Gone Batty (Sefiru) (Fanfic)

When Sawada Tsunayoshi goes to middle school, his life changes dramatically in two ways. First, the baseball coach actually supports him. Second, a baby told him he has to become a mafia boss. The coach takes an issue with that.

Did we mention the coach's name is Majima Goro?

Gone Batty is a series of Like a Dragon and Reborn! (2004) crossover fics written by Sefiru, and is an Alternate Universe Fic diverging after the events of Yakuza Kiwami 2.

The series is made up of one shots taking place in anachronistic order. The parts are as follows:

The series contains examples of these tropes:

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General

Adaptational Badass: Overlapping with Crossover Power Acquisition, several Yakuza characters have Dying Will Flames on top of already being monsters in combat.
- Tachibana is a Sky.
- Oda is a Storm.
- Makoto is a Sun.
- Kiryu is a Lightning.
- Saejima is a Rain.
- Majima is a primary Mist with a secondary Cloud.
- Sera was a Cloud.
- According to Word of God, Kazama was a Rain.
Adaptational Gender Identity: In canon, Majima is a cis male. In this fic, Majima is genderfluid, with Goromi being the name she uses when presenting as female.
Adaptational Job Change:
- On top of being in charge of a construction company like in canon, Majima also works as the baseball coach for Namimori Middle due to a staffing shortage.
- In canon, Kiryu runs an orphanage post the events of Yakuza 2. Here, he goes back to being a real estate agent.
- In canon, Makimura Makoto is a massage therapist. Here, she works as a Chinese language teacher.
Animal Motif: Bats become the symbol of Tachibana's flame family, as both he and Oda have a bat tattoo. Especially poignant is how Makoto states that the symbol of the bat no longer holds fear for her.
Big Brother Is Watching: Tachibana knows where everyone in his flame circle is at all given times, thanks to his wide information network.
Characterizing Sitting Pose: Oda os always seen sitting on the floor even if there is other available seating when being near Tachibana because of how he sold Tachibana's sister to a sex ring before meeting him. Ignition (Storm Charge) puts it best:
Majima: What's he doing on the floor?
Makoto: Penance.
Crossover: Between Like a Dragon and Reborn! (2004).
Glowing Eyes: Flame users can make their eyes glow the same colour as their Flame.
Gratuitous Japanese: Certain words like forms of address or some terms are spelled down in Japanese with latin characters. For example, Kiryu calling Majima "Ni-san".
Handicapped Badass: Tachibana is missing his arm and is still down two kidneys, but Majima rates him as the strongest person he knows.
In Spite of a Nail: Even though Tachibana and Oda both live in this verse, all events up to and including Yakuza 2 happen as in canon. The only real difference is that Makoto never gets into a relationship with the doctor and therefore never leaves the country.
One-Shot Fic: The series consists of such entries.
Sadist Teacher: Tsuna is completely and utterly terrified of Reborn, who has absolutely no regard for Tsuna's wishes and withholds a ton of important information from him.
Selective Obliviousness: Reborn chooses not to do any research on the Yakuza because he's comfortable in the knowledge that he's the World's Greatest Hitman. This comes to bite him in the ass a number of times.
Spared by the Adaptation: Tachibana Tetsu and Jun Oda both survived the events of Yakuza 0.
Switching P.O.V.: The one-shots all change points of view several times, even though they maintain a third person perspective throughout. Notably it never switches to Reborn's.
Traumatic Superpower Awakening: Trauma - usually of the Near-Death Experience kind - is absolutely required for activating Dying Will Flames; unless the one doing the activating is a Sun, as Sun Flames have the activation property. One of the biggest reasons Majima and Kiryu are pissed at the Mafia in general is because of the presence of Flame-active children.

