Hey Noodles :D! I'm so deeply pleased with the praise this story has been receiving all of a sudden! It's crazy how many views it has gotten so quickly when it has a slower start in the beginning! Encourages me to write more so keep it up! The story will shift back to its heart breaking romance and family values. This chapter is a tear jerker, I cried a bit as I wrote it! Read on Noodle!


Kiyoshi has been defeated by Tsuna with help from his guardians as he reclaims his place as the Vongola Boss. He confronts Kiyoshi in a battle of wills and beliefs as Kiyoshi has trapped the girls and put them through horrible torture. Kiyoshi's plans apparently don't go as planned as Tsuna refused to kill him as he wanted and saves the girls. However, Kiyoshi held Haru at gun point and demanded to be killed or Haru dies...but in the nick of time Keiko uses Tsuna's X-Burner to save the day! Tsuna and the group then leave for home until Tsuna gets his answer over Kyoko's death...where does this all leave our heroes? To make amends of course...

Tsuna found himself at a place he never thought he would be with his closest friends. His guardians, Yamamoto, Gokudera, Lambo, and Ryohei were there to his left side standing in silence. While his other friends, Haru, Nagi, Yuni, and all the children were on his right. All of them wearing formal attire, tuxedos and dresses. They were in the graveyard located not too far from the Namimori Shrine where...Kyoko Sasagawa's grave was. Tsuna was bent down in front of her grave holding a bouquet of flowers as he read the words on the grave. "Kyoko Sasagawa...our dear friend...may she rest in peace..." Tsuna read in his mind as he set the flowers down on the grave before him. His friends were silent and one by one the women bent down in front of her grave beside Tsuna and set down their own bouquet of flowers beside Tsuna's.

They all then clasped their hands together and began to pray for Kyoko. In Nagi's prayers she thanked Kyoko for being one of her first friends that she could open up to. If not for her and Haru Nagi may not have had any friends she could've shared her thoughts with and her pains. She is thankful that Kyoko was there to help her be the friend she needed.

For Yuni, she was thankful that Kyoko was there to help he become a woman. Yuni was able to look up to Kyoko whom she saw as the person she wanted to be, someone who smiles, someone whose smile gives hope to others. A bright smile like Kyoko's that was so enchanting, so beautiful...she hoped that where she was now. Kyoko was still smiling like before.

And finally Haru had as much things to say as Tsuna most likely did. Kyoko was her closest friend, and yet in her final moments she couldn't be there for her. I was there at her wedding, crying and clapping for her. I was so happy for my best friend that got married, but who would've thought that behind it all. She was suffering and Haru couldn't tell at all. She didn't have time to see Kyoko all that much she could have, she might have been able to prevent this but she didn't. However, she knows that Kyoko wouldn't want her to down herself because of it. Haru broke down in tears because she knew that even in death Kyoko would still...smile for her. Haru then opened her eyes when she heard Keiko walk over and sit next to Tsuna.

Everyone went silent and watched as Tsuna opened his eyes and looked at Keiko. Keiko wearing a small pink, sparkly dress that was made for her by Haru along with pink flat shoes. Keiko told Tsuna before this when she tried it on that she felt like a princess, and he was the king, and mommy was the queen...Tsuna took a deep breath as he knew this moment would come one day. There was no way for him to avoid telling Keiko the truth. He saw Keiko read the name on the grave and slowly processed everything. "Ky...o...ko. Kyoko...that's mommy's name," Keiko said before she looked up to Tsuna as she held on to his shirt.

"Ah...you know your mother's real name Kieko?" Tsuna said with a smile on his face.

"Yeah...mommy said my name came from her name!" Keiko said energetically before she stared at the tome again. "...Papa...I wanna see mommy. Where's mommy?" Keiko asked Tsuna. Her words were so heart breaking but Tsuna had to deal with the pain in his chest. The heaviness he felt on his whole body, he knew this weight well. It was the weight of one's life, the life of Kyoko's that was weighing over his body. He must deal with this weight as Keiko's guardian. Because it's the parent's responsibility to take of their children. Tsuna wouldn't lie to Keiko, he would not delay the inevitable anymore. She was still so young and innocent, and he would of wanted to wait until she was older. However, this isn't the kind of world that Keiko is forced to live because of him. This is the Mafia world, the world where life and death are as common as air and water. And if Tsuna was to choose this world, to accept this as his reality, then he must get rid of his dream for Keiko to live a normal life.

