Me: "Let's kick this off your on Lussy-chan!"
Lussuria: "Thank you darling, now Smiley-chan doesn't own any of the Harry Potter series or Hitman Reborn and if Smiley did then you betcha I would make more Fabulous appearances!"
Me: "Damn straight you would, NOW ONTO THE STORY!"
Oneshot: The Perfect Stall Tactic
Aka: An Inverted Cloud Rage
When: During the Final Battle of the Curse of the Rainbow arc
"Now that sounds good and all, but there is one problem. You are out of your minds if you think I will entrust my life to a demented baby. Do you even know if the Tri-ni-set will fall in the right hands if I pass away?" Checkerface bluntly said while looking at everyone that had gathered.
Checkerface had spoken to the arcobaleno in their dreams and told told that if that whoever won this competition one of them will be released from the curse. After so many attacks on each group, Tsuna and Reborn uncovered that it was all a setup from the start. Checkerface had never mention that they had a high chance of dying and even if they didn't embrace the reaper hug, they would be turned into one of the Vindice instead, so Tsuna came up with a plan to make sure the curse ends here once and for all. Yuni even suggested that she could call someone who could help them out.
So here they are with a plan set in place to end this for good, Talbot showed up just at the right time and Bermuda surprisingly agreed, now the only person to submit to the plan is the person who started this whole fiasco, Checkerface himself. But with Yuni unfortunately being knocked out during the battle, the ramen lover wasn't budging an inch.
"Tch, this guy is pretending he's doing the fucking world a favor." Xanxus spat out, he had enough of his bullshit.
"Damn it, how close are we to Yuni waking up? She's the only one that can talk some sense into the crazy bastard, Kora!" Colonello shouted to Reborn who was healing her.
"It going to take a couple more minutes" he huffed, he used an ample amount of his flames during the battle.
"We may not have minutes, hurry it up!" Verde barked out, he readied the rest of his technology just in case.
No one noticed the rising killer intent behind them slowly growing from an angered Cloud.
"The only way to keep the rings safe is for me to watch over them." Kawahira calmly stated, which had an opposite effect on the crowd as they grew more restless, angry and annoyed.
"Did he forget to take his meds?" Gokudera commented.
"That would make sense, it's the only logical reason." Even Yamamoto was starting to get annoyed by the immortal man.
"Immortality has got to be lonely" Tsuna spoke quietly to himself, while he does feel sorry for the man, that doesn't mean he's gonna let him take the life of his tutor or any of the arcobaleno, especially Skull-chan who also share the pain of the spartan tutor.
The silent Cloud rage deepened even further, it was getting harder and harder to control both her flames and her magic from lashing out at the insufferable joker in front of them.
"If taking the life of a few is the only chance to save the life of the many then so be it, it's only a small price to put for the greater good." He finished solemnly, not knowing it was the final nail in the head.
CRACK
And there's go what's left of her self control.
That word, that bloody word, she couldn't do it, she couldn't hold back anymore.
CRACK
She needs to release/letitgo/discharge
She needed freedom…SHE NEEDED TO TEACH THE BLOODY BASTARD A LESSON!
SMASH
They felt it before they saw it. The raw amount of flames surging from behind them in abundant amounts. The presence of the flames was neither pleasant or friendly, it was downright terrifying.
"Who the hell is that?" Gokudera cussed and tried to locate the flames.
"Wao" Hibari had an eager grin on his face at the pure raw power the unknown person emitted, the flames felt somewhat familiar to the Carnivore.
"Is it another shitty enemy?!" Squalo eyebrow twitched at yet another person budding in on their battle.
Before any of them could detect where the hostile flames were coming from, a rush of energy flew past them and smashed into the astonished Kawahira.
"Do you think of yourself as a God?" The voice quietly spoke, it was still unclear to them who was speaking, the dust covered the both of them from their eyes.
"What?" Kawahira knew who this person was, he never thought she would lash out like this.
"I mean you say you want to save everyone, you use the pacifiers to keep yourself immortal and you decide the fate of the people life. That kinda sounds like a God to me." She darkly chuckled at his confused expression.
