Ⅳ - Leaving

WARNINGS!

= OOCs

= Wrong Grammars and Spellings

DISCLAIMER!

~ I DO NOT OWN KHR and OKH ~


"Talking"

'Thoughts'

"Foreign Language"

Flashback / Previously


The man snarled but immediately froze when he saw the child's supposed to be azure blue eyes were now icy blue.

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Eins stared at the familiar ball of flame in his palm for a moment before he lifted his head, a feral grin appearing on his face as he faced the trembling adult.

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Six years had passed since then and Eins had reached thirteen years old, Ilyas was ten, Kai was seven and Bruno was six. They also received two younger brothers within that six years, namely Leonhard, who was now five and Licht, who was four.


Q&A

anneko16 (FFN)

...Will there be other characters from the KHR world or just Tsuna and Xanxus?...

❀ No other reincarnated characters other than Tsuna and Xanxus.


= 3rd Person's POV =

"How is your flame training, Ilyas?"

Ilyas looked up from the book he was reading when he heard Eins' question as the older didn't stop swinging a wooden sword around. "Fine. I was lucky that I once asked Gelaro* about his Snow flame and he was kind enough to explain it to me, otherwise I might have to figure how to use it myself," he replied.

"And thank goodness that Snow flame is actually a Sky flame. A freezing Sky flame..." he continued with a sigh. "Seriously, I would have thought we have Vongola blood running in our veins if it weren't for Gelaro and his Primo being not having the blood** ."

Eins just hmm-ed at that and swung his sword again, Ilyas immediately went back to his book. A few minutes later, he put down the wooden sword.

"Why are you asking?" Ilyas asked when he saw that. His eyes didn't leave his book.

But when Eins didn't reply, Ilyas looked up and blinked when the older boy was grinning. "...What's with that grin, brother?" Ilyas hesitantly asked. He wasn't sure if he was going to like what Eins wanted to do or not.

"It's hard practising flames all by yourself, right, Ilyas?" Eins asked, his grin was still there.

"...Yeaaah...?" Ilyas replied as he eyed his brother with suspicion. "...I don't think I am going to like what you are thinking by the way."

Eins rolled his eyes. "You talked as if I am going to send you to the medical ward," he said with a scoff. "...Oh wait, it's a possibility," he added after thinking for a moment.

Ilyas facepalmed at that. "Do we have a place to train though?" He asked with a sigh.

Eins arched his eyebrow. "Why do you think I asked, trash?"

Ilyas facepalmed again.


Ilyas groaned as he laid on the ground, gasping for air. "If I didn't know better, I would have thought you are going to kill me, brother..." He said after gulping some more air.

Eins rolled his eyes as he inserted his hands in his pockets. "If you can't handle this kind of pressure then you are still weak, stupid trash."

This time, it was Ilyas who rolled his eyes. "Well, excuse me for not training my flame as often as you are."

Eins huffed as he walked towards Ilyas and laid beside him and both stared at the bright sky.

"I missed them. I wonder if I can see them again..." Ilyas muttered in Japanese, in case someone decided to eavesdrop on them. "...Not that I am not happy being with you, nii-san..."

"That makes me wonder if ...Clam exists here," Eins commented, Ilyas could hear "I missed them too" from Eins but refused to say anything about it. "Would have been easier if computer exists here," he continued with a sigh and Ilyas nodded.

With another sigh, Eins sat and proceeded to stand up. "Come on, those idiots will be running like headless chickens if they couldn't find us," he muttered, giving a hand to Ilyas, who accepted it.


~ Major Time Skip ~

Eight years had passed since then and both Eins and Ilyas didn't stop sparring with each other (in both no flame and using flame spars) and also visiting their parents and younger brothers as much as possible.

There was a time when Eins and Ilyas were so tempted in skipping their classes in the military academy to hunt Leonhard's first tutor down when they found out the man kept hitting their brother with a rod due to the child unable to follow what he was teaching. But before they could do anything, the man was fired and kicked out the moment the king was informed by Kai and Bruno when the two saw bruises on Leonhard's back.

Due to that incident, Leonhard possessed hatred towards all teachers and ran away every time they came to the mansion to teach. He even refused the four eldest when they offered to teach, claiming that he didn't want to add another thing in their busy schedules, in Eins and Ilyas' cases especially before promptly ran away.

All four of them, especially the two eldest tried again on every free time they managed to snatch but the answer and action from the boy were still the same and the older they became, the busier they all were. Leonhard sighed in relieved when they finally stopped before taking a stroll in the palace garden (forest?) via his white horse.

Also, a year ago, they received another sibling, a sister, who was named as Adele but at the cost of the life of their mother.

There was also an incident a few months ago when they found out that Bruno had been bullied -beaten up- by a jealous noble's son during his and Kai's time in the military academy, as per the royal family tradition. Both princes were withdrawn from the academy after they were being suspended due to Kai went into a rage and beat the son of the noble up. The young noble, on the other hand, was expelled.

The two eldest would have gone and hunted the young noble down if it weren't for Kai and Bruno asking them not to. And with a sigh, the two eldest took over as their teachers in sword plays, much to the two younger brothers' delight because they wouldn't be thrown to any persistent tutors out there.


"Come again?" Victor -the king- blinked wondering if he heard it wrong. "Would you mind repeating it, Ilyas?" He asked. First, it was Eins, who had moved out the moment he turned 18 and lived at Schwartz Palace with his childhood friend Count (Ernst) Rosenberg as his high steward, and now the 18 yeard old Ilyas too was moving out?

"I said I wanted to leave the kingdom and travel, your highness," Ilyas repeated.

