I'm very sorry for the late update. I actually ran out of ideas, didn't know how to continue this fic seeing the ending of the chap one that was kinda… umm.. unsatisfying enough.
Oh, to those who were disappointed because of the first chap, I'm truly sorry. T^T
I hope you'll all enjoy this chap. Most of this chap was filled with 6918 scene (finally), not just like the first chap.
Summary: The guardians are bothered by a feeling of worry and apprehension, while the one in the darkest prison is on the boundary of death.
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Title: Mist's Disappearance
Fandom: KHR! (Katekyo Hitman Reborn!)
Pairing: Obviously 6918. I dunno if I'll add more pairing later. But this fic is focused on MukuHiba the most.
Rating: T/NC-13. Might change if there's specific request you want me to make on this fic.
Disclaimer: Don't own KHR! or anything from it. KHR! belongs to Amano Akira.
2nd Act
Flowing to Insanity
Reborn was dead on the spot as the tall wooden door before him was opened and revealing his student that was at the same situation at him. Two pairs of eyes staring at each other with same wideness, bodies were frozen as if they were in a snowy place. Silence apparently took place in the atmosphere, only making the two became more nervous for telling the news they just had heard. Tsuna with his cell phone that had unknowingly by him fallen to the ground tried to talk first, though he still couldn't get rid of the worry expression on his face, "Reborn, you're back." Tsuna slapped his face with his hand right after he ended his greeting. It was not his intention to greet the little guy. He needed to tell the news right away, but his mouth seemed couldn't verbalize the sentence he wanted to.
Reborn sighed slightly seeing the nervousness the 10th boss of Vongola revealed to him. He closed his two oval eyes in the process before staring at Tsuna again, with eyes filled with seriousness Tsuna couldn't make himself to take his eyes away (by turning around for example) from the arcobaleno's, "So you know the news already, as expected." Tsuna gulped down his saliva hard hearing the unexpected proclamation. Oh, he wished this was all just a dream, or he just hoped that the news weren't true, but he knew he couldn't deny it, especially after he heard it from the female mist guardian. He knew really well that Chrome didn't like to joke things.
"What's this about?" Tsuna asked nervously trying to make himself didn't know the subject Reborn was talking about, which was failed miserably as his tutor rolled out his next sentence. He regretted asking that dumb question. It made him looked stupid. 'I'm sure those words will come out again.' Tsuna thought.
"Don't act dumb, dame Tsuna. You know the news as well as I do." Reborn replied rather bluntly, which made his student's heart skipped a beat. Seeing his student only silent hearing his sentences and took a sit on his bed to calm himself. The sun arcobaleno finally walked into the room, stopped himself right before Tsuna's legs before looking back at those terrifying orbs, "So? What will you do? Just sit back here and watch the execution takes place or-"
"Of course I wanna go there and save him! I can't just leave this!" Tsuna shouted out of the blue right to his face, while two hands clutched strongly on the bed's mattress, ready to tear them apart from its place. He wished he could calm himself down in that situation, but he really didn't like how Reborn acted even after hearing that kind of information. He was too calm, as if he didn't care about that other mist guardian. But he knew that wasn't true, he just said that to not see his own state. Rage couldn't save and solve anything. He needed to prevent the execution from happening with calmness or he wouldn't be able to do something for this, "Sorry, I'm sure you already know that."
"Hmph, glad to hear that. But, what do you think we should do first? It's the day after tomorrow." Reborn said with smile reflected on his lips now, and that successfully calmed his student, even only just a little bit.
"Can we go there tomorrow morning, then? We really can't postpone this any longer, until tomorrow's dawn is enough." Tsuna suggested, hopefully Reborn accepted it with a nod and quickly dashed down to the living room where Iemitsu and his wife were, asking him to prepare everything they needed.
"We really can't do anything except that idea of my son, huh?" Iemitsu sighed after hearing Reborn's requests, even his smile had rose up again to his lips.
Though the storms outside were still running wild not like ever been before.
Kyoya's dream was always dark.
Every time he slept and dreamt, he would always appear in that kind of place. A place where was only occupied by emptiness apart from the darkness of endless black that swallowed that whole dream of his and himself. The scene didn't change at all as he had been always expected. It kinda irritated him, though because the place and the atmosphere which surrounded almost felt boring by him. Sometimes he just sat there and rested his head above his knees, waiting for him to wake up or get out from that place. He patiently waited for the morning to arrive, but feeling the same silence over and over again made he wanted to do something at that place to kill time, rather than sleeping or closing his eyes doing nothing.
But that boringness he constantly felt at that place slowly melted after that person came to that dream world of his several days ago.
It kinda made him shocked, seeing that he would meet that person there face to face. And because of that, he usually attacked the intruder quickly with his cherished tonfas, asking what was his intention for coming to his dream in the process. That unthinkable act of his usually ended up with a long fight, and the person left him alone again in that pitch black cell in the end. That cycle never changed with every night he had with that man.
And yes, the intruder appeared once again before him that night.
