Ryohei was a simple guy, very extreme, but simple. He acted rather crudely but deep down he was just compensating for something, what that was he wasn't sure but he was obviously compensating for something. He searched for a long time to figure it out but finally he found it in front of him, family. Not his blood family but the family that Tsuna and the others presented him with.

When he became friends with Tsuna and the others he slowly became less outwardly extreme, slowly of course. He was still the same Ryohei as he always was and for the sake of everyone that would never change.

When it came time for him to do his duty and enter into the family he was less than thrilled about it. However he surprised Tsuna by agreeing to the action. They had a long talk over tea at his place and Tsuna knew that together they would be a true family and nothing could ever change that. Of course the subject of his dear sister had to come up when these two talked.

Since the horrors of the future Tsuna had Haru and Kyoko's memories erased and Ryohei was happy. His sister would not be subjected to what happened and she could live without the memories. Tsuna had come to the conclusion that what he held for Kyoko was not true and perhaps he was fixating on her to compensate for something else. While Ryohei wasn't very happy about it he knew it was for the best an in the future both Tsuna and Kyoko would be happier for it.

Currently Ryohei was going about his business and headed to the United States for his mission. He exited his plane in Miami International airport and decided to walk to his hotel rather than take a taxi. He enjoyed the sun on his face as he walked downtown smiling at the sights despite his grim reason for being there. He received small smiles and glances for bikini clad girls as he walked along the beach totting his duffel bag. He smiled as he entered his hotel telling himself that he and Hana were together now and she would try and kill him if his eyes wandered.

He hadn't told her anything about his trip or Tsuna and he never would but rather she thought that he was at an international boxing tournament. Ryohei checked into his room under the false name the Vongola had provided him with. He had another entirely different set of papers to leave the country with when he was done with his mission.

Ryohei hit the button on the elevator and sored to the top of the lavish hotel. Ryohei was not one for anything lavish but Tsuna insisted that Ryohei at least stayed in comfort while he was in Miami. The elevator binged as he exited on one of the top floors. He searched for his room, finding it as there were only two doors. He slipped the keycard thru the slot and entered his room. He locked the door, dropped his duffel bag and fell asleep right away on his bed for a few hours.

When he awoke he called Hana back in Namimori, as he had been instructed to. Their chat was nice and light but he could tell she was seemingly asking more then she should, just like during the battles with the Varia. He put that aside as he changed into his clothes and headed to seek out his target.

Ryohei jogged down to a small marina where a go-fast boat was waiting for him. He found the key and a small box holding his gun just where Tsuna had told him it would be. The black boat purred to life as he took it out in the evening glow of the setting sun. About a half hour or so later he slowly drifted into a small neighborhood lined with plush mansions, the home of his target. He kept a low profile pretending to be another tourist as he looked at the property he would be invading. He smiled grimly when he saw the man he was supposed to murder sitting on his terrace enjoying a light dinner.

Ryohei was told about his target before he had left Japan when he had dinner at Tsuna's house. His target was named Anthony Totali a Miami businessman. He was famed for turning his once useless family land into a billion dollar citrus industry through southern Florida. In the eyes of the community he was a saint, and a man above reproach. Perhaps it was this smug sense of power that had made him a target. The truth was that although he was a smart man his business was only so good because of the Vongola and the Chiavarone. In the early 1960's both families had invested millions in the business and since used its infrastructure to launder billions of their hard earned dollars thru its international operations. Unfortunately now Totali had the idea that he no longer needed them and with both families having new bosses he could do as he pleased. Last month Tsuna and Dino had met with Totali on his yatch for a weekend of meetings. Tsuna had wanted to move Vongola money out of the business and Dino, being shrewd with finances, agreed. Totali could not have been happier with this development. He had Jose Cavalierie come to the meeting to elevate them. Jose was a top man in the Cavalierie Cartel in Mexico. The Cartel was very interested in using Totali as an importer of their products and Totali wanted the greater money they had been offering. Unfortunately with this they also wanted both the Vongola and the Chiavarone out. By the end of the weekend the Cartel had given the Vongola and the Chaivarone a substantial amount of money. Not only had they been returned their original investment but they also got huge payments that made both bosses happy. When they left Dino and Tsuna had wiped their hands of Totali and his business forever.

A week later Dino came to Japan and he, Tsuna and Gokudera had a meeting. While Ryohei wasn't there he had herd what had happened; the real reason he was in Miami. While they had wiped their hands of Totali he was expanding his own interests. While he moved Cartel money and product he was stepping out against his new Cartel allies and both of them. He was muscling in on arms trafficking and other money laundering operations that had connections to both families as well as some of their New York allies. Unfortunately after nearly 50 years of Vongola and Chiavarone protection Totali had learnt a couple of tricks himself. He had kept his new activities from his new allies and apparently he had been using Vongola and Chiavarone money to start the process long before they had pulled out their money.

Armed with these facts Dino informed the Cavalierie Cartel about their old acquaintance. They were furious to say the least and they had spent a lot of money to gain access to a new and important piece of their financial network. Apparently it was then that the decision was made and the Vongola got the honor of the deed.

Ryohei knew that this was something that had to be done for the sake of the family but that didn't mean he had to like it. He returned to the marina and headed back to the hotel for a nice dinner.

