Mr m (guest): Thank you for thinking so highly about my work. I actually had to look up these terms, again their usage doesn't reflect my own feelings
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The Viking Stranger: 1) I uses ship cannon myself, but I can just see Hiro and GoGo become a couple when Hiro grows up. 2) Anime subs are the same source of my knowledge of Japanese, I may or may not have seen the best quality subs. 3) Thank you for thinking I have/am doing well with HTTYD, I cannot take all the credit for 'The Feeling's Mutual' though, Rumbling Night Cutter started it, can't wait to see how you continue 'King' when you can. 4) I wouldn't say Hiro's spineless, more like he knows enough that when he was 14 to 16 anything he felt could easily be caused by the sudden increase hormones. 5) Thank you for your support, I wish to return the favor
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purumu: This site is meant for all of us, so it's no problem. I can't take all the credit for how Ch. 1 is turning out, I have a great editors, Peppermint Clouds and Sousuke Tenki. Thanks for informing me about the Wasabi-Honey Lemon ship titles. Your questions 1) I only had Tomeo refer to the actual story 'The Tale of The Bamboo-Cutter' to convey that what we humans know is impossible can change, the whole story I have about the Silver Samurai and Ebon Samurai is my own based loosely on the story of Amatsu-Mikaboshi and a fair amount being stuff I made up. 2) There is actually nothing between the lines in this chapter, but there will be a supplement that will cover what happens that night, but I am trying to keep the main story 'T'. To your P.S. I am honored that you want to translate this and give it to wider audience, right now I am not sure, let me get through a few more chapters (Forgive me for any misunderstandings, I didn't find very good translations for your review, but that's on me)
Pre-story Author's Notes: all Italicized spoken words are actually Japanese, from my research Wasabi and Honey Lemon are fluent in Japanese, I am assuming the same in the case of Hiro and GoGo, also GoGo is Korean, so there is some Korean, that I leave in Korean but provide the English translation of in the Post-Story Author's Notes. This should go without saying, but I don't own Big Hero 6 or any thing else in this story. Also please review, I love the feedback, and don't be afraid to post the review in your native language.
Chapter 2 The Star God Cometh
Hiro's eyelids part ever so slightly, but he immediately shuts them. The light in the room sends piercing pain through them and into his brain. The everyday noises of the outside world sends additional waves of pain through his ears and deep into his head. The combination of both sensations feel like the San Andrea's Fault slipping apart and sends painful throbs throughout his skull. His throat is devoid of any source of moisture, similar to that of Death Valley or the Mojave.
Hiro's eyes brave the light of the room again and he finally takes notice that he is lying there in nothing but his boxers and seemingly alone. Sitting up from the bed, he glances around the room and notices a few articles of clothing strewn about the room. The first is the shirt he wore last night, now a crumpled heap on the floor. The next item is his SFIT hoodie, precariously draping the divider for when this was his and Tadashi's room as if it was thrown there randomly. The next item are his pants, covering Megabot. The last item he finds cause his eyes to widen, but he quickly shuts them as the pain returns. When the pain subsides, he slowly parts his eyelids to see the item: a bright yellow bra dangling from a wooden post at the foot of his bed.
Hiro had done laundry for Cass and himself last week, so he could rule out Cass as the owner. He thinks back to last night remembering only two other women that could have been up in his room. But the last time he saw Honey Lemon, Wasabi was taking her to his car and yellow is not her color. So that left...
As he starts to process all this, "Oh my... what did I do?" he asks himself, quickly covering his ears. The sound of his voice only worsens his head to an intense pulsing. "Ow," he whispers, falling back onto his bed.
"Hello, I am Bay-" Baymax starts to announce as he inflates out of his case. This is the last thing Hiro wants at this moment.
"I am satisfied with my care!" He hisses at the robot. Baymax deflates back into his case and deactivates.
Reluctantly Hiro gets up and puts on another shirt, his hoodie and his pants. He looks around his room for and finds a pair of sunglasses. He puts them on before he heads downstairs into the kitchen.
"So did you have a good time last night?" Cass asks as she hears Hiro come down the stairs. He growls in pain only to cover his head again as he stumbles into the kitchen and takes a seat.
"Hangovers suck don't they?" She chuckles. Hiro groans and nods a bit, unable to his head more than an inch or two. She hands Hiro a glass of water and two Aspirins. "Drink up, kiddo."
Hiro throws his head and swallows the pills before washing them down with the water. After he finishes the glass, he glances at his aunt. "Aunt Cass... did you... um...see GoGo this morning?" Hiro asks. Seeing the look on her face, he groans. "I am so stupid. Useless, empty brain," he whines, banging his head on the table several times. After a few seconds he stops with his head on the table.
"Ow," he whimpers.
Cass places her hand on his shoulder. "I know you don't want to talk about it, especially with me, but this is not something you can keep bundled up inside. How about this?" She goes and locates a chess clock, which she puts down on the table in front of him. "Your parents always found this helpful. You have five minutes to state your problem and then give a solution to the other person's concern, not in that order. I'll start, I am seeing somebody, but I am not sure if if I am ready to introduce him to you, he wants to meet you, but I don't know if I am ready to take that step."
Hiro takes a deep breath and pulls the clock towards him, "I...I don't see how this worked for my parents, but here goes..."
Cass smiles warmly and takes a seat at the table across from him, her arms folded on top of it. "Go on."
"Be honest with him, Aunt Cass. If you're unsure about something, be it introducing him to me and vice versa or whether or not you want to see a play or a movie, then tell him, If he has a problem with that he's not worth your time. You deserve better," he says.
"And GoGo...?"
