Chapter 3:

It had been a few weeks since the presentation. Life had went back to semi-normal.

Tadashi was still fine tuning Baymax, he still wanted to work on him and make sure he was perfect.

Hiro was still bot fighting, much to both his brothers' chagrin and nowadays was dragging Hideki to it. Or if he wasn't, Tadashi was waking up and finding one of his brother's missing as he went bot fighting late at night.

Right now Hiro was getting ready to go out, while Tadashi was running a late night errand for Aunt Cass.

"Tadashi's gonna be so mad…" Hideki murmured watching his twin get ready. Hiro shook his head and chucked a box at his sibling's head.

"WAH!" He ducked and blinked when he grabbed it feeling something heavy. "Hiro… What is this?"

"We turned fourteen last week, Happy Late Birthday." Hiro replied as he grabbed Megabot and his controller.

Hideki smiled feeling touched. Hiro usually didn't do things like this, or if he got Hideki a gift it was usually a book, or goggles since Hideki had taken up swimming during school. He opened up the box finding a robot that looked like a cobra inside and a controller in blood red. "Hiro…?"

"C'mon. It's time for some twin bonding." Hiro smirked.

Hideki felt guilty, he knew Tadashi would be telling them NO if he was here to deny it. He sighed and got up getting his coat on. "Gimme a sec, I don't wanna give those guys a handle to grab." He muttered as he put his hair into a twist at the base of his neck to get it out of the way. "Alright let's roll."

The two boys quietly snuck out avoiding Aunt Cass as they took to the streets.

The summer air was chilly, the heat of the day from earlier fading as the two hurried along. Hideki following his twin hoping the elder of the two would keep them safe.

"Kind of feel a little like an AWOL." Hideki said quietly to Hiro.

Hiro grinned. "The Akron AWOL?"

They shared a fist bump before they headed down an alleyway hearing yelling and the sounds of metal on metal.

"Here we go… Get Viperdroid out. And here." Hiro held up a wad of bills. "You'll need this, you gotta pay to play."

"I know, you dragged me to these before." He hissed but took the money getting his robot out. Part of him didn't want to since he didn't even KNOW what his robot could do. Part of him wanted to, if only to impress Hiro.

"Watch Nii-san and learn." Hiro replied as the boys quietly watched a large man named Yama and a pink haired girl have their robots enter the ring.

The announcer grinned keeping her parasol spinning between them.

"Two bots enter, one bot leaves."

The boys watched the fight as Hideki frowned in confusion.

"Hey Hiro-nii?"

"Hai?" Hiro whispered.

"How'd that lady lose her eye?" He asked curious if Hiro knew. It seemed every bot fighter had a backstory, real or made up.

Hiro leaned in so he could whisper right in Hideki's ear as they watched the fight go on. "I heard she ran out of money, so she bet against this whacko that if he won, he could take her eyeball. Rumor has it, he took it."

Hideki felt his blood run cold as he swallowed hard. "H-He took it?"

Hiro nodded gravely.

"... That is so made up." He hissed at his sibling shoving him a little.

Hiro shrugged. "Fine but don't judge me…. And you're going next."

"... Wait what?" Hideki had a horrified look. "But I'll lose!"

"And I'll win your money back, easy peasy."

"You mean your-"

"It'll be yours if you do this."

Hideki sighed watching as the robot was totaled. "I really don't wanna go first…"

Hiro sighed, he wasn't going to shove Hideki and force him to fight. "Okay little bro… You win.."

"Sorry Hiro-nii…"

Hiro stepped up Hideki behind him.

"Victor by Total Annihilation! YAMA!"

Yama sneered lifting up his robot brandishing it in the air as if it was a weapon. "Who's next? Who else has the guts to step into the ring with Little Yama!?"

"Can I try?"

They all looked to where the twins were. Hiro smiled innocently holding up Megabot.

"I have a robot, I built it myself."

Everyone started laughing.

"Go home kid, house rules, you gotta pay to play." The announcer growled at him.

Hiro held up a handful of money. "Is this enough?"

She looked to Yama.

"What's your name little boy?" Yama asked him with a smirk.

Hiro smiled brightly. "Hiro, Hiro Hamada!"

Hideki facepalmed. DON'T USE OUR LAST NAME.

Yama just laughed at him. "Prepare your bot ZERO."

Hideki growled softly trying not to make much noise as Hiro slipped into his routine.

Play the dumb innocent kid, lose, earn everything back by nuking the competition.

They went through the motions as the announcer spoke:

"Two bots enter, one bot leaves. Fighters ready and… FIGHT!"