A Bat out of Hell

Adaptational Modesty: Downplayed; Majima actually wears a shirt (an indigo one) when dealing with students, but he still goes shirtless when off the clock.
Adaptational Relationship Overhaul:
- In canon, Tsuna and Takeshi first talked in the latter's debut chapter and were merely aware of each other's existence first, being classmates. In this fic, while not incredibly close they are childhood friends and grow closer from there.
- The Varia are frequent customers to Yamamoto Tsuyoshi's restaurant. In canon, they have never been to Namimori prior to the Ring Battles.
Blood Knight: Both Hibari and Majima are extremely fond of fighting. Takeshi notes that even though Hibari is no challenge to Majima, they're both really enjoying the fight.
Cool Teacher: Majima. He tolerates no bullying, has no problem verbally (and physically, in Hibari's case) putting anyone in their place, and checks up on Tsuna when he falls without being overbearing.
Determinator: When one of Tsuna's bullies says that Tsuna fell twenty times trying to run a lap, Majima points out that he also got back up twenty times. However, he obviously doesn't make it to the baseball team.
Early Personality Signs: Majima tells Tsuyoshi that Takeshi already has the eyes of a killer and won't be able to pass as a civilian for long, so he better start teaching him the blade sooner than later.
Entertainingly Wrong: Majima grumbles that "Kiryu-chan" is better at comforting kids than him. Tsuna asks him if that's his girlfriend. Majima finds that hilarious.
Majima: Kiryu-chan is a rough-lookin' dude who is way too serious.
The Force Is Strong with This One: Yamamoto Tsuyoshi is very surprised to sense powerfull Mist Flames from Majima.
Foreshadowing: Majima wearing an indigo shirt foreshadows the reveal later in the chapter that he's a Mist Flame user.
Noodle Incident: Majima somehow knows the Varia.
Retired Outlaw: Yamamoto Tsuyoshi was a hitman for the Asari Clan with the Red Baron title of Autumn Rain.
Years Too Early: Hibari attempts to bite Majima to death. Majima No Sells all his attacks and informs him that he's not ready to take him on.
Majima: Yer a hundred years too young to take me on, kid.

Let Sleeping Dragons Lie

Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy: Reborn expects everyone to know that he's the world's greatest hitman and doesn't care if the other people he's talking to are also considered badasses. It's to the point that he doesn't even know who Majima is, even though he has an infamous Yakuza patriarch with a very distinct appearance. Majima is quick to toss him into a river for his trouble.
Battle Theme Music: Majima can create background battle music with his Flames.
Contrived Coincidence:
- Kiryu and Majima just so happened to find work in the same town, well away from Tokyo or Osaka.
- Tsuna just so happens to run into Kiryu while running away from Reborn.
Declaration of Protection:
- Kiryu says that once anyone is under Majima's protection, he'll die before he lets anyone touch them.
- Kiryu makes his own towards Tsuna, telling him that he can call if he needs any kind of help, that being advice or a place to hide.
Dramatic Irony: Kiryu advises Tsuna that in case all else fails, Tsuna can stay as a Mafia boss just long enough to appoint a successor and then get out. The problem is, none of them know that the way inheritance in the Vongola Family works, each boss absolutely has to be blood-related to Vongola Primo (because the Vongola Rings reject everyone else), and Tsuna is the only person alive that fits the bill (exluding Tsuna's father, who can't take the spot because he leads the CEDEF). In other words, there is nobody else but Tsuna.
Foreshadowing: Kiryu mentions that he'll be working in the local office of the Tachibana Real Estate Group. This foreshadows that Tachibana is still alive.
Freak Out: Alluded to (and sort of Played for Laughs) regarding Majima's crazy behavior.
Kiryu: (seeing Majima doing the hustle) Ni-san, why are you like this?
Majima: (sing-song voice) It's the trauma~
Immune to Bullets: With his Lightning Flame, Kiryu can No-Sell rifle bullets.
Improbable Age: When Tsuna tells Kiryu and Majima that Reborn wants to train him to be a Mafia boss, Majima immediately argues that Tsuna is too young to even be a street-level recruit.
Internal Reveal: Kiryu and Majima tell Tsuna that they were both in the Yakuza (Fourth Chairman and a Patriarch respectively) and that they both got out to comfort him.
Parental Neglect: While Tsuna doesn't outright say it, it's clear that he doesn't count on his mother Nana to help him deal him deal with Reborn.
Kiryu: You can use the phone if you want to call your parents.
Tsuna: Well, um, my mom's kind of... Can I just sit here for a while?
Stealth Pun: The author points out that the Japanese word used for the Lightning Flames' hardening property is "katai" - a word that many characters in the Like A Dragon games use to describe Kiryu.
Suspiciously Specific Denial: Majima insists that Majima Construction is a perfectly legitimate business. Mostly.
You Remind Me of X: Kiryu and Majima both remark that Tsuna reminds them of Tachibana, which they find odd as they have nothing in common in terms of appearance of behavior. It's because they're both Skies.

