The Cloud That Bites The Skies
Summary: A scary person with a fearsome reputation finds Tsuna and Co on a normal, sunny day, bringing news of an assassination plot on Don Cavallone. Insanity ensues.
Hibari Kyoya, finally back in his own time after a week-long mission in the past, huffed as he at last entered his own bedroom, even if it was only the one he claimed in the Vongola Mansion and not at his home back in Namimori.
Today alone had been more tiring than the whole past week, because he had to threaten every single member of his family and many allies to leave him the hell alone because the idiotic herbivores were crowding, for Tri-ni-sette's sake! Around him. And that was after he had to destroy Verde's whole lab and hack his network to make sure the scientist can't make a repeat of the device, though the green haired Arcobaleno didn't seem interested in the project anymore since he'd already discovered all there was about it. Kyoya destroyed that data, too, in case someone later down the line might try to remake the thing based on his notes. Verde was upset about that, but Fon and Reborn had been waiting for Dino's return with Kyoya and between the four of them, Verde didn't even try to protest.
Then, of course, came Fon's fretting and Reborn's quiet worry, but those two he can stand since they're not loud or overbearing about it and it was only two other people besides Dino. And they calmed down when he told them he was fine, because he had stopped trying to brush off any possible injuries around them years ago, since they were actually the rare few people who can read him and know if he's lying.
But then as soon as he set foot in the Vongola Mansion, he was ambushed, which didn't really end well for Decimo and his Guardians, nor for the Varia and Byakuran, who had come just so he can annoy the hell out of the returning skylark. Really, after nearly getting turned into Swiss cheese by Roll when they had all charged at Kyoya in worry, one would think that they'd not crowd around him, poking and prodding and getting into his personal space. In the end, they clearly deserved the smackdown he delivered upon them, as well as trapping them in an inverted Roll sphere until they passed out from lack of air.
Dino, the traitor, had just watched on in amusement until Hibari got sick of his grin and whacked him with a tonfa into unconsciousness.
That, of course, left time for Hibari to go and change - he was going to throw away this suit; he's been wearing it all day each day for a week and longer - but by the time he'd had a bath and came down for some food, most of the herbivores had woken up and the chaos ensued once again. Starting with people trying to kidnap him for a medical check, reports from his mission, spars, stories about his adventure and, of course, scoldings for being so reckless. It was a bit entertaining in the beginning, when people would at random just pick him up where he was standing, sitting or walking and just make a run for it. He hated the fireman carry but it was at least less humiliating than the princess carry Byakuran had dared do - or rather, try, before he got a tonfa to the face. He got sick of it by the time even the usually calm and sane Chrome, his favorite Guardian, got involved, almost making him want to just jump onto a commuter plane back to Japan, even if it meant spending hours upon end with oblivious herbivores.
Gokudera Hayato proved to be extra annoying since he demanded more reports than the ones he sent through Lambo while Lambo proved to be the sanest of the bunch, only asking Kyoya if he was alright once before doing his best to stay out of his way. Which wasn't surprising at all, since Lambo grew up with Kyoya's temperament as something to fear more than any possible enemy.
Basil ended up backing down on his own when he realized he was annoying Kyoya with his worry and was being considerably rude about it, so he just expressed his relief that the man was back and promised to have reports on all CEDEF activities in his absence delivered to his desk in the morning. Tetsu showed how well he knew Hibari by not even asking about his well-being, instead just handing over a bunch of files and wishing him a welcome back home.
The Arcobaleno, except Fon and Reborn, ended up being a bit annoying but he wasn't even all that surprised since they loved causing chaos and they loved even more when they could drag Kyoya into it. Because of his absence, that had been impossible and they were a bit pissed with him for not taking them on his own crazy mission with them. It didn't matter how much he tried to explain that the world of ten years past would not have been prepared to face the grown, no-longer-cursed-to-be-babies Arcobaleno, but thankfully they can be kept at bay most of the time.
The Varia were just plain loud and chaotic and Hibari actually allowed himself to be pulled into a debrief with Sawada Tsunayoshi, even if it turned into a new bout of fretting from his first and youngest Sky. Anything to get him away from his raging Sky who was trying to stuff him with meat or burst his eardrums as his way of showing care. Kyoya actually owed Mamon one for getting out of there so quickly and Natsu two for getting him out of Sawada Tsunayoshi's bout of fretting.
Sasagawa Ryohei actually managed to get into an argument with the Baby because the two Suns both wanted to get a drink with Hibari and the hitman believed he had dibs since Hibari was his official drinking companion. Then Yamamoto Takeshi tried to drag him along for a walk and some ice cream, only to be thwarted by Spanner and Giannini who both wanted more information on how his trip had went. Fon saved him from the lot of them, but then Hibari ran into Mukuro and finally all hell broke loose.
