A Fantasy Tale I Chapter 1
This is the rewritten version of A Fantasy Tale and I hope to finish this properly.
Written by: Hajimeru Rinko
Genres: Fantasy, Adventure
Rated: T (So as to embark on a darker genre, unfortunately)
Summary: Found by a young girl, Sawada Tsunayoshi had no idea of his origins. When he gets targeted, he sets out to search his memories and prevent his friends from getting hurt. Will he be able to find them?
Disclaimer: I do not own Katekyo Hitman Reborn! and all rights goes to the respective owners!
\\ *Prelude* /
"Washing clothes is a bore, right, Maria?" A maid said as she walked with a fellow maid in the corridor.
"I know, but at least we get to work and do nothing." The other replied, smiling at the clothes. "Well, I'm worried about the prince."
"Why? I heard he was summoned to the Ninth yesterday." The other mentioned.
"I know. After that, he was still shocked and perhaps too young to face it." Maria replied.
As they approach a nearby bedroom, they saw the door was partially open. Curious, the two looked in.
"Prince?" Maria said, seeing the windows open, and the curtains blowing violently.
The bed sheets were messed up, and no one was sleeping in the bed. Maria stepped in, asking for the prince, but as she switched on the lights, there were signs of the place ransacked and no sign of the prince. Both maids dropped their baskets, and immediately screamed for help.
\\ *Chapter 1: A Sibling Confrontation* /
"Rinko-chan, thank you for delivering the food as usual." A nurse kindly asked a young girl, who smiled, showing the nurse two heavy baskets.
"No problem, it's just a job I have to do for my mother as well." She replied as the nurser opened the door.
She had brown hair which was tied into long ponytails at each side of her head. Entering the orphanage, she scanned her surroundings, smiling. The orphanage was a rather normal house built with wood. It housed about fifty young orphans aged 4-12 from noble families and served as a day care centre for the nearby town.
Built only a month ago, they have no cook, so they were relying on buying food from a nearby bakery, farm and cafeteria for breakfast, lunch and dinner respectively. It's also near the water transport system, which stretches throughout the whole empire. In fact, it's in the backyard of the orphanage. To prevent the orphans from falling into the water, there was a high fence to deter orphans from climbing it.
Every day, there would be new orphans or orphans being adopted by a noble. Today was another day where Rinko would deliver food from her farm to give the children lunch.
"How are they?" Rinko asked.
"The children? They are perfectly fine. They are even anticipating your free food and arrival." The nurse joked, and both laughed.
Opening the door to the playroom, one would see many orphans, happily occupied with their toys or playing hide and seek. It was a joyful scene, one that could only encounter with childhood. Hearing the door open, the orphans turned away from their toys and stopped what they were doing. They saw Rinko with their head nurse. Smiling, the orphans ran to her.
"Rinko-nee-chan! What's today's menu?" All of them yelled in unison.
Rinko held up the basket of food and put it on the floor. She then removed the cover and all of them stared inside. The sweet aroma of the food immediately came and swept over the whole room.
"Mushroom soup for everybody!" Rinko proudly announced and everyone clapped.
The other nurses started bringing in bowls and utensils for the children to eat, while Rinko heads to the backyard of the orphanage, enjoying the bright scenery. The backyard is occupied by the older orphans who had no interest in playing with toys, and prefer outdoor activities. Seeing Rinko there meant lunch is coming. A girl approached Rinko with her male friend.
"Hello Rinko"
"Ah, Miles-nii-san." Rinko greeted him and his friend.
"Hey, what's today's lunch?" The girl asked, with a bright mood.
"Mushroom soup." Rinko answered her.
"I see. Who made the food you always bring here? They're so delicious." She asked again.
"My mom and I will prepare the food." Rinko replied with a smile.
"I see."
"Hey, everyone, come in, it's time for lunch!" A nun shouted.
All the orphans on the backyard started to get up from their comfort spots and head into the orphanage. After entering the orphanage, Rinko looked around and there was no one left, so it's deserted. Normally they would have been allowed to eat outside but as some irresponsible orphans enjoyed leaving their bowls behind and spill on the grass, the nurses forbade them to eat in the backyard.
Of course, in special occasions they would eat in the backyard. Rinko walked to the fence that separated the orphanage from the transport system. There were many boats, carrying things to sell, or the sake of travel. As the fence was hard to climb, she stared at the wonderful view that was cut up into equal shapes of rhombuses due to the fence.
'The orphans have it good. Having no parents and yet they could be so happy. If only I could be as strong as them…' Rinko thought, having been reminded of the loss of her father. 'I really want to know where they got the strength to bear with the loss of their family and being only protected by nuns.' Rinko tried to compare their feelings, finding them similar.
"Maybe nobles are the same as us peasants do…" Rinko stammered as she stared at the sky.
Transition
"Thank you." Rinko got the baskets back, which were way lighter than before.
