Yo, so this time I also won't spoil anything but a simple warning. This chapter is filled with horror and a lot of suspense. Mysterious stuff is also going to happen. Now, to the story!
Disclaimer: I do not own KHR!
Beautiful, Dark Wonders
Chapter 2
6 years later...
"We're home!" Kaya shouted, as she went straight in.
"God, you need not to be so loud!" Koori complained, as she was reading a book on a plush chair near the hearth.
"Yeah, one day, you're going to burst our eardrums!" Asami agreed, as she looked up from her seat on the circular, red rug in front of the hearth.
"Oi, guys, shut up." Shina said with her usual monotonous voice. "We might wake Tsunayoshi up."
"Come on, Shina, don't be such a kill joy!" Miyagi teased. "You should enjoy more!"
"Oi, Miyagi, stop it." Daisuke punched his friend's arm lightly. "Kitsune here has a point."
"When did I allow you to call me with my second name, Neko?" Shina asked daringly, as she glared hotly at Daisuke.
Out of them 7, only Daisuke can break Shina from her plain self and turn her to a more livelier and more active one. The noise started to build up between the 4 18 year olds, the lone 16 year old and the 15 year old. Their noise was so loud that they did woke Tsunayoshi from his peaceful slumber up the stairs. The 7 year old brunette crept quietly down the stairs, as to surprise his 'siblings'. Once he reached the last step, he spoke up.
"Welcome back home, Shina nee-san, Kaya nee-san, Miyagi nii-san and Daisuke nii-san."
"Huh?" Shina said in a startled way and looked at the speaker. "Oh, Tsunayoshi, its you. Did you have a good sleep?"
"Y-Yes, I did, Shina nee-san." Tsunayoshi answered. "I had also done my homework with Koori nee-san and Asami nee-san."
"How many times do we need to tell you not to be too formal around us?" Koori asked. "We're your siblings, so it's okay not to act too formal."
"Okay, Koori-san!" Tsunayoshi shouted. "I'll do it for everybody."
"Alright, Tsu-kun, do you want to play outside?" Kaya asked, as she bent down to the brunette's level.
"Oh, yes, very much!" Tsuna answered.
"Wait for us to change into casual clothings then." Miyagi said while he was going up to the shared room of the other 18 year olds.
Tsuna bobbed his head up and down and went out to the back yard, followed by Koori and Asami. Over the years, many things have changed. Shina talked more often and Kaya became less irritable. Miyagi grew more responsible and Daisuke became more careful with his words. Asami grew more aware of any situation and Koori became less cold to the others.
Despite the major changes, some things did not change. Shina still have a split personality, Kaya's still an attention-hogger, Miyagi and Daisuke still teased the younger ones but not as often to the other 18 year olds. Asami still had the hint of childishness and Koori still disliked any hot weather.
Once the 18 year olds appeared in the back yard, Tsunayoshi dragged Shina and Daisuke off to the middle of the back yard to play tag. They did rock, paper and scissors and Daisuke turned out to be the It. Daisuke started to chase Shina and Tsunayoshi around the yard. Every time the boy would attempt to catch either of them, Shina would just avoid it expertly and Tsuna would slip out of his grasp due to his size.
Halfway of the simple game of tag, Miyagi and Kaya joined in. After a few more running, Daisuke managed to tag Miyagi and the green-haired boy looked very startled. After a few seconds of shock, he darted to make a chase to his blue-haired friend. All the way, Tsuna, Shina and Kaya were laughing their asses off. Since Tsuna, Shina and Kaya were just near the place where Asami and Koori were, Tsuna turned to face them and said,
"Asami-san, Koori-san, join in!"
"Sorry, Tsu-kun, but I'm not interested." Asami turned down the offer, then, faced Koori, who was still engrossed in her book. "How about you Koori-san?"
"Not interested." Koori answered without lifting her head from reading her book. "Thank you for asking, though."
"Oh, is that so?" Tsuna said, looking bit of crestfallen.
"Tag, you're it!" Daisuke shouted and he was hugging Shina around her waist.
"What?" Shina complained. "No fair."
"It's okay, Shina-san." Tsuna assured, went he was near enough to the red head. "I'm sure you'll be-"
Tsuna was interrupted by Shina, suddenly announcing that the brunette was the it when Daisuke released her. Tsuna grumbled some words and started a chase after the oldest siblings he had.
After some time, Tsuna and the others grew tired of playing and started to walk towards the table where Asami and Koori were sitting on. They talked about random stuff to be preoccupied. Suddenly, Tsuna brought up a question.
"Where is Uncle Kawahira?" Tsuna asked oh-so-suddenly. It's not like they did not expect him to not ask that question.
"Oh, he left for his work when you were asleep a while ago." Asami answered.
"Correct, he said something about be back on 9:00 pm or something like that." Koori added, eyes never taking off what she was reading.
"Eh?" Miyagi said. "Kawahira-san never went home that late. I wonder why..."
"It's better to ask him rather than ponder it over until our heads explode." Shina said indifferently. "He always goes back home to check up on us around 6 in the afternoon."
"Good point." Daisuke agreed. "It's 5 and in one hour we can ask him."
"I wonder..." Kaya said thoughtfully. "Does Kawahira-san trust us enough to take care of Tsuna?"
