Marisay-chan: *Brushing ice off shoulder* …Marisay-chan…is back…to write…Haa…Primo, is that really necessary? You made me unable to update, you know?

Giotto: …

Nevermind, I am finally back anyways, haaa, with Chinese new year around the corner, things are really busy now, and I also made it in time for the 1827 month (From Jan 8th to Feb 7th) since the Cloud guardians will be involved! Anyways…

To 'Yorutsuki-Lunia': Ahaha, thank you, but sorry to disappoint, it's not the Mists turn yet. An 'advance' scene? *Blinks* Er…why don't you read this chapter and tell me your opinion again? (Not sure if it is advance…)

To PrideViola: Haha I'm glad! And although it is a bit late, HAPPY NEW YEAR to you too! Or, in my case, HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR! (It's on Feb 10th!)

To Millenia360 Alz: Thank you! ^.^ And that is an interesting question, I have not really thought about it, but if you wish, I suppose the respective 1st generation to 10th generation? With the exception of the Lightning, Sun and Mist guardians, as the lightning guardians are still young, can't imagine the Suns together, and the Mists just simply hate each other, Clouds are a bit questionable though...I still need to think about it since I am only focused on Giotto and Tsunayoshi *Grins awkwardly*

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters, only the story! ^_^

In italics are thoughts

In bold are flashbacks

~Story Starts~


~At two different places ~

How did it end up like this?

Giotto and Tsunayoshi could not help but thought of that as they walk down the hallways at different places.

Tsunayoshi glanced nervously to his right.

Giotto looked to his left.

Their Cloud guardians are with them. However, there is just one thing.

Alaude shifted his gaze to his left.

Kyoya narrowed his eyes to his right.

Tsunayoshi flinched, while Giotto smiled awkwardly.

How did I end up with the wrong Cloud guardian?


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~Hours ago, a Vongola family meeting~

"An intruder?" Giotto frowned.

"At the south wing." Alaude reported.

G raised an eyebrow at Alaude. "Didn't you set up traps to prevent this sort of thing?"

"Ho? Looks like someone failed in trying to secure the place." Daemon casually raised his scepter to block the handcuff that came flying his way.

"Alaude?" Giotto was curious.

Alaude simply passed him a blueprint.

Giotto blinked and took it, eyes scanning the blueprint. With each scan, Giotto turned paler and paler.

"Alaude! How did you manage to install all these traps at the south wing!"

G leaned towards Giotto. He whistled when he saw the content of the blueprint. "Whoever is in there won't survive for long. Wonder what size they are?"

"…Why do you want to know that?" Giotto looked warily at G.

"For their coffin of course."

THUMP

"We need to find that person now!" Giotto stood up from his chair, ignoring G who was clutching on his head, which had a big bump on it. "We also need to inform Tsunayoshi and his guardians as well."

A hand slowly rose up.

"Lampo?" Giotto blinked at the unusual action.

Lampo leaned on the back of his chair, waving his hand lazily. "The great me have something to say."

"What is it?"

"…They are at the Planetarium room now."

"They? You mean Tsunayoshi and his guardians?" Giotto tilted his head. "What of it- wait. Planetarium room?"

Knuckle laughed nervously. "Correct me if I am wrong, but…" A huge sweatdrop formed on Knuckle's head. "…Isn't the Planetarium room at the south wing?"

Silence filled the room.

"That is correct, Knuckle!" Asari nodded, smiling happily.

"Don't say that while smiling so happily!" G threw the blueprint at Asari, who dodged it while laughing.

Giotto groaned. "We better hurry there then, before-"

BOOOOM

The place they were at shook a little. A few decorations fell out of place at the miniature earthquake.

"…I suppose it is safe to say that we are a little late?" Daemon commented once everything had calmed down.

Giotto hit his forehead in slight frustration, going out of the room in a hurry.

His guardians looked at each other, before following their Sky out of the room.

"It is just me, or is Giotto a bit more frantic than usual?" Daemon asked amusingly.

G rolled his eyes, rubbing the bump on his head.


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~Outside the Planetarium room~

"That was really amazing!" Takeshi placed his hands at the back of his head. "I didn't know that stars could form shapes!"

"Those are constellations, you idiot! Don't you even know these things?" Hayato scoffed.

"Um…" Tsunayoshi hung his head. "I don't know about that either, Gokudera-kun…"

"Uh!" Hayato immediately waved his hands around. "I-I was just trying to show off! You need not bother yourself with such trivial things, Juudaime!"

Tsunayoshi sighed. "But still, it was really amazing! I especially like the cloud-like things. I wonder what are those?"

Hayato perked up. "You must mean the nebulas!" Suddenly, Hayato put on glasses and tied his hair back into a small ponytail. He tapped the teaching stick, which was produced out of nowhere, on his hand. "Nebulas are interstellar clouds of dust, hydrogen, helium and other ionized gases. Originally, it was a name for…"

The sweatdrops at the back of Tsunayoshi's head grew as Hayato continued to speak.

I totally have no idea what he is saying!

Takeshi merely laughed. "Too bad that Hibari, Mukuro and Chrome didn't join us."

Lambo scratched his cheek, yawning boringly. He then noticed that Ryohei was at a corner fiddling with something.

"Ryohei-nii?"

"Hmmm?" Ryohei turned around to face Lambo, blinking confusingly.

Lambo blinked. "Ryohei-nii…what are those?"

In Ryohei's hands were thin strings of wires, almost invisible.

"Oh, this?" Ryohei gestured at the strings. "I have no idea. I just saw this at the ceiling and decided to pull it off." He twirled it around. "I thought it was a spider web at first."

