Title: New Assistant
Disclaimer: The both of Katekyo Hitman Reborn! and Cuticle Detective Inaba and their elements belong to Akira Amone-sensei and Mochi-sensei, not me of course..
Post Date: 2017/11/28
AN: The event of this chapter supposed happen some days after 'Meet the Goat'
New Assistant: Strange Acquaintance(s) part 2
02: The Coming of Mist and Cloud
Aside from him, if there was one closest-to-normal person in Inaba's Agency, that would be Sawada Tsunayoshi.
That is always on Kei's mind.
When the newest assistant came out of his room in the morning with a cold glare, Kei and even Yuuta wanted to run away. Tsuna, who kind, warm, and nice person, is scary when he's mad at something. Now, his glare is scarier than the last time he's angry with Valentino (they still didn't know why he's angry with the Goat in the first place). The one who responsible this time must pissed him somehow.
But if they think about it, since he takes a day off and go somewhere for three days and just come back last night, the brunet has been in a very bad mood.
He kept glared his phone.
He easily snapped at everything.
He often ignored other people.
... it's not his usual behavior at all.
"Tsuna-kun?" Kei called out, he himself was a little scared of the brunet's glare.
"What?!" Tsuna asked, lacking his usual polite and kind tone.
He was pissed alright, they were sure.
"Sorry," The brunet apologized briefly for suddenly blowing up on the other teen "I'm sorry, Kei-kun. I'm in a bad mood right now." He sit on the sofa and sipped his tea (Kei made it earlier).
'We noticed.' Both of his fellow assistants think at the same time. So, they only nodded and decided to let the brunet to calm down.
Later, it was Tsuna himself, who break the silence, "Where's Inaba-san?"
Yuuta looked from his laptop, "That stupid inspector dragged sensei to another case without us again." he scowled. The blonde really hate the Police Inspector.
Kei interrupted, "Because that case is not really suited for teen like us. He says the murderer case this time is really brutal." He shrugged, remembering how Ogi explained everything about the case.
"I see..." Tsuna sighed as once again he looked at his phone.
"What's wrong, Tsuna-kun?" asked Yuuta.
"I.." said the brunet hesitantly, "Actually, I need to..." he stopped. Feeling a familiar goseebums, he turned his head to the door.
Three successive raps at the door draw their attention.
When Kei was about open the door, Tsuna shouted, "Wait, Kei-kun..!"
Too late... the black haired assistant already opened the door. Steel-gray eyes were glaring at him, "Hn,"
"K-Kyoya?!" Tsuna gasped out in disbelief at seeing the older male from inside as the older ravenet turned his attention.
Kei and Yuuta simultaneously shout 'Tsuna-kun!' when the newcomer darts in speed of light towards Tsuna, dangerous tonfas glinting ominously. He swings with his right towards the smaller teen. But in a movement they're just barely able to catch, the brunet pivots, kicks the ravenet's leg out from under him, swings him over his head in same motion and slams him into the ground.
Yuuta's eyes widen, Kei gapes, the ravenet quickly stands up and scowled. And Tsuna? He just chuckles nervously, "It's reflex, Kyoya!" he gives a yelp, dodging the tonfa by a hair's breadth. "Not my fault, it's you who attack me all of sudden." This still continuing until Tsuna holds his arms up overlapping with his palms facing forward.
"Kyoya, stop."
Tonfas halt mid-motion, the ravenet stopped instantly at the Tsuna's boss tone.
Tsuna sighed, "Honestly, what are you doing here?" he turned to the wall behind him, "You too, Mukuro?"
'Who's he talking to?' Kei and Yuuta stared at the brunet.
But suddenly, they heard something, "Kufufufu, you're still sharp as ever, Sawada Tsunayoshi." A male, the indigonet with heterochromatic eyes chuckled as he appears on Tsuna's left.
"Hn, stupid pineapple." The ravenet hissed dangerously, once again prepared his tonfas to the newcomer this time.
"Oya, oya, Kyo-chan.. what did you say?" the indigonet pull out his own weapon, a long trident.
'Wait, where's it come from?'
*twitch*
"I'll bite you to death."
"Kufufufu, try it birdie."
*twitch*
In a blink of an eye, the ravenet aimed one of his tonfas towards the indigonet's neck. He, in turn, aimed his trident for the ravenet's chest.
*twitch*
Before either one of them could land a hit, Tsuna grabbed at both of their weapons and pulled them away from their owners. Dropping them to the ground as the smaller teen glared at both of them with a dark and powerful aura.
"Knock it off." That statement alone was enough for the ravenet and the indigonet to back away from each other.
"I don't appreciate fighting in this office," Kei and Yuuta slightly awed and shocked by the killing intent that rolled off around Tsuna's body.
Orange eyes glowed slightly as he glared them down, "Do you understand, Kyoya, Mukuro?"
