Hello again and here another story with similar genre like my previous finished story (Where there is cloud, there will be rain). Well the pairing now is 27OC…it's a little bit tricky this one but I have some idea how to do it heheh.
Anyway here is the first chapter…please enjoy it XD
Title: Stormy Sky
Disclaimer: I don't own anything.
Warning: Unbeta and horrible grammar… double sighhh
"Taka-chan! Wake up dear; you're going to be late on your first day at school if you keep sleeping!" A young mother yelled for her daughter from kitchen.
"Ah! First day at school!" A dark brown haired girl instantly sat up from her sleeping position and she quickly ran into the bathroom. "Ah! I'm late!" She yelled.
"Hurry up Taka-chan! Or else you're going to be really late."
"Aw…I'm coming! I'm coming!" The young girl shouted while making twin tails to her hair.
Izumi Takami sat on the swing boringly. She was late on her first day at preschool and got laughed from her classmates due to her boyish and rhyme name. Takami sighed and frowned. It was thanks to her father who was really excited when registering his daughter name and randomly picked up any name when he didn't remember the one he supposed to put on the form. As for the rhyme she didn't think it was a bad thing and she rather liked it.
"Um, Izumi-chan?"
Takami raised her head and looked at the girl who called her family name. The five years old blinked few times and shook her head slowly.
"You can call me Takami, um what's your name again?"
"Sonohara Miyuki, call me Miyuki please!"
"Okay, so what do want Miyuki-chan?" Takami asked with a smile.
The raven haired girl relaxed at nice response from Takami. "Do you want to come and play with us Takami-chan?" Miyuki invited and pointed to the sandbox nearby. There were two girls there and they were eyeing both Miyuki and Takami with excited glances.
Takami nodded. It seemed fun and she was bored.
The brown haired girl enjoyed making the sand castle with Miyuki and two other girls when a group of six years old boys came to the sand box.
"Move! This is our stronghold!" The largest boy among the group spoke loudly making the five years old girls stopped their game.
"Why? The sandbox is large you can play at other part." Misa, another raven short haired girl replied bravely.
The group of boys laughed. "No the entire sandbox is ours!"
"Have you ever hear sharing word?" Nami, stood up beside Misa and both of them glared at the boys.
Takami eyed both of her new friends and felt awed with their bravery. Miyuki was remained still at her place but suddenly the girl rubbed her eyes and crying.
"Ouch…my eyes!" Miyuki shouted and wiped her wet eyes. Misa and Nami quickly went to Miyuki's side and helped the crying girl.
Apparently the large boy kicked the sand and it landed on Miyuki's face.
Takami turned around and looked at the boy who laughed at the pathetic scene. The five years old now pissed with the arrogance attitude of the six years old boys and without thinking, she jumped on the large boy and punched his face hard. The group of boys was surprised with the sudden event and they shouted encouragingly to their friend who was getting hit by the brown haired girl.
The ruckus at the sandbox was stopped by few teachers after one of them called for others since she couldn't took a hold on very pissed off Takami.
Nearby the slide, there was a spiky haired brunette boy who saw everything silently. There were also few other six years old kids around staring at the same direction.
"That girl is so strong." One of them muttered.
Others nodded agreeing the point. "Yeah…"
"Taka-chan, I'm so proud with you," Ayaka said proudly while took a glance at her daughter.
"But I hit that boy…aren't you mad mom?" Takami said softly.
Ayaka shook her head and smiled. "No I'm not mad, since that boy was rude and you fought for your friend's sake. If I were you, I kick between his legs already." The young woman then chuckled lowly but evilly.
"Mom, you're scary…" Takami shrugged.
"Haha you don't know what I'm really capable of, Taka-chan…" Ayaka smiled mischievously.
"Now you're scarier!"
"Haha, just kidding…anyway since your teacher was shocked with today's event, you're grounded for one week young girl."
"Aw, you said you were proud of me earlier!"