"I don't know what exactly happened, but... I think I told GoGo I love her and not like I would love a big sister, like the real deal. I remember us lying on my bed, pulling each other close to each other and… nothing. I think we kissed, but that's all I have any certainty of. I woke up and … yeah. She's gone. What do I do?" Hiro asks.
Cass thinks for a second, "Well it's very likely that GoGo never had someone tell her that they love her like that and she is also confused about her own feelings for you. You have been like a little brother to her and she's now seeing you becoming a man. You got a few options, wait for her to figure things out on her own, let her know that what you said is true while you're sober, maybe apologize for that it took you being that drunk to say it. But whatever you do, don't force the issue on her, let her come to you when she's ready to discuss it and don't hold it against her. Back to me, you're right if he can accept that I am not ready for something, then he's not worth my time. Thank You." Cass hugs Hiro as she thanks him and pushes the button for Hiro's turn.
"You're welcome, but what if she doesn't feel the same way I feel about her, what if I ruined my friendship with her and any chances that we could have anything more?" Hiro asks as he looks at what happened last night, not that he could recall it all.
Cass puts her hands on his shoulders, "Hiro, there are somethings you just have to wait for to know. Normally you're rushing to catch-up with GoGo, but right now, all you can is wait for her. Say you're thinking about launching that small company to make and sell Baymaxes, right?" Cass asks. Hiro nods. "Well how about you focus on that for a while, let everything else play out, take a step back. You know give yourself a chance to see things from a different angle." Cass suggests. While Hiro had always been the one to really utilize Tadashi's catchphrases, it was helpful to hear it from Cass too.
"Thanks Aunt Cass." It was obvious Hiro was still concerned about last night, but at least he has something he can do. "Hug," he said as he hugs her. He then smiles and goes out to the garage, well aware of all of the work he has to do today.
Hiro opens the garage he and Tadashi had used to make the first batch of micro-bots and he later used to make Baymax's first suit of armor. He goes to one of the computers and pulls up a folder with the title "Alt Baymax". Inside are a few blueprints of smaller versions of Baymax, one is Ko[1]-Baymax and it's about how tall Hiro was when he first met Baymax, another is Chibi[1]-Baymax and it is the size of most teddy bears and the final is Chibiko[1]-Baymax which is the size of most action figures. Each is for when you can not take something as big as the traditional Baymax, which is really more for hospitals and other such establishments. Ko-Baymax is perfect for most households, Chibi-Baymax is more for apartments, hotels and dorm rooms, and Chibiko-Baymax is more for camping trips and other activities like biking, hiking and when in it is in its case it can be clipped onto a belt or backpack.
He leans back in his chair and cracks his knuckles before putting on the neurotransmitter. A swarm of microbots came online, all ready to work. Hiro turns to them.
"Alright guys, let's get to work," Hiro says and the microbots start working.
As they work Hiro goes to another computer and starts downloading into several chips like the green medical protocol one in Baymax all the healthcare producers that Baymax can perform, human and non-human... animals seem to like Baymax, Mochi loves being cuddled by Baymax and called 'Hairy Baby' by the inflatable robot. He then goes to another computer and begins making the website for the company he is starting, Hamada Robotics. He's still working out all the kicks before he launches it, but everything seems to going well.
But Hiro knows that right now this is only to get his mind off what happened last night and not be tempted to force GoGo into a corner. After two hours he looks to to see how his production line is going, 20 traditional Baymax's, 25 Ko-Baymax's, 30 Chibi-Baymax's and 45 Chibiko-Baymax's, each with their own charging/transport case, each had their chips tested and passed inspections. Not a bad start to his per-launch inventory. Just then a light with the Kanji for '6' flashes red. Hero Time.
"Okay everyone, keep up the good work. Once you tripled the current inventory shut everything down and lock everything up," Hiro orders the microbots as he goes over to another computer and activates the program that would allow the microbots to carry out that order as he takes off the neurotransmitter and goes to what was Tadashi's moped. He pulls it out, shuts the entrance and goes inside for Baymax's case. "I'm meeting everyone for a movie, be back later. Last hug," Hiro says as he hugs Cass and heads out.
"Don't forget what we talked about earlier." Cass calls before Hiro shuts the door.
"I won't." Hiro say, shuts the door, starts the moped and drives. He takes the little known ways to the warehouse Callaghan used to make his microbots. He goes inside and turns on a select few lights. It has become the headquarters of Big Hero 6, and while it's still a fixer-upper, for college students with limited funds and time it has been perfect thus far. "Ow," Hiro says.
Baymax activates and before the inflatable robot can give his standard greeting, "It's a zero, buddy. We've got to suit up, it's Big Hero 6 time."
Baymax walks over to a machine and it starts putting his suit on. The suit's base design and form had not changed over the last three years, but as Hiro grew, the docking ports for Hiro's knees and feet have lowered over the years and will likely keep lowering until Hiro finishes growing in a year or two, and while Hiro is not as tall as Wasabi or Honey Lemon, he is a little taller than Tadashi was. The other differences are that there a few more weapons such as an EMP disperser that has a limited radius, more effective and efficient thrusters, sturdier wings, the armor itself is stronger and lighter. The only other major difference is Baymax's combat chip, it now has almost all forms of martial arts, with the noticeable exception of Tai-Chi and Yoga which are in Baymax's medical chip.
Hiro also suits up, his suit had not changed much that much either, of course it now fit his larger more mature and muscular body and better protects his chest, gut, groin and major arteries and the overall look was less childlike than it was three years ago, but as Hiro looks at himself and Baymax in a mirror he cannot escape the feeling that he's... underdeveloped. Sure when he was 14 all this was perfect but he's not 14 anymore... "No wonder GoGo's confused," Hiro whispers to himself.
