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Thank you to all reviewers, and to Ila Way, for correcting my mistake regarding Ryohei.
Chapter Two: The Vongola Hideout is Huge
"Here we are," Reborn stated as the limousine pulled up in front of a large mansion.
It was the most blatant mafia hideout Tsuna had every seen. The mansion was huge. It was twice the size of a football stadium and had around eighteen stories. It was surrounded by a very shiny black fence with a very shiny black gate. There was a very pretty botanical garden up front complete with a statue fountain of a bullet. Oh, and the words "Vongola Hideout" was written on an enormous sign by the gate.
"How does the government not know about this?" Tsuna was spazzing now.
"They do," Reborn answered simply.
"Then how come they aren't arresting anyone?" Tsuna was completely confused now.
"You are obviously very clueless in regards to the mafia.." Reborn sighed, "The Vongola family has strong ties with the government, especially since it's such a powerful mafia. The government won't have the power to do anything even if it wanted to. The mafia isn't just blood and guts, there is a lot of strategizing behind the scenes. It makes me worry to know that somebody like you would be taking over this starting today...anyways, there's no helping it now. Come on, we have to get you guys settled in."
As soon as the guardians set foot in the place, they were greeted by a row of maids.
"Good afternoon masters," a maid who seemed like the head maid greeted, "You must be tired. Let us take your things and show you to your rooms. Please enjoy your stay here."
As if on cue, a maid went before each of the guardians and picked up their luggage. Surprisingly, they were quite strong. Tsuna was too confused to follow the head maid who took his bags, but not wishing to appear as rude and seeing that all of his guardians had complied, he followed her regardless. The maid led him to a room on the top floor with a golden oak door. She placed his bags out side the door, bowed, and scurried away. Tsuna drew in a breath, and went in.
His first though was, 'big'. It seemed as if everything in the mansion was big. There was a king sized bed, a giant wardrobe, a huge vanity mirror, an enormous carpet and a colossal bathroom. The most impressive would be the bathtub in the bathroom. It. Was. HUGE. Tsuna believed about ten Gola Moscas could fit in there.
Tsuna quickly unpacked and went to find his guardians. They were all already in the living room, lazing around. Hibari was reading a book in the corner. Upon closer inspection, Tsuna saw the book was titled 'Bird Watching: Birds and Their Types'. Hibird was sitting on Hibari's shoulder and seemed to be reading the book as well...if that was even possible. Yamamoto and Gokudera were playing a video game. Yamamoto seemed to be winning since he was grinning broadly and Gokudera was fuming, like always. Mukuro had thankfully turned back into Chrome, who was polishing her trident. There was a polish kit laid out on the floor, where she got that from Tsuna had no idea. Lambo had accidentally tried to eat the plastic grape in the plastic fruit bowl on the table and was now crying. He had not turned into TYL Lambo yet because Reborn had confiscated the TLY bazooka as soon as they got to Italy. Ryohei was running around the room to the "extreme" like always. Unfortunately, he was also running into expensive furniture to the "extreme". Deeming Ryohei a safety hazard, Tsuna approached him to stop him when he suddenly heard Gokudera's voice and a painful sound behind him.
"Damnit!"
When Tsuna turned around, he saw a "Gave Over" on the TV screen in big red letters and a broken game controller smashed at Gokudera's feet. It clicked in his head that Yamamoto had beaten Gokudera at the game and now he was on a rampage. Ryohei ran into Gukudera in his "extreme" frenzy which only provoked the storm guardian even more.
"Watch it lawn head!" Gokudera growled and released a rampage of dynamite.
Yamamoto got out of the way in time but Ryohei was scorched. Chrome's trident which she had worked tirelessly to polish was now covered in ash. Lambo was blown away in the explosion and landed straight into...Hibari's book.
Time seemed to freeze for a second before Hibari dumped Lambo on the ground and drew his tonfas, Chrome tuned into Mukuro who was out for revenge, Gokudera and Ryohei got into a fist fight, and Yamamoto just burst out laughing.
After an all out brawl, the guardians were finally settled again. Although there was a rather awkward silence between them.
"So...um..." Tsuna decided to spike up conversation, "How are your rooms?"
"It's only good if the Tenth thinks so!" Gokudera exclaimed.
"It's huuuge!" Yamamoto described, "I think I can probably get lost in it easily!"
"Well...everything in this place is rather large..." Tsuna agreed.
"Extremely large!" Ryohei shouted.
"The largeness would be more enjoyable if there weren't cameras in the room..." Mukuro murmured thoughtfully.
"Cameras?" Tsuna seemed confused.
"I'm pretty sure there aren't any in you rooms," Mukuro elaborated, "but my room is full of them. Everywhere too. They're not even hidden. They probably want me to know I'm being watched...I feel sorry for my cute Chrome though...she's probably not used to it. If only the Vongola family would trust me more..."
"We'll never trust you, bastard!" Gokudera seethed.
"You deserved it," Hibari agreed blatantly.
"Um... how's your room, Hibari-san?" Tsuna asked cautiously.
"Satisfactory," Hibari's answer was short and simple.
"Lambo's room is real big!" Lambo who seemed to miraculously recovered from Gokudera's bomb attack yelled out.
Before the conversation could continue any further though, a maid arrived at the scene. Tsuna saw she wasn't the head maid and looked rather nervous. Was she new?
"U-um..." She stuttered out in a quiet voice, "I was told to give the masters a tour of the mansion...I hope you don't mind..."
"Sound's like fun!" Yamamoto agreed instantly.
"Alright then!" Tsuna decided he might as well.
"If the Tenth is going then I am too!" Gokudera butted in immediately after Tsuna's response.
"Lambo wants to go too!" Lambo whined.
"I'm gonna be busy, see you!" Mukuro excused himself.
"Alright! Tour to the EXTREME!" Ryohei jumped up.
"I won't rely on weak herbivores to guide me," Hibari muttered and left.
"A-alright then..." the maid continued, "Please follow me..."
"W-wait..." Tsuna interjected, "Is this tour going to be of the entire mansion?"
"O-only the first floor," the maid told him, "The first floor is where all the main rooms are, the upper floors are all living quarters. The basement is for storage."
Tsuna sighed with relief but then gulped again. The mansion was of immeasurable size, so it was good they weren't going to tour the whole thing, but even just the first floor was larger than a football field. Just how long would it take to tour such a large area?