Disclaimers: I do not own KHR
Hibari stared dumbly at the man in front of him. The man grinned, his breath wafting to Hibari. It took all of the skylark's resolve to not smash his tonfa into the idiot's face.
"Ha. Now give her to me. She's my daughter, my property, and my blood relation. So. Hand her over." He sneered. Hibari gritted his teeth as Chrome shrank back and the man's hands that were reaching towards her.
The skylark stepped back, pulling Chrome back. "No, herbivore." The man paused.
"No?" He repeated stupidly. Hibari twitched.
"No. You are clearly scaring her. What have you done to her? Beat her, I suppose? That's defiling discipline, stupid herbivore." He raised a tonfa threateningly.
The man did nothing, but just sneered. "Ha, you think you can scare me away? I don't think so, you piece of shit." Then he blinked. "Oh, I believe that I haven't introduced myself. I'm Kirai Dokuro." He extended a hand limply toward the prefect.
The prefect did not shake the hand, but bowed a little. "Hibari Kyoya."
"Ok then. Now give her to me." His eyes narrowed a little. "Chrome." She swallowed hard, and slowly walked over to her father.
Hibari stared in disbelief. She was white as a sheet. "Th-Thank you, Cloud Person, for ac-accompanying me." She whispered.
Her shitty-ass father grinned, and led her away. Hibari gritted his teeth. But hell, the first thing to do was to inform the green-haired herbivore. He took out his phone and dialed Fran.
{Hello?}
"Herbivore." He said into the phone.
{Oh, hi. What do you want?} the herbivore replied, his voice neutral. The skylark's hands shook as he thought about what had just happened.
"Chrome's so called father appeared and asked her to come with him. She went with the herbivore." He muttered. The silence stretched on for so long the skylark thought that the line had been cut.
{What?} The herbivore said loudly. {And you just let them go?} His voice was slipping out of his monotone.
Suddenly Hibari felt bad. He had just let her walk away with some random dude without even checking for his ID.
{I mean, what was his name? Did you check for his ID? Is he stinking of alcohol, with black hair and a huge belly and a creepy stalker aura with a beard and foul-smelling breath and looks like a pug, even though it would be an insult to all pugs around the world, even the ones hit by a car?}
The herbivore said all of this in one breath, and the fear was evident in his voice. Hibari felt a little bad that he had only one answer after the herbivore's long rant.
"Yes." The herbivore was silent, and the prefect could practically feel the other boy's annoyance. "He said his name was Kirai Dokuro."
Fran let out a hiss. {How'd that bastard find her here, in all of the places?}
"I don't know." The prefect said. He could nearly hear the other roll his eyes. {Yeah, way to state the obvious, Captain Obvious. We need to get her back before he hurts her really badly.}
Hibari felt a chill creep down his spine. "What do you mean herbivore?"
{He abused Chrome for years, before me and Mammon saved enough money to travel here. We offered her to come with us, and she didn't hesitate. She came with us. She was six at the time.} Hibari nodded, and started walking where the father and daughter had disappeared. {Hey, wait for me.} Hibari stopped.
"Huh?" He said stupidly. The green-haired herbivore became impatient, slipping back into his monotone.
{I said wait for me. Where are you now?} Hibari looked around.
"Namimori Square(1). Why?" Fran scoffed.
{Oh no, I just wanted to know where you are because I'm a creepy stalker. No, you idiot, I'm coming over too.}
"…"
{Jeez, I thought you were smarter, but it turns out that you're not as smart as they say. Do you really have top grades, or is that a rumor you spread to make yourself more approachable to girls?}
Hibari hung up.
*K*H*R
Fran clicked his phone off grimly. "Mammon-nee." Mammon turned and frowned at Fran's grave face.
"What's wrong?"
"Chrome's father found her." Mammon stood up, sending her papers scattering all over the floor.
"What? How'd he find us? I mean, more importantly, how did he find her?" She said, starting to panic. "Where is she now?"
"She's with him. He told her to go with him, and she did. She was probably too scared to say no." Fran hissed, his anger breaking through his façade. Mammon hissed.
"I-where are you going?" Mammon said as Fran started towards the door, pulling on his jacket and grabbing his messenger bag.
"To Namimori Square. That's we she last was, and I'm going to track them down and get her back before she gets too hurt." He turned to go but felt a hand grab his sleeve.
"I'm going with you." She said firmly. "I'm not letting my brother and sister go alone to that bastard." Fran blinked.
"Ok." He said simply. She grabbed her keys and coat. "Ok, let's go."
10 MINUTES LATER
They arrived at Namimori Square, seeing a black-haired boy with eagle eyes. Surprisingly, a certain pineapple head was there and arguing with the boy.
"Master, how'd you hear?" Fran monotoned. Mukuro whipped around, a glint in his eyes.
"Kyoya here called me to tell me that Chrome was in danger. I was prepared to go immediately, but I was supposed to wait for you guys." He glared at Fran and Mammon, who stood there, emotionless.
"Well, we can stop arguing like babies and get on." Mammon cut in, cool as ever. "Because if you didn't know Mukuro, this is my sister we're talking about, so if she has even a scratch on her, I'm blaming it on you for holding us up with your arguing."
She gave him an icy cold glare, before glaring at eagle-eye boy, who nodded in the direction where Chrome went. She stalked off, fuming that Mukuro was there. He had the nerve to show up and pretend he was concerned? She growled under her breath, walking into a sad little neighborhood with dry front yards and shitty buildings. And after what Mukuro did to her last year? I don't think so, you little snot-nosed pineapple brat. She snarled in her mind.
She whirled around at a tap on her shoulder. It was Fran.
"Mammon-nee, that was great, but wait for us, will you?" She nodded. Her little brother looked around. "Seems you're good at this, I think you've led us to the right neighborhood." Fran said, looking around as the eagle-eye dude and Mukuro came up, still arguing.