Lambo blinked again, following the wires to the end. He then noticed something bulging out from the ceiling where Ryohei had decided to pull on the wires.

"There seems to be something there." Lambo pointed at the ceiling.

"Hm? You are right!" Ryohei then gave an experimental pull at the wires. The bulge on the ceiling moved according to the pull. Ryohei pursed his lips, tightening his grip on the wire and-

"Haaaaaaaaaah!"

That portion of the ceiling fell off at the powerful pull Ryohei gave.

"Hiiiieee! Onii-san! Lambo! Are you all right?" Tsunayoshi and the others were shocked when they heard a crash, finding Ryohei and Lambo in a cloud of dust.

"Ya…" Lambo coughed, waving his hands around to clear the dust.

"I am all right to the EXTREME!" Ryohei emerged from the dust, grinning proudly.

"Stupid lawn head! What did you do?" Hayato was annoyed that his explanation was interrupted.

"What is that on your hand, Senpai?" Takeshi asked.

"Eh?" Tsunayoshi focused his eyes on Ryohei's hand, where a remote rest innocently.

I got a bad feeling.

"It is a remote to the EXTREME!" Ryohei raised the remote up.

"We know that, lawn head! Why do you have it?" Hayato frowned at the remote, his senses tingling.

"It was at the ceiling." Ryohei examined the remote. "Hm? There is something written here: 'Do not push'. " Ryohei squirted his eyes at the button of the remote.

Hayato frowned, as Ryohei was about to push the button.

…'Do not push'? That sounds really familiar…

"Oh! There was a button that says 'Do not push', and so I pushed it!" Ryohei told them.

"Button?" G frowned, before his eyes widened. "Don't tell me-!"

"Yes." Knuckle said with a shaky grin. "One of the trap set up by Alaude. I already warned Ryohei that something bad might happen."

Hayato widened his eyes in horror. "Wait! Lawn hea-"

Click

The wires that Ryohei had left on the ground started glowing.

"DUCK!" Hayato yelled out, pushing Tsunayoshi to the ground, covering his body on top of his.

BOOOOM

The wires exploded, raining rubbles upon the guardians and dust to fill the place. In the middle of the hallway, was a huge hole caused by the explosion.

"Ju-Juudaime! Are you all right?" Hayato quickly got up once everything turned calm, lending a hand to Tsunayoshi.

"U-Un…T-Thank you, Gokudera-kun." Tsunayoshi pulled himself up with Hayato's help. "…Ah! Yamamoto! Onii-san! Lambo!"

"Over here!" A hand stuck out in between two big rubbles.

"Hiiiieeee! Yamamoto!" Tsunayoshi rushed up to the rubbles, trying to find ways to remove it.

"Ahaha! Don't worry, Tsuna, I am fine. Could you step back?"

"E-Eh? Un…" Tsunayoshi hesitantly did as he was told, looking worried.

Whooosh

Whooooosh

Tsunayoshi heard two slashes, before the rubbles fell apart into pieces, revealing Takeshi kneeling with a sword in his hand.

"Yo!" Takeshi grinned.

"Yamamoto…" Tsunayoshi smiled in relief. "…Ah! Onii-san! Lambo!"

"EXTREME!" Two fists punched their way out from below, removing the obstacles around it.

"Onii-san! And Lambo!" Tsunayoshi noticed Lambo lying on the ground below Ryohei. "I-I'm glad…!"

"I-It hurts! Wahhhhhhh!" Lambo started crying, running into Tsunayoshi's arms.

"That was one big explosion to the EXTREME!" Ryohei nodded.

"You stupid lawn head! Have you forgotten the last time you had pressed the button?!" Hayato shouted.

"Hm?" Ryohei blinked, adopting a thinking pose. "Hmmm…Ah!" Ryohei pumped his fist to the air. "I have forgotten to the EXTREME!"

"You-!" Hayato jumped over the hole, about to land a punch on Ryohei, only to be held back by Takeshi. "Let go of me, idiot!"

"Maa, maa! Calm down, Gokudera!"

Tsunayoshi sighed, patting Lambo on the head to calm him down.

"…Making so much noise…All of you need to be disciplined."

"Eh?" Tsunayoshi turned around. "H-Hibari-san!"

W-Where did he come from?

Kyoya flashed out a tonfa, getting ready to attack.

"Tsunayoshi!" A voice coming from behind Kyoya stopped him.

"Giotto-san!" Tsunayoshi was surprised to see the whole of the Vongola family behind Kyoya.

Giotto made his way to Tsunayoshi. "Haa…you are all right…I'm glad." He placed a hand against Tsunayoshi's cheek in relief.

"U-Un…" Tsunayoshi turned pink at the contact.

"Hoo…It's because of his fiancé." Daemon grinned. "I wonder if we should feel sad? It seems that we, his guardians, are being placed second."

G snorted, while Asari laughed.

"It can't be helped." Knuckle smiled.

Giotto quickly dropped his hand, looking at them with his face burning with embarrassment. "A-All of you…"

"Ah~ah. I shall take Lambo from your hands then, Sawada." Lampo gently removed Tsunayoshi's hands away from Lambo and took Lambo into his own arms.

"E-Eh? Why are you- Whoa!" Tsunayoshi was cut off when Lampo suddenly pushed him towards Giotto, who instantly wrapped his arms around Tsunayoshi to prevent him from falling over.

"Oof! Ah…T-Thank you, Giotto-sa-" Tsunayoshi looked up, only to find Giotto's face really close to his.

