Authors Note: I'm going to start leaving out the summary in this part, makes me what to add more for the chapter if it's not there. Sorry this took so long, I've been really busy lately. Enjoy!

"Hello" – Speech

'Hello' – Thoughts

Chapter 6: Childish Mafia Bosses

Growl…

"Quiet"

Growl…

"Quiet"

Growl…

Silence.

"… Quiet"

"Oh for goodness sake, marshmallow freak! You're just antagonising him, please just shut up and leave the poor thing alone." Giotto was quickly getting irritated by the constant shushing.

They were all inside a small back car -a limo would attract too much attention- with tinted windows. G was driving and Giotto was in the passenger seat, fiddling with a piece of folded paper. Whilst Byakuran was sitting in the back with a small cage containing a little snow leopard cub.

"Huh? Well I'm sorry if I'm annoying you, Flame brain," Byakuran answered back sounding rather sarcastic. "The little thing won't shut up." He gestured towards the cage.

"You do realise the reason he keeps growling is because you keep talking to him and for all we know he could be telling you to 'Shut up' as well." Giotto had a large sneer as he turned to look at Byakuran.

"Yeah, well...He needs to learn to be q..." Byakuran trailed off, stayed quiet and continued eating his bag of marshmallows that were sitting on his lap.

Seeing Byakuran give up, Giotto turned back with a large grin on his face from having bested Byakuran.

G kept quiet throughout and continued driving as if this was a common occurrence since Byakuran arrived… like it happened every time he 'dropped' by.

The car started to slow and pulled over to the sidewalk where G parked it perfectly straight and turned off the engine. It was always quiet in this part of town. They always parked about 10-15 minutes away from 'Cielo's place' and never in the same place, so they wouldn't lead any spies or assassin's there or snooping hit men with fedoras...

"Who wants to carry the cage?" G asked, taking the car keys and placing them into his side pocket.

There was a short silence that lasted about 10 seconds. Both Giotto and Byakuran looked at each other then back to G.

"Jeez, fine you lazy morons. I'll carry it." G gave up and got out the car to walk around and get the cage.

"What do you mean morons? Take the 's' off! There's only one moron here and he's eating a bag of marshmallows," Giotto shouted childishly even though G was already out of the car so it was heard as muffles and mumbles. Byakuran huffed and decided to ignore the jab at him.

G never answered and just shook his head as he opened the door on the other side of the car next to the cage, picking it up.

Both Giotto and Byakuran opened their car doors and got out. Swiftly reaching the truck of the car which G had already popped open for them.

They both sieved through the numerous bags in the truck looking for their own.

"Morons… Now that's just mean. I have Cielo's marshmallows to carry." Byakuran spoke out loud to himself, pouting slightly.

Giotto knew the marshmallow idiot wasn't talking to him or anyone in particular for that matter but replied anyway.

"I know what you mean…" Giotto had to stop himself from talking when Byakuran turned to look at him. Giotto widened his eyes, realising what he had just done.

Byakuran's lips made a straight line before turning into a sly grin. "Did you just agree with me on something?" Giotto froze.

There was a long pause. "…No." Giotto picked up a number of bags filled with food and essentials from the supermarket and quickly headed over to G and stood next to him. All the while, he could hear Byakuran chuckling and tried his best to ignore it.

Byakuran bent down and pick up a 'Giant' Bag of marshmallows. By giant I don't just mean big... I mean like a pack the size of those dog food bags that seem to last forever but filled to the brim with marshmallows instead of dog food…obviously. He placed it onto his shoulder so he could carry it easier and made his way over to the other two.

"Ready to go?" G spoke in a lowly voice.

"Yes. No one." Giotto answered but that last part seriously confused Byakuran.

Byakuran watched as Giotto and G started walking ahead of him. "Urm… What the hell was that?"

"Huh? The hell was what?" G stopped and turned around. Growl. Even the cub sounded as if he understood which caused G to look down in bemusement before glancing back up to Byakuran.

"The thing flame brain just said." This gained a shout of 'Hey!' from Giotto, clearly stating his disdain for the nickname.

Ignoring the displeased shout, he continued. "Yes, No one… What did he mean by that?"

