A/N: Finally updated! Geez, you guys better appreciate this! =^=" I wrote this 'till 4am last night and finished by 10pm today. So yeah, this chapter took me nearly 2 days. Enjoy it, and the result will be shown in the ending note. :))
Chapter 3: Those Precious Memories
The smile I had to forget
in order to be strong,
For sure if we're together, we can take it back
Open your eyes
I'm here waiting for you
Even if the future is different from now
I'm here waiting for you
I keep on screaming
I'm sure all I have to do
Is pull in the thread that connects our hearts
So the person I was back then
Would open her eyes
No need to cry
-Olivia Lufkin's 'A Little Pain'
CLANG!
Sounds of metals clashing echoed through the empty hallway, shattering the peaceful silence. Both illusionist and skylark hold a serious expression on their face that show that they were not going to go ease for each other. Chrome brought up her daggers and lunged towards Hibari, causing another sharp cut on the other's chin before the skylark jumped away.
'Finally.' Hibari thought, his hidden smirk widened slightly in amazement and satisfaction at how much the fragile Chrome he used to know had become such a skillful fighter. 'This is what that I've been waiting to see in you at all these years'
"You shouldn't have underestimated me." She flashed the skylark an innocent smile that hold a tinged of coldness as she now stood before him… not as the weak Chrome Dokuro they used to know, but as the mist funeral wreath of Millefiore and more importantly… the infamous 'Dell'anima Angelo'.
Her dagger had already once again drawn towards the skylark. However, the cloud guardian disappeared into thin air before her weapon managed to hurt him, leaving a completely surprised Chrome to look at the spot that her daggers had just sliced through air.
"… Herbivore, you're still naïve in my eyes." The purple haired illusionist gasped when she heard the familiar voice of the strongest Vongola Cloud guardian; Hibari Kyoya was merely inches away from her ear. "A skilled fighter should never have given your enemy chances to attack your back."
Chrome didn't managed to have enough time to turn around. A gust of wind suddenly came from Hibari's tonfas and slammed through her back like a sharp blade. With pain flashing pass her eyes, she stumbled back a bit, but quickly recovered and turned around to glare at the other.
The raven-haired ex-prefect clicked his tongue as the figure he had just hit dissipated into thin mist. But Hibari wasted no time to turn around and ran towards the image of the purple haired illusionist that reappeared on the other side of the hallway.
She twirled both of her daggers before they were gone along the purple mist that was surrounding her. A pair of metallic silver grey colored guns with the Milefiore crest engraved on their body replaced her daggers and she wasted no time to shoot them at Hibari.
BANG!
Hibari clicked his tongue as he jumped back on the last second without been shot by the bullets Chrome had just fired at him. The purple haired illusionist narrowed her violets as she noticed all those bruises and cuts on her arms and legs. She didn't know if how long she can maintain in this state as she had just recovered from her previous mission.
"Even if you bring out a hundred of guns, they are just merely illusions." The skylark stated as he smirked, preparing himself to attack the purple haired illusionist once again with his cloud flames activated on his tonfas. Chrome focused her purple hues at her target and raised both of her guns once again before firing them at the skylark
The ex-prefect was about to block the bullets with his tonfas, but his eyes widened when the bullets met with his weapons. It was much stronger and powerful than before. The bullet pushed the skylark backward. Hibari glanced at Chrome, and noticed the A-class mist ring she worn around her neck was now glowing in its high purity.
"Not bad." The cloud guardian smirked in satisfaction. Both of the mist and cloud guardians started to exchange blows once again as the sounds of shooting guns and metal clashing reverberate in the room. Chrome noticed the dangerous spikes that pointed out from the tonfas, and quickly avoided Hibari's attacks as quick as she could.
The purple haired illusionist narrowed her violet orbs and gripped tighter around her weapons before firing the bullets at a faster pace. The skylark finally lunged forward before aiming his tonfa at the other's neck. Chrome took the chance to fire her gun at the tonfa that headed forward her neck, and Hibari widened his eyes as his weapons repelled back. The illusionist was about to shot her last attack on her opponent, but the other was quicker as he bought his other weapon down, aiming towards her head.
Chrome immediately crossed her two guns and blocked the attack.
"You don't really think this is all I've got, do you?"
Hibari asked mockingly as he pushed his weapons down with force while Chrome gritted her teeth in return. Her purple eyes widened when Hibari used his other tonfa and slammed right on her.
