Hello there, folks! So, I'm back with another chapter for Beautiful, Dark Wonders. Okay, I won't spoil anything that is in the chapter so yeah, just prepare for another suspense. Though, I'm glad if you stuck with this chapter even with the heavy suspense with the last one. Now, to the story!
Disclaimer: I do not own KHR!
Beautiful, Dark Wonders
Chapter 1
After Tsuna's sudden arrival to the orphanage, Kawahira hurriedly looked for a set of unused but nice, warm, baby clothes for the newborn brunette. Once he found one, Kawahira went back down the stairs and started the things that needed to be done. While the orphanage manager was drying the brunette off, he saw a plastic envelope that made its contents dry. There inside the envelope was Tsuna's birth certificate and health card.
He found all those together with a letter that read:
Dear Kawahira-san,
If you're reading this then Tsuna's safe from them. Burn all the contents of the plastic envelope and leave no trace. They will soon know where he is in the future and I am worried what they might do to him. Keep him safe at all times and don't let him know he is part of the Sawada lineage. Don't let him know about the mafia but he will know either way. Don't let him get adopted by ust anybody. Goodbye and good luck growing Tsuna up.
Your old friend,
Nana Sawada
P.S. Burn this letter us soon as you finish reading this.
Kawahira read the letter one more time and concluded a decision. He finished drying Tsuna off and made him wear the clothes he found. The orphanage manager took the contents of the envelopes out and, together with the letter, he threw them to the ignited fire in the hearth. As he watched the papers burn, Kawahira thought of how to get another birth certificate and health card.
Then, the orphanage manager remembered the orphanage's private doctor, Shamal. Even if he was affiliated with the Vongola, an enemy of Kawahira, the orphanage manager trusted him. Kawahira decided that he would make the preparations tomorrow and at the same time, make the kids meet the newcomer.
He carried the small bundle up the stairs, to his lone room. He lay down the sleeping Tsuna right next to him and then, Kawahira slept for himself.
The next morning, Kawahira made a call to Shamal and the conversation went on like this.
"Hello, Doctor Shamal speaking, what do you want?" Shamal said rather coldly.
"Hello, Shamal, this is Kawahira. I want you here in the orphanage right now." Kawahira answered, unfazed by the doctor's cold demeanor.
"He, trying to make me cure one of those brats again." Shamal grunted through the phone. "Remember I do not take care of male. Only females."
"Goodbye, Kawahira. Nice talking."
Just as Shamal was about to cut the line, the orphanage manager said something that startled him.
"No, I am going to ask you to make a birth certificate and health card for him." Kawahira said, shocking Shamal that he put the phone back to his ear.
"What do you mean?" Shamal asked rather alarmingly.
"What I mean is that, there was this woman who came to the door of my orphanage last night at around 12 pm." Kawahira answered. "She gave me his son and ran off like someone's chasing her."
There was no way Kawahira was going to let Shamal know about the birth certificate, the health card and the letter that he burned the same night.
"Where is the birth certificate and the health card then?" Shamal asked, suddenly interested.
"Don't ask me." Kawahira answered cautiously, this was no mere 'talk on the phone'. "It was not with him when he was given to me."
"Alright, tell me about him."
"He is male and just a baby at that. I don't know his age but probably around 12 months old."
"Alright, I'll be there with the proper tools."
Kawahira let out a breath and prayed to Kami about the secret. He looked at the clock and saw it was already 8:00 am. By this time, the kids in the orphanage will be waking up and start with the usual routine... with the new addition, of course.
Right on cue, footsteps were heard and a magenta-haired girl came down. She was Asami and was abandoned by her parents in the nearby hospital when she was 7. Kawahira found her at the entrance of the hospital, crying and looking for her parents. At that time, he was only supposed to get his regular check-up but ended up to another newcomer.
"Uncle Kawahira, good morning!" Asami leaped up and down. "How come you're awake so early?"
Kawahira smiled at the 9 year old and pointed at the white bundle on the sofa. Asami peered over and almost squealed for joy. She reached down to get Tsuna but Kawahira stopped her. She went to the dining room to prepare the cereal she was going to eat, pouting all the way.