"Oh that." G answered, finally understanding what was going on.

"Yes that…" Byakuran was starting to slowly get annoyed though tried not to show it.

"He was letting me know that there weren't any enemies around that could follow us." G informed.

"Oh… Ok then. Makes sense, I guess…" Byakuran went silent after that and just started speed walking to catch up.

By the time Byakuran caught up with G, Giotto was fairly far ahead but came to a stop for a moment giving them time to catch up before moving off in the direction of Cielo's building.

After around 10 minutes they had finally arrived at their destination.

"Give me two seconds," Giotto put his bags down beside the door before looking towards the small box to enter the code.

While that was happening Byakuran decided to talk with G. "Hey Puppy-man, is he the only that knows the pass code? Besides Cielo of course."

"As far as I know yes… And I would appreciate if didn't call me that stupid nickname," G glared towards Byakuran before ignoring any other questions that were sent his way.

"Nicknames show how much I like you… well most people. Sometimes it's to annoy someone." Byakuran added before hearing a clank that turned his attention to the door.

Giotto had unlocked the door, grabbed the bags he'd placed down and started to head inside. Byakuran quickly followed with G in tow. G was walking slightly slower to make sure he didn't harm the cub.

Once they were all inside the door slammed shut behind them. Growl. The hallway was dark; the lights were all switched off making it hard for G and Byakuran to navigate their way around. Giotto was completely fine considering the amount of times he had entered this place, he knew it like the back of his hand.

G stood still and waited for the lights to be switched on while Byakuran thought it would be fun to make noises like a ghost… which never actually spooked anyone out as they sounded more like a dying cat then a ghost.

"Shut up," Giotto had found his way over to the light switch and flicked it on. The lights flickered a little before coming on.

"Much better," G called before heading of in the direction of the kitchen/computer room. Giotto and Byakuran followed.

Once they arrived inside they placed the bags on the kitchen counters and the cage on the floor by the steps. It was eerily quiet, Giotto looked around for Cielo. Seeing he wasn't in the main room he turned and walked back towards the steps knowing exactly where Cielo would most likely be.

"I'll be back in a minute." Giotto spoke as he walked up the steps and heading for the door to the hallway. "While I'm getting Cielo, can you two start putting away the shopping please?"

"Yes," G answered and started putting away the shopping, forcing Byakuran to help. "Help out!"

Knock, Knock

Giotto knocked on the bedroom door, "Cielo?"

"Cielo? You in there?" Giotto called again when he never got an answer. He decided to push open the door and looked around the dark room.

The room was fairly small and had a single bed with orange covers, a desk with two laptops –one open and the other closed- and a large wardrobe. In the bed was a large bump wrapped up in a blanket.

Giotto walked inside and shook the shoulder of the one occupying the bed.

"Mmm," Was the reply from the bundle of covers.

"Hey Cielo, Wakey wakey." Giotto shook the shoulder again but a little harder this time.

"Sleepy~" Came the childish response before Cielo snuggled deeper into his covers.

Giotto smiled fondly before bending down to whisper into Cielo's ear. "If you don't get up, there will be no energy drinks for a week."

With that said, the blankets were suddenly pushed off the bed and in its place was a glazed-eyed Cielo, with a frown.

Giotto just laughed, patting Cielo's head he spoke, "Come on sleepy head, get dressed we are in the main room."

"M'kay," though it sounded sleepy Cielo got up and headed to the light switch and turned it on before heading for the bathroom.

Giotto watched him leave with a smile before heading back to the main room.

When Giotto arrived the shopping was all put away and Byakuran had found a sofa that he didn't remember putting into the room… and was sitting on it.

G was leaning against the kitchen counter and looked over at Giotto when he walked back in.

"All the food has been put away Primo." G waved at Giotto.

Giotto nodded his thanks before heading towards Byakuran.

"Where on earth did this come from?" Giotto gestured to the sofa when Byakuran looked up.

"What? The sofa?" Byakuran asked, which instigated a nod from Giotto. "Wouldn't you like to know." He laughed.

"I'm just messing with you. I'm pretty sure it has been here all this time... Oh flame brain, have you lost your memory?" Byakuran laughed more when Giotto just scoffed and turned away and walked over to the kitchen.

