A/N: Dun-dun-dun! Finally! After years in making, this three-shots is COMPLETE! *throws confetti* I don't know what to say but THANK YOU for everyone that have supported this fic and for being extremely patient with the author (culprit: me!). Anyway, this is the third and final chap! Beware, though, like the previous versions, there's always the chance that this is edited sometime in the future. Thanks once again, and enjoy! XD

Disclaimer: I don't own KHR

Summary: Hibari was always alone yet he's strong. Tsunahime was lonely with no friends but many boys want her yet with no love. What will happen if the two shared their heart and open up? Fem27x18 [COMPLETE]

Warning: GenderBend (Fem27), AU, epic wedding scene LOL, minor Ocs, writing stuff

Finale

"In the end, I want to be standing at the beginning with you."
- Anastasia movie

It's been weeks, almost months, since Hibari met Iemitsu and his soon-to-be-parents-in-law agreed that he passed to be their daughter's partner. Tsunahime, as expected, was one of the two most-pleased people from the news. As soon as they were cleared she already set off for the details and plans for her—their—big day. With some assistance, they've already went around some shops and decided this and that; from flowers to the menu.

Watching his soon-to-be wife so excited at the process had somehow make Hibari pleased, but on the same time, guilty. Truth be told, as they stroll around together, he didn't only keep his eyes on her, but also on everything, or rather, everyone, else. They know who he is, and the fact that she's together with him is dangerous especially because they aren't staying in the same house yet. The idea of her being ambushed at night or suddenly attacked when she's walking alone had somewhat make him a bit paranoid.

For that reason, unbeknownst to her, he had secretly picked the shops that were directly owned by his trusted acquaintances. So, despite what it looks like, the picking wasn't as innocent as it looked. It had made him feel a bit guilty since she's so happy and eager with whatever he suggested, but he hadn't been able to tell her the truth.

What make everything worse for him is that he can't allow himself to accompany her at the process. Showing that she was someone special to him was dangerous for her and he didn't want to take risks. At one point of their searching quest, he told her that he had something urgent to do and that she had better go by herself instead of waiting for him. When he told her that he won't be able to accompany her, she looked a bit sad but understood. With a strange shook he watched her skipped away but a strange part of him said that she know he's hiding something.

'… How troublesome,' he had thought, but with rare warmth in his eyes as he watched her walked away.

Later...

Tsuna walked down through the half-crowded path. They have decided to have their wedding in Italy but will probably have a honeymoon in Japan. She remembered how she laughed when she and Hibari talked about it, but it's not like she's against it. In fact, it sounded beautiful. It's a pity, though, that Hibari couldn't join her to look for stuff together.

She pulled out a small note and dragged her finger through the list. 'Hmm, next one is... the cards,' Tsuna concluded before folding the note neatly and slipped it into her pocket. It took her a mere ten minutes to arrive at the shop with the floral-themed title of "Antonio's Wedding Shop". The door creaked slightly when she pushed it and there's a small ring of bell. Inside the store, there are plenty stacks of cards of all sorts. Every one of them was beautiful and even the racks that hold them together was beautiful. Tsuna walked down to the counter, about to ask about the cards that she and Hibari had ordered the last time they visited, only to see that the employee behind the cashier was struggling with two customers.

"Excuse me," Tsuna politely called. The employee, a young man with timid stature and reddish-brown hair, smiled almost in relief when he saw her.

"B-buon pomeriggio!" he exclaimed. "Welcome! How can we help you?"

"Hey, what about our order?!" at the loud voice, Tsuna curiously turned over to see just who was it and was quite startled. Standing close in front of her was a dashing beauty. She has long, curly blond hair, with hourglass figure, red rosy lips, perfect make-up on her face, and a sexy outfit. Conclusion: perfect. The fact that such an amazing female almost blew Tsuna away—especially when Tsuna herself was wearing a simple t-shirt, jumper, and jeans. The girl's eyes narrowed at Tsuna suspiciously, making Tsuna felt even more self-conscious. Just then-

"Tsuna?"

"H-huh?" recognizing her name being called, she noticed a very, very familiar figure. One from her middle school days but never wanted to meet again. "A-Akio!"

The man grinned. The man in front of her didn't change a lot from the earlier schooldays; he has a strange dark, almost black, green hair, black eyes, and almost spiky hair. A smile formed on his lips. "Oh my gosh, it's really you!" he said excitedly. Tsuna suddenly felt her nerves build up and was about to make her escape.

"You know this girl?" the model-like woman asked, pointing her finger at Tsuna, which she found a bit intimidating.

"Yes, she's one of my classmates at middle school," Akio explained.

"I-I'm Sawada Tsunahime, nice to meet you," Tsuna introduced herself out of reflex and bowed slightly. The girl tilted her eyebrow, pouting her lips a bit, as if thinking. There was a few seconds of silence before the girl scoffed silently and nodded.

"Maribell."