However, much to the skylark's annoyance, the figure he had just knocked suddenly turned into a pile of mist. He didn't managed to turn around when the illusionist reappeared right behind of him and pushed him down.
The purple haired woman panted for air while staring down at the skylark pinned under her, with a strange emotion swelling on her face. Her purple hues looked almost sad and sorrow.
Almost.
A small frown tugged on her lips as she tightened her grips around her guns.
"… I won." she announced softly to the skylark. Her guns disappeared along with her purple flames since she have no intends on killing him. Her fingers gently caressed the cut she had caused on his chin, before she said. "The injuries aren't really deep and serious. Be glad." She slowly got up and turned away from her defeated opponent.
Hibari merely glared at her as he got up from the floor. "You won't be strong, if you still hold the little mere of care for your enemy."
She stopped on her track, but only a while, before she started walking once again, completely ignoring the skylark. However, she stopped once again and winced at the sudden pain that slowly formed on her left leg. Glancing down, she cursed when she noticed that crimson blood is trailing down her ankle to her foot.
'It must be just now.' She frowned softly, as she took another step. However, her knees gave up out of sudden and she stumbled down. Eventually, she won't be strong enough to stand up right now anymore.
Hibari who had been watching her all along, know how painful she currently was. Sighing, he walked right in front of her before squatting down, offering his back for her.
Chrome raised her brow at him in confusion. However, but she could ask him, he had seemed to know what she was thinking about.
"Your face told me you are in pain, herbivore. That omnivore will start to be annoying once again if he realize I left you alone with all these injuries I have caused on you."
After a few seconds of silence, and knowing that he insisted to do so, the purple haired illusionist let out a surrendered sigh and let him carry her. When she wrapped her arms around his muscular neck, a faint blush formed on her cheek. She didn't know why she felt incredible shy when she was been carried by him, but his warmth make her felt relaxingly comforted. She circled her arms tighter around his neck, pulling herself closer towards him, hiding her blushing red face.
"My room…" she murmured softly, nuzzling her cheek against his thick spiky hair. "It's on the second floor, the last room from the right."
The ex-prefect didn't reply, but Chrome knew that he had been listening. Sighing once again, the purple haired illusionist let herself to be taken care by the comforting warmth produced by the cloud guardian.
It had been three years… yet she still remembered clearly the first time he piggyback her when she was badly injured.
Traditional Japanese inn was never this lively before, but the guests were the famous troublemaker Vongola family. They might have grown up into matured adults, but their talent of making a ruckus no matter where they are was still an intact. So, thankfully, the inn was one of the Vongola's property.
Chrome Dokuro was near the vicinity, a bit far away from her two best friends who were looking at the traditional Japanese dolls presented at the souvenir stall. The purple haired girl was admiring the golden pendant she had just bought as she opened the lid carefully.
"Miss," the clerk called out politely, making the illusionist to title her head and looked up at her. "Perhaps it might not be my business, but is this a gift for your boyfriend?"
Red shade painted on Chrome's cheeks as the clerk giggled at her reaction. "A-Ah… it's just a birthday gift for a very good friend…" The shy girl stuttered out as she looked back at the picture inside. A light smile formed on her face as she caressed the picture in the cover gently, in hope that Kyoko is going to love the gift she had prepared for her upcoming birthday. She even had specially asked the clerk to help her engrave the words: 'Buon Compleanno' (Happy Birthday) on the top of the pendant.
"Oi! Isn't this the girl Boss is looking at?" Chrome turned around in alarm when she heard an unfamiliar voice nearby. Her eyes widened when she saw three huge men, all dressed perfectly in their black suits, surrounded around Kyoko and Haru. One of them leaned closer towards Kyoko and titled her chin. "Well, you are right!" the man exclaimed as he grinned sadistically at the orange haired girl who frowned back to him. "She's the Neo Vongola Primo's lover that our dearest boss had been asking us to search around. I hope he won't mind if we played a little bit with her… she had a nice face."
Chrome wasted no time to drew out her trident and pressed the switch underneath to lengthen her weapon before rushing towards her friends, hitting the perverted man who was holding on Kyoko right on his head with the back of her trident. "HANDS OFF FROM KYOKO-CHAN, PERVERT!" she exclaimed, and while the man was clutching his head in pain, Chrome turned around to look at her friends.