"GoGo is in need of mental assistance?" Hiro forgot about the robot.
"No, forget about it."
"Erasing recent conversation from memory card..." After a second. "Recent conversation erased from memory card," Baymax informs but looks at Hiro a little at a lost as to why Hiro brought up GoGo.
Hiro has learned the hard way that eventually he will slip and tell Baymax everything. So electing to get it over with, he takes a deep breath, "I told GoGo that I … like her like her... not like a friend or a sister but..." he trails off, he doesn't really know how to describe how he feels to Baymax.
"You're dopamine, serotonin and testosterone levels elevate, and your pupils dilate when you mention GoGo, diagnosis..." Baymax pause and holds up his right hand with the index finger up. Here it comes, Hiro thinks and Baymax finishes his diagnosis, "love."
"Yeah," Hiro replies dejectedly as he looks up at the ceiling.
"From what I have downloaded on human emotions, love is a good thing. In the case of a bonded typically monogamous pair, it leads to longer healthier lives for both parties. And in cases similar to yours, it indicates that one party has found his or her most likely optimal se-"
"Enough!" Hiro shouts cutting the robot off, more so out of embarrassment than anger. "I know all that," he starts calming back down. "but look at me. Yeah, I have physically changed but look at my suit, all it does is allow me to ride on your back, it's like I am still 14..." Hiro tails off looking down at the floor downcast. "Like I am still a child..."
"I fail to understand my patient's concerns. You are still maturing, you still have not reached true physical maturity for most of your body and your brain will continue to develop until you are approximately 26. But that does not indicate you are a child." Baymax informs, clearly the robot is confused.
"Don't worry about it, Baymax. It's a human emotional thing, something that really can't be understood by a machine." Hiro pauses and decides to just put his cards on the table. "The core of my problem is I don't know if GoGo feels the same way about me. And if she does her feelings are likely causing her confusion because I have been like a little brother to her for the last three years and here comes my own maturity and I tell her I love her and I am still a minor to boot. GAH, I am so stupid." Hiro says frustrated with himself.
"You love GoGo?"
The problem with a team of six people that live in different places in the city is that when the team assembles, you don't really know when everyone will arrive, but according to Murphy's Law, your teammates will arrive at the least opportune moment. Hiro never seems to learn that lesson. He turns as sees Wasabi, Honey Lemon and Fred. Honey was the one who asked, and grins at Hiro as she claps her hands together in front of her chest.
"Hiro, I am so..." Honey stops as she sees the look on Hiro's face. It is clear that now is not the time and this is not the place for anyone to start celebrating the idea of Hiro and GoGo as a couple.
"Freddie's going to Zilla-up."
"And I got my blades to get." Wasabi says as he and Fred then go to suit up. They sound like they are being helpful by temporarily diverting the conversation from Honey's outburst, but both Honey and Hiro know that the two are trying to get away from an awkward situation. Wasabi being the eldest has a little more wisdom than the rest of the group, and while Fred may not be as scientifically and factually inclined as everyone else, he's actually far from stupid.
Honey Lemon then quietly and quickly goes to get her new chemistry bag and such a little sheepishly due to her recent comment and the dejection on Hiro's face following it. Hiro goes to one of the computers to find what triggered the Big Hero 6 alarm. As he searches GoGo arrives and preps, everyone is quiet. Baymax remains silent because of past experience of him speaking when GoGo arrives after she was talked about often led to members of the team being injured, as a healthcare companion it is counter-productive to cause your patients further harm than necessary. No one else says anything simply from their own past experiences. Hiro, however, is obvious to GoGo's presence until he sees her reflection on the monitor. He doesn't look at her for long, he's got a job to do. He finds the source of the alarm, "Honey, pack us some sunscreen and aloe, we're going to the beach." Hiro says as he spends his chair around.
Along the shoreline of San Fransokyo's Whitesand Park two craters form in the sand as two human sized objects crashland from space. Everyone looks in bewilderment as two figures emerge from the craters that formed upon their impact. The two figures are clearly out of place in their Heian Period armor. They are also disheveled and clearly disorientated. One's armor reflects the sun's light like silver while the other's black armor contrast the white sand. They speak in an archaic form of Japanese, all that can be discerned is that they are far from happy with each other. However there is the air that the beach should be cleared as the two figures draw swords and start to exchange blows.
Between the two warriors; "You idiot, you just had to go straight, you never take the time to figure out where you're going," Kenuichio shouts as he and his brother duel.
"Says the one who tried to kill his younger brother but ended up stabbing his elder twin." Kioshi counters, "If you bothered to look around you, you would have known I could have easily taken the blow." The two continue to exchange blows until they are hit with a yellow discus bouncing of each other's forehead.
"Hey reenactors, you can't fight with swords on the beach. It's kind of the law." The two turn to see who this third party is. They see six figures, the largest is red oni with a ghostly white face and no mouth. The second is a human, but his skin tone is much darker than most people the two warriors have ever seen, from the back of his hands appear blades of chi. The third largest has three eyes and is every much a monster, the fourth largest is youth in purple riding the red oni. Then there are two women, one is tall but thin and has a bag with strange characters they have never seen before on it. The final member of this band of six is a woman dressed in yellow and black, like some sort of bee; on her wrists and ankles are yellow discs, like the one that ricocheted off the two, all the humans' faces are covered by their helmets.
"Stay out of the matters you have no business in, woman," the silver armored samurai says.
"They must be from Japan and not know any English," Honey Lemon quickly concludes. "But what he said was 'Stay out of matters you have no business in, woman', and by woman he meant GoGo," Honey Lemon translates.
"We all can speak Japanese!" Wasabi, Hiro and GoGo say, a little irritated.