"Anyway, what are you doing here, Tsuna?" Akio asked, distracting the heavy atmosphere. Tsuna looked a bit dazed by the sudden change of conversation and it took a second until she's plugged in again.

"Ah, I was just checking some things here," she explained. "What about you? Oh! Could it be that you two are getting married?"

The two looked at each other, as if they themselves startled. Akio raised an eyebrow, "No, no! We're just checking some stuff for our boss," Akio immediately said, but Maribell looked even more displeased. Tsuna felt like stepping on a mine.

"So it's your boss who is getting married?" Tsuna said randomly, just to occupy the awkwardness. 'Then your boss should've checked it himself...'

"NO!" Maribell suddenly half-shouted, and the irritation was so incredible that even Tsuna and Akio was shocked. Tsuna almost jumped when Maribell suddenly turned at her with a deadly glare. "Our boss is still single and still will."

"Err... yeah... h-he is, isn't he," Tsuna timidly agreed, feeling the intensity of her rage, as if fuming from every inch of her body. What just looked like a stunning model now turned into someone scarier than hitmen himself. Noting that Maribell did not have the slightest intention to let the employee go from whatever they are discussing earlier, Tsuna swallowed and sent an apologetic look at him before she said, "T-then perhaps I'll come back later..."

"Eh!" the employee gaped. Tsuna mentally make an apologetic gesture before she hurriedly walked to the door.

"Hey Tsuna! Let's hang out together again sometime!" she heard Akio's voice but pretended to ignore it. Even more than Akio, it makes her feel guilty that she left the poor employee there... she sighed and pulled out her phone, searching for Antonio's number to ask for help for the young fellow. What was that, just now... she wondered as she looked back at the store.

At the store...

"What's with that girl..." Maribell glared at Tsuna's direction. Letting out a harsh 'hmph', she turned at the timid young man again. "Listen, just give me the list of the couples that have ordered the wedding invitations and we're done."

"I-I'm sorry, but we are not allowed to do that, since every client's information is confidential..." he explained for the umpteenth times.

"You little-"

"Maribell, just stop it, will you? It's been hours since we've tried. You're going to get us into trouble," Akio sighed, when he saw her gestures that will probably lead to another destructive action. He feigned ignorance when Maribell sent him another of her dangerous glare. "And besides, we're talking about our boss here. It couldn't possibly be this easy."

"Hmph, even if our boss couldn't possibly slip up, but his woman could," she growled. "As if I'm going to let Hibari-sama marry a stranger out of the blue!"

Later, in a certain room…

There was a loud sound of phone ringing through the room. The only occupant in the dark room, silently pick up the phone, stopping the noise.

"Have they come yet?" the cool voice spoke first.

"Yes, apparently they've come," the deep voice replied from the other end of the line. "When your fiancée's in store as well."

There's a twitch at the information.

"Antonio..."

"I'm not kidding, Kyouya-kun," another twitch again. "My worker was traumatized by how scary your employees were! You should have given me a warning first."

There was a loud laugh on the other line and Hibari frowned. A sigh finally escaped from him, as a headache rushed through his veins.

Antonio was one of his secret acquaintances that knew what's really going on. They both knew that Tsuna, as his fiancée, would be targeted by his rivals and many other enemies, so Hibari himself has decided to make Tsuna's identity a secret even from his own workers and employees. Antonio, agreeing to help Hibari, was in charge of preparing the invitations, while some other acquaintances of Hibari's were in charge of other things. Not that Tsuna needed to know, Hibari's eyes looked a bit guilty. He was just trying to protect her.

Hibari sighed, silently cursing his own workers, until another phone vibrates and give a loud ring.

"I'll call you later," he muttered before hanging up. Then his hand picked up the phone on his left. "Fon."

"Hey, dear nephew," Hibari stifled rolling his eyes at the man responsible for the wedding food. He was sure that the guy's smiling. "You've got a lot of deadly fan-girls who wanted to crush your party, you know that?"

Some days later…

"Why on earth are you here, Akio?" Tsuna muttered, her eyebrows twitched at the reflection of the smiling man behind her. Any girls would've screamed in delight at the sight of the handsome guy, but not Tsuna. She has someone better, and more than that, she didn't really see him as handsome as they said. Akio 'hmm'-ed.

"I heard that you're going to be here today, so I figured that you'll be lonely without a company," he replied, watching his ex-girlfriend trying her wedding dress. The brunette simply rolled her eyes in distress, knowing that he won't budge even if she told him to leave. Back when they're together, she barely ever went against him. It was always what he said that they would do, and she hardly ever voiced her own thoughts. The only time she lied against him was when he asked her to go to some bar and she said that her father has demanded her home—which Akio never knew, that her father was somewhere far away in Europe that time.

Akio's eyes were glued to the smaller figure. To say that he's surprised would be an awful understatement—he's blown away. The lonely, shy girl he used to remember now has turned into a woman, who looked just as mature as any woman did, even better. There's an air of kindness around her, like he always remembered, and her innocence was still there—completely different from his female colleagues.

