Arcobaleno: Lives of Lies
I do not own Katekyō Hitman Reborn.
Much is speculated about the seven Arcobaleno. There are seven. Or depending on how well informed the person you're talking to, there are eight, or seven and a half of them. Three are rumored to have allied themselves with the Vongola family. One is unable to die. Another is the master of all things perceived. One is the smartest man on the planet. Another is the ultimate assassin. One is the strongest martial artist ever seen. Such are the rumors about the Arcobaleno.
But for all the rumors and speculation, you'll be hard pressed to ever come up with facts regarding these extraordinary individuals. Certain things are known. They are tiny babies that carry colored pacifiers. They do not age, and it is night impossible to truly kill one. If your name is Byakuran, take this into account. You managed to kill them? Oh well, they get better.
The Arcobaleno held the three sets of rings, and were the ones that gave them to their current owners. Those families will forever stand, no matter the trails. They are all insanely strong and adaptable. They are resistant to sickness, poisons, and extreme conditions. This is all that is known to those who have never met one. Those that have met an Arcobaleno and lived to tell the tale will tell you they have the most ludicrously extreme personalities you have ever met.
This is where the rumors start up. There are eight, and they each have different colors.
The sun one is perhaps the most well known, a tiny black haired baby with a penchant for suits. His name is Reborn. He is debatably the leader of the Arco's, but don't try to tell him or any of the others that. He is known to horde special bullets that do weird and insane things, which his partner often makes for him. Reborn has a shape shifting chameleon that goes by the name of Leon. Reborn's animal partner can turn into pretty much anything reborn could want, so long as it's not too big. The duo taught the Bucking Bronto, and several other famous names. The most popular rumor about Reborn is that he is teaching Vongola the 10nth.
The second Arcobaleno is a little more low profile that than Reborn, the most famous of them all. His name is Skull. That's it. Nobody knows his real name, last name, or even if it's his real name. He is known for his famous life risking stunts though. He's broken every single bone in his body at least twice. He has purple hair, makeup, and looks a bit like a girl. He is clad in purple leather and his Motorcycle helmet is with him at all times. He has some facial piercings. His pet is a giant octopus that Skull taught to fight for him, using finger signals. He's currently a member of the Calcassa Family. It is rumored by one or two close mouthed soldier that he can do something amazing about his body and size, but that's all anyone will say. He's still an Arcobaleno, weakest of them or not.
The third is famous, just not in where you live. He's a big hit in china. His name is Fon, and he has mastered every martial art style under the sun. He's been the champion of every martial arts tournament in china for three years running. You know that a martial arts tournament is a big deal by if he's ever bothered to show up and win first place at that tournament. He holds the storm pacifier, and he's calm and likeable. He has perhaps the least strange personality, until you tick him off. His favored style is Lotus Kempo.
The fourth Arcobaleno is Verde. He is, without a doubt the smartest man currently alive on the planet. He wears a lab coat, has green hair, and is the holder of the electric Pacifier. He made the first box weapon, then the next, and the next. He had made over a thousand different box weapons, before anyone even figured out how to use one. He is the creater of approximately half the box weapons on the planet. He makes technology so advanced only he knows how to use it, or what it does. He himself says the top scientists will figure it out in thirty years if he decides to simplify it. His pet is an alligator. He is also extremely paranoid, building everything he makes with a failsafe and making everything not work if he's in danger. He'd do anything for his experiments. It's rumored he helped with some of the horrendous experiments done to the children and other captives of the Estraneos. No proof was found, which just casts Verde as more suspicious. Even the other Arcobaleno are cautious and wary of him. In Reborn's own words "He's not one of us." And "You can never tell what he is thinking."
The next most famous Arcobaleno is the holder of the Rain Pacifier, Colennello. He's a brash and brave military man, toting around an anti-tank rifle and a green army uniform. He is the teacher of thousands of Mafioso's and military cadets. He is proficient with every weapon that's ever graced his line of sight. He is a former member of COMSUBIN and known as the invincible soldier. He has blond hair like the sun and blue eyes that stare into your soul. At least the other Arcobaleno are subtle about it. His partner is a large sea hawk which is strong enough to carry him, enabling Colennello to fly.
The next well known Arcobaleno is the epitome of mysteriousness. His name is Mammon, or Viper if you had ever met him before his days in Varia. He always wears ovr-sized black coats to hide himself. Very little is known about Mammon. There is a long standing bet between Arcobaleno if he's even really a he. It is said his weapon is illusions so powerful that as soon as you enter a mile within him you are snared, and he can do whatever he want to you if you catch his attention. He is rumored to have trained all the members of Varia at least a little bit, and he is the peace keeper among them. The rumors say he is at least a little bit prideful, but has a great need or want for money. His animal is a frog on his head. It's rumored the frog does something else, but you'd have to be in Varia or someone who fought him to know.
The next Arcobaleno is named Lal Mirch. She's only known by those who have worked alongside her. She is currently in CEDEF, working alongside the Vongolia external adviser. Nobody knows what color her pacifier is, and she has no known animal, breaking the mold set by the other Arcobaleno. She has blue hair and favors a red coat, with a blue lightning bolt on her face, or a red lightning bolt, depending on who you ask. If she avoids using her corrupt and colorless pacifier she eventually loses the curse, allowing her to age. Why she would do this is unknown by that envy such god like body. For her, the reason is simple. She never wanted this curse.
And the last Arcobaleno, the least known by the public. Little is known about her to non- Arcobaleno's or the Millifore family. The public know that she must exist even though they know jack shit about her. If the Arcobaleno say there are seven, one for each of the colors of the rainbow, then there MUST be a sky one, right?
Secretly her name is Luce, and somehow or another she must've succeeded where Viper failed. She must've broken the curse, and in the process given up her Arcobaleno body and status. Her animal companion is a squirrel. It is said by Reborn she has a mysterious power of insight, so perhaps she has some form of hyper intuition?
This is all that is known by the public. Only the seven official Arcobaleno know the full story, and they aren't telling.
Even the Vongolia the 10nths family, which should consider themselves something of Arcobaleno experts, don't know what happened that night to eight of the most powerful people ever known.
What the Arcobaleno know about each other is limited too. That night, Viper didn't even give his name. Reborn and Verde were the most well known. Lal mirch and Colennello knew each other. The others were unknown, yet still selected by the masked man.
Arcobaleno lives lives of silence, secrets, and lies. The most powerful people, over night turned into the Cursed infants. Brought to the peak of their power to not even half their original strength. A mortal human might think that their Arcobaleno powers and bodies were something to cherish. They just want their lives back.
