committee like this!" Annalisa was confused. What about what she had just said. Annalisa sighed, Ash must not have heard what she just said.
"Ash! Onee-chan!" came a familiar voice. "What's up?" Asked Luca.
"Nothing! What's up with you?" asked Annalisa smiling at him.
"Nothing, how are you Ash?" he asked turning to her.
"Irritable because of a certain jerk," she complained.
"That's not good!" cried Luca as he grabbed her face and pulled it towards his. He examined her face closely. "A pretty girl like you shouldn't have to worry about anything! Whose the jerk, I'll talk to him," said Luca looking worriedly at Ash. Annalisa could have screamed that was so cute!
"Uh, thanks but I can handle it myself," said Ash pulling away quickly. She couldn't deal with his type.
"Okay," he said sadly.
"Errr," said Ash realizing her mistake and trying to fix it. "I mean I don't want to bother you with something this trivial, I'll call you if I need help."
His face brightened instantly and he took her hand, "I'll do anything you ask!"
Hibari was suddenly behind him, "Do you need something with my subordinate?" He asked Luca pointedly.
"Nothing much, just to treat her with the respect she deserves unlike a certain jerk," He replied just as pointedly.
"Luca," said Annalisa putting a hand out to stop him.
"Fine, your lucky Onee-chan stopped me," he warned with a snarl.
"Haha!" laughed Ash patting his head. "Thanks Luca! But I can handle this jerk alone! I'll call you for back up one day!" She said. Waving over her shoulder, she walked away with Hibari.
As the weeks began to pile up the jealously followed suit. By the end of a month, both Hibari and Ash were ticking bombs just waiting to go off. One day Hibari was laying on the roof taking a nap, Daniella came up to get him. When she saw him sleeping, she smiled to herself and left to go get something. She came back with a blanket and was placing it on him, when he grabbed her wrist. He had been half awake and vaguely saw something coming his way, so he had tried to grab it. This caused Daniella to fall on top of him.
Just then Ash walked though the door to the balcony, "Really?!" she screamed. "Here we are doing our best in our work and denying that you are a flirt, and what are you doing? UP HERE FLIRTING!" Ash yelled frustrated. "Why did I have to fall for a jerk like you!" Suddenly her eyes went big, "No, I didn't-" Daniella had gotten off of Hibari and he was walking towards her. "NO, you stay away from me," she panicked backing up. He kept walking towards her, so she did the only thing she could think to do, she turned and ran away.
"What should I do?" thought Ash frantically. She had run away to hide in an empty classroom. "First I need to leave on a long journey, I'll need food, clothes, money-"
"What are you doing in here?" Asked Annalisa. She had been on her way to the Kendo club when she saw Ash run past her.
"SENPAI!" wailed Ash as she threw herself into Annalisa's arms.
"Woah! What happened?" She asked catching her. Ash told Annalisa all about what had happened. How she had been jealous of Daniella and how close she was to Hibari.
"I didn't know it at first," sniffed Ash. "In fact, I only noticed when I yelled it at them a few minutes ago. I guess I love him," said Ash, though she said it like it left a bad taste in her mouth. "So, my only option is to run away to Europe and live out my days in disguise there," finished Ash.
"Wait!" said Annalisa. She had not been expecting that last part. "How about this," advised Annalisa. "Today is Wednesday, why don't you finish the week out. Then if you feel like he doesn't return your feelings you quit the disciplinary committee."
"Yeah," agreed Ash sadly. "As much as I love the guys, I don't think I can stay much longer."
Thursday
Every time Ash was near Hibari she would act nervous, then run away. She was super awkward around him now. She didn't know what to do anymore. She was sad, but there was no way he returned her feelings. She would have to quit the disciplinary committee.
Friday
Friday morning, She turned in her resignation slip. "You really want to quit?" Hibari asked her.
She really didn't want to be near him, but all resignations were handled by the captain of that group. "Yes," she lied. She really didn't want to quit. She didn't want to leave the guys, and she didn't want to leave Hibari's side she had recently found out.
