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Chapter 1a: 'Squalo vs. the Indestructible Multimedia Machine of repeating Terror and Humiliation 1' or 'Squalo vs. the Internet: Round One!'

It started out as a normal day at the Varia mansion, but then there was a 'VOI' from Squalo's room that was louder than normal, which was loud enough for those in the town below to hear. The Varia members strong enough not to fear the Shark when he was mad rushed to see what was happening. They found him snarling at his computer screen where a youtube video played. This wasn't unusual in and of itself. Squalo, despite his harsh attitude, enjoyed watching such home videos. But this time, it was a video dedicated to the Shark himself. It was titled, 'Ode to the VOI by Superbi Squalo' and featured an ugly stick figure dancing, badly, from side to side with badly drawn long silver hair while recordings of Squalo's various inflections of 'Voi' were spliced together to make a song resembling 'Ode to Joy.' "Is this what has you so riled up? Ushishishi~! The Prince is amused~!" Bel said.

"VOOOOOOOOOIIIIII! I do not sound like that! I'll find whoever made this and cut them to ribbons!" the Shark roared.

"Hum. I think it's funny. Boss?" Levi said, turning to Xanxus. All throughout the video the man had been standing beside the computer with an unreadable look on his face.

"Amusing," the boss said, though there was something in his voice, something the others dared to call laughter. He turned and walked out. Mammon was scrolling down the comments, and wondering in the back of his mind why on earth the video was looping. He started to snicker. Intrigued, since Mammon rarely laughed in any sense of the word, the others drew near to see that many of the comments were 'OMG! I can't stop laughing! Awesome vid!' and 'So funny!'

"Ushishishi~! Looks like the public enjoys watching the Shark dance. Perhaps I'll indulge them with a performance," Bel laughed. He dodged the sword the raging Shark swung at him. Squalo, realizing he wouldn't be able to catch the laughing 'prince', then turned to the still singing monitor.

"SHUT UP!" the Shark yelled, trying to stab it, forgetting Tsuna had ordered his top of the line scientists to coat it with a special coating that was clear, yet could endure a nuclear blast. His sword bounced off harmlessly, though his arm was given a jarring blow. He growled, a faint blush staining his cheeks for having forgotten about the coating. Snarling, he stormed out of the room and headed for the training room to find something he could destroy. 'Darn kid, making everything indestructible,' Squalo seethed. Tsuna had realized, once the coating had been developed, that the Varia mansion would be the best testing grounds and so had the most valuable objects, and the ones most likely to be damaged, coated. It was proving to be a wise move and the Vongolian scientists were guarding their secret formula as if it their lives depended on it. Though, considering all the uses it had, they most likely did. Tsuna stepped out from his hiding place and stopped the video.

"I can't decide which was better, his reaction to it or the video itself," the tenth generation Vongola boss said. His male mist guardian kufufued behind him.

"For once, we agree," he said. Tsuna smiled and left, Mukuro tailing behind. They passed the training room and saw Squalo demolishing it... again. Tsuna sighed.

"Looks like we'll need to remodel that room again. Oh well, it was worth it," he said. Mukuro watched his boss walk down the hallway with something akin to confusion. He would never understand the man. Never.