I Want A Cloudy Sky For My Wedding
Summary: Don Cavallone is getting married and Tsuna and all of his Guardians are invited. Quite a few people are surprised by this, Reborn especially, as he had seen how his former student looked at a certain skylark. However, when the wedding turns out to be more than it seems, will the Cloud unleash an unforgiving torrent? Or will it drift away, never to return, out of reach forever?
A/N: A brief forey into how Hibari Kyoya saved the world (future) by being his badass self.
"Are you Hibari Kyoya?"
Hibari looked up from the paperwork he was doing in the Reception Room at Nami-chuu, regarding the finances of his Disciplinary Committee, giving it a final once-over before it would be sent to Yokomine's mother to check how their funds can be replenished without the Disciplinary Committee needing to go out of its way to collect the money the local yakuza has managed to amass in the past two months or so. It took up too much of his time and wasn't all that interesting or entertaining to make up for it, either. Just a waste of time.
Besides, he had to check up on how Verde was doing and what he was up to these last couple of days. He's apparently found some dangerous substance that generates a type of radiation that is rather harmful to the Arcobaleno and Kyoya wanted to know why, how and how it can be countered and whether the source can be permanently destroyed. If Verde had managed to find it, it's only a matter of time before someone else stumbles upon it, too. He'd rather deal with it now before someone who has something against the Arcobaleno gets their hands on it.
So he didn't appreciate being interrupted, especially since he had promised the Baby to check on the other Guardians' progress in Fiamma control. "What do you want?" Was his only answer, because the reply to the man's inane question should be obvious. No one else would dare sit in this chair, after all.
The man before him looked rather unassuming at first glance, with short white hair partially in a bun, dressed in a yukata, holding a bowl of ramen and smiling behind bespectacled glasses in a way that reminded him almost too much of his uncle for Hibari to ever be relaxed around him, because he knew what a smile like that actually meant. Fon may seem like he was calm and serene, but he had a 'dark side' to him that he only sometimes showed and it was terrifying and thrilling - to Kyoya at least - to see. This man,whoever he was, may seem unassuming and not all that dangerous, but that in all actuality meant he was all the more dangerous for it.
He smiled at gaining Kyoya's full attention, like a kindly grandfather or something. It only made him more wary. "Why, I only wish to ensure that my Pacifiers continue glowing, illuminating the world and keeping it safe." The mere mention of Pacifiers - the subtle indication of Arcobaleno - made Hibari's back snap straight, Ring already flaring with Cloud Flames and hands already reaching for his tonfa because he liked the Baby, Verde was okay and Colonello, while slightly more annoying, was important to Lal Mirch, who had taken to training him in his dual Flames so he can better utilize both of their attributes. He liked the Arcobaleno and one of them just so happened to be his last remaining family member.
He wasn't going to let a threat to them go unpunished.
"Who are you?" The Chairman demanded, making to stand from his chair, only for illusionary wines of some sort to wrap around his torso and keep him seated. A glance at the man's hands revealed that he had a strange ring radiating Mist Flames on the hand holding the chopsticks, while said chopsticks seemed to be forming signs or characters in the air, a trail of Mist Flames in their wake like ink that grows invisible as it dries. "How did you get in here? How do you know me?"
"I walked in. No one seemed to notice me. How strange, right?" The teen grit his teeth, knowing the man must have been using illusions to hide himself. Hibari could only see through his illusions, even if he couldn't counter them, because Lal Mirch had taken the time to teach him. He obviously needed more training and lessons. "As for how I know you, Bermuda told me about you. You see, I expressed to him a concern that something dangerous was rearing its head and that I feared my Pacifiers and my Arcobaleno might be in danger. Contacting the Sky Arcobaleno proved that to be true, as she has had the same snippets of visions as I did. When I spoke to my old ... acquaintance, he recommended that I contact you, saying that this middle school boy might be my best bet to keep my current Arcobaleno safe. After hearing about his interactions with you, I must admit that I was impressed and curious to meet you. If I let you go, will you promise not to attack me? I swear that I mean Fon, Reborn, Skull, Colonello, Verde, the Sky Arcobaleno, Viper - or Mammon as they are calling themselves these days - or Lal Mirch and Bermuda Von Veckenschtein any harm. Their deaths could very well mean the balance of the universe."