He watched her sighed once, before she moved around, trying to see every angle of herself in the mirror. The dress was tight to her skin, but flowed in a beautiful gown from her waist-down and it was themed with vintage frills. It made her look smaller than she already was, but she looked absolutely graceful in it. All he used to see her wear were t-shirts and baggy pants. It was really a surprise to see her in such an outfit.

And worst news of the day, was the confirmation that she is getting married. Damn, that destroyed his mood. Suddenly he felt envy—whoever the man she's gonna marry didn't deserve her. She was his from the very start—he knew that he's her first boyfriend, and he never heard that she has had another boyfriend after him as well. He stepped closer towards her. It was only until he's right behind her back that she noticed his change. There's a dangerous frown on his face, and his hand suddenly touched her waist.

"You look beautiful," she felt him whispered huskily by her ears. Tsuna blushed furiously—more in anger than embarrassment, as she spun on her heels and pushed him away.

"What the hell are you doing?!" she almost screamed out, but minding her location. His confused expression turned into a smirk. She knew, even without getting in touch with him, that he has turned into someone even scarier than he usually was—he's not a normal playboy anymore and she, in all honestly, wasn't prepared to handle situations like this. She could only hope that her fiancée going to come for her, but it's a feign hope; he just told her that he couldn't leave office today. Which is the reason why she's alone in the boutique until Akio suddenly tailed her and didn't leave.

It didn't take much until he pinned her to the wall; both of his hands caged her. She lost from his speed, both knew that, and she was wearing high-heels and she's not comfortable in it. Deciding to fight back with anything she could, she tried to push him away and wonder why there's no one that recognize this suspicious act of his.

"Let's continue where we left off, Tsuna," he whispered again. Their faces were only separated by a few inches of thin air. "You know you were meant for me from the very start."

"I'm not meant for you," she growled and glared at him. "Since the very start we were never meant for each other."

"Hm," there's a dangerous smirk playing on his lips. "Years ago you told me that you're not ready kissing right? But I bet your fiancée was losing to me."

"H-huh?"

"Cause it's only meant to be that I'm your first kiss," Akio said smugly. Her mind screamed out the word 'Pervert!'. She would've countered his words but when she recalled the first kiss she had with her true love, she could only blush. Her leg slowly moved beneath them. Akio leaned in closer. "I bet you're a good- ugh!"

Tsuna's widened brown orbs watched Akio fell to the ground without a warning. A man stood behind him, replacing his figure. This man has a big round black eyeglasses and strange attire with golden borders and dragon pictures printed on the fabric. His hair was black and tied into a long small braid and his collar hid his neck up to his nose. From his posture, she guessed that he was the one who knocked Akio out from a powerful hit on the back of his head.

"Are you alright, miss?" he asked in a gentle voice. Tsuna nodded, a little dumbfounded.

"A-aah…" she replied, lowering her legs. She could've sworn that he chuckled when she did.

"Looks like my help was rather unnecessary. Well, if you please excuse me," he said before he turned and left. Tsuna almost blushed in embarrassment, wondering if the stranger know her intention—she almost kneed her ex-boyfriend in his unmentionable place which brought her flushed red again at the improper thought.

She sighed before nudging Akio's arm with her foot. She squatted down. "Sorry, but only my fiancée deserve my first kiss," she replied cheekily before she took her belonging and unzipped her gown and started to flee from the shop.

The evening…

Tsuna blew through her straw, making a funny sound in her milkshake as she did. She was on the way home but she couldn't forget about Akio. The brunette knew that there's always a reason and a way that her fiancée knew what happen around her 24/7, and that's the reason she's worried. It's been almost half a day and she hasn't called him to tell him what happened. And truth be told, she didn't want to open those past wounds again.

If she said that her phone vibrated just when she thought of him, she was lying. Her brown eyes could only press together in a cringe and she puffed her cheeks. She thought that she's prepared for what's going to come, so she's a bit surprised to feel her hand trembled as she reached for her phone. Pressing the green button, she took a deep breath, "Hello?"

"Tsunahime," she heard the low voice of her fiancée from the other line. Her feet stopped and she paused from drinking her milkshake. He sounded angry—just as she predicted? Tsuna swallowed.

"Kyouya? What's wrong?" she asked but trying to keep her own voice steady. There was a pause before she heard him sighed softly. At this, she raised an eyebrow. How strange of him.

"I heard you were attacked. At the boutique."

Tsuna straightened. The word 'attacked' was a bit exaggerated... she sweat-dropped. "I, umm… it's nothing. It's just that… my ex-boy- I mean, I met one of my old classmate. I guess he was drunk or something."

"Sawada Tsunahime…" this time he almost growled. And suddenly she realized her mistake of lying and now he's furious. Of course he would know—even though it seemed more than impossible. And yes she just proved that she's his fiancée— for just earlier his uncle called him and filled him in, which is the reason he knew. She bit her lips.

