NITL

Volume One

Arc One: Beginning of a New Story

Chapter Seven: Departure


"You didn't have to see me off…" A tall orange haired young man said, looking at his family. Hoisting his duffle bag over his shoulder, the man sighed at the sight of his father rubbing his cheeks against the picture of his wife.

"WAAAAAAH! Masakiiiii! Our boy has grown up so well!"

"Put a sock on it, goat-chin…" A raven headed girl grumbled. Karin looked at her older brother, "And Ichigo, you can't really say 'no' to that face, can you?" At that, she pointed at the teary face of her fraternal twin. Yuzu sniffed before she suddenly latched onto Ichigo.

"I don't want you to gooooooo!" She bawled as Ichigo groaned.

"Karin, help me out-…"

"Ohohohhhh no, Big Bro Strawberry, you're on your own for this one…" Karin smirked as Ichigo glared at her. The preteen continued to smirk as Ichigo set down his duffle to talk to Yuzu.

"Come on Yuzu, I have to go…"

"No! I won't let you!" Yuzu demanded with tears, a fern frown on her face. Ichigo sighed.

"Yuzu, if you want to let me continue my education, then you gotta let me go."

"No!"

"Yuzu."

"But… but… I'm gonna miss you…"

"And I'll miss you too," Ichigo said, reaching down to ruffle the girl's head. "But I gotta go if I wanna get stronger to protect you. I would include Karin but… well, she can handle herself better than I can…"

"Damn straight," Karin grinned.

"And goat-chin's too much of a goofball to be left alone, so I need both you and Karin to take care of him for me-…"

"UWOOOOOOH!" Isshin continued to bawl, attracting attention all around as the three children simply watched as if it was an everyday thing – which it was. Groaning at the stares that they were now receiving, Karin palmed her face before stomping towards her father. "Uwah!? Karin! No- don't- UWAAAAAAAH! Ouch ouch ouch! Not the nose! Not the beard either! You mother used to laugh at them!"

Ichigo groaned into his hand while Yuzu giggled at her sister and father fight over whether the man should shave his beard off or not. "Anyway, Yuzu," The girl blinked, turning to her brother's attention, "I know you don't want me to leave, but if you want me to grow and get stronger, then you gotta let me go…"

Yuzu pouted, thinking over what she had learned over the past week. Looking up at her brother, the preteen asked, "C-can you still come and visit?"

Ichigo laughed, "That's what summer and winter breaks are for."

Yuzu shuffles her feet against the ground, "Alright… I guess that's fine…"

Ichigo smiles, reaching for his duffle before turning to his father, who finally decided to start acting like the grown man he was. The two were silent before Ichigo muttered, "Old man."

"Ichigo," Isshin replied back. "I don't think I have to tell you this, but good luck out there. Becoming a Hunter is a hard decision, even more so than enlisting to the military. I expect great things out of you."

"As if I needed it, Old man. You gave me enough to get me by," Ichigo shot back. The boy stops, thinking over his next words. "I guess… what I mean to say is… thanks. For everything."

"Ichigo…" Isshin closed his eyes and sighed. Clapping a hand onto his son's shoulders, Isshin gave him a thumbs up while upholding his straight face. "Go, and get laid."

"Is that what a father should tell his son to do, you ASS!?" Ichigo roared, kicking his father in the face and sending the man over the window. Isshin yelped before grabbing onto the ledge.

"UWOOOOH!?"

"Ugh, that maniac…" Ichigo mumbled as Yuzu cried for her father. Turning to his other sister, Ichigo mutters, "Karin, try and straighten out Old man, will'ya?"

"It'll be a hard task, but…" Karin thumbs up her brother, "You can count on me."

"Right, thanks."


"But… But Boss!"

"No 'but's, Hayato," Tsunayoshi denied, trying to get his subordinate to stand down. "I can't let you to come with me to Beacon! Now stand down!"

The silver haired canine Faunus whined before standing down.

"Well well, it seems like you can teach an old dog new tricks…" A tall man with a fedora said.

"Reborn! What did I say about calling Hayato that!?" Tsuna cried. The man chuckles.

"Well, you can't exactly blame me when the pup is too damn loyal to his master," Reborn jokes, ignoring the snarling sounds from the silver-head. "Don't snarl at me, pup. That is, unless you want a missing ear?"

Hayato yelped, leaping back behind a brunette lady. Tsuna groaned as he palmed his face. The lady, however, simply smiled, patting Hayato's hair. "There, there, Hayato. That's a good boy."

Soon enough, Hayato was panting as he became mush under the hands of Tsunayoshi's mother. "Mom!" Tsuna whined, trying his best to not have his friend treated like an animal.

"Oh my, I'm sorry," Nana Sawada apologizes, seeing the condition of the Faunus.

Ignoring the woman and the dog, Reborn faces Tsuna with a serious face. "Now, No-Good Tsuna. Remember the deal you had with your father as well as the Head of the Schnee Dust Company. As the Heir to the Vongola Corporations, you have certain duties to uphold."

This time, Tsuna looks solemn. Nana and Hayato both looked at the boy with worried faces as the brunette young man closed his eyes. Shaking his head, Tsuna looked back at Reborn with determination in his eyes. "I understand. But regardless of if I uphold my end of the deal or not, my answer will still be the same!"

Reborn smiles.

"Very well then," Reborn nods his head towards the spouse of his boss, "Mistress." And the man disappears.

