Detective In Town

Thank you for checking out this story! I hope you enjoy reading it.

In case you don't know me or haven't read something I've written before, I am LLM or LLM-chan for short (you can call me whatever you want) who is a fan of KHR!

I think that's good enough for a short profile.

-LLM

Chapter One

Police HQ Somewhere in Japan

"Sir!" An officer stood at attention in his commander's office. "We have found news of Dino Bronco appearing in Namimori!"

"What?" The commander roared. The officer flinched as he held the clip board. "What is a Mafia boss doing there?"

"A-Apparently, he went to visit someone in the Sawada Residence..."

"Sawada? What connections do they have with the Mafia? And who the hell are they?"

"Sawada household includes a mother: Sawada Nana, a father: Sawada Iemitsu, who is traveling, and their fifteen year old son: Sawada Tsunayoshi."

"They seem to be a normal family. Why is Dino there?"

"S-Sawada Tsunayoshi is the tenth Vongola boss, sir...he had the Inheritance Ceremony two weeks ago—" The commander slammed his hands on the desk and stood up. He glared at his subordinate with annoyance. "How come I've never heard of this before?"

"W-We just found out ourselves... sir..." The commander blew out a breath and lifted a hand towards the officer. "... S-sir?"

"The file, give me the file on Sawada Tsunayoshi!" He snatched it and flipped it open to see a picture of a brunet with soft brown eyes and a smiling mouth wearing his school uniform. He blinked twice. "Are you sure your information is accurate?" He asked as he went through the records of Sawada Tsunayoshi; where he went to school, his grades, his police records—he's stayed overnight in a cell once, when he was accused for being part of the three thieves who suddenly ran into the police station and confessed for their crimes.

"What's wrong with the information, sir? The source is reliable," the confused officer replied. The commander threw the file at the officer. The pages scattered all over the floor.

"He's an idiot! He probably can't even give anyone a scare, let alone be the next Vongola boss!"

"But sir—!"

"If you are so sure with this, then get a detective to follow this... this boy! Now get out!" The officer gave him a quick salute and ran out closing the door behind him. The commander growled. I forgot to get him to pick up the damn papers, he thought to himself. He went around his desk to gather the papers and came across more pictures. Still kneeling, he looked at the five photos. The first was of a silver haired boy with green eyes. He had a scary glare. The next one was entirely different—he was a tall boy with short black hair with a smile that can put even him at ease. The next was a boxing player with silver hair as well. The fourth photo gave him a shiver just by looking at it. A boy with jet black hair glared back at him. He wore the disciplinary committee's badge on his arm and a jacket over his shoulders. The last picture made the commander frown. It was a picture of Dino Bronco laughing and talking comfortably with Sawada Tsunayoshi.

Although he didn't believe that Sawada Tsunayoshi can be a Mafia boss, he certainly had something to do with them. Maybe Dino's distant cousin?

Namimori, Sawada Residence

"Dame-Tsuna," Reborn said, seven thirty in the morning. "Wake up." Tsuna groaned and turned over. "I said wake up!" Leon transformed into a green hammer and Reborn used this to knock Tsuna off the bed. He fell to the floor in a clumsy heap along with his pillow and blanket, tangled around his legs.

"Reborn... it's only seven thirty... why are you waking me up so early when it's not a school day?" The baby wearing a Mafia suit jumped onto his student's chest.

"Mama wants you to go grocery shopping. And as a Mafia boss, you should always wake up early." Tsuna sat up and scratched the back of his brown haired head.

"I don't want to be Boss."

"You had the ceremony already. There's no going back. Once you graduate from high school, Vongola Nono plans on taking an early retirement to travel the world. You will be taking his place then. You better get used to the idea. Oh—that reminds me. I need to teach you, Yamamoto, Ryohei, and Hibari how to speak fluently in Italian, starting tomorrow after school."

"HIIIEEE!" Tsuna exclaimed. "No way! That's terrible!"

"Tsu-kun," his mother called from downstairs. "Can you go to the market for me? And also take I-pin and Lambo with you! I have to go somewhere else!" Tsuna moaned at his bad luck. Knowing Lambo, he will probably go running all over the place and leave him with the job of chasing after the troublesome baby.

Half an hour later, they were ready to go, with Reborn perched on Tsuna's head.

