Hey everyone! Sorry it's taking so long to update the chapters. I'm getting tons of requests to draw pictures for people and I have to finish them. But, I'm excited that I finally get to write another chapter for Black Sky. So, in the last chapter, Ryohei's master, Colonello showed up and enthused Ryohei to stand up to beat his opponent, Lussuria. Oh, and Kuroi went to the school during the fight and met the Varia and got their genders mixed up.

But, anyway, I still need to finish my other projects. I still haven't finished my other story that's in the works that has NOT been published yet. It's called Hunted. It's another KHR fanfic, but this one is solely humor and horror with no OC characters. It's a rather long one-shot which has about 4,500 words so far. And it's only about halfway through. I'm sure you'll all enjoy it. I would've put it into chapters, but with the way it's written, it just wouldn't seem right.

Well, thank you for waiting patiently. Here is chapter Sixteen. Enjoy!

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

[3rd Person Limited: Kuroi]

"Onii-san got up!" Tsuna was relieved that Ryohei wasn't giving up just yet, "B... But is he alright?"

"His sweat is steaming and making sizzling noises!" Yamamoto exclaimed.

Kuroi looked at Ryohei curiously. She was unsure as to why exactly they were fighting, and what worried her was that he did not seem to be in any good condition to continue to fight. She was anxious that he might inflict more damage upon himself.

"The way your body is made is different from mine. I bet you can't last in the scorching light," Lussuria taunted, "Hurry up and die so you can be part of my corpse collection."

"No...! Not yet!" Ryohei got up off the floor, "Yeah... It didn't affect you at all... My LEFT one didn't."

Judging by the other group's reactions, they all seemed to be confused or surprised. Kuroi watched them carefully. She didn't feel fear when she was around the lively group dressed in black clothing, she felt uncertainty. They seemed strange to her as if they were hiding something. Suspicious.

"That's right, ever since he saved Fuuta and the others," Reborn realized, "He's only been punching with his left hand."

"That's right! He never punched with his right, kora!" Colonello shouted in agreement.

"But why?" Tsuna asked them.

"One is to give the cells a rest and make sure they're in a perfect condition," Colonello explained with a smirk on his face, "Another is because he is the Sun Guardian!"

'Sun Guardian...? What's that?' Kuroi thought to herself. She's never heard the term before. She had no idea what a Sun Guardian, let alone any guardian was. It was all so new to her.

"This right fist exists only to turn the extreme disadvantage around I have!" Ryohei proclaimed while clenching his right fist.

"Oh my~ That's like the best! You're so funny!" Lussuria cleared and laughed.

Since, Kuroi was still being carried by Gokudera, she turned her attention away from the fight and looked at him. She rose her hand and took a lock of his hair and tugged at it. This snapped Gokudera's attention to divert it to her.

"O-Oi, don't pull my hair!" He scolded her.

Ignoring what he said, she pulled on it again.

"Oi, kora, stop that!" He demanded and grabbed her small, playful hand.

"Whas so funny?" She asked him.

Gokudera rose an eyebrow. He thought that she believed he was laughing.

"What's funny? I wasn't laughing," He toned down his raspy voice.

"That odd man-she up there was laughing? Why?" Kuroi turned here head to the side slightly.

Gokudera blinked and his eye twitched.

"Eh... What did you say, Sora-chan...?" Tsuna asked her with a 'da-f*ck' expression written all over his face.

"'Why?'," She repeated.

"No, no... Before that..." Tsuna's expression remained the same.

"...mmm..." Kuroi thought about it.

"What did you call that pervert?" Gokudera spat out.

"A man-she?" She made it sound more like a question.

"..." Everyone was totally silent.

"Pfft... PUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Tsuna's group laughed with the exception of Kuroi, Reborn and Colonello.

Reborn and Colonello smiled in amusement, but Kuroi was utterly confused as to what was so funny.

