I'm sorry that I'm not able to be faster (and that those chapters won't get any longer). It's just, working sucks, especially if you need to work overtime, because there are just not enough People ...

But every time I see a new Review it gives me the energy to put up with everything! I hope you like this chapter as much as the others!

Enjoy or not, it's up to you!

Xanxus and Tsuna

After Tsunas people had beaten the shit out of those handsome bastards and Dino was head over heels for him, he gave Hayato to the cute overlord without another word.

And Tsuna was happy, until Reborn demanded to know why the fuck he knew someone like Xanxus.

Said man just grinned and held the little boy close to him, to show how much they cared about each other. Hibari glared at him and said something about a monkey king, but Xanxus just ignored it. Gokudera pouted, because he had lost his opportunity to hug the boss. Lambo just poked his nose while Yamamoto got rid of the blood on his sword. Ryouhei was moving half dead bodies around to make some walking space for Tsuna, he even cleaned the floor for Tsuna to come out of the place without getting dirty.

Back at Tsuna house they all sat down in the living room while Nana brought them some snacks.
"And how did you meet Xanxus?" Reborn demanded an answer out of the boy.
"Well … it was like that ..." and Tsuna began to think and explain with a cute look on his face.

Tsuna was twelve at the time and had just established his lemonade empire of doom. It was pay day and he collected the money from his little minions, they hadn't made much, because it was raining cats and dogy since almost a week. He walked down the street with his orange lion umbrella and the fitting rubber boots.

The clouds were as dark as ever and poured their heavy load down on earth, but he didn't mind that much. This kinda weather was helpful for the things he had planned for today.

Hibari had found the thugs who had destroyed one of his lemonade stands and stolen the money. Today they had planned to teach them a lesson. He knew where they were and how to get to them.

That was the whole reason why he sat foot into this creepy and dark ally. Of course he wasn't afraid of it, he was shaking out of excitement not fear! As he walked gracefully trough the ally he suddenly tripped on something, but to his surprise his fall was quite soft.

Confused he sat up and looked what he had fallen on.

It was a man, or maybe an old looking teen, and he lay in a puddle of his own blood, that now was successfully decorating Tsunas clothes. The young boys first instinct was to call Hibari to get rid of the body, but than said body groaned and moved a little.

The stranger opened deep red eyes and glared at the boy sitting on his stomach.
"Who the fuck are you?" he hissed but didn't have any energy to move the boy out of the way.
"Namimoris resident evil overlord." Tsuna smiled and it felt like the radiance of this cute smile was able to lighten up the weather and call forth the sun. Was he dying or why did he see pink flowers and glittering butterflies?
"... I see ..." the man looked a little doubtful: "so, great overlord could you help me out a little?" his voice sounded really tired.
"With what?" he tilted his cute head and moved a little more up the bleeding mans chest.
"As you probably see – I'm bleeding to death and need some medical attention, without a hospital." he mumbled and pondered if a kid like that was able to understand the situation.

"Hmm... what do I get out of it?" now cute fluffy bunnies were added to the frighteningly bright background.
"... my … uh … underlying loyalty?" what else could he offer in such a situation.
"... ok. But if you ever betray me I will come and play with you!" those bunnies had some sinister glint in their eyes.

The man passed out and Tsuna called his Hibari: "Change of plans. I need you to pick me and some luggage up." It didn't take long for his minion number one to show up, with a colorful delivery van. It was a car Hibari had "found" some time ago and used it ever since, even if he didn't have a drivers license (well he was just twelve). It took them some time to get the big and totally limb guy into the car.

"Who is he?" Hibari asked as he drove in the direction of Tsuna house.
"My new addition to my army of doom." Tsuna smiled and wasn't really able to look over the dashboard.
"Why is he wounded?"
"Don't know." Tsuna shrugged his shoulders and smiled. Hoibari sighed and soon enough reached their destination.

Nana didn't look really faced as she saw the bleeding and half dead man.
"Lay him on the table." she order the children and they did was what told to them. In the meantime she had gotten a hold of scissors and moved them trough the blood soaked shirt.
"Oh. A bullet wound." she said with a smile and moved trough her kitchen, boiling water and taking some strange items out of a cardboard as well as her sewing kit. She poured some strong alcohol onto the wound and put a long nippers like thing into the boiling water. After that she shoved it into the wound, moved it around a little and beamed as she showed the boys the now dislodged bullet. It didn't take her much effort to sew the wound and to put a large band aid over it.

"Why do you know how to do that?" Tsuna asked curious.
" … the cooking channel ..." Nana smiled and pat his head.
"It seems like I need to watch that!" her cute little son beamed at her.

Hibari just wondered how they accepted everything so nonchalantly.

The next day the bloody man woke up. He felt dead tired, beat and hungry, his stomach made those annoying gurgling noises.

He looked around and found a mop of brown hair at his side. That was when he remembered what had happened. The boy had helped him out under the condition of him being loyal to him. It was something he had done in the spur of a moment and he didn't give damn to get along with this. As he mused about this he didn't quite register the movement of the boy, who suddenly pushed his forehead against his own. It felt soft and he smelled good.

"Good your fever is down!" the boy smiled with all his heart: "By the way – I'm Sawada Tsunayoshi!"
"Xanxus." he growled back without being really aware as to why.
"Nice to meet you Xanxus! Are you hungry? My mother made something to eat for you." the young boy jumped up without waiting for an answer and hurried out of the room.

