The Hayashi's Apartment

"Tsu-chan, are you dressed?" Nana asks as she puts on the finishing touches on her makeup. 

"Hai, Mama!" Tsuna replies, skipping into her mother's room. "Mama, how do I look?" Tsuna giggles, twirling in her new orange dress.

"Like a beautiful little princess," Nana responds, smiling tenderly at her daughter who gives her a big grin. The mother-daughter duo was getting ready to go to the Kurosaki's for dinner.

It's been a week since the river incident and from then on, everything has gone smoothly. Tsuna is good friends with Ichigo who protects her from Hebima and his lackeys, Nana has a stable job so there are no financial problems and there hasn't been a whisper of Iemitsu anywhere.

"Come on, let's get going," Nana held out her hand for Tsuna to take as they exit the apartment.

Kurosaki House

"Hayashi-san, Tsuna-chan. Welcome, come in," Isshin greets cheerfully. Yuzu rushes over to the front door with Ichigo and Karin calmly following.

"Tsuna-chan!" Yuzu bear hugs Tsuna who nearly topples over from the force. Yuzu looks up at Tsuna with her big doe-like eyes that glimmers in joy, "Gohan-kun is on! Let's all watch it together."

"Actually, it was on 20 minutes ago but she paused it so we could watch it together," Karin corrects, she was left amused at how Yuzu was bouncing up and down in front of the TV while waiting for the Hayashi's to arrive.

"Then we shouldn't wait another second," Tsuna responds before being yanked away by Yuzu, stumbling as she struggled to keep upright.

"Yuzu, don't drag her like that," Ichigo scolds as he and Karin follow after them.

"Sorry about that," Isshin apologises, scratching the back of his head in exasperation. "Yuzu has been bursting at the seams for this dinner. She really loves Tsuna-chan so does Karin and Ichigo."

"No, it's fine," Nana assures waving off his concerns. "I'm just happy that Tsuna is having fun. It's been so long since I last heard her laugh like that," Nana smiled sombrely at the ground.

Isshin looks at Nana at the corner of his eye and was about to say something when he remembered the food on the stove. "Our dinner!" He yelps before rushing back into the kitchen, Nana jumps up in shock before following. She found him drastically turning the stove knob and moving a large pot. "I'm sorry but dinner isn't finished yet. Even after all this time, I'm still a newbie on cooking," he admits embarrassed.

"Let me help you," Nana offers already rolling up her sleeves.

"No you're a guest," Isshin immediately declines waving his hands in front of him.

"It's no trouble," Nana assures before giggling and pointing to the open pot that exposed it's ominously bubbling contents. "Besides I doubt you'd want to poison the children with that."

"It's not that bad," Isshin frowns as he scoops out a spoonful of curry and swallows only to immediately gag at the taste. "Point taken. Tell me what you need."

"So Hayashi-san, what brought you to Namimori?" Isshin inquires as he chops up the vegetables.

"Please call me Nana, Hayashi-san makes me feel old," Nana requests softly as she stares at the boiling pot of water. She took in a deep breath before explaining the situation, "Not too long ago I divorced my now-ex-husband and it wasn't a clean divorce. Iemitsu wasn't a father or husband, he was rarely ever home so I raised Tsuna all by myself. When he did come home, it was a very... disappointing experience. I won full custody of Tsuna and refused child support from him. Now that decision didn't leave me with a lot of money and I wanted a fresh start so I moved to Karakura since it was the closest."

"Whatever happened to him?" Isshin inquires.

"So far there hasn't been a hide or hair of him but after the judge ruled in my favour he threatened to take Tsuna from me," Nana reveals as she places all the chopped vegetables into the pot and starts to stir the contents. 

"If you ever have any trouble then you and Tsuna-chan are welcome here anytime," Isshin offers kindly which Nana accepted. They then spend the next 20 minutes preparing dinner, luckily for them, the children were occupied with Gohan-kun so didn't question about the lateness of their food.

Dinner was a joyful occasion with laughter and chatter all around and afterwards, Nana helped put the twins to bed before picking up her own sleeping daughter.

Tsuna muttered something sleepily before rubbing her eyes in exhaustion but she didn't wake up.

"Are you sure you don't need me to walk you home? I don't mind," Isshin offers but Nana declines.

"No, I'll be fine," Nana assures adjusting her daughter in arms.

"It's no trouble. Ichigo is old enough to man the fort while I'm escorting you," Isshin insists, his eyes darting to the corners of the houses.

"I guess if it's no trouble," Nana relents realising that Isshin would not take 'no' for an answer.

"Excellent," Isshin announces as he grabs his coat and puts it on before swiping his keys off the counter. "Ichigo, you know the rules. No opening the doors to strangers, no sweets or fizzy drinks before bed especially to the girls and you better be in bed by the time I get back. I know tomorrow is the weekend but that's no excuse to stay up."

"Alright, alright," Ichigo waves off his eyes not once drawing away from the TV screen.

"I'm serious," Isshin states bonking him on the head, ignoring the burst of anger radiating from his son. "I'm trusting you," Isshin warns before exiting the house and ensuring to lock the front door just as a precaution. "Let's go."

