Hibari hated airplanes. You were stuck in it with nowhere to go until it's down on earth again. What annoyed him even more was that he had no control over that weird thing. He had to trust two persons called pilots and the vampire king didn't like the idea of being dependent, to be exact, he loathed it. But then again, he was riding one of those now and secretly wondered why Kusakabe looked so relaxed. He had to, because it was the fastest way to reach Italy. And why was he on his way to Italy? Because of those stupid Vongola herbivores, who commanded a meeting between the guardians as soon as possible. Too bad for Hibari that he was one of those.
In this world there exist many different beings. There are, for example, humans, the only ones without any kind of special power, fairies, goblins, dwarfs and many more, but seven of them are special. They are the strongest out of them all, they are immortal. The gods, dragons, spirits, shape shifters, elves, demons and vampires. They all get born in the normal way, but at some point they stop growing older. Nobody knows exactly why and how, but most of them stop aging between the age of 16 and 35, though there are some exceptions that stop aging earlier or later. Because of the fact that these races are the most powerful and strong, they were chosen a long time ago to be the ones who make sure that the world doesn't lose its balance. For that reason the Vongola was created, which consists of some chosen ones out of every immortal race and the leader of those, who are also the heads of Vongola, called guardians.
Out of the six guardians beside him, Hibari knew only three personally, the god and also somewhat the boss of the guardians Sawada Tsunayoshi, the sun elf Sasagawa Ryohei and the dragon Gokudera Hayato. They were all, just like him, the leaders of their own kind and also very dangerous if they wanted to. Hibari only saw them once, when he became a guardian which was long ago, but he could tell that they were all annoying as hell. That Sasagawa always added "extreme" to his sentences, all that dragon guy was doing was nagging tough he seemed to have a lot of respect for the god and Sawada, who was supposed to lead them, was an insecure little baby. If Hibari hadn't heard the stories about how he is like when he's serious he wouldn't have believed that that boy was the king of gods.
Stories. Even if he hadn't seen the other three until now he still heard stories about them. He was told for example that the leader of the spirits, Yamamoto Takeshi, a water spirit, was actually a really nice and carefree guy, maybe even a little dumb, but also, that he could turn into a real beast when necessary. The ruler of the shape shifters, Lambo, seems to be a spoiled brat and a crybaby. But the stories about the demon lord were the most interesting ones. This one is said to be really cunning, intelligent and cruel, but also very beautiful. Supposedly, there was no one who was able to withstand his charms. There were rumors about him that even shocked the vampire king. This man was truly a devil, Rokudo Mukuro. It seems like hell was a really good place for him to be. Well, he would get to see them for himself today anyway.
Hibari didn't know why that meeting was arranged and what exactly was going on, but he started to wonder if there is a connection to what that rookie vampire had told him. It was just the beginning… The beginning of what? At first the vampire king didn't pay any attention to those words, because he believed that he knew everything there was to know about his people. He knew that there were a few groups which didn't stick to the rules, but they weren't much of a threat. However, being confronted with the Vongola's orders and the last words of him Hibari couldn't deny that maybe there was something going on he didn't know about and that pissed him off. The raven always wanted to be in control of everything so it was only natural for him to be irritated at that. He never thought that the day would come where he was interested in what others had to tell him, but there he was, getting slightly impatient because wanted to know what he had missed already.
When the plane finally landed Hibari got out of it immediately, feeling free again. It was around midday and the sun was shining brightly. Hibari wasn't used to the light and had to blink a lot. It was awfully hot too. Kusakabe came out of the plane and also seemed to have slight problems with the sun, but there was no helping it. The meeting was set during the day because most of the guardians used to do their business at this time rather than in the night. When a limousine drove up in front of them they both headed for it. The driver opened a window. "Hibari sama and Kusakabe san?" The two men nodded. "Please, come in." While Hibari was getting into the limo he started to get annoyed anew. Again there was someone other than him in control of driving that thing.
The Vongola organization had its own headquarters and it was huge, like a castle, way bigger than Hibari's mansion. It seemed to be very old but also very impressive. It was decorated in any kind you can imagine and appeared almost intimidating. The vampire king couldn't help himself but to be fascinated by that monstrous building when he passed the huge gate and entered the headquarters. From the inside it was pretty much as impressive as on the outside. There were a lot of big halls and wide hallways leading to many different rooms. The man who had already driven them here was now leading the raven and his subordinate to their rooms where they would stay that night. He stopped in front of a door which led to two separated rooms. "The meeting is going to start in one hour in the great dining hall on the third floor." After he was gone Hibari went to his room and decided to sleep that one hour. He was usually awake during the night so he was really tired. Kusakabe did probably the same.
