So, I would really just like to say that I'm not dead I'm just a lazy piece of shit and don't really feel motivated to write this story at all...so yeah. I also just registered for college, so there's that in my life now.

I still don't own Katekyo Hitman Reborn!


Lal woke up in the dead of night to the feeling of slight pressure on her chest, shaking her gently.

"Lal, wake up!" It was Tsuna, sitting on her chest in his pajamas, eyes wide and hair wild from sleep.

With a groan Lal sat up, putting the small boy in her lap. "What do you want, brat?" She asked, stifling a yawn.

"I want to go to the store." He said, like that made all the sense in the world.

It was three in the morning, and Lal had only gotten to bed a few hours before due to some paperwork that she had to get done for the military. She was not amused. "Why do we need to go to the store at three in the morning, Tsunayoshi?" She asked, running a hand through her hair.

Tsuna gave her a determined look. "When we moved in, Mama Luce gave Kyo and I stuffed animals." He told her.

"Yes, yes she did. She said it was to make you two feel more at home." Even though Kyoya refused to admit that he loved the giant stuffed bird Luce gave him, everyone of them knew that it was his favorite thing in the world. "Where are you going with this Tsunayoshi?"

"I want to get the other's their own stuffed animals, for when they finally move in with us!" Tsuna said, like it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"So we have to go to the store at three am to get them stuffed animals?" Lal asked, confused. She didn't understand why they couldn't just wait until a reasonable time.

"What if they're here when I wake up? I want to give them their welcome home presents as soon as they get here, Lal!" Tsuna said, giving her one of those looks that she swore could get anyone to do whatever it was that he asked of them.

Lal swore under her breath and picked Tsuna up, promptly dropping him back onto her bed. He bounced slightly, giggling the whole time. "Let me get dressed, and we can go get Colonnello." She told him.

"Why are we getting Colonnello?" Tsuna asked, burying himself into her pillows.

"If I have to be up at three in the morning, so does he." Lal said simply, pulling on a dark blue cardigan over her tank top. "Go put some shoes on, you're not walking around without shoes." She told him.


Due to his time in the military, and his time living with Reborn and Lal, Colonnello had gotten used to being woken up at random times. The crack of dawn to run laps around their old neighborhood, random drills in the middle of the night. It didn't phase him when his doorbell rung at three fifteen in the morning.

"Get dressed, we're going out." Lal said as way of greeting while Tsuna waved happily from where he was snuggly sat on her hip.

Colonnello stepped aside to let the two in while he got dressed. "Give me a few minutes, kora." He said through a yawn.

Lal breezed past him and lied fully on the couch, pulling Tsuna onto her chest. "What do you want to get all of them?" She asked, absently running a hand through his hair as if that would flatten it out

Tsuna made what they called his 'thinking face', "I want to get them stuffed animals, and I want to make them care packages." He told her finally.

"What are you going to put in them?" She asked.

"Chocolates, and body soaps. Because body soaps smell nice." Tsuna said, remembering the lemon soap that Luce used on him during his bath time.

"What if they don't like what you pick out for them?" Lal asked.

Tsuna gave her a blank look, like he didn't think that part through enough. "We're just gonna have to bring them with us to the store one day so they can pick them out!" He said.

"I'm sure they don't need bath soaps, Tsuna. Luce would have handled that when they first came to stay at her family's home." Lal said, yawning once more. She really needed an energy drink right now.

"Why don't we get them coloring books, kora? Everyone loves coloring books." Colonnello said. He was still getting dressed while he walked over to them.

Tsuna perked up. Coloring books were fun, and the Arcobaleno let him color at the table before they had meals.

"Alright, we'll get them candies and coloring books, and stuffed animals. That should be enough." Lal said, standing up. "I don't want to be out until five, so you better make your mind up quickly." She told him.


"Why are we stopping here?" Tsuna asked when Lal pulled into a convenient store.

"I need caffeine in my system or I'm going to fall asleep behind the wheel, and you don't want that." Lal explained through another yawn. She really needed to get back into a regular sleep schedule.

The store was empty save for the woman behind the counter, who looked like she was going to pass out at any second.

"You can pick out a juice box, but only one. Get something you like because I'm not getting you another one if you get something you've never had and don't like it." Lal said to Tsuna where they stood in front of a display of juice boxes.

