Turning Point
Author : 27x18
Warnings : THE FLUFF BEWARE OF THE FLUFF~
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The rest of that day and the next were spent preparing for the party. It was decided that all the Varia had to get either Tsuna or Nana's approval on their costumes (another rule Nono made to distract them). Most of the Varia going to Tsuna of course, all bar Ottabio who was busy doing paperwork or so he claimed right up until it was time for the party.
Timoteo was very careful that day, careful to make sure none of the guests that arrived were anywhere near the Varia, Xanxus would have a fit if he knew what the Vongola head was up to, he had to keep that as quiet as possible right up until it was too late and they were in a room with Tsuna, that way hopefully none of them would be able to flee without worrying about upsetting the excited child
Thankfully his adopted son was too busy spending time with Tsuna to notice some of the guests he smuggled in through the back door. Timoteo might have gotten a little too enthusiastic with inviting people, but it wasn't every day people got to see his arrogant adopted son acting like a real human with a civilian five year old girl, Nono needed to make sure everyone knew. Besides, Tsuna was adorable.
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Xanxus chuckled at Tsuna while she nodded happily at his costume, Xanxus was in a black tabard with the Varia emblem on the front in blood red, an ornate crown on his head that Tsuna had found in a store they had visited today while gathering pieces for the costumes together and a black cape pinned at his shoulders. Xanxus had managed to convince the kid to let him wear plain black pants under the tabard but Tsuna had also found him some knee high leather boots, Xanxus hadn't minded much about wearing them since they had steel caps in the toes, all the better for him to kick his staff around with.
"Brat, why did you tell Squalo to be the queen?" Xanxus asked while Tsuna blinked at him her head tilting while she furrowed her brow trying to remember why
"Nii-san?"
"You heard me brat." Tsuna frowned slightly while thinking hard, Xanxus rolled his eyes at her cute little frown while pulling off his new crown, there were still a few hours until the party and he was not going to walk around dressed like this all day, he had to go find something for the brat for her birthday still
"But….Isn't Squalo-nii your wife?" Xanxus tripped over himself and crashed to the floor spluttering his wide red eyes on Tsuna while she blinked at him innocently. The teen just gaping at her from his place sitting on his new black cape
"My what?!" Xanxus spluttered while staring at the child incredulously, what the hell had given her the idea that Squalo was his wife? "We're both men you brat." Tsuna looked confused while she studied Xanxus
"Why does that matter?" Tsuna asked blinking up at him while Xanxus stared at the kid, just how naive could you be? Didn't a five year old even know that? Dragging himself to his feet Xanxus got back to taking off this costume while frowning at the brat
"A wife is a woman. A man is a husband." Xanxus explained while Tsuna frowned deep in thought
"So... Squalo-nii is your husband?" Xanxus couldn't help but cover his face with his hand with a groan
"No." Xanxus sighed, he really didn't have the energy to explain it to the girl, so for now it was best he just said no and hope she would drop it. Besides, he was pretty sure he would mess it up and Tsuna would end up with some really strange ideas, not that she already didn't have some
"Why?" Xanxus looked at her in shock, so he wasn't safe from this line of questioning yet
"Why would we be brat?" Xanxus growled while Tsuna tilted her head at him looking confused
"Because mama said when two people love one another they get married." Xanxus could only gape at the kid
"What the fuck makes you think that trashy shark and I are in love?!" Tsuna frowned at Xanxus then
"Bad word nii-san." Xanxus brushed her protest aside
"Just answer the question brat."
"What was the question?" Tsuna asked blinking at him, she had completely forgotten what he had asked having focused on his bad word. Xanxus didn't have the energy to ask it again, he would rather the girl just forget about this conversation entirely.
"Just forget it brat, please." Tsuna blinked at him confused
"Forget what nii-san?" Xanxus would think the kid was trolling him had she been anyone else, but it was likely she really had just gotten distracted and forgotten all about the conversation from before
"Nothing brat. So, you going to give me your seal of approval or not?" Xanxus asked while Tsuna smiled brightly at him with a nod "Good. I have to go out and do something. You stay with the shark-scum and finish approving outfits. Understood?" Tsuna nodded with a smile, Xanxus ruffling her hair gently with a smile
"Mmm, Tsuna will be good." Xanxus scooped her up into his arms and headed back towards the lounge area where he had last seen Squalo, and he would make sure the bastard kept an eye on Tsuna while he was gone.
"You better, or you'll not be able to eat any cake tonight." Xanxus threatened, Tsuna's bottom lip quivering while her eyes widened
"Nii-san would do that to Tsuna?" Xanxus had to refuse to look at her, damn her cuteness, that look could make even the most stoic of man crumble
"...Manipulative little shit..." Xanxus muttered in Italian while offloading the girl into Squalo's arms. "You don't let her from your sight. Understood scum?" The silver haired teen just glared at his boss in return
"I'm not stupid you shi-stupid boss." Squalo juggled the girl in his arms while glaring at the back of his boss while Xanxus strode from the room leaving him with the five year old in his arms.
