"Talking in Italian"

"Talking in Japanese"

'Thinking'

-Message-

This story is beta'd by Pure Red Crane.

Hope you enjoyed this long chapter. :D


Chapter 14

Cloud Guardian

Next morning, Tsuna woke up from his sleep. He felt empty. He felt something was wrong. Something would go wrong. But he was not sure what. Recently his hyper intuition had been reduced to no thicker than a paper. So absentmindedly, he shrugged the matter and decided to take a short shower.

After that, he spotted his phone near his pillow. Sitting on his bed, he took the phone and checked it. He got a message from Kyoya. Opening it, he hoped for the best, only to get disappointed.

-I'm sorry, Tsunayoshi. I will be busy for the next couple days.-

Sighing, the brunet shook his head. He should have known. No. He already knew that his lover wouldn't be able to stay with him. But he still hoped that his lover would do something so they could meet. 'Kyoya...'

A knock cut his thoughts. Already knowing who it was, Tsuna immediately rose from his bed. However, he regretted it as soon as the headache from yesterday came back at full force. Shaking his head, he forced the headache away. He walked towards the door and opened it.

A black haired girl jumped into the room with a big smile. "Tsuna! Where will we go today?"

Masking his pain with soft smile, Tsuna asked the girl. "Is there something you want to do?"

The girl frowned while thinking about her answer. "Ummm...Well...I think I want to eat sushi."

"Sushi?" Watching the girl nod with vigor, Tsuna thought about where they could get sushi in the morning. Then he smiled. "Well...I know where we can find the best sushi in Namimori. Tell the others that we're going to TakeSushi."

"Okay!" Rosette exclaimed and she walked out of his room and to her own room.


They were all in TakeSushi. The five of his private assassins had already ordered their sushi. They were currently explaining about the food to Rosette, who was thinking hard about what she should order.

"Umm...All of them are good and appetizing...Tsuna, what will you order?!" She looked at Tsuna.

"Hmm...I think I will have some ikura, tuna and unagi." Tsuna said as he watched Tsuyoshi slice the tuna.

"Then, I'll have the same!" the girl said. Tsuna only nodded and watched Tsuyoshi while he could hear Lucia tell the old man his and Rosette's order. He replied excitedly and continued preparing the sushi.

'If Takeshi were here instead of Tsuyoshi-jii-san, he would be the one preparing sushi for us. What is he doing now? I hope that he's okay.' Tsuna thought as he looked down on his entwined fingers.

He was so deep in thought that he didn't hear that Tsuyoshi had already served the assassins their sushi.

"Oishii! The fresh ones are always the best! I'm glad that we came here first in the morning." Tsuyoshi only laughed and thanked Luciano for the compliment. Tsuna smiled as he saw the satisfied expressions on each assassin.

"Here is yours, Tsuna-kun!"

Tsuna looked at the plate placed in front of him. 'Tuna.' He then looked at Tsuyoshi, who smiled at him. "Arigatou."

The Decimo ate his food in delight. The sushi that was made by Tsuyoshi really was the best in the world. Even Takeshi couldn't beat his father. And the freshness of the ingredients made it even more delicious. "Your sushi is the best, Jii-san."

The Sushi Chef only grinned as if he expected it and continued with his work, making more sushi.

Turning to his side, Tsuna looked at Rosette, who still had a bit of difficulty with her chopsticks. "Do you like it?"

She nodded while chewing. After swallowing it, she said, "It's really delicious! I love it. I think I want to eat sushi forever."

Tsuna patted her head slowly and continued eating his own sushi.


After some time, he finished eating and asked Tsuyoshi for the bill. While paying it, the man asked him. "Tsuna-kun, where's Takeshi and the others? Didn't he come with you? It's unusual for you to come without your guardians."

Tsuna bit his lips softly. "No, Ojii-san. Takeshi and the others are busy right now. I'm sorry that I can't bring them here with me."

"No need to be sorry, Tsuna. You already have a lot on your plate. Takeshi still needs a lot of lessons about work." He replied calmly while grinning at the thought of his only and too happy go lucky son working hard.

"Anyway, you should get some rest, Tsuna-kun. Look at yourself, your face is much paler than the last time I saw you." He added, concerned.

