AN: Since I am currently experiencing a writer's block about my stories, I will publish something that has been nagging me since I read Confessions of a Gold-Digger.
Hope you enjoy and to bravewings thank you for the encouragement.
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Santa Baby
Fanfic of "Confessions of a Gold-Digger" by bravewings
[beta'd by bravewings]
It was late December and the feeling of winter was deeply rooted in the air of the Italian Vongola Mansion. Despite the chilly air and the huge white clouds that promised snow and freezing temperatures, there was an air of cheerfulness in the old building.
Why you ask?
Because of Elena, the future Donna Vongola, best friend and (in all but her eyes) the holder of the Vongola Decimo's heart.
Elena was happy, prancing about as she decorated the halls with tinsel and colorful adorements with the help of the mansion's maids.
And, if Elena is happy, the Vongola Decimo is happy.
Tsuna had managed to escape the massive pile of shi– I mean, paperwork that was on his desk. He was walking down one of the many corridors of the manor, taking note of all the Christmas decorations everywhere.
Elena's doing, no doubt. He shook his head.
Turning around a corner, he saw that the person of his thoughts was currently propped on a ladder, hanging yet another decoration.
Despite his naïve looking appearance back in the day, Tsuna was no saint. He was a hot blooded man now and, like any other male individual he occasionally stopped to appreciate a good view.
And what a view it was.
Due to Elena wearing a short skirt with knee-high leggings, quite a bit of her legs were exposed. She was stretching to properly place the streamers and he could see the tiniest amount of white beneath the red and green fabric folds of her skirt.
Tsuna paused to mentally capture the picture in his mind, before looking around for maids. He had ordered people to help Elena out.
"Where are the maids?" he asked, forgetting to announce his presence to Elena.
The sudden voice behind her made the blonde woman jolt in surprise and tip the ladder before falling down. Fortunately, she was caught by the very man who had spooked her.
"Warn a girl next time will you?" she snapped at him, still a little tense from the fall.
"Sorry," Tsuna said with a small smile, knowing she wasn't really angry with him.
"Anyways, the maids went to get another box from the attic. They said there were a few left up there and since we have almost used up all of them why not use all of them."
"Right," Tsuna said and smiled. Sometimes, you didn't argue with Elena's sense of logic, no matter how illogical it was.
"Why are you wasting time here, Dame-Tsuna?" a voice rang out. Tsuna and Elena turned to see the world's number one hitman smirking at them. Next to Reborn, there was a blushing maid who was clutching a box of decorations to her chest. Not waiting for an answer, Reborn grabbed his former student by the ear and started dragging him back to his office."You have paperwork to do. Go and finish it or you will be stuck with doing that, instead of attending the Vongola Style Christmas Celebration."
Elena noted that it was hilarious to see the Vongola Don being dragged by his ear, like a reprimanded child.
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The Vongola Style Christmas Celebration had finally started and the air buzzed with anticipation.
"The rules are simple. The challenges are written on slips of paper. Now, to make it even more interesting, there is a second box with numbers that are matched to sets of costumes. You must be dressed in the costume when you are doing the challenge. Declining is not an option," Reborn showed his Leon gun, "Unlike the standard Truth or Dare, this is Dare and Dare. You must do the challenge. Are there any questions?"
Dead silence followed.
"Good. Let us begin."
The first to draw the lot was voluntary, so Yamamoto just smiled before going to draw his challenge and costume. By all odds, he got the challenge to play the flute while being dressed in traditional Japanese court clothing. The end result was a stunning resemblance to Asari Ugetsu, but that's where the similarities ended.
As soon he placed the flute near his mouth, high pitched shrieks came out of it, making everyone hold their heads in pain. Since you couldn't quit when you started, the entire room had to bear the torment of Yamamoto Takeshi`s horrible, horrible flute playing skills.
Needless to say, everyone breathed a sigh of relief when the tune was finally over.
Next was Hibari. All he had to do was say his favorite catchphrase with a pair of dog ears on his head. That ended up looking a lot more realistic and intimidating than everyone expected it would be.
Gokudera had to explain a documentary about UMAs while wearing an UFO printed pajama bottoms, a t-shirt saying 'I believe' with an alien face painted below and, a headband that had two antennas attached to it. It made the punk-looking Guardian seem like an alien fanatic. The audience collapsed with laughter. No other act quite matched it.
Ryohei, dressed as a Buddhist monk, had to sit still in a meditating position for 3 minutes, with his eyes closed, while the sounds of a boxing match (supplied by Mukuro) were going around him. The poor guy didn't even last a minute.
Lambo was embarrassed when he was given an adult-sized cow onesie, but forgot all about said embarrassment when Elena glomped him for being 'so freaking adorable'.
Haru was dressed as an aristocratic lady and had to act bashful and shy while fluttering her hand fan for the next hour.