Tsuna liked to try all of the exotic juices that the Arcobaleno bought, but every so often someone would come home with a juice that he just didn't like and would try to drink it just to get half way through with a glass of it to complain that he didn't like it. Luce and Fon let him get away with it, but Lal couldn't stand when he did so.

"What does pomegranate juice taste like?" Tsuna asked, pointing to the box.

"Sour grape juice." Lal said, which was in all honesty just Reborn and Colonnello's opinions on it. "If you want to try it some other time just tell me so I can add it to the grocery list."

Tsuna made a face. "What do you like?" He asked.

"Lal Mirch is picky, kora, she only likes stuff that's freshly made when it comes to juices." Colonnello said affectionately. "She's a sucker for fresh fruits."

Lal rolled her eyes at him. He was right, but she wasn't going to admit it to anyone. "I like mango juice, and Viper likes Strawberry milk if you haven't figured that one out yet." She told the little one, who was practically attached to her hip when she wasn't driving. He was attached to all of their hips, someone had to be holding this child at all times or he would look at them like they had personally insulted him. Lal was pretty sure that it was all Skull's fault but she wasn't sure.

While Tsuna was thinking, because he had to make sure he got exactly the right thing if Lal was only letting him pick one, Colonnello went to get them their usual sports drink.

"I want orange juice." Tsuna said finally, reaching for one of the boxes.

Lal nodded and took the drink from him, because if she knew him at all she knew there was a slight chance that he was gonna drop it.

"Alright, kora, do we have everything?" Colonnello asked

"We've got juice boxes, and energy drinks. What else does a person need at three in the morning?" Lal asked, reaching for her wallet so that she could just hand the poor girl the money.

"Can we get chocolate?" Tsuna asked, looking at one of the chocolate bars at the counter in awe.

"I'm not giving you chocolate at three in the morning." Lal said, slapping his hands away from the candy gently. "Besides, we're getting candy when we go to the store."

"Your son is cute." The woman behind the counter said , giving Tsuna a small smile and a wave.

Lal stared blankly at the girl, money in one hand while the other made sure that Tsuna didn't fall off her hip. Of course, she could logically understand why the girl would say that...but she was tired, and wasn't sure how the hell to respond to something like that.

Colonnello laughed, and took the money out of Lal's hand to give to the girl. "Thank you, kora. She's just a little tired right now." He told her, like Tsuna was actually their child. Like Lal was his wife. Like they were actually a family.

Lal was tired, she was so tired that she wasn't even in the mood to hit him and make him explain that they didn't have a child together. She would deal with that when she had extensive amounts of sugar in her system.

"Let me drive, kora, you're still took tired and I don't want to get into an accident." Colonnello said, reaching for Lal's car keys when they were outside. In all honesty he just wanted to drive her car. It was a pretty nice car.

Lal gave him a look of utter betrayal, but let him take the keys from her. "If you crash another one of my cars I will end your life and will make it look like it was all an accident." She told him.

"I love you, too." Colonnello said, starting the car up.

Lal hit him on the head with her wallet.


"Do you have anything picked out, or are we just winging it here?" Lal asked curiously. She had consumed all of her sports drink, and most of Colonnello's, and was finally starting to feel like a human being again.

Tsuna was still perched on her hip, while Colonnello was in charge of pushing the cart. "I know what stuffed animals I wanna get for them!" He told her proudly.

"If you say so, kid." Lal sighed. This was going to be either a long trip or a short one and she prayed to god it was a short one.

"What kind of candy do you want to get them?" Colonnello asked, thinking back to all the junk foods he enjoyed as a kid. Back before Lal kept him on a strict diet of healthy things so he would actually stand a chance against all of the others.

"Those boxes of candy that Luce brings home!" Tsuna said excitedly. Luce always brought home treats whenever she had to go out for the day, which was more often now that she had the orphanages to build.

Lal made a humming sound, and picked up a stuffed dragon. "Dragons are cool, right?" She asked.

Tsuna nodded. "But it's not what I want to get any of them."

"What do you want to get them, kora?" Colonnello asked, reaching for the stuffed falcon that was catching most of his attention. He wasn't even sure what he was going to do with it, but he was totally gonna get it.

"I want to get two owls, they have to match, and a dog, and a kitty, and a baby frog." Tsuna told them.

"If we get one of them a stuffed frog we have to get Viper a bigger stuffed frog. She's petty and would most definitely steal it from the poor kid." Lal said, searching the aisles for any of the stuffed animals that Tsuna had said he wanted.

