"I hate to tell you this, Usagi-hime, but your Cloud Guardian is..." started Lal.
"Give me two minutes to set something up and you'll see a vast improvement."
Two minutes later...
"Oh My Gosh, are those limited edition high heels from a famous designer on sale?" said Usagi loudly.
"WHERE?!" shouted a suddenly energized Minako.
She took one look at the shoes, then disappeared in a Minako-shaped dust cloud.
"Come to Mama!" she cackled.
Lal stared at her, then at Usagi.
"I had to bribe her with a large spending limit on Mafia Land to get her to get through even half of Colonello's training regimen for absolute rookies from civilian backgrounds. She damn near bought out half the clothing stores and haggled the shop keepers to death," said Usagi sagely.
She stared even more.
"How the hell did Colonello survive that?"
"Easy. I told him I'd buy him as many sweets as he wanted and would spare him from being turned into a dress up dummy for a fifteen year old fashion addicted blond. She kept commenting on how 'cute' he was and wanting to hug him when I first introduced them."
Lal's mouth twitched upwards.
"Really now."
"Chibiusa, the video please."
"Okay Mama," said Chibiusa grinning. Soon Lal was laughing her ass off at the put upon expression Colonello had on his face. It only got worse when Usagi "sacrificed" him to the shopping demon that was Minako in an effort to make him look even more "adorable".
"Oh god, you have to share these with me!"
"I wonder how much your past self would pay for copies?"
Lal snickered evilly.
Within minutes Lal had a new wallpaper.
"So I heard you were giving training to the Decimo brat. Tell me the truth, how bad is he?"
"I got him started the same way I did. Paint ball. It's a good starter for civilians to get used to shooting without the risk of killing anyone if there's a misfire... well, at least it's a lesser risk anyway. Once he got over the paint balls, he's actually somewhat decent. The others seem to have taken to it a little quicker, though Chibiusa has taken to sparring with Takeshi. I had no idea she had sword training...though come to think of it she does spend a lot of time with Squalo."
"You didn't answer the question."
"He's getting better. It helped that I'm not letting Reborn...encourage...him."
Lal snorted.
"It also helps with the fact I told him he doesn't have to shoot people. It's just a tool meant to help deal with problems that can't be solved peacefully."
"That's the perfect attitude to have towards a gun!"
"I know, right? My ex kept looking at my collection that Uncle Xanxus has been helping me update like it was the devil or something!" said Usagi shaking her head.
Guns were only dangerous in the hands of idiots, drunks, or noobs. In the hands of someone with training it was nothing more than a tool to get things done.
Usagi carried a gun with her everywhere, now that she wasn't pretending to be something she abhorred. Plus it was an excellent exercise for her Mist flames, as Viper could attest. No proper assassin or mafia princess, in this case, would go without a weapon!
Usagi was armed to the teeth, and her Guardians were slowly acquiring the same habits once they got the appropriate sheaths and holsters. Ones that were made specifically with concealing Mist Flames, even if it was a total nightmare paying Mammon off for them. Only certain fabrics took the Mist Flames without recharging, and she was rather expensive.
Too bad Iemitsu's account was almost in the red.
Lal grinned.
"How bad did the girls cuss you out when they found out the training you were forcing them to do with him?" asked Lal.
"Once they got over the worst of it, since none of them had an absurd training ritual like I did, they could see results in their teamwork and power levels. It didn't hurt that they saw me doing the harder ones while they were still on the basics, or that I had bribed them with three days on Mafia Land with an absurd spending limit. We snagged Colonello on the last day while he was despairing over how they could have been so much better if they weren't so obsessed with silly things. I would have sent you pictures immediately after, but I didn't want Iemitsu finding out I was active so early," said Usagi.
Lal grinned.
"You should have seen him pout! I think Falco was laughing his feathered ass off when he realized what we were doing to him! I know Reborn did, even if he was roped into it last minute too!"
"Share!" said Lal grinning evilly. Reborn as a dress up doll for girly teenage females! She had to see that!
Usagi grinned. She had gotten some serious leeway with Viper when she took these and shared them, never mind the upgrades Verde gave her for free when he realized what he was looking at. She never thought she would see him laugh that hard ever.