The dust had finally settled down and they could all clearly see a woman, maybe late teens early twenties, in a recognizable jumpsuit holding up Checkerface by the neck with her back turned towards them. The violet flames was steadily swirling around her body, her violet hair lazily floated with each surge. But the real catcher was a familiar cracked helmet on the ground laying a few feet away from her. Then it all clicked in place.
"SKULL?!"
"SKULL-CHAN!?"
"LACKEY?!"
"NEE-CHAN?!"
"Kufufufu, it seems there more than meets the eye to Skull-chan." Mukuro chuckled at the new development.
"How did she manage to go in her original form?" Verde started to think up of any possibilities to the strange occurrence.
"Hmph, the infant was holding back." Hibari growled lowly at the hidden predator.
"This is the second time i'm seeing this, at least she's not taking a blast head on." Enma was still surprised by how young Nee-chan looks.
"You dumbass! She has a self-proclaimed God in her grip, and he can single handily destroy all of us in one blow" Adelheid raged at Enma, who then became very pale, then continue to watch along with the rest of the guardians. The Simon Famiglia had a newfound respect for the stuntwoman when she took most of the burnt for them when Team Bermuda attacked and still found a way to heal most of their life threatening wounds.
"I don't think of myself as a God…" he was cut off by her.
"Then why are you acting like it?" She applied more pressure on her magic. "Even if your not God, you're acting like Kami itself spoke to you and said to 'protect these rings by yourself at whatever cost.'"
"I never seen her this mad before" Tsuna turned towards Reborn. "Does this usually happen?"
"This has never happened before" Reborn quietly said, the rest of the arcobaleno was in a state of shock at the amount of killer intent that was surrounding her.
"We thought that she wasn't able to manifest the Cloud rage." Fon commented, his shoulders stiffen even more when Skull had Checkerface in her grip. He didn't want that man anywhere near them at all.
"Well clearly she has it." Leviathan muttered, he took a few cautious steps back away from the angered Cloud to his smirking boss.
"I'm more impressed that she managed to not only surprise him, but keep that joker in her grip." Gamma was hovering near Aria daughter. "How is she doing that anyways?" He got shrugs in response.
No one there knew that magic is real, with the exception of Viper who was only a squib, let alone that Skull has the ability to wield magic to her control and that it was holding down Checkerface. Much to his ire, he doesn't have the ability to wield magic despite his longevity, his soul can't handle any more pressure than it already has, so he's at the mercy of Skull rage.
"What do yo-" he was cut off once again by the intense pressure of magic and flames mixed together.
"Your entire plan is stupid" she bluntly told him. "You said you have to sacrifice the lives of few to protect the lives of many, that's utter bullshit."
"It was the only way to safeguard the Tri-Ni-Set from people who wish to abuse them." Checkerface calmly defended himself.
"Did you really think of another way?" She doubted that what he said was true. "Did you actually sit down and think 'Is there another way to protect the Tri-Ni-Set?'"
He stayed silent.
"You did think about it though" she continued after the long silence. "and you did figured out that there was another way, but it involved asking us mere humans."
"So I wasn't the first to think about this then." Tsuna muttered, he was disturbed by the fact that this whole scenario could have avoided this from the very beginning instead of dragging all of them into this clusterfuck.
"Humans are selfish creatures!" Checkerface yelled out at her and then he had a lot of weapons pointed at him from his outburst. "If I wasn't there to maintain the balance then humans would have selfishly abused the Tri-Ni-Set power and cause chaos upon the world. Wars would go on for decades, countries would fall into ruins, millions of lives would be decimated, the whole world would be in absolute madness. I'm trying to prevent this from happening!"
Silence followed, the area couldn't say a single thing that could refute his statement.
"My oh my, he sure has become full of himself" Byakuran chuckled deviously breaking the silence.
"For once I agree with you." Skull rolled her eyes at the Gesso boss. "Of course wars would happen, people would have died, countries obviously would have been destroyed, but guess what? That happens all the time throughout history and every single fucking day, that's how life works." She patronized the now silent man. "The world is already mad, so what's the difference?"
