Tsuna was left alone, out of the way of incoming visitors of the amusement park, while Dino and his men all went to get tickets. He was waiting at the place where they'd parked their cars. He really didn't see the need for all of those guys to go and get the tickets but he'd not questioned it. Dino-san could have stayed behind with him though, but he'd never have said that aloud. He may be a wimp but he didn't like acting like one.

So he stood leaning against the side of Dino-san's red sports car. It was then that he was interrupted by the arrival of a gang of six scary-looking guys.

"Hey, kid, tha's a purdy nifty lil car ya got there!" The ringleader, walking ahead of all the others, was dressed in a black tank top that showed off a well-built upper body. His hair went to his shoulders in a thick, black mess and there was a piercing at the corner of his left eyebrow.

His men, all with the same unkempt appearance, snickered as they closed in around the boy. Tsuna frowned.

The black-haired ring leader cackled, "Since yer here, that must mean ya know who the guy this here belongs ta, right?" He patted the top of the sleek red car.

Tsuna breathed out deeply from his nose. He felt exasperated. These guys weren't scary but they could still kill him. It had been a while since he'd been in a situation like this. "Um…this isn't my car…"

"So?" the ringleader stuck his face close to Tsuna's. Tsuna couldn't move back because he was already backed up against the car. He tried hard not to shriek.

The ringleader was so close Tsuna could see his nose hairs. He recoiled back, feeling disgusted. He was starting to get a little scared; even if he thought these guys more stupid than scary, what if Dino-san came back to find all his cars looted and Tsuna sprawled on the ground, dead?

He gulped. The ringleader grinned, "See, kid, if you hadn't been here, we could have just robbed the car. It wouldn't have been easy but, since you are here, we'll just use you to get the keys! It's so much easier."

His weird accent had slipped, at least. Tsuna tried to will himself to become one with the car, so that he could just disappear and warn Dino-san that some petty delinquents were trying to steal his motors. Of course, it didn't work.

"Now then…" the ringleader began, inspecting Tsuna, "what shall we do with y…?"

Before he could finish speaking, a voice was heard behind them. "Hey, what're you guys doing?"

Relief flooded through Tsuna as the six delinquents turned around. Dino stood there, frowning. The ringleader began to leer as he turned to head for Dino instead. "So, you're the owner of this car, huh? Pretty sweet ride ya got here."

Dino's frown melted into a smile. "Thanks. So, what're you guys doing to my little bro?"

The ringleader glanced between Tsuna and Dino. "You guys are brothers?"

Dino stopped a little ways behind them and grinned, "Sure we are! Can't you tell?"

Is this really the time and place for this?! Tsuna's plea was only in his mind though.

"Er, no?" the ringleader snorted. "Anyway, this isn't the time for friendly conversation. You'll give us the keys for this ride. We could make such a healthy profit from it!" He glanced around at his men as they all cackled in agreement, thinking of the money already. They all got out assorted weapons.

Dino didn't budge. "Let's try to be civil here, gentlemen." he said. "We don't want trouble."

Tsuna frowned. Dino-san seemed pretty confident. Tsuna would understand if Dino's "underlings" were around but there was no sign of them. Why was he so confident?

"And what if," the ringleader smirked as he took a few steps towards Dino, "we do want trouble, foreigner?"

Dino's hand reached into his coat, his expression no longer friendly. "Then I guess I'll have to teach you guys a lesson." What he pulled out had Tsuna's frown deepening. There was a whip in the blond man's hand. He unfurled it, holding onto the end. "It wouldn't be wise to do anything to my little bro or my property." he warned, his voice almost a whisper.

The ringleader burst into laughter as he pulled out a knife. "I'm skilled at usin this, ya know? Don't be testin me now. Jus hand over the keys."

Dino lashed out with his whip. Tsuna stood in awe…until the whip doubled back and hit Dino in the face. Tsuna winced as Dino cried out, staggered back, doubled over, and clutched at his face. The gang of delinquents roared in laughter.

