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Chapter 03: Disregarding any Objections

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Hibari was in an extremely foul mood.

The servants scurried around everywhere, fearing his wrath. The young prince was also the most irritable in the morning, and that only made his usual stoic nature even worse. But today, everybody was feeling bad. Why?

Since Hibari himself said that most likely, Tsuna wasn't going to be coming back for a long time.
Tsunayoshi was loved. Everybody in the castle enjoyed his smiles and soft comments, and he made the air around him shiver with happiness. You could immediately feel bewitched by the boy due to his personality, and he had an almost natural attraction to make people crowd around him. Those of who had met him in the castle could tell you within a second how much he was adored, yet it was understood that he was only Hibari's.

Any people who came to even attempted to court the brunet was smashed to smithereens by Hibari's tonfas.

Inside his room, Hibari debated whether to sleep on the now destroyed bed or not. In fact, the whole room was mauled, and it had the aura that made you think a bear just rampaged through here.

"Tsunayoshi..." he breathed out heavily, and then decided to go sleep in his spare bedroom.

Yep, he was just that rich, having a spare bedroom for himself.

All the people in the nearby rooms shuddered with fear when they heard the loud bang that came from Hibari's room. They could tell that the prince was probably mad and decided to move into a different room for the night. No one questioned him.

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I woke up groggily, my eyes adjusting to the light that was being directed in Ietsuna's room. Clutching some of the frills of my orange nightgown, I gently eased it out of the way as I got up with a yawn, rubbing my eyes sleepily.

Ietsuna was beside me surprisingly, his face relaxed as he kept sleeping. I quickly peeled his arm off my waist, and leaned towards his face. It was so peaceful right now, it made me want to take a photo and cherish it forever. Planting a quick kiss on his upturned cheek, I got up slowly and got dressed first.
I knew for a fact that Ietsuna probably had a harsh night, since I saw the traces of quickly washed stains from his hands. He may try to hide the fact that he has certain duties at night, but I saw through his attempts to hide it.

I sighed resentfully, knowing that this was part of a king's job-

To protect the ones that he loves.

When I was walking down the staircase, I quickly noticed the guardians sitting at one side of the table, all enjoying their breakfast while the maids ran around, tending to their needs. Gokudera flashed me a dazzling smile, and chirped out, "Hime! How are you doing this morning?"

I smiled in response and replied almost as cheerfully, "Wonderful, thank you."

"Ahaha, it looks like you're still half awake!" Yamamoto chuckled, sipping on his milk.

I nodded sleepily, but soon my eyes snapped open when I felt arms embrace me from behind.

"Who...?" I wondered, feeling the familiar warmth on my back. That was a rhetorical question, since I would recognize this scent anywhere. I felt the figure behind me bury his head in my shoulders, making me giggle at how ticklish his hair was.

"Ietsuna! Hehe, your hair-" I was cut off when he brought his hands from my waist to lift up my chin, upturned towards him.

I gasped right before his lips met mine, resulting in a morning kiss. I fell into his body, knowing that he would support me from behind.

"Mmmh..." I groaned out when I felt a tongue lick at my lips, making me break the connection. This made Ietsuna frown slightly and pout a bit.

We both started blushing the second we heard Lambo and Yamamoto break out into wolf whistles, Mukuro only "kufufu"ing in amusement.

"Guys, shut up!" Ietsuna growled, his face almost as red as mine at the moment.

Gokudera seemed to back up Ietsuna's comment right away, yelling out, "Shut the hell up, and let Tenth and Hime enjoy their alone time together!" He then brought down his palms on the table, emphasizing his anger.

I only covered my face with my hands, letting out a shriek when Ietsuna pulled me gently to the breakfast table, seating me right next to him, the royal chair. He started glaring at a certain person on the other side of the table again when he heard him go, "Awww..."

Yamamoto stopped cooing at us for a moment and smiled good naturally, "Sorry! It's just that you two are way too cute! I thought that morning kiss thing was something that only happened in books!" He then flashed us another grin, not caring how Ietsuna ran across the table at the speed of light to set the edges of his hair "accidentally" on fire.

I giggled happily, pulling at the ends of my silky peach dress.

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Shivering outside of his prince's room, Dino thought about the chances that he would die today. Taking a look at the destroyed bedroom made him go frigid with anticipation, and he gulped audibly.

Kusakabe eyed Dino's actions with interest, smiling at how amusing they were. His smile was quickly wiped off his face however, since the main chef had just told him to fetch for Hibari.

