Tsuna smiled as he fell to the ground. He had finally done it. He had beaten Byakuran. Everyone was safe. They could all return now. He had done as he'd said he would and defeated their enemy.
He was aware of people calling him as he lay on the ground not moving a muscle. They sounded worried. He didn't know why though, he was fine. Darkness was creeping up on him and he welcomed it. He was exhausted and just wanted to sleep. Someone lifted his head into their lap and started to slap his face a little.
Why wouldn't they just let him sleep? That's all he wanted, was to sleep for a while.
"TSUNA WAKE UP! PLEASE TSUNA, OPEN YOUR EYES. TSUNA LOOK AT ME.. WAKE UP!"
That was Reborn, he sounds worried and upset, but... There's nothing wrong I just want to sleep, you shouldn't be sad Reborn. We won.
"Tsuna-nii what are you doing, you s-shouldn't sleep on the g-ground it's bad for you, w-wake up."
Lambo sounds sad, like he was near in tears. Like he was denying something he knew was true but he didn't want to believe. Maybe I'll buy him some grape candy when we get back but for now, I just want to sleep, let me go and leave me be.
I'm tired.
"J-JUUDAIME W-WAKE UP C'MON OPEN YOUR EYES. YOU CAN'T GO, PLEASE TSUNA PLEASE, DON'T LEAVE US!"
Leave? Hayato I'm not leaving any one. Just sleeping. The darkness is almost here. So don't worry. I'll be back soon. A few hours. A day at most. So don't worry, nothing's wrong.
"Tsuna you can't leave us. You're my friend. Please don't go Tsuna. I-I couldn't handle anything without you around. You make us work, please.. You're our sky, the very thing that holds us together. You are the sky that envelops everything; always there for us when we need you to be, you're always there. You can't leave now."
Yamamoto why do you also say I'm leaving? I'm not going anywhere it's just a quick nap I swear. You're all scaring me now, is there something wrong with me? Are you all hurt? Am I being taken away from you all? It sounds like I am. Your voices are getting further and further away from me.
Where are you all going?
"Carnivore wake up now or I will bite you to death."
Kyoya I'm tired. You understand right? You're always asleep somewhere close by and you'll bite me to death no matter what I do… But your voice is off. The way you spoke to me, your voice had broken a little bit. It's higher than normal. What's going on? The darkness is closer and now I don't want it. Make it stop Kyoya I don't want it here! Make it go away, please, I have a bad feeling about it, but it won't leave me alone. The more I fight it the more it takes me away, make it stop.
"Tsunayoshi wake up. I can't take over your body if you're gone, it doesn't work that way, open your eyes Tsunayoshi."
Mukuro? What are you talking about? You can still take my body if I'm asleep. I'm surprised you didn't try it sooner actually, it only stops working if I...
Die
I'm not dying am I Mukuro? I don't want to die yet it's too soon! I have too many plans to carry out with the Vongola. I need to restore it before it gets worse!.. Maybe, maybe that's what the darkness is, isn't it? It's death wrapped in sleep. I don't want to die Rokudo please help me. I feel... Cold, I don't want to leave; I understand now what they meant. But I'm not ready to go yet. I know you can get into people's heads and talk to them, so if you can hear me please. Help me. Before it's too late.
"R-Reborn he's dying… and he's knows it. He doesn't want to l-leave us yet but unless we can get him help soon… He'll die."
Reborn turned sharply towards Mukuro and glared at him full force, leaking killing intent everywhere around him so thick you could cut it with a knife. "Quiet Rokudo." He snapped. "I know that! Go and find someone to heal him, or better yet, LUSSURIA! GET YOU ASS OVER HERE WITH YOUR FUCKING PEACOCK AND HEAL TSUNA NOW!"
Everyone was silent.
Lussuria jumped into action bringing out his peacock and running over to a gore covered, blood drenched Tsuna. Everyone else was staring at Reborn, who, with an uncharacteristic show of emotion and affection for his pupil whom he often bullied and shot at, cried for Tsuna. Silent sobs shaking his body.
When did I become as weak as to shed tears for this no good student of mine? However, I suppose it's all right for this one moment. For me to show some weakness. Shed a tear for a great person and a lovely loyal friend that will forever be our sky.
Lussuria blinked and his eyes widen in shock, Reborn looked from Lussuria to his student, heavy, icy dread filling him. His next words turn their hearts to stone, and shatters them completely.
"I-I'm sorry everyone. I can't save him. He's gone."
Every guardian was openly crying, even Hibari and Mukuro. Hibird flies above us trilling a heart breaking, eerie tune as everyone joins hands finding comfort in the familiarity in each other's presence. Everyone but the Varia turns and walk away from the scene feeling as if they don't belong. But we don't care and we pay them no mind. We just stand there and cry for our fallen sky.