With the strongest face Tsuna could muster, he helped Keiko into his lap and looked her straight in the eyes. Those beady eyes that was filled with love, shimmering with hope, and has obviously felt pain. If Kiyoshi was right about anything, it was the growth of humans.l She needed to grow, but Tsuna just wished...he simply wished that she didn't have to grow up so soon.

"Mommy...she isn't going to come back Keiko...Kyoko...your mom...is not going to come back," Tsuna finally told Keiko who showed the face that broke Tsuna's heart into pieces. Her smile faded away, the wind blew through her hair and chilled their bodies. However, her heart was far too cold and devoid of warmth because of Tsuna's words. Worry filled her mind as Keiko asked, "Where is mommy? Where did she go? Why won't she come...back?" Keiko asked with that voice children have when they are about to cry. That tone that anyone could hear, but only a parent could understand. "Your mother...is..." Tsuna had the strength to tell her the truth, but he could NOT put in those words. He refused to tell this three year old girl that her mother died, but he wanted her to know that she did die. But how could he say it?

That's when Keiko took Tsuna's silence as an answer of its own. She saw the look on Tsuna's face and saw the saddened looks on the grown ups around her. Keiko then saw her papa crying right in front of her. This made her cry as well when she saw her Papa's tears. So she embraced Tsuna and tried to wrap her arms around Tsuna but her arms couldn't reach. However, it didn't matter because Tsuna wrapped his arms around Keiko and held her tightly against his chest. The tears came down so fast that Tsuna's tux was beginning to feel wet. But then again Keiko's hair felt wet too from his own tears.

"Papa...Mommy is gone! Mommy is gone! Why did she leave us? She said we would be a family! She said would come back! She said..."

"I know Keiko...I know...but things...like that happen Keiko. Things that are far out of our control...and when things like that happen. We just have to...put on a strong face...and keep moving forward. Remember...what I told you when you feel like crying Keiko?" Tsuna said as he pulled Keiko away to look her in the eyes.

"I...never forgot Papa..." Keiko said not even bothering to wipe away her tears.

"Well...I don't want you to think tears are a bad thing Keiko. Tears do not make someone weak, tears...are a proof that somebody is strong. Because people will always try their best not to cry, so when we do cry...that means we are being strong...to face this world...and I know...from the bottom of my heart that you will grow up to be strong Keiko...just like Mommy," Tsuna said to Keiko with a big smile.

"But...Papa...I...don't feel strong at all...I feel...I can't..." Keiko put her head down into Tsuna's chest but Tsuna forced her to look at him. That big smile still on Tsuna's face and when she saw it. She also saw her Papa's tears, and it was at that moment Keiko realized her own lesson. She then put on a big smile that she forced herself to put on. "Like...this...Papa?" Keiko said with a big smile on her face. Tsuna nodded as he smiled back at Keiko. Tsuna hated him so much, but he didn't regret telling Keiko the truth. As least not that much but, he did regret letting such a young girl learn such an important life lesson with that smile. She had to learn that life...is unfair...and all we can do is put up with it. She truly was the strongest little girl in the world. So that's why when Keiko asked Tsuna that final question that day. Tsuna gave her an honest answer.

"Daddy...where do people go when they die?" Keiko asked Tsuna as she kept her smile and looked up at him. Tsuna didn't lose his smile either as he wanted to be strong with his daughter.

"No where Keiko...they don't go anywhere. They stay right beside you..." Tsuna told her as he embraced her one last time that day. Petting the little girl's hair as he did and said once more," They stay...right here with us..."

Days later, Tsuna found it very hard to cope with everything. Keiko didn't stop crying, and still hasn't. Her tears still fall from her eyes, and sometimes all she wants to do is cry by herself. Sometimes she wouldn't cry but would try her best to play with Haruka, Nagisa, and Yume who wanted to cheer her up anyway they could. However, Keiko would only think about her mother as everything reminded her about her mother. Tsuna would often come to her side and stay with her throughout the hours of the day, and throughout part of the night until she would fall a sleep. He was thankful that she could feel peace within her dreams, but he knew she would feel despair when she woke up because her dreams still had her mother within them. Yet through everything, through all of this pain...Keiko tried her best to put on a smile.

Tsuna and everyone else stayed at the mansion that belonged to Yuni. It was a miracle that it had survived, and an even bigger miracle was that Ryohei survived as well. Tsuna and Yuni had no one else to thank for that besides Reborn himself who had planned for Kiyoshi's actions. After Kiyoshi and his men left with the girls. Reborn appeared in the nick of time to treat Ryohei with his Sun Flames and some members of the Vongola to put out the fire. Reborn was the world's greatest hitman Tsuna thought. He even said, "Hmph, as if anyone in this world will hurt the people close to my student so easily. Chaos Tsuna..." Repairs to Yuni's home was going underway currently and Ryohei was in the hospital.

