Template:Arc Infobox The Curse of the Rainbow Arc is the 6th story arc of the Katekyō Hitman Reborn! series. It briefly follows the Varia's quest to acquire new battle strength and mostly the Arcobalenos' efforts to free the curse of their baby body from themselves by fighting one another.
Plot Overview
Search for Flan
Reborn's Letter
In the Varia headquarters, Mammon has just finished bathing. He promptly receives a letter from Reborn written in the Arcobaleno Secret Code. Mammon, by shining his Pacifier's light on the message, learns that Reborn has gotten a hint regarding the Arcobaleno curse. Before Mammon finishes reading the letter, Belphegor enters the room and tells him that there was an emergency meeting. At the meeting room, Squalo announces that they will be recruiting a new Varia officer, surprising everyone in the room except Xanxus. From the memories of their battle in the future, the Varia recall that Flan was appointed as the new officer in the future. While everyone else is arguing over the topic at hand, Mammon ignores all the commotion since he's solely focusing on Reborn's letter and the fact that he might have to tell Xanxus everything about the Arcobaleno curse. Because he is deep in thought, he fails to see food being thrown at him, and as a result, the letter becomes heavily stained with food. He immediately excuses himself from the table so he can continue reading his letter. However, he cannot read the most important part of the letter due to the stain and his pride wouldn't allow him to ask other Arcobaleno for help. In the midst of his dilemma, Belphegor interrupts him and informs him that they will go to Jura, France, to retrieve Flan. Knowing that there's a Pacifier Spring in Jura that can make his Pacifier bright enough to read the message, Mammon decides to follow along. As they arrive in France, they all go to Flan's grandmother's house to ask about Flan. Flan's grandmother tells them that Flan has gone playing at the upstream of the river. The Varia heads out and arrives at their destination, but instead find the Kokuyo Junior High Gang members;Mukuro, Ken, Chikusa, and M.M), who are also looking for Flan to recruit him. While exchanging words, they notice a figure wearing a huge apple hat on the river, the figure commenting on how his grandmother's lunchboxes were horrible. Belphegor points out that the boy is Flan.
Child Flan
Flan plays in the river until he notices Kokuyo Gang and Varia's presences. He mistakenly calls them fairies, much to their chagrin. Mukuro approaches him as he states that he is his master, but Flan calls him a pineapple fairy, and then calls the Varia tooth decay fungi. Belphegor throws his knives at Flan, who gets down and the knives hit his hat instead. However, it turns out to be an illusion. Flan tries to run away from them, but Ken tries to stop him, telling Flan to calm down, and declaring that they were on his
The Arcobaleno (minus Reborn and Aria) gathered at Pacifier Fountain
side. Fran then mocks his habit of saying 'Byon' after his sentences and calls him a stupid fairy and not to touch him or else he would catch his stupidity. Levi tries to stop him as well, but Flan states that he isn't scary at all, and ignores him in the hopes that he'll go away, shocking Levi. Mukuro and Squalo, along with Chikusa, stop him by pointing their weapons at him. Flan then tries to calm them down, which turns out into insulting them; Squalo about his hair, Chikusa about his skin, and Mukuro for his supposed 'pineapple reek', angering the three people further. Squalo questions if Flan recently hit his head, to which Flan answers that, according to his grandmother, he hit his head on a block of cheese, and claims that he cannot remember anything, which is his memories of the future. Knowing this, both Mukuro and Squalo turn to each other, and then attempt to shove the responsibility of taking Flan on one another. Squalo tells Mukuro that Flan is his disciple and he should be the one to take care of him, but Mukuro refuses and retorts that he's also busy and that the Varia should take Flan and cure him of his stupidity before he takes him back. Meanwhile, Mammon arrives at the Pacifier Spring and meets the other Arcobaleno, with the exception of Aria and Reborn. They then show their letters from Reborn and reveal that it is another one of Reborn's games, to gather them together to be able to read the entire message. Parts of the letters are purposely left illegible. By layering the letters on top of each other, the entire message can be shown. They then proceed to decipher Reborn's message, finding out the conclusion of Tsuna's battle with Daemon, the eight flame, and the Arcobaleno with transparent pacifier, surprising them. They feel like they have seen the Arcobaleno before, and the other Arcobaleno all have an idea as to who it may be. Back at the Kokuyo Gang and Varia's situation, they decide to use a game of ladder to settle it, with the loser taking Flan without holding any grudges. However, Flan interrupts and says that he wants to choose for himself, and pointed to one of the two groups, the chosen one being unknown.