"I'm sure he trusts everyone!" Tsuna chirped up.
They continued in that way, talking about random things about school. Tsuna really enjoyed the oldest kids' stories. It was full of joy and 'drama' as Koori would like to say it.
They don't have much time, my dear Tsunayoshi.
They will only abandon you, likewise your mother.
They will leave you in the depths of oblivion.
They will leave you to grieve the death of...
Your Uncle Kawahira.
The startled the brunette a lot. He looked at the tree outside the white fence of the back yard. Tsuna saw a man wearing a checkered, iron hat and a matching half-mask. His intuition told him to go to this man and he was safe. For the seven years of his life, Tsuna grew to trust his intuition but this time he'll defy it.
As Tsuna just sat on his own chair, the man shook his head in a disapproving way and indigo flames bathed his figure. He said one last thing to Tsuna before turning to mist.
What a fool you are, my dear Tsunayoshi.
One day, you'll be surrounded by the darkness.
I warn you, my dear Tsunayoshi.
They will leave you in the depths of oblivion.
Tsuna blinked his eyes and saw the man was gone. Not a single trace of mist nor his presence was left. Tsuna glared at the place where the mysterious man was supposed to be and startled his 'siblings'
"Tsuna, are you alright?" Kaya asked.
"H-Huh?" Tsuna snapped out of his trance and faced Kaya. "O-Oh yeah. I was just imagining something."
It was the truth. No one can just simply turn into mist or talk in your head, right? Well, that's what he thought.
It was just normal afternoon and the kids of Uncle Kawahira's Orphanage were waiting for their guardian. It was already 6:30 and Kawahira did not appear in their doorstep. After a few more minutes of waiting, the doorbell rang and Asami stood up to answer. The magenta-haired girl expected their Uncle Kawahira but she did not expect a bunch of guys holding pistol guns.
No, literally. They're not the police or anything good. They were a bunch of thugs or yakuza holding dangerous weaponry each. One had a knife that gleamed dangerously with dry blood. Asami staggered back to where she was sitting, and fought the urge to scream. In an instant, the 18 year olds were in front of the younger ones in a protective stance.
"Who are you and what do you want?" Shina asked, her voice laced with threat.
"No need to be hasty, sweetie." One of them answered, possibly a woman due to the high pitched voice. "You're not going to live longer than a day, so there is no need for us to answer that."
"W-What?..." Shina's glare faltered but hardened before speaking once more. "I do not believe that stupid lie of yours!"
"Oh, really?" Another one of them, a man, threw back. "Where is your guardian then? Leaving you guys alone like this."
"He just went for work to gain money to support us." Kaya answered, glaring at the bunch of thugs. "He'll never leave us to fend for oursleves."
"Kawahira-san will come back just in time."
"We'll see about that." The leader of them said.
Right after he said that, every window and door of the establishment magically closed. The young children let out a small, startled scream because the lights suddenly went out. Tsuna can't see anything and it was pitch black. Next thing that happened was a scream and the sound of something ripping. The voice sounded vaguely like Shina nee-san. Then, he heard another, this time it was Kaya nee-san with the same ripping sound.
Koori, Asami and Tsuna felt something wet trickle down their cheeks. They were crying for their Nee-sans. Next was a manly scream, that belonged to Daisuke and the same ripping sound was heard once more. Miyagi shouted for his fallen friend but was stopped by another ripping sound that was heard from his direction.
Next thing the three youngest knew, that their Onee-san and Onii-sans are long gone. They started crying harder and then, two screams were heard. The brunette felt something hot go to him and he screamed. This was heard by Kawahira and then he materialized in the middle of the room. Though, it was hard to tell since it was pitch black.
"Vongola..." Kawahira growled at the group, catching the room's other occupiers' attention.
"Oh, if it isn't Kawahira." The man, the leader, turned to the orphanage manager. "How's it doing, pal?"
"Be quiet!" Kawahira demanded. "You have no right to call me your friend after you just killed them!"
"But you still got this one." The guy gestured to Tsuna.
"You will not lay a finger on him, Mario!" Kawhira threw back. "Prepare to die!"
For a moment, Tsuna thought mist surrounded them and he heard Mario and his little group scream. But it was actually an 'illusion' made by an 'illusionist' that was nit Kawahira and, after that, the brunette heard Kawahira's agonizing scream.
"Kawahira-san!" Tsuna shouted.
"Don't worry, little one, you'll be joining them soon." The woman assured and Tsuna swore he saw the glint of a knife. She started advancing towards the young brunette.
"GAHHHH!" Tsuna screamed in agony of losing his only family.
He adopted a dark aura and tears continued to stream down his face. The group was taken aback and, before they know it, they had produced their own screams. The 7 year old brunette was standing in the middle of the room, surrounded by bloody, dead bodies.
Tsuna gazed up and had maniacal grin plastered on his face. The usual cheeriness left his chocolate, doe-like eyes and was replaced by a crazed one. His brown, gravity-defying hair was bathed in blood. Let us just say that the old Tsunayoshi no longer exist and is replaced by a new one, with blood and darkness.
That... was creepy I tell you. I had to stop once in a while to release the scariness. Anyways, next time again!
~Kyubiko~