Tsuna took advantage of the opening and ran between them, as if his legs were on automatic, and went up to the blond man. "Dino-san!"

Dino hissed as he took his hand away from his face. His cheek was bright red. "Tsuna, I have a problem. Without my men around, I'm not even at half the strength I should be at and I can't fight. You have to get us out of this situation."

What kind of inability was that?! Tsuna stared down at him, eyes wide. "Wh-what?! B-but…I can't do anything! I'm useless!"

The ringleader and his gang were closing in. Dino straightened up, whip held at the ready once more. "Look, Tsuna, if you don't do something, we'll both be in trouble. What will Kyouya say then, huh? I really don't want this to be the last time I get to take my little bro out."

For someone who was troubled about their current situation, Dino-san sure looked calm. Tsuna's legs were beginning to shake. "B-but…" Tsuna stammered, trying to back away as the enemy got even closer, now leering, guaranteed of their victory.

Dino put a hand to Tsuna's shoulder and squeezed it gently. "Bring out your power, Tsuna. That one that comes out when you want to protect something. If you don't act now, we'll get creamed."

Tsuna was frozen. How did…Dino-san know about that power? Even Tsuna himself barely remembered it, since he hardly ever made use of it. It had been so long since he'd even thought of it so how the hell did Dino-san know about it?!

But now wasn't the time to wonder about that! If these hoodlums had their way, not only Tsuna, but Dino-san too, would suffer! He couldn't let that happen! At any cost!

He couldn't believe it! The first time in ages and ages that he finally went for a fun day out and it got ruined by common thugs! How dare these petty thieves try to get in the way of his life?! How dare they try to hurt the man who had been so kind to him?! And if he messed up today, Nii-chan probably wouldn't trust him to go out with anyone ever again! He couldn't allow that! Nii-chan would be so disappointed if something happened and Tsuna had been totally helpless!

Something flickered erratically on his forehead. The sound of cloth ripping was heard. Tsuna's hands tightened into fists. The something on his head turned into a proper, steady flame. He tore out of his clothes and stood in only his boxers. "REBORN! SAVE DINO-SAN AS IF I WERE TO DIE!"

All the thugs stumbled back in surprise. Tsuna leapt amid them, fists flying and legs kicking. Harsh battle cries escaped his lips as he knocked down every single one of them.

It didn't last long. Dino coiled his whip up and put it away and watched the show, a small smile on his face.

When it was done, Tsuna came over, eyes still a little wild. "ARE YOU ALL RIGHT, DINO-SAN?!"

Dino winced as the words were shouted right in his face. "A-ah, yeah, I'm fine."

A few seconds later, the flame burnt out and Tsuna's expression returned to normal. "Eh…? Dino-san?" He turned back and looked at men on the ground. His jaw dropped open and he whipped around to face Dino again. "I-I…I didn't…I mean…I don't know…I…!"

Dino put a hand on the boy's shoulder. "Don't worry about it. That was the power I was looking for."

Tsuna's eyes were wide. He looked confused. "You…huh…?"

Dino smiled. "I'm sorry to have scared you like that. I hired those men. I told my men to go into the park ahead of us. You see, when they're around, I don't have any problem fighting and to bring out your power, there had to be something that needed protecting, right?"

Tsuna's eyes went even wider. "You…you set this up…?" he muttered in disbelief. "You deliberately set this up?" Feelings of hurt crept into his heart. He'd been so scared! He'd really thought this man was going to get hurt!

Dino sighed. "I'll understand if you're angry. That's why I came to Japan in the first place. All that stuff about looking into family trees was a lie."

Tsuna's hurt faded a little. He blinked. "Then…why did you come to Japan? Who…are you?"

Dino ruffled the boy's hair. "I'm not your enemy, Tsuna."

Tsuna nodded slowly. He knew that already, despite the breach of trust he'd just experienced. "I know."