Kawahira didn't even move an inch as she continued.
"The world isn't perfect, humans sure aren't perfect and neither are you." She narrows her eyes even further at him. "While you may be a different species than the rest of us, you have the same qualities and emotions as a regular human has, like greed, wrath, gluttony, selfishness just to name a few."
Skull breathed in and her flames and magic simmered down. She looked deeply in his unflinching eyes. "You have to give humanity a chance, there are still beautiful things out there despite humanity being bloody fucked up."
"How do you know that the Tri-Ni-Set will be safe?" He silently questioned her as she slowly set him back down and lighten her grip on him.
"Because I have seen the future of the Tri-Ni-Set and it will be in capable hands for a very long time." A quiet yet confident voice called out and they all saw Yuni sitting straight up.
"Glad to see your awake." Skull softly spoke and gave one last breathe of relief as her flames surrounded her and she was back in her baby form. Her knees gave out on her, but luckily someone had caught her.
"Don't worry nee-chan, I got you." Enma gently picked her up and settled her down in his arms.
"Thanks, I'm again sorry for getting you involved in this mess." He apologized to him, she went back to her reckless self and got other people involved in her business.
"Hey, don't you worry about it." Julie ruffled her violet hair, her helmet laid a few feet away, destroyed by her outburst. "I would do anything for a pretty girl like yourself nee-chan."
"Do you have to hit on anything on two legs?" Adelheid slap Julie on the back of his head and proceeded to walk towards the Cloud in Enma arms. "That was a reckless stunt you pulled there, though you probably broke through the first barrier of that joker, let the Sky arcobaleno do the rest nee-chan." Skull gave a mute nod and leaned back on Enma chest.
"Wait nee-chan?" She shot straight up when she suddenly notice the new title they have given her.
"Yeah nee-chan," Koyo shrugged "it means big sister."
"I know what it means, but why am I nee-chan?"
"You not only healed us when you yourself was injured, but when you were living with us you made sure we ate healthy meals when we didn't eat, cooked for us, helped us with our homeworks and somehow you knew when something was bothering us all in the span of the time we knew you. That is something a big sister would do for their younger siblings, so your dubbed thee nee-chan." Enma smiled at the Cloud flushed face.
"And even when we were out of the competition, you continued to do all those things, by the way can you make the creamy chicken and florentine lasagna? That just melts off your tongue like butter on a hot pan." Kaoru started to drool at the thought of the mouthwatering food.
"Hell no, you chose last time it's my turn and I want beef stroganoff" Adelheid glared at her teammate.
"Aww, but Adellll, I really want onigiri." Julie whined to the girl.
"But it's my turn..." Enma quietly spoke to the Simon Famiglia loud argument.
"Don't worry, I'll make you your favorite mochi." Skull whispered to the downtrodden Earth user.
"Grazie" He smiled brightly at her.
"I see, so the Tri-Ni-Set will be safe." Yuni had finished telling Kawahira the future of the rings. "I guess I will have to have trust in the future generations." He smiled ruefully at the irony of it all. He should have listen to Sepira from the very beginning.
"Thank you Kawahira" Yuni smiled at the older man.
"It's a real good thing Yuni was here, else we would have never convinced him." Yamamoto reverted back to his happy-go-lucky personality and smiled happily. "Nice job on stalling him Skull-chan." He gave a thumbs up to her.
"It was indeed EXTREMELY a good idea, I would have never thought of that!" Ryohei laughed cheerily, though Skull was quickly distracted when steel eyes had met her vision.
"I do not appreciate being lied to baby carnivore" Kyoya glared at the small exhausted baby.
"Well I don't appreciate wanting to be bitten every time I want to enter Namimori." she snarked back at him, she wasn't in the mood to deal with a predatory cloud.
"Hn, I expect a fight when you are healed or else you are going to be bitten to death." Hibari walked off away from the crowd of people.