Hibari didn't make any promises, but he relaxed his muscles and extinguished his Flame on his Ring, but he didn't let go of his tonfa. The man recognized that this was as far as he could push a Cloud for compliance and accepted it, vanquishing the illusions. "I am willing to discuss this with you ... " He trailed off pointedly and his left eyebrow twitched when the silver haired man smiled with his eyes closed, completely serene and confident in his ability to defend himself against the Cloud should Hibari attack. Yet another carnivore in sheep clothing. How interesting.
"My name is Kawahira. I am the one who picks the Arcobaleno. And now, I need help to keep them safe."
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"For real, kora?!" Asked an incredulous Colonello as he stared at the prefect with wide, stupefied blue eyes.
"We can turn back?" Lal Mirch asked, hesitating to get her hopes up only to have them crash and burn.
"You mean to tell me Reborn isn't actually a baby?!" Sawada Tsunayoshi all but shrieked, completely confused and stunned by this revelation that seems to have turned his world upside down in just a few sentences.
"This lifts the infant curse, right?" Fon asked from where he was sitting right in front of Kyoya in the prefect's own living room in a rather elaborate, marvelous, beautiful traditional Japanese home that seemed too big for a single occupant. "But not the whole Arcobaleno curse. We will still be Arcobaleno, only wear our proper ages again, yes?"
Hibari nodded. "Kawahira says that you will be as powerful as you are now, but with no drawbacks. He says that it's necessary if we wish to prevail over this new enemy. The route with the least number of risks and sacrifices."
"How sure are you that we can trust this Kawahira, Hibari?" Reborn asked, ignoring how all of the teens he had been training for almost two years now were gawking at him, trying to imagine what he would look like as an adult.
"He was definitely telling the truth," the Cloud assured, even as he frowned. "He said you can ask the Sky Arcobaleno for confirmation. Apparently, she will be arriving in Japan in a couple of days to assemble and warn the Arcobaleno of the visions she's been getting recently with her super intuition."
"But the story he told you sounds like fiction," Gokudera argued, frowning.
Verde snorted. "The Pacifiers and the Vongola Rings are beyond human understanding or scientific explanations." Which was quite a big statement coming from Verde, the Da Vinci Reincarnation, as he's lauded to be because of his genius mind. "We don't know what the third part of the Trinisette might be, but there is no doubt they will play an important part in this trouble that seems to be on the horizon."
"But, really, aliens?"
"Not everything is as it seems, Gokudera," Reborn reprimanded, frowning, trying to come to terms with all the information they'd just gotten. Once again, all coming from Hibari. It seems to be becoming a habit. "You two have any specific plans yet, Hibari?"
The Disciplinary Committee Chairman nodded. "Verde has already discovered a substance that seems to be creating a type of radiation most certainly deadly to the Arcobaleno if it is concentrated strongly enough and you are exposed to it long enough. Revoking the infant curse should lessen the effect, but the radiation would still weaken you. It is up to Verde to figure out a way to nullify the effects of the radiation ten times stronger than the one he is currently experimenting on." The green haired scientist seemed rather pleased with having a challenge presented to him. "The infant curse will be lifted a month from now. In that month, Kawahira wants us all to master rings and Box Weapons and preferably spread the technology to our most trusted allies. The Arcobaleno will be unconscious for a week and then probably have little to no control over their strength for another two, not to mention that they will need time to get used to their old bodies. We need to protect them in the meantime."
"Train to get stronger, keep an ear to the ground, don't let our guard drop," Lal Mirch summarized. "Sounds reasonable enough. Anything else?"
Hibari suddenly had a very dark, unhappy look on his face. "Kawahira suggested I should graduate Nami-chuu with you lot this year."
"Eeeh!?" Came the confused cry from the other Guardians, none of them able to ever imagine Hibari leaving his beloved school behind. In fact, they had mostly imagined that he'd just wait until he can take over as the principle and continue life as it was now! And they were even more surprised to see that he was considering it!
