Now this is finally the last chapter. It didn't came out like I wanted for but I expect it didn't suck too much. I never really thought I would really manage to finish the story; I could only get this far because of the support of everyone who read it. I had little confidence in myself regarding my writing skills, so I thank you all for your help. I am really glad to have decided to post this story so that I could understand the happiness I am feeling now. Thank you!

Disclaimer: I don't own KHR or any of the characters.

"this is the illusion/memory"

Reaching For The Sky

Chapter 12: Break The Ice

"The five boys looked down at the girl who just passed out and then to each other.

'What do we do now?' Yamamoto asked with a shake smile.

'We need to help her' Tsuna said 'She is losing a lot of blood, we need to stop the bleeding' he stated with a firm voice.

'We need to take this herbivore to another place' Hibari stated ' Here shouldn't be safe'. Tsuna nodded but before he could do anything he saw Ryohei picking up the girl in bridal style.

'I will take her to a safe spot and tend to her wounds' Ryohei said in rare serious tone.

'If Nii-san says so' Tsuna said getting up 'Then I will look for her brother' he said walking in the direction of the hidden door.

'What do you think you can do?' Gokudera said stopping Tsuna with a hand in his shoulder.

'I don't know' Tsuna admitted 'But I can't just leave' Gokudera looked startled for a second.

'I will come with you' he said.

Tsuna gave him a small smile and noticed Hibari at his side waiting patiently. His smile grew a little more.

'Takeshi-kun' he called 'could you stay with Nii-san? If they are attacked he will need since he needs to take care of the girl' Yamamoto nodded.

'Take care Tsuna' he said before disappearing beck in the forest with Ryohei.

'Let's go' he said walking in the mysterious place with Hibari and Gokudera.

They walked for a few minutes in white corridors with some few doors totally locked. They walked past stairs and didn't know it what to do. Where could this Mukuro person be? And where were the people who hurt the girl? Tsuna was yanked off his thoughts when a loud scream came from down stairs and he didn't lose any time to go there.

The kids arrived in another maze of white corridors and locked door and followed the screams until they found a white room with the door opened. They entered the place and noticed the computers and chemicals in the tables. So this is a secret lab, Tsuna thought. They heard someone cursing aloud and a creepy laugh. That was when Hibari pointed to a big glass window where they could see a young boy on the other side walking over blood and corpses. There was many adults trying to approach him all of them with weapons, but he didn't seemed to care as he laughed with tears running down his cheeks. Tsuna noticed the trident in the boy's hands that seemed to appear and disappear like a mirage.

'What the hell…?' Gokudera cursed under his breath.

Tsuna didn't seemed to listen as he looked for a door that could bring him to the other side of the window, he jumped a bit when he heard a loud CRACK. Looking around to find the cause he saw Hibari with his tonfas on hands breaking a door.

'What are you herbivores waiting for?' he asked glancing at them and then passing the door.

Tsuna was a bit shocked but shrugged and ran past the door with Gokudera on his heels white as a paper.

They arrived at the other side to see that Hibari was already beating the crap out of some men with a smug smirk pasted in his face, the other boy with the trident nowhere to be seen and looking quite shocked.

'Are you Mukuro?' Tsuna asked after dodging some way on his way to the boy that he noticed it was taller than him and had a red eye with a kanji.

'How did you -… Who are you?' The boy asked suspiciously.

'We can talk about it latter' Tsuna stated looking around worried 'A girl asked us to help' he answered 'We need to get out of here fast'.

'A girl?' Mukuro said happy 'Chrome made it' He then calmed down and gave Tsuna a sad smile 'I can't go now'

'Eh? How come you can't the fuck go?' Gokudera asked angrily.

'We were not the only ones here' Mukuro explained 'I want to free the others'

Tsuna stopped for a moment and then nodded. 'Lead the way' he said in a firm voice.

'Wha- you can't be serious' Gokudera stuttered.

'You don't need to come' Tsuna said to him 'Lead the way Mukuro' The taller boy seemed to think for a minute before going to the place Hibari was fighting.

'We need to go past them until the end of the corridor' he explained. Tsuna nodded and together with Mukuro he took part in the fight.

Hibari even thought he was fighting he was listening too to the talk behind him. He couldn't help to feel a shiver down the spine when the small boy told the other off with a firm voice. But he didn't really know what to think when he saw the petite boy at his side ready to fight. The only thought in his head when a man attacked the boy was he is dead. But he had a pleasant surprised when Tsuna averted the attack a with a quick motion he attacked the back of the man neck hitting a pressure spot.