"Baka-Tsuna! Lambo-san wants to buy candy! Lots and lots of candy!" The baby in cow print said. I-pin caught up to them and lectured, "Lambo! Don't be greedy! We are going to buy groceries, not candy. Candy isn't healthy for you."

"Yeah, Lambo," Tsuna said, "listen to I-pin." Lambo pouted and reached into his mass of black curly hair. The brunet looked at the baby cautiously and walked two paces to the left, away from Lambo. Reborn grinned.

"Good job, Tsuna. You have the quick instincts to sense danger. If only your reflexes were that good."

"HIIEEE?" he felt something tap his shoe. Looking down, he saw a pink grenade. His eyes widened. Reborn jumped off him just as the bomb exploded.

BOOM!

As the smoke cleared, two of them were covered in street muck. I-pin's assassin training helped her avoid the blow. Lambo began to cry and Tsuna sighed. His blue sweater was covered with holes and soot. He picked up Lambo and held him so that he can look straight into his eyes.

"We'll buy you one piece of candy after we finish shopping, alright?" Lambo sniffed and nodded.

Further back, a man dressed in a navy blue t-shirt and blue jeans was hiding. He was the detective. What was that explosion just now? He shook his head and wrote some observations down.

...

Day 1: Sunday

08:02

Target is accompanied by three babies: black, cow-print, and red.

Cow-print baby carries grenades that don't do real harm, for no

one was killed in such a close distance... or perhaps the reason the

target can still stand up with those tiny injuries all over his body

is because he is used to such and has no trouble holding in the pain?

Target does not act rationally at this. Perhaps it happens often?

Target heads to the market.

...

Reborn looked behind them as Tsuna spoke with a man selling apples. He saw a man in his late twenties with short black hair looking at them behind a newspaper sitting on a bench. No one other than the best hitman in the world would have noticed, unless they are very observant. His student walked away and entered the air conditioned store with Lambo and I-pin trailing in after them. Reborn jumped to Tsuna's left shoulder.

"Tsuna! Do you notice anything strange?" The brunet looked at him and frowned.

"Yes... I'm being followed..." Reborn's eyebrows shot up. Had his student lost some of his stupidity and learned to trust his Hyper Intuition? Tsuna continued with a grim smile, not really thinking before speaking, "by three very annoying babies." Reborn's tiny fist dug into the back of his ear. Tsk. He has only gotten cockier. I need to train him more.

"OW!" He screamed. Everyone looked at him. He apologised with a slight bow and whispered, "You didn't need to punch me."

"Well?" Reborn demanded. "Have you noticed anything out of the ordinary?"

"... Ever since we left the house, I had the feeling that someone was watching me—but it's just a feeling, right?" He asked in a panic. "I don't want any more trouble, since Enma-kun and his guardians already left to go back home. Please tell me there isn't another danger around us?"

Reborn smirked and lowered his hat. "You tell me, Dame-Tsuna."

On their way back, Tsuna had a hard time carrying all the food and Reborn refused to help.

"You can't get babies to help you carry things, Dame-Tsuna. Do it yourself."

"But it's heavy!" he whined.

"Then treat it as training. Or else I will shoot you right here and now!" Reborn had Leon ready.

"HIEE! Never mind, Reborn! Just don't shoot me!" Everyone on the street turned to stare at their group. Reborn shot him anyways. The brunet slowly fell to the ground, unmoving. Then suddenly, a flame lit his forehead.

"RE...BORN!" His clothing tore away as he gave a mighty roar, wearing only his red hearted boxers. "I WILL CARRY THESE GROCERY BAGS HOME WITH MY DYING WILL! ARRGGH!" Reborn hopped on for the speedy ride. Tsuna grabbed I-pin and Lambo. He threw them onto the top grocery bag and charged home, ignoring the gasps and stares. He arrived at his door step in five minutes, just when the bullet wore off. He stiffened when he saw Gokudera and Ryohei arguing in front of his house.

"Um, what are you two arguing about now, Gokudera-kun, Onii-san?" They stopped immediately and looked at him.

"Yo, Sawada!"

"Juudaime, good morning!"

"G-Good morning... what's wrong this time?"

"Juudaime," Gokudera said. "I was just walking around and happened to come by here so I dropped by for a visit. And then this Lawn-Head just happened to finish his jog around Namimori and came here for a cold drink! Then I told him that he can't just come by and ask for a drink!"