Reborn had a foreboding feeling, one that only grew worse when he saw what they were looking at.
Dammit, there went his credibility if Tsuna saw any of that. Reborn might do cosplay, but some of the outfits Minako and the others had tricked him into had been positively adorable and more for small children who didn't know the humiliation they were in for.
And Colonello, damn him, had been laughing his blond ass off from Usagi's lap as he kept sending out "recommendations" that would go with Reborn's "sunny personality" which Usagi-hime insisted on taking multiple pictures of.
Evil.
Lal observed Rei Hino with an odd expression. At first the girl ignored it admirably, but eventually it got on her nerves.
"Is there some particular reason you're so intent on watching me?" she asked crossly.
"Just wondering whether or not your grandfather told you about your mother's family yet."
"He's being unusually cagey, and refuses to tell me what he said to make that man back off."
"Did you know you have a cousin among the Vongola Guardians?" asked Lal.
"What."
Lal had an evil grin on her face.
"You're a Storm/Cloud mix, right? Well as it turned out you came by it honestly because your mother's brother is a Storm, and your cousin is Tsuna's Cloud Guardian Hibari."
"Hibari as in the strong, silent one that Ami has a crush on? That Hibari?" she asked dumbfounded.
"Believe me, he was just as shocked when he found out about his cousin is Sailor Mars."
Kyouya hated crowding and preferred quiet shrines in general. Rei hated liars and was an active Shrine Maiden who didn't really have an active social life.
Once the two had confirmed their relation, Rei mostly just asked of his attentions to Ami before letting him do his own thing. So long as he kept his violence outside of shrine grounds, or at least didn't leave any dead on sacred ground what he did was not her business.
Though it was mostly because Kyouya happened to become instant friends with Phobos and Deimos, the two birds that lived in the Shrine that acted as Rei's only pets.
"So Usagi wasn't kidding when she told me to ask about the Triads."
"Fon was an affiliate member of the Triads, but he is not officially a member of any Familigia," said Lal.
Rei would reserve judgment on whether or not to ask him for some training in how to use her Flames until she met her cousin Kyouya.
Chibiusa mostly stayed for a few days before heading to Italy. Lal was concerned about the main family, and Chibiusa wanted to see what Belphegor was like in the future. It would be inevitable that the Varia would send someone to Namimori, so she could hitch a ride with them later if need be.
Besides, she really needed someone to help her improve her aim with her knives and Belphegor had been teaching her how to use his wire trick before they left.
She managed to reach the headquarters in a day, mostly because she could use Luna P and her own skills to get there. Except Xanxus and the others were occupying another castle at the moment.
Annoyed, she stole a bike and started driving towards that general location.
Several hours later, and two pauses to refill the tank, she found herself surrounded.
"You picked the wrong time to be driving on this strip of road, little girl," sneered one man. She merely glanced at the crest before she ignored him.
What did she have to care about some random mook?
"And you picked the wrong girl to bother. I'm looking for Belphegor and Xanxus," said Chibiusa bluntly.
"Why don't you go home to your mama, little girl," said another. He wore the red of the Storm division.
Her flat look could have melted ice.
The first one to touch her lost a hand.
"Shishishi... I thought I sensed a little rabbit in the territory," snickered a familiar voice.
"Hello Bel-papa."
"...Bel-papa?" repeated the Storm guy. His expression looked positively horrified.
"Shishishi... the Boss will be happy to see you, Little Rabbit."
"Considering Mama said I could come and train with you while she's off torture... I mean training Tsuna in how to fight properly," said Chibiusa.
Belphegor grinned.
"Oh god... I had no idea that psycho actually procreated with someone..."
Xanxus took one look at Chibiusa and smirked.
"Hello baby Moon."
Chibiusa grinned, and without hesitation jumped into a hug.
"Hi Uncle Xanxus!"
Xanxus grinned.
"You're just like your mother. The first thing she did after tricking me into bringing her to the Varia headquarters was leave Squalo in the dust and hug me."
"Shishishi..."
"So did you come to train with Belphegor or just to see us?"