Serve the Old Way

Continuity Nod: Kiryu thinks of himself as a decent dancer because not everyone can claim that danced with Miracle Johnson before.
Dance-Off: The premise of the fic is that Goromi drags Kiryu in a voguing dance contest.
Gratuitous English: The announcements in the competition are all done in English - justified in that voguing was invented in Harlem.
Improbable Hairstyle Sequence: Goromi appears with natural hair falling in waves down her back... even though the day before she was sporting an undercut. It's implied it's because of Mist Flames.
Promoted to Love Interest: Kiryu and Majima appear to be in a romantic relationship in this fic even though Kiryu still refers to Majima as "Ni-san" ("Nee-san" as Goromi).
Title Drop: The crowd starts chanting "Serve the Old Way!" when Kiryu starts dancing.
Totally Radical:
- The guy in charge of the sign ups peppers his sentences his "nah"s and "bro"s.
- And of course there's Kiryu with his "That's rad."

Reunion

Adaptational Relationship Overhaul: In canon, Majima had romantic feelings for Makoto, but let her go without ever introducing himself to her to keep her away. In this verse, with her brother alive, Majima and Makoto are platonic friends and he doesn't try to push her away.
Blatant Lies: Takeshi's cover story for all the crime-related shenanigans is that they're "playing gangsters". Majima thinks he really has to talk to him about how to sell cover stories.
Bully Hunter: Tsuna spends as much time as possible in close proximity to Majima while at school, attending baseball practice even though he did not make the team, cheering on Takeshi, or doing his homework, because nobody tries to bully him when Majima is near.
Child Soldiers: Namedropped when Majima finds out that both I-pin and Kiryu's new charge - who are both five-year-olds - had been sent to Namimori on a hit. Majima is outraged by the concept of child soldiers.
Cyborg: Tachibana has a new state-of-the-art robotic arm.
Even Evil Has Standards: Not even the Yakuza will use children for its dirty work. By contrast, the Triads and the Mafia do.
Noodle Incident: When Kiryu arrives late to his meeting with Tachibana, he explains that he had to put the "kids" to bed. Majima asks him if he means the kid he met the other day, with no further elaboration of the incident.
O.O.C. Is Serious Business: Majima is especially reverent and respectful towards Tachibana. Majima goes as far as to go full "Lord of the Night" in regards to him, dropping both the Kansai accent and the impolite vocabularly, being too hesitant to even open the collar of his shirt before him, much less go shirtless. He also calls him "Tachibana-sama" or "Sir", always capitalized; though Kiryu does the same. Majima says that the reason he's acting like that is because he's Tachibana's bitch.
Parental Substitute: Kiryu decided to take in Lambo offscreen.
You Remind Me of X: Majima thinks that Gokudera is like a mini version of Oda in how utterly devoted and eager to please they are.

