Prologue: The Meeting

Name: Sawada Tsukiyomi

Age: 14

Birthday: October 10

Mother: Sawada Nana

Father: Sawada Iemitsu

Important Information: Giotto Vongola (Sawada Ieyasu) a.k.a Vongola Primo's Direct Descendant

Other Information:

No Friends

No Athletic Abilities

No Good

No Social Grace

Poor Academic Grades

Coward

Shy

Clumsy

Easily Scared

Hopeless

Scars began emerging from the man's face as he read the single-page document the silver-haired man gave him, "Trash... what the fuck is this?"

"Everything you need to know about Nono's chosen successor," said trash informed him, understanding why his boss looked ready to commit murder.

The paper on the scarred man's hand burned.

"You've gotta be fucking kidding me. This, this trash is the future boss of Vongola?" he snorted and drank from the whiskey bottle in his hand. "Looks like the old man finally lost it. Get the jet ready, we have some pieces of trash to throw out."

The silver-haired man smirked in anticipation, "Roger that, Xanxus."

Xanxus watched his subordinates taunt the trash candidate's Guardians, red eyes scanning the lot who was supposed to be their competition; a black-haired teen with a shinai strapped on his back, a silver-haired teen, a white-haired teen with a bandage on his nose and wrappings wrapped around both his arms, a brat with a ridiculous Afro, a Chinese brat, and a blonde brat.

Rain, Storm, Sun, Lightning…

He saw the Sun Arcobaleno sitting on the tallest teen's shoulder, but not the bitch. Not finding what he was looking for, he made his way up front, pushing his subordinates aside and ignoring Squalo's indignant shout.

"Where is she?"

The one with silver hair glared at him, "So you're Xanxus, eh. Where our boss is? Well, that's none of your fucking business."

"Don't disrespect our boss, you fucking scum!" Levi howled, readying his parabolas to fry the rude bastard.

Squalo glared at him, "Voooiii! Calm the fuck down!"

"Maa, maa, Hayato, you calm down too. I'm sure he's just curious. Even you were curious to know who you're going to fight," the kid who possessed the other half of the Rain Ring chided, ignoring the glower his fellow Guardian sent him, he looked at the Varia Boss in the eyes and grinned.

Xanxus' eyes narrowed at the kid, sensing the dangerous aura surrounding the seemingly harmless teen. In fact, now that he's given them his attention, he noticed that all of them can still move, if they were just civilians like the reports said, they should be frozen in their spot, unable to move because of the sheer intensity of his presence.

"Scum..."

The "scum" turned to look at his boss before he could shoot him, "Voooiii! Don't look at me like this is my fault! The reports I had on them clearly stated that they're civilians, and when I first clashed with them earlier, they were as weak as newborn fawn!"

"Shishishi. Looks like you fucked up, Squalo."

"Hmm," Lussuria agreed, "Bel's right, Squ-chan. These guys are clearly not civilians."

Squalo gritted his teeth angrily, he opened his mouth to yell at them but was cut off by a feminine laughter.

"You're late," the Arcobaleno chastised, "a boss should never make her guest wait, Dame-Tsuki."

"Juudaime!"

"Sawada! You're extremely here!"

"Yo, Tsuki."

"Tsuki-nee/Tsuki-san/Dame-Tsuki!"

Stepping out of the shadow with a smirk on her face, Sawada Tsukiyomi made her way to where her Guardians were standing until she was directly in front of them, giving the rest of the Varia members a once over before giving her full attention to the scarred man staring at her, staring back at him without a hint of fear in her eyes, looking more amused than scared.

All members of the Varia (sans Xanxus) gaped at the other Sky in disbelief. When they heard that the other boss candidate was the daughter of the CEDEF's leader, they didn't expect much, not with her looks, not even with her strength, their expectations went further down the drain when they read her file. But seeing her in person, they saw that everything they thought they knew about her was a lie, because the boss candidate in front of them was the exact opposite of everything they believed in.

They couldn't help but gawk at the sight in front of them. The girl was a vision, she was slenderly built, although petite in height due to her young age, she was pleasantly gifted with perfect curves in all the right places, her hair was golden brown, curled in waves that cascades elegantly down her slim back, her eyes were big with thick eyelashes accenting its unique color, sunset-amber with specks of gold, her Japanese feature combined with the feature she inherited from her Italian lineage made her beauty look exotic.

"Look, Reborn, you had the same expression on your face the first time we met," Tsukiyomi quipped with a cheeky grin on her face, amusement shining in her eyes—still locked with the Varia Boss' red ones. "Let me guess, you got your information from CEDEF too? You people trust that guy's credibility way too much."

Xanxus raised an eyebrow at the mocking tone the girl used when mentioning her father.

