Summary: "Show me this so-called greatness of the power of love," Hibari ordered. "Fall in love with me." Haru could only stupidly gawk at him. Just what the heck did she get herself involved in? HaruxMultiple Pairings
My lack of KHR knowledge might make some things untrue or some characters OOC! XD
I don't own Katekyo Hitman Reborn because if I did, there would be a lot more Haru loving!
Please forgive any mistakes, both character-wise and grammatically wise. I don't really have time to re-read and edit things.
Chapter Seventeen: Impatience
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Haru clenched her eyes shut, waiting for the
inevitable blow to come. However, despite the passing seconds, nothing
happened. Slowly opening her eyes, she gasped at the sight of Gokudera’s back
in front of her. In a panic, she looked over to see if he was hurt and was
further surprised at how the claws was an inch away from Gokudera’s chest.
“Decimo!” Gokudera said with
wide sparkling eyes at the sight of his boss in such an admirable pose.
Their attacker let out sounds of
pain through gritted teeth at how the brown haired brat was clutching his wrist
so tightly that blood was dripping out. Fuck, did he break it? The kid was tiny
too! Where the hell did he found such strength?
“Don’t touch Haru,” Tsuna said
coldly, his grip tightening at the memory of how he had almost allowed Haru to
get hurt. That had been way too close for comfort and where had this man come
from? “Who are you?”
The man growled and shot his
other clawed hand at Tsuna. With no choice left, Tsuna released the man and
ducked to avoid the blow. Gokudera turned around and jumped away with Haru in
his arms, tilting his head back to make sure the bastard in black didn’t touch
Decimo. “Hey, woman, who the hell is that guy?”
“Haru has never seen him before
in her life!” Haru exclaimed before wrapping her arms around Gokudera to look
over his shoulder. This pressed her intimately against him, allowing Gokudera
to feel the lush curves of her body. Gokudera’s face immediately flushed and he
faltered in his steps.
“What are you-?”
“Gokudera, watch out!” Tsuna
yelled before tackling against their assailant before the man could plunge a
claw into Gokudera’s shoulder. The man went flying to the side and Gokudera
threw a set of dynamites at him. Haru screamed, burying her face into Gokudera’s
chest when the explosion caused the ground to shake.
“Stop distracting me, idiot!”
Gokudera yelled though he protectively held Haru, making sure none of the
debris hit her. Oh gods, he needed to get her away from him! She was not good
for his heart right now!
“Haru is doing no such thing,”
she said indignantly, before wiggling out of his grasp so that she was standing
on her own now. “There! Now you can’t say Haru is doing anything!”
“Did you really think such a
measly blow would be enough to stop me?” the man crooned with a long slithering
tongue, suddenly appearing in midair beside them. He took them by surprise,
having used the smoke from the dynamite as cover.
With an angry curse, Gokudera
pushed Haru to the side and ducked to avoid getting fatally injured by the man.
The claws scraped his cheeks and almost clipping an ear off. However, knowing
the man was in midair and didn’t have much maneuverability, he ignored the
wounds and kicked upward into the man’s stomach.
There was a loud grunt as the
man flew upward. His eyes widened when waiting up above for him was that brown
haired kid, his hands glowing an eerie orange-red flames that resonate with
power.
Those flames...
It looked so familiar...
Before he could figure out what
it was, the boy’s fist came crushing into his abdomen. The force was so
powerful that the man gagged, coughing out a mixture of blood and spit as he
went flying down a lot faster than he had come up. The ground mercilessly
pushed against him as he fell, the floor crumbling into pieces around him.
Haru watched in awe.
This was the power she was
talking about, the want to protect and secure. This was what she wanted to show
to Kyoya, of how when one was fighting for the one dear to them, they could
summon power unimaginable.
Her ears then caught the sound
of murmuring voices and a high-pitched whistle belonging to a police officer.
“Hahi! We have to get out of here.”
“Wait, we have to find out who
sent this guy.” Gokudera argued, glaring angrily at the unconscious man in
black. However, Haru grabbed his arm, tugging at it insistently.
“No time for that! If we get
caught by the police, how are we going to explain all this?” she demanded,
dragging him before linking arms with Tsuna as well. “Let’s go!”
Before the two could utter a
word of protest, she dragged them along to the exit of the park.
“Shit,” said a voice from afar,
having watched the entire incident unfold before him. He spoke into the little
mike on his collar. “The assassin failed. Those punks are a lot stronger than we
thought. What shall we do Hideo-sama?”