Takami was on the same swing again on the next day when Miyuki came and joined her.
"Thank you Takami-chan for yesterday."
"Don't worry much about it." Takami said softly and swung slowly.
The raven haired girl giggled. "You're so cute Takami-chan."
"E-Eh?"
"You're blushing."
"S-Stop it Miyuki-chan!"
Suddenly a splash of water landed on Takami's head making the girl groaned and looked around frantically. Her eyes caught the same boy she hit yesterday and the girl instantly stood up from the swing before ran to the boy direction.
"Bastard!" Takami hissed.
"Hey, I'm not the one who did it! It's Tsuna!" The large boy pointed at certain direction making Takami looked at the brunette. She then saw a wet bucket in brunette's hands.
"So it's you! What is your name again? Tsuna?"
"U-Uh…A-Actually…"
"I'm so going to make you wet to the bone now!" Takami shouted and ran at stiffened Tsuna but stopped in front of the boy when she saw the trembling. Tsuna was trembling badly and hugging the bucket tightly to his chest. She stared at the closed eye brunette and scowled. "Tch…you're their lackey. Pathetic…" Takami said and eyed the group of boys who were laughing nearby. The girl glared at the group making them stopped their laughing and walked away leaving Tsuna.
"Weakling…"
Takami hated the six years old boys by now either they were too proud and rude or weakling and pathetically looking. She hated the second category more. For Takami, boys should be strong and able to protect the weaker and at the same time gentle when necessary. Just like what her father did to her mom and herself years ago and losing his life while protecting them.
Izumi Koutaro was Takami's first love and she swore to find a man just like him when she grew up.
Takami and Tsuna did change look around few times when they were having their rest since all five years old and six years old kids were playing together at the same playground. Takami mostly scowled and groaned at the weak look of the brunette while Tsuna always lowered down his head when their gaze clashed.
Until one day everything changed Takami's view on Tsuna.
She was on her errand from her mom when she saw Tsuna calmly stopped a crying younger boy at nearby river. Apparently the boy was hurt on knee due to falling down on the rocky ground around the river and the brunette was nearby when that event happened.
The six year old then crouched beside the crying boy and patted the injured knee making sure the cut was clean before he placed a plaster on it.
Takami looked at the event uninterestedly until she saw the next thing.
Tsuna kissed on the plaster and said something to the hiccupped boy making the latter smiled brightly. Few seconds later both boys were laughing as if nothing happened before.
"Not everything can be settled with force. Sometimes the gentle words and actions are working wonder. That's the real strength of humanity, remember that Taka-chan."
The five years old girl was mesmerized at the situation as she remembered her father's word and unknowingly she grabbed front of her shirt.
"He is like dad…Tsuna is..."
Since that day Takami never looked at Tsuna with hatred anymore.
She admired the boy but didn't say it out loud.
Today was fun day at the preschool. They were going to make homemade chocolate since it was valentine day. The boys were mostly not interested with the special class. Miyuki happily clapped her hands with several other girls in their class leaving Takami alone who smiled half heartedly while internally the girl was sad.
Their teacher said they could give the chocolate they made to their father.
Takami's dad was no longer around.
She didn't know what she was going to do with the chocolate.
The girl might give it to her mother or just ate it by herself.
After done with everything, Takami simply kept her chocolate inside her backpack and joined Miyuki and others to the playground. They were playing around the slide when Takami listened to their teachers' conversation.
"Really Miyu? You give your chocolate to that guy already?"
"Yes and he accepted it!" Miyu-sensei said happily.
"Lucky you, I'm here still wondering is it okay to give mine to that brat…"
Takami concluded that the chocolate was not necessarily went to your father but you could give it to any boys you like.
With that knowledge, Takami took a quick glance at certain brunette who was playing the tag with other boys.
Sawada Nana was watering her plants around her small garden when she noticed the brown haired girl peeked from their gate. The young woman smiled at the very cute action and closed the tap before she walked to the gate.
