Chapter 92

And Fights Will Occur

A week had passed since Tsunayoshi's first day at school and since then he had generally been left alone. In general it was because he was hardly without any of his friends anymore, they had decided on a part of the school they liked and claimed it as theirs, but also because he was less scared of anyone who did manage to pin him against a wall. It took a few attempts, as well as a few talks with the others on the unfathomable thing called Human Nature (Verde had confused him more than normal during that talk with all his psycho-babble, learning from books about the psyche was different from actually having personal experience with it all, so in the end he'd had quiet talks with Viper, Skull and Fon.) but eventually he learnt that not everyone was nice and people were mean without a good reason for it. It was just something he was going to have to deal with.

But there was also something else he was going to have to deal with…

The first example had been Kyoya. Everyone was scared of him, even if they pretended they weren't. People moved out of Kyoya's way, let him go where he wanted and never said anything offensive when he was in ear shot. He also had people coming to him and talking to him before running off again. And these people looked scary. They always had scowls on their faces, scratches and bruises and also an air of confidence. Even the fourth years gave Kyoya more respect than they should.

Since this was partly a Mafia school, respect towards one's elders was important. But more important was respect towards those more powerful than you. Which of course fit Kyoya's ideal perfectly. Strength was important in the Mafia, it meant you were going to live to steal another day. Strength meant security, power meant better jobs, better pay. Power meant more excitement and exhilaration. Lots of people tried to beat Kyoya, to prove they were stronger than him, but as far as everyone knew, in the three years he'd been here, he had never once lost. He had come in, a young first year and within the day had beaten the biggest badest bully around. By the end of the month he had beaten practically the whole population of male mafia students and even some of the more rowdy civilian students.

By the end of the first semester, Kyoya had cemented his ideals in the school and the Disciplinary Committee had been created.

Kyoya liked having power. He liked things to be nice and quiet, and following the rules usually meant that everything was quiet. There were the strong and there were the weak and the weak should obey the strong. That was the order of things. And if they didn't like that, then they should grow up and do something about it. Society as a whole was built upon order and rules, there was an order to everything, from King to peasant, from Boss to subordinate, from Leader to follower, from Carnivore to Herbivore. Kyoya had never liked having to follow rules, to have someone telling him what to do, so he had grown strong enough that he made the rules instead. Everyone was too scared of him to tell him otherwise.

He liked being on the top, it meant weaker people did what he told them to do, but also his position was never safe. There was always someone trying to take his place, always someone who rebelled against the rules and needed putting in their place again. And the best way to do that was to show them who was stronger. He loved the feeling of fighting a strong opponent, of showing his dominance over someone. It might be an unconscious rebellion against his strict parents, but he didn't care. Fighting made his blood run and his adrenaline pump and it was a feeling he loved. What was wrong with that?

He had even fought against the Dean once, although he had lost. The loss had been humiliating and extremely quick. All his hits had been dodged effortlessly and it was clear he was being played with. And no one played with Kyoya Hibari. It made him annoyed to be played with. He hadn't lost in a while, the last person he had lost against was Tsunayoshi when he had dared to smack Natsu (a mistake he's never made again). But Tsunayoshi lived with the pack of carnivores called the Arcobaleno and he hadn't won a fight against any of them. Even his parents showed deference to the Arcobaleno.

But since he had lost to the Dean he had to do what the Dean asked of him. And that was to keep the students following the rules of this place. It was to fight anyone who asked. It was to keep the town of Namimori safe. Well, he would have done that anyway, he was quite fond of this small little town. So keeping the students following the rules was what he did. He was still in a position of power and the Dean had never taken advantage of the fact he had won.

And the best part of this place being a Mafia school was that Mafioso didn't like rules. They rebelled against rules. And that meant he never got bored and there was always someone to fight. That's why he loved this school. The Disciplinary Committee was almost like its own little Mafia inside the school. Hibari was the leader and took in anyone he saw as strong. When the Mafioso children were beaten they followed him because that's how the Mafia was. It consisted of Third and Fourth Year students because Kyoya didn't like the thought of having anyone younger follow him, they were too noisy. And Kyoya liked his peace and quiet.

