I AM SO SORRY THIS IS LATE. I lost the notebook I was writing this in and my dad just found it not too long ago. I actually had this chapter written last year when I was planning on updating it but I got too lazy to type and then stuff happened-
BUT ANYWAY IT'S UP NOW. OTL
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TheLampInTheDark: The first chapter was just an introduction. That's why it was so short. OTL
SkylarkOfTheMoon: Mukuro's around 5 years old- A smart little 5 year old—
The next day, Mukuro wandered into Asari's room, where Hibari was sleeping. He walked up to Hibari's bed, his trident in hand which was slightly reflecting some light from the open window. Mukuro held the trident in front of Hibari, about to scratch him. The door opened right when the trident made contact with Hibari's skin. Immediately after the door opened, Mukuro hid under the bed with his trident, away from sight.
Asari had led the Vongola Guardians into his room to check up on Hibari. "He should still be asleep." Asari said happily as he walked toward the bed. As he did, Mukuro, who was peeking out from under the bed, crawled to the center of the bed.
Lampo's eyes had caught the sudden movement. "Do you have a rat in here or something?"
Asari looked at him, somewhat confused. "No. Why?"
Lampo pointed at the bed. "I saw something moving."
Asari blinked and pointed at the open window. "It was probably just the wind."
Mukuro had let out the breath he didn't know he had been holding.
Lampo stared at the bed, waiting for more movement; not really believing it was just the wind.
Giotto put his hand on Lampo's shoulder. "I'm sure it's nothing." He gave him a reassuring smile.
Lampo looked at him then nodded. "Alright…" He then looked at the sleeping child.
G stood beside Giotto, as he usually did. "What's up with that pineapple kid? There's something different about him… Like he's dangerous or something." He whispered to his closest friend.
Giotto just shook his head, keeping the murder a secret. "Ignore it."
G looked at him, somehow knowing he was hiding something. "… All right. If you say so…"
Knuckle looked at the sleeping Hibari. "He's the ultimate cutest thing I have ever seen."
The Vongola Family stood around Hibari's bed, adoring him as Alaude stood in the doorway, watching them. "Hn." He walked out after a while, taking note of Lampo's words. He would do his own research instead of relying on others, as herbivores would do.
A few minutes later, Hibari woke up and grabbed his stuffed bird, hugging it as he looked up at everyone shyly.
Mukuro had accidentally banged his head against the bottom of the bed, causing it to bounce, Hibari with it. He stayed quiet after, not wanting anyone to suspect him.
As Hibari bounced upward from his bed, he blinked. As he landed, he sniffled. That had scared him.
Lampo had watched everything that just happened before turning to Asari. "I told you there was something under the bed, damone."
"Kufufu." Came a small voice from under the bed as Mukuro crawled out from underneath it. "So you found me."
Giotto sighed. He was a troublemaker…
Mukuro held his small trident. The remaining Vongola questioned why this child had a weapon, especially in a baby's room.
Hibari tried to sit up but fell onto his side. Asari picked him up and held him close as he started crying.
Mukuro tried to crawl out of the room, but G caught his shirt. "Where do you think you're going? You're not done here."
"Kufufu…" Was all he said before raising his trident, scratching G's arm.
"Ow!" He swore under his breath as he let go of the kid and held his now bleeding arm.
When he was let go, Mukuro immediately ran out of the room and turned the corner, bumping into Alaude's leg.
Alaude looked down at the kid as he ran into his leg. "Hn?" He picked him up by his shirt and carried him back to Asari's room. "Did you lose something?" He held up the struggling child.
G glared at Alaude as Knuckle was wrapping his arm in a bandage. "I don't even want to look at him."
Alaude glared back. "I didn't ask you, herbivore." He turned to Giotto. "What do you want me to do with him? He bumped into me."
Giotto sighed. "He's not to be around Hibari for the time being. So he's under arrest and you are to be the prison guard."
Alaude took a deep breath and nodded. Prison guard… This ought to be fun. He began to walk out but then remembered the reason he was here in the first place. "By the way, Omnivore, There's someone here for you who claims to be a private home tutor. There was also a baby with him."
Giotto raised an eyebrow and walked out of the room.
G followed his precious boss as soon as his arm was done being wrapped. He refused to ever let his closest friend go anywhere alone.
Giotto walked into the family room of the mansion, seeing a tall blond male who had tattoos running down his arm. There was a baby dressed in a black suit and a fedora, with a chameleon on top, and a yellow pacifier around the baby's neck sitting on his shoulder.
"Ciaossu!" The baby spoke up first. "I'm the number one Home Tutor Hitman in the world, Reborn. This is my student, Dino." The tattooed male smiled a little and scratched the back of his head nervously. "Hehe, Yo. I'm Dino."
Giotto nodded to them. Reborn? The name seemed familiar. He then remembered the Vindice's 'baby'. "Arcobaleno?" He asked as G just stared at him, confused.
Reborn lowered his head slightly. Hn… So he does know…He nodded.
G cut in. "Arcobaleno? Him?"
Giotto nodded. "How else would you explain a baby being the number one Katekyo Hitman in the world?"
"Ah… I guess that makes sense… Then he knows the Vindice's Arcobaleno?" The redhead turned to Reborn.
Reborn looked up at them. "The Vindice's Arcobaleno…? Not much is known about him, Even among the other Arcobaleno."
Dino was listening carefully. It wasn't everyday he was able to learn about the Arcobaleno, though he had a pretty good understanding of them.
Giotto changed the subject. "So why are you here?"