"Squalo-nii! Tsuna wants to see your costume!" Tsuna cried while happily hugging the sword emperor, the teen nodding with a resigned sigh, tossing Tsuna to Lussuria, the girl squeaking in surprise when the tall martial artist caught her.
Tsuna quickly clung to his neck with a sniffle burying her face in his throat "Mou Squ-chan, you can't do that to a lady." Lussuria chided "You scared our little principessa." Squalo grunted something rude back in response, while Lussuria's eyes narrowed behind his sunglasses "I'll tell Xanxus." that froze the teen, Squalo flicking his eyes to Tsuna
"Sorry for throwing you, brat." Tsuna sniffled and nodded to Squalo, still clinging Lussuria with a death grip, afraid to be thrown again. Tsuna hated heights, it didn't matter so much when Xanxus or someone held her (as long as it wasn't Iemitsu, she would never forget him dropping her) but being thrown….that was a tad out of the five year olds comfort zone.
Squalo looked uncomfortably at the child, she was still shaking, he really did feel terrible about having scared her, but he hadn't known she'd react so badly to being tossed like that, most kids loved that sort of shit right?
"How about I go put this costume on, will that cheer you up?" Squalo asked while Lussuria answered for the child
"Out you go you big old meanie, go put your dress on."
"I'm not wearing a fu-udging dress!" Squalo snapped back while being herded out be Levi, the man frowning at Squalo's treatment of the tiny principessa, Xanxus had entrusted her to them, they had to care for her as if she was the most important thing in the mansion, because to Xanxus she was.
"Now, how about you have a look at your Levi-nii's costume Tsu-chan." Lussuria smiled down at the girl slowly coaxing her to let go of his neck, the girl had a good grip on her that was for sure "Tsu-chan, it's alright, you're not going anywhere, I'll keep hold of you." Tsuna tightened her grip slightly before nodding and slowly letting go of Lussuria's neck, trusting the man to keep hold of her
"Principessa. I present myself for your approval." Levi reminded while bowing slightly to her and clasping a fist to his chest, the man had sourced a full suit of armor, forgoing the helm. The front freshly etched and painted with a blood red Varia emblem much as Xanxus' tabard had been
"Wah! Levi-nii looks like a real knight!" Tsuna whispered with wide eyes, Lussuria snuggling the girl, she was just too cute, her in awe face was adorable. "Levi-nii is so cool!" Tsuna squealed while Levi flushed furiously his eyes dropping to the floor while he stumbled all over himself in light of the praise
"Aww, Levi-kun, you're so cute." Lussuria giggled while the man turned his back on them to try and regain his composure, shooting a glare over at Lussuria for the unwelcome commentary
"Move peasant, you're interrupting the prince's moment." Belphegor sneered none too gently shoving the older man while smirking up at Tsuna "Lower the prince's maid, she cannot see his magnificence from higher then the prince."
"Sweetie, you're not wearing a costume." Lussuria reminded while the child glared at Lussuria
"Bel-sama looks so pretty." Tsuna smiled clapping her hands at him "Nee-san, Bel-sama's crown is shinier." the blond smirked widely at Tsuna, of course she would pick up on it, he had his crown buffed for the occasion, a prince needed no costume to pretend to be a prince when he was a real prince.
"Tsu-chan has such good eyes~" Lussuria giggled while he scanned the room looking for the yet to return Squalo, really, how long did it take to put on a wig and a crown?
Scanning the room his eyebrow cocked when he noticed that Nana was missing as well, a smirk tugging at his lips that he fought back desperately, he had an inkling that Nana was dressing Squalo up as a true queen.
"What's taking Squ-chan so long~" Lussuria huffed Tsuna hiding her smile in his neck
"Mama followed Squalo-nii….with a dress."
"Squ-chan won't be easy to convince….I hope he doesn't upset her." Lussuria fretted while Tsuna blinked at the man
"Mama can make papa be quiet, mama can do anything." Tsuna promised while Lussuria ruffled her hair gently, while the child really did mean that, Lussuria still doubted the civilian woman could convince proud little Squalo to wear a dress
"Luss-chan, can you bring Tsu-chan this way~" Nana called sweetly from the door a wide grin on her lips while Lussuria nodded and headed after the civilian, Tsuna blinking after her mothers retreating back curiously. Nana leading them down the hall and into a room, a sweet smile on her face
"Tsu-chan gets to approve of Squ-chan's costume~ Though he won't come out until the party." Nana pouted while Tsuna blinked in at Squalo. The teenager looked mortified, he was shoved into a Victorian style gown in blacks and reds with the Varia emblem on the front.
