[index] Choice: The Betrothal Arc

Choice: The Betrothal Arc

In which Tsuna isn't Tsuna but Tsunako, and lived with her parents in Italy for a few years before circumstances made moving to Namimori seem advisable. And changes spiral out from there. For the khrfest prompt Xanxus/Tsuna - genderswap; "don't look down on me because I'm a woman."

Note: This arc doesn't take canon developments from the manga after chapter 282 into consideration and uses the set of guardians for the Ninth from other versions of Choice; if OCs bother you, well... they're mostly peripheral to the action, I promise.

First Meetings: This is what happened the first time Xanxus and Tsunako met.

Matchmaker: In which the Ninth is almost out of options. But not quite.

Drive a Bargain: In which the Ninth finds his mislaid spine and drives a bargain with Squalo.

Betrothal by Fiat: Sit down, princess, Daddy has something to discuss with you.

First Impressions: It behooves home tutors to discuss pedagogical strategies with one another.

Dying Will: In which Tsunako experiences her own Dying Will for the first time.

But Not Both: You can have one of the other; you can't have both.

Got Your Back: Every mafia princess needs a bodyguard. Or two.

Shoot It Out: Sometimes it's satisfying to just put a hole, or ten, in something.

Reconsiderations: In which Bianchi and Reborn reconsider their lesson plans.

Thaw: In which the Ninth thaws Xanxus out.

A Year in the Life: In which Tsunako gathers up a Family of her own.

• Yamamoto
  
• Kyouko
  
• Gokudera and Bianchi
  
• Haru
  
• Dino
  
• Fuuta
  
• Hibari
  
• Tsunako

Delegation: It's important for a leader to know how to delegate.

Reunion: In which Squalo is reunited with his boss.

[ficlet] KHR - First Meetings (Betrothal 1)

Title: First Meetings
Characters: Xanxus, Squalo, Tsunako
Summary: This is what happened the first time Xanxus and Tsunako met.
Notes: Part of Choice: The Betrothal Arc. Series Index. General audiences. 786 words.

( There was going to come a day when the old man wasn't going to be able to boss him around like that. Xanxus was looking forward to it. )

[fic] KHR - Matchmaker (Betrothal 2)

Title: Matchmaker
Characters: Timoteo, Iemitsu, Guardians
Summary: In which the Ninth is almost out of options. But not quite.
Notes: Part of Choice: The Betrothal Arc. Series Index. General audiences. 1630 words.

( The last of the mourners—or spectators—had barely pulled away after the funeral before the Ninth called a meeting. Iemitsu had expected as much, really, and expected that the Ninth's guardians had as well. They made a grim circle around the long meeting table. No wonder, that, now that Massimo Vongola was dead, too, and the Vongola were out of heirs. )

[fic] KHR - Drive a Bargain (Betrothal 3)

Title: Drive a Bargain
Characters: Squalo, Timoteo
Summary: In which the Ninth finds his mislaid spine and drives a bargain with Squalo.
Notes: Part of Choice: The Betrothal Arc. Series Index. General audiences. 1139 words.

( Keeping a straight face through his mission debriefing was one of the more difficult things Squalo had done in his time, but he pulled it off by dint of sheer bloody-minded will and by reminding himself that it was all over now. They'd won and there was not a damn thing the old man sitting across from him could do about it now. )

[fic] KHR - Betrothal by Fiat (Betrothal 4)

Title: Betrothal by Fiat
Characters: Tsunako, Iemitsu, Nana, Reborn, Bianchi
Summary: Sit down, princess, Daddy has something to discuss with you.
Notes: Part of Choice: The Betrothal Arc. Series Index. General audiences. 1854 words.

( It had not been a good day. )

[ficlet] KHR - First Impressions (Betrothal 5)

Title: First Impressions
Characters: Reborn, Bianchi
Summary: It behooves home tutors to discuss pedagogical strategies with one another.
Notes: Part of Choice: The Betrothal Arc. Series Index. General/ audiences. 804 words.

( How she, pretty much the epitome of a bad daughter, was supposed to teach Tsunako to be a good mafia wife Bianchi did not quite know. )

[fic] KHR - Dying Will (Betrothal 6)

Title: Dying Will
Characters: Tsunako, Reborn
Summary: In which Tsunako experiences her own Dying Will for the first time.
Notes: Part of Choice: The Betrothal Arc. Series Index. General audiences. Contains bullying. 2455 words.

( Tsunako had hoped, wistfully, that going to bed and sleeping would have turned everything into a particularly bad dream, but that didn't pan out very well. )

[drabble] KHR - But Not Both (Betrothal 7)

Title: But Not Both
Characters: Iemitsu, Reborn
Summary: You can have one of the other; you can't have both.
Notes: Part of Choice: The Betrothal Arc. Series Index. General audiences. 425 words.

( So you were wrong, which is no surprise. )

[fic] KHR - Got Your Back (Betrothal 8)

Title: Got Your Back
Characters: Tsunako, Bianchi, Reborn, Gokudera, Yamamoto, Bianchi
Summary: Every mafia princess needs a bodyguard. Or two.
Notes: Part of Choice: The Betrothal Arc. Series Index. General audiences. 3455 words.

( This was how it started, Tsunako told herself firmly: they hooked a person with interesting stories and then the next thing a girl knew, she was down the rabbit hole with everyone else. )

[fic] KHR - Shoot It Out (Betrothal 9)

Title: Shoot It Out
Characters: Tsunako, Iemitsu, Bianchi
Summary: Sometimes it's satisfying to just put a hole, or ten, in something.
Notes: Part of Choice: The Betrothal Arc. Series Index. General audiences. 3006 words.

( Tsunako found it all very baffling. )

[ficlet] KHR - Reconsiderations (Betrothal 10)

Title: Reconsiderations
Characters: Bianchi, Reborn
Summary: In which Bianchi and Reborn reconsider their lesson plans.
Notes: Part of Choice: The Betrothal Arc. Series Index. General audiences. 654 words.

( That will give her something in common with Xanxus, then. )

[fic] KHR - Thaw (Betrothal 11)

Title: Thaw
Characters: Xanxus, Timoteo
Summary: In which the Ninth thaws Xanxus out.
Notes: Part of Choice: The Betrothal Arc. Series Index. General audiences. 5324 words.

( When the cold, bone-chilling cold that reached right into the core of him and sucked away everything, Wrath and Will alike, hollowing him out, when that cold let him go, Xanxus staggered like a drunk and fell forward. )

[fic] KHR - Delegation (Betrothal 12)

Title: Delegation
Characters: Xanxus, Timoteo
Summary: It's important for a leader to know how to delegate.
Notes: Part of Choice: The Betrothal Arc. Series Index. General audiences. 2468 words.

( Let him stay, the old man said. )

[fic] KHR - Reunion (Betrothal 13)

Title: Reunion
Characters: Squalo, Xanxus
Summary: In which Squalo is reunited with his boss.
Notes: Part of Choice: The Betrothal Arc. Series Index. General audiences. 1233 words.

( If there were anything about his job Squalo didn't particularly care for, it was the paperwork and the part where he had to report in at the main house at the end of missions like a dog on a leash. )