*Sweat drops* Okay, I know I had not been updating Mafia and Magic for a long time already but it's because I had trouble trying to incorporate another HP character here and it's been a long time since I've watched the movies so I had forgotten how he talks and act even though I said that this story has no relation to the original HP franchise, I just want to make sure their character is as close as possible but after a while, I just said 'Fuck it! Since this is an AU, I can do whatever the hell I want!'
From the title, you can tell who will be partnered with Shamal.
As the opening song starts, the title appears on screen before changing to show Tsuna with a clear blue sky background. He starts walking before stopping when Felicia appeared in front of him with Reborn in her arms.
She smiled while Reborn looked up to him as his partner, Leon, shifted into a gun.
Pulling the trigger and the flash of a Dying Will Bullet, the next scene shows Dying Will Tsuna doing amazing feats like jumping high into the sun and running in high speed before he returned to normal, the flames dissipating, smiling as Felicia appeared next to him.
The next scene features Gokudera, Yamamoto, Sasagawa Ryohei and Hibari Kyoya showing off their Attacks/Weapons in full motion before showing the X-Gloves and Tsuna.
The next sequence showcases I-pin doing kung-fu and Lambo throwing grenades around before being smacked into the 4th wall by Reborn.
The next scene is Tsuna and Felicia with Reborn in her arms again, looking into the sunset before turning to find their friends and allies before shifting to a final group shot of TYL I-pin, Ryohei, Gokudera, Hibari, Yamamoto, Bianchi, Dino, and TYL Lambo in the backgrounds while Dying Will Tsuna and Felicia stayed behind Reborn in the middle.
~CHAPTER 9: Doctor Shamal and The Half-Blood Prince~
It was normal, cloudless day. The students of Namimori were having a Co-Ed gym class outside. The boys were playing soccer with the girls acting like a cheer-leading squad, cheering for the two popular boys, Gokudera Hayato and Yamamoto Takeshi. Excluding Felicia who was watching the match with Tsuna as they stayed by the sidelines, away from the cheering crowd.
Gokudera chuckled at his victory after kicking the ball into the goal, his teammates were impressed. A lot of his fan girls squealed at how cool Gokudera was and such.
"Now it's my turn." Yamamoto said as he was about to kick it into the opposing goal.
"Like I'd let you!" Gokudera yelled as he did a slide to get the ball from Yamamoto.
Tsuna sighed as he looked up to the sky. It's been two weeks since the visit from Cavallone's Tenth boss, and nothing major had happened other than Reborn's unorthodox methods of training them both. But lately, Reborn's training had lessened until the last time he had been exploded on was about two days ago. Granted he knew Reborn was planning something big but he actually like the feeling of not fearing for his life every time he had to take a step out of his bed.
Then he heard Felicia sigh. She had been sighing the whole day. 'Come to think of it, it was ever since she received that letter yesterday. Wonder who it was from?'
"What's wrong, Feli-chan?" Tsuna asked.
The Brit glanced at him for a sec before sighing again and was about to open her mouth when...
"Tenth! Pass!" Gokudera yelled as he kicked a ball straight towards Tsuna. Which he noticed a bit too late as the ball hit him in the face, making him tumble down in pain, "Tenth! Are you alright? Do you have any injuries?"
"Tsuna, you alright?" Felicia asked as the brunette sat up and groaned in pain.
"How dare they hit the Tenth. Who was the idiot that kicked the ball?" Gokudera yelled.
"It was you." Yamamoto stated simply, making Gokudera blush from embarrassment.
The Italian then turned to his 'boss', "Please be careful, Tenth."
"I'm fine, I was just looking the other way." He said. "You guys can go back to playing."
"If you say so, Tsuna." Yamamoto said as he and Gokudera went back to their game after making sure the brunette is fine.
Felicia stayed back as she smiled down at the brunette, "I swear you're a sort of magnet to any kind of balls, Tsuna."
"It's not my fault." Tsuna pouted. "This is why I don't play sports."
Felicia giggled and was about to reach a hand out to him when a sort of electric field sparked between them. It caused them such a fright that the Brit fell down onto her bum.
"What was that?" Tsuna asked as he tried to help the Brit but was mysteriously repelled as well. "What the-!"