"I can't. I mean don't get me wrong, I totally can read it, I have a ton of manga and you see it, Korean and Chinese all over the place, but I have no idea how to actually pronounce the words. Oh oh oh, we should come-up with a phonetic romanji [2] that way any English speaker can learn how to speak Japanese by reading it!" Fred points out. Wasabi and GoGo face-...well helmet-palm, themselves.
"I am personal healthcare companion robot, I can be programed to speak in approximately 3000 different languages and dialects," Baymax interjects. After a few hums and clicks, "Greetings, We are Big Hero 6, and you are currently in violation of the local ordinance against wielding live weapons in a San Fransokyo City Park, please sheath your weapons and surrender yourselves," Baymax says to the two samurai.
Kenuichio looks at his twin and is utterly at a lost, much of what the red oni said makes no sense, 'local ordinance', 'Big Hero 6', 'San Fransokyo'. "Enough of this nonsense, I shall slay you first, oni. You are a fool to not have your iron club[3]," he says and leaps to engage the giant.
Kioshi too is lost at this, but he takes a second to think about the words. 'Local ordinance must mean something like the decrees of the local daimyo. Big Hero 6, this group, must be like the elite squad of the daimyo's retinue or the city's city guard, and San Fransokyo must be the name of this city.' However, while he would normally follow the local decrees, at times family comes first and he too charges the group.
"Baymax, Rocket-fist," Hiro orders and the silver samurai is sent flying straight into the ebon one. The impact causes their masks and helms to come off. Hiro freezes and falls off Baymax in utter shock, the two warriors have skin like the color of their armor. "They're real," Hiro says before fainting.
"Hiro has fallen. He seems to have fainted because of seeing the skin color of the two warriors," Baymax informs.
GoGo goes to the unconscious Hiro. "Come on, Nerd. Wake up!" she says, shaking him.
"Face my green blades of fury," Wasabi says in an uncharacteristic bravado. "Wow, I sound a lot more confident in Japanese."
"It's how you learned it. Eat this," Honey says as she throws one of her chemical balls in between the two warriors at the feet, the resulting reaction causes them to fly and land apart from one another. Only superficial dents and scrapes are the visible result on their armor but they are still out of focus as they struggle to their feet, swords pointed at the group.
"Super Jump Gravity Slam Fireball!" Fred shouts as he leaps into the air and activates his flame thrower spinning into a ball of fire and slams into the argent skinned samurai sending him into the sand, some of the sand having melted into glass and cracking as he steps on it. "That's how Fredzilla rolls."
Kioshi watches in awe at the power of this 'Fredzilla'. Taking a few breaths he tries to divine what type of creature it is by sensing its chi. What he finds is even more amazing, 'Fredzilla' is a human in some sort of armor that makes him look like a monster, but even more so he has a pool of untapped untrained chi. Kioshi then tries to discern the rest of 'Big Hero 6' in a similar manner. The chi-blade wielder is not actually wielding chi, but his weapons are made of energy and, like 'Fredzilla', he has a vast pool of untapped chi. The woman with the strange bag, she's some sort of alchemist, but also has a great amount of untrained chi. The shorter woman in black and gold and the youth in purple also have similar chi reserves, although the woman in gold's disks aren't magic they are like those bars that pull towards each other his younger brother Hiro informed to be 'magnets' and the red oni is no oni, it is some sort of automaton.
But Kioshi can't remain admiring the potential of these five younger warriors and this skill of this red automaton for long as the energy-armed man comes charging at him. Kioshi quickly draws his short sword and is able to keep pace with the larger younger man. "You are a skilled opponent, young warrior."
"The name is Chief, Chief, Ginger."
"And I am Takachiho, Kioshi, the dark warrior of Takemikazuchi-no-kami's retinue. Feel no shame in your destined defeat, Chief-san[4] few have ever made draw my entire daisho [5]" Kioshi praises Wasabi and kicks him in the gut, sending him flying into 'Fredzilla'. "That was the most truly interesting fight I had in a long time."
"I had that monster 'Fredzilla'!" Kenuichio says irate.
"He's not a monster, he is a man in a special suit of armor."
"Fine, You take care of the women and the youth, THE ONI IS MINE!" Kenuichio shouts as he charges the red oni.
"That's not an… oni." Kioshi says as the automaton sends Kenuichio back with another 'Rocket-fist'. "Baka," Kioshi mutters and shakes his head as Kenuichio is in sand and is clear he's not getting up anytime some. He turns his attention to the three standing members of the band, the tall golden-haired woman is helping 'Fredzilla' and Chief-san up and the shorter one seems to be having a hard time waking the purple armored youth.
Kioshi elects to go to face the woman in gold, this youth, 'Hiro' as the automaton identified, must be the leader. As savage as it may be, Kioshi knows that he must strike the young man down while he can.
As GoGo continues to shake Hiro she feels the cold steel of one of warrior's blades on the back of her neck. "While the greater honor is in staying by your leader no matter what, there is no shame in siding with the winning force. Choose your fate," The warrior says as he lifts his blade to either sheath it or bring it back down on GoGo's neck.
"Jiog ena gala[6]," GoGo says calmly and faster than the warrior imagines, she kicks him with her right foot with the mag-lev wheel spinning at it's fastest speed, sending him to land right next to Kenuichio.
"These warriors are worthy foes, but I think they can make better allies," Kioshi says as he and Kenuichio struggle to get back on their feet.
"I would rather die than ally with these-" Kenuichio is cut short.
"Then die you shall, my witless herald," The two brothers turn to the sky and as the watch as a void black object not much bigger than them make it's way through the atmosphere. Baymax, GoGo, Honey Lemon, Wasabi and Fred too look up and at this moment Hiro comes too.