Eagle-eye boy was raising a- what was that? - A tonfa threateningly at Mukuro's face. Yes. Mammon thought savagely. Beat him up into a messy pile of-
Fran knocked loudly on a house's door, interrupting her thoughts. A frail old woman answered.
"Why hello, little girl, what are you here for?" She croaked, smiling. A tic appeared on Fran.
Mammon quickly intervened. "We're looking for our sister. Have you seen a girl with an eye-patch, purple-hair, and walking with a big-bellied, stinking of alcohol, piece of-"
"We're looking for a small girl with short purple hair wearing a Namimori school uniform." said eagle-eye boy, interrupting her rant smoothly. "Do you know Namimori middle school?"
The old lady nodded. But the next thing she said was disastrous. "Yes, it's the school full of delinquents, isn't it?"
Eagle-eye boy twitched. Apparently he loved his school.
"Yes," The old lady continued, not noticing his black aura. "I heard that the head prefect beats kids up for breaking rules. That man needs to be reported to the police, or even better, the mental hospital." She said, nodding seriously.
The black-haired boy was trembling with the effort to restrain himself.
"Oh, um, thank you very much." Said Mammon quickly, and the old lady nodded graciously and shut the door.
Mukuro pulled eagle-eye boy away, chuckling quietly. "Kufufu. Kyoya, you're too childish."
Kyoya glared at Mukuro. Mammon quickly intervened. "Shut up, you two, I need to find my sister before she gets hurt."
Then she turned to eagle-eye boy, and bowed a little. "I'm Mammon Nebbia (2). Her sister." She said simply, and walked onto the next house and began knocking.
"Hibari Kyoya." He replied.
"Good to know," She said, as the door opened. "'Cause I sure as hell would hate to call you Kyoya or eagle-eye boy."
He twitched.
*K*H*R*
Chrome set her school bag quietly down on the floor of her father's house. She swallowed nervously. She hadn't seen her father in nine years.
"Well, good to see you again, my dear, sweet, daughter." He said sweetly. But that didn't fool her. Her guard was up; she could feel the murderous aura radiating off of him.
"Aren't you going to say hi to your daddy after nine years of not seeing each other?" He sneered. She swallowed.
"H-hello, D-" He slapped her, hard. He head whipped to the side with his force, and she fell on the ground from the sheer force he had exerted on her. Her hand went up to her left cheek. She looked up at him, her eyes watering. Her lip was bleeding.
He kicked her in the stomach, and she curled into a ball and cried out in pain. "You left me, ruining my pride." He snarled. He kicked her again, and she was flipped onto her back from the power. He stomped on her stomach. She tried to scream, but coughed out blood.
"Does it hurt?" She didn't answer, trying to regain her breath and ignore the pain. He gripped her hair tightly and pulled her up. He hands went up to relive the pull, since she didn't have the strength the stand up by herself.
"I said, does it hurt?" He hissed. She swallowed, trying to answer. Tears slid down her cheeks.
"Answer me!" He commanded, pulling on her head even harder. She gasped in pain.
"Ye... yes…" She gasped, tears running down her cheeks freely. He smirked.
And smashed her head onto the floor.
She shrieked in pain as her head collided with the floor. "S-Stop!" He grinned, and slammed her head down again.
"I-I-It hurts!" She was sobbing now, at the pain exploding in her head, stars erupting in her sight.
He let go. "Stand!" He ordered her, enjoying her pain. She lay on the floor in a heap. He nudged her with his foot. "Stand!"
She slowly pushed herself up, her arms trembling with the strain. She pulled herself up bit by bit, unsteadily. Suddenly, when she saw his hand reach out, she reacted instinctively, her body practically screaming, 'I CAN'T TAKE THIS ANYMORE!" He hand whipped back and found a jar.
With adrenaline pumping through her veins, she found strength to hurl the vase at her father. The vase smashed into tiny little pieces as it came into contact on her father's head. He stepped backwards, a little blood trickling down.
"You little bitch!" he roared, and launched himself at her. He punched her slapped check, and she fell backwards, her head hitting the table leg. She passed out. Chrome woke up later, sore and bleeding. She was in a bedroom that she supposed was hers. Chrome groaned a little as she moved to get off her bed. She stared at the clock.
7:15 AM. She gasped and flew out of bed.
Or tried to, at least.
She immediately crumpled to the ground, whimpering in pain. She clutched her stomach and head. Her vision was blurry and she had a headache. No! She shrieked in her head. I need to get to school. She tried to stand again, but fell.
"Guhhh…" She groaned. Everything was screaming in pain. She shakily stood up, but collapsed again, dizziness overwhelming her. She reached out a shaky hand to the doorknob, but just as she fingered it, the door burst open.
The door smashed into her forehead and knocked her backwards. She screamed in pain. Her father looked down cruelly, evil glittering in his eyes.
"Huh. Pathetic." He muttered, staring at her crumpled form. And for once, he was not drunk. She raised a trembling hand to her forehead, where it was bleeding. The blood trickled down her face in little streams. She flinched when he suddenly crouched down, making his face level with hers.
"Oh, well, you know what?" He leered, his breath reeking of… sourness. She tried not to scrunch up her nose. Besides, it would probably hurt her face or earn her a beating.
"W-What?" She stuttered, scared. She eyed him apprehensively. He grinned, scratching his unshaven stubble.
"I'm not going to beat you anymore."
She blinked, immediately sensing that there was something worse coming. "W-Why?" She asked cautiously, pushing her luck.
"Well, you see, I haven't been able to get any money, and if I do, it's always wasted on you." He explained, rubbing his stomach and letting out a burp.
"Well, you don't work, and you drink more than your money can supply." Chrome said before she could stop herself. He growled.