"That's so embarrassing! You've never kicked a soccer ball in your life!" A creepy voice said.
"Huh, did you say something, Feli-chan?" Tsuna asked her.
She shook her head as she stood up but didn't try to go near him, "No, I didn't."
Looking around them, they found the others were busy watching the soccer match. Tsuna blinked and opened his hand to see a fiery black skull on his palm.
"Wha-What the hell is this skull?" He yelled in fear and confusion.
"That's so embarrassing! You thought the World Cup was a kind of cup noodles!"
Tsuna paled and blinked a couple times, "I-It talks!"
"T-This is..." Felicia paled.
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A man with dark-brown hair and eyes wearing a doctor's coat flitted around the square, gushing at the numerous 'gorgeous' women around him with heart-shaped eyes while his companion sighed at his usual behavior, a small tick mark appearing on his head. They had just got down from the airport and were on their way to the hotel they had booked a couple of days before when his womanizer of a colleague decided that asking girls on a date is much more important than their initial task here.
"Hey there, long haired senorita." He greeted and winked at the confused woman. "You're such a beautiful person. Your eyes have taken away my heart. Do you want to get a drink with me?"
His dark-haired companion sighed again when a younger woman walked by him and, as expected, he chased after her instead.
"Hello there, mademoiselle." he said, getting in front of her. "Your lips are like peaches and cherries."
Another young woman walked by him a third time. "Hi there, young lady." He greeted her, seemingly appearing out from thin air.
"What do you want, old man?" The young woman, revealed to be Kurokawa Hana, asked rudely.
"Let's go on a date. I won't leave you bored." He stated simply and blew a kiss at her. Before she could say anything, a black-haired man grabbed the womanizer by the back of his coat collar and dragged him away. "Oi! What're you doing!"
"I should be asking you the same question." His companion retorted. "We're here on a request, not for you to flirt with every woman in a two-hundred meter radius."
"Can you blame me? Japanese women are more my type." The womanizer said, not at all fazed that his body is dragging on the ground. "Speaking of which, I wonder how does she looks like. I bet she'll be like her mother~" The brunette man giggled as his mind went into uncharted areas. "Especially her chest-"
His fantasies was shattered when he was dropped like a sack of potatoes and felt a very dark aura emitting from his partner-in-crime who was already holding a bottle with a suspiciously green-colored liquid.
"...Finish that sentence, and I won't hesitate to give you extreme pain." Threatened the man, whose eyes sparked with hidden contempt and murder towards him.
He sweat-dropped since he knows his partner very well that he'll really carry out that threat. "...Yes sir."
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"Eh?!" Tsuna yelled. It was after school-hours and the two teens were walking home from school. Felicia had just finished telling Tsuna what he had on him. She didn't tell him during their Co-Ed class since he didn't want him panicking but it was a good thing that was their last class for the day. They were standing a good arms' length distance from each other to prevent another repel. "Skull Disease?!"
"That's right..." Felicia nodded, her face still pale. "I've actually read about it when I was still under the guardianship of Reborn. But to see it with my own eyes..."
"Is it that bad?" Tsuna asked.
"You're going to die, Tsuna." They turned to find Reborn in a Grim Reaper outfit with a scythe, looking pale and creepy.
"Reborn/Reborn-san!" The two teens cried out as they ran to him.
"What do you mean 'I'm going to die.'?!" Tsuna exclaimed. "Quit joking around!"
"He's not joking, Tsuna." Felicia said. "Do you remember how many Dying Will Bullets you've taken to your brain?"
"The number?"
"It's ten." Reborn answered. "I've been told something horrible will happen if you take ten Dying Will Bullets to your brain."
"No way!"
"To think it's the Skull Disease. Too bad. You've had an unlucky life."
"Don't end my life so easily! Why didn't you talk to me about something as important as this? If I knew…" He began but then made a blank face, "This is no good. I'm leaving."
"If you knew, then what?" Reborn asked.
"I was just saying that if I knew, I would be depressed anyway."
"You're calmer than I expected." Reborn said
"Of course, who would believe something about a fatal illness?" He said as he turned back to Reborn. "If I wash it, it'll come off."