5 minutes after Asami, then came down two twins. You can consider them as fraternal twins because the other has red hair and the other has purple. The one with red hair, Shina, went down first and waited patiently for her twin sister, Kaya. While waiting, she bore her gold and silver mismatched eyes to the small, white bundle. If Tsuna was big enough to see, he would have ran away like the other kids.
After a minute, Kaya came down rather happily and she gazed her large purple orbs to Kawahira. She went past her sister and went to Kawahira.
"Good morning, Kawahira-san, it is such a nice, fine day, isn't it?" Kaya greeted.
"Good morning, Shina and Kaya. It's a fine day indeed, young one." Kawahira beamed. "Now, go and eat your breakfast."
Kaya smiled brighter and Shina just grunted. That girl was not a morning person. As they made their way to the dining room, the orphanage manager remembered how he got them.
Those two had a rather peculiar way of joining the family. Kawahira found them stealing some of his and the other kids' possessions. Shina climbed the window to the room on the second floor, while Kaya was distracting him and the kids at the door. When they asked why they were stealing, Shina answered it was the only way to live for them. It turned out that Shina and Kaya's parents were rich people and hated Shina with every fiber of her being.
They managed to drove away the red-haired girl but Kaya came with her, making their parents detest them. They were only 7 at that time and now are 12.
Next to the twins to go downstairs was the two best friends, Miyagi and Daisuke. They are both bedridden but gathered enough energy to greet their Uncle Kawahira.
"Hey, Kawahira-san, good morning." Daisuke mumbled and went straight to the dining room and took a seat next to Shina.
"Yo, Kawahira-san, mornin'" Miyagi mumbled and went straight to the dining room and took a seat next Kaya.
Kawahira didn't get a chance to say good morning to the two 12 year old boys. The two boys came to the orphanage shortly after Shina and Kaya. Both were also 7 at that time and came to the doorstep with the police grabbing their collars of their shirt. They were street boys who grew up in the cold streets of Namimori. The police entrusted them to the orphanage manager to take care of and after that, the older kids and Kawahira cleaned Shina, Kaya, Miyagi and Daisuke.
At that time, the boys' hair was covered with dirt and grime that they can barely see their hair color. Once it was cleaned off, Miyagi's hair turned out to have the color of yellow green and Daisuke had cobalt blue. The officer said that they were accused of stealing a rich man's wallet and a ring in a pawn shop.
Next one to go down was Koori. She was calm and collected and was 10. Her icy blue hair and matching eyes greatly complimented her name, which meant 'ice'. She was also more of a winter person. Koori went down the stairs rather gracefully and greeted Kawahira with curtsy.
"Good morning, Kawahira-san. Better not spoil this fine day." Koori said snobbish way and left for the dining room.
Kawahira sighed as he missed a chance to greet another kid again. He still perfectly remembered how Koori showed up in their doorstep. It was December at that time and Shina and Kaya were about to turn 9. They were just sitting at the rug and was busy trading stories to each other by the fire in the hearth. They were interrupted by a knock and Kawahira stood up to open the door.
He opened the door to reveal a 7 year old Koori. She wore a mask of dislike at that time and detested Shina and Kaya, which the former defended that it was not their fault they were born on Christmas Eve. Gradually, Koori came to accept the orphanage and its occupiers.
Kawahira, then, glanced at the brunette that was sleeping away in the bundle of comfortable blankets. So far, only Asami and Shina were the the only ones who were able to recognize Tsuna. He took Tsuna to his arms, startling it awake but remained quiet. The orphanage manager thought about how many orphans now lived in this little orphanage he had.
As far as he knows, the kids Kawahira held under his orphanage was just Asami, Shina, Kaya, Miyagi, Daisuke, Koori and Tsunayoshi. Last year he had around, 15 but now they were reduced to 7. The orphanage manager remembered that the 8 others were adopted because they were not peculiar at all. Kawahira sighed as he remembered all the queer things that happened to them, even to the innocent 7 year old Asami.
Kawahira looked down to Tsuna and smiled. He was sure Tsuna here would be another queer child he would have under his wing. Then, the orphanage manager headed to the dining room to check upon the children. Once he entered, Kawahira was met by questions by questions.
"Uncle Kawahira, why do I have to go to school again?" Asami asked curiously that made the children facepalm. "What?"