"I'm okay, Kyouya…" she whispered. "I'm sorry that I've made you worried."

There's another pause and she knew he's already cooled down a bit. He sighed almost exasperatedly, she knew, before his voice returned to her ears and this time it has calmed down. "I've always told you to call me if something happens, herbivore."

She pouted at the nickname but smiled at his caring gesture. She continued her walk, with a soft red on her cheeks. "Yes, thank you Kyouya…" she trailed off, but still chewing her lips in anticipation. And it was not Hibari if he didn't know this too. There was a soft grunt entering her ear.

"What?"

Tsuna would've hugged him right there and then if the skylark's nearby. She grinned as she side-glanced to the nearby shops. The lights were lit and it decorated the evening nicely. She spotted a little kid nearby who's dragging his father to an ice cream store and couldn't help but daydream a little too. "Say, Kyouya…"

"Hm?"

"… I love you."

The moment the words slipped from her lips, her cheeks flamed in red, but it made her warm inside. Although she was out in the streets, but she felt like she's the only one in the universe right now, with only her fiancée the only other human being. She waited with racing heart, although she knew what was coming. The silence was pretty long until his cool voice returned.

"… I love you too," was the very, very soft reply. She almost beamed with joy as she walked a bit slower.

"Then see you later..." she smiled softly and hung up the phone when she heard the confirmation from him. She looked up at the sky when a light breeze flew by past her. Sure she had loved it when he worried for her, but it'll be much, much better if he was here with her.

Busy days passed by.

A few days she'll go out, venturing stores to make sure everything was ready, while Hibari prepared the rest of things. Splitting things up seemed to be the best option, despite bit dissatisfaction from both sides. Hibari preferred to go along with her, but too much was at risk. Lucky for him, Tsuna seemed to understand... or is she? Sometimes he felt that she knew more than she seemed to know and that bothered him a bit. Regardless of everything, the job he has wasn't as clean as any other job. It involved too much dark aspects that he was secretly afraid that she's not ready to know.

He was irritated by the fact that Akio met her and even more displeased when he heard that the said man attacked Tsuna. And the worst news was that that insolent man kept trying to contact her, despite everything he did to her. But then again, neither did he deserve her after what he has said years ago.

Things were going to be even busier now, and more dangerous. His workers were bugging him, especially the women. They kept demanding just whom was she marrying, while the men were stagnant about what they feel. He felt the dangerous vibe from some of the women, but he only waved it off. No matter what they say, he was not going to change his decision, nor leave her again. Not ever again.

Maybe it was a good thing that Tsuna left for Italy when they're younger. There was no record of their relationship at all, hence, no hints of Tsuna's powerful presence in his life. It was a good thing after all, he thought. If she had stayed, then who knows how much danger she would be in right now.

She had made him promised that there won't be any secrets between them, and neither would she keep any from him. But every time he wanted to tell her, something stopped him. Maybe it was his pride? Or maybe he believed that he could protect her without her knowing anything that actually lurked at their house? Maybe.

He looked at the sleeping brunette beside him. In her laps were magazines and catalogs of wedding tips and such. Mutely, he pulled over a thick blanket over her and turned off the lamp without producing even the slightest click, before he left the room.

For the better or for the worse, the wedding party was just around the corner.

Tsuna was preparing herself for the greatest moment of her life in a slight apprehensiveness. She was worried if something went wrong, but when she thought of what comes after and who was accompanying her, she will almost instinctively break into a smile. She wondered if her soon-to-be husband was sharing the same feeling as her.

Thump.

She heard the soft, mysterious sound. Also, the dangerous vibe. Her intuition tingled and she slowly looked at the door behind her—

"Hime, it's almost time," a young man with silver hair entered.

"...! Gokudera-kun...!" Tsuna relaxed and smiled. "Have everyone arrived?"

"Yes, your parents and grandfather have arrived just a few minutes ago," Yamamoto answered, peeking slightly from behind the door.

"Phew, yeah..." she let out a huge sigh. Her hands tidied some of the folds of her gown. She was wearing a similar wedding gown with the one she wore when Akio disturbed her, but this one was even grander. There's a thin traces of gold lines, accompanied by patterns of vintage flowers, which were in the same color of the gown—white. There were a few layers of the gown and thanks to Hibari's suggestions; she was able to find one that didn't itch when came in contact with her skin.

"It's time."

Hibari was more worried of Tsuna's safety than his own clothes. At the moment, he wore a standard suit for grooms, only that his clothes were decorated with a thick line of gold line at the edges, also an almost-unnoticeable flower patterns, matching with Tsuna's gown. He knew that today was the most dangerous day of all— in the past few months, none of the assassins nor his workers knew that Tsuna was his fiancee. But today, it's going to be blatantly exposed. Who knows who's going after her? Poison? Bombs? Guns?

