Timeline: Daily Life arc. Same time as Reborn's Report.

" Information is power. But like all power, there are those who want to keep it for themselves."

~ Aaron Swartz

"I didn't think organized crime was your style."

"Hiei, please." Kurama rolled his eyes. "You and I both know if I had a choice I'd stay as far away from it as possible."

"True." The fire demon murmured, folding his arms over his chest. "You're not one much for strict hierarchy and overindulgent opulence."

The descended into silence for a moment.

"You know." Hiei started. "I can't believe you got yourself in this mess. I was only gone for a month or so and suddenly I come back to a full house of random humans and news that your little brother is an heir to a human mafia family of all things."

Kurama smiled faintly. "I was a bit surprised myself. I knew my human father was involved, but I never expected things to turn out like this. I'm not particularly fond of the idea, but I have to admit that from what I've seen so far, their abilities are fascinating. We finally have information regarding Tsuna's flame ability at our fingertips."

Kurama's smile dropped and he sighed as he thought about his brother's new position once more. He glanced over the cityscape below them, swinging his legs idly on the edge of the skyscraper. His mother had just left the hospital and he wanted answers now that her illness and imminent death wasn't hanging over his head and clogging his mind with worry.

"Can you find more information on the Vongola and these flames of theirs?" He brushed away his hair from his eyes. "I only managed to scrounge up that basic information and have been observing Reborn's training, but with Tsuna being chosen as the heir I want to know everything."

Hiei sighed.

"I don't have as many human contacts as I do demons, but I can try. At the very least, if they truly are unaware of the spirit realms I can sneak in and see what I can find listening in on conversations and watch their training." Hiei plopped down on the ledge next to him.

Kurama felt his shoulders slump in relief. "Thank you, Hiei."

The fire demon scowled at him. "I'm not doing this for free."

Kurama chuckled. "Of course not."

He noted the Hiei decidedly didn't name a price. Kurama refrained from chuckling again. He supposed the demon justified it by pretending there was a tab Kurama would eventually pay. He was a rather prickly sort, easy to anger and tended to hold onto grudges. Kurama had been worried at first that the irate demon would bring harm to his family, but he had come to rely on him in the years since their first meeting.

Though he'd likely deny it till his last breath, the fire demon had a soft spot for Tsuna and his mother. He could relax in the knowledge that Hiei would do everything within his power to find the information for Kurama.

He tilted his head up towards the sky and watched the stars allowing the tension to melt from his shoulders.

So, I've finally gotten around to creating an outline for the full story. Still struggling with chapter 3 'cause I'm terrible at writing children and both Hiei and Hibari are being butts, but it should be up sometime next month. From there updates should be a bit faster since chapter 4 will start with the beginning of the anime.