Teeth clattering together, he started the long ascent upstairs that led to the young prince's spare bedroom. His eyes closed once he reached the door, and he pressed his ear on it, trying to hear any signs that the young master was alive.

Timidly knocking on the door twice, he called out softly, "H-Hibari-sama?"

Once he received a grunt of recognition from the cold dark haired man from the other side of the door, he opened the door just a little sliver, letting the main hallway light peek into the dark room. "Hibari-sama, the chef has your breakfast ready for you. Please come down and eat, if you wish."

Hibari got up slowly, as if he was having trouble even getting up to face the day. Then, he spat out, "I dot want to eat any cooking unless it's Tsunayoshi's." This made Kusakabe flinch, and he shakily tried to say a few words of encouragement.

"U-um. Hibari-sama, you will need your energy for the rest of the day, so please do come downstairs for breakfast." Kusakabe's eyes dilated slightly, showing his fear.

A tonfa suddenly came hurdling towards his face, sure to make contact if it wasn't for the fact that Kusakabe had tried to avoid it by going backwards. In doing so, he managed to trip over himself, and the tonfa stuck itself in the wall with a sickening crack, marking the place Kusakabe's head was supposed to be.

His mouth open in a silent scream, Kusakabe started shivering as Hibari whipped past him, dislodging his tonfa from the wall and amazingly, went downstairs.

This made Kusakabe very grateful that he was still alive today.

He sighed unhappily. Tsuna-chan would've gotten him to eat the chef's cooking with probably a good pout. That would've been enough to reduce the prince into a pile of goo, even if he didn't show it on the outside.

His thoughts were rudely interrupted though, when he heard some crashing sounds come from downstairs and he quickly went to check what kind of havoc the prince was making now.

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I hummed softly himself, a tune that I usually sang to Hibari to calm him down. Taking my time, I brushed my hair in Ietsuna's bedroom, laughing at the fact that he had so many girly cosmetics. He had replied that he had bought them when he first met me, knowing that one day, I might use them.

Suddenly, a blush made itself onto my face. Does that mean that Ietsuna had wanted me from the first moment he saw me? And he had even searched up information on me, I knew!

After thinking of that, I couldn't get the blush to disappear, even taking great lengths as to dunk my head in water and holding my breath.

I swear, if I get a permanent blush, it's all Ietsuna's fault.

I sighed unhappily, knowing that Ietsuna wouldn't be here for the rest of the day due to his princely training. I laughed inwardly at the sight of Gokudera dragging Ietsuna on the ground yelling, "I'm sorry Ietsuna! But this is for your own good!"

Then, my ears perked up as I heard a faint noise that sounded like a few growls outside accompanied with a few shrieks and then a yell for help. Suddenly, snapping out of my careless stupor, I ran downstairs, clutching the hem of my lavender dress, and ran towards the cries for help.

As soon as I identified exactly where the cries were coming from, I ran towards the courtyard, not even minding in the least that Yamamoto was trying to tell me not to run. I raced past through all my thoughts in my mind telling me not to run, to slow down-

Until I finally reached the thing that was causing everybody worry. And to my surprise, it was only a small lion cub, jumping around and causing a ruckus. It was orange-blond, with sky blue eyes. Soon, everybody had cleared a three meter radius away from the feared animal except for me. Laughing to myself, I said quietly, "You really don't look that scary, little one."

The lion seemed to have notice that I was addressing it, and stopped his growling and looked up towards me, the angry light in his eyes seemingly gone all of a sudden. I felt its eyes evaluate me, and I felt self conscious that this lion would recognize me from now on as a girl.

Squealing a little bit in surprise when the lion rushed towards me, I almost expected the pain to come, but to my surprise, the cub only rubbed its head up and down along the folds of my dress. I realized quickly that he wasn't going to hurt me in any way, and leaned down to pet him.

Giggling quietly as the young cub started to nudge itself into my hand, I allowed him to stay beside me without any problem.

Everybody who was watching the interaction between the two figured looked awed, and some people been began cooing at how cute we were.

"Ahaha, Tsuna, you're really something aren't you?" I heard Yamamoto's too happy voice cut through the air.

Jerking up lightly, I smiled at him and responded, "It would seem so..." I then picked up the lion cub gently, laughing at how cute its "gao" sounded.

Twirling the bundle of yellow around, I squealed out happily, "I'll name you Natsu!" The cub only purred as a response.