"You little-" His hand swung up and she closed her eyes. But the blow never came.
"No. I'm not allowed to hit you." He said calmly, putting his hand down.
She blinked, and wondered if her father was finally going to turn back into the father she'd loved before her mom had died.
Stop the abuse and alcohol. Maybe lose some weight along with it. However, her hopes were dashed.
"It's because you're going to bring me money." He grinned, leaning in. "You want to know why?" He dropped his voice to a menacing whisper.
"W-Why?" Chrome asked, afraid to not answer. Her heart dropped at the answer.
"It's because I'm selling your body." He smirked triumphantly at the terror on her face.
"And I've already got a customer. He's going to come today, in a few minutes, probably. Don't know why he'd want to, since you're an ugly little bitch."
She trembled, and scrambled backwards.
"Oh well," He continued. "He said that he liked breaking small, delicate girls." At that moment, the doorbell rang, along with a call from a man.
"Oi, Dokuro, where's my package?" Kirai grinned, and grabbed her arm. She screamed, and tried to pull back, but the pounding in her head increased.
"Come on in, Glo." Kirai called back. There was a sound of a door opening downstairs. Her eyes widened.
It was the high-school kid who looked as if he was forty. The one who beat her up.
The one who had just bought her body.
"NO!" She said desperately, trying to free herself from his grip. Chrome dug her heels into the ground and pulled back.
She wriggled around, ignoring the throbbing in her head which caused her to stumble a bit. Her whole body was in pain, but she ignored it, trying to get free.
She finally pulled herself free and fell backwards. She quickly scrambled around and tried to crawl away. A hand closed around her ankle and dragged her back. Chrome shrieked as arms went around her waist and hoisted her up. She pounded on those arms, sobbing.
"Hahahaha. So feisty, like the first time we met, hmm?" Glo smirked, hugging his arms tighter around her waist.
"So, where's my money?" Her father demanded. Glo nudged a small bag across with his foot.
"That should contain about 10,000$(3)." The man said smoothly. Chrome was crying, still pounding uselessly on Glo's arms. Then a wave of nausea hit. The pain from yesterday's beating was coming back. She struggled feebly as the pain hit.
"No…" She moaned uselessly, pulling weakly at Glo's arms.
"Don't worry, Chrome," Smirked Glo, placing a small kiss on her neck. She stiffened. "I'll take good care of you." The senior crooned as his arms tightened around her waist.
She shuddered as the man licked her neck slowly. "S-Stop!" She screeched with a final burst of strength and thrust her head backwards into Glo's face.
Stars burst in front of her eyes as Glo let go of her, howling. He stumbled backwards as Chrome tried to get up.
Her father smirked, and left the room, already content with his 10,000$. She crawled a little before the nausea hit again, and she caved in. Glo picked her up again, his glasses a little lopsided. She squeezed her eyes shut, gripping his arms tightly as she tried to pull them off. He chuckled against her neck. "Don't worry, I-"
The doorbell rang again. Kirai appeared. "Who the hell? News traveling this fast?" He chuckled.
"Oh well, means more money for me."
He sauntered over to the door and opened it while Glo continued to whisper things into her ears. She cried; the headache and pain getting worse.
The door opened to reveal Mammon and Fran standing in the doorway.
"Excuse… You." Snarled Mammon at Kirai, recognizing his face. "You bastard!" She yelled, and swung a fist into his jaw.
Glo gulped. "Well, time to go." He murmured against her neck and placing another chaste kiss and running to the back door.
She didn't even have the strength to reply.
*K*H*R*
Mammon snarled at the face in the doorway. "Kirai, you bastard!" She kicked him in the groin. "Where's my sister, you fucking abusive alcoholic?" She hissed, pulling him up by the collar. Fran stopped her before she could do more damage.
"Mammon-nee! Pervy man taking Chrome away at twelve o' clock!" He yelled, pointing behind Kirai. Hibari made to push forward, but Mukuro beat him to it. He rushed forward and slammed a staff onto the man's back. The man squawked, and fell. He kicked him away from Chrome and gently pulled her up.
Mukuro kneeled down, cradling her gently. Hibari ran forward, and raised a tonfa. "Defiling discipline at Namimori is unacceptable." He hissed at the man. He swung a tonfa into Glo's face. "First, you're skipping school, secondly-" He kicked the man viciously. "You're harassing this girl, third-" He kneed the man in the stomach. "You're already broken two rules! Do I need a third reason, herbivore?"
Mammon blinked. So that was Glo. Glo stood up, laughing weakly. "Ex-Excuse me? I had a right to this girl."
Hibari growled, and raised a tonfa for another blow before Mukuro abruptly stood up.
"Kufufu." He chuckled, his red eye glinting. "A right?" He questioned, smirking. He raised his staff. "You will regret this."
He took out a trident and attached it to the top of the staff. Mammon's hidden eyes widened. The deadly weapon glinted deadly in the sunlight. Fran ignored them, and went to get Chrome. Mammon followed. Chrome was lying on the floor, tears still visible on her cheeks. Mukuro charged, and swung his trident down, the tip slashing at Glo's flesh. The man howled, holding his bleeding torso. Mukuro laughed.
"Kufufufu. I made sure to not cut so deep to kill you." His eyes sparkled evilly. "I still want to torture you."
Glo stood up, and held up a gun. "D-Don't move, or I will kill you!" He said, thumbing back the safety.
Mukuro blinked, before laughing maniacally. "KUHAHAHAHA! You really think that it'll stop me?" his voice dropped to a menacing whisper. He raised the trident. "I'll just kill you for the sake of my mind. God knows how stupid I'll be if I continue talking to you." He lunged, and the gun went off. Mammon flinched.
"Gak!" Glo stumbled backwards as he clutched his hand. There was a small electrical bullet in it. Mammon whipped her head back to see Chrome propped up weakly, holding a Taser gun.
