Yay for being patient right? Here is chapter 9! Hopefully y'all enjoy!
The next chapter is the last. 8( I've been gone for a while and this chapter is going to be pretty long to make up for the EVIL cliff hanger I left you all on. ^^
Extra note: The Vongola gear animals do exist here but I never mentioned them since well I never felt like it and I wasn't exactly that far in the series to know they could bring them into the past with them. So I decided that I'm adding them. This fic is a slight AU since I don't know how the Daemon Spade vs. Vongola & Shimon will go. So I'm totally ignoring that arc in this fic. The future arc and everything else I won't ignore though.
Disclaimer: The standard disclaimer shall apply for this.
Illusions of the Heart
Hibari and Mukuro had both stared at each other for a moment deciding what would be the best choice of action to take at the current moment to ensure victory.
They both knew full well just how strong the other one was, and that neither of them were mere pushovers.
Just one little mistake or just underestimating the other one would result in a loss, which would bring enough shame to want to crawl under a rock and also most possibly result in one losing his life.
Haru was wiggling in the seat that she was tied into trying to get the cloth that was used to stifle her speaking out of the way.
She was rubbing her shoulder against her chin to slowly edge the cloth down, using her tongue to push out and pull it down and slowly she was getting it down and once she got it off she spit it out of her mouth.
"Kyouya, you mustn't fight-desu! It's dangerous, and Haru doesn't want you to get hurt because of Haru." Haru pouted a little bit looking at him nervously.
"Well you should've thought of that before you got yourself caught by this man." Hibari muttered.
"Hahi! Like Haru wanted to be caught? Mind you Haru doesn't like him any more than you. Any rational person would just call the police and have them deal with this. But no, Kyouya has to go all macho and try to fight on his own. That's not very sane-desu." Haru puffed out her cheeks a bit offended by what he said when she was placed in this predicament.
She was especially angry by this situation since she was only kidnapped so Mukuro could just fight with Hibari again because they still had some "unfinished business" or something to attend to. It really wasn't fair. at least to her it wasn't.
"Haru, I'd advise for you to be quiet. I'm not in the mood." Hibari hissed, his eyes never leaving Mukuro. His mood worsened when she started to criticize him. He came here for HER and yet she was CRITICIZINGHIM? He wasn't appreciating this at all.
"B-but!" Haru clamped her mouth shut as Hibari shot her a warning glare.
"Alright, you are becoming quite a bit of a nuisance right now. Please be quiet." Mukuro said as he had pressed into Haru's neck, cutting off the air to her brain for a brief moment to knock her out a light.
"Alright now that she's out, let's continue to do this thing now." Mukuro said spinning his staff for a moment and he then slammed the bottom of the staff into the ground and the ground started to break off into pieces and they started to also levitate in the air.
This didn't really strike Hibari as too interesting since he had known that these were all illusions and all he had to do was just hop from every big slab of earth to get over to him and then start pummeling him.
Once his concentration starts to break in the slightest the illusions will lighten up and everything will be reverted back to its original form.
"Ku fu fu fu~ come now Hibari, I thought you said that you were going to bite me to death? What's taking you so long? Are you scared of heights?" Mukuro cackled a little tease at Hibari.
Hibari silently started to grit his teeth in anger, how dare this illusionist try to poke fun at him? Well, this certainly did not suit well him what so ever. Time to show this illusionist just who he was dealing with, no cherry blossoms illness to deter him this.
Hibari jumped off a slab of concrete and landed right in front of Mukuro and he swung one tonfa at him while reeling the other one back to prepare to block an attack if Mukuro decided to go onto the offensive.
Mukuro simply hit the end of the trident onto the ground and giant pillars of fire and plants shot out from the ground, which Hibari narrowly dodged by jumping away.
"Hu-hmph, it looks like you managed to get away from that. I was hoping to burn you away into a burnt crisp." Mukuro chuckled.
"Take more than some mind tricks to take me down." Hibari said moving both of his wrists in a figure eight shape which resulted in the tonfas spinning in his hands, spinning them quicker to make it look like his tonfas were guarding both the front and the back of his hands.
"Now I wonder how far we'll go with this." Mukuro spoke in a tone that almost sounded as if he was teasing him, mocking him, with a smile.
Hibari wasn't taking the bait and he continued to eye Mukuro suspiciously, not about to jump at him so suddenly to just get stuck in an illusion. He hated those illusions and would not want to do something that stupid just yet.
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At the Namimori School
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Little black eyes opened suddenly and scanned around the room quickly.
"Haru? Hibari?... Haru! Hibari! HARU HARU! HIBARI HIBARI!" Hibird fluttered his wings about on the feathered pillow he was resting on. He fell off it and he managed to flop back onto his feet.
"Ah Hibird…-san, you shouldn't be up. Kyou-san specifically asked for me to ensure that you didn't do anything to further hurt yourself." Kusakabe stuttered nervously. He had referred to Hibird in a higher manner because Kyouya himself regarded Hibird highly. It only made sense that he and the other minions regarded him as such.
"Where Hibari? Where Haru?" Hibird questioned.
"Kyou-san is currently out to find and retrieve anne-san." Kusakabe answered.
Hibird tilted his head to the side. "Hibari back?" Hibird questioned.
"Kyou-san is back already?" Kusakabe turned his head to expect Kyouya walking into his office with a triumphant look about his face.
He hadn't seen anything but a yellow blur fly out of the room. He's been tricked by a bird that probably had a brain the size of a pea!
"AH! Hibird-san! Please stop! You can't just fly off! I'll get into a lot of trouble with Kyou-san if he finds out that I had allowed you to fly while being injured!" Kusakabe chased after Hibird but Hibird was a bit smarter than the average un-trained bird and was able to hide and fly away without any one seeing him.
"I'm so in for it, Kyou-san is going to kill me." Kusakabe groaned to himself as he searched around the school grounds looking for the yellow feathered trickster.
Hibird wasn't totally sure where Hibari would be, but the last thing he remembered was that Haru and himself were both taken to Mukuro's hideout before he was sent to find Hibari, so he opted to head in that direction first to make sure that Haru was okay and to see if Hibari was indeed there.
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At Haru's House
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Ding Dong~
"I'll get the door, hunny." Haru's father said walking over to the door, opening it to see some of the kids from Namimori.
"Hello, what may I help you kids with?" He asked.
"Please sir, would you mind if we waited with you for Haru? We're all worried about her." Kyoko asked him.
"Well I couldn't say no to Haru's friends. Come on in then. We'll all wait together." Haru's father stepped aside so they could all walk in.
"Do you think that Haru is alright?" Kyoko wondered looking at Tsuna for an answer.
"Well I'm not totally sure, but I'd like to think that she's okay. I'm sure that she's just fine." Tsuna said.
"I sure hope so or that boy will get a punishment of a lifetime for letting my daughter get hurt." Haru's father hissed.