"I wonder why I even talk to him sometimes." Giotto shook his head as he looked over at Byakuran.

They all stood –apart from Byakuran who sat- in silence for around 5 minutes until a creak of the caught their attention.

"Hey guys." Cielo was still a little groggy and waved lazily at the room's occupants. He was wearing his orange and white hoodie again but this time had blue jeans and a white t-shirt underneath the hoodie.

"Morning Cielo!" Byakuran shouted as he bounded over to Cielo before squishing him into a bone-crushing hug.

Cielo grimaced before squirming, trying to get out the hug. "C..Can't…B..Br..Breathe!" Cielo resorted to tapping Byakuran to try and get him off. (A/N: Kind of like a tap out in wrestling or whatever sport it's in)

"Oh sorry Cielo," Byakuran pulled away and watched as Cielo took a couple deep breaths.

"Morning, Squishy." Cielo patted Byakuran's back before moving towards G and Giotto who were standing in the kitchen.

"Hey, why is it that everyone you meet ends up with a nickname but Cielo doesn't?" G shouted as he walked over to greet Cielo, so they would meet in the middle.

"Ah.. There is a very complex reason for that!" Byakuran grinned and shot a glance at Cielo who didn't seem to be paying much attention.

"Greetings Cielo," G greeted politely.

Cielo stared for a few seconds before chuckling. "There's no need to be so polite. Good Morning G." G smiled back graciously.

"Morning Cielo. Now, how about some breakfast?" Giotto was already routing through the cupboards for food to cook.

Cielo grinned, now fully awake. "Morning. What is there?"

Giotto had a thoughtful expression before answering, "Well, we bought bacon, eggs, panca…" Giotto was interrupted before he could finish.

"Pancakes!" Cielo answered the minute he heard the word coming.

Giotto laughed at his childishness. "Pancakes it is then," He got the ingredients out and called G over to help.

Cielo left them alone and sat on his swivel chair facing away from the monitors. Byakuran bounced over to Cielo.

"Did you miss me?" Byakuran grins cheekily.

"Maybe." Cielo just laughed when Byakuran pulled a face at the answer. "I'm only messing with you Squishy. Of course I've missed you, it's been what?... 2 Years since I've last seen you!"

Byakuran smiled brightly at the answer. "Of course! How could you not miss this!" He gestured to himself.

Byakuran and Cielo just sat and watched Giotto trying to teach G how to use a whisk… They laughed when the mixture went all over the place.

The air around Cielo and Byakuran suddenly turned serious. Even Byakuran had a serious face on and that's saying something. The two in the kitchen felt a cold air but continued with the pancakes that really didn't look like pancakes… it looked more like a mess of mixture.

"You'll need to move soon…" Byakuran's voice was emotionless and cryptic.

Cielo clicked his tongue, "Damn.. How long?"

"6 months at most. That's the most I could get you." Anyone could clearly tell that Byakuran didn't like this conversation at all.

"Shoot, I can still stay with Giotto right?" Cielo looked up expectantly.

Byakuran frowned before he started speaking, "That should be fine as long as you move to some place more…" He paused to think of the right word. "Secure.."

"Right.. Right.. I'll mention something to Giotto before you leave.." Cielo's voice sounded slightly hoarse.

There were a few moments of silence before Byakuran decided to change the topic of the conversation to a brighter one.

"Have you thought of a name for the cub yet?"

"Oh my, I completely forgot about that." Cielo got up and walked over to the cage.

"Hey little one." He bent down and looked at the cub. "I'm just going to open the cage okay?" Though he knew he wasn't going to get an answer.

Cielo reached out and slowly started opening the door. At first the cub just stayed inside the cage but after some encouragement, from both Cielo and Byakuran who had come over to help, he came out.

Cielo and Byakuran were both sitting cross-legged watching the cub, trying to not make him more nervous than he was already.

The cub padded out and walked right in front of Cielo before plonking itself down on his lap. Cielo looked at Byakuran with a surprised expression before gently stroking the cub behind its ears.

The cub started purring. "Huh.. I never knew leopards could purr." This came from over Cielo's shoulder.

