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Author: Hey ya! sorry for the late update~! I'm so sorry! its because of my recent addiction ya know! I got a little addicted to Mobile Legends thats why 😭 I'm sorrrrrrrry! Anyways...IF ANYONE...have a Mobile Legends account please add meeeee~! Ahahahaha~! Tench chu~! Here's the chapter sorry if its boring as heck!

WARNING: OOC and Profanities


Life-Shortening Skullitis[Part 5]


Narrator's P.O.V

"SHAMAL!" Tsuna yelled as he ran after Shamal with his younger sister and Hayato. The children quickly caught up to them.

"Next I want cotton candy! Gimme gimme!" Lambo demanded as he wrapped himself around Tsuna's leg.

"Don't get in the way, Lambo!" Tsuna grunted.

'Ara? Isn't this quite troublesome?' Yuuki thought, smiling tiredly as she watched Lambo cling into Tsuna's leg. As she mused on their situation, her eyes turned to I-pin who was racing ahead of everyone.

"I-pin will try her hardest!" I-pin exclaimed, determined to help the twins.

"Arigatou!" Yuuki chirped. Suddenly, she thought of an idea that could probably motivate I-pin, and maybe even Lambo, to catch Shamal. Nodding to herself, she opened her mouth and said, "Nee~ I-Pin-chan, Lambo, how about we make a deal?"

"Deal?" Lambo and I-pin chorused while Hayato and Tsuna glanced at her way curiously.

"Un! If one of you catches Shamal-san, I'll buy a cotton candy and Takoyaki for that person!" Yuuki bribed.

Lambo immediately removed himself from Tsuna's leg and ran in front of her, matching I-pin's speed. "I'll catch him! The cotton candy is mine!" Lambo declared as he sprinted ahead.

"I'll get him!" I-pin exclaimed as she ran neck-to-neck with Lambo towards Shamal, who fell down harshly on the ground as soon as Lambo and I-pin's combined weight crashed into him.

"What's this about?" Shamal said as he stood up and glared at the two kids. "I almost got a date with a classy lady!"

"Shamal-san," Tsuna called out, causing Shamal to turn and see the older group.

His eyes lingered on Hayato. "Hm? Hayato, right?" Shamal said. "Yo! Good to meet you. If you don't mind, I have a lady to find. Later!"

"'Yo' nothing! Come on and cure Juudaime and Hime!" Hayato demanded.

Shamal sighed. "I told you, I don't attend to men." Shamal stated, agitating Hayato even more.

"Are you saying that you don't see Hime as a woman? DON'T COMPARE HIME TO FILTHY MEN!" Hayato snarled.

"That's not what I mean." 'And you're indirectly saying that your Juudaime is filthy too,' was left unsaid by Shamal.

Before Shamal could add something more, Tsuna's skull spoke in chorus with Yuuki's.

"That's so embarrassing! When eating takoyaki, you walked around all day with the seaweed topping stuck on your teeth!"

"That's so embarrassing! You accidentally fell asleep on the supermarket's food court!"

Hearing Tsuna's skull, I-pin jumped down and took out a mirror to worriedly check her own teeth. Staring intently at her seaweed-speckled teeth, I-pin started sweating and clamped onto Tsuna's leg, causing Tsuna to panic at the familiar pattern blooming on her forehead.

"Sh*t! It's the countdown of the Pinzu Time Bomb!" Tsuna cussed as he swung his leg up and down to try to shake her off.

Yuuki giggled and clapped. "Ahahah~ I love I-pin's fireworks~!"

Shamal quietly used the provided opportunity to run after Bianchi and escape.

"Hey, get off Juudaime!" Hayato said. Out of the corner of his eye he just managed to catch Shamal rounding the corner. "Wait!"

He turned towards the twins and said, "Hime, Juudaime, we don't have the time to hang around here!"

"I know that! But...!" Tsuna screeched when he noticed that there were only four pins left. The count-down had begun!

*Fssshhhh* *Splash*

Out of nowhere, a submarine came out of the lake. The top door opened up and revealed Reborn, who was blankly staring at the group. "If you don't hurry up, there'll be no time left," Reborn nonchalantly announced.

"R-Reborn/Re-chan?" Yuuki and Tsuna chorused. While they were distracted, the Pinzu bomb turn to one and exploded. The group was separated in the shock-wave.

*BOOM!*


With Hayato


"Ouch...ouch!" Hayato muttered under his breath as he shakily got up. Then he saw a certain frustrating doctor. "YOU ST*PID OLD MAN! HURRY UP AND CURE HIME AND JUUDAIME!" Hayato shouted.

"You're so persistent! I told you I'm a women-only doctor!" Shamal replied irritably. The two then started arguing and didn't notice their observer.

"If Shamal fixes the kids, I won't be able to go back to Italy with Reborn," the shadow whispered. 'I have to nip this in the bud! Sorry Hayato.'

