This took a while.

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Imagine if the love of your life was literally just given to you. You could do whatever you wanted to him, her, it (whatever the thing/person is) and they would just accept it. It was a chance that no one would give up. If you wanted to smash that ass, with a trident of course (I mean it's also got three prongs), then you were allowed to do it. However, there was always a struggle factor and some rejection from said object or person.

But seriously, if one considered this chance, they'd probably end up chaining the shit out of the person to prevent their escape. Well, depending on the person's intentions, bonding up the person might be a step too far. This was Mukuro we are talking about, either way.

The slightly hysterical and psychotic teenager simply waited for the arrival of his 'love of his life' and curious about how long it would take for the boy to arrive. Sure, it was worth the wait, but he often confused himself with why he wanted to wait for the boy to come to him rather than him to find him. Perhaps it was his damned curiosity or his impatience but this was what 'life' was going to give to him. Entertainment and someone who could understand him.

He felt a tap on his shoulder and expected it to be one of his associates. Only to realise that it was not Ken or Chikusa, but the very person he had waited for.

"Hi there, I've kind of been here for an hour."

…

Before…

"You know I was wondering where Hibari had been," said Tsuna, idle. He wasn't particularly motivated to head towards the event that was happening at that moment.

"Kyo-san warned me about you…" said Kusakabe. He had been partnered or at least, associated with Hibari long enough to realise when the prefect was confused, angry or amused. It was always a mixture of everything when Hibari had returned from a meeting with Tsuna.

"So you want me to find him?"

"Yes, if that would be fine with you."

"You do realise that he should be capable enough by himself, right?" questioned Tsuna, tapping away at his phone. He had to admit that random tapping would be the end of him if he fucked up somewhere. Well, at least he had his precautions. It just bored him when people usually around him were just not there. He stretched his back and swung his legs over the bed and stood up.

"Well, what are you waiting for? I know where he is you know."

"What? But you didn't know that he was missing until-"

"I'm at least aware of what happens to my brother and his… friends," stated Tsuna as he glanced at his phone screen. It was linked to a CCTV camera that had recorded a group of people who suspiciously looked like his brother, his friends and Reborn, gathering together in front of the Sawada residence. "Do you have a car or something?"

"I'll arrange travel right now."

"It's still early, you know." Kusakabe stared at the brunet. Wasn't the brunet meant to be at least more concerned and eager to go? He and Hibari were 'friends,' right? What was the boy waiting for? The younger teenager put his arms up in defeat. "Don't look at me like that. Fine, let's go."

…

It was obvious that they were in a predicament. Without Toshio, the group were faced with an opponent they were unsure whether they could beat and Reborn was in no mood to step in. The 'enemy' who stood in front of them held his very menacing steel ball in one hand, and a chain that was attached to the ball in his other hand.

Gokudera, being the genius he was, figured out how the steel ball worked after they all narrowly dodged the ball. The first to get hit was him, however. His dynamite had no effect, often being deflected by the wind and the ball itself. One after another, they were all slowly defeated – on the ground and exhausted. The man who claimed to be 'Rokudo Mukuro' put his palms together and closed his eyes then reopened them to commence his attacks.

Reborn, who had merely watched the fight drag on, refused to step in. But at this rate, everyone was going to be hospitalised or worse if this 'Rokudo Mukuro' took a step further. Where are you, baka Toshio?

Biting his lip, the hitman thought of all his options. If he took action… No, he couldn't do that. He could get help, but from who? Who would be fast enough to get there in time? Just when he began running out of options, the man who stood before them, crumpled up and fell to the ground, unconscious. What happened now?

…

He fingered the rope that bound his brother. It almost made him laugh at the fact that he was about to untie the person who tried to kill him a week or so before. He could just leave the teenager there. Toshio could deal with his own business when he woke up. If he ever did, that was.

Tsuna returned his attention to the unconscious body of Rokudo Mukuro.

"You said you wanted to possess me," said Tsuna, slowly tugging at the binds.

I did. But I didn't think it would turn out like this.

"Well no shit. It was your loss."