New Year's Gifts

Big Brother Is Watching: Throughout the nineteen years this fic covers, even though Majima and Tachibana never meet in person (except for the last Christmas) nor are in open contact, Tachibana always knows where Majima is, what he's interested in, what worries him and what his emotional state is. The gifts are always in accordance to Majima's current state. Majima himself doesn't mind the surveillance at all, and expresses his gratefulness at the end of the fic.
The Cameo:
- The 1992 gift is a letter of introduction to Uncle Kawahira.
- In 2000, Squalo seeks out Majima after getting a letter in a "familiar handwriting" saying that Majima likes a good fight.
Christmas Episode: A variation, as this fic was not released anywhere near Christmas (it was posted on May), and instead of focusing on Christmas it focuses on New Year's. Still, the theme of the fic is the New Year's gifts Majima received from Tachibana over the years.
Confusion Fu: Subverted. Even though Majima designed his fighting style to be as unpredictable as possible, Tachibana is able to read his every move during their spar.
Eccentric Mentor: Majima's teacher in how to use Mist Flames is Uncle Kawahira, who is described in the fic as an eccentric antiques dealer.
Exotic Weapon Supremacy: The 2002 gift is an encyclopedia on unusual weapons from around the world. Majima immediately emplys his Mist Flames to use these weapons against everyone.
It Amused Me:
- The reason Majima makes a public menance of himself is so Tachibana can laugh at the headlines.
- Also the reason why Majima uses absurd Mist weapons against random people; he likes to see the reactions.
Letters 2 Numbers: Makoto's online alias is fr00t.
Memento MacGuffin: The 1993 gift is one of Tachibana's antique Rolexes, as a thank you gift for repairing and returning Makoto's own Memento MacGuffin - the music box watch - to her.
Power Floats: Majima is pretty sure that Tachibana was floating at some points during their spar.
Practical Joke: The first thing Majima does after Kiryu is sent to prison is mail him a glitter bomb.
Resolved Noodle Incident: The fic explains how Majima knows the Varia; Tachibana sent Squalo a letter of introduction to Majima because he knows they're both Blood Knights and woukd enjoy a good spar.
Ring of Power: The 2003 gift is a Flame focus ring shaped like a bat. The eyes are the Flame stones.
Security Blanket: The year Kiryu goes to prison, Tachibana sends Majima a dragon plushie to comfort him.
Seen It All: Nishida's reaction to seeing Majima create weapons out of thin air is to just sigh. Given that he's been Majima's Butt-Monkey - um, assistant - for years, who knows what the poor guy has seen.
Shrine to the Fallen: The 1990 gift is a small Buddhist shrine containing the pictures of Lee, Nishitani, and Awano, who all sacrificed their lives to protect Majima's.
Spontaneous Weapon Creation: Majima uses his Mist Flames to conjure, as he puts it, "All The Weapons".
Supernatural Sensitivity: Majima can tell that the vintage Rolex he was gifted was Tachibana's thanks to the Sky Flame residue.
Visual Pun: Tachibana's 1989 gift to Majima is a Mandarin orange - in Japanese, a tachibana.

Ignition (Storm Surge)

