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Dino wasn't the only one baffled by the fact that the twins almost never cried at night. His Guardians were always on hand to keep an eye on their Sky's children, and to sooth them so that the parents could sleep. Especially Harmony, since young Ren seemed to latch onto her and refused to let her go while Diana was clearly a daddy's girl.

And yet they never cried at night.

Newborns were notorious for waking up new parents at all hours.

Finally after a month of this, Dino snuck into the nursery to find out what was going on...only to find his amused wife waiting.

"...I just left you in bed."

"You left my past self in bed," she corrected.

"Your...past self?"

She held up a thin chain, which had an odd hourglass on the end.

"Magic is a wonderful thing."

"What is that?"

"Time turner. For every flip of the hourglass you go back a full hour. Though there are restrictions and you aren't allowed to meet your past self or else you'd create a paradox. My past self gets to sleep in, while my 'future' self watches over the children."

Dino blinked.

"And what exactly is the toll it takes on you?"

"A few hours of exhaustion."

"And that time will add up. My men can handle it, Harmony. I don't want to lose you because you added up too much extra time," said Dino firmly. He made a note to tell that to his 'past' wife as well.

Harmony blinked.

"Go to sleep, Harmony. We can handle the twins for a while," said Dino gently, like he would a skittish horse.

He carefully removed Ren from her hold and let her sleep...and busted his wife the next morning.

The next night Romario and the others finally got hands on experience with watching the twins, who were quite a handful.

Romario almost dreaded when they started crawling.


Harmony was about to visit her home when she got a text from Squallo.

Boss free, but very weak. Potions?

Harmony used one of the keys that was set to the Varia mansion. The second Squalo learned she was the one who created them he immediately commissioned a set and had a door set aside specifically for those trusted with the keys. Since they were blood locked (something he heartily approved of), that meant they didn't have to worry about assholes trying to pull a fast one in their headquarters. Like Iemitsu for instance.

Mammon had bitched about it, until they found out who they were buying from. Harmony gave them a bulk discount.

It took her five minutes to reach the infirmary, and she openly winced at the damage she could see from where she was standing.

"How bad is the damage, and what can I do to help speed up the healing?" she asked Lussuria.

The Sun froze the second she spoke up, before narrowing his eyes at her.

"Who are you?"

"Harmony Cavallone. Squalo texted me asking if I could provide potions that could help," she said bluntly. "Now what damage has been done... I'll need a general idea if only to narrow down which ones will work best. I can already tell he'll need something for the scarring."

Lussuria stared at her, and only relaxed when Mammon arrived with Squalo.

"Thanks for coming so fast," he said with relief.

"You are a good friend, even if your taste in music leaves much to be desired... especially while drunk. Besides, you clearly care about your boss a great deal and it would be ridiculous of me not to help out where I can."

Squalo looked openly relieved at that, then gave Luss a look.

The Sun kept silent but still gave a general list of Xanxus' injuries.

Scarring was the least of it. There were several instances of frostbite alone and one of his eyes was partially damaged. Not enough to require removal or glasses, but enough that it was worrying.

Harmony made a general list of potions that could help. She knew more about healing potions save for healers or mediwizards and the Italian Ministry knew she bought them to save on vet bills for her magical horses.

They wouldn't bother to ask why she would need to buy anything since she had a license for them. As far as they would know, she had taken in a badly injured magical creature that was hiding with the centaurs and they wouldn't piss them off unless someone paid them to deal with both the herd and an angry witch.

Not worth the time, effort or money.

Within two hours she returned, armed with several potions. Some of which could be applied through an IV.

Lussuria was immediately relieved and went to work, making happy sounds as the potions kicked in faster than even modern medicine. Already the scarring was slowly dissipating, and he left several bandages soaked in that potion wrapped around nearly the entire body. They wouldn't fade completely, but the damage would be minimized by quite a bit.

For the next week and a half, Harmony made potion runs as Lussuria figured out what worked best on their boss. He was still kept out cold for medical reasons, but when he did awake it was the same day Harmony brought her kids with her.

Lussuria had cooed at the twins in between working on Xanxus.

He glared at his Sun...the he noticed the infants.

"What the fuck? Since when do we allow baby brats here?" he demanded.

Harmony almost glared at him. Instead she lightly slapped him on the head.

"If you're going to swear, do it in other languages so it takes Dino and his men a while to realize that they're picking up what many consider bad habits. I'd rather they actually learn something if they're going to hear that crap," she said flatly in Russian.

Xanxus blinked for a moment, before he smirked at her. He liked her already.

"Who's she and why are there infants here?" he asked in German.

"She's the Cavallone Decimo's wife, and she's been helping us bring you back up to peak condition a lot faster boss," said Luss in the same language. "As for the kids, well she offered to watch them and they assumed she was taking them to the ranch."

Xanxus gave her a new look.

"Lucky bastard," he said in Italian.

"You have no idea how often we hear that phrase," she replied in perfect English complete with British accent.

"OI! Harmony, where are you, kora?"

Xanxus blinked twice.

"Was that the Rain Arcobaleno or was I imagining things?"

Harmony walked out for a moment and brought a less than amused Colonello back in her arms.

"Honestly, it took you lot far too long to realize I was sneaking off somewhere other than my home," said Harmony rolling her eyes.

"Well he nearly had a heart attack when Fon said you weren't there," said Colonello. "Though this explains why."

