Turning Point
Author : 27x18
Warnings : Language~
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Ages Update : As of New Years Day
Chrome : 6
Tsuna, Kyoko, Hana, Takeshi, Ken, Chikusa, Hayato : 7
Ryohei : 8
Kyoya, Mukurou, Belphegor : 9
Squalo : 15
Levi : 16
Xanxus : 17
Lussuria : 18
Mammon : I'm too scared to ask~
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Squalo set the drink down in front of Xanxus, the kids were in bed or sent home, it was just the Varia and the other guests now, Xanxus had come out for some quiet, he had enough of watching his brothers make fools of themselves and act like children.
"I snuck it out, don't you dare tell your father you stupid boss." Squalo growled while Xanxus tossed back the scotch Squalo had brought him.
"You really think I would? The old fart hates it when I drink." Squalo chuckled throwing himself into another seat and looking up at the stars "Iemitsu still in there?"
"Yeah, complaining to Nono still." as soon as Timoteo had been free to talk Iemitsu had jumped on him to begin listing all the things he was upset about with his daughter being in the hands of the Varia.
"What an asshole." Xanxus muttered "What sort of father treats his kid like that? Tsuna's not some possession he can order into the sort of kid he wants and the perfect little daddy's girl he has in his head. I hate trash like that." Squalo shrugged over to his boss,
"Fuck knows, but he is her father, maybe one day he'll act it?" Xanxus couldn't help but laugh at that, Squalo glaring at him while the teen tried to calm himself,
"Hell will freeze over before that ass starts to act like a father."
"You never know, maybe even stupid people like him can learn." Squalo shrugged, while he didn't like Iemitsu, the man was still Tsuna's father, maybe one day he would get over his own ego and realise what he was doing to his family, before he lost Tsuna and Nana.
"Never gonna happen trashy shark, in fact, if he ever does I'll stop drinking, forever!" Squalo glared at Xanxus while his superior chuckled to himself still over the thought of Iemitsu ever acting like a father,
"Fine! Until the bastard does start acting like a father I won't...um...I won't-" It had to be something that was a visible reminder of the deal, if Xanxus bet on cutting off drinking forever he needed to do something just as obvious "I won't cut my hair!"
Xanxus stared at him in silence for a minute before bursting out into laughter again "Prepare to have the brats plaiting your hair then Squalo-chan, it's gonna be down to your feet and further before that ass even considers dropping his ego."
"No father can be that fucking stupid." Squalo retorted, surely Iemitsu was going to wake up one day, he had lost Tsuna already and it was going to take a miracle for the kid to think of him as a father if he didn't change his ways, but if he kept up his actions he might even push Nana away, surely not even Iemitsu was that stupid?
"Might as well start investing in hairbrushes, ribbons and conditioner shark, you're gonna be the prettiest shark scum in the Varia. You're gonna regret this when you're sober Squalo."
"You're gonna find out what sober feels like soon you shitty boss."
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Last year he had missed it thanks to a last minute job that required his certain skill set, this year however Xanxus had smashed his mobile and destroyed the phone line to the mansion, placing subordinates at the airport to intercept any hand delivered orders and redirecting all mail back to Italy. Xanxus was going to spend new years day with Tsuna.
Xanxus missed out going to the shrine with Tsuna and Nana last year, he missed out on seeing Tsuna in a kimono. Xanxus would not miss it again, he had already spent a small fortune getting pictures from Mammon, this year he was going to go with her himself, no matter what job turned up, there was no way Xanxus was missing this.
So there he was, the head of the Varia, standing in the Sawada home blinking at Nana confused after she pushed a bundle of clothes into his arms and into the bathroom, "Tsu-chan picked it out for you Xanxus-kun~" the teen frowned looking down at the bundle before cocking an eyebrow, was this maybe clothes for him to wear to the shrine too?
"Uh….Nana-san…." Nana poked her head in with a smile at the confused teenager,
"Oh, you don't know how to put them on?" Xanxus had to nod, this was not something his training had covered "...Alright, strip~" Nana giggled the teen tripping over himself in his hurry to back up from the woman,
"Eh?!"
"Oh silly, not all the way~ So cute." Xanxus glared at the woman, but she seemed totally unaffected as she took the bundle from him and broke it down "Alright, let's get you dressed~" Xanxus had to admit, for the first time in a very long time, he was terrified.
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Tsuna stood in the genkan slipping her feet into the geta sandals, Squalo lending her a hand when she wobbled standing on one foot, smiling up at him brightly Tsuna turned to wait, her small hand slipping into Squalo's.
"Nii-san is going to look pretty!" Squalo cocked an eyebrow down at her, had they dressed Xanxus up as a woman? Was he finally going to get his revenge for that damn ball gown?
Squalo pulled out his phone quickly, he had to capture this moment, this moment of revenge! However the Varia's second in command was let down when Xanxus was ushered out of the bathroom in a hakama, yukata and haori.