“We’re going to speed up the
plan.”
“W-What? Then when shall we-?”
“Now.”
Bianchi arched an eyebrow at the
sight of Tsuna, Gokudera, and Haru all out of breath and collapsed in the
living room of the Sawada family. And just when she thought she finally had
some alone time with Reborn, what with Tsuna’s mother out shopping with Lambo
and I-pin. Her eyes narrowed at the cut on Gokudera’s face.
“What happened?”
“Anego,” Gokudera panted. “We
were attacked.”
“Attacked by whom?”
At this, Gokudera glowered at
Haru. “We don’t know because the idiot here said it was more important to get
away.”
“If we hadn’t moved along, we
would be at the police station right now,” she argued back with a glare of her
own. “And you have nothing to worry about because it looks like the man was
after Haru, not you!”
“Someone attacked you because they
were after Haru-chan?” Bianchi asked, trying to piece the story together.
Tsuna sat up from the ground
with concern in his eyes. “The strange part was the attacker. He didn’t seem
normal. He was a lot stronger than some random guy in the streets. Actually...
he kind of reminded me of the Varia.”
“Tch,” Gokudera looked away in
disgust. “But a hell of a lot weaker than the Varia, probably a low-ranking assassin.”
Haru looked at him in alarm. “An
assassin was after Haru?”
“Why do you think he was after
you?” Bianchi asked.
“Because when we were being
attacked, the guy kept coming after me.” Haru explained. Despite the chaos of
the incident, she had made sure to keep a keen eye out for what was going on. “At
first, I thought he attacked me first because I was the weakest, but even after
Gokudera-san and Tsuna-san pushed him away, he came back to attack me again.”
“But why would he be after you?”
Tsuna mused to himself contemplatively and frowned at the possibility that Haru
was attacked because of him. If it really was an assassin, the most immediate
possibility was him due to his connections to the mafia. No, he couldn’t come
to conclusions like that just yet. “What do we do now?”
“Hm, what do you think Reborn?”
Bianchi asked, looking to the side to reveal the infant assassin standing on
top of the couch. There was a loud yelp of surprise from all three teens as
they hadn’t even noticed him there.
“H-How long were you there,
Reborn?” Tsuna yelled and was promptly swatted on the head.
“I was there this whole time,
dame-Tsuna.” He said curtly before turning to Haru. “Do you have any idea as to
why an assassin would be sent after you?”
Haru shook her head. “N-No...
Other than the Hideo-incident, I don’t think I know anyone that could send an
assassin after me.”
“That’s it!” Gokudera yelled.
“It’s that bastard who did this!”
“But he’s in prison, isn’t he?”
Tsuna asked confused and Bianchi shook her head.
“Prison is nothing for many
people. If you have the connections, it’s nothing more than a temporarily
holding place until you get out.” She explained. “But would an average thug
like Hideo be able to form enough connections to hire an assassin? Hayato, in
your opinion, what skill level did the assassin have? How did he look like?”
“He had these claws he’d wave
around and there was that ridiculously long tongue. He also these weird tattoos
and lip rings. And... he wasn’t that bad,” Gokudera said grudgingly,
remembering how the man had dodged all of his dynamites. “It’s just he was no
match for Decimo. That’s how we were able to get out without much trouble.”
“Moderate skills,” Reborn noted
and then a sly smile formed. “Interesting.”
Tsuna felt a chill go down his
spine. Whenever Reborn had that particular smile, it didn’t bode well for him.
“W-What are you talking about?”
“It’s nothing,” Bianchi said
with a knowing smile before touching Haru on the shoulder. “It’s getting late.”
“Hahi, Haru has to make dinner!”
she exclaimed when she saw the time and scrambled to her feet. “Thanks for
coming with me today Tsuna-san,” she said with a light blush on her face. “And
thank you two for protecting Haru.”
“Wait a second,” Gokudera said,
grabbing her by the wrist. “You just got attacked and you’re going to walk home
at night alone?”
“But-.”
“Don’t worry about that,”
Bianchi said brightly. “I called Yamamoto-san the moment you guys came. He
should be waiting outside to walk Haru home.”
“Eh? That baseball freak? Why-?”
Gokudera was jerked closer to Bianchi, who whispered conspiratorially in his
ear.
“You two had plenty of time with
Haru-chan today,” she explained with a mischievous tone. “Give others a chance
with her too.”
Gokudera’s face turned bright
red as he pulled away from her. “What the hell are you saying?”