Dino answered him. "We heard there were children here who would need schooling."
The first person that came to Giotto's mind was Mukuro. "There's one that might be ready for schooling…"
The horse stood up. "Do you mind taking us to him?"
G looked at Giotto with uncertainty. "Are you sure we should let them?"
The boss nodded as he turned and lead the way out of the room. "If Alaude allowed them in then they're to be trusted."
The boss's right hand had flinched. "T-That's true…" He then followed his precious boss out, who was then followed by Dino with Reborn still perched on his shoulder.
Giotto stopped at Alaude's secluded room, letting himself in. "Where's Mukuro?"
The blonde Frenchman glanced up at the group, narrowing his eyes with a small hum as he looked back down at the book he had been reading. "He went over there." He pointed in the direction of the bathroom.
"The bathroom?" Giotto asked with a raised eyebrow, following Alaude's finger.
The pale blonde man just shrugged. "He mentioned something about wanting to take a bath…"
A small splash could be heard fro the other room, followed by the sloshing of water.
G sighed. "This is pointless!"
Alaude looked up at G. "Keep it down, herbivore." He then turned to Giotto with a glare. "You're starting to crowd. No more than three people in here at a time." Then it was his turn to sigh as he bookmarked his page and closed the book. Getting up, he walked to the bathroom door and knocked on it. "Oi. Herbivore. It's time to get out."
Giotto just nodded slightly at the demand, but did nothing about it. Instead, he just watched as his Cloud guardian attempted to get the child out of the bathroom.
A small voice came out from the other side of the door. "I'm not done yet." He splashed around a little.
Alaude took a deep, annoyed breath. "You are now. Get out of my bathroom."
"Kufufu… And if I don't want to?"
The French skylark glared at the door, unhooking his handcuffs from his belt. "Then I'll arrest you."
"So that means I'll have to go back to jail? Kufufu~ Sounds fun."
Back to jail? This herbivore has already been there? Alaude looked at Giotto with a raised eyebrow, having already figured it out.
Giotto took a deep breath and nodded. "Yeah. He did it. I told him I would offer him a place to stay, but that didn't mean I would forgive him."
Alaude sighed. "You've always been like that, omnivore. That's why you're an omnivore."
"I know…" The darker blonde answered calmly.
The French skylark pounded on the door again. "Don't make me repeat myself, Herbivore."
Mukuro was having fun testing the aloof Cloud's patience. "I'm not done yet." He repeated, getting out of the tub as quietly as possible and put his clothes on, grabbing his trident. He didn't bother draining the water.
Alaude twitched and lost what little patience he had, kicking down his own bathroom door.
Mukuro smirked and ran out of the bathroom, scratching Alaude's arm with the trident on his way out.
Giotto watched carefully. "Watch the trident." He warned, albeit a bit late.
G just stood back against a wall and sighed. "Sorry you two." He looked over at the Horse and the Baby. "The kid's gonna be your student."
Dino blinked then sweat dropped. "…Alright…"
Reborn smirked. This was going to be fun.
Being a student had caught the attention of Mukuro. "What?" He turned to look at the group of men.
Alaude had taken the chance to cuff one of the kid's wrists, hanging tightly onto the other end.
Giotto sighed. "These two are going to be your tutors."
"Not quite." Reborn corrected. "Dino's going to be your tutor while I tutor him."
"Eh? W-Wait, Reborn! I'm not ready to tutor someone by myself!" Dino cut in, which earned him a kick in the head from the Arcobaleno.
"That's why I'm here, baka."
The Haneuma rubbed the back of his head where he was kicked. "Owww…"
G took a step forward. "Oi! No fighting in front of Primo!"
Giotto sighed and put a hand on the redhead's shoulder, leaning in to whisper in his ear. "You're a little late there."
G sweat dropped in realization. "Sorry."
The blonde boss couldn't help but chuckle softly. "It's fine." Then he stood back up straight like any boss would.
Alaude handed the cuff he was holding to Giotto, pulling Mukuro with it. "Now. All of you, out of my room." He snapped in annoyance.
Giotto saw this and smiled softly, taking the cuff and ushering everyone out of the room. "Alright. We won't bother you for the rest of the day."
Mukuro was thinking of his next plot as he was dragged into one of the many empty rooms where he had been cuffed to a chair.
Dino followed behind Giotto who had lead them to the room.
As Asari was taking care of Hibari like he had been asked to, an image of the tall pale blonde man flashed through the infant's mind. He had started crying because he wanted to see the man again and be with him.
Asari blinked at the child's sudden crying fit, unsure of what to do. "What's wrong?" He tried to calm the child but nothing he did helped.
Just then, Alaude happened to be walking by when he heard Hibari's crying. He tried to ignore it and keep walking, but he just couldn't do it. So he let himself into the Rain's room and stared at him and the crying infant.
Hibari looked at the door when he heard it open and looked up at the man who had previously flashed through his mind, his tears quickly drying up as he held his arms out for the other man.
Asari blinked again, dumbfounded. "You wanted Alaude? That's why you were crying?"
The infant made little grabby hands toward the Cloud, wanting to be in his arms. "Awa~" He tried to speak.
Alaude sighed and took Hibari from the Rain's arms. "… Fine. I'll watch over him for a bit…"
"Awa~ff—" Hibari buried his face in the Cloud's shirt and smiled, enjoying his scent.
The Aloof Cloud tried to keep a straight face but the child was being too cute and he had let a faint smile appear on his lips.
Asari noticed and quickly snapped a photo. The perfect blackmail if he ever needed it.