Tsunayoshi realized that they are practically hugging each other. So close that, he could almost feel-

Ba-thump, ba-thump.

He widened his eyes.

I-I could feel his heartbeat…

Tsunayoshi stared into the light-orange orbs, taking note of the stunned look Giotto had on his face.

Giotto, on the other hand, was marveling at how Tsunayoshi seems to fit into him. With his hands around Tsunayoshi's waist, Giotto could actually feel how soft Tsunayoshi was. His lower back tingle pleasantly from Tsunayoshi's touch, where his hands were to stable himself.

For a moment, the both of them stared at each other, only focusing on each other. Until it was broken by-

"Get your hands off Juudaime!"

Giotto and Tsunayoshi jerked in shock, each taking a step back. They turned to Hayato, who was fuming, veins popping all over his face.

"What are you doing, feeling Juudaime up?!" Hayato growled at Giotto, who panicked.

"I-I wasn't!" Giotto waved his hands frantically. "I-I was just…"

Giotto glanced at Tsunayoshi, who had a faint blush on his cheeks.

Upon meeting his eyes, Tsunayoshi immediately flushed up, lowering his head shyly.

Words were stuck when Giotto saw the incredibly cute gesture and look. Giotto cleared his throat, looking away awkwardly.

"…I can't watch this any longer…" Lampo shook his head, letting go of Lambo, who had recovered. "Why don't the two of you just kiss already?"

"L-Lampo!" Giotto yelled out in mortification, while Tsunayoshi's face turned even redder.

"Grrr!" Hayato snapped his head to Lampo. "Don't give weird suggestions!"

"It's not a weird suggestion, Gokudera-shi." Lambo rubbed his eyes. "We are just helping along."

"Helpin-!" Hayato narrowed his eyes. "…Which reminds me, you two are the ones who tied them to a chair a few days back, aren't you?"

Lampo and Lambo looked at each other before shrugging.

"Tsuna-nii does not seem to mind."

"And Giotto enjoyed it. We saw it."

Tsunayoshi let out a small squeak at the reminder. Giotto could only look down at the floor, face burning red.

"You-!" Hayato trashed around Takeshi's arms. "I am going to get the both of you!"

Paying no heed to their bickering, Alaude walked forward to examine the damage.

Kneeling down, he looked down at the very deep hole, which separated Ryohei, Takeshi and Hayato from the others. Although it was very dark, Alaude did not miss a silhouette within it.

Narrowing his eyes, Alaude stood up, ready to hunt down the intruder, when he heard an almost inaudible crack.

"I will bite all of you to death for crowding." Tonfas were pointed towards Tsunayoshi's direction.

"H-Hieee!…Please calm down, Hibari-" Tsunayoshi took a step backwards.

CRACK

"Eh?" Everyone turned towards the sound.

Cracks started appearing at the edge of the hole, heading straight for Giotto and Tsunayoshi.

Hayato took a sharp breath, eyes wide. "Juudaime!"

"Giotto!" G reacted the same way.

The cracks went past the platform beneath Giotto and Tsunayoshi at a tremendous speed. Before any of them could react, the ground crumbled, sending both of the Skys down.

"Waahhhhhh!"

Crash

"Juudaime!" Hayato moved out of Takeshi's arms.

"Don't move!"

Hayato paused at the shout, looking at G with an angry expression.

"Don't move, you brat! What if the floor starts to crack again?" G growled, eyeing the floor cautiously, while looking at the second hole anxiously.

"Lampo, Lambo, don't make any sudden movement, all right?" Knuckle warned them worriedly, seeing as the second hole happened quite close to them.

The Lightning guardians nodded with tears in their eyes, hugging each other tightly.

"Che…!" Hayato gritted his teeth.

"Tsuna! Are you all right?" Takeshi yelled out, hoping to get some response.

"Please say something, Giotto!" Asari did the same, his eyebrows furrowed with worry.


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"…Urgh…" Giotto shook his head. Sitting up, he turned to his side. "Thanks Alaude. If you have not grabbed me, I would have been really hurt."

Alaude stood up, brushing dust away from his clothes. "Can you stand?"

"Give me a moment…" Giotto tested his legs, slowly standing up. Alaude supported him when his legs wobbled slightly. "…Sorry, Alaude. From the shock, I think."

Alaude gave a small sigh, looking around the place.

"…urt!"

Giotto and Alaude blinked, hearing that.


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Tsunayoshi's mouth trembled. "I-I…I am so sorry, Hibari-san!" He screwed his eyes shut, feeling guilty.

He was kneeling beside Kyoya, who seemed to have injured his right leg.

Kyoya twitched when he heard a sniff. He exhaled warily, getting a little irritated.

"…Ah, Tsunayoshi and the Cloud guardian!"

Kyoya raised his head,as Giotto and Alaude made their way towards them.

"Are the both of you all- Tsunayoshi?" Giotto widened his eyes when he saw tears in those brown eyes. "What's wrong? Are you hurt?"

Tsunayoshi merely shook his head, sniffing slightly.

Kyoya twitched again. Glaring, he told Tsunayoshi. "Herbivore, stop crying. It is just a scratch."

"B-But…"

Giotto kneeled down beside Tsunayoshi, looking at Kyoya, while Alaude went to check on his injured leg. "What happened?"

"Hn."

"H-Hibari-san…used himself as my cushion…because of that…he was hurt…I'm sorry…" Tsunayoshi sniffed.

The corner of Kyoya's lips turned downwards.

"…It's a minor injury. Although it would be best not to strain it." Alaude told them.

