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[Chapter 8]
They all stared at their boss as if he had lost his mind. They; the Varia, had been invited to a party. Now anyone would ask the question, or at least normal sane people would. Who the hell had invited them and to what? "So we have to go?" Bel asked shifting his weight back and forth on each foot. Xanxus let his gaze travel back to the letter in his lap. Sure enough that damn woman had invited them to a fucking party.
"Oh this is great! I have to get ready...Squ what should I wear?" Lussuria asked Squalo who was standing beside him.
"VOI You better be wearing your fucking uniform! We're not going there to socialize damn it."
Levi turned to their boss and looked at the letter he had. He had to look out for that woman. He knew she planned to destroy them soon and he wouldn't be unprepared when his boss's life was threatened. "Boss I don't think-"
The look he received stopped him midsentence. Xanxus stood up catching their attentions. "Someone go get the damn car. We're leaving now." Lussuria cheered and left to fulfill his boss's wishes.
"Is this the right place?" Lussuria asked getting out the limo.
In front of them was a three story building with windows placed perfectly along the walls and a grand oak door in the front. "Shishishi~ if it's not we know who boss is going to kill." Bel chimed walking ahead of the sun guardian.
The guards by the grand door watched as they climbed the staircase. It wasn't very often that they had such a large group together. "Your invitation, gentlemen?"
"VOI who has the paper?" Squalo shouted looking at his comrades. They all turned to their boss who pushed his way to the front and shoved the paper into the guards faces. One of the guards took it from his hands, and read it over.
"Strange, Varia's never came before...hope you enjoy your stay." Handing the paper back, Xanxus walked through the open door and was quickly greeted to another door. On each side of him were staircases that lead up the second floor. Footsteps headed towards them, causing Xanxus to let his gaze fall to his left where he saw an older man walking towards them.
"So it is true, Varia has joined us today." The man said smiling.
"Hello..." Lussuria started not quite sure what everyone was talking about.
"My apologize, I'll be your guide. If you need anything don't feel troubled to ask. Please follow me so I may show you your seats, and explain the rules." Turning, the man walked back up the steps. Xanxus without a thought, followed after the man.
"That stupid boss" Squalo mumbled trailed after said man.
The lights of the second level was dimmed causing them to adjust their eyes quickly so they wouldn't run into anyone. Seats were scattered around forming a circle around the rails of the level. "As you see this is a meeting for Assassination Squads. Everyone you see is either from Italy or somewhere else in the world. The first level is an arena for anyone who wishes to spar off with another family."
Looking over the railing of the second floor Varia saw an arena like the man had said with craters, blood splatters and two men fighting off. "You do not have to partake in sparring. Which leads us to the first rule. If you are asked to spar, you have the right to decline. If you accept you may not kill your opponent unless you are in the elite part of your family. Of course this would apply to Varia. If you plan to kill your opponent you must get the approval of both boss's."
"Sounds like fun, what do you think Mammy?" Bel asked, squeezing the baby in his arms.
"I don't get paid, so it's not any of my concern." The mist guardian responded.
"Now when it comes to boss's being asked, or boss representatives for the boss's who couldn't make it, they still have the right to decline, but boss's do not have to get the permission of other boss's to kill their subordinates...other than that there aren't any other rules." The man finished before jestering to the a few chairs and a table.
"This will be your seats. In each seat you will find one device for each of you. Please click on your picture and once you have, you will have the chance to skim through the people here. If you like to spar off with a particular person, select their picture and when a pop up comes onto the screen select spar. It will tell you how long you will have to wait. Please enjoy yourselves."
Xanxus sat down in the only chair at the table, claiming it as his and grabbed his device. The other Varian's did the same and started to do their own thing. Squalo ordered himself a drink along with Xanxus's. (Because we all know Xanxus would never order his own damn drink.) Lussuria started a conversation with Bel and Mammon, while Levi looked through everyone who was present at the party/meeting on his device.
"Bel I think we should just evaluate how this thing works first. Maybe next time if we come back you can spar with someone, besides we don't want to make a bad impression our first time." Lussuria explained to the youngest of them all, who was eager to start killing people in the arena.
"The prince can do whatever he pleases." Bel snapped unhappily.
Lussuria and let his eyes land on their lightening guardian who was overly preoccupied with the devices they were given. "Levi what are you doing?"
Levi simply ignored him and kept looking for the woman he detested the most. She wasn't in the category's of subordinate or elite and he wasn't too happy with skimming through Boss and Boss Representatives. Scrolling down, he found his precious boss's picture. He didn't look happy, but Levi knew his boss would never smile for a picture. Looking right below his own boss, he found her picture. Levi quickly selected her ID and picked spar.
The brawl in the arena ended soon with no one as the victor. The opponents shook hands and went their separate ways. Levi waited until it was his turn, unlike what the man had said, it did not tell him how long he had to wait for his fight. A light hand touched his shoulder, causing Levi to turn around.
