The roof top of Namimori use to just be a place, a place for Hibari to avoid the students of Namimori and excuse himself from the traffic of day. A place for him to clear his head and relax, but ever since that meddling Mutt enter his life, the roof wasn't just a place to sleep anymore, it was a place where they ate together, where they had broken one sided conversation together, where they watched the sunrise and sunset together. His eyes snapped opened and he instantly sat up from his spot. That was it, the sunrise, and sunset, they were the answer to his problem. The Herbivore always loved the setting sun more than the rising sun, he would know he got more pictures of the sunset than the sunrise through text messages. Annoying as they were he appreciated the thought, miles and miles apart and the Mutt still thought about him. He had until noon to get the illusionist on the roof top, he never thought chasing someone would be this hard, at least he was honest and if he hated something or someone he would say it out loud, but Mitobe sent mixed signals, he confessed yesterday and that left Hibari conflicted and confused. It brought up question like, how long have Mitobe liked him? Have he tried confessing before? Does he still like him or have he already started to become like the older Mitobe? Hibari remembered, on this roof top he told Mitobe that he had no interest in Herbivores...could it be that's the reason why he wanted to become stronger? Was he the reason why the Reporter got sucked into the dangerous world that is the Mafia? How could he miss it all? Everything that his loyal dog have done for him. And through out the time that they have spent together, no once did he feel oblige to return his kindness. Not when the Mutt brought him food, not when he paid for their brunch, not when he did anything that other people would feel like they need to pay back.

Did he regret meeting his stalker? He didn't think so, sure Mitobe was annoying and persistent, he was irritating in every way possible, his stupid habits of running away from his problems, his constant obsession with math, his useless actions when he's nervous. Even Hibari had to admit that he noticed too much things about the Herbivore, most people would let it pass from under their nose. The Prefect exited the roof top, he had to put his plan into action, it was about time he give back to Mitobe's slightly wicked sense of kindness.

"Am I doing it right?"

"The slices are to big..."

"Hahi! do-don't do that!"

"What?"

"Mitobe...could you...just maybe put the knife down?"

And so ends Mitobe's attempt to learn how to cook. Kyoko and Haru made him cut the vegetables but they were too big so he had to do it again, the girls were pitying him, he couldn't even wash vegetables right...He accidentally use hot water. He burned himself again moving the vegetables into the pan for stir fry, Haru gave him a cute bandage for his booboo it was pink with white polka dots, where girls get their first aid materials? He'll never know.

"Thank you Haru." Mitobe smiled pathetically and the brunette gave him a sympathetic look. They eventually gave up and sent him to town to get more food, if he cooks he'll either end up with more injuries or somehow food disappear because he sneak food when they aren't looking. The sun was beginning to set by the time he exited the grocery store, the familiar orange hue colored the sky and covered it. Such fond memories...which only made him depress. He's been trying to take on other things like math, but it seem cooking was much more complicated, at least he wasn't as bad as Gokudera but having him in the kitchen was equivalent to letting a five year old cook, but that's an insult to I-pin, at least she didn't burn herself.

"Herbivore."

FUCK.

"Hibari."

A simple greeting between the two as they engage in a silent staring competition. Mitobe didn't bother to excuse himself as he began walking back to the base, the Prefect acted quickly and grabbed the older man's arm stopping him but made him drop the bags in the process.

"Let go."

"No."

Mitobe frowned and looked into the Skylark's eyes, stunning greyish blue and sharp as well as hypnotizing.

"Listen." The Illusionist began in a soft voice not wanting to attract any attention. "Yesterday was a joke. Stop thinking about it okay? There is NOTHING between us. I don't like you, you don't like me. Can't we move on from it?"

Hibari tightened his grip on the other's wrist "I can tell when you're lying."

"As I have said before. You know the fourteen years old me."

"I don't see the difference. You're the same person to me."

"I was lying to you yesterday understand? I'm an informant, lying, deceiving, and trickery is what I do."

"You were crying."

"Fake tears."

"You NEVER cry."

"I was faking it."

"Herbivore. I am loosing my patient."

"I don't see why you find it so important for me to continue worshiping at your feet."

" I don't"

"Then leave me alone."

"Have you ever thought of fixing what you had with my future self?"

