"The fox changes his fur but not his habits." – Anonymous
"Shuichi Sawada is the number one thief in the world, number two is Kait-"
"Are you insulting Shuichi-sama?!" Gokudera cut in, looking furious.
"Gokudera Hayato is number one in child care. Recommended job, daycare worker…"
"WHAT!?"
"Haha, I knew Gokudera-kun secretly loved kids." Yamamoto laughed.
Kurama leaned against the window, adjusting to the lack of gravity fairly easily, laughing quietly while the room descended into chaos and the rain drizzled down outside. Their household had picked up yet another child. Though this one was older than the other two and thus far hadn't blown up anything or anyone. However, the child seemed to have some kind of otherworldly power that was proving to be nearly as chaotic as the frequent bombs and explosions that had become a daily occurrence.
"Hm, hard to tell when the rain made the rankings useless unless you were watching."
Kurama glanced down at the tiny man now floating just above the window sill. He smiled lazily at the subtle fish for answers but otherwise didn't reply. Instead, he opened the window for a slightly damp Hiei to enter the room. His appearance forced Reborn to move away to avoid a grumpy wet demon stepping on him. The demon in question grunted his thanks and greeting with a heavy scowl on his face.
"Mother is making curry tonight," Kurama informed him, watching as the demon's eyes light up ever so slightly.
Hiei disappeared out the door, seemingly not noticing the lack of gravity or chaos in the room, presumably to stake out a seat for dinner. Kurama didn't blame him, it was slowly becoming a more difficult task as his brother accumulated more people. Reborn's penetrating stare followed the demon, almost making Kurama snort. The tiny not-child was practically beside himself when he realized he couldn't find any information on Hiei. Since then there had been a lot more piercing looks and pointed questions, but Kurama ignored them gleefully.
(Koenma made it abundantly clear he did not want the mafia to find out about the demon and spirit realm. He apparently already had enough trouble with dealing with their flame shenanigans and didn't want them to get involved with anything else supernatural. He was willing to work with Kurama and Hiei despite their theft, but point blank refused to get involved with anything mafia related, shuddering to himself about interdimensional issues, something about 3 rings or three sets of rings, and not dealing with that shit ever again after the incident 400 hundred years ago. )
Kurama liked to think he had improved himself over the years as a human, but even he'd admit that he still had a bit of vindictive streak. He still wasn't pleased with his brother's situation as the next heir to a bloody mafia family and Reborn was an easy outlet even if his true displeasure was aimed at the head of the Vongola family himself.
So, with great pleasure, Kurama sent the man an undoubtedly infuriating smirk and left the room with little difficulty despite the lack of gravity.
I have a test in a couple of hours that I should be studying for, but I got inspired so here's chapter. Yes, the incident 400 years ago involved the Vongola Primo and his guardians. Might make that a drabble or might include it in the full story. Haven't decided yet. Sorry for long waits between updates, college is kicking my butt.