Tsuna nodded at him. "I will, Tsuyoshi-jii-san. Don't worry." With that, they left the shop.

"Tsuna, where will we go next?" Rosette asked.

Tsuna wasn't sure. He didn't plan on where they should go next. As if knowing what he was thinking, Lucia suddenly exclaimed, "The shopping district!"

Six pairs of eyes looked the blonde haired woman. She blinked confusedly as all of their attention was on her, "...What? You don't want to?" she asked.

Noticing the awkward silence, Tsuna announced "Well...let's go there." Tsuna looked at Rosette and added, "You might see something interesting there."

"Un! Let's go!"


Not long after, they reached the shopping district. They took a long time at TakeSushi and it was already 10:29 am. All of the shops had already opened. And because it was the weekend, the district was filled with crowds. 'If Kyoya came with us, he would get annoyed by the crowd.' Tsuna smiled at his own thoughts. Grinning a little, he took out his phone and typed a message to certain Cloud Guardian.

-The shopping street is really crowded. I think I'm glad that you can't come with me or you would...

:D Just kidding.

I still want you to come with me.-

Tsuna didn't expect that he would receive the answer so soon. Yet he smiled nonetheless.

-Or I will what, Tsunayoshi?

Well, don't disturb the peace or I will go there and bite you to death.

I'm sorry, I'm still busy.-

'Typical Kyoya.'Tsuna smiled. Even though Kyoya couldn't stay with him, strangely enough, he didn't feel as lonely as he expected. 'Maybe it's because I'm with Rosette and the others.'

"Tsuna-kun?"

Tsuna turned around to meet the owner of the familiar voice and he saw two very familiar figures."Kyoko-chan?Haru?"

"It really is you, Tsuna-kun!" The two girls walked towards him and gave the brunet a tight hug. "It has been a long time. How are you, Tsuna-kun? You look pale."

"Yes, Tsuna-san, you look really pale. Are you sick?"

"No, I'm fine. Just a little tired. Do I really look that pale? Everyone I've met today said the same thing."

They nodded and Kyoko-chan took out a mirror. "See?"

Tsuna looked at his own reflection in the mirror. He looked so pale. Not as pale as before, but for those who had always seen him in his good state would say that he was really pale."But I'm fine. I just need a little rest."

The two looked like they were about to protest, but before they could, Tsuna changed the topic. "Anyway, where do you want to go?"

Their expressions completely changed and they answered cheerfully, "We wanted to go to a cafe for a cup of tea and a slice of cake. Do you want to come with us?"

Tsuna almost nodded at the invitation when he heard Rosette's voice behind him, reminding him that he already had companions, "Tsuna?" The man turned to answer, but the two young women beat him before he could let out any voice.

"Tsuna-kun, who's this cute girl?" Kyoko asked as she examined Rosette from head to toe.

Haru did the same, but it didn't make Rosette feel comfortable. Noticing it, Tsuna immediately answered them "She is Rosette. I found her in Italy. She...has a bad past, please be kind to her."

They nodded, taking in the information, "Ohayou! I'm Sasagawa Kyoko, I was Tsuna-kun's classmate back in middle school."

Haru added, "And I'm Miura Haru! Haru was also Tsuna-san's friend since middle school, but she didn't go to the same school Tsuna-san was in."

"Ano...Rosette can't speak Japanese." Tsuna said to them after they looked at Rosette's bewildered face confusedly.

So, once again, Tsuna helped to translate everything until the assassins let themselves be acknowledged by the two girls. Once again, Tsuna was asked why his guardians didn't come with him. Kyoko and Haru were persistent that something happened between him and his guardians, but thanks to Lucia, everything was explained to them, though he left some parts behind.

After a little discussion, all of them went to the cafe where Kyoko and Haru really wanted to go to. It was a nice and comfy cafe. They enjoyed their time there. They talked a lot with Tsuna, Lucia and Ruby as the translators for the girls. 'Unexpectedly, they got along very well.' Tsuna thought as the women and a girl talked as if they had met years ago.


When it was 12:00 pm, they parted. Kyoko and Haru went to their own clothes shop that they managed in the district while Tsuna and the others went to Nami Mall.

