*Cough* *Hiding behind a wall*

Err, Hello again. It's been 7 years since this story was pblished, and 5 years since it went on hiatus to be rewrittten. I must say, the original story was making me cringe. It was horrible with so many cliche and grammar mistakes. Considering I wrote the original in high school, well. Enough said. Update won't be regular. I'm in my final college year and so many homeworks. I got so many lab practice and report to do.

Oh, it's unbeta-ed by the way.

Disclaimer: I don't own KHR.

Please check my other story, the KHRxPokemon one. Please leave a constructive review behind.

Soul Keeper

Chapter 2

The Sky, The Rain, The Sun

Previously on Soul Keeper

Tsuna wriggled trying to break free. He tried to call Natsu to help him, but alas, Natsu also got caught in the death grip of Iemitsu's SK.

'Tsuna! Help me!' Tsuna rolled his eyes. Like Master, like SK.

After much struggle, He managed to escape the death groip and ran away.

"I'm off!" Tsuna shouted. Natsu trailing behind him excitedly.

"VICTORY!" Tsuna inwardly cheered.

"Okay Natsu! Let's find Ryo-nii and Kyoko-chan!" Tsuna said to Natsu. Natsu gao'ed in response. Both of them really excited to play with their friends.

Tsuna walked across the familiar street as Natsu tried to catch up with him. "Tsuna! Slow down! You'll hit somebody if you run too fast!" Natsu tried to slow him down. Keyword TRIED. Tsuna was just too fast that he didn't even pay attention to his surrounding, or Natsu telepathical warning. Suddenly he crashed to somebody and fell down. "Aw…. That's hurt. Sorry. I didn't mean to hit you." Tsuna said while rubbing his head.

"Ahahaha…. Me too. I didn't look around either." that boy said. Tsuna looked up, and saw a tall boy with warm hazel coloured eyes stood and extended his hand to help Tsuna stand. Tsuna took the hand and stood up. He cleaned himself of the imaginary dust.

"Sorry about that. Umm…. May I know your name?" Tsuna asked shyly.

The boy blinked. Probably unused to such politeness. He just grined widely. He noted that his SK was staring at Tsuna's

"I'm Yamamoto Takeshi. What's yours?" Takeshi answered.

"My name is Sawada Tsunayoshi. Nice to meet you. Do you want to play with me?" Tsuna asked with a charming smile. Takeshi blinked. That smile seemed so contagious. His previously gloomy mood started to dissipate little by little. So he smiled and said "Sure thing. Where are we going?"

"Hmm…. I'm going to meet another friends of mine. Oh! By the way…. This is Natsu, my SK."

"Cool! A lion cub. Mine is an Akita Inu. Jirou." Takeshi pointed to the dog next to him.

"How cute! Hey, Yamamoto-kun. Do you want to play with me? There will be other people as well."

"Call me Takeshi. Yamamoto is my old man. Sure. Who else will be there?"

"Ryohei nii-san and Kyoko-chan. And their SK, Kangaryuu and Hina-chan."

"Alright. I'm in!"

"Cool! I'm sure you'll like them!" Tsuna exclaimed and grabbed Takeshi's arm. "Let's go then!"

"Ahahaha…. Yeah. That'll be great."

Meanwhile, Natsu and Jirou were staring at each other. Tsuna silently wondered what caused Natsu's curiousity on his new friend's SK. He could also feels natsu's flame flickering with uncertainty.

After awhile, they reached a house. Takeshi looked around and noted a signpost that said Sasagawa Household. Takeshi then heard Tsuna shouted. "ONII-SAN! KYOKO-CHAN! LET'S GO OUT AND PLAY!"

Some noise was heard from inside the house. Shouting, broken china, and a yell "RYOHEI! CLEAN UP YOUR ROOM FIRST!"

The gate opened and a white blur followed by yellow-brown blur came out. "EXTREME RUNNING!" The blur shouted. And another small voice, "Onii-chan! Wait for me!"

At the gate, they could see a middle-aged lady waved her wok "GET BACK HERE RYOHEI!"

"SORRY KAA-CHAN! I EXTREMELY PROMISE SAWADA TO PLAY TODAY!" and Ryohei disappear in the next turn. Tsuna, Takeshi, Kyoko and their SK just stood there sweatdropping. It just like Ryohei to ditch his chores to play. They quickly jogged after Ryohei, leaving the Sasagawa sibling's mother fuming in front of the house.

Intersection near the park

After they ran far enough from Sasagawa's mother's wrath, the kids and their SK stopped at the intersection near the park. Tsuna started to chuckle, followed by a happy laugh. The others also started to laugh.

"Mou…. Onii-chan. Kaa-chan will be angry at you again." Kyoko scolded her brother.

"BUT KYOKO! I CAN EXTREMELY CLEAN MY ROOM LATER TO THE EXTREME!"

"But Onii-san…. Won't it be better if you clean your room first before playing? That way you can play freely." Tsuna said. "Oh never mind…. By the way, this is Takeshi and his SK Jirou." He introduced Takeshi to the sibling.

