Today is a lovely morning in a suburban area near the popular city of San Fransokyo. Normally, most of the children living in the neighborhood would be outside playing with their toys, hanging out with their friends, the usual stuff normal kids do.

For ONE family, however, their children…are not normal,

BOOM!

Inside one of the houses, there was a loud banging noise, causing the house to shake a little bit, the birds to fly, and the other kids nearby to flinch in shock, as they turned to the house, wondering what was going on;

Inside the house, three children were cowering behind a table, before they poked their heads out of the table, and looked on at a mess in the middle of their bedroom.

They are 14 year old twins Hiro and Hitomi Hamada, and their little 9 year old brother, Yutashi Hamada. All three of them are of Japanese/Caucasian mix prodigies and have the potential to attend a university in the city called the San Fransokyo Institute of Technology. Of course with such brilliant minds, you would think they would have some rather flawless inventions. But, with what they have…it's pretty difficult.

The kids looked at what was in the middle; a machine designed to pour in coffee for their aunt, Cassandra Hamada's birthday. The only problem is to get this thing to work. Hiro shook his head. "We're never gonna get this thing to work." He grumbled, pinching his forehead. Hitomi shook her head in dismay as well. "And the worst part, we've used up all of…those metals, to make this machine." She explained, slightly tensing up when she mentioned the metal parts, not liking where they got it.

Yutashi hissed to himself in fear. "D-Do you think mom and dad will be okay with this?" he asked in fear, not wanting to face his mother's wrath; normally their mother is loving and nurturing to them, but when she gets mad…phew, it's even worse than a volcano erupting. Speaking of which,

The three children then heard two pairs rushing towards the living room, and in stepped their parents; their father of Japanese descent named Harold "Takachiho" Hamada, and his wife and their Caucasian mother, Rita Hamada. Both of them had their eyes widened in fear for their children. "Oh gosh, are you three okay?" Rita asked as she quickly ran towards the kids, before checking them all over to see if they're alright. Hiro chuckled softly, and nodded. "Uh, yeah. We're fine, mom." He explained to reassure her. Rita nodded as she then looked over at Hitomi and then Yutashi. Harold looked at the broken machine, and inspected it.

"What exactly happened to this?" asked Harold to the children. Hitomi shrugged. "We don't know. We finished building the coffee machine. But once we turned it on, it just malfunctioned and exploded." She explained.

Harold looked at her, then at the broken machine, before sighing to himself in disappointment. He was in on the whole thing to make her wife's sister's birthday present. He was the one who made the instructions on how to build the machine. He admittedly was impressed on how his children were able to fix this in such a short matter of time, but as to where they got this?

"Um…where did you get the materials used for this?" asked Harold. Immediately, the three children widened their eyes, and looked down in a bit of shock, not knowing what to say. Rita then furrowed her brows. "Hiro, Hitomi, Yutashi? Where did you get the metals from?" she asked, growing a bit impatient.

AAAAAAAHHH!

Rita and Harold are in the garage; both of them had their eyes widened, while Rita's reactions are more extreme. The reason for this; Rita's childhood car is stripped of any metal within its body. The hood was opened with no machine, and some of the gears on the inside are also stripped away. Rita screamed some more as she approached the car; upset that the car that she got when she was 15; the car that she drove ever since, and the one where she and Harold had their 'play time" for the first time during their college years, was stripped to the core. Harold was also upset, but not to the extent of Rita. The reason for this is that he kind of felt responsible for this; he DID after all suggest building the machine for Cass.

He then turned towards the three children, and gave them a pitiful look; he didn't have a backbone like Rita does, and he still felt partly responsible for this. Yutashi looked at them and spoke quietly, "Daddy…we didn't want to use metal from the washing machine…" he said. Harold shook his head, and replied, "I know…but this…is not quite an improvement son." Yutashi looked down in disappointment, and Hitomi wrapped an arm around his tiny body slightly, wanting to let him know that they're ALL in trouble.

Grrrrrr…

The kids widened their eyes and felt their blood run cold when they heard Rita growl. They turned to see her slowly stand up and turn towards them. Her green eyes glaring at them with an intense anger they've never seen before. They've angered her more often than is warranted when they previously used metals from washing machines, microwaves, and at one point, air conditioners to for Yutashi to build a stronger air conditioner. Of course, most of them can be replaced, though they would cost a lot of money.

But THIS…this type of car cannot be replaced…the car that has been a big part of her life for a long time…and they just destroyed it in a matter of hours. Rita just stared at them for a while, taking in deep breaths as she clenched her hair. Harold took a pitiful glance at them. "You three have done it now." He said silently as he went to calm her down.

Rita glared at them, and began approaching them, looking as if she wants to strangle them. "You…You three…" she began, hands tensing up like she was preparing to claw at them. Hiro, Hitomi and Yutashi prepared for the scolding of the century.

However, instead of a shouting, Rita just sighed, looking down in shame. The three children internally sighed in relief, but then they looked at their mother. She was no longer angry, just a down, very upset look on her face.

She sighed to herself, and pinched her forehead. "That…that was my childhood car…" she managed to say. Harold held onto her as she began to sound like she's crying. The three children looked down in disappointment; they managed to avoid Rita's wrath, but they instead made her disappointed, which in many ways, is FAR worse than getting her mad.

Harold looked at them, giving them a glare. "Head upstairs to your room. We will discuss this later." He said quietly but sternly as he hugged his wife. The three prodigies nodded solemnly, and they walked up to their room.

Later, Hiro, Hitomi and Yutashi were sitting down on their big beanie couch as Harold sat on Hiro's computer chair. He looked at them in shame. "Why? Why would you three try to use Rita's car?" he asked sternly. Yutashi looked up and replied, "We just wanted to make that machine for Aunt Cass's birthday." Harold looked at him. "I know what you need them for, but WHY use her car?" he reiterated.

