"M-my Hideki?" Nana said with shocked voice and wide eyes.

"Yes, he was alive and healthy. Why? You're mad because he didn't die?" Anna spat out. Pang of guilt hit the Sawadas.

"Aih? Papa gone?" Hoshi said with almost teary eyes as his father's scent was gone. "Hoshi, Papa was gone for the time being. So, you're going to live with Grandpa, Grandma and uncles for a while until Mama came. Is that alright?" Hibiki asked.

"Grandpa, Grandma and uncles?" Hoshi eyed the people in front of him, then, smiled brightly. "AI~!" he said while reaching for Nana. Nana gladly took Hoshi into her arms. "The gold eyes and the black hair… Looks exactly like his father…" Nana said as she hugged the infant tightly.

"Hideki was a Mafioso and a father?" Iemitsu said looking down the floor. "I'm the worst father in this world."

Hibiki and Aoi changed looks. 'Should we tell them?' Aoi thought. Hibiki as if using telepathy answered. 'No, we shall not until it's time.'

"Wait, Reborn, that's mean that you knew that he was my son?"

"Yeah, we, the Arcobaleno knew. Besides, we raised him after that incident."

"What incident?"

"You really wanted to know?"

"Please, tell us, Reborn."

Reborn looked at Luche and the other Arcobaleno. They nodded their heads. "Alright, brace yourselves then. This flashback won't be a pleasant one. Years ago,"

Flashback starts… (the Arcobaleno except Luche were still in their baby's form)

The Arcobaleno received a request from the Sicily's mayor to save his kidnapped son from a group of scientists which was a mafia famiglia. They successfully invaded the famiglia's hideout and save the mayor's son who had blond hair, dark yellow eyes and he was about 5 years old but the boy seemed to be searching for something. After they killed the scientists, they got out from the hideout. They halted their movements upon hearing a scream. "GGGGAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!" It was full of pain.

"HIDEKI FRATELLO!" the mayor's son, whose name was Adriano, shouted as he ran towards a big metal door. He banged the door and shouted the same name. "Fratello, are you in there?! Please answer me! Fratello!", "ARGH! IT HURTS!" a voice replied. "Please hang in there!" after that, no reply or screams could be heard.

Adriano went to Reborn and the others, "Please, help Hideki! He-he will die in seconds! Please!" he begged. "Step back, brat, KORA! We'll help you." Colonello replied as he aimed his rifle at the door. "Maximum Burst!" then, the door was destroyed. Without a second thought, Adriano ran into the room, full speed. "ADRIANO!" they shouted.

Adriano first thought was to save his fratello from the torturing. He ran and ran until he reached at a bed where a black haired little boy was lying on it. Many wires and tubes were attached to the boy's fragile body which had been abused. Bloods were coming out from his injuries and colored the bed with red and the boy was barely conscious. "Hideki fratello, can you hear me?" Adriano said as he kneeled besides the boy, Hideki. Hideki didn't reply nor did he move. His eyes were shutting down.

Reborn who saw the scene quickly checked and healed the boy but to no vail. "Crap, this kid's condition was worse than I thought." "Can't you heal him?" Luche asked. "No, he can't be healed without medical machines. We need to bring him back with us for further treatments."

Some time passed~!

Now, the Arcobaleno and Adriano were at Giglio Nero's base. Gamma, Luche's right-hand man was in charge to give Hideki some treatments. Meanwhile, Adriano sat in the living room with Reborn and the others to calm him. After a few minutes, Luche asked, "Adriano, could you please tell us, who was that boy and your connections with him?"

"He was my friend when we're in the lab. The scientists were just brought me there for a few days but Hideki was already 2 years in there. He had fragile body but the scientists kept on doing horrible things to him. Despite that, he always nice to me and often showed his warm and kind smile to comfort me. That's why I called him fratello."

"Did you ask him how he was brought there?"

"Yes, I asked. He said that he went to Italy from Japan to spend the holidays with his family but the last day of the holidays, he was abandoned in the park alone by his mother."

"Huh?"

"His mother told him to stay at a park as she went back to the hotel to pick up her wallet. But after a few hours, his mother didn't come back. When he went to the hotel, the worker said that his family had gone home a few hours ago. So, he walked and walked till his chest hurts. After it had faded, he ran until he reached at a dark alley. That was the place where he was captured and brought to the lab. Every day, he cried for help, family but none of those had success. No one came for him. So, he gave up."