"WHAT'S EXTREMELY WRONG WITH THAT?" Ryohei roared. "You're just coming by for a visit anyways! I'm just asking for a drink to the EXTREME!"

"Ah..." Tsuna said as they bickered. "Why don't you both come in? Kaa-san went out today so I'll be taking care of the kids myself... which is a drag."

"Yes, Jyudaime!" Gokudera said with a gleaming smile.

"Yosh! I will help you to the EXTREME!"

They all went in. Lambo and I-pin went to the backyard to play whilst the others went to the living room, where they had a good view of the two kids through the sliding doors. Reborn looked over his shoulder to see a huffing shadow lurking near the street corner. He glowered. So he wasn't able to shake him off. This will be interesting.

"Here you go, Onii-san," Tsuna put the energy drink in front of Ryohei and an espresso for reborn. "Gokudera-kun, would you like anything to drink?"

"I'll get it myself, Juudaime!"

"Thanks to the EXTERME, Sawada!" Tsuna smiled. He was used to Ryohei barging in at random hours, asking for a drink each time he visited. His mom also knew of this and admired Ryohei's ability to run every day around town at least twice a day. She kept their fridge stocked with Ryohei's favourite sports drink, for these times. Gokudera came back with juice and sat down across the table from Ryohei, making it obvious that he didn't like him. Tsuna sat between them with a drop of precipitation rolling down his face. Reborn sat in front of the three of them and sipped his espresso. "Tsuna was followed today to the market," he said.

Tsuna's friends exclaimed in shock. "What? Who was following him? Why?"

"R-Reborn...we don't really know that," their boss said.

"Dame-Tsuna!" Reborn whacked him on the head. "Your Hyper Intuition warned you about it but you were too stupid to pay any attention. I actually saw the man following us."

"Who is he?" they asked in unison.

"Is he trying to get you to join his boxing club?" Ryohei asked.

"Tch—you Lawn-Head, no! Juudaime might be in danger now and all you can think about is boxing?" Gokudera raised his fist at Ryohei.

"Eek! Gokudera-kun! Calm down!" Tsuna urged. Then he noticed the sliding door open. He yelped again and got everyone's attention. No one appeared. Gokudera had his dynamite ready.

"Yo!" Yamamoto greeted them with a laugh. The brunet sighed with relief.

"Tsuna, you scare too easily," Reborn said.

"You baseball nut! Why didn't you use the front door?" Gokudera yelled.

"Now, now, Gokudera. I heard Lambo and I-pin outside so I just popped by and played catch with them!" Gokudera and Tsuna blinked. Ryohei nodded his head in approval.

"Playing with the little ones is good," he said.

"You played catch with them?" Tsuna repeated slowly.

"Were you the pitcher?" Gokudera asked.

"Yeah! Is there a problem?" Yamamoto asked all the while smiling. Tsuna rushed outside with Gokudera at his heels. Lambo was lying on the grass with a red mark on his face that looked like it was made from a baseball.

"Lambo! Are you okay?" I-pin shook Lambo and got a soft whimper for a reply.

"Gotta...stay...calm...WHAAAHH!" Lambo cried. He thrashed around and took out the ten-year-bazooka and shot it. It hit him, I-pin, and Gokudera.

"G-Gokudera...kun?" Tsuna asked.

"Eh? Where'd they go now?" Yamamoto let out a laugh.

"I don't know to the EXTREME!"

"Eh?" a deeper voice exclaimed. The pink mist cleared and a ten-years-older Lambo, I-pin, and Gokudera appeared. All three of them were cloaked for battle.

"EHH!" Tsuna yelped. "What's going on?" Gokudera didn't even glance up. He was feeling the front of his black suit anxiously, then patted his head and looked at his hands.

"Eh? What happened? How come I'm not hurt?" he wondered aloud. Then he finally looked at his surroundings. His gaze landed on his boss. "Fifteen year old Juudaime...? I'm in the past?" He looked shocked and relieved.

"Sawada-san!" I-pin greeted with a bow.

Tsuna looked at I-pin. She was breathing in deeply in short breaths in a fighting stance. Her hand had a red healing gash and her face sported a bruise. Lambo was in his Vongola Gear and so was Gokudera.

"W-What's going on, everyone?" Tsuna asked again, worried about the answer. Gokudera collapsed on the grass.

"For once I'm thankful for you, stupid cow!" He hit Lambo on the head. He looked up at Tsuna and explained. "We're in the middle of a small battle with another Mafia familiga, Juudaime. I was just being shot at, and then I ended up here without getting hit."