Hibari wordlessly stamped his approval on her resignation. With that, this was officially her last day in the committee. Ash felt dumb over it, but she was fighting tears. She had slightly hoped that he would try and stop her. "A truly stupid thought," she laughed bitterly at herself. "What was I expecting?Him to suddenly give me and kiss and a confession? Like that would happen!" After school, she went through her last perimeter check and tearfully said goodby to the guys in the committee. There was much crying involved. She turned one last time to face the all to familiar reference room. Inside, she saw her first and last sight of the disciplinary committee, Hibari tirelessly doing paper work at his desk. That memory was burned into her mind forever. A tear drop fell as she left it all behind.
Kusakabe was crying, "Chairman, why did you let her leave?" he yelled angrily at him.
Hibari was surprised, "Because that was what she wanted," he answered.
"NO, she was lying! She only quit because she thought that you didn't return her feelings and didn't want things to be awkward in the disciplinary committee! Now she is gone forever!" He yelled.
Hibari sighed, "This girl is nothing but a pain!" he said as he jumped to his feet and ran after her. He ran threw the halls, there she was! Right in front of him. He reached out and grabbed her.
Turning her around he complained, "You are such a pain!" He bent down and kissed her.
He sighed like he always had to deal with things like this, "but you might as well be my pain," he finished as he turned and walked away handing her back her resignation slip. Truth was that he had been bothered by Luca too.
"Senpai, what just happened?" asked Ash confused.
"Hibari just publicly declared you his girlfriend," said Annalisa excitedly and doing a happy dance. "Our plan totally worked!"
"Who is 'our' and what plan?" asked Ash.
"Oh, um...," Annalisa stopped dancing.
Later that evening
Annalisa had told Ash all about their plan. Ash was shocked, mad even, but she couldn't stay mad especially since it was Senpai. Dino had come down to get Daniella and Luca as well as celebrate. Annalisa invited everyone to have a party at the girls house to celebrate.
At the Disciplinary Committee
Kusakabe had no idea what to make of the situation when Hibari had rushed out. Soon though, he was back. "What happened Chairman?" He asked confused.
"Ash won't be leaving the disciplinary committee," he said. At first Kusakabe didn't get the meaning of his words, but it soon sank in. Kusakabe smiled.
"Kusakabe, enough distractions, did you finish the proposal I asked you to do?" Hibari asked moving on.
"I'll get right on it," Kusakabe couldn't stop smiling. "Oh, and Chairman?" Hibari looked up from his work. "Thank you!"
What happened with Luca and Daniella
The two had to leave shortly after that, but they stayed friends with the gang in Japan. Daniella and Annalisa still exchange letters, and the two of them come and visit everyone in Japan ever so often. When they said goodbye, there was much tears and promises to keep in touch.
"No hard feelings?" Asked Daniella.
"Nope, as long as you don't like Hibari I am good," answered Ash. "In fact it's the opposite without you guys we wouldn't have gotten together. I am thankful to you!"
"No problem, and you don't have to worry. I like someone else," said Daniella looking at Luca.
"Goodbye Onii-chan, Onee-chan! Thanks for looking after me!" said Luca happily.
"Bye, be a good boy in school, don't eat to many sweets, and um," said Annalisa as she hugged him tight.
"Take care of yourself," said Yamamoto rubbing his head. "Come and visit any time! I can teach you baseball!" Luca smiled at the two of them.
"Goodbye!" said Annalisa to Daniella also hugging her tight.
"Goodbye!" said Daniella. She looked around then pulled Annalisa close to whisper something in her ear. "I thought you were crazy when I found out that you weren't with Dino, but I think I am starting to understand. Yamamoto is cute!" Annalisa blushed hard.
"Daniella!" she yelled.
Daniella laughed, "I wish you luck! Wish me luck too!"
"Good luck," said Annalisa knowing what she was talking about. Annalisa had been the first to notice. Daniella liked Luca. Everyone waved until their plane was out of sight. It turns out that the two of them liked each other and are now happily dating.