Title:A Demonic Sky

By: Metamorcy

Pairing: R27 and 27R

Summary:AU, I must have been out of my mind to make a contract with a demon, Reborn thought as he stared at the creature across him, Really Stupid. And it just has to be one that enjoys messing with him.

Disclaimer: Seriously? Don't own, just the idea

A/N: Did anyone notice I mentioned both Luce AND Yuni? Of course not…

Beta'ed by WhiteAngel128


The hunter didn't pay attention to anything, a ringing in his ears, and he rushed over to Tsuna's body almost immediately. He looked over it, but knew that an attack, a fatal wound like this, was impossible to recover from. Blood still continued to drip around the blade and he tensed up as he heard a footstep from behind. Spinning around, gun out, he pointed it towards his enemy that had suddenly appeared behind him, the one that had killed Tsuna before his eyes. He was met with a suit of armor, standing up twice his size, and he could hear the clanking of metal as it stepped closer, its pace heavy and slow. He momentarily wondered why he hadn't heard it before, it was too obvious to miss, before his eyes trailed up towards the mist above, perhaps that was the cause?

Glowing red eyes peered out from the hole at the top, the rest of the head in darkness and Reborn could easily make a guess that there was really nothing inside. Regardless, he fired at the eyes, but the bullet just went through them, hitting the inside of the metal helmet, and bounced around within until it stopped. Despite the bullet going in, nothing happened and the armor came closer as if nothing was wrong, the outward dents that had formed when the bullet had hit the surface pulled back in. The sun Arcobaleno fired off a couple more with the same results and stopped. Immediately, he changed the case, going for one of his special explosive bullets and fired a single one. It slammed right into the armor and exploded upon contact, sending the demon back a few feet, however, other than that, it left no marking.

'Shit! Just my luck! Of all demons to meet down here, it just had to be an armor-based one, damn their defenses.' Reborn peered back at Tsuna, wondering if the demon would suddenly get up and give him a hand with his little problem, and yet the brunet remained where he was at, eyes closed up, and unresponsive. Cursing to himself, he knew he had to act fast and get out of here before he ended up like the fallen demon himself. Taking in the calculation of the slow movement, he determined that he had about a minute before it reached him, it wasn't enough, but he could work with it.

Reborn tucked his gun away and turned to the brunet, reaching for the sword that still strapped the demon into place, grasping the end of it and pulled. He needed to get Tsuna out first before finding out what happened. After all, Tsuna was a demon, he wouldn't die from something like this…right? A moment of hesitation appeared in Reborn's eyes, almost stopping his movements. Could Tsuna have died? Was he doing all of this for a lost cause?

"My, it's only been less than a week since we've met and you're already this concern for me?"

The hunter snapped his head up towards the brunet, seeing nothing had changed, except…no, there was something different. The lips, they were smirking now. "Tsuna," Slowly, those eyes fluttered open, looking a little dazed, yet they turned to him with a weak smile. The demon made a small grunt as the blade sunk further into his flesh, hands reaching up to grab the sword that was still inside him, and made some struggles to get it out. However, he couldn't and found it difficult to do so and grinded his teeth together out of frustration and pain. Reborn sneered, pulling at the other side to help loosen the blade out from the wall it had been impaled into. "Even when stabbed against a wall, you can still make snarky comments."

Tsuna smiled again though it looked strained. "Very funny, but seriously, you're attached to me."

"Is that a bad thing?" Reborn gave a grunt, his hands kept slipping from the handles, and the blood and sweat on them was making it harder to get a good grip. They had about thirty seconds left before the armored demon arrived at their spot and felt the sword just barely budging, pieces of the wall crumbling down. Tsuna was using what strength he could to help and cough slightly as the blade continued to tear through him, dropping more blood to the ever-growing pool.

