Chapter 2

Azumano:

Train kicks back and relaxes as Rinslet, Eve, Emiko, and Shizu head off to the spa for a month while Daisuke/Dark go to steal the Vongola Half Rings, and sew mass confusion amongst the Cosa Nostra. Neither one of them needed Mist Flames to disguise themselves, and Daisuke made damned certain he looked innocuous. Like Hell he was keeping his ruby red hair and eyes, those were too identifying. Dark on the other hand, well, he had no problems with gaining new levels of infamy. Sven looks at his Sweeper partner, " You look way too smug, Train. "

Train smirks, " Well, I may be giving the Vongola the run around while Koneko fills out her Guardian positions with appropriate people, though I wasn't expecting Rinslet to be her Storm. She needs Sun and Mist now. "

Sven has to laugh at this, the Vongola thought they were so damned good. They weren't, the Varia were respected, but the Vongola...no chance in Hell. It went downhill ever since Timoteo took over, and appointed Koneko's sperm donor as the External Advisor while also being the Head of the CEDEF. With all three of Timoteo's blood sons iced permanently...well...not being able to protect his heirs reflected poorly on Timoteo. The only reason Koneko was still alive was because of Train, or rather Kuroneko. Koneko was already gaining a name for herself as a junior Sweeper.

The Sweepers left Dark alone once they realized he only stole dangerous artwork that came to life so it could be dealt with appropriately. It wasn't like they'd be able to catch him anyhow, though they did run interference with Krad where applicable. No Phantom Thief sullied their hands with blood, all any of them wanted was to let their reputation live on in infamy. Kosuke would have gone with his son, but his mission was a solo one, and besides, they needed to make sure they had all their defenses ready. Having the Niwas design his home's security system was the best decision he ever made, save for moving to Azumano. His Koneko was thriving, and technically had two boyfriends though they shared a body.

The defenses were only active at night, and there were no traps to wake Koneko up. Anyone whom actually got past the traps then had to deal with Kuroneko himself, and he was very protective of his Glaring dammit. Train still had enough contacts in the dark underbelly of society that were more than willing to send Reborn on the runaround while Koneko found true Guardians. If she got all of her Guardians before Reborn tracked her down then she couldn't get stuck with any that were from civilian backgrounds. Worse would be Mafia Political Match Ups, and his contacts were also letting him know if Nono got it into his head to marry Koneko off, if he did, every candidate would suffer an accident. Alright, so maybe Train and Kuroneko were shipping Koneko with Daisuke/Dark.

Italy:

Daisuke smirks deviously, he left the Chiavarone alone because their Decimo suffered enough under Reborn's tender tutoring mercies. Well, he might have stolen evidence that some of his men were actually stealing from Dino, and left little tips on how to handle his paperwork more effectively. Dark is laughing his ass off when Daisuke does this. The Bovino Famiglia, well, a certain Bazooka, and five year old go missing, only to reappear in the Niwa Home thanks to the Sweepers. Niwas were resourceful if nothing else, and Daiki wastes no time in forging the signature of Lambo Bovino's legal guardian, and then has Kosuke become Lambo's new legal guardian. Daisuke could handle a little brother, and Emiko would love to have another child to spoil.

Dark and Daisuke were both very careful to never be seen by the Poison Scorpion, though they did rob her father and his friends blind for how they treated her half-brother Hayato. They also robbed the Carcassa Famiglia blind, after giving notice, freeing Skull, the Cloud Arcobaleno from his contract with them, and sending him to Azumano as well. Odds were good Emiko would fall in love with Oodako, and use Oodako in her training trap courses. They did break into the Varia Headquarters, and moved everything around. Dark was even thoughtful enough to give Luss a new toy as well. The bitching Squalo did when he realized all of his swords had been moved was hilarious.

Instead of moving any of Belphegor's things Dark instead found something else that belonged to the royal family Bel was from, though he did send a missive to Train to erase Bel's brother, permanently this time. Train was all too happy to do that, and then send confirmation of the kill to the Varia Storm as an early birthday present. Belphegor had a mixed reaction to that, on the one hand it meant his twin survived what he did to him, but at the same time someone gave him a very thoughtful gift by permanently removing Rasiel from the Earth. If Dark just so happens to steal intel on what was really going on in the Vongola from the Miser Mist, and get away with it...well, that had his reputation soaring to new heights.

Gokudera Hayato, when he found out what Dark did to his so called father, he actually hunted the thief down, and thanked him for screwing with his father like that. Dark looks at the bomber, " No problem, kid, no one should be treated the way you were. Now, how would you like a chance to start over, and get away from your sister? "

Hayato straightens, " Reborn wants to bring me in as the Vongola Decima's Storm Guardian. "

Dark cackles, and leads Hayato to his nondescript hotel room, all without anyone following them either. " My Sky already has a primary Storm. See, she wants to get her Guardians before people pressure her to. And she doesn't want them from civilian backgrounds either. I'm her Cloud. Know of any Suns that would like to get out of the area? "

Hayato grins widely, " How is it you actually know where she is? "

" She lives next door to me, and her maternal uncle is Kuroneko. " Dark deadpans.

Hayato's light green eyes bug out at this, " I do know of a Sun Latent, though you'd need to talk to Decimo Chiavarone. She was just discovered to be his niece. "

Dark grins, " I'll work it out somehow. Now, all my Sky needs to do is find a Mist. "

" You'd take me back with you? "

" I'm sending you on ahead. I've picked enough pockets to afford the airfare, I still have things to do here. However, we're disguising you with contacts and a wig. Not to mention making you over as a punk until you get to where I'm sending you. That silver hair is way too recognizable. " Dark says, and starts teaching Hayato the finer points of disguise, diction, body language...it took two weeks, and Dino agreed to send his niece to see if she could Harmonize with the Vongola Decima candidate. Especially after Dark sent more evidence of traitors to his Famiglia straight to him. Dino may not be happy with the Ninth Generation of the Vongola, but helping Decima fill out her Elements before Reborn got to her...he was all for that. Hell, he'd be in the Niwa home to see Reborn get his ass kicked by the house defenses, and Daiki would supply him with a recording, while selling the original to Viper/Mammon/Miser Mist. Skull would also get a copy free of charge as well.

