Author's Note: Ah yes! Finally it's all over! Before I end everything I just wanna say THANK YOU for following me all this way to the end. I'm so happy that I got this many inspiration from you guys….sadly I had to end this story. But hey, all stories have happily ever afters right?...so again, thank you for all you supporting encouraging warm hearts for your reviews and favorites! I love you guys so much!
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Last Chapter: Confession
It was unfair, wasn't it? For a prisoner who did something so heroic has no escape but to go back to prison. And as the person, who's been serving the prisoner with her whole heart and who have waited for the day her master is to be set free, couldn't help it but to cry for such a sad good-bye again.
Mukuro smiled at the girl despite of the illness he has. He held her cheek, wiping those blue tears off her face. He felt amused by the crying puppet; he admired the beauty of her tears. They were like the rarest diamonds that the world could ever see.
"Do you still trust him? Do you still trust Hibari Kyouya?" he asked after he erased his smile.
Chrome's eye widened up, shocked and surprised by the sudden and unexpected question. Yet, she is ought to be honest to the man who saved her life countless times, even though she might hurt his heart.
Chrome nodded politely, lowering her head with those tinting red cheeks.
"Do you….love him as well?" Mukuro queried with a serious stare.
But he's a skylark, an independent bird of prey. As a cold-stone young man, does he even know the meaning of love? What is love for a boy like him? What is love for a girl like her?
Every person looks up to him, and he said it himself that he doesn't need anyone. A person like Hibari could hurt such a fragile girl like Chrome.
"Kufufu….you don't know, do you?" Mukuro smirked teasingly.
Chrome shook her had "I'm just a girl, Mukuro-sama. I'm still not that knowledgeable about love that I don't even know the right definition of it."
Mukuro stood up, sat on the bed and look at her on the eye "You don't need to know the right definition of love. You don't need to look for it on a dictionary. What you need to do to know what it is, is to express it with someone you feel special. Search for it in your heart. And once you did, you'll never get lost."
"I….I don't understand, Mukuro-sama."
"Kufufufu…..no, of course not. That's why I'll be giving you your first homework for me."
"Homework?"
"Chrome, while I am still a prisoner, I want you to find the person who can define you the word "love". And once you found that person, I want you to follow him and never leave him out of your sight."
"Why? Why do I need to follow him?"
"Because if you follow that person, you will always be happy for the rest of your life. And I will be very proud of you once you found him." He said, embracing her as he threw his arms around her, smelling her sweet soft lavender hair.
Follow the person who you love, never leave him. And you will be cleansed with unequaled happiness.
Suddenly, the door opened without any permission granted from the people occupying the area. Chrome and Mukuro froze from the standing visitors who have just arrived.
"Time to get you back in your tank Mukuro!" a Vendice guard pronounced, with another two behind the lead.
Chrome stood from her seat, threw her arms sideward, blocking her savior with such determination and bravery on her face "I won't let you take him!" she yelled before biting her lip.
"We have no choice Chrome Dokuro. He is still ought to pay for his crimes." The law-keepers replied, mercilessly ignoring the poor crying girl.
"Chrome….my cute little Chrome, don't worry too much." Mukuro said, getting himself off from bed. He threw his strong arms around her neck "Chrome….my sweet lovely Chrome…let them take me."
Chrome gasped, turned around to face her master and uttered in a worried expression "But Mukuro-sama…it's not fair."
"Kufufufu….everything in this world is sadly unfair. No matter how balance a certain country may be, there will always be an unfair word for every number they count. I may not be free from prison today, but someday I will. Till then, I must endure this for the mean time."
"You're leaving? That's just pathetic!" a familiar voice interfered the conversation all of the sudden "And I thought I could finally bite you to death after all of this."
"Kufufufu…..well you thought wrong. But for that I must apologize. Perhaps next time we could battle again Kyouya-kun." Mukuro answered, mocking the prefect.
Hibari glared coldly at the illusionist. He was irritated by his presence, annoyed by the owl laugh, and disappointed about his sudden and early departure. His hands were gripping so tightly from all the mixed negative emotions he has towards him.
"Though….I would like to speak to the skylark alone before I depart. Surely you law keepers would allow that." Mukuro favored.
The guards had no choice but to allow the young illusionist to speak with the prefect. Of course they'll interfere once something inappropriate happens. The Vendice are to be blamed once the mansion is unexpectedly destroyed by both guardians.
Chrome left the quarter too after giving her last farewell to her beloved master. She cried more tears before letting him go again, hoping that someday she'll see him as to what he told her earlier. Chrome left the room carrying a very heavy heart and a blue sad face. Once Mukuro and Hibari had accomplished their chat, Mukuro will in no time at all leave the place.
"What do you want to talk about? Make it quick cause' I'm terribly itching in irritation with your presence near me." Hibari jumped in to the discussion as soon as the area was completely stranger-less.
Mukuro drew his playful smile back to his face "Kufufufu…..you're still as stubborn as I remembered." He remarked "However, since you and I have no intention to waste the time I'll make it quick and straight as you asked. Tell me the truth Kyouya-kun….do you love Chrome?"
Though his cool silver eyes remained quite calm and straight, Hibari was indeed frozen by the shocking question. The same sentence rang all over Hibari's head: what is love? He doesn't understand anything about it, nor did he know how it feels.
Does is have an alarm? Does it warn you when you feel it? All he knows is that it's an inter-action of two individuals; and since he's too anti-social, her abided on avoiding it. Yet it's not just an inter-action or relationship, somehow this contradicted his thoughts.
"I don't know." Hibari answered, turning his head away from Mukuro.
The illusionist chuckled "Kufufufu…..you don't know as well? How disturbing,"
"As well? What do you mean as well?"