"Finally got sick of them, did you?" Dino, who was lounging on his bed with a laptop in front of him, no doubt doing his own work, said with a chuckle, looking up only when he heard the distinctive sound of shuffling clothing. Kyoya smirked when immediately those hazel eyes became locked on him. Even after all these years, he still had so much power over the don with the simplest of gestures and even after all these years of having that power, Hibari still enjoyed it immensely.
He still scowled as he recalled what had happened just moments ago that had started a chain reaction of chaos and destruction that was an everyday occurrence in the lives of Vongola Decimo and his Guardians, even if the source may differ each time. "That pineapple hugged me." It had been traumatizing. While, yes, Mukuro and Hibari had somehow become rivalry-based homicidal friends over the years, physical contact of such kind was still a very big no-no, as it was with everyone else besides Fon and Dino, but especially Mukuro. Kyoya never forgave him for the sakura thing during the Koukuyo Incident all those years ago and Mukuro had accepted that they'd never be nearly as buddy-buddy as Hibari allowed some of the other Guardians to be with him.
The Cavallone boss winced at hearing that, finally understanding the trigger. "Ah. I hadn't thought him suicidal." The fact that everyone already accepted Mukuro was most probably clinically insane and just brushed it off as part of their lives. Besides, there was no way any one of them would actually pass a psych evaluation as sane. Not even the little animal. Or Sasagawa's little sister and she was definitely the sanest of them all.
"Doesn't matter. It's been dealt with." It was good to let loose after not having good enough opponents for days. Especially since everyone was still fretting and trying to restrain him, just to make sure he doesn't accidentally hurt himself. It gave him an excuse to remind them who they were talking to and discipline them for their stupidity. And after the herbivores were sufficiently bitten to death, he'd had a cup of tea with Fon and a glass of whiskey with the Baby before finally turning in for the night. It was still early and he wasn't exactly tired - adrenaline was still pumping through his veins in both anger at someone daring to target one of his and from the annoyance caused by his very strange famiglia - but Bucking Horse always knew how to tire him out just right if he needed it.
And he most certainly needed it, to the point that he might even allow the blond to cuddle him afterwards. They've had life-affirming sex plenty of times before and Kyoya had grown frustrated with seeing a younger Dino prancing around with not a care in the world, allowed only to watch but not touch or even talk, watching him from a distance so he can keep the blond safe. It had reminded him too much of the first couple of years of knowing Dino, when he finally realized he may see the blond herbivore as someone at least partially important to him and when he finally realized he even desired him. It had been almost traumatizing for the young, antisocial Hibari, who had enjoyed his Namimori and wanted nothing to do with the rest of the world, but by then he was almost actively involved with the Vongola and had resignedly accepted to be Sawada Tsunayoshi's Cloud Guardian. Dino had had to walk him through the whole starting phase of their relationship when the Bucking Horse finally caught on that the prefect might return his feelings in his own Kyoya-way, which was embarrassing on several levels.
The ex-prefect had nearly killed his lover after their first night together, because he had never experienced a pain like that even after the most grueling of battles. The night had been pleasurable, sure, but the aftereffects in the morning had left him with burning cheeks and refusing to leave the bathroom after having brained Cavallone with a tonfa. He'd only let Fon in when Bucking Horse called him in a panic and that had been a very uncomfortable conversation to have for their just mending relationship after years of being estranged relatives.
He still hadn't let Bucking Horse touch him for a month afterwards.
Now, though, he very casually removed his clothing until he was only in his dress shirt and boxers before he crawled into bed with his long time lover, all but pushing the laptop to the floor and uncaring of whether it would get damaged or not. Dino didn't seem to care much, either, as his hands immediately came to circle the younger man's waist. The kiss that followed was the best welcome home he'd received all day and Kyoya sank into it happily, straddling his lover's waist and just melting into the taller man.
Sawada Tsunayoshi was his freedom to roam. Xanxus was the one he measured his strength against, the one who let him let loose without fear of how much damage he'll cause and actually welcomed it. Byakuran, though they didn't share a bond nowhere near as strong as the one binding him to the other Skies, was his escape into the less than sane parts of the mafia, who appreciated how aggressive he can be towards pretty much everyone else but had an interesting soft side for animals and young children.
Dino, though, Dino Cavallone would always be his home. The one who understood him best out of his three (four) Skies, the one who worried but never tried to restrain him with such worry. The one who doted on him and helped him without accidentally trampling over his pride. The one who always seemed to know just what he needed.