Felicia kept quiet, knowing it's not going to work but let the boy find out for himself as they walked to the park that was a short distance away. Reborn had changed back into his usual attire somewhere along the way and had perched himself on Felicia's shoulder as they stayed behind the brunette as he went to the nearby public fountain and began washing his hands.
Turning off the water, he pulled his hand up, only to see the skull is still there, "What the hell? It's not coming off!"
"That's so embarrassing! You get motion sickness on swings."
Tsuna blinked at the voice that is muffled and lifted up his shirt to reveal another skull on his stomach. "There's more!"
"That's so embarrassing! You're still afraid of the top of a slide!" it continued to mock.
"The Skull Disease is a disease where skulls appear on your body and tell embarrassing secrets until you finally die." Reborn explained while still smiling.
"That's why it's also called the 'Dying of shame' disease." Felicia added, already pitying the boy.
"There's no way that's true!" Tsuna then went back to the fountain and tried washing it off again.
"That's so embarrassing! You skip school when there's a school-wide vaccination."
"That's so embarrassing! When you were talking in your sleep, you bit your tongue."
"Shut up!" Tsuna yelled frustrated.
"You should know these secrets, Tsuna." Reborn said.
"That's true… So this is a real disease?"
"That's what I said. By the way, the Skull Disease will cause you to die two hours after it first appears." Reborn said at the last minute. "So for you, it's around sunset."
"What! No! I don't want to die!" He began to cry. "And to listen to all my embarrassing moments…"
"Don't worry; they'll keep talking after you die." Reborn said, making his student feels worse.
'So in memory of me, they'll all laugh at my Funeral!' He thought, already imagining his family and friends crying then laughing when the skulls blabbed out his most embarrassing secrets. He then realized they might also blabbed out his secret crush on the Brit!
"Good for you, it'll be a funeral full of smiles." He thumbed up at Tsuna.
"That's not good! Save me, Reborn!"
"I can't do that." Reborn said simply.
"You've got to be kidding! This is horrible! This is a horrible life!"
Felicia frowned. She wanted to comfort the boy but couldn't even go near him without evoking another of that strange barrier field. Reborn took note of this and looked up at his young charge.
"What's wrong, Feli?"
The Brit didn't answer but reach out a hand to the crying brunette. Just like before, her hand was repelled. Reborn watched this with interest and a bit of dread.
"This is bad..." He muttered, all signs of humor gone from his face.
"What is, Reborn?" Tsuna asked once he stopped crying. "The fact that I'm going to die?"
"No, Baka-Tsuna. This is much more serious." Reborn said as he hopped onto Felicia's left shoulder. "Looks like they'll have to come sooner than expected."
"Wait, what's going on?! Who's 'they'?"
"Acquaintances who are especially good with fatal illnesses and anything magic-related. They'll be able to cure you."
"Really?! Why didn't you say sooner?!" Tsuna exclaimed.
"This is a test but we'll have to do this in another time. I'm more worried about Feli's well-being." Reborn said as Leon turned into a cellphone. He dialed a number and hopped to the ground for some privacy.
Tsuna and Felicia stood by the sides, wondering who is he calling. "Do you know what he was talking about, Feli-chan?"
The Brit shook her head. Though she had an inkling who he's calling, and she's not liking it one bit.
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"Tadaima." "Ojamashimasu." Both teens greeted out as they entered Tsuna's house. As they were about to take off their shoes, a loud noise came from upstairs. They looked up to see a man rolling down the stairs with poison cooking on his face.
"Wait! What? Who's the guy that's become a victim of Poison Cooking?" Tsuna yelled out worriedly.
"That's doctor Shamal. He's the doctor I called over from Italy." Reborn explained.
Bianchi walked down the stairs tiredly while glaring at her victim, "It's been a long time since I've done something good for this world."
'I would agree but we need him to fix Tsuna.' Felicia sweat-dropped.
"Feisty as usual." the doctor muffled through the cake before peeling it off with the paper that was in between his face and the cake. "That was close."
"He's alive." Tsuna exclaimed in relief.
Felicia sighed as they watched Shamal try to pounce on Bianchi who retaliated by kicking him and throwing Poison Cooking. All the while, she was wondering where he had went off to since he's the only one who can stop the doctor.