"Hello little one, do you need something?"
"Hello madam, is this Tsuna's house?" Takami properly greeted the young woman and bowed respectfully before looking at Nana.
"Oh, a very respectful young girl," Nana said happily and smiled at Takami. "Yes, this is Tsu-kun house, are you his friend?"
Takami shook her head and quickly passed a small paper bag containing the homemade chocolate on Nana's hands.
"Please give this to him and don't tell him about me."
"Ara?"
"Thank you." Takami bowed and ran away from the house.
Takami panted after she ran far enough and slowly regained her breath.
"I hope it's going well."
She was a proud girl and really didn't have any idea how to give the chocolate to Tsuna without the boy knowing that it was from her. Thus Takami decided to trail Tsuna to his home after school and waited for the boy went out from his house before she dropped the thing.
Surprisingly Tsuna's mother had greeted the girl first and Takami simply gave the chocolate into the young woman hands before she ran away.
Tsuna stared at the small paper bag on the kitchen table innocently before focusing at his very happy mother.
"Mom? What's this?"
"Tsu-kun…" Nana smiled and patted her son's shoulder. "That's the thing what we call valentine chocolate and you got one, from your secret admire. Ah my boy is growing up!" The young mother squealed at the end. "I'm so proud of you Tsu-kun!"
Tsuna frowned slightly, he really didn't understand about it at all.
Meanwhile Takami was getting a deep gaze from her mother and a knowing smile. The young girl shrugged and avoided her mother's eyes.
"I know what you did today Taka-chan~" Ayaka said in sing song voice and grinned. "You give your chocolate to a boy~" She added.
"H-How did you know about it? I'm not giving it to him but his mom…" Takami said softly at the end. "I don't want he know…It's embarrassing."
"Aw…you're so cute Taka-chan!" Ayaka pulled Takami into her arms and patted her head. "You know Taka-chan…there is nothing to be embarrassed when you like someone."
"Oh…"
"But that doesn't mean you show everything to the one you like. A little secret is needed too." Ayaka winked at her daughter making the young girl smiled.
"Ah so innocent!" The mother squealed and hugged Takami once again.
Takami discovered that reading was the next best thing after playing around with her friends when they went for a school visit to the Namimori public library. The beautiful and colorful book making the young girl amazed and she kept reading one book and another. Miyuki already went to the playroom after a while reading. It seemed that the raven haired girl didn't enjoy that activity much. Takami didn't bother much about Miyuki and continued reading. Currently she was reading a book titled 'The Little Mermaid'.
"So near yet so far…" Takami muttered softly as she closed the book. Somehow the story was little sad making the five years old decided for another book to lighten her heavy mood.
The brown haired girl then wandered around the library to search another book and she fell down on the floor suddenly.
"Owie…" Takami muttered and rubbed her back before looking at the one who bumped her earlier. "Hey, watch out when you're walking…"
"S-Sorry…"
Takami instantly focused at the owner of the voice. She met with Tsuna who stood still in front of her.
"Oh…" Takami stared at the boy and noticed a book in his hand. The book looked interesting the girl decided. "Are you done with that?" She asked and stood up from the floor.
Tsuna nodded. "Yes, do you want it? Its gruesome story I don't really like it…" The boy said softly while eyeing the book.
"We can exchange our book. This is one is a little bit sad. Here…" Takami showed the book she read earlier and Tsuna nodded silently.
After exchanged the book they both left the area and started reading.
Takami enjoyed the new book in her hands which titled 'Jack and The Giant Beanstalk'. While unknowingly to others Tsuna kept wiping his eyes after he finished with 'The Little Mermaid'. The boy decided he hated fairy tales since that day.
Another year went by, Tsuna and others six years old kids were already entered the Namimori elementary school. Takami felt a little bit sad now the one she looked up was no longer around but on the same day of February she stood silently in front of Sawada's residence.
