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Chapter 25: IT'S YOOOOOOU!

"Len-chaaaaan~!"

An eight year old Len looked up from the book he was reading, his blue eye's landed on his mother Alice, who had practically skipped down the stairs dressed up. She was wearing a Dark blue dress that hugged her figure nicely, before flaring out at her hip's. It changed from blue to white as it reached the hem of her dress, her stiletto heels were white to match the end of her dress, ans sapphire earrings and bracelets completed her look.

Len narrowed his eyes, wondering why his mother had dressed up. "...Yes, Mǔqīn?" he questioned, slowly closing his book and putting it down.

He giggled, walking over towards him and picking him up. "We're having a guest over for dinner," She started explaining as she moved up the stairs. "He's one of my coworkers at the office, and I wanted to repay him for helping me when I first started out." she said, arriving at Len's door and opening it up. She set Len down on his bed before moving to his closet, "He seemed really eager to accept my invitation." she said, an amused smirk crossing her features as she knew exactly what was going through the males head at the time.

Len, on the other hand, was scowling and glaring murderously at the floor. Some fucking herbivore was trying to make a move onto his mother, meaning that Len would have to teach the male just who was the Alpha in this house. That herbivore is fucking dead when he gets here. He thought to himself as Alice sorted through his clothing, trying to pick which one Len would wear for the dinner.

Len wouldn't let any man get near his mother without his approval first, even if it is just friendship, and even then they would have to beat him into the ground if they wanted to pursue her romantically. They would have to live up to his father's, Fong's, reputation to be able to be considered worthy.

"Are you fucking serious." Len deadpanned, he held a letter in hand, the varia symbol proudly displayed at the top along with an angry flame. He stared, because that flame was familiar looking, he scanned the letter and deadpan even more.

Wear the fucking coat, then meet at the hotel:

(Some scribble nonsense he couldn't even read)

We arrive in a few hours.

You're dead if you don't come.

-Xanxus.

Well, that explains why the flame looked familiar, Len thought unimpressed as the flame seemed to be in-tune with it's masters feeling at the moment. He decided he should probably comply...Or not. He's not my boss, and I'm not even apart of the fucking Varia. He decided, ripping up the letter, and setting it aflame with his own cloud flames. He yawned, thinking if he should go check up on kyoya or go to Tsuna's house again for dinner since kyoya and Dino seemed to have moved their training spot, kyoya didn't want the school to get too wrecked.

"...Nana's cooking is delicious tho." he muttered to himself, and the idea of not having to cook tonight was very appealing. Kusakabe and Roma-...Romario? Was that his name? Meh, that other herbivore took pity on Len and decided to take kyoya and Dino out to eat so Len could have a break from having to feed both of them. (It was more over Dino stealing some of Kyoya's food, so Len had to make him some too so the skylark would stop trying to kill him.)

Len hummed as he got up from his futon- he was taking a nap- and started to head out. He considered the dream he had earlier, the memory about his mother.

It had been a long time since he had though about his mother. During his first year when he lived with his father, Len had had nightmare's about the night his mother was murdered in front of him. He remembered her scream as she yelled out his name, remembered feeling her body cover his in an attempt to shield him from the bullets. The warmth of her skin and the light in her eye's fading as she, herself, died to protect him.

The black flames that burned their attackers into a crisp.

There was a reason why Len had started to block out thoughts of his mother, no child should have to witness something like that. Even if said child was spiritually an adult almost into their thirty's. But then, Len remembered his mother in his last life, the mother that didn't care about him. So it was understandable that he himself wouldn't have cared if that woman died, wouldn't even shed a tear for her. But Alice...

Alice had been different.

Alice had loved him.

Alice had paid attention to him.

Alice comforted him.

Alice didn't care that he had some life threatening disease.

Alice...Had died for him.

Len considered Alice his one and only mother on both lives. So the memory of her death had scarred him. It was embedded into his mind, forever. Honestly, at one point and time he had tried to erase the memory, but then realized that it would basically be shunning what Alice had done for him, shun how she had given her life for his. So, he decided to instead talk it out with his father to the point where the nightmares stopped, and Len had started to remember only the good time's whenever he thought about her.