Rosette looked around, searching for something that might catch her interest, but found none at the moment. While Tsuna could hear that some of his assassins had already made their shopping list. Tsuna smiled softly at the sight, happy that all of them were having a lot of fun.Not that he wasn't. He enjoyed the trip too, but he felt very different without his guardians,especially without Kyoya, who always kept him company when he was in Namimori.

At Nami Mall, Tsuna just moved along with his assassins because he had nowhere to go at the moment. All he cared about was making sure that Rosette enjoyed the trip in Namimori.

They had spent three hours together, shopping and sightseeing, though it mostly the assassins who did the shopping. Tsuna could see it from the amount of bags they were carrying.

"Ha! Look at yourself Luciano! You said you hated shopping, yet you have a lot of bags at hand!" Lucia smirked at her twin brother.

Rolling his eyes, Luciano retorted back. "Say it again after you check all of the bags I'm carrying. Most of them are yours." He glared as he said the latter part.

Lucia just blinked. "Really?"

"Yes!" he growled.

"That's good! Keep carrying it!" she said while leading the group to the food court. The shopping and sightseeing had left them starving.

Tsuna chuckled at the interaction of the twins, especially Luciano's expression. He really wanted to dump the shopping bags, but knowing his sister's temper, he would have a visit from shinigami if he really did it.

While on their way to food court, Tsuna felt misplaced and his mind remembered Kyoya. 'I don't know why, but right now, I really miss him.' Tsuna took out his phone and sent Kyoya a message.

-I miss you.-

After the message was sent, Tsuna put his phone back in his pocket, the odd feeling was still there. Suddenly, his sight blurred a little. He felt dizzy and stopped walking, Tsuna clutched his chest as he felt it tighten and he began to cough.

'Why now?'He remembered that he forgot to take his medicine in the morning because of the short amount of time. Then, he could feel the liquid in his throat. He couldn't hold it anymore and began to cough blood.

His cough caught his companions' attention. Panic struck the group's faces.

He could see their worried and panic expressions, but his sight blurred even more as the world started spinning. His energy drained and his eyes felt heavy. All he could remember was the calling of his name before he fell into darkness.


Six pairs of eyes looked at the coughing brunet with worry. Ruby walked forward a bit, and then they saw the red liquid seep out from the man's pale hand. They started to panic when Tsuna's eyes wavered and he slipped into unconsciousness.

Erick was fast enough to catch the fallen body of his boss. They surrounded Tsuna's body. Rosette called him in panic. Ruby used her Sun flames, but it was no use. Luciano and Lucia covered them from the curious stares of the other Mall's visitors. Antonio called for an ambulance, and asked them to prepare a blood transfusion, seeing that the blood was massive.

The ambulance took them to the nearest hospital. The doctor immediately took care of Tsuna. While the six of them waited in worry. The ER room was hectic. There were a lot of patients going in and out. When Tsuna's condition was stable enough, the nurses moved him into a VIP room.

The nurses asked Lucia to fill in the patient information. Later, another doctor came into the room and examined Tsuna's condition. And then the doctor talked with Lucia. Or rather argue. Lucia insisted the doctor not to further examine her boss' condition while the doctor insisted to do it.

Ignoring the argument, Rosette walked into the VIP room and sat beside Tsuna's bed. She took Tsuna's pale hand into her own, rubbing her thumb over the smooth pale skin. She sighed. She remembered how much blood Tsuna had coughed out. So much that he fainted. She didn't know how much, but she was sure that her savior's condition was worsening.


It was already night. Rosette was still beside the white bed surrounded by bright white walls. Her hands also were still holding Tsuna's pale hand tightly.

Ruby came into the room. "You need to rest. It's getting late."

"No. I want to stay here with Tsuna." she replied stubbornly.

Ruby sighed. "But you still need rest. And you know you need it."

The girl knew that she needed rest. She felt sleepy and tired because of the day's events, but she still didn't want to leave Tsuna's side. Not yet. "I don't want to leave him alone."

"We will be here. You don't need to worry." a new voice talked. It was Erick.

Ruby walked towards the girl. She squeezed the small shoulder lightly as if telling her that Tsuna would be all right.

Rosette was reluctant to go, but left. Lucia took her to the hotel. She promised her, that tomorrow she would take Rosette to the hospital again.