"KYOKO-CHAN! HARU-CHAN! GO BACK TO THE INN!" the illusionist ordered as she slammed her trident on the ground. The ground cracked and snakes gushed out from it up to the thin air before attacking the men. Both of the girls nodded their head firmly before continued running back to the inn to call up the other guardians that the enemy family had found them.
The three men sneered as they tried to break off from the snakes that coiled around them tightly. Chrome held her trident closer towards herself as she looked down at the three men on the ground. Something felt wrong for her… how can all these settled so easily…?
The illusionist winced in pain out of sudden when a bullet passed through her right shoulder. She turned around and saw another man stood in front of her, smirking slyly and evilly like the bad guy he is.
"You have quite a good reaction here, MistGuardiano dellaVongola (Mist Guardian of Vongola)" the man said slyly, kneeling down as he lifted her chin to look at her face. Chrome gritted her teeth as she glared at the man.
"Who… are you…?" the purple haired illusionist managed to said out through her pain. The man laughed evilly once again, but didn't answer her question.
"You have such a beautiful face, that it would be a waste if I just killed you like this. Ne… what do you think about becoming my property, Chrome Dokuro?"Having heard this made the illusionist realize how dangerous this blonde man was. She struggled, but her condition couldn't let her use her strength. She could only put a little effort to it—the best she could do.
The nearby sellers didn't dare to say anything, neither were they brave enough to go and help the purple haired illusionist. Those men… they were assassins after all…
The other three men, who had finally get off from Chrome's illusionist snakes, gathered around her and stared at her like the wild beasts they are. Chrome tried to get away from the sniper's tight grip, but since she get shoot by the paralyze bullet, it was getting hard for her to swung the man's grip off.
"Even if we didn't get to catch the Neo Vongola Primo's woman, at least we caught their mist guardian. I can see why she was being rumored as the devilish beauty of Vongola." The same man who had shot Chrome said.
The mist guardian felt humiliated. If only… if only she could move one of her hands now, she swore that she would seriously kill this man in front of her. But then… she could felt her energy slowly flowed away for some reasons.
"Let's bring her back. Boss is going to be delighted to see us bringing such a feisty beauty back." Finally, the man loosen his grip around her chin and let her go, leaving her behind with the other three men. However, before one of those men were able to grab her, something fast, like wind, sliced between them, sending the man flying away.
The other two men, along with the sniper, turned around. Their eyes widened when they saw the infamous Hibari Kyoya stood right before them. His eyes filled with immense rage as he pointed his tonfa at them.
"For interrupting the peace here… I am going to bite you to death." He growled out, and that was when he noticed the almost unconscious Chrome laying on the ground.
"H-Hibari-san…?" she called softly, and he approached her before kneeling down right in front of her.
"Stop acting pathetic, herbivore. I know you are stronger than this." He complained, but no venom could be hears in his tone. Nodding her head, she tried to move her fingers slowly and gripped tightly around her weapon.
However, her purple hues widened when she saw a grenade was thrown towards her and the skylark.
"Hibari-san! Look out!" using all the strength she had, she pushed the cloud guardian away along with her. However, as luck wasn't by the two guardians' side, they stumbled down a cliff. Violet orbs widened as she noticed the darkness deep underneath them.
…
They went into the deep part of the forest. The steep road made the two guardians harder to run, but they kept running tirelessly until they found a safe place in front of a waterfall. Chrome stared at the scenery in front of her in admiration before she felt pain on her right shoulder.
'It must be the paralyze bullet just now…' she thought to herself as she sat down on the ground, glancing at her injured shoulder.
"It's still not safe here, herbivore." The skylark said plainly, looking back and forth, before kneeling down in front of her and offering his hand for her. "Stand up. I don't want you to become a burden for me."
She stared at him for a moment, as she could felt her vision turned slightly blurred from the pain she felt on her shoulder. She hesitantly accepted his offering hand, stood up, but tripped when her legs suddenly gave up. She accidentally knocked on the ex-prefect, and they fell right behind the steep road. The ground was slippery, and both the guardians tumbled down the hill relentlessly until they were out of the forest. She landed on top of him, feeling no pain as Hibari had wrapped his arms securely around her body and head.
They looked messed up, leaves and small branches were stuck on their hair. Their clothes were pretty much covered with the muddy dirt as well. It took the illusionist a few minutes to open her eyes. However, when she did, he didn't.
Chrome panicked as she quickly cupped his cheeks with her hands before shaking him gently. "H-Hibari-san! Hibari-san! Are you okay?!"