"As you can see, he loves women" Reborn said.
"This old guy can cure fatal illnesses?" Tsuna asked in disbelief. "Is he even a doctor at all?"
"Yep, I've been under his care before" Reborn said, looking up at him.
"Really?! It wasn't a fatal illness, was it?" Tsuna asked.
"Shamal was the one who brought me out of my mother." Reborn said.
"Your birth?!" Tsuna and Felicia yelled in shock with a mental image of Shamal holding a newly-birth Reborn.
"Shamal, this is Tsuna. He's sick with the Skull Disease." Reborn called over to the doctor. Shamal peeled himself of the wall again and looked over at the teens.
"Oh, right. That's why you called me out." Shamal began to walk over to them. Tsuna stood up and looked over at the doctor, who rubbed the back of his neck apologetically, while Felicia stood beside him.
"Sorry, sorry. I'm easily distracted." he smiled at her.
"Nice to meet you." Tsuna greeted.
Shamal then looked over to Felicia who raised a brow at him. After that, his perverted personality kicked in once more. "Feli-chwan~ It's been so long since I last seen you~ You were such a cute bambina back then~"
Felicia tensed when the older man hugged her and rubbed his cheek against hers, "I-It's nice to see you too, Shamal-san."
"Aw, you used to call me 'Uncle Shamal' when you were younger." The doctor gushed.
Felicia blushed in embarrassment while forcing the urge to hex the man. "T-That was a long time ago..."
"And you even said "When I grow up, I want to be Uncle Shamal's bride~" Kyaa! So adorable." The doctor picturing a young Felicia saying that with the most adorable voice.
"I'm 100% sure I never said that." She deadpanned. Of course the doctor isn't listening anymore. "Shamal-san, please help Tsuna."
"You should know of my policy, Feli-chan. I don't attend to men." Shamal said.
"Hah?!" Tsuna exclaimed.
"Oh yeah, that's right." Reborn simply said.
"You forgot?!"
"There's nothing wrong with a women-only doctor." Shamal said as he turned around. Reborn huffed in exasperation, he knew convincing this womanizer of a doctor will be tough so he had to do the alternative.
"Shamal." He called the man who turned to him. "This is serious."
"Oh? How so?"
Reborn turned to Felicia and Tsuna. "Feli, try and touch Tsuna."
Felicia blinked but nodded and raised a hand. Tsuna gulped, bracing himself as her hand came nearer to his shoulder until...
*ZAP*
The same electric force field intercepted their touch and repelled her hand. The Brit stumbled but regained her balance while Tsuna fell to the floor. Reborn turned to the doctor who looked shocked.
"That's why I called the both of you to come sooner than planned."
"...I see." Shamal ruffled his hair. "Alright, I'll cure him."
"Really?!" Tsuna almost cried in joy.
"Yeah, but I'll have to wait for my partner since he can undo whatever is causing the repel on the both of you."
"Couldn't you cure me now?"
"I would but..." Shamal then took out a syringe from his coat inside pocket and walked towards Tsuna. He only took a couple of steps when Felicia stood in front of him and growled fiercely at him like a feline mother trying to protect her child.
Tsuna blinked in confusion while Reborn tilted his fedora down. Shamal placed the syringe back into his coat, raised his hands in surrender and walked back a few steps. Felicia stopped growling but didn't step away from Tsuna. Reborn could feel that sense of Déjà Vu with the time when Dino first came to visit except now the roles are reversed.
"As you can see, I can cure you but your mage wouldn't let me get close to you." Shamal said.
"W-Why?" Tsuna asked.
"Sorry, Tsuna. I don't know what came over me." Felicia apologized as she snapped out of whatever trance she was in. "When I saw that syringe getting so close to you, my body just moves on its own."
"That's because of the bond between the both of you." Reborn explained. "That force field that kept repelling the both of you is the sign that tells you that the bond is unstable."
"Wait, what do you mean unstable?" Tsuna asked.
"It means it's on the verge of collapsing. It only happens when one of you is about to die. Because of the Skull Disease, Tsuna will die when the sun sets and that causes the instability of the bond. And that also causes Felicia to be very protective of Tsuna." Reborn then turned to Tsuna. "I've told you before that mages are very loyal to those who they have bonded with so they'll do anything to keep them alive, even if it means trading their life away."