"He says that we'll need a competent, independent organization with a strong, well developed information network if we want to fight this threat," Kyoya said, still sounding unhappy. "He says that my Disciplinary Committee would make the perfect foundation for such an organization, between the discipline and the level of competency a mere group of teenagers has shown in the whole Tocceli conspiracy. He said we will need someone to keep pace with the enemy. He said Vongola's and Cavallone's resources might not be enough and an outsider will be needed, a third party."
"CEDEF usually takes such a role," Lal pointed out, sounding displeased that the organization she was a part of was being so easily brushed off.
"CEDEF wasn't the one that solved the Tocceli case," reminded Mukuro with a frown, the first thing either he, Chrome or their Kokuyo 'gang' said since they came to the meeting at Hibari's summons. "CEDEF isn't the one who seems to be able to penetrate the haze of the underworld's darkness to find that which is needed. CEDEF isn't the one who has an ally in Vindice."
"Besides, Hibari is definitely an outsider, kora," the blond Arcobaleno said with a nod. "He is only now being introduced to the mafia, kora. His only connection is that he's related to Fon, kora. His skill, the power he holds, it all comes from his own work with no involvement in the mafia whatsoever until Reborn and Bakamitsu suggested and chose him as the Cloud Guardian for Vongola Decimo, kora."
"And no one will suspect a bunch of teenagers to hold such a powerful position in the mafia, especially teenagers that are not home-bread, so to speak," Reborn agreed. "Namimori is a neutral zone. Hibari can have a base hidden here somewhere and no one would ever be allowed to attack it because then the Vindice would come after them. It's a good plan and Hibari and his DC seem to be good at operating from the shadows already."
"I agree," the teen in question replies, his face smoothing out so there was no emotion showing whatsoever.
"Namimori Middle School will still always be your's, Hibari-san," Tsuna said gently, his intuition cuing him in on what might be bothering the prefect.
Silver-blue eyes flashed to the Sky and nodded. "I know, little animal."
It was the closest to 'thank you' that he would get.
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"Kyoya~!" Said middle school graduate looked up at the sound of his name, only to be met with an almost suffocating hug from a tall blond he had not seen in months. "Congratulations on graduating!"
"Hn."
Dino drew back a little and pecked the teenager's forehead before drawing him into a hug again, this one a lot gentler and seeming to hold a sort of comforting tenderness that Hibari would rather not think about. "I'll miss this place," the Cavallone boss admitted into his hair and Kyoya leaned into him. He knew Dino was speaking the words he himself will never utter but were his nonetheless. "Though I guess Nami-chuu will always be your's, right? We can still go to the rooftop and train whenever we want!"
The Cloud snorted at that, elbowing his former 'tutor' in the gut so he'd be let go. "You just think that I'll finally let you kiss me on school grounds now that I am no longer a student."
Dino was about to pout when an airy, very pleasant, far too cheery "Oh?" reached their ears and Hibari sighed, knowing where this was going already. Still, he turned together with Dino to face the pissed off seeming Storm Arcobaleno, now back to his original adult body and all the more intimidating for it.
Bucking Horse gulped and made a run for it immediately, still remembering how harassed he had ended his own 'wedding night' after the martial artist was through with him for daring to suggest he and Kyoya were even jokingly married. Hibari snorted again once his lover was gone, shaking his head. "Will you ever not scare him away?"
"Will he ever not realize that I approve of him as long as he doesn't hurt you and actually makes you happy?" Fon shot back, looking amused. "But never mind him. Are you sure you're okay with this? I know you loved this school." The Storm even wrapped an arm around his nephew's shoulders and Hibari actually let him.
The skylark sighed, looking up at the sky. "I always knew I'd have to leave the nest some day. I guess I just thought I'd stick around for a few more years."
"You'll always be welcome back." No one in Namimori would exactly turn him away, even if he didn't utterly terrify them. Namimori had become a lot more peaceful since Hibari had taken over the town as his own, even if he'd never made it official. The whole of Namimori knew they could sleep peacefully at night because Hibari Kyoya had cleansed their streets. "You just now have more nests that you're welcome in."
"Will you be alright?" Hibari asked instead of commenting on Fon's reassurances. "That Mist doesn't seem to like you all that much."