Both of older males gulped, "...yes/Hn," They really didn't want to become a victim of his wrath.
After all, Sawada Tsunayoshi is not Vongola Decimo, their boss for nothing.
-Little Flashback-
"Explain."
Trapped in small alleyway with his two most dangerous Guardians glared him was a situation that Tsuna's facing now.
After an hour the game of tag with his Cloud and Mist, Tsuna finally admitted a defeat. "Explain what, Kyoya?" he chuckled nervously, looking at a steel tonfas that only a few millimeters from his face.
"Kufufu, you know exactly what he's mean, Tsunayoshi."
The brunet looked at Kyoya and Mukuro for second, then he give a long sigh, "Fine..." and so, want or not, for some minutes Tsuna launched into his story, starting from the beginning when he got tired with his paperwork and want a break (run away), to Byakuran's (stupid) idea, to Vindice were helping them, to how he get lost in Japan, to how he become (temporary) Detective's assistant.
"Kufufu, you're playing with a detective now, Tsunayoshi? What happen if he knew your identity?"
"Don't worry, I'll make sure he didn't chew my hair."
"…chew?" Kyoya raised his eyebrow.
"Oh yeah! Inaba-san is a werewolf and ex-police dog. He have hair fetish and can gain various information about the people by touch and taste their hair." Tsuna explained happily.
... silence
If Kyoya isn't a composed person, he will be face-palmed right now. But, Mukuro is blunt as ever, so he said, "You always attracted a weird people, Sawada Tsunayoshi." You are one to talk.
"…a Werewolf?"
Tsuna stared at Kyoya. Knowing what his Cloud's thinking, he shook his head 'later,' as the ravenet just narrowed his eyes.
"I know you two will come here from Yuni... But, how can do you knew I'm in Japan?" asked the brunet.
After the moment...
"So, let me get straight, you overheard Dino-nii who let it slip about his encounter with me in Tokyo and decide to go here, Kyoya?" The ravenet simply grunted in reply. "Hn,"
'Dino-nii, you're an idiot..'
"And Mukuro, you have been do mission in this country even before I'm arrived, then you 'accidentally' saw Kyoya and decide to follow him without him notice you?" Mukuro's laughing (or kufufu-ing?) as the ravenet sent him a glare.
And Tsuna just face-palmed.
-End Flashback-
"So, what exactly do you doing here?" Tsuna asked as he put cups of tea in front of his Guardians. "I told you guys to wait until I came back from the work."
"Hn."
"Kufufu.. Kyo-chan is bored."
"Shut up, pineapple."
Tsuna sighed, typical of his Cloud and Mist.
While three of them were having a conversation (argument), the other two occupants just stared at them.
'Why the ravenet attacked Tsuna earlier?'
'Why's the indigonet can appear suddenly?'
'What exactly is the relationship the three of them?'
Many questions on Kei and Yuuta's mind, but they're afraid to ask.
Afraid of what? ...who knows.
Two unknown males sit far from each other, at the different small chair as they were looking anywhere but not the brunet in front them.
The brown-haired assistant in other hand, was glaring at them while massage his forehead.
The blonde and black-haired assistants just stood not far from three of them.
It was the scene Hiroshi and Ogino see when they entered the Agency.
"...What happened?" Hiroshi asked Kei who closest from the door. "Who are them?"
"Ah, Inaba-san!" Kei looked surprise for a bit, he really don't realize his boss come.
"Sensei, what should we do? These people caused Tsuna's bad mood worsens." Even Yuuta's getting worry for the brunet.
"...that also including verbally!"
They jumped at Tsuna's shout.
"Umm, Tsuna?" Hiroshi called his new assistant.
"What?!" the smaller teen asked coldly.
Hiroshi sobbed and hid behind Ogi, "Wahh Ogi, Tsuna's kinda scary right now..."
Well, even though Sawada Tsunayosi is a kind, nice, and composed person, when he is in bad mood, he could became scarier than the demon itself.
It is one thing that they learned from the brunet.
The Police Inspector approached Tsuna and touched his shoulder, "Assistant? You're alright?"
The brunet jolted a little at the touch, he blinked and turned to Ogi, "Oh, Ogi-san!" Tsuna smiled happily, "When did you come?" then he saw his boss standing not far, "Welcome back, Inaba-san!"
Everyone stared at the brunet and face-palmed at his mood swings. Really, he can be scary in the minute and happy in later.
Ogi give him a smile and patted Tsuna's head like he always does with Kei, "We just come a moment ago, assistant." He really wanted a son. Maybe the brunet can be Azusa's big brother? He sure they will get along well.
Meanwhile, certain Cloud and Mist were not happy seeing the man touched their Sky.
"Hand off, Herbivore."
"Oya, oya, do you want die so bad?"
Of course, Ogi was confused at why the both of them were glaring him.
