Today was a good day.

Bright and sunny…

Yeah, right; In the middle of freaken Pacific Ocean!

I was in a lifeboat I managed to grab during my escape from a crew ship leading to Mafia Land or whatever that is. Bullet wound in my torso stung. They were trying to recruit me, or kill me instead. What's up with these mafia blockheads? They take 'no no' too personally…

… Okay. Next time, be sure to refuse doing a stunt for rich people in a cruise filled with absolutely delicious foods! Even when they tell me it is a buffet! Yup! Absolutely! Man… the red lobsters were so—Clash! Whoa, whoa. What's— a shark?!

A white shark furiously struck the poor boat. I clutched my bleeding wound. Did I drop some in the water? Ah, my life is just full of stunts, huh? Just as it punctured the boat I leaped into the water—got to get away while it is distracted.

!

Two more?!

One lunged at me in swift motion I barely managed to avoid. Another came after. I quickly stabbed it with silverware I picked up to fight against thirty gunmen. The other two sharks turned their attention to bleeding former companion as I scurried away. I should've brought Oodako along: He would've liked to try some seafood cuisine…

Ah, wait.

I'm bleeding too.

Another shark came out of nowhere and began to chase me.

WAAAAHHHHHH!

I'm glad I learned different way of swimming other than frog style. Thanks, Denis.

I made some distance from the shark but I couldn't continue doing this forever. As if the heavens listened to my will, I found a boat strolling not too far away from me. I can make it!

I reached for the rear of that boat and lifted myself up and…

Someone... pushed me back into water...?

Splash!

"Oi, Cozarto. Are you sure this is the right way?" Green haired guy wearing glasses asked.

"Of course, Aoba, I have the map here- where did it go?!" A guy with spiky red hair fumbled around his coat. "F-found it!"

"Really, others would have a hard time believing that you're the boss of Simon Familia," said a lady with long, black hair tied in a pony tail, arms crossed.

"Ha haha... Sorry."

"It's not your fault, Cozart! Adel's been grouchy lately." A guy with glasses and fedora slouched against her. "Is it the story I told that's getting you?"

"Of course not!"

"What is it, Katou?" A huge guy loomed over them.

"It's I story I heard from Oo-san before, Rauji. He said a big sails boat sunk around this coast, sinking vengeful pirates along. Seems their spirits are dwelling, still."

Cozarto sweat dropped. "N-no way..."

Adel pushed Katou off her. "Who would believe such fairy tale!"

Rauji slowly raised his hand. "I-I do..."

"And why is that?"

He pointed his finger at a drenched purple figure behind Cozarto that rose out of water.

"AAHHHHH!" Adel kicked Cozarto who pushed, supposedly, the evil ghost into salty water.

"So it was true!" Katou cheered.

Rauji sweat dropped. "I don't think it's time for that..."

Aoba pushed up his glasses. "Can anyone be serious about this? Our leader just fell into water with the evil spirit!- though I'm not going to dive in to help."

"W-well, he's our boss. No mere spirit is going to kill him..." Adel replied.

"I think sharks can," Rauji suggested, pointing at a fin swishing through water.

"Guys," Katou started, "let's fire."

"Yeah!" They shouted in union and started firing their individual earth flames

... at the water.

'Why did Adel kick me?!'

I fell into water hitting something straight with my head- man, that hurt- and saw...

Purple seaweed?!

"GAAHHHH" I gurgled. And that seaweed man grabbed me. (Mind Blowing) I feel faint...

At that exact moment, Adel's ice frost created by the earth flame-came from no where- and crystallized our hands together.

NOOOOO! Will I be forever stuck with underwater with this purple seaweed sea monster?!

The monster slapped me.

And pointed at...

Where did that shark came from?!

It lunged at us but we couldn't swim with our hands locked.

'I have to do something!'

Seaweed man swung me up and kicked the shark away.

'Now!'

I used my earth flame to create two small gravity planets, one above the water and the other below. One pulled the shark to the ground while the other rose us up.

Splash!

And...

Thump!

"Boss!" Rauji shouted.

"Hahaha..." Katou chuckled nervously, "I didn't know the story was true..."

"Hmph. There should be a scientific way to prove this," said Aoba, pushing up his glasses again.

"Boss!" shouted Adel, "Shall I seal it with my flame?"

"Wait, wait, wait!" shouted another voice. The seaweed man waving his hand wildly.

What the heck was going on?! Pushing people off the boat while white shark is looking for its meal! Why would anyone do that? I miss Oodako already. Wait, will he be eaten instead? Maybe it was a good idea to leave him inside a pot.

Wait... sealing..?

"Wait, wait, wait!" I desperately shouted. Are they sane?! "I was just trying to escape from the shark!"

"Why would we believe you?" black haired girl demanded.