Once Hayato and Merciana are on their way, in such a way that no one caught on Dark and Daisuke get down to the real reason why they were in Italy. To get the damned rings before Iemitsu got their Sky killed due to his Incompetence. The Moron was going to be in for a rude awakening when he finally saw his daughter again, that was for sure. Shizu was firmly a Heartnet, and not a Sawada. Stealing both sets of the Half Rings was so damned easy it was pathetic. Hiwatari would be appalled at how easy it was as well. Dear Hermes, were they really that self-confident that they thought no one would have the Balls enough to follow through on stealing from the Vongola. He announced his heists, and made off with both sets of rings, easily. He even stole Xanxus out from under them!

He sent Xanxus to Train through the Sweeper channels, and then headed home as himself, after picking up some souvenirs of course. One such being a Sky Flame ring he lifted off of someone undeserving of it. This Sky Ring is A Rank, and more to the point Dark could tell it was designed to hide Sky Attraction. He'd hold onto that ring for a little bit, and give it to Shizu on her sixteenth birthday, as an engagement ring. He got cookbooks for his mother, fabrics for Risa, a sports catalogue for Riku, E rank Flame Rings for his father, a new Flame resistant whip for Rinslet, a book on Metallurgy for Eve, Italian cigarettes for Sven, several books on Flame Traps for his grandfather, Flame Bullets for Train, and an actual kitten for Shizu.

Azumano:

Dark is literally tackled for his gift of a kitten for his/Daisuke's girlfriend. Xanxus would have laughed, except Train was Quality, as was Dark, and the Trash's biological daughter, though she was Kuroneko's Koneko first and foremost. Train has no problems with helping Xanxus shakes off the rust, and allowing him to recover in peace before he gets back into the game as the Varia Sky. Meeting Shizu, well, Xanxus has no problems with her being Decima, and she had harmonized with Merciana. She'd found an abused little Mist by the name of Nagi, and Train might have iced the girl's mother, mostly so she could get the transplants she needed. He had been a Chronos Number, if he couldn't kill someone and make it look like an accident there was something wrong with him. He figured Saya wouldn't have a problem with that, or the Idiots he killed for going after his niece.

He didn't kill indiscriminately anymore, but since his niece was connected to the Mafia through her Idiot Sire, he had to end several Idiot Mafioso for trying to harm her, kidnap her...hell Eve, Sven, and Rinslet had to as well. The traps also ended several an idiot too. Thankfully Sephira had gotten ahold of three children experimented on by their own Famiglia, and taken them into Chronos, mostly so they could get the therapy they needed. Number I in Chronos had ended the Esterneo with extreme prejudice, and filmed what they had been doing for the Vindice. Then again Chronos only went after the Worst of the Worst now that the Apostles were no longer a part of them. Thank God Kuroneko had taken over long enough to kill Creed Diskenth, he was not going to put up with that damned stalker for the rest of his life.

Yes, Train did in fact suffer from Dissociative Identity Disorder, and sadly so did his niece from the two years of extreme bullying she suffered from in Namimori due to that damned seal that did nothing for Sky Attraction. That was where Koneko came into play, both uncle and niece had traumatic childhoods but at least Shizu didn't get turned into an assassin. Well, she'd make a damned good one, but she was a Sweeper, not an Eraser. However since she was the only one on the records left to take over the Vongola that was eligible...she'd end up killing more than her fair share once Reborn was actually allowed to find her. If Xanxus ordered Mammon to train Nagi up on how to use Mist Flames, no one said anything.

Hayato and Lambo had been adopted fully into the Niwa family, Lambo having an actual mother figure around was actually a rather well behaved little boy for the most part. The Niwas put their family connections to work to train Shizu's elements up. Dark and Daisuke were already Quality, Rinslet was a tricky bitch that was training with the same Oyabun that was giving Shizu the lessons she needed to know how to run a Crime Family. Rinslet would be a tough fight for the Prince, except Xanxus was alright with Shizu, her uncle was Quality, even if he found out about his older half-sister conceived through violence too late to save his litter mate, but he had been in time to save the kitten. Mammon was so looking forward to being allowed to sell the upcoming blackmail on Reborn. It made sense to let Dino and Skull have it for free...they suffered the worst at Reborn's hands.

That Mammon would have to pay for the original was of little consequence. People would pay any price for viable blackmail on Reborn. He was damned good at what he did, but he was also an ass of the highest order. Loki at his worst was more tolerable than Reborn at times. Xanxus was so enjoying his time in Azumano, training with Kuroneko himself was eye opening, and the man only killed in defense of his niece, getting rid of the Trash that tried to harm her, or use her against the Vongola as a whole. The rest of the time he was a Sweeper, sure there were a few Trash that the world was better off without...but for the most part Train Heartnet did not kill anymore in memory of the only female so far to catch his interest, that she'd been cut down the way she had been was a tragedy.

Any female that had that much of an impact on someone like Kuroneko had to be Quality, and one helluva woman. Merciana had actually been taught how to control her Flames by her uncle since Dino did happen to be a Sunny Sky, and Dino's Sun had given her some needed lessons as well. Merciana had decided to be a Poison Specialist, one whom coated any weapon she used with them. Gaining immunities to said poisons was going to be a bitch and a half though.

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