Turning around, Cielo seen Giotto and G standing behind them. G looked rather unhappy, probably because he couldn't even use a whisk properly.

"Hm…" Cielo hummed. "What should we call him."

Giotto put a hand on his chin, "What about something like Snowdrop or Snowfall.."

".. Those sound so cliché, for a snow leopard anyway." Byakuran spoke up, trying to contain his laughter.

"Well, do you have any better ideas?" Giotto replied indignantly

"Hm… How about something simple like.." Byakuran paused. "Leo or Nick, oh how about Leon, Italian for lion?"

"Leon is already taken.. You know the chameleon on Reborn's hat.. And it's not a lion you dumb-ass it's a freaking snow leopard." Giotto paused and thought over Byakuran's answers. "Wait.. Nick? Why Nick?"

"No idea, I just like the name." Byakuran shrugged. "Well since Leon's taken, Nick should be his name."

"That's silly, you can't name a snow leopard Nick. I vote Snowfall." Giotto raised his hand.

"Nick." Byakuran started a back-and-forth match…

"Snowfall."

"Nick."

"Snowfall."

"Nick."

"Snowfall."

"Nick."

"Snowfall."

"Snowfall." Byakuran decided to try and catch him out.

"Nick," Giotto paused. "Damn it."

"Yes! He's to be called Nick!" Byakuran smiled triumphantly.

Cielo turned to G who had also been watching the exchange. "How is it that it's always the childish ones that seem to be in charge of a mafia family?"

G started laughing. "Absolutely no idea!"

"Okay, that's enough. I'm not calling him Nick or Snowfall, So both of you can shut up." Cielo was still stroking the leopard.

Cielo hummed again while the cub purred. "How about something unique like Galaxy or Galassia?"

Giotto felt like face palming, "They are both the same thing, except ones in English and the other is in Italian. They both mean Galaxy.."

Cielo nodded, a childish smile adorning his face. "I know." He put on an emotionless face and glared at the others. "Do you agree with me?"

The other three just nodded, too scared to say anything else. Cielo's face brightened considerably before looking down at the cub.

"Do you like the name Galaxy?" He asked the cub. The cub made a happy purring sound and looked up at Cielo.

"I'm going to take that as a yes!" Keeping one hand stroking the cub, and the other punched the air in triumph.

Byakuran started to sniff the air. "What on earth? Is something burning?" Byakuran glanced around the room looking for the source.

Both eyes of Giotto and G widened before running towards the kitchen. Cielo just laughed uncontrollably at their faces.

A loud groan was heard, Giotto wasn't happy. "Byakuran, I blame you for this!"

Byakuran stood up and starting walking to the kitchen. "Huh?! What? Why!? I haven't done anything." He shouted.

"You're the one that distracted me with the naming of the cub." Giotto shouted back.

Byakuran scowled, "What the hell Giotto, you're the one who came over to.." He was interrupted.

"Would you both shut up and stop being childish idiots," Cielo had placed the leopard down and walked over to them with the cub padding alongside him.

Giotto and Byakuran stared at him for several seconds before pouting.

""Sorry,"" they both answered at the same time, causing Cielo to grin.

"G can you help clean the burning mess on the stove up please while I have a.." Cielo grinned sadistically, "Nice chat."

"Yes.." G quickly scrambled away and started cleaning up the mess.

Cielo sighed. "I'm just going to ignore all this arguing and get onto a question that I have been meaning to ask for a while," He paused. "Do we have any food for Galaxy?"

Both Giotto and Byakuran just stared at him, they thought he was going to tell them off but that appeared to not be the case.

Giotto nodded, "We have some stuff in the fridge and cupboards and I will most likely bring a lot of stuff down every time I come for a visit."

"Right, well now that's answered, energy drink time." He slipped past both of them before pulling the fridge door open to reveal that the energy drinks had been restocked, thanks to Giotto.

"Yay!" Cielo acted childishly.

He pulled out a drink and drank while the others turned away and went to help G, knowing full well that once Cielo had energy drinks in his hand they were more likely to win the lottery then a conversation out of him.

"Addiction!" Giotto shouted as he walked over to G.