It had been so hectic this last year that Len had no time to dwell on thoughts about his mother. He wasn't sure on how he should feel about that, but he somehow knew that his mother was happy for him. Maybe not about the mafia part, but about him getting a boyfriend(s), and opening up (?) a little bit to other people that weren't immediate family/Tsuna/Kyoya. Mother would have been ecstatic. He thought fondly as he walked across the room. He paused when he was at the door to his room, and saw the box the varia had sent him. The black coat seemed to be glaring at him, what was even more concerning was what Len saw on the shield that was placed on the right arm sleeve. It was a cloud, meant for the varia cloud guardian. He shook his head and left, as he put on his shoes he grabbed the coat that resembled a ram Tsuna had gotten him for their birthday. He sighed, looking up at the darkening sky, he almost blended into the night, seeing as he was wearing mostly black. Black skinny jeans, black long sleeved V-neck, and black converse. The only color was the white fur that lined the hood, and the small silver patch he had on his right breast (The original had fallen off at some point when he was training with kyoya one day, so he had to replace it, instead of '00' it was now '13'), and the body that was also white. He yawned, thinking he should have just skipped eating all together and just slept the day away. Or trained, that could have been an option as well. He thought just as he heard an explosion.

He paused in his steps, turning his head towards the smoke that was rising from a few streets over. That stupid herbivore... He thought with a huff, knowing that was Gokudera who just caused the explosion. Even at night he's annoying. He thought while changing directions and heading over towards the spot. He then heard a loud yelling, which he recognized as Ryohei as he got closer, along with some other voices. What the hell...? he wondered as he saw Tsuna along with Gokudera, Ryohei, Lambo, Yamamoto, I-pin, Futa, and reborn standing in the middle of the street. He looked down and saw a few body's on the ground, with uniforms that he recognized. Then he followed the groups eyes, and saw the urchin he saw in his dream's.

"Hn...Then they're here already..." he muttered as he stayed in his spot down the street. He didn't want to get involved with the varia, speaking of varia, here's the rest of them. He thought just as Belphagor, Lussuria, Mammon, squalo, and some giant he didn't recognize arrived.

"VOOOOOOOOOOOOOIII~!" Squalo yelled as he pointed his sword at the group, "HOW DARE YOU LITTLE SHIT'S TRICK MEEEEE! WHICH ONE OF YOU HAS THE RING OF RAIN?!" he yelled. Oh, wow, he really is that loud. Len noted as he stared at the long haired commander, It's one thing to hear it in a dream, but it's another to hear it in real life. He thought as Yamamoto seemed to say something.

"..." Len decided that he was not going to get involved in this, besides, Tsuna had reborn and everyone else with him. So with a nod, the skylark turned on his heels and started to walk back home. Sadly he didn't get to far when, out of no where, squalo of all people appeared before him. Len's eye's widened, and before he could do anything, the shark commander threw him over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes and jumped back towards the rest of the varia.

"VOI! Look who I found!" he yelled out in triumph, letting Len fall down to the floor with a loud 'Thump'.

"AH! LEN!" Tsuna yelled out at seeing the stoic teen faceplant the floor.

"LEEEEEEEEN~CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAN~~~~!" Lussuria squealed as he picked the boy right up and hugged him. He started to spout out some nonsense of having his buddy back, and how he had plans on what Len could wear, and how he missed the stoic teens cooking even though he had never actually eaten any in real life, etc, etc, etc.

Len snarled as he tried to get out of his grip, "LET ME GO!" when he finally got free, he was faced with the smiling grin of Belphagor. "Tch...you..."

"Shishishishi~! Nice to see you len~ I've wanted to test out my knives on you since I first saw you in our dreams~!" he fanned out his knives, putting his face closer to Len. "I want to see if you really can dodge them~"

"Tch. Annoying!" Len grunted out as he threw a fist at him. He was then hit in the back of the head by an annoyed looking squalo. "Herbivore!"