Xanxus stiffened. He knew damn well that the Rain Arcobaleno was in love with Lal Mirch, the one who really ran CEDEF. If he was here then it was only a matter of time before Iemitsu found out.

Colonello knew what he was thinking and openly rolled his eyes.

"I gave up on Lal months ago and haven't talked to her since. Exactly how long will he need to recover, kora?"

"A few more months. Preferably with something to slowly rebuild the muscle tone he lost," said Lussuria without hesitation.

Colonello had an evil grin on his face. He looked at Harmony with an almost pleading expression.

"Do you object to horses or a quieter setting than this?" she asked bluntly.

Xanxus blinked.

"What."

"I own and operate a horse ranch that's very exclusive. And there's always something to do there. You can rebuild your skills in private since I don't allow people to come as they please, and you have to be invited to get past the mist barrier Mammon was kind enough to help put in place. There's no way for CEDEF or the Vongola to find out that you're back and your men would have open access to visit and catch you up on major events."

"And what do you get out of this?"

"It'll piss off the old fucker who did this to you once he finds out, never mind that deadbeat jackass who supposedly runs intelligence. Considering both those idiots still believe me to be a civilian of all things, it would serve them right for taking things at face value," she replied in Japanese.

Xanxus grinned openly at that.

"Plus it would give you the chance to add a few runes to your guns and make you even more terrifying. Can you imagine being able to hit the old bastard with a prank potion that turns him into a woman long enough to experience a full menstrual cycle?" said Harmony evilly.

"...You're already married aren't you?"

"To the Decimo of the Cavallone familigia, yes. These are his children."

"Damn."

"No one said I couldn't conspire to make the old bastard's life a living hell with you anyway. And I'm sure I could use another corrupting influence on them, if only so they know how to keep my dear husband and his Guardians on their toes since Reborn is no longer his tutor," she said with a wicked smile. Colonello was clearly trying not to laugh his ass off at the mental image.

"Lucky bastard. Very lucky bastard," said Xanxus appreciatively.

If he was surprised by the key system, he didn't show it. But she gave him a full set of them for free because he amused her greatly.

Needless to say he had a very amusing time when Dino came to the house and found Xanxus drinking coffee like it was nothing at the table. He looked at his wife.

"Do I want to know?"

"Apparently the Vongola have a technique that quite literally freezes Flames. Timoteo used it on him, rather than giving him the dignity of killing him outright. He recently managed to get free, but his skills have atrophied so I agreed to let him stay here and readjust. It also gives him time to catch up in peace."

Dino had a look of disgust on his face. Xanxus glared until the blond spoke.

"I'm starting to see why you dislike Timoteo Vongola so much without having actually meet him until that party."

"I've said it before and I'll say it again. Old men need to know when to let go of their damn power when the young are responsible enough to handle the burden. Conniving bastard," said Harmony with a scowl.

Xanxus looked at Dino oddly. Dino looked him in the eye unconcerned.

"Like I told Squalo...the alliance my familigia has with yours is on hold until the Vongola get a new don. I don't care if it's you or the obviously hidden bloodline of the Primo, but I am not going to let my family suffer because that old man won't let go of his power."

"...What do you mean obviously hidden bloodline?" said Xanxus dangerously.

Harmony rolled her eyes.

"The history books clearly state the Primo 'stepped down' as opposed to being killed. And that he moved away from Italy. It's simple logic to expect a hidden bloodline and if you think about it, the current ones in charge only hold it because of the fact that Giotto didn't want a civil war with his cousin over something as stupid as the rings," she explained.

"Which means that there is potentially another heir in waiting that we don't know about yet," growled Xanxus, not liking this one bit.

"That's why I told Squalo that I'll back the Decimo heir... and if Timoteo tries to pull out Giotto's real heir out of the woodwork and push for them to take the spot, I'll perform an assessment of whether or not they deserve it before I'll side with either of you. Though if I like both candidates I'll only jump in to keep you from killing each other over something stupid."

Xanxus looked at Dino and his wife for a moment, before nodding in acknowledgment. He could respect that sort of position, if only because it meant that whoever managed to become Decimo heir would have a strong, loyal ally. They weren't being Stupid about siding with just anyone.

Reborn took one look at Xanxus before rolling his eyes.

"He's going to be staying here for a while isn't he?"

"Yes. And if you could help speed up the healing process I would appreciate it. He's going to be regaining his muscle tone helping around the ranch," said Harmony.

Xanxus growled when he saw Reborn. Harmony lightly flicked him on the forehead...before loosening the hold she had on her Sky.

It took Xanxus a few seconds to realize what was really going on before he relaxed.

"So he's your Sun?"

"And no one outside of Dino and a scant handful of others is aware I'm an Active Sky, much less one strong enough to have Reborn, Fon, Colonello and Skull as my Guardians. Mostly because I don't want a target on my back or on my children," said Harmony bluntly. "I can protect myself well enough...they can't."

Xanxus found his respect for Dino's wife growing. She might pretend to be a civilian (there was no way he was mistaking her for one), but inside she was more like him.

A fucking survivor with common sense.

That being said, even he had to do a double take at the actual unicorns, the biggest of which took one look at him before dismissing him as a threat.

He felt more comfortable around the dragon horse things that Harmony called thestrals. Now there was a horse he could like, because they loved meat as much as he did.

He fully planned to get a few from Harmony once he was back up to snuff.

She found it rather amusing, to be honest.