Fon spins around the attack, but his following hook kick misses when Tsuna ducks. Orange flame clashes against blood red shadows as Tsuna forces Fon away from Reborn.

They destroy shelves in their wake and when Tsuna gets too careless the fire leaps from his fingers and onto a pile of knocked over books. Tsuna isn't sure how long they've been trading blows but going by the ache of his injuries, and the fact that half the library is obliterated with three shelves taken over by fire, it's been far too long.

Tsuna slides the knife blade coated in herbs through Fon's bicep but gets thrown into a wall in reply. Fon grabs Tsuna's hair and lifts him up, but Tsuna twists, hair being ripped out painfully, and the punch towards his ribs just narrowly misses. Tsuna grabs the fist with both hands and hauls Fon over his shoulder, smashing the vampire onto the ground despite the rest of his hair that gets pulled out.

Fon rolls backwards over his shoulder, slamming a double kick into Tsuna's stomach before flipping onto his feet. A shower of bullets rips through the vampire, making him stumble and snarl in pain and anger. His head snaps to where Reborn is slinking along behind the shelves.

Tsuna smashes an old metal chair into Fon and despite the vampire's arms blocking most of the blow, he staggers back. Fon grabs the chair and wrenches it out of Tsuna's grip, but the hunter follows up with a roundhouse kick and Fon is launched backwards.

Directly into the pile of burning books that have swiftly turned into an inferno.

"Tsuna!" Reborn calls out, braced against the shelf. It's half tipped over but it's too heavy for Reborn alone when he's this injured.

Tsuna limps around to where Reborn is and they shove hard, desperation fulling them as Fon lurches up, the flames eating away at his flesh.

The shelf goes down on top of Fon's head and the fire roars, doubling in size as even more dry wood and paper is added to it. The shelves tip over one by one like dominoes and the fire races along the new path.

Tsuna and Reborn rush from the room because while they should stay to watch if Fon manages to escape, the fire is getting far too dangerous to be this close.

Tsuna doesn't realise when Reborn's hand slips into his, but he holds on with all that he has.

Tsuna presses a kiss to Reborn's temple as the horizon turns pink with the sunrise. The hitman is lying back against Tsuna in the grass, a good distance from the inferno that has engulfed the mansion.

Lussuria is just packing away a medical kit after patching up Reborn. They'll go back soon and get Shamal to do it properly, but first they're waiting for a car because neither of them will make it back through the forest on foot.

The other hunters are still hanging around since they need to watch the fire to ensure it doesn't go out of control – anymore than it already has.

Byakuran drops to a knee beside them. "The jeep is waiting on the trail," he says. "Maybe a five minute walk… if either of you can even walk."

"I can limp," Tsuna offers up tiredly.

"I've made peace with the fact that I'm sleeping here tonight," Reborn sighs, already half asleep. "I mean this morning. Whatever."

Byakuran purses his lips. "Right. Bulldozing through to here, it is."

"Don't break the jeep," Tsuna says but doesn't protest past that.

Byakuran leaves again and Tsuna goes back to cuddling with Reborn. Soon enough comes the sound of Squalo cursing loudly while the bushes rustle in protest but inevitably get run over.

"I'm not apologising for the 'vampire kink' jokes," Reborn murmurs after a while.

Tsuna lets out a tired laugh. "I wasn't expecting you to."

Reborn turns to peer up at Tsuna. He smirks. "You saved me." He rubs a cheek against Tsuna's shoulder because he's too tired to move more than that. "My hero."

Tsuna smiles softly. "Does this hero get a kiss?"

"No."

Tsuna splutters.

"But there's a ring in my gun cleaning kit," Reborn hums sleepily. "Will you marry me?"

"Uh," Tsuna says quietly, eyes going wide. "I'm – yeah. I want to."

They kiss under a picturesque sunrise, kept warm by the burning inferno, surrounded by exhausted hunters after murdering four vampires.

That sums up the chaos of their lives neatly.

Hours later, the hunters are still there, stomping through ash and warped metal struts that still emit an uncomfortable heat. Hayato curses viciously and kicks at the ashes of what was once a ballroom.

"Nothing," Levi scowls as he glares at a burnt-out husk of a bed frame.

No bodies, no bones, no anything. There should be something. It caught fast but burnt out just as quickly. A house fire like that would not have completely destroyed all four corpses.

Xanxus wipes away sweat and leaves streaks of black ash on his forehead. "Get Byakuran to set up patrols in the town," he says to the remaining Vongola. "Varia, with me, we'll comb through the forest."

Hayato scowls as he punches in the number for Byakuran's phone. "We can't find the fucking bodies," he snaps out as soon as it connects.

Byakuran sighs dramatically. "Patrolling it is," he groans. He soon grows serious. "You want me to tell Tsunayoshi or are you going to call him as well?"

"I'll…" Hayato trails off. "Not now. Let them rest for now."

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A/N: We're finally done! Thanks for reading!

To saint . rhapsode: Ah, a person after my own heart. I only hurt them because I care... You shouldn't tempt me though, this almost ended with Tsuna tackling Fon into fire and sacrificing himself while Reborn watches, then Fon would have survived anyway and poor Reborn would get fucked over.

To everyone else: What part did you like the most? Would you want to read more stories like this; quick and cute?