Authors note at the end of the chapter. Please read.

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Tskiyomi Ikuto was content with life.

He had a... satisfying life. He had a couple of regrets, and wished he wasn't so careless (Ikuto was never considered himself stupid *cough* little bit of a narcissist *cough*) during some times. But overall, it was not bad.

Of course, being bound by death was... scary. It probably is for everyone.

But rather than being scared, Ikuto felt... trapped. Bound down. Forced. It was a feeling Ikuto absolutely despised. But its reality, its not like the now old man could force his body to turn back young again, in his prime where he could be free and do what he wants.

'This old body is really annoying. Its weak and painful, if I knew it would be like this, I would have preferred to die young.' Die free. Strange thoughts, but you would find yourself thinking deeply when you in front of the door to death.

His body couldn't move. It was paralyzed. It had been ever since the accident in his 60's, foolishly believing he could jump across roofs like he had before, even without Yoru's help (though he had to re-learn agility and nimbleness ever since Yoru disappeared)

Now that he had absolutely nothing to do, he had a lot of time to think.

'Its kind of pitiful that I never found the true love of my life.' Ikuto mentally chuckled. He was a popular one during his prime. Considered very 'beautiful', 'hot', and 'like a statue'. Ikuto could also be considered handsome, however most say that 'handsome' was for manly and buff men. Ikuto was more of a delicate and rare, angelic beauty. But that's what his little sister, Utau (A/N: Another character in Shugo Chara, whose infatuated with Ikuto) says.

He never had much for pride as a man, for he was quite deceitful, so being called beautiful never bothered him as it would have probably bothered other males (rather than being annoyed, he was secretly pleased).

The point was that many, and I mean many, people tried to woo Ikuto. Many were female, but a frightening amount of suitors were also from the male population. Most, if not all, were complete strangers that Ikuto had either only met once or twice, or random people who just apparently, and he quotes,' "Fell in love at first sight".

That's one of the reasons why he didn't work in a public office, or take the bus or any public transits. Really, any crowded place was dangerous, both for Ikuto's growing annoyance (He wasn't easily angered, so when he gets angry, the whole world would probably shake in fear), and the number of strangers whose hearts were broken.

There was Amu (the main character in Shugo Chara), his love interest which he was quite serious about during his teenage years. However he rather have her live happily then to live for his own selfishness, Ikuto, being the scarily observing man he is, noticed the many 'secretive' glances between her and his little brother figure, Tadase (another character in Shugo Chara.) so he decided to let her go (A/N: Too selfless! Oh, the tears!).

It was not as hard as he thought it would be, surprisingly. In the later years of his life, he figured perhaps he was just extremely fond of Amu (because Amu did remind Ikuto a lot of his birth mother.) and his teenage hormones just didn't let him think straight. Ikuto was still very fond of the pink-haired girl (Amu), however he felt satisfaction and happiness for her when she smiled so brightly along with Tadase during there wedding (where he was the best man after he and Tadase made up and returned to their previous very close brother relationship)

Now, on Ikuto's deathbed, he had many memories of his early life suddenly spring up at any unexpected moments. Annoyingly, many of those teen memories made him cringe, and if Ikuto was anybody else, he would have probably wanted to die alone in a hole. Amu, now, was no longer a love interest and Ikuto found himself cringing about how serious he was for her (no offense to Amu, of course).

Ikuto suddenly returned to reality from his memory world when he felt a burning pain in his chest which was slowly growing stronger.

His heart was failing, and ever so slowly and quietly coming to a stop.

Despite the pain (dying did hurt, but that was expected), Ikuto's mouth curved into a vicious smile that could have been seen as a smirk to anyone else. This pain reminded him of his youth where Yoru was still with him, where he could perform a character change and transformation and soar through night like the black cat his soul was and still is. Where the thrill of the chase, the suspense, as well as driving young minds crazy (cough, mainly Amu and Tadase, cough) was his favorite hobby and past time.

It made him feel alive.
Kind of strange, since the pain is caused by his dying heart.

'Am I becoming a masochist? Nah, I probably just missed my freedom so much that I'm becoming desperate, or insane' Ikuto chuckled dryly. Being paralyzed and unable to walk or move your arms easily can easily make anyone go insane, Ikuto was surprised and impressed with himself that he is still with the right of mind.

The pain in his chest soon became close to unbearable as Ikuto's breathing soon turned into pants and sweat dripped down his face. With his heart coming to a stop the rest of his old worn out body was also shutting down. Ikuto was currently alone, in a mountain secluded somewhere in China. Having wanting to die alone rather then facing the sad and crying faces of his nieces and nephews (his friends sons and daughters who were obviously very attached with Ikuto that it made their own parents jealous, though it was hardly Ikuto's fault, since for some reason, children naturally liked him for some reason even if he treated them rudely).

It could have been considered running away, but Ikuto never runs, he never was truly a coward at heart, the heart of a cat never wants to be bind down after all, it was merely Ikuto's last act of "tactically escaping" something which he found troublesome to face (like those big watery eyes pretty much every child possesses).

Ikuto eye lids closed gently as black darkness his vision anyway.

'If possible, I would have liked to live a life of a black cat once more, somewhere where I could truly be free... As free as the sky...'

That day, XX XX XXXX, was the day Tskiyomi Ikuto left the world with a wishful smile one his face.
Later his family of friends found his body after desperate measures of searching, only to mourn and grieve at the results.
Ikuto moved more than a few hearts, though he would never know that now.
Pouring rain fell during the funeral, as if the sky was crying over the loss....

However...