"Well I'm sure he'll do fine dear. I want to think positively for my daughter." Haru's mother said wiping away more of her tears. She has been crying nonstop because of the uncertainty of her own beloved daughter's safety.
She could only hope that she was going to be okay. She had to be okay or she wouldn't know how she could live out the rest of her life happily.
"So Reborn-san what do you make of all of this?" Gokudera asked him.
"I don't think it's anything that major. It's probably just a chance to wreak some havoc and nothing else. Haru will be returned safely." Reborn said.
Haru's mother sighed in relief. Kyoko was in the kitchen and she fixed a cup of tea for Haru's parents to help calm their nerves of steel down.
"Thank you Kyoko-chan. I can't help but think that my daughter may be involved in some scary business and that we got a young boy involved in this." Haru's mother sighed sadly staring into her hot cup of tea.
"So, Miura-san what do you have planned for Hibari if he fails to retrieve Haru in one piece?" Reborn asked Haru's father.
"I'm not sure, but I do know whatever I think of, my wife will find a better punishment for him. For example if I said something like 'lets take this to court,' she would say-"
"You will be forced to wait on my daughter hand and foot until all of her injuries are healed and you will do anything she asks for or we will take this to court and take just about everything away from you." Haru's mother cut off as she blew into a handkerchief.
"Yes something like that. So I suppose the punishment is really up to my wife." He said.
"So if Hibari did manage to retrieve your daughter safely would you really do anything that he asked you for?" Reborn asked.
"As long as its not her hand in marriage I don't care." Haru's father said.
"I do have a good hunch as to what Hibari would ask you for and it's not that." Reborn said.
"Reborn! You know what Hibari is thinking?" Tsuna asked.
"Have you forgotten that I know how to read minds of people? Also it doesn't take much to know what Hibari may be thinking." Reborn said.
"What do you suppose that the boy is thinking?" Haru's father asked in curiosity.
"Haru's mother and father, what would you say to Haru transferring to the Namimori school district?" Reborn asked.
"What! That's crazy talk! Haru is a student of the prestigious Midori female's school! Why should she have to transfer to Namimori?" Her father ranted.
"One, she'll be safer there since she's got a lot of friends there who will be able to protect her, Hibari Kyouya is a feared man throughout the town and no one would dare to bother his school without permission, anand there is also the fact that she's been attacked before." Reborn said.
"You may not be aware of this, but a while back Haru was attacked by two men who wanted to kidnap her and hold her for ransom. They were apprehended by Hibari Kyouya and they were arrested." Reborn said.
"That sounds awfully a lot like the news report that was on the tv a while ago, hunny." Haru's mother said growing a bit more frightened for her little baby.
"She was the victim but she didn't want to scare the two of you so she hadn't told you about it." Reborn said.
"Wait, so, like how did Hibari know that Haru was in trouble?" Gokudera wondered finding it a bit suspicious and too coincidental.
"Perhaps this Hibari fellow had staged that himself?" Haru's father thought.
"Hibari isn't that type of a man. He has secretly been watching over her as she walks home from school to ensure that nothing happens to her. He may not make it that obvious but he does care for your daughter. He sometimes will walk her home from school if he heard any bad rumors circulating about." Reborn said.
"Hunny, perhaps Midori may not be so safe for our daughter if she is getting targeted all the time. Also it seems as though the Hibari boy is always looking after her and should be able to watch over her." Haru's mother said putting her hand on top of her husband's hand.
"Sigh, is there teaching program at least decent?" He asked.
"Yes, I can vouch for the school's teaching program being a good one."
"Well if you say so then it must be. I will allow for it, IF he asks that she gets transferred to the school and I'll only allow for her to get transferred next year. I would like for her to finish her year at Midori before transferring to Namimori." Haru's father said.
"Perfect, I even have the papers with me right now. Let us start filling it out right now so when the school ends she can transfer to the school with no problems." Reborn urged handing Haru's parents the school papers.
"It never ceases to amaze me how prepared Reborn seems to be for just about any occasion." Tsuna said staring at Reborn suspiciously.
"I can't help but wonder how she'll react to this." Tsuna mumbled to himself.
"I think Haru will take it just fine. She has lots of friends at Namimori and she'll be able to fit in just fine." Yamamoto smiled.
"It would be great to see Haru at school. We could talk more and even plan out our Haru and Kyoko appreciation days together." Kyoko beamed excitedly.
"I'm somewhat amused by how calm this atmosphere seems to be though Haru is still kidnapped." Gokudera commented.
The room grew quiet and Ryohei punched Gokudera's shoulder. "Ky ky[1], you just ruined the mood." Ryohei grumbled.
"M-my baby!" Haru's mother started to wail again. Kyoko ran over to Haru's mother and started to console her.
"Great going Gokudera." Yamamoto and Ryohei muttered towards Gokudera and he huffed looking away grumbling to himself.
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Back to Hibari and Mukuro
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Mukuro's red eye stared into Hibari's gray colored eyes. Mukuro's red eye had the number three inside of it meaning that it was the third path, the realm of the beasts, the skill to summon animals that will kill the enemy.
Mukuro chuckled and snakes appeared from nothingness. The snakes stared at Hibari and they all attacked him at the same time.
Hibari was not impressed, clicking the tonfas so the secret chain appeared from the bottom of the tonfas. He spun the tonfas in his hands creating a wall of spinning metallic death between him and the venomous snakes. He spun and whipped the tonfa chains whenever the snakes came too close to him slicing the snakes to death, illusion filled blood flying everywhere.
A fake smell of blood wafted through the air, something Hibari could distingquish from having been around the stench of blood for a while.
"Ku fu fu, I suppose these lower life form animals are not up to par with you." Mukuro said changing the path to the first path, the realm of hell, the skill that destroys the spirit with nightmares.
He spun the trident and whacked it hard into the concrete ground, making it rumble and shake. The ground split into two, cracking in Hibari's direction.
Hibari jumped out of the way, his feet landing on the side of a tree and was to jump off when he felt something grabbing his legs and slowly started to wrap around his body.
Hibari looked down to see vines growing from the tree. Hibari tried to wrench himself free but it was proving to be a bit difficult. Once that was enough for him he clicked a button on his tonfas and spikes appeared on the surface of his tonfas.
He placed the spikes underneath the vine and he violently started rip apart the vines so he could set himself free. Hibari launced himself away from the tree towards Mukuro's direction, swinging his arm down, flicking the wrist to attack him with his tonfas in mid air, though of course the centripetal force was in action here which added onto the force that was going against Mukuro's favor.
Mukuro summoned giant lotus plants that Hibari attacked instead. Unsure of what those lotus's could do, Hibari pushed off the side of the lotus flower and landed safely on his feet.
Mukuro didn't seem to want to ease up on the illusions and started to make the ground crack even more, shaking the ground violently as the earth below them started to crack and start levitating off the ground for uneven footing to hinder Hibari's attacks with required good footing in order to use his body effectively to launch powerful blows.
Hibari though, was not going to let some uneven footing ruin his chances of getting rid of Mukuro.