"Nii-san!" Tsuna grinned brightly at him "We match!" Xanxus blinked down at the child, she was right, Tsuna had picked a black, white and red theme for him and it looks like her kimono was themed the same.
Xanxus nodded to Tsuna before pinning Squalo with a strange look, the silver haired teen cocked an eyebrow at Xanxus as he headed over, glancing back at Nana while the housewife fussed around getting her things together,
"Hey trash….I think I know now how she got you in a dress." Xanxus mumbled while Squalo shuddered looking at his boss,
"She can be scary." Squalo whispered while Xanxus nodded in agreement, when she put her mind to something you best just agree for there's no way you can get out of it.
"Alright, shall we be off?" Tsuna nodded, grabbing Xanxus' hand and tugging him out the door, Squalo pouting slightly at the loss of warmth when she pulled her hand from his, only moments later having it taken by Tsuna again, smiling brightly up at Squalo, the teen unable to help the twitch of his lips as they tugged up to a grin down at the bright happy girl.
"Hurry up." Mukurou growled "It's cold out here!" his dual eyes flicking to Tsuna, his jaw dropping as he blinked at her, so this was a Japanese kimono. "T-Tsuna."
"Let's go!" Nana giggled grabbing Mukurou and Chikusa's hands and tugging them off "To the shrine~"
"To the shrine~" Lussuria giggled grabbing Ken and Nagi and tugging them off, Levi glaring down at Hayato, the kid glaring back before grumbling while following after them, a cackling Mammon floating after him while snapping pictures, Nono had given her an advance payment for this year considering that Xanxus would be with Tsuna this time.
When they got to the shrine Xanxus couldn't help but tighten his grip on Tsuna's small hand, there were people everywhere and there was no way he was losing her in the crowd.
"Ah, Hana-san, Kyoko-chan!" Tsuna waved over at the two, Kyoko bouncing over, Hana at a more sedated pace behind her friend, the pair were in casual attire, Kyoko began fussing around Tsuna and her kimono.
"So cute!" Kyoko giggled before waving over someone "Tsu-chan, this is my brother, Ryohei, kaa-san made him walk us here." Tsuna blinked up at the white haired child.
"Hello Kyoko's friend to the extreme!" Tsuna squeaked in surprise jumping back when the child yelled at her "You can call me onii-san!"
"H-Hello." Tsuna stuttered blinking at him, he was bouncing on the spot, he reminded her of Ken, the same energy and fire that couldn't be stopped or tamed. "Onii...onii….Ryohei-san."
"Onii-chan, thank you for walking us, we'll be alright now." Kyoko smiled while Ryohei bounced back over to her,
"Eh? Alright, off to train to the extreme!" and he was off, a white blur past them. Ken blinked for a moment before his jaw fell open,
"AH, Extreme blur-san!" he had chased the white blue more than once, now he finally had a face, "He is real! I told you Chikusa!" the blue haired child shrugged over at him in response.
"That ones Flame is nothing to sniff at, for a civilian." Squalo noted softly to Xanxus whom shot him a sharp glare,
"Don't even, if she heard you we're fucked." Squalo snapped his mouth shut looking down at Tsuna, thankfully it seemed she was talking to Hana, Nagi and Kyoko.
"Ne, ne, Tsuna! What's that?" Moments later Tsuna was tugged away by Ken, the child bouncing her around everywhere asking questions.
"Brat, get the flip back here with her!" Squalo snapped running after them, Xanxus following her carefully with his eyes, one hand on his pocket where his gun was. Nana giggled after them, nudging Nagi over towards Hana and Kyoko.
"Go on." Nagi hesitated for one moment before nodding and stepping over to the girls, "Ahhh, to be young again." Nana sighed while Lussuria petted her shoulder,
"Mou Nana-chan, you're still young~" Lussuria assured bouncing on the young mother and hugging her, "Let's go play~" the flamboyant teen tugged Nana off into the crowd, leaving Xanxus watching Tsuna with Mukurou and Hayato, Nagi had been tugged over to try catch fish with Hana and Kyoko.
"Tch, your dog needs a leash, he keeps pulling Tsuna-sama around." Hayato growled over at Mukurou, the teen flashing a frown over at the silver haired child,
"If we're talking about dogs, surely we're talking about you little puppy." Hayato growled over at Mukurou,
"I hate you." Hayaot hissed while Mukurou glared back at him,
"Feelings mutual brat." Xanxus turned his frown down on both of the boys,
"Listen up brats, I don't give a shit if you hate each other, either of you brings Tsuna down tonight and you'll spend your next training session with me." Mukurou shut himself up then, he had been trained by Xanxus personally once, and never again would he do anything that required him to be trained by Xanxus.