Dino smiled again. "Just trust me, okay? I'm not here to cause trouble. I'm only here to observe you a little. That just now was to test your skills."

The boy's brows came together in a tight frown. "Test my skills? For what?"

The man shook his head. "I'm afraid I can't tell you just yet. You will find out soon though. Just…trust me, okay?"

And, strangely enough, Tsuna did. The first time he'd met Dino, he'd known he was a trustworthy guy. He'd always been good at reading people, after all.

Dino walked around him and went to the car, pulling out a mobile phone as he did so. He dialled a number and pressed the device to his ear. "Ah, Romario. There's a mess here that needs cleaning up. Come deal with it." He hung up and slid the phone back in his pocket. He then fished out his car keys and went to the boot. "I got you a spare pair of clothes, just in case." he said to Tsuna. "Slip em on and we'll go and have some fun, right?"


Dino forced Tsuna to get on a roller coaster. Big mistake. By the end of it, Tsuna looked like he was ready to faint. He was feeling ill, and for more than one reason; he was scared of heights and he had motion sickness.

He got off the ride, holding onto Dino because he couldn't stand properly (hell, he couldn't even see properly because he was dizzy!) and Dino half-walked half-dragged him to the nearest toilets. He gladly threw up his breakfast and the juice and muffin that Dino had gotten for him on the way in.

Dino stood in the door of the cubicle as he puked, wincing at every barfing sound that Tsuna made. "You should have told me you were weak to that kind of thing, Tsuna." the blond man sighed.

The vomiting came to a stop. Tsuna kept leaning over the toilet bowl though, just in case. "I-I was trying to…but Dino-san didn't listen."

Dino paused to think about it. "Aah, so you did. My bad." he grinned apologetically.

Tsuna sat in that toilet cubicle for a while longer, until he felt the dizziness pass. He got to his feet. "I'm sorry about this." he muttered. He wondered if Nii-chan would think any less of him than he already did if he heard about this.

"Don't worry about it. Where shall we go next?"

Tsuna went to rinse out his mouth. "I think I should get some gum or something." he muttered sourly after he spat the water out. "You know, one of those ones that freshens your breath?"

"I should have some." Dino said, digging around in the pocket of his coat. He pulled out a little pack of chewing gum and handed it over. Tsuna accepted with heartfelt thanks.

Outside the toilets, Dino's men were guarding the entrance as if something top secret had been going on in there. Tsuna was kind of grateful, actually; at least nobody aside from Dino-san had seen him vomit.

The next ride that they decided on, after much consideration, was the bumper-cars. All of Dino's men joined in too, so the lot of them had the arena all to themselves. Tsuna sat in with Dino and they rammed the front of their car into everyone, much to Dino's men's protests.

Tsuna didn't particularly enjoy the feeling of being jerked forward every time they hit someone but Dino and his men were clearly having a blast. About halfway through, Dino let Tsuna take the wheel. It was a mistake. The men all got their own back on their boss. Dino didn't mind though, and laughed along with them. "You guys better watch your backs today." he warned good-naturedly.

Tsuna finally began to relax. It put him at ease to see the interactions between Dino and his underlings. It was like they were…family.

They stopped for lunch a while later and Romario went to get Tsuna and Dino's orders, while the rest of the guys waited in line too.

"So, Tsuna, it's not been too boring, I hope?" Dino asked with an easy grin as they sat down at one of the tables outside the café.

Tsuna shook his head. "No." He smiled.

"That's great!" Dino's grin slipped a little. "But I guess you still want to talk about your father, huh?"

Tsuna looked down at the tabletop and nodded. "Hai."

"Iemitsu was a great man. He did a number of odd jobs for the family. He was strong and really easy to get along with." The blond man suddenly chuckled, "and he always used to boast about how pretty his wife was and how cute his son was. He was really proud of you."