Felicia's eyes widened at that. She didn't know about that part of the contract for the bonding since most of the teachers only lectured them about the basic parts of the bonding sequence.
"Does that mean Feli-chan will die?" Tsuna whispered as he turned to the shocked mage who was looking down at the ground with closed eyes.
"If it means to keep you alive, then yes. Mages can give their own life-force to their bonded person, especially when this happens. Their protective instinct will also make sure that happens until they die. She'll also stop anyone from approaching you, which is why Shamal cannot cure you now."
"Isn't there a way for her to stop?"
"The only way for Felicia to calm down is by skin contact so she can be assured you're safe," Tsuna lightly blushed at that. "But the force field repels all contact from between the both of you. That's why we need Severus here fast since he's the only one who knows how to deal with your unstable bond."
"So where is he?"
"Right here." Came a voice. With a 'crack', a man suddenly appeared beside Shamal. Tsuna jumped at the sight of the man appearing out of thin air. Sure, he was used to Felicia conjuring items from thin air but not a person.
"It's been a while, Felicia." The man greeted.
"Hello, Uncle Severus." Said girl greeted back with a smile.
'Uncle?! This is Feli-chan's uncle?! He's so... dark.' Tsuna thought as he watched the man in all black smiled softly at his niece.
"How has your training been?"
"Very well. Though Reborn has taken up a few of your...Teaching methods. What about you? How does being the new teacher in school feel?"
"Fine, if you ignore the many dunderheads that don't know the differences between a horned slug and a horned toad."
Felicia laughed nervously, "I'm sure they'll get the hang of it." 'I hope... Or they'll know why Uncle Severus is called the 'Black Devil'.'
"Ciaossu, Severus." Reborn greeted. "I presumed you know the situation?"
"Yes, of course. If it has to do with my niece, why wouldn't I not know?" The man then took out a list. "I managed to find the potion that would temporarily dissipate the repel but I need these ingredients to make it." He then turned to Tsuna who flinched. "I'll leave it to you, Young Vongola."
"W-Wait, me?!" Tsuna exclaimed as he took the list. He sweat-dropped at the many detailed instructions on the list. "I don't even know half of what these ingredients are."
"Don't worry, most of them are easily obtainable. It's just a matter of where to find some of them." Severus said. "Now off with you. we're running out of time, boy."
"Uh, right!" Tsuna said as he pocketed the list. "I'll bring the ingredients back to you, I promise!"
With that, Tsuna rushed out of the house, determination coursing through his veins. 'Wait for me, Feli-chan. I'm not going to let you die!'
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Tsuna was now running in the middle of the street. Reborn had Severus and Shamal sedate the young witch so she wouldn't follow after him since she'll growl at every person that come in a ten foot radius of him. Friend or not.
He had managed to get four of the ingredients, one by pure luck. "To think that they actually sell frog brains... But Severus-san is right, most of the ingredients are quite easy to get if you get pass all of the hard words. Now for the last three... Eh?" He stopped running when he saw the last three ingredients on the list. "Cockroach, Rose Thorn and... Asphodel?"
He understand the cockroach (And he doesn't want to know what the older wizard wants to do to them) and the rose thorn but... what the heck is an asphodel?!
While he was busy with the list, he bumped into someone else and fell back from the pain. The person groaned in pain as well.
"Where the hell are you looking?" The person, who turned out to be Gokudera, snapped not looking at who it was. "Ah, Tenth! Are you okay, Tenth?" Gokudera asked, changing his tone to worry.
"Ah, Gokudera-kun." Tsuna said, noticing his faithful 'right hand man'.
A few minutes later, we see the two boys by a dumpster to catch roaches for the list. The brunette had caught the Italian bomber up on the situation and said teen was very happy to help, after crying his eyes out shouting how
"Shamal? That perverted old man?" Gokudera asked for assurance as he dusted himself off after catching a few roaches.
"You know him?" Tsuna asked as he dropped the roaches, albeit with shaky fingers, into a paper bag he had brought along.
"Yes, he's been to my house before." Gokudera explained.
