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Chapter 8: Famiglia Death- I mean Entrance Test
Warning: I'm sure you know what I'm going to say, right?
Recap: It started with Ichigo explaining stuff and ended with Lambo calling Akemi 'Pika-nee'!
"Ichigo! You there?" I shouted, sitting up from my bed.
"No need to shout, I can hear you perfectly fine," Ichigo said lazily, lying down on his bed.
"Ichigo, you still haven't answer-"
"I don't want to answer your previous questions," he immediately said, interrupting me while sitting up too.
He looked so angry and he was glaring at that moment that I shut my mouth quickly and flinched. He seemed to have noticed that and his eyes softened.
"I will still answer your questions... Just not your previous ones."
"... Gomen. I made you angry," I apologized.
"It's okay. Now shoot your questions away before I change my mind."
"Alright, do you or do you not know the plot in this world?" I tilted my head.
"This is going to be complicated. I do know the plot but in order not to change the plot drastically, some of the memories of you watching the episodes of Katekyo Hitman Reborn was sealed. Though only the more important events were sealed."
"Then what about the time you said something was different about the plot? (Chapter 6) Surely Yamamoto joining us along with Gokudera is not so important, right?"
"Originally, the anime shows Yamamoto joining Tsunayoshi along with Gokudera, but in your case, Yamamoto did not join and had even attempted to commit fucking suicide! So I had only one conclusion left."
"Which is?"
"The plot is a mixed events of the anime and manga."
"Then why don't you know what's going to happen?"
"... You didn't even read the fucking manga!"
"Oh. I was planning to but... you know, Eisuke-nii..." I gripped my skirt and frowned. Ichigo stared at me before jumping off the bed... and he flicked me on the forehead.
"Itai! What did you do that for?" I whined, rubbing my forehead.
"I may be your darkness but that frown... I hate it. I doesn't suit you." He looked away from me and scratched his cheek. And did I see a faint dash of pink on his face? I chuckled to myself.
"Arigatou for trying to cheer me up!" I smiled warmly to him. His face then erupted into pepper red.
"N-No problem, H-Hikari," he mumbled, crossing his arms and looking at anywhere but me. It's kinda amusing to know I had such an effect on him. Not that I was ever going to tell him that.
"Then next question! Why do you call me 'Hikari'?"
"Because you are my light. It's that simple."
"But I thought Ichigo #2 is my light? Doesn't that apply to you too?"
"No it doesn't. Plus I hate him," he said coolly, putting his arms behind his head. I pouted.
"Hate is a very strong word, you know?"
"Fine then. Let me rephrase that, I dislike him, INTENSELY."
"What did he ever do to you?" He shrugged.
"Call it Loathe at First Sight~"
"Mhnnn..." My eyelids felt heavy. So fast! I still want to talk to Ichigo a while longer...
"Don't worry, I can still talk to you. Just that you can't see me."Did he read my thoughts or something!?
"Your eyes are like an open book. All of your feelings can be read there."
"Then, what am I feeling now?" I challenged him. He smiled, came closer to me and stared in my face.
"Annoyed because I can read you and ... relief because we can still talk together."
"Yaw~n! I'm sleepy..." Tsuna-nii said.
"Yaw~n! If it makes you feel any better, I feel sleepy too..." I agreed with him as I dragged my feet. Talking with Ichigo was really taking a toll on my sleep. We were on the way to school and fortunately, not running late.
"Yo, Tsuna, Akemi!" Ah! It's Yamamoto!
"Yamamoto! Ohayo!" greeted Tsuna-nii.
"Ohayo, Yamamoto..." I greeted him lazily.
"Lack of sleep? You guys have bags under your eyes," stated Yamamoto.
"Errr... Ah..." Tsuna-nii fumbled over his words to form an explanation.
"A kid got lost and ended up at our house recently and we kinda took him in. So our hands had been busy for a while because of the kid thus not enough sleep," I lied through my teeth.
"Aha! I see! I'm glad you're not sleep deprived due to studying!" Yamamoto said cheerfully.
"Eh?"
"I'll lose my failure buddy, right?" Yamamoto said and elbowed Tsuna-nii playfully. They laughed merrily. I smiled.
Ichigo was right about calling Yamamoto 'Ame', because he really was like the rain. Washing away all our troubles and stuff like that~
I shivered suddenly. Did I just felt a killer intent?