Her eyes were dull. The woman doubted that she was even half-conscious. "No." She said in a dead monotone. "You're dead to me." She said, and clicked the Taser gun again. Mammon shut her eyes as the Taser went off.
*K*H*R*
Hibari's eyes went wide as Chrome shot a Taser gun at Glo's forehead. The small electrical bullet hit his forehead, sending eight hundred thousand volts screaming into Glo's body. Glo crumpled, foam coming out of his mouth as he had a seizure. Mammon ran over to listen for a pulse.
"Shit." She muttered, and began pumping his chest. Chrome dropped the Taser and fainted.
Kirai stepped forward. "Ahem, this is assault." His eyes glittered. "I'll have you in jail."
"Shut up!" screeched Fran, breaking free of his façade. "You shut up, old man, before I go over there and beat the shit out of you!"
Hibari stared.
Fran had red splashed across his face, probably from anger. "You shut up, you jackass, before I go over there and button your lip." He hissed, his green eyes burning.
Kirai shut up.
Fran turned back to Chrome. Mammon continued pumping Glo's fallen body, before she turned to Hibari. "Oi, Hibari, do something!" She yelled. Then she paused, and listened to the boy's chest. "Good, he's back, but call the paramedics!" The prefect nodded, and pulled out his phone. Mukuro stood there, dark aura still overflowing. His gloved hand came over Hibari's phone.
"Don't call them. Let him die." He hissed, glaring challengingly at Hibari. He stared defiantly back.
"No." Hibari said calmly. "He does not deserve to die, that is defiling discipline." He stared straight into the other's mismatched eyes.
"Chrome would not want us to be in jail just for killing a worthless herbivore." Mukuro blinked, before nodding respectively to Hibari and letting go of the phone. Hibari dialed, and pressed call. His eyes widened at the person who answered.
{Hellooooo, honeybun, who needs helpppp?} Chirped a voice from the other side. Mammon stopped pumping as Glo moaned.
"Lussaria." Hibari said. "We need help."
*K*H*R*
Mukuro stood outside, looking through the glass where Chrome was lying peacefully. Lussaria came and stood beside him.
"Poor Chrome-chan." murmured the school nurse. "She's badly hurt, isn't she?" Mukuro bit back the 'no shit' that wanted to come.
"Hn." Mukuro acknowledged, still looking. Little one and his fearful sister were inside with Chrome. "When did you start working for the paramedics?"
Luss shrugged. "I wanted to help more people." Mukuro nodded, and hesitated. "You can go in." the rainbow nurse said, looking sympathetic. Mukuro nodded, and went in.
"Hi Master." Fran monotoned, and gripped Chrome's hand. Mammon said nothing. Mukuro could imagine her hidden eyes narrowing.
"How is she?" He asked softly. Fran's eyes burned with anger. "That bastard beat her pretty badly. Big bruises all over, especially on her stomach." His eyes narrowed. "In the shape of a shoe."
Mukuro hissed, and looked at Chrome sleeping. Her eyebrows were creased, giving her a troubled expression. Her eye patch was removed and replaced with a bandage.
"Where is he?" He snarled, his hands already gripping his staff. Fran's eyes turned dull, and he turned back to staring at Chrome.
"He flew the coop."
Mukuro turned to see Mammon. "Ran away, that piece of shit. Should've shoved a stick up his-"
"Mammon-nee." Fran said warningly. Mammon gritted her teeth. Then the next thing that she did was the most surprising. She grabbed him by the collar and shoved him up against a wall.
"You bastard, how the hell do you still have the guts to show your face?" She hissed, gripping his collar tighter.
"H-Huh?" Mukuro said confusedly. "Oya oya, I think you have the wrong person." Mammon gritted her teeth.
"Don't you dare lie to me." She growled. "How dare you?" Mukuro blinked.
"What are you talking about?" She drew back her hand and slapped him. Mukuro snapped. He ducked his head under her hand and using that momentum brushed her hand aside, causing her to lose grip. Then he shoved her against the wall. "What the hell are you talking about?"
"Don't give me that shit." She hissed back, her anger nearly overwhelming. He stepped back. "You were the one who lied, then beat me up, then you tried to rape me! Good thing I had a Taser and Tasered your ass off." She snarled.
He cocked his head, confused. "I never did that." She shrieked in fury, and leaped at him. She tore open his shirt.
"Then why don't you explain the Taser scar on your neck, y-" She stopped abruptly as she stared at Mukuro's neck.
Pale.
Smooth.
With no scar.
"I-I- how is that possible?" She whispered, steeping back. Fran stood up, openmouthed.
"M-Mammon-nee?" He said in disbelief. "How-" Mukuro buttoned up his shirt calmly.
"Happy?" He said icily. She took a step back.
"B-But, my attacker had the same pineapple-hairstyle, same mismatched eyes, same features. How is it not you?"
Mukuro paused, before his expression darkened. "Wait, was it dark when you were attacked?" He said, curious.
She nodded defiantly. "It was dark, but not pitch-black." He hissed. "Did you look at his eyes?" He said, stepping closer.
"No… I was too busy looking for a way to escape." Mammon replied, sounding confused. He growled.
"Then you don't know that it's me! My pupil in my left eye is a horizontal line, like the Japanese number one!" He shouted. "Nobody has a right eye like me!"
"There are only people with similar pupils, but that's my older brother, and his pupil is in the shape of a clover! And he's in Italy, in jail!" He yelled.
Fran stood up. "Master, you're bothering Chrome." Mukuro stopped immediately. The pineapple took a deep breath, and calmed himself.
"Kufufufu. Sorry for losing my cool there." He said, casting a sideway glance at Chrome's sleeping body. Then a question popped into his mind. "Wait, where did Chrome get a Taser? You know, in that house."
