Title: Mist's Disappearance
Fandom: KHR! (Katekyo Hitman Reborn!)
Pairing: 6918 aka Mukuro x Hibari
Rating: T/NC-13. Might change if there's specific request you want me to make on this fic.
Disclaimer: Don't own KHR! or anything from it. KHR! belongs to Amano Akira.
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3rd Act: Acquiring Necessary Information
The 10th Cloud Guardian of Vongola jolty woke up from his long night slumber. Gasps of air that continuously went out from his gaped mouth were uncontrolled. His black pajamas he used to wear every single night felt soaked on his skin due to the sweats that almost covered every inch of his shaking body. Not to wonder his slightly widened eyes because of the shock he had just got.
Still in his state of distress, he started to roll his two sapphire orbs around the silent room he was at the time. His heart gradually felt relieved because he still could wake up in that peaceful moment, in that peaceful world.
He finally let out a sigh. A small sigh that he hoped wouldn't demolish the tranquility he still had in posses.
The worst nightmare of all, something he wished he wouldn't have ever seen in his whole life. He didn't understand why he had that kind of dream, it was dreadful enough to make anyone went wild and scream just by staring at it. The sticky warm blood that covered his pale skin with trepidation, the unbearable ambiance of the darkness that surrounded his form and dream world entirely, and-
Shaking his head rather violently to erase the revolting though, the prefect finally brought his view on the glistening balcony of his room. The luminous sun had been exuded its radiance through the thin whitish violet curtain of the glass door of his veranda, not to mention the window which was built right at the top of the wall behind his cozy spacious bed. The birds with all kinds of size and speed were chirping and soaring lightly in groups at the bright azure sky that rested at the top of his peaceful town. His eyes eventually softened with just that breathtaking prospect. No one in Namimori other than himself could still value its beauty, and Hibari was pretty confident with it.
Unaware by him, several knocks on his wooden door of his bedroom was suddenly heard by his ears, which quickly woke him from his daydream and seized his attention. There was only one person who was brave enough to visit his bedroom at that time of day. Thus without thinking about this further, Hibari permitted the person that had been waiting for his respond at the other side of the door to enter. He received a small giggle as the respond, which he retorted with small snort of frustration.
The smooth gold-painted door handle started to be twisted down. The door was slowly opened wide revealing the appearance of the individual. Hibari's lips could only show a small smile upon seeing the said person.
On a wheel chair.
The human that appeared before him at that time was actually a young woman that didn't look too mature than him. She had smooth long hair that was dyed with the color of charcoal, in no way different to the prefect. It ended right after it softly touched her buttocks or black seat of the chair, hanging soundlessly at the top of her head. Her slender body was covered with a swarthy long kimono. It was ornamented with numerous red flowers named licorices, making the attire look more exquisite. Her soft-looking sapphire eyes stared forthrightly into the room. Her gaze was blank, as if they were lifeless, which were usual to be seen by Hibari's own sapphire eyes, though his eyes lacked of warmth, unlike hers.
Her cherry lips began to pull apart from each other, shattering the silence between them, "Good morning, Kyoya." The woman spoke her first words in that one bright morning, maintaining her delicate smile to stay alive on her glittering lips. She slowly took herself into the room. She stopped not far from the raven-haired man who was currently organizing his bed while temporarily facing his back at the woman. He turned himself around after putting in the last sheet of his bed in place. His sharp eyes gradually softened, looking at the woman with his normal cold expression.
"Good morning to you as well, Ruka onee-sama." Hibari finally greeted her back before dropping himself to one knee and reaching out for one of her older sister's hands, which rested composedly on her tights. Once he had it between his two hands, he brought his head up, looking up at her. She followed him, dropping her own head to meet his cold yet warmhearted gaze, which he showed only to her, "How do you feel today?" He continued as his grip on her hand slightly became tighter.
