Okay. So very very late update. Sorry. I mean. Two months?! Even I would hate myself.
I'm really sorry for all the wait and all that.
Seriously.
Though, I'm really thankful for those who reviewed and gave me strength to keep. I really love you guys.
For those who reviewed, here's answers. This time, I forgot to keep the questions that had something to do with the story, but you can either search on all my answers or suit yourself. Also, I know I went overboard with Enma and Tsuna last chapter but you guys should really keep into account Reborn was the one who told them to do it so if course it's overboard. XD
And there's one person there who reviewed on Sunny Sky Days and I answered that person here. It's the only person who has a kinda two stars(?) before its name.
Now, review time!
Rikka-tan: I really liked putting them as cheesy best friends XD. I think Enma would be the taller between the two (though not by much), and of course Tsuna's puppy dog eyes work the best!
Tsuna learned Mafia seduction from the best after all :D
Just read and see for a badass Tsuna…. (said with an air of suspense XD)
It's always fun replying to your reviews w
gabrielatsuki: Brazilian? Ahhh :000 Then it's all cool. I mean, Google Translator is sometimes kinda off so some things can get mixed up. I'm glad you liked it
Yorutsuki-LuniaKyaaaaa!: THANKS! XD And also thank you for the info. It's good knowing from which point of view the song was recommended. Sorry for making you wait so much. m
Sachiel Angelo: I know. ( - v - )" I myself think I went a little overboard with that part. Haha *chuckles nervously*. For people who don't know about Flames they do it other way. I think later it would only be mentioned quickly as to not cause confussion. They showed it so carefully since Tsuna noticed Enma trusted his associates. Vento and Acqua a pairing? I'll admit they were the kind of 'spur-of-the-moment OCs and they would only appear (I think) for these chapters but I'll also admit that they do fit for a pairing
SailorKechara: I'm glad you liked it
momocolady: Good review. XD jk Thanks for the review
LaLunaLight: You should keep reading to find out, but you'll laugh when you finish XD I really appreciate knowing you're liking it
ilollydellahI: I gave my exam a really good punch, thank you! :D Hope you'll like this update. And don't worry, Tsuna's feelings will kick in real soon. I'm glad the end felt like a cliffhanger since that's what I was aiming for. I hope Acqua surprises you all… And thanks for the 'Fighting'. I (think) it's Korean right?
FallenxLinkin: Eureka Seven Ao is really good. No problem. I'm always open for some side pairings and I rather like 8059 so it's a sure go. I hope you'll like what I put in this chapter. Kufufu~
You could say you got it right because even if Enma is trying to subtly convey his feelings we all know Tsuna is rather thick in that area so it's kinda like that
Guest: You won't be disappointed with 8059 appearing…
PhantomsWorkshop: I'm glad it made you happy. Your review made me happy.
Sylvia: You'd be surprised by your guesses…. I know it vaguely is kinda like Babysitting Days (I already read it. I loved it :D)
I'm very happy that even if both stories are very alike you think of them as good in their own. :')
It's not that 7k is a little amount but more like since I take so long I'd like to give longer chapters
I really liked your review by the way
Saiya-san:It's still a long way to be finished so sorry
BashyBunny: Thank you for such compliment. I'm sorry it took so long for an update.
Xxferessa-TanXx: I know! TYL Tsuna's Italian voice I can imagine it being really hot. Hibari really appreciates the good luck.
whYAreOrangesIcky: I also love All27! Have you seen the All27 Community? In there there's really good All27 fanfics
Thanks for the cheers! They really help me in writing
Kichou: Thank goodness I didn't get too OOC. And the part of forgetting. It happens. I aready forgot what I ate last week so I don't doubt Yamamoto forgetting someone from 9 years ago.
**BashyBunnyDamn: If you read this reply since it's not in Sunny Sky Days then I'm glad. I'm happy that short fic was not as clichéd as others then
Guest: Yeah yeah. I'm real sorry for such a long wait.
filipalope88: Here it is
L'sCoffee: And Reborn is and always will be our favorite sadist. Kufufu~ It's better for you to read instead of asking such questions
Those were all!
If you didn't review then you should know I got kinda some questions concerning Acqua and Vento, the two OCs. First, I didn't think of them as a pairing (though they could make a good one). Second, they were made in the spur of the moment but I still liked it.
WARNING: Jumbled story, italics can be thoughts, or flashbacks in some cases. Spelling and grammar.
Disclaimer: I don't own KHR or any of their awesome and good characters. They're all of Akira Amano-sensei.
Hibari stared at his cup, but then noticed a tense aura beside him. He turned and was fairly surprised to see Tsuna with his eyes narrowed, with a slight ting of orange and looking towards the door where Vento left, and then towards Acqua. Then it seemed Tsuna finally noticed someone was looking at him, and his expression morphed into a smile. But Hibari knew it was strained.
"It's nothing Hibari-san." He said with the fake smile still plastered on. But then it turned again into the one with his eyes narrowed and his smile just a memory, and Tsuna turned towards the door again. His voice was barely above a whisper.
"Just a little slip."
