I'm so sorry. I took the two weeks maximum again… TT-TT I was buried under work AGAIN, the library's never open, I had an accident with my thumbnail and a sewing needle, I got hit in the face with a football during the Valentine's Dance, and I got sick… I'm very accident-prone. "OTL And the last chapter was mostly dialogue. Sorry. I'm new at this. I'll try harder. Enough of my woes… Enjoy the story, my dear reader(s). BTW, just going to casually drop the F-bomb in there. No one actually says it but… it's there.
EDIT: I made a cover. Yay. I also have some pictures of Yasu... I'll post them when I post the next chapter.
-KHR-
"Your dying will is based on what you were regretting when you die," Reborn tells Tsuna.
"What if he wasn't regretting anything?" I step in and Tsuna jumps not knowing I was there.
"I'm an assassin," he replies. This takes me a couple of seconds to sink in. 3… 2… 1…
"HE COULD'VE DIED?!" I shriek. Right after doing that I slap a hand over my mouth. I let out a small 'sorry.' Then I look at Tsuna. He's just zoning out. "Hey Tsuna."
"Hm?" he answers idly.
"You know you have no clothes on, right?"
"Hiiiiee!"
"Here," I say and throw some shorts and a t-shirt in his face. "You owe me," I tried to say with a straight face, before ultimately cracking up. I doubt he'll actually ever owe me. Then I hear him mumble a 'yeah, yeah, whatever.'
…
I was just playing on my pink handheld in my room when I hear Tsuna having a teenaged crisis through the wall separating our rooms.
"I can't… streets… can't… Kyoko! No intent… telling…"
Hm… I wonder what's up with him. Besides becoming the school's pervert, I mean. So I get up and go to his room next door and when I open the door I see… Tsuna's pulling on Reborn's cheeks… then Reborn beating Tsuna into the ground. Should I get used to this? Am I supposed to? If I am how do I? Why do I ask myself so any questions?
Then I snap out of it when Tsuna says, "I get it! It's potential strength!"
"Potential strength?" I parrot. "What? If that's your potential strength right now, imagine how strong you'll later on…" I half-joke. "If you're still alive…" I add last second.
"YASU. Don't say things like that," he looks at me disapprovingly. Oh. I feel kind of bad now.
"Gomen, Tsuna. I didn't mean to say that. It's just that there's a baby hitman in your room," I try to explain. "Don't mind me," I end awkwardly. Then I walk over and sit on the floor near Tsuna's bed and grab a pillow off the floor and held onto it, hugging it. I half-listened zoning in and out as Reborn explained things. When I started zoning in I noticed that Reborn was holding up some pictures and I started actually paying attention when I heard Tsuna 'eek.'
"… Enrico was shot in a feud," Reborn says showing us a picture of a man on the floor, lying in a pool of blood. My eyes widened at that while Tsuna 'eek'-ed again. "The young number 2, Matsumo, was drowned." A 'gyaa!' was heard. Fish were picking at the poor guy and his skin was wrinkly from being in the water for a long time. I felt a little green. "The favorite child, Fredrico, was found reduced to bone."
"You don't have to keep showing them!" Tsuna yelled turning away while covering his eyes.
"Useless-Yasu's fine," Reborn points out.
"Tsu-Tsu-Tsu-" I stopped myself. I sound like a broken record. "Tsu-Tsuna… I-I'm going to go to sleep now. Good night."
"Um…" It sounded like he wanted to ask me something, but he just settled for telling me good night.
I walked over to my room and crawled into my bed. After lying there for 10 minutes in the dark I fell asleep.
-KHR-
I woke up with a jolt like I was electrocuted. I was hot and my palms were sweaty and I was scared. I grabbed my stuffed turtle and eventually gathered the courage to jump off my bed, go into the hallway, and enter Tsuna's room. All in the course of ten seconds. I kneel by Tsuna's bed and started shaking his shoulder slightly.
"Tsuna… Tsuna-nii… Tsuuuuuuuuuuunaaaaaaaaaa," I whispered trying to wake him up gently. He opened his eyes and he looked at me with unfocused eyes.
"Y-Yasu?" he stuttered tiredly. He looked at his clock. "Yasu, it's two in the morning," he mumbled to me. Then he focused his eyes and he started to get worried. "Is there something wrong?"