Chrome's Transfer
Chrome transferred to Tsuna's class
Back to a day before, at night Tsuna, Reborn, and Lambo are in the bathroom, taking their baths. Reborn frightens Lambo with the size of the lathering from his shampoo, which is at least as tall as Tsuna himself. Fuuta appears when they emerge from the bathroom, handing Tsuna a glass of water. Reborn asks Bianchi for beer, but Tsuna objects on the basis of his infant status. Annoyed, Reborn goes to bed along with the others. Tsuna stays up for a bit, wondering what an Arcobaleno is and what the curse mentioned by Mammon is, having been reminded by the beer incident. The next day, Tsuna and the others are surprised to see that Chrome has been transferred to Namimori Middle School. She stands at the front of the classroom to introduce herself, but breaks down crying in Kyoko's arms. When discussing this between classes, Ryohei tells Gokudera, Tsuna, and Yamamoto that according to what Kyoko has heard from Chrome, she was kicked out of the Kokuyo Junior High Gang by Mukuro, only finding a letter telling her to leave as well as a Namimori High uniform beside it. He also mentions that when she left, Kokuyo Land was abandoned. Gokudera then comments that since Mukuro is free from jail, he doesn't need Chrome anymore. Tsuna seemed to have doubts about the representation of events. Reborn arrives and tells them that he was told by Mukuro to talk about Chrome. He was given her living expenses by Mukuro as well. Since Chrome has already arrived in Namimori, Reborn said that settling her into either Kyoko or Haru's house would be for the best. Reborn then suggests a welcoming party for Chrome at Tsuna's house, with the theme of a mimicry contest. After agreeing to this, they hear the bell for class to resume and return, but Tsuna stays behind and asks Reborn about the Arcobaleno. After dodging the question for a bit, Reborn admits that it's about time for Tsuna to know everything, after Tsuna has proven his growth. Reborn cut off that he will tell him if Tsuna wins the mimicry game at Chrome's welcoming party. At the party, Chrome thanks everyone for throwing it for her with the moral support of Haru and Kyoko. As the party goes on, Tsuna wonders why he was uneasy when Reborn said he would tell him everything. He believes it is because knowing the secret would make his daily normal life change drastically, possibly because of his Vongola Hyper Intuition. He thinks to himself that if that is true, he would be happier in igorance. When it was Tsuna's turn to mimick someone he choose Leon, and got 0 points from Leon himself, despite Reborn's thoughts.
The Dream
During his sleep, Reborn was having a dream of the time before he become an Arcobaleno. He was seen in his own room and then pointed his gun at someone who asked who he was. The mysterious man with an iron hat brought out a clear pacifier and claimed that he was gathering the "I Prescelti Sette" (World's Strongest Selected Seven). The dream was cut off when Tsuna awoke him and Reborn immediately pointed his gun at him, until Tsuna calmed him down. Reborn told him that he was having unpleasant dream or to be precise, his old memories. Reborn revealed as he went back to sleep that he nor Colonello, Skull, Fon, or Verde ever wanted to become Arcobaleno, but realized that Tsuna was already asleep. Reborn decided to sleep again and had a
The man with the iron hat appeared in Arcobaleno dream
continuation of the dream, where he met the other remaining Arcobaleno, with exception of Colonello, who replaced Lal's position later on. Suddenly, however, Reborn returned to his infant form, followed by the others, except Luce and Lal, who disappeared. They came into realization that they were having the same dream. During their confusion and surprise, the man with the iron hat appeared, causing them try to attack him, but to no avail, as their movements were stopped and they couldn't move their bodies. The man explained that the reason for their immobility was that they were inside a dream, thus, they won't be able to use their Arcobaleno power. However, he assured them he didn't come to fight but to ascertain their determination, then make a proposition. The Arcobaleno were suspicious at this, until the man questioned if they wished to solve the "Curse of the Rainbow". All the Arcobaleno, sans Reborn, all answered in the affirmative. The man with the iron hat then reveals that he intended to decline the Arcobaleno's numbers by one; the strongest Arcobaleno's body would be reverted to its adult form. He further explained that they had to find a representative to fight for them. Reborn, however, says that they couldn't trust him, the other Arcobaleno agreeing with him. However, the man with the iron hat threatens to disappear and leave them in their infant body for the rest of their lives, which persuaded all the Arcobaleno to agree. The dream then ended, leaving the Arcobaleno to find their representatives.