Tsuna was happy that they taught him words that he wouldn't have understood without them, because now he understood what Lal meant when she said that Viper was petty, and even though he didn't want to admit that she was right, she really was. "I found the owls!" He said, pointing to a pair of white owls with big blue eyes near Colonnello's head.

Colonnello got them, and with approval from Tsuna, threw them in their cart.

"Does it matter what kind of dog?" Lal asked, searching the aisle for the animal. She had recently been told that it does matter what kind of stuffed animal you gave a child. Because yes, they like dogs, but not that kind of dog.

"A golden retriever!" Tsuna said, because those dogs were pretty and he was definitely going to get them the prettiest things he could.

"That's oddly specific, kora." Colonnello said, looking at the child curiously. Was he like that as a kid? He was pretty sure that he wasn't this nice or this observant as a child.

"Reborn's been teaching him that if he doesn't specify something well enough than he doesn't get anything, so he has to be extremely specific when he's choosing things. It's why he took so long to pick out a juice box." Lal said, searching for anything that would even resemble a golden retriever. What she found was an orange cat with stripes and green eyes. "Tsunayoshi, how does this look?" She asked, holding up the cat for the little one to see.

Tsuna looked at it, and made a face that didn't look approving. "I don't like it." He told her.

"What about this one?" Colonnello asked. He was holding out a small grey looking cat with black stripes and large yellow eyes.

Lal had never seen the child look more excited about a cat. It was slightly offensive, but she was going to let it slide this one time.

"So, we've got the owls, the cat, and a falcon? What the fuck is a falcon doing in our cart?" Lal asked, looking at the falcon in disgust. Tsuna didn't say shit about a falcon. "Colonnello, you're a twenty-three year old man you are not getting a stuffed falcon." She said when she realized that he must have been the person to put it there. Tsuna didn't even like big birds.

"Why the hell not?" Colonnello asked, hand over his heart in mock offense.

"What are you going to do with it, are you going to cuddle it at night to make up for the fact that you're alone? " Lal asked, free hand on her hip.

"Because I think it's cool, and I can do whatever I want. I'm a twenty-three year old man...you don't have to be such a bitch, Lal." Colonnello sneered. He had to defend his bird, for personal reasons.

Lal rolled her eyes. "You're a bigger kid than Tsuna and Kyoya are." She said, and promptly turned away from him, walking further down the aisle of stuffed toys with Tsuna still clinging tightly to her..

Colonnello glared at her, because of course Lal had to start being terrible now that she wasn't half asleep...and then he got a good look at her. He always looked at her, how could he not look at her all the damn time? But something was standing out more than usual. "You know, kora, this is a sight I never thought I would see." He called out.

In unison Lal and Tsuna turned their heads to look at him. "And what is that, Colonnello?" Lal asked, exasperated.

"You with a child on your hip...you look really ladylike...you should really think about having kids, kora." He said with a grin.

As expected Colonnello found himself being attacked with stuffed animals of all sorts. Some of them actually hurt too, which kind of set him off because weren't these things supposed to be soft as hell? Oh well, he would figure it out later.

"Lal, don't throw that one!" Tsunayoshi shouted, reaching for the plushie that Lal was gearing up to throw at Colonnello's face.

The adults made a sound, because who in their right mind would tell Lal Mirch what to do, before they both seemed to realize that Lal was holding what looked like a golden retriever stuffed animal.

Tsuna made a grabbing gesture for the plush, and was noticeably pleased when Lal dropped it in his outstretched hands. "I love it!" He squealed, and then hugged Lal. "Now all we need to do is find the frogs!" He was getting more excited the longer that he was out, and Lal was afraid that he wasn't going to be able to go back to sleep when they got home. She wasn't sure how she was going to explain to Luce why Tsuna was falling asleep in his eggs when usually he couldn't be stopped from eating them….it was going to be an interesting morning, that was for sure.

Lal was pleased with herself though, she had managed to pick something that pleased little Tsunayoshi for the moment...now only if she could find a stuffed frog...one with a crown would be perfect for Viper.

"Don't you need bags to put this stuff in?" Lal asked, taking the dog from his hands gently so that she could put it with the other things for now. If he wanted to make them care packages than they were going to have to find something to put all the things in there and she knew for a fact that the chances of them having something at home would be slim.

It was clear that, although Tsuna had a wonderful plan for their new little ones, he hadn't exactly thought everything out completely. "Oh…" He said, when he realized his mistake.