"That's good news…" Giotto turned to Tsunayoshi, reaching a hand up. "You don't have to-Eh?"

His hand was blocked by Kyoya's.

Giotto looked confusingly at Kyoya, who was staring at Tsunayoshi.

Turning, Giotto was shocked to see Tsunayoshi trembling, his eyes shut tightly, as if bracing himself for something.

He…thought that…I was going to hit him?

"Herbivore."

Tsunayoshi flinched, and started stuttering out something.

Although it was not very clear, Giotto and Alaude managed to catch some words like: 'Sorry' and 'Please'

"Herbivore. Herbivore." Kyoya's eyebrow twitched when Tsunayoshi ignored him and continued to mumble.

Tsunayoshi then said something that surprised the Vongolas.

Reaching out a hand, Tsunayoshi clasped it on Kyoya's jacket and said with a trembling voice.

"…Please…don't leave me…I beg you…"

Eyes widened at that plead.

Kyoya tsked, and immediately grabbed Tsunayoshi's chin, bringing him closer while ignoring the flinch that was produced.

"…" Kyoya narrowed his eyes at the other two, before looking down at the shivering boy. "…Snap out of it…Tsunayoshi."

The trembling stopped, as teary brown eyes met grey ones in shock.

"…Get it into your herbivorous mind that we will not leave you." Kyoya stared straight into Tsunayoshi's eyes. "I will bite anyone, who tries to separate us from you, to death."

Brown eyes widened, before relief seeped into those tear-filled eyes. "Hibari-san…"

"Did you get that, Tsunayoshi?"

Tsunayoshi wiped away the remains of his tears, giving a small smile to the Cloud guardian.

"Un…Thank you, Hibari-san."

"Hn." Kyoya removed his hand, and reached into his jacket's sleeve.

"Eh?"

THUMP

"Tsunayoshi!" Giotto caught Tsunayoshi when Kyoya suddenly took out a tonfa and hit Tsunayoshi backwards.

"T-That hurts, Hibari-san!" Tsunayoshi looked indignantly at Kyoya while rubbing the bump on his head. "W-Why did you do that?!"

Kyoya simply placed his tonfa back to where it belongs, and turned his head away.

Tsunayoshi bit his lip, looking cutely frustrated at Kyoya, who continued to ignore him.

Giotto could not resist a chuckle at the sight, bringing the attention of the Sawada members.

"G-Giotto-san?"

"Ahaha! Sorry, I didn't mean to laugh at you, Tsunayoshi. It's just that…" Giotto glanced at Alaude, who was silent. "…This feels strangely familiar, doesn't it, Alaude?"

Alaude closed his eyes and stood up, looking up at the hole where faint voices of their Rain guardians could be heard.

"Tsuna!"

"Giotto!"

"Ah…We are all right!" Giotto shouted out to them. "Thanks to Alaude and Tsunayoshi's Cloud guardian!"

"Ho? I was wondering where they had went…"

"That was a good job to the EXTREME, Hibari!"

"Tch…Anyways…Oi, Alaude!" G's voice came. "How do we get down there? You changed the layout of the place, didn't you?"

"…Head to the main hall of the south wing, open the clam and pressed the button, that will lead you to basement here." Alaude instructed.

"Hm. We will come down soon. In the main time, Alaude, Giotto's safety in your hands. Same to you as well, Tsunayoshi's Cloud guardian."

"I don't take orders." Kyoya stood up as some movements could be heard above.

"Unfortunately, you will need to listen for now…you guys are in danger."

"Eh?" Tsunayoshi blinked in surprise. "In danger?"

"Ah…" Giotto frowned, while Alaude looked towards a certain direction. "It seems there is an intruder here…"

"EHHHHHHH?!" Shouts came from Tsunayoshi and some of his guardians.

~With the other guardians~

"How did this happen?!" Hayato screamed out as he, Takeshi and Ryohei carefully crossed the second hole.

"Don't ask me!" G snapped back, helping Knuckle and Asari to bring Lampo and Lambo away from the hole.

"Nufufu, as entertaining your arguments are, need I remind you that time is ticking?" Daemon turned around, already walking away.

"Though, I don't think we need to worry about out Skys getting hurt, since our Cloud guardians are with them." Knuckle comforted the Lightning guardians once they are safe.

"Nufufu, whoever said that I was worried about them?"

"What?" Hayato scowled. "Don't tell me you are actually worried about the intruder instead?"

"Why, yes."

"Why to the extreme?" Ryohei was confused.

"Not for their safety, but for the damages they will cause." Daemon glanced back at them. "It's full of traps down there, am I wrong? I wonder how Timoteo will feel once he comes back."

The faces of the guardians suddenly turned pale.

"…Tch! We better hurry!" G brisk walked to the main hall that Alaude had mentioned, the others following him.

Hayato clenched his hands. "…Che! Hibari! You better take care of Juudaime!" He then rushed off to catch up with the others.


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~With the Skys and Clouds~

"I will bite that dog to death later." Kyoya glared up at the hole.

"Dog…?" Tsunayoshi sweatdropped.

"There's that…" Giotto turned to Alaude. "We should probably move as well. Which way should we go, Alaude?"

Alaude silently walked towards the direction he had been staring.


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~With the other guardians, South wing's main hall~

"Where is this clam he spoke of?" G searched along the walls. The other guardians were doing the same.

"I didn't know that there are clams here." Asari tilted his head, poking one of the statues.

"Ahaha! Maybe it is a real clam? Then we should call for it! Hey clam~! Where are you?" Takeshi happily called out.

