An idiot of a Giove.

Soichiro laid his eyes upon his mother, who had taken the time out of her day to mutter some things about men being idiots. Ignoring that, he would be lying if he said that the mafia did not scare him. I mean, these guys were everywhere in this decade. Soichiro found it hard to just move past Giove Primo; the guy was basically Jesus but a gangster. But whose to say that what his mother said was actually true? Could Giove Primo really have been a kind and caring leader or did he make up those lies to cover up his crimes? Certainly possible. "Chi-Chi, you are not cut out for the mafia business. Do not, and I repeat, do not mention this to any civilians or people at your school. Since that is out of the way, I will make you some chicken and rice, maybe put a little of my nana's old secret sauce." Lucia said before heading off to the kitchen with a relieved whew. She must have really wanted to get out of the conversation about "Mafia" and "Giove". He could tell there were some things that haunted her... and he knew all of this because one guy came to their home. Nice.

After finishing a silent dinner, Soichiro walked to his room and fell down on his bed. His back laid against the cold mattress, his brown eyes looked up to the ceiling. Many thoughts had passed his mind that he was trying to hold back. So many questions were left unanswered and he was only able to guess the answer to each question. "The Giove... are they really a criminal organization? The way mom explained it, they were more like a "Make-a-wish" type of place." He said aloud as he heard foot steps approaching his room. They stopped abruptly once they reached his door. He was able to see a shadow emerging from the other side of his bedroom door. Our Shonen protagonist hid under his covers with his teeth chattering in fright. Was a monster going to enter his room?! He prayed to the almighty lord and savior that it was not an nightmare animatronic from F.N.A.F.

The door opened and a being was near his bed. He stayed silent before hearing a feminine voice; It was his mother. "You can stop acting like a scardey-cat. I came to tell you to prepare for school tomorrow, okay? You can't fail school!" She said with a small hint of jealousy in her voice. She missed being a teenager, as any other middle-aged woman would. Those days were her golden days! The Gold Age, to be precise. Anyways, Soichiro muttered 'yes ma'am' and shooed her out of his room. Well, now that his mom was gone, it is time to rest. He has to go to school tomorrow and prepare to face the wrath of the school bullies. His eyes de-focused and he was asleep before he knew it.

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Soichiro woke up and got dressed. It was the same old shit as any other day. He walked to school with a bandage on his right cheek and earned some snickers from students that happened to be passing by. A girl that he knew was a few meters ahead of him and he stared at the back of her head. She turned her head to look at Soichiro and waved at him before her friend pulled her away. "So that was our school's pride and beauty. Arisa Aoi, one of the most popular girls in this school." The boy said as he stepped into the school and headed to his homeroom with a sigh. Students sat at their respective seats and he sat at his own desk. A note was on the desk and he opened it up to see "LOSER! GO BACK TO YOUR TRASH COUNTRY!", jeez what did he do to make them that made? Oh right, it is probably because his mom went around town and spread the word of "Anti-Bullying". Looking up to see their sensei (teacher) have a new student next to him, "Class, we will be having a new friend joining us from here on out. This young man is Yoruichi Giove, hailing from Italy! Go ahead and introduce yourself!" He patted the new boy's back and he stepped up. He cleared his throat and put a hand on the back of his neck, clearly nervous.

"Like he said, I'm Yoruichi. I was born and raised in Italy. Its a great place if you like sight seeing or our beautiful culture. I hope we all can be friends." Yoruichi said as his light brown hair suddenly floated for a quick second. Soichiro looked to see most of the girls day-dreaming about Yoruichi. THE MAN JUST GOT HERE AND YOU ALREADY FALL IN LOVE?

"Welcome to Namimori, Yoruichi. I'm Soichiro, I hope you have an amazing time here." He said with a bow to show his respect. Yoruichi beamed in happiness at Soichiro and chose a desk behind our protagonist. He made a friend! Oh mama would be so happy for him right now. In fact, she'd probably be too happy and invite the guy over for dinner almost every day. Anyhow, wasn't his last name Giove? Was he apart of the family? If so, why did he choose to come here of all places? Or maybe he was just overthinking it. After all, people can have the same name and not be related to each other. Soichiro went through the day as usual, only P.E. was interesting today... at least to the other pieces of shit. At first, Soichiro went to go talk to Arisa. Today, he felt that he could ask her out because he was invincible! "H-hey Arisa." He said once he was in range for her to hear him. And wow he sounded like a total nerd, WHAT A GREAT FIRST IMPRESSION. Her orange eyes sparkled and caused his heart to start beating faster.