Hibari was jumping from slab of rocks to other slabs of rocks.
Mukuro summoned snacks in mid air and had many fly at him, teeth bare to bite to the death, quite literally.
Hibari soon found himself in the center of a ball of the reptiles. Mukuro had felt that he had won this battle until all of the snakes were blasted away and spikey spheres were hovering near Hibari.
"Good job Roll, you've done your job well."
"Gupii!" Roll cried out for joy.
"Hmph, this will be a bit harder than I originally had planned." Mukuro said watching as Hibari's cloud propogation ability allowed for Roll to multiply at speedy rates, and he started to attack Mukuro, launching right at him, trying to hit him and the other illusions that Mukuro had conjured in attempts to protect himself.
Mukuro summoned pillars of fire to burn the animals, but their outer shell was quite the tough barrier to go through so Mukuro then froze the pillars of fire that had the majority of the Roll clones trapped inside of them.
Hibari huffed and looked at Roll, giving him a command with his eyes. Roll curled up into a ball and started to propogate at intense speeds, surrounding the two of them until they were both stuck inside of a spherical prison. Much like what the future Hibari had trapped himself and Genkichi in.
"Now then shall we continue? The longer we're in here for the less oxygen you'll have. You'll soon find your brain to be less functional as the oxygen levels decrease, you might as well just go for combat." Hibari said spinning his tonfas.
"Well then, don't blame me for your loss when you lose." Mukuro said his eye changing to the fourth path, the realm of Ashura, the heightening of one's battle skills.
Mukuro and Hibari both charged at one another, their weapons aimed to deal a final blow. Mukuro was charging at Hibari, aiming to plunge the tridents spears deep inside of Hibari's stomach.
Hibari had both tonfas to his side, ready to attack with them both when he got a proper foothold, and was in close enough of a range to land a hit.
Mukuro outstretched his arms to greater his reach but Hibari swung his left tonfa diagonally down to hit the trident and aim it lower towards the ground. He used the other tonfa to hit it from beneath to raise it up to ruin Mukuro's posture as he gave himself more time to get within attacking range.
Mukuro was no easy opponent in the fourth path, arching his back and moving his foot back to regain his posture and balance, rotating the trident quickly in his hands quickly as if it were some botan.
He spun it and he swung it down diagonally in the direction Hibari was when he blocked with both of his tonfas, the trident landing inbetween the crossed Tonfas,
Mukuro knowing that Hibari would not let him move his trident out of the way so quickly, opted to kick him out of the way, though Hibari had the same opinion.
Both males tried to kick each other, their feet coming into contact and pushed off from each other to overpower the other, quickly compose himself and launch another attack.
Hibari pushed off and flipped backwards, landing on both feet and pushed off the ground, his body being low off the ground.
Mukuro was faltering to his side and he let his body fall to the side so he could place his hand on the ground and allow for the rest of his body to follow with a cartwheel.
"You're not bad Hibari Kyouya. Quite the opponent, but you are sadly mistaken if you think you can beat me." Mukuro declared.
"That is my line Rokudo Mukuro." Hibari hissed aiming to land a hit behind the kneecap to cause Mukuro to buckle.
His attack made a connection and Mukuro buckled to his knees but this also allowed for Mukuro to be at a closer range to hit Hibari.
Mukuro quickly move his arm back to nail Hibari in the head with the backside of the trident. Hibari wouldn't be able to block with his Trident at this angle, but with the angle he was at, his next move would be a better choice.
In Mukuro's blind spot, Hibari whipped his leg and kicked Mukuro in the back resulting in Mukuro lurching forward.
Hibari had one had on the ground to grant his body support to not lose his balance. Once he reeled his leg back he twisted his wrist and he twisted his spide in an arch to guide his knee into Mkuro's face, connecting with his nose.
Mukuro was back on his feet going back a couple of steps holding his nose. Mukuro wiped the bottom of his nose with his thumb to see crimson blood.
You've made one big mistake." He glowered swinging the bottom of his trident Hibari's way only to be blocked by the tonfa, then using the top of the trident to try to hit Hibari's face to be blocked once again by the tonfa.
Mukuro slid his arms down to try to stab at Hibari's foot with the blunt end of the tonfa. Once Hibari dodged, Mukuro dug the trident deep into the ground and he kicked off with his feet, one hitting Hibari in the stomach and the other getting him in the chin.
Hibari fell back faltering in his steps. He bit his own lip whenever Mukuro kicked him in the mouth. He used the side of his palm to lightly dab against his lip to see the damage.
He popped the side of his lip and it was bleeding a good bit since in one's face there were a lot of blood vessels.
The fight had gotten more intense between the two. Blow after blow, well seasoned attack after another one.
The two of these boys were pissed as hell. This guy managed to land a hit on them. One of the greatest fighters in Namimori. What a blow to the ego.
Certainly neither of them would take this sitting down.
Mukuro was going on the offensive since Hibari had his guard loosened with his last attack and knowing Hibari, he would soon regain it if Mukuro was not quick enough to attack.
Mukuro ran at Hibari with his trident at hand, moving it in front of him, taking the trident in both hands, moving his hands to the lower end of the trident. Hibari had by then regained his balance and composure and was determined to block his attack.
Mukuro quickly bent to the side, elongating one leg and bending down to the ground with the knree with the other leg, swinging the trident down with both of his hands in a quick fluid diagonal to hit against Hibari's knees.
Mukuro's arm position was of one hand being pinned to his chest right under the armpit, and the other was outstretched to the side.
Hibari took a step back, moved his closest leg out of the way and used the arm above that leg to swing down the tonfa to hit the trident to make it miss and hit the ground. Hibari swung his tonfa to the side.
Mukuro moved bent at the elbow upwards and the other arm moved higher up on the trident until they met each other. As soon as the hands met they quickly repelled each other as if the hands were magnets and he bent his left arm towards his face and moved his other hand out in front of him to make the blunt side of the trident show rise up.
Mukuro's next move was to hit his two hands together as if the repulsion has ended and the two hands were of opposite polarities attracting them to each other. This made the trident outstretch quickly. The movement was similar to one playing pool when one hand stayed motionless and the other hand would move to hit the ball.
In this case, Mukuro was not out to hit a ball but a human being. The human in question being Hibari Kyouya. Mukuro's movements were quick enough to land a hit on Hibari's midsection.
Hibari's quick thinking allowed for him to grab onto the Trident maneuver it so it was to his side and tugged so Mukuro would be brought towards himself. Hibari moved his leg behind Mukuro's knee and pushed behind his knee.
Once Mukuro's stance was broken, Hibari's arm fit between Mukuro's head and his shoulders, pushing down as he grabbed Mukuro's arm to bring him down to the ground flipping him onto his back.
He was down on the ground, his arm still held captive by Hibari's but Hibari's other arm was now free allowing for Hibari to attack Mukuro's chest freely.