"Please come back again!" The children waved at her.
"Of course I would!" Rinko exclaimed, smiling at them.
Finally leaving the rather small orphanage, she waved the baskets back and forth as they were lighter. Rinko sees that it's a sunset and she would have to hurry home. As she reached the bridge, she took a glance to the sunset. Funny that she didn't notice how time flies. Reaching the bridge, she put down her baskets to view the sunset in the amazing beauty.
Rinko then looked over the river, and was stunned to find a boy floating on a plank, unconscious. Seeing him, she put down her baskets and headed to the river side to get the boy out of the water. His clothes were drenched and he was unconscious. Rinko then checked his pulse. He was alive. That's a relief. But who is he? She better get him to safety. On the way, she sees her best friend Sakaishi.
"Hi Rinko. Who is that are you holding?" He asked, as he was carrying some logs from woodcutting.
"I don't know! I just found him floating in the water. Help me bring him home first." Rinko said, pulling the boy out of the water.
She stared at the unconscious boy. Some of his clothing was torn and Rinko took off the jacket he was wearing as he would get a cold.
"O-okay, easy, let's slowly carry him…" Sakaishi put down the logs he was carrying and made a makeshift stretcher with the logs he had cut.
"I can't believe you brought a burden home." Rinko's mother moaned as she slowly stirred the vegetable soup she was cooking.
"Mom, I wanted to help him…" Rinko said as she pulled the chair out and sat.
"Say no more!" Rinko's mother yelled and Rinko stayed silent in her seat.
In another room, Sakaishi was busy bandaging the boy's injuries and dressed him up as a normal peasant. Placing the wet clothes aside, he positioned the boy sitting up and facing him. Sakaishi then heaved a sigh of relief and wiped off beads of perspiration off his face.
"I never knew dressing up someone else could be this annoying. Oh well, at least he's not awake." He said, reminded of the terrible time he had to dress up a baby Toby who kept moving around, making it tough work.
The boy slowly opened his eyes and saw a tall boy who had brown hair and was wearing a blue shirt with a vest and long white pants. Seeing that he woke up, Sakaishi turned to kneel to the boy's eye level.
"Hello there, kiddo. My name is Sakaishi Hiromoto but call me Sakashi." He introduced himself, holding onto the boy's shoulders.
"Sa…kai…shi?" The boy stammered.
"Yeah. Sa-kai-shi. Now tell me your name." He responded kindly.
The boy hesitated, and looked nervous. Sakaishi sees that the boy feels very uncomfortable, but he tries to pry for the boy's information again.
"Are you scared?" He asked the boy, who nodded in response.
Sakaishi stood up, and scratched his head. He got to go tell Rinko to console the boy, who probably suffered some trauma.
"Can you wait here for a little while, please? Don't go anywhere. I'll be right back." Sakaishi told him, and the boy nodded.
Sakaishi opened the door, seeing Rinko on the chair and her mother putting bowls on the table. Rinko looked up and stood up.
"How is he?" Rinko asked worriedly.
"Well, I did the things you asked, and to tell you the truth, he doesn't seem to know his name at all." Sakaishi summed up.
"A slave?"
"No. While I was dressing him up, there was no slave brand or tattoo on him anywhere. He seems traumatised, though." Sakaishi commented.
"Stop your talking and eat your dinner. If not I'll be eating everything up." Rinko's mother said, tying a handkerchief around her neck/
"YOU STILL WANT TO GET FATTER!" Rinko and Sakaishi yelled at Rinko's mother, who was…admittedly, presumably fat.
"While you are at it, you should feed that burden you brought back home." Rinko's mother blatantly said as she poured the soup evenly into four bowls.
Upon hearing the word "burden" (since the door is open), the boy begin to feel more frightened, as if someone labelled him as a burden to somebody, which he could barely remember. A loud thud was heard, and Rinko saw that the boy fell to the ground, shivering in fear.
"Mom, look what you did!" She ran over to the boy to comfort him. "Did you have to frighten him?"
"I didn't frighten him. You just had to let the door open." Rinko's mother was arms akimbo.
Deciding not to bother with her mother, she turned to the boy who was shivering.
"Don't be scared. We won't harm you." Rinko consoled him, and the boy calmed down. "Are you hungry? Come, let's eat." Rinko invited him onto the table.
After receiving a warm welcome from Rinko, the boy seemed to have calmed down and was happily eating the food.
"Thank you for the meal." He said after finishing the food.
Rinko patted him on the head, smiling at him.
"What's your name?" Rinko kindly asked.
"I'm afraid that I can't remember anything." The boy admitted, looking down on his lap with a solemn face.
"No wonder you hesitated to tell me your name." Sakaishi scratched his head.
"Then, let's give you a name." Rinko suggested, and looked around.
Seeing that the boy ate the tuna happily, she clapped her hands, having thought up of a name.
