Two Hearts {Hibari x Oc/ Dino x Oc}

Chapter 10

Kazuko wasn't sure how Kyoko had roped her into coming with her but she did. Kazuko was just finishing her breakfast when Kyoko had called and asked her to come out with her today. Kazuko thought about it first but, to be honest, she really didn't want to. Especially after she said they were about to meet up with her friend Tsuna and two of his friends she hadn't met before. But today Yuzu was making it increasingly hard to stay home. Yuzuhira was trying to have her sister try on her old clothes to see if she wanted to get rid of anything, however, that always turned into a game of dress up real fast.

So, reluctantly, Kazuko got dressed and headed out. It was a bit cooler again today. Kazuko had on a long sleeve white and black striped scoop neck shirt, a high waisted black ruffled skirt, a black knit hat, black knee-high socks, black leather ankle boots, and a black leather coat.

When Kazuko met up with Kyoko she had assumed she was alone, but she wasn't. Next to her was a baby. In fact, she knew that baby. She remembered him being introduced as Reborn.

"Good Morning, Kazuko," Kyoko greeted.

"Good morning," Kazuko nodded to the two.

"Caio-su, Kazuko," Reborn greeted, "Are you ready to do something fun?"

Kazuko blinked before she kneeled down to his size. This baby was fascinating.

"Something fun?" Kazuko asked, curious, "and what would that be?"

"I don't know either but Reborn convinced me and told me to invite you too," Kyoko explained with a smile

Kazuko blinked again as she stared at the baby. She had just noticed his attire. He was wearing a baseball glove with his name sewed in the front and his clothes were a baseball. Instead of answering her the baby simply smirked. The promise in his eyes reassured her something special. Kazuko sighed. Despite his weird costume she actually thought this would be fun.

"Sure," she gave in as she stood, "Why not? I'm not doing anything else today."

When the three of them got to their destination Kazuko was a bit surprised when she saw they were at Namimori Middle School. Reborn had led them to the school's baseball field where they met up with Tsuna and two other boys she had never met before. The two boys seemed to be doing some weird form of exercise while Tsuna was watching with a confused look on his face. Reborn was the first to greet them.

"Sorry to keep you waiting," Tsuna turned to Reborn and became completely perplexed.

"Wh-What is that outfit suppose to be?!"

Kazuko and Kyoko walked behind Reborn. Kyoko carried a smile as they appeared, while Kazuko continued to stare at the odd boys.

"Good morning, Tsuna," Kyoko greeted brightly.

"Ky-Kyoko and Kazuko," Tsuna seemed very surprised when he saw them. Kazuko gave a slight wave to him, "Why are you guys here?"

"Reborn told me that you guys were doing something fun and Reborn told me to invite Kazuko along too," Kyoko explained again, and quickly Tsuna squatted down to scold him.

"Don't get them involved in this!," Tsuna shouted visibly irritated.

"School is off because it's Founder's Day," Reborn explained, "It won't be very exciting if we don't have an audience."

"But what if something happens?" Tsuna said lowly. Kazuko scowled a bit. What did he mean by that?

"You'll just have to protect them, then," Reborn rebutted. Tsuna looked dumbfounded. He sighed and stood up straight as the two boys walked over to them.

"Good morning, Yamamoto and Gokudera," Kyoko said as she side stepped and held her hand out in front of Kazuko, as if she were presenting something. "This is Kazuko Kurokawa. She goes to Namimidori Academy and she's Hana Kurokawa's cousin."

"Nice to meet you," the dark-haired boy said energetically. He was handsome. He was a fairly tall boy with short, spiky black hair and large brown eyes. He wore a blue and white sweat suit and a black t-shirt with blue and white sneakers, "I'm Takeshi Yamamoto."

"Mornin'," the other boy said. He didn't seem as pleasant as the first boy, Yamamoto. He was of average height and had long hair is silver that reached just below his ears. He wore a purple buttoned up shirt with a black jacket, black jeans, and black sneakers.

Since he didn't introduce himself Kazuko assumed he was the person Kyoko called Gokudera.

"Are you here for training too?," Yamamoto asked with a big grin, "Hey Tsuna, is she joining our mafia game-"

Before he could finish his question Tsuna had placed his hands over Yamamoto's mouth, muffling out anything else Yamamoto had said. Kazuko blinked.

Training? Mafia game?

"Re-Reborn why don't you start now?!" Tsuna said rather loudly. Reborn quickly disregarded his costume and made his way to a white square. It was the catcher's square. Behind the square was a very large cement wall that was topped with a large fence. At the very base of the wall was a big circle with an X mark on it. Yamamoto and Gokudera made their way on to the square Reborn was on.

Kazuko, Tsuna, and Kyoko all lined up side by side on the other end of the wall, away from the X mark.

These people were very odd yet intriguing. If they were doing some sort of training what kind of training was it?

"We'll start with Yamamoto," Reborn stated plainly. This, for some reason, irritated the Gokudera boy.

"Reborn! Start with me!" Reborn was quick to silence him.

"Impatience won't make you stronger." Gokudera frowned heavily and remained quiet as Reborn turned his attention back to Yamamoto, but not before taking out an oddly small baseball from nowhere.

"Yamamoto, throw this thing." Yamamoto reached down and grabbed the ball from the baby.

"Cute little ball," Yamamoto said with a chuckle. The ball was so small he could hold it between his index finger and thumb.

"Aim for that wall." Reborn turned Yamamoto's attention to the wall, pointing directly at the X mark.

"Okay," Yamamoto obeyed and placed himself directly on the white square, facing the wall. Kazuko glanced at Kyoko when she heard her speak.

"So the "something fun" was baseball practice?" Kyoko giggled. Kazuko's eye then landed on Tsuna, who looked rather worried.

"I hope so..." Tsuna whispered. Kazuko turned her attention back to Yamamoto. What was Tsuna so worried about? It did seem to look like just an ordinary training session.

Suddenly Yamamoto's face dawned a very concentrated expression before he got into position and threw the ball. The ball was going very, very fast. But Kazuko's eyes widened when she noticed steel spikes appear from within the ball. When the ball hit the wall Kazuko let out a gasp. The wall had exploded. Debris and smoke flew everywhere.