Everybody present was now staring at me like I was a weirdo, and that made me feel kinda self conscious. I "hieee"d in fear and ran upstairs, trying to ignore the stares from behind me.

Unknowingly, Natsu had followed me to my bedroom, and I squealed in terror when I heard some scratching sounds from the other side of the door. After a while, I realized that it was only Natsu and I opened the door slightly, once again squealing when I saw the bushel of fur race past the opening and into my room, landing on my bed (Ietsuna's!).

Then suddenly realizing that this was also Ietsuna's bed made me shriek, "Natsu! Get off the bed!" However, the lion cub only ignored my command and stayed on the bed stubbornly.

I face palmed. This was going to take awhile.

Soon, I realized that it was lunchtime and took Natsu downstairs, hidden under the frills of my dress. I then realized with a halt that I needed to talk to the chef himself to make sure that he made the food for the little lion cub.

Coming towards the walkway that led to the entrance of main hall however, was the chef himself. I glanced slightly at the young man before running at him. He never realized me until I smacked dead into him, making us fall on the ground in a bundle of lavender and white.

Blushing profusely, I stuttered out my apology. "S-so sorry! I just couldn't stop-!" but I was cut off when I felt a finger on my lips, silencing me.

"Nah, I-it's fine. Um, could you get off me now?" He gestured towards the dress that was spilled on top of him. I felt Natsu growl, and quickly jerked up, realizing that I had to confront the chef about this anyway.

"E-eto, head chef-san-" I started to say, but the head chef quickly inserted, "No, call me Basil."

"Basil-san, then," I corrected myself. Continuing on, I brought Natsu above the ridges of my dress and asked, "Could you um, make sure that this lion cub gets his proper nutrients and food every day?"

Basil blinked twice at the lion, as if not believing what was happening right then. He then sighed and shook his head, telling himself in a whisper that he should be used to this already, and then said aloud, "Of course, Tsunayoshi-sama." I knew that he wasn't going to disagree; after all, Ietsuna told every person in the mansion to obey my orders.

He then tilted his head and said, "Wait. This is just a dream, right?"

"Eh?"

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The prince of Namimori was now pacing around in his room, acting royally pissed. He had reason to, since he had just received notice that he had to personally give the treaty back to Ietsuna. Signing it was no problem, since he had already done that with much hesitation. He had always hated Ietsuna's irenic personality at all times; it never changed into one of pure anger, and he wanted to see that face so badly. He wanted to see him reduced to a quivering pile of goo, or one filled with rage.

Those faces though, he knew he wouldn't get to see if he had his Tsunayoshi.

He slammed his fist down on the table, relishing in its horrible bam. Imagining that the crack made by his hand was Ietsuna's face, he glared at that exact spot and felt the urge to now dispose of the hated object, even if it was worth quite the amount of money for a normal person.

Then, taking the time to recollect himself, did he hear the faint tapping of his door. He growled out, "Yes?"

To his surprise, it was Dino who answered, "H-Hibari-sama. We're going to leave for Vongola Castle tonight, so that we can be there in time to see daylight." It took around half a day to get to Namimori, and Hibari was expecting the time to reduce, since when he signed the treaty, he knew that this meant that there were people going to be clearing the way from Namimori to Vongola. The usually messy path would be hopefully cleared in a year's time.

Hibari didn't answer Dino, and let him continue. "So, you should um, start packing. If you're going to bring anything."

Dino sighed, knowing that he wouldn't get a single response from the steel eyed man. However, soon after Hibari heard Dino's footsteps fading away, he brought out a suitcase.

Yeah, he'd better start packing. An evil smirk found itself on his face, smiling at the ideas he had in store.

When he got to Vongola Castle, he would make sure it would be a night they would never forget.

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I carelessly petted Natsu while sitting in the front porch with him eating the last of his dinner. It had been almost a whole day since I'd seen Ietsuna, and even longer for Hibari. I felt myself missing the both of them dearly. I wondered if Hibari being the stubborn self he is had already signed the treaty. If he had, I would be impressed. Then, I would laugh about how Kusakabe got him to sign it.

What I did not expect though, was for a pair of arms push me off the chair and then reached over me just to stop me from falling. I let out a high pitched "hiieeeeee" and closed my eyes, not noticing that the scare was over.

I found myself in a pair of warm arms, and breathed in deeply.

Ietsuna.

