Chapter: I

Title: Birth of a Skylark

Disclaimer: Ownership of Katekyo Hitman Reborn does not belong to me.

A/N: This won't be anything special, just something to chase off the plot bunnies. Don't think that I'm going to update this regularly though. And this may contain shounen-ai and yaoi in later chapters because I'm hopeless like that. But don't fret; there will probably be a straight pairing in here somewhere… but I wouldn't count on it…

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Hibari Kiyomi was only three years old when he was born. For nine months she waited for him, sometimes listening to him in her mother's belly and getting kicked in the face in the process. But now, after a long day of waiting anxiously at home, her father, Hibari Kyou, decided she was ready to meet her new little brother.

Kiyomi was all smiles when she hopped out of the car and looked up at the big hospital building, feeling her tiny heart beat against her chest in a mixture of excitement and nervousness. She held her father's hand tightly in hers as he led her through the hospital, walking through a long white hallway before coming to a private room. When Kiyomi first stepped inside the room, the first thing she saw was her mother, Hibari Keiko, resting on the big white bed and holding a bundle of blankets in her arms.

Practically giggling with excitement, she ran up to her mother's side and clambered up the chair that sat next to the bed. Both her parents chuckled and her father hoisted her up onto the bed so she can sit next to her tired looking mother. She curiously peeked into the bundle of blankets her mother held and there snuggled up inside was her sleeping baby brother. To Kiyomi, he didn't look like much sleeping so peacefully. But he was still her baby brother and she knew that he'll eventually look like those cute babies one sees on TV.

"Ne, Kachan, whatsis name?" Kiyomi asked in that high-pitched voice of hers.

"Kyouya," Keiko answered, smiling softly at her daughter.

"Kyouya…" Kiyomi repeated, looking at her baby brother again. She knew that he was helpless like that. He didn't know anything about the outside world yet and he was depending on Kiyomi to be a good big sister and tell him everything she already knew.

Nodding her head at her decision, Kiyomi faced both her parents and said with a determined face, "Ne, I promise I'll protect him and be the bestest big sister in the world!"

Her parents chuckled at their daughter again and they both nodded, causing Kiyomi to grin widely.

She was going to protect him with her life and be the best big sis she can be.

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A/N: Don't look at me like that. I'm not three years old anymore, so forgive Kiyomi's lack of grammar or whatnot. Reviewing is a must, so if you don't, I'll sick my cute little OC on you… she can pack a mean punch, even as a kid because that's how Hibari's are supposed to be. LOL, I'm just kidding :)