So I'm suffering from severe writers block with this story, which is annoying since I really wanted to introduce fem!Gokudera and move this right along. So, as kind of a...palate cleanser we're doing a TYL chapter of Tsuna and her right hand woman showing her still relatively new assistant the wet works side of their organization, I hope you enjoy! Please review!

Ten Years Later, Sicily Italy

Sophia shifted her skirt suit about a bit as she tried to make herself more comfortable in the back of the BMW currently transporting her boss to a ...less reputable part of town. Tsunako Sawada, who was seated beside her, was tapping away on her tablet when she glanced up to speak to their driver, who happened to be one of the most viciously loyal members of the Vongola Famiglia.

Well...loyal to the Donna at the very least, and really in the end that was all Sophia cared about honestly.

"Hikari, any news from the seaport?"

Hikari Gokudera's gaze met Tsunako's via the rear view mirror as she nodded once, her long white hair swaying with the motion.

"Yup, they really are starting shit over our move, I'm not shocked but honestly what did they expect to happen? It isn't like we were ever intimidated by those small fries to begin with."

Tsuna 'hmm'd' while Sophia quietly spoke up, "I'm sorry for interrupting, and I'm only asking so I can file it away for later meetings but...what about a seaport?"

Tsuna snorted in amusement but it was Hikari who replied, "See the mafia, that is the civilian mafia that hasn't found out about dying will flames had quite the scam going on for awhile. The government in Italy is just...soooo corrupt there are no words for it, they couldn't afford to pay for trash removal so they just kinda let it pile up in the streets."

Rolling her window down Gokudera took out a cigarette and jammed it in her mouth, leaning back she made a 'tsk' noise and without looking up Tsunako extended a finger covered in sky flames lighting the smoke with a light smile gracing her lips.

Puffing on her cancer stick the half Italian turned back to the road as she continued her story, "Thanks boss. So anyway they get this great idea to sell trash removal contracts to just ship all that shit somewhere else, and they didn't care where in so long that it wasn't Italy.

"The civ mafia got sneaky though, they bought up all the contracts, bought piece of shit cargo freighters, and loaded these things to the brim with as much garbage as they could hold."

Tsunako picked up the story there while still browsing her tablet in a distracted manner, "What they did then was take the ship out into international waters, suffer an 'accident' that caused the boat to sink, and the crew was then inevitably saved in the nick of time."

Gokudera snorted as she ashed her cigarette out the window, "Not only did they get the cash from the disposal contract, they got to collect the insurance on a boat that wasn't even worth a quarter of the payout."

Sophia blinked rapidly taking that in before shaking her head slowly, "That's...well...honestly brilliant... So...what did we do to mess that up?"

Hikari snickered to herself as Tsunako turned to meet her assistant's gaze with a wry smirk curling up her lips, "Oh...I underbid them, won the contracts, and used the Storm Flame users in Bel-nii's squad that had annoyed him-"

"-Which is all of them since he's a spoiled brat with an over-inflated superiority complex," Hikari interjected.

Tsunako continued without missing a beat, "-And had them disintegrate the lot of it. No fuss, no mess, we undermine an insurance scam, save the country valuable tax dollars, and are seen as pillars of the community by all."

Sophia could only stare at her boss in wonder as Hikari let out a delighted laugh, "Welcome to Vongola kiddo, enjoy the ride while you can!"

Sophia smiled and just shook her head as the car came to a stop before a somewhat brownstone style building, Gokudera sighed a moment before turning to their boss with a look of resignation marring her features.

"You sure about this boss? I mean I'm no stranger to wet work but bringing the kid along? Shouldn't one of the others have handled this rather than you two?"

The thing about Tsunako Sawada was she never got mad at her people questioning her, because frankly she welcomed it. Idiots that mindlessly fawned over you typically had too limited intelligence to actually do their jobs and as she had pointed out on multiple occasions, what the hell was the point in having advisers if you never listened to their advice?

So, in typical Tsuna fashion she locked down her tablet, tossed it aside, and answered her best friend to the best of her ability.

"Hikari, I couldn't ask Mukuro to do this because I already chided him on his propensity for senseless slaughter and he'd take this assignment as me condoning his actions. Takeshi would do what I asked sure, but he'd be upset about it in the end which would effect both him and you."

At the mention of her fiance Gokudera grimaced as Tsunako continued, "You know I keep Chrome, Ryohei, Kyoka, and Hana out of the bloodier side of the business on principle alone...though Hana does kinda get off on it. The kids are straight out of the question, so really you were the only choice...and Sophia needs to see the messier side of the family regardless."

The trio sat in silence for a few moments before Hikari finally replied, "She saw the messier side when you saved her..."

Tsuna rolled her eyes while shaking her head, "No she saw me immolate idiots who deserved death in anyone's eyes, especially her own. This..." She glanced to the younger woman before sighing and shaking her head, "Well, she's a Rain, she needs to see where her path will eventually lead...just like Takeshi and Basil-nii..."

Hikari grimaced as she snubbed out her cigarette in the ashtray before nodding slowly, "There's more to this isn't there boss?"

