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Mukuro was looking at his apprentice with some concern on his face. "I guess I shouldn't have told you about it after all…"

Fran was starring down at his hand, where a ring with the code 666 was resting. His face wasn't expressionless, like it was for months now. Mukuro cracked it. Fran's face was showing disbelief and confusion. "You're kidding, right, master?"

Mukuro felt sorry for the poor boy. He let out a sigh. "No, I'm not…"

"Little One, do you know why Xanxus agreed to let us train here for a month?" Mukuro asked.

"No, pineapple master. Whatever happened, I don't want to know about it." Fran replied. He was tired from all the running he had done in the past hour.

"Kufufu~ Sit down, I'll tell you the story." Mukuro chuckled and threw something at Fran.

The boy caught it and looked at the object. It was a ring with a code on it. 666.

"What's this?"

"It's a hell ring." Mukuro smirked. "People with a mist flames can use it."

Fran was confused to no end. "Mist flames?"

Mukuro pulled his hand out of his pocket. He had a weird ring on it. It looked like a sea shell. "This is a Vongola ring. One of the seven, at least." The ring started imitating a violet flame. "This is the mist flame. There are seven kinds of flames. Sun, Storm, Rain—"

"Cloud, Sky, Mist and Lightning." Fran finished still looking at the weird ring in his palm. "Bel-senpai was telling me about this… seven things…"

"Kufufu~ What did he tell you?" Mukuro asked, narrowing his eyes.

"That he was a storm." Fran replied. "And that's it."

"Aaaaah…" Mukuro nodded. "Okay, then… You have the mist flame. That means you can use illusions. In Belphegor's mind, I was just suppose to train your body. I shouldn't be telling you this, but Xanxus has his eyes on you, because Mammon is moving to France."

Fran was waiting.

"Little One, what would you do, if I told you I'm in the mafia?"

Fran blinked. "I'd say you're joking."

"But I'm not. I'm in the mafia and so is Chrome. The two of us are… The Vongola mist guardians."

Fran face palmed. "I knew you'd become a gangster or something like that, master, but you didn't have to drag Chrome in it too. But I just don't believe this fame thing."

"My ring is on fire, is it not?" Mukuro chuckled.

He did have a point there…

"Master… Is the principal in the mafia too?"

Mukuro chuckled. "You're quick, Little One. Yes, Xanxus is the Varia boss."

Fran was thinking… Varia… He heard that name before…

No way…

"Master… Isn't the Varia missing a Cloud?" he asked. "Is Bel-senpai in the mafia too? And Lussuria, Squalo,…? Mammon?"

"Oya… I think Belphegor told you a bit to much… Or did you figure this out just now?"

"He told me about the Varia, just not… the mafia part."

"Here's the thing, Little One. Mammon is the Varia mist guardian. Since she's going to move, they'll need a new one, and Xanxus thinks you're perfect for the job."

Fran gulped. "Who else is there?"

"You already know about the Varia. They're an organization under the 9th Vongola boss. Tsunayoshi is the future boss of the Vongola, currently training under Reborn. His guardins are Gokudera Hayato, Yamamoto Takeshi, Hibari Kyoya, Sasagawa Ryohei, Bovino Lambo, myself and Chrome…"

Fran was starring wide eyes. "And Xanxus wants me… To become a Varia mist guardian?"

"Let's train for now. I'll tell you more when the time comes…." Mukuro suggested.

One month later…

Fran ran down the stairs, grabbed a toast and quickly bit into it. He was going to be late for school if he's not going to hurry. Damn the stupid master for keeping him awake until midnight!

"Sweetie? Can you come here for a second?"

Fran stopped chewing. Were they moving already? He quickly stepped into the living room, where his mom was trying to repair the DVD player. "Hm?"

His mom looked him right in the eye. "You weren't home for the past month, Fran. And yesterday, when you came back, you looked so different to me. I've never once saw your hair tied back," Fran looked himself in the mirror. Was it really that weird for him to tie his hair back. "And maybe you haven't notice, but your body definitely looks stronger." That was true too, Fran did gain some muscles that could hardly be seen, but this was his mom… She noticed everything.

His mom looked at his clothes now. "You're wearing a V-neck shirt, that I've been asking you to put on for a whole year now, and black jeans with chains."

Fran had to admit, that was weird for him. He didn't even know what he was thinking when he put these clothes on.

His mom let out a sigh. "I don't know where my little boy got lost… Now hurry to school, or else you'll be late. And you better not bring a whole crowd of girls with you."

Fran wanted to face palm.