"HIIIEE!" Tsuna wailed. Then his knees buckled and he sat down hard. "Why does this always happen?"

"Oi! Octopus-Head! Do you want me to help heal you to the EXTREME!" Ryohei asked, although he was already using his sun flames to heal the three of them.

"Ah... good idea, Onii-san..." Tsuna sighed. "Good thing I wasn't hit with the bazooka this time..."

"That is called wishful thinking, Dame-Tsuna. And if Gokudera is fighting a Mafia battle, then that means you have become Vongola Decimo," Reborn said with a wide smile. "Congrats."

"Yeah," Gokudera agreed. "Juudaime is a magnificent leader!"

"I can't take this anymore!" Tsuna yelled. He rolled around the grass trying to calm his head. Then he stopped. "Gokudera-kun, is everyone else alright?"

"Ah, that. We're winning the battle." He grinned at his boss. "You were awesome, Juudaime! You took out a dozen of them in just three seconds!"

"No!" Lambo said. "It was more than three seconds! Stop exaggerating, Bakadera!"

"This is great news, Tsuna. Now let's start training you some more." Reborn kicked Tsuna behind the neck and his student fell forwards.

"Juudaime! Are you alright?" Tsuna lifted his head to see that Lambo, Gokudera, and I-pin had returned, although now they had a few scratches and Lambo was wailing all over again. Gokudera of the present also had his Vongola Gear out, with his Systema CAI activated.

"Lambo-san doesn't wanna grow up! IT'S TOO SCARY!"

"You were awesome, Juudaime!" Gokudera cried. "Now I'm absolutely sure that you'll be a great leader!"

T-That's the same thing your future self said! Tsuna thought despairingly. Now I know I'll never be freed from being Vongola Decimo...

The next day, Tsuna walked out the house, ready for school ten minutes earlier than usual. This was all because Reborn kicked and punched at him all the while he was waking up, getting dressed and eating breakfast.

"I'm off," Tsuna said and closed the door. His Hyper Intuition was bothering him again, but he was too tired to care about it.

...

Day 2: Monday

07:30

Target's house shakes. Something that may be a bomb is set off and I heard

a scream. There is some yelling heard from outside. Even if the target is not

the boss, there is something going on with his family.

08:00

Target leaves his house to go to school. He looks tired with the baby in black following him.

Nothing is unusual other than this morning's commotion and yesterday's odd events.

...

Gokudera was whistling and walking towards Tsuna's house, wondering how he should greet his boss this morning, when he saw a suspicious looking figure looking at Juudaime's home.

"Oi, oi! What are you doing, sneaking around Juudaime's house?" The detective heard someone behind him and whirled around, swiftly hiding his notepad. The young fierce teen glared at him. He recognised this boy as a friend of the target. If he could somehow get close to this boy...

"Hello! I just moved here, and I was just admiring the houses!" The youth blinked at him.

That is the lamest excuse I've ever heard in my life... Gokudera thought, not knowing that the detective was thinking the same thing.

"Tch! You were sneaking around Juudaime's house, alright! What's your business with him? Tell me or I'll stuff you with bombs!" He produced three sticks of dynamite in each hand out of nowhere.

"HIIE!"

The detective turned around, half expecting a girl to stand before him. Instead, it was Sawada Tsunayoshi.

"...Gokudera-kun! What are you doing? Put those away!" The young target squeaked.

"J-Juudaime! What brings you here?" Gokudera hides his dynamite as if nothing happened.

Juudaime? The detective thought. That means tenth...right? Tenth Generation...Mafia BOSS? Impossible! This little whelp is the boss of the largest family?

"Gokudera-kun... you're scaring people like that," Tsuna put in carefully.

"If you say so, Juudaime... but I found this man lurking about! He was following you, but he says that he just moved here!"

Tsuna looked at the black haired man in alarm. Before anyone could say anything, Lambo ran into the scene.

"Reborn! I'm going to get you this time! HAHAHAHAH-ahhh!" Tsuna watched as Lambo tripped over Reborn feet and tossed the grenade high in the air, with the pin pulled out.

"HIIIEE!" Tsuna yelled. "Reborn! What did you do that for! Now we're all doomed!" Tsuna quickly looked at the man who was his new neighbour. Surprisingly, the man was calm and ready to run. And that was what he did.

