A.N.
I just couldn't resist writing this once the idea formed in my head.
This is an omake story about my other fanfic 'A thousand cranes' and features my fem27 character ending up in the canon universe because of a malfunctioned bazooka.
My character is much older here than the current one in my story since this is technically in the future but it is in no way relevant to the ATC verse,so this is just an au in my fic,but for you ATC readers,do expect Chiyo to act like this should she ever end up in a similar situation.
Disclaimer:I do not own KHR because otherwise there would be a lot more badass female characters!
A certain 15 year old middle school student coughed out as a bubblegum pink smoke suddenly surrounded her,waving a pale and long-fingered hand to diffuse it,only to instinctively turn her head an inch to the right,a very sharp parabola shooting past her.
Where exactly did she end up?
"Shit!"A teenage male voice sounded from behind her but she paid it no mind as she twisted her body to avoid another attack from the narrow eyed and very dangerous man in front of her,automatically settling in a defensive stance as he continued to relentlessly send lethal attacks at her.
Left...Left...Right...Left...Right...a deep voice instructed her as the man only intensified his attacks,beginning to get more serious as he failed to land an attack on her.
Right,the voice whispered into her ear intimately again and she moved,just as a lightning bolt crackled from behind her and a boy around her age charged towards the man,electricity pulsing from the horns in his head.
She licked her front teeth as she took advantage of the man's distraction by taking off her high heels and stockings hurriedly,eyes never straying far from the fight and threw them angrily at the boy's head when one of his lightning bolts landed near her.
From all the things she could be wearing when this happened to her,it just had to be a freaking sundress,hat and heels.
No,wait,why did this have to happen when she was enjoying herself?It was such a lovely day too,the sakura trees blooming and her friends and her finally,finally going on a much needed date together.
Not that some of them would ever admit that,she thought affectionately.
How dare anyone interrupt her date and bring her to this hellish weather,murderous man and incompetent fool?!
The boy shot her a wide eyed stare and she gave him an icy glare back,before abruptly yelping as the man's parabola connected with his shoulder and swiftly pulling out a bazooka with his unharmed arm from nowhere and shooting himself with it.
She watched in confusion as a 10 year older version of him appeared out of nowhere and began fighting the other man with considerably more skill, uttering about how the other was a hundred years too early to even dream of winning in a match against him with one of the most cockiest tones she had ever heard.
A smirk tugged at her lips before the pink smoke encircled her again.
The scent of cherry blossoms trees engulfed her senses pleasantly as she met a pair of pretty eyes.
~...~
Pink smoke surrounded her again and she found herself in the eerily familiar corridors of her school,but not quite.
This time there was no one attacking her but that didn't mean there weren't dangerous parties near her,in fact there was one approaching her right now.
She keenly eyed the young blond man with the seemingly harmless smile and the butler behind him,knowing that the others were subtly keeping an eye and ear at their interaction.
"Hi,i don't think we've been introduced,yet. Are you one of my little brother's friends?I'm Dino,by the way."The young man greeted her cheerfully and it didn't fly over her head the fact that he was fishing for infomation.
She decided to indulge him since the voice didn't protest yet.
"I can't say I know anyone in here,Dino."She used his name without any suffices,aware of the fact that she didn't really look like a Japanese unless they saw her with mama beside her."Nor that I usually get transported to unknown places on a daily basis."
"Ah,yes"He chuckled charmingly,running a hand to his hair."It certainly isn't a normal occurrence,miss..."He gave her an admittedly attractive questioning look.
"I'm afraid I didn't catch your name."
It would take a lot more to charm her,though.
"That's because I didn't mention it."She gave him an unimpressed stare."Daniela"She introduced herself with her middle name,courtesy of her good for nothing father,dipping her head slightly in a refined nod.
The blonde's eyes flashed for a second and alarm bells rang in her mind as the others attention suddenly increased more on them,or more specifically on her.
Did she say or do anything wrong?The voice remained oddly silent,much to her growing discomfort.
"Nice to meet you,Daniela."He charmingly smiled at her,mask firmly back in place.
She blinked at the blinding smile,unable to resist tentatively smiling back at him.
Alright,he could be definitely charming.
She still didn't like him,though.
"Where did you come from?You must have been busy when you got transported here.I can give you a ride to take you back as an apology for involving you here unwillingly."His smile turned apologetic and earnest.
Fake,a familiar voice caressed her ear.
"No,thank you.I believe i can manage on my own"She denied politely,noticing the brief flash of bafflement cross his face.