In the hospital, Ruby talked to the other assassins. "Should we tell Decimo's parents?" she asked.

Antonio shook his head. "Decimo told us not to tell anyone about his condition."

"But…what if they ask about Decimo's whereabouts?"

Antonio thought for a moment. "Let's just say that Decimo went back to Italy because there was something important he needed to take care of."

Ruby nodded. She looked at the sleeping figure of her beloved boss. She was really sad about his condition. But she couldn't do anything to help him. She looked outside, watching as the moon rose higher to shine on the dark lonely night.


Opening his eyes slowly, Tsuna was in the middle of darkness again. But this time, instead of coldness, he felt warmth. His intuition told him to walk forward. So he did. He walked forward while looking around, trying to find a light.

He didn't find any light, but the darkness started to disappear. And his surroundings turned brighter until it was only white.

He saw a small orange flame light up beside him. He watched in wonder as the small flame radiated a warm yet sad feeling. Then another flame came towards it, a yellow flame. And then a red flame lit up, not far from the two flames. The orange flame dimed a bit. Then two purple flames came and not long after, one of the purple flames and the orange flame moved away and disappeared.

The flames continuously came and went. So far, he sensed six flames; one red flame, one blue flame, one yellow flame, two purple flames and one small orange flame. 'What is it? Is this a dream or is my hyper intuition trying to tell me something?'

!

Early in the morning, Rosette had forced Lucia to take her to the hospital. The woman didn't want the little girl to sink deep into her own sadness, but she couldn't reject the girl's request. So, Lucia reluctantly complied with her request.

Just like she expected, as soon as they reached the hospital, Rosette immediately went to Tsuna's side again. She didn't even budge from her seat. Her wide brown eyes were always on Tsuna. Lucia dismissed Erick and Antonio who had kept their eyes open to guard Tsuna the whole night while she let Luciano and Ruby get their breakfast.


A certain skylark was working in his neat office. He couldn't concentrate on his work. His mind flew off towards a certain Sky, his lover, Sawada Tsunayoshi. He was a bit worried. Tsunayoshi suddenly didn't reply to his messages. From yesterday, until noon, Tsuna replied to his messages. 'Why did he not reply to my messages?' No matter how silly and unimportant his messages were (which was never), Tsuna always replied. His lover always replied. 'Then, why so suddenly?'

He was taken aback when he heard a knock on his door.

"Come in." he said calmly, still trying to focus on his paper.

"Kyo-san?" It was Kusakabe Tetsuya, Hibari Kyoya's most trusted person after his lover.

"What is it, Tetsu?" The perfect didn't look at the man's worried face. He was too deep in thought.

That was why he was shocked when Tetsu told him, "Sawada-san was hospitalized in Namimori Central Hospital."

Kyoya looked up at his right hand man with narrowed eyes, asking for explanation. Tetsu immediately looked over the report in his hand and read it.

"Yesterday at 3:37 PM Sawada-san was taken to the hospital because he fell unconscious in the middle of a mall. The doctor said that it was because of blood loss. And according to one of our informants, Sawada-san..." Tetsu was cut off when he saw his boss stand up, "Kyo-san...where are you going?"

"Hospital," With that, he left his right hand man in his office.

Tetsu didn't know what to do. He read the report in his hand once again. 'What's wrong with Sawada-san?'he thought.


Tsunayoshi. That was the only thought that occupied Kyoya's mind. He was driving his car alone. Fast. He wanted to meet Tsuna as soon as possible. His right hand man's report was shocking him. His lover, his Tsuna was hospitalized.

'He was hospitalized. And those herbivores who call themselves Tsunayoshi's guardians didn't tell me anything about it.' At that, realization dawned into his mind. He slowed down his car. 'Are they with Tsunayoshi? As I remember...' Kyoya took out his phone. He checked all the messages he got from Tsunayoshi.

-Kyoya! I will go to Namimori by the end of March. I can't wait to see you there.

March 28

06:27 PM-

-I have already reached Namimori. Sad I can't see you now.

March 31

01:26 AM-

-My mom says that she wants to meet you. I told her that you can't because you're busy.

When will you finish your work? I want to meet you.

March 31

11:58 AM-

-Kyoya, are you still busy? I really want to meet you.