"You wouldn't have been interested."

Mitobe yanked his hand away and picked up the bags and walked away, Hibari followed closely behind matching the older man's pace.

"Have you ever bothered to ask?"

"I didn't feel like chasing you anymore. I had and have no romantic intention towards you."

"You didn't say that yesterday."

"I lied yesterday. It's not had to lie."

"You weren't lying."

Mitobe groaned and stopped turning back to the Prefect, he looked into Hibari's eyes. "Hibari...I love you."

Mitobe's face was fully serious, Kyoya's eyes widen, red crept into his face and he felt his heart started to beat faster and faster. Hearing those words together in those orders were overwhelming, it was so blunt and straightforward, there was no stuttering like when Nori did it, Mitobe's voice was steady, smooth, unwavering and absolute. The older man turned his back hoping to hide the red leaking over his skin. "Told you. It's not a hard thing to say." Mitobe began walking away again leaving a stunned Hibari behind, it took the boy a little while more before regaining his senses and chased after the dog.

"You can't just say something like that without feelings!"

"I just did."

"You meant that."

"You are not allow to tell me how to feel."

"You're nervous."

"No, I'm not. You're forcing me into submission right now aren't you?"

"Herbivore..."

"Stop growling you sound like a dog."

"Herbivore. Stop avoiding how you feel."

"Funny how you're saying that."

"How do you know I don't feel the same way?"

Mitobe stopped walking and turned around, the setting sun glowing on his skin. "Because you said that you could never be interested in Herbivores~"

Hibari frowned, the Dog was using his words against him...True he said that but that was even before the Mutt started his training, even if he was weaker than the Prefect he was still trying.

Mitobe got home later than he anticipated, they already got dinner started but decided to use the materials for curry tomorrow. He never understood how Hibari had all those time to waste on trying to talk to him with the training he had with Dino. While the blond was amazing Mitobe never fully had a full conversation with the Italian, he and the furture Hibari got closed, no doubt the Bucking Horse was stronger than him, he was a boss.

The final battle was approaching, Choice was getting closer and closer and Mitobe have been asked over watch over Chrome as she trained using a program for illusion strengthening made by the famous Mist Arcobaleno , Mammon. Mitobe too have taken the program and he knew just how hard it would be, Chrome was working hard, she was making good pace and Mitobe tried to give her advice every now and then. The female Guardian was grateful for the assistance, it felt good being able to teach someone something and not the one learning all the time.

Mitobe haven't seen Kyoya since his so call confession and the Informant have been meditating to clear his mind and helping the others open their box animals, Lal was still a little ill so she was bed ridden and everyone agreed that she needs to rest up. With the battle less than two days away everyone was on their toes and working harder than usual, the Guardians were putting in their all, Squalo was teaching Yamamoto, he even bought a tuna as a gift, they made it into sushi courtesy of Yamamoto. Their base have been built and Mitobe got Leo to help them, when you put a group of hackers, mechanic, and robotics together, you can guarantee that there will be talk that you won't understand. Leo seemed happy to be able to talk about his interest to someone who understood anyway, no one in the Varia was interested in technology unless it could kill someone so Leo was often on his own.

Everyone was making process, Mitobe took it on himself to make sure that Kyoko and Haru were informed and caught up to any progress that everyone made. He felt like a consultant but that was fine with him, he wasn't allowed to cook or even be near to stove anymore, they two girls thought that it was better for his safety and they didn't want to risk blowing up the kitchen again. Last time it was Gokudera...and his dynamite.

"Good job Chrome. Come get a snack." Mitobe turned off the simulator and called the female Guardian out, she was panting hard and she looked like she could use some hydration. The one eye girl nodded and headed out the door, Mitobe met her half way and handed her the tray of food and a bottle of water.

"You've gotten better." Mitobe commented, the female illusionist muttered a small thank you and bit into the sandwich that Kyoko and Haru made for her.

"You're making good pace, I took longer."

"Really?"

"Yeah, a month or so."

"Oh..."

"You're talking more lately, Chrome."

"O-oh..."

"That's a good thing."

"Thank you."

"I never did thank you for the other day."

Chrome turned to the older male silently asking him to continue.

"For keeping me company the other day. It was very much appreciated."