In other hand, Tsuna just sighed again. He was muttering, 'stupid over-protective Guardians'
Kyoya and Mukuro changed their positions. Now they were sitting on the same sofa, of course with Tsuna sit in between (no way they will be able to sit next to each other). Hiroshi and Ogi take sofa in front them, still staring at the newcomers. Yuuta and Kei just sit in their usual desk behind Hiroshi.
For minute, nobody said anything.
"Kufufu, you're still mad, Tsunayoshi?" of course Mukuro is the first who break the silence.
"Shut up, Mukuro. Whose fault is that?! And don't break the silence with that creepy laugh of yours." Tsuna grumbled, half glaring at his Mist.
"Hn," Kyoya nodded his head lightly to agree.
The brunet turned to his Cloud and complained, "Shut up, Kyoya. You're involved too." Tsuna then rubbed his forehead. "You'll replace everything. And no Mist Flame!" he said the last part to the indigonet, who just pouted. "It's just a room."
"My room, Mukuro! How can both of you destroyed a single room in eleven minutes I left you to wait?!"
"I told you, it's Kyo-chan fault." Mukuro pointed the skylark who of course looks wants to kill him.
"But it's because you keep bothering him!" Tsuna scowled. "Kyoya just taking a nap in sofa and you send those annoying illusion to bother him. He wake up and you guys keep fighting until I came back!"
"...How do you know?"
"My Intuition of course."
"Your Devil Intuition," Kyoya grumbled, loud enough for Tsuna to hear. The brunet give his Cloud an annoyed look.
"Erm, Tsuna-kun?" The glaring match between three of them stopped when (finally) Kei have a courage to interrupt them. Well, it's not his fault! The ravenet's cold glare and the indigonet's intimidating smirk plus Tsuna's bad mood is really worst (and scary) combination!
As he had expected, they turned at him, the ravenet was glaring and the indigonet was smirking at him. Tsuna just give him a blank look, "Yes, Kei-kun?"
"Uh.." don't know what he had to say, he fidgeted under their pressure aura.
Decided to save his black-haired assistant, Hiroshi asks the question on everyone's mind, "Tsuna? They're your.. friends?"
Tsuna himself looked between his Guardians and the rest of them, "Unfortunately yes, Inaba-san"
"Oho, what do you mean by that?" Mukuro asked, but the brunet ignored him.
"This guy with creepy laugh is Rukudo Mukuro and the aloof guy is Hibari Kyoya, please ignore if they're glaring at you."
Kei POV
It was the first time he met Tsuna's acquaintances or friends.
Tsuna's really having a odd …friends.
First oddity about them is their appearance.
The first male, dressed in casual clothes, dark green shirt with black blazer and blue jeans was a raven haired, handsome and imperially slim built Eurasian looking man that looked only a bit older than their current perp. His sharp, unusual steel-gray eyes held coldness and fierceness (?) in them.
(AN: If you wondering why's Kyoya wore a casual clothes, well I just want he wear something other than his gakuran and suit)
The second male is same age with first male, an indigonet with (strange) pineapple hairstyle, and he has heterochromia, with his left eye blue, and his right eye red. Unlike the black-haired male, he was dressed in more formal attire (little), a superbly tailored elegantly understated collared black suit, which few buttons opened, purple linen shirt and a loose black colored silk tie. Why's a suit?
(AN: Remember, Mukoro just come from his 'mission')
Second is their aura.
The both of them got a strange aura, like Tsuna's.
If Tsuna's more calm, warm, mysterious. The newcomer's aura strong, powerful, and dangerous.
Third is their behavior and interaction with each other and the rest of them.
The raven haired male's only talk little (or just 'Hn') and kept glaring at everything and everyone (especially the indigonet). The indigo haired male, in other hand, have a creepy laugh and kept teases the ravenet every time he can.
The both of them always fighting at each other, verbally or non-verbally (with real weapons!) only stopped when Tsuna speak. For some reason, they respect and fear of the brunet at the same time, and little over-protective (?) to the smaller teen.
"...because you're annoying pineapple." said the ravenet as he rolled his eyes.
"Oya, oya, Kyo-chan.. what did you call me?" asked the indigonet with a twitch.
"Hn," smirked the ravenet, "You're deaf too."
The indigonet slowly materialized his trident again and of course a pair of tonfas appear in ravenet's hands too
"Ne, do you remember that you're a guest here?" said Tsuna with smiling, the menacing aura flared up once more and they knew when to shut up if the brunet was in his 'I-may-be-smiling-but-I-actually-feel-like-tearing-you-apart' mood. "Or should I just freeze you?"
And once again, their weapons magically disappear.
With Ogi-san, they looked at him with cautions and distrust after he introduced his title (Police Inspector), strange... Tsuna also have that look when he first met the older male.
"...*stare*..."
"...*glare*..."