The skylark grunted, as he felt dizzy when she shook him like that. He opened his eyes slightly, his vision was in a blur, but he saw a familiar purple haired figure in front of him.
"I-If you can hear me, please wake up and look into my eyes, Hibari-san!" he listened to her order and aimed his eyes at her clear pool of purple hues. As soon as his vision slowly became clear, his pair of steel gray eyes widened slightly and his heart nearly skipped a bit at the mist guardian in front of him.
Either it was because of the bright moonlight that shone above them that make her looked all elegant like an untouchable goddess, or perhaps it's because of her huge violet eyes that filled with crystal clear tears she shed for him in worried, but he could careless in that moment. She looked so mesmerizing and gorgeous right in front of him now.
After a few minutes of staring at her in daze, he finally snapped before pushing her off. "You almost killed both of us just now, herbivore." He tried to growl out in annoyance, but he felt a funny and tingling feeling deep inside himself for some reason.
"I-I'm sorry…" she murmured in apologize before wiping the tears that slowly formed on her eyes. "B-But I'm really glad that Hibari-san is alright…" she smiled through her tears in pure grateful.
He gave out an 'hnn' and stood up, brushing off the twigs and dried leaves that stuck on his kanagashi. When the illusionist behind him let out a soft wince in pain, the skylark turned around, noticing blood forming on the mist guardian's left foot.
"… What happened to your foot…?" he asked hesitantly, trying not to sound as if he was worried over her although in truth, he did.
"A-Ah… I guess I had accidentally stepped on a sharp tree fracture just now. But I'm okay, I assure you! I can still s-stand…" she stood up, but he noticed how her brows furrowed in pain and cold sweat forming on her forehead.
"Your face told me the opposite." The skylark slightly grumbled in annoyance as he squatted down in front of her. "I don't want you to cause any troubles for me anymore, so just come on. I will bring you back."
"E-Eh? B-But it's not really a b-big deal-" the illusionist tried to deny his kind offer, but Hibari cut her sentence off as he glared at her in annoyance.
"Don't waste my time, herbivore." He ordered her, and Chrome bite on her lips lightly before nodding her head. She gently circled her arms around his neck, feeling her face turned into different shade of red as she leaned against his back. She could felt how close her cheek touched against his muscular neck, and it made her felt… safe and secured.
"Thank you… Hibari-san…" she murmured softly against the soft fabric of his kanagashi before finally letting her tired eyes to flutter close.
The memory when they were at the traditional Japanese inn is still clear in his mind for some reasons. Hibari remember that Chrome had tried to act strong in front of him even with the injuries from her shoulder and foot.
He also remember catching a glimpse of the red shade painted on her face when he offered to piggyback her, but back then, he sworn that it was perhaps just his own imagination.
Glancing back at the illusionist who had her cheek sticking against his back, he wondered why do he offered her a piggyback when he was just nearly as badly injured as she was. He could have left her behind and let herself to slowly limp back to her room, but he didn't.
For what reason?
His muscles pushed forward as he carefully took his steps on the stairs. Her arms had automatically curled tighter around his neck and shoulders, as if afraid of being drop off by him out of sudden and fall on the hard floor. He could felt her breath tickling the back of his neck, and he slightly shivered involuntarily.
For whatever reason it is, he swore that he might have to consider himself as a stupid herbivore afterwards.
He always had rather enjoy having this kind of quiet and somewhat awkward relationship with Chrome. In his mind, he had never thought he would care over someone so deeply. Especially her, who he never really cared about in the past.
But something about her had make him attracted towards her.
"Hey…" Chrome called out the skylark softly after a few minutes of awkward silence. "You can let me go if I am too heavy…"
Hibari let out a soft 'hnn' in return. "Stop talking nonsense, herbivore."
He was truly warm… for some reasons. Even though it had passed three years ever since she leaves Vongola, but she still adored Hibari for some reasons. He used to be the older companion she looked up at, and wanted to turn to be like.
She knew that she probably could never be this close to him… or any of those other Vongola guardians she used to adore at again. But she had decided to herself. As the tough young woman she had became today, she won't be faltered just by those stupid feelings called as adoration or love anymore. She decided that she should stay strong with the way things were at this moment.
