Disclaimer: If I own KHR, it would become very crappy due to me. So, I don't own it. I also don't own the cover image but however do own the OC Akemi.
Chapter 5: Arashi's Similarities
Warning: This is suckish as always! *maybe spoiler alert* Gokudera is OOC! And there is a cheesy scene. I'm a sucker for cheesy scenes, I guess. Weird thing is, I don't really like eating cheese.
Recap: Asshole-sempai get his ass kicked by the new stalker, Tsuna-nii. Serve him right that bastard!
You finally accepted me!
I can talk to you more openly now~
But just a friendly warning to you...
This is just the calm before an Arashi...
' Arashi? How could there be a storm in this lovely weather?' I mean the weather is sunny, there is an occasional cool breeze and no sounds of the infamous 'Hieeee!' at all.
Wait. That just means that... Reborn is going to wake him up! Reborn style of course! I rushed out of my room, foxes still sleeping on my bed, in my red shirt, black shorts and my white jacket. I don't really need my jacket as of now so I tied it around my waist but if Tsuna-nii is going into 'Stalker Mode', he might-no, must need it. I reached his room and walked into the already opened room.
"Yo, Reborn! I'm here to see you tor- I mean wake up Tsuna-nii!" I said, all smiles, looking at Reborn on Tsuna-nii's bed.
"You're just in time then," Reborn replied, taking out... how on earth did he get those defibrillators!? Oh wait, this is a useless question he's Reborn that's why!
He positioned the defibrillators on Tsuna-nii's chest and counted, " Three... Two... One!" Right at the count of one, electic shocks were sent through Tsuna-nii's body.
"AHHHHHHHHHH!" Boy, that must hurt. A lot. I managed to stifle a giggle. I'm such a sadist.
"W-What are you doing!?" Tsuna-nii exclaimed, fully awake now. Oh, you should have seen how his hair sprang up and his expression! Those are priceless!
*Click* That, my dear friend, is the sound of my orange flip-phone taking a picture of the scene. How I got a phone? Saa na~ (A/N: Not really sure how to spell it but I think it means Don't know)
"You're awake," Reborn stated. Since when did he changed into a doctor's uniform or whatever shirt is that?
"Do you normally send electric shocks through someone's body just to wake them up!" Tsuna-nii shouted in Reborn's face. Well, that was a rethorical question.
"It's a good thing you even opened your eyes. Sometimes people don't even wake up at all."
"That's because they died of shock!" I answered and walked to Tsuna-nii's bed.
"This is today's plan," Reborn said, showing us a schedule in his notebook.
"Plan?" we questioned together. We looked at the schedule.
"In the morning, it's the introduction of the new transfer student," I read the first part.
"In the afternoon, there's going to be a volleyball tournament," Tsuna-nii read the second part.
"I thought the volleyball tournament has nothing to do with Tsuna-nii. He's just a substitute player." I raised a brow while Tsuna-nii nodded in agreement.
Reborn kept his notebook and answered,"But suddenly, they ran out of regular players. So the substitute of the substitute of the substitute of the substitute, namely you Tsuna, is going to play now. Don't smile so happily, Akemi. You're going to participate too."
"What!? Why?" we shouted.
"I'm not even a student there and I hate sports!" I argued.
"Who knows." I. Am. Pissed. Off. Though I may seem athletic, because I am, I absolutely hate anything that has to do with sports. Unless it is fighting someone for someone else's sake or for when I am pissed off.
"Reborn, is this because you..." Tsuna-nii started and began to day-dream. After a few seconds, he continued,"You couldn't have!" Tsuna-nii grabbed his head with a shocked expression.
"He couldn't have what, Tsuna-nii?" I asked curiously.
"I-It's best if you do not know," he answered.
"Of course not," Reborn spoke while Tsuna-nii calmed down.
"Yeah, that's right, even if you are a hitman, you wouldn't go that far." Hitman? Oh, he thought Reborn killed them!
"It seems that everyone got a pizza delivery from the same place and they all ended up with stomach problems."
"So it really was your fault!" Tsuna-nii exlaimed ever so loudly.
"This is all just so you can become a great Vongola Family Tenth Generation Boss," Reborn explained. Like playing volleyball helps. I mentally scoffed.
"Don't joke around! I'm terrible at ball sports and I told you before I'm never becoming a Mafia Boss!"
"This is your destiny. Never give up on life," Reborn said like a philosopher.
"Okay... So what has all that got to do with me," I questioned,"I mean you're only going to train Tsuna-nii to become a bad-ass Mafia Boss, right?"