"...*smirk*..."
"...*stare*..."
"Um, assistant? did I do something wrong?"
"*sigh* please ignore them, Ogi-san."
With Yuuta-kun, the ravenet just looked (glared) at him at first, before ignored the blonde completely. And the indigonet kept inspected the blonde with interest and smirking with his creepy laugh.
"...kufufufu."
"No, Mukuro, just no..."
"Eh?~ Why?~"
"Shut up!
"Please Tsunayoshi?"
"Stop whining, that's creepy come from you."
With Kei himself, this time the indigonet who ignored him (but sometime still give him a smirk). And the ravenet inspected him for moment, nod his head little, and kept muttering about herbivore (?).
"Hn,"
"You too Kyoya?"
"Omnivore,"
"I understand, but no."
"..."
And last, with Inaba-san. Like Ogi-san, the both of them looked at him with cautions and distrust, even more than the red-haired male. But... there was something mixed in there, shock and anger (?) why, he didn't know...
They kept hissed and growled like animals do with their prey.
"You two... keep down." Tsuna ordered them.
"He's a werewolf."
"This time I must agree with the skylark, Tsunayoshi."
"Why?"
"Same smell."
"But it's different Kyoya!"
"A werewolf still a Werewolf."
"What's wrong with werewolf?"
"Inaba-san... just shut up!"
"*sulk* why..? you're talking about me..."
In the end, Kei didn't know why Tsuna's friends dislike Inaba-san so much.
After some introduction, Tsuna and his two Guardians back to their conversation and ignored the rest of them.
Of course they talking in Italian, so nobody will understand them.
"Quindi, hai il tuo discorso?" (So, you have your talk?) asked Mukuro.
"Sì Mukuro, ho parlato con lui ieri prima di venire." (Yes Mukuro, I talked with him yesterday before you came.) said Tsuna calmly.
"E poi?" (And then?) Kyoya narrowed his eyes.
This made the brunet sigh, "Valentino e la sua famiglia..." (Valentino and his Family...) he begin, but Hiroshi decided to interrupt Tsuna.
"Wait Tsuna... You're talking about Valentino? The Goat?!" asked the detective, although he didn't understand what they're talking about, he still caught the Don's name. That made him confused and worried about his new assistant, he never ask, 'Why's Tsuna know Valentino in the first place?' and his friends also know about it.
His Cloud and Mist just glared him, and Tsuna stared at his (temporary) boss for moment.
"Stop."
Tsuna's word cuts through Hiroshi's own like a blade through butter, and the detective (and everyone) freezes at the chilling tone.
The brunet turn to him with a grim smile. "Inaba-san. Stop. We have this talk already, I agree to come here only if you didn't question my backgrounds, that's including my connection with Valentino." he didn't want the older male to get involved with the underworld even more. Hiroshi, being one of people (including Ogi) who chased Valentino and his gang already made him involved somehow, and that's the Goat's fault! Oh he will talk with him again. "So, please Inaba-san... just drop it." the brunet smiled.
Then Tsuna talk turned back to his Guardians, "I'll talk about this matter later. For now go back and wait me in there."
"Kufufufu, fine Tsunayoshi, but don't run into trouble again." Mukuro looked at him suspiciously.
Tsuna gapes dramatically as his hand flew to his mouth, "Mukuro! You make me sound like some kind of trouble-magnet!"
"You are," Kyoya deadpan.
And just like that, in few seconds, the two of them disappear (in literally for Mukuro) through the window (for Kyoya) from the Detective Agency.
The detective, his two assistant, and the police inspector just stared the place where the-now-gone-guest earlier. Hearing a sigh, they turned to Tsuna who slumped in his seat while a dark cloud come from nowhere above the brunet's head.
"Tsuna-kun? You're alright?" asked Kei, but Tsuna didn't heard him and kept muttered something.
"This is supposed to be a vacation, why?! Stupid Goat, stupid Guardians, stupid me!"
At that moment, there was only one thought in Kei's mind: Tsuna really has strange acquaintances.
Unknown by him that won't be last time he met the brunet's acquaintances.
Later in that night in certain apartment, the Vongola Decimo and his two Guardians were having a serious 'conversation'
"Kyoya, Mukuro," begin Tsuna seriously in his boss tone, "I know I'm in a break right now, but I have side missions for both of you, this is involved a man from the past." hearing this, the both of Cloud and Mist Guardians straighten their posture and stared at their Sky.
"Kyoya, I want you to stay in Japan for now and gather information of that person, his whereabouts and what he's doing in here."
"Mukuro, I want you to infiltrate that place and find out all incident concerning him in there."
"I'm counting on you two".
~Owari~
Next Chapter will be between: Weather's Reactions, File: The 'triangle' Murderer Case, or Strange Acquaintance(s) part 3: Date with the Rain.
Which one do you want?