"You're a…demon hunter. You kill beings like myself," Tsuna coughed again, the sword moving easier now that it had dislodged from its spot. There was only fifteen seconds left and the clanking of armor was drawing ever closer, well aware of the struggling the two companions were in. "You shouldn't get attached to one, much less save one."

"Shut up, will you?" Reborn sneered, just getting the blade to collapse out, bringing both Tsuna and the weapon to the ground, the latter clattering and bouncing from slamming into the floor. The demon made a couple more coughs as the blade finally was out of him after the rest being yanked out, blood spilling down his chin, and he reached down to touch the huge gaping wound in his body. He could feel his torn insides starting to slip out, his small intestines being one of them, and placed pressure in that area to prevent that from actually occurring. The hunter couldn't help but feel a little queasy at the sight, but ignored it, leaning down to wrap his arms around Tsuna's body, and stared into those honey-colored eyes. "I'm not leaving you behind, demon or not."

As he spoke those words, ignoring the widening of those eyes, he lifted Tsuna up in a bridal style, knowing fully well that the demon was far too weak to move at this current point of time, and jumped to the side just as a giant armored hand came down on his spot. The ground where he had once stood at crumbled below, cracks appearing on the surface, and he peered back with a growl, glaring at the damn monster before looking down at the weakened one in his arms.

"I thought you were all-powerful." The hunter smirked, racing off down the hallway, trying to get some distance between him and the armor.

Tsuna smiled, weakly reaching up to wrap his arms around Reborn's neck, pulling himself closer. His blood seeped into the, suit but neither cared at this moment since there were more important things to do like running, however, the wound was slowly healing, piecing itself back together from the insides first. "Ah, I am, but even I can feel weak from a massive blood loss. A human body holds an average about six quarts of blood, I just lost five and a half of my own. If I was human, I would have already died."

"You would have died the moment that sword entered you," Reborn huffed, glad that the demon was light enough to carry, continuing to dash down the hallways. He could hear the echoing of that armor demon chasing after them and sneered. Escaping would be tough, he could only hope that Tsuna would heal fast enough to give him a hand. "Hey, what's our enemy this time?"

"It's a mist demon called Rustengan, low-class, it has a tendency to possess objects in order to physically attack. It's the only demon of its kind that can do that, mainly because it doesn't have a physical body to work with," The breathing was starting to get better and the grip on Reborn's body was much stronger than before. Tsuna was definitely healing up. "You need to attack the back, that's the weak spot. There should be a little gem there that appears whenever it possesses an object that if you can crack it, it should shatter the entire body. After that, the Rustengan will slip out and you'll need to use magic against it. It's weak against light and water magic."

Reborn grumbled under his breath, knowing that he didn't know any of those spells, but it didn't matter right now. He needed to get the both of them to safety in order to think of a strategy. Glancing down at the demon, he looked at the wound for a moment, trying to resist the thought of throwing up at the sight of the organs peeking through. He could still see through the gash, the floor right below, but at least it was no longer bleeding.

Tsuna suddenly reached up and pushed the hunter's head away. "Don't look, it'll just make you sick. Focus on the task on hand. I just need a few more minutes before I'm completely recovered and I should be able to help you."

"Good, I'm going to need you. My bullets are useless, they'd just deflect off," Reborn grumbled, dashing down hallway after hallway. He found so many rooms, some having doors that interconnected between more rooms. If anything, it was beginning to look like a maze of sorts and he wished he had taken the time to leave a trail to get back. He felt the grip on him weaken momentarily and took a peek at Tsuna, noticing the once white complexion was starting to gain some color but it wasn't working fast enough. It had already been about ten minutes. "Tsuna?"

The demon smiled weakly, coughing a few times, before replying. "It seems like…Vongola placed a protective spell over the place so that demons would not be able to recover as quickly during or after a battle. I had not foreseen such a thing, it is a terrible mistake on my part."