"Hello! The name's Takeshi. Yamamoto Takeshi. Nice to meet you!" Takeshi said while grinning.

"Nice to meet you too Takeshi-kun. My name is Kyoko. Sasagawa Kyoko and this is my big brother Sasagawa Ryohei."

"EXTREMELY NICE TO MEET YOU TAKESHI!"

"Ahaha…. Yup. Say hello Jirou." He said while picking up the Akita Inu pup.

"How cute~ This is my SK Hina." Kyoko pointed to the little Hare on her shoulder.

"AND THIS IS MY EXTREME SK KANGARYUU!" Ryohei hi-five-ing? The kangaroo behind him. Kangaryuu in the meantime took a good look at the akita pup. Soething about him seemed familiar.

"Great. Everyone know each other so let's go to the park." Tsuna said and walked. Kyoko immediately moved to his side and while Takeshi and Ryohei chattered about sport. Kyoko began to engage Tsuna in conversation about cakes and pastries.

When they reached the reached the park, a lot of people were there. Some were having picnic, another were viewing the flower near the river. Tsuna could also see some people fishing there.

Tsuna immediately grabbed Natsu and brought his friends to an empty lot near the shrubbery. He turned to face them and asked "What are we going to play today?".

"Let's play hide and seek!" Kyoko exclaimed. The others seemed to think about it before they finally agreed. After a round of jan ken pon, Ryohei was chosen to be it. He went to the nearest tree to start the countdown. "I'LL EXTREMELY COUNT TO 50! ONE, TWO…."

Tsuna, Kyoko and Takeshi quickly grabbed their partner and ran off to find some hiding place. Tsuna immediately found a hiding place near the bridge. While they were hiding, Tsuna asked Natsu. "Is there something about Jirou and Kangaryu Natsu?"

"No, it's nothing. It's just, he felt familiar in a way." Natsu said. Tsuna frowned. He knew that Natsu is not a usual Soul Keeper. In fact, he is absolutely sure that Natsu was one of those past types. Perhaps, Jirou was an old friend of Natsu. Natsu himself was teaching Tsuna how to use his inner flame. Maybe he could use it now to keep track of the others.

"Don't use your flame to play hide and seek Tsuna-kun. That's cheating" Natsu scolded gently. Tsuna pouted, there goes his advantage. After awhile, Ryohei stopped counting and started to search. Tsuna looked around from his hiding place, trying to locate Kyoko and Takeshi while keeping track of Ryohei's movement. When he saw Ryohei went far enough from the post, he started to move. Slowly but surely, Tsuna moved closer to the post. Unknown to him, Ryohei had found Takeshi and Kyoko. He quickly noticed Tsuna running to the post. "I WON'T EXTREMELY LET YOU SAWADA!" he shouted as he started to run as quickly as possible back to the post.

Tsuna started to sprint when he heard Ryohei shouted. He glanced at Natsu to gave him a signal. Natsu nodded and immediately ran to intercept Ryohei. Unfortunately, Kangaryu prevented him from stopping Ryohei. Instead, they glared and growled at each other.

Noticing this, Tsuna ran faster than he usually did. He could faintly heard Kyoko and takeshi cheering him on, but he also knew that if he slow down even a little Ryohei would catch him. He really, really wanted to win at least this once. Soon, the tree was in his sight. Tsuna ran even faster.

"Just a little more." He mumbled.

"STOP SAWADA!" He heard Ryohei shouted.

"No way I'm going to stop Nii-san!" Tsuna stretched his hand to touch the bark. Just as he touched the bark, Ryohei grabbed his shoulder.

"I won!" Tsuna yelled. Kyoko and Takeshi, noticing the chase is over, immediately went to the tree.

"THAT WAS EXTREME RUN LITTLE BROTHER! WE SHOULD EXTREMELY DO THIS AGAIN!" Ryohei exclaimed. Tsuna, Kyoko and Takeshi nodded. They were still invigorated by the chase. As Ryohei said, it was an extreme chase. They continue to play until the evening. When the sun started to set down, they went back to their home.

"Where do you live Takeshi-kun?" Tsuna asked his new friend.

"I live in Takesushi. My old man owned the place." Takeshi answered.

"Hm, alright. We have to separate here then. Bye Takeshi-kun. Let's play again sometime!" Tsuna cheered.

"Yeah. Bye Tsuna!"

"You seemed to be in better mood, Takeshi-san." Jirou said.

"Hm… You noticed? Well, you are my Soul Keeper after all." Takeshi said. "Hey, Jirou you seemed to be interested in Tsuna and Ryohei-senpai's Soul Keeper. Why is that?"

"Ah, that. They felt like my dear friends, that is all. Perhaps because their owner looked a lot like them. That's why I felt nostalgic."

"Oh okay. Jirou, do you think I could play with them again?"

"I'm sure you could. They seemed like good kids. Your father would surely agree."

"Ahahaha…. Yeah, you are right. I want to go to the cemetery before going home. I want to tell mom about today."

"Then I will follow you Takeshi-san."

"Thanks Jirou."