"You bastard! Did you threaten Jyuudaime into working for you?! Did you blackmail him?!" Gokudera raged. "I'll fucking kill you!"
The silverette abruptly stood up from his chair, but before he even walked a step, a pair of arms restrained him, and a happy laugh could be heard behind him.
"Maa maa, Hayato. Calm down. Hibari's not that kind of guy and you know it." Yamamoto said with his ever brilliant smile.
Gokudera seemed to discretly blush at his the close proximity between the two, but it was gone in an instant replaced by the stuggling of a very angered Storm.
The blush didn't go unnoticed to Tsuna. He remembered that maybe once or twice Hayato had said something about having a lover or someone of the like, and by the reaction he got just now it seemed that person was Yamamoto since Gokudera usually never blushed because of anything. Tsuna found it rather surprising, but also endearing at the same time. He still remembered how Yamamoto was before he left to Italy, and was rather glad that the swordsman hadn't changed that much. It seemed they would be able to regain their friendship really easily. He found it endearing because since Hayato was one of his closest friends, and he knew Yamamoto, then it's like his two best friends were dating, one could say. And Tsuna knew they were perfect for one another.
When it seemed that Hayato hadn't calmed down and Yamamoto was about to not be able to restrain him anyomore, Tsuna sighed. It was quite stupid the reason why Hayato had gotten so angry, but it was also to be expected of Hayato's short temper.
After the little 'almost accident' of Hibari's cup, and it being handled to him, the table broke into chatter, arguments, and threatening (from a certain pineapple and marshmallow pair). Everyone was waiting for their food. Tsuna talked to Enma, Hayato had one-sided arguments with Yamamoto, Dino tried to talk with Tsuna, but couldn't that much with Hibari in between. Hibari was about to take a sip from his green tea, but it was Tsuna's hands he kissed intead of the rim of the cup. Tsuna took the cup with his fingertips and great delicacy from Hibari's hands while the other was still stunned by the fact he had just kissed Tsuna's hand. And he what was even more shocking was that he liked the feeling of Tsuna's skin on his lips. He pushed the confusing feelings away and instead glared at Tsuna.
Tsuna put the cup down in front of him with a smile. His smile did seem real, but Hibari saw that in his eyes, aside from the feeling of amusement, there was also a hint of nervousness and wariness. Of what, Hibari didn't know, but he immediately caught up that something was wrong. His gaze sharpened and he looked to the sides. He still didn't see or sense anything out of norm, and he relaxed slightly, but he also kept his guard up. After all, it was better be safe than sorry.
"It's more polite to wait for the food to arrive before drinking anything, Hibari-san.*" Tsuna said with a serene smile, subtly trying to explain his odd action. Hibari raised a brow at that. He hadn't ever heard anything of the like about etiquette. Gokudera, who was starting to take a sip from his glass of wine, immediately spat the drink when overhearing what his dear Jyuudaime said and was in the process of doing a dogeza* because of his 'rudeness'.
Everyone either sweatdropped, or were amused by the odd scene of the silverette even doing something of the sort for anyone.
More time passed by until the food finely arrived. Vento arrived showing a bright smile while bringing Tsuna's food. Acqua just gave Hibari his plate with a blank face.
While Acqua was serving Hibari's food, Hibari abruptly looked at Tsuna, and Tsuna just looked back confused as to what the other wanted from him. Hibari lifted his hand towards the other in a manner that clearly indicated he wanted something. Tsuna just stared confused and tilted his head slightly. Meanwhile, Enma, who was about to dig in to his ravioli, watched the exchange with amused eyes.
Hibari finally grew impatient as a barely visible but there nonetheless tick mark appeared in his forehead.
"Give my tea back, herbivore." He said irritated.
It took a few seconds for Tsuna to process what the other said, and when he did he mouthed an 'O', and started taking the tea cup. He only took it with one hand so when he was passing it to Hibari midair at the same time Acqua was serving Tsuna, and one could say it was that Tsuna's hand bumped a little with Acqua's hand, and the cup's equilibrium disappeared. That was the cause of the little cup's slip from Tsuna's hands onto the ground.
Tsuna looked horrified at the spilled tea, and Hibari just watched as all his tea started pouring into the floor.
Tsuna was quick to act and took the cup before it spilled completely. Acqua had also sported an horrified expression at the mess that was made, and went to get a mop and back in less than Hibari can register that his precious tea was on the floor. Meanwhile, no one noticed the small smile that formed on Tsuna's lips.
Acqua actually cleaned it all really fast. He returned the now soaked mop to where it came from, and made a subtle gesture for Tsuna to give him the cup. Tsuna instead of giving it to him made movement with his hand for the other to come near. Acqua confused and at the same time exasperated walked near the brunet.
When Acqua was an about two hands' length of Tsuna, the other took his arm and drew him in incredibly close to himself. Acqua was caught off guard by what Tsuna did, and froze in the spot as Tsuna face approximated his. Their noses were basically touching, and Tsuna looked directly at Acqua's brown eyes, but Tsuna's eyes weren't their usual honey color, but a glowing orange.
Tsuna, barely moving his lips knowing that probably at least half of the room's clients knew how to read lips, whispered just enough for Acqua to hear.