"That bloody little bastard knows he will be getting a fight either way." Her eyebrow twitched in annoyance, Enma simply sweatdropped at the exchange.
"Kufufu, that was quite the interesting performance you put on." Mukuro chuckled as he disappeared as soon as he appeared with Chrome smiling beside him.
"I'm never gonna figure out that kid am I?" Skull deadpanned, which Enma merely sweatdropped in response.
"Thank you Skull-san" Tsuna bowed his head at her.
"You better be grateful that the tenth is thanking you." Gokudera barked out, though he seems to be bowing to her as well.
"Ahh, thanks I guess" Skull just rolled with it, she is learning very quickly on how to deal with the Vongola brand of craziness.
"It was indeed interesting" Reborn commented as he hopped on Tsuna head. "I, and the rest of the arcobaleno, have never seen you that angry before? What made you snap?" He gazed deeply into her eyes.
"Ahh, well you know…" she trailed off and looked away from the hitman piercing eyes.
"No, I don't know what you mean. Use your words, you haven't regressed into a child that much." He tried to get a rise out out of her. Some were casually trying to eavesdrop on their conversation.
"I don't want to become a puppet again." she spoke so quietly that almost everyone listening in couldn't hear even the first word, the only ones who did hear was those that were in close proximity of her aka Enma, Reborn, Gokudera and Tsuna.
Thankfully, she was saved from further questioning when Talbot walked up to the group. "I believe it's time to get started."
Everyone back straighten in readiness and the anxious arcobaleno made their ways to the jars, though Skull was slower than the rest of them due to her dangerously mixing magic and flames together. She smiled at Fon who had let her use him his shoulder as a crutch the rest of the way.
They silently stood in front of their designated jar and at once, began pumping large amount of flames into their jar.
It seemed never ending, it kept on taking and taking while they kept on giving and giving until...it stopped. They all felt something snap inside of them and heard Checkerface say the most beautiful words.
"The curse is lifted."
They all unconsciously smiled when a warm aura filled up their entire body inside and out. They could imagine the feel and the use of permanently using their original body once again. They open their eyes...to see that absolutely nothing has changed.
"What the hell Kora!" Colonello was the first to yell first, then screeched even louder when he saw that only Lal had her normal body.
"Oi, what is the meaning of this Checkerface" Reborn glared venomously as he pointed his twin guns at him, he had enough of the clown trickery.
"Your are curse free, but since Lal was the only one with an incomplete pacifier, the rest of you have to age like a regular human." He received aggravated and annoyed stares in his direction with countless of angered yells.
"I think this is a bloody trend that all immortal beings wants me to hate them." Skull eyebrow twitched at Checkerface telling them last minute.
"What do you mean?" Fon was trying to calm himself down and decided to talk to his friend as a distraction.
"Oh, well I had to deal with someone who was obsessed with immortality before, and to this day, even if it's just a passing thought, I still hate him."
"Wait you met someone else who had the potential to be immortal?! Verde leaped at the opportunity to learn more about the man Skull had fought, he was not about to go to Checkerface for any answers. He would rather train with Reborn, Colonello and Lal combined than ask the joker anything.
"Was he as crazy as this clown?" Colonello hopped on Lal shoulder, she thought it felt weird about her now being able to carry them around, this is going to be an excruciating long couple of years for her.
"Lovegevity affects each person in a different way" a melodious voice resonated throughout the field as an older blonde woman made her to them followed by a tall lanky man and a smaller muscular teen. "There's even wandering saying that if you live long enough, a great hero would eventually turn into a villain."
"Luna, Neville, Teddy, what are you three doing here?" Lal asked before anyone else said anything.
"The small Sky knew that the time had reached its final hour and we were called by the Cloud stag for our assistance." Luna replied leaving many confused.
"Please tell me I'm not the only one confused here?" Tsuna asked around him and he got nods of confusion as well.
"Oh, you came just at the right time Luna." Yuni smiled at the young woman. "I hope none of the wrackspurts have been invading your ears?"
Luna shook her head "None at all, though it seems that a few crawled into yours a few minutes ago, i'm terribly sorry we had cause you to worry."