"Really?" Tsuna then noticed that both Shamal and Gokudera has the same exact hairstyle but refrained from asking.
"But to think Severus-san partnered up with him..."
"What do you mean?"
"Well, Severus-san is a very well-known wizard in both the mafia and the Wizarding World since he's very merciless to his enemies. And for his potions, no one can make potions like him." Gokudera said. "Last I heard of him is that he was allied to a mafia family so I was surprised to hear that he's with the old man."
Tsuna processed the information into his brain. So Severus was in the mafia as well, and is quite infamous from the looks of it. But why would he be partnered to a doctor when he's already allied to the mafia?
"That's so embarrassing! You've worn your underwear the wrong way around and peed in your pants."
Tsuna and Gokudera froze with the taller male looking at him in shock before looking away, "I heard nothing."
'He definitely heard.' Tsuna thought.
During all of that, Severus stood on a nearby roof, watching the two boys run off to find the next ingredient. He had been following the young brunette after he sedated his niece.
"Are you testing him, Severus?" Shamal asked as said man placed the girl on the bed.
"Testing him? I'm simply letting him run an errand to gather some materials that I have run out off." Severus simply replied.
"Yeah right. I've known you long enough that you don't run out, Severus. There were times I had to wonder if you have an unlimited supply of those stuff."
"...Don't be ridiculous, Shamal. Humans are known to waste whatever resources they have, given or otherwise. Then they'll throw away those that cannot give..."
Shamal frowned at his partner's words.
"Then why not follow Tsuna?" Reborn spoke up from his place on Tsuna's desk. "I'm sure he'll change your mind."
Severus remained quiet, so quiet that Shamal thought he'll refuse when the mage sighed and walked towards the window, "Where are you going?"
"To make sure the boy is doing his job." With that, he apparated away, ignoring the knowing smirks on both their faces.
He wasn't sure why he decided to go with Reborn's suggestion. He could have refuse and waited until sunset where he'll forcibly break their bond to prevent Felicia from sending her life-force to Tsuna and have Shamal cure the boy. Then he'll obliviate the two and all those who had met Felicia and take her away from here.
It's as simple as that; His niece won't have to know the more dangerous aspects of the mafia world and she won't have to always give up her life over someone as insignificant as this one boy.
Yet... here he is, watching as the young brunette climbed over a fence with the help of his taller friend and into a rose garden belonging to a very rich person. They approached the rose bushes and Tsuna plucked one rose at a time while Gokudera watched over their surroundings. Security was lax and the owners were mysteriously called away into a meeting so they have enough time to pick as much as possible.
He watched as the young boy flinched whenever he touched a thorn but ignored the pain, in favor of getting the roses.
His arms are already covered in scratches, courtesy of the cats clawing at him when he went to get their hairs, his uniform covered in dried mud after falling how many times in the woods before coming across the dandelion fields, his body already bruising and aching after being almost stampeded on by the crowd for the time-limited butterscotch.
Other than the constant shrieking when gathering the roaches, the boy had not once complained. Instead, he forged on with even more determination he had seen in few people. One of which was a late acquaintance of his.
He sighed and followed the boys as they went on to get the last ingredient on the list.
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"What does an asphodel look like?" Tsuna asked himself as he searched the grassy field by the river. Both he and Gokudera decided to split up to search for the last ingredient. He had given the other ingredients to Shamal who said he'll pass it to Severus. By then, it's already in the afternoon. Tsuna took the riverside since there grew a whole variety of flowers so they thought of finding one there. Problem is, there are so many varieties, it's hard to choose which is the real asphodel.
"Anyone of these could be it." He said as he picked up a couple of flowers before looking up at the sun to see it starting to set. "I better hurry."
"Tsuna!" A voice called to him. He looked up to see the Brit. "There you are! What are you doing over there?"
"Ah Feli-chan! I'm trying to find an asphodel! It's the last thing on the list but I don't even know what it looks like."
"Oh Tsuna..." Felicia frowned. "You won't be able to find one here."
"Then where can I find one?" Tsuna asked.
"...It's known to grow in Hogswart, a magical school located in Scotland."
"S-Scotland?! There's no way I can make it there in time! Even with the Dying Will Bullet."