'Whoa' Hibari said with a small smile.

Tsuna blushed a little at the attention the other gave him even if they were in the middle of fighting. He for some reason knew that Hibari had just given him the utmost compliment he could give someone. He turned back his attention to the man in front of him when he heard an explosion.

'Ah fuck' Gokudera said getting closer, some chemicals in his hands 'It was bigger than I expected'

'Hayato-kun?' Tsuna called 'I thought you were going back' he said tilting his head to the side in doubt.

'Of course not you idiot' Gokudera snarled 'I was picking some useful things in the lab'

'To create a bomb' Mukuro completed what the other was saying with a mischievous smile. Gokudera nodded.

'Everyone back down' Gokudera called as Hibari, Mukuro and Tsuna came to his side, then he threw to chemicals at the adults direction. They noticed the adults trying to distance themselves from the chemicals to no avail. When both met in the floor a loud explosion happened, the shock sending the men crashing in the walls knocked out.

'Good work' Mukuro said with a smile 'We need to hurry before more of them come'

The four kids ran down the way until they found an adjacent corridor with some cells.

'Is this a prison?' Gokudera asked warily.

'No' Mukuro answered trying to use the computer to open the digital locks 'It is the cells of the experiments' he said with disgust 'Shit, they changed the password'

Tsuna pushed Mukuro out of the way and took his place by the computer.

'Leave it to me' he said confidently 'I only need a couple of minutes'.

The boys watched in amazement as Tsuna hacked the lab system in a flash. As promised in a couple of minutes they heard the locks open.

'I will close all the routes that they can use to get us' Tsuna said without looking away from the computer 'I will lock down and shut up the system of this place so that they can't chase us out too. We will have five minutes to get out of here.' He said.

The other boys nodded.

'Let's go pick up all the people here' Gokudera said.

In five minutes there were four other boys with them. A small teal haired kid with an apple shaped hat. A young crying boy with wild hair and dressed in cow pattern. A boy with glasses and cold eyes. A blond with strange teeth.

'Have you finished?' Mukuro asked nervous.

'Just a second' Tsuna said tapping a few things on the keyboard 'NOW' he said as all the kids made a run to the exit.

As Tsuna promised he had closed all the ways in the lab except the one they would use, so there weren't a lot of chaser and they could easily take care of them. They made to the exit in the exact second. As soon as they passed the door the system shut it out and the door closed behind them.

The boys were panting, tired from the running or just because of the adrenalin. Hibari was the first to walk away as he hated crowd. Tsuna followed just behind.

'Let's go' he called the boys 'We can't stay here, and we need to find the others'

No one really wanted to stay there so they all walked in silence looking for their friends. After a few minutes they found them under a large tree.

'Takeshi-kun, Nii-san' Tsuna called his friends 'How is the girl?'

Mukuro was fast at the girl side before anyone could answer, the teal haired boy at his side.

'The bleeding stopped but she needs a hospital' Ryohei said nervous. He wasn't a doctor. He was just a kid for god's sake.

'We need to move out' Gokudera stated 'We will be found out easily here. Tsuna-sama gave us time so let's not waste it'

'Tsuna-sama?' Tsuna asked in doubt.

'Of course!' Gokudera said happy 'You were really amazing there, we wouldn't be here if not for you!' The other boys nodded and Tsuna blushed.

'Let's find out a safe place' he said looking down embarrassed.

Mukuro tried to pick up the girl but Ryohei didn't let him, picking her up bridal style again since the other boy was obviously too tired. They walked for hours in the forest not seeming to get to any place. The sun was already in the middle of the sky when they arrived in an abandoned park thematic.

'It is Kokuyo land' Tsuna said surprised, they should have walked miles and miles. 'We should be safe here'

The group entered a big building in the back of the park; it was a kind of center and had an infirmary. The place was in shambles at some parts but in general it wasn't so bad. They found some stretchers and a first aid kit there. Ryohei laid down the girl in the stretchers and sat down too tired to do anything else.

The boys stood sat down in the floor for a moment seeing Mukuro tend to the girls injures with the first aid kit.

'So…' Tsuna started unsure 'Who are you guys?'

'You don't even know and still got into danger to help us?' the blond asked in disbelief 'Are you dumb?'

Tsuna shrugged.

'I am Fran, 7 years, Sagittarius' the teal haired boy introduce himself in a monotonous voice. 'The pineapple there is my master and the girl his sister'

'Pineapple?' Tsuna said with a chuckle.

