My Beloved Sky

Warning(s): OCC-ness,Hints of Child Abuse, Slight Violence, Language and Unbetae'd!

Note: This chapter will be more likely a flashback of how Reborn and Tsuna met or partially. In other words – this a filler. An interlude chapter will be happening every time a new character will be added in the plot line. Please read the Author's note in the end of chapter!

Age – Tsuna is 8 years old in this interlude while Giotto is 13 years old. He was five years older than the brunet.

Disclaimer: I don't own KHR!

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Interlude I: Reborn

"Sometimes silence is the most powerful scream and indication of something being terribly wrong"

Eight years ago…

Silence.

It was too quiet.

Something is very wrong. Off. It was the first thing he notice and his instinct screaming at him as soon as he reach the tense household of Sawadas.

Reborn narrowed his eyes.

He doesn't like it a bit.

The silence never unnerved him like these in the past in fact it brought calmness in his senses, comfort. But now, he found none of it. All of his sense screaming at him something he can't name off – something dark, twisted and awfully wrong. That he must immediately find the source of his uneasiness and do something about it, instantly before it's too late.

He'll eventually find out what is the thing setting him off at this place. He sworn.

With a deep breath, he knocks on the front door indicating his arrival. He waited patiently for the reply on the other side of the closed door and then, he heard a light shuffling behind the close wooden furniture and slowly the door finally creaks open.

A chocolate doe immediately turns burning sunset orbs (Is that Hyper Dying Will Mode?) met blank onyx ones.

A brat was the one greeted him.

A very small, fragile-scrawny looking brat with a very old, broken, wary, cautious yet strong, ferocious blazing sunset color eyes hiding beneath the innocent-timid caramel doe staring aback with his own neutral onyx ones. Who the hell is this brat? If he remembers correctly Iemitsu told him he has only one son. Did the idiot just lie to him? If so he will fucking kill –

"Who are you?" A small yet sharp voice penetrates his internal musings.

"Chaos, I'm Reborn. I'm acquaintance of your idiotic wayward father –". A sudden flash of different emotion appeared in those wary eyes before the hitman could name it – it was gone in a second. So he simply shrugs it off, he'll think about it later and he went on his introducing himself careful at not revealing too much information at the brat. The brat is after all a civilian and just a mere boy. He is not that heartless and cruel to thrust in his world (If he only knew how much the brunet has already fallen in that world, perhaps – he would able to stop him, help in the past when he needed him most, if he only knew) "– I'm on a vacation and was told it's okay for me to stay here for a while." He finished his self-introduction at the very wary child whom looks like about to bolt away from him any second by now.

It's obvious without stating that the brat is intimidated of him as if he can see the danger of being acquainted with him. Interesting… Could it be the infamous Hyper Intuition running in the family? In his bloodline? But something doesn't add up with lot of things. Something is off in the child's odd reaction and an innocent bystander especially a child no less – who shouldn't be that overly cautious of anyone…

And, yet, he knows that looks from somewhere. . . It was awful and terrifying similar. It left a very vile and bitter taste in his mouth upon seeing that look.

A child after all can see some things that adult cannot. They are far wiser and sharper, most suspicious at anyone or anything they never have saw in the past or present. More sensitive in his instinct of fight and flight. Curious yet deadly little being whose eyes could never be deceived from the illusionary, sweet-coating words and gentle approach despite their innocence – Reborn had met quite a few number of them in his chosen career. No, it wasn't a few number – it was too much that he had lost count of them and he was included in those children. These children were the one who seen and experience the cruelty and the dark side of the world. The one who would be the next in line for their innocence of being taken away because of their harsh environment or it was already been taken?

With the horrifying discovery, Reborn decides to take matters from his own hands.

But his options and actions were limited. He can't suddenly accused Iemitsu for a child maltreatment without any proof.

Even so, he can just simply shoot the man in the head without remorse and make it looks like an accident or somebody else work. After all he never did like the idiot to begin with.

"Don't," The brunet interrupted him with his trail of thoughts. "Whatever is the thing you're planning – I suggest you stop it. You don't know the full story and please, stop snooping around at somebody's affair. It's rude."

Reborn arched an eyebrow, "So, You would let them continue at their shit?"

"Language, I'm still a minor you know?" The boy lightly chided him.

The sun arcobaleno scoffed but the child merely ignored him as he went on.