"Partly to train with Bel-papa, but mostly so I wouldn't have to hear Tsuna whine. Besides, you guys are more fun to be around. You don't care about swearing around minors and enjoy the fun stuff. Do you have any idea how irritating it is to be stuck at nine for nine hundred years and still never be allowed near a liquor cabinet?" she said annoyed.
Xanxus grinned.
It was an age old complaint from Mammon. The fact they had to disguise their age because they were stuck at two despite being old enough to drink.
"Now, what the heck are these box things anyway?"
"Shishishi... Now that's something we're both going to have fun with, little Rabbit," grinned Belphegor.
He even had her Box Weapon ready, as it had been one of the specially prepared sets by Verde.
He had to make the Box Weapons and Animals of the Senshi with their powers in mind. The first ones he tried overloaded when they pushed their Flames into them. Especially Usagi-hime and her daughter.
Belphegor went into his room and brought out a Box like the one she saw Lal Mirch use, and a ring.
"Push your Dying Will Flames into this."
Chibiusa accepted the ring, and with a moment's thought created Dying Will Flames. Like her mother, she was a Sky and Sun Flame...except she had Storm Flames from her father.
There was a flare of power, as the box opened.
What stood there was a magnificent pegasus with a crystal horn that burned from her Flames. The hooves, when they struck the ground, let off a sort of mystical sound like crystals being lightly struck with something hard.
"Shishishi... of course you would end up with the horse."
"What does that mean, Bel-papa?"
"Shishishi... I forgot, you came here right before it happened. Let's just say Endymion's influence hasn't completely been erased from the Senshi's battles," said Belphegor.
Their next fight would involve a pegasus much like this one. But he couldn't tell her that.
"So how do you put them back in?"
"Let the flame wear out," said Xanxus.
The horse neighed once, before disappearing back into the box.
"I was unaware you procreated Bel-sempai," said a boy in a frog hat.
Chibiusa stared at him for five seconds before she stated in a dead tone "I have no idea who you are, but I can tell right away you are of dubious sanity and are of even less possible use than Levi-a-Than when it comes to being subtle. Please do not come near me so whatever possible stupidity inhabits you does not spread to my general area."
Belphegor blinked, before he started laughing his ass off. He literally had trouble standing and even Xanxus was holding back a smirk.
"Shishishi... He's Mammon's replacement."
"Then whoever did the hiring process needs to be shot out into space without protection for being Stupid, because he is a serious downgrade from the miser."
"You heard her frog."
"Who is this girl?" asked the 'Frog', who's name was Fran.
"My great niece and Belphegor's daughter. Annoy her at your own risk, because you will not be getting any sympathy if she uses you as target practice," said Xanxus bluntly.
Back in the secret base...
"I hate you so much. You could have warned us she trained that psycho baby," said Minako groaning.
"Where's the fun in that? If it makes you feel any better Belphegor just sent me a very nice text thanking me for letting him spend time with Chibiusa. Apparently she's been improving her aim with the knives by using Mammon's replacement as target practice and to get him to shut up," said Usagi cheerfully.
"I feel like I should fear for your parenting skills, but even I admit Chibiusa is much happier and less of a brat since you got rid of Mamoru," said Rei reluctantly.
"Look at the bright side!"
"There's a bright side to you apparently hiding a psychopath streak we didn't know about?" asked Makoto dryly.
"If they can't survive a time-traveling kid spending time with her most likely father, they wouldn't be Varia Quality in the first place."
"Good point. They're assassins, they can take a little harmless target practice and father-daughter bonding from hell," said Rei nodding.
"So how did meeting Hibari from this time go?"
"Rather well actually. I'm shocked I actually have a cousin who I can tolerate for long periods of time that will openly let me crash in his house come election season and even threaten my father to go to hell," said Rei rather cheerful.
It was somewhat terrifying how quickly Hibari and Rei clicked, but then again they had a lot in common.
Besides, they both loved birds.
"On an unrelated note, I'm going to have to join Tsuna in awakening our inheritance as Vongola," said Usagi with a grimace. Reborn insisted that they do both at the same time, since if anything happened to Tsuna, Usagi would have to take the mantle and there was no point in waiting until the worst happened.
Besides, everyone knew Usagi had a greater role than just being the next Decimo of the Vongola waiting for her.
Her desire to be the head of the Varia was just a back up plan.