"Stop right there, Hayato." Bianchi commanded as she walked away from the tree.

"A-Aneki!" Hayato groaned in distress as his stomached start aching. "Sh*t," Hayato muttered.

"Bianchi-chwan~!" Shamal pursed his lips as he jumped at her. He was repaid with a kick on his cheeks instead; however, it seemed that the kick wasn't enough and Shamal ran after her once again.

"Gokudera-kun, are you alright?" Tsuna asked as he walked towards Hayato. Yuuki was sleeping in his arms with his jacket wrapped around her petite form.

"Juudaime, please don't mind me. Get him," Hayato grunted. Tsuna grudgingly nodded and ran after Shamal. He tried not to rock his twin too much as he noticed that Yuuki was paler than usual.


Few seconds later


Haru hummed as she twirled the hula hoop in her arms. She froze in her tracks as she noticed a familiar silvernette on her way. "Hahi? Isn't that Gokudera-kun?" Haru asked no one.

Hearing Haru's voice, Hayato turned his head and spotted her. "H-Haru. Good timing. Catch that guy," Hayato said as he shakily pointed at Shamal. "Juudaime and Hime's life depends on it." Hayato added desperately.

As soon as Haru heard this, she nodded in determination. "Hai! leave it to Haru!"


With Shamal, Bianchi, and the twins


"Poison cooking! Slippery Dumplings!" Bianchi threw a purple dumpling towards Shamal, who perfectly fell for it.

"Yosh," Tsuna mumbled tiredly. He forced himself to run faster as he saw his opening to chance to catch Shamal, who was stuck in Bianchi's poison cooking.

Haru ran like a madwoman behind the oblivious Tsuna. "TO SAVE TSUNA-SAN AND YUUKI-SAN! LOVE, LOVE, DESTROY!" Haru yelled and hugged Tsuna from behind. This caused Tsuna to accidentally let go of Yuuki's unconscious body as he was yanked back, throwing Yuuki in the air.

"I've caught him!" Haru cheered. Tsuna, on the other hand, was not nearly so happy.

"YUUKI!" Tsuna yelled as he struggled to pull away and catch his sister's falling form. His struggles brought Haru's attention to what she'd unintentionally done. She paled and closed her eyes in fear, even as guilt welled up, not wanting to see Yuuki crash into the pavement.

*Tap* *Tap*

*Trip* *Thud* *Thump*

Haru's heartbeat sped up as she slowly opened one eye. Instead of seeing a pool of blood, she saw a dirtied Tsuna beneath the still sleeping Yuuki. Tsuna panted and fought to catch his breath. One arm was wrapped around his younger sister's shoulder as his distress left his body.

As he struggled to sit up, Tsuna searched for even the slightest injury on his sisters body. Once he was satisfied with his inspection he looked over at Haru, who was slowly walking towards them.

Her eyes welled with tears before she bowed deeply. "Haru is very SORRY! Haru didn't know that Tsuna-san was carrying Yuuki-san!" Haru sincerely apologized. "Gokudera-kun told me to catch you." Haru added as she continued to bow her head. She could feel Tsuna's intense gaze and hoped he could forgive her. "He said your lives depended on it!"

After hearing an exhausted sigh, Haru lifted her head and saw Tsuna pointing at something behind him. "We're supposed to catch that guy," Tsuna stated. Looking at where Tsuna was pointing, Haru saw a man running away from them.


Almost Sunset


*Huff* *Huff*

'Please wait for me Tsuna-san, Yuuki-san! Haru will catch that guy for sure!' Haru thought as she saw the same man from before.

"I need to find a place to sleep soon. I'll leave Bianchi for tomorrow," Shamal said. He went to make a left, but a hula hoop suddenly appeared out of nowhere and was thrown into him.

"What the hell?" Shamal muttered as he stared at the hula hoop on the floor.

"Hold it!" Haru's voice echoed. "In order for Tsuna-san to forgive me, and to save Tsuna-san and Yuuki-chan's lives, Haru will catch and hold you!" Haru jumped down from the fence she had posed on and pointed at his face. "Don't try to run!"

"Wow, you're cute! I'll give you a smooch!" Shamal decided, opening his arms and advancing towards Haru.


On the other side


*Pants* *Huff*

"If I don't hurry, the sun will set before we find him," Tsuna gasped. He was still carrying his sister, who was out cold and really worrying him. His leg was twitching in pain as his arms started to get numb, but he kept going. At some points he had wanted to give up, but whenever he saw his twin's unusually pale face, his body just automatically kept going.

Almost near the other corner, he heard a loud and familiar high-pitched scream. "KYAAAA!"

Haru was running towards them. "Haru?" Tsuna squinted and saw Shamal running after her. Oh, that explained it.

"Tsuna-san!" Haru yelled. "Tsuna-san, this guy is really dangerous!"