"Now, what's so funny...?" She tugged on Gokudera's hair again.

"A 'man-she'? What's that!? Is it supposed to be related to a banshee? Hahahahaha!" Gokudera laughed.

"VVVOOOOIIIIIIIII! What the hell is so funny!?" The man with long white hair yelled in confusion.

"Well, apparently, your pervert friend in there is a 'man-she'!" Gokudera teased.

The whole Varia went silent.

"WHAT THE F*CK IS THAT!?" He shouted.

"What a hurtful little girl!" Lussuria said in his song-filled voice.

"I'm sorry..." Kuroi apologized, "It's just that that man in there is, or at least I think he's a man... Well... He's just so... Girly."

"Humm... First Squalo, then Bel and now Lussuria... I wonder who she will insult next," The hooded baby sitting on a robot's hand said.

"I hope Levi's next. I'm sure she'll say something hysterical to him, ushishi~" Bel laughed.

"Shut up!" The tall, brutish man with dark skin and Reborn's hairstyle protested.

"Hmpf... Well, whatever," Lussuria turned back to Ryohei, "I don't know how great that punch that you've been saving up all this time is, but..."

Lussuria started running in a circle as fast as he could. It was hard to tell where he really was. Seeing him move like that made Kuroi dizzy, so she looked away and buried her face into the side of Gokudera's neck.

"Oi, w-what are you doing, you stupid girl!?" Gokudera was flustered.

"It seems that she's nauseous from Lussuria's fast movements," Reborn explained.

"... If you can't hit me, there's no point," Lussuria concluded.

"Such amazing footwork!" Gokudera was in awe.

"Onii-san... And he can barely see right now, too...!" Tsuna became extremely worried for Ryohei.

Lussuria punched Ryohei on the side of his face, sending him back down to the ground.

"Onii-san!" Tsuna called out for him.

"I'm... Fine..." Ryohei struggled a little to get back up, "Let's go."

Ryohei stood strong in a battle stance meant for boxing.

"Oh?" The blonde prince was slightly perplexed by Ryohei's audacity to keep going.

"He's got some aura there," The hooded baby stated.

"That's his right..." Gokudera seemed worried.

Lussuria circled around Ryohei.

"There..." Ryohei swung his fist and uppercutted Lussuria, "Maximum Cannon!"

"He... He did it!" Tsuna was relieved and shocked at the same time.

Lussuria turned his body upright and landed safely on the ground, "If it was a clean hit, it probably would've been risky."

"No... Now way. It was only a little."

"No. It was a hit for sure," Ryohei was confident on his statement.

*CRACK CRACK CRA-CRACK*

Suddenly, the lights started to break and remnants of them fell down to the ground. Ryohei continued to send several punches toward the lights. All of them shattering.

"It looks like I can finally fight you on even terms. I can open my eyes now!"

Everyone was able to take off their glasses now.

"Whether you have your eyes opened or not, I don't care," Lussuria was uneasy, "What's unbelievable is that his fist has the power to break the lights."

"Lussuria," Bel called, "Take a good look at his body."

He looked at Ryohei and analyzed him, "What!? Sand...? No. That's...! What!? Salt!? Salt crystals!? I see. It's because of the sweat he produced from dehydration. Water in his sweat evaporated due to the heat and left behind the salt crystals. Then, he put the salt on his fists and shot it like a shotgun."

"Even if you notice it now, it's too late."

"Oh? Ohohohohoho! Don't make me laugh too much! My muscles will crack even more."

"What..."

"The reason why I was a little scared was because I thought you cracked the lights with the pressure from your fists. Since the only one who was able to release such a punch, was the the First Generation Sun Guardian. But, a cheap trick like this, even I can do that."

Lussuria rushed Ryohei and swung a punch at him. Ryohei was able to dodge, but his adversary grazed the side of his cheek. The salt crystals flew off and went toward the lights, causing them to shatter more.

"Wha?!"

