"He has his father's eyes." A fifteen year old in a black tailored suit, with curly sideburns and a fedora commented as he cradled the infant in his arms. "Scary."
"Don't be rude Reborn-san. My little Haruka is the cutest baby in the world." Satsuki said playfully running her fingers over her son's chest causing him to laugh.
Satsuki was in the kitchen when she heard Haruka starting to cry, but he quieted down before she could get there. For a moment she thought maybe Kyoya had come home, but that wasn't possible for at least another month. Tsuna had him on some mission that her husband was not happy about in the least. She was somewhat concerned, but turning into the room she saw Reborn and was immediately relieved.
"Satsuki, I'm almost certain that Haruka is a boy, but why is everything in here pink." That was the first thing he had said to her at her arrival.
"Kyoya's mother decorated the nursery and she was certain it would be a girl." She smiled down at her son. "I didn't want to just throw away her hard work, so we decided to keep it."
That was ten minutes ago, they had since moved to the living room and were having some tea and snacks.
It was at that time that Reborn would once again pull her into another dangerous situation.
"There is a group called the Scale that just recently became more of a threat than previously perceived." Reborn continued, "They recently staged an attack on Chrome, but it turns out their original target was someone else."
Satsuki knew there was only one person whose weakness was Chrome.
"Mukuro."
Reborn nodded. "He was taken, for what we're not sure but as the Vongola we cannot stand to ignore a attack like this on one of our own, even if it's someone like Mukuro. He is the Mist Guardian of the Vongola Tenth, such a insult cannot be left unanswered."
"Then why can't you just go in there and beat everyone up." She wondered.
"There is only one reason they would be after Mukuro. His eye." Reborn looked trouble. "They will no doubt be trying to experiment on him, try to replicate the reason why Mukuro's abilities to perform illusions are so powerful. It is a delicate matter...plus we don't know enough about them to even figure out where Mukuro could be."
The fact that Reborn was telling her this meant…
"You want me to rescue him?" She asked, confusion and surprise hightening the tone of her voice.
"Thanks to Hibari's distance from the Vongola, you have been shielded from being on anyone's radars. No one knows that you are in the Vongola Bosses inner circle. I've done all the calculations and you are the only one who has a shot at infiltrating the base successfully and escaping."
"Reborn-"
"Your background in genetic study, would make you attractive to hire as an employee, you would be going in undercover, new identity and background for your protection. I will not lie to you Satsuki, if you're find you will probably be killed."
A 'no,' was at the tip of her tongue. She had a newborn, a husband a family to think about and this was dangerous. What made her hesitate was the word family. Wasn't Mukuro family? Yes he was the sibling that everyone avoided and kept a distance from, who usually caused more problems than solutions. But whenever they needed them, he would come to their aid. Of course half the time the guy was only doing so because it benefited him. Chrome cared about him, Ken, Chilusa. Mukuro was the world for them.
"I will not force you to accept, the choice is yours."
They both sat in silence, their eyes watching Haruka as he played with the toy Reborn dangled in front of him.
She could leave Haruka with her parents...but Kyoya.
"Kyoya is going to be very angry."
"Yes."
"He will come after me."
"If he does, his search for you could break your cover and potentially result in your death." Reborn stated matter of fact-ly. "We can distract him for a bit, but I doubt even Tsuna could hold him down for long."
"You will have three stages to this mission. One, you need to get into the organization and with our interference make it to their main base where, no doubt, Mukuro will be kept. This could take up a few weeks to a month to accomplish depending on where they will transfer you. Part two will be you locating Mukuro and finding out as much as you can on the things they're researching. You will look for weak spots, potential escape routes and make note of them. The final part of this mission to extracting Mukuro and leaving. This part may be dangerous depending on how bad Mukuro's status will be. You must escape the base and contact the Vongola and we will come to safely extract both you and Mukuro."
Anxiety swirled in Satsuki's chest but she knew she would regret it if she didn't try to help one of her family. She was scared, but she had confidence in her ability to pull this off. She always thought on her feet, she had to ever since the mafia came into her life, but she was also a civilian, so she could pass as another lab coat.
Kyoya was not going to be happy.
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