"Tsuunaa… I had a nightmare and there were gunshots and blood and explosions and radiation and mushroom clouds and bones and… and water! You know we can't swim, Tsuna! We can't swim!" I whispered to him all in one breath.
"Wait a moment. You're becoming hysterical and your voice is becoming high pitched. Stay calm before you start hyperventilating like last time, Yasu. It's okay. It was just a nightmare," he comforted, patting my head.
"C-Can I stay with you tonight?" I didn't want to be by myself. "I'm scared."
"Sure," he mumbled.
I crawled into the bed and hugged my turtle. Tsuna always knew what to say. He was already asleep when I started to calm down and fall asleep myself. He sure would make a great leader… or babysitter.
-KHR-
I woke up for the second time that night. I was disorientated and my side hurt. Did I fall off the bed? I glance up and the clock was much higher above my head than it normally would be. It was four in the morning. Geez, that's early. I get up and I look at Tsuna. He was sleeping so adorable-like. He was snuggling with my turtle doll. I don't think I'll be sleeping anytime soon, so I walk downstairs, as carefully as I could, heading towards the kitchen. I walk around blindly in the dark trying to find the fridge and something to drink. After stubbing my toe a couple of times, I open the fridge, got my milk, and put it in the microwave. After several seconds and opening the microwave before it beeped, I sat at my usual spot at the dinner table with a warm glass of milk, just thinking.
If Tsuna is really going to be a mafia boss there's going to be a lot of danger, obviously. I take a sip. I don't want to be a liability, a damsel in distress, a bother. I grip my glass in frustration. I need to learn how to fight or at least defend myself, even if it's just a little… but who could I go to? I can't go to Tsuna because he'll start worrying and he definitely doesn't know much defense (let alone offense) and Reborn is definitely out and he's pretty intimidating for a baby. Kaasan doesn't even know what's going on. I don't even know where the heck Namazu-san* is. Maybe… WAIT! How can I forget? There's him! He's always there for us! He does a little bit of everything, so why not ask him? He might know something.
I down the rest of my milk and check the time again. It's five AM. I've been sitting here for an hour? Wow. I move quickly to go to my room to change when I almost run into Kaasan.
"What are you doing up so early, Ya-chan?" she mumbled softly, rubbing her eyes.
"Oh, Kaasan. I was just… thinking. Could you tell Tsuna that I'll meet him at school? I have to do something important," I ask Kaasan.
"Oh, um sure. I'll tell him when he wakes up," she answers. I tell her 'thanks' and I walk up quickly up the stairs to get my things, like my watch and bag. I moved so fast, I left the house at 5:08. I think that's a new record.
I run through the empty streets going straight towards my destination in 10 minutes. Wow, new records everywhere. I pound on his door and ring his door bell twice. I tap my foot as I wait impatiently. Just as I was about to knock again, the door swings open.
"Do you know what time it is?!" Masaru hissed harshly, eyes narrowed.
"I do! But this is really, really important!" I tell him urgently. "Can I come in?"
He sighs, obviously too tired to care. "Sure." I walk in quickly and take off my shoes. We go over and sit on his couch in his small living room. I look around his apartment. The last time I was here was when I passed out in the arcade from being so tired. He and Tsuna thought I was sick and his place was really close. Straight across the entrance was a hallway that went to bathroom and his room and there was a small kitchen connected to the living room.
"First things first Masaru, you know Tsuna and I trust you right?
"Yeah, but where are you going with this?"
"Do you know how to fight?"
"Sure, but why are you asking me this? Wait, are you getting beat up? I'll deal with it for you," he asked looking me over, worry in his grey eyes.
"No, no it's just that… wait what? Deal with it? What do you mean?"
"It's nothing. What's this important thing you're talking about?"
"Oh right! Yesterday a baby came over to my house and—,"
"Did your mom adopt?" he interrupted and assumed.
"Let me finish! And no." I tell him. I told him of how a baby in a fedora came over to my house and became my brother's home tutor. "This already sounds really crazy but it gets crazier… Apparently not only is he going to be his home tutor but he's going to… he's going to turn my brother into a mafia boss… I don't think this baby would bluff, Masaru!" I look at him. His face is so blank I have no idea what he's thinking. I continue. "So if he's really going to go into mafia I want to be able to defend myself… I don't want to be a burden…" I look down at my lap. "So I was wondering I you could teach me something… You seem to know everything anyways…"
"I can't." I tells me bluntly.
