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Chapter 10: Reborn's Words Are Absolute (At least to Bianchi...)

Warning: The usual stuff~! And the fact that it's short. Hope you guys don't mind!

Recap: Bianchi attempted to murder Tsuna and Akemi. I wonder how I managed to make that over 2000 words...

At the Sawada Household~

"Woah! It's so hot!" Tsuna-nii complained,"I should sit still in my room with the air conditioner on."

"Let me join you, Tsuna-nii," I said,"The air conditioner in my room isn't working." 'Plus I want someone to talk to since somehow I can't enter my so-called mind.'

'Entering your so-called mind also requires energy, you know? It's really draining after a while.'

'Ichigo! Wait...'

'What?'

'If it's really that draining, then why do you always let me enter?'

'T-That's because...'

'Could it be because... you were lonely?'

'Baka! It's not like that!'

'Yep! Definitely not like that~ But don't worry!'

'Eh?'

'You said it before, right? I'm a part of you and you're a part of me. So don't worry! We will always be together!'

'Hikari...'

"...emi! Akemi! Akemi!" Tsuna-nii called.

"Eh?" I looked at Tsuna-nii.

"Are you okay? You seemed to be in a daze just now..."

"I'm fine! Just thinking about some things! Now come on, let's turn on the freaking air conditioner! The heat is starting to get to me..."

Tsuna-nii agreed with me and opened the door to his room. Only to see Lambo sleeping on the floor.

"Ah~ Lucky Lambo, sleeping because he's tired from all his assassination attempts," I said and moved him away from the door.

"Ciaossu." I turned around and saw Reborn- dressed up in a Yukata, eating a bowl of noodles while Leon became a wind chime.

"You are totally indulging the Japanese summer, aren't you!?" Tsuna-nii exclaimed like he always does.

"I have some for you too." Geh! That voice is...

"Bianchi!" I said in surprise.

"Eat up," she said and handed me a bowl of... I don't even know what it is.

"Wha-What are you doing here!?" Tsuna-nii asked,"And you gave Akemi something that looks so poisonous!"

"For love," Bianchi replied.

"For work," Reborn said.

"Reborn needs me," Bainchi continued.

"I thought about asking Bianchi to tutor you guys partly," Reborn contradicted her.

"I'm going to take a stab but I think their relationship will fall out because of miscommunication," I whispered to Tsuna-nii.

"I agree too. They are totally misunderstanding each other!" he whispered back,"Wait now is not the time for this!"

Tsuna-nii walked towards Reborn saying,"Why are you suddenly saying tutoring and stuff! You barely do it yourself! And this woman is trying to kill me with her Poison Cooking!"

While Tsuna-nii was babbling about that, I was eating Bianchi's bowl of whatever-poisonous-stuff-that-is.

"Nice job, Bianchi! This is actually pretty good!" I complimented her and took another bite,"Though I appreciate it if you lessen the amount of poison..."

"Ara, Arigatou. That is my Poison Cooking II. Twice the killing rate," she said and showed two fingers.

"I want you out of here now!" Tsuna-nii shouted,"And Akemi! I don't care whether you are immune to poison or not, stop eating that!"

"Bianchi, you should also put more salt, it taste a little bland."

"Akemi! Are you listening!?"

"Just kidding, Tsuna-nii~" Though after seeing his expression of pure concern, I put down the bowl and added. "Fine, I will stop eating it."

"I'll be assisting you in Home Economics and Art. We will be conducting a Home Economics Experiment so I'll be in the kitchen preparing," Bianchi said and left.

"At this rate, it'll only be a matter of time before we get killed!" Tsuna-nii yelled, clutching his head.

"Reborn! Do something! Kick her out!" Tsuna-nii pleaded but all his words fell onto deaf ears as Reborn continued slurping his noodles.

Slurp! Slurp!

"Don't give me that 'Slurp! Slurp!' crap!"

"Juudaime!" Geh! One after another!

'Oh Kami-sama, why must you torture us so?'