The human simply cursed, it seemed like everything was just against them today, and yet he didn't stop running, hurrying down the pathway without a second thought. He could still hear the footsteps of metal, but it was getting weaker, just the echoes now. That was a good sign, he told himself. It meant that the armor was getting further away. For a moment, he stopped to mark the wall, using Tsuna's blood to place a handprint on it. It was all he could use to make sure he wasn't running in circles before continuing again.

After another twenty minutes, the demon started squirming in the grasp, wanting nothing more than to get out and walk. But Tsuna knew better, he was still recovering and he doubted that his weaken body would be able to support him currently without collapsing. At least, half of the hole in him was gone, eyes unable to see through him anymore. "I think I should award you for what you did before we go any further." Tsuna smiled weakly, pressing himself further against the hunter.

Reborn gave a grunt, at least glad that he could no longer hear the thumping of metal, and paused for a bit to catch his breath and recover some badly needed energy after running for so long. His black eyes turned to the demon curiously with an eyebrow raised, not completely sure what the other meant. He was about to open his mouth to speak when Tsuna leaned over to push theirs together. Eyes widening in shock, surprised that the demon would do something like this here of all times, Reborn tried to resist. But Tsuna didn't relent in his grip, wrapping his arms around Reborn's neck to pull them in closer, and yet didn't move his tongue to attack the other.

The human found this questioning, it was odd that he hadn't been groped, harassed, or anything else during this entire process. Slowly, he let the surprise slip away and pushed forward, his tongue probing the bottom lip as if asking for entrance. And he was rewarded, which just surprised him further, and narrowed his eyebrows in confusion. This was too odd, Tsuna wasn't resisting at all. 'Well, might as well take advantage of this.'

Immediately, he slipped his tongue in, mapping the demon's inner cave, able to hear a soft moan in return. That alluring scent was back, not as strong, but he could still smell it and felt the body shifting around so that those thin legs could wrap tightly around his waist. Slowly, he pressed Tsuna and himself against a wall, using it as a helpful leverage to keep Tsuna up as his hands wandered the petite body squished between. His fingers went over the curves of the middle, enjoying the soft warm skin that was touchable, and let his hands wander behind to the ass to give a squeeze.

Tsuna made a chuckle at that, tilting his head slightly to the side to allow better access, letting Reborn take control of the setting. The human deserved it after taking the chance of ripping the sword out of him and running away with the enemy demon so close by, it was the least he could do. Reborn continued to pry around Tsuna's mouth, making that limp tongue work with him, and shivered when he heard the demon moan again. It was like music to his ears and it felt good. He pulled away to fill his depleted lungs with air and instead of going for another kiss, he went for the neck, nibbling along the tender flesh there instead. Those long fingers in his black hair gripped tighter in response and Reborn grinned evilly at that.

If the brunet was going to let him take control, then take control he will. He wasn't going to give up this little moment at all. Placing butterfly kisses up and down the neck, his lips slowly trailed down to the collarbone and made a small bite mark there, sucking on it painfully to see if he could leave a mark.

"My…" Tsuna started only to be cut off by Reborn going up for a kiss. The brunet's face was slightly flushed, softly moaning to the hunter's advancement, and then chuckled in amusement soon after.

They were so engulfed in their little session that they had forgotten about the demon that had been following right behind. A crash echoed in the hallway, a wall crumbling down not too far away, and both men looked up to see the demon armor stepping out of the rumble and dust. It paused as if getting its bearings together before turning towards the two companion's direction, continuing onward, unaffected by the scene before it.

"Must have decided that walking through the long hallways was a pain in the ass." The demon snickered at the hilarity, finding the situation funny, despite being pressed up against a wall with his legs wrapped around Reborn's waist.

"Must have," The hunter snorted at the sight, unable to hide the disappointment in his eyes, he had been enjoying himself, what a shame. "And instead thought that busting through walls was a better idea."

