Disclaimer: I do not own KHR, or the Cover Image, and many other things, but do own Akemi and any OOC-ness and the pocky I just bought.
Chapter 6: Ame's A Baka, A Huge Baka!
Warning: You know the drill. No? Fine, I'll tell you. This chapter just sucks like the rest!
Recap: Gokudera came, volleyball tournament came, dynamites came at Tsuna and Akemi, dynamites also came at the third year delinquents' faces.
It's weird...
Ame is supposed to join too like Gokudera...
Something is different about the plot...
I have a bad feeling about today...
"Sora, Kumo, Arashi, Ame..." I mumbled, mulling on what Ichigo said while tapping my foot. Those are the weathers Ichigo mentioned before and today. If I think about it logically, Arashi will be Gokudera, Sora and Kumo would either be Tsuna-nii or Hibari-san. But who is Ame?
Ichigo is also mentioned about the plot. Does that mean Ichigo knows the plot? But he said that something is different about the plot. Does he not know after all?
"Are we done choosing teams?"
"Just two left."
Right now is P.E lessons for Class 1A and the students are choosing teams. Seems like we are playing baseball today... Why am I participating in the boys' P.E instead of the girls? Oh right, I wanted more fun.
"I'm saying you can have Dame-Tsuna on your team. We will have Akemi."
"No way! We don't want to lose. He was amazing at volleyball but we know he sucks at baseball. We will have Akemi instead."
Tsuna-nii and I sighed. P.E is always such a pain in the ass. Both figuratively and literally since I always fall down on my butt accidentally. Gokudera is not here since he went to resupply his dynamites, quite shocking as he is such a royal puppy to Tsuna-nii which I just found out in the most disturbing way possible, so I got no one to annoy or talk or argue with.
Back to what I was thinking... There is a high possibility that Ichigo knows the plot of this world. However, he said that there is something different about the plot meaning that originally, this 'Ame' person was supposed to join the Vongola Familigia together with Gokudera but that didn't happen. Was the plot screwed up? But I am pretty sure I did not do anything major to change the plot. Well, at least to my knowledge. Maybe it's-
"We don't want to have Dame-Tsuna on our team!" That shout interrupted my thoughts.
"We also don't want Dame-Tsuna on our team!" Now, I forgot what I was thinking about. Damn.
"Would you guys shut up and choose the team already!? I'm trying to think something important here that might affect the future!" I shouted at them. They immediately stayed quiet.
"Isn't it alright? Just join our team, Tsuna!" Yamamoto said, showing his famous smile. Though, it didn't seem as bright as it was during the volleyball tournament. Nah, must be me.
"Are you serious, Yamamoto? You don't have to let that loser in."
"Don't be so stingy. I just have to keep them from hitting, right?"
"Well, if Yamamoto says so."
"Then, I will join the other team! I really want to versus against Yamamoto!" I declared, putting my arms behind my head. I really want a challenge today.
"Ehhh! That's ridiculous. Yamamoto is amazing at baseball!" said a team member.
"Well, let's see later," I replied, cracking my knuckles. Now, that I think of it...
How do you play baseball?
I don't really know how to describe a baseball game but I'll try my best~
"So, all I have to do is hit the ball Yamamoto is throwing, right?" I said. My team members nodded.
"Well that's easy enough!" I clapped my hands together in glee. I took the baseball bat and positioned myself, Yamamoto did the same but in the form of throwing. Suddenly, Yamamoto's eyes narrowed and face darkened, he immediately became serious. I gulped. Yamamoto being serious is kinda scary. I think I'll call that "Baseball Crazy Mode" a.k.a "BCM". I returned his seriousness by glaring (read: pouting [Akemi: It's GLARING DAMMIT!]) at him. The atmosphere in the air became tense, no one dare spoke a word. Then, he threw the ball.
'This guy is the real shit.' The speed of his ball was like, I don't know, 180km/per hour?
'Just close your eyes.' The heck? I closed my eyes, following Ichigo's instruction. I trust Ichigo after all.
Third person POV~
It all happened in a flash. Akemi opened her eyes and they suddenly turned into a shade of black instead of her usual fiery red. She gave a death glare (not a pout) and her eyes were focus on the ball. Then, her eyes widened and hit it.
