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Dino stood in front of the mirror straightening his bow tie. Just a couple more hours until the walk down the aisle. He sighed. This was going to be a long week. He knew that. There was a knock at the door. "Come in,"

Romario stepped in. "Your children would like to have a word with you." He held the door open and 6 blond children entered.

"Daddy!" His eldest daughter Carlotta yelled, she was fastest into the room. He bent down and gave her a bear hug. His son Antonio was next in, followed by Isabella and Catalina who were helping, what Dino couldn't help but think of as, his two new sons. He gave all of them hugs and sat down on the floor. Everyone wanted to sit in his lap and Carlotta, keeping in mind diplomacy: a word Dino had recently taught her, just sat next to him leaning on his arm. Antonio didn't bother with his lap but jumped on his back; inherently understanding that father is a synonym for jungle gym.

"Daddy, can we ask you something" Isabella said looking up at her father, she had big brown eyes just like his own, they looked worried.

"Of course pumpkin!" He said.

"Are Davide and Dimitrio… Cavallone?" Catalina asked playing with the hem of her new dress. Dino looked at Davide and Dimitrio they were both looking up at him expectantly. Dino sighed inwardly. He had a similar argument with Carlotta a few weeks previously about Victoria becoming their new mother. She had refused to acknowledge her, feeling that Victoria was trying to replace her biological mother, with whom she had been close. He had sat her down in her room and had a long talk with her about how in time she may see Victoria as another mother and that Victoria was not a replacement for her biological mother… He also taught her diplomacy and how sometimes, as a Cavallone, you need to do what will make other people happy for the good of the family. He remembered telling her that if she did call Victoria mother it would make Victoria happy which would make the family happy; even if she didn't mean it.

"Davide and Dimitrio are Cavallone through and through," He said tousling the younger boys' hair. "They are my children as much as any of you. I want the entire world to know it! That is what this ceremony is about, really, bringing our family together!"

"But they don't know all the Cavallone Secret Codes!" Antonio said worriedly.

"Well you should teach them then!" Dino said. "You are their elder brother it is your job to teach them and watch over them. You're the big man Tony!" Antonio tightened his grip around his father's neck in a hug. Dino choked a little.

"All right!" Antonio yelled. "I'm the big brother! I'm no longer the youngest!" He wasn't going to be the smallest and weakest anymore! Nor was he going to be the sole recipient of his sisters' bullying! He was so excited he accidentally kicked Dino in the back.

"That's right Tony!" Dino said proudly, ignoring the pain shooting through his spine. "What's the first Cavallone Secret Code?" Out of the corner of his eye, Dino saw Romario roll his eyes in exasperation. Dino and his first wife had come up with the Cavallone Secret Code as a joke, and now all their children had learnt it by heart.

"Family is number one!" They chorused.

"And the second?" Dino asked mock seriously.

"Don't trust strangers, unless Daddy says it's ok." They said.

"Third?"

"Eat all your vegetables!" They said happily. Catalina tugged on Dino's bow tie. "But Daddy why does Uncle Kyouya call people he doesn't like herbivores? Lotta and I looked it up; it means people who only eat vegetables!" Dino pondered this for a moment.

"You like Uncle Kyouya a lot… don't you?" He said after a moment.

"Yes!" They all said in unison. "Remember that one time when that guy came too close to us at the park?" Antonio said excitedly. "Uncle Kyouya just smashed his head into the concrete! He's so cool."

"He took care of me when I was sick," Isabella said languidly. "He's very nice,"

"Well…" Dino wasn't sure how to phrase this. "After the wedding… Uncle Kyouya may not have the time to come visit as often…"

"How come?" Carlotta said sharply. Dino opened his mouth to reply, but was interrupted when the door opened and his mother entered.

"There you are!" She screeched. "What are you all doing on the floor? Get up! We have to finish getting you ready!" She glared at Romario as though this were entirely his fault. "Finish getting Dino ready!" She snapped, with that she herded the children out of the room.

Dino stood and brushed the dust off of his pants. He looked in the mirror. He straightened his shirt and bow tie and looked at Romario. "Have you finished getting me ready yet?"

Tsuna Sawada stood as still as he possibly could whilst Mukuro Rokudo finished tying his tie.

