It had been a few days since Gokudera arrived and immediately after the last meeting he had began to do some research on the weapon because Gokudera had to admit whoever this Byakuran guy was, he definitely had good taste in weapons and he would kill to meet the guy and maybe have a few drinks together. In his opinion anyone who could think of such a weapon had must be freaking amazing.

Sadly since he was on the other side of the fight, and was against the Byakuran guy he had to settle for defeating the brilliant bastard. For some reason he kept forgetting to find out who this Byakuran guy was or at least get a picture of the badass who got Xanxus panties in a twist: Another reason he liked the guy – he managed to turn Xanxus to a whiny, angry and frustrated woman.

o.0.o

Hibari had observed the younger silverette, Gokudera was loud, brash and irritating but there was something about him that drew the raven's interest, perhaps it was the way his slender fingers worked on some formulas or the way, his green eyes sparkled with excitement when he was arguing with his brother, or maybe it was the way he ran his fingers through his hair when frustrated, or the way he bit his soft lips…. He seriously had to stop thinking in that direction, he had always considered himself asexual, okay he had had sex before but he had never been fascinated with someone on this scale and frankly he didn't know what to do, it would have been easier if he could just beat up the younger silverette with his tonfas but something told him that it wasn't a good idea.

Bel really didn't like Gokudera, there was no need for two geniuses (Not that Gokudera was a genius) and he was more than enough to fill that role, ever since Gokudera arrived, everyone had talked about him and Bel hated all the attention the silverette was getting. To the Varia storm guardian, Gokudera was just a copy of Squalo. He really didn't see what was so special about the squalo-copy, He had tried throwing his knives at the younger silverette but for some reason Gokudera kept evading his attacks, even without seeing it coming.

o.0.o

Gokudera had found yet another flower on his bed, and he really didn't know who was putting them there, whoever it was left no notes or anything. The hacker wasn't a fan of flowers, and frankly he hated them with passion, they reminded him too much of someone he would never like to remember. Yesterday he had received yellow carnation mixed with white arbutus; he had to admit they were pretty even though it was an odd mix.

Today he received White Roses and Wolf's bane, although the mix of blue and white flowers were beautiful he was cautious because he had spent a long time with a flower fanatic to know the blue flower was poisonous. Which made him worry because someone was obviously warning him and as much as he would like to search for the meaning of each flower he had received, he had no time. So he ignored the bunch on his bead and left the room, telling the nearest maid to get rid of the flower as well as warning her that the blue flower was poisonous.

Much to his surprise Gokudera hadn't been able to get much information about where the device was, who was supervising it or even what country the god damned weapon was. He had nothing, Zero, Zilch, Nada! This was the first time he had ever had no lead on a case and it was frustrating the silverette. His last resort was to see an ally: although calling the bastard an ally left a bitter taste in his mouth and made him want to shoot himself, although he may or may not be turned on at the thought of seeing the said bastard.

Kikyo was also an international thief like him although the gorgeous man ( Yes he wasn't blind, the man was sexy as fuck and Gokudera may or may not have slept with him before, and the bastard may or may not have given him the best sex he had ever had, but that was besides the point) didn't work alone like Gokudera, he was part of a well-known group who did everything from robbing banks, breaking into highly secured government vault to assassination. And as much as he hated to admit it, if there was someone who could get some information on the Byakuran guy it was Kikyo.

Asking Kikyo for a favor was the equivalent of signing a death wish with a sexy mouth-watering demon, but the two had a weird and dysfunctional relationship, they were enemies and rivals with benefits! And Gokudera knew if he wanted to get some information about this Byakuran guy he would have to swallow his pride buy the best liquor he could find and then consult the beautiful male.

o.0.o

A week after the last meeting, another meeting was held, to discuss the discoveries they had been able to find on Byakuran's new weapon.

"I talked to Spanner and Shoichi and they can make a protective suit that could withstand the shock waves and radiation. As per the device it would seem the Italian Government doesn't know of its existence." Yamamoto was confused, he wondered how Gokudera knew what the Italian Government were up to. Sadly he decided to ease his curiosity.

"Um... Gokudera, how do you know the Italian Government doesn't know about the device?" His question was answered by a deadly glare from both Gokudera and Squalo, while Tsuna gave him a look that said 'Trust me, you don't want to know.'

"Byakuran is probably working with either the German or Russian Military, Xephyl has been banned in Germany after the Schweihs incident, though but he could easily get some in the black market, As per Russia, a weapon like this would give them a major advantage." He paused for dramatic effect. "It would be easier and much more convenient to build the weapon here though; as he has the power to make the government turn a blind eye to his dealings. Shoichi also said that a year ago, one of the major companies producing weapons experimented with some radioactive material to create an artificial life, the experiment was a failure and he labs were shut down, a few months after the shutdown of the project, the a large shipping container supposedly containing unprocessed Xephyl and Polonium along with the research documents of the experiments went missing from the factory, the container was found empty a few months later in the Germany-Poland border." The other members in the meeting looked at Gokudera in shock, all wondering if Byakuran had anything to do with the highly radioactive materials.

"Voii, do you think Byakuran is somehow connected to the missing materials?"

"There is no conclusive evidence to that, but that would be the best way for him to get the radioactive materials as well as access important details on the experiment, which would help him in building his weapon." Seriously Gokudera was starting to sound proud of Byakuran, which creeped out Tsuna.

The doors suddenly burst open, and one of the servants came running in holding a small package.

"VOIII! What the fuck are you doing?"

"I'm sorry I was told to give this to Gokudera-san immediately." Gokudera's ears perked up at the comment, and all attention was turned to the servant. The hacker walked towards the servant, sent him a questioning look before shrugging and opening he package.

Inside the package was a phone and a card. Gokudera knew the drill. He had received packages like this before so he turned on the phone and found an audio file. without thinking he clicked on the file.

The sugary sweet yet deadly voice belonging to the man he had run away from two years ago, filled the room, Gokudera froze, his eyes were wide with fear and pain.

"Haya-chan, I missed you. I heard you are back in Italy, maybe we should go on a dinner date sometime. Oh, Kikyo told me you were trying to get some information about me, well that isn't very nice, you could always ask me directly. You know Haya-chan, I would never hurt you, but you ignored all the warnings I've sent to you, it wasn't very easy to send you those flowers you know." The sweet voice turned deadly "Haya-chan you should back out while you can, I wouldn't want to hurt you, and if you do I promise not to hurt your brother."

Gokudera dropped the phone in shock, the sound filled the dead silent room, Panic clear on some of their faces, Hibari was holding his Tonfa's out ready for an attack, Mukuro held his trident taking a fighting stance, Yamamoto had taken out his sword ready to fight. The two silverette's were frozen, One in shock and fear the other in barely restrained anger still processing the obvious threat to him. The card included in the package was floating on the air slowing falling towards the floor, Squalo snapped out of his trance and caught the card before it landed on the ground, he read the message slowly, his eyes widened in shock and annoyance.

I hope you listened to my message. Join me and i would not touch your brother, I can't say the same for the others though.

PS: I've missed you.

Your Eternal Love.

XOXO