Yuni gave a secreted smile "It's alright, though the creatures had entered, I have already seen the thestral in all its glory and have accepted it."
"I'm so confused on what just happen?" Lussuria did not know what they spoke at all, and he speaks more than twenty different languages.
"Shishishi, the prince is also confused, but highly amused." Belphegor laughed, he may have no clue on what's going on but he's going to enjoy everyone confused expressions.
"My bad, I forgot to introduce myself" Luna smiled and curtsied "my name is Luna."
"I'm Neville, Luna husband," The lanky man introduced himself " and don't worry, she confuses just the people that doesn't understand the meanings."
"So basically everyone." The blue haired teen bluntly said then his eyes widen. "MUM!"
He raced over to the smaller Cloud and lifted her up in a hug, his hair suddenly turned a flaming orange.
"MOM?!" Everyone shouted sans the arcobaleno and the more stoic people like Mukuro, Xanxus, and Hibari.
"Godson to be exact, i'm his godmother." She debunked their false accusation before it could continue.
"Oh…" Tsuna looked slightly embarrassed when he had jumped to conclusion.
"Ah sorry about that" The teen rubbed the back of his head with one hand while still carrying his godmother in the other. "I'm Teddy, I tend to overreact sometimes." His pink hair matched his flushed cheeks.
"How is your hair eve-" Leviathan questioned, but was interrupted before anyone could answer.
"Why are you here anyways? All Yuni told me to do was message you to arrive." The Cloud never fully understood why the Yuni told her to do that.
"Well the smallest Sky of the seven colors knew the paths split in various ways, one path was larger than the others with visible footprints that continued onward, yet it led to sorrow and humiliation so she decided to fix up the path you all had trekked on." Luna smiled mysteriously, everything was silent.
"What the fuck did she just say?" Squalo was the first to break the silence, but got smacked upside his head by Lussuria.
"I'm EXTREMELY confused!" Ryohei scratched his head.
"What did she mean?" Tsuna was trying to figure it out.
"I'm not certain, maybe the path are...I don't know." Enma sweatdropped when he couldn't think of anything.
"...! Oh." That was all Kawahira said when his face lit up in realization.
"Idiots" Reborn scoffed "Yuni knew this was going to happen and decided to call upon Luna and the others for help."
"Ohhh."
"Though the question now is, how are you going to help us?" They all looked towards the young adult.
She didn't say anything, instead she pulled out six bluish green vials from her bag. "This was a potion that could change your age temporarily, but a friend of ours made quite a few of adjustments, and now it will greatly speed up your aging process from years down to a single week permanently." Neville explained while Luna handed out the potions.
When Skull received hers, she smiled at the seemingly innocent vial "I really have to go see George one day and catch up."
"You can do that after you go back to your regular age." Neville smiled encouragingly. "We should also invite the rest of the Weasleys, else Molly might yell at you herself instead sending you a howler." Her, Neville and Teddy grimaced at the thought of the deadly red letter.
"So if we drink this, we would go back to our original age before the curse?" Colonello inspected the small vial in his chubby hands.
"In a week or so, no longer than that." Luna softly smiled at the arcobaleno, it showed no hint of deception or threat.
So without a single hesitation they downed it in one gulp, the rest of the strongest seven didn't even try to cast doubt on the newcomers. They trust Skull and Skull trust them, beside they met them once before and that was all the assurance they needed.
At first nothing happen, much to their disappointment, but then they all felt something strange prickles in their toes then their knees, legs, stomach, necks until it finally reached their heads. It felt like a burst of energy was spreading through their bodies until it gradually ceased all together.
They were all in a daze for a couple of seconds until they saw their non-chubby hands.
"Hell yeah!" A ten year old Colonello jumped in joy.
"Fascinating." Verde, who was thirteen and smirking happily, started to examine his hands and body. "
"Hmph" Reborn crossed his arms in satisfaction, he was quite happy in an eleven year old body than his 3 year old one.