Isshin and Nana started to walk to her apartment, the streets were dimly lit making Nana slightly nervous so she stuck close to Isshin. The walk was silent except for Tsuna's soft snores so Nana decided to break the silence, "Thank you for walking us home."

"It's really no problem," Isshin assures kindly, "besides there's no way I could let such a beautiful woman walk home all alone in the middle of the night. You might find it difficult to protect Tsuna."

"You're so sweet," Nana giggled blushing.

"I'm simply stating the truth," Isshin replies. The two continued to chat until they reached Nana's apartment block. Nana thanked him once again, bowing, before entering the building. Isshin waved her goodbye until she entered the elevator once she was out of sight, Ishhin dropped his friendly facade. He frowned as he glared sideways towards the shadows where the mysterious figures were lurking. Stalking Nana and Tsuna at every given moment but it seems today that are making their move.

Isshin shunpo'd right behind the posse of agents and knocked them right out in a matter of seconds before kidnapping them to another location and tying them up. One of them actually had a file on the Hayashi mother and daughter duo.

"I'm guessing that Nana's ex is making good on his promise," Isshin mutters in disgust as he flips through the pages, growing more and more repulsed with what he read. Half a million euros for Tsuna's kidnapping plus another million for Nana's assassination. Iemitsu sent assassins to murder his ex-wife and kidnap their daughter. "Bastard is probably with the Yakuza but then the currency should be yen. Whatever he does, it certainly isn't legal. Looks like I knew to find out more," Ishhin decides before wondering what to do about the unconscious hit men.  He couldn't just kill them as that would garner some unwanted suspicion from Iemitsu but then again he couldn't just let them go after using his Kikanshinki that would also be seen as unusual if the hitmen suddenly forgot why they were in Karakura.

"Man, this is annoying," Isshin complained sighing as his brain rummaged through multiple ideas before his eyes flashed open with realisation. Isshin stared at the men before using his Reiryoku to sense the power of the hit men, "Italian heritage and Flames. Definitely apart of the Mafia, something I can use to my advantage," Isshin grins, the information he found out is definitely useful to use without grabbing unusual attention while also protecting Tsuna and Nana.

"Guess I need to see Kisuke for a favour," Isshin used his Kikanshinki against the men before shunpoing to Urahara's shop. He knocked on the store door and to his surprise, Kisuke actually answered instead of Tessai.

"My, if it isn't Kurosaki Isshin," Kisuke greets cheerfully with his fan hiding part of his face as usual. "I haven't seen you in quite a while. Come in, come in, make yourself comfortable," Kisuke fussed pulling Isshin into the shop and pouring him some tea.

"I need a favour," Ishhin informs.

"What kind of favour?" Kisuke inquires teasingly.

"I need Karakura to be put under the protection of the Seireitei," Isshin requests choosing not to beat around the bush.

"Eh? That's not something that can be done so easily," Kisuke warns, lowering his head until it covered his eyes, "even if I do it, it will probably be taken down in a couple of months. After all, even Central 46 can't permanently shut out the Mafia from a town or city without repercussions. It's only allowed during missions so that the other side know to avoid getting into conflict. Shinigami and Mafiosos don't get along."

"I know but it will at least grant some time," Isshin responds staring into his cup.

"I heard through the grapevine that Vongola's CEDEF leader has taken an interest in 2 new residents. Specifically, a mother and daughter duo," Kisuke hints taking a long sip of his tea.

"I shouldn't be surprised," Isshin snorts as he shakes his head, that man knows everything. 

"But I guess your request is understandable, Sawada Iemitsu is a dangerous and cunning man. If he wants his kid back then he'll stop and nothing to get her back. He'll probably be lazy about it as well putting everyone in Karakura at risk of enemy Mafiosos. I'd rather not have the streets littered with piling bodies. It'll be such a pain for Tessai to clean."

"Won't you help him clean?" Isshin shoots back jokingly.

"Ehh? Of course, I will!" Kisuke exclaims throwing his body over the table as he pokes Isshin's forehead before sitting normally, "but I don't want to touch 'em."

"Typical," Isshin isn't really surprised at Kisuke's response.

"I'll grant your request but remember that it isn't a guarantee that no assassins, hit people or mafiosos won't come, and there will be a period of time where they are in danger," Kisuke warns. "I'll hack into the database and add Karakura every now and then."

"Thank you," Isshin sighs in relief before getting up to his feet.

"Hmm? Where are you going? We haven't discussed the price of my service," Kisuke informs making Isshin freeze.

"What price? I asked for a favour," Isshin frowns dropping right back onto the pillow. 

"Yes but I said I'll grant it as a request ergo I need payment," there was a wicked look shining in Kisuke's eyes that promised absolute evil and mischief.

Isshin made a choking sound as if there were something caught in the back of his throat, he opened and closed his mouth like a fish before running his hand through his hair in annoyance. "Alright, how much?" Isshin relents knowing he would soon be bankrupt. 

"Yay! Nice to see you gave in so quickly. You wouldn't believe how long it takes to wear people down to get a fair price," Kisuke giggles maniacally.

'How the hell are your prices fair?' Isshin wisely chose to keep this comment to himself. 

I'll probably switch between English and Japanese in the future due to confusion so for every chapter I'll put both languages for the items or techniques at the bottom.

Shunpo - Flash Step

Kikanshinki - Memory Replacement Spray