I looked around and saw Gokudera crashing his packet of cigarettes and glaring at... Yamamoto. I figured. Reborn was with him too.
I shivered again. Something bad is going to happen soon, I guess.
But as I was looking around, I missed out on a small conversation between Tsuna-nii and Yamamoto.
"Tsuna, do you think Akemi is strange for her age?"
"What do you mean by strange?"
"Well, not really strange but she had this really broken look on her face when she talked me out of jumping off the building. I don't think such look should belong to a kid her age."
"I-I think she is too mature for her age. Now that I think of it, I don't really know much about her..."
"Eh? Isn't she your sister?"
"S-She is in a way. I found her on the street when I returned from school one day and then Okaa-san just took her in."
"No wonder your hair colors are different... Yosh! I decided!"
"D-Decide what?"
"I have decided to find out more about her from now on!"
"T-Then me too! I-I also want to find out more about her!"
'In order not to let such a broken look appear on her face again,' were the unspoken words.
"So what did you guys talk about?" I said, interrupting their conversation.
"Nothing much! Right, Tsuna?"
"A-Ah!" Tsuna-nii nodded and Yamamoto elbowed Tsuna-nii playfully again.
I think the surrounding temperature just dropped a few degrees... I swear I could hear Gokudera shouted 'Damn him!'
At the swimming pool~
"So to satisfy Gokudera, I decided to hold the 'Famiglia Entrance Test' for Yamamoto," Reborn explained to Tsuna-nii and me.
"I'm not satisfied! Why are you deciding things on your own!? More like don't enter the school without permission! Yamamoto is my classmate! He's my friend! And he's busy with baseball! Don't involve him in your weird world!" Tsuna-nii shouted all in one breath.
'I doubt Reborn even listened though...'
"I had Gokudera call Yamamoto out already," said Reborn before he dived deep into the pool.
Wait... Gokudera with Yamamoto...
Gokudera + Yamamoto= Part of school property bombed= Hibari-san finding out I have something to do with it= Kamikorosu... Oh hell to the fuck no!
"What!? It's that Gokudera! What will I do if something happened to Yamamoto!?" Tsuna-nii panicked like he always did.
"That's why run, Tsuna-nii, RUN!" I grabbed (read: dragged) Tsuna-nii along with me to where they might be.
After a while of running (and dragging), we finally found Gokudera and Yamamoto.
"HEYYYYYYYYYYYY!" Tsuna-nii shouted.
"Gokudera! Don't you dare take out any of your dynamites!" 'So that you won't kill Yamamoto and destroy anything.'
Well, at least nothing happened... yet. I could feel that Gokudera was at his limit.
"Who's that? Your little brother?" Yamamoto asked. Little brother? I looked back.
"Geh!"
"Ciaossu!" Reborn greeted, holding onto a rope tied around Tsuna-nii's waist and was on a skateboard.
"Reborn!" 'No wonder it felt heavy, I thought Tsuna-nii gained weight or something like that...'
"I'm not his little brother. I'm Reborn, the Vongola Famiglia Hitman."
"Way to go to introduce yourself..." I mumbled but Reborn ignored it. Tsuna-nii was panicking... again.
"Hahahaha! I see. Well, I apologize," Yamamoto spoke.
"Huh?"
"Eh?" Tsuna-nii and I gaped.
"It must be troublesome to be a hitman at such a young age."
"Not really. You're going to join the Vongola Famiglia too."
"He-Hey! Reborn!" Tsuna-nii said.
"Come on, he's only a kid," Yamamoto said,"Didn't you do it when you were young too? Pretending to be cops and heroes?"
"That's a reasonable explanation but he's talking about MAFIA! The freaking MAFIA! No kids would talk about that!" I stated and pointed at Reborn, but decided it was a bad idea and pulled back before he could break my finger.
"Hahaha! Then he must be a smart kid then!" I face-palmed. I give up with this naive Baka.
Yamamoto picked Reborn up and placed him on his shoulder.
"The tenth head of the Famiglia is Tsuna," Reborn explained.
"Oh now that is a good choice of person," Yamamoto complimented. Aye sir! You're so right, Yamamoto!
"Okay sure! Then let me in this Vongola Famiglia too!" No sir! That's not right at all, Yamamoto!
"Tch." Gokudera seemed pissed- Wait, he IS pissed.
"Yamamoto, are you sure? This Mafia 'game' isn't going to be easy, you know?" I said in an attempt to change his mind.