"You should get rid of that cup right now, Neve (Snow)."
Acqua's eyes almost popped out of his sockets from how much they widened. Acqua stared at Tsuna for some seconds, and then quickly went towards the kitchen as if the hell hounds were on his tail.
When Tsuna had moved Acqua towards himself, everyone had started to observe the exchange. A lot of them were curious as to what was said between the two, but no one knew even if they did know how to read lips. Tsuna had merely moved his lips a little bit so no one really got it. 'Smart one it seems' Byakuran thought interested, and Gokudera was just seconds from blowing the waiter to kingdom come if not for Tsuna's stare pinning him down.
Even Hibari or Enma didn't hear a thing of what passed between the two. Enma, knowing it was something secret, didn't probe the brunet. But Hibari, always straightforward, immediately asked.
"What was that about herbivore?"
Tsuna turned to look towards Hibari, and after a moment of weighting the answer he just smiled with his eyes in crescent moons as a certain marshmallow lover.
"I just asked him for another cup of tea, Hibari-san."
Hibari knew there was something lacking in that sentence, but he let it slide. He would have enough time to bite the truth out of the herbivore when they arrived at the mansion.
Acqua returned with the cup of tea, but while he was handing it to Hibari, he kept looking at Tsuna nervously. Tsuna looked back at Acqua with a mysterious smile but with eyes full of mirth.
The lunch went smoothly except for the usual bickering. When all the waiters took away basically everything off the table, that was when Byakuran gave a pointed look towards his waiter, catching the other's eyes. The waiter nodded in return and started ushering all the other waiters outside, or towards the kitchen. Then it was heard as the doors clicked when being closed.
Byakuran looked towards all the other people with his playful smile.
"Don't worry. All the doors, walls, and windows in this room are soundproof. Not even a sound can escape. So rest assured, we can officially begin our meeting."
The aura of the room suddenly turned serious and there was only silence awaiting for the first person to begin.
Gokudera was the first one to start. He got up from his chair and from there he gave the report on what the currently had.
"We have all already agreed as to the style of the hotel, which is a mix of Western and Japanese culture, and that it would be a fancy but comfortable and affordable enough hotel for most people. The design is currently being handled by Sasagawa Kyoko, and Miura Haru from the Vongola Fashion and Designs Department, and from Kusakabe Tetsuya, and other personnel of the Fashion and Designs Department from Cloud Inc. They have given us the basic idea of how it will be done. The architecture of the building has already been done by Spanner, and Irie Shoichi from the Vongola Technological Department, and also by Chikusa Kakimoto from Nebbia Inc. The total cost of everything will be handled by both me and Irie Shoichi. The security of the place will be handled by Cavallone Facilities and Millefiore Industries. Shimon Company will handle the workers and that everything is going according to plan. The only problem is about the place where it'll be built."
Gokudera waited until all the information sank in their heads, and he stared at everyone for a moment. He saw Tsuna with his chin being supported by his intertwined fingers. He had a thoughtful look on his face and Gokudera for one moment wondered what his Jyuudaime was thinking. Ignoring his curiosity, he kept the report.
"We have come to the conclusion that the hotel should be built somewhere in between central Namimori so it would have easy accessibility to places that have basic necessities as well as to the mall, and to be able to get transportation easier. Until now, the only land that has all those requirements as well as the space needed for the hotel to be built without the need of changes in its design or for it to be cramped would be…" Gokudera took a folded piece of paper from a pocket in his suit, and unfolded it until it was really big and he put it on the table. He pointed somewhere in the map on a blank space. "…here."
Everyone saw the blank space and nodded. Hibari, although a little reluctantly, also agreed with the place. He knew which one it was (he knew Namimori as well as the back of his hand), and he knew it was a great place to build an hotel in thanks to its location.
Gokudera didn't stop there.
"The only problem" Gokudera frowned a little at this part. "is the land owner." A silence and a few raised eyebrows were the only reply to what he said.
The silveret cleared his throat a little with the frown still marring his features. "Kawahira-san, or Uncle Kawahira as he likes to be called, is the owner of this land. Him living just across from it." Gokudera pointed to a square across the blank space.
"Kawahira-san has turned down various times already our proposal of buying his land for a very reasonable price. We already have sent Takeshi, since he is the top salesman in the Vongola, and he was still turned down with the excuse of 'not wanting his peace ruined by more tourism in Namimori'." Gokudera sighed tiredly as if he had already though about it a lot of times, which wasn't far from the truth.
The people all had thoughtful looks until Enma talked. "Have you tried other methods for convincing him aside from money?"
Byakuran immediately catched on what the other was implying, and threw his two cents by commenting.
"You know, like blackmailing or with threats?" His eyes took a malicious glint as he was saying it.
Yamamoto, surprisingly, was the one who answered. "We have tried everything we could, as in everything, Bykuran." Yamamoto said while scratching the back of his head with a sheepish grin.
Tsuna sweatdropped at that. He didn't know why, but he could just imagine Yamamoto threatening or blackmailing someone if the situation called it even if Yamamoto didn't look someone like that. But Tsuna had learned a long time ago to never underestimate someone by its looks. He learned it the hard way.