"I think I have some stuff at my house, kora, don't worry about it." Colonnello said, not wanting to make the little one cry. He was usually the one that cheered kids up when it came to him and Lal. He was ninety percent sure that Lal wasn't even sure how kids worked half the time.

"You're so weird." Lal said holding Tsuna closer to her just because.


When they got back from the store it was five in the morning, and Lal was exhausted all over again. They had gotten into arguments about what kind of candies to get everyone, and then Colonnello pointed out that Reborn was probably going to be jealous that he didn't get anything, because Reborn was just that way, which lead to the discussion about Skull being offended that he didn't get anything when Viper and Reborn got cool stuffed animals, which just lead to Lal giving up and agreeing to get the rest of the Arcobaleno stuffed animals and candies that they liked. She even managed to get Basil a dolphin, because the kid had mentioned liking them maybe two months ago and no one was going to tell Lal Mirch that she wasn't being fair by not getting Basil something. The trio went to Colonnello's house next, and it turned out that he did in fact have bags and boxes big enough for their make-shift care packages. Why he had them, Lal wasn't sure and wasn't in the mood to ask.

"You totally owe me for this, kid." Lal said when they dragged themselves back to the Arcobaleno house. She had to be at the CEDEF in three hours, and she wasn't sure how she was even gonna handle Iemitsu today.

Tsuna just hugged her tightly. "Thank you." He said, pressing a wet kiss to her cheek.

"Well, well, well, what do we have here? Coming home at five in the morning, and with a boy! Lal Mirch, you scandalous little thing." Reborn exclaimed, throwing open the door to the manor right as Lal was reaching for the handle.

Lal swore under her breath while Tsuna squeaked in fear and hid his face in her neck. "You bastard." She hissed.

"Am I mistaken, or did I not just see you coming out of Colonnello's house?" Reborn asked, wiggling his eyebrows suggestively.

Lal's face turned red. "It was not like that you bastard." She hissed, ready to throw the closest thing at him. Which would be either Tsuna, her wallet and car keys, or the potted mint plant that they had hanging outside.

"Oh, but you're totally thinking about it. Look at your face Lallipop." Reborn teased, leaning forward to pinch her cheeks.

Lal slapped his hands away. "I told you never to call me that." She growled out, pushing past him.

Reborn grabbed her by the arm and dragged her back outside. "So, tell me Lallipop, after all these years did you finally agree to marry him?" He asked quietly.

Lal laughed, a bark of a thing that Tsuna was afraid of. "Oh Reborn, like I would ever tell you. Now, if you would excuse me I think I hear the coffee maker going off." She said, shoving him out of the way so that she could get inside the house.


It took a week for the children to move into the Arcobaleno house due to one of the kids getting too sick to move for a few days, and the others refusing to leave them for any amount of time, and Luce deciding that they all needed to have a jointed room, so they took the time to find empty rooms and somehow make it so that they could all pass freely into each other's rooms...but of course Tsuna wanted to be close to them as well, so they had to move all of Tsuna's stuff over to accommodate with the others. It was all very painstaking, but very worth it in the long run.

They were getting ready for the kids to be brought over by one of Luce's guardians while they cleaned the house.

It was more of Tsuna rushing to pick up all of the toys that he had left on the floor, but Reborn liked to think that pointing out where he dropped toys was very productive.

"I think there's one behind the couch, Tsuna." Reborn called out from where he was leaning against the threshold of the main sitting room, a cup of espresso in hand.

Fon swatted him lightly on the arm. "You leave him alone, he's trying his best….here, Tsunayoshi, let me help you carry some of those." He cooed, walking up to the boy with outstretched arms.

Tsuna gave him what could only be described as a grateful look before handing over half of his load. "Thank you, Fon." He said.

"Are you still cleaning up? I thought you would be done with that by now." Lal said, wrinkling her nose in disgust when she realized that it had somehow just gotten messier.

"Reborn's just being a jerk and making it messier whenever Tsunayoshi gets it all cleaned up." Fon said, giving Reborn a pointed look.

Reborn shrugged innocently. "I'm not doing anything but stand here and give our young Tsunayoshi direction in his life." He said.

"You're full of shit and we all know it." Lal told him. "Put your espresso down and come help me with something." She said, nudging him in the side with her elbow.

The look of utter disgust on Reborn's face was priceless. "You want me to let my beautiful espresso go cold, just so I could help you with something?" He asked.

"Chug it. Be a man." Lal said tauntingly.

