Title: Skylarks

Summary: The Hibari clan is large and widespread with its members more often than not holding a power that most people can only dream of. They fly free on wings they construct themselves, and its less that they don't touch down and more the ground won't dare touch them. (Xanxus wakes up not six months since being frozen and finds himself with an overabundance of relatives.)

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Kyouya grimaces when Kawahira ruffles his hair and chuckles.

"Don't frown so much, kiddo," Kawahira says lightly as he steps out of the house. "You're only eight. What do you have to frown about?"

"Your mere presence often causes me an indigestion like feeling," Kyouya drawls back before slamming the door in the man's face.

He hears laughter through it and huffs out a sigh, spinning on his heel and heading back to the living room. Kawahira is a troublesome man, and the Hibari family has a rather love-hate relationship with him.

Every generation of Arcobaleno there is, Kawahira always picks a Hibari. The first time it happened, the entire Hibari clan was gathered for the first and only time. The fight saw half of the Skylarks pass on but Kawahira was on his knees with one foot in the grave and a sword at his throat.

Only then did the man finally speak about the Tri-ni-set, about how balancing the three facets is the only way to keep timelines and parallel worlds separate. The Hibari clan discussed it and eventually an agreement was made.

Kawahira would be allowed to take a Hibari so long as they have prior knowledge of their fate at least five years in advance, and in return Kawahira must take on any and all requests the Hibari have for him.

The man agreed, because quite frankly he was in no position to deny negotiations.

Kyouya thinks his ancestors should have just killed Kawahira because the man keeps annoying Kyouya. The boy is the only Hibari with a permanent home, so it does make sense, but still.

Kyouya, back when he was four or five, decided to keep the Hibari name instead of taking on a fake one or just dropping a last name entirely. His control over Namimori isn't exactly subtle either, so as of right now he's the greatest presence of the Hibari clan and thus the most accessible.

When he had the mansion in Namimori built, not five days after he moved in the Hibari clan records and information started being sent to him from hidden storage all over the world.

This was the moment he could have said no. Kyouya could have sent them back and rejected the position as Sanctuary and Caretaker. There would have been no repercussions at all had he done it, and quite frankly there was no incentive to take on the role.

However, he had only sighed in annoyance but he did make the house big for a reason in case this happened. The files take up approximately two thirds of the space in his house.

Another drawback of being an unrepentant Hibari is that the children are sent to him. The first one came around six months after the house was built. She was seventeen then and looking to become a chef.

It fell to Kyouya to find contacts in the Hibari registry to teach her - and also stop Uncle Dogma from traumatising her during such lessons. When a rival cut her off or she needed start-up funds, Kyouya was the one to organise everything. She now has the largest chain of five star restaurants in the world.

He's cared for over a dozen of them in the three years he's been in Namimori, and it's always a success story in whatever field they choose. It's not just children who come to Kyouya, but adults as well. If they're running from something, need information, or just a place to stay.

It's exhausting sometimes to deal with them, but Kyouya has been taught 'family first' ever since he was able to understand what those words meant.

It's not like they haven't helped him either. When he was struggling to amass funds for his house an aunt dropped by and showed him a few tricks, the house itself was built by a subsidiary of his cousin's business, and when he properly moved in an uncle pulled all law enforcement presence from Namimori so Kyouya could take control without interference.

Of course since Kyouya is blatantly a Hibari a lot of people come after him, and sometimes he can't take them on. That's when the same uncle steps in and uses his significant sway as head of Japan's police force to wipe the attackers from existence.

That's rather annoying though. Kyouya will be in the middle of an exciting fight and the next thing he knows, he's being thrown over a shoulder and carried away as women and men in suits step up to the attacker.

Kyouya hums and settles back onto the couch. He gives the empty tea cups a look but decides he'll put them away later. He lifts his book, a rather dark story based off one of his aunts, and continues like Kawahira didn't just literally appear in his living room with a burst of mist flames.

Kyouya will never say it, but he likes the man's visits. Kawahira is teaching him flame manipulation, starting from his weakest flame type (because if Kyouya uses cloud then all the rest will be lost to him under the power of his strongest fame).

Kyouya likes lightning best so far, because the hardening factor means a flower petal can become fatally sharp, and Kawahira says that if the lightning is strong enough, you can easily cut through diamond.

The man is still annoying though.

Kyouya's phone rings then, echoing through the large house, and he has to place his book down to go hunt for it. It's a ringtone that says its family calling, because only Hibaris have access to the number on Kyouya's second sim card.

He finds the phone in his room and immediately answers. "This is Kyouya," he says simply, dropping to the futon.

There's silence on the other end which makes him frown and glance at the screen to check that the call was still connected. It's not a known number but that's normal since most of his family tends to change phones like they changed clothes. Maybe they were in trouble and couldn't talk.

"Don't hang up," Kyouya orders, rising and making his way to the closest room with a computer. "I'll trace your phone and send assistance."

"Don't," snaps a low voice.

Kyouya stops in the hallway and automatically catalogues it. Male, late teens to early twenties, wary and defensive but not distressed.

"Vongola Secondo was a Hibari," the voice says in a tight voice, as if the male was unsure of his statement.

"May I have your name, cousin?" Kyouya asks instead.

"I'm not – don't hang up!"

Kyouya pauses, his thumb hovering over the disconnect button.

"Someone who I think is a Hibari is in trouble," the male grits out. "And you're the only person I can find."

Kyouya frowns and heads for the family history room. "The Vongola was a Hibari, yes," he allows.

He slips into the room and pauses at one of the large file cabinets, the newest generations inside. The cabinets span from floor to ceiling and decorate every wall before forming rows in the middle of the large room like a library.

"Okay," the male sighs in relief. "Okay, do you know who Xanxus of the Varia is?"

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A/N: I like to think this could have been cannon if Kyouya hadn't said no to the Hibari records being sent over.

Also, all named Skylarks are characters from other manga and anime because I didn't want to make OC's that had names.

Can you spot the crossover references?