Halfway to school, Fran started to notice someone was following him. He noticed a lot more things since he came back from his training. He didn't start walking faster, though. That would give him away. Instead, he just calmly continued his way towards school. He didn't worry a bit. Mukuro was teaching him how to create illusions, and he had gotten quite good. The hell ring was on his right hand ever since Mukuro gave it to him.

He headed towards his classroom, but the person was still following him. He decided to check who it was.

Bel was walking behind Fran, keeping his distance. He didn't want to scare the poor frog. And if he noticed him, he could say he was headed in the same direction. Which he was, since their classes were on the same floor.

When he came around the corner, he stopped dead at his tracks. Fran was gone.

Then his instincts kicked in. He quickly turned, catching a piece of rock directed towards him.

"Bel-senpai why were you following me?"

Bel blinked a few time. So the froggy did notice. "We have class on the same floor, frog, I wasn't following you."

"If you wouldn't be following me, you would be throwing knives at my back." Fran stated.

Bel thought about it for a second. Fran as right, it was a little weird since he wasn't throwing knives at him. He decided to change the topic. "Ushishi, what's with the make-over?" he asked as soon as he noticed Fran's clothes.

"Nothing." Fran responded. "Master wanted me dressed this way for our training and I just got used to it."

As soon as he mentioned training, Bel noticed the ring on his kouhai's hand.

"What's that?"

Fran hid his hand. "What's what?"

"That ring. On your hand." Bel hissed.

"I don't have a ring…"

Bel stepped closer to Fran. After a few steps, Fran's back was pressed against the wall and bel was standing less than a meter away from him. "What was that ring, frog?"

Fran could tell his senpai was pissed. More than pissed, he was ready to kill someone.

"I don't have a ring."

A hand grabbed his neck and then, at the same time:

"Let go of him, Belhegor." and "Bel-chan, leave Fran-chan alone!"

Bel turned to see Mukuro on his left and Lussuria on his right. Mukuro had that evil smirk on his face, whilst Lussuria looked horrified.

"You shouldn't threat people like that, Bel-chan, they might take you for a madman."

Bel moved away and Fran rubbed his neck. "I though Bel-senpai is a madman."

To his surprise Bel ignored the comment and turned to Mukuro. "What was that ring?" he hissed.

"That's currently none of your business." Mukuro answered calmly.

"Bel-chan and Fran-chan you two are needed at the principal's office at second period." Lussuria informed them and quickly hurried to get to his students.

"Let's go, Little One." Mukuro smirked and Fran followed him to their classroom.

"Fran! You're back!" Tsuna smiled when Fran walked into the classroom. He nodded.

"Eh… Mukuro, Reborn needs us for… you know…" Tsuna tried to show Mukuro that Fran was here. "You weren't in class so you missed a lot."

"He needs us for mafia stuff?" Mukuro smirked.

Tsuna froze. "Eh…"

"Little One knows too. He's going to be talking to Xanxus about him replacing Mammon." Mukuro informed Tsuna with a smirk.

"You, bastard, you almost gave the tenth a heart attack!" Gokudera started yelling at Mukuro.

Fran couldn't help but ask himself if these people are really Mafioso.

Right then, Reborn walked into the classroom. "I see the two students are back. Fran, Xanxus wants you in his office after this period."

"Lussuria-sensei already informed him about it." Mukuro smirked.

Reborn was watching Fran for a few more seconds and then turned to class, starting with his hour.

Mukuro tossed Fran a piece of paper.

Reborn is one of the Arcobaleno, so he knows about the mafia too. He's a really famous hitman.

Fran could have figured as much the minute Tsuna sarted talking about Reborn needing them.

"Good luck, Little One." Mukuro smirked when they arrived before the principal's office.

"Whatever, master."

"… Do you want to become part of the mafia, Little One?" Mukuro asked.

Fran was quiet before he knocked on the door. "I don't know." He answered before he stepped in.

"Che, so the frog showed himself after all." Bel hissed when he saw Fran walk in.

"Nice to see you too, senpai." Fran replied.

He looked at the rest of the room. The whole Varia was there.

Xanxus was piercing through him with those bloody eyes of his. Fran didn't like the feeling. After all the training he still felt like he could get killed easily by the man.

"Do you know why we called you here, trash?" Xanxus finally spoke.

Fran nodded. The corner of his eyes caught Bel's fists shaking from anger.

Xanxus narrowed his eyes. "How much did your 'master' tell you about him and his 'friends'? How much did he tell you about the Varia."

Fran's throat felt dry. "Master told me everything."

Mammon stepped forward a little. "May I see your right hand?"

Fran couldn't help but ask. "Did Bel-senpai asked you to check it out?"