"That's too…sad."

"Yeah…."

Then, Gamma came into the room. "How was he, Gamma?" Luche asked. "He's stabilized for now. However, he won't wake up for a while."

"I see…"

"C-can I see fratello?"

"Yeah, you can."

"Thank you!"

In the room,

Hideki was sleeping on the bed with oxygen mask on and bandaged almost like a mummy. Adriano stared. "Nnnmngh... Uh..." Hideki's eyes opened. "Ah, fratello! You're awake!" Hideki sat up and stared at his surroundings. His gaze was stopped at his hand. A needle was attached to his hand. His eyes went wide and he trembled. "Fratell-"

"NOOO!" Hideki shouted. He pulled the needle from his hand and rampaged. "What's going on here?!", Gamma shouted as he went inside the room. He avoided a chair which was thrown by the rampaging boy. "Fratello, please calm down!" Adriano tried to calm him down but no use. Hideki's eyes weren't blue anymore, it was black and the pupils were white.

Soon, the Arcobaleno went into the room, only to find an injured Gamma and his box weapons. Adriano was knocked out from the corner of the room but not injured. The boy, Hideki was now, standing in the middle of the room.

"Hideki?" Hideki answered with a growl.

"Looks like that boy wasn't Hideki anymore." Reborn stated.

"What do you-" before Colonello could finish, a voice interrupted him.

"WHO ARE YOU PEOPLE?" It was Hideki. His tone was full of hatred and anger.

"WHO ARE YOU PEOPLE?!"

"We're not the enemy. We were just taking care of his injury, that's all."

"IS THAT TRUE?" they nodded.

"Liar…LIAR…LIAR!"

Then, Hideki launched at Reborn first. This caught Reborn off guard. Leon transformed into pistol, "I don't have grudge against you, Hideki but", then, he too launched at the other. While Reborn and Hideki were fighting, Luche looked into Hideki's eyes.

'Why?'

"Eh?"

Reborn and Hideki stopped fighting.

'Why? Am I a nuisance to you too much?'

"What's wrong, Luche?" Fon asked.

"I think I just heard his voice…"

"Yeah, I think so too…" Reborn stated.

"What do you mean?"

"Look into his eyes." The others did as told.

An image of a crying little boy who was curling inside darkness passed into their mind.

"Is that-!"

"I'm sure that the boy was Hideki." Luche stated.

'It's doesn't hurt outside, but it's painful in the inside… Everyone didn't seem to notice but, I am alone… They were heartless to take advantage against my bloodline. Hahah, like they care. I am now a monster… Somebody-' the voice was cut off. Hideki was screaming in agony as black like aura was starting to show on his body, crawling to the eyes slowly.

Luche ran towards him. "BOSS! DON'T!" Gamma shouted. Hideki charged at her with his sharp claws but Luche dodged it and hugged the boy tightly. Hideki was startled. He couldn't move. He was trembling and his eyes were starting to become normal.

"Sshh…. You will be okay. They can't hurt you anymore. We're here and you're not alone anymore…"

DRIP! DRIP! DRIP!

Hideki was crying. That were the sentences that he was longing to hear. "Why?" his voice was low but she could hear it. "Why did they leave me alone? Did they see me as a nuisance? Ne, why? If you just told me that, I'll gladly kill myself…"

"Sshh… No, you aren't. Don't kill yourself, you're so young. Besides, like I said, you aren't alone anymore…"

"Then, why there wasn't anybody came for me?"

"No, dear, we came for you even though it's late. Now, have a good sleep, you're exhausted, aren't you?"

As soon as Luche said that, Hideki fast asleep in her arms. The others walked slowly towards her while Fon checked Gamma and Adriano. "Shh… He's asleep." Luche told them.

"Still, what was that?" Lal asked, slightly amused.

"I don't know but from what I look, he broke down."Reborn stated while fixing his slightly burnt suit. "His flames seem…weird. The color was nothing like our natural flames."

"I didn't see him use any flames!" Skull shouted. "SShh! Skull-kun, you might woke him up." Luche whispered. "Sorry…"

"I saw them at his forehead. They were midnight black." Reborn continued.