"I am going to train Tsuna to become a Mafia Boss. But I didn't say I am not going to train you. You are going to become a subordinate and part of the Familigia too. That is also your destiny." Well, then my destiny sucks! Fuck. My. Life. I can't wait for the days of tor- I mean training to begin. Scratch that, it's already beginning!
Fate just wouldn't let me stand by and watch and just had to screw my peaceful life, doesn't he?
Wait... does Fate even have a gender?
At Namimori Middle School~
I don't know how -or why!- did Reborn even get me into Class 1A as a special student or whatever kind of crap he pulled off. Thanks to him, I have to wear the super smaller size of the Namimori School Uniform. Horray! I get to wear a skirt! A freaking skirt out of everything! I must have been a male in my past, past life to hate skirts this much. So much for not going to school anymore... At least I'm a freaking semi-genuis! I think... So yeah, back to the topic at hand, I am now introduced to the class along with the new transfer student.
The transfer student has silver hair, emerald eyes, a scowl that seems to be pasted on his face and is somewhat taller than Tsuna-nii. Which means... taller than me! *Goes to Emo Corner * I really do have a strong height complex don't I? The transfer student also wears his uniform like a delinquent. He is so gonna get bitten to death~
"I'll introduce the transfer student first. He was studying aboard in Italy until now, his name is... Gokudera Hayato," the teacher, whom I totally forgot his name, introduced. Obviously. Whispers immediately broke out. Majority of the girls comment on how hot, cool, (insert adjective) he is. Wow, fan-clubs already.
"Next. This girl here is a special student who is claimed to be a genuis. Her name is... Sawada Akemi." I don't know when my surname changed to Sawada but may as well be since I do live with them.
"Semi-Genius actually," I spoke," and if you people are wondering, yes I am Sawada Tsunayoshi's 'younger sister'," I air-quoted since I'm not his biological sister," and yes, I am the girl who punched Ass-I mean Mochida-sempai in the stomach. But fear not, I will not harm you if you do not-for a lack of better words-piss me off." I finished with a cheerful smile and a peace sign.
Whispers also broke out for me. I think I caught someone saying 'She's so cute~' or 'Look at her hair colour. Is that even natural?' and even a 'Ah! The kid who sweared!'
"No, I'm not cute and yes, it's fu-I mean freaking natural. Also I am 'the kid who sweared'. Trust me, I only swear when pissed off," I replied, amused by their faces when they found out I heard them.
When the whole class remained silent, Gokudera went to his seat. Or so I thought until he came in front of Tsuna-nii and kicked his table making Tsuna-nii fall along with his table and chair.
"Hey! Why did you did that for!?" I yelled walking up to him. I glared (read: pout) at him.
"None of your business, brat," he spat back at me, glaring too. Cue lots of anger veins.
"Do. Not. Refer. To. MY DAMN BLOODY HEIGHT!" I grabbed hold of his arm and judo-threw him out an opened window, me also jumping out the window to beat him to a bloody pulp. You think that's impossible? Let's remember the time I said that when I am extremely pissed off, my strength doubles? (Chapter 1) And also about my animal instincts? (Prologue 2) Combine that and the impossible just became possible, motherfuckers!
Lucky him, our classroom was only on the second floor so he managed to land. I too managed to land. People began to look out the windows to see our fight.
"Bring it on!" I gestured to him," Give me your worst."
"Don't regret it, brat," he said. He was about to pull out something from his... actually I don't know where, but was interrupted by a cool voice.
"What are you doing here instead of being in class?" Fuck, life just loves to screw me!
"Hibari-san, mind sitting out on this? I have something to deal with this guy here," I explained , pointing at Gokudera.
Hibari-san remained silent before saying,"I do not care for your reason. You should be in class now, Mini-Omnivore." Cue eye twitching a lot.
"Why does everybody loves refering to my HEIGHT!" I shouted but was tonfa-ed on the head. Hard. I was soon seeing black spots then... I fainted.
"Ite, te, te..." I mumbled as I woke up. I saw something that is silver though it's blurry. I rubbed my eyes a few times and looked again. To my immense irritation, it was Gokudera fucking Hayato, sitting on a seat next to the bed.
"Oh, it's you," I muttered under my breath,"Where am I?"
"The infirmary," he replied to my surprise. All the memories came rushing back at full force to me. Damn it, Hibari-san! Even if you want to stop me, at least don't hit that hard, my skull isn't made of steel!