Mammon smirked. "He did, but I'm also interested in it."

Fran showed her his right hand.

Mammon inspected it and turned to Xanxus. "It's a hell ring with Satan's code on it"

"Are you screwing with me?"

Everybody in the room, except for Fran, turned towards Bel.

"VOOOOI, Bel, what is your problem?" Squalo shouted at the murderous kid.

"The prince doesn't have any problem, whatsoever." Bel snapped. "How can you talk about his taking Mammon's place! He always has to get his ass saved! He's not Varia quality!"

Now everybody was looking at Fran. He didn't feel hurt, like other people would. It was true, he wasn't as useful as other people could be. Bel and Mukuro did save him more than once.

"Why do you want me to replace Mammon, anyway?" He asked Xanxus.

Lussura answered instead. "Fran, even if Bel doesn't think you're Varia quality doesn't mean we think so too."

Someone murmured something at that. Xanxus turned his murderous gaze to Levi. "What was that, trash?"

"Nothing, boss." Levi quickly answered.

"The prince will not let this frog join." Bel stated.

"Then, Bel." Mammon said. "Levi is the weakest one from the Varia." That earned a protest fro the mentioned person. "If Fran can beat him in a fight, would you let him join?"

Fran was not going to fight that weirdo. Then again… He wished to smack the guy from the moment he entered this school. Why not?

Bel seemed to be thinking too. Then finally: "Fine, but I'm not babysitting him if he'll succeed."

"Then, it's settled. Fran, come back to school at midnight."

Looks like he won't get any sleep tonight too…

"Little One, you just have to stick to the plan." Mukuro smirked.

"Mukuro-sama, is right, Levi is a total… em… he's not the smartest person around, so he probably won't even know you can use illusions already."

The trio was headed towards school. Hibari was walking behind them. He wanted to make sure his school won't get damaged. To be honest, Fran and Chrome both thought Mukuro just asked him to come.

"Here we are."

Fran looked up from his feet. Bel was standing next to the school gate, frowning at the group. "Decided to come after all?"

Fran really didn't know why Bel was so angry with him.

"Watch how you talk to my apprentice, Belphegor. We don't want to make him nervous." Mukuro was glaring daggers at Bel. "He's going to beat that idiot of yours anyway."

Chrome giggled.

"Che, that frog doesn't show any emotions at all. How can you be sure he has a heart at all?"

That actually hurt. Fran was hurt. "What's gotten into your head, moron senapi?"

Bel threw a knife at him. Fran caught it, ignoring the pain on his palm, when the knife slashed through his skin.

"Fran, you're bleeding." Chrome gasped at the blood that started falling onto the ground.

"I don't care." Fran answered and walked past Bel onto the school grounds.

"But-" Mukuro quickly sealed Chrome's mouth.

"He wants to prove he became stronger, Chrome." He whispered into her ear.

"The plan could be ruined because of the blood, though." Chrome frowned.

Mukuro smirked. "He knows that."

"You're bleeding." Was the first thing Squalo said when Fran was behind the school.

"Thank Bel-senpai for that." Fran answered. His voice wasn't as monotone as it was when he arrived at school. A bit of anger was in it too, but people that didn't know him for long wouldn't even notice it.

"Kick Levi's ass, Little One." Mukuro smirked. "The idiot won't even know what hit him."

"Hey, who are you calling an idiot?" Levi started arguing with the pineapple.

"Start."

Levi turned to look at his opponent, who was gone. He blinked a few times. "Where did he go?"

Mukuro and Chrome jumped through the window on the first floor, so they wouldn't be a bother.

"Hey, that's not fair, that kid was bothering me!"

Squalo's brow twitched. "He didn't say a word after I said start. Suck it up and find him."

Funny thing was, a lot of mist was starting to form on the ground. Hibari looked annoyed at the noise Levi was making. If this kept up, Fran wouldn't have a choice to knock Levi out. Kyoya would do that work for him.

He was moving quietly. He was light, so it wasn't a problem for him. He made sure to cause an illusion of a shadow near Levi every few seconds. The idiot sure did look annoyed to no end.

He heard thunder above him. No surprise, the guy had the lightning flame after all… He would just need to avoid being hit by the thunder long enough for Levi to get his guard down.

And electricity started hit the ground.

"Where did he disappear too?" Levi was raging.

Mukuro was smirking, almost laughing from his seat on the window. The guy was seriously and idiot. Fran even left a bloody trail so Levi could follow it. If the guy was smart enough to notice it, that is. Which he wasn't. He noticed the blood, but said it was probably from some bird that a cat couth.