Falling to his waist in silver locks was a long silver wig and a tiara on his head, the teen couldn't even begin to drag his eyes off the floor, he was horrified that he had even somehow been convinced to even think about putting on a dress, let alone standing in front of other people in a fucking dress.
He was the damn Sword Emperor, and here he was in a ball gown and tiara
"Oh Squ-chan you're just so precio-"
"Another word and I'll gut you!" Squalo snarled at him while Lussuria hid his giggle and silenced, Tsuna blinking at Squalo with wide eyes
"Waaaaaa! Squalo-nii looks like nii-san's wife!" Squalo gaped at the kid his face paling his eyes wide and shocked "Ah….but nii-san said a man was a husband…." Tsuna blinked while frowning deeply to herself
"His w-w-w-w-w-" Squalo was stuttering, Lussuria biting his bottom lip to keep his laughter down, out of the mouths of babes and children as they said.
"No dear, Squ-chan is definately his wife." Lussuria assured "Men can be wives too." Tsuna looked really confused then
"But nii-san said-"
"VOI! Why the fuck do you think I'm that bastards wife?!" Squalo exploded over the top of their conversation drawing attention back to him as the silver haired teen glared at Tsuna angrily his face flushed dark red in embarrassment and his costume completely forgotten in favour of glowering at the brat.
"Squalo-nii, bad word-"
"Answer the question." Squalo hissed furiously while Nana glanced between the furious teen and her tiny daughter, ready to step in if she had to, Nana would go into mother bear mode if she had to. Tsuna was her precious and only child, the miracle she had been blessed with after test after test after test telling her that she and Iemitsu would never have children.
"Because Squalo-nii and nii-san are in love." Squalo was exuding a furious aura, so angry he was shaking with the effort it took to restrain his outburst, his narrowed eyes on Tsuna
"Who told you that." Squalo whispered quietly while his good hand clenched tight his silvery grey blue eyes narrowed dangerously while he fought back his fury, he didn't even know why he was so mad, but for some reason that rumour someone had been spreading about him infuriated him more then anything
"No one told Tsuna….Wh-Why is Squalo-nii mad?" Tsuna asked starting to get a little uncomfortable, hugging Lussuria tight while peeking at the angry swordsman. Squalo dropped his eyes finally and closed them tight, taking a long shuddering breath and forcing himself to calm down. No one told her, which meant this was something the kid had thought up on her own.
"Kid." Squalo replied softly "Don't ever bring that up again." Tsuna shakily nodded while flicking her eyes from Lussuria to Nana confusion clear on her face, she didn't understand what she had done wrong but Squalo was mad at her.
"T-Tsuna's sorry." Tsuna whimpered looking completely crestfallen while Squalo took another deep breath and forced himself calm "Ts-Tsuna's…." Squalo reached out ignoring her flinch while he set his hand on her head gently and petted her head, much like he had when they had first met and Tsuna was lost and crying. Thought not as rough this time.
"I'm not mad at you kid….you just say some weird sh-things." Squalo sighed while Lussuria juggled Tsuna slightly and turned her to face Squalo, Tsuna peeking up at him nervously while he kept petting her head "Just don't do it again." Tsuna nodded quietly while Lussuria held her out to Squalo
"Hug and make up kids~" Squalo glared at Lussuria but grabbed Tsuna and shifted her to his hip, not even noticing he was in a dress anymore.
"Sorry Squalo-nii." Tsuna apologised while hugging his neck tight, Squalo muttering to himself in Italian while tightening his grip on the child, not that he was hugging her back in return or anything, but he didn't want to scare her as he had earlier when he tossed her to Lussuria, he was just making sure she was held securely
"Sorry for throwing you." Squalo replied while Tsuna smiled brightly at him and hugged him again
"Just don't do it again." Tsuna replied with a serious face that lasted all of a second before she giggled and hugged him again, Squalo pointedly ignoring Nana taking pictures of them. The woman better not ever share those photographs with thee Mafia….Sword Emperor Squalo in a dress with a five year old girl….oh fuck, he was in a dress.
"At least Mammon didn't see this sh-stuff." Squalo muttered grumpily while Tsuna tilted her head
"But Mammon-nee is over there." Tsuna noted pointing to an empty corner, Squalo narrowing his eyes at the space while said Arcoblano dropped her illusion
"Good eyes kid." Mammon noted while Squalo's eyes focused on the camera in her hands
"VOI!"
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Xanxus was livid, there had been one damn thing he had asked of this shop, and they were fucking him around and it was pissing the Varia commander off to no end. If it wasn't for the fact that there were civilians around he would have drawn a gun an hour ago.
