Chapter 21

All the big figures of the underworld gathered at an unusual place. Dino Cavallone had sent a threat letter to Vongola Nono Timiteo with a 'cordial invitation' to 'discuss' some issues regarding the mate prospect for the Decimo. Iemitsu tagged along under Timiteo's orders and Reborn invited himself as tutor of the idiot. Timiteo knew of the other plans in mind.

While both parties made their way to the agreed meeting point, a third party has already been there. Aria and Nana waited patiently under the cover of Mukuro's illusions. Tsuna was being hidden in another room beside the room Dino and Timiteo would hold the discussion. According to Viper, the plan Reborn had was simple. All they had to do was to prove that Tsuna was in love with Hibari and Dino would gladly back off. However, in any case should it displease the 'allies' Dino gathered, they would bring Nana out as the ace card to threaten them using the Yukitsuki's name. In the worst scenario, a war might break out and Nana is to use her powers to avoid it.

Aria knew Reborn was a heartless person and it would not mean anything even if Nana had to sacrifice herself. He was sure she would gladly do so. However, he miscalculated the part where Tsuna might be implicated and thus made a second plan after the initial plan to have Mukuro step in and help.

Mukuro sighed for the thirtieth time since they entered the underground room. It was indeed an impressive hideout, however they fact that the place lacks entertainment still irritates Mukuro. "I should have disagreed and stayed with mio bello. This body is still weak."

Aria frowned. The dream she had about the massacre should be avoided with Mukuro but somehow she felt extremely uneasy. "What if I was wrong? What if everyone still end up dying?" Unknown to her, Mukuro had been observing her and reading the thoughts in her mind. He remained silent.

As planned, Dino arrived first with all his newly gathered allies. Romario looked at his boss worriedly. He had seen him grow up and deal with other famiglias before. He was known as bucking bronco and was always firm. Eradicating a famiglia or two has been nothing to Dino but Romario feared this time he went too far. Just yesterday he had brought the matter up to his boss but was immediately given the cold stare. Romario knew nothing at this point would change his boss's mind.

After five minutes or so, Timiteo entered with Iemitsu and Reborn flanked at his sides. Clearly the Vongola Don was outnumbered against Dino who had at least ten other underbosses who ruled Japan.

Once all parties were seated, Aria focused intently on Reborn who had a very calm mask placed on. She was getting nervous. When Fon and Hibari enter, who knows what chaos may befall the unfortunate people. She did her own research on Hibari Kyoya's background and knew his father was a rich businessman. Hibari's mother was a yakuza's daughter who was disowned when she eloped with the man she loved. She was pregnant with Hibari when she eloped and they were not even married. Hibari's father died a year after Hibari was born. He was assassinated by a group in Kyoto whose boss had set eyes on Hibari's mother. Hibari's mother did not have the time to mourn for her husband or bury him when she fled with her child at night.

Young Hibari grew up quickly and proved to inherit his father's intelligence. However, due to his maturity, he had learnt the harshness of the world he lived in. He never saw his mother smile around him happily. He felt neglected as a child and built an impregnable fortress around his heart. Kusakabe was their family's butler and the man took care of Hibari until he died. The duty of serving the Hibari heir was passed to Kusakabe Tetsuya, Kusakabe's son. Kusakabe was the only person Hibari could rely on. His son Tetsuya learnt his young master's temper and served him dutifully. Hibari grew to become stronger every day and Tetsuya watched his progress. The group of disciplinary committee Hibari led was all ex delinquents or yakuza. Hibari himself ran a yakuza trade beneath the student facade. The paper works sent to his office daily were mostly contracts of territorial and business transactions for the yakuza trade. Few knew his true identity as Hibari prefers his freedom. Most people approach him despite their fear to win his favor. Hibari hated them. Women flocked to him with ulterior motives. There was never a person Hibari could rely on and let down his guard around, not even Kusakabe.

Hibari knows that his family who he shared the same blood with might be out there but he never bothered to search for them. He lived in solitary until Tsuna came into his life and dragged him along with his mafia mess. Hibari himself was not concerned about having to lead a dark future since he was already there but seeing the brunet, a bright and cheerful person, entering the dark world was what changed Hibari's perspective of life.