"Mr. Leviathan it's your turn." The man from before said before motioning for him to follow.
Levi left after the man, which caught the eye of the animal of the group. Squalo's eyes narrowed at them as they left. "Lussuria where the fuck is he going?" He asked.
Lussuria just shrugged. "Who knows, he's been acting weird since we got in the car. I can't keep up with these emotions coming from everyone. You'll be giving me gray hair before you know it."
"Is that an insult?"
Everyone's turned towards the voice, to see Watson standing there. Xanxus grunted acknowledging the man before going back to playing on his new found technology. Lussuria waved at the man, causing the oldest out of them all to bow politely.
"It's nice to see you've all come. I hope you're enjoying yourselves?" Watson asked.
"It's wonderful here, I never knew there were so many Assassination squads in the world. It's a wonder we've haven't come before."
"Actually these meetings only started about ten years ago. The only reason you've never gotten an invitation is because Madam has always taken it before it was sent out." Watson confessed.
Xanxus stopped playing and turned his head towards the old man. "What the fuck is that suppose to mean, scum?"
"Madam doesn't like people to know of her profession. So when she heard that this get together was starting, she made sure you never got an invitation so that she didn't have to tell you." Watson said.
"So Vinci's an assassin?" Squalo asked shocked to know that the girl he grew up with could kill someone. Xanxus, who was done with the conversation, went back to what he was doing before.
"Yes"
Xanxus was pressing random buttons on his device when a mail icon appeared in the top corner. His finger clicked on it causing his screen to turn black, after a few seconds two picture popped up. His hand that was holding onto his device, slowly created cracks along the screen while he tried to with hold his anger. "That fucking trash"
"Uh oh" Lussuria whispered.
"Shishishi~ someone pissed the boss off." Bel sung.
"It's one of our own." Mammon said holding up one of the devices to see Levi's picture next to the woman's they were just talking about.
"Oh dear" Watson said.
Xanxus threw his cracked gadget onto the floor, finding it of no use to him anymore. His eyes caught onto the Varia jacket in the arena. Levi stood their frozen, waiting for the first attack to come. A figure from across the arena jumped over the railing and landed far enough from Levi so it wouldn't seem like the first move.
A man stocked up to the elite. He reached to about 6'6 towering over Levi who was the tallest out of Varia at 6'3''. His dark hair was brushed but still fell onto his forehead. His muscles stood out the most, causing Levi to look like a toothpick in comparison. "I see, so you're the one who asked for a spar?"
His thick accent caught Levi off guard. He couldn't quite place where it was from, but it was rough enough to know it wasn't from any country with a romantic language. "I didn't select you as my opponent."
"No but I will now."
Vinci hummed, washing her hands in the sink. She hated coming to the meetings. All she did was sit in a chair and watch as people fought each other, with of course the occasional drink in-between. Turning the faucet off, she grabbed some paper towels, dried her hands, and shoved the paper into the trash. Checking herself in the mirror, she pushed her sunglasses up her nose before opening the door and headed back towards her family.
"Miss. Vinci" Looking over her shoulder she sees one of her family members leaning against the wall next to the door she just came out of.
"Yes" She asked.
"Someone had asked you to a spar while you were in the bathroom; however, Burk had accept for you and is now fighting the man."
Vinci was silent for a moment, taking everything in. Spinning on her heel, she sprinted down the hall hoping to catch her idiot. She'd hate to apologize to whatever boss this man had belonged to because someone had killed him. Running down the stairs from the third level to the second she held her arms out and grabbed onto the rail to stop her body from colliding into it.
"What the..."
"Madam, I'm sincerely apologize. I-"
"Watson that's enough, you've done nothing wrong." Tightening her grip on the railing, Vinci lifted a leg over it, and pulled herself up.
"Madam what are you doing?"
"Stopping this before it gets out of hand." Before Watson could seize part of her, Vinci let go of the railing dropping to the first floor arena.
Xanxus growled softly as Levi missed his opponent's head. This man was fast, faster than Xanxus had seen in a long time. Whoever he was, had plenty of experience. Levi dodged an oncoming fist and swung his leg up. He had found another rule applying to the arena. Box weapons were not allowed. Levi would have used his umbrella's but he couldn't find an opening when he could pull them out.
"Um...boss?" Lussuria asked hiding behind Squalo, as if he was some type of shield.
Xanxus glared at his sun guardian, who had interrupted him from his seething. "Squalo here just wanted to know if you were angry because Levi is fighting without asking permission or because he had chosen a higher rank, which in the end he fought anyways." Lussuria asked lying about Squalo being the one to care.
"What the fuck are you talking about?"
Bel held up the device giving Lussuria the opportunity to point at the two pictures of the Boss Representatives. "It seems that Vinci and this Burk person, are both representing their boss's."
Xanxus snatched the object from Bel's hand and looked under each of the names. Damn it if the fucking sun guardian wasn't right. Xanxus looked back up towards the fight, and in less than a blink of an eye, the woman he hated the most right at that moment was standing between them.
