Chapter Three

A week has past and Hibari still waits every day, his patience growing shorter every day. Hibari watched as Kusakabe approached him, a scowl making its way across his face, "I thought I told you to never disturb me here." Kusakabe bowed before he spoke to his lord. "I am deeply sorry My Lord, but I thought that you would want to know what your chief advisor was doing as soon as possible." Hibari sighed, waving his hand dismissively, telling the other to continue. "It seems that Reborn has decided that it would be best to show you some potential mates. He has even brought all that have met his approval here so you can decide on who you feel would be best."

The scowl on Hibari's face deepened as he listened to what the other had to say, his anger flaring, "Kill them. I don't want to even see their corpses when I return home. Do it now." Giving one last bow, Kusakabe left to follow his orders.

Hibari sighed in frustration, "You get bolder at every attempt Reborn. Now come out. I know you are there..."

Reborn chuckled as he revealed himself, "Aye, My Lord, I am here. How can I assist you today?"

"Quit your meddling. I need no help from you in finding a mate." Hibari leveled his gaze upon the other, his anger shining bright in his dark eyes. Reborn but chuckled again at this, "I disagree Sire. The one that you have seemed to of chosen is nowhere to be seen, so I will provide others to take his place."

Hibari smirked, "That is where you are wrong Reborn. He has not left me quite yet. He has promised to give me an answer, and as of yet I have received none."

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Tsuna sulked as he watched it rain outside of his room. He rested his head upon his crossed arms as he stared aimlessly out his window. Lambo was play behind him, probably tearing his room apart, but Tsuna could not bring himself to care. It had been almost two weeks since he had last seen Hibari, and he missed the other so.

"Tsuna-nii...Tsuna-nii" Lambo cried as he tried to get his brother's attention, pulling roughly on one pearl white wing. Tsuna cried out as Lambo pulled out a few feathers, turning to face the other, "Lambo that hurt!"

Tsuna began to panic as he watched the tears gather to his brother's eyes, "No, don't cry! Don't Cry!" Lambo let out a loud wail, causing Tsuna to cringe. Tsuna's eyes widened in fear as he watch electrical sparks dance across the little boys skin. "Don't cry, Lambo...Look Tsuna-nii isn't made at you! See!"

Lambo thrust himself into his brother's chest as he tried to calm himself, his wails slowly turning into sniffles. Tsuna wrapped his arms around his brother as he tried to calm him down, rocking him back and forth, and speaking soothing words to the little boy, "Do you feel better now?"

"Yes, Tsuna-nii..."

Tsuna sat the boy a little away from himself, rubbing tear-stain cheeks clean, "Now what did you want me for?"

"I want Tsuna-nii to play with me!" Lambo flung himself back into his brother's arms as he stared imploringly at the older boy. As Tsuna was about to answer, his bedroom door swung open, revealing Gokudera and Yamamoto.

"Lambo I can't play right now. Why don't you go find Mama and see if she can. I need to talk to my friends right now. Tsuna carried his brother over to his door, sitting him just outside of his room, "I'll come and play with you later ok?" Lambo nodded silently as he watched his smiling brother close the door before him.

Tsuna locked his door as he turned to face his friends sitting on the floor before him. He was feeling nervous as he stood before them, unsure of how they were going to react to what he had to say.

"So, Tsuna, what did you want to talk to us about?" Yamamoto smiled over to his friends, trying to make his friend feel as comfortable as possible.

Tsuna smiled back as he settled himself down in front of them. "There's something that I've been meaning to tell you guys for a while now. A little over a year ago I went to the river that separates the two territories. I...I wanted to see a real demon you know. We are taught our whole lives of how terrible they are and I wanted to see if it was true for myself." Tsuna blushed as he looked away from his friends, remembering the day he first met Hibari-san. "I didn't see anyone the first couple of times I went, but then one day there was a boy sitting on the banks on the opposite side of the river. I felt drawn to him some how and before I knew what I was doing...I...I was flying over towards him."

Tsuna raised his eyes to look at his friend, finding them watching him intently, urging him to continue his story, "We continued to keep seeing each other every couple of days, always at the same spot, always on our own side of the river. Then one day when I came he wasn't on his side of the river. He was on the tiny island that was not a part of either of our territories, and in the middle of the river he asked me to join him. From then on we always met their." Tsuna paused for a moment, meeting and holding his friends gaze. "I fell in love with him, and I truly believe that he feels the same way...He has asked me to go with him..."

Gokudera jumped up, "You can't Tenth! What about your family? Your people?"

"Gokudera..." Yamamoto put one hand on the silver-haired half-breed's shoulder, "Gokudera calm down and let him finish."

"But..."

"Thank you Yamamoto," Tsuna swallowed his fear as he tried to finish, "I...I promised him that the next time I see him I would give him my answer. That was almost two weeks ago. I've been thinking about this constantly. About how it would impact my family, friends, and my people, but I don't think I can continue to be separated from him like this. Its slowly killing me having to be separated from him for so long. That is why I have decided to accept his offer."

"But Te-" Yamamoto interrupted Gokudera, "I understand Tsuna."

Tsuna smiled at Yamamoto, but his eyes were on Gokudera, pleading with him to understand. Gokudera scowled slightly, but eventually deflated, "Alright, but I'm coming with you." Yamamoto nodded his head, "Me too..."