March 31

09:31 PM-

-Today, I'll visit many places in Namimori. I really hope that you can come with me.

April 1

07:18 AM-

-The shopping street is really crowded. I think I'm glad that you couldn't come with me or you would...

:D Just kidding.

I still want you to come with me.

April 1

10:30 AM-

-I'm eating cake with Haru and Kyoko. It's so delicious. You should come and taste it. :D

April 1

11.03 AM-

-I miss you.

April 1

3.33 PM-

Kyoya had just realized it. 'Never once had Tsunayoshi mentioned about those herbivorous guardians.' Usually Tsuna always told him about them, as much to his dismay. Telling him the guardians were like this, like that, they did, they didn't. He tried to remember Tsuna's messages before March 27. 'None of them were about the guardians.' Kyoya narrowed his eyes. 'When was the last time Tsunayoshi sent me a message about them?'

Then he realized that he had already reached the hospital. He immediately parked his car and turned off the engine, yet he didn't climb out of the vehicle. He looked upon the sky. There was the clear blue sky he was used to seeing. 'As I remember, it was...'

-Flashback-

Kyoya was walking down the hallway of his HQ in Japan. Then he heard his phone ring. He took it out from his pocket and checked it. It was a message. Without his consent, a smile made its way to his face when he read whom the message was from. Tsunayoshi. He opened the message.

-Kyoya! Please come here soon.

The Guardians, they...they can destroy HQ before you say "I'll bite you to death"!

Please!

Oh my God...I think I hear something's shattering.

I hope it isn't the vase you ordered last week.

They're fighting in the room that vase is in.-

To say that Kyoya wasn't angry was a half lie. Actually, he was MAD! All of his subordinates in the HQ could feel his killing intent. The Guardians always pissed him off with whatever they did. And now, they are making a commotion where that vase was in. 'If they break that vase, they'redead.'

But his thought suddenly went away when he read the last part of the message.

-PS: Come here soon.

We have to discuss about Oscurità's invitation.-

The thought of biting the herbivorous guardians fled off. The message sounded formal and demanding. 'Tsunayoshi is serious. And when he is serious, it means DANGER.' It wasn't like he hated dangerous things. He really liked it. 'But, to have Tsunayoshi feel that it is dangerous...it almost never ends well.' He still remembered the last time Tsuna said that something was dangerous. It was when Tsuna almost lost his life.

-End of Flashback-

Kyoya shook his head. The idea of Tsuna losing his life scared him. He looked at his hands. His hands trembled. Those hands still remembered that accident. That time when all the chaos ended, he embraced Tsuna's bloody and weak body tightly. His hands could feel Tsuna's body temperature drop. If Reborn and Ryohei didn't use their Sun Flames to heal Tsunayoshi, or Shamal came too late, Tsunayoshi would have already been buried by now.

He sighed. He hoped that Tsuna would be fine this time. With that hope in mind, he climbed out of his car and quickly walked towards the white building.


Rosette's face was blank. She didn't know what to do. The most important person she had was lying lifelessly in the bed. She squeezed the hand she was holding, hoping that it could help to wake the man.

She looked towards the window. Lucia was leaning on the wall beside the window while her eyes were watching the outside world with no interest. Rosette looked down at the hand she was holding, deep in thought.

Suddenly, she heard a soft gasp. She looked at Lucia. "What's happened, Lucia? Something wrong?" She stood up slowly and walked towards the woman, joining her to look outside.

Lucia tore her gaze from the window. "Oh no...I think...I see someone I know. But, that's impossible."

The girl looked at the young woman worriedly, "Who?"

The young woman only shook her head, "Never mind. Actually, I only caught a glimpse. I am not too sure about it. Let's just forget it."

The look on Lucia's face was telling Rosette that she wouldn't get anything if she asked her. So she just shrugged her mind off it and looked back at the sleeping man.

Not long after, the door was barged open. There stood a raven haired man. His eyes narrowed dangerously as if telling people to get away from him and his aura only made it worse. It was as if the devil himself was standing before them.

Rosette didn't know the man at all. She never saw him. She was about to ask him, but was cut off.

"What's happened to Tsunayoshi?" the man said in Japanese. She didn't know what he was saying, but his gaze was settled on Tsuna and she heard the man say Tsuna's name, she knew the man was asking about Tsuna.