...in another world, another dimension, the sky there, was celebrating the new entry into her world, eagerly looking forward the the entertainment and change the new addition would bring.
The sky, in the world of a certain anime known as Katekyo Hitman Reborn, decided to celebrate the day with a glorious meteor shower combined with a spectacular aurora which anyone all over the world could see, but it shined the brightest above Italy and Japan, something only very few noticed.

However, to even fewer,  the magnificent sky miracle held a different meaning.

~O~

"This is strange... There was nothing in the news or in my recent observations that a meteor shower, better yet an aurora would appear tonight, on a full moon. But all three appearing together? What a spectacular coincidence and miracle." A certain baby with bright green hair in a lab coat drank some coffee as he observed the sky's show through a very large telescope.

The green-haired baby flinched in surprise as his pacifier around his neck glowed brightly, in fact, it was the first time the world's best scientist saw his pacifier (which he had for a long...long time) grow so brightly. 'Is another arcobaleno in the area? No, they would have notified me otherwise (though a certain Hitman probably won't, but no one knows the location of his lab anyhow), not to mention it doesn't explain why it's glowing this bright...' A sudden theory appeared in the baby's head as he whipped around and stared at sky where the beautiful nature show was still happening.

'A meteor shower... A aurora.... And a full moon. All appearing when it wasn't predicted by the machines... Is it truly a coincidence...' Verde, the world's greatest scientist as well as the Lightning arcobaleno, narrowed his eyes.

'...Or is it something else...?'

~O~  

"Ma... How pretty." The Storm arcobaleno as well as the world's greatest martial artist, drank some tea calmly before looking up at the sky with a peaceful smiles as he admired the aurora.

He calmly set his cup down when his pacifier began to glow brightly, blinking in surprise, he touched it in wonder. 

"... I wonder..." Fon stared back at the sky with a expression that would have been absolutely adorable to a random stranger who could pass by, however it will be a question whether any stranger could notice the wisdom and experience in the eyes of the babyfied adult which no true infant should possess. 

~O~    

"Lal~ Isn't the aurora pretty, kora?" The rain arcobaleno grinned at his ex-fiance whose eyes were twitching.

"SHUT UP! Don't drag me out here when I had a lot of work to do!" Lal shouted as she kicked Colonello in the face.

"Ouch! Sheesh, woman are so violent, kora." 

"I heard that!"

Colonello lied on the ground, ignoring the aching pain where he was kicked and admired the way the moonlight seem the highlight the aurora and the meteor shower. At the corner of his eye he watched as Lal stomped away before staring up at the sky's show herself with dazed but serious eyes.

'You feel it too, don't you Lal, kora...' Colonello thought as his pacifier glowed brightly.

'This isn't an ordinary sky miracle... something is different... something has changed.' 

~O~      

"Eh?! Whats going on?" Skull, the cloud arcobaleno stared in shock at his glowing pacifer before putting on his helmet and getting on his motorcycle in record speed. 

'Are other arcobaleno's nearby? Nope, don't want to put up with them today!' Especially a certain hitman and sniper. 

(A/N: Oh sweet, little Skull. If you looked more closely you would have noticed that your pacifier is shining more brightly then it ever had before, but I don't blame you for being scared of the Sun and the Rain.)

~O~        

Viper, the mist arcobaleno was rapidly setting up cameras everywhere.

"If I sell this in good quality I could make a lot of money." Viper smiled happily, putting the note that his pacifier was glowing awfully bright at the back of his head.

~O~       

The World's Greatest Hitman eyes widened ever so slightly as his pacifier glowed a brilliant yellow. 

CLANK

His eyes immediately shifted towards the sound which turned out to be a shattered tea cup.

"Aria...?" 

The said woman didn't answer to him or gave any sign that she heard him, instead the sky arcobaleno stared up to the sky with impossibly wide eyes, her whole figure shaking to the point of stumbling.

"...Awakening...! What strong sky flames...!" Aria legs gave away as she collasped to the ground, sudden visions entering her head.

Reborn, the Sun arcobaleno, immediately appeared besides her in worry.

Only to be surprised by Aria's sudden laughter. 

"This changes everything...!" She breathed out as she vividly remembered her vision.

Her vision was of a black cat, which fur seemed the shine dark blue under the silver moonlight, his deep ocean eyes flickering calmly around before walking elegantly with utter grace and pure elegance. A sudden shift of moonlight pass, momentarily blinding whoever witnessed the moment. Instead of the graceful feline, there stood a boy, a beautiful angelic boy whose face will be forever engraved in the sky arcobaleno's memories.

Words could not describe the aura the boy possessed, as he walked into the moonlight with ever bit of the grace and elegance the black cat possessed, his deep sapphire eyes glowing in the dark, as the moonlight almost parted ways for him as if lowering herself as the servant.

Aria smiled as she stared up during the night sky.

The starry night sky... silent, but peaceful... still, but beautiful.

"The night sky is still a sky... no matter what... Black cat boy-ya..." Aria said out loud before closing her eyes and drifting off the sleep out of sudden exhaustion.

A certain babyfied hitman besides her stopped at her words, repeating the sentence in his head once more. 

'The night sky is still a sky... no matter what... Black cat boy-ya...?' Reborn then looked up towards the sky thoughtfully but warily. 

"... Something in this world... has changed."

~O~        

Somewhere in Italy...

Deep Ocean Blue eyes snapped open.

Those eyes belonged to a little child. A boy with long straight dark blue hair with lighter blue streaks that touched the floor, the moonlight shined over the boy's white, sickly pale skin that enhanced his beauty. 

His long eyelashes deepened the boy's stare as he looked around with mild confusion. The first thought flashing through his head.

'....Why am I still alive...?'

(A/N: This is the best pic I could find. Just imagine that guy as a child with 10 times more grace (and looks) then an angel.)