Byakuran and G just chuckled.

"Ah.." Cielo sighed happily. "I love these things." Putting the empty bottle down, he walked back over to his computer chair allowing the cub to jump up and sit on his lap before pulling himself closer to the desk.

While the other three chatted and cleaned up, Cielo logged onto his computer and turned his head to make sure no one was watching what he was doing. After confirming that he wasn't going to have anyone sneak up on him anytime soon, he entered another password that took him to a screen that had one open window. This time it didn't ask for a password it asked for a Key code, which is similar to a password but slightly different.

Cielo took a deep breath and started to type in 10 letters, he was the only one that knew this. (A/N: Not letting you know what they are just yet :) evil!)

After pressing enter, the window closed and another desktop appeared with only one file, the name was left blank. Cielo sighed in relief, all he logged on for was to check that it was still there. Even with that amount of security, including the encryption placed on the file, he still had to check it daily within 24 hours of the last check. He did so to make sure it hadn't been touched, copied or tampered with, not even Byakuran knew about this file.

Logging of that desktop and returning to the original, he pushed his chair around and looked towards the kitchen once again. He took the cub off of his lap who had fallen asleep and placed him on the chair when he'd stood up.

Getting up he headed over the others, he spoke up interrupting what they were talking about. "Hey, Squishy. Are you staying over for a few days or have to got somewhere to be?"

Byakuran turned and beamed at Cielo, "I should be able to stay for 2 days but then I've got to get back, and you know how it is." Byakuran gave him a knowing smile.

Cielo raised an eyebrow, "That's fine. G would you be able to pick him up in 2 days' time?" Cielo jumped up onto one of the counters and sat there, his legs dangling.

G nodded, "Sure that should be ok."

"Hey, why does he get to stay and I don't?" Giotto spoke up gaining everyone's attention.

"Because you have lots of work to be getting back to." Cielo smiled sadistically.

"Mou… You're like a double of reborn with that smile." Giotto frowned and held back a shiver. "Which reminds me now that you've mentioned work, here." From his pocket he pulled out the folded piece of paper he was fiddling with in the car and handed it to Cielo.

Cielo took the paper and unfolded it, after skimming over it he gave a nod to Giotto. "I'll get on the later."

"Thank you." Giotto gave a nod of appreciation.

"Marshmallows Cielo! I brought some, look!" Byakuran changed the subject and opened up two cupboard doors. "See, See!" He was back to acting childishly again.

Cielo laughed before jumping down and looking at the marshmallows. "Jeez, how'd you find a bag this big?"

Byakuran smiled proudly, "I'm amazing like that."

Giotto scoffed before walking over to stand by G who was near the steps, "Time to leave?" Giotto asked in a hush tone.

G nodded and tapped his arm where a watch would be.

"Cielo!" Giotto shouted to gain attention.

Cielo looked over at Giotto and G before standing straight. "Yeah? Leaving?"

Cielo guessed right. "Yes, I'll call you later probably, or tomorrow."

Cielo rushed over and gave him a tight hug. "See you soon," He waved goodbye to them both and watched as they walked out.

Cielo sighed, looking over at Byakuran who had started pulling on the bag of marshmallows which had seemed to get stuck. He laughed and ran over to help. "Ah.. we never had breakfast!"

"Marshmallows for breakfast then!"

"Jeez, you're an idiot."

Byakuran pouted and let Cielo help. "You 'forgot' to ask him about moving didn't you," Trying to act casual whilst speaking.

Cielo stopped moving. There was a long pause of silence before he spoke again.

"I kind of don't know what to say to him." He paused, "He's like a brother to me and I don't want to lose him too." Cielo's eyes where covered with his bangs.

"I know, I know." Byakuran hugged him tightly, –not as tight as the one from before, but one just tight enough to give him a small sense of security-

They stayed like that for a couple of minutes before pulling back and smiling fondly at each other.

"You'll be fine Cielo. We'll fix this eventually." Byakuran put his hands on Cielo's cheeks.

"Promise?" Cielo looked up at him, he looked like an innocent child.

"I promise Tsuna. I promise." Byakuran answered whispering the child's real name.