In no time he came back with a tray that held some delicious smelling meal. Normally he was a picky eater, all his cooks back at home feared for their lives whenever they did their jobs. More than often he had spat out the carefully prepared meal, he would cuss and scream at the cooks to do their jobs properly. One time he even had killed one of them, because he had dared to talk back to him.

Never in his life had he eaten something as delicious as Nanas home made cooking.
He ate like his entire life depended on it.

"If you eat so fast you will just get the hiccups." Tsuna reprimanded him, it earned him a growl. The young boy slapped the back of Xanxus head, he almost didn't feel it, because the boy didn't have any strength whatsoever. Normally he would have shot him, but he was too occupied with the food.

He gulped the last mouthful down.

"Where I'm coming from it's either you eat fast or you will starve. I've never gotten hiccups in my whole life." and as if he had evoke it he made it really strange sound sound. It almost sounded like a dogs bark. Tsuna clasped both hands over his mouth to stifle his giggle.

Xanxus, for the first time in his life, had the hiccups and pondered if he should shoot himself.

Half an hour later and Tsuna was on the floor laughing hard with flowing tears. The sound of his laugh was like small chimes and birds combined, it was a sound that lifted up your own mood whether you wanted or not. That was the only reason why Xanxus hadn't shot this brat yet.

Nana opened the door to the room to see what had her son laughing like that.

The stranger looked at her and hiccuped. Of course she joined her son in his laughing fit.
Never in his life had he felt so embarrassed.

Some time later that day he had finally gotten rid of those annoying hiccups and he swore to never again gorge down his food like a starving animal.

Xanxus had spend almost two weeks at the Sawadas house, at first he had wanted to leave as soon as he was well enough to walk around, but than he looked into Tsunas big brown pleading eyes and couldn't help but to stay with them for a little while longer. He had helped Nana out with housework and even tried to help Tsuna with his homework. But he never had paid any attention to those things while he was in school, so it had been a fruitless effort.

Tsuna told him a lot about his plans to become the world ruler and how he wanted to change the world for the better. At first Xanxus thought the boy was stupid to dream of something like that, but than again he had the ability to charm the people around him into submission. Even he himself was a victim to that charm and he had given up to try and convince himself that it wasn't the case at all.

He had fallen into the trap of the cute and evil overlord. And he didn't give a damn about it.

But after those two weeks he had to go back to Italy, he had a job to do after all. Xanxus left, but he gave Tsuna his E-mail contact and phone number, with the pledge of loyalty and the promise to come help him out with whatever dangers he faced.

"... That's how we met and became friends." Tsuna said smiling.

Reborn and Dino gaped like they were fish out of water. The boy had succeeded in taming the beast, without much effort at all! This kind of ability was freaky as hell.
Reborn shook his stupor off: "Than let me drop the bomb for you." he sounded serious and his eyes held an hard edge to them as he looked at Xanxus: "Tsuna is aiming to become the next boss of Vongola. And I'm the one who is training him."

There was an eery silence in the air as Xanxus looked at the young boy at his side with a calculating look.

"I doubt that he will reach that goal. The ninth has three legal sons and Xanxus as his adopted son. There is just no way for little Tsuna to become the tenth boss." Dino suddenly said and looked at Xanxus, like he was waiting for an outburst.

"You really want to become the boss?" the big scared man asked.
"Yes! As a Mafia boss I will be able to control the underground world and with that it's just a little step to world domination!" the sparkles and bunnies were back as he looked excited about what the future holds.
"Does the old man know about this?" Xanxus asked Reborn, who smirked and shook his head.
"You're planning to over throw him or what?" it did seem like he was amused by that idea.
"No we will handle that subtle. I plan to introduce Tsuna as a possible candidate in front of the council." Reborn explained.
"When?" Xanxus inquired.
"During the next meeting at the end of the year. Of course I will take Tsuna with me, to show his qualities." a smirk was seen and every body knew what qualities he meant.

The council was doomed.

Xanxus laughed: "He will get my vote, that much is guaranteed." as Varias leader he was a member of Vongolas high council, which consisted of the bosses of all allied Families.
"He has my heart, I mean, vote as well. But I doubt that Nonos sons will watch quietly with Tsuna threatening their positions, especially Enrico." Dino said and looked like he feared for Tsunas life.

Xanxus snorted: "They are all stupid fools, I give a rats ass about their opinion. And if they try to hurt a hair on Tsunayoshis head, than I will kill them with my bare hands." "Count me in on that!" Yamamoto cheered happily.
"I extreme agree!"
"Whatever I can do for Juudaime I will do it!"
"If the boss wants me to do something to help, I'll help."
"I'll do it too, for Tsuna-nii."
"Who wants some ice tea?" Nana came in with a smile and it seemed like she was obvious to the political conference that was held in her living room.

"ME!" They all said at the same time and for now the whole plot of taking over the largest and most dangerous Mafia Family was forgotten in favor of devouring snacks and drinking tea.

... I know, I know it was short, but I really tried to make it longer! It's just, for funny stories short chapters are better than longer ones. And I can't keep up the humor if the chapter is long, I tried and it suddenly became boring to write, so I gave up on long chapters in favor of my own sense of humor.