"Oh." Yutashi replied, looking down. Hiro then added, "We didn't want to use the washing machine, and you guys need the other coffee machines. Mom's car has some of the best metals for the machine…"

Harold raised a brow. "Okay. But why use a car engine that would likely pour down fuel…wait," he looked at them in confusion. "What did you do with the fuel?"

Outside the backyard, a small, brown spot was shown near the flower garden, with black puddles leading towards the spot. Some of the flowers nearby flopped down dead.

"You know what; I don't want to know." Harold said, shaking his head. Then, he looked down at the kids, crossing his arms. "Now, as you know; Rita and I are preparing to go out on a honeymoon in Oakland. Normally, we would have a babysitter to have you looked over. But, considering that you destroyed the laptop of one babysitter for an invention you made,"

*Flashback*

A 17 year old girl was screaming in agony as the destroyed remains of her computer as the three children were fixing up a small robotic spider.

*Flashback ended*

"And when you broke another babysitter's phone." Harold continued.

*Flashback*

An 18 year old punk looking boy had his Grizzly Bear roaring at the three children up a tree while he was shouting at them, a broken IPhone in his left hand.

*Flashback ended*

The three children shivered in fear of the bear. "How were we supposed to know he had a bear?! How did he even get a bear?!" Hitomi went. Harold shrugged. "Beats me. And then there was last Saturday night."

The three children then shook their heads, not wanting to bring that memory back. "Alright, alright, we get it, dad." Hitomi said, not wanting to remember that time. Harold nodded in agreement. "Alright…*sigh* Well, since a babysitter is out of the question; I've decided to call your aunt Cassandra to see if we can have you three stay with her." He explained.

Hiro, Hitomi and Yutashi rose their heads a bit. "Aunt Cass?" Hiro asked a bit confused. Harold nodded. "Yes. I've told her your…predicament." He said, pausing a bit at the last part. Yutashi asked, "Is she mad? Does she know why we did what we did?" Harold looked at him, and shrugged.

"You'll have to ask her tonight, because you'll be taken there at that time." He explained, before he stood up, and walked away. The three kids looked at one another, before Harold walked back. "Oh, and you three are grounded for a week." He said before he walked out of the room.

The kids sighed. Yutashi stood up and walked to his bed. "Hiro, Hitomi? Do you think mom and dad hate us?" he asked, innocently. The twins turned back to him, with Hitomi replying, "Absolutely not, little guy. What made you think that?" Yutashi looked down, and played with his thumbs. "I think…I think we may've crossed the line with mommy's car." He answered. Hiro and Hitomi sat next to him, Hiro on the left, and Hitomi to his right.

"Hey, Yutashi?" asked Hiro. Yutashi looked at him. "You know; you're right. We MAY'VE crossed the line…but what else are we supposed to do? We can't lose any more washing machines, and mom and dad need to use their coffee making machines. What else can we do?" he explained. Yutashi raised a brow. "Dad works at Krei Tech. I'm pretty sure we could've asked him for parts." He replied.

Hiro and Hitomi raised their brows; they just remembered Harold working at the most powerful company in the city, and that all of this time, they could've just asked. Hiro shrugged, "W-Well, I thought dad's boss wouldn't let us borrow some metal." He explained. Hitomi then added, "It wouldn't've hurt to ask anyways." She said. "Yeah, but…oh, you're right." He admitted in defeat.

Yutashi just sighed, before he sniffled, wiping something away from his eyes. Be he began whimpering. The twins looked at him, and Hitomi pulled him closer to her. "Hey, don't cry, Yutashi. We're ALL in this mess." She cooed gently, wiping away his tears. Yutashi looked at her, and shook his head. "It's not only that…I hate my big brain. All I do with it is hurt other people with it…my mommy and daddy, my friends Emma and Daniel…" he began. Hiro moved closer, and then he placed a hand on his little brother's legs.

"That's not true, little guy. You're not hurting anyone." He said. Yutashi shook his head in denial. "I am. And don't tell me you don't agree. I have a feeling that you guys don't like this big brains of yours either." He explained.

The twins were about to reply, but then they stopped. Yutashi was right; ever since they revealed their intelligence, they decided to move up a couple grade, while Yutashi stayed in his regular grade. The twins got bullied a lot because of their age and big brains, and even some of their teachers didn't seem to enjoy their presence. All that is also the reason why they don't want to attend college.

"That's true." Hiro admitted again. Hitomi then said. "But so what if they don't like the way we are. Yeah we screwed up this time, but mom and dad never gave up on us! Why? Because they love us!" she said, trying to cheer him up. Yutashi raised a brow. "THAT, and because it's illegal to disown a child here in California." He added.

The twins laughed. "That too, kid. That too." Hiro went, ruffling his hair. Yutashi smiled a bit, before he looked down. "I guess you guys are right…but still," he said, but paused, not wanting to say anymore. Hitomi patted his cheeks. "Don't worry, Yutashi. You, Hiro and I, we're the children of the Hamadas. We're gonna fix things up. We always do." She comforted. Hiro then added, "Yeah. All we need to do is simply look for a new angle and take it from there." He then picked up Yutashi by the legs and hung him by his shoulders.

"Hey! What are you doing?! You big bonehead!" Yutashi said. Hiro just laughed before shaking him up. "Just shaking up that little brain of yours!" Hiro said, and the two boys just goofed off while Hitomi looked up, smiling warmly at her siblings' antics. "Hey, can you help me, Hitomi?" Yutashi demanded.

Hitomi just had to laugh even more as they continued to mess around, now growing a bit better for the evening.