A/N: A flameless AU inspired by... a binge reading of cheesy romance novels in an effort to cut down on my phone addiction. The only inspiration I got was making the Arcobalenco into bounty hunters instead of criminals.

Hana is just as merciless as Reborn when it comes to tutoring. *sweat drops* Hope you all enjoy and happy holidays!

Disclaimer: I don't own Katekyo Hitman Reborn!

Operation Capture the Lion Cub

It had been a normal day at school for one Tsunayoshi Sawada. He was shy, normally sticking close to his circle of friends. Many of the students thought he was "selfish," keeping school idols like Takeshi Yamamoto and Kyoko Sasagawa to himself. They chose to remain blissfully ignorant of the fact the three teens had been together before they could walk since their parents were friends in culinary college. He'd learned to ignore the cutting remarks, taking pride in the fact they had each other to lean on.

Tsuna yawned, stretching out his arms. "That test in math was brutal." Tsuna complains. Takeshi and Tsuna's eyes were still sore from their last minute study session. Kyoko giggled. "If you two didn't procrastinate so much you might have remembered what you crammed into your heads. Or Hana could-" "No!" Both boys shuddered. They'd rather have a door repetitively slammed on their genitalia than go through that torture again.

One time Hana added laxatives to their food and made sure there was no toilet paper in the bathrooms. She would only slide them toilet paper, by square, for each question they answered correctly on her study guide. They still broke into a cold sweat whenever they saw chocolate chip cookies.

"Tch, wimps." Takeshi flinched and Tsuna gave his signature distressed whine. There Hana stood in all her irritated glory. If it wasn't for Kyoya Hibari's existence, she would've been the most feared student in school. She could make a delinquent piss their pants with an icy glare. Physical retaliation was out of the question due to her father being a merciless prosecutor. And she inherited his rather sadistic personality, as loathe as she was to admit it.

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Hana joined the trio to one of their regular hangouts, Takesushi. The regulars nodded in greeting as they sat at their table, the closest to the counter and kitchen. A waitress walked over to the table, long purple hair setting her apart from the other employees. Hana raised an eyebrow but didn't comment. "Welcome to Takesushi. May I take your orders?"

Everyone but Tsuna decided to get water, Tsuna ordered a coffee. "I still think excessive caffeine intake is the reason why your growth stunted." Hana says in amusement, Tsuna stuck out his tongue childishly. "I can't help it. Dad sent a package of gourmet coffee blends and I've been hooked ever since." Iemitsu worked abroad and rarely visited, so the Sawadas regularly received what Hana called guilt gifts. If it wasn't for the various pictures scattered around the house, Tsuna doubted he'd remember his father's face.

The waitress, her name tag reading Fortuna, gave Tsuna a friendly smile as she poured his coffee. He tapped his feet nervously under the table, being friends with Kyoko and Takeshi made him well versed in reading emotions beneath smiling facades. There was something... off about the woman. In response he gave the woman a disarming smile he learned from Kyoko, catching an unguarded reaction of surprise and guilt.

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Skull cursed his luck and Reborn's sadistic sense of humor when it came to his cover name. Luce just had to assign this mission to him. He signed up for the adrenaline of chasing down criminals, not abducting innocent children. Iemitsu Sawada, known as the Young Lion of Vongola, had finally slipped up. The mafia man had been caught, on video no less, killing the heir of a lesser mafia family in retaliation to Enrico's murder.

There was now an official warrant out on the man, every bounty hunter in the world wanting to be the one to take down one of the underworld's biggest fish. The original plan had been to wait for Iemitsu to drop his guard and visit his family in Namimori, far away from Vongola's sphere of influence. A year and a half of surveillance and the Young Lion had yet to step a foot out of Italy. So drastic times called for drastic measures.

As a student Tsuna's records were average and he was observed to be more of a loner when not being accompanied by his friends. It was the company that he kept that managed to raise eyebrows. The son of retired assassin Tsuyoshi Yamamoto, the daughter of feared criminal prosecutor Katsuro Kurokawa, and the difficult to approach nephew of Fon. It wasn't mentioned in his files but Tsuna would often go on runs with Ryohei, the eldest of the Sasagawa siblings, and keep up with him. So there was a possibility of the boy being trained by either the boxing enthusiast or Namimori's demon prefect.

"Guys, I think they might be on to me." He whispered, knowing his coworkers would hear him through the wire. There was a heavy sigh on the other end. "He's just a kid. I'm sure you can outsmart him." Verde says in a condescending tone. Skull grit his teeth and went back to the table.

"Can I get you kids anything else?" He asks in a convincing falsetto. He noted that Tsuna hadn't used any powdered creamer or sugar, both which had been laced with a sleeping aid. Tsuyoshi had watched him make the beverage like a hawk, so he had no time to spike the coffee itself.

Takeshi shook his head. "Pops usually lets us hang out and do homework as long as we don't bother the other patrons." There was a yelp as Hana smacked Tsuna's hand away from the coffee pot with a metal ruler. "No more caffeine for you today. At least not until after you finish your math homework." She scolded, Tsuna pouted. "But I need it!" Kyoko looked at Tsuna in confusion. "But didn't you say the coffee here tasted like boiled mud?" She asks innocently, Tsuna deadpanned. "I need something to keep up with you lunatics."