Felicia smiled sadly at the panicking boy, "Tsuna, I know you did your best but I'll be fine."
"No, you're not! It's because of me that you'll end up dying for my sake! And I don't want that!" Tsuna shouted. "I'm going to search again. There's bound to be one somewhere!"
Felicia watched as the boy parted the grass and flowers to find that one flower before sighing and started searching herself, "I've seen the flower before so I know how it looks like. We'll search together."
Tsuna smiled and nodded.
Time passed as the two teens crawled on their hands, trying to search for the flora until afternoon turned to evening. The two teens were still searching until Felicia gave up and wiped her brow of sweat. She turned to Tsuna who kept searching despite the countless fruitless attempts of finding one.
Felicia frowned and walked towards him. She knelt in front of him, "It's alright, Tsuna." The boy stopped and stood up before following her to sit by the sidewalk, watching the sunset with the Brit while keeping a distance. "You know, I used to be afraid of dying. But now I'm not."
"Why not?" Tsuna asked. It's human common sense to be afraid of something you cannot comprehend so that's why people are afraid of dying.
"Well, to be honest, this won't be my first time dying." Felicia confessed. "It was three years ago, back when I started schooling in that magic school I told you about. A basilisk managed to get into the school without any of us noticing and news of students being petrified went around the student body."
"Basilisk?"
"It's a giant serpent about fifty feet long. It's known as the King of Snakes and can instantly kill a person if you look at it. But indirectly, you'll be petrified." Felicia explained. "Of course, that wasn't the case for me. The basilisk had chased me around the school hallways when I was getting back from a remedial class and had managed to corner me in a secluded corner of the school. The whole way, I had my eyes close so I had to rely on my hearing to dodge its strike."
Tsuna's eyes widened. He can't imagine a ten year old girl going up against a huge snake that could kill with a look.
"But in the end, it managed to land a hit on me. The basilisk is highly poisonous so you can imagine what happened when it bit me." Felicia bitterly chuckled. "I could still remember how my body shiver and shudder as the teachers got the basilisk under control and tried to get the poison out of my system. I don't know what happened then since I blacked out but I guess they did managed to get the antidote to me in time."
'Or else, you wouldn't be here... with me.' Tsuna finished the unspoken words.
"Since then, I've always treasure whatever happiness I have in life because you won't know when you'll have to go." Felicia said as she turned to him. "And ever since I've met you, Tsuna, I've never been happier. So if my last moments is with you, then I'm happy."
"Feli-chan."
"That's so embarrassing and also nice. You always feel happier when you're with your best friend."
Tsuna blushed when the skull on his palm blurted that out but scratched his head nervously and smiled, "Mah, that's true..."
Felicia giggled as she has a tint of pink on her.
"Mind if I cut in this romantic moment?" They turned to see Severus standing there with Reborn and Shamal.
"Uncle/Severus-san?" The teens greeted as they stood up.
"I believe we still need to fix your dilemma." Severus said as he walked towards them
"B-But I didn't get the last ingredient." Tsuna stammered.
The man only raised a brow and produced out a small vial, "It turns out I have some spare asphodel so I was able to make it in time." Tsuna and Felicia cried out in relief. "Now the both of you, stand together. I need to sprinkle this potion over you for it to work."
He then popped open the cap and sprinkle the contents over them. It started to sparked like when they were touching but slowly faded away.
"The effects will only last for a minute so Felicia, touch him and let Shamal do the rest." Severus said. The girl nodded and grabbed Tsuna's hand, this time with no repel, and nodded to Shamal.
"But Doctor Shamal doesn't seem to have any instruments or medicines with him." Tsuna said. "How is he going to cure me?"
"I have the instruments and medicine right here." Shamal said as he took out a small gray box that has small white and blue capsules. "I'm naturally able to take in bacteria and viruses in easily. Right now, I have six-hundred-and-sixty-six illnesses."
Tsuna seemed shocked by this, "Then how are you fine?"
"That's because, by having diseases with two opposite symptoms, they cancel each other out."
"For example, if you're sick and it makes your body feel hot, have a sickness that makes you feel cold to cancel each other." Felicia explained.
"You're kidding." 'Is it really that easy?!'
