'Ello everyone! I hope you're enjoying my story so far! I've been having fun writing these stories. Lately I've gotten a question asking me how far the story will continue. If you have any ideas about how long you think the story should go, please tell me. I've read the enrire manga and watched the whole anime, so I know how things play out in the story.

Anyway, here's chapter 7. Enjoy!

I do not own any of Katekyo Hitman Reborn. All rights go to Akira Amano, except for the characters and things I've created.

[3rd Person Limited: Kuroi]

Kuroi waited patiently in the Cinema Room for her master to return. She awaited there, perfectly still and extremely silent.

By this time, Tsuna and the others should be fighting there next opponent...

[3rd Person Omniscient]

A tall man wearing part of the Kokuyou uniform stepped up to the group. He had a giant metal ball attached to a long chain in his hands. His green hat covered his eyes.

"Let's finish this quickly," Gokudera took out his sticks of dynamite.

"It's futile," The stranger took off his hat and revealed his face, "I shall be the victor."

"It's you!" Yamamoto shouted.

"From the photograph!" Bianchi recognized the man's face.

"Rokudo Mukuro!"

[3rd Person Limited: Kuroi]

A few more minutes passed and Mukuro returned. Kuroi instantly shot her head up as soon as she heard his footsteps.

"... Mukuro-sama..." Kuroi said distantly.

"Hmm?" Chikusa turned away from the window and looked at her.

She stood up and idly walked over to the door. She looked as if she were in a transe.

"Mukuro-sama...?" She called out for him.

'Stop it! ... Don't call him that... Escape from him... He's using you...'

Kuroi stopped walking and widened her eyes by a fraction. She heard the familiar voice in the back her mind.

She was unsure of what to do, and she stood there, completely vexed. Her body trembled before her and her head started to hurt. She was unable to move. Kuroi knelt down on the ground and and clutched at her head in pain. She seemed like she was going to rip her hair out, but she didn't.

"Sora..." Chikusa took a few steps toward Kuroi and gazed upon her.

"Oya~ Oya~ what's this?"

Kuroi shot her head up and saw Mukuro standing before her. Tears forming in her eyes from the pain in her skull.

"... Mukuro-... -sama..." Kuroi pleaded for him to help her.

"What's wrong with her...?" Chikusa asked, wary of the situation.

"... She's breaking..." Mukuro plainly stated, unhappy that his little toy was going into a ruined state of mind.

"... Mu-... Kuro-... Sa..ma..." She continued to plead for assistance.

Mukuro walked up to her and knelt down to her level. He reached out for her and placed his hand on her head. Within the instance of his contact with her skull, she immediately felt a remedy clouding her mind. The voice she heard ever so often was disappearing.

"There... All better," He smiled evilly and hoisted her up from the ground, "Come. Let's have you rest a bit."

Kuroi linked herself onto his arm as he lead her over to the sofa. He sat down and looked at her. He may have had a smile on his face, but he was more perplexed than happy.

Kuroi sat down next to him and leaned up against his arm. By his command to have her rest, she fell asleep.

[3rd Person Omniscient]

Mukuro softly touched her head.

"What happened...?" Chikusa asked.

"She was breaking away from my control. But, don't worry, she's fine now," Mukuro said watching Kuroi sleep.

"How so?"

"Little Kuroi-chan, here, aloud me access to her mind... However, she did not allow me access to all of it," Mukuro explained with a malcontent look on his face.

"So when you said that she was breaking away, you meant that she was trying to take control of her own mind and body again," Chikusa rephrased.

"Precisely. She gave me all of her mind, except her conscience," Mukuro paraphrased, "I need to have her conscience under my control, otherwise her inner thoughts will try to reclaim her mind. Since her conscience dictates what is right and what is wrong in her point of view, it will use its own definition of good and bad to persuade her to break away from me."

Mukuro looked over to the window.

"I can't have that happen," His expression was dark and sinister as he spoke.

Chikusa walked back over to the window.

"The Vongola... He stopped the iron ball..." Chikusa said as he gazed out the window in the direction of Tsuna and his group.

"The Arcobaleno fired an instantaneous shot in under 0.05 seconds," He continued, "It must have been a special bullet."

"But, if it is the last one, they've fallen completely into our trap," Mukuro mused, "Now, we're another step closer to completing our plan for the Vongola Tenth Boss."

"You won't defeat me with only half of your strength!" The more masculine Mukuro shouted.

"Come on!" Tsuna shouted.

Tsuna was in Dying Will Mode; all of his clothes were gone except for his boxers. He had an orange flame on his forehead and he seemed a lot more braver than before.