"Oh! Come out to the EXTREME, clam!" Ryohei apparently agreed with Takeshi.

Hayato's eyebrows twitched at how foolish the both of them looked, while Daemon, Knuckle and Lampo sweatdropped.

"Yare, yare. Vongola, vongola, where are you?" Lambo lazily called out.

"Aah?" G turned to Lambo. "Why are you calling me?"

"Huh?" Lambo blinked. "I was calling for vongola, not you."

"You just called me again." G argued.

Hayato, who was listening to the conversation, was in deep thoughts. Realization then dawn on him.

"That's right!"

It caught the attention of the others.

"What?" G asked.

"Stupid cow was actually really calling for clam. If I am not wrong, Vongola means clam, right?"

Asari hit his palm with his fist. "Oh! That's right."

"I see. Knowing Alaude, the only thing here that is related directly to the Vongola and could be opened is…" Daemon walked to a corner, where a pair of gloves rests on a display stand.

Placing a hand on it, Daemon pressed on the circular large Vongola crest on the back of the right glove, which then popped opened, revealing a button inside.

"That Alaude…" A vein popped on G's head. "He could have just said that it was a glove instead of clam!"

"Anyways, let us get going." With that, Daemon pushed the button.

The place shook as a hole started opening in the middle of the room, showing a staircase.

"Cool!" Takeshi looked down at the hole.

"…How the heck did he install this in here?" Hayato asked to no one particular.

Shrugging from the Vongola family was the answer he received.


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Footsteps echoed the place.

"…It's getting darker…" Giotto commented, looking back at the weak light source the hole was giving. "Is there no lights here, Alaude?"

"…"

Giotto pursed his lips. "…Then I hope you don't mind if we hold on to each other?"

"Eh?" Tsunayoshi was surprised when Giotto suddenly grabbed his hand. "G-Giotto-san?"

"So that we don't get separated." Giotto explained with a smile. "Alaude?"

"…Do as you wish."

Giotto beamed and held onto the trench coat that Alaude was wearing with his other hand.

"T-Then, Hibari-san…" Tsunayoshi looked at Kyoya hesitantly.

Kyoya stared back.

Tsunayoshi slumped in disappointment, only to jump in shock when he felt something brushing against his free hand.

Looking down, he saw Kyoya's jacket's sleeve was the one brushing against his hand. Surprised, he glanced at Kyoya, who had his eyes closed.

Giving a warm smile, Tsunayoshi gently grip on the sleeve.

Giotto smiled at how they interacted with each other. "So, where are we going now, Alaude?"

"…Finding light."


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Veins popped all over a certain Storm guardian.

"Damn that Alaude…How exactly are we suppose to proceed when we have no password?!"

The guardians were currently standing in front of password-protected sliding door after climbing down the stairs.

A speaker beside the door spoke out the moment they stood in front of it.

"Password please."

"Maybe we should just guess it?" Asari scratched his head. "Um…open?"

Silence filled the room as they waited to see if there were any changes.

"You think he will just put this kind of password?" G gave a deadpanned look when nothing happened.

"Haha! Let's just try guessing then! Clams!" Takeshi grinned.

Silence.

Takeshi shrugged. "It was worth a try."

"Vongola." Lampo went next.

Silence.

"Fighting?" Knuckle guessed.

Silence.

"Well, Alaude likes to fight a lot." Knuckle explained when he received weird expressions.

"Che…Cloud guardian!" Impatient coated Hayato's words.

Silence.

"Boxing to the EXTREME!"

Silence.

"Why the hell would he put boxing as his password, stupid lawn head!" Hayato yelled at Ryohei.

"Boxing is good!"

"Handcuffs." G ignored the quarrels going on at the background.

Silence.

"Oh I know! Arrest!" Asari perked up.

Silence.

"Eh? I would have thought for sure that was his password." Asari laughed.

G sighed.

Daemon thought about it for a while. "…CEDEF."

"Eh?" Question marks appeared all over the Sawada family.

"It's a secret intelligence organization that Alaude leads." Knuckle told them.

Silence.

"This is getting nowhere! We should just destroy the door!" Hayato growled out.

"I doubt you could do that." Asari tapped on the sliding door. "Alaude built this after all."

"Open Sesame."

Everyone turned to Lambo, who had his hands up.

Hayato glowered. "That's no way that could be the pass-"

Pshhhhhh

"Eh?" Jaws dropped when the doors started to slide apart, mist coming out from it.

"I never knew that Alaude would put this kind of password." Asari blinked.

"Hm." Daemon stared at the opening doors, which was covered by the mist.

"Whatever, We should just be glad that it opened. Come on." G started running into the mist.

Hayato ran after him. "On it!"

"…I don't think it is that simple…" Daemon called out.

BANG

"…Since this is Alaude we are speaking about…" Daemon finished the rest of his statement with a bead of sweat rolling down his cheek.

"Ten tries had been attempted, engaging in security lockup."

The mist slowly faded away. Everyone sweatdropped at seeing the two Storm guardians, whom had their faces implanted onto a steel wall.

"…" G's body trembled as he slowly moved away from the wall, a hand holding onto his face. Hayato mirrored his movement.

"A-Are the both of you all right?" Knuckle asked cautiously.

"…" G reached into his clothes, taking out his revolver. "…Brat. We are taking this wall down." He cocked it.

Dynamites appeared in between Hayato's fingers. "I don't need you to tell me that."

"…Are they actually cr-" Lambo quickly cut off the rest of his words and cowered behind Lampo, eyeing fearfully at the weapons pointed at him.

"…Did you say something?" Both G and Hayato had their eyes shadowed.

