Thrice Over (KHRxPJO)

Chapter 10

Skull was gonna have to quit. Now that was a novel idea. Quitting. By his own will. Wow.

If he was to move to Namimori, then he would have to quit. Now, Skull was planning an over-the-top way to quit. He was going to milk this for all it was worth.

There were going to be explosions(harmless, of course), glitter, and lots and lots of chaos. It was going to be great! 

"Hey, Ren, make sure that all the members are out doing missions for the next two weeks. Or they could also quit. If they want to get targeted as well, I suppose they could stay. I don't know why they would want to do that though." Skull was crouched over a paper that held his plans.

In the command room, Ren raised an eyebrow and pushed his spinning chair over to the table where Skull sat. The twenty-year-old was most confident in front of his beloved computers. Outside of that, he was a nervous wreck.

"Really boss?" he said as he saw the baby on the table. There were crayons scattered around the baby-boss. 

With an unimpressed look, Ren surveyed the paper, the plan written by colorful crayons. As his eyes got further down the paper, his face turned an interesting assortment of colors. "Wow, yeah, we'll definitely want to get out before this happens." 

Skull proudly smirked. "Yep! Though, do you know where to get any alligators?"

Ren looked at Skull warily. "Wait... Are you planning to do that?"

"Yeah," Skull's smirk got wider, "it's gonna be epic."

Ren shuddered. Nope, he was not gonna stick around for that.

A boy ran in, urgently calling, "Skull-sama! Lana got herself hurt!"

Both Skull and Ren sighed. It was always the new recruits. They were such a handful. "Alright, alright, I'm coming." Skull jumped off the table. The relieved messenger ran, immediately taking off, the baby-man following.

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"I swear, you lot are such a handful. Recruits, I even had to get certified as a doctor." Skull grumbled.

The girl goggled. "Wait, really?" 

Skull hovered above her injured leg, small hands quickly working to clean and bandage the wound. 

"Yep," he grunted, "I've had a ton of time on my hands, so I don't know how many degrees I've gotten now. I thought that becoming a certified doctor would burn some time, especially as it seems that some people," he said while glaring at the trainee, "alway seem to get hurt." 

Of course, his words were hypocritical. But she didn't need to know that. Just thinking about the quests he went on made him question his sanity at times. Yeah, it always seemed to end with him injured.

Tying the final knot, Skull straightened up. "Well, don't do anything strenuous on your leg."

Lana smiled. Skull turned to the other two worried teens. Giving them a pointed glare, he said, "If I find out that she has in some way put more pressure on her leg then you guys will also find yourself joining her in the infirmary."

The boys winced, and dutifully chorused, "Yes Skull-sama."

Grumbling, Skull walked out of the training room, heading back to the command room. An idea suddenly coming to him, Skull brightened. Rushing to the room, he ran past Ren.

Pressing one of the many buttons, he spoke into a microphone, "Everybody, meet in the training room. Immediately."

Ren raised another eyebrow from where he sat in front of the monitors. "What's the meeting for?"