"Are you sure that the flames weren't the Night's flame?" Colonello asked.

"Yeah, unlike the Night's pure black flames, the flame looked unnatural, pure darkness, untamable and uncontrollable. Besides, the flame was damaging him, the facts that he just being tortured hours ago weren't helping. Meanwhile, our flames are easy to control and tamable."

"I've never heard flames like that before. Maybe it will be worthy to research him."

"Verde, I suggest you to DO NOT doanything that to this poor little boy. Now, we need to bandage him again. Gamma, are you and little Adriano alright?"

"Hai, we're alright. The boy was just unconscious, that's all."

"Good to hear that…"

"I need to get back to the Vongola Mansion to research about something." 'Besides, the one who could light flames on their forehead was them only.'

In the Vongola Mansion, two days after,

Reborn walked in the mansion until he reached at an antique door, and knocked.

KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK!

"Nono, I've came back from the Arcobaleno's mission."

"Come in, Reborn."

He entered and an old man with grey hair who was sitting behind a table with a blond sitting in front of him. "Iemitsu." The said man nodded at him. "Close the door, Reborn. We're discussing a classify information." The old man, Nono demanded.

"So, what are you talking about?" now, Reborn started to have a feeling that this is going to be bad.

"This" Iemitsu showed him a picture of him, his wife, Nana, and three kids in a hospital.

"And this is?"

"It's my picture of my family. The three little kids were Tsunayoshi, my youngest son, Giotto, and my eldest one, Hideki."

Reborn mentally shouted. 'WTF?! THIS GUY WAS HIS FATHER?!' "So, what does this has to do with me?"

"H-How should I say this?" Iemitsu sighed. "Well, he had a very fragile body and my wife and me are kinda….abandoned him."

"You really ARE an idiot blond."

"Yes, do you remember that we came to spend the holiday in Italy, 2 years ago?"

"Yes?"

"According to my wife, a few days before that, I suggest to abandon him, in Italy."

"And you don't remember anything?"

"Yeah, I-I don't remember anything about abandoning him or suggesting to, I swear!"

"Hmm… You're possessed?"

"That's possible. Anyway, Reborn, since you're here, can you search for my little boy?"

"And why should I?"

"I'll introduce you to my boys."

"Fair enough."

Reborn got out from Nono's office and headed straight into the library. He searched and searched. But found none. He stormed off from the mansion to the town.

Few days passed…

Hideki had yet to make an improvement in his health's case. He was asleep for almost a week as if he fell into coma. Meanwhile, Adriano's father came to pick him up but he didn't want to leave his fratello yet… But Luche convinced him that Hideki would be alright and he could visit him anytime. Adriano thought for a while then flashed off a cute smile. "Please take care of my fratello then." And with that, he left with his father back home.

And now, the Arcobaleno was sitting in the garden to discuss something.

"So, Reborn, did you find anything about the rare flames?"

"Nothing."

"So, Luche, what's your plan?"

"I'm thinking that we should take care of him for a while?"

"WHAT!" Skull, Verde, Lal, Mammon shouted.

"No no no! I don't want to take care of a kid!" Skull whined.

"He's pathetic!"

"I don't think that it's a bad idea, KORA!"

"He can't make any money for me."

"I want to research him but seeing that he had a fragile body, I gave up."

"It's fine by me." Fon sipped the tea calmly.

"….." that's Reborn who was lost in his own thought. 'What is that flame?'

"Oh come on, guys! It's just for a while!" Luche had no intention to give up so she fought back.

"No means no, Luche! Besides, you need to take care of yourself."

"But Lal-!"

"I agree, Luche. I used a lot of money just for you."

"Not to add that he had a very fragile body."

"No, I want to take care of him even if it means to fight with you all."

"Just give up. She won't retreat when she made a decision." Reborn said.

"Okay, okay." The four said in unison while Luche smiled.

With Gamma in Hideki's room,

Gamma was checking the boy's health and so into it until he heard a voice. "Ano…"

It was the boy. He became alerted. He looked at the boy as he sat up. "Great, you're awake. About time."

"I'm sorry for suddenly attacked you." Gamma blinked. "No, it's nothing at all. Besides, I got to know that my skills are lacking." The boy looked down with so many emotions in his face.