But that didn't matter anyway, because the second years were under someone else's control.

Mukuro's.

By the end of the first week, Mukuro had control of all the second year delinquents. He too liked being in control, especially after being let out of the Estraneo. In there he'd had no control whatsoever and he hated the feeling of being weak and helpless. But now he was free and he wasn't going to let anyone shackle him ever again. He was not going to let anyone tell him what to do if he could help it. With him in control, no one was going to harm his family either. People listened to him for once, did what he wanted, was scared of being hurt by him. They were the ones cowering in fear, not him. He had walked the Path of Hell of Heaven, he had control over Ghosts, Demons and Animals. No one was better than he was.

Being the new transfer student meant that many thought they were better than him. Those who were strong came to check him out, to see where his place in the hierarchy was. He had soon taught them a lesson. No one had beaten him, and he hadn't even needed his Paths or illusions to do so. It seemed that none of these children had been trained to be assassins yet like he, Ken, Chikusa and Chrome had. They had all lived soft cushy lives so far, knowing nothing of hardships like he had been put through. So of course he had won easily.

He had called the gang of students the Kokuyo Gang. He had attracted a few more loyal followers, like this one girl called M.M. who could do some rather interesting things with a clarinet. She was always clinging to him though, which was annoying. And she didn't let any other girls near him either. Which was fine by him he supposed. Ken and Chikusa were also part of this Gang, as was Tsunayoshi, although in name only. But they were the only first years that were part of his Gang and into his territory. Although he did make exceptions for when Tsunayoshi visited with his friends.

The first years though had a different leader.

Hayato.

He had managed to gather the first year delinquents under his command. Unless it was Tsunayoshi, Hayato had his guard always raised and was standoffish with anyone who tried to get close. He was defensive, rather rude and short tempered. He hated stupid people, found people who laughed too much (like a certain baseball-idiot) annoying and hated anyone older than him. He wasn't going to take any nonsense from anybody, and anyone who tried was dealt with quickly and harshly.

The first years had quickly learnt not to anger Hayato and either stayed out of his way or did what he said. Hayato wasn't afraid to use his bombs on anyone who he found annoying.

But using bombs meant sometimes destroying school property or creating a hole in the floor, which brought down Kyoya's wrath. Whilst fighting in this school was not against the rules, damaging the school was, the Dean had told him so (This was because Reborn didn't like it when Viper went mad over the amount of money being spent repairing the school instead of running it. The no damage rule got her off his back). And so fights broke out between the two different gangs. The first years were being rebellious and Kyoya was putting a stop to it.

There were also fights between Mukuro and Kyoya, mainly because Kyoya was trying to make Mukuro follow the rules, but Mukuro didn't want to follow the rules and hated the way that Kyoya was trying to make him do things. Plus, both liked fighting against each other, it passed the time and made them both stronger. So neither complained. And finally, there were fights between Mukuro's gang and Hayato's gang because Hayato hated anyone older than him- which Mukuro's gang all were. Plus Mukuro teased Hayato a lot and made him blow his short temper.

Reborn had watched all this happen from his office and could only smile at the results. This was surely a good thing for the school, it was all good fighting experience. And it could only make Hayato, Mukuro and Kyoya stronger. The only downside was that he'd had to hire another nurse to handle all the injuries since Shamal wasn't going to do it unless it was one of Tsunayoshi's friends. Or a girl. And Viper hadn't liked the fact they now had to pay out more money on the nurse and repairing damages. Reborn doubted that any of the children understood why they had fights, they most likely did it because they were rowdy children who liked to fight. It was good for Mafioso to not be scared of fighting and getting injured so he let the gangs happen, drawing in other children to the fights. It was all good experience that would help keep them alive in the future.

