Okay, here's Masquerade 3. This chapter shows something very important. Please note that they are wearing their outfits which they wore on Masquerade 1. Out of all, this chapter is the shortest, but most awkward. Oh, and don't expect too much from the fight scene. I don't how to fight.

Speaking of which, I completely forgot to do something... So I'll just say it now.

KATEKYO HITMAN REBORN DOES NOT BELONG TO ME. SAME TO THAT WORK'S CHARACTERS. This story is entirely fan-made. Target names are thought of by yours truly, though.

Now then,
ENJOY READING :)


Target: Ruollo Famiglia
Boss: Luca Roloto
Age: 42
Sin: Cooperation and Alliance with a certain wanted famiglia.
Additional Information:
- Possible Weaknesses: Unknown
- Flame Type: None
- Weapons:
~Boss: Brass knuckles. Knowledgeable in martial arts.
~Other members are given assault rifles or submachine guns for range fighters and any weapon of choice for melee fighters.
- Appearance: Unavailable.
- Personality: Unavailable.
Additional Mission regarding target:
- Find evidence regarding famiglia's shady business.

Hired By: Prudente Quinto


[PRE-ASSASSINATION]

Buzzing came from Tsuna's earpiece before Byakuran's voice fluidly came through. "Tsu, I'm almost done here. Are you done over there?" his partner questioned. "Yeah, just this last one. I just got here in the last point." Tsuna said in reply. "Well, I am nooow," a pause, Tsuna heard the sound of rustling over the earpiece, "done! I finished first!" came Byakuran's ecstatic remark.

"This isn't even a competition..." Tsuna mumbled into his earpiece. Now, they were setting up bombs. The base of the their target had a security system that was pretty lax. Sure, it can repel average intruders, but Tsuna and Byakuran are anything but average. A little hacking was all it took for Tsuna to deactivate it unnoticed. Their target tonight is a WHOLE famiglia. Since Byakuran was a lazy ass at times, he decided to just blow up the place, with a dome preventing the fire from penetrating into the boss room while they still got business there. Of course, he'll remove it once they finish finding evidence of the family's less than good dealings. The members of the famiglia aside from the boss have been put to sleep by both of them, making it easier to go around the base.

"By the way, there was a letter from the orphanage. Said they got another kid." Tsuna said. "You know this reminds me of when we first met at the orphanage. Looking at you now," Tsuna paused, then sighed, "I wonder what happened to the silent Byakuran. How in the world did you become this noisy and talkative?"

"Mou, Tsu. If we're going to that subject then I'll ask you where the cute and innocent Tsu I met before is." Byakuran retorted, a pout almost evident in his tone.

Tsuna almost stumbled. "Wha- who was cute and innocent?!" was Tsuna's flustered whisper-shout to Byakuran. Byakuran's chortles filtered from the earpiece.

"You were sooo cute back then, clutching to the back of my shirt whenever we went to buy some stuff! And whenever there was a storm, you alwaaaays snuck into my bed! Hahaha, you were sooo cuute!" Byakuran teased.

"Said the guy who wanted to eat marshmallows all day!" Tsuna snapped. "That was so weird," Tsuna started again, "the quietest guy in the orphanage was always seen eating marshmallows!" Tsuna grumbled. Byakuran laughed once more in response.

"Shhh! We're getting distracted. I'm done," Tsuna sighed, "though I would've been done faster if you didn't tease me..." Tsuna mumbled, which Byakuran caught.

"So since we're done, what do we do next?" Byakuran asked. Tsuna sighed. Again. "You know Tsu, if you sigh too much, you'll get wrinkles!" Byakuran snickered. "Oh shush. Anyway, let's meet up first." Tsuna grumbled again.

"Where?"

"In front of the boss' office. I'm closer there than you so I'll hide once I arrive. Once you're there, trigger some of the bombs that are far away from the foundations of the building. I'll make it so the boss won't notice a thing." Byakuran was the one holding the trigger for the bombs placed in the base of the Ruollo family.

"Roger that!" Byakuran said. They both started heading to the meeting place, Byakuran's footsteps heard from his earpiece. "Did they mention the name of the new kid in the letter?" Byakuran's voice once again questioned from the earpiece.

"Yeah. Apparently, the 'kid' is a girl named Yuni. 12 years old. According to the director, she's also a victim of a tragedy. Her mother suddenly disappeared, they said. Poor girl."

Byakuran hummed. "Well, that orphanage was made for unfortunate children. Children like us here in Italy are lucky that the orphanage was built. In other orphanages, we will be treated with too much pity."

"True," Tsuna agreed. "Say... Wanna visit them again sometime? It's been a while since we last visited. Knowing them, they might get mad at us. Then again, they might not, as long as we bring them some flowers..." Tsuna trailed off.

"Sure. Let's bring... Cornflowers, Red Geraniums and... white Ericas." Byakuran offered, content with his choices. Tsuna thought for a while, then said, "Alright let's bring those then. I'm here at the meeting point. Where are you now?"

