Thrice Over (KHRxPJO)

Chapter 8

Skull didn't know how long it had been. Years had passed, and he just...couldn't go with the time flow. His memories were a blur, never stopping at any point.

Luce had died. Aria had died. Yuni, Aria's daughter, was the Sky Arcobaleno. 

But, he didn't show up at any of the Sky's funerals. Not after all the stuff they had put Skull through. Not after Aria had also started spewing the 'greater good' crap as well. He hasn't met with Yuni yet, too afraid that she would also start preaching about the 'greater good'.

He had signed on with the Carcassa Famiglia, hadn't he? Yes, he had. Somewhere in his memory, the thought of the Carcassa Famiglia rang a bell. 

Sifting through his memories, he found that he had indeed signed on with the Carcassa Famiglia. Reborn had introduced him to the boss and somehow, somewhere in his blurry memory, he had forced Skull to sign the contract.

Well, Fon was right, he did finally sign a contract with a Famiglia. Not one that the other Arcobaleno really liked, as it was one of the topics they complained about during the annual meetings. But hey, Reborn was the one who chose the Famiglia and Skull wasn't thinking straight.

There was little to no contact with the others outside of their Arcobaleno duties. But that was fine with him. Due to his intuition, he was able to be there for the others if they ever needed anything.

But, as the Carcassa Famiglia's strategist, he had to 'obey' them to an extent. So, when they started ordering him to invade Mafia Land, well, he had to 'obey'. 

Skull wasn't a strategist for nothing. If there was anything that life had taught him, it was that plans would rarely go as planned. So, he was able to plan for the smallest of things, making his plans work. Sometimes things did not go as planned, but his plans always got the job done.

Of course, the rest of the Arcobaleno never noticed. The obvious fact always seemed to be ignored. But it was just fine, it suited his needs. Well, his need to stay unnoticed.

So, when he was ordered to invade Mafia Land again, he immediately started scheming about how to turn things in his favor. Every year, he was ordered to invade Colonnello's little island. 

So, Skull had started using it as a training practice for the Carcassa's minions. In the beginning he would only allow them to invade to an extent. Every year he increased the area they were allowed to invade. They did improve, by a lot. It was thought of as a game now.

The whole plan was also a good way to sniff out any spies. To the senior members of the Carcassa, it was a fun little training excursion that allowed them to remove the spies at the same time.

Standing at the top point of the deck, Skull noticed the short glow of his pacifier. Well, he could just ignore it. Yeah, with his helmet on, obviously, he wasn't able to see it, of course.

He didn't flinch as the cannons rang out behind him. Colonnello's rifle could easily take the whole fleet out, so Skull had brought the ships that were on the edge of collapse. It was hard to get rid of such large and outdated ships, this would just kill two birds with one stone. The training trip and getting rid of the ships.

Skull watched as they steadily approached the island that was getting shot at by the ships' cannons. Screams pierced the otherwise calm sky as buildings blew up. 

Heh, Colonnello would suffer at the hands of paperwork.

This place was under the protection of Colonnello, so it wouldn't be long till the small man would come and drive them off.

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People were rushing around as one voice rang out above the others, "Skull-sama, we've arrived at the shore!"