Prologue

Staring at the unfamiliar faces around her, Katarina's large violet eyes stared at the man with the unique mask. She had no prior knowledge of the man in front of them all. There was no chance that none of them weren't part of the Mafia, so all information about them would naturally be kept hidden.

She wondered if the family that claimed to love her had finally decided to shed the sheepskin and kill her off, once and for all.

Gnawing her bottom lip lightly, she spared a sparse look around the round table, landing on the heavily pregnant blue-haired woman, wearing white with goldish accents and a rather large mushroom-like hat.

"Scusami, sir." She coughed lightly, gaining his undivided attention. She repressed the urge to shiver, those dark eyes looked as though they could clearly see through every little secret, she held close to her. "But may I inquire why we have been called here?" The unsaid to meet you rang out clearly.

"I was hoping you would agree to a prospect of mine, Miss Millefiore." He responded calmly, a hint of a smirk on his otherwise hidden face. He had originally planned to use Luce as the Sky Acrobaleno, but it was a treasure to find a Misty Sky. If he had overlooked such a unique flame user, well, the chaos he would no doubt cause between them all would be too difficult to levy. "I have gathered the strongest flame users, to accept these." He gestured to the bland pacifiers laying before them innocently.

Their brows furrowed in confusion, sparing a glance at the young girl sitting at the head of the table, almost waiting for her acknowledgement of the misplaced items. Luce surveyed them all with deep eyes as if she were aware of why they were there.

Katarina frowned inconspicuously, before smoothing out her feature into a calm mask. It was suspicious when he first brought them here months ago, sending them out to work as their flames slowly intertwined with hers in a guardian bond. However, her eyes strayed to the hood wearing Mist. Viper had been unable to bond with her, and she accepted that, vowing to help him find his Sky.

She had taught a civilian Cloud all she knew about the Mafia and his flame type. She would never let one of her guardians be bullied or treated as something beneath them.

"This will be the last mission I give you all." He continued, unperturbed of the silence. He honestly expected worse, so it was a lovely surprise that they all waited quietly for him to explain. "All you need to do is place these pacifiers around your necks. I will give the final instructions to you all after."

They hesitantly did so, waiting for anything to pop out and start attacking them, only for blinding colours to envelop them. A guest had seen this, pushing his mentor out of the way to take her place.

As the light died down, seven toddlers took the place of adults and a young child appeared in the seat Katarina originally sat. She opened her mouth to demand what was the meaning of this, only for her vocal cords to seize in pain, tiny hands clutching her throat in a panic, eyes dilating in fear.

Her voice was her most powerful weapon, how could she be a leader to her guardians without it.

"What's the meaning of this?" The fedora-wearing toddler growled, glaring darkly at the masked man, crowding his paralysed Sky.

His mouth curved into a grin, eyes twinkling at the despair – despite feeling slightly guilty in his part of this. "I wasn't deceiving you about this being the last mission I would give you." He waved a hand at them, ignoring the uncoloured pacifier hanging around the young toddler's neck as she stared in horror at them all. "This mission will last as long as I like. It could months, years or decades."

She collapsed, the crash echoing through the otherwise silent room as her guardians crowded her. Violet eyes were unseeing, staring blankly at him without any emotion. She would be voiceless for as long as he wanted, and no one told them!

Holding her pregnant belly, Luce looked at the emotionless Sky with guilt. She knew what would happen the moment he roped her in for the task, but there wasn't much she could do. What could she say that wouldn't be taken as offensive towards her? Truthfully, there was nothing she could say to her.

Walking away with him silently, she mourned for the lost future for her. Stuck in time for years to come.

... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I have no excuse for uploading Tsuna's story, none whatsoever. So, forewarning, this isn't going down the same route as The Skies Advisor, I want to take it in a darker direction and flesh out the characters and their bonds as well. So, yes, the expert I wrote down for the summary is actually a scene that I already have planned for ... can't say yet, but you might guess correctly. What I'm trying to say, in a roundabout way, is this is deliberately dark with its outline. I'm basing the darker - insert character name here - on another fanfiction I read months ago. It was great and it left me wanting to read more, so I finished it within a day... So, it's called Confessions of a Gold Digger and Elena is hilarious. The scenes between her and Tsuna are quite steamy.

Funnily enough, I only started watching KHR to write the stories, I originally found it because I was hunting for Harry Potter fanfictions and stumbled across it... o(；)oo

But, the fanfiction was a sort of inspiration, just without all the drama between my main characters! It's a slow burn, for a reason, so bear with me. Although, one of them will fall first, so then we can see the juicy stuff! If there are any questions, leave a review or pm. It might take a while because I'm rewatching an old childhood favourite of mine.

Ah, if you told the eleven-year-old me that I'd be writing fanfictions that actually make sense, I'd have asked if you were sane. My very first one is an utter disaster, and I will deny any claim of owning it, even if it's still up on the website. Enough rambling, next fandom is up.

Ciao!