"Bu-but Ilyas-" Victor was interrupted when his second son raised his hand. "Forgive me for interrupting you, father but before you say anything about the throne, I would like to confirm something you have on me," he said.

Victor sighed and waved Ilyas to continue. "Am I safe to assume that you had a suspicion that I am not interested in the throne, father?" Ilyas asked, which the king went silent for a moment before nodded.

Ilyas nodded at that. "That would be correct. I have no interest in taking the throne at all, father," Ilyas said. "I am not willing to be chain down that could result in me unable to leave my nest," he said. "Thus, the travel. I still love this kingdom of course, after all, this is where my home is located but I wanted to fly, I wanted to see the world," he smiled.

"I know it's kind of selfish of me to ask you that but I hope you understand my reason, father..." Ilyas said.

Victor sighed at that.

He did understand, after all, it was because of the freedom, even if he didn't stray outside of the kingdom, that he was able to watch how his people lived, experienced what kind of life his people were living in, witnessed what kind of condition did the kingdom's capital, Weinner, was in, and that he was able to meet a friend, a certain red-headed friend who became a volunteer teacher at a church Victor built.

"...What about the engagement between you and Beatrix?" Victor asked and immediately sweatdropped when he saw the blank look he received from Ilyas.

"Father, we all know Beatrix was closer to Kai among us siblings," Ilyas replied blankly.

"So you are giving up your position to your brothers? Not including Eins, no matter how much I wanted to and the both of you knew that" Victor asked, and heaved a resigned sigh when Ilyas nodded.

"I can't convince you to stay even if I say you are my first choice in succeeded my position, aren't I?" Victor tried his luck, massaging his forehead when Ilyas arched his eyebrow.

"Fine, I allow it. How are you planning to tell the Queen Mother and your siblings about this?" Victor asked.

"I have already informed them about this." Ilyas smiled and grinned when he saw Victor giving him a "you informed them first before me?" look. "They, of course, reluctantly agreed ...with tears but I promised to send you all letters," he grinned.

Victor stood up from his seat and gave his second son a long hug, which Ilyas returned it back. "...Be careful, son..."

Ilyas gave his father a soft smile. "I will," he replied. "...And thank you, father..." 'for being there when I need you, for listening when I need someone to listen whenever Eins was busy, for being my father, for everything...'

Victor smiled. "When are you leaving?"

"In a few hours," Ilyas replied. "Do you mind having a lunch with me, father?" He asked.

"Of course, son."


Seeing the tearful faces of his siblings ...and father ...and grandmother with an equally teary Adele, Ilyas wondered if he should give his travel up after all.

With a heavy sigh, he hugged every one of his family, from eldest to youngest, which when he was about to hug Kai, all four younger siblings gave him a bone-crushing hug in one go.

"I promise to come back home, all of you," Ilyas smiled as he patted his siblings' heads one by one. "And I promise to send letters whenever I am taking a break".

"Pinky promise?" Leonhard sobbed, raising his small finger up. His brothers too raised their fingers for him to hook them.

Ilyas smiled. "Pinky promise," he said, entwining their fingers one by one. "If I lie, I will swallow a thousand needles," he added, which the boy immediately gasped in horror.

Bruno patted the boy's head when he started to burst into tears thinking that his promise was going to take his brother's life. "Brother will swallow the needles if he breaks the promise, Leonhard, so as long as brother comes back and fulfil his promise, he doesn't need to," the brunet said as he pushed his glasses up.

"Re-really?"

"Yes, really, which is why I will be coming back, Leonhard," Ilyas smiled as he sweatdropped.

"...Okay," the boy sniffled.

Licht hugged his second eldest brother one more time. "I am going to miss you, brother," he muttered as he rubbed his tears in the elder's shirt, which Ilyas ignored and hugged the boy back.

"I'll miss you too," Ilyas smiled. "I will miss all of you," he added before letting go and walked away, to the carriage waiting for him.

When he sat down and make himself comfortable inside the carriage, he poked his head out of the window as the carriage just started moving. "Bye, grandmother, father, brothers and sister! I promised to come back so I'll be seeing you again one day!" Ilyas shouted as he waved goodbye.

"Bye, brother! Come back soon!"

"Be safe!"

"Safe journey, son!"

Ilyas smile widened when he saw a glimpse of his older brother and his high steward behind a tree nearby waving at him, which he waved back.

Now, he was going to travel. He really wondered if Vongola existed in the timeline and that thought made him grew excited. Ilyas turned his attention to the bright blue sky with a smile. 'Italy, here I come!' Ilyas grinned.


* Gelaro is the Decimo of Bertesca Famiglia, as well as Tsuna's Snow Guardian. The man only appeared in the DS game - Katekyo Hitman Reborn! DS Fate of Heat III - Yuki no Shugosha Raishuu!

** Snow Flame has the ability to immobilize someone and freeze their Flames; however, this Flame is revealed to simply be disguised Sky Flames, and thus the freezing ability was through the use of Zero Point Breakthrough: First Edition.

Gelaro and Bertesca Primo are the only two who are able to use Zero Point Breakthrough without having Vongola blood running in their veins.


! NOTE !

In here, by the way, I will be making Snow and Sky as the same flames but at the same time not.

Snow will still be able to attract other elements but not as strong as a Sky. The only difference between the two (other than weaker attraction) is Snow only able to freeze and immobilize, unable to turn itself into a burning flame, while Sky, on the other hand, is able to burn and turn into a freezing one (via Zero Point Breakthrough if they are Vongolian).

! Thanks for reading :D !