'Probably because Reborn wasn't enough.'

Tsuna-nii and I went down the stairs to greet Gokudera- who was carrying a watermelon in a small net.

"Ciaossu, Gokudera," I greeted him, Reborn-style~

"Go-Gokudera-kun! What's up?"

"Would you like some watermelon, Juudiame? It's supposed to be really sweet," Gokudera asked.

"Oh! I want some!" I exclaimed and raised my hand.

"Shut up! I was asking Juudiame, not you!"

"Oh, come on! I live in Tsuna-nii's house! Surely that counts as something~" I said and nudged Gokudera with my elbow.

"Ignoring her-" Gokudera started.

"Hey! Don't ignore me!"

"Juudiame, would you like some?" he asked again and raised the net a little higher.

"I'm very thankful but right now I'm in the middle of something so..." Tsuna-nii explained.

Upon hearing that, Gokudera's eyes hardened.

"Some kinda trouble? If you want, I can take care of it for you if you want," Gokudera stated, a cool aura surrounding him.

'More like delinquent aura...'

Tsuna-nii started to think for a while, before saying,"Actually... now we have-"

Though Tsuna-nii's sentence was cut short when Gokudera let go of the watermelon's net completely.

Thank Kami-sama I have fast reflexes and managed to catch it in time or else I would definitely have a fun time cleaning up watermelon juice. Note the sarcasm.

"HIEEE! The watermelon!"

"Ah... Aneki..." Gokudera managed to say out, looking kinda pale too.

"Eh?" Tsuna-nii and I both turned around and found ourselves face to face with Bianchi- who was stirring some errr... things- and Reborn- who was next to her, eating a popsicle. Lucky bastard.

"Hayato," Bianchi acknowledged. Wait does that mean that...

"Eh? Aneki?" Tsuna-nii said, confused while looking back and forth between Gokudera and Bianchi.

"Gah!" Gokudera's knees buckled and he held his stomach- which was making weird noises. He then quickly stood up and ran away, shouting,"Excuse me!"

"Wait! Gokudera-kun!?"

"He's always like that, strange boy," Bianchi commented.

"Aneki... Aneki... so that means-"

"Yep! Gokudera and Bianchi are apparently siblings!" I continued for Tsuna-nii.

"Correct! With different mothers," Reborn stated. I sighed.

"Come on, Tsuna-nii! We better find Gokudera," I said while putting on my shoes.

"U-Un!" Tsuna-nii agreed.

At the Namimori Shrine~

"Found him!" I said, pointing towards Gokudera who was leaning against a tree. By the way, still holding the watermelon. In retrospect, I should have left it in the house. It's so heavy!

"Gokudera-kun!" Tsuna-nii said worriedly.

"Um... why did you suddenly run out?" Tsuna-nii asked.

"Sorry about what happened, Juudiame."

"First time seeing Gokudera scared shitless close up-" Lucky I covered my mouth in time before both of them could hear me.

'Ichigo! What the heck!?'

'Well, sometimes it happens when we have similar thoughts! Which also means you also thought of that...'

'Hey! You said SIMILAR! I did not think like you did!' I blushed.

'Whatever you say, Hikari, whatever you say~'

"So, Gokudera," I started,"Care to shed some light onto your stomach problems? It's been making some weird noises."

"I used to live with Aneki until I was eight," Gokudera explained,"At our castle, we used to have a lot of luxurious parties but when I was six-years-old, I was supposed to perform the piano in front of everyone. "

"Eh~ You're actually from a wealthy family~" I commented,"With that attitude of yours, I couldn't even tell."

"Shut up," he said,"Continuing, that time Aneki baked cookies for me the first time."

'I kinda know where this is going now...'

"That was the first of her poison cooking," Gokudera said, looking disgusted,"I didn't find out until afterwards but Aneki possesses the skill to make her cooking poisonous."

"How's that even possible!?" Tsuna-nii shouted in disbelief.