It was dark. There was something in his room, but he couldn't see it. Weird. He was supposed to see well, even in the dark. He tried to turn on the light, but it didn't make a difference. It was still dark. He got nervous. What was going on? That something was coming closer. He could feel someone's breath in his neck, and then, right before his eyes, a flash of something blue and red….
Hibari Kyoya suddenly woke up. He was heaving a nightmare. How rare. The vampire king looked at his watch. Still ten minutes until the meeting started. He got up never the less and made himself ready to go. Five minutes later he was on his way to the dining hall. This time without that annoying Kusakabe. Only the guardians were allowed to the meeting. The castle seemed to be very busy. There were a lot of different beings running around the hallways, which was really rare. Normally they would avoid each other. But then again, those who worked in the Vongola organization had no choice anyway, because that was the purpose of it, the communication between the different races and the observation if they all play by the rules. The Vongola rules to be exact. When Hibari finally got to his destination he waited a few seconds before pushing the doors open.
Four of the seven guardians were already sitting at a round table. The raven knew two of them, Sawada and Sasagawa. The other two were new to him, but it wasn't too hard to guess. Both of them had black hair like him, but one was constantly smiling and seemed to be pretty carefree. Yamamoto Takeshi. So the rumors about him were true. The other one appeared to be rather nervous; it was obvious that he didn't want to be here. Lambo. So he really was a scaredy cat. Sasagawa seemed to be as nuts as always, but Tsunayoshi matured up a bit. He was calmer, not as nervous as he once was. When he saw Hibari he even smiled.
"Hibari san. It's been a long time, please, take a seat." Hibari just did as he was told. He was too tired to talk back. "Ahahah, so you are Hibari Kyoya, the vampire king, nice to meet you, I'm Yamamoto Takeshi, the leader of the spirits." Hibari just glared. The spirit was an annoying one. "Yo Hibari, it's good to see you to the extreme!" The elf didn't mature one bit. "Well, I'm Lambo, shape shifter." At least this one didn't talk as much as the others. "Now only Gokudera kun and Mukuro are missing." Seems like the god was a sharp one. "Don't say unnecessary things stupid Tsuna." And there was the Arcobaleno, Reborn. "Sorry I'm late." The dragon stormed into the room and threw himself on the ground right before Sawada's feet. Another one who didn't seem to have matured up. "Hiiii, Gokudera kun! Please stop that!" Hibari hated crowds and this crowd was really, really annoying and if they didn't stop within the next three seconds he was going to bite them to death! "Oya? Is this supposed to be the meeting of the guardians? Because it certainly feels more like a kindergarten trip." So this was the demon king, Rokudo Mukuro. Beautiful? Not even near. To Hibari that person was far more than just beautiful. With that indigo hair tied in the back of his neck and his slender figure he was… dazzling. Even though the vampire king was thinking all that, he would never admit it. Therefore, he was way too proud. "Ah I'm sorry Mukuro, but now that you are here we can finally start."
After Mukuro and Gokudera took a seat, Mukuro beside Hibari which was really annoying, Tsuna started to look very serious. "Well, as you all know I called you here because there is something going on which could turn out to be a real problem for all of us. I know that in the last few months you've had all problems with some rookies who attacked and also killed humans and other mortal beings. You all thought that there is nothing serious behind it, I did too, but the Vongola has found a few hints that say otherwise. These clues made us belief that there has to be some meaning behind these acts of violence. Actually we came to the result that our seven races have formed another organization beside the Vongola, it's called GDSSEDV. We have reasons to belief that their goal is to overthrow the Vongola and its rules."
Hibari only heard half of what Tsuna was saying. He couldn't concentrate because of Mukuro's smell. Never once in his life had he smelled something like this. He wanted to bite him, now, and suck his blood until he got sick. It made Hibari go crazy. He was so proud of his so called self-control but that man was breaking it so easily. The raven knew well that demons were a delicious treat for vampires, but he already dealt with a few of them and never once had he felt like that. He really had to try hard not to show anything of it.
"We still don't know who exactly is behind it, but we can tell that the heads of this organization are no rookies but experienced men and women of all our seven races. Therefore I thought that it's a good idea if we do some research in groups of two. Lambo and Gokudera should go together as Ryohei and Yamamoto and Hibari san with Mukuro. I will investigate this case with Reborn. Well then, I think that was all."
He and Mukuro? Did that brat really just say that? To say that Hibari was shocked was an understatement. "I'm looking forward to working with you Hibari Kyoya."