Chapter 2

I hurried to my seat, trying to ignore the stares and hushed whispers as much as I could.

Airi... they're staring.

"Well, you try seeing a screaming boy clutch at his head and talk to himself and not stare." I mumbled as quietly as I could.

I guess you have a point.

"Of course I have a point." I looked at all the seats, "Which one's ours?" My mind called attention to a particular seat, not far from the front. I walked toward it and sat down. "How'd you do that?"

Do what? Confusion bubbled inside me.

"The mind tug-y thing."

Uhm, well I kind of just thought that I wanted to go over there, my head turned.

I found myself pointedly staring at a random girl with orange brown hair. She got slightly flustered and turned away. "Great. Now I'm look like a hormonal teenager trying to find my next target."

Did it look like that? I just looked at, uh, whoever...

"How am I supposed to know, I don't see you as if I were hovering above you, I literally am you. Well, your body at least. And why that particular girl, is there – that was Kyoko." I said in a knowing manner.

Ah - uh – maybe? I could feel the heat rushing to my face.

"You know this whole 'what you feel shows up on me' is going to be very uncomfortable." I said. I decided to let the matter drop – let this dude have his crushes. I might tease him now and then though.

\O^O\

Ignoring the stares burning my back was hard; trying not to think while focusing on the lesson was harder.

Currently I was trying to focus just on what Tsuna was saying.

...and uh, when I was in the third grade there was this other boy, who-

"Jesus christ Tsuna, how many bullies have we gone through?" I mumbled exasperatedly. "I don't even remember all their names..."

Well, as long as I can picture it, it's in your mind too, right?

"You know the point of you talking was so I wouldn't have to?" I whispered. I was trying to keep my mouth covered with my hand while looking at the board so hopefully no one would notice any more weird mumbling. The teacher had already glanced at me on multiple occasions, during which I tried my best to shut my mouth and smile uneasily. "Whatever just keep talking. I'll listen."

Okay well, I guess he was really angry or something, so he shoved me into a group of older kids. It wasn't so bad, it's just I um... my reaction wasn't very noteworthy? Well, technically it was but not in a good way so I would rather not share that memory in detail.

A pause. This basically meant I was staring out of focus at nothing. The teacher, and the front of the classroom in general, but I wasn't actually taking anything in.

I snapped myself out of it. "Keep talking. By the way, since you thought about it the image appeared in my mind. Did you forget that little detail?" I smiled into my hand, upon which I had stuffed the lower half of my face so I could look not as sneaky. "I won't tell anyone. Promise."

The spluttering in my mind just made me grin wider.

/O^O/

I stretched as I was walking down the hallway. "So where do you eat lunch, normally?"

My lunch tends to get taken if I eat anywhere with lots of people, so the roof.

"Fair enough." I started walking down the halls, letting Tsuna guide me to the stairs which would lead to the highest point in the school.

I almost fell to our death at one point, what with his clumsiness deciding to appear as we were nearing the top. We took a personal note: start using the railings more.

I – we – ate a rather awesome lunch made by his mom, and learned that our taste works the same, as does our hearing and smell, and sight. Meaning, I could look one way, and he couldn't look the other way. He was very literally stuck being the passenger. Although sometimes he could affect where I looked by calling attention to whatever it was.

I stood by the edge of the fence, "Ooh look, it's the guy from this morning. Hi...pari?" Tsuna chimed in. "Ah, Hibari, right. I knew that. Let's test our earlier theory shall we?" I didn't give him a chance to respond. "Where am I looking?"

Uh, Hibari-san.

"A little more specific." I encouraged.

His hair? Well, he's facing away from us.

I smiled, "Good, great! Where am I looking now?"

The guy with all his friends?

"I wouldn't say they're his friends per say..." I said, taking note of the manner that he was being treated. Not bad just... well, I'll leave the problem until it concerns me. "Now where?"

Hib- Airi-san! I laughed as my face turned slightly red.

"What, there's nothing wrong with staring. It's not like I'm going to go up to him and ask him out – in your body, no less." I saw him look behind him, and stepped away from the edge of the roof as soon as I felt he was going to look up. For some reason my inner instincts were continuously pointing him out to me. I don't really understand why though. I probably won't until I actually regain my memories.

\O^O/

Any and all troubles Tsuna might have were making themselves apparent to me now. Mostly because some dude was standing in the doorway leading into the classroom.

"Could you please move, you're blocking the doorway." It was in Tsuna's wish that we ask nicely first, if only to attempt to avoid unnecessary conflict.

"I don't think I'm going to let someone who is clearly messed in the head come into this room." Now, I might have actually considered his point of view, were he not smirking.

Airi maybe you should just try kind of uhm, spinning in or something?

"You mean like go under his arm or something- shoot." I had forgotten I said everything out loud.

"Hahaha, you're so stupid Dame-Tsuna!" He was kinda tall, not exactly buff but he was clearly involved in a sport.