Lampo raised his hands in reflex. "W-Wait! W-What he means is that…that you have…liquid…in your eyes? N-Not tears of course!"

..

.

"…Let's just let them handle this, shall we?" Asari patted the teary-eyed Lightning guardians.

"Ahaha…They are really in pain, aren't they?" Takeshi smiled awkwardly, looking at the Storm guardians trying to destroy the wall.

"Hm. That should be the way man handle their pain." Ryohei nodded his head.

Knuckle sighed. "I wished that Alaude would have just given us the password. He could have just changed it again if he did not want us to know the password."

"…Or, he must have forgotten to tell us about it." Daemon tilted his head.

The Vongola family stared at each other.

"Nah. There's no way he could have forgotten."


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Ice blue eyes blinked, shifting to the side in thought.

"Hm? Is something the matter, Alaude? You are tensing up." Giotto moved the torch on his hand.

"…Hn."

"U-Um…A-Alaude-san, when will we reach the exit?" Tsunayoshi stuttered out.

"Soon."

"A-Ah…" Tsunayoshi sweatdropped.

That's what you said about ten minutes ago!

"Hm?" Giotto looked ahead of them. "Ah..."

The hallway they were walking on had split into two. However, Alaude did not even pause, continuing walking to the left hallway, using the torch on his hand as a guide.

As they followed Alaude, Tsunayoshi could not help but looked into the right hallway, causing him to lag behind.

"Tsunayoshi?" Giotto noticed that the brunette boy was falling behind.

Tsunayoshi swiveled his head. "Ah, sor-Ack!"

Somehow, Tsunayoshi managed to trip over his own feet. To balance himself, his hand shot out and held onto the wall that split the corridor.

"Careful!" Giotto went to his side to hold him.

"!" Alaude's eyes widened slightly when he saw what Tsunayoshi was pressing.

CLICK

"Eh?" Giotto and Tsunayoshi stared at the wall.

The place started shaking, the walls shifting, and dust filling up the place.

The Cloud guardians narrowed their eyes, reaching forward to grab their Sky.

When the dust finally settled down, and instead of one hallway split into two, it had now became two separate hallways.

Kyoya brushed the dust off his shoulder, before pulling up his Sky, whom he had pulled towards him during the shifting.

"Herbivore, yo-"

"Urgh…Is it just me or are we continuously filled with dust today?"

Kyoya blinked, staring at the person.

A hand reached up to brush the dust off the hair, revealing blond hair instead of brown hair.

Giotto looked at Kyoya. "Eh?"


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~At the right hallway~

"Ah…" Tsunayoshi swallowed, staring at the hand attached to his arm. "Um…"

Blue eyes blinked with a hint of confusion, before the hand was quickly released.

Alaude and Tsunayoshi stared at each other.

W-Why is Alaude-san here with me?

Brown eyes swirled round and round in confusion.

"Alaude! Tsunayoshi!"

The both of them snapped their heads to the wall. Tsunayoshi went up to it.

"Giotto-san? Hibari-san?"

"Thank goodness…It seems our Cloud guardians had grabbed the wrong Sky." An awkward chuckle could be heard from the other side.

"Giotto." Alaude stepped forward. "Just continued to walk, there will be another split ahead since the walls had moved."

~With Giotto and Kyoya~

"Got it." Giotto turned to Kyoya. "…Guess you are stuck with me for a while…At least we were split correctly, since only Alaude and I had a torch…"

Kyoya gave him a short glance, before staring back at the wall. "…"

Giotto stared for a while. "…Tsunayoshi will be fine."

Kyoya turned his head towards him.

A smile appeared on Giotto's face. "Alaude is with him, right, Alaude?" Giotto directed the question to the other side.

"Hn."

"Ah. I will be fine, Hibari-san. Please watch over Giotto-san in the meantime."

"…I bite you to death once this is over, herbivore."

"Ehhhh! W-Why?!"

"Hn." Kyoya walked off.

"Hibari-san?!"

Giotto laughed quietly. "Well, we will see the both of you later." He then followed Kyoya, still laughing.

So similar.


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~With Tsunayoshi and Alaude, present~

Fingers playing with the hem of his shirt, Tsunayoshi bit his lips, trying to think of something to say. However…

I can't think of anything!

A dense aura surrounded the brunette boy.

Out of all of Giotto-san's guardians, the only ones I am not close with are Alaude-san and Daemon-san…Alaude-san tends to disappear before I could talk to him…while Daemon-san just creeps me out…

He cried inwardly at the thought of Daemon. Tsunayoshi glanced at Alaude's back.

From what I heard from G-san, Alaude-san is a lot like Hibari-san. Both of them are good at fighting, both of them like to fight, both of them always look for strong opponents to fight with…both of them…tend to be rather bloodthirsty…while fighting… It's all about fighting!

The sweatdrop on Tsunayoshi's head grew as he thought of each similarity.

But…from Asari-san and Knuckle-san, Alaude-san can be really kind as well. Hibari-san is kind too…in a violent way…Now that I think about it, both Alaude-san's and Hibari-san's name means skylark.

Apparently he was laughing a bit loud, since Alaude turned around to look at him.

Tsunayoshi froze up in shock. "U-U-Um…"

Silence dawned upon them.

Alaude exhaled through his nose softly. "You are a confusing person, Sawada Tsunayoshi."

Stumped by such a statement, all Tsunayoshi could say was, "Huh?"

Alaude merely turned back around. "Keep up."

