Chapter 1: Twins

4 year old Tadashi Hamada just arrived at the hospital with his Aunt Cass. They both had been expecting the call from Tadashi's father, Tomeo, and when they finally got it, they rushed to the hospital as fast as they could.

Today…was the day Tadashi had been waiting for, for a long time. Today was the day where he'd become an older brother, and he would always have someone to play with. He ran as fast as he could to his father, and jumped up and down excitedly. However, he didn't know why his Aunt and his dad were so nervous.

"When can I see my brother?" Tadashi asked. They had all found out a few months ago that Maya-Tadashi's mother-was expecting a boy. They were all ecstatic to find out this news.

"I don't know Tadashi," Tomeo replied nervously.

"Why are you so nervous?" Tadashi asked. Aunt Cass looked at Tomeo with a look that said, 'I'll handle it.' Tomeo nodded and headed to the bathroom down the hall.

"Tadashi, you know that babies need time to grow before they're born right?" Aunt Cass asked. Tadashi nodded, "Well, your brother was ready to be born a month and a half too early, and that can cause health problems."

"So, he'll be sick?" Tadashi asked.

"Possibly. Right now, we need to hope he'll be ok," Aunt Cass said softly, pulling her nephew in for a hug. Tadashi's mother had been scheduled for a C-section, but his father wasn't allowed to go in, and that made the Hamada family nervous.

Maya was under anesthesia, and when she was to wake up, she'd have a son…

At least that's what she thought.

The doctor pulled the baby boy from the womb, and was now screaming his little head off, letting everyone in the room know that his lungs were fully developed. The nurses placed him on the table, and cleaned him off.

There was something off though to the doctor. As he was about to stitch up the incision, he swore he spotted something moving inside. Curious, he put the tools down and went back in. A nurse saw what he was doing.

"Doctor? What are you doing?" she asked, confused about what he was doing.

"I think there's another one in there," the doctor replied.

"What?" the nurse asked.

He felt something as he moved his hand around, and a tiny hand popped out.

"Get an incubator ready," the doctor told the nurses, "There's another baby!"

This sent them into action, they set up an incubator just in case it was needed, and as that happened, the doctor pulled out a tiny baby girl. The umbilical cord was wrapped tightly around her neck, she was curled up in a ball, besides her arm, which was stretched out.

"Oh my gosh! She wasn't on the ultrasound!" another nurse exclaimed.

"Perhaps she doesn't like pictures," the doctor joked, trying to lighten the mood in the slightest way. He handed the baby to a nurse.

The nurse carried her away and unwrapped the umbilical cord from her neck, but she still wasn't crying. The nurse put her down on the table next to her brother, who had stopped crying, but she still wasn't breathing.

The baby boy stretched out his arms, placing his hand on his sister in the process. It was almost like magic, the second the baby boy placed his hand on his sister, she started screaming, much like her brother.

The nurses and doctors sighed in relief. They were glad that both babies were born safely, and they had no health problems at all. They continued with the procedure, and went on their way.

The doctor finally came out into the waiting room, where all the Hamadas were waiting anxiously, and they turned to the doctor.

"Is my son ok? Is my wife ok?" Tomeo asked anxiously.

The doctor chuckled, and must've knew they hadn't known about the second baby, "They're fine. If you want to see them, they're in room 47."

"Thank you," Tomeo said gratefully. The three Hamadas walked towards the elevator and headed to Maya's room. Tadashi was very excited. He would finally have a younger brother, and he couldn't wait to meet him.

When they arrived, Maya wasn't holding one bundle in her arms, but two. All of them looked in shock.

"There's two?" Tadashi asked in wonder.

Maya smiled. "Yes Tadashi. This little one decided to hide from the camera," She cooed, referring to the baby girl.

"I have another nephew AND a niece?" Aunt Cass asked. Maya nodded.

They walked into the room, and walked up curiously to his mother's bed. He climbed up to see the two little bundles in her arms, each wrapped in a different color, so you were able to tell which twin was which gender.

They were fraternal twins, so Tadashi would experience having a younger brother and a younger sister, but he would have twice the amount of fun…hopefully. His mother held out his younger sister to see when he climbed up on the bed, and his father was handed his brother when he sat on the edge of the bed.

Tadashi looked at them both with curiosity. They were both small, and their faces were scrunched up. This made Tadashi wonder if he looked like this when he was a baby. Both of the twins had jet black hair, but the girl's hair was longer-by just a little bit.

"What are their names?" Tadashi asked.

"Well, I thought of Hiro and Akari," Maya said softly in the presence of the sleeping twins. Tadashi smiled.

"Hiro means tolerant, and Akari means light," Aunt Cass stated.

Tomeo chuckled, "let's hope they live up to that."

"I think Akari will find the light in everyone. Hiro seems like he'll be a little less tolerant," Maya admitted. Everyone laughed lightly.

"Which one is the oldest?" Aunt Cass asked.

"Hiro's older. He was born at 2:47. Little miss surprise over here was born until 5 minutes after," Maya explained, playing with Akari's little hand.

