A/N: Thank you to everyone who followed and favorited this story. I'm so glad you like it! I forgot to mention in the last chapter but this story wont have any Baymax in it. I tried to find a place for him but I just couldn't. It's going to focus on Tadashi and Hiro mostly (just brotherly love no shipping).
This chapter was super hard for me to write. So much angst. ;_;
Disclaimer: I don't own Big Hero 6 or Puella Magi Madoka Magica.
Chapter two
"So, are you ready?" Wasabi smiled at the two teenagers sitting in front of him. They were at a café (Hiro did not want to go to his aunt's, she'd ask too many questions) discussing their plans for the evening. Wasabi was going to take them out on their first experience with a "witch". Well first experience where they weren't scared out of their minds.
Hiro nodded his head, probably a little too excitedly. He couldn't lie, something about everything that happened and the prospect of doing what Wasabi did was exciting. It felt…right somehow.
"I brought a baseball bat." Honey said sheepishly "You know, just in case."
Wasabi smiled "That's actually a good idea in case we get separated. What did you bring Hiro?"
Hiro blushed, remembering the dorky drawings he had done in class. He practically filled his notebook with them.
"Um…this." Hiro set his notebook on the table flipped to the page with all his designs of what looked like a superhero costume. Honey and Wasabi stared at it for a moment, confusion clear on their face. Both of them looked up to Hiro for an explanation.
"They're uh….designs. For a costume…"
A moment passed while Wasabi and Honey processed this information and then Wasabi burst out laughing while Honey squealed about how "adorable" that was.
This only made Hiro blush harder "What?"
"It's just….I love it…you're enthusiasm…I mean." Wasabi said in between laughs.
"It really is cute Hiro. I love your designs."
"…thanks…"
"Come on. We better get going. Witches love to come out at night and it's almost getting dark."
Wasabi had explained a little more about what the contract was and how it worked. The wish that Kyubei granted could be anything they wanted but Wasabi emphasized caution. They had to make sure it was something they absolutely wanted. Once the contract was made every "soldier" was given an egg known as a soul gem. This was where there power came from and also how they found witches. With it Wasabi could use magic and change his clothes to something better suited for battle.
As they walked along the street Hiro mulled over what his wish could be. There was really only one thing he wanted: Tadashi back. But he felt getting Tadashi to come home was something he had to do on his own. Their relationship had to be prepared through time and understanding, not with a wish.
As if sensing Hiro's thoughts Wasabi asked the two of them if they had given any thought to their wishes.
"I have but…I can't think of anything." Honey Lemon sighed.
"Heh, take your time. It can be pretty difficult. What about you Hiro?"
"I can't think of anything either." Hiro frowned and then a thought crossed his mind "What about you Wasabi? What did you wish for?"
Wasabi suddenly stopped walking and his features darkened. "I…wasn't really given a choice on what I could wish for. There was an accident when Kyubei came to me so my options were pretty limited. That's why I want you two to take as much time as you need. You can have the choice I never had."
"I see…I'm sorry." Honey Lemon said "But…it seems hardly fair doesn't it?"
"What do you mean?" Hiro asked.
"Well it's just that…there are people who could use it more. A wish I mean and yet we're the ones who get this…" Honey Lemon trailed off and Hiro instantly knew who she was thinking about. He felt like such an ass for not getting it sooner.
"You're right. There are humans who could probably use it more. But I chose the two of you." Kyubei said from his perch on Wasabi's shoulder (Wasabi had explained to them that Kyubei could only be seen by the ones it had chosen).
Hiro was about to ask why Kyubei had chosen them when Wasabi suddenly stopped.
"Wait the egg is glowing brighter…there!"
Wasabi pointed up towards a building further down the street and Honey Lemon gasped. There, on the roof was a figure and it was obvious what that figure was planning.
"Witches always go after people in a vulnerable state of mind." Wasabi had explained to them earlier and now Hiro understood what he meant and just how terrifying these witches could be. It was going to make this person commit suicide.
Wasabi ran towards the building and Hiro and Honey struggled to keep up. He was fast in his fully transformed state.
As they got closer to the building Hiro could make out that it was a woman. All of a sudden the woman leaned forward and fell off the building. Hiro felt the blood pounding in his ears and next to him Honey Lemon screamed….'Wasabi's not going to make it in time…' he thought.
But Wasabi jumped high into the air, pulling the red sash tied around his waist and used it to grapple on to the woman. Hiro surmised that this was part of Wasabi's magic because the sash twisted and contorted in strange ways to form around the woman. Wasabi was able to catch her and gently set her down on the floor.
Hiro and Honey Lemon caught up to him at that moment, both of them panting heavily. Wasabi was turning her head to the side and Hiro leaned over to get a better look. On her neck was what looked like a tattoo of a flower. It was glowing with an eerie color.
"A witch's kiss." Wasabi explained "It's how the witch got in her head. She's going to be fine but the witch is still around here somewhere."
Suddenly, the "witches kiss" started to glow brighter until it dissolved. The world changed again as soon as that happened and Hiro and Honey Lemon once again found themselves in a world that defied explanation. In any other situation it would've been described as beautiful but here it was terrifying. There were flowers all around them but one in particular stood out. It was a gigantic black flower with roses growing all around it.