Fuck you.

"Fuck me? Don't know if you mean with your body or with my hands. Either way, it would just look like I'm either fucking a dead body or I'm jerking off."

You are extremely gruesome in a way.

"Doesn't seem as bad as your childhood. Killing off an entire mafia family too."

Kufufu~

"Do you want me to laugh like you as well? Kufufu~" The small interactions between the two opposing forces was light hearted but serious. Tsuna just preferred to keep it reasonably serious.

… Why can't I control your body?

"No reason. Besides, if you truly want to achieve your goal of overturning the mafia, you should have possessed my brother's body."

That was why I tied him up. For future use.

"So I'm your current plaything? And when you're bored with me, you're gonna have fun with my brother?"

I believe it would be wiser of you to shut your mouth. I preferred the smaller boy who stayed behind a screen and watched me.

"The way you put it makes me the predator rather than a victim, but it also makes you a pedo."

Oi.

Tsuna chuckled.

Why are you setting your brother free if he had done… all this to you? The two occupied the same body, something that Mukuro never thought possible. But it revealed both their memories and thoughts to each other. A fair pact of theirs which would become the little inseparable bond between the two.

"Maybe I just can't abandon family."

And why is that?

"It's my cursed blood. I don't really know myself. Can you free Fuuta? I'll actually start calling you a paedophile if you don't."

I want to return to my body and kill you.

"Well you can't do that until you do what I tell you to. It just so happens that I have a stronger mental affinity that you can't control my body."

Everyone outside of Mukuro's body's vicinity were unpossessed, except for Fuuta. But he was already half unconscious when Tsuna arrived, probably because the boy's body had been awake all that time. Tsuna/Mukuro watched as Fuuta slumped back against the chair he was sitting on. The boy had been possessed for at least a day by Mukuro which earned some questioning from Tsuna. Besides, Tsuna had a task. It was to find Hibari.

Ah him. Weak to cherry blossoms. Isn't that interesting?

"It sure is," smirked Tsuna. Now that was a weakness he could get hold of. "Here he is." The two and yet one person listened to the Namimori Middle anthem play loudly and clearly by the strange canary that perched on top of a wall. Tsuna squeezed behind the concrete wall and sighed. The prefect, bloodied and messed clothes (for various reasons), sat barely conscious.

"Sawada." At least Hibari acknowledged his presence. The prefect seemed to pay no mind to the brunet's red eye from the possession bullet.

Why are you helping him?

"You ask too many questions." Tsuna took hold of one of Hibari's arms and hauled the teenager upright. "Can you walk? I don't have all the strength in the world." Hibari nodded. The pair slowly made their way outside of the building and towards a parked car. Dropping off the prefect to Kusakabe, Tsuna went back inside Kokuyo Land. He was forgetting something. No, it wasn't his brother.

My body. Return me to my body.

"Not yet." Tsuna waited for a few minutes and smiled as the he watched the cloaked figures appear in front of him (them). The rattle of chains alerted Mukuro of who the figures were as he still resided in the mind of Tsuna.

I will kill you. I will actually fucking kill you. This is the Vindice you are letting take my body.

"I know. Learn your lesson. I'll let you return to your body. If you want to get out of the Vindice's prison then, tell me. I'll figure out a way," said Tsuna, allowing Mukuro to return to his physical body and his red eye faded. It was already too late for Mukuro to escape their chains. He was being dragged away by the Vindice.

"You do not tremble at our sight, boy. What is your name?" asked one of the Vindice members.

"I'm rather insignificant, but I'm Sawada Tsunayoshi. Call me Tsuna," said Tsuna as he smiled sweetly at the Vindice.

…

"What happened?" Bianchi was the first to gain consciousness. She noticed Reborn's dark expression, something that he only did when he was conflicted or unsure of what to do next.

"This Rokudo Mukuro collapsed." She sighed.

"I know that at least…"

"Yes, but I don't know why." Reborn had already spent some time analysing the man's body. Some scars and scratches here and there but there was no sign of anything that could have caused the man's unconsciousness. Bianchi stared at the Arcobaleno. Perhaps there were some things in the world that would even stump the number 1 hitman in the world.