"Those are fightin words, Mirch." Reborn said, narrowing his eyes.

"I'm a fighting kind of person." Lal reminded him.

"Don't you do it." Fon said, arm poised to throw a stuffed animal at one of them.

Reborn did it.

"Oh my god." Fon sighed, watching in horror as Reborn chugged a cup of espresso and slammed the empty cup on the nearest coffee table in victory.

Lal laughed, head tilted back and mouth open. "Now that you don't have espresso to drink you can come help me." She said, a glint in her eyes.

Realization dawned on Reborn too late. He'd been tricked and now he couldn't get out of it. "You sneaky little bitch." He whispered in defeat while Fon and Lal laughed at him.

"Come on, there's a lot of shit to carry over." Lal said, looping her arm around Reborn's. "We'll be back soon. If they get here before us it's all Colonnello's fault."

Fon had heard those words before. Multiple times. Things almost always ended badly when that sentence was used. "Make good choices." He called out.

"What are we even doing?" Reborn whined when they were halfway across their property.

"We're picking a few things up from Colonnello's house, obviously." Lal said simply.

"Is it weird sex things?" Reborn asked hopefully.

"No, it is not weird sex things. Why would I be getting weird sex things from Colonnello of all people? Why would I even want you to know if I were doing weird sex things?" Lal asked.

"After about twenty years I would hope that you're secure enough in our friendship to tell me about any romantic or sexual adventures that you're having... especially if it's with another person that we've known for twenty years." Reborn said.

"Oh my god, are you still on that? I told you I'm not telling you if I said yes to him." Lal said.

"That means you have something to hide! Just tell me, and I swear to god I won't tell the other's. Lal, I think I deserve to know if my best friends were getting married." Reborn said seriously. "I've known you both for my whole life and I feel like if you two were going to get married I should be the first person that you tell."

"If I were getting married, Basil would be the first person I tell." Lal said truthfully. She really loved that kid...well, as much as she could love a child.

It was such a bluntly honest answer that Reborn was shocked that he hadn't thought of it first. Basil was being raised by the CEDEF, the entire core of the CEDEF. That kid probably knew all their secrets….all he needed to do was get Basil alone…

"I'm offended for Fon." Reborn said, because he couldn't let his plan show.

Lal rolled her eyes. "He's fine." She assured him. "We're just going to be in and out, no small talks." She told him when they got to Colonnello's door. It was unlocked for her, and even if it were locked she had a key.

"What if I want to have a nice long talk with my bro?" Reborn asked clearly offended by everything she said.

"You can bro out later, I'm here to get shit done." Lal told him. "We're here." She shouted, slamming the door with a satisfying sound.

"You don't have to be so rude, kora. My door did nothing to you." Colonnello shouted from the kitchen.

"It belongs to you, that's enough to offend me completely." Lal called back, leading Reborn to the kitchen.

Reborn hadn't actually had time to come over and see what the inside of Colonnello's house looked like. He wasn't allowed over by the other neighbors either, so this was his first time going to see the house. "I don't understand why a single man such as yourself has to live in such a large, empty house." He said, looking around the spacious home. It was a lot like their house, but with a different color scheme and a few different floor layouts.

"It's a good neighborhood, kora, and I want to have a big family one day." Colonnello said, causing Lal to snort. "Was there something funny about that?" He asked.

"No, just the fact that you think you're going to have children one day is hilarious." Lal told him. She moved past him to get to the dining room table, where they had left the gifts for everyone a week ago. "Reborn, come help me with these." She said, shoving one of them in his hands.

"What the hell are these?" Reborn asked.

"Tsuna wanted to make sure everyone had a gift when they came to live with us, and that turned into an argument about everyone else in our house being petty bitches and so everyone gets a stuffed animal and candy." Lal sounded like it physically pained her to explain it.

"I admit that most of us are petty bitches." Reborn couldn't argue with that. He had gotten into a three week fight with Verde because Luce made his favorite foods instead of Reborns. It was a huge mess. He was still bitter.

"Are you going to help us, or are you going to stare?" Lal asked, arms full already. There were still a few on the table.

"I could stare at you for the rest of my life, kora." Colonnello said, giving her a stupid smile.

"That was smooth as shit." Reborn said, truly surprised that Colonnello had said something like that.

Lal stared at the two blankley. "So you're gonna help, right?"

Colonnello sighed. "Yes, I'm going to help." He said taking the leftovers.