The teen was good with Tsuna, but a demon with anyone else. Hayato however had not, and seemed to think that whatever Xanxus could do to him would be nothing compared to home, making a fuss for Tsuna on her shrine visit was unforgivable and he pulled his head in.
Hayato instead made himself useful by following Tsuna with Squalo, to keep guard on her while Ken dragged her around to look at everything,
"Mukurou, Chikusa, keep an eye on Nagi, Tsuna will flip if something happens to her." Mukurou opened his mouth to complain about being on watch duty for anyone other then Tsuna, but the glare from Xanxus shut him up, he knew it was true, Tsuna would be sad if anything happened to her little pet.
Xanxus just kept himself out of the way of people and watched Tsuna, sneaking the occasional photo with the camera he had.
Heading over to her he grabbed her up away from Ken and stuck his tongue out at the child childishly before striding off towards the food, Ken and Squalo following behind him like good little ducklings.
"Is that child being kidnapped?" Xanxus flashed a glare over at the women looking at him dubiously, seriously, how could they think he was kidnapping Tsuna? The brat was smiling and hugging him, no signs of distress.
"Shh, what if he hears us?" Tsuna tightened her grip on his neck, Xanxus glowering over at the women, it was fine if they wanted to bitch about him, but where his brat could hear was unforgivable.
"Don't say mean things about nii-san!" Tsuna burst out finally over at the women, then pair looking startled at being yelled at by a child "Nii-san is Tsuna's nii-san! He's not scary, he's nii-san!"
"Tsuna, it's okay." Xanxus assured his glare hitting the women "Stupid people gossip because they don't know any better." that sent the women tittering while the teen strode on with Tsuna on his hip still,
"Ah! Nii-san! O-mikuji!"
"Omi-what?"
"Um….umm…..fortunes?" Tsuna tried desperately to think of something, what else did you call them, "They tell you if you'll have a good year this year." Xanxus wasn't one that thought much of the supernatural, even though he could summon fire and do all sorts of things with it, fortunes weren't something he believed in, but if Tsuna did.
"Alright then." Xanxus set her down the girl bouncing over there, fussing in her kimono for the pouch of money her mother had given her. "Nii-san! You too!" Xanxus sighed stepping up behind her at the box, Tsuna putting some coins in the side while she fished out a paper, Xanxus sighing and doing the same.
"Ah, Great Luck!" Tsuna grinned up at him "This year should be good." Xanxus unfolded his own small paper with a cringe 'Extremely Bad Luck' good thing he didn't believe in these things.
"If you get a bad one you can tie it to a branch and your luck might change." Xanxus shrugged slipping the paper into his pocket,
"No need for that brat." Tsuna nodded with a smile and took his hand, tugging him off into the crowd. Squalo glanced down at Ken,
"You want one?" Ken shook his head trotting off after Xanxus, Squalo pausing to get one out of curiosity. Unfolding the paper he found that he had a bad luck fortune, not even bothering to read the rest he went to tie it to a branch, while he didn't believe in this either, any help he could get over the coming year, a silent prayer going off that please, can they please not collect any more brats.
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Tsuna was lost, Tsuna's hadn't been lost since Italy when she first met Xanxus, somehow they had gotten separated, it was starting to get dark and Ken and Hayato had been fighting and Xanxus turned to snap at them, in that moment she somehow got tugged away by the crowd. So now here she was staying put and waiting for him to find her. Tilting her head Tsuna peeked around the corner of one of the buildings to see a kid sitting there sniffling. It took her a moment but she recognised him, Yamamoto Takeshi, Ken's baseball friend.
"Are you okay?" Tsuna asked softly, the kid jumping in fright his brown eyes darting up to her before he rubbed his tears away.
"I-I." Tsuna tilted her head at him for a moment before bobbing down to his height and petting his dark hair quietly "I wanted to get a good fortune, for my mother." He sniffled, Tsuna flicking her eyes down to the paper in his hand, "I thought...if I could get a good one she would be okay." Tsuna reached out for the paper, the child reluctantly giving it up. It was bad luck, not the worst luck, but not good luck. Tsuna frowned looking down at it before pulling out her own one.
"I don't know if it will work….but you can have mine." Tsuna said holding it out to him "We should go tie yours to a tree, if you have mine, and we do that, you might have good luck this year." Takeshi stared at the fortune she was offering him, wiping his gathering tears away he blinked up at her.
"Y-Yamamoto Takeshi." he greeted softly while Tsuna smiled at him,
"Mmm, I know, Ken-nii is on the baseball team with you."
"Ken?….So you're Tsuna?" Takeshi noted letting her tug him to his feet "Ken talks about you a lot." he noted softly while Tsuna tugged him back out to the lit areas,
Tsuna pulled him to a stop near a tree already laden down with fortunes, Takeshi tying his to the tree before turning to Tsuna with a smile "Thank you, Tsuna." Tsuna flicked his forehead, the child squeaking and covering his forehead with a soft whine,
"Don't smile when you don't want to." Tsuna ordered "You're allowed to be sad, you're allowed to be angry, you're allowed to be confused." Takeshi stared at her in surprise while his smile fell off his lips "It's okay to not be okay." Takeshi's eyes fell down to the ground while Tsuna took his hand and folded the charm into his hand "I hope she gets better."