"Whatever." Koori waved off and asked, "Kawahira-san, why do I need to share the room with Asami?"
"Because you two are the youngest out of us 6." Miyagi snickered.
"And you need to go to school because if you don't, you'll be dumb." Daisuke added.
"Stop it, you two!" Kaya scolded. "You shouldn't bully the two youngest out of us 6!"
"Correction, 7 out of us and Asami is no longer the youngest." Shina spoke up, startling the occupiers of the room except for Tsuna.
She rarely spoke and you can scarcely hear her sing and play the guitar, even though Kaya informed that she was a good singer and guitarist. If she ever did talk, it would be listed as one of the most intelligent answers in the whole wide world.
"I can't believe you guys had not noticed him when we got down." Shina continued and has no plans on stopping. "Asami already knew before us and she's the youngest. I had expected from the older ones to be more observant."
The room grew quiet and Kawahira just chuckled. He assured that it was okay and Shina no need to become so mad. Then, she asked the question Kawahira expected from her.
"So, how did you find that little one and who is he?" Shina asked. "I'm sure this time it was given to you last night in the middle of the storm."
"Oh, how did you know?" Kawahira asked curiously.
"Slept at 10:00 because of the stupid rain." Shina answered. "Gotta learn how to get my eyes shut tight with the rain pouring down like buckets."
"Ah, that's why." Kawahira added. "It is true that this boy was given to me by his mother last night and then she ran off before I even managed to ask why."
"I tried to call after her but she was gone down the street. In the end, I ended up adopting him. Now, I invited someone- Speak of the devil."
Kawahira's face broke into a large grin and stood up to welcome the visitor. The visitor turned out to be none other than Doctor Shamal. He went through the window near the door and had to literally wait till his old friend noticed him.
"I expected you later than this, Shamal." Kawahira greeted. "Do you have the things you need for the birth certificate and health card?"
"Yeah, I do have it." Shamal answered with a dismissive wave. "Can I do my job now?"
"Oh, yes, you may." Kawahira agreed and turned to the kids. "Alright, my dear peculiar children, go up and wash yourselves up. After that, you can play outside."
The children did as told and went up the stairs to freshen up for the day, unfazed by the name. They knew they were queer and mysterious and they enjoyed it very much. Shamal sat down and Tsuna was handed to him. The doctor took out certain materials needed to make the ones he came to do for. As Kawahira cleared the table and washed the dishes, Shamal did the examining of blood, looking at the birth date, his health and all.
After that, Shamal stood up and gave Kawahira the complete papers and Tsuna's small figure. Then, he did something startling.
"I see that you have kept the son of Nana Sawada and Iemitsu Sawada." Shamal suddenly announced.
"And what does have to do with you?" Kawahira asked with Tsuna resting peacefully at his right arm and his left hand was slipped inside a pocket. "Try anything and you'll face instant death."
Shamal trembled ever so slightly and remembered the last time he was here. He tried to flirt with the red-haired girl at that time and he ended up having his lower part in pain the whole week. Let's just say the children of Uncle Kawahira's Orphanage are, not only queer and mysterious, also quite harsh in verbal and physical, in their own little ways.
"I won't say anything to them but they'll figure it out too also." Shamal, then, started to gather his things and zipped them up in his black bag. "Well, see you next time then."
Shamal left but before he opened the door Kawahira called him. The doctor turned and the orphanage doctor had a ring at hand. He said something on the line of 'forget about Tsuna's relation with the Sawadas' or something like that. Weirdly, Shamal got out and remembered nothing about Tsuna being a Sawada.
Inside the orphanage, Kawahira let out a breath that he held back long enough to die. He looked at Tsuna's small figure and then to the papers. It said that the baby was just 1 year and ½ months old and his birth date was on October 14, 1999. He was healthy for his age and will grow to an great young man.
Kawahira smiled and pecked Tsuna's forehead. Then, he went up the stairs to check up on the children. Little did they know that the orphanage would be in grave danger once Tsuna will be 7.
Hehehe, left a little cliffhanger there. Next chapter would be suspense and there would be a surprising twist in this story. Remember to review this story. Until next time then. Ciao!
~Kyubiko~