"It's okay. Believe him," the guy I'm stuck with said with a smile.

"But..!"

"He saved me. What more can we ask of him? Also..." We landed on the boat. "Will you take this off?"

"... fine."

I don't know why they're tensed up about, but for now I'm safe. I noticed that they were hurt, badly.

"Are you guys okay?"

"Says a guy who almost got eaten by a shark," green dude pushed up his glasses.

"Now now, Aoba," said the guy who saved me, "We just helped out our friend that's all."

"Oh."

"What about you? Not anyone gets stranded in the Pacific."

"I got caught in a storm... Ahahaha."

"If you want, you can have this boat after we reach our destination."

"Really?! That's really help!"

"Cozarto!"

"It's fine." What a nice guy!

"But..!"

"I mean... look at him! He must have been picked on a lot!"

How did he know!

"I know my kind anywhere!"

... That doesn't make me happy.

We reached an Island. They owned it, apparently. Despite the shortcoming, it was great to get to know them.

"Don't look at Adel in a wrong way!" shouted Katou, "She's mine!"

"Who's whose?!" Adel kicked Katou in the head.

"So childish..." Aoba pushed up his glasses, "Let's have another go at chess."

"Let's bake!" suggested Rauji, "Anything sweet is fine!"

"Ahahaha! You're so popular, Skull!" Cozarto laughed.

"Ahahaha..." They were hard to handle. Cozarto was the only one not aggressive. "But I really better get going..."

"It can't be helped... Guys! Skull's leaving!" What are you doing!

"Aready?! That's so soon!" They shouted in union.

"Let's not be his obstacle," Cozarto stated.

"..."

Rauji handed me a candy. "As a farewell..."

Adel crystallized a flower on my hand. "Give it to your girlfriend or something..." and she walked away.

Aoba tossed me a chess piece, the knight. "You were an interesting opponent."

"Thanks, Rauji, Adel, Aoba."

Cozarto approached me. "Judging by your attire I assume you ride bikes." He gave me a helmet. "Hope you have a safe trip."

"Thanks, Cozarto."

"Can I have a request?"

"What is it?"

"I want you to hand this letter to a man named Giotto."

"Sure... If I manage to find that person..."

"You'll definitely find him!"

"Ahahaha..." How can he be so sure?!

"Skull! The boat is ready!" Katou shouted.

"Well, bye, Cozarto."

"Yeah."

I ran to Katou

"Sorry, I don't have anything to give you." Katou said bluntly.

"It's fine. Getting to know you is enough."

"You're a nice guy, and for such nice guy I must give you a warning."

"What is it?"

"I heard it from a Oo-san before. A big boat stolen by pirates sunk around the place we met and their spirits dwells in that place... desperately looking for someone to pay their anger."

Gulp

"W-who would believe such story..? Oo-san is probably lying to you..."

"No. Because was one of the few passengers who survived.."

"Ahahaha... Gotta go!"

It can't be true... right? I remembered a hand grabbing my ankle when Cozarto was bringing us up. It can't be... I looked at my ankle. Red finger marks... Hieee! THis is SO Bad! Really bad!

"Off you go!" Katou pushed the boat. "Good luck~!"

I suddenly wanted to stay on that island with them forever... I gave him a nervous smile.

I spent the next thirty minutes convincing myself I was imagining the red marks. Brain can do many things. Like hallucination. Thump! See? Now I hear things too. Man, I have a great imagination... to think corpses slowly moving toward me and one pulling himself on the boat. Ha ha ha ha ha... YOU"VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME! I'm not at all tasty! I'm full of stitches! Why me?! Oh. I'm bleeding.

(I won't give any gory descriptions. Just imagine a zombie, a pirate zombie... a wet one.)

I don't wanna die~~~ I hit it with the helmet. It glowed and... vanished.

Did I just exorcised the super duper evil spirit?

I tied it with a rope and did a little helicopter to hit the super duper scary evil spirit swimming toward my boat. (You know, the thing you do with jump rope to play with friend or enemy to accidentally hit their ankles.)

I rowed my boat to full speed for hours after that.

Man, that was scary...

'Is this the place..?' I thought, looking at a mansion. 'Who is this Giotto person?'

"Oi, you! This is private property!" A pink-haired guy with half of his face in tattoo came up to me. He reminds me of octopus. I miss Oodako already... "... If you don't answer me right now, I will resort violence."

I snapped out of my musing state. "Sorry?"

Tako-san looked exasperated and sighed. "Why are you here?"

"I'm here to meet this person named 'Giotto'. You know him?"

Now Tako-san looked at me suspiciously. "Why?"

"Cozarto asked me to hand this to him." I showed him the letter. He looked surprised.

"Your relations?"

"A friend I met over a boat." He glared at me.

"Fine." He tched and lead me inside. It was grand and embellished with elegant ornaments. Damn this Giotto person was rich! Just for that candle holder I would have to spend my fortune!