"What? Why not?"
"I just can't, Yasu."
"But—,"
"No."
"Masar—,"
"No."
"At least hear me out!"
"…"
"Masaru please! I want to be able to help my brother. Or at least not be a burden or be useless like they say I am! He's always there for me when I need him and I never get to do anything in return. I want to take this chance and actually do something," I tell him resolve in my eyes. Masaru stares at me. Is he budging?
"Are you sure about this?" he asks warily. YES!
"Yes, Masaru. I'm absolutely sure!" I answer ecstatically. "Thank you, thank you, thank you!" I yell while I throw myself at him for a hug.
"Sure, kiddo…" he pats me on the head. "…but aren't you going to be late to school?"
"Eh?" I look at the time. "Oh geez, it's 7:55! Bye Masaru!" I tell him while I exit the door.
"YASU! Your bag!"
"DAMN IT!"
-KHR-
Runrunrunrunrun. Masaru's house… is so far… from school… I see the gates of Nami-chuu now. I believe Hibari-san was still on his trip. If he doesn't come back soon, some people are going to do some stupid stuff… But then again I'm glad not here. I don't want to be bitten to death for being late. I look at my watch. It's 8:20… I'm twenty minutes late… Oh well better late than never.
I run through the halls of school and eventually reach my class of 1-A. I slid open the door but I only end up tripping on the door's track and fall on my face. Looking up I see everyone looking at me. Then laughter rises up. Nezu-sensei just sighs.
"How come the male Sawada is on time today and you're not? You're two times later than you usually are too…" he states, waiting for an explanation.
"I lost track of time?" I try.
"You have a watch. You know what, just sit down."
"Hai." I say monotonously while I shuffle over to sit down behind my brother. He looks… embarrassed… Listening more closely I hear whispers of 'pervert', 'confession', 'pantsman', and 'Mochida.' So they know? That explains the look on his face.
At the end of class Tsuna and I were about to go home but out of nowhere a mob of kendo people swept him up and took him away. After standing there, like an idiot, wondering what the heck just happened, I started running. I'm running so much today. Where are they taking him anyway? Why are we at the dojo? Oh no… don't tell me…
Throughout the whole school day, there was heckling, goading, and mocking, lunch wasn't much better, and I thought all of this would end when we could finally go home… but nooooo. The stupid mochi wanted to battle… for love… Seriously?
I walk in and move my way around people trying to see what was going on and see what he was going to do to my brother. I finally get to the front, next to the referee, and see Mochi saying Sasagawa-chan was the prize… What? People aren't prizes… I don't know Sasagawa-chan much but she's not an object and I see she isn't happy with him announcing that she's the prize. Then I see the look on the Mochi's face… Is he scheming? I have a bad feeling about this… the feeling that this is… rigged. But where's Tsuna? How'd he escape the crowd? The hell… Maybe I should go find him…
Just as I was about to go find Tsuna, he bursts in the dojo in his underpants and charges Mochi. Then Mochi swings his shinai down on Tsuna's head and calls him a… a peon? Just as I was about move forward, Tsuna pushes forward and breaks the shinai. I know we have hard heads but I didn't know we could break through wood. Tsuna jumps on Mochi and rips off a chunk of hair.
"I got HYAKUPON!" he yells. Oh geez Tsuna… that's brutal. I wince and hold my own head. Now Mochi's going to have a bald spot. Tsuna raises the hair and the crowd roars in laughter, but the referee doesn't budge. He looks thoroughly disturbed, though. Tsuna sees that he's not moving, so I guess he thought that wasn't enough so he starts ripping even more hair out. Soon enough Mochi is bald. And when I say bald, I mean shiny bald, like he waxed his head or something.
"Zembupon," Tsuna says calmly, holding up the pile of hair. He looks at the referee expectantly. He still wasn't budging so I elbow him sharply in his side. He looks down at me and gives me a rather scared look. I was staring at him with a face that obviously said 'raise the fucking flag.' Looking between Tsuna and me he jerks his arm up and raises Tsuna's red flag.