Tsuna sighs as he watches the man walk away from the distance. "Damn that Reborn…" He mutters, "Can't get me some space to think over it alone for once…"

"Mr. Reborn is only thinking of your health, Tsuna," Nana berates her son, "And he's right, you know. Regardless of how either of you two feel of the situation, you both need to uphold both of your ends of the deal," She lowers her gaze, "I just wish that we didn't had to come to this…"

"It's not your fault, Mom," Tsuna says. "It's not Dad's, or Mr. Schnee's fault either. But at the moment, it's our problem, so we'll deal with how it will come out. Consequences or not."

"True…" Nana muttered. She then adopts a sly smile. "By the way, I hear that Yang is attending Beacon too?"

Tsuna flushes. "M-mom, what're you saying!?"

"Oh don't be like that, silly," Nana waves her hand, "I know you like her~."

"MOM!"

Hayato huffs, "I still don't trust that bimbo…"

"Hayato, don't you start too!" Tsuna whines as Nana giggles.


A boy wearing a straw hat mewled as he rested his head against the counter. One of his best friends, a blonde in a tux, whistles a tune as he cleaned a wine glass. Looking at the boy, the blonde speaks while smoking, "What're you doing here, Luffy?"

No answer.

"Luffy?"

"Snore…"

"Wake the hell up!" The blonde yells, slamming his heel against the back of the raven head's head.

"OWW! Sanji, what the hell was that for!" Luffy roared.

"You were sleeping randomly again!" Sanji yelled back.

"Liar! I don't randomly sleep!"

"Yes you do!"

"I'm not Zoro, you ass!"

At the mention of his name, the greenhead somehow snores even louder from his corner of the counter. Luffy and Sanji both stares at the swordsman, who snorted before he turns his head from one end to the next before snoring back to sleep. The two pursed their lips in annoyance before turning back to each other.

"See! I'm not like Zoro!"

"Of course not, shit for brains! Moss-head here sleeps whenever he wants! You, on the other hand, sleep out of nowhere for shits and giggles! And don't even get me started about you eating, WHILE YOU SLEEP!"

"I don't sleep-eat! That's stupid! Stupid Sanji!"

"Why you little…!" Sanji growled out before he was slapped in the back of his head. "Ow, the back of my head!"

"Oh give it a rest," An orange headed cat-eared girl commented, ignoring a cry of "Yes Nami!" and looking at Luffy, "And Luffy, weren't you going to go to Beacon Acad-…?"

"NOPE! No way! Nuh-uh! No no no no no no, NO!" Luffy quickly denied, "I am NOT going to school!"

"Luffy, Beacon isn't your ordinary school. It's a Hunter school. You can probably train there and get stron-…"

"NYAH! Not going!" Luffy stuck his tongue out. Despite being a capable fighter himself, the boy knew that he needed to get stronger if he wanted to find out exactly who killed his brother, but he would rather die, or go to jail, than go to some stupid school. Honestly, he would rather go around Remnant and find the killer rather than go to school, all cooped up. But it would be against his grandfather's wishes, who was a student in Beacon back in the day. The man even packed up Luffy's duffle for him to ensure that the boy would go to the esteemed Hunter academy.

"Luffy, you do know that your gramps wants you to go, right?" Sanji decided to input. Luffy cringed at the mention of his grandfather. Pouting, the straw hat wearing boy leaned his head onto the counter, mumbling incomprehensible words. Nami sighed, a hand on her impressive hips. She and Sanji both shared a look – which, for once, wasn't filled with lust and hearts.

Throwing her hands up, the cat Faunus walked away, most likely to recount the finances of the restaurant, while Sanji reached for the phone. "Well, looks like I'm gonna have to tell your gramps that you're not goin-…"

*WOOSH*

Sanji paused mid-dialing as he looked at the spot where Luffy once occupied. Zoro snorted himself awake, looking up to see only himself and Sanji at the counter. He snorted again, "Luffy gone to Beacon?"

"Yep."

"Bout freakin' time…"

"Tell me about it."

Placing the phone down, Sanji went back to cleaning the wine glasses while Zoro yawned. Not finding himself falling back to sleep anytime soon, the greenhead reached for one of his swords and began polishing it. The swordsman muttered, "Is Nami around?"

"Yep, Miss Nami is recounting the finances."

"Again? Tch, greedy cat… whatever, what about Ussop?"

"The coward? I think he's out with Chopper."

"Ah, gotcha."

"…"

Silence roamed the room as, for once, the two fighters decided to not fight for once. Just as Sanji was about to whistle a tune, Zoro opened his mouth to hum.

Stopping midway to find their tunes interrupt each other, Sanji began whistling louder. Huffing, Zoro hummed louder. Glaring at each other, the two began whistling and humming louder to get the better of each other.

The cycle continued before suddenly, Sanji slammed the wine glass down gently while Zoro got on his feet.

"You wanna fight, Punk!?" The two yelled at each other at the same time. "What'd you call me!?"

Nami sighed as she heard some scuffling outside the kitchen. Well, the silence was welcoming while it lasted.


A/N:

Happy New Year's people!

So now, we got three new characters, each from different franchise. All three who, by the way, I do NOT own.

Those of you wondering why I called this story "NITL"? You just got your answer, your welcome.

Nothing else to say. The RWBY Hiatus is ending, the new episode comes up for subscribers on Saturday, open to the public on Sunday.

Waiting for some RWBY merchs to be sent over, playing Grimm Eclipse (finally fully upgraded Ruby, now working on Weiss). And the anxiety of going back to school in probably less than two weeks is getting to me...

Ugh, I hate having to study. But to survive, I gotta!

HAPPY NEW YEAR'S!

Expect another chapter tomorrow! In celebration for 2K16!