"By the way, the illness that cancels out the Skull Disease is the Angel Disease." He then took out one capsule and flipped it into the air. It opened and reveal a small mosquito with a trident proboscis. "Go! Trident Mosquito!"
"A mosquito?"
"Shamal is usually a doctor, but he is also a hitman called "Trident Shamal". He uses six-hundred-and-sixty-six mosquitoes that each have a fatal illness-causing bacterium to make his enemies become ill." Reborn said.
"That's so scary!" 'Is that why Severus-san traveled with Shamal?'
"Do it, Angel Mosquito."
The mosquito then flew onto Tsuna outstretched arm and injected the bacterium before flying away. Seconds later, the skulls decorating his body disappeared.
"Your illness is cured."
"Thank you, Doctor Shamal." Tsuna thanked.
"That's great, Tsuna." Felicia said.
"Un!" Tsuna nodded before he noticed their holding hands. "Ah that's right. Since I'm not going to die, that force field should be gone, right?"
"Actually the effect had worn off seconds ago." Severus said. "So since you two are not getting repelled, that means neither of you are in danger anymore."
"Yatta!" The two teens cheered.
The adults and Reborn watched as the two cheered before the hitman tutor tilted his fedora down as he thought back of his conversation with Shamal.
"So how long have they been bonded?" Shamal asked after Severus apparated away.
"About three months."
"Wait what?!" The doctor exclaimed. "But with the way Feli-chan had been acting and the fact that their bond can be unstable, it should be a minimum of a year or so!"
"Which actually speaks volume on how much those two trusts each other." Reborn frowned. "Which is bad since I heard that he had broken out."
"Seriously?!"
"Yes, the road ahead's going to be tough for both Tsuna and Felicia."
As the ending song starts, it shows Tsuna sitting on the grass looking at the sunset with wind blowing. Felicia by his left with reborn on her lap, both looking at the sunset as well.
Tsuna then closed his eyes as images of his friends appeared starting with Gokudera and ending with Kyoko.
As he opened his eyes, Felicia turned to him with a smile. Tsuna then turned to her with his smile. The both of them watched as Reborn hopped onto the Brit's shoulder before looking back to the sunset.
The next scene shows the teens standing up just as the screen panned to oversee Namimori and the evening sky, signifying the end of the song.
And thus, we have Severus's appearance. Again, I am so sorry for the late update.
So I have changed the entirety of the original episode since I want to emphasize the importance of the bond between a mage and their bonded person. So this is what happened if that bonded person is so close to death, especially if the mage is also an Animagus. And yes, not all mages can become one.
And I know I said there will be no Hogswart in this story but I can't help bringing a bit of the original Harry Potter into it. So expect to hear about the Houses as well.
Speaking of Animagus, I have hinted what kind she'll be.
Also I had been thinking about a new story starring the characters from this story. It's a fantasy AU so there's no connection between these two except for the characters.
The synopsis of the story: Felicia is your typical normal girl who lives a very normal life with her parents when suddenly she was transported into the fantasy world of Rinato. She was then found and taken care of by the Archmage Luce (The Sky Arcobaleno, for those of you who don't know) who then told her of their world.
Rinato is a magical world where everyone has a special skill called a 'Flame', a high-density energy refined from one's life-force. Though not everyone can use it as most of the population has a small, barely visible amount of it. There's a small number of those who can manifest it physically, and they are protected quite heavily from anyone who wants to use that power.
Being The-Outsider-Who-Appeared and The-One-With-No-Flame, Felicia was stuck doing minor chores and labor in a school where our beloved Vongola Seven is studying.
She'll soon realize that she does have a Flame, a powerful Flame that had once been lost through the ages of time and history. There's also the fact that dark forces are coming after her powers, she'll have to learn how to control it with the help of her newfound friends.
...Summary sucks, I know but you get the gist of it.
So if you haven't figure it out, she'll have a Flame, just not the Flame of Night. It's a made-up one that I've been wanting to use for a very long time but I'm not going to say it. Should I also mention that everyone has animal ears and tails?
Speaking of the Flame, does anyone know about the properties of the Flame of Night? All I know is that it has a lot of destructive power, can overpower the other Flames and can warp the user.