It starts to rain on us even though there are few clouds, though they are black and forbidding. The sun doesn't seem so bright anymore and a low mist starts to seep into the clearing where we are. Thunder rumbles off in the distance and it is like the heavens and earth are crying over a lost son.
It's ironic really. We are all named after the sky's weather and here we are. Gathered around our fallen sky holding hands. Everyone has joined in even Hibari and Mukuro who stand next to each other in our circle. With a weather anomaly happening around us. It's pouring but it's sunny, the thunder gets louder and lightning flashes across the sky but there are barely any clouds to cover the sky, mist seeps across the floor around us building a wall between us and everyone else still here, but we know they can still see us.
Everything that seemed impossible. Everything that, in our opinion shouldn't be possible. Has happened, and all we could do was watch and suffer the aftermath and cry and try finding comfort in all of each other.
Eventually we stop crying and just stare at Tsuna's broken bloody corpse, still grasping each other's hands as if afraid to let go and watch that person disappear as well. Hayato is the first to move and break the circle. He didn't say a word to anyone. He just walked away. Lambo was next mumbling some random excuse as to why he was leaving but nobody listened because nobody cared. We just wanted Tsuna back with us.
Yamamoto was after Lambo and he, like Hayato, just walked away without a word. Mukuro and Hibari stayed with me the longest. They stayed until I moved to leave and they did to. I asked the Varia to take care of Tsuna's body and I knew they would do it. No matter how crazy they all were I am the world's greatest hitman and I will always get what I want no matter what. Except for Tsuna, he always was the exception of that rule, I always gave him what he wanted, he was always my weakness and I don't regret him being it either. If anything he was more like a son than a student to me.
#
Everyone went back to the Vongola mansion sooner or later when we got back to the present. I was there first, with Hayato and Takashi coming in a few days after me. Lambo wondered in three days after them holding his favourite grape candy and one of the same types Tsuna first brought him.
Mukuro came next bringing Chrome with him. He had already told her about Tsuna. You could tell by the tear tracks she had running down her face. Ken and Chikusa followed them in silently; they knew as well, everyone was silent. That was four days after Lambo and it had now been almost two weeks since he'd.. Moved on. Nobody had seen hide or hair of Hibari, he hadn't been to the school since we got back and no public disturbers had been bitten to death either. He had just disappeared like he didn't even exist.
He came back a week after, he just walked into the mansion and straight to his room where he locked the door and didn't come out or unlock the door for anything other than food or training. At least we knew he was still alive...
The mansion was silent. There was no yelling or explosions. No arguments or fights. Nothing, not even enemies tried anything funny whilst they were down, it seemed that the whole mafia world had just gone silent there was just... Nothing.
#
His funeral was a private one, with only the closest of the family allowed to attend. The Varia showed up, letting everyone know that despite what they had said in the past they still thought of Tsuna as family.
A large memorial service was held for him as well with all mafia related people attending. Most were crying, others trying hard not to. There were others though, others who hid smiles and joyous laughter. Those were the ones either in denial and they broke down later or the ones that got killed on site for being happy at his passing. Not many mafioso died that day and it was soon a day every year that was a universal peace sign in the mafia world in respect for what Tsuna was trying to do. On that day it didn't matter if you were an enemy or ally no violence was produced and it would remain that way until the mafia broke down and disappeared or the world ended.
There was also a small memorial service in Namimori. Everyone expected Tsuna's friends to show up but no one saw anything of them for a week afterward when they decided to show up at school together. It shocked everyone to see Hibari hanging around with them before school and at lunch times. Nobody saw them after school; they all just disappeared like they never existed.
#
The new boss of Vongola tried to get his guardians to work for him but they rejected him instantly and when he pursued them they put him in a temporary coma. The only thing he remembered from that day was Tsuna's guardians, looking down at him in a semi-circle around him as he lay on the floor in a puddle of his own blood and saying one thing to him.
"Tsuna's our only sky."
He said that they were so in sync that you would have thought they had rehearsed until they could say it together, but the looks they gave each other proved otherwise. He said that they all left together that day either holding ones hand or had an arm around someone's shoulder.
And he smiled, the show of devotion to each other and to Tsuna that they showed made him wish he had known people like that. Nobody saw any of Tsuna's guardians after that. It was like they were a dream or illusion. Every one of them just up and left without a trace hell even Reborn disappeared with them, they were never seen again.
Nobody was sure if they had died or just left but they all hoped they would one get to see them again, even if they knew it was impossible.