Mukuro saw this coming so he rolled to the side of the arm that was held captive. He swung his Trident which was in his opposite hand at Hibari to manipulate him to free his arm.
Mukuro and Hibari were breathing harshly trying to breathe in oxygen to give to their cells in their body which served as great energy source.
The two were still stuck in Roll's prison and the oxygen was getting very thin, and them having a heated battle was not helping.
The oxygen was getting used up quicker, carbon dioxide starting to become the greater in concentration in the air around them.
"You may as well give up now Mukuro. You'll soon run out of air." Hibari panted.
"I could say the same to you." Mukuro said with a smirk as roll undid the prison that they were in.
Hibari was looking around them in shock and confusion.
"Roll, what are you doing?" He asked.
Roll then captured a tree.
"I knew I could count on you Mukurowl. I bidded him enough time to fool your hedgehog into releasing us. It's not hard with my assistance to cast an illusion of the two of us fighting outside of it's prison. The confusion made it release us. Your plan of making me lose by fainting by a lack of oxygen has failed, Hibari Kyouya. What will you do now?" Mukuro chuckled.
"Well then that's when we continue our fight of course. Nothing more to it." Hibari growled.
"Be my guest. Ku fu fu~"
"I hate that horrid laugh of yours." Hibari hissed.
"I hate the cryptic way you speak." Mukuro said with a slightly amused tone and the two ran towards each other and clashed.
Sparks of each other's weapons colliding were flying through the air.
Threats and harsh words were being exchanged along with powerful blows from the opposition with the occasional illusions and Vongola gear animals being used in the battle as well.
Roll would attempt to attack with its propogation abilities and trap Mukuro but he would either counter with his illusions or he would have Mukurowl help make illusions to fool Roll and the two Vongola Gear animals would duke it out along with their masters who were fighting almost to the point of taking the opposition's life.
Hibari and Mukuro were really going at it. Mukuro was using all of the paths that he could, though with the exception of the fifth path, which Mukuro himself dreaded since it was painful and hideous.
Hibari had the spikes of his tonfas revealed, the chains were out and he was lashing out as much as he possibly could making use of Roll's abilities.
The both of them were considering to use Cambio Forma with their Vongola Gear animals to really have a go at each other and stop their rivalry once and for all.
They were both at each others' throats when Hibari and Mukuro both stopped their fighting and jumped away from each other when they both saw something yellow from the corner of their eyes flying towards them.
They have both assumed that this yellow mass was some odd attack from the other and were not willing to take any chances by letting that attack connect with them, jumping away to allow some room between themselves and the unidentified object
The yellow being was none other than Hibird himself.
"What is Hibird doing here?" Hibari wondered looking around to see if Tetsuya had come around.
"I do hope that you really had not brought any reinforcements around. How cowardly of you, Hibari, needing for back up when fighting against me. I told you if you did not comply to my rules that Haru would be harmed." He said.
Hibari was curious as to why Hibird would be here when he was to be with Tetsuya, who he told specifically not to let anyone come with him and to strictly keep Hibird away from hard.
Hibird landed on Haru's shoulder for a moment but then flew away after a couple of seconds and flew into the building that Chikusa and Ken were most likely residing in doing who knew what.
Hibari and Haru were out here, but why was Hibird flying inside of the building? What was so important that Hibird had to fly inside of the building for?
Mukuro clicked his tongue in annoyance. He knew that he was going to have to finish this battle up quickly now.
'Hm, apparently Tetsuya failed at his job of keeping Hibird safe and resting back at school. He's in for a real beating after all of this is finished. I specifically warned him not to let Hibird go.' Hibari thought to himself with annoyance.
"What are you doing Hibari Kyouya? Averting your attention elsewhere? Do you really have the time to be doing that?" Mukuro asked jabbing his trident Hibari's way, aimed at his mid-section.
Hibari merely spun on one leg to move out of the way from the weapon and he swung one tonfa down to hit the trident to send vibrations along the long weapon, making Mukuro's hands numb.
Hibari swung his arm, flicking the wrist to make the tonfa fly to the side nailing Mukuro in the chest. With that Hibari arched his back swinging his leg with centripetal force hitting Mukuro in the stomach this time.
Mukuro stumbled and Hibari quickly regained his stance and his body was positioned for a quick attack.
"Mukuro, tell me your intentions that you have for Haru. Why have you taken her?" Hibari asked.
"Hm, well, for one thing, it's amusing to see you this angry, two, she's Chrome's interesting friend, and three, I may as well keep her as a pet." Mukuro said walking over to Haru in the chair and he stroked her cheek gently with his hand.
Mukuro soon felt a cold metallic tonfa smack into the bottom of his cheek and then a tonfa was being aimed at his rib cage, but Mukuro luckily blocked it with his trident.
"I don't like that answer. Try again…Haru isn't some pet. She's a human being and she surely does not belong to you. I won't allow it." Sigh... "You wouldn't be able to put up with her endless nagging anyways." Hibari said.
"Ku fu fu, it looks like someone is rather territorial. Yes, I may not be able to handle it, but what about you? Can you handle it?" Mukuro asked.
"Yes, I can tolerate her excessive nagging for as long as I need to. Haru will belong to no one but me."
"Those are some strong words prefect. Didn't know you could say such things." Mukuro smirked.
"Mu-ku-ro! You promised Haru that you wouldn't harm Hibird! You lied to Haru-desu! Hahi! Kyouya? You're also fighting Kyouya? You keep lying to Haru, desu! She can't trust you anymore! Even if you are Chrome-chan's friend!" Haru shouted.
Hibari stopped to stare at Haru contemplating whether or not it was an illusion that he was seeing right now. It seemed real. The girl standing between the two of them had her annoying naggy antics.
No one was in the chair anymore either, actually, there was no chair. What was going on here?
How did she get out of the chair on her own? Was she stronger than he knew her to be? Perhaps he should be wary of her when she's angered then.
This girl in front of him even had the same body language as Haru. Either Mukuro was one crazy stalker, his illusions were just that great, or this was the real Haru Miura in the flesh who managed to get out of the chair.
"Haru, how did you manage to fear yourself from the chair?" Hibari asked her curiously.
"Hahi? Chair? Haru just stood? Haru wasn't stuck in a chair. She's not that hopeless, thank you. She was inside that building the whole time looking after the little kitten." Haru said pointing to the building that she had just stormed out of to tell Mukuro off.
"Then the one I saw earlier must have been an illusion. A rather good one at that, he got your nagging behavior down exactly." Hibari said.
"Haru is just a normal girl who just loves to hang out with her friends and aspires to get married! Haru doesn't nag that badly she believes…" Haru whinned.
"Hahi! Before Haru forgets, Mukuro-san, the kitten is okay now and it isn't sick. Please tell Chrome-chan that they should be okay now. You just can't feed them much human food, especially something spicy or something with too much sugar, it can make them sick-desu." Haru said.
"I'll be sure to tell her, thank you Haru Miura." Mukuro said with a small grin that made Haru shiver.
