Disclaimer: I don't own Katekyo Hitman Reborn, or any songs that I will be using in this fic.

At the beginning of each chapter, I will recommend a song that I find fitting for the chapter's mood. In my opinion, a fanfic would be even better to read if you are listening to the music at the same time. All the songs will be in Japanese, because I'm a J-Pop fan and I also think that Japanese songs will fit very well, cause the characters are Japanese right (even though they are just fictional). So feel free to try listening to them if you like^^, though I can't guarantee that they will go perfectly well with the chapters' plot. Enough bla bla, now let's go on with the storyXD

Chapter one: The hot-air balloons festival

Song : Still by Arashi

It was still dark. The sky was still engulfed in a thick black blanket. Hibari quickly buttoned his white shirt and draped his black jacket over his shoulders. It was always customary of him to wake up soon in the morning. However, he woke up even earlier that day, as the clock indicated 4h00 a.m., which was three hours before the time he w

as supposed to get up every day. Picking up a sheet of paper on his desk, Hibari folded it and put it in his pocket. With Hibird perched on his shoulder, the prefect walked out of his apartment, closing the door behind him.

As he reached the motorcycle which was parked in front of his house, he swiftly took out his key and plopped on the seat while starting the motor. Taking deep breaths of the morning fresh air, Hibari drove as fast as he could (without exceeding the speed limit of course, he was still the chairman of the discipline committee after all). After about thirty minutes of driving, the prefect finally arrived at his destination. Surrounded by endless green fields, the place seemed almost deserted, except for some hot-air deflated balloons lying around a group of three men. His motorcycle halted into a stop in front of the said people, two of them were in their early thirties and one seemed to be in his fifties. They greeted him warmly:

"Ah, it's our little Kyo-kun! How are you doing, little fella? "

The said prefect just grunted in response, while slapping away, swiftly and surprisingly not so violently, the hands of the two younger men as they were trying to ruffle his hair. It was then that the oldest one spoke up:

"You two, let Kyoya alone, he has always come to help us when we hold the balloon festival. We have to be thankful for that."

Still not saying anything, Hibari started to mend out the balloons and helped the other three putting loads of fuel tanks inside each balloon. The three others just smiled fondly at him. Although they didn't know each other before that day, the three men have always considered Hibari as a member of their own family. They always remembered the day when they found him wandering around these fields, looking lost. They didn't know who he was or where he came from. They found out, shockingly, that the little boy didn't remember anything, not even his own identity. Even so, the boy wasn't crying or looking scared. He just asked them the permission to ride on those hot-air balloons that they were working on. They could never forget that contented smile on his face when he was inside the basket of the balloon, which was soaring up in the high sky. Touched by this boy's misfortune, the three men decided to adopt him and gave him a name: Hibari Kyoya. And now, as that little boy has gotten much older and decided to live out on his own, they couldn't help but be happy that their little "son" has grown up well. The three men now traveled around Japan, hosting numerous hot-air balloons festival in each city they went to. However, each time they arrived at Namimori town, Hibari would always come to help them without fail. This time wasn't an exception. After finishing helping them, the young man would always demand to be the first to ride the hot-air balloon and then left when the other workers in charge of preparing the festival came. The first visitors wouldn't come to see the balloons for another couple of hours.

However, as they were still working on the balloons, a sight of a little girl caught their eyes, especially Hibari. He immediately recognized that pineapple hairstyle and that green uniform. Unconsciously growling, the prefect stopped what he was doing and walked over to the girl, while the other three watched him curiously. He stopped in front of Chrome, towering over her while looking down at her menacingly:

"What are you doing here herbivore? As long as that herbivorous master of yours is still residing in you, I will not allow you to come here and disrupt the peace of this festival." snapped Hibari.

Chrome, for her part, was extremely surprised to see him there. She was just interested in seeing what the balloon festival was about after seeing its poster. She had never ridden in a hot-air balloon before, so she was extremely excited to see it. Chrome had even managed to get Ken and Chikusa to go with her. Unfortunately, Ken suddenly got a bad stomach ache (probably due to the twenty bags of chips that he ate the night before), while Chikusa caught a flu at the last minute. Although the festival would start at eight o'clock according to the poster, Chrome was so excited that she woke up really early in order to go to the festival, since it was situated in the outskirts of Namimori.

"Clang", the sound of metal clashing with metal brought her back to reality. In front of her was an annoyed and slightly pissed face of the volatile prefect, Hibari Kyoya, who was ready to strike her with his plain-looking but dangerous tonfas. Chrome found herself stuttering. After some more seconds, she finally managed to stop her stuttering and answered in an extremely quiet voice that if not for his extreme hearing capability; Hibari wouldn't be able to make out what she said:

"I... am only here to watch the hot-air balloons..."

"The festival won't start until eight, so now get out of here and come back later." concluded Hibari rudely.

"My my, Kyo, you shouldn't be so rude to a girl. We didn't teach you to be like that right?" said one of the younger men.

By now, they have walked over to where Hibari and Chrome were. After hearing of Chrome's purpose of being there, they immediately suggested that Chrome could ride on the first balloon with Hibari, since the others were not yet finished.

"There's no way I'm going to ride a hot-air balloon with that herbivorous girl. Besides, I prefer doing that alone." stated Hibari calmly.

"So you know her, and that's exactly the reason why you have to ride with her. She can't ride a balloon by herself, it's too dangerous. She won't have enough strength to pull the weights." one of the two younger men said.

"Ano... don't worry about me. Even though I don't look like it, I... I... can pull the weights by myself. I can wait till you finish another hot-air balloon..." This time, it was Chrome who spoke up. The two men looked at each other incredulously while Hibari remained silent. His family didn't know his involvement with the mafia, so they didn't imagine that this weak-looking girl could do such a task. Neither of them spoke for a little while.

"Young lady, even though you can do that, we still can't let you go alone. And Kyoya, even though you don't like hanging around with people, you have to ride it with her. She's a visitor after all." stated the oldest man calmly but firmly.

Hibari seemed annoyed and somewhat irritated. Then he sighed dejectedly and went to prepare for the ride without saying anything. The two younger men smiled, knowing that their little Kyo will never go against their uncle's words. They chuckled slightly while turning to Chrome:

"Don't mind him, he has accepted to do it now. You can wait there till we finish the preparations."

Chrome nodded, then settled down on the smooth green grass. Unconsciously, she let her eyes wandering to where Hibari was. The said prefect was engrossed in his work, his expression somewhat different from that usual aloof and indifferent attitude. Unknown to Chrome, Hibari has also been watching her from the corner of his eyes. A comfortable silence enveloped them as they were finalizing the first hot-air balloon.

A/N: In case you might be wondering, the title of this story means "bonds" in Japanese. Sorry if Hibari is kind of OOC. I'll try my best to write the plot while keeping him in character at the same time. As for the part about his family, I find that it is necessary to put that in to explain Hibari's behaviour towards those three men. Since his past and his family were never mentioned in the manga, I felt free to use my imagination and thought up of that. Since this is my first fanfic ever, I know that there will many points that I have to work on. So reviews and constructive criticisms are welcome. I hope that you enjoy reading it ^^.