"He grazed the salt off the lawn head...!" Gokudera was getting anxious.

"And used the same trick!?" Tsuna exclaimed.

Kuroi stared at their opponents blankly. She didn't understand them too well, but she knew that she didn't like them that much. They were too loud, obnoxious and conceited for her to handle.

"No, it requires more technique than that. He blew the salt crystals off Ryohei's body with the power of his fist," Reborn paraphrased, "That is what you call Varia Quality."

"'Varia Quality'...? Those people over there are called the Varia? That's a weird name," Kuroi said.

"The Varia takes on missions that are said to be impossible for mere, regular humans to do. They are a group of genius assassins that would complete their missions to perfection, regardless of the situation they are placed in. Their so-called demonic works or their high leveled skills in killing is considered Varia Quality by the people who are astonished," Reborn didn't miss a beat when he spoke.

Kuroi started zoning out and didn't pay anymore attention to what anyone had to say. She started thinking more about... Well anything. She thought about what's for dinner tomorrow, she thought about her stuffed rabbit, she thought about muffins, she thought about... Eliminating all existence of bananas...

Thinking about destroying bananas made her think about how she grew attached to the idea of hating them. She remembered it clearly: she was sitting in her old home, when her family was still alive, watching an old cartoon. It was about random adventures of three unicorns and at her age, she loves unicorns.

One day there was an episode she'd watch. In this particular episode, the three unicorns faced many dangers, and the cause of all the dangers was because of a peculiar character in the form of a... Banana. The banana called himself Barney; Barney the Banana Boy. (notice reference to the banana from the chapter where Kuroi destroyed a banana stand? Remember the name Barney?)

Barney the Banana Boy tried to destroy the unicorns. He'd set the forest on fire to kill them, he'd try to trap them in caves or some other place where they can't get out easily, he'd even try to kill them by summoning his Banana Binions (minions) to do the job for him in any way possible. Even with all these attempts, he did not prevail. But, because of all these attacks on the unicorns, Kuroi developed a passion for hating the bananas. She didn't want a unicorn to be hurt ever again by a stupid banana.

Thinking about those hateful bananas started to make her a little angry. So, in order to calm herself down, she thought of other random things to ease her mind off of the hellish fruit.

Kuroi tried to think about anything and everything. Finally she last thought about Hibari. She thought about what he was going through right now. She wondered how his training was going and if Dino was still alive. She chuckled a little at the thought of Dino being sprawled out on the ground unconscious. It made her laugh. Those two were just so funny to her. They made her happy. But... Really... Hibari made her happy.

Suddenly, she felt all alone. It was not just because she was separated from Hibari, though. It also seemed to have to do with the absence of a true family. She felt deprived of it. And the thought of her late family made her long for them more and more. She missed them.

Kuroi could remember the heat; the orange, red and yellow gleaming and lightening every inch of the house in gold and red flames. Not a corner was left unscathed by burning light.

She remembered how she ran for her parents bedroom that one night, only to find that the ceiling caved in and offered no route in or out of her parents' room. They were absolutely and utterly trapped in the burning flames of torture...

[FLASHBACK]

"Get out! Leave us! We'll be fine!" She could heard the sound of her mother's shouting, pleading voice

"No, Mommy, I can't leave you!" Kuroi could feel the salty tears that filled her eyes and ran down her cheaks like pouring down rain on a window.

"Please! Get out of here, now! We'll try to find a way out. There are windows in here! If we hurry, we canー" Her father's stern words echoed in her ears, but his words were cut off by the fragments of the ceiling raining down, covering the only entrance to her parents' room.

"Daddy...! Mommy...! Please... Say something!" Her eyes were wide and red, filled with tears that streamed down her face, "NNOOOO! MOMMY! ... DADDY! PLEEEAAASSEE!"