"You don't have to be so tense, nephew," a man in tidy Chinese-styled suit appeared from the shadows. A smile adorned his face, "It's your wedding and we're here to help. Everything is going to be fine."

"Hn," Hibari merely responded, tugging his bow.

"I think it's about time for you to go," Fon looked at the clock. Hibari sighed from his nose and make his way towards the door with Fon walking behind him. What Hibari failed to notice was a single, mischievous thought that's growing in the back of his uncle's mind.

It's time.

At the ballroom...

Akio looked around the humongous room. There were tons of amazing and elite men and women, but nothing extraordinary. He was secretly thinking of Tsunahime, whom he hadn't been able to meet since their encounter in the boutique. It frustrated him, and moreover, she's getting married? To whom? He's been turning his head for days, thinking of it.

"Tch, it failed," Maribell walked across to where Akio was. She wasn't looking any better than he was and wasn't even paying the slightest attention to the eyes that were directed toward her everywhere she walked. Her natural beauty and hourglass figure, moreover the tight dress had make every men turned their heads to sneak a second glance. "I can't believe that there are bodyguards at her dressing room."

"Bodyguards?" Akio asked when she stopped in front of him. The blonde woman didn't utter a single word to answer, and merely crossed her arms in front of her chest. Seemed like it was very frustrating for her to not knowing whom their boss was marrying. Of course, Maribell was one of the many women that have been chasing after Hibari's heart for years. Unfortunately, though, the skylark never even tried to spare a space for them.

And, now, all of a sudden, their idol was about to be snatched away by a stranger.

Just at the thought of it had easily trigger a growl from her. The worst news was that she had missed her final chance at eliminating the girl. If she even try to eliminate the girl in front of Hibari's presence, then that's all the same as having a death wish.

"But why did the boss invite so many people? Didn't he hate crowds?" Akio asked, noticing the huge amount of guests lingering about. Most of them were a part of the same company that worked under Hibari, so maybe that make some sense, but still... Maribell shot him a glare.

"Why does it even matter how many guests he invited?" she growled. She paused. "Anyway, I still have a plan."

"... What?"

"Hey, it's about to start," the two young adults heard the wave of whispers and noticed their boss stood near the podium. Forgetting her earlier tantrum momentarily, Maribell and some other women sighed a heavy sigh. He was so dreamy, they all thought similarly. The music was starting to hum in a gradually softer voice, as the host announced that the bride was about to enter the room. Now, at this moment, every eye were fixed at the unknown bride. A thick veil was covering her face that almost seemed like it was made to tease their curiosity.

The bride gracefully made her way, step by step, with a blonde old man linking his arm with hers. There was only the sound of music playing, even when she arrived at the same podium Hibari was standing on. Even as the onlookers watched how Hibari's expression changed, they knew that the expression he was wearing was special. Carefully, his hands lifted the veil...

"What the...!" before Akio could recover from the shock, a loud and boisterous explosion immediately caught every people's attention. Smoke appeared at one end of the room and saw rubbles nearby. There were some that simply shrieked, prepared their weapons, or started to scatter about for safety. With a menacing glare, Hibari shoved the woman in front of him to his back, holding her arm tightly.

"Kyouya-"

"Stay behind me," the skylark ordered. His hold tightened when he saw a huge chained-dagger flew from inside the smoke and lung towards them. The tonfas had once again miraculously appeared on his hands, as he let go of the tiny arm, and blocked the heavy dagger. "Huh!" he grunted when the force almost sent him away. It was much heavier and forceful than it looked.

"Kyouya, above!" at the warning, he looked up and saw two similar huge daggers also flying towards where he was.

"Tch," Hibari shoved his arms to the side, sending the dagger he was blocking just now flung towards that direction. Not even a second later, he spun around and pulled the girl into his embrace, landing just a few feet from where the daggers made a hole in the ground by a split second later. "You alright, Tsunahime?"

"Pwah!" Tsuna gasped for air from the sudden movement. "I'm fine, Kyouya."

At that moment, the couple managed a brief pause to observe just what happened. The room was in absolute chaos. The once-beautifully decorated room was soon turned into a leftover from the battlefield. Everywhere she looked, there were some people fighting and defending from the unknown blade and dagger attacks. There were smokes everywhere and sounds of something crack and rumble. The white soon turned into dirty brown and the decorations cracked into pieces.

"Stay here," Hibari whispered as he stood up, looking in awareness and danger at the stranger that walked into their direction—the stranger wore nothing but ragged clothes and there was a white mask covering half of his upper face. Mutely, he stopped when Hibari hold his ground in front of him, as if forbidding him to go any further. Whispering something intangible, suddenly he lunged forward, almost seemed like flying, and engaged Hibari in a one-on-one fight.

Seeing the battle his boss was involved in, and Tsuna's position, Akio in afar exclaimed, "Maribell, is this what you girls have been planning?"