"No, But just like I said – you don't know the full story. You don't know anything and I have no idea what you are talking about." The brunet simply shrugs off and opened the door wider for him to enter and he Reborn take the invitation to barged in. "My name is Tsunayoshi but just call me, Tsuna. I know my name is quite mouthful."

Reborn could instantly tell the boy was lying as he knew what he was talking about. And what does he mean he have no idea of the full story? The signs were obvious the brunet was being abused. Is that supposed to mean there are something more from this case?

"Alright then. So Tsuna –". Before he could call the brunet's attention once again someone have arrived.

Another blonde idiot. A bit older look-alike of the brunet – Iemitsu supposedly only son, Giotto.

"Tsu – Eh? Reborn! What the hell are you doing here?!"

"Well, well. What do we have here? It's been a while hasn't it, Baka-Giotto?"

Giotto's face turns ashen upon seeing him right inside his house and he can't help but to look back and forth between Tsuna and Reborn with something akin horror and wariness. The brunet's eyes returned back to normal, caramel doe eyes before Giotto could reach their vicinity. So, he was right – it is Hyper Will Dying Mode.

"Tsunayoshi?"

The brunet slightly tilted his head, prompting his older brother to continue.

"Did you just talk with this guy?"

Both Reborn and Tsuna stared at him as if he was an idiot at the moment. Well, it was partially true at the way he was acting now. It was pathetic.

"Yes."

"And you are still alive?"

The youngest of the Sawada just throw him a very unimpressed look. A very bland look. "Onii-san is an idiot. Of course, I'm alive. I'm still standing here and talking to you, aren't I?" There was definitely a sarcasm in the child's voice.

Before Giotto could open his mouth to say something at his younger brother, Reborn finally had enough from the blonde's ranting so he stepped in the conversation completely bringing Giotto's attention at him, letting the younger brunet find his own escape route at the tense yet awkward situation in between the adult and teen after he give his message across at the boy which the latter immediately understood.

''Let's talk after my conversation with this idiot and probably once I'm done with Iemitsu's crap."

A light distaste crossed in the brunet's eyes at hearing his vulgar language but didn't further commented about it as he simply give a curt nod at the raven haired hitman before dashing off at god knows where. Probably his room.

Once he was certain the brunet is fully out of range. He turned back his attention at his idiotic, who he was expecting to be still gaping like a fish but no, he looks quite remarkable, the blonde expression went one hundred eighty degrees – his student dark and serious expression made the hitman nodded with slight approval and silent pride. He was finally becoming and acting he should be – a true boss.

Regardless of that, Reborn isn't happy for thrusting the teen in the underworld's society. He hated it. This child should just enjoy a normal life but fate is cruel, life is never been fair. The blonde wasn't given much choice and so was he – it's far of his occupation. What a sick joke. Reborn had a choice to decline, yet he accepted the job from turning an innocent bystander into a manipulated puppet of the Mafia. He was no different from Timoteo. Xanxus is right – he was hypocrite scum.

"Reborn."

Reborn just merely arched his eyebrow indicating he was listening at him. He may be engrossed too much with his thoughts but it doesn't mean he wasn't aware of his surrounding if he ever let his guard down in one moment with his current occupation then he will be dead at the very next second. He have too many enemies hiding in the shadows for him to do such thing.

"What are you doing here?"

"It's time."

Giotto expression never faltered but his shoulders told a different matter, it was stiff then become slack with defeat.

"I understand. When?" When we will be leaving? Was the spoken full question.

"In two weeks from now so you would have time to spend both with your brother and mother."

"How kind of them, him, of you." Came the toneless reply. The undertone of bitterness, hatred, rage and sarcasm didn't went unnoticed with the arcobaleno.

"You are lucky to have some time to say a proper goodbye – at least that is." Reborn calmly exclaimed but he never made a comment of Giotto's blatant disrespect and of him hating him right now. The teen has right to hate him more than anyone because he was the primary destroyed his life – leading him towards his very own death and demise.

Giotto give no response and walked away from him.

Today wasn't his day. He could feel the upcoming headache upon his next confrontation.

Iemitsu.

Just like he expected the conversation with Iemitsu turned into a full disaster. It started with a calm yet serious one then the next thing – they both knew they were each other's throat. Of course, Reborn won. Leaving a very injured and distraught Iemitsu on how he would explain his injuries at his wife when Reborn refused at healing him.

