The Arcobaleno Vigilantes (KHRxBNHA)

Chapter 5: Skull

T/W: Mention of Child Experimentation

And sorry about the kind of angst but you know, just gotta torture a few of my favorite characters. 

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When Skull first woke up all he saw was dark and then absolute brightness. He looked up at a...woman? holding him looking at him in disintrest handing him off to someone who definitely looked like they had no good intentions. He felt himself freeze up momentarily before starting. to struggle in the mans grip, making him go limp. He already figured out that in the new body he was in right now would be no help. Wait... new body?! he thought to himself in a panic. He froze when after he thought that one sentence everything came back to him. He remembered seeing Lal and Colonnello go down and him trying to reassure them by saying "the great Skull-sama will save you now." and he just pushed all his flames in them to see if he could get them to reject the poison in their system. It didn't work. He saw most of his people die in front of him that day. The only reason he knew he died was because the traitors-betrayers-backstabbers- somehow knew his weakness. They somehow stopped his flames from healing him and was able to kill due to that one fact.

As quickly as he remembered they were just as quick to be pushed out of his brain to focus on the main problem he had at that moment like, Who was the person who grabbed him? where is he? Where is his people? All those questions he was unable to answer. He soon drifted off to sleep because he seemed to have used all the energy he could in this small body, feeling a strange bout of dread.

~3 years old~

Skull was suffering. Thats all he could say in that moment, even though he should have been used to it. He assumed he was three in this body and his life at the moment was living hell. Apparently his flames had transferred into the world he was in now and he was immortal since birth. The person who handed him off to the man was supposedly his mother in this world which might he say, he couldn't give a damn about her because of this place. The place that has caused him so much pain. He's learned long to stay silent and has also learned of the world he was in.

He found out he was in a different with many clues from the people who were torturing him. They kept saying something about 'Quirks' and how his was extremely rare to appear at such a young age, even though he knew it was just his cloud flames healing him so fast that it was physically impossible for him to die. He only hoped that he would be able to die of old age, but back to the problem at hand. The experimentation. Now Skull was honored (not) for them to have a interest of him but for them to say that they want to find out how to steal his 'quirk' and take it for themselves he would not allow. Absolutely not.  

He was going to break out of this place.

~5 years old~

He was ready. He was breaking out of this place today. He took two years of brutal training from them and spending night after night memorizing the patterns of the guard so he could get out at the right time. Quietly composing himself (and yes he can be quiet. Well, now he can) he secretly unlocked the door to his cell and snuck out. He guessed the years of training to turn them into their 'weapon' paid off. And let him say, he was damn proud for keeping it together all those years. Skull managed to get to the exit before he was caught. The men tried to punch, kick, even use their quirks on him, but thanks to his small body he was able to dodge the hits and take out the man. When he got out he found himself in a forest and he smiled when the fresh air of nature blasted in his face. Now all he needed to do was find out where to live. 

~7 years old~

After he had gotten out of the lab he had collapsed on a random sidewalk in the middle of the city. Apparently it was natural there before some 'hero' found him and took him to a hospital. When he woke up next he found out he was in Russia of all places and immediately thanked Reborn internally for making him learn all those languages in the pass. Of course he would never tell him that in person though. Soon after he got done talking to the nurse they called CPS on him and he was placed in a group house which he definitely did not like. I mean, how was he supposed to get out of here to find his people if he wasn't allowed  to leave. Well actually, that part was pretty easy. There was a rule that if the child could raise enough money and sustain that money for a year then they could be able to leave without anyone worrying over them. Now was the problem with getting the money. 

Sure, he could find a job but who would want to hire a scrawny 7 year old boy who looked like one of the living embodiments of trouble with his purple hair, bandages, and eyes gleaming with mischievous waiting to happen. yeah, no that would not work out. So he headed to the next best thing in his mind which was vigilantism. He always thought that some heroes weren't good enough to be heroes so he was just itching to show them what one looked like. (not counting the times he steals money from the villain. I mean, he thought, a kids gotta eat.)

~9 years old~

Skulls been noticing something lately. He's been noticing his recent... cloudy behavior. He didn't know when it started but when he put the helmet on he acted like a stereotypical cloud, and then when he took it off he was normal again. He knew it wasn't that concerning because it would help him keep his identity safe, but still, that wasn't normal, but he could go with being cloudy while being a vigilante. He just hoped that his people didn't judge him for it later.

It's been two years since he started and he finally got out of that group house. He still went out to be a vigilante because despite how dangerous it was he loved the thrill, it was like his stunts but he got to help people also. (plus he was able to get. his hand on a motorcycle that was able to change color so he could take it anywhere, vigilante or non- vigilante.) But his main concern in that moment was to find his people, and find his people he would. 

~13 years old~

It's been 4 years and what Skull could say was... nothing really happened. He finally was figured out by  the public and was dubbed 'Le Immortal' after he apparently took hits from a villain that would kill anyone, well, anyone but him. Once he heard that name he had couldn't hold it back. He laughed. Loudly. 'I mean' he thought, 'couldn't they be more creative?'  but despite that he still wore the name with pride. It wasn't until now he found something about his people, and oh the person that called him just had to be the one that thrives off creating chaos.

One day when he got home from patrolling he went into his small apartment and turned on the tv expecting one of the many news channels. What he wasn't expecting was a mural reading the word Arcobaleno on it. He looked at the tv in shock before breaking out into a grin. His people were alive, and he was prepared to do anything to get to Japan.

~time skip~

When Skull pulled up to the seemingly empty wall he looked at it for a second in silence before pulling off his helmet with an exited grin. Feeling around the wall he felt the hidden keypad, typed the password in, and then inserted his flames seeing the wall open just made his grin grow wider. Taking a few steps in he heard the thing he wanted to hear for a while...

"Chao- oh wait it's just you Lackey"  "hey!" 

He grinned, Yep he was with his people

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Hola~ thanks for reading this trash. More things are up next and hopefully their good. Sorry for my bad grammar, spelling mistakes, and maybe ooc characters (and sorry for the angsty (ish) kind of chapter. Read it next time and good luck~

Again! this might have polymer relationships and will most likely have hints- if not scenes showcasing the LGBTQ+ community. Thanks for reading and bye~

Also! sorry for making you wait so long for a new chapter. Im currently on a vacation like thing with my family and I have either not had enough time to work on this or not have had enough energy to work on it. I'll try to get the next one out faster but it might be a little bit. Sorry again! and good luck with the thing call life. 

Costume :)

Not Vigilante: he wears a purple short sleeve shirt with ripped black jean jacket. he has bright purple hair and piercings all over his face with also his teardrop tattoo under his eye with some bandages around his face. He also wears black jeans with a few chains leading out of them.

Vigilante: He wears his average biking suit with. purple markings and always has his helmet on covering his face so people cant see his face. (his khr outfit)