Tsunako sighed, grabbed a case from the floor, and tossed it on the front seat, "They were family, once. They betrayed us but they had been loyal for years, they deserve to know who ordered their deaths from the source, they earned that right."

Opening the case Hikari pulled on a pair of tight leather gloves before pulling out a pistol and a magazine loaded with hollow points. Slamming the magazine home she pulled back the slide and gave the Beretta 92fs a once over before pocketing it and the accompanying sound suppressor before turning back to their boss.

"That why you didn't let the Skylark handle this?"

Opening her door while snorting Tsunako stepping out onto the filthy sidewalk while shaking her head slowly, "No, if Kyoya found out these idiots betrayed the Famiglia, or rather me it would be a bloody slaughter. My man takes slights against my person in a rather...personal way... Better I handle this one, at the very least the cops won't have to clean viscera off the walls."

Sophia followed the two older women as they entered the building doing her best to keep quiet, which was hard considering the banter going on between the two. She managed it though, thank you very much!

"I seriously do not get how you're able to handle that bloodthirsty nutball boss, I know 'true love' and all that but really, the man kills people because they annoy him and no one questions it because they don't want to take a tonfa to the face. How do you put up with it?"

Tsunako snorted while throwing her friend a coy smile, "The same way you deal with Takeshi I assume?"

Gokudera snorted in amusement as she opened the apartment complexes door for her boss and Sophia, "Ah, ok. So a whole lot of patience followed with mind blowing, leg quivering sex then?"

Sophia blushed scarlet as the boss snickered at her friends remark, "But of course, now, what floor are these idiots on?"

Hikari sighed as she pointed up at the ceiling, "Fourth, there is three of them in total that I know of."

Tsunako sighed and shook her head slowly, "Should have brought a shotgun, ah well, fewer calls to the cops this way at least."

Entering the lift Sophia tapped the appropriate button as the ancient elevator slowly raised them skyward, all the while shifting about in discomfort as Tsunako played with her mobile and Hikari clicked an ancient Zippo open and close.

Finally, Sophia snapped "Miss Gokudera could you please stop that, it is unnerving..." Rather then getting angry, Hikari smirked and slipped the lighter into her suits pocket before replying.

"Oh so the little kittens got claws? Good. I'm glad. Do take a bit of advice and stay back during this though, you're close, but you aren't ready yet."

Having no idea what the older woman meant the lifts door opened with a ding and Tsunako began walking without a pause before stopping before a door, room 421 specifically. Glancing to her Storm Guardian the white haired woman smirked in turn and pushed a finger into the deadbolt lock which disintegrated in seconds.

With a swift kick to the door the Vongola Decima strutted into the room to find three stunned men at a table in the middle of the enclosure, she paused a moment grinning viciously which caused her prey to shudder as one.

Glancing behind her Tsunako casually stated, "Sophia, the door please?"

Nodding even though her boss couldn't see it Sophia pushed the door closed, and earned an amused snort from Gokudera when she pushed in the button lock on the handle.

Taking the empty fourth chair for herself Tsunako sat down, glanced at the plastic container of cannoli in the table center, and delicately plucked one out and began munching on it before meeting the startled trios gaze evenly.

"I'm not going to waste my time here, you idiots betrayed the Vongola Famiglia. My Famiglia, and I want to know why."

One of the men shifted about slightly, not the obvious leader if you took the other two's scowls into the equation, but eventually he spoke up.

"Blackmail, they bought up our gambling debts and then threatened our families, there was nothing more complex then that..." Sighing Tsunako glanced to Hikari who nodded once. She believed him, God help the sorry bastards.

"Well...that is rather definitive now isn't it... What to do with you...Gokudera?" The white haired woman pulled the Beretta from her jacket while rolling the sound suppressor into place and quickly aimed it at the three traitors.

"Any last words? I am a fair woman and will hear what you have to say while taking it to heart," the previously silent two ranted and raved but were too cowardly to move from their seats.

The original speaker though replied in a quiet tone when they had finally run out of steam, "I ask that you don't shoot me in the face? For my madre, please Donna?"

Tsunako grimaced, looking ill, but nodded as she turned to Hikari before replying "Certo, e mi dispiace, ...Do it."

A moment later there were six distinct gunshots, even though they were suppressed Sophia felt they sounded like thunderbolts. Two of the men fell with holes in their heads and hearts, the speaker for the group though only smiled sadly as he starred down at the pair of bleeding orifices in his chest.

Glancing up he coughed out a spray of blood while weakly stating, "Thank...you..."

A moment later he fell over, and the three women stood there a moment before Tsunako glanced to Hikari and drawled out her command.

"Leave the gun," glancing back to the table she shifted her gaze to Sophia while jerking her head towards the object of her focus, "and take the cannoli."

As the trio of women left the death strewn room, Sophia couldn't help wondering about her own sanity, because she had never been more content with her position in life as she felt right now.

Love mafia movies, you guys? Anyway, hopefully this cleared the path to the future, please review!