Once Lussuria, Squalo and Mammon had left the shop, Tsuna called for a meeting with all members. Hayato obviously had some information on those new customers that might change things and he wanted everyone to be aware of everything they knew about those 'Varia'.
He had not expected Varia to be the branch of Vongola in charge of assassination and all the dirty jobs. When Kyoya had researched Iemitsu's connection to the Mafia, he had quickly focused on CEDEF and didn't remember seeing the name Varia, so it was the first time the Japanese boys heard about it.
Chikusa, Ken and Mukuro's reaction mirrored Hayato's : they had frozen and only started to recover after Tsuna had shown them the contract ensuring their safety and anonymity (and he had made sure that the Varia members never knew the names of any of his friends). Even Lambo seemed to have heard of the group before, although only in terms as vague as 'really strong' and 'not to make an enemy of'. I-pin didn't know anything.
A couple hours later, when Byakuran arrived and was told about the new customers, he burst into laughter, mumbling that it had gone better than the last time. Nobody bothered to ask him what he meant; the white-haired teen made it a habit to say cryptic sentences and never give an explanation, so most people just assumed he was talking nonsense.
Anyway, the contract had been signed and Varia was now a customer of Caeruleus. The effeminate man -Lussuria- had given them directions to their home and told them to come as soon as they could, and none of them had anything planned tomorrow apart from Byakuran who added that given his circumstances, it would be unwise of him to see the Varia, so he would not work on the renovations. N of the others argued, even though they knew next to nothing about Byakuran's 'circumstances'. They would all go together the next day (minus the oldest teen) and take a look at the extant of the damage, to get a clear picture of what they would have to do. They would also make sure that nothing incriminating was visible and nothing that could shock their youngest members.
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The villa was a wreck.
Oh, all the foundations and load-bearing walls looked perfectly fine, the house was standing and from afar it looked pretty normal too (if enormous), but upon closer inspection, there was a lot of work to be done.
Rubble was strewn all across the grounds surrounding the villa, holes of all size and shapes littered the walls, most of the window were broken in not completely shattered and even the garden was half in a state of disarray, half burnt to the ground. And that had only been what they could see from outside!
The Caeruleus members looked at each other. Yeah, they had their work cut out for them.
They had arrived in front of the villa, facing the massive stairs that led to the front door, when the latter was violently pushed open. Lussuria was on the doorstep beaming at them.
"Oh, you really came!" He cheered. "Good, good! We were not sure you would dare. Quite a few companies quit on us before making it his far." He gave a bubbly smile. "Come in, come in, I'll introduce you to our Boss and then give you a tour of the place, so you can get a good picture of it!" His eyes looked at each of them in turn, stopping shortly on Mukuro, Ken and Chikusa with a light widening of his eyes, but he said nothing and beckoned them to follow him.
Tsuna shared a worried and incredulous glance with his friends, scooped up Lambo into his arms, saw Shoichi do the same with I-pin and joined Lussuria inside the villa.