Natsu was now growling at Ietsuna, glaring at him with amber eyes, not liking how he had pushed me off the chair. He looked at the cub in amusement and laughed happily, "Ahaha love, did you go find yourself a buddy to play with while I was gone? I wonder how you managed to tame him, we haven't been able to do anything much for him until now!"

I silenced him with a quick and needy kiss and whispered, "No, it was just 'cuz I was bored."

Smiling widely, Ietsuna wrapped his arm around my waist and lifted me up, twirling me around before proceeding to head into the kitchen. I let out a squeal, noticing how I was in his arms bridal style. I could hear Natsu's distinct growls, running after us on his short legs, making me giggle in the midst of my squealing.

Blinking rapidly, I could see Basil eyeing us with a surprised expression on his face, his face showing a shocked mien. I almost felt bad for him, since as soon Natsu saw the man there seemed to be a sparkle in his eyes, and ran as fast as he could, tackling the chef and growling slightly.

I yelled out, "Sorry Basil! He just wants foo-AHH!" My comment was cut off short as Ietsuna suddenly increased his pace, ripping my eyes away from Basil. I could feel Ietsuna's aura get slightly darker, and he almost hissed out a few words of warning.

"Don't be looking at other men when you're with me…" The words rolled off his tongue, and I blushed erratically. I buried my face in his chest, only to be saddened when he dropped me gently into a seat, and I realized all of a sudden that we were already at the dinner table.

Already? I pouted at Ietsuna. I didn't want him to stop carrying me…

He merely chuckled at my wistful countenance, and sat down himself right next to me in a finely refurbished chair. He then started playing with a lock of my hair, and it sent tingly sensations down my body, making me feel good all over.

"Oh, and have I told you about the date of the wedding yet?" My chocolate brown orbs locked with Ietsuna's, and he smiled in content.

I murmured, "No, you haven't yet… when is it?"

"Right after Hibari-san gives me the treaty. Signed."

My eyes blinked up in shock. "Right after? As in?"

He continued playing with my hair, not minding my now wary my stance had gotten.

"As in, two days later. We still need time to put up all the decorations. We'll start renovating this castle for the wedding after we receive the treaty. We've already sent out invitations, in fact."

What? He had already sent out the invitations? I guess that means there's no more escaping it then…

"Uwah… everything is happening so fast…" I whispered, my hands lingering on the tablecloth. Ietsuna only smiled and kissed my hair softly.

"I want to be permanently with you, forever… as soon as possible." His words came out in breathy whispers into my hair.

Then, I felt suddenly very conscious that everybody at the table was giving us weird looks. Well, mostly everyone. The other people were chatting to each other about how cute the scene was.

I felt red bloom across my face, and I pushed Ietsuna away back into his own seat, and urgently commanded, "Ietsuna, mou, don't do anything now! Even Nono is looking at us!"

And said man indeed was, chucking into his fist.

Ietsuna almost instantaneously started blushing, and then stared into his lap. I mentally slapped myself for taking it too far at the royal dining table.

I still couldn't believe of the wedding was so soon…

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I woke up in the morning to Natsu's constant licking of my face. Giggling softly, I pushed off the lion cub off the bed and felt my heart fall down in my chest. Ietsuna wasn't here in the morning either. He wasn't here last night too.

Had he been doing his princely duties this night too? I hope he's okay…

Then I caught onto something. It was still dark. Then looking at my clock, I realized it was only five hours. I glared at Natsu, growling, "You have no sense of time, do you?"

The lion cub only tilted his head, unaware of the insult.

I stood up in terror when I heard the door suddenly bang open. Thinking it was some murderer, I screamed. But then, warm hands cut off my squeal, bringing my eyes to meet a brilliant gold.

Ietsuna… wait, he only came back now? My eyes had questions swirling in them, I knew of it. I needed to ask him where he was and what his 'princely duties' really meant.

As soon as his hand stopped cutting off my supply of oxygen, I immediately asked, "Where were you?"

His golden eyes faltered and shimmered a bit, never telling me an answer.

I could sense his uneasiness, and I held both of his hands, meaning to hold them, but then saw red.

Bloody red.

I mouthed, "blood" and he immediately pulled back his hands, flinching at the contact. I then raced to the light switch before he could, and turned it on. I gasped in horror.

Standing before me was Ietsuna, in his blood red glory.

His favorite black cape was stained with red, and even his hands- no, not his hands, his gloves- were stained in blood, and I could tell another thing.