Aria did her research with the few connections she had in Japan without Reborn to trace Hibari's family tree. Among the people gathered by Dino, one of them was a cousin of Hibari's mother. Another one was the son of Hibari's father's murderer. Such twisted fate scared Aria. She envisioned the murder of Nana Sawada and the Vongola Nono. The Decimo would be protected by the body of Hibari Kyoya and the one initiating all the attacks were no other than Hibari Kyoya himself. Aria shuddered at the recollection of her dream. She had to stop him before this turns into a meaningless war.

The two parties discussed seriously about Tsuna who unknown to Dino's party was just beside them in another room. The poor boy had yet to awaken. Nana looked at her son and her husband sadly. She was still afraid of having to expose her identity as the Vongola Nono's mate. She was afraid to tell her son she knew of the burden he had to carry. She was afraid of betraying the trust everyone had in her yet she knew it was the only right thing to do at this point if she did not want people dying in vain. Reborn's plan wanted her to use the powers as Vongola Nono's mate to prevent the war but Aria wanted her to use her authority of a mother to prevent it. Nana was at a loss for what to do. She sighed and closed her eyes, not wanting to think anymore.

Mukuro on the other hand was contacting Chrome. She was on her way to perform some errands for him and if he can still make it in time, Aria's prediction might be avoided. That is if that person agrees to help.

The three parties in the room were unaware of an independent force waiting for them above and outside their meeting place. Above them were Skull and the Carcassa famiglia together with an adult Colonello and an adult Lal. Skull whined how it was unfair for them to become adults first while the two ignored him. According to Reborn's plan, they should stay out of this once the kidnapping is successful.

Outside the meeting area, the Varia had cleared out and kept all the visitors in the hotel out. Viper held an illusion while the remaining Varia members present in Japan except Belphegor were on standby, ready to charge in together with the Vongola Decimo cloud guardian when he arrives. Xanxus and Squalo had this planned out with Fon beforehand. Fon had agreed that Reborn might have been wrong after witnessing how Tsuna behaved with Hibari. Hibari was the only person unaware what was going on.

The sound of motorbike engine snapped Squalo out of his reverie and the commander nudged his grumpy lover. "Voii, he's here." Xanxus grunted and prepared the X guns.

Hibari kicked open the door and Viper covered him with her illusion. Everyone in the hotel acted normally as if he was not around. Hibari frowned. Something was off. Fon, on seeing the cue jumped down from the second story and transformed into his adult self with the potion taking effect. "This is the last chance, make or break…" the Chinese man told himself. He was dressed exactly the same like Hibari which was confusing.

Hibari saw a splitting image of himself and cursed. "So this is what it was…" he had been mentally prepared for it and charged forward immediately to the impostor. Fon barely dodged the sudden attack, unused to the difference in height in his body. Xanxus and Squalo stepped in. Xanxus fired his X guns and Squalo yelled. "Vooiii! Trash listen up! We're going to break this door if you don't hand over the Decimo now!"

Hibari changed his focus in attention to the long haired man screaming at the bar counter top. He huffed. Fon pretended to be surprised but Hibari knew it was faked. "Stop pretending already you imposter. I know all of you had a hand in it. I don't care what you are up to but hand over Tsunayoshi."

Xanxus upon hearing that blasted the hidden door open and brushed past Squalo. He could not care less about what would happen. All the plans the higher ups played at did not interest him at all. He was going to make things work his way.

Everyone in the underground room starred at the door while Xanxus calmly strolled into the room. Guns were taken out and those were quickly rendered useless with Squalo slicing them in halves. Xanxus shot through the wall at the side and dragged a startled Tsunayoshi. Reborn was livid. His plans were now messed up.

"What do these idiots think they are doing?!" he mentally raged. Aria stood there dumbfounded at the drastic change in plans. Her predictions were proven wrong this time. "But how?" she thought. Mukuro smirked in the shadows. It looks like Chrome made it on time.

The next people to show up were the two prefects or rater, one look alike. Dino starred as he looked from one man to another. "Kyoya and Kyoya?" he asked dumbly. Both of them scowled at him then glared at each other simultaneously. Dino was stunned. What was going on? Vongola Nono looked just as stunned while Iemitsu kept an unreadable face.