"No! Maybe. I don't know!" Maribell exclaimed, holding down a dagger by herself with a large piece of wood from the ruined table. She growled as she kicked the wood powerfully; also simultaneously send the dagger away. Her dress was also way passed recovery. "I don't know—but it's not me!"

"Then who-" Akio's own blade screeched when he shoved the sharp-pointed weapon away from him. His boss was having a tight battle, but as expected, about to overpower the masked-stranger. However- "TSUNA!"

"!" Hearing that single name, Hibari completely ignore the attacker he's dealing at the moment, and sprung towards his fiancée. A similar dagger was about few feet away reaching her and flew at incredible speed. The skylark had started to mentally curse as he slid and cover Tsuna in his arms, barely in time, for the dagger to completely reach her.

"Kyouya...!" the brunette gasped.

But there was no impact. No blood and no pain.

Were his nerves have gone numb from the adrenaline?

Slowly, he turned around and saw the pointed end was inches from his back. Still in the midst of confusion, the two realized that at every corner of the room, everybody stopped fighting. The daggers and whatever weapon just now slowly retreated to where they came from. Everyone was no less confused than the other was and started asking each other. Most of them were wounded, and although Tsuna and Hibari could be the ones with the minimum casualties, but their wedding outfits were ruined, and so did the room.

"Are you alright?" Hibari asked Tsuna, who nodded and hold his hand.

Suddenly, there's an out-of-place clapping sound, and from the hole created in the earlier explosion, entered an old man with a suit. What make it even more puzzling, was the fact that he looked pretty satisfied with what happened.

"Ah, so it's true what Tsu-chan said," the man approached the couple. "He is indeed a marvelous man."

"Grandpa!" Tsuna exclaimed. Hibari was even more shocked when he recognized who he is. Moreover, to know that that guy is her grandfather. So the ambush just now was from him?

"Ah, sorry, sorry, Tsu-chan. I just wanted to test your fiancée, since I'm the only who never met him in person," there was a smile at his face. Hibari helped her to stand in the midst of rubbles. Tsuna sweat-dropped with a bubble of frustration and irritation grew in miraculous speed in her chest. That man...!

"It's my father's idea, isn't it?" Tsuna almost face-palmed.

"Mostly," the old man smiled and confirmed. Now that he mentioned it, there's no sign of Iemitsu or Nana at the earlier ruckus, despite Gokudera and Yamamoto said that they've arrived. Ah, where were those two in the first place? "Iemitsu immediately left when the smoke started. He's worried, too, you know. So don't be too hard on him."

"Huh, you don't say," Tsuna sighed. "How on earth did you plan it out, I don't understand."

"Well, we got every help we needed," then he looked at Hibari. "Your uncle and co-workers, too."

Strange, dark dangerous vibe starting to spread around Hibari's body. She hoped that she only imagined him muttered, 'I'll bite them to death'. In the distance, the said-acquaintances smiled weakly when they saw the dark aura from the man.

"I-I'm sorry, Hime," the silverette approached. Behind him was Yamamoto, wearing an apologetic face. "We're just assigned to be your bodyguards at the dressing room."

"We were told not to interfere at the party attack," Yamamoto shrugged.

"So, that's what it was..." Tsuna weakly protested and remembered the dangerous vibe she felt when she's alone in the dressing room. "Whoever would imagine a wedding party can go this wrong? And what are we going to do with our wedding now?"

Hibari's own workers have started to understand what they've been involved to. They also started to gather in small groups and calm themselves down from the shock. While some others, like Maribell and some other girls gasped when they realized just who they were messing with this whole time. On the other hand, Tsuna noticed that her own grandpa's, Timoteo's, workers started to approach every guests in the room, telling them something.

"I have another surprise for you, though, Tsu-chan," the old man said. "Why don't you get dressed first? You too, Hibari-kun."

Hibari didn't say anything, but followed Tsuna as she urged him to go to their dressing rooms. He look a bit annoyed to be at the dark here, but had pretty much eased it with the memory of her father. Well, they did the same battle last time, only smaller-scale than this. And they did that at the engagement, why not at the party itself? Hibari suppressed a sigh.

"I'm sorry, Kyouya," Tsuna smiled apologetically. "I should've told you more about my father and grandpa."

"Hn, I didn't know that the head of that big mafia family is your grandfather," Tsuna shyly nodded. She was about to apologize once more, but Hibari beat her to it. "... I'm sorry, Tsunahime."

"Eh?"

"I should have explained more thoroughly about my work," Hibari uncharacteristically said.

Tsuna shook her head with a small smile. "Nuh-uh, it's okay. I mean, it's great to do a small payback to Akio—I mean my ex-boyfriend hehe. Anyway..." she paused. "I was a bit mad myself, but I hope you understand why they go this far."

As she said that, she lifted her hair from her back, and Hibari saw a huge burn-like scar across her bare back. His eyes widened. Ah, so that's what it is.