Nana noticed the same figure she met last year and insisted Takami to come inside the house after mentioning her son was not around about few times.
"So, your name is Izumi Takami…I'm Sawada Nana, Tsu-kun's mother," Nana introduced herself happily while placing a glass of orange juice in front of Takami.
The brown haired girl stared at the cool juice while waiting for Nana took a seat. Once the woman sat down and gestured the juice, Takami carefully grasped the glass and took a sip. She liked drinking any fruit juices thus she enjoy the drink happily.
"I believe that you come here with the same reason like last year right Takami-chan?"
"Y-Yeah…so here…" Takami pulled out a box of chocolate and passed it to Tsuna's mom after placing down the nearly empty glass. She was thirsty after all.
Nana stared at the box with knowing smile and looked at Takami. "May I ask why?"
"Why what?"
"Why giving Tsu-kun this?"
"Um…I like him…but I don't know how to…ahhh this is so embarrassing!" Takami groaned and covered her face with her hands. "T-Thanks Sawada-san…L-later!" The six years old ran out from the house after bowed to the young woman.
Nana placed a palm under her cheek. "Ah…young love, so innocent so pure…" She said dreamily.
That night Tsuna stared at the same chocolate box on his desk confusedly.
Years went by; Takami and Miyuki now were in their fourth grade. Takami also had opened herself more towards Nana when she went to Sawada residence yearly. They also chatted casually and somehow Nana was Ayaka classmate when they were in high school. It was sort of like a reunion to both woman but Tsuna still didn't know anything about his mother's friend.
Even though both Tsuna and Takami were now in the same school, they never met much. Most likely it was because they were in different grade and class. And the elementary school was not like preschool where you had free time to play together at the same ground.
Takami still gave the boy chocolate on the same day of February.
While Tsuna thought that was all came from his mother.
Takami and Miyuki were having their lunch when the latter claimed she had fallen in love.
"Ah…he is so dreamy…" Miyuki clasped her hands and stared at the ceiling as if she was in a dream.
"Who?" Takami ate the food they were given during their lunch.
Miyuki went back to herself and stared at the brown haired girl disbelievingly.
"You don't know him?"
"Of course I don't, you never mention his name?" Takami said while munching some rice.
The raven haired girl showed her disgusted expression at her best friend's eating manner.
"Don't speak when you're eating something." Miyuki scolded. "You're a girl, where is your manner?"
"Uh huh…" Takami swallowed the food and looked at Miyuki. "So who?"
Miyuki sighed and whispered a name to Takami.
The brown haired girl blinked few times and shrugged. "Who? Do I know him? Or do we know each other?"
Miyuki face palmed her face.
That evening they went to certain part of their school field and watched a group students practicing baseball. Miyuki happily pointed to certain raven haired boy that she liked.
Ah…Yamamoto Takeshi…that's the one. Takami made some internal note in her mind while glanced at very giddy Miyuki beside her.
She didn't bother much since she had someone else in her eyes.
Sawada Tsunayoshi…now Takami knew his full name and she really like it sounded. But since she entered the elementary school she heard certain nickname that made her blood boiled.
Dame-Tsuna.
Takami hated it more that Tsuna didn't bother to retort back about his name but silently agreed with it.
Somehow she now had these hate-like feelings towards the brunette.
Hate due to the brunette lack of fighting for his self and like due to his charming and gentle act towards others.
Takami also really didn't understand her self why she was interested with the brunette and when she asked her mother about it, Ayaka just smiled mysteriously.
"Only you know the answer dear daughter of mine."
"Aw…mom!"
It was during their fifth grade when Takami noted that almost girls had brought their own chocolate either it was handmade or bought from the store during fourteenth of February. Miyuki also brought one and the raven haired girl insisted that Takami to followed her and acted as her shield when they were going into certain crowd around Yamamoto Takeshi.
