A/N: Back with another chapter! Hopefully this one is interesting enough to make up for the last chapter.
for a list of OCS/hotel structure refer to chapter 3.
Warning: Grammar/Spelling errors, AU, 4YL, so-so writing.
Disclaimer: I do not own KHR.
'Something big is going to happen.' Was the first thought Dino, the current boss of the Cavallone Famiglia, had as soon as he woke up. He didn't have the Vongola's famed Hyper Intuition but he'd never have gotten this far without his own. After years of training with Reborn, added with his experiences as a boss, he's developed and sharpened quite an intuition of his own.
The Cavallone boss decided to be wary for the day. He also asked Romario to tell the men to be extra vigilant just in case. Since he isn't feeling agitated he supposed that a famiglia waging a war, plotting against his family or somewhere along those lines is out. It's probably something small. Like minor thugs making a ruckus somewhere, perhaps? Or he missed a deadline for a paperwork?
It wasn't 'til noon when he signed the last of the paperwork for the first half of the day did he feel goosebumps. Right when his private cellphone rang.
He looked at the caller id and gulped. Of course.
"Y-Yo, Reborn. You called?" He laughed awkwardly. He doesn't really get nervous whenever his former tutor calls him, but he felt that this call is different.
"Ciaossu, my dame ex-student." Came his ex-tutor's voice. "Don't think I missed your stutter. You'll pay for it later."
Well, there goes my peace. Goodbye, Halcyon days. "Whatever are you taking about Reborn? Anyway, you called?"
"Hmph. Pathetic attempt. I'll double your punishment later." Ugh. "Besides, I have a mission for you."
Well this is rare. At this, the Cavallone boss turned serious. "Someone causing trouble lately?"
"No. Don't worry the Famiglia is alright." He mentally sighed in relief. "This mission is rather…different. Like a game." He can feel Reborn smirking on the other line.
"A game?" What is he up to?
"Yes. Dame-Tsuna, Nono and I are all actually playing a game. It's a reverse Hide and Seek of sorts. Dame-Tsuna is hiding while we look for him."
Pause. "A Hide and Seek. And Tsuna agreed to this? I thought he's busy with internship?"
"Who needs his permission?" Dino should've known. His poor lil bro. "Anyway, Nono wants to know if you're in. You're the only person left." His conscience wants him to decline. His kouhai is the one suffering.
"The Varia, Byakuran, Yuni, Enma, CEDEF and Arcobaleno are joining. There's even a betting pool." Ah. Someone needs to keep them in check.
"…What are the odds so far?" This is all for Tsuna's sake. Really. He's not joining for the fun. Really.
A few days later Dino found himself in one of the training rooms along with the others in the 'game'. There's so many of them that they wouldn't fit in any of the meeting rooms, so they relocated. The training room now turned into a classroom; but with plush chairs, of course. Wouldn't want Xanxus to bitch. Also, one of the walls was replaced with a custom made screen that shows multiple cctv feeds from a branch hotel…in Japan?
Dino managed to put the pieces together in his head and wished Tsuna good luck before turning to the chaos he's been ignoring for the past half hour. Varia, is one thing, but Byakuran is also here. Not to mention half of the Arcobaleno are trigger-happy (Some more literal than others). Iemitsu, is also dangerous since he's pretty overprotective of Tsuna. Bless Fong, Yuni, Enma and Basil. Basically, bless the sane ones.
"Everyone's here. Let's start." And here comes the most lethal of them all.
"Reborn and Ninth. Would you mind elaborating on the details?" Iemitsu was the first to greet the two.
"Old Man, this better be worth my time."
"It would be Xanxus, just you wait. Now Reborn, if you would." Ninth then moved to seat on one of the chairs while Reborn grabbed a pointer pen and motioned over the screen.
It was surprisingly silent. Everyone's curious after all.
"Okay. So, Dame-Tsuna was tasked to infiltrate this hotel under a disguise. He also needs to complete his internship so it's killing two birds with one stone. His mission is to find out the one embezzling the hotel funds then deal the necessary punishment." Reborn smirked. "Actually, we already know the culprit. However, this will serve as Tsuna's training and first non-life threatening mission."
"Now proceeding to our 'game'… We gave Tsuna free reign on how to disguise himself and told him to not send any details to us so he will be treated the same as the other employees. Well, that's what he thinks but it's more for the game than preferential treatment." He guided the pointer to the front of the hotel. "This hotel is in Japan. It's a branch hotel, that serves many VIPs."
"I'm surprised Tsunayoshi-kun hasn't been found out so far." Byakuran thought out loud as he munched on a marshmallow.
"I think Sawada-san probably doesn't know about it yet." Yuni smiled knowingly.
"Tsuna-kun would freak out if he knew that." Enma chuckled.
"Moving on…You people should know that hotels that host people from our world use the rooms for their meetings, so to speak. While that is fine as long as they're not breaking any rules, though it's a different story when they are."
"Trash. If what you want us to do is to take care of those scum, then you've wasted my time." Xanxus glared at Reborn.
"The Prince have better things to do." Bel objected as he threw another knife towards Fran. "Ouch. Bel-sempai."