"Little animal!" Tsuna turned to smile at Kyoya, the child glaring back at her "Your carnivore is looking for you." Tsuna turned back to Takeshi for another moment with a smile,
"I'll see you at school Yamamoto-kun." Kyoya grabbed her wrist and began tugging her off into the crowd. Tsuna trotting along behind him with a smile, "Sorry to disturb you on New Year Hibari-kun."
"Little animals should stay with their pack." Tsuna never understood his animal talk, but she smiled at him all the same, she did know that he meant to say that he was worried about her.
"Mmm, I am, I'm with you aren't I Hibari-kun?" his sharp grey eyes flicking back at her while she blinked at him curiously,
"You trying to say that I'm part of your little pack?" Tsuna tilted her head at him,
"You're not?" he continued to study her for another few moments before sighing softly,
"Don't lump a carnivore like me with those herbivores. I am nothing like them." Tsuna smiled at him with another nod,
"Mmm, you're like nii-san." Kyoya had to admit that did stroke his pride a little, that she thought of him like that true carnivore, Xanxus. "Ne...Hibari-kun….can I call you Hibari-nii?" that froze him, looking back at those huge brown eyes while she blinked at him, chewing her bottom lip while waiting for his response, it had taken all her courage to ask him. He didn't scare her like he used to, but she had been the most nervous about asking him, out of everyone, if he would let her call him nii.
"Kyoya, little animal." he said after a few moments of silence, Tsuna beamed at him while he turned his back on her and continued to tug her through the crowd, heading for the meeting place. Xanxus had panicked when he had turned around and Tsuna was gone, however his phone was demolished and apparently Tsuna didn't have hers on her. Luckily Squalo had the number of their elusive Cloud and had called in the cavalry to help sweep the shrine until the child was found.
"Mmm Kyoya-nii."
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It was the middle of February, Tsuna was sitting in her room reading manga before her head snapped up with a frown. Setting the manga down Tsuna slid out of her room and snuck down the stairs, nudging the door open Tsuna headed out into the rain.
Tsuna followed the path that her intuition sent her on until she arrived at the park she had first met Nagi in, peeking in Tsuna saw Yamamoto Takeshi sitting on a swing in the rain. Walking quietly over to the other swing Tsuna sat down quietly.
"My mother died." he whispered "The charm didn't help." Tsuna studied the wet ground while holding the chains of the swing "It's her funeral today." Takeshi fell silent and they just sat there in the rain for a few minutes. "I ran away." Tsuna reached over and took his hand, sitting there in silence in the rain.
"Want me to walk you home?" Tsuna asked softly after some time, Takeshi looked over at the little girl with a teary smile,
"Yeah." Tsuna slid off the swing and tugged at his hand, pulling the boy off his own swing. Takeshi stepping off and taking the lead, tugging Tsuna after him towards his home, he knew everyone would be at the crematorium, Takeshi hadn't been able to face it, his mother in that place, his mother being burned.
While his father had been distracted he had fled. Even though he couldn't go back there, but instead he would go home, so that his father could find him easily.
"Want me to wait with you?" Tsuna asked, Takeshi looking at the small girl for a moment before nodding to her, he didn't want to sit here all alone, the house that had once held his whole family smiling. Takeshi unlocked the door and led Tsuna inside, Tsuna peeked around, she had never visited someone else's house, other than the mansion, it looked surprisingly normal, it wasn't the same as her home, she didn't know what she had expected, but something so normal wasn't it for some reason.
Takeshi led her into the lounge room, Tsuna taking a sit at his direction, taking her mobile out "Ah, what's that?" he whispered with wide eyes, he'd never seen something like that before,
"It's a mobile phone, nii-san gave it to me. I went out without telling anyone, so I'm just going to tell mama where I am so she doesn't worry." Takeshi blinked at her for a few moments before his eyes widened, they were both soaked through.
"I'll run a bath, I'd get in trouble if I let a girl get sick." Takeshi trotted off while Tsuna blinked down at herself, she hadn't noticed until now, but she was cold. Releasing just a little of her Flame Tsuna warmed herself with that for now. Quickly dialling her mother Tsuna gave her a quick explanation,
"Takesushi? Ah, Yamamoto-san, yes I know the place. I'll send your nii-san over to pick you up, how about that?"
"Mmm, thank you mama." and it that Tsuna ended to call, looking over at Takeshi when he came back into the lounge holding some dry clothes.