"Amatsu-Mikaboshi," Hiro whispers as he slowly tries to get on to his feet. Everyone else is frozen as the rogue star god lands almost gliding onto the white sand. He stands almost 8 feet tall, and his arms are proportionally longer than humans as are his legs. His eyes are simple orbs of white and what looks like a row of evil teeth is seen in his lipless mouth.
Mikaboshi looks at the assembled group of warriors, he may be one-eight millionth of his power when he fought the four gods with their retinues, but he has more than enough power to rid himself of these eight and still destroy this dirt ball precious to his foes of old. He reaches his hand out and grabs Hiro by the throat after almost choking the youth he lets go. "So this is Earth? So much has changed. Then again humans love nothing more than meddling in affairs that were never theirs to begin with," Mikaboshi muses aloud.
"He speaks English?" Fred asks in bewilderment. Everyone just glares at him. "What? Oh come on! The silver and ebon samurai can't, I thought it was safe to assume he couldn't."
Coughing, "He learned it... from copying my... vocal cords," Hiro tries to state between coughs.
"Common home remedies for sore throats include gargling salt water and drinking plenty of fresh water, since we are next to a body of sea water, I would recommend... Hiro my scans indicates that your blood pressure is elevated, a physiological indicator consistent with being... angry."
"Baymax, be quiet," Hiro orders. Baymax goes silent. "Execute patient defense mode, override of medical chip code 'Yamaneko'," Hiro says and Baymax's eyes change from his normal black to the red of when Hiro took out the first Baymax's medical chip.
"Ha! What is this auto-" Mikaboshi didn't finish his statement as a hole in his chest the length and width of Baymax with the wings cutting through the sides appears in him.
"Hiro, we talked about Baymax killer mode," Wasabi chimes addressing the concern that the other four human member of Big Hero 6 have.
"I made a few adjustments, Baymax won't kill anyone, he's defending his patients. You know, Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics." Hiro informs.
"Hey you two, I am not too keen on you trying to kill my friends, but Baymax can't win this on his own. Truce to fight a common foe?" Hiro offers the two warriors.
"Truce," the two agree.
Hiro looks at monitor on his wrist, it's Baymax's battery life, he'd have to pull Baymax out of the fight soon and then turns to watch the main fight, mostly to develop a plan of
In the clash between Baymax and Mikaboshi, the chaos god never has a chance to react to the array of attacks delivered by the robot. Each of Baymax's attacks connect with his opponent's chest, groin, face, gut, etc utilizing all the martial art combat forms programmed into the combat chip. Clearly this automaton is the powerhouse of this band, Mikaboshi thinks as Baymax does not let up on his barrage of blows.
Seeing that Baymax's battery is at 10% according to the gauge, "Baymax, deactivate patent defense mode, reactive medical chip override code 'Maneki-neko'!" Hiro orders. "Honey, Absolute Zero him!" Hiro orders as Baymax falls back.
Still stunned by the assault of the armored robot, Mikaboshi is hit with one of Honey Lemon's chemical balls, this one causes liquid nitrogen to form on Mikaboshi's body, while not really Absolute Zero, it's close enough to freeze his outermost layers, leaving the star god unable to move. "Baymax, your battery is running low. Go to sleep mode." Baymax complys. Turning to Fred, "Now let's heat things up, Fred." Hiro orders.
"YES!" Fred yells as he activates his flamethrower and begins to melt the frozen star god.
As Fred's firebreath thaws out the chaos god, "So what's the plan?" Wasabi asks looking to Hiro. He can tell that the youth is thinking and that for the most part he comes up with great ideas, it would be nice to actually hear the gears turning in the prodigy's head every once in awhile.
Once Mikaboshi is free of the ice, "Cold then Hot then Cold again, never a good combination. Freeze him again Honey!" Hiro orders. Honey throws another liquid nitrogen ball at the chaos god. Mikaboshi re-freezes before he has the chance to move his right arm more than a few inches.
"Still don't know the plan, Hiro." Wasabi points out that Hiro has still not communicated the plan.
"Wasabi, cut him down to size. GoGo knock some sense into this guy." The two obey, First Wasabi decapitates the chaos god, the he cuts the legs and then the rest of the body while GoGo punts the severed head.
"It's GoGogoing, It's GoGogoing, It's GoGogoing, " Fred shouts as the head flies through the air. As it splashes into the water "and... it's... GoGogone!" Fred shouts as throws his hands in the air making them look like a football goal post. "WOOAAHH!"
That's my the love of my life! Hiro thinks to himself as he watches the head splash into the water.
"What was that, Nerd?" (Our love-struck hiro [7] just cannot catch a break. [8]) Hiro's lower jaw would have to disconnect from his skull to drop any lower and his face would be purple if it was any more red. Bringing Hiro's jaw back up, "Watch your mouth, lover-boy, or you'll swallow a fly," GoGo teases.
Wasabi, Fred and Honey Lemon cannot help but chuckle at Hiro's situation. GoGo shows no emotion, other than a smirk for catching Hiro with his jaw down. The two warriors are utterly confused at this whole affair.
"I am not dead, fools," a faint whisper sent chills down everyone's spine as the pieces of Mikaboshi began to reassemble, his head coming from the waters and returning to the body. Everyone watches in horror as the rogue star god is whole once again. "Now with your automaton is out of the way." Mikaboshi chuckles as he sends a ball of chi upon the group and send them flying, scattering them along the beach. Also resulting from the chi explosion both Kenuichio's and Kioshi's katanas end up at Hiro's feet. Hiro is first to recover as he looks around he sees Mikaboshi walking towards GoGo.
