Chapter #1:soul key
Hiro stood looking at the flaming building that Tadashi had just disappeared into. He thought of life without
Tadashi and how it would be not having him around. The more he thought about it, the more tears came
rolling down his cheeks. No more games of catch, no more robot fights, nothing. Hiro lunged forward to find
his brother, but as he did, the building exploded. The blast wave from the explosion sent Hiro flying
backwards, hitting his head on the pavement. The last thing Hiro saw was the night sky with orange embers
mixing in with the stars.
"Tadashi, please don't leave me."
He whispered as his world went black.
The blanket of night was slowly being lifted by the hand of morning. Hiro shot up and looked
around only to see he wasn't at the building where he had lost his brother, instead he was in a hospital
room.
Hiro winced and held his head. It felt as if he had just taken a sledgehammer to the head.
"Where am I?" Said Hiro, still holding his head.
"You're in the hospital, stupid." A voice came from the corner of the room. Hiro looked over and his eyes widened.
"You never were very observant."
"Tadashi?"
Tadashi made his way over to a chair near Hiro's bed and sat down. "Sup, little bro.
I would give you a noogie, but I saw the fall you took. You okay?"
Hiro had a look of confusion, concern and anger all in one. Who knew a thing like that actually existed?
"First of all, I'm in the hospital. Why would I be okay? Second of all, how did you survive that
explosion? I saw you run into the burning building right before it exploded!" Hiro's legs were now hanging off
the side of the bed.
Tadashi closed his eyes and looked down at the floor.
"Hiro." He paused. "I did die in that explosion."
Hiro was confused. "Then, how are you here now?"
Tadashi pointed at Hiro. "Look around your neck."
Hiro quickly put his hand to his chest, and could feel a pendant. "How did I not notice this?" He thought. He
slowly pulled it away from his chest. It was a turquoise orb protected by a thin, but strong wire. The pendant
was held onto Hiro's neck by a strip of leather. It was a beautiful pendant.
"What is it?" Hiro said as he looked up at Tadashi.
"It's what's called a soul key. A spirit has to give his or her soul key to a human in order to remain in this
world. You are given twenty-four hours to find someone, if you can't find someone who'll accept it, then you
are taken to the spirit world."
Hiro clenched it in his hand. "What happens if I don't accept it?"
Tadashi smiled, but Hiro could see it was a sad smile. "I will go to the spirit world. You don't have to accept
it; it's just that, I wasn't done being your brother." Tadashi was now looking at Hiro; his eyes were watery.
Hiro closed his eyes and exhaled. "I'll accept it. I'm not done being your brother yet either."
End of chapter #1. To be continued…
I know this chapter is kind of short; I wanted to get the story going. :)
Expect a longer chapter 2 with more action and what not.
The characters are not mine, but there might be some of my own characters.
I hope you enjoyed chapter 1. –sakurafyre-