"They're probably way too big for you….but they're dry. You go first." he urged, Tsuna nodding to him with a smile, reaching out she pet his hair like her brother did for her all the time,
"It will be okay." Takeshi attempted a smile, but she flicked his forehead again before heading down the hall he had come from to have a quick bath and get into dry clothes.
Tsuna returned to the lounge not long later and pushed him off towards the bathroom himself, a knock coming from the door only moments later, Tsuna knew that Flame, Xanxus was here. Heading to the door she let him in with a smile, the teen just sighed heavily, he knew that smile, the brat had yet another damn kid, at least if he was lucky this one would stay in his home and not end up in the mansion, they were going to have to make an expansion if she kept collecting kids at this rate.
"All done, ah….um…." Tsuna looked over at Takeshi, he seemed a bit hesitant looking at the tall foreigner sitting in his lounge room glaring in his direction.
"Ah, mama sent my nii-san to pick me up, I'll still stay until your father gets home though." Tsuna promised, Takeshi forcing a smile for the man, only to be flicked by Tsuna again
"Ow….what was that one for?"
"Don't smile if you don't want to." Tsuna reminded while Takeshi rubbed at his forehead, Xanxus snorting in amusement, seems like the Varia weren't the only ones that had rules they had to follow around Tsuna. Takeshi instead gave her a sad half smile, moving to sit on a chair while his energy fled him and he crumpled back in on himself recalling what today was.
"Ne...Tsuna….do you think I'll ever be able to smile again?" Tsuna frowned looking over at Xanxus, her mind turning back to the funeral she had been to only a few months ago,
"Yes." Tsuna said finally, at the joint birthday both Timoteo and Xanxus' brothers were able to smile, really smile, again. "Would she want you to be sad forever?" Takeshi blinked ta Tsuna in surprise before looking down at his hands, his sad smile returning.
"No….she wouldn't. She liked it when I smiled." Tsuna didn't flick him this time, the smile on his face was sad, but it was real. "Thank you for today Tsuna." Tsuna smiled over at him with a nod before taking a seat,
"Takeshi!" Takeshi stood startled when the voice of a man cried out in the house "Takeshi?" Tsuna stood as well blinking over at the door when a tall man, that looked a lot like his child, came to stop in the doorway, he was soaked through and panting from running around.
"I'm okay dad." Takeshi promised with a sad smile "Tsuna walked me home." Tsuna bowed to the man in greeting, his eyes scanned her before flicking over to Xanxus, Tsuna could feel the pressure skyrocket around them.
"My mama sent my nii-san to pick me up, sorry to intrude Yamamoto-san." Tsuna interrupted, she didn't like the atmosphere at all between Xanxus and the man, it felt very much like a prelude to a fight. "I'll see you at school Yamamoto-kun." Tsuna waved to Takeshi with a smile before grabbing Xanxus' hand and tugging him up, his red eyes were still locked on Tsuyoshi, but finally moved as he picked Tsuna up on his hip.
"We'll return the borrowed clothes next time." Xanxus growled out taking the plastic bag with her wet clothes in hand. Tsuyoshi led them out, remaining on guard and tense until the teen and child were out his door. Turning back to his son he immediately began to grill him on who and where he had come into contact with that assassin and child.
Takeshi was confused, but he told his father everything. Tsuyoshi was worried he had to admit, about his son befriending this little girl in the care of an assassin. He had known the second he entered the house, he could smell the blood leading into his lounge room where a teenage foreigner with devastatingly powerful Flames sat glaring back at him. The child was an enigma, he could sense Flames in her too, but they were purer than the teens, maybe even stronger, he didn't know what to do, and right now he didn't know if he could make the correct decisions anyway, he was still in mourning for his wife and trying his best to stay strong for his son.
"What was her name?" Tsuyoshi asked after his son had finished his narrative of his afternoon, Takeshi blinked in surprise before looking over at his dad,
"Ah, she's the one Ken-kun on the baseball team talks about, Sawada Tsunahime." Now where the hell had he heard the name Sawada before?
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One week before they were to go back to school Hana called Tsuna with one of Kyoko's ideas, Kyoko was coming over for a sleepover and had suggested Tsuna and Nagi come along, it wasn't often if ever they saw her without some of her monkeys following her, it was a good chance for Tsuna to get away from them and to experience a girl's only night.
Tsuna had never had a sleepover at a friends house, she had stayed at the mansion before, but that was more of a home then a friends house. Nagi was nervous, but Tsuna holding her hand made it much easier, the two girls standing in front of the two level house that looked so like Tsuna's own.
"Nagi-chan, Tsu-chan! Welcome." Kyoko bounced out the front door and pulled them both in while Hana sighed heavily, Kyoko really had taken a liking to these two, it was going to be difficult to extract themselves, so she might as well do what she could to make their place in the little collection around Tsuna and keep herself and Kyoko safe.