"What part of this are you having trouble with you fucking moron, I've given you the instructions fourteen fucking times. You keep fucking me around and I won't have your job, I'll have your entire family destroyed!" Xanxus snarled grabbing the managed by his tie and dragging him in close "You get me what I asked for or expect your family to turn up on your fucking doorstep one piece at a fucking time until the day you die." Xanxus hissed while the man swallowed while he tried to form coherent words
"B-But sir!" The manager begged while mopping at his forehead with a handkerchief "Sp-Special orders like that take two-two days to complete. We-we have to get approval fr-from the Vongola, It-it's nothing personal, please!" Xanxus's hand twitched towards his gun "We would do anything for the Vongola, please sir, bu-but we can't complete that order in so little time."
"Really?" Xanxus purred while smirking at the man "Shall we ask Nono what he thinks about that, shall we?" Xanxus sneered while pulling out his mobile, the manager shivering in fear seeing the golden Varia emblem on the device, only the top brass of the Varia had that on their items, he was dealing with the Vongola's independent assassination squad, and someone very high up
"T-That….i-if we get approval from Nono, we can skip the authorisation process." the man stuttered out, Xanxus narrowing his eyes before snorting in amusement
"Go change your pants you bastard, I'll get Nono on the line." Xanxus sneered while punching in a number on his phone, as long as it hurried this shit up he didn't care. He wanted this one thing done before the stupid party this evening.
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Fifteen minutes, Xanxus had finally made it back into the mansion with fifteen minutes to spare before the stupid party started.
Striding down the hallway Xanxus kicked open the doors of the second lounge, his eyes flicking over his dressed up staff, Mammon dressed identical to normal bar her hooded robe's change of colour and the black Varia emblem on the back.
"NII-SAN!" Tsuna yelled running straight over to the man, tripping on the long skirt of her medieval style dress right into his waiting arms, Xanxus lifting her up while sighing
"Brat you trying to hurt yourself?" Tsuna pouting at him while hugging at his throat
"But...but I thought nii-san might not be back in time, Tsuna was worried about you." Tsuna mumbled while Xanxus reached into his pocket and tore out the present, shoving it into her hand "Nii-san?" Tsuna blinked while Xanxus studied her
"Open it brat." the teen ordered while Tsuna clumsily fumbled with the ties around the small box, the ribbon finally falling to the ground while Tsuna peeked in the box her eyes widening with a squeak "Wah, so pretty!" Tsuna whispered while staring at the present, inside was a small gold pendant with the Varia emblem embossed in the centre and a small crown with an X behind it on the back of the round medallion. A long gold chain attached, Xanxus juggling Tsuna and pulling out the item and clipping it around her throat
"You are under the protection of the Varia brat, no one will fu- mess with you." Tsuna held the medallion in her small hand staring at it "Never take this off, understood brat?"
"Mmm, Tsuna will keep it on, always!" Tsuna giggled while hugging his throat again, Xanxus setting her down
"I'm going to get change-" His eyes caught on his strategic commander in a dress while he snorted in amusement "The hell you wearing you queen?"
"I am not in the mood you dick, fu-udge off." Squalo growled his hand clenching on the long skirt of his Victorian style dress, it seriously pissed him off wearing it, but the damage was done, Mammon had film of him in the fucking thing, and somehow, somehow that civilian woman had convinced him to stay in the damn thing for the party. Squalo honestly thought they should hire Nana as their public relations officer, the woman could talk someone into anything given enough time.
Xanxus rolled his eyes at his strategic commander and handed Tsuna to Lussuria, the man wearing a larger version of the same dress Tsuna was in. While Tsuna's dress was orange red and white Lussuria's was yellow red and black.
"Five minutes brat, let me get changed." Xanxus growled before striding out of the room to change clothes back into his king costume before the party started.
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Xanxus stepped into the hall his father had prepared for the party, Tsuna resting on his hip one of his arms wrapped around her waist and holding her securely
Red eyes flicked around while his back stiffened his arm tightening at Tsuna's waist while he narrowed his gaze at his father, the old man had all three of his older brothers with him, the bastards all smirking at him while he held a five year old and glared back in return
"Oh fuck no." Squalo growled while he glared at a certain smiling blond, Squalo really hated the little bastard that was the new head of the Chiavarone famiglia, a lazy whiny little shit that he went to school with "Why the fuck is that little shit here?!" Squalo hissed to Xanxus while the tall teen flicked his eyes over to the teenage Chiavarone Decimo, a small baby sitting on his shoulder studying them with black eyes
"Xanxus, I thought you might be late, you were so long at shopping." Timoteo chuckled while he approached his seething son, the teen glaring darkly at his father in anger at all the people his father had brought here tonight.