He was wearing a white long sleeve shirt and same colored pants. Short blue haired was styled like pineapple and his eyes, one which was like an orb that smoldered by the red fire of hell and the other was like the lightless deep sea staring at him with warmth. He didn't know why he would allow himself to think like that. Hibari always shook his head in frustration right after he thought about that, but still, he couldn't throw it away from his mind. He couldn't deny it, especially seeing that the bearer of those eyes always came to that place… to see him.
That was what that person told him, actually. He, of course didn't want that person to be there with him, especially if that person only wanted to disturb him in that cold silence. But deep down, he knew that having that person there accompanying him was better than sat and silent like statue in that lightless place every time.
"Good evening, Kyoya." Greeted the person serenely, walking to where the black haired man was sitting, in deep caution. Usually Hibari would immediately shove him away from going near him with his sudden appeared tonfas, though he would always dodged it easily but fell down to his butt in the end. However that night he could feel that something seemed different with the black haired man.
The said person just set his two onyx eyes at his face with boredom, two arms were folded over his joined knees near his chest, which made him froze on the spot. Even the blue haired person didn't have any courage to speak a single word in that kind of situation. He just gulped down his saliva hard, keeping his caution up as always, afraid of what would the cloud guardian unleash right to his handsome face.
In the result of two minutes staring contest of those two.
Seeing that the person before him didn't have any urge to speak, Hibari sighed tiredly before plunged down his face again away from the stupid face of the pineapple head, "If you don't have anything else to say, leave. You annoy me as always." He ordered while slowly closing his eyes, trying to sleep.
"You look bored-"
"Like always, Rokudo." Hibari immediately cut off Mukuro's sentence before looked back at him while trying to stand up on his feet, "So? What do you want from me today? I'm getting bored just by hearing that sentence from your mouth." He asked stubbornly. Eyes had been filled with sharpness, ready to smack the mist guardian's face if he would do something irrational next.
"Why not attack me, then? You would usually do that, right after my arrival." Mukuro asked in curious as he chuckled lightly to lighten the unbearable atmosphere. Why was the air always felt cold by him, anyway? As if it reflected the feeling the owner of this place had, no other than Hibari himself. Maybe that was also the reason why he never seen anything other than the lonely Cloud Guardian and the darkness that enveloped every of his being and every corner of his surroundings.
…Lonely? The Cloud Guardian of Vongola was lonely?
He would surely get a beat or two or worse, bitten to death for real if he state that to him. He was certain that Hibari felt that way, especially when he was all alone most of time in that hollow place. He could see it reflected on those beautiful onyx eyes, even though Hibari persistently tried to hide it, especially from him, the invader of his dream and someone that he hated the most.
Seeing the silenced pineapple head before him, Hibari straightly replied but at the same time trying to bring back Mukuro's attention to him, "So you want to get beaten by me that bad? You should've said that from the start, you stupid pineapple head." Mukuro's sentence however was heard as an offering by his ears. With glad he took out his tonfas and arranged his ready-to-strike-the-stupid-face-anytime position, his usual vicious eyes staring at the person before him who suddenly blinked his eyes once before glued his eyes at the cloud guardian.
Mukuro didn't know when was those tonfas appeared on the prefect's hands and was letting his defense down just as easily, but he just locked his mouth a moment realizing that before trying to register on how this all happened. He was kinda lost because of his long thought, "Wait, Kyoya-"
"Shut the hell up!" One hit was landed smoothly on his face, and Hibari smirked in delight seeing the pain the Mist Guardian showed him.
"Get lost, you bastard. What else do you want from me?" Hibari shout loudly as ever while walking away from the pineapple head who was tailing him from behind, right hand holding his wound he just got on his cheek still in pain. The prefect was displeased seeing Mukuro following him around like that, especially when he purposely did that to kill time and further away himself from the Mist's eyes, but he knew really well that he only made a fool out of himself by walking around aimlessly like that, but what else he could do to make that intruder out from that place? Absolutely nothing, and he kinda hate himself for that. That creep would follow him endlessly like pest before he got what he seek out from him that night.
"So cruel, Kyoya. I guess nothing's changed every time I come to this place, huh? You're still as violent as I always want it from you." Hibari realized that Mukuro was actually smirking mockingly behind his back while watching at him making a fool out of himself like a child, and that made him jerked around his body and swing one of his tonfa to the smirking face of the stupid pineapple head. But of course, it was elegantly dodged this time because the said person wouldn't let his face to get another blow by that steel ever again, "Too bad, it MISSED this time, my dear sweet Kyoya." Mukuro teased him with no regret and in result successfully widened Hibari's eyes in an instant.
Hibari was out of shock hearing those sentences rolled out from Mukuro's mouth. He felt extremely disgusted by just hearing every single word of it and he hoped all this was just dream. Yup, of course all this was just a dream, he was currently asleep in the real world, in his warm bedroom without an even tiny hint of a stupid pineapple head in it, but he doubt that the senseless guy before him was just a simple fragment of his dream. He was too real in Hibari's eyes, in which he cursed himself, ever again. He'd been wondering it ever since, but couldn't bring himself to ask the guy directly. No matter, it was not like he couldn't find out it by himself, "Damn you, stop saying such disgusting things and just go back to where you belong!" Hibari was really in the bad mood at that time. He was filled with rage, ready to explode at anytime.