Fon sighed, an alternate option for the snort he will never make because he is too polite and kind. "Viper and I will eventually learn to tolerate each other. Or, well, Viper will learn to tolerate me. Will you be alright in a crowd, especially one that has Rokudo Mukuro?"
Kyoya thought for a moment before nodding, a small smirk appearing on his lips. "I think I just might."
They fell into silence as they waited for their fellow Guardians and Arcobaleno - and the Varia and Dino's men with Romario - to find them so they may go to Takesushi to celebrate together.
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Reborn caught Fon around the waist when the martial artist suddenly stumbled through a flurry of deadly moves as they fought back a bunch of men in strange white uniforms, cursing as he, too, felt a bit lightheaded.
"Is it starting?" The red dressed man asked, doing a quick breathing exercise to bring himself back into control.
The hitman nodded grimly, reaching into his coat to take out two small chips, handing one to his partner for the mission as he continued shooting down the trying-to-advance enemies. Only they were unlucky enough that Reborn and Fon had been sent together and they were practically making a game out of it, trying to see who will take out more of their assailants. They had reached the early three digit numbers when they had felt something making them lightheaded all of a sudden.
It was a good thing they were prepared. The chips were placed on both of their Pacifiers and a small globe-like protection barrier surrounded the yellow and red Pacifiers, eliminating the last of the Anti-Trinisette-Policy's effects on them that the lack of the infant curse could not fully protect them against. Verde was making some pills as temporary solutions that last for a couple of hours, but a more permanent and wide-spread solution has yet to be found.
"Unfortunately," Reborn confirmed, shooting down another thirty or so men with a Chaos Shot. "We need to warn Vongola."
Fon nodded as he formed several red Storm Flames dragons that evened out the odds between his score and Reborn's.
Soon enough, there were no more enemies left to fight and they hurried to the nearest safe house.
It was starting.
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"Giglio Nero and the Gesso family have formed Millefiore, as you know, Sawada Tsunayoshi-kun," an albino with violet eyes and a tattoo under the left one said as he smiled genially at Vongola Decimo, who looked utterly unimpressed. "However, Uni-chan from Giglio Nero is a sickly girl and she didn't feel well before today's meeting, so I had no choice but to come alone. But I assure you, whatever ceasefire we sign today, she will approve of it. She trusts me to lead our alliance if she is incapable of attending such meetings."
Tsuna eyed the group in front of him, from the Cloud with the sea foam colored long hair, to the blue haired Rain girl in a wheelchair with a strange lump covered by a blanket where her legs should be, to the rude redhead Storm that got even more easily railed up than Gokudera to inhumane-looking Mist in the mask, finally landing on the scared-looking shorter man with long green hair and a sickly pallor and crazed eyes that was the Millefiore Sun Guardian, not bothering to hide how doubtful he found Byakuran's words to be.
That didn't deter him, though. "I know you want to stop the war going on between our organizations, Vongola Decimo," Byakuran urged on, still smiling. "But you have to understand that, as the party with the advantage, I don't want to come out of this without a prize in my hands. Now, I advise you not to destroy the Vongola Rings, as that will be only a temporary solution, one I can get around in time and if you do, I'll just continue hacking away at your family until nothing and no one is left. You don't want that, do you, Tsunayoshi-kun?"
Gokudera bristled, but Tsuna raised a hand to stop him with the gesture alone and Yamamoto put a hand on his shoulder to calm him down further. Chrome frowned and stepped up in front of Ryohei so he doesn't complicate things, Mukuro watching through her while keeping an eye personally on the other Millefiore men that had come with Byakuran, mostly White Spell, in case they try something funny.
"You'll forgive me if I am stalling further progress, Byakuran," Tsuna, twenty years old and not the same Dame-Tsuna he had been when he had met Reborn but a respectable boss now, said calmly. "But I refuse to continue these discussions further until my Cloud Guardian slash External Advisor and the Leader of Varia arrive. That is how Vongola works, especially for such big decisions."
"Ha-ho, are you trying to provoke us?" Kikoyo asked, Cloud Flames covered flowers already appearing threateningly in his hands, as if reading to attack.
"It is you who has provoked us, kora!" Colonello snapped, gritting his teeth as he glared at the Millefiore family before them. "Give us back the Arcobaleno Sky, kora!"
