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Chapter 6

Convincing/guilt tripping and Flashbacks

The next day was full of yelling and loud arguments. The Arcobaleno definitely didn't like the idea of her going to Nanimori by herself to stay with some civilian that didn't even know about the Mafia. Of course, her counter-arguments were that there was a much lower chance of people looking for her there so it was therefore safer. The fact that it was her mother's last wish helped too.

"Honestly!" She exclaimed. "The way you're reacting is like I'm willing giving myself up to the Estraneo or something! I'll be perfectly fine there. Besides," she said looking at them with a deceivingly innocent look on her face, "you aren't going to deny my recently dead mother's last wish would you?" The Arcobaleno shifted uncomfortably but didn't say anything. Luci smiled triumphantly, "Good! Now that everything's settled, I'm going to go pack." With that she walked back to her room with a light skip in her step. After all, it's not everyday that someone wins an argument against an Arcobaleno, let alone six of them.

As the group of ridiculously powerful babies watched her walk away, Collonello smiled wistfully and said, "Despite how much she looks like her father, she can be scarily like her mother, kora!"

Skull shivered and said, "Well I say better her mother than her father. At least Felicia didn't kick me around all the time and actually knew the meaning of Mercy."

Fon hummed and said, "I don't know. Felicia could be pretty sadistic when she wanted to. She just never directed those tendencies towards you."

Verde nodded agreeing. "According to the statistics and data I have, Felicia's sadistic streak was of equal strength to Reborn's."

Lal Mirch smirked in remembrance, "Of course it is, what do you think brought them together initially? Don't you remember what they were talked about when they first met?"

Flashback 15 years ago…

Felicia sighed, as much as she loved her cousin Luche who cares how many times removed, the political parties were so boring. The people there for political reasons were all polite demeanor while in the back of their minds trying to figure out a way to use her to their advantage. Honestly, she was glad for the lessons her grandfather gave her on politics, but again, now it was so easy that it was an annoyance. Thankfully there was some good company here or she'd probably be bored to death. At these types of parties she liked hanging out with the CONSUMBIN boss Lal Mirch. She especially liked exchanging tort- she meant training methods. It was so refreshing talking with a woman that wasn't air-headed or full of greed too. She turned her mind back to the conversation she was having with Lal Mirch and been momentarily distracted from.

"-llonello is so annoying sometimes." Lal said with a huff and a bit of blush on her cheeks. "He keeps saying these stupidly corny love lines to me and no matter what I do in training to put him off, he keeps coming back! I'm seriously starting to think that he's either dumb or a masochist."

She grinned, "Or possibly both and madly in love with you."

Lal's face turned tomato red, "Wh-what! That's ridiculous! Why in the world would he be in love with me?"

"You're a strong willed woman who's strong and beautiful." She pointed out. "Plus, as you said before," she said grinning, "he's a masochist." After talking a bit more about Collonello's attempts to get Lal to go on a date with him, they turned back to training methods. "-and to help them build stamina, tie steak to them and then set hungry wolves on them, that'll get them running!"

Lal shook her head admirably, "You know, when I first met you, I didn't realize you had such a sadistic streak. You seemed like another one of those boring women with nothing but fluff and ways to seduce rich men in your head."

The Falco grinned, "Bet I changed your mind quickly when we first met."

Flashback within a flashback to three months and 15 years ago…

Lal gazed around her bored. She hated these stupid parties. If it weren't for the fact that it was Luche hosting it, she wouldn't have bothered to come at all. Suddenly a pretty woman with long, black curled hair in a striking green dress came alongside her and started to say something before Lal cut her off, "Look, I don't care what you think about some handsome man you fancy or where you got your dress. I detest parties like these and would rather not talk to you so if you have nothing else to say, go away." She had always found that being blunt usually drove them away so she didn't have to deal with them.

The woman scowled, "Well I'm sorry, but it's not exactly like I want to be here either. It's just that you looked like one of the few women here with something between their ears besides air."

Lal now looked back at the woman with renewed interest and asked with a raised eyebrow, "So can I assume that you have more then air and cotton between your ears too then?"

She scoffed, "Of course. The only reason I'm here is because Luche asked me to."

Lal nodded, "Me too, otherwise I never would've come. So, what's your relationship with her then?"

The woman grinned sheepishly and said, "I'm her cousin like her cousin a couple times removed or something. We've known each other since we were children. How about you?"

"I'm one of the Arcobaleno." She said bluntly.

The woman ohhhed and nodded. "That explains it. Makes sense too." Then she gasped, "I just realized that I haven't introduced myself! My name is Felicia Falco, but my friends just call me Feli." She said and offered her hand

Lal took and shook it. "Lal Mirch, boss of COMSUBIN and rain guardian of the Arcobaleno."
Felicia smiled brightly and said, "We're going to be great friends, I can tell." Besides, she said grinning, "Who else am I going to have an intelligent conversation with?"

End of Flashback within a flashback…

Lal nodded her agreement and then said, "I should introduce you to Reborn. He also has a wide sadistic streak, so you'd probably get along really well, if only about training methods."

Feli visibly brightened, "Really? I can't wait! When can I meet him?"

Lal hummed in contemplating and said, "Well, at parties like these he's generally in four different places. He's either at the bar, guarding Luche, avoiding his fan girls, or-" a high, glee filled shriek rang through the air, "surrounded by said fan girls."

Felicia deadpanned, "I think I found him." Looking at a mob of girls in really high-heeled shoes surrounding something, the only thing visible being the top of a fedora hat.

Lal grinned and said, "Come on, we better go rescue him. As gentlemanly and patient as Reborn can pretend to be, even he snaps sometimes."
The other woman nodded pityingly. "I feel bad for him." And off they went to rescue the World's Greatest Hitman who was being annoyed to death by fan girls.

Felicia was slightly impressed when she first saw Reborn. He was what you could consider devilishly handsome and fended off the fan girls around him with ease. She could see the annoyance in his eyes as a refused yet another woman's advances, though he hid it well.

"Reborn!" Lal called out. "I found someone I think you'd get along with. Meet me over by the punch when you escape your admirers." She grinned and then grabbed and dragged Felicia away and towards the punch stands.

A few minutes later, Reborn showed up, not a single piece of clothes ruffled or out of place. Felicia had to admire his skill, skilled or not, fan girls were one of the scariest enemies out there. "So Lal, who did you want me to meet?" he asked brusquely.

Lal motioned Felicia over and said grinning, "This is Felicia Falco, she's Luche's cousin and is one of the few that has more than fluff for a brain. She also has some excellent training methods you'd probably like, so I thought I'd introduce you two."

The two sized each other up. Then Reborn nodded and offered his head, "Reborn, World's Greatest Hitman. It's a pleasure to meet you."

The other woman nodded, "Felicia Falco, nice to meet you too." Then she grinned and said, "So, what's your favorite wake-up method?"

Reborn grinned back and said, "Leon transformed into a Ten-ton hammer.

She nodded and said, "I usually find a good kick out of bed works well too."

And the two were off; discussing various methods of tor- she meant training. Lal shook her head, she knew the two would get along.

End of Flashback

Skull shuddered and then said, "It's your fault then that Reborn got more sadistic!"

Lal glared back and said, "Shut it lackey, no talking back." The Arcobaleno continued to bicker amongst themselves until Luci came back with a suitcase that was big enough that she could fit in.

"Alright! I'm all packed! So, when can we go?" she asked.

Word Count: 1537

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