It wasn't his blood.

I felt my heartbeat increasing, my breaths getting shorter, and I could feel Ietsuna reaching out to me, saying, "Love, it's not what it seems like-"

"Then what is it?" I scratched at my hair, bringing my whole head down, not wanting to face Ietsuna at the moment. I ran over to the door and blocked it with my body, preventing his escape. I wouldn't let either of us out of here until I got an answer.

He started out, "You really don't need to know-"

My eyes flashed with anger. "No more beating around the bush Ietsuna. What the hell do you do at night? You never tell me."

I then continued. "If I'm going to marry you, I want to know where you go at night, and why. It simply isn't nice to have your fiancé worrying about you every night." I could feel myself shuddering. "I worry about you so much since I care about you… and I deal with this distress all the time." I hissed out the last three words, making Ietsuna cringe. I could tell he knew that he was the reason why I was in this misery.

After I had let this sink in, I asked again, "Where were you?"

I could visibly see Ietsuna trembling, his eyes contracting in fear. He then clenched his fist and walked towards me. I raised my head so I could see what was happening.

He whispered words so fast, so fast, that I could only drown in them and how assuring they sounded. "Love, don't have me, whatever you do, don't hate me. I will tell you, if you promise to me now that you won't hate me and regret this decision forever."

In a hushed tone, I replied in a breathy voice, "I could never hate you. Never."

I could tell that he wasn't lying. His eyes took on a hard glint and stopped in one space, and he collected his breath. He looked at me with a determined face and said slowly, "I'm an assassin."

This made me go, "I… see."

He went on, "No, really. You personally know how high Vongola's crime rate is. Usually, Nono would have his guardians and mine do most of the work capturing and punishing them, but none of them can kill as quickly as I can. That's why they ask me to kill some as quick and possible as I can. You saw it yourself on the Vongola battlefield."

"You know that poison I used on Hibari-san? That's one of my killer items, but I made sure that it wouldn't kill him."

Hearing that Ietsuna had almost killed Hibari made me lose my breath, and I felt my knees give out under me, hearing something fall on the floor.

Soon, I realized that it was myself, and Ietsuna was now leaning over me, helping me up while still trying to explain.

"You know I have my own personal tutor for my 'princely duties' right? His name is Reborn. He's the one who sends me off on all of these missions and makes sure I look and act right." He paused for a second but then continued.

"The number of people I've killed… it's unforgivable."

I gasped, taking in mouthfuls of air. "B-but. You killed them because they were criminals right?"

"Yeah." Blazing amber met my brown orbs. "This is how the Vongola crime rate is going down so fast. But it requires much work. After all, we haven't exactly established a permanent prison place or anything to deal with the criminals themselves since we don't want them targeted."

He sighed unhappily. "No one suspects me of being a killer, since I've killed all who have seen me kill anyone. However, people know certain guardians who 'punish' people, and target them."

I blinked. "But they're always so alive and happy…"

Ietsuna continued. "That's because our castle security is so tight, they don't need to worry about their own health while inside of it."

Asking another question, I glanced upwards again. "Hey… tell me, how long has this been going on?"

Ietsuna looked down, as if almost ashamed. "…As soon as I was able to walk…"

A shudder ran through my body, already exhausted as it was. Seeing that our conversation was practically over, the Vongola prince carried me to our bed, placing me gently under the covers. He kissed the top of my head lovingly and said, "Tsuna. You don't hate me now, do you?"

Looking at him with half-lidded eyes, I whispered sleepily, "Never. I could never…" before I dozed off.

I could feel Ietsuna look at me with a calm gaze before heading towards the bathroom, probably to clean off the blood stains found all over his clothes.

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It was now eight hours, and Hibari Kyouya of the Namimori Kingdom was at the well known Vongola Kingdom after a gruesome night spent in the carriage. Kusakabe stopped the carriage for a moment, for they were already being welcomed by the Vongola Kingdom's servants and were being pushed into a place so that they could park the carriage.

He went back to where the young prince was sleeping, and this time, he brought along Hibird with him. The sight would've looked adorable to anyone who didn't know of the prince's usual nature. He gently called out to him, "Hibari-sama. We have now arrived in the Vongola Kingdom. Please come out so that we can greet Ietsuna-sama and Tsuna-chan."

Hibari almost snapped his eyes open the moment Kusakabe said 'Tsuna-chan' and then got up slowly, untangling his limbs from the back seat and then stretching them to remove the stiffness from his muscles. He then yawned quietly, and commanded, "Kusakabe. Bring me the treaty."