Hibari Kyoya's reputation was fearsome, bloody and downright terrifying. Most of the mafia world was horrified to hear he was even in the same country as them, half of the time, and plenty of people saw him as an unfeeling monster. His limitless potential for growth, the wealth of his Flames, his natural skill for picking up new fighting styles and his incredibly sharp mind made people label him as inhuman, a demon, devil-spawn. You name it, he's heard it. It certainly didn't help his reputation that he had stood up against Vongola's 'Young Lion' Sawada Iemitsu and made the Sky cower before him, or that it took three (and then later even a fourth joined in) powerful Skies to form a true Harmony with him that left them all on equal footing and perfectly balanced. The fact that he could pound any other Sky into the ground in a fight and that half of the time he won spars against his own Skies had earned him the nickname that will probably go down in history books; the Cloud that bites the Skies.
Honestly, Kyoya thought the title was too flashy and dramatic for his tastes, but it stuck and spread like wildfire, so he let it be. It wasn't as if it were untrue. He was the one who most likely will take down a don wishing to oppose the Vongola, after all, and the mafia so loved their traditions to keep their leaders Skies if at all possible.
Though the words 'bite you to death' have certainly become the source of nightmares all over the world.
Hibari was actually pretty smug about that, even if he would wish that mafia children would stop repeating them in games based on the retold adventures they heard from anyone Vongola related or, worse yet, the Tenth Generation Guardians themselves. Someone should seriously put a leash on Yamamoto Takeshi. The Rain took too much pleasure in spreading such innocent chaos and they all suspected it was Reborn's influence.
Hibari frowned when Dino pulled back and made no move to move things along, instead just drawing the Japanese man into a warm hug. "Just let me hold you like this. Just for a few moments, Kyoya, then we can continue."
He would have protested had he not been very comfortable with his head on Dino's chest, listening to his Bucking Horse's steady, reassuring heartbeat. "Herbivore," he said without any heat in his words and he knew Dino was smart enough not to mention anything about how Hibari was nuzzling into him more. The first time he'd said something about it, years ago, he'd walked around with a bruised eye as though an actual horse had kicked him. Hibari, back then and sometimes even to this day, could not understand why the blond had still paraded the wound around as though it was the greatest gift he'd been given. Italians were weird.
But they were also warm and this particular one loved carding his fingers through Kyoya's hair, so he guessed he could bear with it.
Dino sighed when Hibari finally dozed off, glad that his lover was finally resting. Sure, he'd love it if they could do it right now, but he's known Hibari for years and he hadn't really needed all those years to learn that the younger man was likely to push himself well past his limit, never admitting fatigue or pain or hunger or any other weakness. Kyoya was more likely to push himself to death than anyone ever managing to kill him. They had all the time in the world for them to affirm that Kyoya was, indeed, back and okay, but right now, what the Japanese man really needed was a good, long night of sleep.
The blond himself could use it, too. Ever since he learned where his lover was and why, he could not get a blink of sleep. His worry for the younger Kyoya who had been running around causing havoc in this time hadn't really helped, either, because the teenager Hibari was easy to provoke into a fight and all of the people who would have asked for a spar would forget themselves that, while incredibly strong himself, it was not the same indomitable Kyoya they were used to, Decimo's strongest Guardian, the Cloud that bites the Skies. That Kyoya was still a child, still had a long way to go to reach his true potential, though even their own Hibari has yet to reach it.
(Years ago, Dino had said Hibari Kyoya's growth would be unlimited. The world was still learning just how right he had been that night.)
Dino allowed himself to kiss his lover's forehead before sliding down a bit on the pillows and pulling the covers over the both of them. It spoke greatly just how exhausted Kyoya truly was that he didn't even stir, not one bit, as he did so, which was really saying something given that a falling flower petal can wake him up. Then again, that he didn't wake up ready to fight despite his exhaustion - because he can manage that, thank you very much; Mukuro would know, given the Mist had once tried to pull a prank on an utterly exhausted Kyoya, sure that the skylark would not be able to bite him to death in his current condition, only to find himself flying through a wall with several broken and bruised ribs. An exhausted Kyoya was quite possibly an even more dangerous Kyoya - also spoke greatly of the trust the black haired male held for Dino, something that the mafia boss will forever thank whatever greater power had granted him such a precious gift.
"Welcome home, my beloved Kyoya," the Cavallone whispered into Kyoya's hair and closed his eyes, arms snug around his lover and settled down to sleep.
In the morning, he'll do his best not to get bitten to death for daring to lull his lover to sleep when he had other plans and then make up for his transgressions.
But those were worries for the Dino of tomorrow.
Right now, it was nap time.
LA FINE