#arcobaleno au

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It felt strange in between his artificial nerves to feel the slightly cold steel of Squalo's bare skeleton fingers holding his hand.  He thought back to the day when he sacrificed his own arm to make sure this man, this compulsive, loud, prideful man, lived.  His hand was made of metal and now his arm was also but Squalo's heart was still beating

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Arcobaleno AU: My Uncle is a Baby?

((Little more about Nakuri here! this has been rotting away in my drafts for months so I'm just gonna slap words onto it so I apologize for any bad writing that surfaces))

"This is so unfair!" She knew people were walking by the river this time in the evening, usually out on strolls in the cool air and enjoying the sunset on the water but she didn't care.  It was better to scream to the open air than into a pillow or something wimpy like that.  She tore up a clump of grass from the hillside and screamed again.  "I thought he trusted me and my friends!  But no!" Her voice lowered a bit as she finally realized the staring eyes.  "I can't believe he kept secrets from me all these years and then expects me to listen to him.  Ugh, who does that?"

Nakuri threw another upturned clump of grass into the river with all her might.  She thought she had a good relationship with her father until now.  She'd only asked him one question.  Sure, it might have been a slightly loaded question, but it was only one!  And it wasn't anything too outrageous considering the secrets he accidentally revealed to her.  Perhaps, if he was a normal father, the idea of her joining a mafia family lead by her best friend would be a bit too blown out of the water.  But, now, she felt differently about the entire character of her father.  He was part of the Vongola once.  He had been part of the mafia before and he still spurned her joining it.  She threw another clump of grass into the waters and watched as the bits of it separated from each other and sailed on down, undisturbed.  A few deep breaths steamed out of her nostrils just as someone walked up next to her.

"Hey, what are you doing out here so extremely late?  Shouldn't you be home by now?"

A pout formed on her lips as she turned to the young boy now to her left.  She didn't know many of the people in Tsuruhime's Vongola family but she had gotten very familiar with this boy and his friend.  His silvery short-cut hair and the bright yellow pacifier around his neck differentiated him from the other one with black hair and a blue pacifier.  

"Go away, kid."

"I just asked you a question.  No need to extremely snap." He welcomed himself to a spot next to her by the bank.  "Oh . . . you okay?  You look like you've been extremely crying."

"That's cause I have been!" The chucked more grass into the river, letting her voice reach a peak.  "Augh! I'm so pissed off right now!"

"Can I ask why?"

"Okay so you know how Tsuruhime's dad asked me to get permission from my dad to be a Guardian?  Well he said no!  Even though I was sure he'd say yes because he's told me sooo many times how he trusts Tsuru in everything she does.  And that's not the only reason why I'm pissed!" Nakuri shook her head with fury.  "I found out he's basically been lying to me my whole life!"

The child pulled his legs up to his chest, eyes filled with genuine concern.  "How?"

"Two things: He used to be part of the Vongola mafia but he never told me until now, and apparently my mother didn't die of an illness.  He kicked me out of the house when he slipped up that part though so I'm not even sure what he's still hiding from me."  her voice began to die down in volume as she sunk her fist into the ground again.  "I'm so mad at him, I'm wondering if I should just sleep out here.  I don't want to see his face."

"Man . . . that's extremely harsh." He bit his lip and looked towards the sunset-colored waters.  For a few minutes, neither of them spoke.  Nakuri let out the occasional angry sound but it was apparent in the way she relaxed that she was calming down.  The sun had now begun it's creep below the river.

"Nakuri . . . if you'd like, I can tell you about your mom."

"Wait, you knew my mom?"

He seemed to quiver a bit at the direct question.  "Yeah, I extremely knew her.  And it's not fair he's not telling you what really happened to her.  He shut himself off after it happened but it shouldn't extremely effect you either."

She adjusted her position so that she was sitting up a bit more and peered down at the little boy.  "Ryohei . . . can you please tell me?"