She screamed and screamed, but no answer was heard. The ceiling was about collapse to trap her inside. The flames were encompassing her quickly, so as long as she stayed there, she would die a burning, torturous death. Kuroi dashed for an exit and climbed out of a window. She landed on the soft grass.

Kuroi got up and stumbled across the lawn, trying to get away from the burning house. When she was at a safe distance, she watched red and orange blaze eat away at her beloved home. The light of the inferno reflected off of her skin and eyes. It was utter hell for her. What happened to her family? Why was it destroyed so suddenly, ripped away from her and never seen again?

Something caught her eye. Something, noー... Someone was standing in the woods next to the burning house, gazing upon it. The person took on a man's form. His skin was pale and glistened in the fiery light, as did his white pants. The rest of his clothing were too dark to see any detailing. He turned his attention to her and smiled. Who was this man...? There was not one other person here besides him and Kuroi...

Kuroi fell to her knees and stared at him in return in pain and suffering. He did this. And that was all she knew.

[END OF FLASHBACK]

"... Oi... Ku... I... Kuro... Roi... Kuroi!"

Kuroi snapped out of her horrible nightmare of a memory. Gokudera, Tsuna, Reborn and Yamamoto were staring at her intensely. They new something was up by the way she was clutching Gokudera's shirt.

"Hey, are you alright?" Yamamoto asked her with a concerned expression.

"I'm sorry... I was just... Thinking is all," Kuroi dropped her gaze and looked to the floor.

Kuroi looked over toward the boxing ring. A young girl with short, orange hair was begging Ryohei, her brother, to stop fighting. However, he did not give up that easily. Ryohei stood up once again, fury burning inside him. He was more passionate about winning than ever before.

"I will show you! This is my true MAXIMUM CANNON!" Ryohei raised his right fist and ended up punching Lussuria's metal knee again. However, this time, the knee cracked, and shattered into pieces.

"It... It can't be! My metal knee can't be crushed!" Lussuria was nervous and in pain.

Kuroi observed the fallen man on the ground, though he got up. However, he was extremely nervous and was shaking.

Suddenly, something blasted him in the back . The giant robot's hand was smoking. It took out its own ally.

"'Erasing the weak.' one of the reasons why the Varia is the strongest of them all," Reborn explained, "Lussuria was scared of that; that was why he was so anxious to continue."

Pink-haired twins intervined between the two fighters.

"At this moment, Lussuria is unable to battle. Therefor, Sasagawa Ryohei is the victor of the scramble battle for the Ring of Sun," The two explained, "This is the end of tonight's match. But, from now on we shall announce the new battle's participants. Tomorrow night's battle will be... The match between the Thunder Guardians."

Tsuna was worried that Lambo would have to fight. Everyone was still in shock that the Varia would even take out their own.

The robot went into the ring and scooped up Lussuria and handed the ring to Ryohei. Ryohei connected the two rings and gave it to Tsuna. Apparently, it was their first victory and the first battle so far.

Everyone finally decided to depart, and Gokudera set Kuroi down on the ground.

"So, where are you headed?" He asked her.

"I'm staying here. I told Hibari I would," She smiled.

"Alright, then, see ya'," He waved her goodbye and left.

Kuroi walked back inside and headed for the Reception Room. She stepped inside and laid down on the couch. Kuroi eventually fell asleep from thinking so much about the battle, about the training, about her family and about that man she saw... All those years ago...

[END]

Yyyaaaayyy! I finished it! I hope you guys liked it. Sorry about the suspense, but you have to admit, it answered some of your questions about her past, didn't it? Anyway, I'll be sure to get the next chapter posted as soon as possible.

So, does anyone remember Barney the banana from a few chapters ago?

And if I haven't said it before, I will say it now; I am an official beta-reader, so if you'd like me to beta-read your story for advice, revision and to edit it to make it better, just let me know.

Thank you for your patience. Tell me what you think about the chapter in a review and let me know your favorite part and (or) quote. Until next time, I will see you in the next update.

POOF!