Chapter 1 First Contact

Mukuro Rudoku

Ex-con … and now owner of Tejina, Inc.

Tsuna sighed and put his head in his hands as he wondered why in hell this man was contacting him. And not just contacting – practically stalking without actually following him (which he knew because his "guards" would have told him if he was being followed … hopefully). Because in just 1 week Mukuro had sent him a letter, and at least 3 emails and calls A DAY. Thank God he'd gotten into the habit of screening his calls – a habit formed during his mafia boss training.

Tsuna warred with himself over whether to return the calls to see what Mukuro wanted or to give this over to Reborn and his Guardians so they could take him out. After a few moments of inner turmoil, he decided against setting a hit on the man - because he didn't yet deserve that. But, against his better judgment, he picked up the phone and returned the calls.

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Chrome, Mukuro's secretary, answered the phone when Tsuna called. "Good morning. The is Mukuro Rudoku's office."

"Good afternoon," Tsuna replied, "this is Tsunayoshi Sawada. I am returning Mukuro-san's calls."

"Please hold for one moment, Sawada-san, while I connect you to Mukuro-sama."

Chrome pressed hold, holding the phone as she considered hanging up on her employer's latest fascination, when Mukuro stuck his head out of his door.

"Ah, Chrome-chan, has Tsuna-kun called?"

"Yes, Mukuro-sama." She replied, sighing inwardly with defeat.

"Good~! Please patch him over to my phone immediately~!"

"Yes Mukuro-sama."

Chrome transferred the call so Mukuro could talk to his latest toy.

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After Mukuro finished talking to his newest toy, his 'boss', if you could call him that, called.

"Hello, Mukuro." He began with a voice like fire and silk and playful seduction.

"Hello, Boss." Mukuro replied crisply.

" Ah, Mukuro, how many times do I have to tell you not to call me that?" the Devil replied.

"Well, Akuma-san," Mukuro replied with sarcasm, "I know my place in this existence – and as your underling, you are my boss. And I have manged to stay alive this long. I have no intention of dying because I don't give you the proper respect."

"Ah, Mukuro, … I guess I can understand your reasons – but I still would prefer you not call me boss."

"Of course, Akuma-san."

"Well, Mukuro, I actually called to see how your work was going."

Mukuro raised an eyebrow, but otherwise showed little surprise that his boss knew about his latest toy. "It is going well. The people I mentioned on my last visit are still coming along nicely."

"Is there anyone new?"

"Yes, 3 or 4 new ones, actually."

" … Mukuro~, is it 3 or is it 4?"

"There are 3 definitely on the path, with a 4th as a possibility."

"And who's the 4th?"

"Sawada Tsunayoshi. The boss of the Vongola Famiglia. He should be relatively easy, because he is a mafia boss."

Akuma sighed inwardly, because unlike Mukuro, he knew that Tsuna would not be as easy as he seemed. After all – the kid was trying to create the largest mafia alliance in history, even getting notoriously violent families to pledge peace. "Well, you have 2 weeks to work on those four. Just remember to cancel all of your appointments."

"Of course, Akuma-san." Mukuro replied tersely.

Akuma grinned evily into the phone, and decided to mess with Mukuro. "Oh~! By the way, when you come this time, I'm giving you a gift!"

"Wha-" *Click* Mukuro slowly put down the phone, resisting the urge to throw it against the wall and smash it into tiny pieces. "A gift? … Whatever it is, it can't be good if he is giving it to me."

But Mukuro was unable to give it anymore thought because chrome stuck in her head and told him he was going to be late for the meeting.

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A/N: So – do you like it? Please do flame me - this is one of my first fanfics and Yaois. If you think I don't follow a characters personality – I'm sorry, but I'm doing what I want with them, and I didn't start reborn till after I started this fic! (please don't flame me for that either!) but I mostly have read yaois about KHR, so they have pretty much ruined it for me!

Okay! Please R&R – I value input and CONSTURCTIVE critism. I will also take pairings beside 2769 – nothing else with Tsuna though! See you in the next chapter!