Slowly, Tsuna shifted his body, letting Reborn carry him bridal style to make things easier, and held onto the fedora to make sure it didn't fly off. He couldn't hide the smile on his expression and buried his face into Reborn's neck, enjoying the warmth. Soon, he was pulled away from the wall and felt himself being carried off down the hallway, peering up momentarily to watch the armor continue to move their way. Lifting up a hand, he yelled out a spell. "Spread!"

Almost immediately, a pool of water formed around the enemy demon and shot up, blasting at high speed. Reborn paused in his running to look back, trying to see a better view of the spell at its work. It wasn't often he got to see such things. The water from the spell after hitting the roof of the ceiling hard enough to make cracks at the top fell down, collapsing back onto the creature in a shard-like matter, and yet the armor remained, still walking through as if unaffected. Tsuna blinked, slightly irritated, and pulled back at Reborn.

"Well, that didn't work. Damn thing possessed a magic resistant armor, just my luck," Tsuna cursed and then started coughing, pressing himself against Reborn to keep himself still. The hunter began to run once more, though, there was concern in his eyes as he peered down at the demon, wondering what happened. "Ah, used magic while my body is still trying to recover, not exactly a smart idea."

"Then why did you try?"

"Wanted to give you a chance to get away or at least give you more time," The demon curled up against Reborn. "Sorry, I can't offer any more help. We'll need to make a plan to distract it long enough for you to get to the back."

At that, the hunter grinned in amusement. "You've done enough. For now, we'll just keep running around and wait for Takeshi to give us a hand or until you've regained enough strength to hold it off. Luckily for us both, the demon isn't very fast."

"Yeah." Tsuna closed his eyes, trying to concentrate on recovering but with the wound, massive blood loss, and being hindered by that protective barrier, it could take a while. Mentally, he called out to his old companion as he closed his eyes to lean further against Reborn. 'Hurry, Takeshi, hurry.'


Another couple of fingerprints came next, never once passing the same one until later. Reborn cursed as he saw it, knowing he had gone around in a circle, and because of that, the clicking of metal had gotten closer. Shifting again, he went a different way, hoping that he was going the right direction. Looking down at Tsuna, he grumbled, still able to see the wound clearly, though much better compared to before.

Eventually, they came up to a door that looked different compared to all the others they had seen before. This one was shaded in a black color, the doorknob silver, and it seemed it emitted some sort of smog around as if warning people. The two companions glanced at each other before Reborn made his way over, Tsuna opening the door since both of the hunter's hands were tied at the moment and peered inside carefully.

"What?" Reborn whispered as he stared at the object before him, a glowing ball that looked like it was made out of crystals, and it was hovering just above a pedestal. It would fly up and down just slightly, its white glow shining brightly despite how colorless the room already was. The smog seemed to be appearing from below, monochrome until it got far enough to turn a grayish tint. However, what he did notice that made him curse was that this was a dead end, there was no other room connecting the place.

A crash occurred behind him, alerting him immediately that the demon was still right behind and was moving closer to their spot, probably not yet aware of the dead-end they had faced. He knew that turning back now would lead them straight into the demon, no doubt about it. His dark eyes peered down at Tsuna, noticing the exhausted look the brunet held on his face, unable to hide his current weakness. Taking in all the factors, it wasn't looking good for them both.

Running towards the crystal ball, he laid Tsuna down, aware that the demon was looking at him curiously with his breathing weak, and pulled away. "Reborn," The incubus spoke, coughing slightly, and moved to sit up. "You need to destroy that, it's a crystal ball that draws in demons of all kinds and it seems to have been activated recently. I'm not sure if it'll work or not, but there's a chance that the Rustengan might no longer want to bother with us."

"And if it still comes after us?" Reborn glanced over, picking up the ball and held it carefully in his hands, the glow fading at his touch.

At that, Tsuna shook his head. He had no answer to that, he too was unsure of what could happen. Anything could really. Coughing again, he got himself standing up and stood in front of the hunter, like he was going to defend him, glaring at the door as he heard the clanking of metal getting closer. It would only be a matter of seconds before it arrived at their area.