"Can I hold Akari?" Tadashi asked. Maya nodded, and carefully handed Akari to Tadashi. Tadashi looked at his younger sister. She was beginning to stir, and then she opened her eyes.

They were hazel, just like Tadashi's, and she looked up at him in curiosity. She began to fuss, which made Tadashi think that Akari might not like him. But then she surprised them all. She yawned and nuzzled closer into the crook of Tadashi's arm. She felt safe in Tadashi's arms, and she fell back asleep. Tadashi smiled in wonder.

Tadashi didn't notice, but Aunt Cass was taking pictures of the whole thing. She was so happy that the Hamada family had just gotten larger. She told everyone to get close together on the bed, and took a picture of the five of them. Hiro and Akari's eyes had both opened for a minute while the pictures were being taken, but then they closed shut again.

Tadashi felt happy to be an older brother, and but he also knew it was a big responsibility. But as long as he had someone to play with and care for, he didn't care how big the responsibility was.

A nurse walked in a few minutes later, but none of them knew that she was one of the nurses in the operating room where Hiro and Akari were born. She smiled as she looked at the family, "Your son has the magic touch."

"Hiro?" Maya asked. The nurse nodded, "What do you mean?"

"Well, when we found out this little one was in there," the nurse paused gesturing towards Akari in Tadashi's arms, "He was the one who made her cry."

"Really?" Tomeo asked.

The nurse nodded again, "She hadn't been crying until he just placed his arm on hers."

"I guess he does have the magic touch," Maya smiled, and they all chuckled, except for Tadashi, because he didn't understand.

Maya was released with Hiro and Akari a few hours later, and the Hamadas headed home, with the exception of Aunt Cass going back to her café.

That night was hard for the entire Hamada family. Akari woke up in the middle of the night, and she couldn't fall back asleep, so she cried and cried. The crying coming from Akari woke Hiro, and he thought something was wrong with Akari, so he alerted their parents by crying.

Maya walked into the twins' room a minute later and tried to calm their crying. She managed to get Hiro back down and to sleep, but Akari took a lot of work. She tried all of the techniques she did when Tadashi was a baby, but none of them worked, she kept on crying.

Tadashi walked into the bedroom half an hour later and rubbed his eyes as he came into the room with the crying baby and the exhausted mother.

"Mama?" Tadashi asked.

"Tadashi. I'm sorry, did I wake you up?" she asked.

Tadashi shook his head, "Akari did."

"Sorry honey. I can't get her to stop crying," Maya sighed sleepily.

Tadashi walked into the room over to the rocking chair where Maya and Akari were sitting, and when he got over there, Akari stopped crying.

"Huh?" Maya asked, and then she noticed Tadashi approaching, "Go back to the doorway."

Tadashi went back to the doorway, and Akari started fussing, and then full out crying when Tadashi didn't come back.

"Come back over here," Maya whispered. Tadashi came back over to the chair, and Akari stopped crying again, staring at Tadashi with her wide brown eyes.

"I guess she wanted you," Maya whispered. Akari stretched her arms out towards Tadashi, wanting him. She held out Akari for Tadashi to hold. He nodded, and Maya stood up from the chair, allowing Tadashi to sit in her place.

Maya placed Akari in Tadashi's arms, where she looked at his face in wonder. She was memorizing every part of his pudgy face, and eventually fell asleep while they were looking at each other. Tadashi looked up at his mom, who placed Akari in her crib as softly as possible, and let Tadashi go back to bed.

Maya sighed as she walked back to her bedroom. Akari only wanted Tadashi all along. They already had a close bond, and the twins were only a day old. She could already tell Akari would bring out the light in everyone, and she would definitely live up to her name.

She fell asleep thinking about what her family would be like in the future. When she woke up the next morning, she fed Hiro and Akari, then made something for Tomeo and Tadashi to eat, though she knew that Tadashi wouldn't be up for another hour or so.

Tomeo walked down the stairs and greeted Maya sleepily, "Did Hiro and Akari wake you last night at all."

"Yes they did, once. Though I think Hiro woke up because he was trying to tell me that Akari was crying," Maya explained.

"Why was Akari crying?" Tomeo asked.

"She wanted Tadashi," Maya replied.

"Really?" Tomeo asked. Maya nodded.

"I tried everything to try and get her back to sleep, but only Tadashi was able to get her to sleep," Maya replied.

"Huh. Tadashi's a little miracle worker," Tomeo said quietly.

"I guess so," Maya said as she continued to cook, "You know, they may only be a day old, but they've formed very close bonds already with us, especially Tadashi and Akari."

"Do you think they may be prodigies?" Tomeo asked.

"Possibly. But we won't know for sure until they're older," Maya replied.

"You're right. But it would be nice to have a couple more prodigies in the house," Tomeo said, referring to himself.

Maya laughed, "Of course you would think that."

"Do you think they'll live up to their names?" Tomeo asked.

Maya just smiled, "I have no doubt."

The first chapter is done! Just so you all know, I do not have an updating schedule for this, but I won't leave you hanging for long periods of time. I'm trying really hard to think of something, but with what's goin on in my crappy life, I cant think of anything really good. However, I'm working on this series for you guys. Maybe I'll think of something...

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~Kiki