"VOOIIII! We're not your clean-up crew!"
"I'm not doing it even if you pay me."
"Reborn, I do not see how this would benefit my experiments."
"The Calcassa is waiting for me."
"You're wasting my time, kora!"
A gun shot. "Quiet. Let me finish first." Leon turned back to normal. "Ahem. I was going to say that we have guards for those cases. And that what I want you lot to do is to simply bring your business over there and stir things up." This piqued their interests.
"Go on…"
"You can negotiate contract terms with another family over there. Or take a family vacation. Also, if you're actually interested in the security work…you can take care of the rule breakers yourselves; break a couple of furniture, scar a few minds… Basically, cause hell that Tsuna'll be forced to shed his disguise or make an opportunity for you to expose his cover."
"Reborn…you do know that the people in this room are more than capable of decimating that hotel." Fon looked worried.
Smirk "Of course, I do. Oh, the things I do for the sake of Tsuna's growth." Here's the devil-spawn, people.
Fon sighed in defeat. Enma and Basil looked pale. Iemitsu's at a loss for words. Nono smiled serenely. Yuni, prayed to the Primo for Tsuna's sanity.
As for the others…They're gearing up for the chaos that they'll bring to the branch hotel once they arrive. Finally, they have the permission to go all out. Normally, breakages and other casualties are a huge no. Imagine the pandemonium that will befall on the hotel (Tsuna).
Though, for Dino, he has one question. "Where are all of Tsuna's Guardians?" This stopped the others for they were interested as well. No wonder the level of noise is not the same.
"Ah. They're finishing up on their internships as well but they'll be joining us in a week or less."
"Reborn what's the status of the bet so far?" Lal suddenly questioned.
The screen now showed a couple of graphs. "Okay, for the first bet: What would Tsuna disguise himself as. Surprisingly, a lot of you answered female."
"Sawada-san would look good as a girl." Yuni giggled.
"VOOIII Who voted for that?"
Byakuran smiled impishly. "Sadly, all bets will remain anonymous 'til the end of the game."
Reborn continued, "The second bet: How long would he last? The time frame for his internship is 600 hours. Work hours is usually 8hrs so it'll take Dame-Tsuna three to four months depending on his rendered hours. A lot of you answered 2 weeks to 1 month."
"Next and the most important of all: Who will win? Us or Dame-Tsuna? A unanimous vote for the seekers, of course." Reborn smirked, as well as the participants. "Well, Ladies and Gentlemen, we must make this come true. It doesn't matter if Dame-Tsuna discovers about the game as long as we find him first and take his disguise off."
"For now, we can't all just suddenly show up in Japan. He's going to be suspicious. A couple at a time first." Sigh. He's been ignoring the waving hand, but try as he might it's too annoying. "What is it Iemitsu?"
"I wanna go first! I miss Tsuna and Nana! Pick meeeeee!" Said man almost whined (he actually did). "Shishou, you have to finish all your paperwork first." Iemitsu whipped his head towards Basil so fast, they thought he'd get a whiplash. "Fine. Give me two days." Then he ran out.
They've never seen a man eagerly rush to the office to finish stacks of paperwork in their lives.
The Varia also has to finish a couple more missions as well. Enma has to update the Shimon family, and ready Adelheid to take the reins temporarily. Yuni needs to inform Gamma. The Arcobaleno also have to finish a couple of things.
This left Byakuran and Dino, so they decided on a game of rock-paper-scissors.
Dino won, so Byakura would fly over after 2 days.
"Oh I almost forgot. To make this even more interesting and be able to give Tsuna more time, you can't expose him 'til you expose the culprit behind the embezzlement first. Make sure you gather enough evidence. Have fun investigating!"
Tsuna, hope you're ready for the storm that's gonna hit you.
"Ahhh…This is giving me a headache. Why did I agree to all this again?" Dino just checked in the hotel. He's currently in his room lying on his bed. He decided to conduct the negotiations for a potential ally at the hotel. Fortunately, said candidate is also in Japan which made things easier. And since the meeting is scheduled after dinner, Dino sent his men off to their rooms for some alone time.
"For starters, how will I know which one is Tsuna? This hotel is freaking huge! I can't just snoop around, they know me." He scratched his head in frustration. "I need a drink." Then he rummaged through the mini bar. "Nice… they've got quite a liquor collection in this room. I need some ice though. I'll have the chilled ones first while I wait."
After calling the guest services the Cavallone boss sat on the sofa with a can of beer. "Okay, there are many departments in this hotel. I can easily see the front desk, the servers and bartenders at the restaurants and other employees that work for the front of the house. The problem is the back of the house. If I were Tsuna, I'd definitely pick the back of the house to start my investigation. However, sometimes, it's also necessary to have some knowledge on the front of the house as well… The most probable option is the-"
Ring Ring Ring
"Room Service!"
The sudden ring of the doorbell startled Dino out of his thoughts that he dropped his can on the floor and slipped on the beer.
"Wait! I'm coming." Thud. Ouch.
He rubbed the sore spot on his cheek as he opened the door to greet the employee. "Oh, there you are! Thanks!"
Wow, he looks young for an employee.
…Why's he staring though?
