I wrote this story last October. The only reason I didn't post it at first was because I'm not sure where to go after this. But now, 4 months later, I think I know what to do with this story. For the peeps that are waiting for updates on Kiri to Kumo and Blast to the Past, you guys have to wait for another day or two. This dunce had stupidly saved the two chapters onto the school computer and wouldn't be going to campus until Wednesday, so yea, sorry.

Disclaimer: I do not own Katekyo Hitman Reborn.

I dedicate this chapter to Deadly Chronicle. (Thanks for the msg. Yes, he's ok now. His lungs are not stable yet so he's currently hooked on the respiratory support system thingie. Btw, are you waiting for your O or A level? Cos you mention about writing on working hours.)

Summary: Because vengeance are best served cold. Mukuro abandoned Chrome at her weakest. Lost her will to live, Hibari offers her the best reason to live. Vengeance. One-sided6996, eventual 1896.

Chapter one: Lost the will to live.

"Wait, Mukuro!" Tsuna yelled, "What about Chrome?"

MM smirks, "You can do whatever the hell you want with her, I couldn't care less!"

"What?"

Mukuro turned and stared at Tsuna. "Why don't you go ahead and look after her? I detest the current Chrome." Behind him, MM was smirking in joy.

"What are you saying? But Chrome has come this far believing you…"

"Please, take good care of her."

-exempt from Target 354: Verde and Mukuro.

Unknown by Tsuna and Mukuro, Chrome had in fact heard the entire conversation. Beside her, Kyoko also froze in surprise. Chrome was staring the ground, trying her hardest to assuage her tears from falling.

"C-Chrome-chan?" Kyoko said softly, her hand slowly moves toward the eyed-patched girl.

"G-Gomen Kyoko-san. I…I have to go somewhere." The purplenette turned and blind ran away from the area, her hand clutching her bad as if it was a lifeline. Kyoko watched the girl ran away before turning resolutely.

Keep running.

Don't look back.

Chrome ran without any coherent direction. All she knows she has to get away from there. From Mukuro-sama.

"Oof!" Chrome ran around the corner and crashed into someone. Tearfully, she looks up to stare into a pair of steel-grey eyes.

Hibari Kyouya.

"Kuromu Dokuro." He raised his eyebrow, staring at the female illusionist. "Late for school. I will bite you to death."

Chrome stared back boldly at the perfect, regardless of her streaming tears. "Go ahead!" she said, letting go of her satchel, clutching his shirt. "Kill me! I don't care anymore!" she collapsed, weeping into his shirt, pulling the perfect to the ground with her.

Hibari stared in surprise before waving Tetsuya away. There's something wrong with the herbivore and he's determined to find out.

"Mukuro-san!" Mukuro and Tsuna turns in surprise to see Kyoko running toward the illusionist. "How could you?" she yelled, pointing at Mukuro angrily. "How could you said that about Chrome?"

"Oya, oya. What do we have here?" the heretochromic-eyed illusionist stared at the auburn haired girl in surprise. "You one of Chrome's new friends aren't you? You heard everything?"

"Yes. I did. And so does Chrome."

"Wait…" the ex-convict froze. "What do you mean Chrome heard it?"

"Exactly what I said. We heard everything." Kyoko glared angrily at the man before saying it in a soft voice. "You…you broke her heart, Mukuro-san."

Hibari sighed (Is it just me or he seems to done that a lot ever since he joined Tsuna's family?) and pulls a clean, white handkerchief and silently gave it to the distraught illusionist.

Chrome was blushing madly as she shyly took the handkerchief from the cloud guardian, wiping the remaining tears from her face. She was quite mortified when she found herself bawling over Hibari, and further more the violent prefect had actually let her.

"Herbivore." Chrome looks up again into those steel-grey eyes, "you look ugly when you're crying." He said bluntly, a slight smile decorated his face.

Is that his way to cheer someone up? Chrome wondered but finds her self smiling slightly back at the prefect.

The girl slowly stands up, moving away from the perfect. "T-Thank you Kumo-san. A-And sorry."

"Herbivore. Is there something wrong? Is this something to do with Rokudou?" of course he asked about Mukuro-sama, he's is one of the few guy worthy for Hibari attention. No one cares about her.

"N-Nothing. Mukuro's just back from France." He stared in surprise. She just referred him without any suffix. Did something happen between the pineapple bastard and his vessel?

Chrome turned in surprise to see Hibari's hand wrapped around her thin wrist, pulling her back toward him. "There's something wrong with you herbivore. And you are going to tell me."

Despite of everything (or perhaps because of it) Chrome had felt a sort of kinship with this man. And after what happened in the future between her and TYL Hibari, she had never told anyone about his little secret (even Mukuro-sama never knew of and expect of); she felt she at least should tell him about it.

"M-Mukuro… H-He said he doesn't need me anymore. H-he hates me. I'm just a burden for him."

"And you wanted to die?" he growled, forcing the girl to look at him, his other hand pushed her chin up so she can't look away. He forcefully pushed against her, forcing her to back up into the alley and against the wall.

"Y-yes. I-I have no reason to live now." She said softly, tears once again slowly stream down her cheeks. "I'm just a nuisance, a burden to everyone." Yet, with a pang, she realised she doesn't want to die. Boss had shown her what is it like to belong to a family, Kyoko-chan tachi had show her how beautiful it is to have friends,… and Hibari-san had given her another chance to live.

"If you really want to die," Hibari leans down, whispering harshly against her ears, "Then let go of that damned accursed connection you have with that bastard."

"I…"

Mukuro was glaring at Kyoko, who glared back at the illusionist and at Tsunayoshi, who had placed himself between him and that damned girl. To think Chrome had heard it…

He suddenly frowns when he felt a slight twinge inside him. He quickly closes his eyes, his brows furrowed in surprise when he felt another twinge.

The frown deepens when he noticed the twinges were coming from his connection with dearest Nagi. Uneasily, he tries to reach out to the purplenette. Something bad was going to happen. Tsuna, too, frowns. Due to his unique connection with Mukuro, he too had felt something wrong.

Mukuro (and Tsuna) gasped in surprise when the connection between Mukuro and Chrome snapped into pieces.

"Nagi!"

Hibari watches on as Chrome coughed out another pint of blood out, splattering the crimson liquid mostly on his shirt. The girl silently collapsed into his arms, breathing erratically.

"Tetsuya." Hibari gently cradled the dying girl in his arms, and walk away. Pausing only to grab his bag and her satchel, "take care of the school today. Tell Bucking Horse I join that stupid game of them."

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Chapter two: A reason for her to live.

In which Chrome finds out there are reasons for her to live and different ways to exact revenge on Mukuro.