Disclaimer: KHR does not belong to me.

UekiKosuke: It's ok babes, here comes more! And thank you for assuring me that I started out ok. I love you~ 3

Yorutsuki-Lunia: Thank you for the suggestions, but I will keep my story as I have already planned it out. No twins, no multiple flames for Tsuna, no mysterious hooded person, no ring battles, no sick Tsuna. This is sort of an AU, so there will be some things that are the same and some that will be different.

Pinksamurai1014: Xanxu's is a lazy ass, so he will keep it Tsuna. :)

Baylee1100: There will be no ring competition since this is sort of an AU.

Master and the stray.

Xanxu's took a gulp from the bottle of wine and stared at the still dirty, but now less hairy, kid that was sitting in front of him on the carpeted floor. It had been pretty easy to trim the kid, he hadn't seemed to care either way, so Xaxnus simply took the scissors and did what had to be done. The hair that had been cut off he burned.

The kid had big, round chocolate brown eyes. They showed the Varia's boss that the kid wasn't afraid, albeit a little confused. That was good – cowards weren't allowed to stay by his side. The kid's face was small and delicate, the baby fat still there, but cheeks slightly hollow from the malnutrition. That would be fixed pretty soon too.

Now all the kid needed was a bath and a change of clothes.

And that brought another set of problems – where the fuck was Xanxus supposed to get clothes that would fit the scrawny little brat? For the washing he would make one, or more, of his maids to do it. It was their job, they get paid for it, and so they would do what he told them to do. But for the clothes…

"Mister," the child spoke in a quiet voice, coughing after the first word, "Why is Tsu here?" there was curiosity lacing the voice, no sign of fear though.

Xaxnus wasn't sure if the appearance of the word 'cute' in his head was a good thing or not, since he had never once in his life thought of something as cute. Maybe, except Bester - after the big cat had gotten his claws on some catnip. Still, Xanxus thought as he took another gulp of the wine, something told him that the kid would make his life far more troublesome as it already was.

"Because I felt like picking up a dirty stray." He finally answered the kid and placed the wine bottle on the small round table next to his chair. He then picked the kid up by the scruff of his shirt and dangled him in the air, "A pet."

The kid, Tsuna, tilted his head on the left, big eyes blinking and then he frowned a little, "Pet? Like a doggie? Tsu's papa has a doggie. But that doggie bites Tsu a lot." There were bite wounds on the kid's arms, yellow and purple colorings surrounding them and dried blood on top of the wounds.

Xanxu's stared at the kid and then sighed, "Not like that." He put the kid back on the carpeted floor and hollered, "Trash! Get in here! Now!" he saw the kid flinch but couldn't, at the moment, get himself to care.

The poor maid that he had yelled for looked terrified when she came into the room, her eyes momentarily glancing at the child and then at her master. She bowed, trembling hands clutching the apron she wore. "Yes, Xanxus-sama."

"Wash that one up." Xanxu's nodded his head in Tsuna's direction and then got up, striding to his closet in few long steps. He opened the closet, peered inside and then pulled out one of his black t-shirts. "Make him wear this and something under, then bring him back. Now move, trash." He dropped the shirt on Tsuna's head when he passed by him on his way back to the chair.

The maid bowed one more time. Without saying anything she quickly walked over to the child, took the shirt in her hands and then took the frail hand in a secure and warm hold, pulling Tsuna up on his feet and leading him out of the room.

Now that the kid was gone Xanxu's could do some paperwork and report back to his old man, the current leader of Vongola. After that he had to figure out what to do with the little brat and get clothes for him too. Xanxu's didn't want more naked people running around his goddamn mansion; the thing with Levi was traumatizing enough.

His intuition told the Varia leader that everything will work out good though, even when the child would meet the rest of the Varia, who were currently out doing missions or whatever else they were doing, Xanxus didn't care either way. The thing was – he didn't need to do shit for it to work out. And that was perfect since Xaxnus didn't like doing anything else except destroy and kill. And drink and eat, that too.

An hour, one shitty report and three more bottles of wine later the kid was brought back – clean and dressed in Xaxnus's black shirt. Now that the layer of dirt and blood was gone the wounds, bruises and scars on that small and frail body were even more obvious and eye-catching. The maid's seemed to have taken care of the larger wounds, bandaging them tightly. That was good, less work for Xanxus.

"Hnn…" the boss acknowledged the work done and motioned for the kid to come closer. "Bring food next. Meat." He looked down on the kid who was slowly walking to him, it seemed that walking was still painful to the child, and then added, "And something for that too."

The maid that had brought the child back bowed, "Understood, sir."

Xaxnus looked at the kid, who was now holding onto Xaxnus's chair to keep himself up, his hands trembling lightly. The Varia boss narrowed his eyes and then tch-ed, grabbing the child by the shirt and lifting him up. "What the fuck am I even doing?" the male muttered under his nose and placed the kid in his lap.

There was a surprised yelp from the kid, since he hadn't expected to be moved in the lap, but then a small smile settled on the kid's lips. He seemed happy to be able to feel the warmth of another.

This kid will be a pain in the ass; Xaxnus knew that just by looking at the smiling child in his lap. But his intuition told him that it would pay off later. For now, he would trust it, seeing as it hadn't been wrong before.

A/N: Guys, calm yo' tits. This is an AU-ish story, so if course something will be changed. Still, I am so glad that you all liked this so much. I will try to update as often as I can, but well… we'll see how it turns out.

Ayingott out.