Tsuna knew that now Kiyoshi was done for. He needed to make amends, not just with Keiko but all the girls. And as luck would have it for once, Tsuna saw Yuni who had conveniently been walking down the hallway towards him. She was wearing a white dress with her short black hair cleaned up. Hr eyes sparkled radiantly as her princess like aura felt nice to Tsuna's troubled heart.

Tsuna didn't think too much about it, but Yuni reminded him that he was surrounded by girls that cared for him. Yuni had confessed her love for Tsuna, and he couldn't even respond to those feelings as of yet. He felt ashamed of himself as when he gazed upon her. He still found her to be the cute woman, she was only two years younger than he was yet still had a child like look to her. Yuni sensed Tsuna's examination of her body as women develop a sixth sense for that early in their lives.

"T-tsuna...you're staring at me a bit too much. If you continue to stare at me like that, I may get pregnant..." Yuni said shyly as she blushed from Tsuna's gaze. Tsuna snapped out of his thoughts and apologized quickly to Yuni for his rude staring! Then Yuni began to laugh and she put on a big smile. "Hehe, I'm glad you can still react like that Tsuna. I'm happy that part about you won't change no matter how cool you get Tsuna," Yuni said as she walked over to Tsuna with her hands behind her back and rested her head on Tsuna's chest. "Y-Yuni...h-hey..." Tsuna mumbled in embarrassment.

"Just enjoy this for the moment Tsuna...unless you don't want me to do this?" Yuni asked Tsuna as she looked up to Tsuna with those big, adoring eyes of hers. "I...didn't say that..." Tsuna mumbled to himself as he looked away from her eyes. Yuni laughed at this as she rested her head on Tsuna's body. She thought about the person she became after she lost her family. She had lost all hope and because of that couldn't believe in her friends, the only she had left to hold on to was the one that Tsuna gave her. After her family was massacred, she became lost and didn't know what to do with her life. She told Tsuna that's when she found a little girl who resembled her in many ways. The only difference was she had hope, even if she looked hungry, tired, and scared. She was at Yuni's door step of this big house, and Yuni looked around to see no else was around. She looked down at the wooden basket with the baby girl inside. She looked down to see the girl in the basket and picked her up in her arms. The girl looked just like Yuni, it was as if she was her own daughter. It felt like it was a dream to see such a bright, hopeful child that smiled upon seeing Yuni. So she named the girl Yume and took her in as in her own daughter.

"So...you found Yume...and adopted her as your own daughter..." Tsuna said to Yuni who looked up to her and smiled. "Yeah...but thinking about it now. It very well could've been Kiyoshi who gave her to him to mend my heart to his liking. Thinking about it...it makes more sense if it was his doing..."

"Yuni..."

"So I can't Kiyoshi if it truly was his doing. In the end, his actions were wrong..but they were...almost good. However, I didn't want to talk to you about him or my daughter. I wanted to thank you Tsuna, and apologize as well," She said as she pulled away from Tsuna and looked up to him.

"What do you mean...?"

"I wanted to thank you for giving me hope again Tsuna. For giving me this warm feeling in my heart, it felt like I had lost a part of myself. A part of who I was without hope. I used to always believe. I used to always believe in tomorrow, to always look forward to the morning sun and its new day's breeze. I used to smile a whole lot more, but I slowly lost all those feelings as I lived by myself. Yume helped me out greatly through that time, but that hole only shrunk. It didn't go away, but as I thought about somebody who always gave me hope. It made me think...that maybe one day...I can become me again. That person was you Tsuna...you let me know...that it's okay for my heart to believe...and I'm so sorry...I didn't help you at all!" Yuni said as she began to cry. Tsuna put his arms around Yuni and held her close to him.

"You give me too much credit Yuni...I didn't do much at all. I wasn't there for anybody the past few years...I've only just begun to see the impact I have on others. That I truly can make a difference, and I let my own sadness from love break me...all because I was rejected...I lost all my hope. I didn't believe in anything anymore because I put everything I hoped for within Kyoko...and when I lost her. I lost everything I believed in...I'm no hero," Tsuna told Yuni who shook her head and put a hand on Tsuna's face. Her smile was filled with brightness and a strong embrace took over Tsuna.

"You are a hero Tsuna..because in our darkest hours...when I was thrown into utter despair because of Kiyoshi...you showed up in my life once again. Just like that card you wrote me on White Day said you would," Yuni said with a giggle.