The Atoner: Enforced. Tachibana asks Makoto what she wants to do with Oda. Makoto doesn't want anyone else to die but she makes it clear she doesn't forgive Oda. However, she is willing to give him a chance at redemption. Therefore, Tachibana declares that from now on Oda will serve them to atone for his actions.
Breaking the Fellowship: Kiryu and Majima realize that they can never get back into contact with Tachibana, Makoto, and Oda again because their mere presence puts them in danger.
Can't Kill You, Still Need You:
- The only reason Tachibana didn't kill Oda upon finding out that he sold Makoto to a sex ring is because Oda is the only person with any information in regards to Makoto's whereabouts. However, he does indulge in Extreme Mêlée Revenge.
- Kuze did not kill Tachibana right away because he needed him alive for information. So even though he tortured the man, he made sure not to mess with his catheter.
Commonality Connection: Majima and Tachibana connet over both having been torture victims.
Con Man: Shimano is repeatedly described as one by Tachibana, as he basically tries to play into Majima and Makoto's "naivety" to get the Empty Lot.
Declaration of Protection:
- As per canon, Kiryu declares that if anyone touches a hair of Makoto's hair he will bury the Dojima Family. He later extends this promise to protect this family from all harm.
- Oda declares that he will destroy anything that comes close to Tachibana.
Didn't See That Coming: Sera grumbles that he was not expecting to have to "ride herd" to an entire new circle of Flames, even if in hindsight he really should have.
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: Shimano fancies himself a Manipulative Bastard as he tried to exploit what he thought was Majima's feelings for Makoto to get the Empty Lot. The thing is, Shimano thinks that love is the same as lust, that fear is the same as respect, and that force is the same as strength. In other words, he has no idea that the reason Majima stays in the Clan isn't because he fears Shimano and Sagawa, but because he's loyal to Taiga who is still in prison.
Exposition Cut:
- Majima's explanation to Tachibana about Shimano's role in the Empty Lot incident is relegated to one line.
- Sera explains to Tachibana and his allies what Dying Will Flames are and how they work off-screen.
Faking the Dead: Kuze spends the fic thinking that Tachibana is dead from his torture wounds, not knowing that Makoto activated her Sun Flames at the last possible second.
Fantastically Indifferent: Tachibana, Makoto, Kiryu, and Oda take their sudden discovery that superpowers are a thing completely in stride. Nikishi and Majima have far more appropriate reactions.
Heel–Face Turn: In this fic, as soon as Oda found out the girl he sold to the sex ring is Tachibana's sister, instead of keeping it to himself he decides to fess up.
Masquerade: While there are individuals with Dying Will Flames in the Yakuza, and Kuze in particular says that Kiryu has "awakened the power of a true yakuza" after revealing his own, their overall existence seems to be kept a secret even from the Yakuza itself. Basically, there are Urban Legends about people having magic powers, and Majima specifically states that Shimano (who is a Tojo Chairman canditate and therefore a Big Deal) doesn't know about them. At the same time, Sera has no issue explaining all there is to know about Dying Will Flames to a group of people that's basically made up of civilians and street-level yakuza thugs, which implies that Dying Will Flames only get explained to those who already possess them or know they exist.
Obfuscating Insanity: Majima's plan for "turning the con" back on Shimano, and hide where his true loyalties lie.
"Majima would show him what he expected to see; he would construct such a labyrinth of madness that no one could reach the secrets of his heart."
Pose of Supplication: Oda keeps his knees and head on the ground the entire time he confesses to Tachibana as he can't bear to look at him in the eye.
Redemption Equals Death: Oda was absolutely certain that Tachibana would kill him as soon as he found out what he did to his sister. So he puts on his best suit and decides to face him.
He could stay silent, and live on as gutter scum. Or he could confess, and die as someone better.
Roaring Rampage of Revenge: As per canon, Majima knows he can't go after Shimano yet, so he goes apeshit on the Dojima Family HQ instead. He completely blanks out and only comes to his senses just a second before he kills Lao Gui, the last man standing between himself and Dojima Sohei.
Sera: A fine rampage, by the way. I couldn't have done better myself.
Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!: Shimano orders Majima to deliver Makoto to him and kill Kiryu if he gets in the way. However, Sera gave Majima Kiryu's business card and Majima is disgusted with Shimano and himself for being manipulated, so instead he calls to Kiryu's office and basically comes begging for help. This also means that Majima and Nishiki never fight each other.
The Team Normal: Nishiki is the only heroic character by the end of the Empty Lot incident not to have Flames.
Token Evil Teammate: Tachibana, Makoto, and Kiryu do not trust Oda. Tachibana only sends him along with Kiryu to retrieve his sister because he was lacking in manpower, and the only reason he has not punished Oda yet is because the Tojo are a more urgent threat. Oda is completely remorcefull of his wrongdoings, but he knows that being sorry won't cut it.
Traumatic Superpower Awakening: Hoo boy. This one-shot might as well be called "Traumatic Superpower Awakening: The Fic".
- Kiryu and Oda awaken their flames at the sheer rage they feel seeing Kuze torture Tachibana just as he was about to be reunited with his sister.
- Makoto awakens her Sun Flames in response to feeling her brother dying in her arms.
- Makoto activates Tachibana's Flames in an attempt to heal him as he's dying.
- She also activates Majima's Flames, but his full Activation is his Roaring Rampage of Revenge against the entire Dojima Clan.
Trust Password: Makoto checks if the nameless man on the phone is her protector by asking Kiryu to identify what her keepsake is, knowing that only her protector would know it. He correctly answers that it's a music-box watch, and Tachibana allows him to enter their hideout.
Whole Episode Flashback: This installment covers the events of Yakuza 0, eighteen years prior to the events of the fic series. In particular, it focuses on what changed in these events to lead to Oda and Tachibana both surviving.