"Juudaime is sick, Hibari-sama," Lucia answered him, also in Japanese.

"What?" He narrowed his eyes.

Lucia didn't know what the man meant. 'Is he asking about Decimo's illness or is he surprised that Decimo is sick? Most likely the first. If he doesn't know, why would he be here?' Lucia looked down. "I'm afraid I don't know, Hibari-sama."

Kyoya's narrowed eyes narrowed again. "What do you mean you don't know?"

Lucia didn't say anything. She couldn't tell the man in front of her. She, no, everybody who knew about this had promised Tsuna that they would never reveal a single thing about his condition, no matter whom the person was, even if it was Tsuna's family or lover.

Rosette looked between the man and Lucia. She knew that this man was called 'Hibari-sama.' 'But, who is he? Even Lucia seems afraid of him.'

She almost jumped when the man's eyes fell on her. Kyoya eyed her cautiously, he never saw the girl before. "Who are you?"

Rosette didn't say anything. She didn't know what the man was talking about. She looked at Lucia, asking for help. Lucia, who caught her pleading gaze, said, "He was asking who you are." She then looked at Kyoya, "I'm sorry, Hibari-sama. But, this girl can't speak Japanese."

He raised his eyebrow. Now, asking in fluent Italian, "Who are you? Why are you here?"

"Umm...Rosette...My name is Rosette. I was saved by Tsuna and he asked me to come with him here, so I'm here." she said nervously. The man's glare really scared her a lot.

Kyoya looked at the girl and then remembered who she was. 'She...She was the one whom Tsuna saved in Oscurità's mansion.' He was taken aback when the girl asked him. "And, who are you?" Kyoya raised his eyebrow questioningly.

Rosette was not sure. But she thought that she had seen the man before.

"Hibari Kyoya." Then she realized. She knew that name. 'He is Tsuna's Cloud Guardian and also Tsuna's lover.' She remembered she saw the man when Tsuna saved her and in the famiglia portrait she saw hanged in Tsuna's office wall.

"So, what's happened to Tsunayoshi?" He intensified his glare. Rosette gulped down nervously. She didn't know what to do. 'Should we tell him?' She looked at Lucia. But Lucia only shook her head. She was about to sigh when suddenly she felt something hard and cold pressed to her throat. It was a tonfa. She looked at the man, scared. 'When did he move?' She began to tremble. She was really scared of the man's you-will-tell-me-or-die glare.

She was about to open her mouth when she was pulled back by Lucia. "Please don't hurt her, Hibari-sama. If Decimo found out you hurt her, he will get disappointed." she


said.

Kyoya looked at her and then turned his gaze towards Tsunayoshi calculatingly. He eyed her again. "What's happened?" This time his voice was full of malice and a death promise.

"We're back!" an arrogant yet cheerful voice sounded from behind Hibari. They looked at the newcomers, only to see Luciano smiling awkwardly and Ruby, who looked shocked to see the aloof Cloud Guardian standing in the middle of the room, glaring at them with his infamous tonfa at hand, ready to attack whoever stood in his way.

After that, Lucia asked the mad Cloud Guardian to calm down. She called Erick and Antonio to come to the hospital, saying that there was something important to talk about. While waiting for the two men, Lucia and Ruby calmed the scared girl, and Luciano stood silently beside the window.

The curtains around the patient's bed were closed so no one could see what was happening. But, they knew. Hibari was worried about Tsuna.

Later that day.

Inside the white room, Kyoya's right hand was holding Tsunayoshi's while his other hand caressed Tsunayoshi's soft pale cheek. He pushed back the bangs that covered Tsuna's closed eyes. His eyes softened when he saw Tsunayoshi. He really loved the Decimo and now, he was really worried about him. 'Tsunayoshi, what did you get yourself into?' He raised Tsuna's hand and placed a kiss on Tsuna's knuckle.

The six people had already told Hibari about Tsuna's condition. Though, they left out some parts. They only said that Tsuna was sick, Shamal was still working on the medicine, and Tsuna's condition was getting worse.

-Flashback-

"How did Tsunayoshi get sick?" Hibari eyed the six people in front of him while crossing his arms.