"3 corridors away. Should we also bring Daisies? Make that 2 corridors." Byakuran uttered to his earpiece. "Daisies, hmm... Those should also be alright, I suppose..." Tsuna muttered, "Anyway, I'll make the dome while you're still not here." A burst of hard sky flames and a little bit of lightning flames for extra durability, and an orange-colored dome was finished.

"Tsu, I'm here," Byakuran called, "I'll trigger some of the bombs now." A click, and then several explosions simultaneously erupted. "Done~" Byakuran said to Tsuna as soon as they met up.

"Alright then, I'm taking the last one. Let's do this." Tsuna encouraged. With that said, they proceeded to the door and prepared to attack the boss.


[ASSASSINATION]

The door slammed open from the impact of the hitman duo that suddenly infiltrated the room. Stunned, the boss jerked his head up, just in time to see two figures run towards him. As sudden as it was, he was trained for unexpected visits, so he immediately stood up and blocked a side kick hurling towards his midsection with his arms. Although successful, he was sent skidding back to a wall from the force of the kick.

Quickly getting up, he dodged a punch to his head then countered with a jab to his assailant's stomach which was blocked as his hand was grabbed by the other. Not letting himself get beaten, he immediately created an opening which allowed him to gain some distance from his opponent.

The second figure then lashed at him with a back-handed blow from behind and he blocked it and used to force to spin and counter with a kick to his opponent's legs, which connected. His opponent crashed to the ground and Luca then ducked his head to avoid a sweeping kick from his first opponent then aimed a punch to his attacker's thigh. The punch was then blocked by his first opponent and Luca immediately gave a kick to his opponent, straight to the stomach. The kick didn't connect as he was kicked forward, which prevented him from getting a direct hit towards his shoulder.

Sensing the recovery of his second opponent. he jumped to the side just in time to avoid a kick, and immediately countered with a punch aiming for the second opponent's head. His opponent dodged, and grabbed the arm before it was retracted to hurl Luca towards his desk. A little stunned, Luca didn't recover in time to avoid a syringe to his neck that had a paralyzing serum.

Taking this chance, both of his opponents bound his hands and feet with ropes and tied him to a pole created with mist flames, strong enough that Luca couldn't see through it.

"You're pretty good, fast reflexes." said his first opponent. This one had the upside-down treble clef in his mask, thus, Luca named him Treble. "Yeah. He got me. He's a good fighter. Not many can beat us or even touch us." said the other cloaked figure. Looking towards the voice, he saw a bass clef in the mask so he named him Bass.

"You guys are pretty skilled too. Strong kicks and fast moves, coupled with immediate reflexes." He grunted in reply.

"Well, we always didn't have these skills. Got them from less than pleasant ways. I wouldn't go through them again, if I can." said Treble. "I agree. Now if you please, let's go straight to the point. Were you ever involved in illegal dealings, even in the mafia? Do tell us, and make our job easier." Bass seconded.

Luca snorted. "As if. Why the hell would I that? Why don't you try to find out on your own?"

"Fine then," said Treble pointedly, "don't mind if we do."

"Aren't you polite? Now that won't do good in this bloody world of ours boy. You won't last long if you stay like that." Luca added.

Treble then stomped toward him and brought out thick duct tape. "If you're not gonna tell us anything we need, might as well keep your mouth shut. Your voice hurts my ears." He cut a 5" strip then taped Don Ruollo's mouth shut. "Stay quiet, and let us focus on our jobs in the meantime."

"Byakuran, take the left side, I'll take the right side. We'll scour this office."

-•-

While flipping through multiple files for evidence of the famiglia's shady business, Tsuna found one particular folder that made alarm bells ring in his head. Curious, he took the folder and examined the contents. As he read more and more of the contents, his heartbeat grew faster. 'These documents...'

The sound of paper hitting the floor gained Byakuran's attention. Turning to the source, he saw his partner, Tsuna, shaking.

"Why..." Tsuna started. "Why do you have these!" Tsuna marched towards Don Ruollo and lifted him by the collar. "I burned those files 4 years ago! Why do you have those?!" Tsuna shouted.

"Wait, Tsuna!" Byakuran called. Byakuran ran towards Tsuna and gently coaxed him into letting go of their target. "Calm down! What do you mean?"

"Those files... had data about... children from there..." Tsuna shakily murmured, but Byakuran heard him loud and clear. Byakuran took a few seconds to calm himself down, after what he heard. "Tsu," Byakuran slowly said in a gentle way, "we're not locked there anymore... Let me handle this... Calm yourself for a little while." He led Tsuna into one of the seats in the room then went back to the Luca.

He ripped off the duct tape then started speaking, "So, will you tell me where the hell you got those? Or do you want me to do it with," a muzzle pressed on the boss' left bicep, "this? I can do either one," Byakuran threatened. "Or perhaps," a pause, "you would like me to demonstrate that I CAN do it?"