'It's just a normal piggy-back…' she told herself, tightening her grip around the soft fabric of his dress shirt's collar. 'So you shouldn't be feeling any awkward. You don't like them, Chrome Dokuro. Remember, you detest them…'
"We arrived." After what seemed as if forever for the skylark, he had finally reached the room Chrome had mentioned to him. He glanced back at the purple haired beauty and when he was about to open his mouth to call her once again, his eyes slightly widened in surprise at seeing the illusionist had just fallen asleep on his back.
Sighing, the skylark turned the doorknob and opened the door, sliding the door halfway as quiet as he could and closed it behind him when he walked in. He looked around the room, and it looked less expected as it should be for a girl.
Gently, he placed Chrome on the bed and tugged the blanket over her body. A soft smile unconsciously quirk on his emotionless face as he gently tugged a few strands of her purple locks behind her ear. However, he stopped his actions out of sudden. Turning his attention towards the empty balcony, a scowl presented on his face as he pulled his tonfas out and pointed at no one.
"How long are you planning on hiding and watching her like the pervert you are, Mukuro Rokudo?" the skylark asked hatefully.
Moments later, a dark figure slowly stepped out of the shadows from the corner of the balcony, revealing the male mist guardian who walked out from his hidden place and gave out an annoyed eerie laugh to his rival.
"Kufufu, as if you can said that to me, you perverted skylark who tried to take advantages over Chrome when she's asleep." The pineapple haired man said as he crossed his arms over his chest and leaned against the wall.
Hibari twitched his eyes in annoyance. He almost wanted to lunged towards the illusionist and attack him… if it wasn't the purple haired illusionist beside him who slightly shifted in her sleep and nuzzled her cheek against him.
Lowering his weapons, Hibari glanced at the peacefully sleeping Chrome and gave out a defeated sigh. He ruffled her hair for a second before turning his attentions back to his rival who he detested the most.
"I will get you back for this afterwards." The ex-prefect hissed before he stood up and walked out of the room, however, without giving a warning glare to the illusionist. As if daring him to try and hurt Chrome just like he once had did before.
Mukuro just ignored the other's threaten glare. He was used to it anyway. When the door closed in front of him, the male illusionist walked towards the sleeping girl and sat the corner of her bed. He tried to touch her in the beginning, but he pulled his hand away immediately.
Who knew what will happen if she suddenly woke up, right?
Or more importantly, why does he kept thinking and worrying over this girl when she was gone three years ago? He never found his answer. Neither can he answer anything to himself right now, as he didn't really understand what are his feelings towards Chrome is.
He just knew that she attracted and amused him in many ways.
Whether it was because she had once gave him the love he had lost in his life ever since he was a child, or the fact that she was just simply important for him…
"Kufufu? Why should I pay more attention to Chrome? What do you mean?" the illusionist asked bitterly at the brunette who stood in front of him. It had been a month since he abandoned the purple haired girl when she had finally made her decision of staying with the Vongola instead of being with him. He even had sealed their connections just in case if she tried to communicate with him again.
"It's not surely proven, but you do know what I am trying to said, don't you, Mukuro?" Tsuna furrowed his brows as he tried to keep his calm in front of his male mist guardian. He always detested the man for using Chrome as a tool and playing around with her feelings for him, but he knew the best that no matter how heartless Mukuro is to Chrome, the girl… will always wait for him to come back and accept her once again.
"I don't really understand what are you talking about, Sawada Tsunayoshi." The blue-haired man glared hatefully at the Mafioso in front of him. "She looked fine to me, as always. I didn't see any problems with her."
Tsuna gritted his teeth in anger. He hated seeing how Mukuro treated Chrome as if she was just a mere tool. For him, Tsuna think that Chrome deserved to be treated much better by Mukuro. She had done so much for him all these years.
"Kyoko-chan always told me she cried in her sleep. Sometimes, she tried to wake Chrome up, but she just won't wake up no matter how hard she tried." He watched as the illusionist's eyes slightly looked at him in surprise, as if the Mafioso's words had finally managed to make the other felt a bit worried over the purple haired girl. The brunette stared at the illusionist, before he continued. "Kyoko-chan once told me, Chrome had tried to commit suicide many times ever since you leave her." Mukuro's mix matched eyes widened. "Although it's not entirely suicide… but she didn't love herself just like the way she used to do already. She picked all those S-class missions without my permissions, and always continued doing so 'till her body couldn't take any of those injuries caused in her missions anymore."