"You don't even live here." Hana sighed "Welcome, Nagi and Tsuna, come on, this way." Hana led them upstairs, Tsuna stopping to bow to to Hana's mother, the woman just giggled and waved her after Hana "It's not worth your time Tsuna." Hana noted taking Tsuna by the wrist and leading her upstairs "She won't remember you." Tsuna blinked in confusion but Hana didn't explain further.
Hana's room was very….well Hana, it was filled with bookshelves full of books and so very neat and tidy, if Tsuna had ever imagined somewhere Hana would be happy this was it, the girl was always reading books.
"Since I doubt you ever get away from those monkeys, tonight is just for girls, my father is on a business trip, so we were going to order something for dinner, any preferences?" Hana asked while Tsuna blinked at her with wide eyes,
"As in...ordering take out food?" Hana nodded while Nagi and Tsuna shared a look,
"I've never had take out! Is it good?" Hana looked at Tsuna strangely while setting down the pamphlets for the places they normally ordered from.
"Seriously? You've never ordered take out?" Kyoko asked, Tsuna could only nod while she and Nagi looked at the pamphlets,
"Mama always cooks." Tsuna explained "Oh! Can we….can we have pizza? I had it once in Italy!"
"Tsu-chan, you've been to Italy?" Kyoko asked while Tsuna nodded over at her, the group all crowding around the pamphlet and picking toppings for their night in.
"I brought video's~" Kyoko giggled, Tsuna and Nagi both looking at them with wide eyes, Tsuna rarely had time to sit and watch a movie, she was always learning recently, learning languages, learning her school things, learning how to fight and how to use her Flames. "Girl movies!" Tsuna had no idea if that was different from normal movies, but it would be fun tonight, of that she was sure.
"By that she means kids movies with singing." Hana noted blandly with a sigh "Lot's of singing." she wasn't the biggest fan of the singing, but it did make Kyoko happy, and she was interested to see what Tsuna and Nagi thought of it.
"Not even Hana can resist this one!" Kyoko announced lifting up a movie case "The Lion King~" Tsuna and Nagi shared a look before their heads tilted in unison.
"The Lion King?"
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Xanxus didn't like it, he didn't like it at all, he always had access to Tsuna, he always had the ability to check on her at all times, except now. Tsuna was in another person's house and he had no way in.
Levi had done an outside survey of the building and security, and he would stay on duty until Tsuna returned to the Sawada abode. Xanxus however needed to know what was going on, he couldn't stand it. He knew Tsuna was fine, he could feel her calm little Flame quite stable and happy in the house, but it still irked him, he had not a single set of Varia eyes on Tsuna. It made him uncomfortable not having eyes on her, sure they had all entrances and exits covered by his men, all watching carefully for any threats to come at the Varia principessa in her civilian friends home, but he still had no eyes inside.
Squalo was attached to a small device listening carefully in on the phone lines "They've ordered pizza for dinner, delivery in approximately twenty minutes." Xanxus nodded while tossing a small device to Squalo,
"Get that in the box."
"Seriously boss? We're bugging her girls night?" Xanxus tossed him a glare that soon shut Squalo up, the teen sighing heavily "Fine, Mukurou, you okay to disguise me?" the child nodded, Xanxus had brought him along over Mammon, he didn't need any more bills, though the child had the balls to hand him a bill at the beginning, it was still a lot smaller than the ones that Mammon handed out, he was happy to give the boy some pocket money to keep him quiet about this matter, especially to Tsuna.
"We're screwed if she is at the door to receive it, we both know she sees more than she should." Xanxus nodded, he knew very well she would be upset or maybe even angry at them, but it was worth the risk, Squalo would impersonate the pizza delivery boy and get their bug into the house so they could keep an ear on things.
"Alright, going in." Squalo muttered heading to cut off the delivery boy before he got from his scooter to the door.
Squalo knocked the boy out carefully, no blood, and he should only be out a few minutes. Squalo nodded over to Mukurou, taking the two boxes and heading for the door.
It was opened by what must be Hana's mother, a pretty young woman with a smile on her lips, but there was something odd in her eyes, Squalo read out the bill while the woman began to fumble around for money. Hana was behind her moments later sending her mother off to sit while she handled the money, peering at him carefully the black haired child looked him up and down a few times.
"Tch, here monkey." she held out the money and took the boxes, the door slamming in his face behind her, grumbling to himself Squalo tucked the money in the delivery boy's pocket and disappeared, Mukurou would complete the transaction for the boy once he woke up, with illusions.
"Cheerful little shit that one." Squalo snorted in amusement "All smiles and roses."
"Sharp little brat too." Xanxus noted "You saw her looking around at the party." Squalo sighed while getting things together to listen in on the talking.
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"Alright, pizza check, futons check, movie check! Time to watch ladies~" Kyoko giggled while they settled into the little nest they had made, Tsuna and Nagi letting the pair push them around, they didn't know the protocol for a sleepover.