"You are an adult but you guys never did acting one." A voice came from behind him. He did not need to turn around to see who the owner of the voice is, he already knew. It's no other than Tsuna. "How disappointing. I thought you were different but you are the same as the rest – Another hypocrite of the society, a scum."

The brunet got his full attention as he replay his words in head 'You are an adult'. How on earth did the brat know that? Could it be he was one of them?!

"How old are you? You don't talk a child your age do."

"Eight. Everyone in my shoes will be speaking like do once they learned how cruel life is."

"Especially in the hands of your parents?"

Instead of answering the boy remain in his own agenda – Speaking about Giotto's condition.

"You are an adult just like them. I thought it was an adult job to protect children yet here you are throwing Giotto towards his very own demise." I hate you. You are destroying my brother's life.

Reborn finally turned to face the child. He was greeted the same sight once again – the boy is in his hyper dying will mode.

Before he can control himself, the words already came out in his mouth. "Are you an Arcobaleno?"

The boy reeks sky flames so it wasn't a far-fetched if he became one even it was kind of absurd thought because Giglio Nero's bloodline was always the Sky Arcobaleno since the beginning so how –

The gears of his thoughts came into an abrupt halt as the brunet plainly laughed at him with a hollow tone but his eyes have a different emotion. There was an amusement and something dark. A craze look a child should never possessed.

"What did they did to you?" There was no questioning it – the brunet knows the other side of the society, its darker side – the underworld society in short the Mafia.

"Sorry to disappoint you, But I am no Arcobaleno and what happened to me is something you should not be concerned about – I'm not your student, it's my brother." The brunet turn to leave and before he could step forward, Reborn grabbed his wrist and Tsuna stared him with the coldest gaze he ever have seen in his entire life. "Don't get involve, Sun Arcobaleno. There are far much worse than the Tri-ni-sette's curse and if I were you, I'll be content you have never encountered it. You are truly a lucky one."

As those words escaped the child's mouth, Reborn swayed, darkness engulfs his vision and the last thing he had seen was black flames flaring brightly around the boy liked protecting him from dangers and was that Vindice?

But Reborn doesn't have much time to dwell any further of the information as he collapsed on the ground, losing his grip of reality and falling out from his awareness.

The next day, he had woken up – he had no recollection about his encounter of Sawada Tsunayoshi yesterday.

"What's with that look?"

Giotto frowned at him. "It's strange. You haven't approach my brother when I thought you'll seek him once I took my eyes off him and I believe you and Otou-san have fight because of disagreement regarding of Tsunayoshi which I have no idea what so ever leads you guys at each other's throat – all I heard was you are cursing Otou-san then you said Tsunayoshi's name then Iemitsu looks enraged and the next thing was a full blown out fight."

"Brother?"

"My younger brother, Tsunayoshi. He was the first person greeted you before I –"

Reborn's eyes widened as memories came rushing back with intensity of his encounter with the oddity named Sawada Tsunayoshi but still have no recollection about what happened yesterday's evening confrontation with the brunet.

"Where is he?"

"He is probably in his room. Tsunayoshi rarely comes out –"

Reborn didn't let Giotto finished his sentence as he ran towards where he thought Tsuna's room. Leaving a baffled Giotto at his strange behavior and then simply shrugs it off as he continues reading his book.

"Oh you came back." Tsuna stared at the disheveled appearance of Reborn with a poorly concealed bemusement.

Reborn growled at him. "What did you do brat?"

"Heh, Nothing. Papa"

Reborn froze.

What?

Did just the brat called him Papa?

There was a loud snickering from the brunet then it turns to a full-blown off laughter.

"Your face is priceless!"

Reborn sneered lightly, still haven't fully registered that it was simply a joke to rile him up.

"You –"

"I'm sorry, I believe you understand it was for the better you didn't recall the memory you had loss yesterday."

Something in the brunet's eyes made the hitman caved in.

"Fine. Someday I'll recall everything and after then – be prepared brat for the consequences."

"I expected no less from you, Reborn." Tsuna smiled at him. "Oh, Can I still call you papa?"

"Do as you wish."

"Thank you, Papa."

As he stayed at Sawada Residence with his supposedly lame excuse (vacation), Reborn never took his eyes off at Tsuna and with this he didn't missed the taunt and tenseness of the brunet whenever he was neared at Iemitsu and his wife, Nana.