"So, why are you here?" I questioned while raising my eyebrow. He mumbled a few words but I couldn't catch it.
"I'm sorry, what?" He again mumbled the words but again I couldn't hear it.
"Sorry, one more time?"
"I SAID I'M HERE TO SAY SORRY, HAPPY!" he shouted at my face, taking me by surprise.
"I- You-Wait, what-" I formed my sentence incoherently, totally confused.
"I was threatened by this damn prefect to do so. Plus I did somewhat insult you," he explained. Hibari-san did that? *Le Gasp* The world is ending!
"Well... I guess I am sorry too," I spoke, fumbling with my thumbs,"Even if you did kicked Tsuna-nii's table, even if you did sorta comment on my height, I shouldn't have lost my temper and threw you out of the window. Sorry."
Awkward silence.
"So... Ehem! We're quits now?" I asked, uncertain.
"We're quits now," he replied.
Awkward silence. Again.
"Umm... Do you know where Tsuna-nii is?"
"That guy is still having lessons in class now."
"So why aren't you there?"
"You're my responsibility for now since I'm the one who started this. So here I am."
"Oh."
I. Hate. Awkward. Silence.
"So, ummmm..." I started awkwardly. Gokudera turned his head in my direction and for the first time, I was attracted to his eyes. Those eyes were different from mine... but something in them screamed similarity.
His eyes were filled with different kinds of hidden emotion. Three of which I had experienced before.
Pain of losing a loved one, Loneliness and most of all...
Acceptance...
Wanting to be accepted for who he is...
Just like me in the past...
"Oi! Why are you crying!?" Gokudera cried out suddenly.
"E-Ehh?" I touched my face. It was wet. He was right, I had started crying.
"B-Because..." I couldn't continue my sentence. I just wept silently, trying hard to wipe my tears away. Out of the blue, I felt a hand on my hair, gently stroking it as if I was a kitten.
"Stop crying already. You're already troublesome enough," he muttered. It may sound harsh but I know that deep down inside...
He was comforting me. In his own special way though.
'Oh for Pete's sake, I am such a cry-baby.'
'But it's the only time you act like a child you are.'
'Ichigo?'
'Stop crying. Even though Gokudera may not show it, he is panicking on what to do.'
'Why would he panic? I thought he hates me.'
'I guess just like you... he found himself in your eyes and can't bring himself to hate you.'
I look at Gokudera and found him blushing a little, still stroking my hair.
"S-Sorry. I am really sorry," I apologized again. But not for the incident I did to him... but for his past. I wanted to apologized for his past, to take some of those pain away, to let those eyes shine brightly again.
Gokudera, on the other hand, was shocked. For the first time in his life, he finally heard an apology which is warm, truthful, sincere and...
Real. Not like those apologies which was full of pity or those apologies which was just for the sake of apologizing.
And it just came from a nine-year-old girl he met.
Looking in those eyes, he saw the same emotions he had experienced before.
He smiled slightly. She really was like him. So different... yet so much the same.
I looked at him and was shocked at his expression. He was smiling?
"Are you... smiling?" I asked uncertainly.
"N-No I'm not! You just imagining things!" he spoke, too fast I might add. His hand left my hair and I can't believe this but... I missed the warmth from his hand.
"Anyways, since you are okay already, let's go back to class," he said and stood up, waiting for me. I left the bed and then we went to class together.
"Ne," I started,"Are you perhaps... a Tsundere?"
"... Shut up."
He didn't even deny it. I snickered a little.
And that was how an unusual bond began to form between us.
When we got back to class, many people were shocked that we were on somewhat on good terms. Can't blame them though. We were at each other's throats earlier and now we were like... friends? Not so sure. Now at least people know what happens when they piss me off.
"Akemi! Are you okay?" Tsuna-nii asked me immediately after class ended.
"Sure! I get tonfa-ed on the head by Hibari-san plenty times. Of course I am fine!" I replied.
"Sarcasm?" he said.
"Nope. It's the cold hard truth, unfortunately," I deadpanned. He just sweat-dropped. He has been doing that a lot lately.
"Oh yeah! Later will be the volleyball tournament! Have you seen Reborn?" he asked.
"Nope! What do you want with him?" I questioned but he already ran off.
'Wonder what he wants?'
'Probably the Dying Will Bullet. Why else would Tsunayoshi want to see Reborn a.k.a The Devil's Spawn?'
'Oh you're back.'
'I've been here the whole time.'
'I have been meaning to ask but why are you in my head?'