"What exactly is going on?" Hibari questioned Haru.
Haru thought back to the day previous, trying to decide where she should start with her story.
"Well you see Kyouya, I was asked by him to take care of a kitten that Chrome was recently taking care of." Haru started off.
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What Happened the Day Before
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Haru excited her school building and once she was almost home she heard a twig snap. It snapped right behind her. Haru was scared and was unsure of whether or not she should turn to see who it was behind her.
"Hahi! Ah, Haru-" Before she could finish her sentence a hand cupped over her mouth, and another arm was wrapped around her.
"I'm sorry but we need for you to come with us for a moment. There are some things that we wish for you to do." A spine chilling voice whispered into her ear.
Haru started to struggle within the mysterious person's grasp until she felt a sharp pain in her neck and the world started to look a bit fuzzy, and her world darkened until everything was pitch black.
"Haru? What you do to Haru?" Hibird asked the person who had just knocked her out unconscious.
"Hm, Ken, we may be able to make use of Bird's ex-bird servant. We can tie a note to it's leg and make it deliver a note to the prefect."
"Heh, I already thought of that Byon. We've got the girl, so let's hurry up before anyone gets too suspicious."
"Well then I'll move on ahead, and I'll let you capture the bird. It should be that hard, but knowing you, you may take a while with that small bird brain of yours."
"What! Why you… I'll show you! I can catch this bird in no time!"
While Hibird was being chased down by Ken, Haru was still unconscious and was being carried away by Chikusa. He pretty much had her slung over his shoulder.
Talk about his knowledge of excellent chivalry, Haru was definitely going to get a bruise when she checked her stomach the next morning.
After an hour or so, Haru started to stir looking around wondering where she was. All she could tell while still being drowsy was the pain in her stomach and that she seemed to be moving, even though her body wasn't moving.
She noticed that she was being carried and she started to flail around trying to run away from her kidnapper.
"Ha-hahi hahi! Let Haru down you hooligan! Haru is fragile and must be treated with care-desu!" She shouted.
"Please stop screaming in my ear, miss Haru." Chikusa sighed.
"Hahi? Aren't you one of Chrome-chan's friends? Why is a friend kidnapping Haru?"
"We have our own orders and we have something we'd like for you to do. For Chrome." He said.
"Hahi! Haru is on it. Why didn't you say that first?" Haru asked jumping off from his shoulder. "Alright let's go-desu. Time is being wasted." She said
Ken had finally caught up with the two with Hibird in his hands once they made it to their base.
"We've brought the girl like you've asked Mukuro-sama."
"Good going Chikusa, also, Ken what is that you have in your hands?"
"Ah, well I saw this bird, and this is the one that is always following the prefect. I thought it would be a good idea to capture it." Ken answered.
"Mukuro-sama? Haru thought that she was here to help Chrome-chan and in front of me I see a male. You know wearing glasses that aren't the right prescription are bad for you. It's bad for your health and eyes. Haru has no idea how bad your eyes are but this is not Chrome-chan." Haru said to Chikusa throwing him a quizzical look.
Mukuro just ignored Haru. "Hm, well it looks a bit injured."
"Well it struggled a bit and it ended up hurting itself."
"Hm, alright, well do make sure it's healthy enough to fly later."
"Hahi! Hibird!" Haru ran over to Ken and was looking at her feathery friend. "Oh you poor thing you." Haru pouted looking at Hibird, stroking him gently with her finger.
"Ken, Chikusa, please leave now so I may talk to Haru Miura."
"Y-yes sir!" Ken then went off to make sure that Hibird was healthy enough to fly back with a message.
"Yes, Mukuro-sama." Chikusa left as well.
"Alright, well all of the pieces are coming together nicely. Now to only put the plan into motion." Mukuro smirked, cackling his odd 'ku fu fu fu fu' laugh of his.
"This man is so odd-desu." Haru whispered to herself.
"Now, Haru Miura. I have a job for you." Mukuro said.
"Depending on the job, Haru may decide to help you." Haru huffed.
"Chrome has been looking after this stray kitten, and it's recently gotten sick and she's very worried over it. She's been trying to nurse it back to health while ignoring her own health. Please do something about this." Mukuro said.
"What a cute kitten~" Haru cooed looking at the gray kitten.
"Well then will you do this?" Mukuro asked.
"Of course Haru will-desu! As long as you all do as Haru says, the kitten should be fine. ALSO do make sure that Hibird will be okay and no further harm should be inflicted on Hibird or you shall feel the wrath of Haru Miura." Haru said determinedly.
Huh, this girl was trying to threaten him? Rokudo Mukuro? A notorious villain who loved to toy with people and get what he wanted? What a funny female she was.
"Hm… Haru will be needing some cold water in a bin. The kitten looks pretty weak. It looks like it should still be okay with drinking milk. I will need a bin full of cold water, two clean rags and a small little saucer of milk." Haru said assessing the situation.
Mukuro, being the type who didn't really like taking orders, he let Chrome take control of her own body once more.
"Hahi! Chrome-chan! When did you get here? Where did the odd man go?" Haru asked.
"Mukuro-sama? He just went away for a while. He said he doesn't often let himself be subjected to manual labor. Other than that, how is the kitten? Will it be okay?" Chrome asked.
"Haru isn't too sure but she thinks it should be fine. Haru just needs a bin full of cold water, two clean rags, a saucer of milk and a Chrome who had eaten food." Haru said sternly.
"A-ah I can get those things." Chrome said running to off to get the things Haru asked for. Haru was inspecting the kitten to see if there was anything else to worry about. Such as injuries or infections.
It seemed pretty safe though so she wasn't too worried.
Chrome came back with the things Haru asked for. "Would you like some chocolate pretzels?" She asked showing Haru a bag of chocolate covered pretzels.
"OH Haru loves those but now is not the right time for that. Haru has been informed that you haven't been taking care of yourself too well recently. You need to eat nutritious food." Haru said.
"Okay once we feed the kitten and once it goes to sleep Haru will make sure that you all eat some good food." Haru said.
Chrome nodded her head and she watched to see what Haru would do next. She took a clean rag and she dipped it into the saucer of milk to let it soak in and she placed the rag up to the kittens mouth so it could suckle on the rag to drink the milk.
"I didn't know you could do that. I couldn't get the kitten to drink milk since it was too tired and weak." Chrome was amazed by Haru's knowledge.
"Haru learned that when some babies get too sick they can only drink milk this way. She only thought it would work the same way for the kitten." Haru said. Next she wet the other clothe with water and placed it on the kitten to lower it's temperature since it was feeling a bit too warm.
The kitten drank all the milk from the rag and in a matter of minutes the kitten fell asleep with a contenful look about its face.
"The kitten should be okay for now. Now you and I will go and get some real food. I won't let you eat only junk food. It's definitely unhealthy." Haru said taking Chrome's hand and they went into the kitchen and she asked, more like demanded, that Ken and Chikusa do some shopping for groceries.
