Disclaimer: Amano Akira-san owned Katekyoushi Hitman Reborn, not me.
Title: A mission to retrieve the Black Swan.
Synopsis: The Vongola was assigned with the most important and dangerous mission, that is to retrieve the Black Swan. Thus, the Ninth gave this mission to the Vongola Decimo and his strongest Guardian, the Cloud Guardian. This is the story of trust and fear. "Be careful, the Devil can read your fear." This is set 10 years in the future.
Chapter 3: Vanished.
"KYOKO? WHY?" Ryohei suddenly screamed and slammed his fist on the table in front of him, startling everyone.
"Kyoko-chan?" Chrome asked in disbelief.
"This must be a mistake," Yamamoto said as he put down the photo.
"Kyoko-nee…," Lambo whispered and closed both his eyes.
"THERE'S MUST BE AN EXTREME MISTAKE! WAIT, I'LL CALL HER!" Ryohei said out loud and took out his phone and was about to dial the numbers but his hand was shacking all over, making the simple task hard. At last the phone slipped away from his hand and was about to hit the floor when someone caught it.
"Stupid herbivores. Why can't you calm down?" Hibari commented as he caught the phone. He search for Sasagawa Kyoko's number in the contacts section and clicked it. He also clicked the 'loudspeaker' so everyone could hear it.
Trut…trut….
"Sorry. The number you called is unreachable. Please try again later-," was the answer from the phone.
"Ugh!" Ryohei slammed his face on the table. "Why I didn't called her the last 2 months! I SHOULDN'T LEFT HERE IN JAPAN! I-"
Hibari looked at Ryohei with his emotionless face and dialed another number using the Sun Guardian's phone.
Trut...Trut…
"Woi, Hibari, who are you calling?" Gokudera asked but Hibari ignored him completely.
"Kurokawa Hana," Hibari stated.
"Hibari? Oh, that's a surprise. What is it?" Hana asked.
"Sasagawa Kyoko. Where is she?" Hibari asked, in monotonous voice.
"Em...wait a moment...she left a post though…Ah, here it is...Last month, she went to Okinawa...And she said she would phone me if she came back..And she also told me not to phone her. I don't know why. So…did something happen?"
Hibari stayed silent for a moment. He could sense tension in Hana's voice and the intense tension in the Hall. Hana was of course worried if something bad happen to Kyoko since she is her best friend, but the situation in the room is a bit different. The Ninth already told them that this is the top secret mission and he have to keep it that way.
He closed his eyes, and looked at Tsuna. Then, he replied, "Nothing. She...will be back soon." With that he cut the connection before he could hear the other's reply.
"Wha-," Tsuna wanted to say more but he could feel a lump that stopped him from his throat. He merely stared at Hibari who sat down back calmly as if nothing happen.
"WHAT THE-," Gokudera said as he looked disbelievingly at the ex-prefect.
"WHY DID YOU LIE?" Ryohei blurted out as he grabbed Hibari by the collar of his shirt.
"Common sense, herbivore. Do you want to make everyone worried? If you take this calmly-," before Hibari could reply, Ryohei unexpectedly slammed Hibari onto the wall.
"Y-you…you don't know how it felt to lose a sister!" Ryohei said as he still clenched Hibari's collar.
Hibari opened his eyes slowly in pain as he really didn't expect the attack and was about to land a blow to the panic-stricken Sun Guardian when…
"STOP!" Tsuna yelled to the top of his lungs, causing silence in the room.
"I-I…I'll bring Kyoko-chan back...I promise..," Tsuna declared in a determined voice and put his right hand on his chest. It really hurts.
"I promise," Tsuna repeated. 'I promise to bring her back even if I lose my life!'
Ryohei released Hibari and bowed towards his boss, Tsuna.
"I'M COUNTING ON YOU, SAWADA!"
Ninth who was observing the situation, nodded approvingly and looked at Reborn. Reborn looked at Tsuna and Hibari. 'A good choice. Hibari is not bonded with such emotional bonds and Tsuna is the opposite of him. That will make things balance when they worked together,' Reborn noted and smiled. But the image of Kyoko being the Black Swan made him frowned.
Just…what had happen?