"Juudaime! Look out!" Gokudera pushed Tsuna out of the way just as the bomb landed.

"Ow..."

"Juudaime! Are you alright?" Gokudera asks in a worried tone.

"Ah... yeah. I just made it out with my life. Thanks, Gonkudera-kun!" Gokudera sighs with relief and stands up, offering a hand to his fallen boss.

"Now..." He marched up to the man, who was now trying to get away. Gokudera pushes the man against Tsuna's house. "What were you spying for?"

"I'd like to know as well," Reborn said. He landed on the short wall above the man. "If you don't answer truthfully, I will kill you." He held his green Leon-gun steadily.

"Don't kill him, Reborn!" Tsuna yelled. He bowed to the stranger. "I'm really sorry! Were you injured in any way?" The detective looked at his target, stunned. The boy was telling the baby to not kill him? Shouldn't he be saying, 'Stop joking around and leave the poor man alone'?

"I-I'm just an honest man who has an honest job, who lives in an honest home." Reborn didn't believe him. He looked deep into the man's eyes. The detective felt as though he was being read like an open book.

"He's a detective investigating the tenth Vongola Family," Reborn announced.

"Ehh!" Tsuna said, instantly worried. Reborn's mind reading was never wrong. There hasn't been any investigation on all the commotion coming from his house before, so he thought that there was nothing to worry about! But now, there was actually a detective looking in on their every move? I-I think I'll try to play out of this... Tsuna thought. "V-Vongola Family? As in... Mafia family? W-why here? Mafia gathers in Italy, right? Ahaha..." Tsuna laughed it off.

"N-No! You are mistaken! I just moved here!" The man said in a panicked tone.

Eh? Tsuna thought, his face serious for a moment. He's lying... Well, not about him just moving here... that's true, but... he is investigating about the Vongola Family! The small brunet frowned, worried about his friends' safety.

"Yo!" Yamamoto greeted. "What's up? This is a big gathering."

"Yamamoto!" Tsuna felt relieved. "Do you think you can stop Gokudera and Reborn from hurting this man? They just started questioning him out of the blue about the Vongola! Reborn also says that this man is a detective!"

This man is a detective? Finally! This Mafia game was getting boring without a detective! Yamamoto thought. He knew that the Mafia and Vongola were real, but it was still a game to him. A deadly serious game, but a game nonetheless.

"Now, now, Gokudera! Just let the poor man go! We're going to be late for school if you don't! And didn't Tsuna already ask you to let him go?" Yamamoto asked. He hinted that Gokudera was disobeying Tsuna's order, and he was shocked. He immediately released the man and gave Tsuna a deep bow.

"I'm terribly sorry, Juudaime! I refused to listen to your orders! Please forgive me! I'm so sorry!"

"I-It's okay, Gokudera-kun! No harm done! But we have to get going now, or else—"

"Herbivores."

Tsuna froze and slowly turned around. Hibari, the leader of the disciplinary committee has arrived.

"H... Hibari-san!"

"Herbivores. Get to school. You'll be late. And stop crowding. Or I will bite you to death," Hibari said. He took out his pair of tonfa.

"Y-yes!" Tsuna yelped and quickly ran towards the school.

"Juudaime! Wait for us!"

"Yeah, Tsuna! Slow down!"

Hibari noticed the man and the baby.

"Baby," he greeted.

"Ciaossu," Reborn said.

"Who are you?" Hibari asked the detective. "Why haven't I seen you here before?"

"I-I just moved here..." he said. He could feel that this man had a dangerous aura around him. Reborn corrected, "He's a detective, looking into some Mafia family called Vongola." Reborn frowned. He pretended to not know Vongola, but to hear he himself call it 'some family', was insulting. To redeem himself, he knocked the man out cold.

Hibari frowned. "I don't like new people who move into Namimori. If he is what you say he is, then there will be more trouble. Get rid of him."

Reborn smirked. "I was just planning on interrogating him under Dame-Tsuna's house. I made a room there without him knowing. Wanna help me after school?"

HIbari thought for a moment and smiled evilly. "As long as none of the Herbivores interfere; now, baby. Fight me." He raised the tonfa.

"If you don't go to school now, you won't be able to bite late comers to death," Reborn said in a plain tone. Hibari seemed to think this over and put his weapons away.

"Another time then, baby."

"Ciao-ciao!~"