"Mukuro" threw the iron ball into the air. As it came back down to his level, he hit it in Tsuna's direction. Tsuna dodged it and ran up to him and uppercutted the man's jaw.

"Since when did he become so strong...?" Bianchi was in awe of Tsuna's abilities.

While the man was launched in the air, he turned himself around, launching the ball back at Tsuna again. Tsuna caught the ball to stop it and pushed it back at the the guy.

The force was so great, it sent him flying into rubble of a broken down building.

"You did it!" Bianchi shouted with excitement.

"Now, we can go back to Namimori," Reborn said.

However, the man stood up.

"Looks like I'll have to use my full power against you."

He threw the ball into the air and charged Tsuna. He managed to punch him in the stomach and knee him in the face, causing him to fly and skid all over the place.

"Mukuro" slammed Tsuna in the floor and allowed the iron ball drop and crush him.

"It's over."

However, Tsuna pushed the ball off of him, and stood up. Everyone was surprised that he was able to stand up after getting hurt by that attack.

"You're not a bad person," Tsuna said.

"What did you say?" He questioned him.

"That weak will of your's could never defeat my dying will."

"'Will' you say!? Don't talk as if you know me! Killing you is my true will!" He ran to attack Tsuna.

"That's a lie!"

"Shut up, kid!"

"I'll crush you with my dying will!"

Tsuna punched 'Mukuro' in the stomach, causing him to fall to his knees.

"How could I lose...?"

"When you attacked, you closed your eyes, and didn't let your iron ball complete the finishing blow. This was all because of the guilt in your heart conflicting within you."

"... I admit defeat. No wonder Rokudo Mukuro is cautious about you..."

"Eh!? But you're the one from the photograph that was taken at the prison..."

"The real Mukuro has never had his picture taken. Furthermore, he is the one that took away everything from me!"

The fake Mukuro explained his past story about how he met the real Rokudo Mukuro and what happened when he did... He explained how his life changed and how he unknowingly murdered his own family in the mafia. Just as he was about to explain the real Mukuro's true intentions, needles flew out of nowhere and struck him in the arms and chest.

"Their objective was to silence him, so that he doesn't give away any of their information," Reborn explained.

"How could they!? Are you alright!?" Tsuna ran to help the fallen man, "... What's your name? It's not Rokudo Mukuro, so what's your real name!?"

"... I ... Am... Lancia..." He could hardly speak.

"That guy... He really pisses me off. Let's go. Let's find Mukuro."

"But, we've already used up our final trump card," Reborn said.

"I know that... But... We have to do something about him!"

Everyone moved Lancia and Yamamoto out of the way and placed them under a tree.

A yellow bird flew down and circled around them.

"Hey, that's Birds's bird!" Gokudera pointed to the bird circling around them.

"Let's watch it quietly for now. It should be trained to call for comrades when its master is down," Reborn tolled everyone.

"It's going for that building!" Tsuna pointed toward the decrepit building the bird went into.

"Good. Then that must be where Mukuro and his followers are hiding."

[3rd Person Limited: Kuroi]

Kuroi shot her eyes open.

"They're here..." She informed no one in paticular.

"Kufufu~ So it seems," Mukuro smiled.

He looked down to her.

"Don't worry, they'll be dealt with," He softly patted her head, "I won't let them take my precious toy away from me. It'll spoil the fun."

Kuroi remained immobile.

'Get out!... What's wrong with you, why won't you listen to your true self!... Excape his torment... Bring back reality... You must...'

For once Kuroi wanted to respond to the voice and did so, 'Stop it! Stop hurting me! Who are you! Stop it!'

'I am neither good, nor evil. But right now, I am your savior! ... Listen to me and escape him! Now! ... Or you never will...'

Kuroi buckled over and held her head in pain and agony. Mukuro looked at her, displeased.

"Oya~ oya~ already trying again to escape my grasp?" Mukuro touched her head again, "That should silence you for a little while longer."

As soon as he touched her, her mind felt at ease. The voice disappeared and herfind became thickly clouded. She was unable to think at all.

By this time, Tsuna and the others have already made it into the building.

They searched the area for a way to make it to the upper levels. Tsuna managed to point out an escape ladder. Before they were about to ascend the ladder, they were met with another opponent.

"It's him! The yo-yo guy!" Gokudera shouted and through bombs toward their adversary.

A large cloud of smoke shrouded the area.

"A smoke screen?" Tsuna asked.

"Juudaime, please, get out here," Gokidera demanded, "I'll take care of him from here on."