"Ah! I slightly hoped those embarrassing cards wouldn't be mentioned..." Tsuna admitted.

"Hehe! Nope! I remember your card vividly and I looked at it almost everyday. Because you told me you would always be there for me, and though you may think you weren't. You were...you were right here in my heart telling me not to give up. To hold on...when I was locked in that box...surrounded by darkness...with no light...I did see a light...a small one...but a bright light. It told me...to hold on, to never give up...it was your voice Tsuna. And because of that I know from the bottom of my heart...that I will always love you," Yuni then reached in and stole a kiss from Tsuna. Her soft lips touched Tsuna's with her eyes closed. Tsuna was shocked by this sudden kiss, but he didn't mind it as he let himself kiss Yuni back. To see what his heart would feel to this, and certainly there was a spark. Feelings of love after all...

Yuni then pulled away blushing shyly before she realized what she just did. "Ah...I'm so sorry Tsuna! I got caught up in the moment..and...oh geeze...that was my first kiss...and oh my gosh that was yours! I...so sorry..." Tsuna laughed before he kissed Yuni on the forehead and petted her head. "Glad to see that there are parts of you that will never change Yuni." Tsuna said with a smile which made Yuni smile with bliss. "Yeah...I guess so..." Yuni said before she said she needed to attend to dinner for their family. Tsuna wished her goodbye as he heard Yuni laughing to herself as she ran down the hall happily. Tsuna sighed as he thought that there are truly things that will never change about people no matter how much hope they lose. Because it is those parts about us that make us strong. True strength comes from the heart, not from our muscles. Then he thought for a moment that some people might be mad at him for losing his first kiss...

"I LOST MY FIRST KISS TO YUNI!?" Tsuna shouted in his mind as he realized this. However, he felt he didn't mind it too much. He felt he needed to kiss her, to know how he felt about her...

Tsuna found himself walking upstairs to the second floor. He wanted to go find Nagi or Haru, whichever showed up first really. Even though his mind was still thinking about Yuni, he still had to speak to those two. He walked toward Nagi's room which was closer and before he opened it he heard Nagi's voice with...Mukuro's. Tsuna didn't want to eavesdrop on the two, but he couldn't help his undying curiosity. He peered through the crack in the door to see Nagi holding Nagisa and speaking to Mukuro. Nagi had a strong face, one Tsuna knew very well from when she hid her emotions from him. While Mukuro stood showing no feelings as well but seemed weaker than Nagi at that moment. They were silent for a moment with neither of them speaking at all.

That's when Mukuro spoke up first, "Well...Chrome..."

"It's...Nagi. I changed my name back to my original one. To show my independence from you Rokudo-san," Chrome said coldly to Mukuro. Never in his life has Tsuna heard Nagi call Mukuro by his last name without the -sama honorific as well. She wasn't going to let Mukuro off so easily, even if she knows the truth now.

Mukuro closed his eyes and held his chin down before he rose it back up and opened his eyes. "Ah...I apologize...Nagi. I should've guessed...that now that you have grown to be such a splendid woman. That you would've gained your independence from me. You don't need my help anymore..."

"Yet you still gave it to me...and without it I wouldn't have survived when those handcuffs were put on me. It sealed my own Mist Flames, yet the ring you gave me allowed you to send your power to me to sustain my organs. I always thought it was strange...the night everything happened. You left me with the Mist Vongola ring, I didn't think anymore than since you were banished from the Vongola. You had to give up the ring, but the Rokudo-san I knew wouldn't have given up something that would aid him in his own goals...but now I know the answer," Nagi said as she looked down at her daughter.

Mukuro and her went silent once more before Nagisa broke the silence again with her cries. Nagi tried to comfort her and shush her before Mukuro walked closer to her and asked if he could Nagisa. Nagi looked at him sternly for a moment before she handed Nagisa to Mukuro who held the crying baby in his hands. Nagisa looked at Mukuro for a moment who forced a smile on his face. "Hello there Nagisa, why is it that you cry? Do you feel just as well as I do that Nagi is in pain?" Mukuro said to Nagisa which shocked Nagi. Nagisa stopped crying and put her head down on Mukuro's chest.

"Ah...I see...you are worried deeply about your mother child. Understandable, she wasn't the strongest woman when I met her. Yet she still tried her hardest to be strong, to handle all the pain herself. Yet at times I had no choice but to save her so she wouldn't feel pain. Kufufu, this girl was a lot of trouble to keep around and make sure she was safe. But her safety...was always my top concern. The idea of my other half feeling pain, well...that would be like me getting hurt as well you see child? So I did my best to keep her safe, even if it meant doing things that would cause her pain...ironic isn't it? How this world works? To prevent pain you sometimes must cause pain...yet your mother became stronger because of it. Look at her...so beautiful...so strong...an independent woman who no longer needs me. In heart she no longer needs me because her heart craves the aid of another person. I have no problems with that...for I am not worthy of filling the place next to her side," Mukuro said as he handed Nagisa back to Nagi who looked at her with the bright eyes he remembers the first time they met.