Vinci held her breath, standing in-between the two fighters. One of her pointer fingers was pressed into Burk's chest, while the other was hovering over the Varian's jugular vein. Each man put down the limb they were going to throw and stood still. "Now step away from each other."
Hearing the forced politeness coming from her, they each took a step back. Vinci put her arms down and turned to Burk. "I go to the bathroom for a minute and I come back to hear that you accepted my spar."
The man rolled his eyes and shoved his hands into his suit pants. "Stop being so pissy about it. I just had to teach this guy a lesson."
"What if he just wanted to have a friendly spar, Burk. You would have killed him, then I'd be the one to apologize."
The man just looked away, giving up fighting the woman in front of him. "Says the one jumping into a fight wearing jeans and a tube top."
Vinci turned ignoring his statement and stared at the person she thought of as the victim. "I apologize for any-"
She stopped seeing who it was. "Burk"
"What"
"I gave an invitation to you to throw away, right?" She asked.
"Yea, then I gave it to Watson to do it."
Sighing, she ran a hand through her hair. "Of course he would..." looking towards Levi she placed her hands on her hips. "..look I don't really like you and I'm being nice here, but I don't accept anyone's spar. However, I will be talking to your boss about fighting with Burk."
"Vinci, we need to go." Burk said wrapping an arm around her waist.
Allowing her to be pulled away, she turned her back towards Levi. Now it was time to scold Watson on giving Varia that damned piece of paper. Burk's arm wrapped tighter around her body as he jumped from the first level to the second, totally bypassing the railing. Knowing he was right behind her, Vinci caught Watson's gaze. "Watson..."
"I believe they had the right to come. They are an Assassination Squad themselves. Keeping them in the shadow would only make things worse."
Burk left them to talk and headed towards the rest of their family who was present in Italy at the moment. "You could have asked."
"You would have said no, madam."
"Let's just go talk to Xanxus before we have to leave." Vinci said walking away.
"Shall I bring drinks."
"That'd be wise, Watson."
She pushed her way through the crowd of people she vaguely knew. They weren't of any importance to her family or to her. She walked down the flight of stairs, only to walk up another. When she came up, she automatically picked them out. They stuck out like sore thumbs, well at least Squalo did. Fixing her top, she gracefully strolled closer to them.
"Look who we have here." She said sarcastically, catching their attention.
"Hello darling how are you?" Lussuria greeted.
"I was doing fine until one of your comrades decided to fight one of mine." She stated stopping at the table Xanxus was sitting at.
A chair appeared across from Xanxus along with two wine glasses. Watson bowed slightly leaving them again. Settling into the chair, she placed her feet in the middle under the table. She learned from experience that Xanxus never sat with his legs closed. His feet were always spread unless they were rested upon something. "Xanxus"
Her hand wrapped around the neck of one of the glass's and brought it to her lips. When the glass touched her lips, she felt a sudden pain in her ankles. A hiss escaped her mouth causing Xanxus to press harder. "God damn it Xanxus that hurts."
Xanxus stopped digging his heels into her ankles. "You have a lot of explaining to do, woman."
Finally able to take a sip of her wine, she pulled her feet back from between his to protect herself from further injuries. "Well there's just not enough time in the day. So I'd keep your questions short and to the point."
"Where the fuck are your clothes?"
"At home"
"Why the hell are you here?"
"I happened to be invited."
"Who told you, you could stop the fight?"
"Which leads me to why I'm here. Now.." Vinci said putting her half empty glass onto the table. "..your little slave needs to be watched better. I'm not here to catch him when he does something wrong. I expect you as the boss to keep an eye on him, whether you like it or not, because well it's your job. I'd also like an apology for the injuries my friend took, because of your lack of responsibility."
"Fuck no"
Vinci frowned at the answer. She didn't expect him to just come flat out and say it but she'd like it better if he had some manners about it. "Why not?"
"Because I said so."
"Xanxus someone could have gotten killed. I hate scolding you like this, you know I do, but this is serious. All I ask is for some type of apology, I don't care how you do it. You could get Squalo to tell me he loves me and I'd be happy."
"No"
Watson appeared at her side, and rested a hand on her shoulder. "Madam our time is up. It's time to go."
Waving him off, Vinci stood up and looked at each of them. "I tried to be nice. I really have, but obviously your thick headed fucking mind can't handle it. If I ever see Varia touch someone from my family again, I'll make sure Varia's destroyed."
"VOI how the hell are you going to do that?" Squalo asked finally stepping into the conversation.
"Squalo you don't think it'd be that hard do you. To destroy a family, you hit the leader. How you do it, is the question." She said giving him a smile.
"Vinci don't you think it's a little harsh to talk about the boss that way?" Lussuria asked.
Vinci grabbed her wine glass, and drowned it. "Who said anything about Xanxus? Last time I check, Vongola still has some rights to Varia. Besides it'd be a great way to finally meet Vongola Decimo."