Almost magically, Kusakabe pulled it out of his inside pocket of his jacket, and Hibari tucked it in his.

"H-Hibari-san!"

I could feel the breath being knocked out of me as I saw Hibari turn my way, our eyes locking with each other.

"Tsunayoshi," I heard him whisper before he looked me down.

I knew I looked ridiculous, but this was a comfortable dress. I was wearing a sky blue one that was so light that it could've almost been mistaken as white. It was so beautiful it made me wonder why Vongola wasn't on top of the fashion business, and I giggled at the sakura petal accessories that were in my hair, making me smile at their softness.

Hibari looked stunning. He was in his normal clothes, but it was modified for a more princely-like aura, and he was actually wearing it correctly for once. Elaborate buttons decorated the sides of the jacket, and went down nicely. The whole suit was refurbished with gold lacing, and the rings on his hands were made of pure diamond, one could immediately tell.

Before I knew it, I was running toward him like it was the only thing that mattered to me.

"Hibari-san, Hibari-san, Hibari-san," I chanted in my head, almost scared that it was just an illusion and that he was going to disappear from my sight right this moment.

But all my worries were washed away when I felt a pair of arms firmly embrace me when I met him head on, feeling them lift me up and carry me like a princess. I buried my face into his chest, breathing in the scent I had long missed.

He seemed to do the same with my hair, and scrunched up his nose at the accessories. Then, with one hand, he threw them all down and then crushed them, making me squeal, "Hieee! Hibari-san, those were of priceless-"but I was cut off when I felt something else replace the broken accessories in my hair.

Just the feeling of his fingers through my hair made my heart beat rapidly, and when he pulled them away, I couldn't help but feel sad that he had stopped. Taking out a mirror, he showed me what he had done to my hair.

"E-Ehhhh?" Was my intelligent answer when I saw Hibird clippings in my hair instead of the sakura ones. I giggled, they were cuter than the flower ones anyways!

Hibari seemed to be happy, and only carried me even more to the doorway that led to the main hall. I suddenly felt self aware that I wasn't supposed to be in another man's hands, but let it slide since it was Hibari. I could make so many exceptions for him, it wasn't funny.

Then, I felt golden eyes glaze a hot hole through my back.

I laughed nervously when Ietsuna stood there, blocking the entranceway with his dominating aura.

"And where do you think you're going with my fiancée, Hibari Kyouya?"

Black ivory eyes met golden.

"Here's the treaty, herbivore. And I'm only going to take a walk around with Tsunayoshi." Hibari almost threw the sacred treaty at Ietsuna, watching amusedly as the young prince almost dropped it. The other prince took this to his advantage and dragged me along while he could; ignoring Ietsuna's enraged cries behind him.

Soon, we were so far from Ietsuna that we landed in the royal garden. I could see the porch that I and Ietsuna was the other day, confronting each other about our feelings from there. I felt Hibari's grip never faltering, always tugging me along gently. We reached the middle of the garden, a beautiful clearing with a fountain around it. Sitting down on one of the benches, he made me sit next to him.

We just sat there for a moment, staring into each other's eyes and admiring how the other looked. Then, I took the initiative and exclaimed first, "Hibari-san, I've missed you so much, so much…" I pressed my hand onto his.

Hibari allowed the touch and replied in a hoarse voice, "I've missed you too, Tsunayoshi."

Once again, I felt my heartbeat increasing and an increasing amount of red going up to my cheeks. I knew I couldn't help it, I always felt so flustered around him. Continuing the conversation, I asked, "Hibari-san, did you really sign the treaty?"

Our eyes met again, and I could tell he was trying his best to remain calm. "…Yes, I did."

"Ah. I see." This made me feel slightly disheartened. Did that mean Hibari didn't care if I was married off to Ietsuna?

But then he grabbed one of my hands and brought it up to his lips.

Staring at the contact, I felt myself start sweating as he lightly kissed the tip of my knuckles, whispering, "But I didn't want to."

I felt myself captured by the two ivory eyes as he continued on.

"You're mine, no matter what. Don't you forget who'll always own you, Tsunayoshi."

My only response was to stare incredulously at him, staring at how his lips had formed the words, "You're mine."

Disregarding everyone's objections, you're only going to be mine.

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5/12/11 edited chapters 1,2 added chapter 3

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