Friends in strange places
It was the morning before the Yule Ball, and Skull was frowning at his plate of sausages. His and Reborn’s kimonos still hadn’t arrived yet...
However, rather abruptly, his musings were cut off as the Great Hall’s doors slammed open and a squad of females came barging in. His jaw dropped and Reborn sat up, frowning.
”Skull!” Lal yelled and he flinched, diving under the table.
”I don’t wanna die!” he yelled. “I swear I didn’t do whatever you think I did! I have proof! I was here the entire time! I couldn’t have been at Japan or Italy or wherever you were!”
”We’re not here for that,” Bianchi snorted. “We’re your make up team.”
”...huh?”
Adelheid dragged Skull out of his hiding spot and Reborn got up from his seat, his hand moving towards his gun.
”Oh, sit down,” Lal snapped. “We’re not gonna do anything bad. Also, you’re next.”
Reborn blinked as Skull was dragged of screaming by the girls. Then I-Pin, Viper, (was Viper a girl or were they just here for transportation?), came back along with Chrome, and I-Pin and Chrome ushered Reborn away too, much to his bemusement.
Everyone in the hall blinked, looking at each other like ‘what the hell just happened?’
WITH THE GIRLS AND SKULL...
”Make your hair darker,” Lal demanded and Skull did as told.
”...try blonde,” M.M said. “And a bit longer.”
”...nope, that looks horrible,” everyone said. “Go back to black, but this time make it curly.”
”No... black, long, but not too long. Curled near the ears, make the fringe and sideburns longer... side fringe... hm... like Hibari’s hair but longer,” Chrome ordered, and went behind Skull, grabbed some of his hair and tied it into a small, loose bun with a jade pin. “How about this?”
”You’re surprisingly good at this,” Bianchi said.
”...having the mind of an illusionist helps,” Chrome said sheepishly.
”We’ll do the make up last,” said M.M, who had been chosen as unofficial director.
”The kimono is next...”
Skull felt like crying. Damn you Tsuna! He only wanted a kimono! Not a whole make up squad! ...though, thinking about it, it was more likely that the girls had forced Tsuna to send them without his consent...
“Skull, try this on.”
”...isn’t that a girls?!”
”No, it’s just the design. It doesn’t have a chest area. It’s for boys.”
”How did this become my life...?”
”Mou, I have an idea. Skull, you can wield a katana, right?”
”...the fuck, how did you know.”
”I went snooping in your room for information and who you were. Long story short- I found out who you were. It appears you took lessons when you were younger. I also found out you were giving other kids lessons in the past few years.”
”...damn you, Viper. Damn you.”
WITH REBORN...
He frowned in annoyance as Lal came out of his room, looking suspiciously happy.
”Where’s Skull?” he demanded, trying to peer over her shoulder. She clicked her tongue.
”Nuh-uh. You don’t get to see him till the ball. He’s out with Adel and Bianchi. And now...”
Reborn suddenly had a bad feeling as Lal smiled far too sweetly for anything to be good. “It’s your turn.”
Reborn was suddenly regretting his life decisions. Damn it... and he hadn’t even gotten to bang Skull once.
WITH HARRY, RON, AND HERMIONE...
The snowball fight was going rather well... until one of the ball hit a tall girl who took it for a... Harry gaped. So did the Weasleys and Hermione.
”Who... is that?” Fred asked.
That happened to be a very good looking person. Boy or girl, they weren’t very certain. They wore a sort of elegant robe. Then Harry realised it wasn’t really a robe, and he remembered seeing a couple of people wearing it in the past, and they’d called it a kimono and a haori of something...
The person had hair reaching to the back of his neck in messy, yet stylish locks of black. A thin sword hung at their waist, and a fan with two long tassels was held in their hand. There was a wide, purple sash around their waist. The kimono itself had wide sleeves and was a solid purple, with white flowers sewn at the edges. The haori was a pale purple, with even paler cloud patterns on the back.
And their eyes... hadn’t Harry seen those eyes before?
”Professor Skull?!” Hermione suddenly called out in shock.
What? Where? Then Harry realised she was talking about the person wearing the kimono as the person raised a hand and waved, heading over to them over the snow.
”Hello!” he called cheerfully, and the tell girl who’d been hit by the ball glowered at them.
”Profes... Skull, I mean, you look... really good,” Hermione said. Skull laughed awkwardly.
”Ah, it’s thanks to my... uh, friends. Ah, this is Adelheid and I-Pin.”
”Be more careful,” Adelheid snapped. “You almost ruined our hard work.”
”Hello,” I-Pin greeted softly.
”Hello,” the boys + Hermione greeted, until she glanced at the time and got up from her spot.
”Ah, I need to go get ready now,” she said.
”What, you need three hours?” Ron asked in disbelief as she walked away. “Who’re you going with?!”
”Ah, leave her be,” Skull said, laughing lightly. “So, who are you two going with?”
”The Patil twins,” Harry answered. “What about you, Professor?”
”Just Skull is fine, Harry. And I’m obviously going with Reborn.”
”Obviously,” Adelheid mumbled.
Harry stared at Skull for a few moments, frowning. Strangely, the rather pretty teacher reminded him of someone...
”Well, I’d best be off then,” Skull said. “I have to go help set up the ball, see you guys later!”
Harry waved back automatically as the teacher hurried away with his friends. Then he glanced at Ron, who looked back at him with furrowed brows.
”Didn’t he kind of... remind you of Padfoot?” Ron asked slowly, and Harry realised with a jolt, yes, Skull had reminded him a lot of Sirius.
Not for the first time, Harry had a feeling there was something more to the mysterious DADA teacher’s assistant.