Disclaimer: I do not own Katekyo Hitman Reborn.
Xanxus,
It has come to my attention through your father that despite allowing you well over a year to find a new cloud for the Varia, you have either failed to do so, or not bothered, so we're sending along a suitable candidate to fulfil the role. They will arrive next week, play nicely with them. If they die you'll be in for more than just another deep freeze from your father.
Coyote Nougat.
To say Xanxus was angry after reading this note was an understatement. Squalo had been called in to Xanxus office and had the note fly at him in a rolled up ball, just in front of a glass of whiskey. Over the years Squalo had learnt that as soon as Xanxus gave him anything on paper it was a sure sign to get the hell out of his office as quickly as possible, after reading the message he took the note it upon himself to inform the other members of the Varia.
"Ishishishi, another peasant is joining us" Bel laughed while using Fran as a pincushion.
Lussuria seemed to be the only one excited, Levi looked bored and Fran remained expressionless.
"I hope it's a girl, the Varia has no pretty little girls in it!" Lussuria cooed, Squalo had to resist the urge to remind Lussuria that having a girl surrounded by a lot of men with questionable levels of mental stability was not a good idea.
"I hope it's no one from royalty, we don't need another fake prince." Bel threw another 4 knives in to Fran's back.
"Bel-Sempai, that hurts."
"VOI! We need to prepare a room for this new guy. What rooms are spare?" Squalo yelled at the group.
"Squalo-sempai, the only room left is the one next to the boss'"
"That will have to do, Fran, Bel, go set up the room ready."
"The Prince doesn't take orders from peasants." Bel replied quickly.
"VOOOOIII! The prince will be mauled by the boss if he doesn't!"
Squalo was having a generally crummy day. He had been sent to wake up Xanxus that morning, which was always a nightmare, then Xanxus had thrown a full bottle of Whiskey at his head, rather than the usual glass, as he discovered there was no lamb for lunch that day, and then Lussuria had to go and remind him that the new cloud was arriving today, which made Xanxus really moody and it wasn't even 10am yet. Squalo had just finished washing his hair when he heard the castle doorbell ring. Walking to the front door he opened it to find a short kid with short black hair and purple eyes, in a black hoodie, black jeans and army style boots.
"VOI! Short kid are you the new cloud?"
"Short? I thought I was average size?"
Squalo grabbed the kid by the shoulders and pulled him in through the doors
"I'll take you up to your room where you can ditch your stuff and then I'll introduce you to the rest of the Varia."
"You can't really introduce someone until you know their name." The person replied.
"Shut up kid! I'm Superbi Squalo! What's your name?
"Nuvola"
"? You're named for a cloud?"
"You can't talk; you're named for a shark."
"SHUT UP BOY! I LIKE MY NAME!"
Squalo took Nuvola up to his new bedroom. Upon entering Squalo could clearly tell that Lussuria had helped with setting up the room, due to the copious amounts of pink flowers that smothered every available surface, and the overpowering smell of dust polish. Scrunching up his nose, Squalo waited until Nuvola had dropped his bag of clothing by the bed before dragging the boy downstairs to the living room.
"VOI! Listen up! This is Nuvola, the new cloud." Squalo turned to face Nuvola "The guy with the tiara is the Storm, Bel, The one with the frog hat next to Bel is the mist, Fran." Squalo pointed at the two. "Over there are Levi, the lightening, and Lussuria, the sun, is the one with the multi-coloured hair."
Nuvola looked at Squalo "There are only 5 of you? Where's the boss?"
Squalo glared at Nuvola, "I'll take you to his office now."
Squalo turned and left the room leaving Nuvola to follow in his wake.
"Awwwww, I wish the new cloud was girl, then I'd have someone to create dresses for" Lussuria sighed.
"Ishishishi, I wonder if Nuvola's blood is same as the ugly frogs. Ishishishi."
Squalo stopped outside a mahogany door and looked at Nuvola.
"This is the boss's office. He likes meat, sleeping, whiskey and his Liger called Bester. He hates being woken up, having to do paper work, Tsuna, his father and anyone related to them, Vegetarian food, and most of the people in the Varia."
"Sounds like a nice bloke."
Squalo gave Nuvola a funny look.
"I was being sarcastic." Nuvola replied.
Knock Knock
"BOSS! THE NEW CLOUD IS HERE!" Squalo pushed Nuvola in to Xanxus' office and shutting the door.
"Kasu" Xanxus threw a Varia ring at Nuvola which he caught easily. "Stay out of my way; I'm not interested in having a new cloud."
"Well, unfortunately you're going to have to put up with me. I was sent here by the ninth and I will stay here until he says otherwise" Nuvola turned and exited Xanxus' office. The door slammed shut and as Nuvola quietly mumbled "What a bunch of freaks."
Nuvola lay in bed later that night looking over the Varia cloud ring. The cloud ring that Nuvola arrived with was only a D-Rank, and so had been quickly discarded on the dresser hidden under the pink flowers that he had cleared off the other surfaces and piled up on the dresser. Rolling over Nuvola mulled over Xanxus earlier words, "Stay out of my way; I'm not interested in having a new cloud." If Xanxus was so uninterested in having a new cloud, then why give away the Varia cloud ring. Nuvola had discovered through Lussuria, over dinner, that the previous cloud had been a robot, which the ninth Vongola had been hiding out in. Upon hearing this Nuvola decided it was probably for the best not to question the point further, having already understood the Varia were weird. After dinner Nuvola had retired to the bedroom, and was grateful to find that no one had unpacked any suitcases, the idea that someone else might have gone through them sent shivers down his spine. The wardrobe, where most of the clothes now resided, also contained three Varia uniform in the right size. Nuvola was suspicious about this, but assumed the Vongola ninth had sent all his details to the Varia ahead of time. The Varia ring was placed on the bedside table, and Nuvola quickly fell into an uneasy sleep.