"Shut the hell up! I thought I told you to wear the fucking coat!" Squalo ground out as he dodged one of Len's legs. "VOOOOI! DON'T YOU FUCKING KICK ME-" he stopped and then looked at Levi, "WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU GLARING AT?!"

"Perverted sea urchin." Len stated as he scowled at Levi, earning a spluttered protest from the man. Len didn't listen, "Hm?" mammon was in his face.

"You still owe me money."

"Hah?"

"You said you would reimburse me for my troubles with squalo." he stated, referring to the dream Len, Belphagor, and Mammon were hanging out on the couch. Len deadpaned him.

"That hasn't even happened yet!" he argued with a tick mark. Mammon just shrugged, muttering how it wasn't his problem. He then thought about what he said, "Scratch that, I'M NOT PART OF THE VARIA AND NEVER WILL BE!"

"Hn." that was the only warning Len got before he had to duck, his eyebrow twitched at the familiar gun he saw. When the hell did Xanxus get here? Len thought as he looked up at the varia leader. "Stand still and shut up, Hitsuji. You still owe us an explanation, along with that steak you promised me."

"IT'S JUST LIKE OLD TIMES~!" Lussuria cried out in happiness. Len, squalo, and Belphagor stared at him. "Ara, ara, ara? Oh come on, you guy's know it just wasn't the same without Len at the castle~! Ever since we first had that dream, thing's just didn't feel right around the castle, neh?"

"...The fuck? How was it just like old times if I never joined?!" Len asked, annoyed that he was already being included into the varia.

"Voi, Knowing that there was someone competent in doing their work on time and making it easier, and not having them there just pissed me off. Especially since he was going to join up later on, but I needed him at that moment." Squalo said with a nod, before a thought came to mind that made him shift. "Not to mention I need to talk to him about some event's that I was...Confused about."

"Is that all I am to you?" Len questioned as he was ignored the whole time.

"Mhn, Such a good source of income, to think I could have been making more money then I was now." Mammon agreed, the rest of the guy's nodded, completely ignoring the looks Len was sending them.

"I'm not working for you guy's-"

"Shishishi, not to mention he could calm down the boss." Belphagor chimed in.

"I didn't have to do any of the shitty work." Xanxus finally stated.

"So you really only want me for doing the goddamn paperwork?!"

"Len, you know these guy's?" Yamamoto cut in before Len could retort to the varia members talking about him.

"...This is the first time I've met them face-to-face." Len then looked at Takeshi and Gokudera with a look. "Don't you remember? I Told you about the dream I had?" He then pointed at the varia, who were still making a list about all the good things that will happen once Len was with them. "It's them." he pointed out.

Yamamoto and Gokudera stared at him for a bit, Len could see the gears turning in their heads as they tried to remember that conversation. Then their eyes widened and mouths opened slightly in shock, Len nodded his head sagely, fully aware that if they were real, then it meant that Len was probably going to die in the near future. He didn't really care about that though, he had died before, no, what he cared about was the fact that the varia already seemed dead set on having Len.

The teen did not approve. And he made it known by trying to sneak away from them, they were motherfucking professional assassins.

Not just any assassin's, they were the fucking VARIA. The best of the best, who went on missions that most shouldn't have come back from. He knows because of the occasional dreams he had about those missions, he's been paired with everyone on that team- except the big guy in the back- and knew how ruthless they were (Not to say that Len himself wasn't). sure, most of the time he was paired with squalo- thus, having him know the shark commander on a more personal level even if he had just now met the man- but that didn't mean he didn't know how dangerous and deranged the rest could be. So he wasn't going to be stupid and challenge them to a fight yet, like he was sure kyoya would do, and instead get away from the annoying crowed.

"VOI! WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU GOING?!" Squalo yelled as he grabbed Len by the collar of his jacket.

"Hn. No way am I staying here with your fucking crowding." Len said with a glare towards him. Squalo was about to yell at him some more before xanxus decided it was time to finally confront Tsuna and his 'family'.