"The fuck are they here?" Xanxus growled at his father in Italian while he glared at his brothers, arms tightening proactively around Tsuna
"To celebrate your birthday of course Xanxus, now, don't look so mad, we're all family here." Nono chided while Xanxus turned his glare onto his brothers as well, all three of them had huge grins on their faces while they stared pointedly at Tsuna. The girl shrinking back from the scrutiny and burying deeper in Xanxus' arms
"Stop staring at the brat, you're making her uncomfortable." Xanxus growled while shuffling Tsuna closer to his side and glowering at his brothers
"Wow...father you were serious, our little Xan is all protective." Enrico chuckled while Xanxus pinned his glare on his eldest brother
"Fuck off Enrico."
"Now calm down Xan, Enrico was just pointing out the truth." Massimo sighed his youngest brother pinning his fury on him next
"You're making the brat uncomfortable you useless fucks, now get the hell out of my sight."
"Haha, come on Xan, we came all this way to meet this little sweetie, let us at least say hello." Federico, the youngest of Timoteo's non bastard sons "Hello little principessa." the young Vongola greeted Tsuna, switching to Japanese while bowing to the five year old with a flourish "I'm Xanxus' brother." Tsuna burrowed into Xanxus' hold while peeking at the crowding young men. If there was only one or two of them that would be different, but there were three people now studying her with an intense look.
Turning his back on his brothers Xanxus handed Tsuna to Squalo, the teen blinking startled when he suddenly found a kid shoved in his arms "I'll speak with my brothers." Xanxus growled to his friend "Keep her away from them." Squalo nodded and flicking his eyes over to the Chiavarone Decimo, Dino still had yet to retrieve his jaw from the floor while he gaped at Squalo
"Understood. Come on brat, there's food over there." Squalo carried Tsuna off, the girl peeking over Squalo's shoulder at Xanxus' back, ducking down again when one of the three new strangers looked at her
"Who are they?" Tsuna whispered to Squalo, the teen flicking a look back at the trio with a scowl
"You remember meeting Timoteo?" Tsuna nodded to him
"Grandpa." Squalo nodded while he glanced over the food on the table
"He's Xanxus' father, but he has three sons that he had before Xanxus, to a different, mother, do you understand?" Tsuna was frowning deeply while she tried to process his words
"So….nii-san has a different mama, but the same papa as his brothers?" Tsuna asked a smirk tugging at Squalo's lips, so the kid had managed to grasp the concept, probably not an easy task for a child, or so he assumed.
"Yeah, looks like his dad brought them here to see Xanxus being all brotherly with you, he's not normally like that." Tsuna frowned in confusion
"But nii-san is always nice."
"To you." Squalo clarified "The boss doesn't really like many people, most of em are annoying." he shifted Tsuna and held her in a position where she was looking at the table "What you wanna eat kid?" Tsuna's brown eyes flicked around the table while she tried to decide, it all looked so good
"U-Um...chocolate." Tsuna nodded to herself, she didn't know what most of the food was, but she had a feeling that if she gave Squalo something like that he would be able to find her something
"Chocolate huh, well, this is called a chocolate eclair kid, it's pastry filled with sweet cream and dipped in chocolate." Squalo juggled her slightly so his good hand was free, balancing her on his arm with his false hand resting under her to support her so he could grab the sweet treat
"Chok-o-rette ee-clay-ru?" Tsuna mumbled as she accepted the dessert from Squalo, staring at it while she tried to decide where to start. Biting into one end Tsuna squeaked when cream squeezed out the other end and all over her small hands "Uwa….yummy!" Tsuna didn't even notice the cream as soon as the chocolate creamy flavours hit her tongue "Squalo-nii, this is yummy!"
"Urk." Squalo quickly pulled her away from his chest and held her out away from his body "Brat, you're making a mess!" maybe giving a five year old something like that was a bit of a bad idea from the side of cleanliness "Alright…."
"Here Tsu-chan~"Lussuria appeared from nowhere with a wet towel and began cleaning off Tsuna "All clean~" and with that Lussuria disappeared again, Squalo blinking after him in surprise for a moment before pulling Tsuna back to rest on his hip
"How intriguing, the top ranks of the Varia, all taking care of a child." Squalo's back stiffened while he flicked a glare to the pint sized hitman sitting on Dino's shoulder
"Hitman." Squalo greeted evenly while Tsuna blinked at the baby "Shouldn't you be tutoring stupido-Dino?" Squalo sneered at the pair
"Why are you in a dress?!" Dino cried before anything else could be said, he had to know, he needed to know. Ever since seeing Squalo in a dress all he could think was simply….why?