He opened his mouth to say something when a pair of pink haired women with almost matching clothes appeared in the spacious corridor,calling for everyone's attention.
"May Belphegor of the Varia and Gokudera Hayato of the Vongola Famiglia come forward."One of the women called serenely.
Her companion took over by starting to enlist a set of rules.
She observed the assumed combatants.
One of them had an eager and excited,wide grin,a tiara placed on top of his head and long blond bangs hiding his eyes.
He looked confident and untroubled compared to his opponent who had a tense and jittery stance,but nonetheless focused and analyzing eyes.
As though feeling her scrutinizing stare,the blond teen turned his head in her direction,grin widening and had his hair not been covering his eyes,she almost imagined him winking at her.
She raised an eyebrow slightly,amused despite herself at his cheekiness,a corner of her lip twitching up.
His grin widened to almost impossible proportions.
The women told everyone to make their way to the watching rooms and Dino invited her to stay with him and his associates.
She accepted since she didn't actually know where else to go and was unwilling to get involved again in the battle like last time.
She followed him as he chatted amiably in the way.
He was good at talking yet saying nothing at all,she noted warily.
The room was almost unbearably full despite the spaciousness,filled with teens around her age,a group of men on the other side of the room and babies that were strangely very much dangerous and magnetic.
She found herself unable to pull her attention away from them.
"Hey,Dino-san!Who's your friend there?"A vaguely familiar voice asked cheerfully and she tore herself from her stupor as she looked at the tall teen walking towards them.
He grinned at them good-naturedly but she didn't miss the sharp tilt in his smile or the well-hidden intelligence in his eyes.
"Yamamoto-kun?"She questioned with faint surprise the baseball star but he was somewhat different.
Something nagged in her mind but the voice stayed silent.
"Hahaha,sorry but do I know you?"The baseball player tilted his head obliviously.
"No,i believe not."She said slowly,mind whirling with theories and connecting pieces as she eyed him thoughtfully.
"What do you mean?How did you know my name?Are you part of the mafia game too?"He asked persistently,smile never leaving his face as he stepped closer to her.
Intimidation tactics,she mused.
She thanked genetics for giving her a tall figure as she easily met his hard stare,unwilling to yield in their battle of wills.
"Now's not the time,Yamamoto."A squeaky voice ordered from the seatings in front of the big tv showing the battle."Watch and learn from Gokudera's fight,instead."
The dark haired teen rubbed his neck sheepishly and laughed fakely."Sorry,kid.I was just curious."
She turned to the predator's direction and met fascinating abyss like eyes.
Her friends always did say she had a thing for pretty eyes.
Dino waved her over,patting the empty space beside him.
She seated herself next to him,still watching the baby-no,the man-from the corner of her eye and she knew that he knew that she knew that he knew her stare.
"So,what do you think of the fight?"The blonde man asked her and she hummed as she observed the battle with keen eyes.
"The tiara blonde will win."She said in a matter of fact tone.
"Why do you say that?"A man's voice intruded in their conversation.
She shifted her eyes briefly towards him before eyeing the room's occupants once more.
"He may not look like it,but the bomb kid is resilient and stubborn."He drawled lightly,hands stuffed in his laboratory pockets lazily,but gaze cutting as he waited for her response.
She held his gaze unflinchingly.
"I don't doubt your words,in fact,both fighters are skilled and highly intelligent,but the blonde is more experienced,is he not?"She rhetorically asked.
"But their skills aren't the major factor in this battle.
It's their readiness of risking their lives and their associates' willingness to risk their lives in order to win."She continued evenly.
"The bomb will explode in exactly 1 minute and 20 seconds.
The tiara blond is clearly toying with him and won't likely end the fight till the time is over while the silver-haired one,as you said,is too stubborn to give up."She stated calmly.
She broke her second staring match of the night and instead locked eyes with anxious and terrified brown eyes as she asked the man lightly."Tell me,how willing are you to let the boy die?"
She watched in interest as the short brown haired boy stood up and run out of the door,turning to the screen to see him shouting and pleading for his friend to give up,the timer of the bomb ticking the last 10 seconds as the silver-haired teen shortly looked conflicted before abandoning his attempts at taking the ring and ran quickly as much as possible away from the bomb.
"BOOM!"The bomb exploded and the smoke covered the cameras before a voice rang from the speakers.
"Belphegor of the Varia wins the Storm Ring Battle"
So the blondie didn't die,she thought amusedly.
Bubblegum pink smoke engulfed her once again.
~...~
To be continued