Tsuna's cheeks coloured red a little, though he wasn't sure if he felt proud or embarrassed. From the few memories he could recall about his parents, he knew his father had been a big guy, and his presence would be impossible to miss and he would always be jovial.

Tsuna looked up at Dino, "Dino-san said your father died too…?"

Dino nodded. "Yeah, I was quite young at the time, probably about as old as you are now."

"And…dad helped you?"

He nodded. "Yeah…he's…he was a really funny guy. Cheered me up right away."

Tsuna smiled. "That's good."

Dino ruffled his hair. "Yeah. So, I plan to repay him by taking care of you."

Tsuna's smile died on his lips. Taking care of him? He turned disbelieving eyes on the blond man. "You're not…You won't…take me away from…Nii-chan, right?"

Dino took in the boy's expression with a thoughtful frown. But then he smiled again. "Of course not! Kyouya would probably kill me if I did anything like that!"

Tsuna stared at the man blankly. "Right."

"What, you don't believe me? He's very concerned about you."

Tsuna scoffed. "No he isn't. Nii-chan thinks I'm a bother." He stared at the surface of the table with a glum gaze. Of course it was true. That was the reason Nii-chan never spoke to him properly, or never went anywhere with him.

He looked up as Dino ruffled his hair again. The man shook his head, a smile still on his lips, "as the boss of quite a number of guys, it's my duty to understand them all, ya know? I know them all inside out and because of that, I've gotten quite good at reading people. And Kyouya cares about you very much."

"Maybe a little; that's why he hasn't kicked me out yet."

"He wouldn't kick you out, kiddo."

"If I didn't make meals and get the shopping, he probably would."

"You don't really believe that, do you?"

Of course he believed it! It was true. If Tsuna didn't deal with the chores, he would have no use around the house so Nii-chan would see no reason to keep him around.

He shrugged. Dino scoffed. "Well, whatever. Just look closely and you'll see. You're irreplaceable to him."

Tsuna felt his skin crawling. He was half-expecting Nii-chan to jump out from somewhere and bite them all to death for even daring to talk about such a ridiculous subject.

He looked up and, much to his relief, he saw Romario coming over with their orders. "Th-the food's here."


They stopped by the gift shop on their way out. It was nearing May now and Tsuna still needed to get Hibari a birthday present. He'd been thinking what to get for ages, since Nii-chan was a difficult person to please.

For the past three years, every May, he'd tried his best to get something that Nii-chan would like. He'd always save his pocket money so he'd be able to get something good. Nii-chan had high standards, after all.

He stopped before a shelf boasting stuffed animals of every size. They had a zoo here, and they'd spent a while there too. Nii-chan liked animals, right? What about a stuffed animal? But he really wasn't the type to play with toys, or even keep them close.

Tsuna moved on to the animal posters. Some of them had speech bubbles next to them, with humorous lines written inside. There was so much animal merchandise here! What to choose?!

"What's up, Tsuna?" Dino asked, stopping beside him.

Tsuna turned to the man with a glum expression. "What should I get for Nii-chan? It's his birthday soon."

"Oh, really? Then…" Dino grinned, "Anything will do as long as it's from you, right? Besides, it's the thought that counts."

"B-b-but…but he's not that easygoing!" Tsuna sputtered. Dino-san didn't know Nii-chan very well, otherwise he'd know better than to say ridiculous things like that.

Dino chuckled. "Just hurry up and choose; it'll get dark soon and I'm assuming Kyouya wants you back home before then."

Tsuna was sure Nii-chan wasn't even at home, but he didn't argue. Dino and his men were probably getting tired of taking him around the entirety of the amusement park. He ought to hurry and get this over and done with. So, with much trepidation, he chose a stuffed animal.

"Here, I'll get it." Dino offered.

Tsuna turned, waving his hands around wildly, "N-no! That's all right! Then it wouldn't be my gift! And Dino-san's paid for too much already!"

Dino laughed, "Relax. It doesn't matter. I don't mind spoiling you, little bro."

