Me: Welcome to another episode of...
Tsuna: 'Protecting my family'!
Hibari: When will I come out, Carnivore?
Me: Hmm... next chapter!
Tsuna: Kim-san doesn't own KHR...
Me: *dodges Tonfa* Enjoy! Damn you, Hibari! I love you and this is how you repay me?
Hibari: *Shrugs and smirks*
"Xan nii-chan! Let's go for target practice!" Tsuna peeked into the tanned teen's room. "Xan nii-ch- HIIE!" Tsuna ducked just in time to avoid a knife that may have been stray. Teary-eyed he turned to see a blonde teen smirking like a maniac, a floating baby, a gay-looking teen, a tanned guy with spiky hair, another guy with long silver (?) hair, a boy wearing a huge frog hat and Xanxus. "X-Xan nii-chan?" Tsuna stammered, another knife aimed for his throat was thrown and Tsuna jumped just in time to avoid it.
"Oi, Belphegor, stop throwing knives at him will you? He's scared out of his wits!" Xanxus growled, Tsuna ran towards the black haired teen and threw his arms around the teen's torso, earning a few gasps from the group.
"Uishishishi, the prince does not follow orders..." The blonde, now named as Belphegor, smirked again but this time Tsuna turned to look at him. Curiosity present in the tear-filled eyes.
"Y-You're a prince?" Tsuna blinked curiously, Belphegor was a little surprised, no one dared to even ask him what the time was, and yet, this brunette was... curious about him?
"Uishishishi, yup I am a prince of a fallen country..." The blonde smirked again and Tsuna smiled back, it was a small smile filled with warmth and kindness. "Uishishishi, the prince shall allow you to hug him, just for today." Belphegor spread his arms wide and Tsuna pounced on him, giggling cutely.
"Uwah, this is the first time I saw Bel-chan warm up to others~" The gay-looking teen squealed in delight after Tsuna pulled away from the hug. "What's your name? You're so cute! Call me Luss nee-chan, ne?" Tsuna nodded before he felt a slight weight on his head and carefully looked up to see the floating baby settling on top of his head.
"The name's Mammon... you can call me Viper too..." The mist acrobaleno said hesitantly, the brunette smiled brightly and nodded.
"VOOII! You are a japanese, how are you able to speak Italian so fluently?" The silver haired teen swung his sword in a deadly arc, Tsuna blinked and tilted his head to one side.
"Encyclopedia, dictionaries and story books?" Tsuna smiled happily, completely oblivious to the looks of disbelief the group was giving him. "My name's Tsuna, Sawada Tsunayoshi! I'm five years old! What's your name?"
"I'm Fran, you can call me whatever you like..." Tsuna sweatdropped at the monotonous voice.
"Superbi Squalo!" The silver haired teen said proudly. "I'm half japanese, half italian!" Tsuna then turned to the teen with the spiky hair, who growled defensively like a dog.
"Leviathan, only Boss can call me Levi..." Tsuna's eyes brightened.
"Leviathan-san, are you the right hand man of Xan nii-chan? So cool!" Tsuna stared at Levi with utmost admiration and respect, who was currently too happy for words.
"On second thought, you can call me Levi nii-san! Don't worry, I shall protect both boss and you so that you won't have to worry about getting attacked!" Tsuna nodded happily before he turned to Xanxus, who was getting up from his seat.
"Xan nii-chan, let's go!" Tsuna tugged at the jacket and the tanned teen let out a sigh, but his face softened into a smile as the brunette tried to drag him to the training rooms.
Two weeks later
Tsuna's relationship with the Varia grew every single day, and without knowing it, the Varia begun to grow attached to the small brunette.
"Ah... twenty seven bull's eyes!" Tsuna exclaimed in delight as he beat Xanxus's high score which was twenty six. "Xan nii-chan, look!" Tsuna proudly showed Xanxus the score board and the teen broke into a grin, one with playfulness and pride for the brunette.
"Good, if you keep this up, you'll have no problem killing the scum who dared attack you." Xanxus ruffled the brunette's gravity-defying hair, earning a giggle from Tsuna.
"Tsunayoshi-sama! Time for Arithmetics and History!" A deep voice echoed through the training room and the brunette's face lit up.
"Hai, Tanaka!" Tsuna gave the Varia a group hug before running towards his butler, waving to his 'brothers' one last time before they disappeared from the room.
"Oi, Boss... are we still going to carry on with the coup d'etat?" Squalo asked the tanned teen, who glared at him furiously.
"Of course, the old bastard is going to pay for lying to me!" Xanxus snarled, breaking the glass as he clenched his fists, blood trickled down the Varia team's leader's hand and the teen growled. "I just hope that Tsuna won't interfere..." Xanxus sighed again.
"Xanxus-sama!" A servant's voice could be heard as he entered the training room. "Tsunayoshi-sama has been kidnapped!" Xanxus's eyes couldn't have grown wider at the news.
"VOIII! What? That's nonsense, Tanaka was just here to pick him up!" Squalo screeched as Xanxus sank into a seat to stable his breathing.
"Tanaka IS the traitor!" The servant snapped back (A/N: I pray for you...), "He's been trading secrets with the Milliefieore for a long time now! We only found out now because he escaped with the Milliefieore white spell members!"
"The tuna fish is kidnapped?" Belphegor's grin was absent on his face as he questioned the servant, "I thought the Milliefieore were allies of the Vongola..."
"They found out about the Tri-ni-set! Even now as we speak, the acrobaleno that are scattered all around the world are getting captured! The Vongola rings are still here but the Mare Rings are already in their possession!" The servant shrieked, not caring whether or not he's life is in danger. The Varia were, for once, silent. "And now, they're holding Tsunayoshi-sama hostage! They want to exchange Tsunayoshi-sama with the Vongola rings!" The servant hands Xanxus a letter, bows and briskly exits the room, just before two knives, a gun shot and lightning rods hit him.