Nagi watched as Mukuro turned from Nagi and began to walk away. He said, "I hope that you continue to grow stronger...Nagi...because that child in your hands will surely share the same fate as her parents. Prone to feeling pain no matter what, but let's hope she takes after the mother...who is so much stronger than the father could ever be...goodbye Nagi." Mukuro opened up an illusion walked towards it. Nagi felt Mukuro's words reach her heart and though she wanted to say something to Mukuro. Anything else...she didn't know what to say. That's when she saw Nagisa staring at Mukuro and waving her hand goodbye to him. Of course, how silly it was for Nagi to not realize what to say. Her daughter knew, so why didn't she?

"Mukuro-sama!" Nagi said which surprised Mukuro as he turned around to see Nagi smiling at him. "Don't think...that you'll always be so weak. You're going to show up for all her birthdays, all of her school recitals, and you're going to watch over her sometimes on weekends to give me a break! Don't...think you can hide yourself in an illusion from us...because we are real...and we're still a family," Nagi said with a smile as she and Nagisa waved Mukuro goodbye. Mukuro smiled back at her and told Nagi,"I wouldn't miss it for the world..." Before he disappeared. Nagi took a deep breath before she saw Nagisa now sad that Mukuro disappeared.

"Ah...Nagisa...you'll see your father again. Don't worry...mommy won't let him hide from us," Nagi said jokingly before she heard Tsuna tumble through the door into the room. Nagi and Nagisa just looked at him directly as Tsuna put on a guilty look. "Haha...umm..hi Nagi...Nagisa..."

"And here's Papa to take care of you Nagisa!" Nagi proclaimed with a smile as Tsuna got up from the ground and Nagi handed Nagisa to him. Nagi put her hands together in front of her and smiled at Tsuna who was confused at what was going on as he looked at Nagisa who stared at him with a big playful look.

"W-wait...Papa? I'm her Papa too? Oh don't tell me..."

"Hehe, yeah I told you all ready I wanted you to be her guardian as well. Of course you're already Keiko's but I'll settle for you being her father figure of sorts for now. Until of course I get you to put a ring on my finger..." Nagi said as she looked at her hand suggestively. Tsuna blushed as he held Nagisa in her arms. Nagisa then said, "Pa...pa...Papa!" Nagisa proclaimed happily as she held onto Tsuna.

"Seems Nagisa agrees then!" Nagi said with a smile and a laugh. Tsuna couldn't help but think that the new Nagi has grown to get better at speaking her own voice. She didn't shy away from others as much and had truly become a strong woman like Mukuro said. Nagi was a beautiful and strong mother who was much tougher then she looks. Nagi then walked over to Tsuna and held on to Tsuna with her arms around him. Nagisa was in between them as Nagi smiled at Tsuna who smiled back at her. "Don't we look like a good family Tsuna?" Nagi teased Tsuna some more who didn't feel like letting Nagi take advantage of him anymore. So he held Nagi up with one arm to him and used his other arm to bring Nagi even closer to him. Their bodies now touching which caused Nagi's face to turn completely red. "T-T-Tsuna! W-we are really close!" Nagi said in embarrassment. "Some things don't change about people you know," Tsuna teased as he rose an eyebrow to Nagi.

"Hmm...don't t-tease me like this Tsuna!"

"You've been teasing me since I got here! Talking about families, and marriage! What if I actually did propose to you right here? What would you do then?" Tsuna said on the spur of the moment and shocked Nagi. She turned away from Tsuna nervously and looked down with her red face. She then muttered to him, "I...would...say yes...without hesitation..." Tsuna's eyes widened when he heard Nagi tell him this. She then hugged Tsuna close and looked him in the eyes. "Because what girl wouldn't want to be with the guy that saved them? The...person...who makes everything feel so painless...even when it still hurts. Because...I...I...love you Tsuna. I love you so much...that it hurts...and I want my heart to hurt so much more. Because right now it's going to burst from the love I have for you," Nagi finally confessed her feelings to Tsuna. He was speechless as he saw Nagi at her strongest as she leaned in to kiss Tsuna. Tsuna didn't move away as he kissed Nagi back with their eyes closed, and once again he felt a spark of love from this kiss.

