My Storm, My Cloud, My Sun, My Sky
Summary: Reborn met Fon, they became Arcobaleno and went separate ways, not seeing each other for years. Kyoya was born, Fon had to leave to protect his family and they didn't see each other for years. Tsuna met Reborn, the adventure starts. Hibari met Reborn, craziness starts. Dino met Kyoya, Fon returns and secrets are revealed. Better than it sounds, I promise! D18, RF, LalCol possible others.
A/N: I updated yesterday, but because it's our favorite hitman's birthday, have another chapter to celebrate and check ou my new story that I wrote specifically for this day, Crazy Headache As A Birthdqy Gift! I hope you enjoy the new chapter!
Okay, so Dino agreed with Kyoya's crazy little plan and even managed to go through with it even before the Sky Match started. His men caught a pink haired Cervello impersonating a nurse, trying to sneak in and steal Lambo, who had only recently woken up from his coma after his own match. They were swift to catch her, knock her out, inject her with some medicine and tie her up in one of the empty rooms of the hospital Dino had all but bought just because he knew this conflict might turn nasty and bloody.
Sadly, another Cervello had been on standby to take the sleeping, still recovering child after the first one had failed, but no one looked for the missing Cervello and she was kept under with strong medications so Kyoya can deal with her later. Dino had to push the thoughts about the plan and his new emotional predicament for later, when he has the time to actually ponder either of those. For tonight, he has to concentrate on making Squalo talk, getting to the Sky Match in time and making sure that Kyoya, Tsuna and none of the others don't die or that the Cervello don't mess further with Tsuna's family.
He also had to keep an eye on the Varia until the match was to begin. Thankfully, Reborn stayed by Tsuna's side and the other Guardians stayed in the hospital for the duration of the day, going home only to change into some fresh clothes before they all once again met up at the school. Dino wanted to be there from the start of the match, but Squalo had woken rather late in the evening and the doctors, even if he were to threaten them with their jobs as their new boss, refused to release him sooner than it took for them to make sure he was actually stable for the trip.
It cost them. Oh, it cost them dearly.
By the time Dino and his men arrived, it wasn't yet too late, but it was already late enough, wasn't it? Tsuna and Xanxus were already in the throes of a death match, Xanxus angry enough to want to decimate the younger boss candidate, the Guardians only recently having received the antidote to Death Heather poison - thanks to Kyoya, who due to his amazing endurance and incredible strength of will (read stubbornness and refusal to be controlled or restrained) managed to save himself despite being paralyzed with pain and then help the others, starting with Gokudera, who then helped Lambo and Ryohei, and then Yamamoto, who then assisted Gokudera in helping Chrome Dokuro, even if it cost them the Lightning, Cloud, Rain and Storm Rings when Belphegor and Mammon tricked them by capturing the Mist Guardian and all three of them would have been goners had Ryohei not then all but blown up the gym with a single punch - and not exactly in a good condition to fight.
Then Tsuna managed to somehow freaking freeze Xanxus with Vongola Primo's unique technique, the Zero Point Breakthrough First Edition, only for Mammon and Belphegor to unfreeze him thanks to the Vongola Rings emitting Dying Will Flames that melted the ice. Then Belphegor stole Tsuna's Sky Ring and Mammon presented all of the rings to a utterly defeated-looking Xanxus, who gained a momentary boost from the Rings, only to have the Sky Ring reject him very violently.
It is as this all happened that all of the Guardians - Tsuna's and Xanxus' both - gathered to watch as Xanxus was all but burned to crisp and the Sky Ring slipped from his finger and then the truth came out; Xanxus had no claim to the Rings or the position as boss, because he was Timoteo's adopted son. The Ring Conflict was rendered futile, for there was only one possible successor. The Vongola Sky Ring demanded Vongola blood in order for it to grant power to the new boss. That was a necessary requirement, or else the offender who tries to use its power could very well die. Xanxus survived only because of his strong Flames of Rage and the will to survive.
Xanxus had known from the start that he cannot inherit the Vongola, and yet he had tried anyway.
He still tried, in fact. Apparently, a good number of Varia operatives had been summoned to assist in taking down Tsuna and his Guardians. The Varia officers were in no real condition to fight. Levi A Than, though he had been declared the winner of the Lightning Match, had suffered heavy damage and then Gokudera had all but finished him off when saving Lambo. Squalo, the second best fighter next to Xanxus, couldn't move in his wheelchair, let alone fight, covered in bandages from head to toe, having almost died when the shark nearly ate him. Mammon was an Arcobaleno and could probably do them all a lot of damage with his illusions alone, but they weren't a fighter and they seemed to be wary of Kyoya, instructing their comrades not to damage the skylark too much if they didn't want to end up like south-east Greece from ten years ago. (Dino discerned that it probably had something to do with Kyoya's Arcobaleno uncle finding out what had happened to his family and taking vengeance; he remembered news reports stating it had been a terrible forest fire of unknown origins and made a note to ask Kyoya if it had actually been his uncle's doing and not a natural catastrophe.) Belphegor had a broken leg and various other injuries and burns caused by his own fight against Gokudera and he was wary of Kyoya, who seemed a bit too eager to fight him.