Since it was going to last year for sixth grader thus it was going to be last year for those girls to show their affection to the boy.
Thanks to Takami's reputation starting from preschool until present, most girls instantly gave the way when they saw the brown haired girl who tied her hair in twin tails. They really didn't want to taste her punch.
Yamamoto noticed the silence turned around and met the girl. His amber eyes widened slightly.
"Hey…you're…"
"Nah, I'm just the shield…she is the one who want to meet you." Takami said boringly and pushed Miyuki towards the baseball boy. "Go now…"
"Geez Taka-chan…" Miyuki mumbled and looked at the raven haired boy. "Um, please accept this Yamamoto-kun!" The girl gave the chocolate.
Yamamoto laughed and accepted the box. "Haha thanks!"
Other girls who saw the event instantly shoved both girls away and ran to the boy.
"Yama-kun!"
"Please accept mine!"
Takami shrugged when she saw the crowd was getting intense than previously before looked at her best friend who was sitting on the floor. The girl fell on the floor due to the push.
"Thank god you're around Taka-chan," Miyuki said breathlessly.
"Well, you promised me a cone of ice cream..." Takami grinned.
"Yeah, yeah…"
"I'm back…" Tsuna said tiredly as he entered his house.
"Welcome back Tsu-kun," Nana said happily from the kitchen. "Ah, you have a package on the table here."
Tsuna stared at the kitchen entrance before he went inside the room. His gaze instantly focused at the kitchen table and found a small box of chocolate on it. The brunette smiled fondly and sat down on one chairs.
"Thanks mom for the chocolates."
"Eh?" Nana turned around and looked at her son. "Why thanking me Tsu-kun?"
"It's you right? The one who always gives me the chocolate all these years?"
The brown haired woman chuckled softly and took a seat in front of her son. She then looked at the box with a smile.
"You never checked the box you got every year properly eh Tsu-kun?"
"What do you mean by that mom?"
"Why don't you open it now?"
"Uh okay?"
Tsuna carefully opened the box and his gaze instantly focused at the chocolates inside it. He took a piece into his mouth and smiled at the chocolaty taste. While savoring the sweet, his brown eyes noted certain paper attached inside the box lid. Picking up the small paper, Tsuna read the content.
His eyes widened and he quickly ran up to his room. Surprisingly Tsuna kept all the boxes he received every year since it looked nice and the boy felt sad to throw those beautiful things away.
Nana calculated silently until…
"Hieee! Who gives me these all these years?"
Nana chuckled softly as she remembered the suggestion she gave to certain brown haired girl.
"You should put a note inside it so that Tsu-kun knows who gives him this."
"But I don't want him to know…" Takami muttered softly. "I'm never good to him…"
"Then what about a wish? Like thank you, sorry or anything like that?" Nana suggested.
Seven years old Takami nodded. "I think, I can do that," She said and rummaged her bag.
Tsuna ran down to the kitchen and stopped beside her mother. In his hand there were small papers.
"Mom, you know who is the sender right?"
"Um, I'm not really sure about that Tsu-kun…" Nana smiled playfully.
"Aw mom!" Tsuna groaned.
Takami was reading the textbook trying to understand her homework when she felt a pat on her shoulder. The brown haired girl lowered her book and looked at the direction. She frowned as she saw her mother smiled giddily and passing her the cordless phone.
"Hello? Takami is speaking." The girl said once she placed the phone nearby her ear. Ayaka already left the room resuming her work in the kitchen.
"A-Ano…This is Tsuna here."
"Eh?" Takami blinked and wondered why Tsuna was calling her that moment. How that boy did knew her home phone number was another wonder to the girl.
"I just want to confirm something with you?" The sixth grader said timidly.
"What?" Takami retorted rather harshly. She was thinking too much thing at the moment and felt a headache was coming slowly to her head.
"Did you happen to give me…ah never mind that. Sorry for bothering you Takami."