"Of course, at that time after I ate the cookies, I suddenly experienced severe nausea and dizziness and the piano performance was outrageous..."

"But that's only one time, right?" I questioned.

"Unfortunately, that's just the beginning," Gokudera answered,"That bizarre performance was rated highly in the end."

"Eh?"

"I have a feeling it's because they don't want to offend your father," I said and Gokudera flinched.

"Looks like I hit the nail~" I teased.

"Anyways, my father was in a good mood and made me perform more..."

"Which means you had to eat more of Bianchi's cookies..." I continued.

"That terror traumatized my body and now whenever I look at Aneki, I get stomach-aches..."

"Wh-What a tragedy!" Tsuna-nii commented,"I got a slight feeling but she's quite intense."

"Yes, I hate her."

"..."

"Well, that's kinda strong," I said, breaking the awkward silence.

"I can't get anywhere close to Aneki. Juudiame, can you please drive Aneki out of this town?" Gokudera requested.

Gokudera- the loyal puppy- was requesting- requesting!?- Tsuna-nii- his beloved Juudiame- for something!?

... At least that's more legit than Hibari-san breaking a Namimori Middle School rule.

"W-Well, if I were to choose, I would be happy if Bianchi wasn't here either... But I can't."

"Don't worry, I have a plan," Gokudera said,"Before my sister fell in love with Reborn, she had a man she was obsessed with. He died due to an accident but Aneki still can't get over him."

"So all we need to do is to find a guy who looks like her ex! If she sees him, she will chase him to the end of the world!" Gokudera finished explaining.

"It's another outrageous plan..." I face-palmed.

"Gokudera-kun, I don't think that plan is possible. Even more impossible to find a guy that looks like him..."

"This is the photo of her ex-boyfriend," Gokudera said, showing us a photo.

"Eh!? That guy!" I exclaimed, disbelief evident on my face.

"I've seen a cow man like him!" Tsuna-nii said.

At the Sawada Household~

When Tsuna-nii and I reached home, we sneaked past Bianchi in the kitchen- Like ninjas!- and went straight to Tsuna-nii's room- where Lambo was sleeping.

"'As long as the look-alike appears for a moment, that's fine. Aneki will go out to search for him' is what Gokudera said but... will it work?" I said, full of doubt.

"Well, we should at least try," Tsuna-nii replied. I placed the watermelon on the floor, making a mental note to eat it later.

"Lambo, wake up!" Tsuna-nii said, shaking Lambo.

"Hmmm..." Lambo woke up.

"Gomen but call you call out Lambo from ten years later with your ten-year bazooka?"

Lambo immediately flinched.

"L-Lambo never shot a ten-year bazooka!" he denied.

"What? You clearly shot it like two times," I stated.

"Lambo was told by the boss not to shoot the ten-year bazooka. L-Lambo won't shoot that," he continued to protest.

"Lambo, didn't I tell you before it isn't good to lie?" I said, bending down to his level.

"L-L-Lambo isn't lying!" he still protested,"Lambo is going to sleep now so go away!"

"This is my room!" Tsuna-nii yelled.

"Now what should we do?" I asked.

"Hmmm... The time Lambo shoots the ten-year bazooka is when he's beaten up by Reborn... If that's the case-"

"We can just ask Reborn to beat the crap out of Lambo!" I continued.

Tsuna-nii then looked out of the window.

"There he is!" Looks like Reborn is downstairs. I walked towards the window and prepared to jump out of it.

"O-Oi! Akemi!" Ignoring Tsuna-nii, I jumped gracefully. Meaning not landing on my face.

I was greeted with the sight of Reborn wearing a swimsuit and he's filling up a plastic swimming pool with water.

"Reborn! Can you do me a favor?" I asked. Tsuna-nii then arrived.

"Yeah, Reborn! Can you beat up Lambo lightly?" he asked.

"No," was the blunt reply.

"Then how about beat up Lambo strongly?" I questioned.

