Chapter 12

Hibari had now switched places with his ten year later self. He looked around to see where he was- the skies were gray and everything seemed to be dull. In front of him was a grave that read: Kawashima Hitomi ; 199X - 20XX .

So he was obviously in a cemetery, but this just didn't seem right. He looked at the date again. Hitomi had died six years ago in this time, and in his time, Hitomi would die in about four years.

Hibari had also noticed a little boy that was standing near him who was praying in front of the grave. He had dark brown hair. Once the little boy had finished praying and opened his eyes, Hibari saw such a nostalgic shade of green staring at him.

"What happened to you?" the boy asked. "You look... um... a bit different."

"..." Hibari stood in the same position, unsure of what to do. He was the type of person that hated crowds, yet there was something that just seemed different about this boy.

"Uh, nevermind..." the boy said and looked back at the grave.


Hibari looked around and realized that he was in Namimori Middle School; this had to be the work of the Ten Year Bazooka. He walked outside the room and saw a ten year younger Sawada Tsunayoshi.

"T-Ten year older Hibari-san?" said Tsuna.

Even though he could've said, "What are you doing herbivore? If you don't disappear from my site I'll bite you to death," he decided not to because he knew that he'd only have five minutes to do what he had to do. Right now was the only chance he could possibly see her- Hitomi.

Ignoring Tsuna, he walked away. As he searched the hallway, he saw Hitomi, Yamamoto, and Gokudera. He calmly walked up to them and grabbed Hitomi by the arm.

"H-Hibari?" Yamamoto and Gokudera shouted.

Hitomi looked at him in disbelief. "… Kyou-chan? You're… Kyou-chan?" She was too shocked to even squirm and get out of his grasp. The way he tightly held her arm… it hurt, but she couldn't even react to it.

"… Don't do anything stupid you'll regret," he said.

"..." Hitomi looked at him quietly. She looked confused, but didn't say anything.

"Go back to your usual self… Hitomi."

"Just Hitomi? You just now called me… Hitomi…" she said and blushed. "Usually it's Hitomi the herbivore…"

"… Yeah."

"I'm so confused right now… The Kyou-chan I'm looking at right now seems so different, I don't know what to think…"

"…"

"But you seem serious… so I'll keep in mind what you said… I'm stupid, but I won't do anything I'll regret. I'll try to remember that."

"… Just one minute left."

"One minute?"

"… Yeah," he said and stared straight into Hitomi's eyes. Before he knew it, he had let go of her arm and instead, he was gently holding onto her hand.

"… Bye …" he said and within seconds, a big puff appeared and so was the Hibari from this time.

As soon as he realized he was holding her hand, he let go and walked a few inches back. Yamamoto and Gokudera were watching them with a blank expression, witnessing everything that happen in the past few minutes.

"Kyou-chan… what on earth is going on? I know you don't really like talking, but please explain to me everything. And in exchange, there's a lot I need to tell you too."


The Ten Year Later World…

The boy stared at Hibari with a strange look and then rubbed his eyes.

"Is my eyesight getting bad?" he muttered. "… You look like… you keep changing…"

"It's nothing…" said Hibari as he looked at the grave. He then began to space out and thought of what happened the last few years…

Hitomi was able to skip a couple of grades for being so smart. Before Hibari knew it, the two of the graduated high school together. They never really went out as a couple would usually do, since he hated crowds.

But it was okay. She really loved him, and he hated to admit it, but he loved her as well. That was all that really mattered.

There was a time the two of them sat down on the park's bench, late at night. Till this day, he could still remember their conversation.

"Hey Kyouya…" said Hitomi as she held onto his hand and looked up at him.

"… Yeah?"

"You know, I don't have that much time left."

"What?"

She smiled. "I mean, if we don't hurry, I won't be able to cook dinner for you."

"Oh."

At the time, he didn't really understand what was going on and didn't really pay attention to what she meant when she said she didn't have much time left.


199X-20XX …. Lol, I didn't know what year to put xDD Well that's the end of the chapter… Thanks to all readers who have been reading this for a long time and thanks to all the new readers as well.