"My father messed up one time, you see," Tsuna explained. "He never wanted me or mom involved with what he did, but we got involved anyway. Well, at least I was. Mom still didn't know that he has such a dangerous job."

"Hn, so that's basically why you're not surprised to see your father fight with me," Hibari said. "Different from when you see school fights back in middle school."

"... Somewhat," Tsuna smiled apologetically. "They probably want to see if you're able to handle it, even if you have to protect me. I'm sorry."

Hn, so she knew after all. He had told her once that he worked for a secret intelligence agency, but he never once mentioned about being involved with life-or-death battles in his professional work. He had feared that she'll be involved, or that she'll come to fear him, but in fact, she had accepted that dark side of him all this time. Even without him knowing. He looked away from her.

"That's stupid," Hibari said sharply. Tsuna was surprised a bit by his tone, "You're the reason I have to survive. I'm going to make sure you're by my side from now on, so don't think of doing anything stupid, herbivore."

"...!" Tsuna smiled with gratefulness in her eyes. She hugged his arm that was supporting her. "Thank you, Kyouya. I may not be able to fight, but I will not let myself be a burden to you."

Hibari's hand tightened around hers, as he halted his movement. Tsuna's dressing room was just a few feet away but he suddenly stopped and leaned down, kissing her softly. She closed her eyes and a peaceful breeze swept her heart away. When he leaned back, and watched carefully as she started to skip towards her room. Her wedding gown was torn, the ballroom was a mess, and he didn't know what was going to happen ahead, but oddly, this test had strengthened his resolve. Now he should also get changed-

"Hibari-sama," standing in front of the skylark were Maribell and a few other women. They bowed down, "W-we're sorry. We didn't mean to-"

"Hn," Hibari closed his eyes and nonchalantly walked passed them, but not without whispering, loud enough for all of them to hear, "No matter who, or what—if something should happen to her..." he glared at them, "I'll bite them to death."

"Y-yes sir!" they exclaimed. A few feet away, another figure from his past was standing with his back leaning on the wall.

"Who would've guessed that my ex-girlfriend will marry the most feared man in school—and my future boss?" Akio sarcastically snickered when Hibari was about to pass him. He looked down at his black shoes, "Man, who would've guessed indeed?"

"..." Hibari stopped in front of him. And smirked. "Your role is over, herbivore. You should've realized that when you let her cry at your own birthday."

"...!" Akio's eyebrows furrowed and he looked away. Hibari triumphantly marched away from the crowd that had "secretly" tried to kill his fiancée. Oddly, he recalled what she just said and 'hmph'-ed softly.

'You never were, herbivore,' Hibari thought silently as he continued walking down towards the opposite direction of the hall.

To say that the wedding party was fixed was a terrible understatement.

Timoteo had prepared a place so beautiful that it could leave most people speechless. He had set it outdoors; with the colors of autumn leaves and the calm breeze of autumn cool them down. There were beautiful candles as the decoration, in gold borders, and small, pale-white flowers lined up along the place. The tables were covered in lacy fabric and there's a soft hum of classical music. The food was ready and the aroma was carried among the crowd by the gust of wind.

In the dressing room, Tsuna's own gown was almost completely different. This time, the gown she was wearing was thick with layers of laces of flower borders that trailed long behind her. Her torso was decorated with small white flower prints, and her bouquet was bigger than earlier. Which kinda heavier, too.

"Just when did they prepare this, geez," Tsuna smiled at her reflection, marveling how she didn't even notice anything. She should've expected this. There's almost no way her grandpa would've went along silently.

"Tsu-chan, are you read- OUCH!" Iemitsu yelped in pain from suddenly receiving a hellish punishment from Tsuna's pinching fingers. She had vowed that the next time she meet the man, she will punish him.

"That's for ruining someone's wedding without the couple's consent," Tsuna released her fingers from Iemitsu's arm, leaving a red mark on his skin. "Geez, who knows what could've happened if something went wrong!"

Iemitsu stopped rubbing the painful spot for a moment and smiled at his daughter, "Well, that's just how much I trust your man, Tsu-chan."

The brunette let out a heavy sigh. Heck, that was the only thing she could do right now. A hand suddenly opened in front of her.

"Shall we?" Iemitsu smiled.

"No more tricks?" she asked cheekily and received a soft ruffle. Closing the door behind them, they started to walk down the hall and to the aisle. This time, the audiences clapped wholeheartedly, and it felt almost completely different from the first time. It was so tense and awkward earlier that a part of her was happy that they have to redo this part. She smiled brightly at her husband-to-be, who's standing at the podium with a different outfit as well. The suit he was wearing was adorned with patterns that almost blend in completely with the base color of the suit. It suited him, nonetheless, and this time, there was no veil to block her view.

She almost didn't notice her father's grip loosened from her arms, but smiled at both of her parents and grandpa, who's standing in the first row of seats. Somewhere in the back, she noticed Akio, and was reminded of her first relationship that somehow led to this. Her first heartbreak and her first encounter with the skylark. The disapproving face he's wearing right now, also the beautiful Maribell, pouting beside him. It's odd to think that she have met someone that wanted to kill her.

