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Tense Clouds

I do not own KHR! If I did own it, I would sneak myself in as a character

Alaude was interested in the small boy that was standing with arms crossed and stoic face. He did see the metal tonfas, small strange boxes, and other pieces of equipment. And he knew that the things he had confiscated must be of some importance to them. The older cloud guardian did realize that the younger cloud was watching where he placed the weapons and the other strange items. Probably to retrieve the items eventually. The young boy didn't seem to talk too much or even show any emotion, but Alaude liked it that way. 

Hibari on the other hand was not amused at the current situation. Dull and not Namimori, this place was starting to irritate him more and more. With one word, Alaude went out the door. Hibari scowled a tiny bit at the word 'come', as if that would actually make him follow the other. He instead started to reach for the items that were on a table at the far end of the room. He was able to grab his Vongola gear and box before realizing the very slight rustling on the other side of the door. Hibari scowled on the inside, knowing that the older cloud must have turned around and went back to spy on him. As quick as the fleeting wind, the small boy snatched the metal tonfas and left through the window. 

The others would have to get their things on their own.  There was a somewhat worn path that lead along the side of the mansion into the forest. The grass long and the trees old and twisted, Hibari followed this path. Eventually the path ended but there was still evidence of people passing through tall grass and bushes. Following this indentation within the vegetation, Hibari eventually came to a large grassy clearing with a small stream. 

The wind passed by the clearing, curling around Hibari as he walked forward. It was fairly sunny in the clearing and the grass looked nice to sleep on. With a whistle, Hibird descended slowly. The small bird was lost in the earlier confusion when the First Generation first saw the Tenth Generation. Yet he was able to soon spot his now tiny master in the forest that they were originally in. With a small huff, Hibari leaned down and rested against a tree before falling into a light slumber. 

Hibari quickly got back up, scaring Hibird. He heard another slight rustle in the surrounding vegetation earlier. One that couldn't have been made by an animal but by something a bit more stealthy, a bit more larger. A human was in his presence and he was not happy about the invasion of personal space. Guessing on the light steps that were heard earlier, he could only guess the First Generation Cloud Guardian, Alaude. Hibari made a little sound to himself, he would be facing the founder of CEDEF and the first cloud guardian. To him, that sounded amusing and decided to stand up.

With small steps, he took out his tonfas, ready to use them at command. What was funny about these tonfas were that they slightly shrank, leaving tonfas only slightly larger than normal use for his small body. They must have shrank after the time travel as an affect. Hibari stopped in the middle of the clearing, listening. Soon enough he heard movement and immediately released the chain that he had within his tonfas to capture this mysterious person. With a slight tug, he found his chain to come back empty instead. With a scowl he jumped into the surrounding greenery as well. A flash of platinum blonde passed by the corner of his eye. Alaude was good at this cat and mouse game, this is what Hibari acknowledged after about 20 minutes of the chase. 

Instead of continuing, Hibari dashed the other way. He was tired of chasing after the older male and was quite frankly bored. That was until he saw the tall man appear in front of him. Within a few seconds, the tonfas were out once again, ready to fight. Immediately, Hibari threw out the tonfa, trying to aim at the head of the opponent.

A hand caught the flying weapon. Alaude with a face of indifference looked at the tonfa in his hands. With a slight tug, Hibari was pulled forward. Hibari released the tonfa, finding himself only a few meters away from the man. The issue was, he found out this distance after he fell to the ground, laying on his back. With a quick lunge, Alaude had Hibari in his grasp. Hibari showed the slightest amount of emotion within his face. The elder cloud immediately understood and spoke. "If you want to be released, stay close to me, do not wander." Short and simple, he didn't speak anymore after that. 

Hibari curtly nodded, wanting to immediately stop the contact. As soon as he was released, the bell was sounded for dinner. They both started walking to the mansion in complete silence. Well almost. There were almost soundless grunts here and there during the walk back. It seemed that they understood each other. Alaude was surprised as to how similar their personalities were, except Hibari was just a bit more blood thirsty. It reminded him of his own childhood. 

Alaude and Hibari stalked into the room without bringing any attention to themselves. They head to the furthest area of the table and watched the others from afar. With ruffled feathers, they moved away from the mist guardians as quickly as they could. They were so close to starting a fight but a slight, sweet smile from their Sky stopped them. They knew what was promised if they were not careful. Usually the clouds and the mists wouldn't have cared less but for some reason, today, their Sky seemed off. Alaude finished his meal ahead of everyone else in the room and started to get up. Hibari finished soon after, disappearing into the night as the sun set. He ran back to the clearing in the forest, I would be a waste of a  napping area if he didn't. Hibari immediately stopped in his tracks at the sight of Alaude resting against a tree. Slowly he moved to climb up a tree opposite to where the man was sleeping. Leaning against the trunk, high above the ground, he watched everything below. 

It really was a nice place to sleep, and so Hibari fell asleep soon after he got comfortable. Alaude instantly got up, it wasn't good for a child to sleep outside in the cold. Gingerly, he picked up Hibari and started moving through the forest. It seemed the time travel wore out Hibari more than what it seemed. He slept peacefully against Alaude's chest. Hibird trailed behind, singing out the melody Hibari taught it to the night air.

SORRY. You see, um, right after school I left for Korea because of an exchange program. And then pretty much right after coming back, I had a trip with my church for a week. After that I had a whole bunch of other stuff to do but now that I'm back I've decided to create this terrible chapter. I don't think most of it even made sense grammatically... Anyways I hope you can enjoy this chapter no matter how bad it came out. Sorry for updating so late.........