"Heh~?  So you're Sawada Tsunayoshi?  It's nice to meet you--I'm Cavallone Dino."

Tsuna smiled softly as he shook the other's offered hand.

The group was currently in the hospital, waiting for the results of Basil.

Hiro went home because he didn't care about the entire situation; Reborn was planning multiple tor--training sessions for the stupid brunet.

Tsuna sighed as he leaned against the wall, listening, with his sensitive hearing, to Basil's breathing; the dirty-blonde was fine.

The brunet smiled softly as he gazed at the box of rings in Dino's hands; Romario, one of the Cavallone Famiglia men, was somewhere behind the blonde.

Dino caught Tsuna's gaze and laughed sheepishly.

"Ah...these are the real Vongola rings....Squalo took the fake ones, ehehehe..."

<<(At the Varia's Temporary HQ)>>

"Vooooi!  Boss, I got your d*** rings!"

The said scarred man caught the box the silveret threw at him.

Xanxus glared at the box before burning it quickly to ashes with his Flames of Wrath; Squalo widened his eyes in shock before growling at his boss.

"VOOOOOI, WHAT THE HE** ARE YOU DOIN--!"

"They're fake."

Squalo blinked his eyes in surprise and became completely silent.

Xanxus glared, crimson eyes glowing in the dimly-lit room, as he took a sip from the wine bottle in his other hand.

"Pack up, scum.  We're going to that d*** town to get the rings."

<<(Back with Tsuna and the Others)>>

"...Dino-san...are you alright?"

From the floor, the said blonde gave a shaky thumbs-up.

"N-Never better..."

Romario was gone, so the Cavallone don had become completely useless.

Everyone was back at the Sawada Household when they heard good results on Basil, letting the dirty-blonde rest after visiting him.

And now...Dino was tripping on every single flat surface.

Tsuna sighed exasperatedly and chuckled as he helped Dino up.

"Let's go into the kitchen to eat."

~~

'How the he** did this happen again?'

Tsuna's eye twitched as he saw Dino's pet turtle, Enzo, eat a piece of the bathtub.

Dino--trying to act cool--brought out his whip and tried to tie Enzo up in it.

Since Romario wasn't there, Dino failed.

His whip hit someone's face--conveniently Hiro's when the brat decided to see what was going on--and got tangled up in his own whip.

Tsuna felt a tick mark appear on his head--although he was laughing his butt off inwardly when Hiro got slapped in the face--as he hoisted Dino to his feet and slapped the blonde's cheeks with one hand.

"Get your d*** act together, Dino-san."

Dino swallowed audibly before picking his whip up and successfully capturing Enzo with it.

~~

"Hwaaah....Reborn, the new Decimo is scary.  But that's perfect for a new boss."

Dino smiled happily as he dried Enzo off with a hair-dryer.

"He's not the Decimo."

"EEEEH!?"

"Urusai, Baka-Dino.  Everyone is sleeping."

Indeed, everyone headed off to bed after the little turtle incident; Hayato and Takeshi went to their respective houses as the kids happily snuggled with Tsuna under the warm blankets--the brunet was still awake, actually, listening to their conversation in the living room from his own room.

Dino shut the hair-dryer off when Enzo shrunk completely; he gave a confused look to Reborn.

"Why isn't Tsunayoshi the new Decimo?  You can't seriously be talking about the other one, Takahiro, as the Vongola Decimo; he has no aura!"

Reborn sighed, tugging at a curly sideburn.

"Yeah, I know.  But..."

Dino raised an eyebrow.

"'But'...?"

"I am assigned to make that stupid brat the Decimo."

Dino frowned, setting the hair-dryer on the floor.

"Then Vongola will surely fall."