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Amaranthine

Undying, immortal eternally beautiful.

A deep purple-red.

At first, it seemed relatively innocent at first. It offered a decent reward and only appeared to be information gathering. To find a man who was going to be meeting his son at a small coffee shop. Except this particular father-son duo had not seen talking to each other face to face in decades.

Besides the abnormal fact that someone had felt the need to send it to a mafia family the request had also made it onto Tsuna's desk, refused to give any names on the civilians and only supplied a single accessory the target would be wearing.

Tsuna's intuition had protested so fiercely that the brunette hadn't been able to think straight for several minutes.

The Vongola Decimo bit his lip thoughtfully, 'Perhaps I should request the Varia to handle this…' His intuition roared even louder.

Tsuna's hand were dialing for the former Arcobaleno before he knew what he was doing. Technically he could only order Mammon, Lal and Colonello to participate, request Reborn and Verde and ask Fon and Yuni.

Tsuna wouldn't let Yuni participate and Skull was currently trying to carve a new path as his own successor.

Reborn was the first to walk in and take note of the bottle of Advil Tsuna had in his hand. The others arrived not far after and the brunette smiled at them all before he started to explain.

"I need all of you to go on this mission." Tsuna started, his brown eyes gleaming orange, "It's supposed to be conscience mission and as far as the request show it's something for a mid-level member."

"Verde raised an eyebrow, "Why mid-rank? Wouldn't this be something for the lower plebeians?" He questioned.

Tsuna shook his head, pulling a hand-drawn picture from the folder, "Initially yes, reconnaissance on a civilian is something I would send the more subtle, new members on by the only thing they gave was a location and an item that one of the targets want us to spy on."

Reborn raised an eyebrow and picked up the sketch, "Interesting," He murmured, "Not a traditional design, but this is incredibly well done but it doesn't belong to any brand or crime famiglia that I know of."

The hitman passed the sketch to the other Arcobaleno as they looked it over carefully.

Tsuna nodded in agreement, "I don't know what's wrong with this mission but something is."

Colonello tilted his head to the side, "Do you think it's some wannabe gang members?"

Lal slapped the blonde upside his head, "He wouldn't have called us if he thought it was some civilian wimps."

Tsuna smiled at them warmly before growing more serious, "The moment I considered accepting this request I felt obligated to send all of you."

Reborn's black eyes turned to the brunette, concealed worry flashing through his eyes. Tsuna softened returning the stare with overwhelming fondness knowing the older man was aware that the stronger his intuition acted up the worse his migraines would get.

The others in the room remained watched the scene curiously. Each wondering what had made Tsuna turn his attention towards the hitman. After a few more moments of staring the two broke out of their silent companionship.

"The mission is located in a small cafe just a few miles outside of London…"

At their allotted location all of them were barely recognizable without their regular clothes, Reborn sat across from Tsuna both in disguise and unrecognizable to anyone but each other. Lal and Colonello were posing as a married couple, Verde was rapidly typing on his computer and Fon was contently sipping tea.

Everything was perfectly prepared until Skull waltz through the door. He ordered coffee before sitting down alone and letting his eyes drift across the room always lingering on the entrance he had walked through. The stuntman did not seem to notice them at first but his eyes quickly landed on Fon.

Before the cloud could completely blow their cover Tsuna grabbed Reborn's arm and dragged the hitman towards Skull. Skull blinked at them squinting at them before his eyes widened.

After Reborn and Tsuna tugged over the purple haired man towards where Fon was sitting the others the others subtly made theirs to where their unexpected guest was.

"Senpai!" Skull whisper-yelled, "What are you guys doing here?"

The hitman observed the other carefully he could see the stuntman was visibly tense, angling his body to shield the door from the Arcobaleno that they had noticed his glancing nervously at before.

Verde raised an eyebrow, "I believe that we should be asking you that question."

Reborn watched as Fon's smile became a little less fake as he gazed at the stuntman. Inwardly the hitman cursed. Now he had to do Tsuna's paperwork for three days.

"We're here on a mission, kora" Colonello informed him, We're supposed to find some important guy who's supposed to be meeting' his kid here."

Suspicion rose in Reborn's chest as Skull's form tensed even more and his smile faltered. The stuntman shoved his hands into his pockets and purposely slumped his shoulders over in an attempt to appear casual.

"Oh well, I guess you succeeded," Skull says in an almost nonchalant tone.

Reborn studied Skull's profile, "Are you meeting your father here lackey?"

Skull snorted relaxing a little more, a half smile forming on his purple painted lips, "Not quite." He grinned.

The door opened and the bell chimed and all of Skull's attention focused on the door in nervous anticipation. The man, the Arcobaleno concluded was their target, mid-thirties but appearing to look to be in his late twenties with golden eyes and dark purple hair with the wolf pendant wrapped around his neck.

Skull licked his lips, throat dry, "Teddy?" He asked in a hopeful voice.

The man's, Teddy's, landed on Skull's form and after a moment he flung himself at the stuntman.

"Dad!" Teddy yelled at the top of his lungs.

Skull beamed at the other, "My, my, still in love with the bright hair, Teddy? You'd think you were too old for that now."

"As if you can talk Dad." Teddy rolled his eyes playfully as he pulled back from the hug and held his adoptive father at arm's length, "Nice lipstick." He commented casually.

"I know~" Skull sang. His smile threatened to split his face but he could not bring himself to care.

It took Teddy a moment to break out of their reverie and realize his father was not, in fact, alone. He vaguely recognized them from the basic descriptions his dad had used when describing his fellow cursed members.

"So are these the guys you told me about?" Teddy questioned as he gestured towards the former Arcobelano's still forms.

"What the HELL?!" Lal roared bringing her fist down on a nearby table. Several customers flinched away from the sudden violent reaction.

Reborn stared blankly at Skull, reevaluating his opinion on the stuntman. It appeared as if the other was more capable of keeping secrets than he thought. He glanced at Mammon who seemed to be reevaluating Skull's worth and finally, he focused his attention on Fon.

The martial artist was still frozen. His regular polite smile had slipped from his face and hurt was littered throughout his features. Inwardly cursing Reborn laid a hand on Fon's shoulder. The other shrugged it off.

Tsuna watched the whole thing blankly.

Skull clapped his hands together, "Right," He started, "Senpai, this is my son. Edward Lupin but you guys can call him Teddy."

"It's nice to meet you." Teddy grinned sharply like the little troll he was, "I can't wait to get to know you guys."

I've found from experiences that the tighter you plan,

The more likely you are to run into something unpredictable.

–Macgyver

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