Enma

24. Gift

Reborn looked at the empty warehouse. He clicked his tongue against the roof of his mouth in an annoyed fashion.

"Kufufufu. It seems they risked the blizzard and fled while they had the chance."

Reborn tilted his head, lifting the brim of his fedora to see the twins had joined him. "Mukuro, Chrome," he greeted.

"No trace of where they went," Chrome said.

"Che," Reborn said. "Nosy rats."

Reborn tugged at the brim of his fedora. He didn't think they were would be stupid enough to encroach straight into the heart of Hamaguri-gumi's territory. Just what was Byakuran playing at?

Tsuna browsed the children's clothing section, selecting clothes he thought that Giotto would like. His orange backpack was already full of a small selection of toys and books that Giotto would like. All that was left was some proper clothes for him. Perhaps something orange.

"Children clothes, Tsuna?"

Tsuna turned to see Enma peering over his shoulder. "Enma," he greeted, smiling wide.

Enma and Tsuna were childhood friends. A pair of no-good losers who found camaraderie between their similar bullies. They had drifted apart as Enma had transferred to Shimon Middle School but had stayed in touch. Ultimately, though, Enma had become a police officer and Tsuna was tied to his very illegal, yakuza family. It didn't stop them from being friends though. To be fair, Enma was Hamaguri's police liaison. The one officer that Hamaguri's members felt comfortable going to for "help" with "legal" issues.

It helped that Enma understood that despite their rather shady nature, Hamaguri was one of the better yakuza families out there. No human or drug trafficking was done within the Hamaguri group, which put them miles ahead of the smaller yakuza families.

It was Enma that Tsuna would have left Giotto with.

"Found a small child," Tsuna said, shrugging. "I meant to bring him to you, but the blizzard rolled in and then I discovered something about said child."

"Something bad?" Enma asked. "Or just family related?"

Tsuna could read in between the lines. He added a brown jacket to the growing pile of clothes in his cart. "Well, I'm fairly certain he was abused. Once that information comes in, you're welcome to take the bastard into custody."

"Good," Enma said. "I'm sure no one will notice if said bastard comes in a little roughed up."

See. This was why all of Hamaguri loved Enma as their police connection. Enma might be on the side of the law, but didn't stop him from believing in justice. Tsuna was already going to let Mukuro and Kyoya take a shot at whoever was abusing Giotto.

"There might be a family related," Tsuna continued. He held up two shirts, one blue and white striped one and one with a lion on it for Enma to inspect.

"The lion," Enma said. "A member's kid?"

Tsuna shook his head. "Iemitsu might be involved."

Enma's lip drew into a single line. "Is he back in town?" he asked.

Tsuna growled, clenching his fist tightly. "No, but at the same time I'm not sure Kyoya would tell me if he was." Tsuna was a pacifist by nature, but Iemitsu might be the sole exception. There was a lot Tsuna did not forgive his father for. Hurting Nana the way he did was merely the tip of the iceberg.

"How old is the kid?" Enma asked, eyeing the matching lion stuffed animal.

"We're not sure, but we're estimating about five," Tsuna answered.

"I'll buy this lion then for him. As a gift," Enma said, picking up the small orange lion.

"Want to come over for dinner?" Tsuna offered. "I'm not going to tell him you're police though. Not yet."

"I don't expect you to," Enma said. "Plus to eat your cooking? Any day." Then stopped and thought about it. "Should I be expecting the rest of your lieutenants?"

Tsuna gave a nervous laugh as they headed towards the cashier. "Maybe…? I mean, I'm sure Kyoya isn't going to show up. It's always hard to tell with Mukuro and if Mukuro doesn't come, Chrome won't either. Ryohei might, but Hayato and Takeshi are already there."

Enma paled a little. "In other words, I'll be lucky to walk out of that house with my eardrums in tact."

Tsuna grinned. "I would be more worried about your sanity."

Enma the policeman! -bricked- They gotta have some people on the other side of the law right?!