'I am Rokudo Mukuro' the boy said sending a glare to Fran 'and this is my younger sister Chrome' Tsuna gave them a smile.

'And you three?' he asked to the other boys.

'The one in glasses is Chikusa and the blond is Ken' Mukuro introduced the boys 'the crybaby cow is Lambo'

Tsuna gave them a polite smile. 'I am Sawada Tsunayoshi, the one with silver hair and a green eye is Gokudera Hayato, the smiling raven haired is Yamamoto Takeshi, the one who carried Chrome-chan is Sasagawa Ryohei. The one ignoring us is Hibari Kyoya' he introduced his friends hearing a low snarl from Hibari 'What were you doing there? Who were that men?' he asked.

Mukuro took a moment to examine the boys before answering 'They are from the mafia famiglia known as Estrenao. We are just tests subjects.' He said bitterly.

Gokudera gaped at the words. Tsuna looked sad behind his usual blank mask. He looked worried from one another.

'They will come for you?' he asked

'Certainly' Fran answered in a bored tone.

'Do you have some place to go?' Tsuna asked even more worried.

Ken snorted 'If we had do you think we would be there?'

Tsuna smiled apologized. 'Sorry, now I can't do too much to you guys but I will help you out' he said in a soft serious tone 'I will do anything to protect you all' he said reassuring.

'What can you do?' Mukuro asked bitterly 'You don't have the power to do it'

'Then I just need to get it.' Tsuna said in a serious face 'It is time to end the game."

The Vongola famiglia fell into the floor after the end of the illusion.

"What the…?" Giotto said looking around and finding out that they were back to the underground base.

"What the hell just happened?" G asked looking around like he could find the answer in the air around him.

"An illusion…" Daemon stated "What that illusion was supposed to mean?" He asked the Impero family that was talking quietly.

" Lambo was a… *snif* I ca-can't be-belive" Lampo whimpered crying out loud.

"It was our fault…" Giotto whispered shocked.

"What are you saying Giotto" G snapped "It is just an illusion."

"It is not just an illusion" Tsuna said aloud "Those are the memories of how we came together."

"Before that we had no idea that the many things that happened to us were because of our relation with the Vongola" Gokudera scoffed.

"Hahaha Tsuna did a good job gathering the information" Yamamoto voice was a little strained.

"All that happened?" Asari asked "That was not all?"

"Kidnapping, attempt of murder, blackmail, beatings" Hibari listed bored but with feral eyes.

"Now they now why" Mukuro stated darkly.

"How do you plan to make up for all this?" Tsuna asked in an icily voice. He send a death glare to Daemon "We still don't wish to wage war against Vongola, but I can't let you go too" he stated "You can't explain yourselves and we didn't expected you to." He looked to his own guardians and spoke a soft velvet voice "You are free to start."

The younger ones soon divided themselves and dragged/threw their brother in different way, weapons in hand.

Yamamoto didn't really hate his brother, he was even happy that he had come back and he had much fun playing baseball with his brother. But he wasn't just a baseball player, he was a swordsman too, and as one he wanted to test his skills and his brothers was not any opponent, he was a master swordsman from Vongola. He gave Asari a dark smile before pulling out his long sword.

"I expect you survive this" Yamamoto said truthful. "Cambio Forma" As Yamamoto called another sword formed in his hand in place of his necklace.

"So those are the Metal Gears…" Asari picked his long katana and three short swords.

"Scontro di Rondine" Yamamoto is engulfed by rain flames as he goes head on to his opponent. Asari smiled.

"This will be fun"

Hibari and Alaude were soon immersed in their fights as the two didn't really needed any reason to fight someone strong. This time when they faced each other both used flames. Alaude with his handcuffs and Hibari with tonfas and handcuffs. At each attack they would smile more, happy to fight someone of their levels.

Lambo turned his ring into the helmet he used for battle and charged at his brother attacking with horns made from lighting flames. Not that the other noticed since he was too busy crying his eyes out. Lambo easily knocked out his opponent.

Gokudera a G stared at each other. G with his archery and Gokudera with his bombs. But none attacked yet. G didn't wanted to attack his little brother after what he discovered about the other life. Gokudera didn't think like this so while his brother was debating his morals he was using his Uri bombs in cat form to sneak on G. He smiled when the bombs exploded and G looked surprised at him.

"Maybe that won't be so bad" Gokudera said with a smug smirk.