'Let's just say I'm part of you and you are part of me. Put it in simpler words I am your... other self but due to some circumstances, which I will explain in the future, I can't speak to you freely in the past but can now. '
'Unfortunately, that's not simpler at all.'
'Sucks to be you then.'
'But you are part of me. So it sucks to be yourself?'
'...'
'Akemi: 1 Ichigo: 0'
'Shut up.'
After that awkward conversation ended, I changed into my gym attire with my white jacket in the female washroom. Luckily for me, I managed to find it without getting lost! (After 10 minutes of blindly walking) When I had changed, I went out and encountered Tsuna-nii.
"Yo, Tsuna-nii! Found Reborn yet?" I asked.
"I still haven't found him yet. Weird, I thought he was supposed to be keeping an eye on me wherever I go."
"Don't worry. You will find him soon and-What's that smell?" I asked.
"It seems like it's coming from the Fire Hydrant." We both went closer to the Fire Hydrant but we both got smacked in the face when it opened suddenly.
"Ciaossu. I'm having my coffee break right now."
"Don't 'Ciaossu' me! It freaking hurts!" I whined, holding my cheek.
"Why are you in there?" Tsuna-nii wondered aloud.
"I have secret hiding places all over the school."
"To stalk Tsuna-nii? That's too extreme even for you. Plus when did you have time to do that?"
"Never mind that," Tsuna-nii spoke,"Shoot me with the Dying Will Bullet! I have the volleyball tournament next. I have to look good in front of Kyoko-chan!" Wao. Ichigo was right on the spot, should have bet some money.
"Tsuna-nii, I don't think that's a very good idea," I said, tugging onto his shirt.
"Huh? Why?" he asked.
"Well, remember Reborn said before that if you don't have any regrets, you will die? Plus I don't think a guy like you who have gotten overconfident after all the flattery will have any regrets," I explained.
"She's right, Tsuna. Learn to pay attention next time," Reborn said while sipping his coffee.
"Oh right. That means... The Dying Will Bullet is useless!" Tsuna-nii exclaimed, clutching his head realization.
"Do you still want to give it a try? If you're lucky, you'll die without pain," Reborn asked, his chameleon transformed into his gun.
"Hieee! N-No way!" he protested.
"Well, good luck then, Hero." The door of the Fire Hydrant closed.
"Good luck too, Tsuna-nii, because you're gonna need it."
"W-What do I do?" Tsuna-nii began to panic and started pacing around.
"And I've just stopped being called Dame-Tsuna. If I mess up this game, then it'll just go back to how it was before. Right, this means..."
"I'll just have to run away," I continued.
"That's my only option!"
"But that would mean betraying Kyoko who was so excited for the match," I continued again.
"Yeah, that's the problem... Wait! H-How did you know what I was thinking!" he questioned.
"Your face tells it all. Plus I lived with you for like about a year, so I practically know almost everything about you," I answered, putting my hands behind my head.
"Never mind that, what should I do?" Tsuna-nii panicked again. I sighed.
"Tsuna-nii, this is just like the Asshole-sempai incident all over again."
"A-Asshole-sempai? Language, Akemi!"
"You're worrying about that now? Anyways, if it was Reborn, I'm pretty sure he would have said,'If you're man, you would choose death over running away.' Though, I'm pretty sure I would've commented,'To hell with that!' But what he says does make a little sense."
"How does that got to do with helping me!?" I sighed again. I'm too young to become Tsuna-nii's counselor but I already am so fuck that!
"Look Tsuna-nii, I am one hundred-no, one thousand percent sure that no one, and I mean no one, would laugh if they see someone who's using all their strength and will to play the damn game! If they did, I would make sure I would make their lives a personal hell!" I exclaimed, fire in my eyes.
"Akemi..." Well, same shit happened like with the Ass-I mean Mochida-sempai incident, Tsuna-nii got persuaded by me, goes to the gym. I really got to watch my language.
I ran after Tsuna-nii and also head for the gym.
At the freaking gym~
"So... I gave in to Akemi again... Since it came to this, I'll just have to get it over with quickly," Tsuna-nii spoke to himself. I crept up to him silently and pat his back. (Due to my freaking height again!)
"Boo!"
"Hieee!" As expected, Tsuna-nii screamed but calm down once he saw that is me, who is currently literally rolling on the floor laughing.
"Y-You should h-have seen that l-look on your face! It's so h-hilarious!" I managed to choke out between my laughter.
"A-Akemi! Don't do that again!"
"Fine." I gave in reluctantly and pouted a bit.