"Anyone has some suggestions as to other lands or as to what we can do." Gokudera said.
No one answered until a hand was suddenly raised. Gokudera's eyes were filled with surprise, but he also had a small smile slipping into his features knowing that kit would all turn out fine in the end if this person was the one suggesting it. Everyone turned to the head of the table opposite Byakuran to see the hand raised of the person they least expected it from.
Tsuna.
The brunet had a serious expression on his face, and you could see a tint of orange in his eyes. But aside from that, in his eyes you could also see a little bit of laughter twinkling, as if the whole situation was amusing him. Tsuna's hand started going down, and he turned to look at Gokudera.
"May I, Hayato?" He said with a calm yet commanding voice to which everyone wouldn't be able to disobey if it was directed to them.
Gokudera only nodded with pride swelling inside him. That was his Jyuudaime. Tsuna turned to look at Hibari as if asking permission. Hibari, catching on, nodded. Then the brunet turned to look towards everyone.
"I know one way you can convince Kawahira to agree." When he finished saying it, a smile spread across his lips. An amused smile that sent shivers down everyone's spine.
Mukuro, always quick to recover from those type of things, asked. "And what would that be, Tsunayoshi-kun?"
Tsuna kept on smiling as his hand went towards something that was inside his suit. What appeared was surprisingly a cellphone, an iPhone to be more clear. He unlocked the screen and started going through his contact list while saying.
"You could say I know Kawahira."
After that, it seemed he found the contact he was looking for and quickly called it, and put it on speaker. The ring didn't take long.
Beep Beep Beep
At the third ring, a lazy and (coughkindasmexycough) somewhat young voice answered.
"Hello? Kawahira speaking? Who is it?"
The people in the room who hadn't met Kawahira thought that he didn't sound like such a stubborn man as it was told. The just kept observing the exchange between the brunet and the man.
"Who else would call you aside me, Kawahira?" Tsuna said with a playful tone.
It sounded as if in the other line a dramatic gasp was made.
"Tsunayoshi?! I haven't heard from you in who knows how long! What do you need? Is it about…" At the end of the sentence the tone got a much sharper edge than before, and some wondered what the other was about to say until Tsuna interrupted.
"Kawahira." Tsuna said in a sharp and stern voice. "You are currently on speakers so it would be great for you not to talk about it right now." Tsuna took a moment to keep talking. His tone became more calm. "And yes. I have something I would like to talk to you about."
"Hmmm…. Okay. So what do you need?" Kawahira said sounded just slightly interested.
"I've heard you own a land just across your house. I would like to make you a proposal to see if you could sell it to some friends of mine."
An exasperated sigh was heard on the other line. "You too, Tsunayoshi?! Do you know how many times have I had to decline offers from some company?"
"I know, Kawahira. I'm currently with those people that you're talking about. It would do me a great favor, though of course my proposal will be more to your liking than theirs."
Some raised an eyebrow. 'What could be better than a generous amount of cash?'
Kawahira sounded truly intrigued. "You're with them? But wouldn't that practically be like exposing yourself?"
Tsuna's eyes widened, and he immediately hissed. "Watch your mouth, Kawahira. You're in speakers." Tsuna said with a very menacing tone.
It seemed the other waved it away though he would take into account that right now he shouldn't really joke about that topic. "..Okay. And what was that proposal you told me about?"
Tsuna breathed in and out to calm himself a little. When he had better control he answered.
"I'll get I-Pin to give you for two whole years a 80% discount in the ramen shop."
One could hear a choked sound, and coughing in the other line. Tsuna smirked imagining how Kawahira's face should have looked when he said that.
"For two years?! Are you serious-" It was cut off abruptly as if the person finally registered what it was doing. Kawahira cleared his throat, and spoke in a more controlled manner. "I mean, do you really mean what you said, Tsunayoshi?"
Tsuna's chuckle resounded throughout the room. "Of course I do, Kawahira. Why would I lie to you?" Tsuna said fondly.
Kawahira and Tsuna laughed for some time, as if the two were sharing a secret joke. As it started to die down Tsuna said.
"Tomorrow some representatives of either Vongola, Cavallone, or Shimon will go during afternoon. Would that be okay with you?"
"Vongola..huh? It's okay, I'll be waiting for them, and the contract. You'll send me the coupon, or will I-Pin tell me?"
Tsuna thought about it. "I'll be the one to give you the discount card. I'll give me the chance to visit you. It'll be somewhere next week. Okay?"
"Perfect!" Kawahira said with genuine glee. "You know you're always invited, Tsunayoshi. See ya later, and don't overwork yourself trying to protect that wild Cloud, will ya? It's not good when such a fine Sky gets hurt." Tsuna knew that Kawahira got casual with him at the end since he got tired of such formalities, and since they were already familiar with each other.
"Sure, sure. See you later." Tsuna pressed the end call button, and looked at the other occupants.
"Well? You should get someone over to his house tomorrow afternoon for the contract to be made, shouldn't you?"
That seemed to snap them back to reality, and immediately Dino, Enma, and Gokudera looked at each other. They seemed to have a mental agreement of some sorts because then Enma took out his cellphone and started calling his secretary.