Squalo growled lightly at the reminder, every time he started to forget or finally push aside the fact that he was currently in a fucking dress, some bastard had to bring it up
"Squalo-nii is the queen." Tsuna replied for him while blinking at this strange blond, but he didn't seem at all scary to her "Nii-san is the king, nee-san is the princess, Bel-sama is the prince, Levi-nii is the knight and Mammon-nee is red riding hood." Tsuna explained ticking off the Varia on her fingers while nodding to herself "Tsuna picked their costumes….was Tsuna wrong?" Tsuna asked tilting her head at him while Dino quickly plugged his nose
"C-Cute." Dino stuttered while a tiny foot slammed into his head knocking him to the floor, Squalo also kicking at the teen his arms tightening on Tsuna
"You fucking pedo." Squalo growled while Tsuna squeaked in surprise
"Bosses don't get blood noses from cute kids, stupido-Dino." Reborn smirked while he jumped up to Squalo's shoulder and peered at the kid, she was quite a powerful Sky if he was right, and the child of the moron Iemitsu
"Number one Hitman, Reborn, at your service." Reborn greeted while Tsuna blinked at him with her huge brown eyes
"Hit-man?" Tsuna asked while Squalo hurried to cover
"He's joking!" Squalo snapped "Ignore him brat, the kid speaks nothing but lies." Tsuna frowned in confusion while looking at the child that she felt was not a child, like Mammon. He had spoken no lie, but Squalo had told the truth as well, this Reborn was a hitman, whatever that was, but he also often spoke lies.
"Everyone, may I have your attention?" Nono called for those gathered to switch their focus to him, smiling out at the few people, he hadn't want to make his son too mad at him after all "Tonight we're celebrating not only my dear son Xanxus' birthday, but Iemitsu's child Tsuna's as well. So if everyone will please raise a glass." the entire room focused on Tsuna, the little girl shrinking down into Squalo's hold, a little nervous about the way everyone in the room was looking at her "To my son Xanxus, and young Tsunahime, happy birthday." a murmur went across the crowd before glasses tinkled and clanged together "Now, enjoy the evening, the food and the drink." Nono called while Squalo glowered at Dino, the teen focusing back on him and Tsuna
"What are you meant to be anyway? Stupido." Squalo asked while Dino glanced down at his clothing
"Reborn demanded I come as a dog." Dino muttered while sighing heavily and looking down at the fluffy paws of his costume
"Since you're a failure as a boss, a dog seemed appropriate." Reborn smirked while taking up his place on Dino's shoulder and pulling the leash into his hand, a leash attached to a collar around Dino's throat "I, of course, am his master." Reborn added while tugging on the leash lightly
"Good for you, can you fu-udge off already?" Squalo asked while Reborn smirked his eyes focusing on Tsuna again, he was finding this kid more amusing by the moment, it wasn't only Xanxus she had around her little finger it would seem. Nono was right, this trip was well worth every cent they had paid on the trip.
"Why would we leave? We've just barely got to meet little….Tsunahime was it?" Reborn purred focusing on the bright Sky, her presence reminded him of Luce, it was rare to find a powerful and pure Sky like this.
"T-Tsuna…." Tsuna whispered while peeked at him "Reborn...nii?" the baby sized hitman smirked back at her, Reborn-nii, he could get used to that
"Tsuna." Reborn corrected "I think we'll get to know one another quite well." Squalo glowered at the Arcobaleno
"Like hell Arcobaleno, the kid is under the protection of the Varia, so you can fuck right off." Squalo growled in Italian while Reborn returned his gaze with a steady black one
"I merely voiced an offer of friendship to the girl, so Tsuna-chan, shall we be friends?" Reborn asked in Japanese looking at Tsuna with a smile, Tsuna peeking at him before squeaking in surprise as she was plucked from Squalo and into Xanxus' arms
"Fuck off Arcobaleno." Xanxus warned in Italian while settling Tsuna on his hip "You are not welcome near my brat." Xanxus whirled and carried Tsuna off, the girl blinking in confusion, but hugging Xanxus' neck all the same, she knew that he wouldn't do anything to hurt her, he was her nii-san.
"Interesting." Reborn murmured while watching Xanxus with the girl, it said a lot about Tsuna's power as a Sky, to have bound another Sky to her, let alone one such as Xanxus, powerful and a holder of the Flames of Wrath
"I can't believe Squalo was in a dress?!" Dino squeaked before flinching in shock when a red hooded baby appeared near his side
"€10,000 for Squalo in the dress, €18,000 for him with the kid in the dress." Reborn had to smack Dino when he pulled out his wallet, his famiglia was in enough debt without their new Decimo putting them even deeper.
Mammon had been given the order, the Arcobaleno having been warned by Xanxus that should she not comply then her pay would be docked the price of each photo she sold per job, not to spread the information of Squalo in a dress around, but no one said she couldn't sell photos to those that had already seen it.
"Never thought I'd see you in something so brightly coloured, Viper." Reborn noted while the small Arcobaleno glared back at him in return
"That's Mammon now, Reborn." Her message was clear to him, use her new name and she would do the courtesy of using his.