Reborn growled, he didn't need protection, and slammed the ball to the ground to crack the device, the smog disappearing with it. It had been too simple, the device like glass, and shattered upon contact with the ground. Soon after, he pulled both his guns out that he held underneath his jacket and pointed one of them towards the door. He wasn't going to allow some demon beat him like this and so easily. "Hey, Tsuna."

"Yeah?"

"I want to do one last thing before we face off with our troublemaker."

Tsuna tilted his head back with a curious eyebrow raised. "You make it sound like you're about to die. Don't worry, I won't let you. If anything, I'll stay behind and fight and let you escape even if it means revealing myself to the rest of the building."

There was laughter and Reborn stepped forward with a smirk. "Who said anything about dying? I'm not going to die. I will live and that is final and you're not going to be some idiot who'll sacrifice oneself. Anyway, I want to get something before we do this battle and I'm not going to take a no for an answer." He got a confused expression from the brunet despite the amused grin that he was getting. Leaning over, he cupped Tsuna's face with the barrel of the gun, staring into those honey-colored eyes greedily, before moving closer. The demon didn't do anything, watching as his expression morphed into one of delight, and closed his eyes, feeling those warm lips just an inch away from his own. He could feel the warm breath tickling over his cheeks and just as they were about to connect, there was a crack.

This snapped their attention away from each and towards the front where the wall collapsed before them. The Rustengan had finally made its appearance, interrupting them for the second time. Tsuna grumbled underneath his breath and immediately got into an offensive position, hands out before him, and he closed his eyes for a moment before feeling his powers shift through his body, giving him that badly needed boost. Reborn watched from the side as Tsuna's hands became enflamed by an orange color, the flames burning brightly around the limb, never touching the arm warmers and the skin.

However, what caught him the most were the eyes when they reopened. They were a warm color of orange like flames burning brilliantly within the orbs. It was a beauty and it left him almost speechless at how those eyes drew him in, momentarily thinking that it looked familiar to Giotto's fighting form with those flames. Before he could question it any further, Tsuna dashed forward, slamming his right inflamed hand into the chest plate of the armor, denting it all the way out to the back. However, the Rustengan didn't remain still and strike back by bringing the large blade it had probably picked back up from where he had stabbed Tsuna down, slamming it into the ground below. Tsuna simply dodged to the side, swinging his body in a twist with such speed, before going for another attack, this time from the side, giving it another dent.

Reborn chuckled before running around, firing off explosive bullets, trying to make his way to the back. He caught the glitter of the jewel before he jumped back to dodge an arm flying his way, rolling across the ground to gain some distance. Tsuna immediately intervened to give a hand, blasting off fire magic from his hands, but it did little to affect the armor except giving the hunter a chance to move. The previous dents that Tsuna had made popped back out and the brunet quickly struck a couple more times to distract it. He dodged almost effortlessly around the blade, faulting here and there when the wound caught up to him, but made sure to use his small body to his advantage to get out just in time.

Then the hunter had a clear shot and took it without any hesitation. The jewel behind had an appearance of a ruby about the size of an US quarter, but it didn't matter how small it was, Reborn wasn't going to miss, pulling the trigger. There was a loud crack and the armor remained still for a moment, the two companions doing the same, and almost like a puppet, it collapsed into a pile of rubble. The metal clanked as it hit each other and Tsuna jumped back, the flames vanishing from his body and leaned against the pedestal to hold himself up, the exhaustion clearly evident on his expression and there was sweat dripping down his face, his breathing heavy.

Reborn was tempted to rush over, but stopped when he saw the glowing red eyes peering out from the rubble, glaring at him, and watched as a mist-like body floated up. It shifted back and forth like a cloth stuck on the wind and he could see right through the body, knowing that his bullets would go right through it.