Meanwhile, the others were staring at Tsuna with varying levels of surprise. Byakuran, finally asked.
"What was that about, Tsunayoshi-kun? How did you know someone like Kawahira-kun?" Byakuran asked with curiosity. He knew Kawahira beforehand, as he had investigated what was it that refrained their hotel from being built, and he had met the man himself in secret to convince him of selling the land. So Byakuran knew that the man was a really hard nut to crack, that didn't even flinch when Byakuran tried to blackmail him. Keyword tried. Aside from all that, Kawahira gave Byakuran a really odd feeling, and he faintly sensed his Mare Ring reacting to the other*.
Tsuna scratched his head a little and sweatdropped. "You could say certain circumstances brought us together. And also, one of my friends usually delivers ramen to his house, so it was kind of easy to know him." Then Tsuna's smile got a little mysterious. "Getting him to like me is another story altogether."
Byakuran pondered what the other meant, but then let it go. He could investigate Tsuna later.
"Is that all that was left, Haya-chan?" Byakuran asked in a mocking tone.
A vein popped in Gokudera's forehead, and he got up from his chair raising a fist towards Bykuran.
"Don't call me like that, you marshmallow bastard!" Gokudera hissed angrily.
"Always so quick to fight. Such a prissy cat you are." Mukuro said, adding fuel to the fire. Tsuna could feel something bad about to happen, and he began slowly getting up from his seat, and walking towards the door while he heard the ongoing argument.
"What did you just say, pineapple pervert?" Gokudera countered with the forbidden word while beginning to take out dynamite from who-knows-where. Mukuro, when hearing the nickname got from his chair. Trident in hand, and a dangerous glint in his eyes.
"Sorry, I didn't hear you. Would you repeat it?" Mukuro said.
"Maa maa guys. You should all calm down, and not start argue-" Yamamoto, always the calming rain, tried to placate the others, but was cut off by Gokudera.
"I said pineapple pervert! Or are you deaf?! And you baseball idiot! Stop trying to give useless talk about peace when you yourself are irking to beat these bastards!"
Dino sweatdropped. He saw this meeting ending more violent than before if Gokudera tried to include Yamamoto in it. And Dino didn't see it too far off, as Yamamoto's smile twitched and he saw the gleam of the blade being unsheathing his blade. He hoped that at least Kyoy-
"You herbivores are being too noisy. I'll bite you all to death."
And there goes Dino's chance for the place to be left less destroyed (it would be destroyed no matter what happened). He saw as Hibari took out his tonfas, and Byakuran on the other side got his ring out. Dino sighed. If he was going to have to repair it nonetheless then he might as well have some fun. Dino took out his whip, and was about to join the now beginning of a fight, until he noticed something.
Tsuna wasn't on his seat anyomore. The other was in front of the door talking to some of the waiters. Most of which looked either terrified or already accustomed to this type of end with their meetings. Though the one who seemed to be Hibari's waiter was staring at Tsuna while Tsuna talked with what seemed the head waiter.
"I suggest you start going towards the exit since the place will soon be a battlefield, sir. To which I'm really sorry about." Tsuna said apologetically to the head waiter, and he bowed lowly.
The head waiter shook his hands in front of him to stop Tsuna from doing so. "It's really okay, young man. When this group of people comes here, we ensure no one aside from the staff is present. We'll start going out, and thanks for your concern. Hope we'll see you another time here." The head waiter said with a warm smile. It was endearing knowing someone was at least a little bit sorry about what happened to the restaurant when these things happened.
Tsuna responded to the warm smile with one of his own. "Thanks." He turned to look towards the battlefield and sighed as he saw Gokudera throwing dynamites towards Byakuran, Mukuro's trident and Yamamoto's sword clashing against each other, and Hibari running towards Dino with tonfas in hand as Dino's whip went near Hibari. It would take a whole lot for the fight to be stopped, if it could be stopped.
The brunet then turned to look at Vento who instead of going with all the waiters, was just looking at him and smiling. The same as Acqua who was staring at Tsuna with an unreadable expression and not making any motion to move towards the door.
Tsuna gave Acqua and Vento pointed looks and told them "Stay here." After that, he walked briskly towards where Hibari was and saw as Dino was losing. Probably because the Dino's facility members, or Famiglia members as known to a selected few, weren't present. Tsuna arrived in between Dino and Hibari just as they were about to clash again.
"Stop." Tsuna said in an authoritative voice, and in fact both Dino and Hibari froze for a moment. Dino decided to stay in his place, also because he didn't want to hurt his cute little brother. But Hibari, although with some hesitation which he would never admit he had, kept going forward in the way of where Tsuna was and he didn't seem to be stopping any time soon.
The brunet sighed as if he was exprecting something of the kind, which he was since it's Hibari who we're talking about. As Hibari was a hand's length from striking Tsuna, the other in a swift and quick move took Hibari's left arm, which was the one closest to him, with his left hand. Tsuna's right hand went through the gap between Hibari's arm and grabbed the front of his suit. After that he lifted Hibari over his own body with a strength the skylark didn't take into account at all, and next thing Hibari knew he was already on the ground with the right hand still grabbing his suit, and pinning him to the floor as his head spinned lightly due to the force of the fall. Tsuna, withcare, let Hibari's head fall gently on the floor too as he let go of his suit. He then turned to look towards Dino with his orange orbs piercing.