They had a big kitchen in the cafeteria in the park for pete's sake! The refrigerator and the freezers still worked and all of the cooking machinery still worked too. Why not USE the kitchen? That's what she wanted to know.
Chrome and Haru started to clean the kitchen and make sure everything in the kitchen was still operational while the boys went on their errand.
Once they came back, the two were done and Haru started cooking dinner for them all. "Hahi! Haru just remembered that she should call home to tell them that Haru is here." Haru said.
"I'll call for ya-byon. Don't worry about it." Ken said.
"Haru thanks you. Her number is-"
"Yeah yeah, I already know the number-byon. I'll go look for a phone to use then." Ken said looking around for a phone. Though he offered to call for Haru, he really wasn't going to call. It could possibly make Mukuro's plan backfire and he wouldn't do something that would harm Mukuro's plans.
Haru cooked up dinner and she stayed overnight to watch over the kitten with Chrome.
The next day Chrome had disappeared off to somewhere, nowhere to be found, but the odd man was back again.
Haru dismissed it and went back to looking after the kitten. She would occasionally hear something outside but Chikusa and Ken would tell her that it's nothing to worry about and would tell her to stay inside.
She decided to be a good girl and comply, until about halfway through the day Hibird flew in through an open window covered in bandages. Clearly, he was more injured than he was the day before.
That Mukuro dared lied to Haru! He was definitely going to get a piece of her mind. She scooped up Hibird into her hands gently and she walked outside of the building to start yelling at Mukuro for breaking his promise.
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End Flashback
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"That is what happened-desu." Haru explained about what happened before. She turned to look at Mukuro again. "Well Haru had a lot of fun looking after the kitten and hanging out with Chrome. Now Haru must tend to Hibird now, so please excuse Haru. You have been spared from Haru's wrath for today." She bowed slightly and she turned to look at Hibari.
"Well then shall we go then, Kyouya?" She asked him with her classic bright smile.
"Yes, we can go now, you're parents and your friends are worried sick about you." Hibari said walking over to his motorcycle.
"Oya Oya, I may have overworked Chrome once again. I do feel bad for her sometimes." Mukuro said and they could hear a small poof.
"Hahi? Did Mukuro-san say something? Hahi? Where did he go? Chrome-chan! There you are! The Kitten is doing just fine. They're not sick anymore." Haru told her.
Chrome smiled a very small, weak smile. "Thank you very much Haru. I'll make sure to take care of it better this time." She promised.
"I'm sure you will. Haru has full faith in you. Kittens often wander around a lot so they may belong to someone else and their owners may be worried sick about them. Try to see if there are any wanted posters around for the kittens." Haru advised.
"I'll do that." Chrome nodded her head looking back to see that Ken and Chikusa were running up towards them.
"AH! Where did Mukuro-san go!" Ken shouted.
"Ken. Chikusa. Mukuro-sama already left. He said that he was tired and would probably come and visit another time." Chrome relayed the message.
"Che, we're stuck with this girl again. Just don't get too annoying, and first chance we get, we're getting rid of the kitten. Too much of a hassle." Ken grumbled and walked back to the building.
"Hm, well let's go back then. I don't trust the kitten alone with all of the still good furniture around." Chikusa said leaving Chrome behind with Haru.
"Well then, I have to go now. See you again another time Haru." Chrome lightly waved her hand.
"Alright, but you look pretty bad right now, are you alright?" Haru asked her.
"Yes, I'm just fine. You don't have to worry about me. I'm just tired. I'll go to take a nap." Chrome answered.
"Well okay if you say so." Haru said doubtfully but she didn't want to be rude and keep badgering her about it.
"Haru will see you another time then.~ Feel better soon~" Haru smiled and she walked over to Hibari who already mounted onto his motorcycle.
"Hahi! It's motorbike. Does Haru have to ride that too?" She asked nervously, never having ridden one before.
"You want to get home don't you?" Hibari asked her.
"W-well yes she does but you are still injured. Haru wishes to check on your injuries first and tend to them before we depart." Haru said.
"That won't be necessary. My injuries are nothing that important." He said quickly flinching after her said so because of Haru's utterly dejected expression on her face.
"H-Haru is still worried-Desu. C-can Haru not worry for you, Kyouya?" Haru asked with her lower lip quivering a bit, tears threatening to fall.
Hibari sighed and he kicked down the kickstand of the bike and he mounted off the bike and he pulled out the first aid kit from underneath the seat.
He handed her the first aid kid silently and Haru immediately smiled happily.
Damn it, was this girl feigning to cry to get him to submit to her will? This would not bode with him well if she were to be manipulating him.
Haru was checking over all of his injuries dressing some of his wounds and disinfecting any that needed to be disinfected.
Hibari was thrown out of his thoughts of her manipulating him when he heard some silent sobbing.
Haru was wiping off the dried blood off Hibari's lip that was popped a while back and she was checking up on the bruises that were showing on his arms when Mukuro would counter Hibari's attacks by hitting his arms.
Hibari refused to take off his own clothing to show Haru where else he may have gotten hurt. He was going through some abdominal pains at the moment but he would be able to look after that himself.
Also, with his personal training methods, his muscles were no laughing matter, his body was well toned because of his Tonfa practices so the buising on his stomach was not going to be that major since the strong abdominal muscles would be able to protect his important organs and also withstand attacks well.
"Ha-Haru is so sorry-desu, because of Haru you came all the way out here, you fought with Mukuro-san and you got hurt. It's all Haru's fault." Haru sniffed tightly holding onto Hibari's hand.
An overly sensitive herbivore will always be a sensitive herbivore. Hibari sighed once more and he lightly patted her head not wanting to see her tears.
He could be tolerable of some tears, but he did not want to see the waterworks. It was never a pretty sight, nor did it make him feel any better.
"What happened in the past will stay in the past, Haru. It's no use crying over it now. That won't change a thing. I'm fine." He reassured her.
Haru sniffled some more, wiping her eyes with the side of her palm.
"…Kyouya?" She questioned.
"Yes? What is it Haru?" Kyouya answered her back with a question of his own.
"So Haru doesn't belong to anyone but Kyouya?" She questioned.
"Yes, of course. I promised your father to bring you back safely so you must come into my custody so I can bring you back safely." Hibari said.
"OH… so that's what Kyouya meant?" Haru looked down at her feet playing with a small pebble on the ground.
"If you don't mind belonging to no one but me, that could be arranged as well." Hibari added.
"Hahi! Is Kyouya saying that Haru can belong to Kyouya only if she wants to?" Haru asked for clarification.
"Yes, that is correct." Hibari answered.
"Well Haru already knows her answer then. Haru would love to belong to only Kyouya." Haru said finding this moment somewhat touching.
Haru latched onto his arm happily."Haru is very happy to hear that-desu."
"Don't think too much about it. It's nothing." Hibari huffed.
"Well Haru finds it amazing. Haru has liked you for quite I some time now." Haru said with a small pout.