"I asked Chrome the same question earlier and she gave me the same answer. But it's disturbingly disappointing you know. What a liar you are Kyouya-kun."
"Why are you calling me a liar for you bastard? Don't tempt me or I'll have the urge to bite you to death!"
"Kufufufu….what a blind child. Don't you remember what you said while we were on a battle against Hiroshi? You've proclaimed it yourself that I am your enemy on both her and your pride because you love her."
"I said I like her, I never said I love her. Love and Like are two different words."
"Kufufu…true, true, they are indeed two different words. But do you have any idea what comes after like? Of course it's love."
"I have no time for this pathetic conversation. It's useless." The prefect said, turning his way to exit the room.
"I'm not yet finish talking to you…..Cloud." Mukuro yelled, making the cloud guardian stop.
"How dare you call me by that name? I'll bite you to death!" Hibari threatened, rotating his head back to the illusionist with a fearless glare.
"Kufufufu….I'd like to see you try." Mukuro answered back.
But Hibari didn't made any threatening move "No, it's too useless to battle you in this kind of condition. I'm leaving, is there anything else you would like to tell me?"
"Yes, I have a favor to ask….please take good care of Nagi until I come back."
"I'm not her bodyguard anymore. My contract with her has just expired."
"I am aware of that. But aside from Sawada Tsunayoshi, you are the only person I can entrust her safety. Don't think of this because you're doing it for me, but do it for her."
And there it all ended as soon as Hibari left the dormitory. The Vendice have no time soon entered the room and recaptured the young illusionist. They marched their way back to the water prison with Mukuro carrying a light of hope for his vessel's protection.
Meanwhile, after Hibari had finalized his discussion with Mukuro, he went his way to Chrome's temporary room. Truthfully he has no idea what he's doing but somehow he was as if being carried to her room. His feet marched his way there, like it has a mind of its own.
His body faced the closed door of her room, knocked gently and asked "Are you there?"
But no voice came in reply, though he was sure she was inside. Without any hesitation, he opened the door himself and searched for her inside. He walked to the balcony where he saw her continuously crying for her master.
"Hibari-san…" Chrome uttered as she turned to him, wiping her tears off her cheeks.
"I knocked" Hibari answered, approaching beside her to get a closer conversation.
"Ano….Mukuro-sama….did he left already?" Chrome asked.
"You could tell." Hibari replied rudely.
Chrome sighed "I see….what did he told you?"
"I don't want to talk about it."
"I….I'm sorry. I didn't mean to…."
"No, its only natural you'll ask. You're his puppet after all."
Chrome couldn't reply from his answer. It was indeed difficult to start a conversation with Hibari. For some reason her never even liked company, he doesn't enjoy chatting and her prefers a calm environment which can really give any person a fright.
Hibari noticed her quiet and troubled expression. He knew what a person looks like whenever they would like to open a topic with him. Yet he himself isn't even a professional chatter and this is even giving him a hard time. But as a man, he needs to ask something what he's supposed to ask. After all, his feet didn't carry him all the way here for nothing. But how on earth can he start it?
Suddenly, his eyes went down to the part of her neck, noticing that something's somehow missing. Ah, that's right; he remembered his gift to her.
"Where's your necklace?" Hibari questioned.
Chrome was then reminded about the jewelry. She suddenly became so frightened about the situation.
"Did you lose it?" Hibari questioned again that really made her shiver in fear.
But she has no other choice but to tell him the truth. It was pretty obvious that she lost it and there's no way she could lie to him.
"I….I'm sort, Hibari-san!" Chrome bowed in apology with a huge guilt.
Hibari felt amused all of the sudden "It's okay" he said, casing the girl to lift herself up from her bow.
Confused by his reaction, she just stood there and kept herself quiet. She didn't understand; she thought she'll be bitten to death for losing his gift. Hibari is an impatient person when it comes to others.
"Chrome…I have a confession to make." Hibari sighed, changing the topic all of the sudden "You know…I didn't rescued you from Shichirou because of the agreement I had with the infant to protect you, but because of something else."
"And….what might that be?" Chrome wondered.
"This feeling. Have you ever felt something weird between us that we have something special for each other?" Well…you know what I mean…."
"Hibari-san….are you….are trying to tell me that you love me?"
Hibari froze from the shocking question "What makes you say that?" he queried.
Despite of the fear, she answered otherwise "Because Mukuro-sama asked me if I was in love with you before he left."
"But…you don't know if you do, that's what you told him, did you?"
"It's difficult to understand you, Hibari-san. How could I love you while I don't know how will you care for me, how will you love me back? I'm afraid of someone who can break my hart, that's why I should find this person who can show me what love is. In that way, once he showed me he will never dare to break my heart. Yet I figured…if you're that person…..how will you prove it?"
Hibari chuckled "It's difficult for a man o tell a woman that he loves her. And as you know I'm a person who doesn't like talking. Instead of telling you…..maybe I should just show you how much I love you." He said.
Surprisingly, he approached her, grabbed her closer by pulling her to him with her slender waist and he, all of the sudden, kissed her lovingly and tenderly.
Like all fairytale love stories, they could hear fireworks and church bells ringing on their heads. There was a great sparkle of bliss and joy while they kissed, touching each other's warm soft lips.
"This is the part where you tell me "I love you"." Hibari whispered after breaking the kiss for a moment.
Chrome smiled and whispered back "I love you Hibari-san…"
"I love you too" and they kissed again from the delight of their true words.
"….let's go home….Nagi…."
THE END!
Author's Note: I might as well make up my mind and give this story an epilogue for my readers' sake. Since I love you guys so much…..why not maybe.
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