Some of these will take place before Xanxus went back to expand on how exactly the Pride got to be the way they were. I'm glad to see y'all are interested in this as well with the reviews/PMs I got about it.
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Xanxus remembers the beginning days after the Solecorvo struck. After he watched the Little Boss go down with a scream, after he witnessed the entirety of the brat's Guardian's rage. After he witnessed the Flame Storm that resulted from the brats' Flames reaching for each other.
He remembered the day Tsuna's Flames had reached for his, and he remembered his Flames responding by flaring protectively over the younger Sky.
Tsuna had been too angry and distraught to notice the click of their Flames, but Xanxus had known immediately what had happened. He'd actually just sort of frozen there for about thirty seconds after as he realized what had happened. It had taken a fraction of an instant for Tsuna to instinctively reach for the Sky he felt safest with as one of his foundations, as one of his Elements, was ripped away from him.
That Sky had been Xanxus.
In a mansion holding his Sky father, and Nono, in the mansion holding Byakuran and Dino, with Yuni all inside the walls, Tsuna had chosen him. Had chosen Xanxus.
It had been instinctive for Xanxus to reach back, his instincts snarling at everything else as he accepted Tsuna into his own fold, into his Pride. Xanxus had dipped down to gather the cub to his chest, his Sky Flames flaring over the younger Sky as he had stormed out of the office.
He'd gone to Levi.
His Lightning had straightened at the rage in his boss' eyes and the sight of the Little Boss (grudgingly respected at this point) held close to his boss' chest. "Boss?"
"Leviathan." Levi's back snapped into a steel line at the use of his first name, and the tone his boss used "You're going hunting. And Levi" the words were a dangerous growl "I want whoever did this dead."
"Yes Boss!" Levi agreed immediately before he asked "Who do I need to kill?"
"Someone killed the Little Boss' Lightning Brat."
Levi's face blanked. He'd seen and felt the Flame Storm from the Vongola Tenth Generation. Of course he had, but he hadn't thought that was why it had happened. His teeth clenched, a small tick in his jaw the only sign of how angry he was.
(So the little brat had grown on him. Later. Much later. The cow-brat was Vongola and someone had assassinated him. Levi would take pleasure in killing those responsible.)
Levi dipped down in a bow as he answered his Boss' command "It will be done."
Levi turned away and headed for his squads. They had some bastards to hunt down. He'd let the Little Boss know when he knew who had done the deed if the brat was pulled together enough. Levi knew as the Sky Tsuna would want to do something to the people who had taken one of his Elements.
Levi left and Xanxus looked down at the younger Sky (a cub) who had reached for his support. A snarl formed over his face before he forced himself to pull the rage back and he took a breath. He had time.
(Or he had thought he had time. The Solecorvo had moved fast after that thinking Tsuna would be off balance after the loss of Lambo. They were right. He had been. Xanxus had not been, however, and so the first few Solecorvo had fallen to his Wrath. Tsuna had been functioning well enough after that to stand with him.)
(It still hadn't given them the time they had needed. The Solecorvo had struck too many places around the world for anyone to do anything. Eventually strongholds had fallen and people had died. Vongola had been a rallying point.)
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-whispers into the night- Sorry. Stuff happened. (Ranging from Grandpa going into the hospital because of a tumor in his brain and a few other things including work and a car accident.)