"You're as pleasant as ever." Reborn chuckled while jerking on the leash to Dino again seeing his hands twitching back to his wallet "Control yourself stupido-Dino."
"B-But Reborn….it's Squalo….in a dress?!" Dino whined while Reborn kicked him in the head sending the dog to the floor again
"Only a fool would spend money on something like that while his famiglia struggles. A boss puts his famiglia first." Dino just whined in the back of his throat and covered his head, looking at the demon tutor sulkily, but Reborn easily ignored him "Your boss is certainly smitten, Mammon, and with a five year old at that." Mammon just shot him a glare, she knew he was fishing for information, but all information came at a price, not even the worlds greatest hitman was getting anything from her without opening his wallet. The silence stretched for a few minutes before Reborn rolled his black eyes at the hooded Arcobaleno "What's the price Mammon." a smirk took her lips then, what should her price be for this arrogant bastard?
"Basic information €20,000, this is the boss it's about after all." Reborn shrugged at the price, it was nothing to someone like him, he got more money then that in a single hit, his services were highly priced, can't skimp out on quality. If you wanted a job done then Reborn would get it done, there were never failures.
"I'll wire it to you." Normally Mammon wouldn't give anything until she had the money, but she knew he was good on his word, his pride would never let him try cheat her out of her money, especially if her information was accurate
"The kid is a Sky, and a powerful one at that, she's harmonized her flames to his without knowing it, and I'm not talking about a slight harmonization, the kid can touch his Flames of Wrath and feels nothing but a tickle." Reborn studied Mammon carefully, while logically he knew she wouldn't lie to him, especially with money involved, but for a civilian child to have done something like that, with no Flame training, seemed incredibly far fetched "Xanxus is going to train her flames, and tutor the kid as well, but she's to know nothing of the Mafia, as ordered by Nono and Iemitsu."
"Xanxus has to know that his protectiveness is because of her Flames, why would someone like him go along with it?" Mammon shrugged
"The kid is….something different." Mammon had no way to describe it otherwise, it wasn't just her Flames, she was magnetic on a subconscious level they had all started to care for the kid, even her, not that Mammon was going to ever admit that to anyone, a weakness other then money couldn't be known by any of her many enemies.
"She's cute." Dino piped up taking a small foot to his face in exchange for his comment
"Silence you pedo." Dino sniffled while sulking again, why was Reborn always so mean to him "It will be interesting to see if his affection for the girl holds." Mammon shrugged again, who knows, maybe he would get bored of taking care of he kid, maybe he wouldn't, if Mammon had to put money on it she would put it on his affection holding.
"Either way, it's certainly made my life more profitable." Mammon noted "Less repairs from his tantrums, and more money from….merchandise." Reborn snorted in amusement
"Nono will be a loyal client, his brothers too, the bastard has never been this relaxed, let alone being kind to something that small."
"It's like he got a new puppy." the two Arcobaleno tossed a glance to Timoteo, the older man had joined them his eyes on his son still while the teen sat at a table with Tsuna describing what each food he was giving her was
"If anything she's a kitten." Mammon corrected while the Vongola head chuckled in amusement nodding in agreement
"True, the kitten has claws too." Nono chuckled "Xanxus has told her that swearing is bad words, young Tsunahime has taken it upon herself to stop the Varia from swearing, it's adorable really."
"Adorable? Is that what you thought when the kid pegged you with a coin?" Mammon smirked while Nono chuckled, that had been surprising, Reborn looking sharply at Timoteo
"The child attacked you?"
"I may have used some expletives, Tsunahime doesn't like bad words." Reborn looked back over at the timid child. That shy little thing was going to stop the Varia from swearing? "Oh, Mammon." Timoteo recalled something as he handed some more money over. Mammon grinned back at him while pocketing the cash
"Any time Nono." Mammon cackled while pulling her camera out "Excuse me while I go make some more money~"
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It was infuriating, Xanxus had been looking forward to tonight, to spending some time with Tsuna and watching his staff make fools of themselves.
No, instead he had his three brothers all hovering and trying to get Tsuna's attention while he tried very hard to ignore them, Tsuna looking between the three men in their twenties and her teenage nii-san
"Nii-san….I think they want to play with you…" Tsuna whispered while looking at the three hovering men again, they were really making her uncomfortable looking back and forth between her and Xanxus with huge grins
"I don't care." Xanxus grunted flicking a glare to his brother "What the f-hell are you three meant to be anyway?"