Yep, she hit it. She hit the ball which flew about 180km/per hour by Yamamoto who is an expert on baseball. Shocking, isn't it? All the students were silent, then Akemi's team cheered.
"You hit the ball, Akemi!"
"Good job!" Akemi's eyes returned to her original colour.
"I... hit it?" she said slowly, as if unsure.
"You're good at this Akemi!" Yamamoto commented.
'What the heck happened?' she thought. 'Maybe it was instinct...'
"Time out," she said, doing a T-sign with her hands,"I'm tired, switch out!"
"Awww, come on, Akemi! Do it for the team!"
"No," she replied bluntly. Her team was disappointed but did so anyways. She sat down at the bench and watched the rest of the game.
"Yamamoto Takeshi. His athleticism and popularity are needed in the family." Well, we all knew who said that.
End of P.E Lesson~ Akemi's POV~
"It's your fault, Dame-Tsuna!"
"That's why I didn't want him in the team."
"Sweep the field by yourself."
'In the end, our team lost,' Tsuna thought. I felt so bad for Tsuna-nii. Come on, I mean baseball is a TEAM effort! He's not the only one at fault! I jumped off the bench and went to find a broom to help Tsuna-nii.
'Found it!' I grabbed it but at the same time another hand had reached out and grabbed it.
"Huh," we said at the same time. Turns out the person is Yamamoto.
"Oh, you want the broom? You can have it, I'll find another one," I said, letting go.
"Thanks, Akemi!" he said, beaming. I looked at his smile. Was his smile always so lonely and...
"Fake..." I said aloud, surprising myself. Yamamoto looked taken aback. Was I right?
My head was downcast, eyes hidden behind my bangs, casting shadows. Memories of my past began to flow through my mind. My past self was also like this once, but Eisuke-nii pulled me out of that darkness. But Yamamoto... don't have anyone to pull him out... No! No! No! I don't want anybody to suffer like I did in the past! I... I will pull him out of that lonely place!
"Ne, Yamamoto..." He looked at me, my head still facing the ground.
"I just want to say that I know... how tiring it is to fake a smile...how lonely it is not having someone to hear your problems... how frustrating it is when someone asks 'Hey! Are you okay?' and you reply 'I'm fine!' when all you want to do is shout out 'No! I am not!' " I unconsciously clenched my fists.
Shock was evident in Yamamoto's eyes. Someone... someone finally... understood.
"I know... because I had experienced it before. No one except my brother cares about me... but I know he won't always be there to help me. That's why I started hiding my feelings behind a smile, putting on a front when all I wanted to do was cry my heart out..."
"But then... Tsuna-nii taught me... it was okay to cry..."
"That's why..." I looked up to Yamamoto.
"It's okay not to smile... it's okay to cry, to pour out all your problems and feelings... It's okay."
"But... no one would listen, my friends, they are all fake! They befriended me just because of my popularity! All they see is someone who is excellent baseball, who is one of the most popular guys in school. They don't see me as Yamamoto Takeshi, a normal middle-school student!" Yamamoto blurted out.
"If that's the case... then isn't it simple?" I replied.
"How is it simple!?"
"Yamamoto... can I be your friend?" I said, stretching my hand for him to accept.
Just that sentence rendered him still. It was the first time in years had he heard such a sincere request. Maybe, just maybe...
He could start over.
"So... what's your answer?" I asked.
"Okay... Of course it's Okay!" he replied, giving me a smile. A genuine smile.
'There's that smile.' He accepted my hand and we did a handshake.
"Yeah! We're friends now!" I cheered," that's so cool!"
"Haha!" he laughed at my childishness and then ruffled my head.
"Come on, I'm going to help Tsuna to sweep," Yamamoto said.
"Okay- Wait! I need to find a broom!" I ran off.
'I don't want his smile to disappear... and get replaced by that lonely and fake smile.'
I managed to find another broom and rushed to where Tsuna-nii and Yamamoto is.
"Yo, I'm here to help," I yelled to Tsuna-nii and began to sweep too.
"T-Thanks, Akemi," he said.