"When we're done with dinner we'll make some popcorn, what do you think Hana-chan?" Kyoko asked while Hana nodded in agreement,
"Mmm, please tell me you've at least had popcorn before." Hana noted while Nagi and Tsuna shared another look before tilting their heads in confusion, Hana could only groan in response. The pair were both terribly naive in their own way. "Dig in, we'll make popcorn later." and so they sat, in their nest of sheets and food, Tsuna and Nagi both watching in awe as the movie unfolded, Hana groaning every time Kyoko began singing the next song, her friend was a very bright and kind person, but she was also a terribly off key singer.
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"...Do we really have to listen to this?" Squalo whined while Xanxus tossed him a glare, they had no idea if something would happen later, so yes, they did have to keep listening, even if every note that Tsuna's friend hit was off key. "I'm never going to be able to watch the Lion King again, you know that right?"
"You often watch children's movies?" Mukurou snorted while the teen tossed the child a glare,
"Shut up, the Lion King is an exception." Xanxus burst into laughter at that, "Don't you dare laugh at me Xanxus, I saw you brush away a tear when Mufasa died." Xanxus rolled his eyes,
"Your mind is going in your old age grandpa-shark-nii." Squalo glowered back at him for that,
"Is that-" Mukurou couldn't help but laugh "Is that what Tsuna called you?"
"I'll kill you one of these days you shitty boss." Squalo growled while Xanxus ignored him and turned his attention back to the off key singing coming from the girls night in.
"Are we going to do this every time she goes to one of these? Because I don't know if I can take the singing for long shitty boss."
"Then teach the brat to sing on key, because I'm not leaving my brat anywhere without someone to keep an eye on her." Squalo was ready to slam his head against a wall, if Xanxus was to be believed that means that they would be listening in on girls nights for the foreseeable future, how many other movies could this voice destroy?
"We're sending Tsuna to these things with a list of approved movies from now on, she can watch horror, she can watch war movies, anime or anything, anything but ruining my childhood." Squalo muttered while throwing the earbud away, he couldn't keep listening to the singing, it was hurting his head.
"You're on your own boss, I can't take this shit, I'm going home." Xanxus glared after him before shrugging,
"Whatever, take the brat with you." Squalo waved over to Mukurou, the child trotting after Squalo, he would be happy to head to sleep rather then stay here with the singing.
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Tsuna stood at the window with a wave outside "Someone out there Tsuna?" Hana asked while she nodded,
"Mmm, nii-san." Hana scowled out the window, she had no idea where he might be, but she didn't appreciate the teen watching them. A point that she hammered home by tugging the blinds closed.
"Monkeys, why do you have so many monkeys?" Tsuna blinked at Hana, moving to sit on the futon on the floor, Nagi shifting to rest her head on Tsuna's knees,
"Xanxus-san likes to keep Tsuna safe." Nagi noted softly "She's his only sister." Hana sighed heavily at that,
"That makes way too much sense." the midnight haired child grumbled while grabbing a pillow, with which she threw at Kyoko who was still singing.
Kyoko giggled and threw the pillow right back, Tsuna blinked startled when another pillow hit her in the face,
"Eh?"
"It's called a pillow fight Tsuna." Hana noted throwing another pillow at Kyoko "Just enjoy yourself." Tsuna looked at the pillow in her lap, Nagi actually taking the initiative as she grabbed the pillow on her head and threw it at Hana. A shy smile followed that ended with another pillow meeting Nagi's face.
Tsuna couldn't help the giggle as she grabbed the pillow and threw it at the giggling Kyoko, and then it was on, the great war of the pillows.
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The school term came much too fast for Tsuna's liking, she would much prefer if it was always holidays, but at the same time, it was good to see the people that school had separated her from, that and baseball, Ken was a menace without his baseball.
"Little animal." Tsuna smiled over at Kyoya handing him his lunch, the holidays had been an inconvenience for him, he had been in withdrawal for her and Nana's cooking, Tsuna had delivered him lunch on a few select days he had informed her of being on school grounds, but otherwise, he had gone without.
"I made some for Kusakabe-san." Tsuna explained "The purple one is yours, white for him." Kyoya grunted taking the two bento from her,
"Hurry along little animal." Tsuna bowed to him before walking into school grounds, Mukurou sneering at Kyoya as he went past but otherwise the pair managed an almost civilised greeting.
"Tsuna-sama is not an animal!" Hayato snapped bristling at the child while he glared back in response,
"Move along brat." Hayato growled at him but moved after Tsuna when she headed in to see her class list,
"Tsu-chan~" Kyoko bounced to Tsuna and hugged the girl with a giggle "Let's go see if we're in the same class~" Tsuna could only squeak in surprise before being tugged off,
"Hey girl, stop dragging Tsuna!" Ken hissed running after them, Chikusa sighing heavily while pushing his glasses up and headed after the much too energetic children,
"How troublesome."
