Where the Sky Resides

A fan fiction by Aoi Kitsukawa

Disclaimer: Katekyou Hitman Reborn belongs to Amano Akira and its related companies; I only borrow the characters in the manga/ anime. Please enjoy reading it!

Author's Note: Greetings my dear readers! Sorry for the very late update. Many things happened in the past, which one of them was my relative passed away, and my family had to arrange the funeral since she lived alone, my PCU finally RIP and I decided to make this while working at the office (I'm an OL or administrator of private school).

SIGH…wondering if I manage to complete this chapter if I still can't get my anger out of my mind…some explanations at the end of the story, and sorry for such short chapter.

Summary: After one accident during mission and a miracle return of Federico, Tsuna slowly lost his bond with his family. Despair and pain, he decided to leave the family with his wife Kyouko. However, their car fell into the gorge and lost. When he opened his eyes, he found that Namimori was not existing and he is the only flame-user exist in the world…

Sky 05: Fatigue

I don't know…

When it started,

When I began slipping into the delusion

That seems to be no longer human...

It's been... So long…

That I feel so tired, too tired to remember…

- Randazzo, Sicily, Italy, Mafia World; 3 days after the scene of the accident-

Reborn walked through the hallway, ignoring the eyes that curiously staring at his dark suit and fedora with orange line. His lips were pursed into thin line as his eyes narrowed dangerously, emitting the irritated aura that he had. Followed behind him were the Ex-Storm Arcobaleno Fon, Gokudera, Hibari and Dino of Cavallone Family.

When his eyes saw the ICU unit, he quickly fastened his pace. The news he received upon returning from gathering information regarding the missing Decimo was enough to make his blood boil. A doctor was seen walking out from the room and without doubt, probably the person in charge that he needed to meet right away.

"Oh, signore," The doctor said as he looked at the group that came towards him. He could feel the piercing gaze of the man with fedora into his as he stepped back a little. He believed it might be related to the group that he and the staffs had treated several hours before due to emergency.

"Are you Dr. Eliot Segesta?" Asked Reborn. "I'm Reborn, and these people are from the Vongola Family."

"Yes, I am. Please come inside," Segesta smiled kindly as he gestured the group inside. After all of them went into the unit when they realized that it was a room specialized for the patients in front of them.

"I was told by a certain person to wait for someone named 'Reborn' and allowed him to go inside this room along with his acquaintances," He said as he looked at the grim hitman. "Nobody was allowed to enter no matter which families they are, and good thing that until now, no families came by to see them."

"How are they? Where did they have been attack?" Asked Gokudera, a little bit nervous. Yamamoto's face was paled but at least he managed to stay calm as he could.

"Unfortunately, the main source did not telling me where they were attack, but upon this family reached this hospital, they're already in between life and death…" Explained Dr. Segesta.

"The main source?" Asked Fon, feeling strange. Even Hibari looked at his relative before he looked back at the doctor again. "What do you mean by that?"

"This family didn't come here by themselves. Someone else brought them here, bleeding and injured," He said as he looked at the glass that separated the group and the patients. "I had to let one of the victims into the care of O and G department since she's pregnant, but whoever tried to harm her probably got chased away."

"You mean she's the last one who got attack by the enemies?" Asked Yamamoto.

"Judging from her injuries, she's suffering less than the others. Probably she was protected by others due to her condition and then was protected again by the person who saved them," Both Reborn and Fon looked at each other when they realized it was only a person who saved the poor family. "The others got severe injuries, it's still a miracle they still alive despite having serious injuries and lots of blood loss."

Everyone went silent as they heard the doctor's words. Hibari looked at the lying patients in front of them when he realized something was not right with them.

"Dr. Segesta," The doctor looked at Hibari who, in return, stared at him. "When you received these patients, do they have rings on their ring finger?"

"Huh? You mean the wedding rings? Of course…"

"No, not that one," Said Hibari as he slowly raised his right hand and revealed his own Cloud Ring (1). "I mean, each of them had at least one ring like this."

"Other rings? No, I don't see any rings rather than some of their wedding ring…" Said the doctor, nervously.

Everyone's eyes widened before all of them take a look at the patients' hand. Gokudera was the first one who gasped in shock, followed by others. Both Fon and Reborn looked at each other as they remembered what the female assassin had told those 3 days ago.

"Be careful with the changes in your life."

"She's so damn right about this…" Hissed Reborn as he titled his fedora, while Fon looked down with grim expression on his face.

"Is the pregnant lady also had no ring on her hand?" Asked Hibari.

"No, only her wedding ring, but…now that you mention about this ring matter, I do remember that all of them had one common injury…" Said Dr. Segesta as he held his chin.

"What kind of injury doctor?" Asked Fon calmly.