"I've already known that. You told me when you were talking in your sleep whenever we had that joined birthday party." Hibari said.
"Hahi! Haru didn't know she had said something. Kyouya told Haru that she didn't say anything weird-desu." Haru huffed.
"You didn't say anything weird, but rather you said something that was just. Of course it is right for you to harbor feelings for someone of my stature. It's just an amazement that I have interest in you." He said.
Haru gasped staring at Hibari with a flabbergasted look and he just lightly chuckled. "He-hmph. You make the most amusing expressions on your face." He said.
"Is, Kyouya perhaps toying with Haru?" Haru questioned him looking at his face closely.
"Perhaps I am." Hibari said walking on without another word.
"Hahi! Kyouya knows how to tease people for FUN! What a surprise-desu!" Haru shouted.
"I'm not a total monster, Haru." Hibari commented.
"That is true, but I see Kyouya as the type to start snowball wars with people when it snows by throwing snowballs at innocent people walking nearby." Haru said.
"Did the King of Herbivores tell you that? Didn't think he had a death wish…" Hibari muttered the last part silently to himself.
"King of Herbivores? Haru doesn't know who that is, but Haru just gets that vibe is all." Haru said.
"Hmph, well I do have my own human characteristics." Hibari grunted.
"Is Kyouya now a bit angry with Haru? Is he sulking?" Haru giggled latching onto his arm with a smile. "Haru is sorry Kyouya, she didn't mean anything by it. It was just a harmless little joke, forgive Haru?" She asked looking up at him with cute little puppy dog eyes.
Hibari looked down at her for a moment. "Hmph."
"Aw~ Kyouya, please forgive Haru. Please?" Haru whimpered with a small lower lip quiver.
Damn this girl! She knew that he liked cute things and he almost could never deny her puppy dog look.
Kyouya's eyebrow twitched and he sighed a bit and Haru smiled slightly having an idea that he had given into her will.
"Kyouya isn't angry with Haru anymore?" She asked him.
"If I was, that's when you'd start the waterworks." He grumbled.
Haru giggled and she smiled walking over to his bike. "So shall we go then?" She asked him.
"Sure." Hibari said placing the first aid kid back in the secret compartment and he held out the extra helmet for her.
Haru fit it onto her head and she snapped the safety buckle into place.
"Are you ready now, Haru?" Hibari asked her.
"Hai! Haru is ready-desu." Haru smiled looking at the bike uneasily. She slowly climbed onto the bike behind him staring at his wide back. She usually was quite the straight forward girl but Hibari didn't like to be surprised too often, nor did he like anyone invading his personal space.
"Just wrap your arms around my waist tightly. That way you won't fall." Hibari told her as if he had read her mind.
Haru was nervous! She could feel her heart beating quickly, and it was pounding so hard that she almost could feel her blood pump through her veins harder than the norm. "H-hai desu." Haru slowly wrapped her slender arms around his waist tightly resting her cheek against his back.
Hibari revved the bike, the engine of the bike roaring loudly.
"Hahi! Kyouya, the bike is roaring-desu!" Haru shrieked.
Soon they were off zooming down slightly unfamiliar streets, taillights leaving a trail of light behind as they rode off.
"Bikes don't roar, Haru." Hibari stated.
"Ha-hahi it was just a figure of speech-desu…" Haru puffed out her cheeks.
Hibari could feel her puffing out her cheeks by the feeling of her cheek pushing a bit harder into his back. He could almost imagine the facial expression she had on her face.
Eyes closed, mouth puckered out ever so slightly, cheeks puffed out widely and her nose would scrunch up twitching ever so often in anger.
She was such an odd girl who was a hassle to deal with; an odd girl who needed a lot of attention and loved to do too much for her friends.
Even though he thought that, it was a charm point of hers. He liked the quality of her wanting to do whatever she could for her friends, and how she would always stick by her friends no matter what happened.
Exactly something that he wanted in a girl.
"You know Haru, you won't ever have to particularly worry about having to walk Hibird all the way to school anymore on weekdays." Hibari said.
"Why? Is Kyouya not going to let Haru play with Hibird-chan anymore?" She asked.
"No, it's not like that." Hibari answered.
"Well, what is it?" She asked.
"You'll find out once you get home." Hibari said rounding a corner swiftly, finally coming across familiar sights, streets and faces.
"You can get to Haru's house if you turn to the right on this street, go straight, make a turn at the end of those houses, keep going until you reach Yuki street and then you turn again and you'll soon come across Haru's neighborhood." Haru said.
"Yes, I'm full aware of where you live Haru, though I know a quicker way of getting there." Hibari said taking his own directions to get to her house and he managed to reach her house a lot quicker than Haru's suggested route was going to take.
Haru mounted off the bike and she ran over to her house and she opened up the doors to her house since they were unlocked. Her parents left them open for Haru to just waltz in through.
"Haru's back!" Haru announced as she burst through the door and she heard footsteps running in her direction.
She only expected to hear two pairs of feet, but there were more than that. Had she walked into the wrong house? Why were there so many people in her house? Perhaps they were all bad guys!
The footsteps got louder and louder until all of the people that the feet belonged to made it to the room Haru was in and she was enveloped in multiple arms and there was a whole lot of talking going on as she was being embraced.
"Haru! My baby! You're safe! Mother was so worried about you!" Haru's mother shouted.
"Hahi? Why? Did you not get a call?" She asked.
"A call? That's right. Why didn't you call? We were worried sick!" Haru's mother started to scold her.
"Ken said that he'd call home for Haru though. Perhaps the call didn't go through?" Haru wondered.
"More like Ken probably lied to you and didn't even touch a phone." Reborn suggested.
"Hahi! Ken lied to Haru too then? First Ken and then Mukuro? Chrome-chan's friends are despicable-desu!" Haru huffed angrily.
"Regardless I'm happy to see you again Haru. I was very worried about you." Haru's father hugged her tightly.
"Haru-chan are you okay? I've heard that you were kidnapped and I was worried about you. I could barely get to sleep." Kyoko said.
"Haru is so sorry that she worried you all-desu." Haru said hugging them all back.
Haru's father noticed Hibari standing in the doorway since he had not wanted to join in the whole hug and whine about being so worried about her thing that they were all doing.
"Well Hibari…-kun, you did a well on brining my daughter back to us safely." He said.
"As I promised that I would. I never go against my promises." Hibari said.
"Yes, you made that very clear today. So what is it that you wanted in return for bringing our daughter back safely?" He asked.
"I would request the permission of her parents to allow for Haru Miura to transfer to the Namimori Junior High." Hibari commented.
"Hahi! Haru is transferring? Under who's orders does Haru have to transfer to the Namimori school district?" Haru questioned.
"We've talked about it before you both got here and we've decided that perhaps you would be safest at the Namimori school district, Haru. You have lots of friends here, most of them being strong, and being from a prestigious school allows you to be a target for kidnapping." Her mother said.