And with Xanxus in his current state, they really do need backup.
But if they were calling backup, then they should be disqualified and the ones in the observation area should be allowed to assist, too. Which didn't spell good news for the Varia, no matter their numbers, because there were two Arcobaleno there, one of whom just so happened to be an already angry Reborn, Dino himself and Trident Shamal, the only person ever to be declared Varia Quality but to turn them down when they invited him to join them. Ken and Chikusa were there for Chrome, too, and they weren't exactly laughing stocks, either, and neither was Basil, trained by Iemitsu himself.
The Cervello agreed to free them, but the cage had been tampered with and they were let trapped, unable to help, unable to do anything else but watch as the tired and injured Tsuna and his Guardians have to fight for their lives against who knows how many enemies.
Only the Varia reinforcements never arrived except two beat up foot soldiers, who collapsed after delivering a single message.
"Reporting: all units down. A man with superhuman strength coming from the east. The units stationed in the west, north and south were decimated by a red baby."
That was it. That was all he got out before the two fell to the ground, leaving everyone stunned because who had called for backup!? But then the words registered in Dino's mind and his eyes swiveled to Kyoya, who looked a bit exasperated and a bit stunned. Mammon up on the screen, though, had obviously lost some color in the face and looked like they were contemplating making a run for it. A single glance at the two Arcobaleno in the cage with him showed Dino that that little detail was not lost on Reborn and Colonello, as the two babies were exchanging looks, as if silently debating if it was I-Pin or their fellow Arcobaleno.
Knowing what he did now, Dino was willing to bet all of his fortune and his family on the latter.
"Is it Fon, Reborn?" He asked his former tutor and was treated to a sight he had never thought he'd ever see in this life or any other, for that matter. Reborn looked ... flabbergasted.
"Wait, is Hibari really Fon's nephew that he gushed about, kora?" A stunned and skeptical Colonello questioned, squinting up at the image of Kyoya who now no longer even looked up to fighting, which was a bit concerning. Well, the Varia didn't seem to be in the condition to fight, either, as in that moment that he had looked away, Lancia the strongest man in Northern Italy had arrived and had single handedly dealt with the remaining officers, Chrome entrapping Mammon and thus ending the fight. "Then again, he does have some frighteningly fast reflexes, kora. The way he moved and then caught those knives ... " Colonello gave another low whistle, impressed. Dino frowned and made a note to find all recordings of the fight to watch from beginning to end because clearly his student had been holding out on him because Kyoya had never demonstrated this speed Colonello was talking about. "So, Reborn, what do you think, kora? Is it Fon, kora?"
"Your pacifiers would be glowing if another Arcobaleno was close by, right?" Shamal asked the Sun and Rain Arcobaleno but Colonello surprised them by shaking his head.
"Fon is fast enough to come and leave the range of the Pacifiers without them reacting because of the brief amount of time he'd spent in said range, kora. Fon is the fastest Arcobaleno, kora. He can catch bullets for crying out loud, kora!" Dino couldn't help but gawk at that. He gawked some more as he thought he saw Reborn get a dreamy look in his eye for a moment. Surely that was just his imagination, right? Reborn's face was usually very well guarded and no emotion filtered through! Yes, he must have imagined it. "It would be a piece of cake for him to get in range and take out several opponents before going back out of range if he didn't want to be spotted, kora. And if Hibari's really his nephew, then he'd definitely do it, kora. So, Reborn, you knew Fon best; are they related, kora? Actually, stupid question, kora. They could pass off as twins, kora!"
"Yare yare, I don't want to die here," Mammon groused as the Cervello surrounded the fallen Varia boss, for once keeping to the ground so as not to draw attention to themself.
Dino ignored him for now and instead focused on the little exchange going on between the last remaining Cervello that had seen the entire Ring Conflict from beginning to end and the downed Xanxus where he still lay. 'They'd ... They'd known from the start that he isn't a legitimate heir and yet they'd made them all go through all of this!? Kyoya was right, it's not just the Varia that are up to something.' He'll never doubt Kyoya again. The teenage battle maniac had almost animalistic instincts and it seems he has been proven right yet again. Suddenly, he was very glad that he hadn't hesitated to do as Kyoya had suggested.
The captured Cervello will have a lot to answer for.
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Tsuna was declared the rightful heir for the role of Vongola Decimo and Gokudera Hayato, Yamamoto Takeshi, Sasagawa Ryohei, Lambo Bovino, Chrome Dokuro with Rokudo Mukuro and Hibari Kyoya were the Tenth Generation Guardians of the Vongola Rings. They will one day inherit the Vongola family and lead it to a new age.
