~~~~~~Chapter2~~~~~~

The Varia took a good look at little Tsunako, all having different thoughts on how she looked. Xanxus first thought was that Reborn didn't take good enough care of his baby cousin, judging on how she was covered in food, he was going to make him pay for feeding Tsunako so badly and with that he cocked his guns.

"What the hell did you do to the midget, trash?" yelled the furious boss as he took aim, ready to shoot at the hitman *cough* babysitter *cough*.

Reborn took one look at Xanxus and said, "If you are here to cause problems and scare the baby, I think it would be best if you leave.", cocking his own gun in the process.

"Che, you stinking trash." Putting his guns away, a very pissed Xanxus made his way over to the toddler. "I'm Xanxus and you better remember it…brat." he said before picking her up from the baby seat and holding her in his arms.

Tsunako looked at the scary black-haired man staring at Reborn, he seemed to be holding a toy and she was determined to find out. After a while the said man walked up to her and picked her up, Tsunako happily let him pick her up, not fussing even a tiny bit.

She then remembered the man had introduced himself and decided to try and say his name, "Centsus!" she happily yelled out, proud that she pronounced his name correctly *cough* wrong *cough*. Xanxus looked at the toddler with a never seen before expression before deciding it was close enough for a two year old.

Squalo on the other hand still not happy about how the toddler looked at the moment confronted Reborn, "Voii! How the hell did you feed her? I'm surprised that she didn't choke to death!" he glared at the fedora wearing man and was about to continue ranting and raving but was unfortunately interrupted by Belphegor.

"Ushishishi… you had your chance and you should've treated her like how you would a princess, so now you die!" he threw a couple of knives aimed at the hitman's head, Reborn however being the world's best dodged them easily and glared at the assassin making him stop dead in his tracks unmoving.

"Awww aren't you just the cutest little thing!" cooed Lussuria, as he tried to get baby Tsunako to warm up to him, but too bad luck wasn't on his side today. She got frightened straight away, not even giving the peacock like man a chance and buried her face in the crook of Xanxus neck.

Xanxus as impatient as always surprisingly didn't snap at the toddler and calmly asked Reborn where the bathroom was. Reborn still suspicious of the man asked him why he wanted to know. "Che, you F…*look at the baby*…flower trash, tell me where it is so I can clean my neck and her *lifting Tsunako a little bit higher in his arms."

Reborn nodded and showed him where the bathroom was, Xanxus as high and mighty as he usually his walked in without a single word of thanks and slammed the door in Reborn's face. Taking his cute little cousin in with him.

'It isn't hard to bathe a child, if the f*cking trash can do it so can I.' thought Xanxus as he undressed the toddler. When Tsunako was finally undressed Xanxus took off his clothes, leaving only his pants on as he didn't want the rest to get wet.

*Splash!* As Xanxus tried to wash the food off her face he got splashed, five minutes later her face was gently scrubbed clean by the Varia boss. Happy with his achievement he started washing her hair as well. *Splash!*. Xanxus was drenched….. smirking at her antics, he proceeded with caution, fearing that he might hurt the child. Finally, Xanxus let out a breath he didn't know he was holding, his baby cousin was clean. Drying her off he quickly rinsed the side of his neck and wrapped her in a towel, chucking his clothes back on he walked out with the baby in his arms and headed off into her room.

There was no other words to describe Tsunako after Xanxus had finished with her, other than utterly adorable; no other words seemed to fit. She was dressed in a pair of loose fitted jean shorts, baby sized sneakers and a white top with a lion cub printed on it. Her hair was tied into two pony tails one on each side of her head held by two baby pink ribbons tied to perfection, with a small tiara clipped on the top left side of her head, Xanxus was done! Happily picking his master piece up, he descended down the stairs proudly wanting to show off his little treasure.

Lussuria squealed at the sight showering his boss with praise. Squalo for once had nothing to say, Mammon smiled and took hundreds upon hundreds of photos, Levi blushed and Reborn was utterly speechless. Fran and Belphegor were the only ones who seemed unaffected by their boss's work of art.

Walking up to the toddler Belphegor smiled and patted her on the head, "You fit the role of my princess! You are definitely deserving of the title." He declared happily, trying to take her from Xanxus's arms. He was then showered with a series of violent threats and attacks as well as little Tsunako burying her face into her older cousin's neck once again.

When they all settled down it was time for lunch, Tsunako was returned to Reborn and Varia sat themselves in front of the TV in the lounge.

*Yawn* Reborn looked down at the baby he was holding in his arms, gently rocking her back and forth he asked if she was hungry. Shaking her head and yawning once again Reborn went up the stairs and into her room. Once she was in her pyjamas he put he tucked her in bed making sure she fell was fully asleep before he left.

"Voii! Where's the little shrimp now?" asked Squalo, as he saw Reborn coming down the stairs. Putting his fingers in front of his mouth Reborn made a sign saying that Squalo needed to quieten down. "She was tired from all the commotion this morning and fell asleep." Walking into the kitchen Reborn started to prepare lunch for the Vari-diots.

By late afternoon Varia had left and the house was finally quiet, knowing full well that the assassins would not be coming tomorrow Reborn made his way up to the bedroom. Tsunako was still fast asleep, he sighed and walked back down stairs. Warming up some milk and pouring it into a baby bottle he tested the temperature and made his way upstairs again. Shaking Tsunako gently she woke up and began to fuss, he calmed he down in a matter of minutes and held the bottle up to her mouth and slowly persuaded her to drink.

Without any hesitation Tsunako began gulping the milk down, once in a while making Reborn pull the bottle away from her lips making sure she could get some air into those tiny lungs. In a matter of minutes Tsunako had finished her meal, was burped and went back to snoozing. Kissing the top of her head Reborn gently laid her down back into bed.

'I guess I have to pack a few things for her tomorrow.' He thought as he trudged down the stairs knowing full well that he had a mission tomorrow and the Bovino had agreed to take care of the baby. By hook or by crook he had no other choice and promised himself she would only be within the care of others for no more than ten minutes.

Dumping the last of Tsunako's stuff into a bag that looked much like a teddy bear with straps, he rechecked to see if he had missed anything. Baby bottle check, pacifier (in case) check, a toy plush lion check and a little tag hooked on to the bear bag's zip to tell where to send it, if lost check. Reborn smiled and as soon as his head hit the pillow next to the currently snoozing toddler he was fast asleep, exhausted.

~~~~~~End of Chapter2~~~~~~

Woops! Just re-read and edited this. I seem to make quite a few mistakes every chapter XD
Well now with the second chapter edited I will move on to the next. When I've finished editing everything I will continue writing the rest of the story.
Thanks everyone for being so patient with me.

MidnightMadness22