The two bots were activated, Megabot waddling towards Little Yama as, the tiny bot was swiftly thrown in the air after being slammed around for a bit. Before long all three sections of it's body were sliced up.

Hiro gasped. "That was my first fight! Can I have another try?" He asked but really, his blood was singing with adrenaline. It was almost time.

"No one likes a sore loser little boy." Yama sneered as he started to grab the money. "Go home."

Hideki slipped Hiro his money. "Make him pay." He whispered.

Hiro pretended it never happened as he held up the wad of bills. "I got more money."

Just like before the announcer twirled the parasol between them.

"Fighters ready!" She screamed before thrusting it away. "FIGHT!"

Hiro turned on the controller, as Megabot's pieces shifted back together.

Hideki sat, behind his brother watching a blood thirsty grin crossing the normally quiet boy's face.

"Megabot… Destroy." Hiro commanded converting the controller to it's "true" settings.

Megabot's yellow smile turned to a red sneer of rage as it lunged forward.

Yama look stunned as he tried to combat it.

Hiro's smirk turned into a bored look as he went through the motions. Megabot ducking, dodging, cartwheeling and attacking. Jumping up and landing on Little Yama's chassis, it's arms whirling around as it "slapped" the larger robot.

Did it just…. Yep… Hiro just had his robot b-slap that robot… Hideki thought shaking his head but he could tell Hiro despite his bored look was having fun.

Megabot was knocked off but his parts broke apart climbing up onto Little Yama's body, it's head squeezing and tearing off it's arm having it gouge into itself.

Then the other parts kept squeezing and constricting, slowly tearing pieces off of it until…

POP!

Little Yama's head went flying as Megabot jumped up landing in a crouch before it stood up. It's face shifted to a smiley face as it bowed.

Yama stared horrified.

"No more Little Yama." Hiro smirked as he started pocketing the money.

Hideki cheered jumping up as Hiro started to stand the victor's twin hugging him. "You did it Onii-san! You did it!"

"Hehe." He chuckled. "Quit, you're embarrassin' me."

"This is not possible!" Yama yelled looking at the remains of his robot.

"Yeah I'm as surprised as you." Hiro remarked taking the last of the money. "Beginner's luck really… Do you wanna go again-"

Yama stood up glowering at the twins.

Hideki gulped. "Yama?" He squeaked.

THUD!

"WAH!"

"OW!"

The twins were slammed into a wall, Hiro by Yama himself, Hideki by another.

"No one hustles Yama!" He roared in Hiro's face taking Megabot.

"H-Hey!" Hiro protested reaching for his bot as he and Hideki were dropped.

Hideki got to his feet. "Can't we talk about this?" He asked as other fighters started to approach. "... You made enemies."

"Frequently yes." Hiro remarked as they backed up. "Easy now fellas…"

"I'm too pretty to die." Hideki whimpered keeping close to his twin. "Hiro-nii…"

"It's gonna be-" Hiro was cut off as an engine roared.

A young man sped in on his moped kicking a few of the fighters away. He looked to the boys. "Guys get on!"

"TADASHI!" They both yelled joyfully jumping on, Hideki in front, Hiro in back as they got their helmets on as Tadashi sped off with them. "Oh good timing!" Hiro grinned.

Yama growled but held up Megabot as he gave an evil chuckle.

Hiro looked back and snarled using his phone to activate a remote sensor.

Megabot's face turned sinister as it lunged at Yama's face knocking him to the floor as he scuttled after the two. Hiro picked him up pocketing him.

The siblings cringed hearing yelling as the fighters gave chase.

"Are you okay!?" Tadashi yelled over everything.

"Yes!"

"Are you hurt!?"

"NO!"

"THEN WHAT WERE YOU THINKING!?" Tadashi reached back whacking Hiro a few times and tugging on Hideki's hair a little.

"OW!"

"HEY!"

"You KNUCKLEHEADS!" He made a sharp turn going back down the alleyway.

"TADASHI!" Hideki screamed pointing ahead at the bot fighters.

"I know! I know!" He groaned as he sped on. "Hiro, you graduated high school when you were thirteen, THIRTEEN! And Hideki you know you could get expelled? And this is what you two DO for fun!?"

"RAHHH!"

"Oh no…" Tadashi murmured. "HOLD ON!" He sped aiming for a piece of wood propped up by a dumpster.

Hideki screamed in terror as Hiro cheered.

"WHOOHOO! YES!" He cheered watching his reflection as they flew past a window.

"NONONONO I WANNA GET OFF!" Hideki cried out holding onto the framework of the moped for dear life.

