Chapter 1

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Hibari Kyoya did not fear death. That is a herbivore emotion and Hibari simply didn't have those. He is a carnivore after all. But this time...Hibari decided he would allow himself to feel one herbivorous emotion. Not fear, but regret. Regret that his death will cause his Sky sadness.

For the last ten years Hibari has been the Vongola Cloud Guardian, allowing himself to be tied down to the only person that has earned his full trust.

Sawada Tsunayoshi is the only person Hibari would allow himself to follow. Hibari has watched him grow from a baby herbivore into an omnivore lion. Tsunayoshi grew into his fangs, and earned Hibari's respect in the process. The teen, now man, had given Hibari freedom. He gave Hibari plenty of strong opponents and never ordered him to do anything. Even if it was a serious issue, Tsuna had always given Hibari a choice in helping or not. That, more than anything, was how the Sky had earned his Cloud's loyalty.

The thought of upsetting his Sky always left a bitter taste in his mouth, but now? That feeling hurt worse than the wound Hibari knew he couldn't recover from. Not even Reborn or Ryohei could heal him. The fist sized hole through his stomach want something that could be fixed. Especially since it was caused by storm flames. He had maybe a couple minutes to live, but that would be enough.

"Omnivore," Hibari coughed, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth. The Sky knelt beside him and Hibari basked in the feeling of his Sky's flames surrounding them. This would be the last time he would ever get to feel those flames. Not gonna lie, that thought stung Hibari a bit.

"Kyoya. Don't talk," Tsuna ordered. Hibari smirked at him.

"Don't tell me what to do Omnivore. You and I both know I won't be recovering from this," the words seemed like a punch in the gut to Tsuna, who immediately shook his head. Hibari noticed the rest of his fellow elements had ended their own battles and now surround them. Ryohei knelt on his other side and was pumping his sun flames into Hibari's wound, but it wasn't doing much. Hibari observed the increasing distress on everyone's faces (yes even Mukuro was looking pained) and sighed.

"Don't say that Kyoya! You're going to be fine," Tsuna said, and Hibari could see he was barely holding back his tears.

"Don't delude yourself, Tsunayoshi Sawada," Hibari said, using everything he had to keep his voice steady. Tsuna's tears started falling at the sound of his name. Hibari never called him by his name. It was always either Boss or Omnivore. Very rarely he would call him Tsuna, if they had been drinking together.

"Kyoya...you can't die," Tsuna whispered. "I-I don't want to lose you too."

'That's right,' Hibari thought absentmindedly as he reached his and to pet Tsuna's hair gently. 'He lost his mother last month.' That just made Hibari feel worse. He would be the second person close to Tsuna to die in front of him.

"Hayato. Takeshi. Ryohei. Chrome. Lambo. Mukuro. You better take damn good care of our Sky. If not, I'll bite you to death," Hibari swore. Now Hibari's eyes were the only ones still dry. The others were in various stages of crying.

"We won't let anything happen to him," Mukuro promised him. Hibari watched as a single tear trickled from the mist's eye. While the two of them may have fought every chance they got, they were still close. In these last ten years that had even become almost friends.

Hibari Kyoya spent his last moments alive surrounded by his Sky and fellow elements. He died protecting his Sky from a devastating attack, ending up with a gaping hole through his stomach. But he died with a smile on his face, having said what he needed to say and knowing that even with him gone, his Sky (his friend) would live on.

Okay. Not gonna lie, I had to stop this chapter multiple times because I was crying and couldn't write like that. I swear, none of the other chapters will be sad like this. If I make another tearjerker, it will be the last chapter and it will be a happy tearjerker. Yes the chapter was short but it just didn't feel right to make it longer or add in anything else to it. The other chapters might be longer if I can manage it. I'll do my best but I'm not very good at long chapters.

No I do not need to be writing another story but I do not care. I'm still gonna work on the others I have written. This was an idea I came up with a couple days ago and thought it would be interesting to see. I'm in a One Piece mood but working on my Arcobaleno Series made me think about Katekyo. This fic is the result of those two fandoms being in my head at the same time.

No promises when I'll be able to update this again though. I'm going to be dividing my time between the other fics I need to update before I post another chapter of this. I just had this in my head and needed to write it down before I could work on anything else.

I hope you all will forgive me for a sad first chapter! Please Review, Follow, and Favorite this fic and keep up with future chapters!