That night he received a package that contained all of the plans for the Totali mansion. He studied them and found where exactly he needed to go. He surveyed the house every night for three days then finally acted.

That night he slipped his boat onto Totali's dock and crept up to the house. He used the key and alarm code he had received and slipped upstairs. The huge dark marble halls echoed with the laughter of Totali that was coming from his office. A small beam of light crept under his door, but Ryohei passed it by. He found the security room and slipped out all of the hard drives in the system and removed his mask. Now that the system was down there would be no record of him, except Totali's dead body.

He crept back down to the doors and opened them. There Totali sat behind his desk, a glass of rum in his hands and a cigar on the desk.

"Who are you?" he shouted, looking more angry then concerned.

Ryohei raised his gun to Totali and he could see the fear in the man's eyes now.

"Look just take what you want" he sputtered trying to remain clam.

"I can't do that" he replied.

"Why not? It's easy. Look the safe is behind that villa picture to your left and the jewelry is upstairs" he tired bargaining.

"I'm not here for that" he stated simply.

"Then…"

Ryohei cocked the gun as Totali's eyes widened.

"The Cavalierie Cartel will have your head" he said with such confidence that Ryohei had to smirk.

"The Cartel agrees. You should have stayed out of our world" Ryohei replied.

"You little punk. I was in this world before you were even born. And another thing you little…"

Totali couldn't finish as Ryohei squeezed the trigger and emptied the clip into Totali's chest. Each bullet striking him in the chest and leaving a small pool of blood in his lap. Ryohei turned and left as Totali's lifeless corpse fell back into his chair. His crystal glass shattering on the tile floor and sending glass and rum in every direction.

The next morning Ryohei awake early for his plane. He stopped his taxi at a church and went in. He didn't really know why but it just seemed right for him. Perhaps it was a bit of Knuckle leaching thru to him after all of these centuries. He sat quietly in the cathedral and lit a candle not for his victim but for himself. He sat there for another hour before deciding to leave. He wasn't sure why but his little stop over at the church cooled his conscious a little and he felt much better for his long trip home.

When Ryohei arrived back in Japan he was congratulated by all for his first place win and the prestigious boxing trophy that he brought home with him. Of course first he stopped at Tsuna's house.

There he met with Tsuna, Yamamoto and Gokudera where he participated in the ritual that would bound him to the Vongola forever. When they were done he went home where his parents, sister, and Hana were all waiting for him. Together they wanted to hear all about his tournament and his trip. During dinner he thrilled them with his imaginative fake matches and the thrilling finale that he won. Of course they were all fake but no one else needed to know that.

The next morning Ryohei was eating breakfast as his father was reading the financial section of the paper very interestingly.

"Something interesting dad?" he asked.

"Why yes son for once there is" he said smiling

"Listen to this"

"Police are baffled by the murder to citrus billionaire Anthony Totali who was found dead in his home office last Monday morning. Police are keeping all information regarding the murder very tight. Inside sources say there are very few leads in the case thus far. Totali and his company Totali Orchards (NYSX: TO) were apparently under investigation by both the FCC and the FBI for irregularities in accounting practices and other financial irregularities within the prominent company. Yesterday's announcement that the DEA will be joining the investigation has led to widespread speculation that drugs were freely pouring into Miami thru the port disguised in citrus shipments from the companies South American and Mexican facilities.

With news of the company's largest shareholder and CEO dead and the investigations against the company the stock price has dropped significantly. In addition a large selloff of stock has been spurred by the selling of large blocks of stock by three major New York hedge funds, who together stood as the second largest stockholders next to the Totali family themselves. The FCC is expected to announce a freeze on the company stock any day now to protect the overall value of the exchange.

Analysts are predicting increases in various citrus futures as the company may lose much of its importing and exporting powers during the investigation. This news however was welcomed by shareholders of The Garden of Eden (NYSX: GOE), Royal Grade (NYSX: RYG), and Cyto Farms (NYSX: CYF), Totali's main North American competitors. Each of the three giants saw a heavy bump in their stock price which was spurred by all three having increased sales last quarter, which were all lost sales from Totali Orchards.

Totali Orchards had been losing ground in the market for the last six consecutive quarters, loosing approximately 10% of their total North American market share and bringing into question Anthony Totali's announcement last month of the company's decision to acquire three orchard properties in California and another in Florida. Totali was confident in his last shareholders meeting, just a week ago, with the announcement stating that the new production capacity these properties would add to the company would allow for reduced overhead costs and the ability to deliver a fresher product to their customers.

However many in the industry doubt that the added production would save the floundering company. With huge profits a thing of the past and the current surge of company capital many believed that Totali had taken to illegal means of artificially inflating company value. Already many angry investors are rallying against the company.

Totali is survived by his daughter Daniela, and his son Anthony Jr.

Ryohei smiled nervously at his father.

"How is this interesting?" he asked.

"Well my bank dumped all of your Totali stock a month ago and now it seems we made a fortune." He said smiling

"That's good dad" he replied as he grabbed his bag and left for school.

Ryohei smiled as made his way to school. The selloff of stock the paper mentioned was partially done by the Vongola and now they were all a little richer for it. Tsuna had told him a nice piece of "pie" was coming his way. Ryohei was slightly confused until it was explained that meant money. Now he would buy Hana a nice birthday gift.

Ryohei smiled as he hugged Hana as they entered school. Now his life, his family was going to be complete.