"That's the witch." Wasabi said. Once again he took out his sash and whipped it around Hiro and Honey Lemon, forming a protective barrier around them. "Stay here okay?"
"Ah but-" Honey Lemon tried to call after him but he was already rushing towards the witch and all her and Hiro could do was watch.
Wasabi was truly in his own element fighting the witch and it was beautiful to watch, almost like a dance the way he maneuvered around the witch with ease. This one must have been much more powerful than the last one because it seemed to take more hits. But for all its effort it was still no match for Wasabi and Hiro found himself once again in awe. He wanted to do this…he had to.
The witch was finished in a brilliant display of sword technique and Wasabi was making his way over to Honey Lemon and Hiro with a smile on his face. Wasabi took his sash and transformed back as the world became once again normal. Then Wasabi kneeled down towards the girl that was trying to kill herself. She was just waking up.
"W-where…?"
"It's okay, you're alright now."
The girls eyes shot towards Wasabi and then it seemed like the memory of what she was about to do started to come back to her. "Oh…oh…God…I was going to-"
Wasabi wrapped her up in a hug as she started sobbing uncontrollably.
'Wasabi's so kind…' Hiro thought and he wanted to be like him, to help people like him.
Unbeknownst by Hiro, Kyubei was watching him intently. As if it knew what he was thinking.
The next day at school Hiro couldn't seem to concentrate, but this time it wasn't on purpose. His thoughts kept shifting to everything he had seen. Did he really want to do this? It was scary but…Hiro couldn't deny that there was also something exciting about it. But could he do that to aunt Cass? He had her to think about and then there was Tadashi….
Hiro shook his head. Tadashi made it abundantly clear that he wanted nothing more to do with him, as much as that hurt Hiro to think about.
Honey Lemon and Hiro parted ways at the entrance to school. Both of them had a lot to think about and Honey understood that Hiro wanted to be alone.
The closer Hiro got to the Lucky Cat Café though, the more Hiro couldn't shake the feeling of dread building inside of him. He started to walk faster hoping that something hadn't happened to his aunt. That it was just his imagination and he was being paranoid because of last night.
But when he opened the door and his aunt turned around with tears in her eyes he knew that was only wishful thinking.
"Hiro….it's Tadashi he-"
"What's wrong with Tadashi?!" Hiro started to panic. Was Tadashi hurt? Or worse…? Hiro didn't want to think about that.
"Nothing's wrong but…he's here and Hiro…he's not the same. He's different somehow. He barely seemed to recognize me. What happened?"
"I don't know….wait, he's here? Where?"
Cass bit her lip "In your room. I told him to wait for you there. He came here to see you. Said it was urgent. Hiro whats wrong?"
Hiro ignored her as he ran past her to his room. 'Tadashi was here. Tadashi was here and he came to see him…'
Hiro took the steps two at a time and opened the door into what used to be his and Tadashi's room. Tadashi was standing with his back to him holding up a framed picture that Hiro kept on his desk. It was of the two of them back when there was still happiness between them; they had just gone to a science expo. It was one of Hiro's favorite memories.
"Tadashi…?" Hiro entered cautiously. He knew Tadashi wouldn't hurt him but he was scared of him leaving again.
Tadashi quickly put the picture down and turned to address Hiro. "Hello Hiro."
Hiro swallowed, Tadashi's eyes looked so dead. "You uh…you wanted to see me?"
"Yes…I had to discuss something with you. It's about that creature-"
"You mean the one you tried to murder?"
Tadashi either didn't notice the acid behind Hiro's words and the cold glare he sent him or he didn't care. "Yes, well…I had my reasons. Listen Hiro did it ask you to do anything?"
"So what if it did?" One of these days Hiro was going to regret being so proud and letting his frustration at Tadashi having abandoned him get the best of him. Today was not that day. Hiro was never very good at keeping his emotions in check.
Tadashi sighed. "Please Hiro, this is important. You can't listen to anything it says. Promise me you won't-"
"How dare you…" Hiro interrupted his anger now fully visible. His whole body was shaking and Tadashi took a step back.
"You come in here. After MONTHS of me and aunt Cass not hearing from you and then you pretend like you care?! Do you know how many times I called, texted you? And I never got a response back….you can't do that. You don't get the luxury of asking me to promise you anything. Not anymore."
Angry tears were now threating to spill forth but Hiro didn't care. He didn't even know what he wanted anymore. He wanted Tadashi back, he wanted him to hug him and tell him it was all going to be okay. But he also wanted to punch him over and over again. He knew he was being irrational but as far as Hiro knew Tadashi had abandoned him.
Tadashi's hands were formed into fists and he was squeezing his nails into the palms of his hand so hard that blood started to come out. Sadness was all Hiro saw on his face and it was enough for Hiro to regret everything he said.
"Tadashi I-"
"No you're right. I no longer get that luxury. But Hiro I promise you, everything I'm doing is for you. Just please…think about what I said?"
Hiro didn't answer and Tadashi walked past him with his head bowed. He didn't say goodbye.
