Mocking Bird

Summary: AU. Tsuna has his normal 'no-good' life on his hands, and then his day didn't get any better when he came across a hit-and-run incident, leaving a poor raven-haired boy sprawled across the road to die. Not being selfish like most, he took the boy home, but was that a good decision on his half? 1827

Chapter Seven

"What do you mean, he was... running from something?" Tsuna looks confused when Mukuro simply nodded, making himself comfortable on the window ledge. "Hibari-san doesn't run away from anything-"

Suddenly, a raven-haired male ran right into him, knocking him over without thinking to apologize and ran out the other end of the alleyway.

The brunette blinked, before he paled. Hibari had ran away from something before. He saw it with his very eyes. Someone was trying to run him over, and Tsuna just happened to be there to get him to some place safe. Wherever Hibari was now, it wasn't safe, and Tsuna could feel his heart plummet to the ground.

Panicking slightly, since he didn't know what to do, Tsuna then ran out of the dark alleyway, sprinting after the boy before freezing in place, watching the raven go flying across the road, his skin scraping and tearing against the hard concrete. He could hear laughter, and Tsuna was forced to close his eyes and the van accelerated forwards, running over the other boys poor arm and causing a loud snap…

"Hibari-san..."

Running for his dear life, Hibari leapt over a wall, panting lightly as he held his tonfas tightly in his hands and looked around. They didn't appear to be anywhere in sight, but he still had to be careful. Running forwards, he appeared back into a street-lit road, blinding him slightly before he focused. He wasn't out the danger zone yet, and he hadn't been out of it for a few hours at least.

The only thing that comforted him right now was that... since he knew he was getting chased, then he knew Tsuna was okay and well. These people... they'd give up his flame for a sky flame. That's why he hadn't run back there yet. It wasn't safe, it wasn't safe, it wasn-

"Hibari-san, you should be more careful when walking around," the skylark turned his head to the side, no sign or shock showing in his features as the young female known as Chrome Dokuro appeared to walk out of a wall. "They're around the corner. Some male keeps ranting that he can smell your cloud flame and my mist flame."

"Then why are you here? Shouldn't you be trying to hide from someone who is going to potentially hit you with a van?" Hibari let out a sigh. "Look, female herbivore, do what you want, just don't get in my way."

"But there was something I needed to tell you," she said, feigning hurt as she turned her back on him, puffing out her cheeks. "Well, if you're going to act like that, then maybe-"

She paused, as if she was in thought, before sighing.

"Yes Mukuro-nii, I'll tell him," Mukuro? The stupid pineapple head isn't even here! "... Mukuro-nii, you do realize he'll kill you for that, right?" She stopped again, before sighing, snapping her senses back together and then looking back at Hibari. "We better move. They've sensed Sawada-san's presence."

"Tsunayoshi? But he was at home. I made sure I left him doing maths homework. His flame shouldn't have spiked-"

"Hibari-san, his flame has been spiking all night. It's a miracle they never noticed it until now," Chrome sighed, choosing to tie her hair up at that moment. "Don't worry too much though, Mukuro-nii is with him right now, explaining the situation."

"I didn't want Tsunayoshi to be involved with this herbivore," said Hibari through gritted teeth, choosing to hold back his anger and letting out a sigh. "Scratch that, I only want him to be able to live a normal life, unlike mine."

"Face the facts," Chrome turned round, her eyes flashing red. "Sawada-san had Vongola Primo's blood running through his veins. Do you honestly think the Vongola were going to leave him alone? Of course they wouldn't! Even if Sawada-san doesn't want to be boss, they'll make him!"

"Kufufu, now, now Nagi-chan, don't be so cold~" Chrome turned round and then saw Mukuro appear out of no where, holding Tsuna by the collar of his shirt. "Besides, we'll be doing all we can to prevent that, now won't we?"
"Hai~"

Tsuna was let go off after Hibari shot Mukuro a glare, and then, as quick as lightning could flash, Tsuna was hiding behind Hibari, shaking hands clinging to his back and his face pale.

"Remind me never to let Mukuro offer the fast way of getting here," mumbled the brunette, shaking his head. "It was scary..."

Hibari said nothing, his head snapping to the side when he heard shouting, joyful shouting at that. That van that was chasing him- it was here, right now, but there wasn't so much he could do with Tsuna right behind him.

"Lookie here~! I can't believe we've come across a sky, cloud and two mist flames! This must be out lucky day~" Chrome was already standing next to Mukuro, her eyes going a bright red as she tilted her head to the side. "Never mind that, they all have pretty faces~"

"Huo, calm it," another voice said, a door opening and revealing a blonde-haired male, who slammed the door shut and the walked out, white cloak billowing slightly as he looked at his watch. "We'll be taking one of them. Just tell me who has the most well-developed flame- in order."

"Right, right~" A window was rolled down, and another blonde headed male peeped his head out, now known as Huo, and after visibly taking a deep breath in, he smirked. "The one with the most potential... Right now, is the male with the mist flame~"

"Pity, I was hoping it would be Hibari Kyoya, but no matter," the blonde outside the van took a step forward, only to side-step and dodge a tonfa aimed at him. "Now, now, calm down. Your time will come right now. Our boss only desired the strongest flame we could find. Now be quiet, little skylark."

Mere seconds later, Tsuna let out a yelp when Hibari shot through the air, crashing at the other side, even though nothing visibly happened.

"Nagi, stay back~" Mukuro allowed a trident to appear in his hand, while frowning lightly. "He has a lightning flame."