Then Nagi pulled away from Tsuna and they looked at each other. Both silent but smiling with red in their cheeks before Nagisa said, "Uuuu...Mommy...Papa...they kissed," Nagi and Tsuna just looked at Nagisa with surprise before they looked at each other before laughing. Nagi then said, "Thanks for saving me Tsuna, you are the best boss a girl could ask for. And...I don't expect you to respond to my feelings yet...I know your heart is being pulled on by other girls but...just know...that...I..."

"Yeah...I know Nagi. I won't ever forget it," Tsuna said with a smile.

"You do...?" Nagi asked him curiously in confusion. Tsuna then looked at her and said, "Yeah...you love me right? You already said it..."

"Huh? Oh...no...that too. But I was going to say...I'm here...and willing...if you understand me..." She said nervously. Tsuna processed this for a moment before his head started spinning. "N-Nagi!"

"Hehe, I'm always going to win when it comes to our little tease battles Tsuna," Nagi said with a cute wink as Tsuna handed Nagisa back to her. He sighed as he then told Nagi goodbye and left her room. Tsuna put a hand to his forehead as he couldn't believe that was two girls confessing to him in one day. He also kissed both of them...Tsuna is going down the wrong road and he apologized to his ancestors for that. He decided he would try to make up with Haru at least in a normal way to make up for everything. However, as he began walking towards Haru's room. He thought about how he felt when he kissed Nagi, and Yuni. He then wondered what he would feel if he kissed Haru. Tsuna's heart began pounding as he thought about it. He kissed Yuni, he kissed Nagi, and he wondered if he could kiss Haru too. But...what were they? What was him to her? And what was she to him? What were Yuni and Nagi to him? Yuni did mention that he needed to choose a wife, but choosing a wife was also like choosing a daughter too. And he loved them all he thought, mother and daughter.

However, it would appear that Haru was holding back her feeling along with Haruka so Tsuna couldn't tell for sure what they thought about him. Maybe he should ask them when he goes to make amends with Haru. He found himself in front of Haru's bedroom door and he knocked it on it twice. However, there was no reply which confused him as he was pretty sure Haru said she was going to her room earlier today. He knocked once more and the door barged open with Haruka running from the room and out between Tsuna's legs wearing nothing but a towel! Tsuna looked back to see Haruka yelling playfully before he heard Haru screaming at her to get back in the bath. Haru then ran to the door to see Tsuna standing there looking at her. Haru stopped as she saw Tsuna in front of her and she looked down at herself. Naked again...

"A-ah...h-hello...H-Haru..." Tsuna mumbled not knowing what else to do or say in this situation. Haru's whole body turned a giant red before Haruka walked back over and looked at her. "Hey Haru, your whole body is as red as a tomato!" Haruka laughed before Haru covered up her areas and ran back into the room screaming. Haruka then looked up at Tsuna who she saw was frozen stiff. Haruka then realized Tsuna had seen Haru in the buff and began calling him a giant pervert before Haru opened a crack in the door and dragged Haruka back in the room.

"TWICE! HE SAW ME NAKED TWICE!" He heard Haru shout from behind the door.

"Well...don't feel bad Haru! Maybe the third time it happens, he'll be naked too! Then maybe I could have a sister! Third time is the charm!" Haruka said to comfort her.

"THAT'S EMBARRASSING! AND YOU'RE SIX YEARS OLD, WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT AT SUCH AN AGE!?" Haru yelled back at her. Tsuna wondered if Haru thought he had left or something. However, one thing for was for certain. Tsuna knew what his dreams were going to be about today. He decided to wait for a while outside the door before he heard the door open and Haruka walked out. Haruka was surprised to see Tsuna standing by the door still here.

"Hey! Big guy! Get down here!" Haruka exclaimed to Tsuna who looked around for a second in confusion. Haruka pointed to Tsuna then to the ground to hint to him to get to her level. Tsuna did as he was told, slightly scared of this little girl as he did. Haruka then slapped Tsuna quickly. "That's for peeking at Haru's golden body!" Haruka said with her hands on her hips and then hugged Tsuna and gave him a peck on the cheek. "Then...that's for saving me...Mr..." Haruka said shyly as she rubbed her foot in the ground.

Tsuna put to his cheek which got slapped and kissed. He didn't know how to feel about that but he did smile and thank Haruka regardless. "You're a really sweet girl aren't you Haruka?" Tsuna asked her to which Haruka smiled triumphantly. "Of course! I am Haru's daughter after all! She is going to adopt me!" Haruka said with a big smile. "Really? Is that so? What about your real parents?"

