Of Brains And Brawns [OHSHC Fanfic]

The Day Things Changed~!

I just noticed something while I looked over this story since im transferring it onto Wattpad from my FanFiction.Net ... Down below i meant Father's side not Mother's side. So if you are reading it on both platforms just know that it was supposed to be "father's side".

Also I am adding quotes to each chapter that will relate to each chapter unless there's a good quote i can pull from the chapter itself.

Enjoy!

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"It hurts when you have someone in your heart, but you cant have them in your arms."

Unknown - curiano.com

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{No POV}

Takashi Morinozuka was and-as far as everyone except Mitsukuni Haninozuka knew- had always been a silent guy.

He spoke minimally and rarely showed any emotion.

So imagine the shock everyone except a very concerned Mitsukuni had when one fine wonderful morning soon after everything settled down from The Ouran Fair Debacle..Takashi Morinozuka showed up with his face showing terror, concern, confusion, and shock blatantly.

No one had the heart to even speak to him until lunch time came around and Haruhi Fujioka finally had enough of waiting for Mori to calm down.

"What's wrong Mori-senpai? You usually aren't so...shaken...Are you okay?" Asked Haruhi.

Mori shook his head no before sighing and nodding at Mitsukuni to share the news with their friends as Mori continued to play subtly with his food.

"Uncle Akira decided last night that Takashi needed to find himself a girl to love. So for Taka-chan's 18th birthday, he's holding a masquerade ball. Where all families with single daughters around our age will be invited discreetly so Taka-chan can hopefully come out of his shell and meet someone." Mitsukuni said.

"But what's..." "...so bad about that?" Questioned the twins.

"The problem is that Taka-chan has been purposefully avoiding dating because of something really bad that happened 10 years ago..." Mitsukuni explained after getting a 'go ahead' nod from Takashi.

"What could have been so bad?" Asked Tamaki.

Mitsukuni once again sent a questioning look to his cousin, who nodded after making sure no one else was listening aside from the hosts.

"On Taka-chan's eigth birthday, the Morinozuka Estate was broken into and robbed, while everyone except for Taka-chan, two servants and their daughter, and Taka-chan's mother were out at a social event. That night the robbers took the two adult women and raped them infront of Taka-chan's eyes after killing the servant woman's husband. Taka-chan tried to fight off the robbers but he failed, he was knocked unconcious by a wound one of them caused to Taka-chan's left thigh. But not before Taka-chan managed to make an opening for the girl our age to flee. When Taka-chan came to, he was at the hospital and was informed that his mother and the servant woman were found dead. The girl who reporrted the incident to the authorities was no where to be found. Uncle Akira searched for the girl for five years but couldn't find her so it's assumed she died." Mitsukuni explained sadly.

"That's... horrible..." Kyoya muttered in unison with Haruhi.

"That's horrible but what's that got to do with Mori-senpai dating?" Asked Hikaru softly.

Mitsukuni sighed after getting confirmation from his cousin once more.

"Because that girl was Taka-chan's first love. He had confessed just before the robbers broke in. But she turned him down because of the difference in their social class. Taka-chan nor our family cares about that kind of thing, but she did. Taka-chan did try to move on after the girl was declared to be dead, but he never could. He tried for the following 5 years but had to give it up. His heart just won't choose anybody else. Taka-chan's really nervous about that party. He doesn't really celebrate his birthday anyways, but he's going to have to try to move on again and all that does is hurt him." Mitsukuni finished.

The hosts nodded and gestured in understanding after processing the new information.

"But is she really dead? I mean, if not even a body was found than she must be alive somewhere in the world right? I'm not trying to get Mori-senpai's hopes up, but I find it odd that an eight year old could have disappeared that easily off of the face of the earth..." Haruhi commented after some thought and after Takashi and Mitsukuni had left because Takashi said he needed air.

"I..have to concur with Haruhi this once. It's improbable. Especially for someone who was a servant girl with no money. Did she have relatives?" Asked Kyoya.

"What are you saying? Are you trying to say that we could find the girl?" Tamaki questioned.

"It's possible, but we can't be certain unless we try, if my information's correct, Mori-senpai's birthday is in exactly one month. If we all join together sans Hani and Mori-senpai I am certain we can manage to find the whereabouts of the girl if she is still alive." Kyoya answered as they heade to the club room.

"Why are you..." "So keen on helping find Mori-senpai's first love, Kyoya-senpai?" Asked the twins suspiciously.

"Because I owe him a lot for saving my life some years back. When a crazy fangirl was stalking me and tried to kill me for talking and spending time with my older sister." Said Kyoya calmly.

"Oh yeah... I forgot you told me about that.. But where do we even start our search?" Spoke up Tamaki.

"Well, first we need a picture of the girl which i'm sure Hani-senpai could get for us. I am certain that Mori-senpai's father would be more than willing to cooperate with us on our search if it's to possibly find the girl that could very well be Mori-senpai's life long love." Kyoya said.

Mitsukuni walked in alone and handed Kyoya a picture having heard Kyoya's words.

"Here Kyo-chan! I had a feeling you guys would want to find her." He said with a cheerful yet soft smile. "Her name is Baldoni Natalia." Said Mitsukuni.

"Hey guys! I was hoping i'd find you here!" Called out Ritsu Kasanoda suddenly coming in politely.

"Hello Kasanoda-kun, what's up?" Greeted Haruhi.

"Actually! A lot! My father suddenly found out recently that my elder cousin on my father's side finally finished her studies last week! She decided to come back to Japan too! I'm super excited! She's awesome and very talented." Ritsu answered excitedly.

"Wow... she must be special to make you this is excited! When can we meet her Bossa Nova?" Spoke up Hikaru genuinely curious.

"Her name's Natalia!" He said freezing every host in their tracks.

"What's her full name by chance?" Asked Kyoya robotically.

"Well, it used to be Natalia Baldoni, but when she showed up at our manor covered in blood and disheveled 10 years ago, my dad and I took her in and adopted her into the family. She was the daughter of my father's sister that was disowned for marrying a non-yakuza man by the name of Astanio Baldoni. Why do you ask?" Answered Ritsu confused.

'Could it really have been that simple?!?!' They all mentally questioned.

"Um... could she perhaps look like an older version of this girl in the photograph, Kasanoda-kun?" Questioned Kyoya showing Ritsu the picture.

"Yeah! That's exactly what she looks like except she looks older now! Why do you have a picture of her when she was little?" Asked Ritsu confused.

"Because she used to live with her parents at the Morinozuka estate all the way up until 10 years ago when her parents were killed... But the question remains to be why Morinozuka-san said that she could not be found when it's highly probable he knew that she was of Kasanoda decendency on her mother's side and was likely staying with the Kasanodas." Kyoya said suddenly.

Then the very girl they were speaking about came into the room.

"Because I asked both my Uncle and Morinozuka-san for it to be kept hidden until I felt ready to reappear." She said quietly.

TBC...

Natalia has appeared, but why all of a sudden?! Why did she disappear?! How did everything happen?! What will become of our precious cinnamon bun Takashi?!