"All of them had their right hand, especially their middle finger badly cut in vertical, but none of them lost their hand or fingers…" Said Dr. Segesta. "Perhaps, there were rings that they wore but no longer with them upon reaching this hospital, I'm afraid…"

Everything was silent for a while, as everyone minus the doctor was in deep thought. After some minutes passed, Fon stepped forward and thanked the doctor for his help. Dr. Segesta just smiled; the hospital he works usually received many Mafioso who were admitted to the hospital that he and the staffs were used to them and yet, none of them wanted to claim the hospital as part of their 'belongings'. Since the hospital was the main facility in the area where Randazzo's nature park was a part of the country's tourist sites, nobody wants to attract the authority's attention. It can be said that the hospital was a neutral area for the Mafioso so no fights were allowed in the said hospital.

Dr. Segesta was about to leave when Hibari asked him who was the person who sent the family into the hospital. The doctor stopped for a while before he narrowed his eyes, as if he was thinking something important.

"I'm not sure if it's alright to tell you, but…the one who sent them here was that infamous assassin," He said.

"That infamous assassin?" Asked Yamamoto and Gokudera together.

"Yes, that one…the one where almost all families in the Underground World refuse to be connects with…" He said with dark expression. "Princess of Chaos."

Everyone was shock to hear the information from the doctor. While they do know about the infamous female assassin, even the Vongola was not comfortable with the said person, so to hear that she had been helping the Vongola ally was something unexpected.

"Did she have rings in her hand?" Asked Hibari, curiously. He had heard many rumors about her and he was interesting to have a spar with her if he got the chance.

"While having injuries much far worst from this family yet refuse to have treatment? No, all that I had seen was she's carrying the pregnant lady in her arms, covered with blood while the rest were put against the wall, screaming for help. She even threatened me to save them first rather than herself," Said Dr. Segesta as he shuddered in fear. He still afraid with the princess assassin although she just wanted him to save the family, nothing else. "She disappeared after the patients were taking into the ER without treating her injuries."

Reborn became silent; he did not expect to hear such things from the doctor who was looking at him calmly before excusing himself, as one of the staffs called him for duty. Reborn looked at the people in front of him, and cursing the situation they were facing right now.

He understood that he shouldn't look down anything that infamous assassin had said to him before.

She was so damn right…!

"So their rings got stolen," Said Reborn with dark expression. "What the hell…of all rings, why the Simon Rings?"

- April 30th, Fudomae General Hospital, Fudomae Ward, Tokyo. Human World-

Sawada Kyouko stroke Tsuna's hair gently as she watched her husband lay on the bed, deep asleep. After his panic attack, he was given heavy sedative to calm him down, put on bed-rest and under the surveillance of Yuge-sensei. Not only the panic attack had surprised the doctors and staffs, it even made the young, tomboyish girl in shock too.

However, just like the other adults, she did not seem very worried; instead, her eyes showed determination and suspicious that she believed not normally shown in ordinary people. Kyouko always wondered what Izumi had been thinking in her mind that even making the adults to follow her. She was grateful that these people are willingly to help her and her family; otherwise, she did not know what to do in the said situation.

Kyouko sighed as she looked at her unconscious husband then her adopted daughter. Anzu was sleeping next to Tsuna, hugging him thin figure. It almost brought tears to her eyes as Anzu had witnessed her father's situation and asked her to help him. She was afraid of what happened, almost tried to chase after Tsuna who was rolled to the ER, if not Isuzu Yamato stopped her, and comforted the crying child until she calm down.

Sawada Anzu; with green eyes and dark auburn hair, she possessed the beauty of her mother and the braveness of her father; mostly people would say that she was more like her father but with her mother's appearance. Sawada Anzu, the cheerful, kind and energetic young girl whom she and Tsuna adopted after the death of their parents, 4 months ago. The period where their death was when everything started going downhill

Anzu was not hers and Tsuna's child; she was the child of Oregano and Turmeric, Sawada Iemitsu's subordinated whom married several years after the Representatives Battle ended. Oregano had decided to quit from CEDEF upon Turmeric requested, yet she said to Kyouko that she never regret her decision especially when she found out that she was carrying Anzu. The married couple was happy to receive their bundle of joy not long after their marriage and made a requested that actually, not very surprise to hear…

But it caught the Sawada couple off guard.

Both of them had requested that if anything happened to them; missing or death, that Tsuna and Kyouko (prior this time both of them was officially engaged) would take Anzu into their family as her legal Guardians. Despite that, Tsuna knew it was due to the world they had been Tsuna accepted it without hesitation. He also said to Kyouko that for some reasons, he had a feeling that someday in near future, the couple's prediction came true and he did not want Anzu to lose her happiness. It made Kyouko feel sad about it, but she agreed anyway.

Until a certain incident happened, causing them to face such depress situation that led to their current situation.