Chrome was decked out in an all-leather attire and had to scowl and swear 10 times. Poor girl couldn't even utter one without blushing. She ended up sitting next to Mukuro, who was dressed as a nun. His challenge was to sing Ave Maria, which he had butchered beyond belief. If Knuckle were there, he would have had a heart attack.
Dino wore a bright, pink fur coat, a hot pink matching boa around his neck, a wide feathered hat, huge 70's sunglasses and a large gold chain with a dollar sign on it. He had to recite several Indiana Jones lines and use his whip. The whole thing even made Gokudera laugh.
Enma had kitten ears and whiskers drawn on his face. He had to end every second sentence ended with 'nya'.
Reborn got a crown on his head, a long fur lined cape on his shoulders, and a scepter in his hands. You could see he was very smug about his challenge.
Fon head been given a Namimori High Disciplinary Committee uniform and suspiciously looked a lot like a certain Cloud's clone (with a much milder temper).
Skull, in his utter humiliation, was forced in a black and purple punk Lolita dress. He even had to wear accessories and a wig.
To their utter embarrassment, Colonello and Lal Milch somehow ended up dressed as newlyweds. Only. instead of getting to wear their respective costumes, the blond man was in the wedding dress and the blue-haired woman was in a groom's tux.
Yuni got to dress like a female Cupid, complete with tiny wings and bow and arrow.
Verde looked like a cross between Frankenstein and his bride because he was in a dress but the stubble on his face prevented him from looking even remotely feminine.
Tsuna was dressed in full pirate captain regalia: black pants and boots with a white open chest shirt, a black and gold rimmed hat with a giant feather in it, and a red cape, which covered the two wicked looking swords tucked into the belt wrap.
"Alright Elena, you're the next person to pick a challenge," Reborn said with a huge smirk. He held up the twin boxes to the self proclaimed gold-digger.
"Yes! Finally! Why did I end up going last?" she said as she rummaged her hand in the boxes.
Elena pulled out two pieces of paper and looked at the first one.
"I got costume number 27?" She checked the costume in her bag and shrugged. "Well, it's certainly fitting for the occasion. Now my challenge is to..'sing a Christmas song in your own unique style'. Wha..?" Elena looked a little confused.
"Well, you say you are a gold-digger, so you have to sing a Christmas song that reflects that," Reborn explained.
Elena paused and adopted a thinking expression on her face, mildly shocking the others. It was quite rare to see her look so serious. She had the penchant to mess around even in dreary situations.
A minute later she smirked.
"I got the perfect song and the costume sure helps. Who are going to be the judges?" Elena asked.
"Dino, Enma and me," Reborn informed her. She immediately left, dragging away Bianchi to help her.
A few minutes later, everything was set. The center was cleared out, except the grand piano and some furniture were left unmoved. Since the event was held in the largest parlor room of the mansion, the audience had no problem scooting away to make way for the performance. The three judges were all seated behind a desk.
The Vongola Decimo was seated in his caspian, blood red throne. He was a little ticked off at not being one of the judges.
Chrome was in charge of the music and lighting. She saw it as a form of training.
The quiet murmurs from the spectators stopped once Bianchi walked in and took a seat near Reborn. Elena was ready.
Everything dimmed and the music began.
The saxophone music made a swanky tune before it paused, making everyone mewl and sigh.
Tiny flickering lights appeared to show a figure dressed in an extremely tight, mid-thigh female Santa dress and knee-length high-heeled boots with white fur trimmings. The top of the dress ended at the collarbone, revealing no cleavage, but the neck and shoulders were bare. A black choker with a single sleigh bell was wrapped around her neck and white, furry arm-warmers covered her hands. All of that was topped with a Santa hat.
Tsuna could only gape in shock at the costume.
"Santa baby, just slip a Sable under the tree for me," Elena sang while she casually sat on a chair with her legs crossed. The leg on the top was slightly swaying to the music rhythm. She sang the next part huskily, "Been an awful good girl".
"Santa baby," Elena moved towards the audience, "So hurry down the chimney tonight!"
The enthusiastic way she said the last line made Tsuna increase his hold on his throne slightly. Elena moved onto the second verse.
"Santa baby, a '54 convertible too, light blue," Elena sang this part as she sauntered up to the piano and hopped on to sit atop it. She swung her legs and she winked at the audience, "I'll wait up for you, dear."
Tsuna's grip became even tighter.
"Santa baby, so hurry down the chimney tonight," she moved and sat with her legs resting on the top side of the massive instrument.
The second verse ended and the next thing that followed had Tsuna's blood boiling in fury. No one other than him was supposed to see her like this.
"Think of all the fun I've missed," she laid flat on the piano, with her head dangling at the edge. She pouted at the audience. Then, she rolled over until she was lying on her stomach and propped on her elbows. Her hair was around her in gentle blond waves. She looked like a Christmas angel to Tsuna. So beautiful, but the next line made it all crash and his awe was replaced with anger: "Think of all the fellas that I haven't kissed."