Tsuna, Bianchi and Reborn reluctantly left Gokudera behind to fight against Chickusa alone.

While Gokudera was managing himself, Tsuna, Bianchi and Reborn were able to locate the Cinema Room where Mukuro was hiding.

"I'm very happy that we could meet again," A familiar voice said.

Mukuro was sitting on a couch, located front-center stage, with a familiar child laying against him, sound asleep.

"Hey, it's that one guy I met earlier! He was also held captive here by Mukuro!" Tsuna said excitedly.

"Please, come closer. I would like to get to know you better... Vongola Tenth," He said with a smile proving to hide something.

"Eh!? How did you...?" Tsuna asked, baffled.

"You're wrong Tsuna... That is the real..." Bianchi trailed off.

"Yes, I am the real Rokudo Mukuro."

He looked over to the side; a young boy was standing there, leaning up against the wall. His eyes were lifeless.

"Fuuta!?" Tsuna exclaimed, "I've been looking everywhere for you! And what are you doing here? You know it's not safe here, so you better stand back."

Fuuta held up the end of a trident. He walked over toward Bianchi and stabbed her in the stomach.

"Bianchi! Bianchi, hold on!" Tsuna turned to Fuuta, "Fuuta, what're you doing!?"

Fuuta swung at Tsuna.

"Wah! Hey, Fuuta! Oi, what's wrong with you? Put that thing down!"

"His mind is being controlled," Reborn explained.

"No... No way! Wake up! Fuuta!"

"That's not all, Tsuna. Look over where Mukuro is... Who is that?" Reborn pointed toward the child next to Mukuro.

"Is that? No... No it can't be... Sora-chan!" Tsuna was overwhelmed.

"This is bad... This is extremely bad..."

"Kufufu~ for you, it might be," Mukuro smiled.

"What did you do to her, Mukuro?" Reborn was not happy.

"Calm down, shes just sleeping."

"Mukuro! What did you do!?" Tsuna yelled while he was still trying to avoid Fuuta's attakcs.

"Nothing that I haven't done to that little boy over there," His smile grew wider, "Though, I must say, she proved to be quite a challenge."

He stroked her hair when it seemed that she was in pain. As soon as he touched her, she was at ease.

"Leave her alone! Don't touch her!" Tsuna commanded.

"Please, don't shout. Kufufu~ After all, you wouldn't want to wake her up," He laughed.

"Aahh! Reborn, what do I do?"

Reborn lashed a whip out at Tsuna, and it wrapped around his neck, pulling him to the ground.

"I borrowed this from Dino. Use it to fight," He simply tolled him.

"But, I can't attack Fuuta!"

"What will you do now, Tenth Boss of the Vongola?" Mukuro was amused by the situation.

Tsuna headed straight for Mukuro. He pulled the whip back and tried to lash it, however he tied himself and Fuuta up in it.

"Kuahahahaha. You surprise me, as always," Mukuro laughed, "Oh, look, you better watch your back... It's dangerous."

Tsuna knocked the trident over so that Fuuta couldn't reach it.

"Stop it, Fuuta!"

However, Fuuta was able to grab the trident and tried to stab Tsuna with it.

"It's not your fault," Fuuta halted his attack, "None of it is your fault. We are all on your side. You don't need to worry, come home with us."

"Tsuna-nii..." Fuuta collapsed.

"So, you've managed to break him out of my control..." Mukuro still had the creepy smile plastered to his face.

Mukuro explained the situation; how and why he got the possession of Fuuta and what he was planning to use him for.

Tsuna tried to attack Mukuro, but was unsuccessful and received many cuts all over his body. Mukuro's right eye switched symbols and an indigo flame lit on the same eye. Tsuna thought it was a dying will flame when it was actually an aura. To explain things further, Mukuro tolled them about the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

Mukuro hit the floor with his trident and the floors started crumbling, pieces lifted into the air. Tsuna started panicking, but Reborn hit him across the face, snapping him back into reality. Reborn, then, explained that what he saw was an illusion.

Mukuro called forth snakes to surround Tsuna, which, being the coward he is, he panicked... Again.

However, bombs were thrown toward the snakes, prompting an explosion.

"Juudaime, take cover!" A familiar voice, none other than Gokudera, called, "Sorry I'm late."

"Gokudera-kun! H-Hibari-san!?" Tsuna was happy to see them.

"Do you understand, Mukuro? There's no reason why I would be bringing up Tsuna alone," Reborn smiled.

"Now, we're even," Hibari dropped Gokudera.