"W-Why are you here?" Tsuna-nii asked. I mentally facepalmed.
"Tsuna-nii, did you forget that I'll also be participating in the tournament?"
"Oh yeah, that's right."
"Anyways, Tsuna-nii," I gave him a serious look," just remember that it's okay if you don't win. Just as long as you do your very best." I gave him a cheeky smile and a double thumbs-up. I love my thumbs.
"Thanks, Akemi." 'At least someone doesn't expect me to win,' he thought, some of his worries relieved a little. He then opened the door to the gym shakily.
"Fight, Tsuna!"
"The team's secret weapon is here!"
"T-They're really depending on me," Tsuna-nii said.
"Tsuna-kun, do your best!" Kyoko-nee said. Wao. Tsuna-nii must be so pressurized by now. We both walked to where the rest of the volleyball team is.
"We've been waiting for you, Tsuna!" a guy-I think the name was Yamamoto- said.
"Show us your awesome skills!" some random dude said.
"Hey! What about me? I'm playing too, you know!" I exclaimed, waving my arms to get their attentions.
"Ah ha ha, sorry. You're that special kid in class, right?" Yamamoto said.
"The name's Akemi. A-ke-mi. Not kid, got it!" I puffed out my cheeks in anger.
"Got it! Do your best for the game!" he said cheerfully.
"That goes without saying." I look around at my surroundings a little.
"Wait, Gokudera! You're here too?" I asked, surprised.
"Yeah, it's that a problem?" he said rudely. Tsundere-mode again~ Why am I surrounded by so many of them?
"Never mind." The floor of the gym is currently being mopped by the Discipline Committee Members. Wait, Discipline Committee Members = Discipline Committee Leader = Hibari-fucking-Kyoya. Hibari-san is watching!? WTF!?
"Director, the preparations are complete," a Discipline Committee Member said to Hibari-san.
"I see. Then instructor, you may begin," Hibari-san said. The said instructor nodded.
"We will now begin the match against Year 1 Class A and Year 1 Class C!" The whistle blew. (A/N: I suck at any action-type of scenes) The opponent threw the volleyball high and smacked it towards Tsuna-nii's side. Tsuna-nii was in daze, unsure of what to do. Yamamoto who noticed that, quickly ran over and managed to smack the ball back to the opponent's field with his arm. The whole gym erupted into cheers.
"As expected from Yamamoto of the baseball club!"
"Takeshi!" Yamamoto waved sheepishly to his ever-loyal fangirls/fanboys and thanked them.
"Thank you, thank you."
"Hm." That was Gokudera, must have been jealous something akin to that. Oh, I'm FIRED UP TO THE EXTREME! That sounds familiar somehow... Screw it! I'll think about it some other day.
We went back to our positions and let the second round begin! The opponent threw the volleyball high and smacked it towards Tsuna-nii's side again.
"It's yours, Tsuna!" Yamamoto yelled. Tsuna-nii begin to panic.
"Go!"
"Attack!" People were cheering on for Tsuna-nii. He noticed that and he jumped!... only a few centimeters above the ground. So, he smacked... into the air and the ball hit his face. He fell down and so did the ball. Everyone was rooted to their spots due to shock. I took that to my advantage and forward-flip to where the ball is falling and smacked it just in time when it nearly hit the ground to the opponents. As I had expected, they were too slow to notice and the ball dropped on the ground on their side.
"Don't just stand there, Baka!" I shouted to my team members and that jolt them out of their reverie.
The whole crowd was disappointed at Tsuna-nii and began to whine.
"Shut up, people! He tried!" I yelled,"Plus our team did get a point! So stop it before I make you!" The gym immediately went silent.
"Thank you."
I walked towards Tsuna-nii and asked," You okay?"
"Yeah..." he mumbled. I offered him my hand and he accepted it. I pulled him up and he took a few moments to regain his balance.
"What're you doing, Tsuna?" a team member asked, disappointed too.
"Like I said, he tried. Why don't you people get it? Plus I managed to get a point so it's fine, right?" I answered for Tsuna-nii.
"What a mess," Gokudera said, glaring at him.
"Don't mind, don't mind. Let's keep going," Yamamoto said,"You too, Akemi!" Finally! Someone who understands!
"Hai! Let's beat them!" I said, punching my fist in the air. Well, let's see what happens.
Third round: Ball hit Tsuna-nii in the stomach.
Fourth round: Tsuna-nii couldn't block the ball.
Fifth round: Tsuna-nii tried smacking the ball but ended up ball smacking his face.