"Sorry, it's all my fault. Just when you let me in your team..." Tsuna-nii apologized to Yamamoto.
"Don't worry about it, it's only P.E. I'm counting on you, my target stock," Yamamoto said.
"Huh?" we answered in unison.
"Aren't you amazing lately? Like in the kendo battle and the volleyball tournament. I got you checked in my book."
"Ehh! Oh, uh..." Tsuna-nii stuttered, face red like my hair.
"In comparison, I just play baseball like it's all I know."
"What are you talking about? Your baseball skills are awesome!" I commented, giving him a cheeky smile.
"It's not going that well," he replied me.
"Huh?" Tsuna-nii was confused.
"Lately, no matter how much I practice, my average is dropping and my fielding is screwing up. At this rate, it'll be the first time I don't start since I began playing baseball. Tsuna... What should I do?"
Tsuna-nii looked shocked at his question, his mouth hanging open.
"Just kidding. Lately, you're so reliable so I just..."
Tsuna-nii thought for a moment before saying,"I guess more effort is the way to go... I think." You're such a liar, Tsuna-nii!
"Yeah," Yamamoto muttered but loud enough for us to hear.
"Huh!" Tsuna-nii exclaimed.
"You know, I thought that was it, too. We agree as I expected."
"Re-Really?"
"Alright, today I'm remaining here and practicing like hell!" Then they both laughed together.
"I agree with Tsuna-nii but just don't overexert yourself, Yamamoto," I added.
"Sure, Akemi! Don't worry!" he said.
'I wonder if he really is going to listen though...'
'Huh? What do you mean?'
'I mean that Yamamoto looks like the type of person who puts in all his effort into baseball.'
'So?'
'So... that means that he is probably going to overexert himself out!'
'Are you sure?'
I looked at Yamamoto who is chatting with Tsuna-nii happily.
'He is going to overexert himself... but I'm sure nothing will happen, right?'
'Let's just hope so, Hikari.'
'I told you it's- Never mind.'
At the Sawada Household~ More specifically Tuna's room~
"Die, Tsuna-nii! Die!" I shouted at him. Actually at his character in the video game. No way am I ever going to curse Tsuna-nii to die.
"I think you're taking this game way too seriously," Tsuna-nii muttered but I still could hear it. By the looks of Shiro and Kuri 's faces they seem to agree with him.
"VIDEO GAMES ARE MEANT TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY- Holy shit! Where did you get that plasma grenade!?"
"Did something good happen?" Reborn questioned Tsuna-nii while polishing his gun.
"Die!" That was me.
"Can you tell? Today, a popular student came to me for advice," Tsuna-nii told him.
"Die!" That was also me.
"About that Yamamoto..."
"Die!" Do I need to say?
"How did you know?!"
"Die!" Ah~ Fourth time.
"Make him your subordinate."
"Damn! Die already!" That was new. Two additional words.
"What! You're gonna turn my classmate into a mafia member too!?"
"Yes! Damage- Oh wait that was my character!"
"Absolutely not! Yamamoto is hot on baseball. I want to help out Yamamoto as a friend!"
"Come on! Dieeeeeee!"
"You should try getting hot too for once," Reborn said and set Tsuna-nii on fire.
"That's the wrong meaning of hot," Reborn said.
"Don't say my line!" Tsuna-nii shouted.
"Yes! I FREAKING WON!" I cheered and jumped around the room in joy.
"Tsuna-nii, when did you get ummm... burned?" I asked, pointing at his clothes. He just sweat-dropped along with Shiro and Kuri.
At Namimori Middle School Class 1A~
'I got this REALLY bad feeling...'
'Me too, Ichigo. Let's hope it's nothing.'
So here I am, sitting on my chair, trying to sleep on my desk.
"Hey everyone! Yamamoto's going to jump off the roof!" a student from my class exclaimed. I fell off my chair and my face met the floor.
"Yamamoto from our class?"
"Him? That's impossible."
"There're good and bad pranks, you know."
"When he stayed after school practicing yesterday, he went too far and broke his arm!" the student explained. My eyes widened.
'No way... It's our fault...'
"Anyways, go to the rooftop!"