They kept their mouths shut. Knowing that he wouldn't get anything about it, even though he could use violence, Hibari decided to ask another question, which had been plaguing in his mind lately. "Where are the other guardians? They are the ones who should accompany Tsuna here."

They stiffened at the question. That was a taboo question. Luciano began, "They..." He didn't want to say it, but if he didn't...

"They left Tsuna." Rosette voice echoed through the room. She looked down and her bangs covered her eyes. No one could see her expression.

Hibari raised his eyebrow, demanding an explanation.

This time, Ruby told him, "The day after the accident at Oscurità's mansion, Decimo held a meeting with all the guardians, except for you, who had gone back to Namimori. We didn't know what they were talking about. But, when the meeting ended, all of the guardians went into their own rooms and didn't come out. Then, they started to take a lot of missions to keep themselves occupied. Every day there were no guardians in the HQ. Even if there was, they only came back to report about their missions and then immediately take on another. Even if they stayed longer, it was because they got hurt in the middle of their mission, and so they needed to take a rest. Afterwards, they would leave again. Decimo..."

Rosette butted in, "Tsuna is always alone. He is lonely without his guardians. He has to do everything alone; the paperwork, the meetings. His workload has increased. And there are no guardians to help him. Even though we always helped him, the work didn't reduce much. He even skipped meals. And there are times when he didn't sleep because of work. He...he...Tsuna..." The girl couldn't hold it any longer. She walked out from the room.

They couldn't see the girl's expression. But they could see the tears rolling down her face. Lucia and Ruby excused themselves to search and calm down the girl, leaving the men in suffocating silence.

Hibari was mad. No, beyond it. He turned around to go to Tsuna's side. Without looking at the 3 assassins, he said, "Get out."

Without a word, they fled from the room. They didn't want to face the Cloud Guardian's wrath. Not in this condition.

-End of Flashback-

That day, Hibari stayed beside Tsuna. Never once did he leave his lover. 'Those unworthy herbivorous guardians will be bitten to death.'

Because Hibari was there, the six people were afraid to come in. So they decided that Rosette, Ruby and Lucia would go back to the hotel while Luciano, Erick and Antonio would stay there to guard the room from any possible harm that might disrupt the peace.


Right now, there were two flames near him, the orange and purple ones. Tsuna could sense another purple and a yellow flame not far from them, but he couldn't see it. Then he sensed another purple flame. It felt familiar; the harshness and heat of the flame, the strength of the flame, the unwavering determination. 'It's like Kyoya.'

The new purple flame stayed beside him for a while until all of the flames gathered in front of him. Then, one by one, the flames disappeared. Only the strong purple flame stayed beside him. Tsuna really liked the new purple flame. It reminded him of Hibari. 'I miss Kyoya. I want to see Kyoya. Kyoya…'

Then, he could feel his surroundings tremble. And the whiteness turned black again. All flames disappeared, except for the strong purple flame beside him. It stayed by my side, though sometimes it left, leaving Tsuna alone in the dark, but it came back soon after and stayed by his side again.


It had been 3 days since Hibari Kyoya arrived. Since then, he rarely left Tsuna's side. If he did so, it was only to call his subordinates about work. That was why Rosette and the assassins could only stay beside Tsuna for a while.

This day too. Kyoya sat beside Tsuna. His hand entwined with the brunet's. His eyes gazed lovingly yet worried at his lover.

"Tsunayoshi." he whispered lovingly, hoping that his voice could reach Tsuna and wake him up.

Closing his eyes, he placed a soft kiss on the back of Tsuna's hand. Then he felt a faint jerk on. He opened his eyes and landed his gaze on Tsuna's hand. "Tsunayoshi." he whispered again while gripping the hand tighter. He moved his gaze toward Tsuna's face, trying to find any indication of his lover waking up.

Tsuna's hand gripped back. A small smile of hope surfaced on the black haired man's face. He whispered again, "Tsunayoshi."

The smaller hand was still gripping his. Kyoya caught a twitch on Tsuna's face. Slowly, Tsuna's eyes opened. "Tsunayoshi."

Tsuna slowly blinked his eyes many times, adjusting to the bright light. Then his soft brown eyes focused on his lover. The brunet recognized him. His mouth moved slightly many times before he could let out a word.

