cloudy with a Chance of freedom

chapter 28

"Should we wake him?" asked Blaise in a tone that said he didn't really care about the commotion outside.

"You really want to bother him over something this trivial?" asked Fon.

The 'former' Death Eaters who apparently forgot the warning Skull had given him or were too drunk to care that maybe pissing him off was a bad idea were out causing a riot.

Skull was currently sleeping in his own 'room' inside the trunk he had set up in the wizard's tent Sirius had brought with him, apparently forgetting Skull did far more traveling than he did.

"Stay in here, I'll go deal with the idiots outside," said Fon, slightly bloodthirsty.

He was slightly surprised when Camellia stopped him before he exited the tent and gave him a kiss on the lips.

"For luck."

"Why would I need luck with a bunch of drunken fools who think their slow casting skills will actually protect them?" asked Fon amused. "Besides, when do you need a reason to kiss me without asking?"

He would fully admit to falling head over heels with Camellia Black, soon to be Viper once Skull obtained the full titles as Lord Black/Potter.

Camellia blushed at that, and didn't do more than lightly squeak when Fon kissed her back on the cheek.

"I won't be long," he said smiling.

Today had been a very good day, and he had high hopes this meant they could move forward properly as boyfriend and girlfriend. Being stuck in his teenage body a second time and having to deal with the headaches of puberty didn't sound nearly half as bad if it meant he finally was able to date Viper. Even if she didn't remember the events that had shaped her the first time around.

Fon came back an hour later looking rather smug. The wizards would have a great deal of trouble explaining how they had their wands snapped and ended up in those positions. He was very pleased that the odd games of tag (complete with weights) had allowed him to almost regain his former speed in a remarkable amount of time. That and the fact Skull finally figured out how to use his Sun secondary externally meant that any recovery time needed was shortened considerably.

It wasn't as strong as his Sky Flames, and it had taken Skull ages to figure out how to combine his Cloud and Sun together without accidentally killing the patient (the test rats would not be missed and Verde had been more than happy to record the results for Skull), but once he did Fon would openly swear that Skull might actually rival Reborn if he put his mind to it.

Of course Reborn had never been the best at healing. He was more about activating "potential" and stimulating any internal abilities as opposed to "healing others". Likely why he had become a hit man, come to think of it.

Camellia was so pleased by his return that she pointedly dragged him off into one of the spare rooms. Blaise was just relieved she was a very private person and wasn't forcing him to listen to the two of them make out or anything.

Coming from a pure blood family meant Camellia wasn't going to let Fon go past second base until after they were properly married. Besides, they were a few years too early to be thinking of such things, hence why Blaise allowed them to have their privacy.

"We need to leave," said Sirius, having finally made it back to the tent. The amount of people he had to walk through was ridiculous.

"If you're talking about the drunk morons in skull masks, Fon already dealt with them. In case you haven't noticed there's currently a distinct lack of screaming going on," said Blaise without looking up from the fiction book Skull had loaned him from his personal library.