"Hmph...they were happy to let go of me...though I don't care one bit! However, that did make me kind of sad...Haru called today to see if they would let her take me as her own. The conversation didn't even last five minutes..." Haruka said with a frown. Tsuna then hugged her tightly and told her, "Hey...don't be down Haruka! They're fools to let you go, but it was a wise decision as your parents. They knew Haru would've loved you and taken much better care of you then they could. So don't let it get you down for too long, since from now on you're officially Haruka Miura right?" Tsuna said with a thumbs up. Haruka smiled and nodded her head before giving Tsuna a thumbs up of her own. Then Haruka said, "Now all I need is a sister!"

"Oh...boy...that again...Haruka that's grown up stuff. Haru can't simply get you a sister..." Tsuna tried to explain nervously. However, Haruka just looked at him like he was the crazy one. "What are you talking about? If you marry Haru, then Keiko can be my sister! So hurry up you passive womanizer!" Haruka said with a wink before she trotted off by herself somewhere. Tsuna had admit defeat, that little girl had broken him. Tsuna looked back to Haruka as she went to go look for Nagisa or Yume. Tsuna sighed as he stood up and thought that Haruka was just like her new mom. Now Tsuna had to face Haru and make up with her, the final person he needed to so with.

He gulped as he knocked on the door and heard Haru say to come in. Tsuna walked in the room and didn't see Haru in the room. He heard her in the bathroom to his right and decided to just wait for her to get out. He went to the bed and waited patiently for Haru to come out. After a moment he got up and decided to just walk around a bit as Haru was taking her time. He looked to the left of the bed to see a window that looked out to the night sky. He remembers looking out to these nights with Haru and Keiko back in his apartment. His old home...their home. The one he had grown to love because Haru and Keiko were there. He rubbed the back of his head as Tsuna thought about these good times. That's when Haru came out the bathroom singing in a towel. "Ah, how I love to bathe! You know Haruka, I wish you would enjoy bathing as much as I..." Haru saw it wasn't Haruka that she thought came in but was Tsuna instead.

"Oh for the love of..." Haru shouted as she made sure to hold her towel up at least. Tsuna waved his hands frantically and told her it was all a misunderstanding. Haru believed him of course but asked why he was here in her room anyway. Tsuna then looked at Haru and couldn't help but notice his heart pounding. Seeing her body like this again. She was beautiful, gorgeous, and his mind couldn't help but throw sexy in there as well. From her short hair that she put up in a pony tail that was dripping wet and the beautiful body was behind that towel. Haru couldn't help but notice Tsuna staring at her.

"Hey...T-Tsuna! Eyes...up here please! Or at least let me get dressed!" Haru told him in embarrassment. Haru hid her body behind the door of the bathroom and this act made Tsuna realize something. Something he should have realized a long time ago. He walked over to Haru and put his hands on her shoulder. Haru was surprised at this and demanded to know what had gotten into Tsuna. "I...don't really want you to get dressed..." Tsuna admitted nervously as Haru's eyes widened. Her heart began pounding when she heard such a bold statement.

"But Tsuna...I...I..." Tsuna then put a finger over Haru's mouth to keep her quiet. "Haru...don't talk...or you may end up talking too much," Tsuna said with a smile. Haru shut herself up so fast, that if one blinked they would have missed it. She had reverted back to her middle school self and was eating out the palm of Tsuna's hands who she could not believe was so cool! Tsuna then said words that she wasn't paying attention to at all before Tsuna shook her a bit to get her to pay attention.

"Haru!" Tsuna said shaking her before Haru in her half awake, half drunken state looked at him. "Huh...?"

"I said...why do you always have to hide yourself Haru?" Tsuna asked her.

"I'm...I'm naked! Any girl would do that!" Haru said back to him blushing but Tsuna shook his head.

"No...what I mean is you never show your true feelings. You always keep your feelings to yourself...you never let them out. You always try your best to restrain yourself, and so you just watch silently in pain as others voice their feelings. Not even once since we got here have you told me what Kiyoshi did to you, you were too scared to tell me. Yet you acted like it was nothing...you pretended you were fine and smiled through it all. You watched silently as Nagi and Yuni...were with me...and you felt I was being taken away from you but you said nothing. It was like that with Kyoko wasn't it? You were that person on the roof that day that ran away...? It had to be...because only you would. Because you wouldn't want anyone to see you cry Haru...since you always cried alone," Tsuna said to Haru which made Haru want to cry from the overload of emotions that wanted to come out but she held them back.