"Oh hey Tsuna, you won," I tell him blandly. I was actually really excited for him. Then I heard whispers of 'he won' before it turned into a full out roar and everyone rushed towards Tsuna, pushing me further and further away from him. And somehow I ended up outside. What the heck. So I sat down by the door till everybody started leaving. Eventually, I finally found Tsuna, got him some clothes, and we walked home talking about various thing.
"Where were you?" he asked me. "Everybody started rushing in, and then you disappeared."
"I was there. It's just that I ended up getting pushed outside." I tell him.
"Oh… Sorry."
"No, it's okay. You don't have to say sorry. As long as you didn't forget me 'cause I'm your twin so if you did that would be pretty messed up." Tsuna gives a laugh.
"Don't worry, I won't forget you."
"Good. So how about you and Sasagawa-chan?"
"Oh yeah that's right! I have to thank Reborn that I was able to be friends with Kyoko-chan!" he remembers, running ahead. I let loose a sigh. I really don't want to run right now, but I have to don't I? Taking 3 or 4 walking steps, then I start running after Tsuna. After a short while I make it to my house, go inside, and start walking up the stairs. Just as I was in the middle of the staircase, I hear an explosion.
I guess I do have to get used to it.
-KHR-
I wake up the next day and it's quite calm. Besides a few shrieks from Tsuna's room, of course. Reborn's probably threatening him right now. I get ready wearing my uniform with the skirt, jacket, and a blue tie. I refuse to wear a ribbon. It's not against the rules anyway. I walk downstairs, having a few close calls, and head towards the kitchen. I say good morning to Kaasan and grab two slices of toast. One for me and one for Tsuna. I walk over to the door and start putting on my shoes. I stand up and wait for Tsuna as I hear him trip down the stairs. That is why I use the handrails. I hand him a slice of toast, retie his tie properly, and we both go out the door and run towards school.
All in all it was a regular day… so far. It got really weird when we got to school though. Some people freaked out, but no one was particularly mean to us. No comments about my clothes, no calling Tsuna names, nothing mean. They actually treated us decent, or even nice. Actually, I think I heard someone call me pretty. We were about to reach our class when someone called out to us.
"Sawada!"
"Ohayo," we called out in unison. I see a guy run up to us and he starts to talk to Tsuna. I end up half listening to their conversation and half listening to other peoples' conversations.
"The volleyball tournament is today but we're short regular. I want you to play…"
'She looks pretty today.'
'I didn't know her hair was so sparkly.'
Wow, my brother beats someone up and suddenly people think you're pretty.
"… We want to win…"
'I heard she was single.'
'Don't be crazy dude! Her brother will probably beat you up.'
I'm just going to ignore that. Gee, it's kind of hot in here.* Then I start zoning in again.
"I guess I can do it…" I hear Tsuna answer a bit hesitantly.
"Seriously?! If the hero that beat senpai joins, we have nothing to fear!" he cheers and leaves, most likely to tell other people.
Wait a second… Do what?
"Tsuna what did you just agree to?" I ask him. He has this far off look in his eye.
"Oh I just agreed to fill a spot in the volleyball tournament."
"Um… Did you agree because he called you a hero?" I question. If he did, then he is too easily swayed.
"No!" he denied. "I have the dying will bullet, so I'll be fine. Don't worry about it," he tells me.
"Don't worry about it? I'm supposed to tell you that!" I say, poking him in between the eyes. "Don't rely on that thing too much Tsuna! I have a bad feeling about this…"
"Everything will be fine. I got this!"
"You're not very convincing…"
-KHR-
Hearing the school chimes, it's time for the tournament… but I'm lost. I don't know how this happened. I just went to the restroom before the tournament and I can't even find the gym… This school is bigger than I thought… or maybe it's because I'm really short. I sigh. I walk past a fire hydrant and I smell… espresso? Suddenly the door of the hydrant swings open and inside is Reborn. I'm not even sure if I should be surprised.
"Um… Hi Reborn, how are you?" I ask his out of manners.
"I'm well. Would you like to come in?" he answers.
"… Sure, why not," I shrug. I crawl in there and the door closes behind me. It's actually pretty comfortable. I sit cross legged and I look at Reborn. His soulless stare is kind of creepy. Instead I focus on the chameleon.
"Your chameleon is cute. Does it have a name?" I ask him. I really don't want to sit in an awkward silence. It probably won't be awkward for Reborn, though… He has eyes like a hawk, watching its prey closely. Oh geez. I shudder on the inside.