Dino sweatdropped as he raised his arms in a placating manner. Tsuna stared at Dino and then ran towards where Gokudera and Byakuran were fighting.
Well, even if it was said they were fighting, it was more like Gokudera was fighting while Byakuran was playing or basically in La la Land. As Gokudera threw his umpteenth bomb, which helped in the destruction of the building, Tsuna took Gokudera's hand which was currently holding another dynamite ('seriously, where does he get them?' Tsuna thought) in gave it a vice squeeze with his. It seemed the pain was enough for Gokudera to let go of the dynamite and look towards his Jyuudaime with sweat running down his temple. He knew that look when Tsuna was definitely pissed off. Unluckily, it was the same as the one he was sporting at the moment.
"J-Jyuudaime?"Gokudera stuttered nervously.
Byakuran finally processed that attacks had ceased to come towards him and he looked at the nervous Gokudera, and at a Tsuna who's bangs had shadowed his eyes. Though, even if his eyes couldn't be seen, Byakuan could clearly feel a very ominous aura surrounding the brunet. He felt himself shiver. 'What's going on?' he thought sweatdropping a little but with his CHesire grin still intact.
"Hayato…" Tsuna said in a dangerously low voice which made Gokudera almost faint right there and then because of the dread he felt. Even with all that he answered.
"Y-Yes?"
Tsuna's eyes were uncovered by his bangs and you could see blazing flames burning in his orange eyes. It was captivating and at the same time terrifying.
"Do you know how much paperwork will be made because of all these fights?"
Now, that seemed to have Gokudera and Byakuran taken aback because they totally didn't expect that. Gokudera's intelligent reply just seemed to reinforce that theory. "H-Huh?"
"Do you know how long I need to spend almost every day with Hibari clustered in his office doing paperwork?! If I would be doing it, I hope Kami-sama doen't let me in the near future, then it wouldn't be so damn slow but as I'm only guarding Hibari-san over there-" At this, he pointed to Hibari lying on the floor grabbing his head from the fall with a frown, and Dino with a nervous smile beside the other. "then I only wait until he finishes his paperwork! Even if they give me one hour each day for free time, do you know just how tiring it is spending the rest of the time waiting?! And if this gives him more paperwork I'll be sure to hunt you down both in reality as in your dreams!"
At this point in time, all battles had ceased to hear the brunet's shout. They all sweatdropped. That was his reason for stopping the fight? As everyone was staring dumbfounded at the raging brunet, except Hibari since he was still regaining his bearings (the incoming headache would be such a bitch), no one noticed a flash going past them towards the skylark.
No one but our favorite bodyguard since playing hide-seek-shoot with Reborn would make anyone's senses become sharper. Tsuna quickly took the dynamite lying on the floor, ignited a small Sky flame in his finger to ignite the fuse, and threw it to the space where Hibari was.
Just as Hibari's vision finally got clearer, he saw an oncoming dynamite was passing above him at high speed, and crashing with something that was just an arm lengths from him.
Just as the dynamite made contact with that something, it immediately exploded causing that thing to be thrown backwards towards a wall, and for a flash of silver to be thrown the other way. Tsuna quickly ran towards the thing that crashed on the wall, and when the dust dispersed it could be seen that it was a person.
It was Vento.
And Vento was currently with his stomach to the ground and with Tsuna on his back restraining his arms behind him. Enma got up from his chair and stalked towards the place where the silver object seemed to land in. As he took it, it could be seen to be a dagger. It wasn't that big and it could easily be concealed in someone's clothes.
"Don't touch anything but the handle, Enma!" Tsuna warned to the other.
Enma nodded and walked towards Tsuna, the same as basically everyone in the room but it was only Hibari who got close enough to ask Tsuna what everyone was thinking.
"What just happened, Omnivore?" He asked with the still present frown.
It wasn't missed by anyone how Hibari's calling for Tsuna changed. For Hibari Kyoya to acknowledge someone was no easy feat. 'Kufufu, I'll be sure to check on Tsunayoshi-kun later.' Mukuro thought interested.
"If you hadn't noticed, you were almost killed." A sarcastic voice replied. Acqua appeared and walked to stand beside Tsuna. "Or am I wrong, Cielo-san?"
A vein popped on Hibari's forehead because of the rudeness displayed by his waiter. But he kept his anger in check since some things needed to be explained. And he certainly didn't miss the way the other had called his bodyguard.
Tsuna chuckled little and turned towards Acqua with a smile.
"You're right Neve." After this he turned to look towards Hibari. "Just right now you were targeted by Vento with that poisoned dagger that Enma's holding."
Silence followed as the situation sunk in.
"Umm…" Yamamoto cut in the silence with a confused tone. "I can get that, but what I don't get is why you and Mister Waiter are calling each other with those names."