Tsuna's First Minion

Benevolent Boss: Tsuna takes the role of "boss" to be the same as "mother hen". His first order of business after he and Hayato swear their oaths to each other is to help Hayato find a house despite all his protests.
Didn't See That Coming: Much like before when Reborn was not prepared to deal with Majima, he's also not prepared to deal with someone as Strong and Skilled as Kiryu and gets knocked out.
The Dreaded: Hayato turns white as a sheet when he founds out Majima is the "Mad Dog of Shimano" Majima.
Expert Consultant: Whenever Tsuna has any Family (yes, capitalized) problems, he goes straight to Majima who once led the biggest Family in the Tojo and therefore is a better source of advice than Reborn.
A Father to His Men: Majima's advice on how a Boss should handle their people boils down to this trope; give them tasks, deal with them when they screw up, and keeping them happy and healthy.
First-Name Basis: Tsuna's first order to Hayato is to call him by name as opposed to "Jyuudaime". Hayato settles on "Tsuna-sama".
Full Episode Flashback: This one-shot details how Hayato joined Tsuna's group, as was mentioned in Reunion.
Heteronormative Crusader: Downplayed, but Reborn doesn't seem to think too highly of Majima's sexuality.
Tsuna: I know Majima-san will give me a straight answer.
Reborn: (shooting a Death Glare) There is nothing straight about that man.
Hey, You!: Majima calls Reborn "Sunshine" as an insult. Likewise, Reborn calls Majima "some random Yakuza".
Hidden Weapons: Takeshi hides a knife under the jacket of his school uniform.
Honest Corporate Executive: Hayato worries that he'll have difficutly finding a place because he's half Italian in Japan, but Kiryu assures him that Tachibana Real Estate does not tolerate any kind of discrimination. Obviously, since the president is half Chinese and disabled.
Internal Reveal: When Kiryu calls out Reborn on using Dying Will Bullets to activate Tsuna's Flames when he's a Sun, Reborn reveals that Tsuna's Flames were sealed and that's why he can't do it the normal way. That said, he doesn't say how or why they were sealed.
Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique: Under the effects of the Dying Will Bullet, Kiryu tries to beat information out of Reborn. However, because he cannot dial back the Flames, he accidentally knocks him out cold.
Lying by Omission: Hayato concludes tha Reborn lied to him about Tsuna's personality, because while he was technically correct when describing him as soft, clumsy, and weak, he neglected to mention his bravery and strength of character.
My Suit Is Also Super: Kiryu's suit is Flame resistant, which is why he wears it all the time.
Painting the Medium: Kiryu in his text messages uses emojis instead of names for some people. He himself has a dragon emoji, Majima has an Oni emoji, and for Reborn he uses a bee emoji.
Taking the Bullet: Kiryu takes a Dying Will Bullet for Tsuna, which puts him in Dying Will Mode.
Tranquil Fury: Kiryu very calmly informs Majima over text message that he's declaring a war on the Vongola.
Trauma Button: The mere thought of sealing Flames is enough to trigger a panic attack in Majima. Kiryu finds him in a Troubled Fetal Position, clutching his dragon plush and drinking.