"Yay!" Kyoko squealed, Tsuna had to cover her ears, the brown haired child could hit a pretty painful pitch "We're all together again!" Tsuna smiled with a soft chuckle, of course they were, Xanxus had asked Kyoya to do it, so it had all been organised beforehand.
Still, it was nice to know they would all be together again, Tsuna hadn't know Xanxus organised for Hana and Kyoko to be in her class as well, that was a nice addition.
"Hurry to class little animal." Tsuna squeaked when a tonfa rapped the top of her head,
"Okay, Kyoya-nii." Tsuna sighed turning to him with a huge smile ignoring the hissing Hayato "We'll head in now." he nudged her off with his tonfa, Mukurou grabbing her wrist and tugging her off with Hayato close behind hissing insults in Italian at both Mukurou and Kyoya,
"Leave her to us little birdy~" Mukurou purred "We'll take care of her from here." Kyoya didn't want to say that it pained him to leave her protection to others, but it was starting too.
"Hey Tsuna!" Mukurou nearly growled when a new child tossed his arm around Tsuna with a smile, Ken blinked for a moment before grinning,
"Yamamoto!" Ken grinned "How was your break?" Takeshi's brown eyes flashed with something for a moment before his smile turned sad,
"Not the best, but, it's good to be back at school, and to be in class with Tsuna!" Hana pushed him off Tsuna with a frown,
"Stop touching her monkey, she's not a doll." Tsuna glanced between the two in surprise while Hana pulled her away from the boys "Monkeys, primitive monkeys, all of you."
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Tsuna and Kyoko had been paired for an assignment and were heading to Kyoko's house to finish off the work. Tsuna was nervous, she hadn't been picked up from school by anyone but Xanxus in a long time, and the last time someone had, it had not been….pleasant.
Kyoko was all smiles and laughter, tugging Tsuna with her down the paths outside school heading home, she came home on her own a lot apparently, her brother was often training or doing something that older kids did and she always found her way home regardless. Today was no different, she was heading home with a smile, Tsuna walking along with her while they talked over their assignment and work without a care.
Yet even so, Tsuna found her eyes darting around, she found the hair on the back of her neck pricking, they walked, talked and laughed yet she couldn't find herself comfortable with her friend. There was something wrong.
"Well, look what we have here boys." Tsuna grabbed Kyoko's hand and tugged her to her side "It's Sasagawa's little sister, and friend." Tsuna frowned at the surrounding males, her eyes flicking to each one, assessing the risk and power of each carefully. "You little girls are going to come with us."
"I'll let Sasagawa know." another muttered "He'll have to come, and then-"
"Then we take our pound of flesh."
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Omake : Inspired by KioshiUshima
"D-Divorce? Nana what do you mean?" Iemitsu cried his shaking hands gripping at the paperwork his most darling wife had given him,
"I'm sorry Iemitsu….but I've met someone." Nana apologised with a sad smile "I loved you, once, but over time….I'm sorry, but he makes me happy." Iemitsu was furious, he wanted to scream, to explode, to kill. That was right….if he could find out who he was going to make them disappear. Someone had stolen his wife, and he would never forgive them, he would crush them with the full power of CEDEF.
"Who?" Iemitsu hissed "I have the right to know." a door cracked open behind him, Iemitsu could sense Sky Flames, whoever had stolen his wife had active Sky Flames, whirling to punch them he froze, standing behind him in a gaudy hawaiian shirt and a hat was Timoteo.
"T-Timoteo." the old man was smiling calmly at him,
"I'm going to give you one piece of advice Iemitsu, sign the paperwork and leave." Iemitsu was gaping at the Vongola boss in horror his mouth opening and closing without words, what did someone say to that?
"Iemitsu, you know Timoteo….my lover." Timoteo moved to Nana's side and lifted her knuckles, placing a kiss upon them.
"This can't be real….this can't be real….he's the leader of a fucking Mafia family Nana, he's a murderer and criminal!" Timoteo frowned at Iemitsu, while Nana tightened her hand on Timoteo's,
"I know Iemitsu." the blond fell silent in shock staring at his wife "Timoteo was honest with me, which is more than I can say of you."
"Nana…."
"Even if you refuse to complete the paperwork, it doesn't matter, you are no longer welcome here."
Iemitsu screeched as he sat up at his desk his paperwork scattering around him while he tipped out of his chair, blinking around his office in confusion the dream still in his mind. He needed to call Nana, she didn't really know about the Mafia did she?
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Ugh, I was going to have Takeshi in the last chapter, but it ended up running so long that I pushed him back a chapter, otherwise I never would have stopped writing, and my other stories needed some love xD
Was double checking my details and realized I whoopsed and actually swapped Levi and Lussuria's ages, so I've adjusted that, still triple checking the other chapters for mistakes with that.
Apologies for any mistakes, I'm still doing the four millionth check of this chapter.
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