"That's even better! What's a game without challenges?" he countered in glee.
"You might even get injuries!"
"Then I will try not to! Even if I did get some, I can always wait for it to heal!"
"You might not have time for baseball!"
"If it is for the sake of my friends, I don't mind."
I looked into his eyes and saw one thing.
Resolve.
"Arghhhh! Fine! No objections..." I gived in.
"Then, what am I supposed to do?" Yamamoto questioned.
"First the Famiglia Entrance Test," Reborn answered.
"Oh there's a test? That's pretty legitimate."
"If you don't pass the test, you can't enter the Famiglia." Tsuna-nii seemed hopeful for a moment. Probably thinking that as long as he doesn't pass the test, he wouldn't be involved in the Mafia.
"If you don't pass, it equals your death." There goes Tsuna-nii hope.
"Hahahaha, you're seriously funny. I like you," Yamamoto said. Naive Baka! Reborn would really KILL you!
"The test is easy. Simply dodge the attacks," Reborn stated and was about to start the test when I interrupted.
"Then I would join too!" I declared.
"Eh?"
"I didn't have to do a test yet I entered the Famiglia so it isn't fair to Yamamoto." 'That and I want to prevent his death.'
"Why not? Alright," Reborn agreed,"Well let's start."
"First, knives." No sooner had he finished that sentence did he threw a few knives at Yamamoto and me.
"Woah!" Yamamoto moved to the side just in time to avoid the knives while I just sidestepped.
'Well, that was easy.'
'Well, knowing Reborn, the next stages are probably a lot harder.'
'Ichigo!'
'No shit, Sherlock. Just focus on what's happening now.'
"W-Wait, Reborn! Are you seriously trying to kill Yamamoto and Akemi?!" Tsuna-nii said and ran in front of Reborn.
'I bet Gokudera is thinking of killing Yamamoto...'
"Wait up, Tsuna," Yamamoto said.
"Eh?"
"When we were kids, we played with wooden swords, right? It's alright, I'll stick around."
"You fucking BAKA!" I slammed my hand over my mouth.
Everyone stared at me.
"Errrrrr... I meant isn't the weather hot? Hahaha..." I said awkwardly and thankfully, they bought it.
'What the heck Ichigo!?'
'Gomen, slip of the mouth~ But you got to admit, he's a fucking baka!'
I ignored Ichigo's comment and focus on the scene in front of me.
"As the boss, show them an example, Tsuna." WTF!? He's going to drag Tsuna-nii in too!?
"Sounds good. It's a race to see who's going to pass the test." Yamamoto, that is NOT good at all!
"Well let's run!" Yamamoto said and ran along with Tsuna-nii who was shouting 'No! Wait up!'
I guess I better run too. No matter how much I hate running. Reborn threw two knives at Yamamoto who ducked.
"Woah. Good form!" Yamamoto, the only person who would enjoy a life risking situation. A few knives were headed at my direction and I tilted my head. The knives flew past me.
'Arigatou Kami-sama for letting Yamamoto learned baseball! His reflexes are superb!'
"But recent toys seem so real. Those looked like real knives."
'Though I think he's a baka now thanks to the baseballs he took to the head.'Again I ignored the comment.
"Next weapon is a bow-gun." Lo and behold, Reborn was now in front of us.
"Geh! He got there ahead!" Tsuna-nii gaped.
"Nice job," commented Yamamoto.
"Gahahahahahaha! Found you, Reborn!" Shit! That voice is...
"I'm Lambo from the Bovino Famiglia! I'm Lambo who came to junior high school even when he's five years old!"
"The annoying one is out!" Tsuna-nii yelled. I hate to admit it but I do agree with Tsuna-nii on that...
"Bovino? Never heard of them. What do you want to do, Reborn-san?" Gokudera asked.
"Continue," Reborn replied and shot arrows at an incredible speed.
"Ite!" Damn! That one arrow grazed my cheek and now my cheek was bleeding... Oh well, I wiped away my blood and dodged some more arrows aimed at me.
I continued to dodge the arrows until Lambo's voice- more like what he said- caught my attention.
"Ta~Da~ Missile launcher!" Lambo said,"Die, Reborn!" Ah, he clicked the trigger...
BOOM!
"HIEEEEEEEEE!" That was Tsuna-nii screaming his 'manly' shout. On the bright side, at least we survived from the explosion~
"Phew. Looks like if I take it easy, I won't be able to pass," Yamamoto said and somehow went into 'BCM' (Baseball Crazy Mode). I gulped. Looks like he's serious now.