"I am going to kill you first, slowly and painfully you disrespectful little trollop," the chaos god whispers in ire as he brings his right hand to go around GoGo's neck.
Something snaps inside Hiro. "GET YOUR FILTHY HANDS AWAY FROM HER!" Hiro shouts as he picks himself up and takes a katana in each hand.
Mikaboshi can only chuckles as he watches the youth clumsily tries to balance himself with both weapons. "You fighting me? You humans are such amusing creatures. You've all got to be the most stupid sentient species in the universe, a member of any other species would have started running by now." Mikaboshi pauses. "I highly doubt you'll live up to your… grand name*, but your species is so funny to watch." Mikaboshi steps away from GoGo and watches as Hiro makes attempts to take a mid-guard [9] stance with both blades across his chest the cutting edges facing the rogue deity. The youth's right foot ahead of the left for balance and stability. Mikaboshi can tell that the boy is not unfamiliar with how to wield the swords, but he's clearly only had the training for one. "You're off the map, boy." the god laughs and begins his advance towards Hiro, slow at first but rapidly his pace quickens.
"So are you, and here be dragons." Hiro counters. Hiro has no idea where the confidence to tell the chaos god off came from, but that thought is far from his mind as he cuts the chest of Mikaboshi with both blades as he closes the distance.
Mikaboshi knew there was going to be some sort of a fight, but he expected Hiro to dive to side at the last second, play chicken. However, Hiro stood fast and Mikaboshi stumbles backward and to his left as he clutches his chest, for the first time in a millennium his blood has been drawn, but the last time it took four hundred mortals trained for decades in their arts of war and four warrior gods hours to make him bleed. He knows that when his main body was destroyed he lost the better part of his power, but this boy couldn't have trained more than half a decade. He looks back up from the surprisingly deep gashes in his chest and gives a very guttural growl as he white eyes flash red.
Hiro can feel the wrath of the god as he reacquires his starting stance. Watching as Mikaboshi brings his hands together, Hiro knows he has to act fast. He dives to his right barely evading the ball of chi the god generated. As he rolls with the two swords, he cuts his suit and he's fortunate for not cutting off his own arms and he knows it. However, Mikaboshi gives him little chance to recover as he sends chi ball after chi ball at Hiro. Hiro does his best to roll in the sand ahead of the blasts.
Okay diving into the sand, not my best idea. Hiro thinks, trying to solve the problem. "So, you're a one-trick pony!" Hiro taunts. He doesn't have an actually solution to get back on his feet and get closer without getting a chi blast straight to head or heart but maybe taunting the god will cause him to make a mistake. It is a plan that worked on several bad guys the team busted with god-complexes and other pretenders, maybe it will work on the real deal.
Mikaboshi stops his chi blast and reaches out with his right hand, grabbing Hiro by the throat and lifting him up. Yep, it works on the real thing, Hiro thinks and he acts as though he is being choked by the star god. "Squirm, you insignificant worm, squirm!" the god hisses as Hiro kicks weakly as if he's being hung. Watching this Mikaboshi calms, he is buying the act lock, stock and barrel. "You are a disappointment. You make yourself to be so great, but it's all an illusion." Mikaboshi then brings Hiro's face to within inches of his.
"You desire the Chon." Mikaboshi says as he sees Hiro struggle more. "Do you know why I know this? I'll tell you, it was all in what you said when you ordered me not to touch her and how you said it." He pauses to watch how the 'dying' hero is faring. "I fail to understand why my enemies of old care so much for such flawed creatures. You react on emotions like no other creature I have seen in the cosmos." He pauses to watch Hiro squirm and struggle to breath. "However, you're not all that complicated of a species." As he speaks Hiro gasps and kicks again.
"While you humans aren't worth the dust you're made from," Mikaboshi chuckles and then pulls Hiro closer so that he can whisper in the youth's ear, "once I finish with you, I am going to amuse myself with her until she dies from it." He then stretches his arm back out. "And this last bite will really haunt you and testify to your folly and failure on the other side; when I'm done with her, your blood won't even be cold."
Hiro can't keep up the act any longer, Mikaboshi had unwittingly push him to his breaking point. Hiro's eyes pop wide open his eyes constricted with ire. "I will kill you before you get the chance." Hiro hisses and with the sword in his left arm he cuts Mikaboshi's arm off, freeing himself. As the star god yells in pain over his severed limb, Hiro blinded by rage, begins to hack and slash the star god.
To the untrained eye, Hiro's movements are organized, deliberate, calculated, etc. But those with even a basic understanding of kendo can tell that Hiro is making all the wrong moves. Some of his swings are too wide, other's too narrow. For some of the blows he puts too much force into the strike, for other's he doesn't put enough. For some his follow-through is too long for other's it's too short.
For Mikaboshi, it doesn't matter, while not all the strikes find their mark, the flurry of Hiro's attacks prevent the chaos god from responding expect to try to be on the defence. 'Try' being the operative word. For as soon as his body heals from one of Hiro's attack, he is hit with another and slowly but surely his ability to heal from each strike slows in comparison to Hiro's rate of attack. Here the quantity of wounds is in it of itself a quality of the wounds.
Hiro keeps up his attacks as much as he can but soon his own body starts to give. His breathing because faster and shallower as his body is shifting from the adrenaline fueled rush to a less efficient fallback method as it tries to endure and compensate for not getting enough oxygen to maintain this level of activities due to the immense physical exertions. In a final act before his body gives out, he thrusts both blades all the way to their hilts into the star god's chest where his lungs would be if he were a human being. Hiro fumbles backward and falls onto his rear. Desperately he keeps himself from falling on his back as he's already at Mikaboshi's mercy and being prone will only make things worse for him. For the first time since in he hissed that he was going to kill Mikaboshi before he has the chance to rape GoGo, Hiro's has a coherent thought, Why is GoGo a junkie for this, the burn after the crash is murder.