Drive and Determination

Barrier Warrior: Kiryu creates a barrier with his Lightning Flames to trap Reborn inside.
Contrived Coincidence: It just so happens that Tsuna was already a big fan of Pocket Circuit, same as Kiryu.
Cool and Unusual Punishment: Majima's response to Reborn ordering him to become Tsuna's Guardian is to turn him into a newt and mail him and Leon to Peru.
Dramatic Irony: Reborn tries to recruit Kiryu and Majima as Tsuna's Guardians without knowing that they already are; to another Sky, that is.
Escapism: Tsuna's reason for liking Pocket Circuit so much is because in there nobody calls him names, nobody excludes him, and it doesn't matter what his grades are or how clumsy he is. He can just spend hours forgetting about the outside world and tinker with his toy cars.
Inelegant Blubbering: Lambo is so devastated by whatever his family situation is that he's reduced to tears, babbling, and can barely remember to talk in Japanese so Kiryu will understand him. Kiryu is furious.
Innocently Insensitive: Kiryu asks Lambo where his parents are. Lambo bursts into tears.
Mighty Glacier: Tsuna says that vintage cars like the one Kiryu has used to use die-cast metal as opposed to plastic, so they are heavier and slower by default. However, this also means that they're far less likely to fly off the track. In comparison, the new cars are Glass Cannons.
Objectshifting: Leon transforms into a toy car, complete with wheels, much to Hayato's bafflement who goes into a rant on why wheels on an animal should be a biological impossibility (basically, no way for blood vessels, nerves, and other such things to connect).
Resolved Noodle Incident: In Reunion Kiryu says that he took in Lambo. This fic reveals how that happened.
Spotting the Thread: Tsuna realizes that Kiryu and Majima are already connected to a Sky when Kiryu tells him that Majima takes loyalty very seriously.
The Stoic: Lambo is surprised that Kiryu isn't telling him to hold in his emotions. Kiryu replies that accoding to Majima he does that enough for twenty people, and Lambo is a kid so he doesn't have to worry about it.
Tempting Fate: Tsuna hopes that Reborn will never invade into his Pocket Circuit hobby, but the hitman does so anyway.
We Can Rule Together: A variation. Reborn, seeing that he cannot get rid of Kiryu and Majima, instead announces that they are now Tsuna's Lightning and Mist Guardians. When Kiryu and Tsuna point out that's not how Flames work, he doubles down by saying that being a Vongola Guardian is a great honor. Kiryu still rejects him.

What the Heart Sees

Camera Fiend: Makoto no longer takes her sight for granted, so she always carries her camera on her to capture all the moments she sees. The fic is a series of descriptions of some of the pictures she took.
Characterization Marches On: In Ignition (Storm Surge), Makoto and Tachibana say that they have not forgiven Oda for his actions but are willing to give him a chance to repent. In this fic, Makoto and Tachibana gift Oda a bat plushie to show him that he has earned forgiveness.
The Comically Serious: Several pictures have Kiryu playing with his kids with a perfectly serious and earnest expression as if it's Serious Business for him. This include tea parties with plastic tea cups and tiaras.
Commonality Connection: "Car_boys" shows Tsuna and Tachibana bond over their shared interest in Cool Cars.
Flower Motifs: Many of the pictures feature flowers in various states of blooming.
Like Brother and Sister: Makoto describes Majima as her brother by circumstance.
Noodle Incident: The pictures allude to several events that haven't yet happened in the previous fics. Examples include Tsuna and Tachibana meeting, Fon coming to Namimori, or Taiga getting out of jail.
Pun: The picture where Tachibana Tetsu is asleep on a kotatsu is titled "Ko-tetsu".
Shout-Out:
- "Hairparty" shows Kiryu wearing a Hello Kitty hairband.
- "Therealheroeshere" shows Haru and Haruka cosplaying as Sailor Moon characters.
Visual Pun:
- The picture where Tachibana is hiding behind a madarin orange display is titled "Camouflage". Because Tachibana is also a mandarin.
- "Surprise_bat" shows Oda - who has a bat tattoo - being surprised by being gifted a bat plushie.