"Still no. I told you before. I don't deal with lower ranking opponents," Reborn said and put on sunglasses, like a boss.

Though sometimes he gives off an impression that he is the boss.

"Gahahahahaha! You can only say that until now, Reborn!" Gah! Lambo!

"Lambo-san is going to be brave and jump from the second floor like Pika-nee!" Gah, again!

"On the bright side, thanks to me, we don't need to ask Reborn anymore," I said.

"Die, Reborn! With the stun-gun I got from Boss, zap away!" As soon as Lambo finished that sentence, he jumped... into the pool of WATER.

"GUPYAAAAAAAAAA!" Lambo was shocked. Literally. That's what you get for playing with STUN-GUNS in WATER.

"He's beyond stupid!" was what Tsuna-nii commented.

"Have to agree with you there!" I said.

Lambo's stun-gun then flew towards me. I caught it and pressed the button. Electricity came out. Looks like it still works! Gonna keep this for self-defence and threatening device~

"Wahhhh!" There goes the water-works~ Lambo pulled out the ten-year bazooka and shoot himself with it.

"Goodness, why am I drenched in water?" Out came Adult Lambo~

"Ah! He's out! Adult Lambo!" Tsuna-nii said.

"Bianchi, come here!" I yelled,"Look, come over here!"

Bianchi, who was holding a plate of poison cake and heard my shout, came over.

"I don't like to be forced into doing things but I'll start tutoring you soon... Romeo!" she shouted after seeing Adult Lambo, who in turn gave a puzzled look.

"Romeo! You're alive!" Bianchi said happily.

'Yes! She thinks he's real!'

'Maybe. Watch what happens next.'

'Eh?'

"Romeo~!" Bianchi continued to run towards Adult Lambo...

"Poison Cooking II!" ...and she slammed her plate of poison cake into Adult Lambo's face.

"What!?" Tsuna-nii exclaimed.

"To... Ler... Ate..." Adult Lambo mumbled, face full of poison.

"One-hit KO~" I said.

"It seems like right before Bianchi broke up with him, they had a horrible relationship. Every time she thinks of him, she gets upset," Reborn explained.

"Adult Lambo! Stay awake! Don't sleep! Please cry!" Tsuna-nii shouted.

"Maybe with the medical skills ten years later, he'll be saved," Reborn said.

"I wonder how he survived in the future with his look and Bianchi..." I thought aloud.

I pray for the safety of Lambo for the future.

The next day~ On the route to school~

"Oh. That's how it was," Gokudera said after Tsuna-nii and I explained what happened yesterday.

"Oh yeah, I heard the reason why her ex died was due to food poisoning..."

"What!?"

"I bet all my money it's Bianchi's poison cooking~" I said.

A depressed aura surrounded Tsuna-nii and Gokudera due to the failure of getting Bianchi out of town.

"Mah, mah!" I tried to cheer them up,"How about some watermelon? I cut up the watermelon yesterday and brought it!"

I took out the container where I put the watermelon slices. They both looked at it hesitantly.

"Don't worry! Bianchi didn't touch them!" I reassured them.

"How would you know?" Gokudera questioned. I tilted my head.

"Didn't you hear from Reborn?"

"Hear what?" Tsuna-nii asked.

"Apparently, Reborn wanted to eat a good eel on the hottest day of the summer. With one word from Reborn, Bianchi left town and headed to Hamana Lake," I explained. I burst out laughing when I saw their dumbfounded expressions, and whipped out my phone and take a photo. Always take priceless moments like this for memories~

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In retrospect, we should have just lied to Bianchi that Reborn wanted something far away and then she would leave town. Ah~ How idiotic we are~

A/N: Finished~ Gomen for updating a day late and gomen again if it's short! And for my pathetic piece of excuse... I was just lazy. REALLY lazy. But after reading all the reviews again, I felt motivation and thanks to that, I only updated a DAY late! So, please review, minna-san if you want me to update on time~ (Does this count as blackmail?) Ciao ciao~

Next update: 20/10/2013