"I don't want to, dear Skylark." The Mist Guardian repelled the tonfas this time with his long trident that appeared out of nowhere on his right hand. Their weapons were connected over and over again as the prefect swung his two shiny tonfas violently trying to aim the illusionist's precious face. Grasping that this stupid parade wouldn't end if either him or the raging skylark would do any movement to stop it, Mukuro forcefully pushed his trident that glues with one of Hibari's tonfas backward, making Hibari losing his balance and fell down ungracefully to his butt, oblivious that Mukuro suddenly swung his trident upward, and threw it down stoutly to his direction. A huge and visible cut appeared on Hibari's left cheek and spilled out red and fresh blood of the pride skylark rather wildly, "I haven't got my desired fun yet and…" He let himself collapsed to his knees before the stunned prefect and softly cupped his right cheek with his free hand, nearing his lips to where Hibari's left ear is before he whispered, "I don't have any intention to go back to that cold prison again." Hibari didn't expect that to come from the guy before him, not from a guy such as Rokudo Mukuro. It was the stupidest thing he ever heard from that man's lips. Of course he would go back to that water prison again even if he didn't want to. And he actually didn't want to have that man to accompany him any longer at that dream world of his. He wished that Mukuro would just go back and felt how it was to be caged again.
While he was on his train of thought, a wet yet warm tongue made its way to the wound he had just got on his left cheek, licked it clean softly while sucking it gently allowing the streaming blood to enter his mouth and was swallowed deeply through his throat of the illusionist. At the same time, the wound surprisingly vanished and left no mark whatsoever on the white cheek, which Mukuro stared with serenely. He smiled widely seeing another shock that reflected on the skylark's face. That expression was so priceless that he wanted to remember it forever.
"What the fuck do you think you're doing, you perverted bastard!?" Hibari roared similar to a furious lion before trying to bite the pineapple head to death for real with his already spiky and deadly looking tonfas on his hands. Mukuro just laughed loudly while dodging every attacks Hibari threw to him with wider smile. Looked like the skylark was trying to hide it, but the illusionist couldn't be fooled just as easily like that, those cute pink blushes that decorated the Cloud Gurdian's cheeks.
"What is the matter this time, Kyoya? You become so energetic right after I healed your wound." Hibari growled in disgust trying to calm down his furious emotion. Damn that stupid pineapple, he knew that this was only brought more joyfulness to the Mist Guardian. He needed to calm down, that way Hibari was sure to himself that he would easily erased the sick feelings that had been eating his mind like vermin, "Ah~ Don't tell me you love it? The movement of my tongue on your cheek. You want to feel that sensation again?"
That was it! Hibari would surely kick that sicko back to hell!
"I will really… BITE YOU TO DEATH!"
A huge blast was occurred at that place, which in result of another severe wound was placed on Mukuro's face.
"Gh, what did I do to deserve this?" Mukuro snarled painfully while holding his new wound on his face with his right hand, trident had long gone after the huge blast that was unleashed just now. He was sitting beside Hibari who hid his still face with his arms, still felt furious because of what had just happened several minutes ago. He looked tired after all those shouts and clashes he just made with the illusionist.
"Hmzz…" Was the only respond Hibari made before he closed his sleepy eyes completely, trying to sleep.
Mukuro smiled with glints of compassion in his eyes staring at the skylark's figures. He really liked seeing Hibari slept like that. He seemed peaceful, didn't he has anymore desire to kill him to death? But Mukuro himself didn't want to see that coming again. He had enough fun that night. And with that, the Mist Guardian sighed jadedly.
How he wished he could visit the Cloud Guardian again in the future, but he understand that that desire of his wouldn't be even come true. No matter what he would do after this, he couldn't change his fate after he got out from that place. It was better staying at that lightless place with the skylark for as long as it takes than going back to that cold prison to meet hell once again.
His infamous smile disappeared right after he ended his thought. He threw away his gaze from Hibari and brought it up, hoping to see a bright sky. He chuckled wretchedly as his eyes met black instead, much to his expectation. Feeling that his two eyes were trying to shed out tears, he slowly closed them, before whispering something in that stillness place, "The night is long…"
"…"
"Are you sleeping, Kyoya?"
"…"
"… Heh… you really are still just a child…"
"…"
"… Sleep well and… goodbye…"
A soft peck was given on the skylark's forehead before the illusionist disappeared himself from that dream world.
And perhaps… wouldn't be back…
Ever again…
TBC
Man, so much for this chap. I didn't think I would be able to finish it, seeing my lack of time for continuing this fic.
I don't know when I will upload the next chap, will have school again starting Jan 4th and I'll be busy again like always. I kinda hate my life now. ==
I hope I don't disappoint you all again, dear readers. Did you enjoy it?
Review, please. Comments, suggestions and critiques are very much welcomed. m_ _m