"Thanks," He said sheepishly, feeling slightly embarrassed that he did not know how to tie a tie. He looked into the mirror his pale complexion and brown eyes looked back at him. He wished that his unruly brown hair could be styled in some way, as it was it stuck out in weird directions. Mukuro glanced into the mirror, he had two different colored eyes one black one red, his blue hair was pulled back and spiked.

"It's not a problem," Mukuro smiled. He grabbed a hold of Tsuna's chin and moved him into a kiss. "Payment for the help."

"Are you going to possess Chrome all day today?" Tsuna asked warily.

"I may let her out in a little bit…" He said noncommittally.

There was a pounding on the door and before Tsuna could say anything it flung open and slammed into the wall so hard it came partly off of its hinges. Hibari stood in the doorway breathing heavily. His knuckles were white as he gripped his tonfas in anger. He could hardly stand his rage. It was all consuming. He felt as though his chest would explode, all he could hear was the blood pounding in his ears. He launched himself across the room at Mukuro.

He ignored Tsuna's flailing arms and pushed him out of the way. Hibari brought his tonfa up and smashed the end of one into Mukuro's chest. Mukuro fell backwards into the wall and laughed. He said something that Hibari did not even register as he swung his other tonfa around to hit him in the side of the head. Mukuro managed to dodge it and suddenly he wasn't there anymore. Chrome was standing there in a simple yellow dress and matching eye-patch. Hibari yelled in frustration and punched a hole in the wall. He did not want to take his anger out on Chrome, he wanted Mukuro.

"Hi-hibari!" Tsuna squeaked. "What's wrong?" Hibari turned towards Tsuna glowering.

Tsuna began to sweat under Hibari's unblinking glare. "What is this a-about …"He swallowed hard. Hibari took a step forwards towering over him in his anger. Hibari remained silent. He knew that Tsuna did not keep up with politics well, especially in another country and concerning a different family. He would not get any satisfaction out of interrogating Tsuna. He had gotten distracted from his task. He spun on his heels and left.

As one of the groomsmen Squalo knew he was running late to meet with the rest of the wedding party. He and his boss, Xanxus, had gotten a little distracted whilst changing into their suits. Squalo swept his thigh length silver hair out of his gray eyes and checked his watch. 15:00. Dino's mother was going to kill him. He hurriedly finished buttoning his shirt and glanced at Xanxus who was still lying naked in bed, watching him dress. Squalo's gaze drifted over his boss's scarred muscular physique, and lighted on his handsome face. He took in his messy black hair and cold red eyes. It made him want to join him for another round of distraction. He glanced back down at his watch and grimaced.

"Voi! You need to be getting ready!" Squalo yelled at him, picking up his pants off of the floor and throwing them at him. He searched for his bow tie and found it hastily flung over the back of a chair.

"You look like an idiot," Xanxus said standing up and putting on his pants.

There was a knock on the door. Glancing at Xanxus to make sure he was decent, Squalo opened the door. Hibari pushed his way into the room.

"What do you want?" Xanxus said putting on his shirt and beginning to button it.

Hibari looked at Squalo. "Why?"

Squalo must have inherently understood what this ambiguous question meant; he glanced at Xanxus who gave him a slight nod. "Things are not going well in Italy right now."He said abruptly. Hibari raised an eyebrow. Squalo continued. "There is another rival family which is gaining a lot of attention as of late, and they've been encroaching on a lot of other families' territories. As the Cavallone family is one of the more powerful families they need to take action…"

"So he's getting married." Hibari could hardly believe it.

"Yes, to the rival family's daughter. This will form an alliance and will protect all of the Cavallone allies from their aggression." Squalo said impatiently. "It's the easiest way to settle the conflict, with the least loss of life." Hibari snorted this was just like Dino. He appalled violent solutions to problems, unlike Hibari.

"The children?" Hibari asked.

"Complications." Xanxus said straightening his tie. He grabbed his jacket off of the bed. "Squalo, the time."

"Voi! I'm going," Squalo shouted he grabbed his own jacket and stalked from the room.

Hibari and Xanxus stood and looked at each other. They had never really talked before, outside of business on behalf of Vongola. Xanxus moved toward the door and Hibari followed, he needed to find Kusakabe and get to the cathedral.

A/N: I hope you enjoyed this installment of Mafia Games. :) Just an FYI, I will be posting a new chapter every week or so. Reviews and criticism is always welcome. :)