A sigh escaped his lips when the long awaited bell finally rung to release the students. He wanted to get of there before his usual bullies caught up to him. He was currently on the second level of the building, as he scanned out the window. His eyes glanced side to side at the entrance and danced with glee when he saw his friends waiting at the gate for him. He bolted out the classroom door, but slowed down to a speed where he would not get caught by a certain feared perfect. Tsuna shivered at the thought of being caught by Hibari Kyouya, the head of the Disciplinary Committee. Tasting his blood against a metallic object was something he would gladly not want to taste. He was so close to the entrance, until two bullies stood in his way: one tall and one chubby.

"HIEEE!"

"Why are you in such a hurry, Dame-Tsuna? I thought we were friends." The tall one chuckled, his face a bit too close for Tsuna's comfort. "Don't tell me you're avoiding us?"

Tsuna squirmed in the boy's grip. Eh? We were never friends to begin with! "I-I have friends to meet up with." Tsuna averted his bullies' eyes, not wanting to provoke anger, but still tried to escape the boy's grip on his arm. He ended up falling when he pushed away from the bully. By instinct, his hands caught his fall, but caused him to groan since they were scraped as a result.

"What friends–" The tall one stopped talking as his eyes widened at the sudden touch on his right shoulder. He whipped around to punch the person, only to meet with a punch himself, making him meet contact with the ground. "What the–" He stopped and looked up at who hit him, only to meet eye to eye with a trident, pointing dangerously close to his face.

"Rokudo Mukuro, student at Kokuyo Gakuen." Mismatched eyes, a beautiful crimson red with a character in it while the other was a clear navy blue color. His hair was dark cobalt blue, styled similar to that of a pineapple. He was wearing a blue cardigan over a white dress shirt with a loose blank tie. To finish it off, he had one simple black pants and shoes.

A smaller girl stood next to him, hanging onto his other arm's sleeve, glaring slightly at the fallen bully. Where her right eye was located, a black eye patch with a skull embellished over it hid the missing eye. Her left eye was a vibrant violet color, matching her hair, which was similar to that of her companion. She too was wearing a similar outfit, except for a yellow cardigan and black skirt. "Dokuro Chrome."

"Oya? Tsunayoshi, I knew that you were bullied, but to have this happen every day…" Mukuro smirked as he raised his trident and thwacked the bully multiple times, his eyes twitching with a hint of anger.

"Hahaha… Yeah…" Tsuna helped himself up, as Chrome rushed over, noticing the small hints of blood on his hands.

"Tsuna-kun, your hands…" Chrome took the boy's sleeve, not wanting to hold onto his injured hands in fear of hurting them, and tugged him gently in the direction of the water fountain. "Mukuro-sama, we'll be right back."

Mukuro nodded and looked at their figures as they made their way to the water fountain, but chuckled as his attention returned to the two bullies. "Kufufufu. So from I saw today, you two mess with my Tsunayoshi a bit too often. What should I do to you for messing with my–" Mukuro stopped as he jumped away from a male as his trident made contact to the fellow's steel tonfa. "Oya, this is new."

"For harming Namimori students, I'll bite you to death." The raven haired boy jumped at Mukuro, attacking him, sounds of metal hitting metal resonating throughout the entrance. His steel blue eyes turned cold as he realize this stranger was holding up against his attacks.

"Kufufufu. I think you are wrong, Perfect-san. If I recall correctly, they were the ones who were bullying their fellow classmate. I just happened to save the boy and was about to inflict punishment on them before you came." Mukuro smirked as he saw a scowl cross the perfect's face. Both weapons lowered as their fighting subsided.

The perfect whipped around and glared at the two herbivores near them. "Is that true?"

They had thought about lying to the perfect, but the venom in his voice was scaring them terribly. Both of them nodded. "Y-yeah, we were messing with Sawada."

The raven scowled and turned his attention to the rather interesting but annoying herbivore. "I'll let you go this time, you're free to go. What's your name?"

"Rokudo Mukuro, student at Kokuyo." His attention on the perfect was soon replaced by Tsuna's and Chrome's figures as they reentered his field of vision.

Steel blue eyes eyed him suspiciously. "That's not their uniform, herbivore."

Mukuro raised an eyebrow in amusement. This male dare call him an herbivore? He decided to leave his insults for later as Tsuna was fairly close, looking at him with confused and shock eyes, probably due to the perfect in front of him. "I'm a new student. I guess we will be meeting each other later one, Perfect-san or should I say Hibari Kyouya."

Hibari cocked an eyebrow as the blue haired herbivore walked away from him. That mocking voice suddenly became cold as if it was a threat. If he had a sense of humor, he would probably laugh at the fool's idiocy to challenge hi, but he did not. Hibari noticed the brunette herbivore from this morning was talking to the blue haired herbivore along with a female one. He was a bit curious about that, since how did the pathetic herbivore crowd around someone who rivaled his skills? Yes, he would acknowledge someone who was equal or higher than his power, he was no idiot to fool himself that he was strongest.

As the three of them walked toward Tsuna's house for Mukuro's and Chrome's occasional visit, Tsuna hesitated to start a conversation. He kept on blaming himself for the silent walk home and tried to make up words to use, his forehead scrunched up in concentration.

Mukuro turned around and saw the boy's expression and quickly whipped around, silently chuckled to himself. But a shadow caught the attention of his eyes, causing his smirk to falter a bit.

Chrome also noticed the expression on Tsuna's face and smiled to herself. She slowed her pace down to match Tsuna's to talk to him. "Tsuna-kun, what's wrong?"

Tsuna jumped and blushed once he realized Chrome had caught him thinking again. "Oh, nothing." When he heard Chrome giggle, his face reddened more. He fumbled with his school bag's strap before speaking up. "Um… Do you guys want to eat dinner at my house?"