"His name is Leon. He thanks you," he tells me. When he said that Leon's tongue flicked out and he crawled over to me and sat in my poofy hair.
Then Reborn opened the door. I heard a thump. I think it hit the person in the head.
"Impossible!" I hear Tsuna yelp. "Wait, YASU?! What are you doing here?"
"I don't know," I deadpan. I hold my hand up and Leon climbs on it and I hand him to Reborn.
"What do you mean I don't know?!" he says disbelievingly. "You know what never mind. Reborn! Shoot me with the dying will bullet! There's no time!"
"I can't you'll die," Reborn states bluntly as usual.
I told him not to be dependent on it. But no, he says Everything will be fine. I got this! Geez, this guy. I crawl out of the fire hydrant and stand up.
Holding my hand out to Tsuna I say, "Come on Tsuna. Everyone's waiting." He grabs my hand and I pull him up. While I follow Tsuna who's walking over to the gym we run into Sasagawa-chan.
"Tsuna-kun? Sawada-chan? Are you two heading over to the gym?" Oh… Tsuna can't back out of this now. For sure.
"Yeah, we are," I answer for Tsuna. "I got lost and I guess Tsuna wanted to make sure I was safe. Oh and Sasagawa-chan, you can call me Yasu."
"Oh okay, Yasu-chan! Then you should call me Kyoko!" she answers cheerfully.
"… Sure Kyoko-chan," I tell her. "Oh wait… Actually I have to go somewhere. I'll wait for you outside, Tsuna. I know you can do it!" I smile at him.
"Sure," he replies blandly before moving forward. I look at Kyoko. She's not moving. She's just standing there… why?
"Yasu-chan, you should smile more… You look prettier when you smile," she tells me. Then she turns around and follows Tsuna.
Really?
-KHR-
I'm sitting outside the gym and I can hear all of the commotion in there. All of the 'aww's. I wasn't lying when I said I know he can do it. He'll do it somehow. Do I smell… smoke? Cigarette smoke to be exact. Who smokes on campus? There's no one in the school that smokes. Hmm… I stand up and look around the corner. There's an octopus-looking guy looking into the main entrance. Then he mumbles something about the 10th generation… What? I don't understand. Suddenly he turns around to leave and I hide behind the corner so I wouldn't be seen. He seriously looks like a delinquent.
Soon enough the tournament was over and everybody went home. When we got home Reborn told us that the dying will bullet actually had multiple uses, instead of the one. I was happy. Tsuna didn't depend on the bullet this time and he actually learned his lesson. Reborn was happy too. He gets to shoot a lot now…
On the plus side, I heard Tsuna did really good in defense during the tournament… but then again I heard he had used a crotch-block… I really don't want to know.
-KHR-
*Refer back to chapter one omake.
*Aww she's blushing.
I will definitely officially introduce Gokudera next chapter. I'm taking to slow! TT-TT Also sorry, no omake this time. I'll paste something that I have. It has to do with Reborn's age. I made it up a while ago… I think I might answer any questions with omakes… Like if you want to know something about Masaru or Yoshiyasu I'll answer somehow. PM, in the story, or omake… Somehow…
And I really am making new records! This is my longest chapter yet… Wow.
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REBORN NOTES
Reborn
-Bianchi's 17
-Teaches Tsuna for 2-3 years (age 13-14) (born 1990[?])
-Teaches Dino for 8 years
-Bianchi is 17
-Reborn is an uncle and a grandpa (by friendship)
How old is that?
-Luche was pregnant.
-She somehow had her baby.
-Assuming she had her baby at mid 20s
-Sky Arcobaleno die early.
-Aria is late 20s/early 30s
-I don't think anyone can become best hitman in the world overnight (probably gained that title during teens, because he is reborn)
-Yuni is about 10 (maybe a little bit older)
- Add the Sky Arcobalenos' ages together and you get 64 but according to timelines you should probably give or take (most likely take)
-Don't forget the fact Reborn had a life before the Arcobaleno
This brings me the conclusion that Reborn was born around (if the story is set in 2004) 1900s-1940s and Reborn is a pedo.
Disclaimer in first chapter. I really don't own anything besides Yoshiyasu and Masaru.