Sixth round: ... I don't wanna talk about it.
The spectators were all very disappointed.
"H-He sucks too much," a black-haired girl, whom I think the name is Kurokawa Hana, commented, voicing everyone else's thoughts.
The whistle blew. "End of the first set." And we lost, by about eighteen points. Tsuna-nii sighed dramatically.
"Are you really trying, Tsuna?"
"If you're just playing around, then leave!"
"We're playing seriously!" The team members said to Tsuna-nii angrily.
"Tsuna-nii is trying! He is just... never good at sports," I countered back lamely.
"Akemi... It's okay," he said.
"Tsuna-nii..." He became a little depressed. I tugged onto his shirt to get his attention and to tell him something.
"Tsuna-nii, look at everyone and tell me what you notice."
"T-They are covered in wounds, even Yamamoto..."
"Yep, those wounds were caused by them training very hard for this tournament."
"But I'm just..." he look at himself.
'No one, and I mean no one, would laugh if they see someone who's using all their strength and will to play the damn game!' Akemi's words rang through his head. He then nodded to himself, eyes now filled with new-found determination.
"Tsuna-nii, there's still four sets you know? Let's fight with our dying wills together and turn this around!" I encouraged him, beaming brightly.
"You're right, Akemi. I'm going to do this with my dying will!" he said. All of the sudden, two gunshots were heard and Tsuna-nii fell down.
"What happen, Tsuna?"
"Did something happen to your legs?" The team members questioned.
'Seems like it's not the Dying Will Bullet.'
'Of course it isn't. The bullets Reborn shot was the Jump Bullet.'
'Jump Bullet?'
'Watch what happens to find out what it does.'
The whistle blew signalling the start of the second set. The opponents again threw the ball high.
"It's coming, Tsuna! Block it!" Yamamoto warned.
"Un!" He readied himself, ran and jumped when the opponent was about to smack it. When Tsuna-nii jumped, he jumped so high that when the opponent smack the ball, the ball hit... Tsuna-nii's ermm... manhood?
'The Dying Will Bullet is just one of the special bullet of the Vongola Familigia. That was the Jump Bullet and as the name suggests, it allows the target to jump high.'
'You're like a Mafia-related stuff dictionary, Ichigo.'
'Thanks for the compliment, Hikari.'
'The name is AKEMI!'
Back to what is happening, gasps could be heard from majority of the male population, mostly because they are imagining themselves in Tsuna-nii's shoes. For once, I'm thankful I'm of the female gender.
"Great!"
"Good job, Tsuna!"
"Right, let's turn the tide!" Yamamoto said.
"Heck yeah!" I shouted, fist meeting the air. Let the second round of the second set begin!
Long story short, thanks to Tsuna-nii's enthusiasm, the team is working together! The opponent's team is having their ass handed to them.
"Game set! Year 1 Class A wins!" The whole gym erupted into cheers.
"We fu-" Tsuna-nii gave me a look that says 'Don't-you-dare',"I mean freaking did it!" I yelled the loudest.
"Why do you have to be so strict, Tsuna-nii?" I mumbled, pouting.
"You really did it, Tsuna!" Yamamoto said, putting his arm around Tsuna-nii.
"Yeah, we won!" Tsuna-nii replied.
"You really are amazing," Yamamoto commented. Tsuna-nii then smiled, they both laughed together. Ah, does that means they're friends now? Good for Tsuna-nii then. I smiled.
"It's not over," Gokudera said suddenly. Tsuna-nii and I both got shocked a little by his sentence.
"I won't accept it. I'm the one who's worthy to become the Juudaime." The fuck!? How does he know?
"Meet me at the back of the school building." That was all he said before he left.
"So... Let's go, Tsuna-nii!" I said, pulling Tsuna-nii's hand with me.
"U-Un!" He nodded.
At the back of the school building after changing into our uniforms~
"U-Um, so what is it, Gokudera-kun?" Tsuna-nii asked.
"Yeah, what is it?" I asked too.
"If some trash like you becomes the Juudiame, the Vongola Familigia is done for."
"W-Why do you know about the Familigia?"
"You're annoying. This is your end," Gokudera said, taking out his... How the FUCK did he get DYNAMITES!? He got to tell me where to get some one day.
"D-Dynamites!?" Tsuna-nii exclaimed.
"This was faster than I had expected." That voice, Reborn! He suddenly came from his hide-out in a tree.
"Reborn! In a place like that..."