"...You looked like you needed someone..."

"I did. And I know you do sometimes too."

The female Mist Flame user looked back to her food and chewed on a small piece of bread softly.

"You haven't spent anytime with me yet. I know that, but even if you haven't been through it all we're still technically friends okay?"

The girl's face turn red but nodded agreeing, she wasn't use to such open kindness but she was adapting to the people around her thanks to Kyoko and Haru. She only saw Mitobe once and that was at the ring fight where he made a perverted joke about her innocent kiss. She thought nothing of it of course, but they haven't even fit in a conversation, and here he was claiming she was one of his closest friend. The confession alone left her in a daze but she appreciated the attention, she didn't mind his company he offered her comfort and didn't mind her slight mute annoying or disliked it. He was indifferent to her shyness and quiet behavior, the male illusionist wasn't Mukuro and she wasn't trying to replace her idol, she could never but he was just as accepting and with her past relationship with her parents, acceptance from other people was all she really wanted.

Today was the day, the Choice battle, everyone was dressed and geared up. The Guardians in fancy black suits and their less important friends in another set of uniform, Miotbe was one of them. The sky was pure blue and the sun shinning unaware of the rising danger that would soon take place, they all gathered up in front of Namimori Shrine at 11:50 in the morning awaiting their opponents. Their base looked like a big circus tent, with ten days it was rather impressive considering all the rules and regulation they had to make not mentioning the drafting, planning, construction and test run. Yamamoto and Hibari were late which concerned them greatly, they were used to Hibari but not Yamamoto, last Mitobe saw Squalo was carrying him away after beating him up. Above them the clouds gathered in a spiral forming together and from the middle a...giant...Byakuran appeared shinning a spot light down on them, the face slightly reminded him of Mufasa from Simba, but that may just be due to the fact that Leo made him watch too much western movies with him, most of them including disney and romance drama...Lots of it, every friday night without missing a single day.

The face was actually a transportation device that depended on flame, which was much less cool than the scene from the Lion King. Which is just Hamlet with lions. But close enough. Hibari and Yamamoto showed up and everyone lit up their Vongola ring and opened their box animal sending their flames upward and their box animals were around them. Most of them cute but deadly others plain intimidating, cards gathered around them and Tsuna was asked to choose a card for the location, he have chosen a lighting card and with in seconds they were lifted into the air. The Vongola closed their eyes when the light got too blinding, the group landed harshly on the floor with pain smashing into their beings.

The game soon started and the players have been chosen, they needed people to man the base, meaning two mechanics and robotics meaning not Mitobe MEANING he'll be stuck in a room with Hibari and he won't get to fight...Shoichi was chosen as their target marker. They went into a secluded room and watched from there, sad as it was Hibari was the most upset but Dino who sneaked in along with Squalo convinced him otherwise. Miotbe did not miss the harsh glare he received from the Prefect, it made him uncomfortable as if it was looking right through him, as if it knew everything about him. Mitobe walked over to Dino's side. He tends to disappear better if he stood next to someone with a stronger presence, and who better than the blond boss of the Cavallone family?

Too bad that didn't work, Hibari pulled him into a secluded corner of the room and push him against the wall careful not to catch anyone's attention.

"So...Is this going to be a thing?"

"Herbivore, we need to talk."

"There is a battle going on outside and you want to talk."

"Yes."

"Takeshi is fighting..."

"You will listen to me..."

"But...Look...He have four swords and a really cut-"

"Herbivore..."

"Dog. He has a cute dog now let me go."

"No. Not until we resolve this problem between us."

"There is no problem."

"Stop avoiding it."

"I'm not avoiding anything."

"You are a coward."

"I know, that's why I hide behind illusions."

"...Stalker Dog."

"This is wasting my time. My friends are out there fighting and I can't do anything about it. At least let me watch them."

"Not until we settle this. We are going to win this battle and go back to the past. I will not leave with you being upset for something you didn't try to fix."

"You don't get it! There is nothing to fix!"

"You're being stuborn."

"Why is it SO important for me to forgive you? To accept you?"

"Because..."

"Because what?"

"Because maybe you were someone who I actually trust enough to be around?"