Mukuro could felt his heart clenched a bit from the brunette's words. For some sort of reasons, his emotionless mask had dropped off, showing off the guilt he felt for the purple haired girl. But he still tried to act cool in front of the other. "… what are you trying to tell me here?"
"She needs to understand… that what she fears in her life will never come back to her anymore. She tried to forget about all those pain you had caused for her, but she couldn't. Just try talking to her again… please try to ease and heal her pain, even a bit, Mukuro. Chrome… she fears living a life without you."
…
His hand rested on the nightstand, eyes staring at the sleeping girl in front of him. All those IVs connected to her body and the oxygen mask that covered her mouth hurt him for some reasons. She was asleep, her face looked so peacefully, but why was he seeing tears gently running down from her closed eyes?
Her sleeping face gave off tranquility, as it gave off sadness. After a few minutes of hesitating around, Mukuro finally pulled his hand out and grabbed hers, intertwining their fingers together. Her fingers felt cold against his touch, and he fell silent for a few minutes.
"I don't know what you're dreaming about… and I'm not good in comforting…" he caressed her purple locks, before he continued. "But please realize that you are not alone. I don't hate you. I… have my own reasons on why I leave you behind." He wiped away the tears on the edges of her eyes gently, as if it meant no harm to her fragile heart. "… Nagi, I'm not perfect for you. I always hurt you. You sacrifice everything you had for me… you are just too good for me…" he brushed a few strands of her purple hair away, gazing at her face in much sadness. "You're my most… precious person in this world, please remember that."
He really wanted to touch her. To embrace her and took her into his warmth. Yet at the same time, he wondered to himself why did he want to do so? Sighing, he decided to settle on only caressing her cheeks before he dissipated into thin air.
A white haired figure walked out from his hidden place once he can never felt the presence of the skylark and pineapple again. A frown tugged on the usual cheerful Millefiore boss's face, as he stared at the peacefully sleeping purple haired girl. He had a white lilies held on his hand, and while using his other hand to tug some of her loose strands of purple locks, he tugged the flower on her ear before caressing her cheek ever so lovingly.
"You are still so naïve… Chrome-chan…" he said in a serious tone, but he had no attempted on harming her. He just stroked her hair lovingly before placing a soft kiss on her forehead. "But please remember that you belonged to me, and only mine. Please remember that."
Once they reached the mansion, Byakuran leaded Chrome to the living room and offered her to take her seat at the leather couch next to her. Kikyo retrieved some wet towels from the kitchen and piled them up neatly beside his boss. The albino watched in curiosity as Chrome flinched under his watch and her face flushed in embarrassment. He chuckled at how adorable she is before taking one of the damp towels and wiped her cold face with it.
Kikyo tried to offer to help his boss doing so, but he realized that the white haired man was ignoring him and continued gazing at the new girl he had just brought back. Byakuran ran his free hand against her slight warmed up cheek and slowly trailed his hand up to her ear. He softly brushed her purple locks away and smiled as Chrome's emotionless face had finally show a tinge of reaction towards his comforting touches.
The purple haired illusionist had met the Millefiore boss many times during his visit to Vongola and during those mafia families' balls. She remembered those nights during those mafia balls they were at, Byakuran would always had a woman with him, buy the way his violet eyes looked at those women were only filled with lust, or anything in the dictionary that related to sex.
However, now as he leaned towards her and whispered comforting words into her ear before quickly wiping those tears that slowly formed in her eyes, she seemed to felt that the way he looked to her was only fills with his care for her.
"Chrome-chan, I will never leave you behind just like those cruel peoples had once done to you." He whispered into her ear, pulling her into his comforting embrace.
To be continued.
Ending Note:
Result Corner~
ByakuranxChrome (10096): 33
MukuroxChrome (6996): 21
HibarixChrome(1896): 37
GokuderaxChrome (5996): 9
YamamotoxChrome (8096): 9
Byakuran: *nibbling his marshmallow* You guys… don't you love me…? Q^Q
Hibari: Hnn. *sipping his tea* (Translation: Kept up the vote, herbivore readers)
Mukuro: *mumbling something like curses*
Gokudera: *no longer care*
Yamamoto: *smile ever so charmingly* Please continue to vote for me!
Author: This chapter had 1896, 6996 and 10096 lead the way. I'm planning on writing more on 8096 and 5996 on the next chapter. Please look forward! ^^
UPDATE! = I had placed the song lyrics that inspired me in writing every chapter of this story now.