Epilogue

Summary: Tsuna had been running since he was five searching for the meaning of his life. Who knew that a deathly game such as SAO would give him everything he was looking for?

A story about how Tsuna reacts to the Mafia world after having experienced SAO together with his Dark Night.

Pairing: Kirito/Tsuna

Disclaimer: Nor Katekyō Hitman Reborn or Sword Art Online belong to me. I just enjoy playing around and eating virtual cookies/reviews in exchange. ^.^

Beta: CreepyAlis-SAMA (= plz tell me if I missed anything, ok? Thanks~)

A.N.

I really hope you enjoy. I adore both Katekyō Hitman Reborn and Sword Art Online and I decided to see what would've happened if I mixed them together.

SAO will be AU. I love Asuna, but I wanted to experiment a bit by matching Kirito with someone else (like cute Tsuna for example…) since there are so little alternative parings.

Tsuna will be very OC obviously because one cannot experience something as Aincard without changing.

Nothing but fluff will happen between Kirito and Tsuna for a bit because Tsuna is still young, but the two will be very tied together and already love each other.

So without further ado, on to the story! I present thy the Dark Guardian!

Red, blood, a laughter, cheers, dread, happiness, a vortex of distorted colors, dizziness and then darkness.

He- no, they had managed. Finally they had escaped from that nightmare. No more death and grief. All thanks to his Dark Night. He panicked. Kirito! Kirito had disappeared after defeating that monster! He had to see if he was all right! He started struggling but he couldn't manage to move his body. It was as if his limbs were made of stone.

He felt a faraway voice telling him to calm down and that everything was alright. He slowly started to follow that voice from the darkness of his mind and opened his eyes. He regretted it immediately. The light was blinding and he was forced to close them shut again. The voice told him to take it slowly. Tsuna obeyed and managed to open his eyes without pain. He instinctively looked around to catalog the room and its possible threats. It was a normal blinding white hospital room with little furniture (just a bed side table) but with quite a lot of futuristic hospital machines attached to his body, all beeping or flashing different light colors. A doctor was next to him with his medical board and was checking the machines' data. Seeing him finally awake the doctor smiled.

"Hallo, Tsunayoshi-kun, I am Doctor Tsubaki. How do you feel? Are you sore anywhere?" Dr. Tsubaki asked him kindly.

He frowned and thought about it. He wasn't in pain, he actually felt quite good. The virtual world was supposed to be less real because it couldn't imitate completely reality's sensations but to him it had always felt sharper and he had actually managed to think clearly there.

It hadn't always been like that. He recalled a distant memory of a bright, stunning, colorful, deliciously warm and beautiful world before that deceiving Troll had stole it from him with just a touch on his forehead. It was one of the many reasons he resented his father. He had passively allowed that old man ("call me Nono, Tsunayoshi-kun") to do as he pleased and then hardly cared when he had pleaded him to give him back that amazing world. His father only looked at him with uncaring eyes and dismissed him saying he was just confused and to stop lying. He went away shortly after and only interacted with him and his mom through the phone.

" I'm not sore but I can't move." He finally answered.

The doctor explained that it was normal as it had been 4 years since he had moved. He then proceeded to ask if he could remember who he was and if he could recall his real life. After answering the seemingly endless questions he was asked, Dr. Tsubaki told him to rest and that tomorrow he could see his mother.

As soon as he went away, Tsuna managed to sit up and moving his arm painstakingly slowly he reached for the phone on the side table. He dialed the numbers he had learnt by heart with a trembling hand and waited. He was starting to panic when the line connected.

"Hello?"

He instantly calmed, his tense muscles relaxed and he melted in the hospital bed clutching the phone tightly with both hands. The voice was a bit raspy but he could recognize it everywhere.

"Kirito, it's me Tsuna" He actually hadn't realized how tense he was until now. Kirito's voice was the confirmation that everything was alright.

"Tsuna! Where are you? Are you alright?" Kirito's voice distracted him from his musings.

"Yes. I'm in Namimori's Central Hospital. The doctor said I have to regain muscle mass, but other than that everything seems fine. I'm supposed to see mom tomorrow. Are you feeling ok?!"

He was quite concerned. After all Kirito had been the player who overworked himself the most. Especially after Sugō had taken over after Kayaba's death and had coerced everyone to clear all a hundred floors to be free.

His distress must have been heard because Kirito chuckled over the phone.

"Little Healer, I'm fine, don't worry. I'm in my room. Well what was once my room, now it looks like a spaceship with all these noises and lights. A doctor passed by and told me I just have to take it easy for a while and spend some time in rehabilitation. " Kirito's voice lulled him and he yawned.

"Alright there it's time for a nap" Kirito interrupted his protests before they even started "you can phone me again tomorrow, I'm not going anywhere. We both need rest"

Tsuna grumbled but acquiesced. After a goodbye he put down the phone and cuddled in the thin hospital blankets. He soon fell asleep.

He was in the 22nd floor in the vacation house Kirito had bought.

He was relaxing on the comfy sofa after a hard battle against the 46 floor boss. As usual the Black Knight had won but it was getting more and more difficult to clear the floors' dungeons without help. Kirito was very strong (the strongest if you asked him) and while he could fight quite decently himself (who wouldn't after Kirito's training) his strength lied in Healing. The game didn't have magic but he had managed to finish a quest that had awarded him Caliburnium, the sister of Excalibur. While Excalibur was forged by Merlin and was known for being the sword Arthur had used in battle thus making him invincible, Caliburnium was a sword that possessed a quite elegance, it was said to come from Avalon, its power was to heal from all kinds of illness, wound or poison.

The sword turned out to be a miracle because the more he leveled it the more it allowed him to heal. He had reached such a mastery of it that he was able to restore all one's HP for 2 times even if it hit 0. If it weren't for her he and Kirito probably wouldn't have lasted so long alone.

"What are you thinking about?" a voice near his right year asked.

He jumped, not having felt Kirito's approaching. He took advantage of Kirito's laughing to catch him unaware and chuck the first cushion he found to his face. He hadn't considered that he was hugging him and therefore Kirito dragged him on top of him on the floor. He squawked as he fell and the annoying smug swordsman was still laughing! Tsuna pouted and hit him again with the cushion. After a while (too much if you asked Tsuna) Kirito stopped laughing and hugged him. Tsuna snuggled into his embrace. It were times like these that made him think that even if some could call this world hell, he couldn't bring himself to consider it such just because he had met Kirito.

A.N. Tell me if you're interested in seeing Asuna in this story and if yes, if you want her paired with someone (who?). Please feed me cookies/reviews? *puppy dog eyes maximum power*