Chrome smiled and nodded. "We would like that."

Mukuro stopped and looked at Tsuna with a serious face. It was not his usual poker face around people. It was a serious one, erased of all mischief that was once on it. "Tsunayoshi."

Tsuna blanked out for a moment, surprised by Mukuro's tone of voice, but responded. "Yes?"

Mismatched eyes looked directly at chocolate ones. "It's almost time, you know. That arcobaleno will appear before you soon. I know that we have accepted to be your Mist Guardians, but you do know what happens afterwards, right?" Mukuro looked at Chrome.

Tsuna choked on his words, but confidence slowly filled his voice. "C-Creating something from nothing and nothing from something; thus bewildering the enemy, to render the Family's true form intangible with visions of deceit. That is the duty of the Mist Guardian." He glanced at Mukuro, then Chrome. He laughed to himself. "We will soon be tainted with the blood of the Mafia world, aren't–" Tsuna took a step back, his legs started to tremble violently. He soon hit the ground as they gave out. His eyes still on the two figures in front of them. Before he could say anything, he started struggling to breathe.

Chrome immediately realized Tsuna was having a spasm, a rather violent one. "Tsuna-kun!" She held onto him as he started squirming, clawing at the ground to breathe. He almost hit her, but that did not matter right now. "Tsuna-kun, calm down. It's okay. It's okay." She patted him on his back, hoping his lungs would open up somehow. She was holding his hands, surprised at the sudden grip as it tightened. It hurt.

Tsuna took in a quick gulp of air, as a flashback entered his vulnerable mind. Its barriers were knocked down. As the memory flew back, he screamed, thrashing about.

Mukuro stood as Tsuna writhed in pain. His body tensed as the boy screamed. His mind blanked out as he remembered a memory when this once happened before.

It was several months after that incident. The very one that caused a deep yet complicated bond between three young people. After that incident, Tsuna started to get spasms as his mind registered anything relating to those two people.

Mukuro had not been there when Tsuna had his previous ones, but this time, he was alone with Tsuna as Chrome was away, out to get some food for dinner. They were in one room. Mukuro was polishing his trident, whereas Tsuna was reading a book.

Tsuna fell to the ground, crouching in pain, only to start screaming in fear.

Mukuro jumped in his seat, his trident disappearing at once. His eyes shot to the source of the sound and rushed to the boy's side. "Tsunayoshi! What's wrong?" His voice was frantic.

Tsuna's eyes were brimming with tears, widening with fear. "No… No…! NO!" Chocolate eyes were brimming with tears. His arms were reaching for support. His mind was being consumed by that memory.

Mukuro suddenly recalled the time when Chrome spoke to him about Tsunayoshi. She said that he had sudden attacks of fear when he remembered something about that incident.

"M-Mukuro… M-My inhaler…" Tsuna's voice came in short breaths.

Mukuro snapped out of his train of thought and rushed to the boy's school bag. His face clearly showed how much panic he was in, one that not a lot of people saw before. He fumbled through it, tossing out objects he did not need. Cursing every time his hands searched the bag, he could not reach the object. He finally found it, and turned around to Tusna, who was crumbling into short quick intakes of air, his face turning quite red. He rushed to the younger boy's side, injecting the inhaler into the boy's mouth. With quick squirts of the device, it was tossed aside as Tsuna began another fit.

It resulted in Tsuna on top of Mukuro, his eyes clouded with emotions in frenzy. Mukuro was surprised at the boy's grip on his neck. He decided to stay in that position, but had his trident materialized just in case he had to knock Tsuna out. "Tsunayoshi…"

Tsuna's eyes widened but he slowly calmed down, his hands loosened their grip around Mukuro's neck. His eyes were clearly red due to the tears, but they closed as he collapsed on top of Mukuro, sweating and panting, releasing the sudden shock his body had.

Mukuro gave out a sigh of relief. He held the boy close to him, hearing him breathe naturally now. It truly scared him. He never wanted to get attached to someone, since he knew the fear was far too great to handle if he were to lose someone. But he tossed himself into that abyss, yet he did not regret it.

"Mukuro-sama, Tsuna-kun stopped breathing!" Chrome had released Tsuna's grip on her hand and ruffled though his bag, looking for the inhaler. "It's not in here… Why is it not in here?" She frantically looked in it, her mind completely focused on saving Tsuna.

Mukuro noticed that this was not normal. How could Tsunayoshi forget his inhaler? He tossed the thought aside, as we went to pick up Tsunayoshi in a bridal style, not wanting to crush the boy's lungs upon his back and started to run towards the Sawada household. He really did not want to relive that feeling again.

He ran passed the two beings Tsuna saw, not caring about their presence or who they were at all. Chrome too was behind him, carrying Tsuna's bag, but her eyes widened as they rushed past them, realizing who they were.

"Decimo…" The smaller on the two figures gripped the taller one's sleeve. "I didn't think our appearance would shock him that much…"

"I think it would. He was only ten when it happened. He did not think he would lose someone so close at a young age. Of course, he would be traumatized." The taller one looked in the direction where Mukuro ran to. "But it seems like he has accepted that he would taint his hands once he joins the world underneath this bright one."

The smaller one looked up with a sad expression. The sky was slowly dimming like the pureness of their warm sky.

Notes:

Yup, I see some OCCness... Man, we really suck at writing. Ideas just come in out head and typed onto a document. We still have no plot in mind. Might as well keep on doing that until something finally clicks. Wow, two chapters in a day. That's pretty something. So please some criticism would helped and thanks to the reviews we got. Keep them coming and we'll try to update as soon as something pops up in our minds.

Oh, and if you're wondering, some content was taken from Reborn Wiki and some image ideas taken from shuushuu.