The two Hibari saw a struggling Tsunayoshi and both rushed towards him. "Not so fast," growled Xanxus as he pulled the boy in his hands up. Having the Vongola Decimo held hostage right under their noses was an affair unheard off. Dino worried for the future of the Vongola for a moment before snapping himself back on track. Whatever it is he was going to make it clear to Hibari that he was not going to be Tsuna's mate. "Kyoya! As Tsuna's big brother I won't allow you to become his mate!"

That made the real Hibari turned and gave the Cavallone Don a cold stare that sent shivers down the man's spine. "I-I mean it…" he whimpered pathetically. Hibari had enough. He sprinted forward and smashed the blonde's face in. Romario panicked as his boss was sent flying into the wall.

"Tsunayoshi is mine," Hibari announced and glared at everyone in the room. The underworld yakuza bosses flinched. One of them finally gained the courage to speak out "Are you declaring war against us?"

Hibari glared at him and he gulped. He replied, "There is no need for one. I'll just finish you up here and now." As Hibari lunged forward, Reborn flew up and defended the badly shaken yakuza boss. Hibari narrowed his eyes. Reborn told him sternly "Leave these idiots for now, we have a bigger problem."

Hibari glanced behind him and saw Xanxus smirking madly. Squalo was engaged in a fight with the Hibari imposter already. Iemitsu was dodging the bullets fired at him from the X gun. Tsuna was close to tears and Hibari's heart ached. "Tsunayoshi!" he called and charged at Xanxus. Mukuro appeared from nowhere and engaged the skylark in a battle. After sometime Hibari noticed that it was getting harder to beat the man. Reborn was unhappy. Someone had set Mukuro free from Vindicare. He shouted at Hibari "That is his real body! Be careful! Someone set him free from Vindicare!"

Hibari swore and Mukuro chuckled. "We are going to take little Tsunayoshi for a while then.

In the chaos, some yakuza bosses took the chance to flee and were taken care of nicely by Skull. The rest of the yakuza bosses were rounded up by Lal Mirch in her adult form. Colonello joined in fighting Squalo. Outnumbered, Squalo called for the Varia to retreat and Xanxus smirked. He shot the ropes binding Tsunayoshi, setting the boy free and then at the Cavallone boss, missing him by inches. "See you later old man!" he yelled at the Vongola Don in power.

The mess made by the Varia waltzing in was incredible and it served to be a good distraction for Aria and Nana to make their appearance while Dino was still disoriented. By now, Fon was almost at his limit and had to push forward the plan of letting Dino see who Tsuna chooses.

He approached the boy careful as gently as possible and Hibari who was breathless from fighting could only watch. "Tsunayoshi…" Fon breathed. Tsuna was confused. "Hibari-san?"

"No, I'm over here herbivore. That person is an imposter," Hibari growled, still catching his breath. Tsuna was more confused than confused. "Hibari-san and Hibari-san?" he asked. Reborn wanted to shoot himself in the head for having two stupid students. First, Dino had said the same thing and now Tsuna. It seemed like the world greatest hit man was cursed with dumb students.

Hibari chuckled and caused the brunet to blush. Fon did not know how to act and quickly grabbed Tsuna. "Choose me!" he told the boy. Tsuna frowned. Hibari knew he had to say something too to let the boy know he was the real one. "Go ahead and choose him. I'll watch how you get bitten to death. However, know that when you do and choose to come back I shall bite you to death, tenderly."

At once Tsuna knew who to choose. He went over and tripped. Hibari, expecting such a thing caught him and tumbled to the floor with him. Tsuna laughed feebly. "It looks like dancing didn't help at all…" Hibari thought for a while then said "Sparring was definitely going to be better." Tsuna paled. "On second thoughts maybe we just didn't have enough practice dancing…?" Hibari laughed and Dino gapped. He had never seen the prefect laugh so happily before. The closest to a smile was a bloodthirsty smirk when promised a good match.

Reborn observed his ex-student's reaction and used the opportunity to address the problem at hand. "I don't think you have any more objections as to Hibari being the mate now right, Dino Cavallone?"

Dino frowned. His little brother felt happy with the prefect and the cold hearted Cloud guardian seemed happy with his little brother so he should be happy for them too. Instead he felt something twisting in his gut. He refused to hand his little brother over to Hibari. Iemitsu gritted his teeth as he watched Hibari had his son affectionately. Nana saw this and gave Aria the sign that she wants to make her move. Mukuro got the message from Aria and removed the illusion cast.