But Nono was still alive, so there will be probably a few more years before they have to take their new rightful place in the world of the mafia. Until then, they can continue their lives as normal.
That is, as soon as they get a clean bill of health from the hospital.
Kyoya had taken the most damage, perhaps second only to Tsuna, in the Sky Match. His left leg had not healed at all from the Cloud Battle and now his right thigh and calf were riddled with torn tendons from the deep cuts of Belphegor's knives. His right upper arm, too, sported several deep gashes as did his right side and left and right cheek, though those were thankfully shallower and won't leave any lasting scars, or so said the doctor that saw to Dino's student. Kyoya was surprisingly complacent with the doctor's orders, though the doctor himself looked very uncomfortable to be giving them. The blond remembered his little eye-opener conversation with Kyoya and wondered if the man feared Kyoya would get pissed with him and get him fired. Dino may be the new hospital owner but it would seem that it was in name only.
Kyoya's word was still the law.
Kyoya owned Namimori, alright.
It was his and these people knew it. He has claimed it by name, by his own actions and by clearing the streets of thugs and yakuza. Dino had done a bit of research on the teenager after Kyoya had shared what he had with him and while he could find very little credible information on the prefect, people talked. They never said anything concrete, but they did give their opinions, described their experiences with the Disciplinary Committee Chairman of Nami-chuu, were quick and happy to praise his work for making Namimori a safer place.
He couldn't find anything about Kyoya's family - clan - but he could definitely learn about how Kyoya claimed this town as his own.
Still, even if he followed most of the doctor's recommendations, Hibari didn't stay in the hospital bed all that long. Rather, he accepted all of the medication and the recommended period he should let his body heal - "That means no strenuous activities for at least a week, Hibari-san. If you need something, please ask Kusakabe-san to do it for you, or Chiavarone-san if he can't make it. It's for your own good," the doctor had advised, tripping over the foreign surname - but he didn't stay in bed, instead getting up and demanding that Dino take him to the Cervello they had captured. He didn't exactly allow any room for argument, nor did he bother waiting for the drugs to fade, instead slapping the Cervello awake without hesitation.
Dino actually jumped in fright at the sudden noise. The pink haired young female woke with a start, looking around in confusion. "Kyoya, you can't just treat a lady like that!"
Silver blue eyes slid to him for a moment. "I can do whatever I want. Women are not lesser to men. Why should I treat her like a delicate flower when she carelessly plays with lives?" His voice was glacier cold and Dino gulped, deciding not to interfere. It went against everything Reborn had taught him - "Always treat women with respect, wimpy Dino." - but he could see Hibari was dead serious here and will eviscerate him if he gets in the way and he wasn't suicidal damn it. Yes, maybe he could take the prefect on in his current state, but he didn't want to accidentally hurt him, either!
Kyoya studied him for a moment, as if judging if Dino will protest further, before turning back to the Cervello. She had been, of course, thoroughly checked over, with X-rays and everything, to make sure she didn't have any pills hidden in teeth cavities or some such method to kill herself in case of capture and she was officially clean after they removed three cyanide pills from her mouth and disabled a poison-chip in her neck that can't be taken out without killing her anyway. These girls were obviously a serious organization and Kyoya might just be right that they are working for someone bigger than a Vongola boss. No one in the mafia world has such contingencies in case one of their operatives is captured.
"I will be very quick and very clear. I want to know only one thing. And that is where and who is the Man in the Iron Hat."
"I am not at liberty to reveal such informatio-"
Kyoya slapped her again. "Let's try this again. Where and who is the Man in the Iron Hat? Don't mistake me for the herbivores you're used to dealing with. I have no reservations about torturing the information out of you if I must." He leaned in until they were eye to eye, ripping the mask from her face, making her cry out in pain as it seems to be all but glued to her skin. Her eyes were blank, as though while she might be alive and able to behave like a real human, there was no real soul there. Dino was sure he'd seen cartoon characters with more personality than her. It made him a bit sick in the stomach. Okay, so the Cervello actually were clones. Good to know. "I don't have a lot of patience, though." Kyoya lifted a single finger and a small Flame flickered to life at the tip. Dino and the Cervello both jerked back in surprise.
That was not what they were expecting! All files on all of the Guardians said none of them were Flame Aware, let alone Flame Active!
And while Kyoya had said yesterday that he had survived his family's massacre only because he was Flame Active and his uncle had taught him how to use that to hide himself, it was one thing to vaguely know such information and a completely different matter altogether to see it with his own eyes! And Kyoya's Cloud Ring didn't even light up! He wasn't using a conduit! The Flame might be small, but to be able to do even that much was already all but extraordinary!