"Aqua Laser!" At the sound of the spell, a beam of water shot out from Tsuna's location, hitting the enemy demon directly. Reborn watched as the Rustengan began to wiggle at the force, almost like it was screeching at being hit by its weakness, and vanished, dissipating. He sighed, it was finally over, and rushed over to the incubus' side to help keep him up. He chuckled at the expression and helped Tsuna onto the ground carefully, letting the demon lean against him.

"You alright?"

"Yeah, of course, just tired. That's all. Ugh…" Tsuna grumbled as he touched his wound, muttering words under his breath as he tried to use what little energy he had left from the water spell to help him recover faster. Once his body was fixed, he would be almost back to normal, it was just the matter of getting fixed. "Just let me rest for a bit."

"That's fine." Reborn let Tsuna lay down to rest and in the meantime, kicked the shards of crystal away and opened the door to the hallway to peer down it. There was nothing there, they were safe at this moment, and settled beside the brunet, once more offering a shoulder for the demon to lean against. His black eyes peered over the incubus, watching the heavy breathing as the chest rise and fall and sighed. He contemplated on an idea, one that sounded very stupid and ridiculous, and eventually sighed for a second time, pulling up his sleeve to his jacket and undershirt. Outstretching his uncovered arm, he gave a small grunt, his eyes turning away, and offered his limb, the intent obvious to the both of them. "Use it, I know you need the energy right now."

Tsuna stared at the offered flesh, tempted to actually go through and get the needed nourishment in his own, before pushing the arm away. "No, I'm afraid you'll be needing it more than me. We're not done yet."

"What do you mean?"

Tsuna didn't answer, no, he didn't need to. The hunter was about to demand the answer when suddenly he heard the wall behind him crack. Startled by the sound, Reborn took a few steps back after standing up, gun out and ready for use. The sound came again and again until the wall came crumbling to the ground and a shift in the air made Reborn jumping to the side to dodge a long throw of a weapon, a black blade similar to before, going right past him. He cursed, getting his bearing together instantly, and peered back again, letting the dust clear up, before his eyes widened in shock.

"Oh, shit…" The hunter cursed, this was beyond his skills, looking over the large group of demons gathering before his eyes, and took a step back. There was no way he could handle this many. His eyes went to Tsuna when the demon bumped into him, the brunet taking a defensive stance beside him. "What do you think?"

"If I was up in tip-top condition, this wouldn't be a problem. But I'm not. It would be best to retreat and see if we can meet up with Takeshi." Tsuna took a step back, bringing the other with him, when the multiple Rustengans began to come closer, some raising their own blades up to throw it as well like the previous demon. The hunter noticed that they were all wearing the same type of armor and wondered in the back of his mind where they had all come from. There was no way all these demons could slip inside of Vongola like this unnoticed.

Regardless, he couldn't think accurately at the moment and fired a few well aimed bullets at the arms, making the enemy demons drop the swords with a loud clatter. As they were about to turn around to run, a blast of water magic flew past them from behind slamming into the numerous enemies. The two companions felt the droplets splashing onto their bodies, drenching them entirely and washing off the blood that had been on them before. They could see the redness seeping down below their feet and yet neither of them was happy. They were now wet and tired, not a good combination. Soon after the spell went through, pushing all the Rustengans back, a man came flying by, fists flaming in orange with one similar on the forehead, crashing a fist first into one of the armors, sending it flying back into the crowd.

Reborn and Tsuna blinked in question and watched as a group of people began to filter into the room, Takeshi with the Vongola boss and his guardians. They turned to each other, blinking in question, and watched as the Nokk and Vongola Decimo came up to them to wonder about their condition and situation. The rest of the guardians were fighting off the rest of the demons, keeping that side occupied. Immediately the two snapped back, eyes narrowed dangerously, raising up a foot and kicked their respectful member in the head.

"You're late!"


'Twist' the new story that can kinda go along with this one will come out with the next chapter, a little bit afterwards. You'll recognize a character in it from here.