A/N/: First, a few warnings. Well they're not actually warnings butttt, ug just read!

1, There will be some OOCs here, gomenasai! (OOC: Out of Character)

2, There are 7 Arcobaleno but I counted Lal Mirch and Bermuda, so I’m saying there’s 9

3, There have been uncertainties about Mammon/Viper’s gender. Mostly on polls and such is it voted that he’s male. Well I think he’s a she, so in this story Mammon is female

4, You won’t understand who Checker Face or Bermuda, as well as the Vindice’s secrets are if you have not yet finished the manga. So if you haven’t read the manga yet, please do so before you start reading, or else you’ll be terribly lost.

5, This is a Katekyo Hitman Reborn story so if you don't want to be COMPLETELY lost, I suggest you go watch it!

6, Horrible grammar and stupid mistakes

Ok, enjoy!

..::..Just hand me a Pacifier..::..

Prologue

To say they were surprised would be an understatement. They are completely shocked. There, in front of Vongola Decimo and his guardians, stood a man that dons a mask with an iron hat with a checkered design partially drawn on and a metal eye-mask, as well as a slight smirk on the face. The mask also has a scar on its left cheek and a checkered pattern on its right cheek. He also carries a cane and wears a dark trench coat. His name is Checker Face, The Man with the Iron Hat as well as the Tri-ni-set Administrator.

“W-what did you say…?” The young Vongola Decimo, Sawada Tsunayoshi, stuttered. Checker Face simply chuckled in response.

“I shall say it once more than, there is an tenth Arcobaleno.” All the Vongola gaurdians, as well as the current and present Arcobaleno’s eyes widened. Checker Face smirked and carried on. “Yuni the Sky, Reborn the Sun, Verde the Lightning, Colonnello the Rain, Skull the Cloud, Viper the Mist, and Fon the Storm. Those seven are the current Arcobaleno generation. Lal Mirch was supposed to be the Rain but Colonnello interfered, so she’s now the Corrupted, but an Arcobaleno none the less, the eighth. Bermuda was the former strongest Arcobaleno of his generation, but he did not turn out like the Vindice so he’s still considered an Arcobaleno, the ninth.” Decimo gulped, letting his next words come out stuttering.

“T-then w-who’s the-?”

“Tenth?” Checker Face interrupted with a smirk on his face. Decimo gulped once more and nodded, but Checker Face didn’t find the need to answer right away so he just looked down and shrugged. He lifted his hand to his head and tilted his iron hat over his eyes. “No, that I don’t know. In the first generation of Arcobaleno the eight Arcobaleno, who is the tenth in this generation, was always quite…mysterious. She always avoided the topic of the Arcobaleno and never came to any meetings of such. Then one day, I completely lost track of her and I couldn’t even sense her presence any more. But now, here in the tenth generation, I sensed her a bit. Not the same Arcobaleno of course, but the pacifier instead. I can only assume she deemed it her own mission to pass the pacifier on before she died, and it went on like that until this generation. But now that I caught the presence of the pacifier, there’s no way I’m letting that Arcobaleno escape from me. But however, it seems these Arcobaleno have gotten smart and found a way to completely seal off their presence, along with their pacifiers. So now Vongola, Arcobaleno, this is a race to see who finds the tenth Arcobaleno first. Because believe me, when I get my hands on that Arcobaleno, then I will have enough to power to overrule the world.” All eyes widened at this.

Checker Face want’s to the rule the world..? He already has the Vindice, what more can he want? And why would he want to rule the world? What secret plans are running through his mind… Reborn thought. Reborn is the keeper of the Sun Pacifier, the yellow one. He wears a black suit with a black fedora that is surrounded by an orange sash. On top if his fedora lays Leon, his green shape-shifting chameleon. Checker Face seemingly noticed the confusion on Reborn’s face and smirked. “My plans are my own, and I don’t want kids like you ruining it, but however…finding her will take long and it’ll be surely boring. Therefor let’s make this a race, it’ll be more interesting for me, and it’ll give you guys a chance to find out the Arcobaleno’s secrets.” Confusion sprung on each of the guardians’ faces, as well as the Arcobaleno.

“What do you mean by that?!” Decimo’s Right-Hand Man, Gokudera Hayato, yelled at Checker Face who just smirked in response.

“I mean just what I said, the Arcobaleno’s secrets. The tenth Arcobaleno is the only one who knows the secrets of the curse, the secrets of the pacifier, the secrets of how to return to normal. And I’m pretty sure only she knows, for even I don’t know.” Everyone didn’t know how to react anymore. Nothing made sense. Checker Face only smirked and gave the young Vongola generation a warning, and possibly a hint. “She has the pacifier of the Stelle.” They all frowned in confusion.

“Stelle?” Decimo repeated, unsure. Checker Face nodded.

“I shall not say what it is and what is does, for then I’ll give my enemy a valuable hint, if I already haven’t.” Then he disappeared from sight, leaving Decimo and Arcobaleno to their silent confusions.

“Stelle? What’s that supposed to mean?!”  Decimo’s Sun Gaurdian, Sasagawa Ryohei, yelled frustrated. Reborn lowered his fedora over his eyes.

“Stelle is Italian for the stars.” He said, unsure at his own words.

“The stars?! EXTREME!” Ryohei yelled once more, fist pumping the air.

How will we find one girl, in the entire world? But more importantly, I think we must leave the Vongola out of this, they aren’t apart from this Arcobaleno chase. And I hate to admit it; they will most defiantly slow us down. I better tell this to Reborn, hopefully he thinks the same, Fon thought while examining the young Decimo, who is in fact, freaking out. Fon is the keeper of the Storm Pacifier, the red pacifier. He wears a red long-sleeved Chinese vest and his long brown hair is braided. Fon made his way to Reborn and muttered his suggestion to him. Reborn nodded.

“You are right; Fon, but we must first discuss this in a meeting. Tell the others tonight at the Namimori shrine.” Reborn whispered to Fon, who nodded and went to tell the other Arcobaleno of their plans.     

They expect me to chase an unseen enemy? For free? Well I’ll be leaving. This is Mammon, whose real name is Viper. She is in hold of the Mist pacifier, the blue one. She wears a black cloak around her shoulders that closes in front with two white buttons on each side. On the right of the cloak is the Varia symbol. She also wears a black hat that reaches to her nose, covering her eyes completely. Two white lines run over the hat from the back to the front. On either side of her cheeks are purple fang-like marks.    

“Wait, Mammon.” She turned her head to Reborn. “Tonight at the Namimori shrine.” Mammon shrugged.

“Why should I care if there is a tenth Arcobaleno?”

“Because we might be able to change back again.” Mammon reconsidered for a second.

“Fine, but I warn you, I won’t make it free.” Reborn shrugged and made his way to Colonnello and Lal Mirch. Colonnello carries the Rain pacifier, the turquoise one. He wears green pants and jacket which is over a white T-shirt. He has a green sash around his head which has small black spots on and crack like marks, almost like camouflage. On the left side of the sash is a large black circle with the entails ‘01’ on them. He also carries a rifle on his back. Lal Mirch carries the Corrupted pacifier, because she was supposed to become the Rain Arcobaleno if Colonnello hadn’t interfered. She wears a red cape over black pants and shirt, with bandages tied around her arms and legs. She wears red and white shade type of goggles on her head and a distinctive scar on her right cheek. She and Colonnello are engaged as well...

“This is insane, kora!” Colonnello said, frowning.  

“What do we do, Reborn?” Lal asked.

“Tonight at the Namimori shrine, we will discuss this.” They nodded and walked away. Reborn sighed and looked up at the sky. One girl and an entire world…how hard can it be?