Chapter 9

Disclaimer ~ I do not own Katekyo or Harry Potter

"Last thing I remember was that I was heading down to your lab cause I needed to borrow one of your tools to fix my new bike. Then something exploded and suddenly I'm here," Skull explained taking a sip of his coffee. "I thought I was going crazy until I saw your tattoo. Considering we didn't have a design for it until two weeks ago I thought it was odd," Skull said. Verde nodded.

The two of them had relocated to a nearby café while Sirius and Remus rented a hotel room for them. They wouldn't actually use it because they had the trunks but it would be suspicious otherwise. Besides, they were filthy rich. A few days in a hotel room wouldn't even scratch their savings. Skull was even nice enough to direct them to a hotel he knew had English speakers.

"How many days have you been back?" Verde asked, noticing something Skull had said.

"Uhh. About two now. Why?" Skull said. He tilted his head in confusion and Verde pushes up his glasses.

"I have been back in my younger body for twenty three days," Verde explained. Skull made an 'ahh' sound.

"Maybe because I was farther away than the explosion than you? That could be why you were thrown father in the past than I was," Skull mused.

"That certainly is the most logical conclusion," Verde said. Both took a drink of their coffee and Verde made a mental note to grab some of the brand to take with him. It was quite good. Not Italy's standard but it would do until he made it there.

"Still. It's super weird seeing you without the green hair and lab coat," Skull said cheerfully. Verde rolled his eyes.

"I could say the same. You are lacking a significant amount of purple," Verde gave Skull a pointed look. He laughed and rubbed a hand through his hair.

"When I joined the circus and became Skull I started dying my hair and wearing contacts. The ringleader thought it was a good idea," Skull said.

"My hair ended up dyed because of a prank from my godson. I decided I liked the color and kept it," Verde exchanges his own story.

"What have you been up to since you came back?" Skull asked curiously. Verde pushed up his glasses with a smirk.

"I am using my knowledge of future events and inventions to tip the scales in my favor of course," Verde said. Skull made a curious noise so he continued. "The two men I was with earlier? One of them is my godfather. He was wrongfully imprisoned. In accordance with the original timeline, he didn't escape prison for another six years. He was then in hiding as a wanted criminal for another two, until he died because of my stupidity. Now he is free and pardoned of all crimes while the one who actually committed them is in prison. I have also started making and selling items I have made in the other timeline to this timeline. Such as box weapons," Verde said.

"Wow! That's so cool. Is there anything I can do to help?" Skull asked eagerly. Verde immediately thought of various rolls Skull had the skill set for.

"How does being the driver and tester sound?" Verde asked with a gleam in his eye.

"Sounds like fun! Oh! But I'll need to get permission from Uncle first. So long as I'm back in time to start my schooling there shouldn't be a problem," Skull said.

"That can be arranged. Would you like me to talk to your uncle and convince him for you?" Verde offered.

"Would you please? That would help so much!" Skull exclaimed happily. Verde smiled in amusement. It was nice to have a familiar face (sorta) back. Out of all the Arcobaleno, Verde was closest to Skull.

"Assuming your uncle isn't aware of our...situation, what name do I need to call you?" Verde asked.

Skull blinked as if he hadn't thought of that before answering. "Cherep. Cherep Krum."

Verde felt his mind shut down.

Whoop. Chapter 9 is done! Would have posted a few hours ago but my Beta was busy. He has first dibs on reading my fics.

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