Although he didn't know whether he should be annoyed or happy that the duo haven't done anything with the brunet when it's clearly obvious Tsuna is uncomfortable at them with fervor and the disgusted glance of couple thrown at the child never went unnoticed at Reborn's watchful eyes and he never missed the opportunity to give a sarcastic and mocking comment at them which made them flinched as the sun arcobaleno hits a bull's eye. But dear, Giotto remained completely oblivious of the entire exchange of hostility between Reborn and his family. Why? When the sign are obvious his sibling was being abused (Which is suspicion is proven correct as he continue to observe the estranged couple and Tsuna's weird detachment at his own family).

Every time Reborn tried to confront or revealed his discovery at Giotto or to anyone he trusted with his life. He got tongue-tied and froze like an entity possessed his body – a flash of orange and black keep flashing in his mind whenever he tried these stunt. Sky flames, Shamal had checked for him and another flame the doctor can't name off but it greatly made the other squirmed as he described the flame is never should have existed – it was dark, twisted and filled with negative emotions. A sky flame and unknown flame sealed parts of his memories and slightly controlled his movements.

The sun arcobaleno had no choice but to keep the information all by himself and did everything he could to prevent a bigger damage at the mental and physical state of Tsuna although he doubt he was helping much at all.

Since he stayed mostly at the child's company much to his charge (Giotto) chagrin' and the Sawadas couple distaste he gotten closed with Tsuna that he begrudgingly admits the brunet managed to wormed inside his iron heart and become someone he consider as a family and son much to the brunet's glee.

Days passed by and it's time for him to leave with Giotto back at Italy.

"Be careful, Reborn." Tsuna whispered as he give a pecked on the hitman's cheek. "I'll be fine so don't worry and don't do something stupid."

The young child didn't wait for his reply and walked away not bothering to say his farewell at his own brother much to the other's dismay which he tried to hide and obvious failed as his friends slash guardians teased him about.

That was the last time he'll ever see Sawada Tsunayoshi along with Iemitsu and Nana.

Until the news of Sawada couple's death reached at his ears.

It was never fair. He wanted to be the one who killed them but at least they are gone or so he thought.

He wasn't supposed to remember anything at all but he did.

Tsuna's first warning and the future he must prevent from happening – Tsuna's death.

So when he opened his eyes and received a call from Giotto's about Tsuna's predicament.

He knew it's time to confront and meet his son once again.

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The wheel of fate that was sealed was finally broken and was moving towards the bitter end.

End of Interlude I

Author's Note: I also decided to have Q & A Corner! So if you have any questions regarding of the story, past, current chapter or even future ones but refrain from asking spoilers still I will answer it with a hint, vague answer (but maybe I'll downright ignore them, lol) – so feel free to ask! The corner will be at the end of the chapter so everyone could read them. I'll try to answer them the best I can… and also questions about my other works are welcome as well!

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Preview: The Sky's Darkening Sun

He watches Reborn goes back to his own timeframe and world with a solemn and subdue look. He wanted to tell him more, to make the latter spend more time with him, to stay longer but alas he can't do anything he pleased because by simply engaging a conversation with the renowned world greatest hitman was breaking several laws and especially showing him something he shouldn't. And soon, he will face the consequences of his brash actions. Even so he regret nothing of giving him a partial warning of the distant happening in the future if the Sky Arcobaleno is a scared of 'him' - He is different. He is more willingly do get involve to make things for the better.

The air around him shifts, indicating another arrival of a new acquaintance.

Silence erupted between them as the other silently observing the scenery before him - at where Reborn stood a while ago. "You break your own promise. You talk with him and most especially you show it to him. Are you nuts?"

"I'm not insane." He snorts, still avoiding the disapproval looks of his newfound company sending him as he went on. "Apparently I just did and I regret nothing."

"Is that the wisest thing to do especially now?"

A wistful yet rueful smiles spreads his lips. "We must intervene somehow and now it's the good time for that plus He's Reborn, He's Papa -He'll beat some sense in his thick skull once he figured out things on his own."

There's no response from his statement as the other quietly assessing him with a critical eye - head to toe. "You need rest."

"I know."

"Then go, I'll watch over them and 'him'. So sleep and don't worry about the nonsensical matters."

"Thank you, Bermuda."

"Rest, Tsunayoshi. I'll deal with the rest. You've already done more than enough and so let me do my part."

And he did.

Why further resist when he was dead beat tired of everything?

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