Knock knock

'Whose there?' I thought playfully. Tako-san glared at me again. Can he read minds?

"Yes?" a voice replied.

"A messenger is here."

"Tell him to come in. You can leave, G." Tako-sa- I mean!- Mr. G. tched and left.

Creak~

I opened the door and saw the room full of... papers?

"Sorry~" A hand popped out in the middle. "Will you help me get out? I'm suffocating."

I ran over and helped out. Out came a fluffy blond hair~!

"Why didn't you ask Tako-I mean, Mr. G.-san?"

"Ah, him?" he chuckled and scratched the back of his head, "I try to avoid listening to his... scolding. Hahaha..."

Yeah, Tako-san looked like a strict person.

"So what's the message?"

"Here." I handed him the letter. He looked at it nostalgically.

"Thank you..."

I promptly left that place. Don't want to ruin the moment-

I bumped into somebody. I looked up and saw... zombies?!

...wait... more to the left...

I saw a good looking (?) guy with a (weird) curly side burns and a fedora.

'Who is this guy?'

"You're the first guy who made a stupid face in front of me. ... I can change that," he smirked.

'So rude.'

"I heard that."

'He can read minds?!'

"I can actually."

I panicked, but what scared me the most were the zombies behind him. Can't he see that?

The purple guy in front of me was strange in many ways. Purple hair for the start. Availability to this place meant that he had some relations with the mafia. His hair was messy- rather unconcerned of high officials. Not having any weapons by the looks of it. Usually they may be kept hidden, but with the tight jumpsuit and pants? His attire could lead to a biker or a certain stuntman that has quite rose its popularity in the mafia world.

'Ho- is he going to work with Vongola?'

He made a scared face when he bumped into me- the usual- but what was weird was that he wasn't looking at me, he was rather scared at something behind me, to be specific. He then finally noticed me and made a questioning face.

'He doesn't know me?'

"You're the first guy who made a stupid face in front of me." I imaged various ways to correct such an unprofessional face. "I can change that."

He was easy to read.

Too easy.

"I can, actually," I replied the horrified face. Then he looked past me again. What was he seeing? I didn't follow his gaze. It would be unprofessional, after all.

He suddenly threw his helmet right past my face. I responded with a glare. 'Is he picking a fight?'

I watched him sigh in relief. 'Was he testing me?'

He then looked at me and started to panic.

'He's easy to read, but I can't say for sure about his intentions…' sigh. 'Tricky one indeed.'

"What business did you have here?" I asked. He looked more relaxed after doing whatever he did.

"I had to pass a letter to a person named 'Giotto'."

Running an errand, huh?

"Which familia are you from?" He eyed me suspiciously.

"I didn't join any familia."

"I see…" Then whose letter was he passing for? After the crucial victory of Vongola against one of the major dominants in the mafia world? I ran through all the names of the familias that took part of the battle until he interrupted my musing.

"I have to leave. Sorry for surprising you." With a wave, he jumped out of the window in a five story building.

'A very strange one. He got me interested.' I smirked. Now I won't be bored for a while…

I had goose bumps for few weeks after meeting a fedora dude.

' Hopefully I won't see him again… he was kind of mysterious gave off dangerous vibes.' I thought as I sprayed my gift from Cozarto in cool purple patterns. At Denis' of course. Free food for me~!

Asari gazed at Skull in thought. 'It is unmistakable. That purple hair was Skull's. Why was he there in the mansion? Was he connected to mafia in some way?'

He noticed my gaze. How shameful of me! He eyed me intently and said, "I can do the same for your flute, if you want."

(sweat drops) "I'm fine. Thank you for the offer."

There wasn't much to see in his record. Only that the kid named Skull lived in the streets until he revealed himself to the world in his first stunt—or so people would think. It seems that time was when Alaude captured three Estrano Familia members attempting to abduct children in the streets he lived in. Doing the stunt using the very car they used to kidnap… How irrational: Getting himself run over by a car. Well, given by the other stunts he did over the month, that was practically like walking through in a breeze. Interesting. He'll look over the past stunts he did: To figure out how he survived and get some ideas on tor-tutoring. You never know, they may come in handy. He chuckled, which swayed all the female population in the café.

It'll be fun to meet him again.

(A/N): Done~! I thought it would be short but it turned out to be longer than expected.

To: foxchick1-san - Thank you for your interest! You gave me the energy to continue writing even after returning from the tiring family traveling~! :) I tried to update this yesterday but mom turned off the internet for staying up late TT TT Anyway, thanks again!

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Thanks for reading~~!

Oh! And I purposely left out a member in Simon Familia! Sorry Kaoru, didn't know how to put you in there. Don't worry, guys! He was sleeping the whole time! Dreaming about baseballs...