This made him so angry that he let go of his grip on the chair to hold his hands. If this continued, he would be in need of a new throne and plenty of bandages.
"Next year I could be just as good... if you check off my Christmas list," Elena sang and Tsuna frowned. Was she blackmailing him? Trying to tell him that if he gave her those things she will be good?
He didn't get his answer since Elena distracted him with the next verse.
"Santa baby, I want a yacht and really, that's not a lot." Well, Tsuna thought, she would look good on a yacht– wearing a bikini and, if she wanted to tan without any lines she could take it off with no one was watching… "Been an angel all year, Santa baby."
"So hurry down the chimney tonight." She sat up with her legs dangling. A Mist-constructed halo appeared over her head. Her hand casually slid down her exposed legs and she hopped off the piano when the music flared again, running to the other end of the piano so it separated her from the audience. "Santa honey, one little thing I really need…"
Elena leaned in towards them as she smirked. Unknowing to her, Tsuna leaned forward as well. That was something only Reborn saw and he hid his smirk, intertwining his fingers.
"The deed... to a platinum mine, Santa baby," she looked longingly towards where an illusion made chimney stood. "So hurry down the chimney tonight. Santa cutie, fill my stocking with the duplex and checks.."
Oh how he would, Tsuna thought as his eyes dimmed with the possibilities. Meanwhile Elena pranced to the chair and leaned over the back.
"Sign your 'X' on the line," she made a 'cross my heart' gesture. She moved to the side of the chair and sat sideways on it with the lush armrests going behind her back and under her knees with her face looking at the crowd. She let out a noise as if she ate something particularly sweet. "Santa cutie,and hurry down the chimney tonight."
"Come and trim my Christmas tree," Tsuna combust in flames, the sheer implications making his thoughts run wild, "with some decorations bought at Tiffany's."
Ah. So that's what she meant or..was it?
"I really do believe in you," (She did, didn't she? She was his first friend. She had refused to back down and made his former bullies regret ever going near him.) She had stood up and switched sides on the chair, this time with her back facing them. "Let's see if you believe in me…"
She bent her back all the way to look at them with a tiny smile on her face, before sitting straight back up, with her back to them. "Santa baby, forgot to mention one little thing... A ring…"
Tsuna's' eyes turned dark orange.
"I don't mean on the phone," she sang teasingly as she lifted her palm to inspect something on the back of her hand. "Santa baby, so hurry down the chimney tonight."
"Hurry down the chimney tonight," She went back to the position she was in when she began singing. Her crossed legs swayed to the rhythms. She repeated huskily, "Hurry!"
This single word made Tsuna feel so close to breaking out of control that the Don was scared he might strain something with the amount of self-control he was using
"Tonight," and with that final word the music continued for a few second before dying. Elena let out a giggle as it finally ended.
The lights came back and the entire room applauded, albeit with caution. Not one of them dared to look at their boss, whose head was ducked down to hide his eyes.
"I am actually surprised you sang that so well. On time and the right pitch," Reborn noted as Elena relaxed back in the chair.
"Well it's the same determination that gives me a hundred percent at economics," Elena said, crossing her arms in defense.
"So, with that in mind, I give her a ten out of ten," Reborn said, taking out the sign with a '10'. Dino and Enma mirrored his actions.
And the festivities continued but the Vongola Don had yet to move from his throne at the far back of the room. Reborn approached his former student.
"Reborn, you remember the wishlist Elena just sang?" Tsuna asked, looking over his Famiglia celebrating.
"Of course, but, Tsuna, I never took you for the type who gave into feminine wiles so easily. All she needed to do was sing a song to make you get her all that?" Reborn asked teasingly.
"No, I only intend to give her one of the items there. Well, one of them that can be bought. The other stuff I have in mind.." he said. He placed his elbows on the armrests and looked at the blonde girl with a noticeable tinge of orange in his half-lidded eyes.
With that information gained, Reborn walked back towards the celebration. Locking gaze with Bianchi, he gave the smallest of nods.
She took all the credit for teaching Elena seduction during their poison cooking lessons. A little nudge here, a push there, a stray comment about some particular thing and the blonde was, unknowingly, following the advices given.
And tonight, tonight the master plan had been executed.
When Bianchi had found out that Elena unknowingly incorporated her seduction lessons as she danced and sang about wanting money, she gave her a playlist of seductive/gold-digging songs that quickly became Elena's favorites. The girl soon knew them by heart and pitch.
All they had to do was simply provide the place and time and the means. Rigging up the drawing lots were a piece of cake and the challenge issued was based on the simple thought that Elena would remember her songs.
He had a feeling this would end with the two of them hitched in less than a year.
Well, who knows, Christmas is the time for miracles.
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AN: Okay you guys, this is it! If you like it leave a fav. Or review. Or opinion.
Also the idea of the song stemmed from Santa baby from Selph94.