Mikaboshi however doesn't press the perceived advantage as black blood is coughed up from his mouth and sweeps from the wounds he received. The black blood coursed down his body before falling onto the sand. Grunting, huffing and puffing, he pulls out each blade one at time. He doesn't have the strength to pull them both out at the same time. From these new wounds more of his black blood flows. No single individual has ever done so much damage to him before. After pulling each blade out, he lets it drop onto the white sand. "I'll be back," Mikaboshi hisses in pain and leaps into the air as if he is trying to leave the planet, his black blood still flowing from his wounds and staining the white sand. Mikaboshi vanishes from view and begins his retreat, ending at the planet Pluto[10].
Back on the beach, Hiro breaths heavily as tries to get back to his feet. Stumbling he walks to Baymax and 'wakes' him. "Baymax, scan everyone." Hiro orders in a pant.
Baymax scans everyone, "Scans complete. Everyone has suffered minor concussions, some blunt-force trauma to their whole bodies, but will recover if allowed plenty of rest. For GoGo, Wasabi, Fred, Honey Lemon and you a recommend 12 hour minimum of minimal actives. As for the other two, a 24 hour minimum rest period is recommend. My battery is at 10% as you stated before I went into sleep mode, immediate re-charging it is recommend," Baymax informs.
"Did you see that, Hiro, well of course not you lived it, but how awesome was that, you slew a god. Hiro, The God-Slayer, No. Hiro, Bane of Stars. No, no... um... ah..." Fred says jumping up and down in excitement at what happened.
"Fred, your physical activity level is too high, given what your body have just been through. Rest is recommended," Baymax points out.
"Well up until that alien went all DBZ, things were going fine," Wasabi comments as he and everyone else are back on their feet.
"Yeah but Hiro was like some sort off ronin. Have you been practicing kendo?" Honey asks.
Slightly sheepishly Hiro starts, "Tadashi tried to teach me some of the basics of it while I was in high school. I guess he thought that if I joined the kendo club or one of the other clubs I could better interact with the other students. Yeah that plan worked out so well." Hiro answers, rolling his eyes as he said the last part, which was a comment on how things only got worse for the prodigy. But looking over to Wasabi, "Although after I started classes Wasabi has been taking me to a dojo and basically made me take actual lessons."
"Hey, you're the one that wanted to have something to do after school to blow off some steam, that wasn't 'Big Hero 6' related and not slip back into bot-fighting so Cass wouldn't have to bail you out on beat poetry nights." Wasabi counters.
"So starting my second semester I went there every Tuesday night..." Hiro trails clearly reluctant about admitting this.
"Yeah, only Tuesday nights." Wasabi comments sarcastically calling Hiro out.
"Find Tuesdays and Thursdays… and then every other Wednesday as well … and the second Monday of every month." Hiro reluctantly confesses.
"Little man, you are there every weeknight. You don't get muscles like that doing it twice a week and every so often more frequently. That's from five nights a week for the better part of three years." Wasabi says as he's grabs Hiro's upper right arm, after a few more squeezes of the arm. "No, I am wrong. This is also from doing the basic moves every time you ha-"
"Okay, we get it! I've been practicing kendo!" Hiro squeaks as he pulls his arm away from Wasabi's grip. His face flushes blood red at the revelation Wasabi almost revealed to the others.
"This is the first time I hearing about this. Hey we should totally make Tuesday Guy's Kendo Night; Wasabi, you, me and Hiro. We can totally have some kick-ass bro time." Everyone save for Baymax and GoGo either shakes their heads, GoGo rolls her eyes while Baymax is for the most part unresponsive.
After that 'Freddie moment' as events like these have become known as among the group. "Not bad, Nerd. Maybe next time you won't jump to conclusions about your teammates or faint on them." GoGo says and punches Hiro in the shoulder. "But thanks for caring." she says softly, pulling him down and gives him a peck on a check. Hiro's face went a purple-like red.
"That was sloppy swordsmanship. You could have easily cut your own arms and legs off," the silver warrior says as he and the ebon one clean their blades and sheathe them, breaking the small celebratory moment among Big Hero 6.
"I would apologize for my twin, but maybe if your automaton punches him with that 'Rocket-fist' once more, he'll remember that even in the summer, a padded jacket is an acceptable gift [11]. Takachiho, Kioshi is my name and this is my younger twin, Kenuichio." Kioshi turns to Hiro, "While you lack much skill, you have great potential young man."
"When did you guys learn English?" Fred asks.
"What is 'English'?" Kioshi asks befuddled.
"Now who's the baka, it's the name of the language they are speaking. It must have been Mikaboshi. I don't know how but he must have cast some sort of spell that allows us to speak their tongue and understand it."
"No doubt to further torment us by giving us a useful tool but no means to really utilize it," Kioshi says under his breath. "I know Chief-san, but I doubt 'Fredzilla' is a real name."
"Chief-san... Oh, you mean Wasabi. It's what we call him, you see Fred, Wasabi, Honey Lemon and GoGo were friends of my older brother and Fred came up with what we call nicknames of most." Seeing the confusion on the two warriors' faces. "A nick-name is something that people that know each other have for one another, like if your mother were to call you 'Ken-chan' or 'Kio-kun'. It's a term expressing the intimacy you have with the person. I never got the stories behind the nicknames because that was how we were introduced."