"It's another one of my hideaways." Just how many- oh wait, it's all over the school. Reborn jumped from his spot and onto Tsuna-nii's head.
"Gokudera Hayato," Reborn spoke.
"What! You know him?" Tsuna-nii said, surprised.
"Apparently he does," I said.
"Yup, he's a family member that I called over from Italy."
"So, you're the reason why we're going to get bombed to death after this whole conversation!?" I shouted,"Wait, you're in the Mafia, Gokudera?"
"It's our first time meeting though," Reborn said.
"So you're the hitman that the Kyuudiame has the most trust in, Reborn. I heard rumors about you." As expected from the world's greatest hitman.
"It better be true that I'm becoming the Juudiame if I get rid of this guy." I see- Wait, what!?
"Wh-What are you-" Before Tsuna-nii could continue, Reborn interrupted.
"Yup, it's true."
"What! Can you even do that? Was it a lie that I was destined to become the Juudiame?!"
"If you don't want to lose, fight."
"F-Fight? Y-You're kidding. I can't fight against a Mafia guy!" Having said that, Tsuna-nii ran away.
"Chotto matte, Tsuna-nii!" I called after him, but before I could catch up, a dynamite was thrown in the direction where Tsuna-nii was heading.
"Stop right there," Gokudera said, hands full with dynamites.
"W-Where did you-"
"It's said that Gokudera Hayato can hide dynamites in any part of body, in other words, he's a human bomb," Reborn explained.
"My other name is Hurricane Bomb Hayato. Brace yourself." Indeed a fitting name. Wait, now it's not the time to be thinking of names! All the dynamites in his hands lit up. My eyes widen.
"How the heck can the fire automatically-" I was cut off when he threw another dynamite at Tsuna-nii. I closed my eyes and coughed a little as the smoke irritated my throat. When I open my eyes again, I saw Tsuna-nii running away with dynamites blowing up just behind him.
I wonder how does Hibari not hear this ruckus? *Boom* Ah, there went the bushes~ Maybe Hibari is better off not knowing this...
Tsuna-nii then ran into a dead end. Oh shit.
"Next is the fatal blow," Gokudera said. But before he could light up the dynamites, I ran in front of Tsuna-nii and put my hands out in a protective manner.
"You..." Surprise and hesitation flashed in his eyes.
"Move."
"Fuck No." I stood firmly.
"How can a kid like you swear so much?"
"Oh come on! We live in the era where a clumsy thirteen-year-old can become one of the world's strongest mafia boss, a baby can be an assassin but not just an assassin, one of the world's greatest! And also a fifteen-year-old can use tonfas using the excuse as 'disciplining' them! And a fourteen-year-old like you is legal enough to use FUCKING dynamites! A swearing child should be the least of your worries! Would you like me to continue to ramble on?"
"Just move."
"No." Why is he so intent on asking me to move? Could it be because... Realization struck me. He doesn't want me to get hurt.
"Move already!"
"Gokudera..."
"Thanks but I'll be fine!" I flashed him a smile.
"Tch." The dynamites were lit.
"Hatero!" (A/N: Not so sure how to spell again but it means Perish) He threw the dynamites reluctantly. You know what, I'm not so sure if I'll be fine after all. However, I still stood firmly rooted to the ground.
'I'll protect Tsuna-nii!'
"Fight with your dying will." A gunshot was heard.
"Reborn! Extinguish fires with my dying will!" In lightning speed, all the dynamites that were thrown was extinguished.
"Double Bomb!" Like the name, it's literally double the bombs. However, Tsuna-nii still managed to extinguished all the flames.
"Triple Bomb!" Unfortunately, one of the dynamites he was holding dropped to the ground near him and then so did the rest.
"Oh crap.," he said.
"Fuck this!" was what I had said. I ran with all my might and pushed Gokudera to the ground.
'Damn it!' The only thing I could do to protect him was just to hug him and probably suffer most of the burns myself. And hug him I did.
"Extinguish!" Tsuna-nii came to our rescue and put out the flames just in the nick of time. His flame then went out.
"Ah, thank goodness," he said. I let go of Gokudera. Gokudera then sat up and look at me. But before he could say anything, I pulled his collar and headbutted him. Hard.
"You Baka! Next time you want to kill someone, perfect the skill first so you only end up taking the target's life not end up taking both the target and your life!" I shouted in his face. He was stunned.
"A-Akemi! Are you okay?" Tsuna-nii asked.
"I'm fine. What about you?" I let go of his collar and gave Tsuna-nii my jacket to wear.
