In which Hibari and Mukuro (with Chrome appear). We also learn a bit about his previous lives! Note: Death uses it pronouns, Life uses they/them and Fate uses ney/nem.

"Ne, ne, Death?" Skull asked warily, watching the being-

Well, sulk would be the most appropriate term.

It was sat with it's back towards Skull with a corner it made itself specifically for that purpose. There was an air of gloom around it and fake mushrooms growing out of it's form. Skull could hear it mumbling "heads… won… heads again… how… heads."

In all, it looked pitiful.

"What," it snapped, barely turning it's head away from it's corner. Skull put on his thinking face.

"So you know how people don't remember their deaths until their seventh death yeah?" Death slowly turned away from it's self-made corner and stared at Skull. "Why don't they remember whilst they're here as well? If they died for a second time, why do they not at least remember here, this in-between from the last time they died? Wouldn't it make it easier to explain it all?" Skull asked.

Death stared at him some more from his corner, the fake mushrooms still growing and the gloom still there. The next time Skull blinked it was all gone, no corner or mushrooms in sight.

"There is no point in them remembering. Usually remembering their past deaths here and seeing me can cause flashbacks and unlocking their knowledge of their deaths is very complicated and intricate-"

"It was Fate, right? Fate told you not to," Skull butted in. Death stared at him. "And Life probably." It deflated.

"Mostly Fate," Death admitted. "And then Fate went to Life and told them all the 'flashback' stuff. I had to make a contract with Fate and all, ney are such a bitch," Death muttered.

"You know, a lot of people on Earth would totally agree with you," Skull consoled the being as the corner started appearing again. Death and Skull shared a moment.

"Never knew you were soooo whipped tho-" and a moment later Skull was back in his body, Reborn leaning over him with a scowl.

Skull's evading skills honestly improved in this universe. Having to dodge Reborn and Colonnello, nevermind Tsuna's mists and cloud certainly helped him develop those skills.

One might be wondering, why would he need to evade Mukuro and Hibari? Well-

"Herbivore," Skull squeaked and jumped, narrowly avoiding a tonfa to his stomach. Instead, it hit his arm which whilst painful, at least didn't wind him like a hit to the stomach would. Skull quickly dived into a nearby formal dining room. Hibari followed him, eyes narrowed and focused on him.

"Ah," Skull tittered nervously at Hibari. "Is-is there something you needed, Hibari-san?" He scratched the back of his neck, making sure to keep the dining table with all the fancy dishes laid out between them. Skull hoped that the threat of Tsuna's disappointment would hopefully keep the other cloud from sliding across it, breaking all the dishes and hitting him in the face with a tonfa.

Hibari narrowed his eyes further at Skull's nervous gesture, which did nothing to curb it. If nothing else, it made Skull shift nervously on his feet.

"What are you hiding?" Hibari said, slowly circling around the table, his flames fanning out, closing in on his prey.

Skull blinked.

"Hiding?" Skull automatically started walking in sync with the other cloud, making sure they were always at an equal or greater distance apart.

"Stop playing dead Herbivore," Hibari ground out, and Skull watched in morbid fascination as with a spike of Hibari's flames the tonfa in his left gained spikes and the right opened up to allow a mace to slip out.

Skull blanched.

"There is something about you," there was a glint in Hibari's eyes that Skull decided was most definitely insane, or at least belonged to a demon. "A stench. Almost of Death."

Skull froze minutely and then quickly put his metaphorical mask.

"AH, OF COURSE YOU MUST BE SEEING THE HATRED THAT DEATH HAS FOR GREAT SKULL-SAMA!" Skull screeched out, his arms gesturing wildly as Hibari's eye twitched.

Skull squawked as the mace headed for him-

Mist flames covered the room as a hand clamped down on his shoulder.

"I'll be borrowing this for a while, thank you for finding him," Mukuro said with a creepy smile and a laugh to match as they vanished from the murderous cloud.

Remember what Skull said about Hibari being insane or a demon? Well, he took that back and was rewarding those titles to Mukuro instead.

"Now," Mukuro looked down at Skull, Chrome was behind him, looking curiously at both of them. "Let's have a chat."

Skull whimpered.

Somehow, someway, Skull managed to escape the two mists - not without having to explain a few things, but Skull would take what he was given. They would probably seek him out later, to ask more about the Coin Toss, but as it was he was free to go.

Now, why did it feel as though he was forgetting something?

Meanwhile, on the other side of the mansion a formal dining room was getting torn into pieces by a ravaging cloud.

Nothing important probably, Skull decided with a shrug. Or if it was, it will show itself eventually, so nothing to worry about. It will sort itself out or not who knows.

Skull stopped in the middle of the hallway and, uncharacteristically for his character of Skull, frowned. That sounded kinda apathetic. When was the last time he visited Dr. Constance? He tried remembering how many deaths ago it was. His frown became heavier. It was most certainly more than 10 deaths ago, just after the Cursed Day and he made a rule that on every 10th death (or if the life he lived was truly horrible) he would visit her for his therapy sessions.

Dr. Constance was a psychologist that has died over 8 times, and with that came the knowledge of the Coin Toss. That made her a therapist that could understand him to an extent none of the other ones could hope to do. It also saved Skull from being put into an asylum. Death was the one to direct him to her after he had died the 10th time, to help cope with his very traumatic death at the time. And by direct he means it went like that:

"Are you done moping yet? Humans, so fragile. Fine, I am going to help you this once. Look for Dr. Constance Robins, she knows what's up, has died multiple times and can mend your broken mind. The next time I see you, you better lose that Coin Toss!"

And that was that.

Skull continued on down the hall, resolved to see her the next time he died; he was long overdue for a visit.

He then turned on his heel and retraced his steps to a fork in the hallway, upon hearing sounds that sounded suspiciously like a bomb going off-

Who was he kidding? That was most definitely a bomb and the yelling of "TENTH! I AM SO SORRY! IT IS ALL THE BASEBALL-" made him reconsider his route. He had enough excitement for today. He would just squirrel himself away in the garage and work on his motorcycle - maybe he'd ask Spanner if there was a way to make the wheels set on fire without burning them? That would look so cool, Skull decided with stars in his eyes.

To the garage it was and Skull set off, leaving a ravaging cloud, contemplating mists and sounds of explosions behind him.

N/A: I will possibly expand on what Skull, Mukuro and Chrome chatted about some time in the future. I know the gists of it, it's just putting it down and keeping it all in character T-T. Also: an OC! If I write more, she will not appear that much, a mention here and there, she appeared because Skull would not be a functioning person without a way to resolve all the mental trauma he would be going through due to his numerous deaths. Also: Death being insensitive, but still concerned is my fave. Thank you for the faves, follows and reviews! Thank you for reading.

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