"Hah," the (stupid) boss snorted, "why don't you do it then? Since you're oh so strong." he taunted.

"Hmmm..." Byakuran hummed, "so you won't cooperate? You're not scared to lose an arm?"

"I'll die anyway," the boss said pointedly, "better to make the job harder for my killers, while I still can."

"I see," Byakuran said, "I won't waste extra bullets on you then. You're the last one to go after all. All you're subordinates are scorched, dead. That's why my partner and I are here."

"Go ahead. I'm not so pathetic as to beg for my life. I have a nasty thing called pride." The boss said.

"Alright then," Bang "this works too. Tsu," Byakuran called Tsuna, "let's go back. I'll take care of the mark upstairs."

Byakuran supported Tsuna and they left. Tsuna was silent all throughout the way. Once outside, Byakuran triggered the other bombs in the building, as well as the one on the roof. The bomb released storm flames, making up the shape of their mark.

The flames that made up the shape of the bass clef died down and left a black scorch mark instead. The other clef's flames, however, didn't and stayed lighted, to be extinguished once it has been discovered by others. The building itself was also scorched a midnight black.

With the job done, the duo walked away silently, the destination set to their home.

The masquerade has ended. The guests of honor have bid their farewells. The only trace of the dance, a burnt building with a treble and bass heart at the top, the bass made by the remnants of a fire and the other composed of the fire itself. The tune of chaos has produced a mad blaze, leaving hundreds of scorched corpses in its wake.


[POST-ASSASSINATION]

"Is something wrong?"

Two heads in the lobby turned to the source of the voice, only to see their boss.

"Don." His guardians bowed. "You see," his Rain, Alfonso, started, "a package for you arrived earlier. It had no information regarding who sent it, so were debating whether to check it first then bring it to you or just bring it to you directly. The scans didn't detect anything dangerous, though."

"I see... Why don't we see what it contains here, then. Bernard," he turned to his Storm, "your office is closest so please get a package opener." Don Prudente ordered. His Storm bowed them went away to get the item. He came back a few moments later and handed the object to his boss, who opened the package.

Its contents were revealed to be a letter, a photograph and a manila folder.

The boss took the letter and examined it. His Rain took the folder and did the same. As did his Storm, with the photograph. After a while, they were shocked.

"So even an entire famiglia was no match for them..." Don Prudente trailed off. "Don! They were also able to get the evidence." Alfonso reported.

"Let's take these to my office."

"Prudente Quinto,
The masquerade has ended. The guests have bid their farewells. Along with this letter should be a souvenir and the evidence you requested."


Vongola Mansion, Meeting Room

"You know why I called for all of you, yes?" Vongola Nono's voice echoed in the room currently occupied by him, his guardians, Reborn and the Varia. "I will get straight to the point. This afternoon, an entire famiglia was annihilated. Usually, cases like done to a neutral family would just cause caution for us but the family they annihilated is not a neutral one. What's more is that they serve under the Vongola umbrella, so this poses a threat and we cannot let it go unpunished. I assembled all of you here to inform you that we will officially start a Hunt."

Reactions didn't vary much amongst the crowd. The Ninth Guardians' eyes sharpened, Reborn tilted his fedora, and the Varia had bloodthirsty grins or smirks etched on their faces.


A/N: So the trigger of The Hunt is finally shown. Next chapter will be Hunt 1 featuring: the Vongola! The Hunt chapters will be considerably shorter than Masquerade ones. I'll let you sneak a peek. The following are just bits and pieces though.


"Reborn, kora!" Twitch

"What do you want, baka-blondie?" Twitch

"Anyway, we're gonna visit Yuni today. Fon and Lal is coming along, kora! Wanna come?"

"I guess it wouldn't hurt... I want to meet Luce's granddaughter as well. Fine, I'll come."

"Okay!"

—-—

"Zio Fon!" Yuni greeted, her face beaming with happiness at seeing her 'uncle'. Fon flushed and the man clad in black snickered at the call. The woman with blue hair arched an eyebrow and the blonde man jaw-dropped. "Z-Z-Zio?!" The blonde almost shouted in shock.

—-—

"Hello, are the ones buried there you're family?"

"No,they're not my family. They're my... friends..."

"Is that so... Cornflowers, red Geraniums, white Ericas and Daisies? Meaning... They died young...?" The man's silence was enough confirmation.


A/N : In my fic, Byakuran and Tsuna have total reign over their flames because of something that happened before. And those profiles I put at the start of the chapter is very important, so keep those in mind. This chapter also reveals more of Tsuna and Byakuran's past, and how they behaved after their own tragedies. Byakuran was silent because he was still recovering and Tsuna is like that because he got in the orphanage at 9 years old, one year earlier than Byakuran, so he was already comfortable enough with the people there.

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