Fran raised his hand. "She must've pickpocketed me, I brought a Taser along, but the next thing I knew, it was in her hand."
Mukuro nodded. "What about that Glo dude?" Mammon asked. Lussaria suddenly came in.
"We-elll, honeybun is perfectly stable, aside from being very scared of his poor little shadow." Crooned Luss. "Might be a little odd from now on, but aside from that honeybunches is good to go!" All three of them glared.
"I don't care about him." They said together. The rainbow nurse sweat-dropped.
"O-Ok, don't get your panties in a bunch." Luss pouted. Then he held up his hands defensively as the three advanced towards him. Mukuro pointed his trident threateningly at him, Mammon was with a Taser, and Fran had a knife. All of them turned at the sound of a cough. Chrome opened her eyes blearily. "F-Fran? Mammon-nee? Mukuro-san?" She mumbled.
Their eyes widened.
"Chrome!"
*K*H*R*
Hibari yawned, and closed his eyes. All was well, Chrome was better, and training with Lal-sensei. Mukuro had joined the team too. That was good; at least there was someone to look after her, even though it wasn't him. He gritted his teeth. It hurt. His arch-enemy with the girl he liked. It burned. He shut his eyes, and tried to drift off to sleep.
"Hibari! Hibari!" chirped Hibird. The door opened. He sprung up, growling at the herbivore who had dared to invade his territory.
"Hey, Cloud Person."
His eyes widened a little. He nodded to show her that it was ok for her to be here. She walked over and sat down next to him. "What about practice?" He asked. She shrugged.
"It ended early; Lal-sensei and Collonello-sensei had to leave early."
He nodded. They sat in silence, watching the sun slowly set. He smiled sadly to himself. If only this was real. "Ne, Cloud Person? I'm sorry." He blinked, before turning to look at her.
"For what, herbivore?" She twiddled her fingers. "For going with my dad. If I didn't, none of this would've happened."
He scoffed. "Stupid herbivore, it was our choice to follow." She bit her lip. He sighed. "It's not your fault that you were scared. That idiot herbivore with the beatings and the breath would've made any herbivore scared." He said, and stood up, brushing his pants off.
She smiled a little, and stood up. "Thanks, Cloud Person." He gave a little nod, his heart somersaulting. They went downstairs, and bumped into Aria-sensei. She smiled at them.
"Ah, Kyoya-kun and Chrome-chan. Just the two people I need. Would you guys mind babysitting Yuni for me tonight? I'll get back at ten."
Chrome and Hibari opened their mouths to object, but Aria was already walking away. "Thank you, I promise I won't be back too late!" She called over her shoulder. Hibari fumed silently while Chrome took out her phone to notify the green-haired herbivore.
"U-Um, Fran, Aria-sensei told us to baby-sit Yuni tonight, so I'll be back home late." She said. Hibari closed his eyes. Thank god it was a Friday.
"Hubuh? Whubat dubo yubu mubean?" She said, sounding surprised. Hibari blinked. What?
"Nubo. Cluboud Pubersubon ubis wubith mube." Chrome replied to whatever was being said on the phone. The skylark stared. Good lord, was this girl speaking gibberish fluently?
"Ubi ubunduberstuband. Ubi'll bube buback bubefubore tuben. Thubanks Fubran, bubye." She concluded, and clicked off her phone.
"What the heck was that, herbivore?" She blinked. "Was that gibberish?"
"Oh, Cloud Person, sorry, it kinda slipped. Fran, Mammon-nee and I speak fluent Ubby-Dubby (4), so when he started speaking, I replied back in Ubby-Dubby."
"Are you serious, herbivore?" Hibari asked, incredulous that there was a language that sounded that stupid and funny at the same time.
She nodded. "Ok, do you know the way to Aria-sensei's house?" He nodded, dumbfounded. She gestured with her hand.
"Please lead the way." She said, after the prefect did not move. He nodded dumbly, and set off towards his bike.
*K*H*R*
Fran was walking back with Bel, since Chrome said she needed to talk with someone important. His phone suddenly rang.
"Hello, Fran's here." He monotoned. He heard Chrome's quiet voice on the other end.
{U-Um, Fran, Aria-sensei told us to baby-sit Yuni tonight, so I'll be back home late.} He frowned. He turned to see Bel-senpai staring at him, so he decided to talk in Ubby-Dubby.
"Ubare yubu guboubing ubalubone?" He asked. Bel stared.
{ Hubuh? Wubbat dubboo yubu mubeen?} He sighed.
"Ubi'm jubust wuborrubied thubat yubu wubill gubet ubatubacked ubagubain. Yubu subeem tuboo bubbee vuberuby ubaccubidubent prubone. Ubare yubu ubaublone rubight nubow?" He asked, a little worried. Bel openly gawked at him.
{Nubo. Cluboud Pubersubon ubis wubith mube.} She replied. Fran nodded.
"Mubake subure thubat yubu cubome buback bubefubore tuben, gubot thubat?" He said sternly.
{Ubi ubunduberstuband. Ubi'll bube buback bubefubore tuben. Thubanks Fubran, bubye.} She answered, and hung up.
"What… the hell?" Said Bel dumbly. "I didn't understand a word of it at all. That was an un-princely language."
"Whatever, Bel-senpai. Since you're a moron, you wouldn't be able to understand it anyway." Fran replied, putting his phone in his bag.
"Ushishishi. Froggy speaking gibberish sounds funny." Fran glared. Or stared, since he had no emotion in his eyes.
"It's not gibberish, it's an actual language." He said, before walking on. "It's called Ubby-Dubby." Bel laughed.
"Ushishishi. As expected of Froggy to make something so stupid sound so serious." Fran shrugged. "We all speak it fluently."