"I-it's all right! Th-thank you anyway!" Tsuna leapt over to the counter to avoid further discussion on the subject.

After that, they finally left. It was approaching eight 'o' clock in the evening. An hour or so had been taken up by dinner (the guys took ages, since arguments often broke out), before they'd gone to the gift shop. Tsuna had had fun; once he'd started to relax around Dino's subordinates, it had been easy to join in conversations and laugh with them.

"Wanna go somewhere next weekend too?" Dino asked. They were in the car, on their way back.

Tsuna shrugged, "you'll have to ask Nii-chan."

Dino chuckled. "He probably won't agree."

"Probably. I was supposed to do the shopping today."

"I'm sure it'll be fine. He should let you be a kid every once in a while."

"That isn't worth much to Nii-chan." Tsuna sighed. "I'm definitely not going to be the one to ask him."

"Fine, I'll ask."

"Today?"

"No, he'll probably be a little pissed today so I'll give him some time to cool down."

There was a part of Tsuna that was suddenly not looking forward to seeing Nii-chan. He was pretty silent for the rest of the ride home.

When they stopped outside the apartment building, Tsuna didn't ask whether Dino wanted to come in and Dino didn't follow him out of the car either. The boy turned as he walked up the doorsteps and waved. Dino had opened the window of the car and waved back.

Tsuna opened the door and went in. Upstairs, he paused as his hand hovered over the handle of the door to Hibari's apartment. He'd noted outside that the window of the living room was dark. Was Nii-chan really not home?

With this hope, Tsuna tried the door handle. It was locked. Another good sign. He fished out his own key and unlocked the door. The hallway was dark, which made the soft light streaming out from the bedroom all the more noticeable. Tsuna stopped dead, his gift bag clutched tightly to his chest.

Hibari was home. Would he be angry? But he had no reason to be, right? He'd given consent for this outing today. With legs that were suddenly shaking, Tsuna stepped over the threshold and closed the door behind him. He removed his shoes and stepped up into the hallway.

He went straight to the bedroom. Standing in the doorway, he saw that Nii-chan was lying on his bed. His hands were folded behind his head and his legs were crossed at the ankles.

He was awake, Tsuna knew. Nii-chan woke up at the drop of a hat.

"Nii-chan?" Tsuna called out gently.

Hibari didn't open his eyes. "Make me some food."

Tsuna stared. "Has…Nii-chan not eaten yet?"

"Obviously not, if I'm telling you to make me something, stupid herbivore." Hibari responded with perfect blankness.

Tsuna sighed. It seemed Nii-chan was angry. But what for? "Hai." The boy padded over to the left side of the room, towards his own bed. He pulled open the top drawer of the black desk that formerly belonged to Hibari and slipped in the bag he was carrying. He then made his way out.

In the kitchen, he saw that the shopping was already done, much to his surprise. Since Nii-chan was usually out all day, he rarely did the shopping. Tsuna felt bad. Without further ado, he got started on fixing up some food.

Some half an hour later, he went to call Hibari to dinner. Stopping by the door of the bedroom, he realised Hibari was still on his bed. "Nii-chan?"

"Hn…?" Hibari opened one eye.

Tsuna smiled. "Dinner's ready."

Hibari got up and brushed past the boy on his way out. Tsuna went into the bedroom and went to flop down on his own bed. He was quite tired. But he had some homework to finish off. Nii-chan might know of that so he'd probably tell Tsuna to finish it straight away. Until then, though, Tsuna could take a quick nap. Today had been a long day…

"Herbivore."

He was jerked out of the state in-between consciousness and sleep. His eyes snapped open and he sat up. Hibari was sitting on his own bed, poring over a file in his hand. "Make me some coffee."

Waking Tsuna up just to ask him to make some coffee? Nii-chan wasn't usually that inconsiderate. But Tsuna daren't argue so he got up, suppressing a yawn and rubbing at his eyes as he did so. "Hai." He went to the kitchen. After putting the kettle on, he washed the dishes in the sink.