That enough shocked Mitobe enough to stay quiet, he looked to the floor instead leaning against the wall for support.

"Idiot...What am I suppose to say?" Mitobe cursed in his head.

"I'm asking you to fix what happened between us. I know you understand what I mean perfectly. Two years. Not once did you ever need me to acknowledge you were my friend to know that you were. Who you are now disgust me. You wallow in your self pity and you have no confidence, the person I meet would have never given up on me, and I broke your freaking arm. Many people would fear me, detest me, but you never did, you never looked at me with fear, only admiration and that was something I actually didn't mind from you. Was I wrong when I judged you as someone much more worthy than this. You are not half the man you were in the past, you're weaker than you ever were."

The Illusionist pressed his lips together in a thin line, never did he think he would hear those words from the Prefect's mouth. He began trembling before letting out a stiff laugh and pushed himself off the wall, the older man gave the Prefect a small smile "...How am I suppose to respond to something like that...? Mitobe's face was slightly red and he tried to hide it by averting his gaze but Hibari didn't miss it.

"Then don't. Do something about it." Hibari left the Informant alone and walked over to the screen watching the battle leaving a baffled Mitobe behind.

The battle carried on, so far they took out two people, both the Mist Flame users and Yamamoto was headed to take down Daisy, the Millefiore Cloud Guardian was getting closer and closer to the Vongola's base, Gokudera was their last line of defense and it was getting harder to wait for the result. All they could do was wait for the result and pray that everyone will get out alive. Unfortunately Shoichi was hurt in the process when Kikyo attacked them, the red head limped away refusing to give up, his sun flame was flickering but it was slowly going out. Tsuna blew away the Millefiore's base defenses allowing Yamamoto to take care of the rest and headed back to Irie to protect the redhead. Just as the situation was starring to lighten up a little, the long blue hair man with the heavy eyeshadow shot their target piercing him through thoroughly with his flame.

Before Tsuna can take Kikyo head on, a Cervello stopped him, their situation was still bleak, Yamamoto managed to take down Daisy but that wasn't was important as Shoichi surviving this. The red hair mechanic's flame went out declaring it a draw, after all that hard work it felt like it all went to waste, they later got the message from the Cervello that Daisy, quite literally came back to life, he was immortal, that meant they lost the moment the target was chosen...The pink hair girl with the mask announced that the Millefiore family won, luckily Shoichi was still alive, but not with out harm he needed immediate medical attention. The participates in the room could feel how tense it was outside, but inside wasn't much better, the air was almost suffocating.

When they were allowed to exit the room everyone ran outside immediately some shoving each others, some calmly walk out and if you were Mitobe you dragged yourself out of the room and tripped on your own feet while being too distracted. Ryohei quickly made a move and healed the boy with his sun flames, it didn't take long for them to learn about alternate universes, the explanation itself was simple and easy to understand, making one decision will make many different futures, the one they are in is one made by the past, meaning if they fix this future it'll be rewritten when they return to the past. From there new universes can be created base on each decision that an individual make.

Out of all the parallel universes, this was the only one where they had the chance to even defeat this white hair Millefiore boss, in all of them this was the only one where Shoichi accidentally met Tsuna, this was the only one where the Volgola boxes were created, this was the last and only world where they can win. There was a lot of information to take in, but that wasn't the most surprising news, Tsunayoshi was alive. After all these time he was live, he was shot with a special bullet that simulated death, or rather suspended animation, everyone was happy by the news, especially Gokudera.

All these things happening at once wasn't good for Mitobe's health, it was too much to take in but to add to that load a girl showed up, large poofy hat and cropped hair with a ponytail and a flowing cape.

The boss of the boss of the Black Spell and the Sky Arcobaleno, Uni. To Mitobe the most disturbing part about her wasn't her position of power or reputation, but her choice of clothing, even after ten year the illusionist have yet to over come his unnatural fear of people showing too much skin, male or female it didn't matter. Maybe that's why he never got laid. Her bright smiled mocked him greatly. The small girl agreed to help them and leave the Millefiore family if they protected her, which was completely understandable since Byakuran was horrifying. The man even offered to give the Vongola their rings back if Uni came with him, but the girl, brave as ever denied the offer. Squalo showed up and demanded a fight, which irked Hibari so he started to stab the long hair man with his tonfa which pissed off the Varia's rain, eventually they had to retreat and back out since getting into battle in their tired and beat up state would only guarantee failure and lose where life.