"Okay!" All the students immediately ran out of the classroom with the exception of Tsuna-nii, Kyoko who was about to go and of course, me.
"Tsuna-kun, Akemi-chan, let's go!" Kyoko said.
"Uh yeah, af-after I go to the washroom..." Tsuna-nii answered lamely.
"M-Me too..." I said.
At the rooftop~ I think I use too much line breaks~ But who cares, I love them~
"Hey Yamamoto, this isn't funny!"
"You're taking it too far!"
"Heh. Sorry but that's not true. After the baseball god threw me away, I have nothing left," Yamamoto said. There he stood, behind a rusty fence.
"No way!"
"He's serious!"
"The fence is rusty and might fall apart anytime too!" Thanks, that's so helpful. Note the sarcasm, ha, makes me want to laugh.
But I couldn't... I couldn't even crack a smile... how could I when it's partially my fault that Yamamoto is attempting to commit suicide?
"What should I do? I shouldn't have said that!" Tsuna-nii said, both of us hiding behind a wall.
"Tsuna-nii, it was my fault too. I should have tried harder! I should have stayed behind! I knew something was bound to go wrong but I-I didn't do anything!"
"Akemi..." Tsuna-nii said," but now what should we do? I can't face Yamamoto!"
"Tsuna-nii..." I gave him a serious look and grabbed his shoulders. "We got to go and talk some sense into him."
"Ehh! But how?"
"I don't know how but we got to at least do something!"
"Akemi is right." Reborn!
"You want to help Yamamoto as a friend, right? Then don't run away," Reborn said.
Friend... Yamamoto is my friend! I got to stop him!
"Sorry, Tsuna-nii. But it's for the greater good."
"Huh?" I grabbed Tsuna-nii's collar and dragged him to where the crowd was. Tsuna-nii was making choke sounds all the way.
"Move," I commanded coldly, releasing some killer intent. The crowd sensed that and complied. Soon, I reached to where Yamamoto was and released Tsuna-nii.
"Tsuna... Akemi..." Yamamoto said, eyes slightly widened. The whole crowd stared at us but I didn't give a damn.
"Yamamoto..." I mumbled.
"If you came to stop me, it's no use," he said.
"Don't talk..." I muttered, eyes hidden behind bangs.
"What?"
"Don't talk as if baseball is everything, you Baka!" I shouted.
"Who are you to judge me!?" he shouted back at equal volume.
"True... I am not the one to judge..." I said.
"But..." I looked at him with determined eyes.
"Your arm can always heal! You can always get another chance at baseball!" I yelled.
"But once you lose your live you will never get it back! Once you take that one step forward...your father can never see you again!"
His eyes widened.
"Dad..." he mumbled.
"Do you know... how much it hurts to lose a loved one? How much it hurts when you want to see him again but know that you can't?"
"It hurts a lot over here," I clenched my uniform where my heart was,"it's like there is thousands of knives stabbing you at once..."
"I-I don't want anyone to experience that like me! I don't want your father to experience that! Th-that's why... please," I pleaded.
"Look around you... there's a lot of people who cares about you, I care about you! So please... come over here." I was almost in tears when I finished my speech. Well, almost.
"Okay, Tsuna-nii, your turn to say," I spoke abruptly and pushed Tsuna-nii towards Yamamoto.
"A-Akemi!" he exclaimed then turned to look at Yamamoto.
"Y-Yamamoto... I'm sorry! I arrogantly told you 'effort' and such, but I have really done nothing! What I said yesterday was a lie, I'm sorry!" Tsuna-nii said.
"Saying you're so frustrated that you want to die or because of a career ending accident... Unlike you, I never had those kinds of intense thoughts."
"In fact, I'm a pathetic person who would have regrets when dying... thinking if I'm going to die then I should have done it with my dying will, thinking that it's a waste to die from something like this..."
"So, I'm sorry!" Tsuna-nii ended his speech. Atta boy, Tsuna-nii!
"Tsuna... Akemi..." Yamamoto finally spoke.
"Later!" Tsuna-nii yelled and began to run.