"How about Tsunayoshi? Since you liked the tuna so much, we'll call you Tsuna then." Rinko clapped once, happy at the idea.
"That's fine by me!" The boy happily exclaimed.
Rinko turned to Sakaishi, who just shrugged his arms.
"Then it's decided! We'll call you Tsuna!" Rinko decided.
Four years later
Fourteen year old Rinko was busy cooking as her mother is literally lazy to the point where she refuses to move an inch. She is only a few hours away from being late to school, a faraway place near the capital of the Vongola Empire, Edoken. She has to prepare meals for the ten year old Sawada Tsunayoshi as her mother is not in any condition to even move an inch to do anything.
Rinko hopes she could make it on time, even though her magic is not capable enough to teleport herself to school. Not only that, she is worried leaving Tsuna with her weird mother behind, and the fact that Tsuna has to take care of the fields was not a good idea at all. Sakaishi opens the door, seeing the all ever busy Rinko.
"Yo, are you busy now Rinko? I can finish up your cooking." Sakaishi entered, greeting Rinko.
By now, she finished cooking and poured the food onto a plate and busy cleaning up. "I'm already done." She said, ignoring Sakaishi's words.
"Oi oi, I can clean it up. Just go to school." Sakaishi tried to convince her to go to school early.
"I can't trust you and that habit of not cleaning up at all! Even though you can babysit my little brother doesn't mean you are capable of housework." Rinko scrubbed hard on the basin and the table as well.
Sakaishi had no more words to say, so he basically shrugged and pointed at the door. By the next hour, Rinko finished her cleaning, packed her bag, and prepared to set off for school. Sakaishi, waited for Rinko to leave. Before heading out the door, she stood there for a while.
"Sakaishi. Take care of Tsuna for me, okay? I heard there are attacks on brunettes lately, so please be careful."
"Of course I will! Get to school or else you'll be late!" Sakaishi said, waving at Rinko, who started to rush to school.
For it will be another week without her.
End of Chapter 1
Time for character profiles and information!
Character profiles:
Sawada Tsunayoshi
Age: 10, 6(Chapter 1)
Likes: Tuna, mushroom soup, vegetable soup, any kind of plain food, Rinko, Sakaishi, everything considered 'peasant', reading books
Dislikes: Foster mom, plowing the farm, anything too fancy for his liking.
Personality: Average, innocent kid with brown hair and eyes. He looks extremely normal and enjoys being normal. He is very kind, but dared not to go near water until Sakaishi took him fishing. He has an unknown past, but it seems he was educated. Tsuna often is shy but hopes to go on an adventure one day. He is quite close to Sakaishi as well. He also likes reading.
Sawada Rinko
Age: 14, 10(Chapter 1)
Likes: Mushroom soup, Salmon, cake, rabbit meat, anything cute, Tsuna, Sakaishi and late father.
Dislikes: Irresponsible mom, the fantasies of others wanting magic, selfish people, evil people, and manipulating people.
Personality: Extremely kind and acts the 'mother' to Tsuna. Born with brown hair and slight pink eyes, she grows up to be too mature for her age because of her irresponsible mom and father's death, and one of the few who disliked being gifted. They rather give. Rinko's magical power is raw and rare, the reason for sending her to a prestigious magic school. Will definitely be edited NOT to be Mary Sue material!
Sakaishi Hiromoto
Age: 15, 11(Chapter 1)
Likes: Rinko, potatoes, vegetables, steak, fishing, logging, taking care of sick father.
Dislikes: Rinko's mother, unfriendly nobles, war, the military
Personality: Proud boy who loves the sea; he is black haired and have black eyes. Raised only by his father, he had the attitude of being a 'man', and think all boys should be one, a role model for all young boys. He enjoys fishing and is a best friend of Sawada Rinko. When Rinko is away from home, he takes the role of the caretaker of Tsuna. Therefore, this is the reason why he has a brotherly bond with Tsuna.
Rinko's mother
Age: 36, 32(Chapter 1)
Likes: Eating
Dislikes: Working.
Personality: A harsh mother she may be, she has a kind underside. She deliberately pushes Rinko and Tsuna to mature fast. Maybe her methods are too harsh however. She is a tough woman; no matter what insult is thrown at her, she just deflects it back. She does not mind getting fat or her weight at all. She makes an effort to tell them that looks does not matter, even though it is rather ironic.
Notable places of mention:
Edoken – Second highly ranked city, built to house schools. This is where Rinko's school, The Prestigious Academy for the Magicians, is located. The school is extremely rich and known for raising the best of best mages.
Comments: Yo! I'm finally back! Chapter 1 looks too choppy...oh well. Technically I had just rebooted A Fantasy Tale, hope you like it. As I had noticed that I am basically focusing on too much comedy, I'll try to make it darker. Hope you like some of the changes or not. Read and Review pretty pwease!
~Hajimeru Rinko