Everyone headed into their base, Squalo rode on his shark and Hibari on his many spiky hedgehog, Mitobe ran and by the time he got to their destination he was tired and out of breath, Hibari was doing his best to hold them back and Mitobe finally decided to take action and open his box of hornets releasing the dangerous bugs to keep the enemy back, the Prefect sent him a look and Mitobe simply nodded knowing they were on equal term for right now.

Chrome's trident started to dissolve and from the mist came the famous Vongola Illusionist and Mist Guardian, or as many people know him Mukuro Rokudo. He alone held his ground with Byakuran with out any difficulty, he was an illusion and a fantastic one at that, he held the white hair man back while everyone escaped using the transportation system. Ten years in Vindicare and the convict was still as powerful as ever. Mitobe spared one last look before finally leaving the illusionist smiled at him and mouthed some words that he knew far too well.

"Look over Chrome."

They arrived back at Vongola base, unluckily they had no time to rest before an explosion caught their attention, like a group of frightened ants they gathered together. The Millefiore Storm Guardian Zaukuro blew their wall right open, the red head man yawned like everyone was weaker than he was, Squalo was the first to take charge and told them to get out. His flame was protecting them against the invisible storm flame that was attacking them, Mitobe brought his hand into his pocket fingering his switch blade and box.

"You! Trash! Get out." Squalo commanded Mitobe.

"I refuse. You know that I am perfectly capable of holding my own."

"I don't give a shit. You've gotten stronger than when we first met, but this guy is my prey."

"Share."

"Dumbass...They need someone to protect them out there! They're still young you want them to fucking die?!"

That was enough for Mitobe to leave, he knew perfectly what the white hair man was trying to say and listened.

"You better make it out alive, I don't want to explain to Leo why his commander die."

"FUCK OFF TRASH!"

Mitobe ran outside to catch up with his friends, he knew Squalo had a point, the Guardians were younger and they needed him there, if anything he can at least hold the enemy back long enough for them to get away and escape using underground tunnels. Too bad for him, the same rain guardian came out later bloodied and missing an arm yelling at them to run, Mitobe wanted to run to Squalo and get him to safety but his voice alone said that if he disobey his head would be on the floor not too long later. The group took off running with Haru leading them. The brunette banged on the door asking for her grandmother but a man with white hair showed up instead casually eating noodles. He invited them in without a second thought, but that wasn't the strangest part, he knew about Zakuro and their enemies, from what Mitobe could tell he wasn't a supporter of the Vongola, he knows all of them and he remembered each name to make sure that there could be people he can turn to in case he needs to spread information faster.

The group of victims hid behind furniture, Mitobe squeezed himself behind the couch, not too long after Kawahira went back inside and gave them the clear signal. Good news kept rolling in, Gokudera got a call from Dino saying they took down the Millefiore Sun Guardian, that was good news, one less opponent, but they still need to defeat the others.

"Yamamoto, you're really going back to the base?" Tsuna asked concerned. The swordsman nodded and gave a confident smile declaring that he refuse to back down from his decision.

"Sorry, but you can't change my mind, this is Squalo we're talking about, but I just want to make sure he's alright."

Tsuna didn't discourage him "...I guess you're right, but I'm sorry we can't go with you..."

"Don't worry he has us." Bianchi added.

"I'll lead him to the secret entrance!" Gianinni gave them a thumbs up and a smile.

Spanner mumbled a small "Me too."

This is a surprise, I would have thought Gianinni was too scare to go." Futa voiced.

The bold mechanic seemed to be greatly offended and proclaimed " The Vongola base is my sweat and blood! I can't possibly rest unless I see it for myself!"

"I'm going to see if there are any Mosca parts I can use." Spanner fixed his googles and Tsuna frightfully screeched " You're making more of those?!"

Gokudera looked at his sister who wore yellow tinted so her brother would not fall over at the sight of her. "And what are you going for?"

"Hayato! Are you worried about me?!"

"Tch! Yeah right!"

"I have to pick up somethings and they'll need someone to attend wounds."