"What are those?" Viper asked, looking at all of the crap that was on their table. They had all taken the day off for the kids, and she was enjoying her time off by sleeping in.

"Tsunayoshi made you idiots gifts." Lal said, looking down at the five year old.

"I helped, kora." Colonnello said proudly.

"And I paid for everything, so you're welcome." Lal said, grabbing a cup of coffee.

Luce looked at the makeshift care packages with love. "That was so sweet of you to do for them, Tsuna." She said, picking the boy up to give him a big kiss on the cheek.

"That one is for you." Tsuna said, pointing to one of the baskets on the table.

"I totally helped pick that one out." Lal said from behind her coffee cup. She was perched on the counter, the bowl of fruit from this morning in her lap.

"They should be here any minute now. Viper, dear, will you get the others down here?" Luce asked, turning to Viper.

Viper was halfway through her first cup of coffee, and therefore still dead inside. "You're paying me for this, right?" She asked.

"Yes, I'll add it to your pay." Luce swore that by the time she had Aria she was going to be broke because of Viper.

"Am I allowed to be here for this, kora, or do I need to come over another time?" Colonnello asked. He was comfortable enough to come over whenever he wanted, he even had a guest room, but he still wasn't sure if he was allowed over for things like this.

Luce waved his concern off. "You're allowed to be over here. You practically live here with us and I would prefer the kids get used to you now."

"Don't encourage him, he's a freeloader." Lal grumbled, picking at the fruit. She was looking for any mango cubes, but she was pretty sure she had already eaten all of them.

"Fuck you, kora." Colonnello snapped.

"You wish." Lal snapped back, ready to throw something at him.

Colonnello gave her a stupid smile. "Yeah, I really do."

"You're disgusting." Verde said from the doorway.

Colonnello looked offended, Lal and Luce found it hilarious.

"Are we laughing at Colonnello? Because man, I have stories to tell." Reborn said.

"Tell them about the time you dared him to jump into my pool from the third story of my house." Lal said, looking more excited than Luce remembered her being in a long time.

"You grew up in a three story house?" Verde asked, honestly surprised. When he thought about Lal's upbringing a three story house and a pool were not things that came up.

"Her mom's side of the family was well off." Fon explained. Because it was easier than explaining what her mother really did for a living.

"I totally wanna know how that story ended." Skull said, coming into the kitchen. His face was void of all his usual makeup, but he kept the piercings in.

"Don't you dare, kora." Colonnello warned, looking between the three that he grew up with.

"So, he jumped out of my bedroom window, and landed in a tree, and then fell onto our patio set, and rolled into the pool. He broke his leg and his arm and my mother wouldn't let him near windows for three years after that." Lal said, grinning like it was the best day of her life.

"Her father was furious." Fon added in.

"Why would you do something that stupid?" Kyoya asked his uncle.

"Reborn said he would give me money, kora." Colonnello said like it explained everything.

"Valid reason to do anything." Viper said seriously.

Luce smiled fondly at her guardians. It was nice to see them all interacting nicely with one another for a change and she just loved to get stories like this out of them. It was like she was slowly starting to actually get to know them after all these years. "As nice as these stories are, I can hear the car pulling up so we need to go greet our little ones."

"I can't wait to see them. I hope they think we're cool." Skull said as he attempted to fix his hair so it would stay down for once.

"We want them to like us, not fear us." Luce reminded him gently. She was busy fussing with Vipers hastily put together clothes. "I'm going to get the door, and you guys are going to sit in the sitting room and wait for me to bring them in, no funny business." Luce warned, looking them all in the eye before leaving to go get the door.

When she returned a few minutes later she had a group of small looking children following her, one of them was perched on her hip like Tsuna usually was, and they were all looking around in awe of the giant house.

"Everyone, this is your new family. Say hello!" Luce said to the kids, gesturing to the group that was scattered around the room.

None of the kids seemed interested in greeting them, but the only little girl of the group seemed to be at least a little willing and waved to them shyly. Which resulted in the boy she was practically attached to, to sigh in defeat and wave to them.

"Why don't you introduce yourself." Luce said to the little ones, smiling like it was the best kind of encouragement you could give small children.

The kids gave each other looks, before the boy who had waved stepped up so that he was in front of the others.

"My name," He began, "is Mukuro Rokudo."


Ah yes, these brats are my favorite brats in the world. Also, be sure that you look out for a Soulamte AU that I'm gonna post...one day...soonish...probably...If i'm not too busy with Pokemon Go...