"Fine too." Tsuna-nii put on my jacket, little tight but still fit him. Then, Gokudera knelt down suddenly.
"I did not realize it! You are the one fit to become the Juudiame. Juudiame, I'll follow you until the end of this Earth! Ask whatever you want of me!"
"The fuck?" I said.
"The one who loses becomes the winner's subordinate, that is this Familigia's rule," Reborn explained.
"Actually, I never had the desire to become the Juudiame. I just wanted to see if the Juudiame really had the strength to be a suitable boss. But you proved me wrong! You are much more than I had ever expected! You even risked your life to save me even though I was your enemy! As Gokudera Hayato, I will give you my life!" Wao. That's a 180 degree turn of personality. Or was it 360 degree?
"Wait, that's troubling! Can't we just be regular classmates?" Tsuna-nii asked.
"I won't let you do that," Gokudera declared.
'He's so scary that Tsuna-nii can't talk back. What's with this situation?' I sweat-dropped.
"Good job, Tsuna. It's because of your strength that Gokudera became your subordinate. You've passed for today and you didn't need the Dying Will Bullet," Reborn said while taking down some things in his notebook.
"Hey..." Gokudera started, looking at me.
"What is it?" I asked.
"Thanks, I guess," he muttered.
"Oh, you're welcome," I said while giving him one of my brightest smiles. Gokudera smiled a little too, his eyes full of shine again, thanks to Tsuna-nii.
"Huh, what's with him?"
"That underwear guy is such a loser." Some third year delinquents said. Cue tick marks for Gokudera and me.
"Looks like it's time to make myself useful," Gokudera said.
"W-What?"
"I'll totally annihilate them," he said, while his hands were full with dynamites.
"W-Wait, you don't need to!"
His dynamites all lit up. But surprisingly, he didn't threw them.
.
.
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But that's only because I took them out of his hands and threw them myself~
Omake: How Akemi Got A Phone At A Really Low Price
I really need a phone. I really do.
Part of the reason is because that way, if I'm lost, I have something to fall back on.
Most of it is because there are lots of things that could be blackmail materials and I need a phone to record or take pictures of.
But my problem? Not enough money. Even for a second-hand phone. That. Just. Sucks.
So here I am at the second-hand phone shop, trying out my methods of buying this orange flip-phone at an even cheaper price.
Method 1: Begging
"Please!"
"No."
"Please!"
"No. This phone is already half of it's original price and you want me to lower it? Sorry, no can do."
"Shit."
Method 2: Stealing
Stealing is illegal unfortunately. But so is the Mafia. Nah, too troublesome.
Method 3: Guilt Tripping
"I really need this phone..." Puppy eyes.
"But I don't have enough money..." Pouting.
"I can't contact my family now..." Teary eyes.
"Sorry, kid but guilt tripping don't work for me."
"Damn, you're good."
"No, you just suck."
Method 4: Sit outside the shop and wait for something to happen
"This is so boring~"
Method 5: Walk around outside the shop to irritate owner
I'm just walking around outside. I looked inside the shop.
"Fuck." The owner was just listening to music, not giving a shit about me.
I was not paying attention so I bumped into someone.
"Sorry-"
"What are you doing, Mini-Omnivore?" Cue smirk on my face due to an idea.
Method 6: Find out yourself below
"Owner-san, can I buy this phone again at this price?"
"I told you how many times already-" he spoke but then stopped when he saw who was behind me.
"What were you saying, Owner-san?"
"I-I mean s-sure!" I paid for the phone and left the shop immediately.
"Thanks so much, Hibari-san! I will make it up to you someday."
"Hn."
"So, tell me your phone number!"
"No."
"Please!"
"No."
"Please!"
"... Will you keep quiet if I do so?"
"Yup!"
"... Fine." We exchanged numbers. I'm so going to put his ringtone as Namimori School Anthem~
Lesson learnt: Always have Hibari-san standing behind you, glaring at the owner, to get a phone at a price you want.
A/N: Phew~ *Wipes invisible sweat away* That's done! I'M SO FREAKING SORRY AGAIN FOR NOT UPDATING AS FAST AS I SHOULD! Mostly is because I'm lazy. Anyways, thanks to Arciia for suggesting to write my disclaimer that way! Thanks to EVERYONE again who reads, reviews, favorite, followed this story! Sorry for being such a lame Author too. I'll try with my DYING WILL to update faster! Please leave a review~ Ciao~
Next update: Well, looking at things right now... probably on 24/8/2013 or later than that...