So the thing that Tsunayoshi had to also put up with were the constant gang wars between the three. He didn't like the fact that his three friends were fighting a lot of the time, and that lots of people were getting hurt. But he couldn't deny that everyone was having fun. Everyone in the gangs enjoyed the fights over territory and such, seeing it all as a game. And Tsunayoshi was fine with violent games as long as no one got hurt too much. But there were times that his three friends took things too far and started fights in the wrong places or over silly little things that Tsunayoshi found stupid.

Now was one such time. For some reason Hayato and Mukuro were fighting yet again. Tsunayoshi wasn't quite sure on the reason, it could have been anything from a pineapple comment to an octopus one, but the simple fact was that they were fighting in the corridor and no one could get past them to get outside for lunch. There was quite an audience gathered, people from all years used this exit and were enjoying the sight of a fight. People had already picked sides and were cheering the pair on whilst staying far enough back to avoid most of the smoke from the dynamites Hayato used- they were smaller than normal dynamites because he only had small hands and as such were less powerful than a normal dynamite.

But this fight was disturbing the peace and damaging property, so now Kyoya had gotten involved too.

"Haha, they're at it again," Laughs Takeshi, putting his hands behind his head as they stood at the back of the large crowd.

"Mou, Hayato's so violent desu~. And now we can't go for lunch either. Haru has this really nice piece of angel cake I was looking forwards to." Moans Haru, crossing her arms and tapping her foot against the floor. "Maybe Haru should sort them out!"

"What? That's stupid Haru, you'll only get hurt too!" Shoichi cries, standing as far back from the action as he could. Spanner was at his side, sitting down against a wall so he could continue drawing. They knew from experience that these fights could last ages, so there was no telling when they'd be able to get out. He might as well use his time productively.

"They're just a group of stupid monkeys drawing attention to themselves. This is why I hate kids." Growls Hana, arms folded as she glared at the fight going on.

"You should go and give them bananas then. Monkeys like bananas." Fran suggested as his solution to stop the fighting. Hana gave him an unamused look. "Ah, here comes the banana now." The group turn to see what Fran was talking about, half suspecting to see three walking bananas since that was what it had sounded like Fran meant.

Instead they only see Tsunayoshi and Enma. "Hmm, what are you guys still doing here? I would have thought you'd all be outside by now." Tsunayoshi asks. He and Enma had had to stay behind to talk to the teacher about a scene they'd created today. Enma had tripped, Tsunayoshi had gone to save him and also tripped and suddenly there was most of the girls in the class out of their seats offering plasters and cooing over them as if they'd just broken their legs or something. It had taken the teacher ten minutes to get the girls to go and sit back down again.

"Seems like there's another fight. It's a good thing Adel's not here or else she'd get involved too." Enma whispers, looking around in case she was nearby. Her and Hibari had lots of fights too.

"Again?" sighs Tsunayoshi. "They are almost as bad as Reborn and Colonnello." He mutters under his breath as he walks forwards. "Excuse me, sorry, can I get through? Ah, yeah, sorry, excuse me, pardon me, ah thank you." He squirms his way through the crowd to get to the front lines and can finally see the fight for himself. It's hard to hear anything since everyone around him was cheering the three fighting boys on, fists in the air as they shouted threats and encouragements.

"Kyoya, Mukuro, Hayato, stop." Tsunayoshi says, but his voice is lost under the cheering. He tries a few more times but nothing seems to be working. Sighing, he starts to walk forwards, getting closer to the fight in hopes that they'd notice him. They don't, too focused on fighting each other. The crowd behind him grow quieter slightly, wondering what the cute, fluffy, small boy who surely couldn't harm a fly was going to do.

Hayato comes flying towards him, having been smacked backwards by a tonfa. Tsunayoshi catches him whilst Hayato is in mid-air and places him back on the floor. Hayato gets back up ready to give Kyoya a lesson, his jaw clenched in anger.

"Hayato sit."

Hayato sat.