Due to 'the incident' that happened 4 month ago, Tsuna's relationship with his family became strain and it was hard for Kyouko since she is Tsuna's wife, and her brother asked her to follow him after the incident happened. She was grateful that she decided to remain by Tsuna's side and finally knows the truth of the incident from her husband, courtesy of a mysterious woman whom she met not long after the said incident happened.

Now, if she remembered back, for some reason the stranger that she met had the same aura that resembled Izumi, but something about them that made it different. She could not able to distinguish what caused them to be different, yet they had something that in common;

Both of them had this cold and dark aura, yet at the same time providing security and safety towards other people.

Like how she felt it from Izumi and her friends.

Kyouko wondered what will happen to her and her family as she looked again to her husband and daughter, then slowly running her hand through her swollen belly, and thought for the family they left behind. Wondering if they had realized their disappearing but did nothing about it. After all, mostly the members had viewed their leader as the sinful man that dare to do such things…

Kyouko pulled up her blanket and laid next to Tsuna. Despite it was a combine single beds, Kyouko care nothing and wanted to stay by Tsuna's side. She was grateful that Alex-sensei had provided this VVIP room for them so that they could had more privacy than in common room. Her family's status was unknown and she really needed somewhere private and safe, so that she can be with her family for comfort even just for a while…

- April 30th, 8.15 P.M, Fudo High School Private Dorm, Fudomae Ward, Tokyo; Human World -

Izumi walked slowly towards the gate where a large patio appeared in front of her.

She was pouting; apparently both Aoi and Yamato asked her to return to her dorm after spending days at the Isuzu Household. They kept on saying that running away was a bad decision and she had to face her fear, which earned them almost a yell from the tomboy. Izumi clearly not like to be said as a coward, so she decided to go back to her hostel in order to prove them wrong.

It seems like she still reluctant to come back…

Remembering a trial she had to attend after the Golden Week, Izumi slowly felt sudden chill ran down her spine. Clenching her teeth tightly, she tried to block certain images that suddenly assaulting her mind, and in the process slide down near the gate, breathing badly. Her breathing became heavier each moment and before she realized, a pair of large hands slowly held her face…

"Are you alright Izumi?"

…And she was face-to-face with a pair of black eyes that resembled black crystal.

Alive, but cool.

The warm that came from his hands slowly calm her down as she started to breathe normally.

The boy released his breathe; the one he did not realized had ever hold. Slowly, he held her closer to him, and slowly stood up together.

As if he knew what she was about to say, he said, "I just came back from Twin Star, buying some pastries. I had a feeling you're going to come back today."

Izumi did not say anything, and let the boy led her inside. As both of them reached the front entrance, a group of youngsters saw the pair and the commotion immediately started.

"Look! It's Izumi-nee! She's come back!"

"Really? Are you sure Noriko?"

"Naoki-sempai is with her too! Oi Wataru, hurry up and tell Ami-neesan about this!"

"Geez Aoshi! I know already!"

Izumi looked up tiredly, before she glanced at the boy next to her, "Did Aoi and Yamato tell you that I'm back?"

"As I said before, it's based on my feeling…"

"You're a bad liar, Naoki…"

"And you're so easy to read under this situation Izumi," Said the boy named Naoki as he smiled. "Don't keep everything within you. Remember, you're not alone and we always here to back up you."

Izumi sighed as she looked at her front. The door was open and a beautiful girl with long black hair came out with relief and worried expression. "You finally back Izumi! Where have you been?"

"I also want to ask you the same question, Izumi…" Izumi glanced at her side and saw Naoki was looking at her with solemn look. "And I heard rumours from Saki-san that you've encounter something mystery, again…"

"Gah! Actually that's what been in my mind for a while," She said as she back-folded her arms behind her head. "We might be in big trouble as we speak."

"Meaning?"

"Let's get in, and then I will fill in everything that you people really want to know."

With that, both teenagers went into the dorm along with the residents that had many things to ask to the short hair girl…

End of Chapter 03

Hints or Explanations:

(1) Hibari's Cloud Ring – During the Inheritance Ceremony Arc, it was revealed that Vongola Rings were upgraded into Vongola Gears. Tsuna is the only one whose ring still maintain the same form, and since this story is taking place 9 years and 8 months later (like the Future Arc), the use of the boxes and rings were widely used. Hibari's gear is Cloud Bracelet; therefore in order for him to use his boxes, he needs his own Cloud ring.

Last month I was having such horrible stress where I was FRAMED for PORN POSESSION on the office's PC that finally led to my outrage outburst towards those sons of bitches that trying to frame me and many more. Those idiots really were trying to get me kill them on the spots that one of them ran away like a cowards! Damn those bastrads, AAAAAAAARRRRGGGGGGGGHHH!

I would love to say more but I think I'll explain more in Destination Unknown's next chapter. ARGGHH! I'M SOOO MAD!

-Aoi Kitsukawa-