"Wait, Tsuna," Yamamoto said and grabbed Tsuna-nii's sleeve. However, the floor decided to be slightly slippery today and so Tsuna-nii slipped. Yamamoto, who was holding onto Tsuna-nii's sleeve, unconsciously pulled him and Tsuna-nii ended up slamming into Yamamoto. Due to the impact, the fence broke.
Yep, the fence broke. The fence fucking broke at the worst possible timing ever.
"Tsuna-nii! Yamamoto!" I shouted worriedly. Luckily, I managed to run in time to catch Tsuna-nii's arm whose arm was grabbed by Yamamoto's good arm. And boy, are they light!? *Sarcasm*
"A little help here would be nice!" I yelled but being shocked by everything, they didn't even hear me and stayed rooted to their spots.
"Shit!" I muttered,"Hold on guys!" Dammit! What should I do!? Wait... I could do that! A little risky but doable enough!
"One, two, three!" At the count of three, I jumped off the roof, turned my body and used the momentum to swing them to the safe ground of the rooftop. And it worked! Though they didn't land well... and the fact that now I'm the one who is falling.
"Maybe this was not so doable after all," I said while falling down.
"Akemi!" Tsuna-nii and Yamamoto shouted looking at my falling figure. I gave them a peace-sign. If it weren't for the fact that I was in danger, they would probably have sweat-dropped.
'You're so fucking reckless! I'll lend you my power just for this once again, may have some side-effects though.'
'Say what?'
Then you know what happened?
I blacked out. Not the best thing to happen now, isn't it?
Third person POV~
Akemi's once fiery red eyes now turned pitch black, not like the shade of black during PE lesson. Her eyes widened and in a split second she disappeared. Then, she was on the ground, standing perfectly unharmed.
Her eyes slowly returned to her fiery red before her eyelids closed and she fall forward and collapsed.
"Akemi!" Tsuna and Yamamoto shouted and bolted down the stairs and to where Akemi was.
"A-Akemi! Are you alright? Akemi!" Tsuna yelled, full of concern.
"Calm down, Tsuna, Akemi just fainted," Yamamoto pointed out, after examining Akemi.
"I-I'm glad," Tsuna-nii said and heaved a sigh of relief.
"Come on, Tsuna. Let's bring her to the infirmary," Yamamoto advised.
"Un!" Tsuna nodded in approval and carried Akemi in piggy-back style.
"Ne, Tsuna..."
"H-Hai?"
"Tsuna, you're amazing! Just like you said, have to do it with your dying will! I don't know what I was thinking, nothing good comes from my idiocy."
"Y-Yamamoto..."
"Hahaha!" They both laughed together in glee. A smile appeared on Akemi's face.
In the infirmary~ Akemi's POV~
"Ughh..." I groaned as I woke up.
"Ah! She's waking up!" Yamamoto said.
"No shit, Sherlock," I mumbled. Damn! I think I have a migraine, my head feels like it's splitting! I clutched my head in pain.
"A-Are you okay?" Tsuna-nii asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Just have a little headache," I explained and gave him a smile to prove it.
"Akemi... I'm sorry," Yamamoto said,"If you guys weren't there to knock some sense into me, I wouldn't know what might happen."
"It's fine. After all... aren't we friends, you huge Baka?" I said, smiling brightly.
"Ah..." Yamamoto gasped in realization."That's right, isn't it? Ah ha ha ha!"
"Ah ha ha ha!" I started laughing too along with Tsuna-nii and soon, the sound of our laughter resounded through the whole room.
'This is great. Tsuna-nii and I got a new friend today!'
Which left only one thing.
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.
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How on earth did I survive that fall?
A/N: Okay, I admit that was real crappy. Really crappy. I didn't really plan much so yeah... Sorry if this chapter was short for you and for the fact that I'm a crappy author! And I promise that next time I would look at the calendar to give you a more accurate date of when I will update! I didn't realize I had exams the next week... If it makes you feel any better I think I failed all the subjects except English, since I know the results. So... which do you prefer? 1) Wait for about 2 weeks and get 1 chapter 2) Wait for a few weeks and get like 3-5 chapters? That's a pickle... Oh well, please review~ Ciao~
Next update: 6/10/2013 (NO LATER THAN THAT! Cuz' it's when all my exams all over!)