Oh how Tsuna wished that the ground would just swallow him whole. This is so not fair. It's only his second day, for god's sake!
'Shit, he's staring. Was I staring? Ohmygod this is so awkward. Right. I'm still holding the bucket. Please don't let him know it's me. PleasePleasePlease.'
"H-Here you go sir. Sorry for the delay." Tsuna managed to (finally) stutter out.
"Right. Thanks again!" Dino took the bucket. "Hey, you're pretty young to be an employee here aren't you?"
"Oh! I'm actually a trainee here." Well, better tell the truth. Less suspicions that way.
"I see. Good Luck!" And then Dino shut the door.
Tsuna staggered towards Oda-san. "Nice work, Kazuki! Let's go back."
"Y-yeah. Let's."
The rest of the day felt like a blur to Tsuna. His body switched to auto-pilot as he finished his shift. He didn't even bat an eye at Osamu's jeering. He didn't even notice it when Himura came back with Yukimura-san. His mind's occupied with a different matter altogether.
It wasn't 'til he reached his apartment did he breakdown. As soon as he locked the door and removed his shoes, he lost it.
"HIEEEEEE!" He screamed for what felt like an eternity, but it was only for a few seconds.
"Okay, calm down Tsuna. You're better than this. It's just a coincidence. Dino-san's just here for a meeting! That's it. Maybe to negotiate with a potential ally? Yeah." It sounded like a lie even to his ears.
Tsuna didn't feel like eating dinner so he dragged his body towards the bed. He's exhausted. Mentally exhausted.
"Besides, it's just Dino-san I doubt he'd do something to compromise my mission. He's an ally. I believe in him. At least Reborn's not here." With that in mind, the young boss slept.
The next day, when Tsuna reported for duty he was surprised to see his female colleagues chatting wildly at the station. They returned his greeting normally but they quickly went back to chatting with the occasional giggles.
"What's going on?"
"Tch, apparently some bigshot handsome VIP checked in yesterday." It was Osamu who answered him.
"Oh. Okay…"
"Don't worry 'bout him Tsujimura. He's just jealous." Himura piped in.
"I AM NOT!" Osamu looked offended.
Before Tsuna could even reply he heard Oda-san butt in. "Well I AM."
The three looked at him weirdly.
"Whaaat. It's not fair that he's got everything. What irks me is that I find him cool. I hate myself sometimes." Oda-san grumbled.
"Well, I'm going to start working. Kazuki, you're with me today." Oh he'll be at the mini bar station today. Good. This way, he won't bump into Dino-san at all.
"Okay. See you guys." Tsuna said as he waved at his coworkers.
"Akiii! You're so cold. We're both guys here so we should be comrades."
"Idiot."
Tsuna gave Oda-san a pat before following Yukimura-san to the mini bar station. He was then handed a cart inventory checklist.
"I want you to do the inventory of the cart first while I go check what rooms need more amenities." Simple enough.
"Okay." The next minutes, Tsuna did the inventory. When he's done, he went to the storage area to restock the cart. While doing so, he thought that this is definitely easier than what he did yesterday.
As soon as he put the last item in the cart, Yukimura-san came back. "Now that you're done, we're going to do the rounds." Tsuna nodded as he pushed the cart towards the service elevator. It's heavy, but nothing he can't handle after all his Spartan training.
They started at the top floor of the Pioggia section and made their way down. As time passed, Tsuna felt the strain of pushing the heavy cart. It's been four hours so far. He's not really tired, but this is boring.
He didn't even notice it when they switched elevators to go to the Cielo section.
Tsuna sighed. Doing this is fine, but the silence is stuffy when Yukimura-san isn't talking. Tsuna's so occupied with his thoughts that he barely registered it when he heard Yukimura-san greet someone.
"Good Afternoon, sirs."
Tsuna looked up to see Dino-san, Romario-san and another man. The man is on his way out of Dino-san's room. Tsuna didn't even bother to greet them because he's too busy partying in his head.
'Thank God, Dino-san didn't come here to find me! I knew he was only here for a meeting! Hooray!'
They passed by the room with Tsuna still mentally cheering. Though, a voice broke his celebration.
"Ah. It's you again!" He saw the Cavallone boss point at him, with Romario-san looking serious all of a sudden.
"Huh?" was his smart reply. He saw Yukimura-san look at them curiously.
"Boss, did he do something to you?"
"Haha! Nothing, I just remembered him from yesterday! He delivered the ice bucket!" Dino waved him off.
"If you say so." His right-hand man looked relieved.
Unsure what to say, Tsuna opted for: "Good Afternoon. Is there anything you need, sir?"
Dino-san looked suspiciously happy, as if he accomplished something. "Actually, there is."
"W-What is it?" Tsuna is dreading for the answer.
"I want you to give me a tour!"
A/N: Here's to hoping this chapter is good enough, compared to the last one. And so it starts... Tsuna's hell is going to begin soon~ Wait 'til the others arrive.
Anyway, how was it? Meh? Okay? So-so? Crap?
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Also, feel free to give me ideas on what happens on the tour or how want the others to torment Tsuna! I'm stuck. HAHAHA. Thanks!