The boy didn't say anything right away, his mind occupied with gathering thoughts.  The first sentence came out in a croak as if he was also trying to hold back his own tears.  "You're mom was an extremely great woman.  Just like your dad, she was also part of the Vongola.  A really strong member too.  A lot of people envied and admirered her for being such a strong woman so high in ranks.  She actually became an officer in the Vongola's independent assassination squad, the Varia, the same squad Xanxus used to be in."  Brown eyes began to dreamily scan the horizon.  "A few months after you were born, she went back into the field.  After completing about three missions, she was called to do an extremely secret mission somewhere in Europe.  She was deployed to a place with no way of communication for the next few days as stuff like that would have hindered the mission.  Only hours after that . . . " His voice got softer.  "Someone gave a prophecy that if she went to this mission, she'd die in combat."

The sun was now three quarters of the way behind the skyline.  A tear or two could be seen on his cheek.  "So yeah.  It extremely happened like that. We tried to go in and warn her but," He buried his head into his knees.  "Your dad blamed the entire family for her death and shut himself off from them after that."

Nakuri looked at the night creeping over the reflection of the water solemnly.  More tears of anger leaked from her eyes.  Why didn't he tell her this sooner?  Why did he hide so much from her? Inwardly, she felt betrayed.  More betrayed than anything.  But she had always been curious about those things she didn't know.  She threw another clump of grass into the water.  "Ryohei-san, how do you know so much about this?  Did you like train my mom or something?"

"y-Yeah I did.  But . . . that's not really why.  Your mom's name, do you know it?"

"Yeah.  Kyoko.  and her maiden name was, what, Sasagawa?"

"Yeah.  My full name is Sasagawa Ryohei.  She's my sister."

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Just re-reminded that Tsuruhime's outfit when she's officially dubbed as 11th Boss of the Vongola is a white suit.

Which also reminds me that I need to write more in that

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Arcobaleno AU: Mini Bio - Nakuri

with all these OC's i should do a mini bio of them all.  And Nakuri is on my mind at the moment so she's first ha

Full name: Mochida Nakuri

Age: 15

Gender: Female

Role: Tsuruhime's friend; 11th generation Mist Guardian

Parents: Mochida-senpai (does he have a first name?) and Sasagawa Kyoko

Her personality is turning out to be a strange mix of Ryohei and Yamamoto with some hyperactive tendencies.  She's got no space bubble and seemingly has no social manners.  Much of the time she is very naieve and loud, speaking her mind without fear.  She deeply cares for Tsuruhime since she knows how much she depreciates herself and usually carries that burden on her.

She participates in a lot of sports clubs (mostly baseball and track) and has even made it onto the Namimori Track team.  

She's deceivingly strong.  Like really.  Her best event in track is the hammer throw/shotput.

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A little background on Tao: He's a Kokuyo Gang member.  Though his past hasn't been established yet he's originally from China and the mafia did something horrible to his family so he joined Chikusa and the gang.  M.M. babies him like her son.  

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Arcobaleno AU : Encounters

((this is why i ask you guys for drabbles.  It gets my brain flowing to remember things I thought up at work))

I felt like I was in a movie as I stood in front of them.  We'd found Tao but he was in more trouble than I thought.  He was kneeling on the ground, head down.  Thick chains were wrapped around his neck, arms, torso and forehead.  Each end of the separate chains linked back to one monstrous white hand.  It was so surreal I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't been standing right there staring in the abyss where the two figured had appeared from.  Both figures faces were wrapped in linen bandages and the rest of their body draped in flowing black mantles.  One had a top hat while the other 's hat resembled more of a fedora.  As I heard Tao breathe heavily, my heart began to break.  

"Oh look. Seems we got caught.  Oops."

"Tao!" Nakuri ran towards the small boy.  I could only watch, dumbfounded, as she got within a foot of Tao only to be sent flying at least five meters away just by the movement of one of the figure's hands smacking across her body.  It happened so fast I couldn't believe it.  

"W-What . . . who are you?"

"Oh, seems we got a new blood here." The same man who had hit Nakuri spoke again.  "Augh I can't believe it.  Come on, man, let's go."

"No wait! I demand to know what you are doing with him!"