Representative Battle of the Rainbow Prelude
Reborn awoke from his dream, much to everyone around him's relief Bianchi hugged and asked Reborn if he was all right. Reborn asked if he said anything in his sleep, but Bianchi answered that she didn't hear a thing. As Tsuna about to go to school, Reborn smiled at him and said that he had a favor to ask of him. This scared Tsuna, as he thought Reborn would ask him to do something painful for him, and he quickly ran off to school, telling Reborn to ask someone else. Once Tsuna ran away, Bianchi wondered who he got his cowardice from. Reborn thought of Nana and Iemitsu, who never run away from problems, unlike Tsuna, and then recollected that an Arcobaleno would go to the CEDEF headquarters.
At CEDEF headquarters, Iemitsu sneezed due to Reborn talking about him behind his back, but he thought that it was due to the dozens of assassins wanting to kill him, to which Lal replies that it could soon become his family in Japan and suggested for him to go back to Japan some time soon before there's was a rift between him and Tsuna, making Iemitsu think of Tsuna and Nana. Suddenly, Basil and Oregano entered the room, informing Iemitsu that there was an Arcobaleno that wanted to meet him, revealed to be Colonello, who had a favor to ask.
In Varia headquarters, Mammon asked Xanxus for a favor and much to his surprise, Xanxus knew that it was about the Arcobaleno, but stated that whether he agreed or not depended on the secret. In Kokuyo Land, Verde asked a favor from Mukuro, to which the latter commented as fun and asked Verde what the favor was. At the riverbank, Enma looked around for the cats that usually waited for him to feed them and then found them to have already eaten huge amounts of cat food from someone. Skull revealed himself and demanded help from Simon Famiglia in return for feeding the cats. Seeing a Pacifier similar to Reborn's, Enma recognized him as an Arcobaleno. Fon stood on a lamp post and wondered who he could ask a favor from.
After school, back at Tsuna's house, Tsuna was surprised to find the entire Chiavarone Famiglia gathered in front of his house and is approached by Dino and Romario the former being called by Reborn for a favor as well. Reborn finally told them that the favor he asked them to do is to fight for him. Dino and Tsuna express their surprise, but Reborn explains his dream as well as the curse the Arcobaleno were inflicted with, and that his infant form wasn't his real form. He also proudly states that his real self was "super cool".
Later on, Skull arrives at the Simon Famiglia's house along with Enma to request their help, but they misunderstand him as requesting them to take care of him. As such, Adelheid orders Enma to get him ready for dinner at their place and to tuck him into bed wherever his home was.
In the CEDEF headquarters, Lal Mirch and Colonello tell Iemitsu's subordinates and Iemitsu, respectively, that they wanted to free the curse from each other. Iemitsu comments that if it was Lal, the CEDEF members would help her whole-heartedly. However, Iemitsu also informs Colonello that "that man" that has been watching over the Vongola has gone rogue. They both contemplate the possibility of an Arcobaleno recruiting him.
At the Giglio Nero Famiglia's mansion, the present Byakuran and Six Funeral Wreaths await Yuni's arrival from the Sky Pacifier. When the Pacifier starts glowing with Sky Flames, the present Gamma, Nosaru, and Tazaru gape in amazement. Byakuran reveals himself and informs them that the Sky Pacifier has found a new owner. The Pacifier then glows even brighter and flies to the forest, where the Yuni from ten years in the future catches it.
Yuni and Gamma shares a brief emotional reunion until Byakuran interrupts them, stating to Gamma that he would make her cry. Angered, Gamma summons his box weapon and was about to attack Byakuran, but Yuni stops him, thanking Byakuran for coming for her, much to surprise of Gamma, Nosaru, and Tazaru. Byakuran returns the gesture and reveals that Aria has predicted the representative battle to remove the curse of the Arcobaleno, telling them that Aria has retired and gave her position to Yuni so Yuni could be free from the curse instead of her, the Sky Arcobaleno curse being their short lifespan. This upsets Gamma even though he understood Aria's reason and was soon angry again, questioning why Byakuran and the Six Funeral Wreaths had to be Yuni's representatives, to which Byakuran replies that because they were the best partners, continuing to tell them that they needed to go to Japan since that was the place where the representative battle would take place.
Back at Japan, Tsuna and Reborn visit Dino at the hotel but then Tsuna was taken away by Belphegor, who brought him to Xanxus. Xanxus states that he would crush him in the representative battle, much to Tsuna's horror and fear that Varia would also participates in the battle as Mammon's representatives. Xanxus suddenly blows the roof of their room, demanding for someone to come out. From the roof, a man with the same hat as the man with the iron hat reveals himself, saying that he forgot the Varia's room number and introduces himself as Tsunomichi, the planner of the Representative Battle of the Rainbow and the man with the iron hat's messenger, stating that he came to explain the rules of the Representative Battle of the Rainbow that would take place in four days.
Characters Introduced
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