Realizing that feeling, her older sister's lips could only beam wider. She topped his hand that was placed above her right hand with her other hand. The warmth she got from his hold was soothing her heart; therefore she would give her younger brother the same sensation. They were linked as the same blood ran within them, after all, "I feel very well today, Kyoya." She replied and paused for a second, before carried on with her next sentence, "I assume you didn't have a pleasant sleep last night?" She asked serenely.
Hibari blinked his eyes once, totally puzzled by the subject her sister threw at him, "What are you talking about?" He countered back, only to receive a worry look from her. She sighed at that.
"You moaned a lot last night. I could hear you perfectly well from my room. I'm not surprised you didn't grasp this, seeing I couldn't even wake you up at that point." She explained.
Kyoya glared at her because of the choice of words she used to tell him. But that was how she had always been, that big sister of him enjoyed teasing him. Unfortunate to the Cloud Guardian, that thought made him remembered him of a certain guy, the most annoying one he had ever encountered in his life, that is, "Don't glare at me. Everything that I told you until now is one hundred percent true." That sentence alone was not enough to make him back down from maintaining his glares at her, which successfully pissed her off at the spot, "Stop it or I'll bite you to death."
"I was actually thinking about something here." He growled after hearing her last sentence.
That retort in fact made her giggled in delight, "At least you can stop the glare you casted at me." She began to imagine how her brother's expression since she couldn't see it herself; pissed off, unpleased. She would have pulled his cheeks as wide as possible and made a huge smile appeared on his lips with her hands if she still had her ability to see the world she lived in. No doubt, it would be amusing like she had always hoped.
Only receiving a silence from his unsatisfied brother in return, Ruka pulled her hands from Hibari's grasp and rode herself back to the opened door, going out from the motionlessness room. She slightly tilted her head back, glancing one more time at the Cloud Guardian's figure, "Why don't you change and go downstairs? And would you mind accompanying me to the shopping district after we have our breakfast, Kyoya?" She questioned him yet again.
"Why?" Hibari asked back; short and obvious. He shot her a cold looks, though his infamous glares were far from the reach of his eyes. Glaring at his sister was not effortless at all. She would eventually and quickly become aware of it, and in the end shot him back with the sentence he had been saying at every people he met, people that he regularly called herbivores; I'll bite you to death.
"It's been a while, for me at least. I can use you to bite every herbivore that stand in our way to death while we're wandering around there. Crowding is not an acceptable activity for me. I'm sure you know this very well." She chuckled lightly after she ended her long respond to the question of his brother that only contained one word, three alphabets and one syllable.
"…It's not like you can't bite them all to death by yourself." He looked away from her, walking straightly to the wardrobe not far from him, despite the tiredness he still had with him because of the lack of sleep. He yawned unenthusiastically in the process, adding a small drop of tears that was about to run down on his cheek if he didn't immediately wipe them out with one of his pajama's sleeves.
"Indeed. But I want to have my day as calm as possible. I'm not in the mood to stain my hands with herbivore's blood today." She heard the ruffling sound his brother's hands made inside the drawer. That was the sign of his agreement and she smiled wider because of that, "So you agree with my request, then?"
"Alright. I'll come with you." He nodded slightly, before resuming his activity inside the wardrobe.
Just when he was about to grab his usual clothes, his sister's next statement come into the air, "No uniform."
His hands twitched.
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Reborn sent a huge flying kick on Tsuna's face after witnessing that stupid student of his still snoozing on his warm bed, hugging his pillow between the grasp of his arms and legs and snuggled his face on it, regardless of the alarm clock which rang rather wildly inside the bedroom. Even the birds at the tree outside immediately woke up after hearing the disturbing sound. That student of his was deaf, it seemed.
Tsuna, on the other hand, jerked his head up and cried shockingly as the pain he just obtained spread into his nerves, "Get up, dame Tsuna. Don't let the others wait for you any longer." Reborn stated uncaringly as he landed himself not far from the edge of the bed, crossing his hands before his chest while staring at the brunette whose right hand was caressing his red cheek, the other reaching out for the clock and shut it off with a single click.