"USHISHISHI!" The blonde laughed, clutching his sides. "I can imagine that!" He gasped, laughing. An image popped into his head, a picture of the Nebbia siblings, all mumbling in gibberish and talking to their shoes. The green-haired teen shrugged again, before walking away. "Oi, Froggy, what about your sister peasant?"
"She needs to babysit Yuni." Bel grinned. "Then let's go on a date." Fran stared, pink dusting his cheeks.
"N-No." He said, and turned away, blushing.
"Yes." Bel grinned.
"No."
"Yes."
"No!"
"Yes!"
"No! Get away-!" Fran was flung onto Bel's shoulder.
"Ushishishi! You're coming with me!" Bel laughed maniacally.
"Put me down!" Fran yelled in a monotone, pink splashed across his cheeks.
"Nope. I said that I'd kidnap you one day, and now I am! Remember the day at the fair?" The prince grinned, and started walking.
"Ubof cuborse ubi rubemubemubber, yubu ubidubiubotubic muborubonubic fubake ubass prubince!"
"…"
" 'Of course I remember, you idiotic moronic fake ass prince!' "
"Ushi. Now I get it. Froggy sure knows how to ruin the moment, don't you?"
"Yes. Now let me go."
"No."
"…I hate you."
"Mm, I know."
*K*H*R*
Chrome clung to Hibari's waist as they sped around the city to Aria-sensei's house on his motorbike. "U-Um, how do you know the way to Aria-sensei's house?" She called over the rush of the wind.
"Dino once took me there just to introduce me." He called back, weaving in and out of traffic. She blinked.
"D-Dino-sensei?" She asked. "Hn, that herbivore and I are kind of half-brothers." He scoffed. "That herbivore gets on my nerves all the time."
"Ah." She said. He parked the car behind a moderate looking house.
"We're here." Hibari said, turning off the engine. She nodded, swinging her legs off. They rang the doorbell and Hibari tapped his foot impatiently. Suddenly the door opened, revealing a small girl with sea-green hair, cut in a bob. The rest of her hair was long, and tied in the back. She also had a clover on her cheek, and the same warm smile as Aria-sensei. She was wearing a white short-sleeved dress with an orange ribbon at the waist.
"Hi!" She said excitedly, grinning. "Aria-nee said that someone was going to come and play with me, so I've been waiting for you guys!" She ushered them in.
"I'm Yuni Giglio! Nice to meet you!" She chirped. "What are we going to do?" Hibari and Chrome looked at each other.
"Um… Have you done your homework yet?" Chrome asked. Yuni nodded. "Then… do you want to play?"
"Sure! Let's play… um… Hide-and-seek!" She declared, standing up. "Ok, I'll be it, and you two hide, ok?" She said bossily.
They nodded. "Oh, and I'm Chrome Dokuro, and this is Cloud Person." Chrome introduced. Hibari glared.
"My name is not 'Cloud Person' herbivore, but it his Hibari Kyoya." Yuni nodded, and flapped her hands.
"Shoo, shoo! Go hide!"
They jogged off, and then Hibari sat down on a couch. She turned to him inquiringly. "I don't care to play an herbivore's game."
She rolled her eye. "Come on, Cloud Person." She grabbed his hand and pulled him up. He blushed a little. She shoved him behind a curtain and slipped in with him. He blushed even harder at their intimacy. She placed herself in front of him.
"Stop moving." She whispered. "She'll find us."
He blushed, but she didn't notice it, nor did she seem intimidated by this. He gritted his teeth when he realized that it meant she saw him only as a close friend. They faintly heard Yuni counting. "Nineteen, twenty! Ready or not, here I come!" She sang happily, and started searching for them.
Hibari flushed. Chrome was in front of him, and they were in a very intimate position. He swallowed, but said nothing, listening to her breathing. Suddenly the curtain was pulled aside.
"I found you!" Yuni declared triumphantly. The small girl grinned, her hands on her hips. "I guess Chrome-san will be it, because she's in front of Kyoya-san. So, count to twenty, ok?" She said, and ran off.
They played hide-and-seek for an hour, the green-haired girl never getting bored. Then she decided to play dress-up, which Hibari flat-out refused to play, no matter how much Chrome tried to coax him into playing. So the girls disappeared, and Hibari sat on the couch, tapping his foot impatiently. After ten minutes of sitting, the girls re-appeared. Yuni had her hair in pigtails. She was wearing a rabbit costume, with whiskers painted on her cheeks and bunny ears clipped on her hair.
Chrome smiled. Yuni grinned, and pounced on Hibari. "Kyoya-san, do you like it? Chrome-san is really good with stuff like this! She helped dress me up since there are no dresses that fit her."
Hibari nodded, and looked at the time. Chrome followed his eyes, and saw the time. "Ne, Yuni, I think it's time for you to go to bed." Yuni pouted, but obediently went to the bathroom to wash up and change into her pajamas. Chrome and Hibari sat there silently. She came out, her face clean and her hair loose. She was wearing orange PJs with squirrels on them. She was also holding a book.
"You need to read to me!" She said, holding up the book. Yuni led them to her room. Hibari blinked as they entered. It was as if the sun came in this room and exploded, along with squirrels. Everything was in a different shade of orange, and pictures of squirrels everywhere. Yuni climbed onto her bed and snuggled under the covers. Chrome sat on one side of the bed, Hibari on the other.
Chrome gave the book to the skylark. He eyed her questioningly. "Cloud Person didn't play dress-up, so he has to read." She said, smiling, a mischievous twinkle in her eye. A tic appeared, but he took up the book anyway. It was written in scribbles. The skylark twitched. Yuni beamed at him, confirming his suspicions that the small girl had written the 'book.' He ignored it, and started reading.
"Once upon a time, there was a boy living in a small town." Hibari began, feeling stupider by the minute. "He lived there happily for four years, but on the fifth year, his father died.
