Phoenix

Samhoku

I do not own Big Hero Six or any of the characters therein. I do own my own OCs and one of them is my sister's. (Yaga) I have used Yaga or a form of her in many of my stories.

Cast of Characters: (Non-Big Hero Six)

Nat or Doctor Natalia, age: 32, Female, doctor, free clinic doctor, 5ft 6in, red hair, green eyes, Irish.

Zolinda, age 26, female, restaurant owner, Messianic Jew, brown hair, brown eyes, 5ft 8in, 3rd generation American (grandparents immigrated from Germany)

Kathy, age thirteen, female, college student, 2nd generation Scot, red hair, blue eyes, 5ft 3in, wants to be a doctor.

Chapter:

Hiro heard about another student coming to the college, her name was Kathy. She was now the youngest at the institute as Hiro had recently turned 14. It had only been around five months since Tadashi had died. Hiro walked up to the new student and stuck out his hand to introduce himself, "Hi, my name is Hiro Hamada." He waited for a few minutes and noticed that she didn't even look at him. Hiro paused uncomfortably and then waved in her peripheral, "hello?"

Katy looked up and then started moving her hands around. Hiro looked uncertain and a woman came up, "Hello, I am Kathy's interpreter. I will be speaking, but please look at her." Hiro nodded once and the woman continued, "I'm sorry, I'm Deaf. I wasn't aware you were speaking to me. My name is Kathy, what's yours?" When the woman finished Hiro introduced himself.

"My name is Hiro Hamada, it's nice to meet you," Hiro held out his hand again and shook hands with the girl. Then he was surprised when she handed him her phone and pointed at the notepad that was up. Hiro looked down at it then back at her, "You prefer to communicate without the interpreter? That's fine, we can write. I don't know ASL though."

Kathy took the phone back and typed, You'll have to remember that I can't hear you. Then she smiled and handed it back to Hiro. Hiro looked at it and blushed, causing Kathy to laugh. The interpreter had interpreted it for her, but she found it funny that Hiro forgot moments after meeting her. Most people remembered it and would stop trying to communicate. He was adorable.

Soon the two exchanged numbers so they could text each other. Hiro made sure to add a note that she was Deaf so he wouldn't call her on accident. He started coming up with blueprints in his mind on inventions to make life easier for her. Soon the two were becoming close friends and talking about life after college. Kathy wanted to be a doctor but she also wanted to become a Certified Deaf Interpreter or a CDI, so she was dual majoring. Hiro didn't know that they had the interpreting option at SFIT, he started thinking about fulfilling his language requirement with ASL.

Tadashi slowly opened his eyes, wincing at the bright white light in the room. He felt his muscles aching as if he had run a marathon, he looked over at a doctor who was taking his pulse, "Hello." He winced at the scratchiness of his voice, swallowing a little to try and get some moisture. He realized his throat wasn't dry, but his voice seemed to be damaged, "Where am I?"

Nat looked at her patient with joy and concern, "Hello, we were afraid you weren't going to make it. Zolinda and her homeless friend, Yaga, found you outside of SFIT after a fire. They brought you here and left you on the doorstep like a couple of deranged cats. You are in a free clinic, you had second-degree burns. I was able to do a couple skin grafts and got your arms a little better. I wouldn't look in the mirror for a while though, I'd like you to not pass out. The scars look pretty bad."

Tadashi looked down at his arms and saw what she meant, part of his arm, the part that was healed, was uncovered. It looked as if flames had licked up his arms, like how you'd see a log when it's on fire. Tadashi shuddered and briefly recalled the agony before he had passed out, "I see," he coughed again, wincing at the roughness of his vocal chords, "My voice?"

"I think it's damaged, but I can't prove it yet. I want you to take a couple more days to recover before we try and fully use your vocal chords. If you can't use them without pain, I would suggest learning a sign language to supplement your speech," Nat responded as she tapped the IV holding water, "I'll get you a glass of water in a moment. First, I'd like your name."

"My name is Tadashi Hamada," he answered as he looked back at his arm. When Nat didn't respond he looked back up and saw that she had gone white as a sheet, "What's wrong? Are you okay?" He tried to sit up then winced which caused her to spring back into action. Nat gently pushed him back down and gave him the glass of water the nurse brought.

"Yes, I'm fine. It's just, it's been five months. Everyone assumed you were dead because they couldn't find the body. Scientists were frustrated and so were funeral people. We'll get in touch with your family, okay? Tadashi? Are you alright?" Nat saw that he had frozen and wasn't responding. Nat tapped his leg through the blanket, "Yo, buddy. Are you okay?"

"Five months?" Tadashi choked out, his eyes filling with tears, "They thought I was dead for five months? Did they bury things? Oh my goodness, I bet they did," He dropped his head, "Five months." He shook his head, "Here I am, coming out of the ashes like a Phoenix. What are they going to think?"