"W-well I've never been kidnapped for such a reason before though." Haru argued.
"You were almost kidnapped for such a reason." Her father said.
Haru only bit on her bottom lip since it was true. "Does Haru have to transfer immediately?" She asked wanting to at least tell her friends that she'd be transferring.
"You can finish this year at Midori, but next year you'll be transferred to Namimori." Her mother said.
Haru thought about it looking at everyone in the room. "Well, if it's a decision my parents though for me with my best interest in mind, I cannot complain. I'll do it." She said.
"Wah, I'm so excited we'll be able to see each other in school Haru~" Kyoko smiled taking Haru's hand.
"Hai-desu. Haru is pretty excited too. We can even be in the same class and talk about our Haru/Kyoko appreciation days." Haru said starting to see the bright side to everything.
"I can even see Kyouya easier and- So is this way Haru doesn't have to worry too much about returning Hibird to you early in the morning?" Haru asked Hibari and he only nodded his head.
"This is quite convenient-Desu. Haru can grow to like this. She'll miss her friends from Midori but we're all in the same town and we all live nearby so it won't be that bad." Haru said with a smile looking at Kyoko with a wide smile.
"Does Haru still have to wear the armband to school then?" Haru wondered thinking about the armband that Hibari told her to wear whenever she came to visit their school.
"I would rather that you did wear it regardless of whether you are a student of Namimori or not. Wearing it should ensure your safety." Hibari answered.
"Hibird happy! Haru see Hibird and Hibari more?" Hibird chirped finally voicing something after a short nap to help quicken the healing process of his body.
"Hai Hibird-chan. When Haru transfers to the Namimori Junior high, Haru will be able to see you. Well she thinks." Haru contemplated on the specifics.
"Haru will be a third year next year. Kyoko's nii-san and Kyouya should be first years or something in highschool." Haru said.
"You're right, then Haru won't be able to see Hibari-san in school because he'll be in highschool." Tsuna realized that.
"Maybe I should stay back another year." Ryohei thought. "Taking that entrance exam sounds like a pain, also I can continue on with the boxing club and leave whenever I feel as though the boxing club will be safe."
"I will continue to stay at the Junior high next year. I've already talked to the highschool. If I get my work early, and teach myself, I am able to go and take my work wherever I wish to take it. I of course will be taking my work to the Junior high section of Namimori." Hibari commented.
"Well then problem solved, ha ha. Looks like things will be fun next year. I wonder if Haru will be in our class next year." Yamamoto wondered.
"She could be." Tsuna shrugged.
"I really hope she's in my class." Kyoko smiled as she continued to chatter away with Haru.
Hibari was averting his eyes over to the boys listening to a bit of what they were saying. They were the same age as Haru and were in the same year as her.
There would be a high possibility that they would be in her class next year. He wanted to see just which ones would be trustworthy enough to let stay in her presence without Hibari having to try to bite someone to death for doing something he did not agree to.
Haru wasn't totally aware of how territorial that Hibari was, but she would soon find out in due time.
"Well our parents are probably worried about us, come on we have to go home now Kyoko." Ryohei said.
"Oh you're right Nii-chan, the sun is starting to set. Well then, I'll see you another time then Haru." Kyoko waved her hand at her brunette friend.
"Hai! Haru will see you again hopefully sometime soon-desu." Haru giggled waving back at her.
"Well I'm out." Gokudera walked out the door without another word.
"It's good to have you back Haru. I'm going to go too. Hey Tsuna let's walk together part of the way." Yamamoto said.
"Yeah sure, Yamamoto. See you later Haru." Tsuna said leaving with Yamamoto.
Hibari was the only one left inside of the house, not really feeling like leaving just yet.
"Hibari, really I thank you for bringing Haru back to us." Haru's mother thanked him.
"You're welcome. I only did what was right. I wouldn't allow for Haru to be harmed." Hibari said feeling bitter about what had happened. That Mukuro had the nerve to kidnap Haru and put her through harm.
As much as Hibari hated to be chained, he definitely had one Taurean trait, which was an immense sense of territoriality and protectiveness towards anything that he cared for.
Just you wait, the next time he saw Mukuro, even if he had a split second to land a hit on him, he'd be there in a millisecond to put him through pain. More pain than he could ever feel in those stupid hell plain things of his.
Hibari really didn't care what they were, either way, he would surely show Mukuro real hell, called his wrath.
"Do you want to stay for dinner?" Haru's father asked wondering if he could stay so he could start questioning him about his motives for his daughter.
Haru and her mother were standing right behind her father and they were both shaking their heads no. It was not going to be a good idea and the dinner table would just feel very tense.
Hibari heeded their advice and he really needed to set Hibird down somewhere safe, and scold Kusakabe for failing the mission that he had given him.
"As much as I would like to, I respectfully decline the offer. I best must get home before it gets too late or too dark." Hibari answered.
His gaze landed on Haru for a brief moment before he relocated it to Haru's father. "Well then I'll be taking my leave. See you soon, Haru." Hibari said before walking out of the door and towards his home silently.
"So. He's Hibird's owner huh? The one you like?" Haru's mother nudged her.
"Ah…hai…" Haru blushed.
"So? How far are you? Did you confess or anything yet?" She asked.
"Well, Haru had agreed to belong to Kyouya earlier…" Haru answered sheepishly.
"WHAT! Papa does not approve!"
"Haru loves Kyouya and Papa can't stop Haru!"
"Dear be quiet, Haru has found someone she loves. I want to support her."
"Yes dears… I'm a man of my own home being overpowered by two stubborn women." He sighed. "Well either way let's have dinner then. Welcome back home Haru." He patted his daughters head.
"It's good to be back-desu." Haru smiled enjoying her time with her family, her thoughts filled with nothing but Hibari.
Like-wise, most of his thoughts were filled with Haru's. Where this coupling will lead no one would know but father time himself.
It's finally almost over! I can finally drop this project. Well there is a sequel but that's another project.
Yeah so you know the fighting scene I was planning on making pretty long and I think that 5 pages on Microsoft word is enough for me right now. It's so hard dang it. I was actually researching on battles to make it more realistic. This is really tiring and I obviously got too tired towards the end of the fight so I sort of ended it early. Ha ha ha. Sorry about that. I at least tried. Sorry about the fail fight scene.
[1] ky ky= "kuuki ga yomenai" To not be able to read the 'air' or the atmosphere in better lamer terms. It's basically someone who cannot read the atmosphere and says something to ruin a moment.
The Sequel to this story is official! I also have an idea for a new story as well. If you want to know more about it, please check out my forum and look at the updated news thread. I'll include the link to the forum below:
www(dot)fanfiction(dot)net/myforums/Neospice12/1573076/
Hope someone looks at my forum and uses it. If you want to try a trade or if you want to try writing a story with me just check out the Requests / trades thread and comment there.
The next chapter is the last one! Thank you to the people who are reading this. I thank you all for sticking with me thus far~
-Neospcie12