"Kyoya." Tsuna was shocked and happy to see his lover by his side. He wanted to hug the man. He wanted to tell him how much he missed him. He wanted to tell him how glad he was that the man was by his side. But he was held back by the emotion in Hibari's steel grey eyes. "Kyoya?"

The man gritted his teeth. "Why didn't you tell me?" Hibari squeezed Tsuna's hand tightly to warn his lover that he was mad, but not tight enough to hurt him.

"I'm sorry. I didn't want to worry you." the brunet answered softly with a tone laced by sadness.

"But it does worry me."

"I'm sorry."

"You have to tell me everything."

Tsuna nodded. Slowly, with help from Kyoya, he sat up on the bed and began to tell him the truth from the beginning. At first, Tsuna thought Hibari would throw some sort of comment here and there or maybe lecture him, but he didn't say anything. Even after Tsuna finished telling him the story, Hibari still didn't say anything. He looked deep in thought, then he shrugged his shoulders and look at Tsuna. His eyes filled with determination.

"I will go back to Italy…"

Tsuna widened his eyes.

"...with you."

Tsuna widened his eyes even more. 'He...He will be with me. I can stay with him. With Kyoya.' Tears moistened with happiness in his brown eyes. Tsuna smiled widely at him and raised his arms to wrap them around his lover's neck. Tsuna hugged Hibari tightly and he hugged him back as tightly as he could. Kyoya circled his arms around Tsuna's waist affectionally and pulled the brunet closer to him.

"Thank you." Tsuna said after a while.

Kyoya tightened his hug. "For what?"

"For staying with me." Kyoya didn't say anything. He just hugged his lover as Tsuna began to cry.

Tsuna was so happy, so happy that he cried. He cried on the raven haired man's shoulder as his hand gripped his broad back.

The man rubbed Tsuna's back softly and gently ruffled his brunet's hair, then pulled back from the hug. Hibari grabbed Tsuna's face gently, looking at his eyes. He then placed a lot of kisses on Tsuna face. His lips tracing Tsuna's face from his temple to his cheek and then his lips found Tsuna's. It was just a simple short chaste kiss. Hibari pulled back and they looked at each other. They held their gazes for a while before they closed the small gap for the second time. This time, they held their kiss longer as their lips moved in sync.

We missed each other. We longed for each other. We didn't need any words to tell it. Just by a simple glance at each other's eyes, we could convey our feelings easily. Just by a simple hug, we could understand it. Just by a simple act like kissing, we could feel it. That was just how much we loved each other.

~The Sky found one of his elements.

The Cloud, who floats freely wherever he wants, came back to where the sky was.

Deciding that it was time to accompany and protect his beloved sky from any harm.

Even if it means protecting the Sky from his other elements~

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Rosette sighed at the gloomy faces the assassins pulled. Hibari Kyoya didn't let anyone to come into Tsuna's room when he was there, which was always. The girl really wanted to stay by Tsuna's side.

Then, she heard a faint sound from the door beside her. It was the sound of someone talking. Curious, Rosette slowly and quietly opened the door. Yes. Someone was indeed talking. And that voice wasn't Hibari Kyoya's voice. It was Tsuna's!

"Rosette?" Ruby called out from beside her.

Immediately Rosette banged the door open and ran into the room, warning those inside and those who stood behind her. "Tsuna!"

She opened the curtain and she saw Tsuna sitting on his bed, wide awake with a warm smile on his face. Tears moistened in her eyes as she jumped into the man's warm and caring embrace, completely ignoring the black haired man's glare. "Tsuna! Tsuna! Tsuna!" she called out the man's name continuously as she tightened her hug as if the man would disappear if she loosened her hug even for a second.

Tsuna wrapped his arms around the girl's little figure. He tried to calm her. With the help from the still glaring Hibari, he placed the girl on his lap, shushing and whispering sweet words to her and petted the girl's hair softly. The girl cried her heart out for the first time.

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To be continued.


Aww... this chapter affected me emotionally. I felt like crying again. (QAQ)

We still have some more to go~~ some chapters about Tsuna, Kyoya and Rosette's life on the last months of Tsuna's breathes. About how thing revolved around them and how it affected their future.

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