"Y-Yes!" Tsunayoshi quickly caught up beside the Cloud guardian. Looking hesitantly, Tsunayoshi asked a question,

"…Does Alaude-san have a last name? Or was it first name?"

Alaude blinked, eyes moving towards the Sky beside him.

"I-I mean, I never knew anything about Alaude-san, well, except you are a lot like Hibari-san…a-and I never get to speak to you, and I wanted to know more about Alaude-san, and I was just curious…b-but, you don't have to answer me if you don't want to answer!" Brown eyes widened fearfully, accompanied with a scared smile.

"…" Alaude stayed silent for a while. "…You…are really a confusing person."

Tsunayoshi could only tilted his head in bewilderment.

"I never had a last name."

The sudden reply stunned Tsunayoshi, but before he could ask anything else, Alaude continued. "I am an orphan."

"Oh…" Tsunayoshi wanted to hit himself for such a response.

What kind of response was 'Oh' anyways!

Alaude observed the little Sky panicking internally, the corner of his mouth lifted up just a tiny bit.

"But…Alaude-san sure is strong."

"?"

Alaude found himself a target of a very sincere smile.

"Despite that, Alaude-san still managed to come out so strong…I can tell," Tsunayoshi grinned. "That Alaude-san is a really benevolent person inside. I…"

In Alaude's eyes, Tsunayoshi's figure was slowly blurring into someone else's, speaking similar words.

"…I don't need anyone else to tell me otherwise. Over here," A hand was placed on the heart. "Already tells me what I need to know…Ah! I know, you don't have a name, right? Then from now on, your name will be Alaude!" A bright smile was directed at him.

"Alaude-san?"

"…Confusing person."

Eh? That again?

Tsunayoshi gave a smile, scratching his cheek. "May I ask what do you mean by that, Alaude-san?"

Fading footsteps replied to Tsunayoshi, causing a small pout to appear on the Sky's face.


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~With Giotto and Kyoya~

"...Do you need to take a rest?" Giotto asked in concern.

"What are you talking about?" Kyoya continued walking.

"Ah…I was just asking…" Giotto eyed his injured leg. For some reason, something was telling him that Kyoya was in slight pain.

Giotto, being Giotto, do not like that very much, and was trying to find some excuse to get Kyoya to rest.

However, I don't think it could be done easily…unless…

"Urgh!" Giotto winced, holding his right leg, which was trembling badly.

Kyoya stopped in his tracks when Giotto suddenly stopped in front of him, clutching on his leg. "Herbivore?"

"M-My leg…" Giotto gritted his teeth. "J-Just give me a moment…must be from the fall earlier…"

Kyoya narrowed his eyes, growling out softly when Tsunayoshi's words rang in his mind.

"…Please watch over Giotto-san in the meantime."

Kyoya paused for a while, before walking nearer to Giotto, trying to see the damage. In doing so, he failed to notice the grin forming on Giotto's face. In a blink of an eye, Kyoya found himself seated on the ground, with a smiling Giotto beside him.

"…Herbivore," Killer intent was leaking out from Kyoya's body, hands reaching into his jacket's sleeves. "I will bite you to-" Only to feel nothing but cloth in his hands.

Kyoya widened his eyes when he could not feel his tonfas. Looking at Giotto, he saw that the said weapon was on the Sky's hands.

"Now, now. Tsunayoshi warned me about your habit of biting people to death with your tonfas. So I figured that I better take it away first." Giotto explained with a smile, even when the killer intent was growing stronger. "You know, you are a lot like Alaude. Always so prideful when it comes to injuries and whatnot."

Kyoya did not say anything.

"Ahhh…Seeing you and Tsunayoshi interact with each other, it really reminds me of Alaude and I. The times we had spent together." Giotto gazed at the ceiling. "I still remember the first time we met…well, nothing really pleasant about it, it was quite bloody actually since it was in a middle of a fight."

Giotto gave a nervous laugh. "He had quite a fearful reputation at that time, so not many people approached him."

Kyoya listened, remembering a situation that was alike.

"It's Hibari! Ran away! Or else we will be bitten to death by that monster!"

A young Kyoya stood in the middle of the street, watching the children running away in fright.

Sob

Kyoya rolled his head to the sound, spotting a boy with scratches and bruises all over him at the side.

Pained brown eyes met with cold grey ones.

"I even had to physically dragged him to get himself checked." Giotto shook his head in exasperation. He wagged his finger at Kyoya. "You too, should be more aware of your condition, because no matter how strong you are, if you are hurt, we will be hurt as well…you should understand that better then anyone. Tsunayoshi's reaction tells a lot."

"…"

"But anyways, it was good to see that all of you have such a good relationship with Tsunayoshi, I hope that we will be friends as well. May I call you Kyoya?" Giotto gave Kyoya a grin.

"No."

"How mean." Giotto laughed happily. "Then Hibari it is. Shall we continue on, Hibari?" Giotto stood up, offering a hand to Kyoya, which was brushed off.

"Why are you following me?"

"I-I just wanted to be H-Hibari-san's friend…so…" A weak smile formed.

At that time, I was alone.

Kyoya snatched the torch from Giotto and walked on, ignoring the Sky.

"Are you ignoring me because I took your tonfas?"

"…"

"Haha! Calm down, I will return it back to you later."

I thought it was fine, I despise any form of crowding, and would bite anyone to death who dares to do it in front of me.


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Alaude tilted the torch forward to light up the place better.

However, even with the reputation I held, he fearlessly stood in front of me, asking about my well being, given me a name and even asked me to be his friend.

Alaude tightened his grip on the torch.

All I could wonder was, is this some sort of dream?