Having made the coffee, he picked up the violet and black mug and went to the bedroom. There were now even more files spread out over the bed. Hibari looked through them, a pen in hand. He didn't look up as Tsuna came to set the mug down on the black bedside cabinet.

As Tsuna straightened up, Hibari spoke, "you haven't finished your homework."

"I'll do it now." Tsuna responded.

Hibari made no reply. Tsuna turned and left the room. He walked down the hallway and went to the living room and switched on the light. Seating himself in the corner he usually sat at, he pulled out his schoolbag from under the low table and got out his things.

It was torturous, particularly since the subject he currently had to deal with was maths. If he put in some effort, all the other subjects were okay, just maths was a problem. He wondered if he should ask Nii-chan. But Nii-chan might call him stupid (nothing new, really; Nii-chan always called him stupid, but still).

So he endured it and tried to get his head around it on his own. If there were mistakes, Nii-chan would check and tell him how stupid he was later on, but there could be no helping that. He just had to finish!

It was about two hours later that he shut his book and heaved a massive sigh of relief. That was when Nii-chan came in. He settled on the couch. "Homework." he said as he held a hand out.

"Hai." Tsuna got up and took his question sheet and his exercise book over, along with a pencil.

Hibari took the book, the sheet and the pencil and leant back on the couch. He flicked through the book and set it on his drawn-up knee and started looking through. The pencil in his hand was a blur of motion as it ceaselessly wrote on the page.

He turned the page and continued writing on the other side while Tsuna looked on in dread. Everything was…wrong? Hibari wouldn't write anything if the answers were right so that must mean everything was wrong. His two hours of work…all for nothing…!

"You had some English work too." Hibari said as he closed the book and tossed it onto the table, where it landed right in front of Tsuna.

Tsuna picked up the book and went to get the English work he'd been doing yesterday. He handed that exercise book over too. This one got much the same treatment. Then he had to hand over his Japanese homework too. The process was repeated for all his subjects.

Tsuna was quite thankful that Nii-chan checked his homework like this, because then he didn't have anything wrong when he gave it to the teachers. But Nii-chan was absolutely brutal when he went through it.

As he threw the final book down, he straightened up. He looked up at Tsuna with a blank gaze. "You're pathetic, stupid herbivore."

Tsuna looked down as an embarrassed flush streaked across his cheeks. This was usual.

"Finish it all before you go to bed."

That wasn't usual though. Tsuna looked up, eyes wide. "B-but…" There's no way he could do it now! He was tired and he wanted nothing more than to go to bed! His brain was already slowing down!

Hibari's jaw tightened briefly and his dull blue eyes darkened. "Is that a problem?"

Tsuna bit his lip to avoid shrieking. Nii-chan was mad, really mad! But…but why?! Tsuna hadn't done anything! But he was much too cowardly to inquire about the subject. So he picked up his book and went back to the little table in the corner.

He felt hurt. Nii-chan wasn't being fair! It was the weekend! Tsuna had one more day to do this, and some of it wasn't even due in for Monday! Why did he have to do it now?! He'd been out all day and he was so tired!

But he was too scared of being bitten to death to protest. It wasn't wise to go against Nii-chan; the few times Tsuna had tried to in the past, it had ended none too favourably. Like that one time when Tsuna had really wanted to go to a fair that had come to town…

Tsuna looked at the rides and all the other children there with their parents or guardians, laughing and playing. His brown eyes glittered and he looked up at Hibari. "Nii-chan?"

"Hn?" Hibari asked.

Tsuna pointed. "Can we go?"

They'd just finished shopping for groceries and were on their way back. Nii-chan was, as usual, carrying most of the stuff. Hibari didn't even glance once at the direction Tsuna was pointing in. "No."

Tsuna felt a huge wave of disappointment wash over his heart. He looked back at the fair, at all the little kids having fun. He wanted to laugh and play like that too. "Nii-chan, please?"