Yamamoto had been far from where Hibari sat so he didn't hear what the man's name was. Neither Byakuran, Mukuro, or Gokudera knew what his name was aside from the fact Tsuna called him 'Neve' and that the other called Tsuna 'Cielo'.
Tsuna scratched the back of his head. "You could say Acqua-san here and I worked together in certain things before."
Enma and Dino immediately catched on on what certain things he was talking about, and kept quiet. Tsuna turned towards Acqua and said.
"Neve, could you take care of sending this traitor-" Tsuna hissed that word as if it was poison in itself "-to Nono in Italy?"
Neve or Acqua as it came to be known it was his name sighed exasperatedly, but took Vento's arms and pinned them behind his back just as Tsuna let go. Then he made Vento get up though it was just a little bit difficult as an explosion in your face isn't the lightest thing you could get.
"Cielo, do you know how far Italy is? And I also don't want to go there again and you know it." The other said with a voice that was bordering on whining.
Tsuna thought about it for a while, and then visibly brightened up. "Then just leave him in the Japanese Branch with Reborn. I think that he's still here though I'll call just in case. If not then you can just ask to leave it with Basil. They can take care of it, though remember to say you were sent by me."
Acqua hmmped but started to walk towards the door with Vento still pinned and struggling but it all was futile as he was too weak. Before crossing the door he turned to look towards Tsuna and smiled warmly.
"When you return there, send my regards to Nono, though remember to come here from time to time. Italian cuisine in Namimori is always good here, and you know I can always be your waiter. It's the least I can do for what you did for me Cielo."
With that he walked away, but he still heard a chuckle, and a
"Of course I'll do it Neve."
After all the commotion kind of died and all the guests started going to do their own businesses except Dino since he was left to 'clean', and after Tsuna tried to answer all the questions that came his way, he and Hibari were on the limousine heading towards the mansion.
It seemed Hibari left Kusakabe to handle the paperwork that day so they went directly towards the mansion. In their way, Tsuna remembered a memory from not so long ago….
He was running in an alley of Palermo looking for someone. He had heard in his communicator that one of his team was injured and was currently in the middle of a battle with the Spazzino Famiglia. He had to get there fast before the person got killed so Cielo tried to run as fast as he could with a cloak and hood covering his features.
After some minutes of search guided by the sound of gunfire he finally found the person he was looking for.
He just knew who it was since before the mission was taken he was given a file with all his teammates' faces. Cielo noticed the man was sitting on a corner of the ally that was directed at the street and that the man's face was turned towards what was on the street.
Cielo ran towards him and grabbed one of the man's shoulders. Up close, he noticed the other was holding his right arm tightly and that the right arm's sleeve was soaking with blood. Cielo admired that even with all the blood loss and the apparent bullet shot in his arm, the man looked as if nothing happned.
When Cielo took hold of the man's shoulder, the man turned towards him with a piercing gaze, and had a gun pointed towards Cielo's skull really fast. Cielo could have taken the gun from the man quite easily, but he let the other be.
"Who are you?" The voice was a little horse but it was a good voice nonetheless even if it was really cold.
"I'm Cielo. The team's leader. So I would much appreciate you not blowing my head off, Neve."
The other's eyes grew wide, but they went back to the cold gaze. The gun's grip didn't even flinch.
"And how can I know you're not lying. After all, Cielo never showed his face."
'Quite sharp' Cielo thought approvingly. In the Mafia, just a little bit of uncertainity could kill you, and not knowing one of your teammates' faces could be very fatal.
Cielo sighed knowing he would have to show that he was 'Cielo' somehow. Cielo raised the hand which wasn't grabbing Neve and Sky Flames boasted to life in his palm.
Neve was taken aback about the flames, and for a moment he didn't understand why the other did it, but then it hit him. Reborn, who had told the team before the mission about Cielo, also told them that they would be able to identify him because Cielo had Sky Flames. Neve looked towards Cielo as the flames disappeared and then said.
"I guess you really are Cielo." Neve said in a slow manner while lowering his gun.
Cielo smiled, and he was about to keep talking with Neve until he saw a bunch of Spazzino members going towards them with weapons in hand and with creepy smiles. Neve, turning to see the same scene told Cielo in an urgent tone.
"Run. I'll hinder them as much as I can."
Instead of hearing an affirmative grunt or even footsteps going away, he was surprised as he saw the man named Cielo getting up and walking slowly towards the group of Spazzino while putting on something that looked eerily like wool mittens(?).
"Just wait here. I'll take care of them." He said.
Neve was just about to argue but Cielo was in front of the rows of the enemy Famiglia in a second and killing (or was he only knocking them out?) them. Neve watched with shock and awe as Cielo took all those men down in the span of very little time.
When Cielo finished and walked towards Neve, the other had an amused expression in his face.
"Wow. You really are a big deal. So much for being our leader." Neve said in a joking manner.
Cielo chuckled and helped Neve get up by putting Neve's injured arm over his shoulders. As they began walking back towards the reunion point, Neve was the one who started the conversation.
"Not that I'm not grateful or anything, but why did you save me?" Neve asked in a truly curious tone.
The cloaked man looked at him, and after a moment of silence finally answered him.