Hibbari walked over and picked up his tonfas and faced Mukuro.

"Are you ready to die, now?" Hibari was furious and seething with enough rage to only think about biting Mukuro to death.

"Kufufu~ Well, you see..." Mukuro laughed, "I haven't put all my pieces into play, yet."

Kuroi's eyes instantly shot open.

"Care to see how you'll do against my adorable, little toy?"

Everyone looked over at Kuroi.

"Your turn, my Kuroi-chan... Have fun..." Mukuro smiled evilly, "This will be over soon enough."

Kuroi got up from the couch and walked over to the edge of the stage. Her dull, soulless eyes gazed upon the setting brought before her.

"Sora!" Gokudera shouted.

"Sora-chan!?" Tsuna was horrified.

Hibari and Reborn looked at her, and, judging by their expressions, they were entirely pissed off.

Mukuro took off the end of the trident and tossed it over to her. Without even blinking, she caught the trident in her right hand.

"Oi, stupid girl, what're you doing?" Gokudera shouted at her.

She said nothing and and headed for Tsuna.

"H-Hey, Sora-chan..." Tsuna started backing up.

"She can't hear you..." Reborn said, "Her mind is being controlled."

"Again? C'mon, Sora-chan, snap out of it! Please!"

Gokudera tried to get close to her, "Oi, Sora, stop this-"

Kuroi swung at him and nearly missed. Her eyes fixated on him, and Gokudera could only gawk at her.

"What do we do!?"

"It seems that you won't be able to break her away from me as easily as you did with Fuuta," Mukuro boasted, "Such a shame."

Hibari glared at Mukuro and started to go after him, but Kuroi jumped in his way. Hibari starred at her wide-eyed.

"Kufufu~ She's mine now, and you won't be able to change that," Mukuro continued to laugh and mock.

Kuroi attacked Hibari, though he was able to dodge her. She continued to attack him relentlessly.

"Hibari-San! ... Sora-chan, stop this!" Tsuna tried to get her to listen.

Tsuna thought about Fuuta and how he was able to save him from the mind control. But, he didn't know what to say to Kuroi that would get her to stop.

Then, Tsuna remembered that Kuroi was supposed to be protected by Hibari. He knew that she grew attached to him, because of the way she acts around him. So, it had to be Hibari to break the transe.

"Hibari-san! Say something to her! Na- I mean... She needs to hear something that would trigger her mind to take back control. Tell her something that she wants to hear. She needs your help!" Tsuna explained.

"What are you talking about, Herbivore?" Hibari didn't seem to understand it at all, and Kuroi continued to attack him.

[3rd Person Limited: Kuroi]

Kuroi was in no control of her mind, and being away from Mukuro for so long was allowing her mind to clear up, but it also triggehurts sharp pain run throughout her skull.

'What are you doing?... Attacking the one person who's job is to protect YOU!?... What's wrong with you?...' The voice in her head continued.

Kuroi was able to answer back, 'What are YOU talking about!? He's the enemy! He's trying to hurt me! They all are! They're all after me! They all hate me! Why do they hate me!? Why does everyone hate me!? Why!? Why!? WHY!?'

Her mind was falling into ruins.

'They do not hate you... Listen to them... They are trying to help you... They are trying to help us...'

'No they're not! They don't want to help me! They want to kill me!'

Kuroi was in a state of self-confliction. Everyone around her could see that. Mukuro's smile even disappeared, and Hibari was just confused as to what he was witnessing.

'THEY'RE ALL TRAITORS!'

'No they aren't!'

'STOP IT! STOP CONFUSING ME!'

By this time, Kuroi stopped attacking and was curled up on the floor, screaming in pain while everyone watched her, too stunned to do anything.

"What's going on?" Gokudera asked.

"She's trying to break free..." Reborn said.

Kuroi was in a state of confusion. She was so destroyed inside, she couldn't think straight. All of the thoughts that Mukuro injected into her mind tampered and poisoned what she truly believed in, shrouding herself from the truth of what the reality is.

'STOP IT! JUST GO AWAY! ALL OF YOU, JUST GO AWAY! ALL OF YOU... JUST- JUST-'

"GO TO HELL!"

A concussive mass of black and red colored flames circled around her and expanded out to everyone, lifting up boards on the floor and tearing through walls and windows. Everyone was knocked off their feet as the flames hit them.

"What was that!?" Tsuna asked terrified.

"She's finally awakened her power," Mukuro said.

"What...!?"

"It's her own Dying Will Flame... But, in her case, it would be called the Hell Flame," Reborn explained.