"Zip it, lackey!" Lal Mirch hissed at him, elbowing him in the gut. They were there to make sure the situation didn't escalate before all parties concerned arrived. Not actually help it escalate instead! It's why Reborn hadn't been allowed to attend - Uni of the Giglio Nero was Luche's granddaughter and Reborn had been good friends with Luche and considered Uni his niece or sorts - and Fon had to stay with him to make sure he didn't barge in and demand her back in a far more offensive manner than Colonello just had. Probably with a lot more guns.
"Can you herbivores not act like such children for five minutes without supervision?" The bored drawl of Hibari Kyoya, Leader and founder of the Foundation, the Vongola Cloud Guardian and newest External Advisor, said as he opened the door so he and his two seconds in command - Kusakabe Tetsuya for the Foundation and Basil for CEDEF - as well as the Varia Leader and second could come in. Basil and Kusakabe were all propriety and discipline while Xanxus and Squalo looked ready to start cursing them all to infinity and beyond. Hibari just looked his usual disgusted-bored when he had to deal with 'misbehaving herbivores'.
"Boo, aren't there too many people on the Vongola's side for a peace meeting?" Bluebell asked with a pout, glaring at the new arrivals. "Are you trying to ambush us?"
"If we wanted you ambushed, we'd have just left you to meet with the feral trash, the old man's lapdog and the freaky Chinese trash," Xanxus said in disgust as he pushed past Basil to plop down carelessly into an armchair as though he were a king on his throne. "Or maybe just me. Depends on how well my meat is cooked."
Tsuna couldn't help but sweatdrop, despite how serious and dangerous the situation was. Squalo just rolled his eyes and came to stand behind his 'shitty boss'. Basil came to stand with Tsuna's Guardians, but Hibari didn't move from the door, so neither did Kusakabe.
Byakuran noticed and smiled at the Cloud. "Maa, maa, is something wrong, Hibari-chan? Why don't you join us so we can begin?"
Silver-blue eyes just studied him and his group for a moment before nodding to Kusakabe.
"I'll be getting Reborn-san and Fon-san, then," the former Vice-President of the Disciplinary Committee said with a shallow bow and hurried off. The Vongola side of the room tensed, recognizing the evaluation for what it was and preparing themselves for bloodshed. Before anyone could make a comment, though, in walked Verde, carrying something for Hibari. The scientist then walked past the former prefect to stand with his fellow Arcobaleno, glaring at the one who was emitting Anti-Trinisette-Policy radiation across the world, greatly inconveniencing the Arcobaleno.
Hibari nodded to Verde before gesturing behind himself at someone hidden out of sight by the wall next to the door.
Byakuran jumped out of his seat, enraged, when the young girl, Uni, the carrier of the Orange Pacifier stepped in, looking faint and leaning on Hibari when she was close enough. Hibari put the chip on her Pacifier and as soon as it was covered to block out the radiation, she perked up, looking better immediately.
"What is the meaning of this!?" Demanded Byakuran, making a move as if to snatch Uni back, only to be met with a tonfa resting almost crushingly at his windpipe. The blade at the top slid out, as did the sharp shark-scale like little blades that covered the surface of Hibari's favored custom weapon.
"Kyoya!" Fon called as he and Reborn raced down the halls, Kusakabe running after them.
"Hime!" Electric Gamma, the right hand man of the Giglio Nero family called from the other end of the hall, he and two Storms running towards their long lost boss.
"Shall we talk, Gesso Byakuran?" Hibari hissed, a smirk emerging on his lips. "Or should Bermuda just take you now?" As if on cue, a portal of sorts opened behind the Millefiore group, revealing Vindice's Arcobaleno and his subordinates.
"No, this can't be!" Byakuran, now sounding lost and half hysteric, mumbled loudly to himself. "None of my alternate selves has ever warned me against this! How is this happening!?"
"Blame Hibari Kyoya," said Kawahira as he stepped up behind the said man, murder in his eyes. He, obviously, knew a thing or two about the 'alternate selves' Byakuran was talking about.
