Back in 'Present' time here.
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It was official.
Xanxus hated his shorter reach and body. He kept over estimating his reach or strength. It was annoying. He was adjusting of course, and he was managing it quicker than most anyone else would manage (he was fucking Quality so of course he was).
That didn't mean it was easy to fight years of instinct and reactions he had honed on a warfront.
He's just thankful he's managed to keep it all under the lid well enough that Nono and his guardians don't notice it.
Xanxus does spend a day destroying a training room into nothing but rubble when he finds out he had been sent back before the Cradle Affair but after his brothers had all been killed. He had hoped…but it hadn't happened.
Xanxus had raged over it, especially after he had noticed some things that lead him to one conclusion.
The Solecorvo had been alive and planning even now. He had recognized signs of their presence around his brothers' bodies now that he knew what he was looking at.
Xanxus had never wanted somebody dead so entirely than he did in the moment he realized who had killed his brothers.
He would murder them so entirely their souls would be ash.
Xanxus is thankful to see Squalo is one of his at this point though. (It was weird to see his Rain with short hair. He'd almost done a double take.)
Xanxus had given his Rain the Flame Gem Future-Squalo had given him and was pleased to see the Flames return to his Rain and settle over a short period of time.
Once the Flames stored had returned to their owner the Rain still had the masculine gem held to his neck with a sturdy and thick chain and Xanxus feels a little pleased to see the Rain had kept the jewelry.
(Not that he says that, but it was true.)
It wasn't like the Rain had to keep it once the Flames had entirely been drained from the Gem. Instead of discarding the Gem once it was empty the Rain had kept the necklace after it was drained and used it to store his own extra Flames 'just in case.'
Xanxus is rather proud of that forethought.
The Pride had taken to doing that in the future. Keeping Flame Gems on hand for emergency. It was why Tsuna and the others had even had the Gems to send back with him in the first place. He wonders if the choice Squalo makes to use the Gem himself after it was drained is part of the instincts carrying over from Future-Squalo.
Either way Xanxus is glad to see Squalo kept the gem and was using it.