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If it was, it probably would soon be over. That was what I thought. However, day after day, he never failed to show up at the same place we first met, in hopes of meeting me again. So I tried, tried to drive him away from me.

Kyoya let his bangs covered his eyes.


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Alaude closed his eyes.

It never worked. He just came back. He even told me that he will never give up being my friend, and that I should give up on driving him away instead. Giving me the same smile every time. When the position of the Cloud guardian came, that was when I decided…


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Kyoya huffed out slightly.

That I would do anything…


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Alaude reopened his eyes.

To stay by his side…


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Alaude and Kyoya came out of the hallway at the same time, noticing the other.

The both of them stare into each other's eyes, before giving a nod of acknowledgement.

In order to protect...

"Ah! Hibari-san! You are all right!" Tsunayoshi smiled in relief, being the next to appear from the hallway. He then paled. "…You are not going to bite me to death now, are you?"

A vein popped on Kyoya's head.

"That's quite impossible, seeing as his weapons are being held captive." Giotto came out from behind Kyoya. "It's nice to see you again, Tsunayoshi. You as well, Alaude." Giotto smiled at his Cloud guardian, who turned his head away.

"Uh…Giotto-san…Y-You should really return it to Hibari-san…" Tsunayoshi shook at the deadly aura hovering on Kyoya.

"Maybe at a lat-" Giotto widened his eyes when he saw something floating behind Tsunayoshi. "Uh…!"

Alaude quickly moved forward and kicked the thing to the side.

"A rock?"

Alaude twitched his ears, trying to hear any sound of movements, while Kyoya took a defensive stance in front of the Sky, trying to get his tonfas back at the same time.

"…I hear you…"

Alaude snapped his head to the voice, the torch on his hand helped identify the silhouette. Alaude rushed towards the place, his handcuffs ready. As he got nearer, the torch further lighted up the figure.

Giotto gasped when he saw the figure. "Alaude! Stop!"

Alaude's hand obeyed the command, causing his handcuff dangled just in front of the person's forehead. Alaude then slowly lowered his hand, torch moving towards the person he was about to attack.

"Ah…you are…" Surprise took a hold of Giotto.


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"There they are!" Asari pointed.

"You are all right to the EXTREME, Sawada!"

"Are you all right, Juudaime?!" Hayato shook Tsunayoshi.

"I-I'm fine, Gokudera-kun!"

"Glad to see all of you are well." Knuckle patted Giotto's shoulder.

"Thanks, Knuckle."

"…Giotto…"

"Yes, G?"

"…Why is…?"

Giotto glanced at where G was looking. "Ah. This person was the intruder."

"Ehhhhhh!" The Vongola family gaped. "But-!"

"I know." Giotto sighed. "From now on, this person will be living with us, please treat them kindly." Giotto made a motion of 'I will explain later' to his guardians.

"…"

Everybody froze at the sudden change of atmosphere.

Eyes turned around and faces paled.

Giotto glanced down at his hands, which was empty. "Uh-oh."

"…I will bite all of you to death."

~Somewhere at the Vongola mansion~

Screams echoed the place.

"Kufufu…It seems that the others are having fun." A phone was flipped closed.

"…Mukuro-nii-sama…"

Mukuro patted Chrome on the head. "…Don't worry. Everything will be fine." He then flipped the phone opened again, staring at the screen intently.


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~Night~

Alaude was seen walking down a hallway, stopping just in front of a sliding door.

"Password please."


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~At the same time~

Hibird flew around for a while, before landing on Kyoya, who was lying on the rooftop.

"Hibari! Hibari! Protect! Protect!"


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In order to protect…

Both Alaude and Hibari spoke in unison,

"Sky's smile."


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Kyoya yawned, gazing up at the night sky.

Standing up, he made his way back to his room.


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The door opened with mist coming out.

Alaude slowly walked through the opened door, before the door closed behind him with a soft thud.

~To Be Continued~


Urgh…Apologies if the ending is a bit rush, and if there is any mistakes T.T

Well, in this case, it is more of internal talking instead of the Cloud guardians to each other…I made it so, as I really, really, could not see Kyoya talking about his past so freely, Alaude is a bit more open (As seen with his conversation with Tsunayoshi), but not much.

Do you know who the intruder is? If you guess correctly, I will…Uh…I will…Well, I don't know, can't use Tsunayoshi any more unless I want to be frozen again. *Sweatdrops* Hmmm, Instead, how about a scene you wish to see in the omake? Related to this story of course. Like for example, you wish to see a scene where…Lampo and Lambo…plays a prank on Daemon? Or maybe another scene of the Rain guardians hugging the Skys again? *Shrugs* Just some ideas *Sweatdrops*.

Omake:

"Just one more hit!" Both G and Hayato readied their shoulder. "HAAAAHHHHH!"

They rammed their shoulder against the damaged steel wall, which fell on that impact.

"Job well done, the both of you!" The Rain and Sun guardians clapped.

"Heh!" Hayato smirked, entering the cleared way. "Let us hurry and-Urgh!"

G entered as well. "What's wron-"

Before them, stood another steel wall, with chains added this time.

"Hmm. This is getting us nowhere is it?" Daemon tilted his head from where he was seated.

Lambo yawned. "Wake me up once this is done." He laid down beside Lampo, who was already snoozing.

G clenched his hands.

"DAMN YOU, ALAUDE!"

~With the Skys and Clouds~

"Are you all right, Alaude? You keep sneezing." Giotto asked in concern. "Too much dust?"

"…Hn-choo."

That's all folks! Do review to tell me who you think the intruder is! First come first serve!