"Stop doing that! Even now you're holding yourself back! Haru, you're a mother now and you can't afford to keep your emotions to yourself! If you want to cry then cry, if you want to smile then smile, and if you want to get angry then get angry! You have so much to feel about and too much to do. I want you to stop hiding your true self, and learn to love yourself as much as you love others! So to do that, I'm going to force you to show your true self," Tsuna said before taking a deep breath as Haru was on the edge of emotions. He looked her directly in the eyes as he knew in his heart what he wanted. More then anything else Tsuna wanted to put everything behind him, his past regrets, his broken promises, his agony, his pain, his despair, everything! But he couldn't do that, at least not within his heart. In his mind the past was behind him, but in his heart the past will always be with him. However, he was going to move forward with the woman who suffered with him through it all.

"I love you Haru Miura! So...will you...go out with me?" Tsuna said those words, those words Haru has dreamed about for far too long. She has loved Tsuna for so long, and now Tsuna said that to her. It wasn't a dream, this was reality. Either way Haru didn't care as Haru smiled and let the tears pour out of her eyes. "Yes...yes...I will go out with you! I love you Tsuna! I've loved you for so long...!" Haru said before she embraced Tsuna for a moment then they kissed. Their eyes closed and their lips locked with one another as they felt their hearts resonate as one. For a long time they kissed and shared their words of love for one another.

"I'm so glad...I could be your first kiss!" Haru said with a smile as she wiped the tears from her eyes. She then looked at Tsuna to see the guilty look on his face. "I...am your first kiss right? I mean your mine...and..."

"Yeah...I sorta kissed Yuni before this..." Tsuna admitted. Haru blinked twice with a surprised expression before she sighed and looked away pouting.

"Well..at least I'm your second kiss..." She said before Tsuna still had that guilty look on his face.

"...Yeah...I also kissed Nagi..." Tsuna admitted to as Haru snapped at him.

"YOU KISSED THEM BOTH BEFORE YOU KISSED ME?" Haru shouted at him.

"I'M SORRY! I WAS TRYING TO MAKE AMENDS AND IT JUST...HAPPENED!" Tsuna said back to him.

"WHO THE HELL MAKES AMENDS WITH PEOPLE BY KISSING THEM? AND HOW DOES IT JUST SO HAPPEN...TO OCCUR TWICE IN A ROW?"

"Err...child's luck?" Tsuna joked to which Haru felt like she lost as her arms fell to her side. "Geeze...I'm not your first love...or your first kiss...or your first confession...while you're my first everything. What can I be first at...?" Haru sighed before Tsuna turned her around and stared at her nervously.

"Well...you were my first at least one thing. You were the first person to stand by me when I needed it most, and I want you to stand by my side forever. Because Haru Miura, is the person I admire the most in this world," Tsuna said before kissing her again. Haru smiled as she looked at Tsuna again, "You really are a womanizer you know that?"

"Yeah...I figured...guess being good with kids really do attract girls..." Tsuna said with a wink which made Haru flick his fore head. They both laughed as Haru wrapped her arms around Tsuna's neck and Tsuna had her arms around her waist. Which made Tsuna think of something as he noticed Haru's wet towel. "Hey...I just remembered you were first at something else too..." Tsuna said with a big grin. Haru looked at Tsuna and asked what that was before Tsuna put his hands on her towel and pulled it down!

"First girl I saw naked..." Tsuna said which made Haru blush uncontrollably before Tsuna picked her up and brought her to the bed. He got on top of Haru as Haru looked up at him with beady eyes. She pouted as she didn't like how fast Tsuna was moving with this but sighed as she reached her arms up for her to be embraced. "Geeze Tsuna...you big pervert...but...then again what does that make me? At least I can be...your first time...I love you Tsuna..." Haru said as Tsuna embraced her.

"I love you too...Haru..." Then throughout the night they loved one another with Haru finally for the first time in her life was able to let out all her trapped emotions and desires. As she thought, "I'm free..."

FINAL CHAPTER: Under The Sky

A/N:Oh no it's the end of the story next chapter :(! Yes I am sad to say the end is near, but it was a very good run was it not? There may even be a sequel, but that's up to you guys! Yes Tsuna chose Haru as well, so I apologize Yuni and Nagi fans. However, who knows how things will work out with Tsuna and Haru? It surely won't be so easy with Nagi and Yuni around! Haha, it's a mystery I tell you! But yes, the final chapter to this is the next one and I hope to answer every mystery I left open...except one...bwahahahahah! SEE YOU FOR THE LAST TIME NEXT CHAPTER...OR NOT! WHO KNOWS? THAT TOO IS A MYSTERY!