"He's a criminal." The one holding the chains attached to Tao's frail frame finally spoke, his voice rumbling like an earthquake.  "A criminal to the mafia world.  We, the Vindice, catch and imprison those who disobey the mafia laws."

"But Tao hasn't doen anything wrong! He's only ten!"

"Stupid child.  He escaped our prison.  We've been searching for him for a few months now."

"P . . . prison?" I stared back down at Tao's soft childish face.  He looked so broken, so innocent.  How could he be a convict?  True, I knew next to nothing about my new Sun Guardian but such a revelation was worse than learning about Sumire's dark past.  

"Sorry, kid.  We're just doing out job."

"No! Please! I . . . I'll take responsibility! He's under my custody!"

"Stop lying! You're just a kid!"

I took in a sharp breath and planted a foot firmly on the ground.  Energy pumped into my veins as I forced out the very words I hated to say but what were needed to save Tao from these awful men. "I am Sawada Tsuruhime, 11th Boss of the Vongola!  I demand you unhand my Sun Guardian and friend!"

The air was silent for a moment.  Both figures stood as if in a daze though i couldn't tell any expression because of their bandages.  "Please! Just . . . let him go.  I'll make up for whatever he's done."

Slowly, they moved.  The one holding the chains dropped them in surprise and began moving towards me.  "Did you say . . . Sawada . . . ?"

"Dude, dude no.  Dude, if we don't get him back Bermuda's gonna kill us again!"

The Vindice man wandered closer to me, a bandaged hand appearing from under the mantle.  "Did you say Sawada . . . Boss of the Vongola . . . ?"

"E-Erm . . y-yeah."

"Seriously dude! Stop that! We'll get in so much trouble!"

His hand reached out and cupped my chin.  I was too paralyzed from fear to move away from it; i just stood there as the rough bandages stroked my face.  Another hand came up and began to peel the bandages off his face.  A gross smell came from within  the pocket of his face like that of a rotting corpse. He uncovered his face right in front of me.  Screams lingered in my throat unable to escape.  Though his sunken eyes looked kind and full of joy his entire face was a mess of rotting flesh, exposed teeth  and yellowed bone.  Oh no . . . I'm going to die . . . I'm going to die!

"Sawada . . . Tsuruhime."

"REBORN YOU IDIOT!" I was never more glad to see another one of these creeps come towards me.  He pulled the other one off me forcefully, swearing profusely.  "What do you think you're doing!"

"Skull, this is Tsuna's daughter."

The one named Skull did a double take.  "Tsuna's . . . daughter?"

The one who had touched me like a creep suddenly pulled back the chains from Tao's body and . . . bowed to me.  This same guy who was kidnapping my friend was now groveling at my feet.  

"I'm sorry."

"Reborn, we are going to get in so much trouble for this."

"A little trouble is nothing.  It feels like I've been waiting for an eternity for a moment like this." With his rotting teeth gnashing together as he spoke, he outstretched his hand to me.  In his bandaged palm was something silver; a ring.  

"Take this to your father.  It belongs to him.  Tell him his home tutor, Reborn, says hello."

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Arcobaleno AU: Remembrance of the Dead

((for tsunagokudera. You asked for it B) ))

"This curse . . . cannot be removed."

"I commemorate your efforts but it doesn't seem to be working."

"Please! Give us more time!  We'll have it figured out soon!"

"I would but time is short.  If the energy isn't transferred by sundown, the Earth itself will crumble."

"Please! Just give us a while longer!"

"I'm afraid I can't.  I'm sorry . . . "

"No. NO! You can't! Please!"

"Reborn!"

"Tsuna!"

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"You're sulking again."

The man's gruff voice woke him from a rather dark trance. His head whipped around to face him standing in the doorway draped in a silken robe.  Caught off guard, his words came out as stammers.  

"A-Ah, Xanxus, s-sorry I didn't hear you coming."

"Obviously." Xanxus pulled up a chair next to the boy who was sitting cross-legged on the large table.  The strong fragrance of musk and cologne was something Tsuna would never get used to; it was so strong it made his nose itch.  He tried to hide his discomfort by faking a sneeze. 