Aria stepped out first and cleared her throat surprising everyone. Mukuro smirked and Reborn frowned. Aria said "I would like to introduce everyone to someone important to making this decision. She has never shown her face to anyone except the Vongola Nono and the arcobalenoes. Nevertheless, I want you all to meet the Vongola Nono's mate, Nana Yukitsuki."

As Nana shly stepped out from the shadows, Iemitsu's heart leapt out from his chest and went into his loving husband mode. "Nana~" he cried and went forward to hug her. Timiteo smiled. "Nana darling, what are you doing here?" he asked. Tsuna was still getting over the shock of having his mother's identity revealed.

Dino on the other hand fainted and Romario was desperately trying to wake his boss up. Reborn got annoyed at the weak ex-student and turned Leon into a hundred ton hammer. A light knock on his head solved the problem. Dino would either come to life at full attention or he shall never wake again. When Dino does not respond immediately Reborn started to mutter prayers. Dino shot up right and screamed at Reborn. Romario shed tears of relief. When the argument was going on with all the side commotions, a familiar high pitched and ear piercing screech resounded.

"HIEE!"

Hibari thought he had gone deaf and Fon, now back to his baby form, winced. Reborn got irritated and hit his student over the head with the familiar Leon shifted hammer causing the brunet to fall unconscious. Hibari glared at the hit man and growled "Baby…" Reborn replied with full sarcasm "Oops, my hand slipped."

Only when Tsuna started to stir did Hibari stop glaring at the hit man. "Hmm…? Where am I?" Tsuna asked then screamed when he saw Hibari.

"Hi-Hibari-san! I'm so sorry, please don't bite me to death! Hiee! Where is this place? Why is everyone here? Dad and mom? Wha-… even grandpa is here? What on Earth is going on?"

Everyone present looked at the brunet like he had grown an extra head. "Wh-what?" Tsuna asked, feeling self-conscious. Reborn first broke the silence. "Tsuna you can see?" Tsuna felt irritation build up. "Of course I can see Reborn."

There was more silence. Then Mukuro asked "What do you last remember?" Tsuna thought for a while and exclaimed "Ah! I was late for school and Hibari-san bit me to death…"

Nana smiled and Iemitsu grinned. Timiteo chose the awkward moment to greet Nana. "Hello Nana, it's been sometime since we saw each other in formal circumstances."

Nana smiled. "Glad to be of duty. I trust you have met my husband?" Timiteo laughed. "Sure." Then he turned to Iemitsu and said "I believe you have met my mate?" Iemitsu grinned and nodded dumbly but stopped when the words finally sunk in.

"EHH?!"

Timiteo continued smiling and Tsuna looked confused at everyone. Colonello and Lal chose that time to make an exit and settle some matters with Skull. Viper took Fon away back to Verde's lab. Mukuro struggled to walk and left to find his Basil. Dino watched with batted breath as Nana announced her decision. "I want to cast my vote for the mate of my son. I believe that Hibari-kun is the most suitable candidate. Dear, I know you are unhappy but this is for the best. My word is law and it counts. I'm saying this as Vongola Nono's mate but with a reasoning of a mother. I want of Tsu-kun to be happy, even if his lover is a man."

Iemitsu broke down in tears and Nana comforted him. Timiteo looked down at Dino and comforted him too. Belphegor just looked at how the events unfold and numbly walked away laughing crazily. "The Prince is lost… the Prince is lost… ushishi~"

Dino cried and mumbled at losing his little brother to a big bad monster to which Hibari chose to take insult of. Tsuna out of reflex hugged Hibari to stop him, earning an amused smirk and causing Tsuna to blush in embarrassment. He chose to faint at the right moment causing Dino and Iemitsu to go into over protective mode. Hibari growled in annoyance and walked away. Aria watched from her corner and giggled. Things were going well. Reborn gave up and went back to Verde's lab. At least things were settled out nicely and that Hibari was now Tsuna's officially approved mate.

Now, to help all the lovers progress in their relationships. Reborn decided to play cupid for all the couples involved in the successful fiasco.

Stay tuned for the finale of Reborn's mission to brig closer all the couples and perhaps new lovers… Next couple coming up: Tsuna x Hibari and Tyl tsuna x Tyl Hibari.

Author's Note: Finally finished with the most important part. Now after this would be the happy endings for various couples and one new pairing… Btw, which is you favorite couple in this story?