"Most species bare their teeth as a sign of aggression, of leadership. It's a reminder that these clenched jaws can and will open your yielding throat. I want you to remember this, think of that the next time I smile." - Unknown.

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It had been one of those stupid yearly Galas Vongola had to throw. One of those Galas that required some serious security details.

(Serious as in Reborn, Tsuna, his Guardians, Xanxus, his Guardians and Nono all went over the details of it twice.)

Everyone who was anyone wanted an invite to it.

Those that managed to get one cleared multiple security checks.

It was a mess of planning.

(And paperwork. Tsuna and Xanxus both loathed the prep-work that went into the guest list and preparations as the Host of the Gala and the Security Force behind it respectively. They spent many a night gripping about it to each other. It was a bonding experience)

That said this particular Gala (referenced afterwards as The Gala or The Gala Incident) had an incident during the event. The man had cleared all the security checks of course, but that hadn't stopped the drunken man from opening his mouth.

The man- the boss of a up and coming mid-class Famiglia called DeLuca- turned out to have a certain…view…on who was appropriate to be standing as a part of the strongest Famiglia.

It was well hidden of course, and well managed and the DeLuca Family had not touched anything the Vongola stood against so the man was allowed to attend.

That was quick to change when the man opened his mouth after too much to drink.

"Excuse me?" Tsuna's voice is sharp and controlled in a way his own recognize to mean Tsuna is pissed. The drunken man wavers a little in place before responding.

"I said you need to put down the good for nothing sons of a whore." The man repeated it slowly, as if Tsuna was stupid, waving a dismissive hand, not seeming to know that he was pressing quite a few of Tsuna's buttons-or rather he was belly flopping on them with all the grace of a raging bull- which was a dangerous pastime for various reasons. "You're choosing people that'll bring down the Vongola from the inside. A brat like you doesn't deserve to be at the top." DeLuca wavers on his feet again, oblivious to the anger spreading throughout the crowd at his words. Tsuna, his Guardians, Xanxus, his Guardians and Reborn are all surrounding the man, while Dino and Byakuran are edging closer not to mention the other allies.

Tsuna stalked forward with all the lethal grace he had learned from Reborn and Xanxus, leaning in close to DeLuca's face, his eyes burning orange. It seems to dawn on DeLuca then that he had pressed too far as Tsuna growls "What makes you think…you have any rights to tell me who I let into my family?"

It takes the drunken man a moment to respond before he speaks "Vongola has been one of the strongest Families for generations. A Pure Family. You…you're ruining it. You're bringing in mixed blood and trash from the street" the man's eyes dart from Tsuna's Storm to Xanxus before he continues "weaklings," his eyes go to Lambo "civilians" to Takeshi and Ryohei "uncontrollable beasts" to Kyoya and Mukuro. "It's disgusting—"

Tsuna had heard enough. He picks the man up and throws him through the window. The bulletproof window.

Byakuran whistles long and low and impressed even as he and everyone else scramble to follow Tsuna through the window to see what happens next.

They don't know what the man had hissed to Tsuna while they were gone, but Tsuna is snarling in the man's face "They are worth 1000 of you, and they are my family- my Pride. Blood does not matter, all that matters here is loyalty and they are loyal and strong I will not see you speak down to or about any of them. Scum." Tsuna's lips are pulled back in a sneer baring his teeth down at the man.

DeLuca laughs weakly. "You will destroy everything."

Tsuna growls, reaching out to quickly slam the man's head into the cobblestone path he had landed on, knocking DeLuca out. "Mukuro." He summons his Mist to his side and Mukuro slides up to the two easily as Tsuna rises from his crouched position over the man "Get him out, wipe his mind of any information he has on the Vongola or Varia and make sure our allies know to turn DeLuca members away by the time he wakes yes? Let him remember what he said what he did, why we turn him away, but leave him no other information on us."

The Mist looks a little like Christmas has come early as he dips his head "Of course." And slips away making sure to drag the DeLuca boss behind him in a manner that will be sure to make his eventual headache much worse.

Tsuna closes his eyes and takes a deep breath to calm down before he turns and climbs back through the shattered window and up to the stage in the room where all eyes follow him. His family- Reborn, his Guardians and the Varia- form ranks at the front of the stage as Tsuna speaks to those left in the ballroom "I apologize for the disturbance to the evening" his eyes narrow and gleam orange in the light "However, I will deliver a warning now to all of you. Vongola is mine to run as I wish" a dangerous smile pulls at his lips as he meets each set of eyes in the crowd "mine to expand on, to ruin or to make prosper. Do not presume to tell me how to run it, or who may or may not be 'appropriate' members." The smile widens his eyes closing as he continues "Now please. Let us enjoy the remainder of the evening with no other…disturbances yes?"