Arisa was a beauty and there is no mistaking that. She was pretty much the JLO of Namimori. Though, a guy from the kendo club saw him speaking to Arisa and rushed to Soichiro. He was shoved to the ground and a wooden sword was at his throat. "I caught this wimp attempting to speak with Arisa Aoi! I knew you had something for her, SOI-LOSS! You will answer to my blade!", This dude was really full of himself. He was absolutely confident that he was going to win against Soichiro in a battle of swords. Many students looked to see the commotion and heard that Soichiro was going to duel with the school's toughest swordsman. Obviously, Soichiro was scared like a little ass bitch and wanted to ask for the duel to be called off but it was too late. It gained the attention of the entire school and everyone expected him to fight. "Later, today will be day you wish you were never born!", the guy cackled and walked off with his buddies.

"I just can't catch a break!!", he shouted to no one and punched the ground in fury. Though he was the one hurt from the punch. Soichiro walked to his homeroom and the male students were laughing while the females were giggling like crazy. They didn't think he was going to win... well, he wasn't since he has never used a fucking sword in his life. The rest of school passed slowly and when the time came to head back to the gym, he saw students laugh at him. Most were amazed that he actually had the balls to come. "I have to see it through, even though I wasn't the one who initiated it in the first place.", he thought to himself as a wooden sword was given to him. The guy who started this entire mess was a few feet away from him and had zero armor on, only a wood sword was in his left hand. "How about I up the stakes a little bit? If I beat you, you have to act like a MUTT for the rest of the school year!" Did this motherfucker just ask him to be a furry? Oh hell nah, this dude came from the other side of the hood.

Soichiro dashed at him with his arms in the air and the sword fell out of his hands. Worst luck ever, huh? His opponent made a vertical slice for his neck and sent him crashing into the ground. He cried out in pain and sat up while scooting away. "THIS GUY REALLY IS A LOSER! HE CAN'T FIGHT FOR SHIT!!", the dude laughed louder than anyone I've ever heard of. The other students gave pity to Soichiro and prayed that he didn't get bullied for the rest of his life after this. "Giovane Giove, I feel pity. You truly are a loser.", the man in black said as he was in the crowd of students and not noticed by any of them. A gun had been in his right hand and he aimed it at Soichiro's forehead. Bang! He was shot in the head by a mysterious bullet and fell down on his back with lifeless eyes. "So this is how I die... I would have beaten him if my life depended on it..." he thought as his body was filled with color and he got up with a front-forward flip. His clothes was torn to pieces to only reveal his boxers.

"REBORN!!"

"I'LL BEAT HIM LIKE MY LIFE DEPENDS ON IT!!", he bellowed before appearing in front of his opponent. Did he just... teleport?! No, he did not. Actually, he moved so quickly that it wasn't possible to keep up with his movements. He sent his right fist straight into the guy's jaw and sent him flying in a wall. Soichiro looked a lot more scarier than he usually would be. Students cheered him on and he gained the recognition of a few club leaders. He looked around in confusion to see his opponent knocked the fuck out. So he was the one who did this? He was loads stronger than him, how did he even get up from the last blow? That question will remain unanswered. "Sheesh, he took a pretty good hit. You can fight these guys?", a familiar voice said to Soichiro. He turned to see Yoruichi, who was drinking some tea, and flipped him off as a response. "I don't even THINK that I won." Soichiro told him as they headed for the exit together.

"You are right, you don't think you won. You KNOW you won."

Yoruichi stated after they exited the gym and were in the halls of the school. Soichiro laughed at his remark and suddenly realized that he was practically naked. He rushed home immediately and hid in his covers.

Well, that is it for chapter four. We finally get to see some action! And sorry if I made this a lot similar to the first episode of REBORN! I had a lot less to go on 😂

Soichiro: I'm just glad to be alive. And that dude packed a heavy ass hit. I feel like we just started his villain arc.

Well, okay Ts- I mean, Soichiro. That guy is another side-character, you have nothing to be afraid of.

Soichiro: Okay. Anyways, we'll see you later guys! Until the next one.