"Do you know what Cloud Flames do? Cloud Flames have the propagation attribute." Hibari touched the Cervello's bleeding face with the Flame lit finger and Dino watched in something like sick fascination as more blood started gushing out of the wound around the other's blank white, button-round eyes. "The human body cannot survive if it loses above just one third of the whole blood volume, not properly. It starts shutting down, killing off the parts that aren't necessary for the continued survival, just like how it would do with frostbite. But do you know what would happen if the blood volume in your arteries and veins were suddenly to increase by that same amount?" The Cervello cried out in pain as, suddenly, a blood vessel popped just underneath the skin, next to her eye where Kyoya's finger was.
Dino paled, feeling faint. He had never thought someone could be killed in such a way. It had never occurred to him. That would have to hurt, a slow and painful death as the blood increased in volume, crushing organs, bursting vessels, drowning the heart and the lungs, flooding the brain ...
He shuddered.
"Tell me where and who the Man in the Iron Hat is, or else you will experience the worst possible death," the Cloud offered - threatened, warned - one last time, even as he lit the Flames on his Ring, increasing the size and amount that was flickering merrily on his fingertip. The message was clear. He was dead serious.
The Cervello hesitated, looked between the potent Flames and the look in Kyoya's eyes, took in the gravity of his voice, and spilled it all.
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"Are you sure we've got the right place?" Dino asked uncertainly as he and Kyoya stepped out of the car in front of a shabby looking store cheerily dubbed 'Kawahira's Realtors'. It looked perfectly normal. It felt perfectly normal, and yet the Cervello had been too terrified to lie after Kyoya's little demonstration of what he planned to do to her if she didn't comply with his demands. "I mean, this place is just ... ordinary."
"The pink herbivore wouldn't lie. She may be a clone, but she doesn't want to die, not the way I threatened her," the black haired male said with absolute surety in his own words. Then again, Kyoya was the one that can't be lied to. Not because he had the ridiculous Sky intuition or Vongola Hyper Intuition, but simply because he knew how to read people's tells. "Besides, never judge a book by its cover. Surely even you Italians know a proverb such as that?"
"Yeah, sure, we have one of those as well, but it's not just that this place looks harmless, it feels harmless, too, Kyoya," argued the blond, frowning at the little shop. "I mean, it feels just as ordinary as that shop over there!" He exclaimed, pointing at a random storm across the street where a sweet little old lady was sweeping the porch.
Hibari looked over and arched an eyebrow. "That woman used to be the top hitwoman for a Tokyo yakuza group, specializing in close combat with a battle ax. She could cleave you in half in a second, Bucking Horse. I would know. The Disciplinary Committee has had to clean up the mess every time some thief was stupid enough to break in and try to rob her."
The whip user gaped at the old lady, who noticed that he was looking and gave a little smile and wave. Romario snickered by his side, as he was wont to do ever since they met Kyoya, while said prefect simply walked over to the door and pulled it open. "Wait, you're serious? You're not just pulling my leg to prove a point, right? Kyoya!"
"Welcome to 'Kawahira's Realtors'," an ordinary looking man in a purple and blue kimono said, not looking up from his ramen bowl as white hair hid most of his face where he sat at a counter that seems to act as a reception desk of sorts. "How can we help you?"
Dino and Romario nearly turned around and fled when they caught sight of the glint in Kyoya's eyes and the 'smile' that stretched over pale lips. "I'll have the cure to the Arcobaleno curse and information on the Trinisette while he will have a time and place where he can return your lost, stray pink herbivore. I'm sure you can provide that, Man in the Iron Hat."
The man at the counter, presumably Kawahira, suddenly went as tense as a bowstring reading to release an arrow, finally lifting his head to look at the three in his doorway. The dark purple eyes behind thin, frameless glasses merely flicked over the two Cavallone but froze on the - possibly - biggest threat in the room, taking in the prefect's body language and the blood lust that must be clear on his face. Strangely enough, the man didn't seem disturbed. Maybe surprised, definitely wary, but he didn't try to fight or run away.
"Goodness, for a second there I thought you were Fon," the white haired man sighed. He didn't exactly look relieved that it wasn't one of the Arcobaleno, though, which is just plain weird. "I'm guessing you're here for him? Please take a seat, Hibari Kyoya. I've been half expecting you for years now, but I guess certain things had to happen before you'd come to me."
"Ah. The Clam was passed down to the next Generation." At that, Kawahira actually looked uneasy. Kyoya's 'smile' became sharper and even more bloodthirsty. But he didn't try to kill or fight the man.
Instead, he came in and sat down at a table to the side of the entrance room. Kawahira followed immediately, sitting across from him. Romario looked to Dino for guidance and the blond sighed, coming in as well, taking a seat by Kyoya's side while his right hand man stood at both of their backs like a bodyguard.
He had a feeling this was going to be a long day.