Tiger Tiger Burning Bright

Adaptational Relationship Overhaul: Thanks to Tachibana's influence, Majima sent several letters to Saejima while he was in prison. Therefore Saejima knows what happened to Majima, and the two hold absolutely no ill feelings towards each other.
Asshole Victim: Saejima thinks Shimano is lucky that he's already dead, because Seajima would have killed him for what he did to Majima.
Behind Every Great Man: Tachibana admits that his sister is the real brains of the operation.
Blatant Lies: How Seajima receives Kiryu's statement that he's a real estate agent.
"Real estate, his ass."
Combat Commentator: Majima runs commentary on Kiryu and Saejima's spar. The two team up against him to make him shut up.
Conflicting Loyalty: Discussed. After reading Majima's letters about the Hole, Saejima spent years thinking about what he would do if he was faced with the decision to choose between the Tojo and Majima.
Entertainingly Wrong: Saejima at first thought that Tachibana was a legal aide while he's actually the president of a real estate company and one of the most powerful men in Asia.
Exposition Cut: Tachibana and the others explain Flames and everything that happened between Seajima's imprisonment and release offscreen.
Fate Worse than Death: In Saejima's opinion, spending one year in the Hole is almost worse than dying.
Fish out of Temporal Water: Saejima went in jail in 1985 and gets out in 2008, so all technology surprises him. Of particular note to him are cell phones, the rice cooker having more buttons than an airplane cockpit, and the cyborg.
Tachibana: How are you finding the future so far?
Saejima: It's pretty wild.
Fish out of Water: Saejima is so unused to the outside world that seeing a woman throws him off. Seeing that said woman has Healing Hands throws him even more off.
Groin Attack: Saejima attacks Kiryu in the "nuggets" at one point during their spar.
Heroic Build: Majima is... thrilled at the sight of Kiryu and Saejima fighting shirtless.
Majima: Ohmygod so much muscle...
Honorary Uncle: Haruka, Lambo, and I-pin all refer to Majima as "Uncle Majima".
Mundane Object Amazement: Saejima is astounded to have a table.
Mythology Gag:
- Seajima says that if he and Kiryu were to have an all-out fight, he has no idea who would win. In the Like a Dragon games, they clash twice and both times end in a draw.
- Saejima is completely floored at the sight of Makoto because she's a woman and he hasn't seen a woman in decades; referencing his small Freak Out in Yakuza 4 when he sees Haruka.
Not Used to Freedom: Saejima admits that freedom feels strange after over two decades on death row.
Parking Garage: Kiryu's favourite sparring location is the parking lot of an abandoned mall.
Prisons Are Gymnasiums: Taiga says that he didn't have anything else to do in prison but work out; hence why he's "jacked".
Resolved Noodle Incident: Saejima first shows up in What the Heart Sees. This fic details how he got out of prison.
Side Bet: Makoto accidentally activates Saejima's Rain Flames. Her reaction is to say that Oda owes her takoyaki.
Troll: Majima tells Kiryu to be less stuffy.
Kiryu: I shall do my best, Nii-san.
Beat. Kiryu grins.
Majima: Yer doin' that on purpose, ya little shit!

An Eye for an Eye

Commonality Connection: Invoked. Makoto decided to approach Majima for Nagi's disability mentorship program because they're both missing an eye.
Continuity Nod: Majima tells Nagi the story of how Kiryu got Nugget back in Yakuza 0.
A Day in the Limelight: Half of the chapter is from Nishida's point of view, and details his experience working for Majima.
Didn't See That Coming:
- Nishida, along with the entire Majima family, is floored to see Majima bow dogeza in front of a guy none of them have ever seen before.
- When a nurse tells Nagi that she has a visitor from the disability mentorship program, she expects a middle-aged vaguelly condescending woman. What she gets is Majima.
Fantastically Indifferent: Nagi doesn't have much of a reaction to suddenly bursting into indigo flames out of nowhere. Subverted in that she reacts with awe to Majima crafting illusions with them.
History Repeats: Discussed. Majima asks Tachibana if the new injured girl owns any shady bits of land, clearly worrying about a repeat of the Empty Lot incident. Tachibana confirms that she's not.
I Just Want to Be Loved: Nagi wanted to be "normal" because her parents and teachers convinced her that only normal people deserve love.
Imagination-Based Superpower: Majima tells Nagi that with Mist Flames, she can make anything.
Jaw Drop: Nishida's reaction to the above greeting.
Locked Out of the Loop: Nishida is hillariously uninformed about what's going on behind the scenes in Majima's life. Majima has told this man nothing about his past and his thoughts of people. For example, it took Nishida over ten years to figure out that Majima hates Shimano, and he has absolutely no clue that Majima is connected to Tachibana. He also has no idea about Majima's daily on-goings in his life, so he's completely blindsided when Majima adopts Chrome.
Meaningful Rename: When Majima tells Nagi that changing her name is an option, she chooses the name Chrome.
Non-Idle Rich: Tachibana and Makoto are involved in charities supporting disability rights.
O.O.C. Is Serious Business: Everyone in the Majima Family can tell that the random stranger is a Big Fucking Deal from how deferential Majima is being towards him.
Parental Neglect: Nagi's parents do not care for her. Part of her escapist fantasy is them caring.
Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!: Majima knows that Nagi can't go back to her family who doesn't want her, so he decides to take her in, even if he knows that it's technically kidnapping.

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