"It worked" Viper, who was also eleven, bluntly stated then sagged his shoulder in relief.
"Of course it did." A nine year old Fon replied with his hands in his sleeves.
"Thank God, I didn't want to wait years to go back to my age!" A happy seven year old Skull said, and proceeded to tackle the older woman in a hug, Luna caught her very easily.
"Thanks for keeping this look, you rock." Skull whispered when she saw her violet hair and violet eyes were still there after she had left the wizarding world.
"I know" She smirked then inspected her friend body. "You are very tiny you know." The child in her arms, who only response was a guilty smile. The platinum blonde looked at the arcobalenos and gave a toothy grin.
"Thank you for taking care of that problem by the way, the wrackspurts have long since invaded and controlled their bodies, it's a pity they can move from person to person." She received smirks and menacing smiles back.
"What problem?" Tsuna asked very hesitantly, each of the Arcobaleno, except Skull who was chatting it up with Luna, grinned like a cat catching its prey.
"Just some family problem." Yuni smiled serenely to everyone, but if anyone there had took a closer look, the right of her eyebrow was twitching steadily. That right there had stated something else no one could figure out.
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Omake: An Annoying Fight with a Persistent Carnivore
"So Hibari-san really wanted that fight." Tsuna sweatdropped as he watched the Disciplinary President fight off against a, annoyed, thirteen year old Skull.
"Hahaha, i'm surprised he waited this long." Yamamoto chuckled as he watched Hibari swipe at Skull only for her to crouch and do a low sweep.
"It's been two days." Gokudera deadpanned, the President then leaped and gave a high kick to her head which she proceeded to catch and throw him to the side.
"He's EXTREMELY impatience." Ryohei cried out, Hibari placed his feet on the wall and pushed himself forward for a bigger boost in speed, unfortunately that backfired on him when Skull stopped him with her bare hands and proceeded to grab his tonfas and threw them to the side. She then took his arms and twisted it around his back and pinned him to the ground.
"We have a winner." A fifteen year old Reborn smirked from his place against the wall which Hibari had leaped from. "It's a good thing you did, if you didn't I would have had to train you myself."
"I rather not" Skull sweatdropped and let go of the Carnivore, she's already his lackey, she doesn't need him to be her tutor aka torturer.
"Hn" Hibari jumped up from the ground and gave the Stuntwoman a hard stare. "Omnivore, next time don't lie to me about your abilities." He then turned and walked away.
"I never lied to you in the first place all I said was 'I don't want to fight!'" The female Cloud hollered at him, he gave no indication that he heard her at all.
"Omnivore?" Tsuna questioned. "What does he mean by that anyways? He call me an Omnivore, but I still don't know what he means when he says that."
"Maybe it's because you eat an equal amount of meat and veggies." Yamamoto joked.
"BAKA! It obviously means the Tenth is both merciful and strong!" Gokudera explained.
"Really" Tsuna was highly doubtful that was the reason.
"Its close though," Reborn cut in "following Hibari line of thought you hate fighting, but you will fight when it's necessary and win."
"Reborn" Tsuna smiled brightly at the compliment, though it soon became terrified when a green gun was pointed at his face.
"Though your still not strong enough yet to MY liking Dame-Tsuna." He had an evil glint in his eyes as he started firing at them, Gokudera, Yamamoto and Ryohei wasn't excluded.
Skull kept quiet as she watched the boys run away frantically from the incoming bullets. 'Did Reborn just compliment me!?" She thought, but never spoke it out loud. She doesn't know what the spartan tutor will do to her if she said that.
Me: "I think this is my longest oneshot yet for now, though maybe I will exceed this in the future. I know some things don't align with the Manga, but this is ma story, so I tweaked some things to better fit the story."
Squalo: "It's YOUR shitty story, you can whatever the fuck you want on it! And why the Fuck am I here?!"
Me: "Well it is my 'Shitty' story as you so eloquently pointed out, so you close us out!"
Squalo: "Tch, We hope you enjoyed this shitty story, I know I didn't, and have a fuckin shitty day."
8$ PEACE