"Why are you sulking this time?  Girlfriend too far away?"

"No, this isn't me missing Kyoko.  She can handle herself.  I'm just . . . thinking again."

"As I've learned with you, that's dangerous." With a sigh, he rolled his chair over to a mini refrigerator in the far right corner.  "You usually get some sort of crazy idea and then ask me to carry it out like your puppy dog."

"I-I do not."

"Woof." He took a bottle of whiskey from the fridge and popped the top with a grin.  "Tsunayoshi, tell me.  I could see it in your eyes.  You looked very distressed."

Over the last five years, Xanxus had learned to read him like a book.  He couldn't even say something underhandedly without Xanxus finding the hidden message and broadcasting it back to him.  Once Xanxus had him in a trap, he wasn't getting out.  With a shuddering sigh, he stared down at his tiny hands.  "Today is . . . a special someone's birthday."

"What? You're girlfriend?"

"Stop! No!  Someone else.  Someone . . . I admire."  The images started to flash through his mind again.  It was something that he was sure never left most of his friend's minds.  Before them, they grew up.  From a baby's body they grew into a toddler, a child, a teenager, a young adult and so on in the blink of an eye.  By the time either of them realized what was going n, the process was so far along he could see the wrinkles forming in his face.  The scream he heard in his ears over and over was his own.  Because, even as his body began to rot and decompose into the ground, he didn't change his expression.  All he said was his name as tears came down his rotted cheeks.

"Xanxus . . . I miss Reborn." He wiped his own tears from his cheeks.  "I . . . I miss him."

Xanxus made a grunt as he finished his first swig of whiskey.  "Yeah. I know.  I miss Mammon a lot too."

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Arcobaleno AU: Gigolo Nero vs Gesso

Two more lists of information for the families from this AU. Since the future arc happened, the Gigolo Nero and Gesso family haven't merged.  The two families are still separate but close friends.

Gigolo Nero:

Uni is not only the Keeper but also the boss of the Gigolo Nero like she was before.  Once she dies, Gamma (even though he is an Arcobaleno) takes over possession of the family as boss.  

Genkishi is still part of the family though he works in the shadows.  He doesn't like the Gesso at all and urges Uni to not listen to them at all.  He becomes somewhat Gamma's right hand man once Gamma takes over the family (though they argue a lot) and carries out assassination missions and stealth operations

Tazaru and Nosaru are still notable members of the Gigolo Nero.  They are loyal bodyguards to Uni and then loyal bodyguards to Gamma.  

Sora, Uni's son and the current Keeper, is still technically part of the Gigolo Nero.  He tries not to associate with any family too srongly but his ties to Uni make it difficult.  Since he is not good at combat he has a personal bodyguard named Cressid.

Gesso: 

Byakuran leads the Gesso familiy.  Byakuran wants to merge the families much like he did in the future but knows it will be difficult and he's not willing to brainwash Uni to do it.  He seems to be using other underhanded methods that are scummy and suspicious.  No one knows why he wants the families to merge but many assume it's for more power.

Suzuki is Byakuran's daughter.  He claims Suzuki's mother is Uni having given birth to her shortly before she passed away.  A lot of the mafia world debates this, including the Vongola.  DNA tests have revealed she is Byakuran's daughter but the rest Byakuran will not officialy disclose still claiming it's Uni's blood.  Byakuran is pushing to use her heritage to merge the two families since her blood is of both.  Suzuki herself is a mischievous girl whose spoiled nature makes her not only bratty but selfish.  And if she wants something she will do anything to get it all by herself.

Zakuro and Kikyo act as Byakuran's right hand men.  They have been asked about Suzuki's heritage but will not disclose anything.  Bluebell, Torikabuto, Daisy, and the other members of the Gesso mentioned in the series (aka White Spell) are still part of the family.

As for Shoichi and Spanner, he no longer affiliates himself with either family or any family at all.  The two of them are freelance mechanics that will build and program things for anyone who asks and has the right price.  They are more apt to make things for the Vongola, Calvallone, Shimon, Gesso and Giglo Nero for free, however.