"If we let the enemy find us now all of our hard work would be for nothing! Let's send them out with the utmost care!"

"Tsunayoshi. I'll be going as well." Mitobe voiced.

"Oh alright."

Mitobe sensed the concern in his voice and pat the boy on the shoulder softly. "Don't worry, I just need to get some stuff as well as a few of my weapons."

Yamamoto opened the door checking for any signs of enemies before they departed.

Wow! Hibari is taking charge! About time too right? he finally confessed some stuff and that left Mitobe kind of confused on what he should do but they'll fix things later. In case you can't tell Mitobe will die soon, and that will be in future chapters maybe the next one if I can, so we can get this angst out of the way and go back to the oh so loved fluff. I first uploaded this around 2:30 in the morning and my mom found me forcing me to go to sleep, so I had to do the author's note late because I really wanted you guys to have something to read. And now! ON TO REVIEWS!

This is the second time I had to retype these...

REVIEW TIME!~:

OkamiAmmy-chan: Welcome~ I am so sorry, but they'll be okay after one of hem die and leave the other to suffer alone for eternity~! No I'm kidding they will make up soon so don't cry :)

Dood: Welcome back~ :D Playing chess with Ryohei would be dangerous because it's TO THE EXTREME! Mitobe isn't that old! He's only like 24! QwQ (And he still haven't got laid~) He lied about his confession yes but Hibari knows~ He knows~! And now he has to think about it hehehe...I do love Chrome so maybe when they get back to the past. :) I am sure that most people reading this story likes to see Mitobe suffer, and that's okay! Becsue I shall quote one of my favorite line! "We're all mad here~!"

PuppetPrince: Yes~ It does but for how long? Fufufu...

Xejis: You don't have to force yourself to write so much if you don't want to~ :) Ansgty goodness my friend! Chrome will fix this because she is a strong powerful woman who don't need no pineapple to make illusionary organs for her! Kidding kidding, she is amazing though. I try to do stuff from Hibari's point of view sometimes, but it's a challenge to keep him in character and make him care about something too~

Pineapple fairy Queen: It's fine~ I'm glad you got to read it. He's trying and it is slowly getting through~ Fufufu~! I wish you luck with all the crazy things you are about to do. I pity who ever have to clean up after Mitobe.

HalcyonNight: Mitobe ruins everything~ XD Mitobe is very selfish~ And I admit that to be true, because I made him that way, he's also a coward and a compulsive liar, but hey! We'll work on that :D Hibari is getting through to Mitobe, slowly but it's getting through he's starting to accept it, Hiabri have done a lot for Mitobe, keep him entertain, deal with his crazy personality, tolerating him, over all Hibari isn't a bad person. It's my fault I made Mitobe like that...fufufu adds personality doesn't it? ;) Mitobe ruins everything I swear O3O Ryohei is awesome! I seriously can't hate any KHR characters but still, Ryohei is a cool person if you look past his loudness. There are a lot of female Ocs, and I do like some of them, I do realize there are many mary sues out there but there are good ones too! I started reading fanfic when I watched it in the middle~ You don't have to force yourself to do long reviews~ I don't mind, just hearing from you is plenty enough. A HUNDRED REVIEWS ARE HERE! WOOT!

Onepiecefan202: Oh well darn it~! I'll have to try harder won't I? No that would ruin the story since I'll make the characters OOC and annoy everyone~ OwO Chrome is amazing, she tries so hard! She's in this chapter too~

PCheshire: Haha~ He needs to die though O3O The future that they are in will be technically rewritten, so it would change rather than cease to exist, or so I'd like to think. Yes I do have to kill Mitobe sadly, Hibari is starting to realize that Mitobe might not keep following him forever, and he needs to completely realize that Mitobe can easily die in order for him to accept that he is someone of importance. But Mitobe will be alive in the future since the Byakuran thing will never happen because he turned good when thy return to the past with the help of Uni~

Bored411:I'm glad you like it~! I'll continue to upload as many as I can. Fufufu~

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Anyway! An important announcement! I have some cosplay to work on so be prepare for days with out chapter and I'll be heading back to school soon too! I'll be a freshmen in high school on the 19th, wish me luck ladies and maybe gentlemen if you are reading this~

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