"I can't believe you guys trusted that guy, the very same guy who last saw his daughter almost 7 years ago," Tsukiyomi smirked when she saw a flash of amusement in the Varia Boss' eyes. "You people had a better chance of getting the right information from a stalker than you did with him," she said in a matter of fact tone before turning her attention to the person lurking in the shadow, "how long are you planning on standing there? Iemitsu."

While the rest of the Varia turned their attention to where the CEDEF Boss was standing, Xanxus' attention remained on the girl, watching as her fists clenched and a look of intense hatred flared in her eyes.

"Tsuki…" Iemitsu started, only to flinch back when his daughter looked straight into his eyes with hatred in her sunset-amber orbs.

"Who invited you here?" Tsukiyomi asked in annoyance, ignoring the incredulous look the Varia was giving her, noting that their boss was the only one whose expression never changed when looking at her.

"Oi Dame-Tsuki," Reborn said, jumping from the tall teen's shoulder to his student's head, "we have something even more important to deal with."

Tsukiyomi sighed, "You're right. Gomen, Reborn."

"Hmph."

"Oi Iemitsu, just tell us why you're here before Juudaime changes her mind, or before one of us Guardians forget that despite how incompetent you are, you're still our boss' father," Gokudera huffed, toying with one of his dynamites.

"Gokudera-dono!"

Gokudera rolled his eyes at Basil's berating tone.

"Maa, maa, Iemitsu… -san, what brings you here?" Yamamoto asked, trying to sound as civil as possible to avoid any blood from being spilled, but even the Varia could hear the ire in his tone

Iemitsu narrowed his eyes at his daughter's Guardians, finding all of them disrespectful, even the eldest of the Guardians, who was being uncharacteristically quiet. He was about to reprimand them, but his daughter cuts him off before he could.

"Stop wasting our time, Iemitsu."

Xanxus was enjoying the show in front of him, he never got along with the Outside Advisor, finding him incredibly annoying and stupid, seeing his very presence being rebuffed by his own daughter, let's just say the brat was beginning to gain a bit of his respect. He wasn't the only one, his fellow Varia was starting to like the teen's moxie.

Iemitsu coughed, composing himself, he turned to the Varia and gave them a look, "I was starting to question the way you guys have been doing your stuff lately and why the Ninth approved of this. So I sent the Ninth a message with some questions. And his reply has just arrived," he informed while pulling out two identical scrolls from his pocket and showing it to everyone.

Tsukiyomi looked at Xanxus from the corner of her eyes, seeing the carefully blank look on his face—confirmed her suspicions.

"Sawada-dono, written here is the direct order of the Ninth," the blonde student of her father explained before handing her one of the scrolls.

Both Tsukiyomi and Xanxus opened the letter and stared indifferently at the Dying Will Flame that suddenly materialized on top of the paper.

Takeshi pointed at the Sky Flame, "Neh, what's that Flame doing there?" he asked.

"That's the Ninth's stamp of the Dying Will Flames," the most mysterious member of the Varia explained, "there's no mistaking it, it's a real order from the Ninth."

Tsukiyomi stared at the paper in silence, Iemitsu—noticing the blank look on his daughter's face—assumed that she couldn't understand what the letter was about since it was written in Italian, so he decided to help her out.

"Before you make a fool of yourself and piss her off, Iemitsu. Tsuki can read and speak Italian," Reborn informed the CEDEF leader before said leader could even attempt anything.

There was a long pause where everyone stood still after the Arcobaleno's words, it was only broken when the Varia Boss threw his head back and barked out a laugh, his subordinates soon following after. Tsuki's Guardians were having a hard time not joining them, the only one from her side who was laughing out loud was Lambo.

"Gyahahahahaha!"

"Lambo, no laugh, bad," I-pin chided while trying to stop the cow-child from laughing.

"Shishishishishi. This is just sad, CEDEF Boss."

Tsukiyomi shook her head at her tutor's sadistic personality. Feeling someone's eyes staring intently at her, she turned to its direction and locked eyes with the Varia Boss, who was still sporting an amused grin on his scarred face. The younger fought down a shiver at the intensity of the way the older was looking at her.

Iemitsu coughed and continued on like nothing happened, "Since both parties are aware of the Ninth's decision to name Xanxus his heir, I would like to inform everyone that I refuse to give Xanxus the Rings and instead, I choose to name my daughter the next boss of the Family. And for that reason, we will comply with the Ninth's request. We will begin the decisive battle to decide who will be the official successor of the Family through a method we can all agree on. A one-on-one battle between those who wield the same type of Ring!"

There was a staredown between Tsuki's Guardians and the Varia, only their respective boss was staring at each other with a blank expression. A smirk slowly made its way to Tsuki's face, causing Xanxus to raise an eyebrow at the glint he saw in her eyes.