"Haru, just keep running!" Tsuna commanded as he gently put Yuuki down on the side walk. "I'll take Shamal," Tsuna said in determination. As soon as Haru passed by him, Tsuna tackled Shamal and held him down.

"O-Ouch... What? You again?" Shamal said in disappointment.

"Shamal-san, please, cure our disease!" Tsuna begged.

Shamal sighed, again. "I told you I don't attend to men," Shamal repeated for what seemed to be umpteenth time.

"Please, just do something!" Tsuna put his forehead to the ground in dogeza, but Shamal turned his back to him and began to walk away.

"It's useless." Shamal stated.

"Tsuna, with a short life, in the setting sun," Reborn read out loud. While seemingly nonchalant, he was actually staring cautiously at Yuuki while Tsuna ignored him and ran after Shamal. 'She's too pale,' Reborn thought. He turned to stare at Tsuna's back. 'Hurry up Dame-Tsuna. Time is running out.'

As soon as Tsuna caught up to Shamal, he grabbed the doctor's arm and forcefully turned Shamal to him.

Shamal glared. "I told you its usel-"

Tsuna cut Shamal's sentence and said, "I know! You can just cure my sister, then! Please!" Tsuna shouted. His bangs covered his eyes as he clenched his hand around Shamal's arm.

"You can let me die…Just please, please cure my sister! Even if it's just her! I'm fine…even if I die, I'm just 'Dame-Tsuna'! Even in the future I'll probably die as a 'No good person'…but please, just before I die...c-can I see my sister smiling and calling me her big brother? One last time?" Tsuna begged, crying. Shamal stared at him.

(Unnoticed, Reborn continued to sit on the fence while holding Yuuki's body. He steadily fed Sun flames into her to help her fight the disease and warm her up. He silently vowed to shave a few years off of Shamal's life if he decided to be any more difficult.)

"I got it, I got it. I'll do it." Shamal decided, not knowing the dark fate he had just avoided.

"You'll cure her?" Tsuna asked hopefully.

"Who said that I'm going to cure her?" Shamal said, staring blankly at Tsuna.

Tsuna looked at Shamal with shattered hope "But-"

Shamal cut Tsuna off with a grin. "It's not just her. I decided to treat both of you!" Shamal announced, shocking Tsuna.

Reborn appeared beside Tsuna, carrying Yuuki in his arms. "Reborn!" Tsuna exclaimed before grabbing Yuuki from his Spartan tutor. He stubbornly ignored how reluctant the man seemed in handing her over. "Shamal-san are you really going to heal us?" Tsuna asked as he held Yuuki protectively in his arms. He beamed happily when Shamal nodded in response.

"But you don't have any instruments or medicine," the brunette pointed out worriedly.

"I have the instruments and medicine right here," Shamal said as he took out a small case full of tablets.

"I'm able to take bacteria and viruses in easily." Shamal explained as he searched for a suitable treatment for the twins. "Right now, I have 666 different fatal illnesses," Shamal added, confusing Tsuna. Seeing Tsuna's confusion Shamal continued, "The reason that I'm fine is that by having diseases with two opposite symptoms, they cancel each other out. For example, having an illness that rises your temperature cancels one that lowers it."

"You're kidding," Tsuna muttered dubiously.

"By the way, the illness that cancels out the Skull Disease is the Angel Disease." Shamal showed Tsuna two small tablets before getting two pills out.

"Go! Trident Mosquito!" Shamal's mosquito flew towards the twins.

"Shamal is usually a doctor, but he is also a hitman called 'Trident Shamal'. He uses 666 trident mosquitoes that each have a fatal illness, causing bacterium to make his enemies become ill." As Reborn explained, one mosquito landed on Tsuna's arm while the other mosquito landed on Yuuki's neck. After stinging the twins, the mosquitoes flew away and returned to Shamal.

Tsuna watched eagerly as his skull faded away. His attention turned to Yuuki as soon as he felt her move in his arms. She stretched, yawned, and blearily opened her eyes.

"Hm? Onii-chan? Your eyes are red," Yuuki said. She blinked at Tsuna in confusion when she saw tears falling down Tsuna's cheeks. "Onii-chan? Is something wrong?" Yuuki asked in concern.

"N-No," Tsuna sniffed. "I just have some dirt in my eye."

"That's a lot of dirt if it caused you to cry that much~!" Yuuki giggled and helped wipe Tsuna's face. Her arms wrapped around his shoulders when he hugged her tightly.

"Thank you very much, Doctor Shamal," Tsuna stated as he continued to hug her. "Thank you."


Hey ya!

I would like to inform everyone that I'll be skipping the next episodes and enter the Kokuyo arc! after the arc I'll resume the episodes that I skipped! Thank you very much Ie-maru-sannnnnnnn~!

Ciao~!