I own nothing, Baccano belongs Ryogo Narita. Charon and Claudia Walken are novel characters. They are the great-grand children of Clai-, uh, I mean Felix Walken. Claudia is a child actress and Charon is a stuntman. Kate is the wife of Keith Gandor, there was no mention becoming immortal.

Japanese

'thoughts'

-Chapter 1-

New York, 1994

The Gandor family and the Martillo family had had an annual Christmas party at the end of the year for many years. I seemed that every year the party seemed to get bigger. Because some of them like to travel, it was very rare for everyone to be together at the same time.

Keith was hanging around the edge of the room with Kate. She didn't get out every often now, due to her health. She was starting to doze, so Keith decided to get her something to drink. Claudia had something that she wanted to announce to everyone and Kate had said that she wanted to stay and listen.

Charon, his little shadow, came tagging along behind him. When Claire had requested that he take care of the child and at first he was unsure. While Kate had always wanted children, she was not in a condition to be taking care of a rambunctious child. Charon was a quiet child, and Keith was glad that he had agreed to take him in.

"Attention," came a high pitched voice from the middle of the room accompanied by a tinging noise. 7 year old Claudia stood proudly holding a champagne glass of juice and a butter knife. "I have a really important announcement." She waited for everyone to look at her.

He couldn't help but glance at Charon. He was staring at her with admiration. He always seemed to be looking up to her, even when he was doing something better than she was, like learning from Chane or Claire. He never seemed to draw attention to himself. It was amazing how the two siblings could be so different. He loved Claudia but she was a little too rambunctious for Kate.

"After a lot of hard work I have become an actress. I am going to star in a movie!" Applause erupted around her. Keith gave her a small smile and nod. With a cup of punch, he headed back to his wife, touching her shoulder gently to wake her.

Her eyes fluttered open, and she said softly, "Oh Keith, I'm sorry. Did I miss what Claudia had to say?" Keith nodded and handed her the drink. As he did, Charon came and stood patiently by her side. He always stood next to her and wait for her to put her hand on his head.

Keith took the cup and set it on the table before helping her up. As the three of them walked to the door Claudia pushed past the crowd and latched onto Charon's hand. "Don't go yet~" she pouted. Kate and Keith turned to them. Firo walked up behind Claudia and said, "Don't worry, I'll take him home later." Charon looked up at Keith unexpectedly.

Kate answered instead, "Thank you Firo, I don't want Charon to miss out just because of this old biddy." She took Charon by the chin and said, "Have fun Charon. Don't let your big sister boss you around to much."

Japan, Ikebukuro 2001

Even though Claudia had been working had all day but it was obvious that she was upset about something. Charon stayed quiet as the two of them walked to a nearby park. She always told him everything and he always listened, it as just how their relationship worked. "Do you think that grandpa Huey was behind the ship jacking? I mean, he was really involved with Czes' train all those years ago." She didn't pause to let him answer, "Well, it doesn't matter. This will give me the perfect opportunity to see what he's up to."

Charon didn't doubt that she would. He knew it was silly when she called her god and everyone said that it was silly but everything she got everything she wanted so there was always a bit of doubt in him mind.

"Do you mean Huey Laforet?" They turned to see a middle aged Japanese man. "Do you know him?" Claudia asked. Charon stood defensively behind her. Anyone who knew anything about Huey was dangerous. Claudia, on the other hand, was relaxed. "I might know something." He answered, lazily. "If your willing to make a deal with me, I might be willing to tell you something." "That depends what kind of deal you want to make." Claudia said slyly.

-this is the end of the story, you can quit reading now-

biddy = 30's slang for an old woman

This chapter takes place during the time that Miaza and Czes are away looking for the other immortals.