Fran, was standing behind Levi, with his hands behind his back. By now everybody noticed him, since he wasn't even trying to create the mist behind Levi anymore. Squalo was holding his head. That made the kouhai wonder. If Bel thought he wasn't of Varia quality… Then how did Levi ever get in Varia?

He slowly made his way towards Levi and drew a the knife Bel threw at him from his pocket. When he was two meters away from Levi, he whistled to get some attention. By the time Levi turned, he already had the knife pressed on his neck. He threw a punch towards Fran but the boy dodged and once again pressed the knife to the guy's neck. Levi started throwing punches, but the boy was still dodging them. Then, Levi finally landed a hit, but to his surprise, his hand went through the boy. Then he felt cold metal pressing against his back.

And there stood Fran, with Mukuro's trident in his hands. When Levi tried to turn, he pressed harder on his back, just to make small holes on the other's shirt.

Mukuro whistled. "He wasn't supposed to create that last illusion. Guess he was really mad at Belphegor."

"You little… Get that thing away from me." Levi turned and Fran pressed the trident to his neck.

"Squalo, who wins?" Mukuro called down at the shark man.

"Your apprentice does. Happy, Bel?" he guy shouted at Bel.

"Che." Was the only response he got.

"Oi, lightning pervert? I was wondering, but if Bel-senpai thinks I'm not Varia quality, then how did you ever get in?"

"I'm strong, that ho- Why yoooooou!" Levi growled when he heard what Fran called him. The boy just pressed the trident against his neck harder.

"Kufufu, that's enough, Little One. We don't like the guy either, but think about poor people that would have to share their afterlife with them." Mukuro appeared before Fran, taking his trident back. "And what was with that whistling at the end? That wasn't part of the plan. It did make this guy look like an even bigger idiot, though."

Mammon threw a ring towards Fran. He caught it. It was the Varia ring.

"Oya? That reminds me. Belphegor, my Little One can protect himself now, so you lost our bet. You should pay now."

"No." Bel growled and came closer. "Our deal didn't contain you teaching him how to use his mist flames."

"It didn't contain me not teaching him how to use mist flames either. Pay up."

Bel took a deep breath. "No."

"Such prince you are." Mukuro mocked.

"Frog, do you know about the deal too?" Bel turned towards his kouhai.

"No." Fran looked at Mukuro, his expression showing no emotions, again. "Master, what did you two bet on?"

"Kufufu, this 'prince' has to take you out on a date." Mukuro chuckled.

"No." both Bel and Fran decided.

"Now, now. Bel, you lost the bet, so you need to pay up. And Little One, I missed the entire month of school because of you, so pay up. I want to see you two on a date."

Chrome was blushing next to them. "Mukuro-sama, they're both guys."

"So?" Mukuro turned towards her.

The four of them were the only one still standing next to the school. The other Varia members already left. Fran made sure the Varia ring was on his finger. The hell ring was slipped on a silver chain around his neck. "

"Yeah, Chrome, so? Master thinks everybody on this world could be gay, just because he is with Hibari."

Mukuro's smirk grew dark. "What did you say, Little One?"

"You're gay, master."

Mukuro pulled out his trident and started chasing Fran around in order to stab him.

"Senpai, why are you mad at me?" Fran asked the very second Mukuro and Chrome weren't with them anymore.

"You joined the mafia." Bel replied, simply. "And not just any mafia group, you had to join the Varia."

"What's so bad about that?"

"You're going to have to explain to your mom, where you were, why didn't you tell her you were joining the mafia and you're going to have to go live to the Varia mansion."

The voice didn't belong to Bel. This voice was his…

"Mom? Am I dreaming?"

"No, you're not. But if you'd still be able to live in this house, you'd be punished, young man!" His mom was standing in the middle of the street, looking like a very angry tiger.

Bel smirked.

"How do you know I'm part of the mafia now?" Fran as confused.

"I work for CEDEF, sweetie, why do you think we moved so many times?"

"Let's just pack your stuff, frog, you're moving tomorrow."

"What?" Fran was still confused.

"I'm going back to Italy, sweetie and you'll be living with the Varia. It's simple. I'll come to visit every once in a while. You're lucky you joined. Otherwise you'd have to start learning Italian." His mom explained.

"Ushishishi, he's a Mafioso now. He'll have to learn Italian eventually." Bel grinned.

Fran wanted to die.

I know what you're thinking. What the fuck, right?

Yeah, I just really fucked this up. But it's really no fun without the mafia involved… I tried to make this chapter a little longer. Oh and sorry for the late update. I have my exams this week, so wish me luck ~

And yes, I know where I'm going with the plot now…