Ryohei and Knuckle were others that wouldn't really mind fighting with no apparent reason, principally if it was box. So they were soon in a box match, who fall in his knees first lose. No one minding a lot the situation as they were having fun. Ryohei was finding this all too EXTREME as he really wanted to fight his brother but thought it would never be possible since Knuckle give up on box and promised to never fight again.

In the side of the mist guardian it was where the things were serious. Was making a lot of successive illusions, some time affecting the people around. Chrome was sitting in the ground watching such a high level illusion battle. Daemon was managing in some way to keep up with the other's illusions, but he noticed that if his sister had joined the battle he would already have lost. Mukuro seeing that it was futile to continue with illusion pick up his trident made from mist and decided to attack physically.

To two illusionist it was really surprising as both were such good martial artists. It is known that illusionist are weak to bodily attack, weak to pain. But that wasn't seen at all at these two battle. Chrome was truly amazed at her two brothers. It could be a time until the other could be forgiven completely, but she saw that Mukuro was already leaving behind the rage as the two had fun in the fight. She smiled a little. I would be good if they could be a true family in the future.

Tsuna and Giotto looked at each other warily. Neither really wanted to fight.

"I am sorry for all of this" Tsuna said awkwardly.

Giotto looked at his brother dumb folded. "You don't have to. It was our fault. We didn't take care of you guys and had many secrets…" Giotto said walking towards his little brother. "What I mean is… I am sorry for having lied to you and leaved you alone for so long" he apologized in a deep bow. "I- we thought it would be better if we were far away"

Tsuna smiled brightly "That was all that I needed to hear" he said softly. "I expect that after today we can renew our relationship, as relatives and as mafia bosses"

Giotto nodded with a thankful smile. "We would like to"

"I say that we wouldn't mind to form an alliance with the Vongola" Tsuna stated.

"We would be happy to" Giotto said looking to his guardians fighting "You are all very powerful"

Tsuna chuckled . "I guess so"

"So you are a hacker?" Giotto asked curiously.

"Yeah" he said with a glint in the eyes "I hacked the Vongola database a lot of times too." He said in a teasing tone.

Giotto laughed. "So it was you, huh."

They spend a minute in a comfortable silence when they heard a loud BANG and then another, in a second Tsuna noticed the ones who were destroying the underground base.

"Mukuro, Kyoya" he said entering the Hyper Dying Will Mode "It is enough" his voice echoed in the room and everyone stood still for a moment "I guess we all already had enough."

He didn't needed to say again as everyone stopped what they were doing and came closer to the two bosses.

"So what now?" Gokudera asked unsure.

"Now we are starting an alliance with the Vongola." Tsuna said.

"An alliance?" Many voices from both families echoed.

"Yes" Giotto said. "We are now allies. That means that we will be meeting each other more" he said glancing at his brother "And you will have more chances to fight too." This seems to convince some bloodthirsty guardians.

"Now we can go on without worries" Tsuna said softly to his guardians. He had a feeling that from now on the things would only get better.

~~~~~~ Few months later ~~~~~~~

"Tsunayoshi" Hibari called the brunet sited at his side. "What are you thinking about?"

"I was thinking about the past" Tsuna answered with a nostalgic look. "We should be arriving in Italy soon, right?" he asked absentminded.

"Hn" Hibari nodded.

"They were kind to lend their private jet to us" Tsuna said locking gazes with Hibari "The others are already there waiting for us" he remembered his friends leaving a weak before to Italy so that they could spend the vacation there with the Vongola.

"We had work to do before we left" Hibari stated.

"I am glad though" Tsuna said with a smile "At least with have the plane only to us" he then leaned over to give Hibari a sweet kiss.

"I guess it is not that bad" Hibari answered with a smirk pulling the brunet closer to deepen the kiss.

Now everything was fine with their older brothers. The Impero famiglia was now one of the strongest allies from Vongola. All their friends had found a new family and found their own places. And Tsuna now had the very best lover he could have asked for. Yeah, life wasn't that bad.

THE END

A/N: Yeah I don't know how to write fighting scenes... I thought I should explain the title, since it didn't turned out clear in the story. To Tsuna the sky it is a place where they belong and where they could be themself without secrets, pain our masks. He was always longing for a day where they would achive this 'true' sky. They were already close, but first they needed to let go of the bad emotions that held them down. I am sorry if the final turned out quite rushed but I didn't really knew what to write anymore and I don't have more time, so I decided to finish it. I would love if you review saying what you thought about the story, it would make easier for the next time I write something. Thank you again.