"But Mukuro-nii, he's targeting you-" she was silenced when her twin grabbed her by the waist and pulled her out the way, running quickly before jumping, managing to climb the wall with his speed for a few seconds before flipping over, using his strength while he was in the air to push Chrome upwards, towards a window ledge.

"Don't come down there until it's safe," he called out, landing perfectly on the ground and looking up and around. Hibari was slowly getting to his feet, even though he could see green electricity racking through his frame and then towards Tsuna, who stood still, nibbling his lip nervously. "Tsunayoshi, lesson number two~ Mist users and Lightning users are not an even match. With the lightning, it is possible to cut through illusions, so it's best for me- and for Chrome-chan, to not get into situations like this~"

"Quite intellectual... for a test subject, Rokudo Mukuro," everyone stopped, and Mukuro didn't utter a word or even try to deny it as he stood , around 20 feet away from the blonde-haired enemy, trident in hand. "Don't worry about it. Master will only want your flame. You'll probably have a quick death, and if you're lucky, then perhaps master might turn you into a doll."

"Disgusting~" Mukuro let out a chuckle, watching as Tsuna squeaked and the choose to back away, noticing Hibari was back to his feet and clutching at his side. "The Estraneo haven't changed at all, have they?"

"Not in the slightest," the blonde smirked, before raising his hand. "Anyway, enough of this pleasant chit-chat, I have a tight enough schedule as it is. I believe I was meant to be cloning someone tonight."

Thunder sparked, and then Mukuro moved, flashing forwards and then swinging his trident down, only for it to quickly evaporate when it hit the other males hand. When he tried to flip back, a shock came running up his leg and knocked him down, causing him to hiss.

"Mukuro-san/Mukuro-nii!" two loud calls, but ones he couldn't answer to as he shakily sat up, wincing slightly when static continued to run up his leg.

"They're too noisy," the blonde shook his head, before whipping his hand to the side- yet surprisingly, nothing happened... until the saw Tsuna hit the deck, making a slight screeching noise- and then Chrome fell. "That's much better-"

Chrome was caught by a light brown-haired boy at the last second, whose light blue eyes were sparked with fury and Hibari was already next to Tsuna, kneeling down and checking him over along with a much older male, who had a deep frown over his face as he checked the brunette boy over.

"Basil, bring her over here, I'll deal with him," he said, looking up and then clenching his fists and cracking his knuckles. "Cause anyone who hurts my Tsu-kun will die by my hand."

"Vongola herbivore," hissed Hibari under his breath, but he didn't make a move to attack lemitsu, since he was to busy checking over Tsuna. "Oi, Tsunayoshi, wake up."

But Tsuna wouldn't wake up. He just lay there, limp, and breathed raggedly. He hadn't expected such a shock to come below his feet, and it felt worse than the time he broke his leg from falling over his bike. When you break something, you get that sharp jolt of pain, and then it becomes a sort of numb pain- but this wouldn't go away. It was hurting him, even when he tried to block it out.

"No point in trying right now, Hibari," lemitsu commented, causing onyx-silver eyes to glare at him. "He'll wake up when the static leaves him, and due to the user, that won't be for a while. You can still feel it right now, can't you?"

"It's not that bad herbivore-"

"Your cloud flame is cancelling it out right now since it's strong enough to do that. Tsu-kun's isn't strong enough to do that yet. Just make sure he doesn't get himself hurt further," lemitsu took a few steps forward, his expression unreadable as the other male took a step back, frowning.

"Huo, we're retreating," muttered the flood, jumping up and landing on the top of the van. "I didn't not expect CEDEF leader to come. This trip was not a waste, at least I know that Sawada Tsunayoshi has a direct blood link to the Vongola."

Mukuro blinked when he felt someone pick him up, only looking to the side when he saw lemitsu standing there, not making a move to attack the enemy but chose to help him instead. What the hell? Didn't he want revenge on these people for hurting his son?

"Tsu-kun wouldn't be very happy with me if I chose to fight instead of making sure his friends were okay," muttered lemitsu, turning and then walking towards the group that had formed further back. "And if I had to say anything, it looks like you took the worst damage out of them all. From what I can see, you can't feel your left side at all, can you?"

Mukuro remained quiet, choosing to try and move his left leg just to prove lemitsu wrong, but only winced. Damn people who were smart enough body movements, damn them all-

"Is Mukuro-nii okay?" turning his head to the side, Mukuro allowed his expression to soften when he saw his sister sitting up, a worried expression on her face. Basil was trying to tend to her, but she refused to lie down. Hibari was still by Tsuna, holding him gingerly in his arms. "Mukuro-nii? Hello? "
"I'm fine, Chrome-"

"Hiiiee! I'm sorry Hibari-san! I'll do it when I get back home!" Everyone's attention was brought to Tsuna, who was looking up at Hibari with wide eyes. "I p-promise to do it... Y-Yah... I will... a-ano-"

Mukuro let out a chuckle, Chrome let out a giggle, Hibari just smirked lightly and lemitsu scratched the back of his head, looking at his partner for some reasoning for his sons sudden actions. Unfortunately, he got no answer back, since Basil chose to laugh himself.

"W-What's so funny?"

"Nothing Tsunayoshi, nothing..."

A/N: This is the last update for now, Shanny's going on holiday, 'kay? She needs to pack, and kill some things (joke) and... well, who knows what Shanny does in her free time? *wink wink*

Well, hope you enjoyed the update~~
Shanny~