"Yeah, you see we were having lunch one day and Wasabi, real name Ginger, spilled wasabi on his shirt. Honey Lemon, her real name is Aiko, mixed honey and lemon in her tea, even green tea, I mean who does that and GoGo here, real name Leiko, she likes to go fast. I am mean really fast. She's like so fast you have the combined speed of Sonic the Hedgehog, Speedy Gonzales, The Road Runner, all the Flashes and Anti-Flashes, and Quicksilver to stand a chance. They're all fictional characters that are known for their speed, BTW. That last part, BTW, means 'by the way' it's an expression," Fred informs. Kioshi and Kenuichio just stare at Fred in confusion.
"Thanks Fred. The robot is Baymax." Hiro stops Fred as he introduces Baymax, "And I am Hiro and as we mentioned when you first arrived, we are collectively known as Big Hero 6."
"So does this mean the truce is over or still in play?" Kenuichio asks.
"Brother, we came back to Earth to find allies to fight Mikaboshi, and we have found 6 likely candidates. Look at them, Aiko-san is clearly a skilled alchemist that can think on her feet, Chief-san is skilled with his energy-blades, Baymax-san clearly held his own against Mikaboshi, we haven't really seen Fred-san against Mikaboshi but he gave you a fight, as for Leiko-san, she clearly has a lot of... I don't know the word but it's like she can look a growling angry bear in the face, be unphased and skin it without breaking a sweat. And Hiro-kun [12], you saw how he fought, like he was a demon. All they need is some training, especially in how to use their chi and then we can kill Mikaboshi when he returns," Kioshi says in response his voice purposely loud enough for the six to hear the comment about training in how to use their chi and the reason for the offer.
Kenuichio thinks it over and reluctantly nods in agreement. Kioshi turns to Big Hero 6. "We will let you have some time to think about my offer. However, Mikaboshi will be back, it may be a week, it may be a month, maybe a year, but he will return. Until we met again," Kioshi says with a small bow of respect and then he and Kenuichio look at each other and are gone in a flash of what looked silver and black light.
"This has to be the weirdest mission we've ever had," Wasabi says, breaking the awkward silence. "So how do we explain this to the police?"
"We tell them the truth, and then let them do their jobs," GoGo answers. "Just leave out the whole exchanging identities and that stuff." GoGo gives Wasabi a once-over. "On second thought, just keep your yapper shut."
She turns to Baymax, "His battery's still good, right?" she asks no one in particular.
"My battery life is at approximately 8.5%," Baymax informs.
"I'll do the talking," GoGo says just as the first police car arrives and an officer steps out. He gives the scene a once-over from his vantage point.
"Okay, who's turn is it this time, Tomago [13] or No-Ginger?" The office asks.
Acknowledgments: A major shout out to Peppermint Clouds and Sousuke Tenki for all their edits. So check out their HTTYD fanfics, 'Plan B' and 'Cold Hands and Warm Hearts' by Peppermint Clouds, and 'Elemental Fury Saga', 'Legend of the Dragon Rider' and 'Draconic World' by Sousuke Tenki
Author's notes
If you want to know what happened the night before and why GoGo was not in the room when Hiro woke up, well I am going to do a couple one-shots to this story that will be rated M, and will be published separately from the main story. Also I kind of go back and forth with some the characters calling Baymax a 'robot' and others calling him an 'automaton', but Baymax is technically an automaton because he does not receive commands continuously, like a real robot, but has a set of procedures that he can perform based on the situation and all he needs is a battery recharge, like a wind-up toy.
[1] Ko, Chibi and Chibiko are all terms that mean 'short, little or small' Here I am using it these to denote smaller versions of Baymax
[2] Romanji is Japanese in Latin letters
[3] Oni are often depicted wielding iron clubs known as kanabo and there is an expression for giving someone stronger than you a greater advantage "Like giving a kanabō to an oni"
[4] -San is the most common honorific used in Japanese
[5] the Japanese term daisho (literally big and small) is often used to title the sword set of samurai, the big sword (dia) often being the katana and the small sword (sho) often being the wakizashi
[6] This is Korean for 'Go to Hell', GoGo is basically telling Kioshi off, Kioshi may not know exactly what GoGo has said but he can infer
[7] I am going for a pun here
[8] This is me trying to break the 4th wall but ending up walking right into it and breaking my nose in the process
[9] I confess I am no expert in kendo, most of my knowledge comes from Star Wars and the anime series Bamboo Blade, from my understanding there are three ranges that a person can have their blade, high guard which is over the head, mid-guard which is more in-line with the whole torso and low guard where the blade guards less of the upper chest. From my understanding the high guard stances indicate the greater level of skill, any expert in kendo is free to correct me
[10] I am of the school of thought of Pluto being a planet, I know it's dated but I just can't shake that we live in a nine planet solar system
[11] In Japan there is a proverb 'Itadaku mono wa natsu de mo kosode (A padded jacket is an acceptable gift, even in the summer).' Pretty straightforward in meaning, all gifts are to be accepted. It's often considered the Japanese equivalent to the English saying 'don't look a gift horse in the mouth', which means that you should never examine a gift, especially when the giver is present. I am not sure the origins of the Japanese proverb, but the English saying comes from when people bought and sold horses and a good way to examine the health of a horse is to examine its teeth and gums, which gives us the other English saying 'Straight from the horse's mouth.'
[12] -Kun is often used for younger men and boys, Hiro is 17 and still legally a boy
[13] I am assuming that after a while Big Hero 6 started to work with the police and that would use different names for when they are suited up. For GoGo I am using 'Tomago' and Wasabi 'No-Ginger', I will other names for the rest, which I will say in the next chapter… save Fred… I'm sticking with 'Fredzilla' because the only names I can come up with as alternatives all mean along the lines of 'little Kaiju'