"I won't let any of my teammates die. And also, isn't this your last mission before retiring? I heard you want to get out of the dark world to live a normal life right?" Cielo said in an approving manner.
Neve grunted in understanding and the silence stretched a little more until he whispered.
"Thank you."
Cielo smiled under his cloak, and just as they were about to round the corner in which their base was, Cielo stopped. Neve looked at Cielo with a confused expression as Cielo raised an arm and slowly took off his hood revealing a beautiful brunet with honey eyes.
Neve was mesmerized by such honest eyes since he didn't imagine someone who fought and maybe killed as he had seen moments ago could retain his innocence.
"This is my actual face Neve. So in the future, when you're free from this dark world, we'll see each other again." Cielo said.
Neve looked at Cielo's face to remember it for at least the rest of his life. He wouldn't like forgetting the person who willingly walked into a battlefield just to save him. Then he smiled, and chuckled.
"Sure Cielo." Neve said with a smile adorning his face. If he was already handsome, a smile made him even more.
Cielo looked as if he remembered something. "Ohh! And my name is Tsuna." Cielo- no, Tsuna said in a happy tone.
Neve kept smiling and said afterwards.
"I'm Acqua."
Two days passed in a moment and when Tsuna noticed it was the afternoon of his last day of the week trial. Tsuna was just walking on the street already going towards Hibari's mansion.
He had spent the day with Gokudera, who had invited him, and Yamamoto who heard about it and tagged along. They had eaten, and hanged around the city just spending time peacefully.
Hibari was going to tell him that night whether he would keep the job as a bodyguard or if he 'wasn't worthy enough'. Tsuna still seethed a little when thinking that phrase but quickly got over it.
Even if he had only been guarding Hibari for a week, he had already gotten an attachment towards his charge, and Tsuna would admit missing Hibari at least a little if he did get fired. He would miss Hibari's sarcastic remarks that came along from time to time. He would miss how sometimes Hibari would look at him with his ohh-so beautiful gray eyes with a feeling he couldn't decipher. He would even miss the spars they had from time to time. He would also miss how peaceful Hibari looked when sleepi- Wait. What?
Did he just say he watched Hibari when the other was sleeping?!
Tsuna stopped dead on his tracks and his eyes widened while he had an horrified expression on.
What the hell was he thinking about Hibari?! Hibari Kyoya of all people?!
Tsuna kept walking, though at a lower pace, as his mind was still jumbled up.
When he finally got to the conclusion that he only had this thoughts for his client because the other was just so handsome it was impossible not to have, he was in front of the gate.
Tsuna rang the intercom, and Saitou-san's face quickly showed up.
"Who?"
Before Tsuna even had the chance of answering, Saitou-san had already seen who it was.
"Oh. Sawada-sama. I'll open the gate right up."
The screen went black as the gates opened. Tsuna walked through the garden, and opened the door immediately. After closing it behind him, he walked towards one of the sofas that was on one of the room's corner.
After sitting on the orange sofa, he waited until Hibari called him via Saitou-san or until the clock struck 9 since that was the time Hibari told him to be home.
Just 10 minutes were left until 9 a knock was heard.
It was suspicious as no one knocked on the door. The person usually just pressed the intercom or whatever or plain entered without asking.
Tsuna had seen such cases like when Mukuro, Byakuran, or even Gokudera came.
So the brunet, ever the curious, got up and walked towards the door. He had his guard up just in case, even if he sensed no ill aura on the other side.
When Tsuna opened the door, however, he was surprised by who it was. Or more like how the other person looked. The other person seemed equally surpised.
"How did you grow your hair to be a braid so quickly, Hibari-san?"
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Thanks to all of them! If I repeated then sorry!
Some real quick pointers for some things.
"…It's more polite to wait for the food to arrive before drinking anything, Hibari-san.*"- I completely made this up. I don't know if it's rude or polite.
dogeza*-completely postrating oneself on the floor. It's the utmost sign of respect.
Kawahira gave Byakuran a really odd feeling, and he faintly sensed his Mare Ring reacting to the other*- SPOILERS As some of you know, Kawahira is Checker Face or The Man With The Iron Hat so that's why the Mare Ring reacted. Since it's part of the Trinisette
And the flashback was told at the start from Tsuna's POV but then it changed to Acqua's since his was more interesting XD
REAL URGENT! I need help in this. Please read.
My brother's been nagging me a lot to get him a kind of 'gore' anime, or something of the like. He said he already seatched and only found 'gore' but also with 'psychological'. So please help me giving me suggestions!
He's searching for something kind of like "Another" or of the like. Suggestions are welcomed!
And just asking, but has anyone watched the movie of Gintama, "Gintama, Forever Yorozuya"? The Japanese title or at least the one with which it's uploaded is different but it's the same movie.
It's awesome! Loved it! And I also found one of Akira Amano-sensei's works which is named elDLIVE. I found it because in the KHR Wiki, in Dino's trivia, it was mentioned that one character of that manga was based off Dino XD.
I'm updating this really late, or early as you may see from anotherPOV, so I kinda didn't check it too much.
I'll probably update the last chapter for Sunny Sky Days or just publish a new fanfic that's a K & KHR Crossover
Ciao~