The ride to the Hibari estate was surprisingly normal. Well, if you ignore the fact that a limousine was our ride, that is. I don't even know why I'm surprised since I learned that the Hibaris is a well-known clan in the Underworld, no matter how small it is.

Japan was interesting, the peek I had at their culture during the ride had made it more so.

I yawned as I watched the scenery pass by, feeling the fatigue creep into my senses. I let myself give into the feeling and drifted away, the chatter around me fading as the seconds ticked by...

The sound of the birds chirping was peaceful. It was a nice thing to wake up to and I usually listen to it and let it ease myself to consciousness.

I was never a morning person, both in the Past and the Present. However, due to certain circumstances, I always wake up early and end up an irritable person. Well, before I take a bath or eat something, at the very least. I often have the urge to stab someone if I wake up early and unable to fall back asleep.

[Bloody cousins who are terrible influences. Why Papa lets them around me, I will never know..]

So imagine my reaction when I jerked awake to the sound of things crashing and breaking. Fortunately, I was still too tired to muster up the energy to be furious.

Blinking groggily, I got up and looked around, finding myself in a well-decorated, old fashioned Japanese room. I let my Flames flood out and headed to where two other Flames were bouncing around.

I entered the supposed living room and was greeted with the sight of my cousin trying to hit a red garbed toddler with a long braid at his back. Kyoya was so absorbed in trying to attack our uncle that he hasn't noticed that he was knocking all the precious vases to the ground. Did I wake up just because of this?

While I don't have the energy to be furious when I'm tired, it doesn't mean I can't be irritated. For fucks sake, it's too bloody early for this shite!

"Mou, you guys are too noisy. I'm trying to sleep~"

Fon froze when he felt the wave of pure Sky flames mixed with something else. His head whipped towards where he felt it, he hadn't even sensed it coming! His eyes widened, there at the door, stood a little girl no more than four who looked like a female version of him with different colouring.

He could see her emitting faint waves of undeniable orange Sky flames along with -silver?

"Fire-Flower?! I felt your Flames, what happened?!"

His lovely sister burst into the room, senbons in hand.

"Eh?... Aa, sorry Mamaì, I forgot.."

"Hello Sister, it has been quite a while. However, I believe introductions are in order."

"Ah, It is nice to see you again, Brother, and I might as well. Fire-Flower, this is your Uncle Fon. Brother, this is my darling little Kit, Lianghai."

Now feeling more awake and staring wide-eyed, I held out my hand and said, "Nice to meet you, Uncle!"

He must have decided to humour me as he reached and took my hand before freezing.

"Oh."

Suddenly, I felt a new warmth snap in place and it sang like home. I looked at my Uncle and beamed.

"You feel very warm, Uncle. I like you! Just like Mamaì, but different. Mamaì is warm, like a hug when it's cold, but Uncle feels like the warmest blanket during a storm!"

Oh my gosh, mouth shut up. I'm blowing my own cover away! Why oh why did I have to say that... time to initiate countermeasures. [read: act my age and ramble who-knows-what]

"And Kyo-nii feels comfy, like when I'm napping under a shady tree on a cloudy day."

...I really should shut up right now.

"But it's not the same giddy warm feeling I feel inside. Why's that?"

"Why did you flood out all your Flames, darling?"

Oh shit. It was nice knowing I lived in you KHR verse. Time to use my weapons of doom.

I widened my eyes and thought of every single sad fic I read. I felt my eyes tear up when I remembered a fave character's tragic death and started to sniffle.

"I-I d-didn't do anything wrong, d-did I?"

Yeah, I think I handled it. I didn't know I still had my acting skills. High-five me!

"No, it's not like that. Our family is special, you see. Kyoya, come and sit. You need to know this as well."

I turned and looked at Kyo-nii expectantly, eyes still wide and glassy. I am a cute and fluffy fox kit and you want to pet and comfort me, don't you?

Kyo-nii folded faster than wet tissue and plopped down on my right, away from our chibi-Uncle. Our chibi-Uncle, who he was still glaring at of course.

"Lianghai, can you show us that warmth?"

Letting loose just a bit of my control on the fuzzy warmth [it was just like Magic, and it still hurts somuchtorememberthem-, a swirling flame of orange and silver with wisps of indigo burst out. I giggled and started playing it. It felt sorta like plasma.

I looked up and saw Mamaì staring wide-eyed at me and Uncle closing his eyes in what seemed to be tentative longing. The latter made me curious, why does he look like he found something he's been looking for in a long time?...

I looked down at my hands at looked closely at the Flames and the Strings dancing and swirling in my hand.

Orange Flames. Scarlet Thread.

[Sky Flames. My Storm-]

Well, pardon my French, but Fuck [yes, it deserves the capital F]. I'm a Sky. I'm my Uncle's True Sky. I'm an Arcobaleno's True Sky.

The concept of Flames was not entirely foreign to me. I was a mundane-raised witch.

[Muggle was such crude, crude word and entirely degrading, my parents, both purebloods with bloody common sense, decided that living in a very judgemental and biased secret society was a horrible place to grow up. Best decision, really.]

Although I did grow up knowledgeable of magic, we lived a simple life. My parents and I lived like nomads because of their jobs being Gringotts curse-breakers. As a result, they brought me along while they went off to different countries that were, thankfully, in Asia.

It was during an escapade of my thrill-seeking parents in Japan when I discovered the genius that was anime. To be specific, the KHR and HxH. To someone who lived a bit on the dangerous [it's just the thrill, dear, nothing too dangerous, just the different adventures!, it fascinated me due to the fact that the main character who was such a wuss [never judge someone love, no matter how close or far apart you are; enemy or friend] hid a side that was so ferocious when his precious people were threatened.

And the Flames. Oh, it seemed insignificant at first, same as the protagonist really, but as the story [ was it even a story by now? I am living it, after all] progressed, the concept of Flames became quite similar to my definition of Magic. Magic was me, and I was Magic. It responds to our strong emotions, reasons for the accidental bouts of magic we so often experience as children. And Flames were the same. They are the embodiment of who and what you are at the core. They respond to our Will and react at the summit of our emotions and our Dying Will, as they'd say.

Mum had said them to be quite similar to Soul Magic and Dad had jokingly called it Soul Fire [which Mum surprisingly agreed to in all seriousness]. But Mamaí's introduction was still interesting, as apparently, every Sky has their own fated Elements. Something not all Elements had the pleasure of [something the Mafia ohsoverymuch Covets-].

Some die early[or do ther really?] while some never meet.

So looking at my Uncle, who suffered so much at the Curse, who was revealed to be a Storm who had Harmonized with my Sky the second our Flames touched, I made my decision.

I gave him the warmest smile I could give and tug him in for a hug.

"Welcome Home, Uncle Fon~"

I was, after all, still a proud Hufflepuff in the end.

{Omg, I'm so sorry for the late upload but this will probably be the norm. School's a demanding bitch.

So how'd you guys like the chappie? Her casual drop of info from the Past? I've always been in love with Hufflepuff and their priority being treating their fellow Puffs as Family and not just Housemates. She/I was probably the only insane Puff in Hogwarts and if I manage to fuck up cannon of another world? Well, whoops

Our lovely Tuna-fishie will get some love on the next chappie. Please, please comment or give your review! Such love will always be deeply appreciated~

~Duvessa}