"The boy's name was Kumo (5), and he hated his mother for re-marrying. Kumo's mother married another man, but that man was vicious. The man already had a son who was 12 years old. The son was nice, but his father was not.
"Kumo hated his whole family bitterly, and ran away at the age of ten." Hibari paused. This sounded eerily familiar. He shook his head, and continued.
"So Kumo lived alone for a long time, but then his brother found him.
'Kumo, I've been looking for you all over!' Kumo's brother exclaimed. 'I want you to live with me. I live alone now, because mom and dad kicked me out.' Kumo agreed, and lived with his brother. Although the older brother constantly annoyed Kumo, he acknowledged that his brother was a good person.
"One day Kumo met a small quiet girl, and immediately fell in love with her. He decided to protect her forever, but then she fell in love with a demon. Kumo was sad, but wanted her to be happy. So he watched over her, a silent guardian angel hidden in the shadows.
"However, one day, the girl had a change of heart. She realized that she did not really love the demon, but loved him in a more brotherly way. She realized that the person she loved all along was right next to her.
"She looked for him, and finally told him that-"Hibari blinked. The page of the short story was ripped. He flipped to the next page, and but that was the end of the story. "It's ripped." He told the girl. The girl smiled.
"It's ok, Kyoya-san. Anyway, before I go to bed, you and Chrome-san need to kiss my cheek." She told them, smiling. Hibari twitched. "Please?" She asked them. He rolled his eyes, and leaned in. Yuni held up a hand to stop him.
"No." The prefect blinked.
"No?"
"No?" Chrome repeated, also confused. Yuni smiled. "You guys have to kiss my cheek at the same time!" She chirped.
"Ok?"
Hibari sighed, and nodded. Chrome agreed. Yuni grinned. "Kiss my cheek on the count of three ok? If you don't kiss me on the cheek at the same time, I won't go to sleep!"
"Alright, Yuni, but promise that you'll go to sleep if we do." Chrome said quietly. Yuni smiled, and nodded. She then covered her eyes with her hands.
"One… two…three!" Hibari leaned in quickly, and so did Chrome. However, at the last minute, Yuni leaned back into the headboard.
So their lips crashed together.
Hibari's eyes widened as his lips crashed into Chrome's. Her eye flew open and saw the prefect's face right in front of her.
She pulled back, her eye wide open. She covered her lips, looking horrified. Hibari blinked.
Yuni grinned. "Missed me!" She said triumphantly. Hibari stood up abruptly, and stormed out of the room.
*K*H*R*
Chrome sat there, still as a stone. "U-Um, Chrome-san? Did I do something wrong?" asked Yuni, her green eyes wide with worry.
"I-I-Y-You shouldn't have dodged." She said quietly. Yuni blinked. "Why?"
"Because we kissed." Yuni cocked her head, confused.
"But… aren't you together?" Chrome shook her head quickly. "I-I-I'm so sorry, Chrome-san! I thought you two were together!" She exclaimed. Chrome shrugged.
"I-It's ok?" Chrome answered, turning it into a question.
Then they both heard a motorcycle start up, and roar away. Chrome stared at the bed, gripping her skirt tightly.
"U-Um, that's your ride, right? I'm sorry." Yuni said quietly, tears filling her eyes. "I'm really sorry." Chrome patted her head, and pulled out her phone.
{'Lo, Fran here.} Fran answered.
"F-Fran? U-Um, Cloud Person left so I don't have a ride. I'm going on the subway, ok?"
{No! Stay there! Damn, I'm gonna kill him… stay there, I'll come and get you.} Fran growled on the other end of the line.
"U-Um, you don't have to, I'll-"
{Don't even think about it.} Fran said flatly. {I'm coming over to get you.} Chrome bit her lip, hating that her brother was going to come over in the dark.
"But do you know the directions to Aria-sensei's house?" She asked, hoping to deter him.
{Bel-senpai has a GPS that tracks down your phone.} Chrome blinked.
"U-Um… Ok…" Fran hung up. Chrome sat there, and Yuni looked close to crying, although she was trying to put on a brave face.
"Yuni, it's ok. It's alright, you didn't know." The girl smoothed Yuni's hair back comfortingly. The girl swallowed thickly, and nodded. She snuggled under the covers.
"I'm going to bed." Chrome nodded, and walked out, turning off the light.
"Good night, Yuni. Sweet dreams." Yuni nodded, and closed her eyes. Chrome walked out, and decided she would check in after 10 minutes to see how Yuni was doing. Her phone rang, and she looked at the caller ID.
Mukuro.
"H-Hi Mukuro-san." She said, brightening up a bit. "Why are you calling?"
{Kufufufu. I just wanted to call you, my cute Chrome.} She smiled. {Anyway, how are you doing? Are you excited for the next special class thingamabob?} She giggled.
"It's Genus de Specialis(6), and, yes, I am excited. Lal-sensei says that I need to work with Collonello- sensei more so I'll be better at self-defense."
{Kufufufu. I can work with you too, you know. I don't want to see you get hurt.} She laughed at his worry.
"Ok, Mukuro-san."
{Kufufufufu. Well then, that's decided. Oh, and do you want to go to the movies on Wednesday?" She nodded, before realizing that he couldn't see her.
"Ok, Mukuro-san." Chrome said, smiling.
{Kufufufu, great. Good night, my cute Chrome. Love you.} Her smile faded. She had just kissed Hibari-san. But it was an accident. Plus she had put him in the trouble of finding her when she agreed to go with her father.
"…Mukuro-san." She said softly.
{What's wrong, Chrome?} He asked, sounding worried.
"I-I'm sorry. For everything." She whispered.
{Kufufu, my cute Chrome, what are you sorry for?}
"I-For making you worry when I left. And…" She bit her lip. He sounded close to panicking.
{Did something happen?}
"T-Today, I had to babysit Yuni." She started. He sounded confused.