He would know that voice anywhere, even if he hadn't noticed that it was Tsunayoshi-sama who had just grabbed him. He couldn't defy that voice. If Tsunayoshi-sama wanted him to sit then he'd do it in a heartbeat, so he had immediately sat down cross-legged in the middle of the floor exactly where he had been standing, not caring that it was dirty because of the dust his dynamites had created. He looks up and sees that it really was Tsunayoshi-sama who had just saved him from flying into the crowd behind them. He didn't look happy though, especially not with that tone of voice, so Hayato was quiet too. His sudden deference caused a stir among the crowd watching, not everyone was in their class after all so very few knew about his loyalty to Tsunayoshi.

Tsunayoshi then took a few more steps forwards. "Mukuro, Kyoya, stop please." He said, his voice a little louder than before since the crowd behind weren't cheering as loudly; things were different this time, the small boy had never interfered before so they were interested to see how things would turn out. But still the pair war on. Tsunayoshi sighs once more, he'd have to get involved personally.

The crowd gasp as suddenly the small boy disappears, only to reappear between the fighting pair, one hand holding back a tonfa, the other holding back a trident. "Both of you stop now." There are growls from both sides and more pressure placed against the weapons, trying to get Tsunayoshi to back off.

"Hey idiots, Tsunayoshi-sama told you to stop!" Hayato shouts, standing back up again to go and smack the pair for disobeying Tsunayoshi-sama.

"Stop! or else I'll use The Bag on you all." Tsunayoshi threatens. He had taken Luce's lead with discipline- he didn't know any other way- and kept on him small embarrassing accessories that made his friends back down from fights. The three fighters pause for a moment, eyes widening slightly at the threat. All three had their pride and didn't want any fluffy accessories to be put on them.

The crowd are silent, stunned by Tsunayoshi's threat. They are sure that the fight is about to start again, no one is scared of a bag and the boy didn't even have a bag on him. But jaws drop as the three most violent boys in the school all take a step backwards and hide their weapons.

"Good~" Tsunayoshi says, smiling brightly at them all, his sudden cold temper nowhere to be seen. "Now we can go eat lunch!" He wraps his arms around the nearest arm of Mukuro and Kyoya before pulling them towards the door, Hayato following like a puppy behind.

Kyoya smacks Tsunayoshi on the head with a tonfa for such an herbivore-like display. "Ouch Kyoya, that's mean." Tsunayoshi whines in a cute voice.

"Hey, what are you doing to Tsunayoshi-sama!" Hayato shouts.

"Kufufu~ You should come closer this way Tsunayoshi, away from that brute." Mukuro chuckles, pulling on Tsunayoshi's arm.

The crowd watching are sure that another fight is about to start, but they never get to see since the quartet walk around the doors and out of sight.

"Did you see that?"

"He made those three stop. Those three!"

"I didn't think the Discipline Committee Leader listened to anyone."

"The same with Hayato, he hates being told what to do."

"He didn't even use force!"

"Any idea who he is?"

"No, although they called him Tsunayoshi."

"Hayato even added sama on the end."

"He always does that you know. I'm in class with them both. Hayato's purely devoted to Tsunayoshi."

"Wait, isn't he that kid who's always jumping off the school gates onto that motorcycle?"

The crowd was abuzz with questions and speculations about what had just taken place. No one had thought that such a small boy could do those things. All three of the fighters were notorious in the school. The talking went on for a little while before the crowd dispersed. But everyone took something away from the fight, a single thought-

Tsunayoshi was someone to get close to. If he could control those three people when who knew what else he could do. It was important to stay on his good side. And the good side of which ever Family he belonged to- no one knew that either. In fact, no one knew what Family any of those four belonged to.

But whoever he was, Tsunayoshi was an ally they needed to have.

There are credits to a few people in this chapter, I'll add them later when I find the names I need.

And any ideas on what to name Hayato's gang?

I hope you all liked it and see you next time!

Phantom Hitman 1412

First Published 14 April 2013