His eyes went wide after setting them lazily on it, "What? It's already this late? Why there was no one woke me up early?" Throwing the clock to nowhere behind him (which successfully crashed the wall and get unnecessary crack on the glass), Tsuna immediately yanked the blue blanket aside, went out from his bed and inside the bathroom that was located in the first floor.
Nana with delicious-looking breakfast in hands noticed her hurried son on the way, ran passed her and almost knocked off the breakfast if she didn't stop her two feet from going even further to the dining room and crashed on him, but still, she smiled it off as usual, "Tsu-kun, don't forget to have your breakfast first after you change." She exclaimed, genuine smile formed on her lips, something she always wore and showed to anyone, didn't matter it was someone she recognized with or not.
"Sure!" He replied her from inside the bathroom before he abruptly splashed some water from the sink to his sleepy face. Misfortune didn't seem to leave him anywhere he was, seeing he rapidly brushed his teeth, and bleed his gum subsequently. The metallic taste of blood in his mouth made him remembered more of his objective at that appointed day. He gulped down the red liquid that had been mixed with his saliva hard, staring at his reflection on the foggy mirror. Somehow he could see the face of the man that had been haunting his mind since last night. It recalled him of the conversation between him and Reborn at several hours before he went to sleep.
Flashback
"All of this regulation is based on the supreme prescription from the higher-ups of the Vindice Prison Number 1xx year 15xx, concerning the Vindice law's legal compilation in the field of eradicating the Level S prisoners. This is something that is about to befall at that man's life." Reborn explained serenely while surfing the files before his eyes. The files were quite old; it could be seen from the pale color of the papers, even the black texts that was printed on it didn't appear to be as new. His right hand lifted up one of the scattered documents; it had a gold Vongola Emblem at the upper part of it.
Ignoring the tensed atmosphere between him and Tsuna who sat uncomfortably on his bed, he continued, "The Vindice Prison never lets this kind of inmate to be imprisoned more than three years. At the same date they were imprisoned, they would be exterminated. The Vindice was aware of the calamities the S-ranked prisoners can perform, even if they were locked and sealed inside that deepest part of the penitentiary." He didn't tell that student of his the content of the single paper he currently held. It was not the right time.
Tsuna's eyes widened after listening at the last part of the Arcobaleno's explanation, he quickly brought his vision from the wooden floor below his feet to the infant, "Wait, so there was a captive who had ever escaped from the prison before?" He inquired, receiving a small nod.
"The strongest man ever lived." Reborn uttered shortly, looking back at the brunette, "Just so you know, the date of Rokudo Mukuro was imprisoned is October 13th, three years ago."
"Tomorrow will be October 13th…" Tsuna whispered, disregarding his body that was trembling in fear because of the unexpected fact.
End Flashback
Ignoring the pain he just got, he dried his face with the small indigo towel near the toilet mirror. His feet brought himself up back to the second floor, only letting his eyes to be greeted by a bundle of black clothes on his chaotic bed, which he eyed confusingly, "What's that?"
"Attire you should wear for today's agenda. Just take this all as a mission of you and your guardians." Reborn answered him calmly while sitting comfortably on his student's study desk, sipping his morning coffee he just brewed. Small smile was formed on his lips as his black eyes staring at Tsuna who were having difficulties to wear the type of clothes he never used before.
Several seconds later a sound of torn clothes came from the brunette. Tsuna was frozen in fear while a huge angry mark could be seen above the Arcobaleno's head. With unrestrained rage started to expand within him, he let his salamander to turn into a small green deadly gun, before it was pointed toward the lamest human alive.
Panicking wouldn't ever bring you good.
TBC
<= 2nd Act: Flowing to Insanity -
Teaser for next chap:
"Damn, why there was no one called you before this?"
Ahh, now he remembered.
He could also find blood in that nightmare.
It was anywhere. It smelled stink in his nose.
Note: Two additional pairings will appear in the next chap.
I'll try to update this once a month, if I'm not too busy, that is.
R&R, please. Comments, suggestions and critiques are very much appreciated. m_ _m