"Actually, blame Lucia Tocceli," Bermuda corrected, watching as the Sky Arcobaleno was being fussed over as she was taken away by Reborn and her subordinates, Fon remaining to watch Hibari's back should the young man need it. The other Vongola family members and the other present Arcobaleno had also stood up and were looking ready to fight. "She started it."
"No! This can't be!" Byakuran screamed, using his Flames to activate his Mare Ring and so the fight began.
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"Maa, maa, we sure have a cloudy sky today, huh," Yamamoto, twenty five years old, a scar on his face, one of the most accomplished swordsman in the world, commented as he looked up from the finger foods he was piling on his plate upwards.
"As long as there's no rain, I don't care," Gokudera says relatively calmly, enjoying sipping his champagne. "Do you think Bianchi will try to talk Reborn-san into a second attempt at a wedding?"
"As long as she's not the one responsible for the catering, I don't see what would be so bad," Lambo, finally grown up enough to not be a brat, fifteen and a lot more mature, replied as he enjoyed his cake. "Cavallone should host weddings more often. This is delicious."
"Lambo!" Admonished I-Pin, dressed in a lovely pink Chinese dress that could pass off as both formal and casual. "Don't say such things!"
"Hahi!?" Haru yelped, whacking the teenage boy over the head. "How insensitive! Dino-san's been waiting for this day for years and you go and say something like that!"
"I don't think either Dino-san or Hibari-san care," Tsuna said with a laugh as he and Kyoko walked over to them, hand in hand, blissful smiles on their faces flushed from dancing. "They seem to be enjoying themselves openly for once. Well, Hibari-san seems to be showing it openly, really."
"That's because Reborn-san can keep shifu distracted only for so long, so Hibari-nii has to look happy or else shifu might go after Dino-san again."
Ryohei seems to get extremely excited at I-Pin's words. "Do you think Fon-san will take Dino on another EXTREME chase? Do you think they'll let me join in this time to the EXTREME?"
"Eat your sandwich, monkey," Kurokawa Hana said as she reached up to pat her idiot husband on the head like he was an excitable puppy.
"Chrome-chan sure does look happy, too!" Kyoko gushed as she watched the said Mist being waltzed around the room by her counterpart and dearest Mukuro-sama, who seems to have finally accepted that he was a part of the mafia now, even if the Vongola was a very strange mafia famiglia.
"Lal Mirch and Colonello, too!" Haru agreed, cooing as she caught sight of the light blush on both of the Arcobaleno's faces. "Too bad Verde and Skull couldn't make it."
"Thank god only Squalo could make it from the Varia," Tsuna breathed to Gokudera and his right hand man nodded. "Uh oh, Uni-chan's asking her 'uncle Reborn' for a dance! Someone distract Fon, quick!"
"You do know Fon's doing that just to mess with you all, right?" Gamma, who had walked over to them so he can keep a better eye on his Princess, said with amusement. "Fon likes Haneuma, from what I've gathered the few times I've talked to him. He won't actually hurt him."
"Yeah, but Dino-san's been proposing to Hibari countless times over the years since they got together and Hibari finally gave in today. I don't think he'd like his own wedding day ruined by his own uncle, no matter the reason," Yamamoto reasoned, shrugging at the older Lightning.
"Aw!" The girls in their group all cooed and they all looked over in time to see Dino had dipped Hibari down a bit so they could have a romantic kiss, right there in the middle of the dance floor, where everyone could see them. Mukuro, of course, had to be Mukuro and whistle and hoot for them, which, of course, made others tease the couple as well as clap and coo. When they pulled up and apart, Hibari looked murderous but, for the first time in years, the killing intent rolling off of Fon was genuine.
Dino gave a single "Oh shit!" before he was off, running for his life yet again. Fon was hot on his heels, spewing curses at him in Chinese and blood red Storm Flames flaring dangerously.
Romario just sighed and took over his boss' place for the rest of the song so Hibari doesn't go on a killing spree as well.
All in all, despite the cloudy sky and the screams of pain and fright, it was a nice wedding.
And if Dino couldn't quite ride off into the sunset on Amber with Kyoya at his side on Brave later, it was his own damn fault for provoking the skylark's overprotective uncle.
Hibird followed them, singing the wedding march cheerfully.
LA FINE