“Are you really okay?” Tsuna
asked in concern and Haru smiled softly, looking down at the ground.
She had wanted to confess her
feelings to him today, to finally set them free so that she would be able to
move on with her life. With her confused feelings for Kyoya, she believed that
it would be unfair to Tsuna, Kyoya, and even herself if she tried to form a
relationship with anyone if she lingered on to past feelings.
Besides... Tsuna-san had
Kyoko-chan.
“Thank you for today.” She said
shyly, unable to meet his eyes. “Haru hopes that Tsuna-san will come with her
again so that... so that she can say what she wanted to say today.”
Maybe it was the way she spoke
or how his instincts pricked that, like earlier at the park, he wasn’t going to
like what she was going to say, Tsuna grabbed her by the shoulders. In
surprise, she looked up at him. “Don’t talk like that.”
“Hahi?” she asked confused, but
Tsuna’s resolve had suddenly dissipated and he pulled away. He looked
embarrassed and was shuffling his feet on the ground, crying out in pain and
surprise when he was hit on the head again by Reborn.
“Stupid.” Was the only
explanation from the genius infant.
Of course, Tsuna would have his
chance and he would blow it off immediately.
“W-Well then, I’m off,” Haru
said with a wave before leaving the house. The night air brushed against her
cheeks and her eyes lit up at the familiar sight of the tall figure standing
outside the gates. “Yamamoto-san.”
He turned around and grinned at
her. “Hey, I heard you had a date with Tsuna today.”
She laughed nervously.
“S-Something like that. It wasn’t a real date. Haru just wanted to clear things
up with Tsuna-san.”
Yamamoto opened the gate for
her. “And you were attacked?”
“Hahi? How did Yamamoto-san hear
about that?”
He rubbed the back of his neck,
chuckling slightly. “You guys were talking really loudly.”
“Why didn’t Yamamoto-san come in
then?” Haru asked in surprise. Surely he didn’t think they were leaving him out
of everything? Though she didn’t want to expose him to danger, Haru had planned
to tell him about the incident. He would have found out eventually and she
didn’t have him to be hurt because he was unprepared if the assassin decided to
go after the rest of her friends.
“Maybe because if I did, I
wouldn’t have been able to walk you home by myself.” he answered, tilting his
head so that Haru could see the twinkle in his eyes.
His words caused her heart to
speed up and she almost stopped walking. Instead, her face flushed and she
looked at the ground, fidgeting next to him. “W-What are you saying, Yamamoto-san?”
“Hm,” he hummed slightly and his
grin grew. “Haru is so popular lately so it’s impossible to keep you all to
myself. I have to act carefully if I want to be alone with you.”
This time Haru did stop walking
and she stammered out. “S-Stop teasing me Yamamoto-san!”
“But you look cute when you’re
embarrassed,” he teased, walking backwards slowly.
“Yamamoto-san is acting r-really
weird today,” she mumbled, feeling like her brain was going to explode. When
she had planned on confessing to Tsuna-san today, she had expected the day to
end in tears after Tsuna-san rejected her. She had thought she was going to her
favorite cake shop and gorge on her most coveted sweets until she exploded.
She hadn’t expected Tsuna-san
AND Gokudera-san to act weird around her, much less an assassin after her life.
And now Yamamoto-san was saying things that didn’t make sense! Where was all of
this coming from?
Yamamoto came to a halt, an
unreadable expression briefly going through his face. Haru looked at him
hesitantly, wondering what he was going to say now.
“I always thought I could move
slowly,” he said quietly, slowly walking back towards her. “I thought I had all
the time in the world...”
“Hahi?” she said, completely
puzzled.
“But now Hibari is getting in
the way,” Yamamoto whispered. “And it even looks like Gokudera and Tsuna might
be as well.”
“Yamamoto-san,” Haru whispered,
leaning back when she realized he was now very close to her. Her head was
tilted backwards as with Yamamoto’s towering height, he was much taller than
her. Before she could take a step back, his hand came around her waist. “W-What
are you-?”
He leaned forward and Haru
clenched her eyes shut.
Oh gods, what was he doing?
What was going on?
She quivered under his hold with
the nervous tension thick in the air.
He pressed his forehead against
hers and her eyes opened in surprise at the unprepared movement.
“I can’t wait anymore.” He said
lightly, locking eyes with her to make sure she saw each and every moment that
was to occur
And then he leaned forward to
claim her lips as his.
::tsuzuku::