"I was wondering why this man seemed so familiar," said Bianchi. "Do you know of a man called Lancia?"

"No."

"Well, the number one hitman usually does not associate with anyone not equal and weaker than himself, after all," said Bianchi as though it were a fact. "This man is Lancia, rumoured to have wiped out his own famiglia. I was working with a small poison research team who were also working on this man's case. All the evidence showed that he had killed every member with his own hands however, he was not in the right mind."

"What do you mean by that?"

"We were suggested that the man in front of us was Rokudo Mukuro, yet he is Lancia. The only plausible reason is that he had been mind-controlled by the real Rokudo Mukuro." Bianchi's deduction was the only explanation. However, for someone to have taken control of such a strong man and turned him against his own famiglia… It was almost unspeakable, even to a hitman like Reborn who had had his own fair share of wiping out entire famiglias.

"So you mean that, Toshio must have been taken by the real Rokudo Mukuro?" asked Yamamoto. Usually, he wasn't perceived to be serious nor observant but he could be scarily serious and observant at times. He had listened in on the conversation when they started talking about Lancia. Gokudera and Ryohei were still unconscious but Yamamoto noticed some movement from them. The baseball player and/or swordsman laughed internally, imagining Gokudera complaining that someone like him woke up earlier than the silver haired teenager. They did take quite the beating though, so no one was required to complain.

Reborn had assumed that panic would set into the black haired teenager, considering the disappearance of Toshio, but none of that emotion was found in the face of him. In fact, Yamamoto seemed rather pleased at the outcome. It seemed that Yamamoto knew what had truly happened, behind Toshio's disappearance and Lancia's self-defeat. And the only question that lingered in their minds was, how?

…

"You don't look like a person who just spoke to the Vindice," said Kusakabe. He had some general idea about the mafia. Being involved, previously, with Chinese triads, he had often hear of incidents in the Italian and general, European mafia. He was no longer associated directly to the triads, but often spoke to them for updates. He simply, now, followed Hibari Kyoya.

"Don't I? There wasn't really a need to be scared or intimidated," said Tsuna, tapping away at his phone.

"Only someone like you would think that," said Kusakabe. There was a small silence, so Kusakabe pursued with some questions. "What happened?"

"Hmm, a pineapple thought he could take a few hits at the mafia, but I just proved him wrong. He's just a pineapple after all." Pineapple? "After that, I let the pineapple get imprisoned by the Vindice and beep happened."

"B-Beep happened?" Tsuna chuckled.

"What are you thinking about, Kusakabe?" Tsuna asked, patting the man's shoulder. "Fine, I'll tell you what happened. So…

"Are you associated with this criminal?" asked one of the Vindice members.

"No, but he kidnapped my brother," I said.

"Do not lie to me. That boy is the Vongola's only successor," he said.

"I don't know what the Vongola is, but that boy is also my brother," I said.

"Jaeger," said a small Vindice member, silencing 'Jaeger.'

"You call your member, Jaeger?" I asked, definitely genuinely surprised. "And all this time, I just called members of some shady group."

"You are not afraid of the consequences, no? We would take pleasure in your death, however it does not seem as though you are associated with the… No, you know more than you should." It seemed that they weren't exactly sure whether I knew anything about the mafia. Well, they were the 'law keepers' of the mafia, so it made sense they didn't want to break the Omerta just in case I was innocent to the mafia.

"I must ask, but why do you have such a small member?" Sadly, no one got the joke. Too old fashioned, perhaps.

"That is not for you to know or ask. Leave, before we change our minds." I stared at Mukuro's seemingly lifeless body and then towards Toshio's. The pineapple was first, then the other.

"I wish for you to release that pineapple." I gestured to Mukuro.

"On what basis? No one makes deals with us that end successfully."

"I will give you clues to YouCykaBlyat's identity," I said. They all paused and considered the deal.

"How will we know that you are not lying to us, that you seem to know who that hacker is?"