Xanxus glared at Tsuna, making the teen gulp and step back slightly. Xanxus didn't seem at all amused by what he was seeing, ever since he and the rest of the varia had started having those dreams about Len, xanxus had wondered how this Sawada Tsunayoshi was. They didn't all have the same dreams when it came to their (because he was going to have him) cloud guardian, Most of the dream stuck to events that didn't seem important in the varia. That first dream, the one where the sheep was dying, was a bit annoying to xanxus. For one, it was his varia there with a bunch of trash he didn't even know, but he- and the rest of the varia- seemed familiar with the dying boy. When he woke up, he just shrugged it off as one of his weird ass dreams he has from time to time, and then threw something at squalo for daring to be in his dreams.

The point was, is that he remembered a few dreams where he had listened to Len talk about his Tsunayoshi, how much he loved the guy, and how strong he was. When xanxus had found out that that very same Sawada was to be vongola decimo, xanxus had some type of expectation when he decided to go to japan, take Len as his guardian, and see what was so special about the other candidate before he killed him. But now here he was, in japan, and he was severely disappointed in what he saw. Sawada Tsunayoshi looked like a rabbit about to have a heart attack just from a glare.

"Sawada Tsunayoshi..." Xanxus growled, he hated the fact that his old man choose such a wimpy looking teenager over him. His hand started to spark with flames of rage, causing everyone to to back away a bit.

"N-No way, B-B-Boss! YOU'RE SUDDENLY USING THAT?!" Lussuria stuttered, taking a few steps back and ready to run.

"ARE YOU PLANNING TO KILL US TOO!?" Squalo yelled as he shield his face, annoyed that their boss didn't seem to care that they were right there! Squalo looked over when he saw movement next to him, "VOI! LEN STOP THAT!" he yelled when Len tried to get to Tsuna, only to be stopped by squalo grabbing his hood and hauling him back. Squalo tch'd and decided that Len was going to be a hassle, so, he knocked the skylark out by chopping the back of his neck.

The next time Len woke up, it was to a headache and an unfamiliar ceiling.

Not to mention this places didn't smell anything like his room, the last thing he remembered was trying to get in front of Tsuna to shield him from xanxus' attack. He remembered squalo saying something before he passed out.

"That fucking shark knocked me out." he grumbled in irritation. He sat up, cracking his neck as he looked around the fancy room. It had modern and ancient Japanese art spread about, the room was big with a high ceiling, wall windows, a flat screen t.v., and what he know noticed was a four-post bed he was resting on. His eyebrow twitched, just as noise was heard from beyond his room.

"VOOOOOOOOOI! CUT IT THE FUCK OOOOOOOOOOUUUUUT!"

"Shishishishi~ Make me, sharky~!"

"Come on guy's, quiet down~! I'm trying to watch my soap's!"

"WHO FUCKING CARES ABOUT YOU DAMN-" a crash of something hitting someone was heard. "WHAT THE FUCK BOSS?!"

"Shut the hell up trash."

"Muuu, Bossu, please don't throw things that I have to pay more for."

Len had his face hidden behind his hands. He couldn't believe he had worked/going to work/had memories of him working with these people. And these guy's are fucking assassin's... Len thought in such shame, that the teen didn't know what to do. ….Assassin's who I know. He thought, just putting him in deeper despair at the thought of all the shit he would have to go through and put up with them. With a sigh, Len decided that he should just get up and confront the reality that the varia were probably not going to let him go.

That and he was getting annoyed with the noise level. So with a scowl and a snarl, he jerked open the sliding door separating him from the varia, and threw the first thing he picked up at the first person he saw.

"SONNAVA' BITCH!" squalo yelled when the vase Len had picked up had smashed into his face. He then proceeded to curse Len in Italian as he held his face.

"Shut the fuck up, you're all being to fucking noisy." Len stated, gaining everyone's attention.

"LEN~CHAAAAAAN!" Lussuria yelled out in delight, standing up from the couch he was sitting in and ran up to the teen before he could blink. He had enveloped Len into a hug and started to coo at him. "Oh I'm so glad to see you awake, my dear~! I was worried that Squa-chan had hit you too hard, seeing as your body isn't use to our form of love yet, and-"

Len had tuned him out after that, the man had an iron hug on Len, making sure the teen could barely move. He mentally prepared himself for all the shit he knew was coming to him.