A True Sky

CHAPTER 12: DOWNPOUR

A dull thud echoed in the field when the white ball collided to the baseball bat held weakly by a seven-year-old boy. Not really having a grasp on the proper timing when to swing the bat, it was expected that the ball flew barely a foot away from where he stands.

“Out!”

His teammates’ grunt was all he heard as he walk away from the batter position and join them on their bench.

“Sawada, was that all you can do? You hit weaker than a baby, we’re going to lose at this point,” their leader shouts at him when he got closer.

“Kudo-san, calm down, it’s just PE. Sensei said all we had to do was enjoy playing”

“The other team had Rikun in it. You know he’s going to tease us nonstop if we lose again. If only we get the other twin…” Kudo murmurs but nevertheless have been heard by the other kids standing close to him.

He could feel their eyes on him. Though no words had been said again, their accusing glares were more than enough for him. He really is a loser, a failure, he’s never going to have any friends. He retreated in the far corner to quietly watch his classmates play.

“Ohh! You’re the best Sawada!” someone shouted that makes him look up. It was the other team congratulating his brother for another good fielding, preventing their team from scoring again. He really wish he was like him. Everyone likes his brother.

He keep his head down, his eyes covered by his blond hair.

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Tsuna was securing the Kernmantle rope he find out of nowhere, not really, on the window frame when he heard his classmates’ shouted a floor above him.

“Shit!” His brother’s natural talent in pissing people off are really topnotch. He just barely gone for less than five minutes and Yamamoto was already flying to his death. What the actual fuck?

He had made the last knot when he saw a body falling like a slow motion. He stared wide eye for a second before muttering all profanities he knows in one go. He could easily put a sailor in shame.

He throws the other end of the rope out to catch the raven preferably in his torso to avoid further injury but it missed. He’s falling faster the rope but it’s probably because of the weight difference. Fuck it! It’s not the time to go all scientific and shit. The rope finally tighten and caught Yamamoto’s ankle and Tsuna sighed in relief.

“Darn it. Fishing sure isn’t an easy job,” he muttered under his breathe while running his hand down his face.

The rope extends a meter down before it finally comes to a stop while Yamamoto thankfully thought of using his untied leg to push on the wall of the building before he slam into it. Overall, he was tied upside down while dangling a few meters above the ground while his upper body so happen to stop right in front of another window.

Tsuna fixed the coif and mask on his face, placed his voice changer before he limp his way downstairs. If only his leg could talk, it would sure be complaining about the abuse he put through it all the time. Thankfully it doesn’t. He caught his reflection on the glass window and found a bit of his hair sticking out so he make a quick fix before moving on his way.

He reached the room where Yamamoto was dangling outside longer than necessary. His light movement caught the raven’s attention who was looking at his disguise quite funny. Of course he knows his makeshift costume looks a bit retard but he had no choice, an idiot goes freefalling without harness.

“Haha. Was it you that save me? Thanks, I kinda don’t feel like dying anymore while I’m falling,” Yamamoto Takeshi said while rubbing the back of his head.

Tsuna kept silent because he has a huge problem. It could wait though.

“You’re a retard aren’t you?” he asked while all the reply he got was a laugh. “Sawada Ietsuna…”

The smile on Yamamoto’s face had been wipe off in an instant and was replaced by a deep frown. Ha! Another achievement for his brother.

“You know, he really isn’t pathetic,” he started while Yamamoto just continue staring at him. “He’s a complete ass, ambitious and cocky yes, but he never gave up.”

“How are you even sure?”

“Twenty seven layers of Sky is a vast information storage and the 27th is the best.” Oh the irony.

“Hm?” Yamamoto was beyond confused. Does the sky even have layers? He did not even answer his question.

“It’s hard to explain to idiots and we have a huge problem”

“Problem?”

“Truth to be told, I don’t know how to save you from dangling. You’re heavy, I’m small and I have muscle close to zero. Besides I’m a girl”

“You’re a girl?!”

“Yeah! Having a flat chest is convenient in using boy’s uniform. But of course I’m lying. I still can’t save you from there though.”

Yamamoto just stare at the guy (or a girl) wearing a white mask. The hat covering his head was from the art room it seems that has a statue that wears it and a helmet. He said he’s lying, he isn’t sure if being a girl or about being unable to save him from dangling.

“So I’m going to call help but you might get bitten to death though,” the masked person said before he pulls out a spiked ball. “This is a micro hammer I snagged from a clam. It’s a good way to test its power,” he said before throwing it on the wall.

“Strong”

Yamamoto just blink at the now non-existent wall that separate the two classroom. He didn’t know that their wall is made of foam. Their classmates must not have been using force when five of them push that wall yesterday.

“Bye!” the guy darted out of the room and disappear somewhere.

Yamamoto was left dangling there, feeling his leg starting to strain. He was getting dizzy too from staying upside down for a period of time.

“Herbivore, you dare to disturb the peace. I’m going to bite you to death.”

“Eh?”

Earlier on the rooftop…

“Tsunayoshi-sama,” Gokudera instinctively called the brunet beside him when Yamamoto Takeshi fall while the fence had bended forward but did not fall with him. He turn to where Tsuna stand when he did not replied to him but what he found is a vacant spot. His Tsunayoshi-sama was missing.

He run to the now shouting crowd trying to see if he went there to stop the idiot bastard, because Tsunayoshi-sama is a great person that will save even the unworthy, but he did not find him there.

“Tsunayoshi-sama! Where are you?” he called out loud while the other students had started looking at him now. The idiot bastard though had remain standing in his spot while looking at the edge of the roof. Shit! Did his Tsunayoshi-sama jump over the fence too?

“Tsunayoshi-sama! I’m going to save you!” the silver head shouted again before running over the fence pushing people out of the way.

Gokudera was about to jump over the fence too when their classmates sense finally came back and rush to him and pull him back. Gokudera struggle from their hold but they hold tighter to stop another accident while praying that Yamamoto had been saved by anyone.

“Let go of me bastards! I’m going to save Tsunayoshi-sama!”

Their struggle had last for quite a while and only stopped when an explosion echoed two floors beneath them.

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Ahh. I can’t stick to my updating schedule. This isn’t supposed to end on that part but I want to update today and it’s all I finished. This is completely unedited, tell me if I make mistakes so I could fix it faster.

The picture above was what Tsuna uses because I think I failed at descriptions. Hope you enjoy the story so far. Thank you for reading.

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