Not a good match up for Tsuna's quite fragile body, as I learned that from the fact that while I didn't bruise, it hurt quite a lot when I fell down the stairs this morning. That is, pain tolerance is not high.

Just try to get past him Airi! If you're fast you can get in quickly and hide behind the desk or something.

"Fine." I tried to push my way around him.

It didn't work out so well.

I was pushed back merely by him moving his arm forward and making the lack of space force me away. "Geez Tsuna, you need to work out." I had managed to catch myself so that I didn't fall over, which I very nearly did.

"Self encouragement?" He sneered, "You're pathetic, no wonder the name Dame-Tsuna fits you so well!" He started laughing again.

And for some reason, I could not let it go.

Then for an even more unexplainable reason, I had this very strong urge that I wanted to hurt him, make him feel pain.

Airi...?

I pushed off from where I stood with as much strength as I could muster. It felt really sub-par, but at this point, a senseless need to cause pain kept getting stronger and stronger.

My hand turned into a fist.

It collided with him.

.

Nothing happened.

Well, he stepped back a bit because it affected him a little. But after a good 10 seconds of me staring at my hand like it had betrayed everything I had ever known, he broke out into laughter.

"Was that supposed to be heroic? You punch like a girl!" He said, still laughing.

That comment was the main one that pissed me off.

My legs got a wider stance, my arm drew back, and for some reason, I felt like I had to visualize power gathering in my legs, travelling up to my arms. Finally, twisting my body and arm, I shot my arm forward with all that I had gathered.

And I missed.

Of course I would miss, and do you know why? Do you fucking know why?

Because Tsuna's arms are short. As. Hell.

"God DAMN IT TSUNA."

\-^-/

We decided to just go home.

It's okay Airi, that's not the worst thing that has happened to me. I felt like he was patting me in comfort.

"Ugh, I guess." I ran a hand through my hair, "it just... how they treat you pisses me off so much. Although I'm pretty sure that if I saw someone else getting the same treatment I would just ignore them and move on with life." I stared at the road as I walked. "...and it was also embarrassing. Missing, I mean. You would think it pretty difficult to miss with someone that large."

It's okay Airi-san. A smile made its way on my face. Surely it would have knocked him out if my arms weren't so short.

I sighed. "I guess... what bothers me though is how... never mind."

What?

"It's just that the feeling to hurt him was the one that was most obvious in me at that point. I don't even understand why, it just was. And won't your mom care that we came home before school ended?"

I've done it before, it's not that big of a deal if I don't make it one. And I don't think we'll ever understand until you get your memories back. Has anything popped up at all?

"Nope. But I guess it's only been day, right?" I tried smiling a little more. "Plus, I'll get used to this body size eventually. I'll beat him up as soon as I can reach things without needing the extra effort."

Maybe you shouldn't beat him up at all...? Just a suggestion, you know.

"Eh."

That night, we had the next joy of learning that, if someone who shares your mind can't sleep, you can't either. Let's just say the next day was very difficult, energy-wise.

Omake

"Be quiet herbivore, no one cares about your idiotic crush."

Ehh?! H-Hibari-san?

"Hmph. I don't know how you put me in such a weak body, but I demand to be put back."

I – uh – ah – I can't.

"You dare defy me, herbivore?"

HIEEE! I'M SORRY!

=o=o=o=o=o=

"...Well, that was interesting." I said as soon as I opened up my eyes in response to the dream I'd had.

It was scary.

I laughed, "What would you have done if it had been Hibari?" The thought – in images - of Hibari getting annoyed at not being able to beat people up kept cropping up in my mind, resulting in smiles and half giggles.

It would have been terrible! He'd probably find a way to bite me to death even if we shared a body!

"Just imagine you over thinking one time," I adopted a mocking voice, "Stop talking herbivore, I need to bite those people to death!" I pointed both arms dramatically towards the sky.

I earned a small, still uneasy laugh from him. A shiver ran up my spine shortly after.

"Hibari doesn't automatically know when others mock him right?" I – and Tsuna – now feared for our lives.

~o~o~o~

I think it's fairly noticeable that my run-ins with bullies count is... very close to nil.

Anyway, yay omake ^^ The thought of what if I had not used an OC and used another guardian instead popped up and I felt like including it.

I'm trying to keep Tsuna as in-character as possible, because take note that before he met Reborn he was actually kind of bratty and, well, No-Good. Also he probably won't be stuttering as much because you don't generally do so in your mind, right? Unless a new person pops in.

Also Airi's speech is a little weird, just because of the way she used to talk. Of course, it's only leaking through a little bit. (It's not a dialect, it's just not as formal; she comes from Tokyo, so a different dialect wouldn't make sense.) You can also try to wonder why her instincts are pointing Hibari out, though I think it's fairly obvious. (Then again I'm the writer so of course I know BAHAHA.)

Reborn next chapter, woot.

With that, please review~