"Hey, cheer up, boy. You woke up after a week of sleep."

"Un…"

Gamma sighed, "I'm going to inform Boss and the others about this. Do you need anything?"

"I'm thirsty."

"Be right back."

After a soft click, he curled up. He remembered about the video that the scientists had shown to him. It was about his family. They went to amusement park and many more places but that didn't bother him until he heard some words coming from his family.

"It was fun! If Hideki-nii was here in Japan, we couldn't have come here." Tsuna said.

"Tsuna, it's not good to talk behind other people back." Gio said. "Instead, talk face-to-face."

Gio? Tsuna?

"Well, boys, we should enjoy ourselves before we 'pick' him." His so-called father said with a smile.

"Well, yes, dear." His mama too?

"Liar… Liar… Liar! Gio, Tsuna, Papa and Mama weren't like that!" he shouted at the scientists. Another pain struck his body and he screamed for help but just like the other day, no one came for him.

Oh, how painful that memory was. He thought and silently cried. But his cries soon became loud.

"UUUWAAAAHHHH!" this continued until a group of people came with Gamma. They comforted him and he calmed down.

2 years later,

"UWAH! Help me!" that's Skull shouts. BANG BOOM! And that's the sound of Reborn's shots and Colonello's rifle. Unlike usual, Skull wore his helmet but that day, he's not in the mood to wear it. So, Skull ran away as the duo chased after him for their shooting target. Poor, poor, poor Skull. He ran and got into a person's room whose he trusted the most. "Hideki! Help me! They're shooting at me again!" Skull said as he jumped into the 12 years old Hideki. He was caught easily and sniffed. "Oh, Skull, you're poor little guy..." Hideki said as he patted Skull's head.

BANG!

The door was shot and shattered in pieces. "Skull, come out, come out wherever you are~!" Colonello sang as he readied his rifle. "Good morning to you too, Colonello, Reborn."

"Yo, Hideki! You looks healthy, KORA!"

"Ciaossu."

"There you are!" a woman's voice shouted from behind. "Ah, Luche-san."

"It's time for breakfast. Come! Wait, why is Skull in your arms and cried?"

"Colonello and Reborn-Ah, they ran away."

"Poor, Skull. Now let's go get some breakfast."

"Un!" Hideki and Skull said in unison.

2 years before, Hideki shut his heart but with them around, he slowly to open his heart again.

As the Arcobaleno and Hideki were eating their breakfast, Hideki asked a question that shocked them.

"I was thinking about to go travelling."

"WHAT?"

"Well, you see, I lived with you guys for 2 years now so I thought that it was time to live on my own."

"But you're body!"

"I'm alright. Besides, Reborn gave me a lot of sun pills."

"But still, Hideki-kun!"

"Luche, let him go. He can protect himself. We taught him all that we knew."

Luche thought for a while and let out a sigh. "Alright, but promise me that you will take care of yourself."

"Thanks, minna!"

And the next day, Hideki went to travel around the world and lived happily.

The end of flashback~!

"And that's the end."

"I see…" Nana said happily. She was glad that her big boy was alive all this time. "I'm such a bad mother."

BUZZ!

Hibiki's phone vibrated. He flapped it open and saw the caller. "Hello?"

"Hibiki-san!" a woman's voice called. "Is Hoshi there?"

"Ah, Evelyna-san, yes, he's here. Why?"

"I was kind of lost here. Can you help me?"

Hibiki sighed, "Your senses of direction as blunt as always. Be there in 5 minutes."

"HIhi, thanks."

Meanwhile,

At the mountain in Japan, Hideki was lazing around until a man suddenly assaulted him.

He dodged and his eyes widen as he saw the man.

"You're!" he smiled.

"Yo, Hideki, wassup?"

"David-san! What are you doing here?"

"I'm checking my sister's husband." They laughed.

Shina: The end.

1598: Hey, David, why did you attacked him?

David: Because I wanna test him.

Yuki: COOL~! HOT LOOKING! KYAAA~! i think I'm going to die.

1598: Just die already.

Yuki:*pouted*

David: Since no one is doing the disclaimer, i'll do it instead. These folks didn't own anything except the plot and the OCs. Please support these poor little folks and review. Ciao Ciao.

Shina/Yuki: Hey!

1598: Yare Yare.