{And?} He prompted her. She swallowed. "With Cloud Person." His tone grew menacing.
{What did he do to you?} He growled. {I swear, if he hurt you, I'd shove his cell phone so deep up his ass that he'd be able to hear his beloved Namimori anthem playing.}
She sweat-dropped. "W-Well, um, Yuni had us kiss her cheeks at the same time, but at the last minute, she dodged, so…" He voice trailed off.
"I-I'm sorry." Her voice cracked, and her eyes welled with tears. "I'm really sorry, I didn't mean to." She gulped in a breath of air to steady her voice. "Hahaha. I'm making excuses for myself. I'm sorry, Mukuro-san." She took a deep breath, preparing for the final blow.
"It's ok if you want to break it off. I don't mind." She said quietly. "I guess my dad was right." She muttered, talking to herself. "I really am a bitch."
{Don't you ever say that.} Mukuro said sharply. {Don't you ever agree with your stinking fucking father. He's a bastard, and he's wrong.}
"H-Huh?" She said, confused. "D-Don't you hate me?" Mukuro laughed softly. {Me? No. It wasn't your fault that Yuni decided to dodge. You didn't know. It wasn't your fault.} He repeated. She smiled.
"Thank you, Mukuro-san. I love you too."
{Kufufu, Good night, my cute Chrome.} She grinned.
"Good night." She hung up, and smiled.
She turned back to the room to check on Yuni. "Yuni?" She whispered softly. "Are you ok?"
Yuni sat up, and smiled as if nothing happened. "I'm ok." She grinned. "Thanks for staying with me."
Chrome frowned, and walked over to her. "Are you sure you're ok?" She asked, uncertain. He touched her arm. Her eye widened. Her sleeve was wet. Yuni moved her arm away, still smiling. "You've been crying." Chrome said firmly. She pulled Yuni over, and hugged her.
"It's ok." She said steadily. "It's not your fault." Yuni sniffed, then buried her head into Chrome's shoulder.
Chrome and Yuni sat there for a while before the doorbell rang. "That's Fran." Chrome said. "I have to go now. Good night, and don't worry about it." Yuni nodded, and Chrome left. Once the door was closed, she got out of her bed, and pulled out a ripped piece of paper.
"Ne, Chrome-san, did you even realize that the person you really love was next to you all along?" She whispered, holding up the piece of paper.
It was the last page of the book.
"-And finally told him that she loved him, but was too stupid to realize it. He accepted, and they lived together happily ever after." Yuni smiled, liking the way it rolled off her tongue.
"Happily ever after."
*K*H*R*
Hibari roared off into the distance, his heart throbbing. He screeched to a stop at his apartment. He flung open his door and stormed in, ignoring Dino's questions. He went straight to his bedroom. Hurts, doesn't it? A voice in the back of his head said.
"Shut UP!" He growled, and punched his pillow. Damn Yuni. Damn Mukuro. Damn Aria. Damn everything.
"Shit." He muttered. It hurt so badly he wanted to cry for the first time in-what was it?- twelve years. He hadn't cried since his father died. To think that he had kissed Chrome, but it was an accident. It meant nothing. But that wasn't the worst part. The worst part was when he thought it was perfect, having his first kiss with her, but she pulled back with a look of horror on her face. Covering her lips with one hand as if her lips were tainted with something foul.
He gritted his teeth. He will forget about this. He will not let this bother him. This was not what a carnivore did.
But it just hurt so much.
*K*H*R*
"Nufufufu." Chuckled a mysterious voice. "I'm back, little brother…" A gloved hand rubbed a chin thoughtfully.
"I wonder… if your heart is still that weak. It would be fun to break it, wouldn't it? Mukuro." A red eye glittered maliciously.
And in the middle of the red eye a clover gleamed.
*K*H*R*
(1) Since I'm writing about Namimori, I tried to think of a proper name for the place where Squalo popped up and attacked Tsuna and his friends in the manga and anime. That place never had a name, so I just made one up. This is completely fictional.
(2) Nebbia is Italian for 'Mist' which I got from a chapter in Reborn where Chrome attacks Tsuna and his friends because she's being controlled.
(3) I don't know how much you're supposed to charge for buying a body, so I just randomly guessed the price.
(4) Ubby-Dubby is a language in which you put a 'UB' in front of every vowel in every syllable. For example, if I said, 'Yamamoto is totally awesome.' It would sound like this: 'Yubamubamubotubo ubis tubotubaluby ubasubome."
My friend speaks fluent Ubby-Dubby, which I think sounds so cool that you can speak like that cuz it sounds like saying "bar bar bar bub bar bub bub bub bub." Most of the time.
For those who still don't get it, this is Chrome's and Fran's dialogue:
Fran: Are you alone?
Chrome: Huh? What do you mean?
Fran: I'm just worried that you'll get attacked again. You seem to be very accident-prone. Are you alone right now?
Chrome: No, Cloud Person is with me.
Fran: Make sure that you come back before ten, got that?
Chrome: I understand. I'll be back before ten. Thanks Fran, bye.
(5) Kumo means 'Cloud' in Japanese.
(5) It's in Latin. It literally means, 'Class of the Special'. Yeah, I take Latin, but I wasn't so sure so I used google translate to help me. Yeah. It was a very reliable source (NOT!)
Finally done! Wow, this one was finished a lot faster too. Anyhoo, I'm writing this part at 11:34 at night. I couldn't sleep, so I decided to finish this. Good thing my roommate didn't wake up and the teacher didn't come to check in on me. Boarding school is so hectic. Anyhooo, please review and keep on reading! Sorry for updating so slowly!
Anybody who gets this question right will get a one-shot dedicated to them with any pairing they like!
Who said this in the anime to Hibari? "Suck it."
Thanks again for reading! XD