She noticed the old man Antonio and the stranger-with-Chinese-clothes somewhere in the crowd, nodded their heads and clapped their hands. Now that she took a closer look, the man in Chinese clothes look extraordinarily similar with Hibari! And that apologetic look in his face had explained everything to her. They really planned it out perfectly. In one end of the room, she even saw many of ex-disciplinary committee's guys! Kusakabe was wearing an expression of true happiness and respect for his boss that somehow touched her heart.

"Tsunahime," that one word had shattered and rebuilt her world. She smiled and couldn't help but break into a grin, staring right into the skylark's eyes. In the background, the priest was reading the wedding vow and secretly, quietly, the two couples added their own promises in their hearts. A million things flashed in their eyes but only meant one word they felt. And that's really something hard to put into words.

At the end of the passage, those two words, "I do", were the beginning of everything.

Hibari had kissed her passionately and she closed her eyes, cherishing the moment. Almost every people in the room were shocked to see how dearly Hibari treated her and that kiss settled everything. Woe betides anyone who tried to harm her and they better knew just who she is to him and him to her.

The cold hands of his caressed her back and at that moment, in a way, he knew that she was now officially a part of him—a part of his soul. One that he could die without, and would do anything to survive together with her.

He finally had it.

Finally.

A one, true completion.

We have a bond that will never break, even by destiny—
"Bond of Two Strong Hearts"

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Fin.

A/N: Yesh! You're reading the official last chapter of this fic, "Bond of Two Strong Hearts". It took sooooo long and I don't know how you feel about it (tell me in your reviews! XD) but I'm quite happy that finally it's somehow done. I'm open to any suggestions, if you feel something off here. I have to apologize for my atrocious grammar and my... not-so-improved-writing-skills. I just finished my final exams, literally, and I'm writing this at midnight (when I have internship tomorrow, at six thirty). Anyway, thanks, thanks, a lot of thanks for supporting this fic! Hope you liked it and enjoyed it! XD See you later guys!

Frequent questions you would ask (or I will if I'm the reader):

Q: What the... the wedding party itself was very brief!
A: Yes! Because honestly, I don't know what I should write in the wedding party scene... So I just focused on the final dilemmas that Hibari and Tsuna have, aka, revealing their final secrets. Hibari his work, Tsuna her family background.

Q: So... everybody was involved with the attack?
A: I know, I know it seems too abrupt and feels a little unsettling to see that Hibari was mostly in the dark here, but... yeah. Everyone was involved in planning the attack, except for Hibari, Tsuna, and his employees. And about Hibari's rage at them... well, mostly were cooled off and vanished because the wedding party worked out in the end hehe.

Q: Why the D.C. members suddenly appeared?
A: Just because? LOL. It's because I want to Kusakabe to exist in Hibari's life(?) LOL

Q: So it's cannon or what? Who exactly is Timoteo here?
A: It's kinda cannon, but at the same time, not. Hibari knew that Timoteo was the head of a certain big mafia family, just because it's pretty common knowledge in his work life (secret intelligence agency). Timoteo here isn't necessarily the ninth boss of Vongola, just a boss of a random mafia family.

Q: And each of them are okay with what happened? Really? Their wedding was ruined and they suddenly knew that their partner was involved in such a dangerous profession! DX
A: Yes... there's a replacement for the ruined party after all(?) #abuseofauthorpower. And because they kinda already know it beforehand, but secretly hiding it from each other...?

Q: Umm... Akio changed a lot here...
A: Yes, I know... but I still try to maintain his somewhat playboy-like side(?) LOL

Q: Fon? Antonio? So many OCs that are not significant, yet at the same time, vital for the story! DX So, Tsuna knew all of them at the end?
A: I know, I know... but at least Fon is a cannon chara...? Hahaha. Sorry, this is AU after all... And, yes. Tsuna's intuition is telling her that Fon is related to Hibari and that the one Timoteo mentioned (Hibari's uncle) is him. Also, she knew Antonio beforehand.

Q: What are Gokudera and Yamamoto's roles here?
A: Just Tsuna's friends, but well, they have some combat abilities as well, so Iemitsu and Timoteo had asked them to be her bodyguards. By the way, the one who sneaked into Tsuna's dressing room and got stopped was Maribell, in case you missed it hehe. Also, if you ask if they're involved in the mafia with Timoteo, the answer is no, they're not necessarily involved with the mafia.

Q: Tsuna and Nana are so weak here...
A: Because this is AU...? LOL. Actually, I want to make her somewhat strong in combat as well, but then the plot will be different again, and I'm pretty satisfied with Hibari being the only one strong here(?). That, or I'm just too lazy to fix it again. It took me long enough to come up with this version. (once again, abuse of author's power LOL)