"Reborn! Let's stop this test! You saw that, right? Lambo started shooting missiles!" Tsuna-nii said.
"Next is a sub-machine gun."
"O-Oi!" Knew Reborn would ignore Tsuna-nii. He always does.
"First, the level of a trainee hitman."
"Oh fuck," I cussed before running away with Yamamoto and Tsuna-nii. I dodged the missiles and bullets but the impact from the explosion managed to graze me a little.
"Juudiame!" I heard Gokudera yelled and I turned just to see him wink to Tsuna-nii... and he's holding unlit dynamites.
Please tell me he's not going to join to kill us...
BOOM!
I looked around only to find Adult Lambo in place of Lambo.
"Goodness. Looks like Lambo from ten years later has got to do it." I officially hate the ten-year bazooka.
"Next is a rocket missile."
"Die."
"Thunder set."
"My life is officially fucked."
"What the?!"
"HIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"
All of their attacks came rushing to us at once. Fuck my life again. I ran towards Yamamoto and Tsuna-nii who were quite a distance away from me...
BOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMM!
"Juudiame! Are you alright, Juudiame?" Gokudera's concern voice could be heard.
"They're there," Reborn assured Gokudera.
As the smoke clears, it revealed Yamamoto helping Tsuna-nii up.
"Phew, that was close," said Yamamoto.
"Since Yamamoto pulled me and Akemi pushed the both of us, I was saved. Wait- Where's Akemi!?"
"R-Right here..." I muttered, lying on the ground. Damn, the explosion's impact knocked me down and I injured my knee. Gosh, now it's bleeding.
"Akemi! Are you okay?" Tsuna-nii ran towards me and asked.
"I'm fine. Just some scratches-"
"What do you mean 'fine'!? Your knee is bleeding!" Tsuna-nii interrupted me before taking out a handkerchief from his pocket and started to wipe away my blood.
I smiled. I may be injured but knowing someone cares for you is kinda a nice feeling.
"Arigatou, Tsuna-nii," I said. The blood seems to be drying now.
"You're amazing, Akemi," complimented Yamamoto,"You were like so far away from us then suddenly- Swoosh! You appeared right behind us and pushed us away from the explosion!"
"T-Thanks for saving us."
"It's fine! We're all alive now, right?" I said, beaming from ear to ear.
"You passed the test. You're officially part of the Famiglia," Reborn stated.
"Thanks," Yamamoto replied, smiling. Then suddenly, Gokudera grabbed his collar. I thought Gokudera would punch him in the face or something like that but his next words stunned me.
"Good job," Gokudera complimented Yamamoto.
"You protected Juudiame, so I have no choice but to admit you into the Famiglia. But the right arm of the Tenth is me. You're the shoulder blade."
"Sh-Shoulder blade? I thought so from before but you're a funny guy!" Yamamoto said and put his arm around Gokudera, shocking him.
"But I don't want to withdraw from being Tsuna's right arm. So you'll be the ear lobe."
"The fuck!? Then you're the nose hair!"
"Then you're the snot!"
"Calm down, guys!" I said, pushing them slightly more apart,"Gokudera will be the right arm since he claimed the position first while Yamamoto will be the left arm. That way both of you guys can work together to help Tsuna-nii! Just like his arms!"
"I suppose that's fine..." Gokudera said.
"Haha! I'm fine with it too!" Yamamoto said gleefully.
"Well, I'm going to club practice. See ya, kid," Yamamoto said, grabbing his bag before leaving.
"But those bombs and toys these days seem so real~"
I face-palmed. We got freaking injured because of those said 'toys'!
I felt a hand ruffling my hair out of the blue. I looked up and saw that the hand belonged to Gokudera.
"Good job on protecting Juudiame..." he mumbled, looking away from me. I smiled again.
"No problem!"
"Wahhhhh! Pika-nee!" Ah, almost forgot about Lambo! Looks like he's back from the future!
I was about to run to where Lambo was when I remembered something.
.
.
.
I better get rid of any evidences that I was here. Because if I don't... KAMIKOROSU! *shivers*
A/N: Gomen for updating a day late! I forgot to save and thanks to that, I got to rewrite about 1/2 of the chapter! Arigatou to people who favorite, follow and review this story! Please review to the EXTREME!~ Ciao~
Next update: 12/10/2013