"Do you have phones?" One of them nodded. "I will give you my phone number and you're allowed to kill me if I don't give you the information but you have to let me speak before you act. And you are to release the pineapple when you have figured out the identity of the hacker."

They all thought about the deal considerably. Who knew that they wanted to know the hacker's identity so much?

"Perhaps that we do not figure out the identity due to your incompetence or misinformation, then this Pineapple that you speak of would be imprisoned forever," said the small Vindice member. "What would you do?"

"If he's imprisoned forever, it's my fault. I'll accept that, but I'm sure that you'll figure out the identity of YouCykaBlyat." The Vindice had their small group discussion then finally agreed on an answer and reached on a decision.

"Then we'll accept your condition. You know the consequences."

"Very well." They started to make their leave when I heard one of the Vindice members snort (laughed) as they said the word, 'Pineapple.' –

"Are you actually being serious right now, Sawada?"

"Kusakabe, I'm sure you know I'm not the type to joke around. Also, just call me Tsuna," said the brunet. To be honest, thought Kusakabe, you seem to joke around in any situation. The pair turned their attention to Hibari who, also, snorted at the word 'pineapple.'

"Funny that the demon prefect has some sense of humour," said Tsuna, "although it is not the best."

"What I find funny is not for you to judge, omnivore."

"Glad to be upgraded to an omnivore. No harsh feelings about any previous situations, no?" Tsuna referred to his previous actions at the hospital and random encounters, then quickly flashed a smile at the other teenager. No reaction.

"We've returned to Namimori Middle," said Kusakabe, stopping the car.

"Thanks for the ride then," Tsuna said, winking at Kusakabe and Hibari. He got out of the car and then sped off.

…

"Where are we supposed to be going?" asked a blond haired man. His right hand man replied.

"I'm sure that Reborn said that this is the location," he said.

"I'm not talking about the place Reborn told us about. It's about the 100 bastard said." His right hand man made no comment but was surprised that his boss was going to defy the great Reborn's orders, even if the hitman was once his boss's tutor.

"It's a hospital."

"What?!" Don't tell me that Cielo is still hurt…

"Um, sorry if I'm being too intrusive, however, what is agitating you so much with this information?"

"Romario, you know how I talk to many different people in that chat room? One of them is a worker I've had for a few years or so now. We… we are rather close or associates as he would say but to me, we are like a family." Romario nodded. He was well aware of the characters that his boss had often communicated with. He didn't know to full details who were who, but he at least knew that one was Reborn and the other the Vongola Boss. It was a secret chat that the group chat had kept in order to keep tight communication for any specific deals, alliances, issues that they needed to discuss. The chat room itself was only known to Romario and his boss in their famiglia.

"Then, shall we go to the hospital first or to the Sawada residence as Reborn asked?"

"Uh… give me a moment."

…

Blonde Bronco is online now.

Cielo27 is online now.

Blonde Bronco: Cielooo Reborn is bullying me ;-;

Cielo27: Isn't that normal? Just do whatever he says.

Blonde Bronco: Why aren't you ever nice to me?

Cielo27 went offline.

Blonde Bronco: Cielo?

Blonde Bronco: Don't go offline!

Blonde Bronco: …

Blonde Bronco: Fine.

Blonde Bronco: I guess it's better than getting smashed by Reborn earlier rather than later.

Cielo27 is online now.

Cielo27: Interesting that you'd say that. ;^)

Cielo27 went offline.

Blonde Bronco: …

…

"Why do I still feel like I'm forgetting something?" Tsuna shut his eyes and leant back against his chair.

"Perhaps it was something small?" suggested Byakuran.

"Like you? I guess."

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Guest Review Replies:

Toolazytologin: Well MM did take it to the face ;) Bronco is coming! Looks like you've got a lead about what Reborn's gonna do next :^) Glad you've enjoyed it so far and thank you for reviewing once again!

Guest (16th August): Yes, we'll be seeing Tsuna in action. And those pairings you got there have been considered, however I don't think I'll be having a definite pairing in the end or much romance.

Thanks for reading and I hope you've enjoyed. :)

Zaira Swift.