"The three stooges." Federico grinned while tossing an arm around both his older brothers shoulders "We got Larry." Massimo the middle brother waved to Tsuna "Curly, that's me, and Moe." Enrico waved to the girl with a smile
"Hello there cutie." Tsuna flicked her eyes around all three of them curiously
"Larry, Curly and Moe?" Tsuna asked pointing to them one after another while Federico snatched her from Xanxus and cuddled her
"So cute! What is someone as cute as you doing with this grumpy old bum?" Federico squealed while Tsuns squeaked in surprise, fighting against his grip
"N-Nii-san." Tsuna called, Xanxus grabbing her back from his brother with a glare
"Stop harassing my brat."
"Oh, our dear baby brother makes such a cute father~" Enrico couldn't contain himself anymore as he joined his brother in squealing at the cuteness, all three of his older brothers were as bad, if not worse, then Timoteo when they went into doting mode
"Nii-san isn't my papa, papa's live far away and only visit once a year." Tsuna informed while all three brothers froze, their gazes pinned on Tsuna, the girl seemed to truly believe that fathers were not meant to be there "Nii-san is nii-san." Tsuna nodded to herself while hugging his throat with a bright smile
"...How strange, I have the sudden urge to punch Iemitsu…." Enrico mused his brothers nodding in agreement
"I was thinking about a kick." Massimo chirped up while Federico sighed
"Now now brothers, we all know the best way would be a Flame infused punch to the balls."
"Whatever you bastards decide can you do it away from us?" Xanxus growled at them while covering Tsuna's ears "I hate the fucker too, but not around the brat." Xanxus hissed while his brothers giggled at him, covering Tsuna's ears like a concerned parent, it really was too cute.
"So cute~" Federico giggled while snapping a picture of the two "What are you going to do when the little one goes home?" Tsuna wriggled on Xanxus' lap to be allowed to face him, reaching up and petting Xanxus's black hair gently
"The Varia is moving to Japan." Xanxus muttered while petting Tsuna's head in return "The brat has a lot to learn." All three of his brothers looked at one another before looking back at Xanxus, speaking in unison
"So cute~" Xanxus' left eye twitched while he scowled at them, how the hell was he related to these morons?
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"Reborn." Nono called softly, seperating the hitman from Dino and taking him aside "I have a favour to ask."
"Other then tortur-training Dino?" Reborn asked cocked an eyebrow at the aging Vongola head
"Other then….I would like to ask that you, Dino a well if he wishes, check in on Xanxus and Tsunahime from time to time."
"Don't trust him?" Reborn asked his eyebrow arching up while he peered at Timoteo
"Oh I trust him, and I trust that he will keep her out of the Mafia….just, I think a second set of eyes would do well, especially neutral ones." Reborn nodded to the old man
"Alright, but the flights and accommodation are on the Vongola." Timoteo smiled sweetly at the hitman
"Excellent...oh, also I would like that you take lots of pictures, otherwise Mammon will empty all the Vongola accounts." Reborn chuckled at that, of course there was that ulterior motive.
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It was at four thirty the next afternoon that Xanxus stood in the crowded airport holding a pouting five, nearly six, year old on his hip while she refused to let him go
"I'll see you soon brat." Xanxus sighed while Tsuna whimpered tightening her arms on him again
"That's what papa always says." Tsuna mumbled while Xanxus pried her arms off his neck and studied her evenly
"I'm not that idiot, I will see you soon brat."
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O.o So many reviews~ *Glomps everyone* Love you all~ So many I had to change my shoutout format slightly since it was a whole page on its own O.O
People seem to really love fluff~
Huge apology for the delay on everything, had some stuff going on and I've had no time to write V_V
And of course when I have had time, it all been fluff, so, other things should be out soon.
Watching Starcraft II Legacy of the Void while I write (Since I have no time to play it) so much pretty~
Updates might be slow for a while, but I am still working on them all.
Again sorry for the delays.
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Guest : I adore Fon too, still slowly working on his own oneshot, the Arcobaleno will be introduced here and there, so keep an eye out~
Pipe Dream (Guest) : I tried my best for you~ Hope you enjoy ^-^
Lacie (Guest) : I snuck an update in between trying to update everything else ^-^ I have some of the weirdest typos when I reread what I wrote, some slip through
n1ghtdr34m3r : O,o I didn't even think of that, oh god, Tsuna with her hands on Xanxus' X-Guns xD, flee all who dare curse here~
weisskreuz : More death by fluff mwahaha, this one is just too much fun to write, so much cuteness to go around.
Kurogane Tsubasa : One thing I can do is type fast, sometimes faster then my brain and weiiiiiird spelling mishaps end up coming outta it. But it does help to move things along quickly~
EndlessChains : No one gets away with swearing around this kid~ Just wait until she learns Italian, the Varia are gonna be beat up by a five year old.
Of Stories Told : Guardians are a long way off, got so much fluff planned first. Xanxus is going to be the king of sister complexes.
Guest : Death by cuteness, not a bad way to go
Until next time. My life for Auir