The call ended suddenly and the fifth grader stared at the phone confusedly.
"What the heck is happening here?" She scoffed and sighed loudly.
After a while the girl smiled and jumped on her bed squealing onto her pillow.
"Aw….he calls my name!"
But the happiness was short lived as the girl frowned.
"Now I lost my focus on my homework!"
Tsuna put down the phone and shrugged.
"There is no way that harsh girl giving me those. Why did I call her at first place anyway?" The brunet sighed and went up into his room.
A few seconds later.
"Hiee! She must think that I'm a freak since I know her phone number! And I call her first name too!"
Nana who was reading a magazine in the living room chuckled softly at her son's outburst.
"Ah…young love is always innocent…Tsu-kun is growing up now." The mother giggled and eyed certain frame picture on the wall.
"Iemitsu…when you're coming home dear? I miss you so much."
Miyuki and Takami both were carrying their class burnable waste to the waste management area while chatting about music and artist they liked when they met with certain brunet and a lovely ginger haired girl.
Takami instantly knew who the boy was as he was the one who randomly called her home yesterday but they barely talked anything. She narrowed her gaze as the annoying feeling came.
"Tsuna…fancy meeting you here after yesterday huh?" Takami said while glaring at the boy now. She already placed down her basket.
Both Miyuki and the ginger haired girl changed look at each other before focusing at the other two.
"Um, sorry it was my mistake." Tsuna said and shrugged.
"Nah…whatever just don't do it again. I was in the middle doing something important and I lost my concentration thanks to you, Tsuna!"
"Hiee! Sorry, sorry just don't hit me please Takami?"
"Tch…still a weakling…and I'm the younger one too…" Takami muttered and sighed.
"I'm not w-weak…I'm just hated fighting…" Tsuna said softly.
"Huh?" The fifth grader blinked.
The sixth grader boy shrugged. "A-Anyway sorry again about yesterday."
"Don't mind much about what already happened. Just remember think first before you do anything."
"Ah…I will…"
"…"
"…"
"Um are you two done? Let's move now or the place will be full with others soon," The ginger haired girl said with a smile making Tsuna blushed while both Takami and Miyuki nodded at her.
Apparently they were headed to the same place after all.
While waiting for their turn, Miyuki elbowed the twin tailed girl making the latter yelped and instantly she shielded herself from a smack.
"Heheh, I'm a pro now at avoiding your hit Taka-chan~" The raven hared girl said in sing song voice.
Takami huffed and stared at the long line. "When is our turn…" She said dejectedly.
"It's all your fault Taka-chan and what was that anyway? What are both of you talking about?"
"It's nothing important…Aw…I'm bored…" Takami kicked a small stone nearby.
"H-Hey watch out where you are kicking Taka-chan!" Miyuki said in panic as she eyed the small stone and somehow it hit certain sixth grader boy's back.
"Ow!"
Takami quickly ran to the boy and bowed repeatedly. "Sorry, sorry, sorry! I'm sorry!"
"It's okay; it's just a hit…eh?" Tsuna blinked.
Takami raised her head and looked at the brunet she hit earlier. Her eyes widened as she saw Tsuna who was staring back.
"Uh…sorry…my fault." Takami said awkwardly and quickly looked away avoiding Tsuna's gaze blushing a bit.
Miyuki chuckled at the sudden event while ignoring the glare from her best friend.
The ginger haired girl who was with Tsuna also chuckled softly making Takami's blush darkened.
It was the last memory they made before the sixth grader went to middle school.
Takami and Miyuki were now in their final year as elementary student.
And they were shocked when they saw certain brunet whom they knew since preschool was confessing his feeling loudly towards certain ginger haired girl only in his boxer while they were walking to their school.
Takami felt her heart clenched at the event and silently resumed her walk to the school with Miyuki quickly followed behind.
Tsuna has someone he likes…my chest hurts…what is this feeling?