"No." Hibari replied.

"B-but…please, Nii-chan? I-I won't be long! I promise!"

"I said no." Hibari hissed. That should have been warning enough, but Tsuna was consumed by the need to visit a carousel or some of the other rides. He remembered going to an amusement park with his mommy and daddy and he wanted to do it again, if only just to quell some of the loneliness he felt at that moment.

Tears gathered at the little boy's eyes. "B-but…j-just a while? Please, Nii-chan!"

Hibari's eyes were cold as he looked down at the boy. "I shouldn't have to keep repeating myself."

Tsuna really should have known better than to let his anger out in front of Nii-chan. He'd never thought he'd feel angry at Nii-chan but he was being treated so unfairly! "But…I want to go!" the little boy cried. "Why is Nii-chan being so unfair?!"

Hibari stared down at the kid. His eyes might as well have been shooting out ice. He put a hand to Tsuna's head and curled his fingers into a fist amid the little boy's hair. Tsuna winced as his hair was yanked. Hibari bent down. "Don't test my patience, herbivore." he said quietly. "I said we're not going."

Tears were now falling down Tsuna's cheeks. "B-but…Nii-chan never lets me go anywhere!"

The hand in his hair tightened. He gasped. Hibari's face was so close now. "Refusing to follow my orders will get you bitten to death. Obstinacy will also get you bitten to death. Now, unless you wish to be killed, come along quietly."

Tsuna gulped. After that, there was no more discussion and he followed after Hibari obediently, in silence, staring wistfully back at the fair.

Tsuna sighed. He got on with his homework. Perhaps he'd done something wrong without realising it? Should he not have gone out with Dino-san? But if Nii-chan had had a problem with that, he should have just said!

Hibari watched some TV, looking bored. Tsuna caught the frequent glances shot his way and he didn't know what to make of them. Should he say something…?

"A-ano…" he spoke up against his better judgement, but he didn't dare look up at Hibari, "is Nii-chan…angry?"

The reply, when it came, was in a blank tone, "Hn…who knows?"

Tsuna risked a peek up. Hibari was staring at him so he quickly looked down again.

"Hurry up." the man said.

"Hai." Tsuna resumed his schoolwork.


Are the chapters too long? Cuz, when I write, I don't really think about where the breaks and how long the chapters have to be so...yeh...
Omake (crack section that has nothing to do with the story, featuring my latest obsession: Xanxus!):

Xanxus looked up from his task. "What do you want, trash? Can't you see I'm busy?

He was currently sitting astride one fallen Superbia Squalo, one hand holding the swordsman's collar while his other was tightened in a fist. Squalo was unconscious and blood was dripping out of his mouth.

What might he be doing to the poor fellow?

Xanxus scoffed. "Isn't that obvious? I'm venting."

Why so angry, Xanxus?

"THOSE PIECES OF TRASH DIDN'T GET MY MEAT!"

Who?

"My subordinates! HIIYAH!" He headbutted the already inert Squalo. "Trash, how could you not get my meat?! I'm a growing boy! I need my meat!" He shook his second-in-command violently.

He stopped suddenly, frowning at his subordinate. "This is kinda fun..." He tossed the body up into the air and kicked it as it began to plummet to the ground again.

The rest of the Varia heard crazed giggling from the direction of their boss's room. Lussuria opted to go investigate.

When he came back, he looked a little pale. "Boss...has found a new hobby. I mean...it's an old hobby but...it's suddenly reached new heights..."

"Shishishi, wasn't Squalo screaming before?" Bel asked as he reclined back on the couch. "What happened to him?"

"Well, boss beat him up...and now he's...using the body as target practice." Promptly, various gunshots were heard.

"That's pretty brutal." the prince said as he picked up the can on the table in front of him. He went back to watching the TV.


Well, that was...random...I'm running out of ideas. You people got any?