"Wow, I'm impressed."

Everyone's attention turned to the girl who spoke with such palpable scorn in her tone that even someone who's deaf could hear it. Reborn looked down to hide the smirk on his face, knowing his student well enough to know when her limits have snapped.

"I think this is the first time in my life where you actually chose me. I didn't know you were capable of doing that. Congratulations, Iemitsu, for the first time since you donated your sperm to my mother, you actually did something worthwhile. Someone give this man a noble prize," Tsuki gave Iemitsu a mocking clap, inwardly grinning when she saw the way he was clenching his fists, she gave her ''father'' a challenging look. Come on, Iemitsu. Give me a reason to attack you.

Xanxus watched his competition challenge her own father, grudgingly accepting that his respect for the girl was rising—as well as his interest. It didn't help that the girl was dangerously attractive and he was trapped in ice for 8 years, a certain part of his anatomy was starting to make itself known.

Sensing another presence, Tsuki narrowed her eyes and called out, "Who are you?"

Two figures emerged from the trees, landing near where Xanxus and Iemitsu were standing. Two identical women with pink hair and only their clothes separating them from each other revealed themselves to the group, "Sorry for the wait."

Tsuki gave them an unimpressed look. She listened with a blank expression as the two women explained who they were—an organization called Cervello who serve under the Ninth—they were apparently there to judge the Ring Battle. She tuned them out and focused on ignoring the urge to look at the Varia Boss. Her attention snapped back to what the Cervello was saying when she heard how they were supposed to prove their worth and where the battle was supposed to be.

"… the one who is truly worthy to wield the Ring will prove it with their lives. The location is Namimori Chuu, further details will be given later."

"What?" Tsuki didn't bother hiding the alarm in her tone, "Namimori Chuu? Are you people trying to get me killed?"

The members of the Varia stared at the girl in disbelief, the girl who didn't even buckle in the presence of Xanxus, the girl who didn't even bat an eyelash when challenging her father—looked so anxious, they couldn't believe it was the same girl.

The Cervello wearing a dress stared at her, "Do you have a problem with the location?"

"Of course I have a fucking problem with the location!" Tsuki glared at them like they should know what the problem was.

"Juudaime, don't worry, I'll make sure that bastard agree to this," Hayato assured, trying to bring comfort to his anxious boss.

"Maa, Tsuki, I'm sure he'll agree… at least I think he would…" Takeshi trailed off with a strained smile on his face.

"Sawada, don't worry! I will extremely convince him to agree!" Ryohei made a fist, the fire in his eyes burning bright with the prospect of challenging one of his fellow Guardians to a fight.

Tsuki pinched the bridge of her nose and sighed tiredly, "Kyoya, you can fight Mukuro and Takeshi whenever you want for an entire month if you let this one slide."

Takeshi's eyes widened in shock, "What?" He turned and looked at his best friend/boss, his eyes filled with betrayal.

"Hn."

The Varia turned to the direction where they sensed a killer intent—that almost matched their own—was emitting. A teen with black hair and narrow gray eyes gave them a blank look, not even bothering to acknowledge their presence and instead, gave his full attention to the Omnivore who offered him an interesting bargain.

"I accept, Omnivore."

"Kufufufufufu. Well, that's hardly fair, Hime-sama. You just decided to feed Takeshi and I to the devil without even asking if we're ready to die."

Another presence made itself known, a slender teen with blue-pineapple shaped hair and mismatched eyes materialized besides Takeshi, smiling amusedly at the startled Varia.

"Hmph. Looks like all combatants are here," Reborn said, looking at both sides with an anticipatory smirk.

"Excuse me, but regarding your problem with the location of the—"

Tsuki cut her off with a wave of her hand. "Doesn't matter anymore."

Both Cervello nodded, "Well, if there is no more problem, we shall await both party at 11 p.m. tomorrow night at Namimori Chuu. Goodbye."

"Chottomatte… I just have one important question."

Everyone turned to look at the girl, she was staring at the ground so they couldn't see her face, but all of them felt the gravity of the seriousness in her tone.

"What is it?" one of the Cervello asked.

Tsuki looked up and stared straight into the Varia Boss' eyes, "You want to play?"

Xanxus felt a shiver ran up his spine at the knowing look in the girl's eyes. Impossible... this girl… she couldn't possibly.... Narrowing his eyes, he saw the brief flash of mischief in her eyes that he doubted anyone but him saw. This… this is going to be fucking interesting. Let's see how far you can drag this on, Vasílissa. He grinned dangerously in reply.

Tsuki grinned back just as dangerously. "Alright. I'll play. I'll give you a game you will never forget."

Vasílissa – Queen in Greek