"What's a Hell Flame?"

"I'll be able to tell you soon enough, but for now, just know that it's a rare flame."

"But, can she control it...?" Gokudera was laying on the floor from when the flame hit him.

"Who knows..." Reborn said.

Kuroi was on her knees, gripping at her hair, her eyes wide and filled with tears. The black and red flames illuminated around her as she screamed in agony. Large cracks and holes in the floor were beginning to form.

"Hibari," Reborn said, "She will only listen to you. You must do something."

Hibari looked at Reborn and looked at Kuroi long and thoughtfully, trying to figure out what he would need to do.

Kuroi was continuing to scream in horrible pain as footsteps approached her. Then all of a sudden, two firm hands gripped both of her wrists and pulled them off of her head. She looked up to see a certain prefect kneeling before her.

She went into a fit of rage and tried to attack him, the flame around her becoming more violent and deadly, destroying the floorboards around her. She was unable to hit him, though, since her wrists were in Hibari's tight grip. She looked at him with her dull eyes that were wide and filled with tears of confusion and hatred.

"JUST GO TO HELL!" She continued to scream and hung her head down.

"..." He closed the gap more between them so that he was eye level with her.

"GO TO HELL! JUST GO-"

"Sora Kuroi..." Her eyes went wide and her rage disappeared as she flicked her head back up to look at him, "... If you ever speak to me again with that kind of tone, I will bite you to death."

"That's all he has to say!?" Tsuna was shocked.

"Shut up and watch," Reborn scolded him.

Kuroi went into frenzy as her mind was clearing her tampered thoughts away. Tears streamed down her face as she tried to process everything. Then it clicked.

"Hi... Ba..ri..." Kuroi's flame died down, her eyes returned its beautiful, bright gold and she fell unconscious into Hibari's arms.

[3rd Person Omniscient]

"He.. He did it!? Is she alright now!?" Tsuna asked.

"I believe so..." Reborn said.

"Kufufu~ Kuahahahaha! So you've managed to break my special toy... I guess that means I'll have to break you!" Mukuro was unhappy, yet he had a sadistic smile stretched across his face.

Hibari carried Kuroi over to Gokudera and gave her to him to take care of, and turned to Mukuro.

"I will bite you to death for the crimes you've committed against Namimori," Hibari raised his tonfas.

"This will be over in an instant," Mukuro said smugly as he reattached the end of the trident to his staff.

The two went into a clash between metal and metal; tonfas against a trident. The fight was going by so fast, it was hard to tell what was happening.

"How long does your instant last?" Hibari evoked.

Unfortunately, though, Hibari was struck with the trident on his shoulder and was now bleeding heavily. In order to finish him off, Mukuro summoned Sakura down to stun Hibari.

Hibari fell forward, but as he fell, he swung his tonfa at Mukuro, catching him by surprise. Mukuro was hit back and fell hard to the floor.

"Heh... Too naive. I got the prescription for Sakura-kura disease from Shammal before we came," Gokudera felt accomplished.

Mukuro was rendered unconscious.

"The Sakura were an illusion! In other words... This means..." Tsuna was baffled.

"He snatched all the good scenes..." Gokudera pouted.

"It's all over, now. And you were completely useless," Reborn smiled.

"We can go home..." Tsuna was overjoyed, "Nah~ wait- what happened to Sora-chan?"

"She's unconscious right now. I'm sure she'll be fine," Gokudera said as he held her.

*THUD*

"Hibari-san! What's wrong!? Are you alright?" Tsuna and Gookudera ran over to Hibari who fell on the floor.

"He's just exhausted, is all," Reborn walked over to them, "He was fighting unconsciously for about halfway through. The first fight must've been quite vexing for him."

"Hibari-san's incredible!" Tsuna was impressed, "Though, we should call an ambulance for everyone."

"There's no need," Reborn reassured, "The Vongola medical team is already on its way."

"That's great!"

"There's no need for a medical team," Mukuro sat up pointing a gun toward everyone, "Because, nobody will be leaving here alive."

"You bastard!" Gokudera yelled.

However, Mukuro redirected the gun and pointed it at himself.

"Arrivedeci."

*BANG*

[END]

Wow this was a long ass chapter! Hope you guys loved it. I had a lot of fun writing it!

This chapter was a lot longer than I thought it would be. And sorry if the beginning seemed a little rushed. I was too excited to get to Kuroi's POVs.

Tell me what you think in a review and let me know what your favorite part and (or) quote was. Thanks everyone.

I will update soon, but for now, I will see you in the next update!

POOF!