"No we're not getting off!" Tadashi growled as he kept speeding on. "Guys, bot fighting is illegal! You're gonna get yourselves arrested!"

"I didn't mean to-" Hideki started but Hiro cut him off.

"Bot fighting is NOT illegal, betting on it…" Hiro paused shrugging. "Yeah that's illegal but so lucrative. I'm on a roll big bro and so will Otouto and THERE IS NO STOPPING US!" He threw his hands in the air.

Tadashi slowed to a stop as flashing lights came into view. The brothers all gulped.

"Oh no." They said in unison.

The boys were hauled off the moped as they were handcuffed, Hiro and Hideki's robots confiscated and driven to the station.

Along with every other bot fighter.

Due to their age, the twins got put in the same cell. Tadashi was thrown in with the rest.

Tadashi growled grabbing the bars vowing that when he got out, those two were going to get it. Especially Hiro.

With the twins… Hiro gave a sheepish look waving to Tadashi as Hideki had his head lowered.

He hiccuped, a small sob escaping him.

"H-Hideki-"

"I'M NOT A FELON!" Hideki screamed sobbing a little burying his face into Hiro's side. "Don't let Dashi hate me!"

Hiro hugged his twin rubbing his back. "Shh, shh Tadashi does not hate you, Otouto…"

"Hiro-nii…" He whimpered. "I'm sorry… I should've fought…"

"Hey… We're still together right?"

Hideki nodded slowly.

Hiro smiled. "Then it's all good."

Hideki sighed shakily sniffling as he sat up fully taking his hair out of the twist letting it fall down his back as he tied it back again. "Aunt Cass is gonna kill us…" He murmured.

"... Yeah probably. But hey… Did you have fun?"

The longer haired twin nodded slowly.

Hiro ruffled his hair. "Then it was worth it. Right?"

"I-I guess… I did like hanging out with you… And I really like that robot you made me… I don't wanna fight with it, it'll get trashed… I just wanna keep it for fun… Can we just bot fight at home? No betting?" Hideki pleaded quietly.

"When it's just us, yeah…" Hiro looped an arm around the younger twin keeping him close. "It'll be okay… Aunt Cass'll pay for our bail and we'll get out. Your record only has this on it you'll be fine!"

"I have a record…" It hit Hideki as he buried his face in Hiro's shoulder. "I'M A FELON! And I'm not gonna get into a good college, or I might be expelled and banned from the pool and-and-" He broke off into a wail.

Hiro cringed feeling guilty as he kept trying to comfort Hideki. "H-Hey don't be a crybaby."

"I'M NOT A CRY BABY! I'M SEEING MY FUTURE GO DOWN THE CRAPPER FASTER THAN OUR GOLDFISH DID!"

"Will someone shut that kid up!?" Yama yelled from the other holding cell.

"Don't tell my brothers what to do!" Tadashi shot back. "It's okay little bro, I'm not angry-" I'M PISSED OFF. "It's okay." No more gummy bears or chocolate for a month! "I love you." I love you.

Hideki just whimpered and hid his face against Hiro's hoodie.

"Shhh…. Shh…" Hiro murmured. "It's okay… We'll be okay…"

"I'm a felon…"

"No you're not. That's Hiro-nii's job remember?"

Hideki chuckled a little starting to calm down. "Yeah, you big nerd."

Hiro got a mock offended look. "Moi? A nerd? Pfft no!"

They both laughed a little, Hideki coughing a bit as he tried to catch his breath. Hiro rubbed his back feeling guilty. He just wanted to include Hideki in something he did and now he went and got himself and his brothers arrested.

But this is just a set back… We'll get home, Hideki'll go to bed hugging Mochi, Tadashi'll yell at us a little and so will Aunt Cass… Then I'll just head right back out. Yep… All good…

"Hamadas! You met bail!"

"THERE IS A KAMI-SAMA!" Hideki yelled jumping up.

Hiro chuckled. "Alright let's go."

oooooooooo

Aunt Cass paced nervously outside of the police station. Bot fighting, illegal, betting on it, even more so. Tadashi was arrested as well, he was the eldest. What was he doing? Was he encouraging this?

And when did HIDEKI bot fight?

She heard the door open as she turned seeing the three filing out. "Oh thank goodness." She murmured rushing over. "Are you okay?" She hugged all three of them briefly. "Are you hurt?"

"I'm okay." Tadashi replied. Hideki was shaking like a leaf still but nodded quickly.

"We're fine Aunt Cass." Hiro replied casually.

"Good... " She grabbed the twins ears. "THEN WHAT WERE YOU KNUCKLEHEADS THINKING!?" Aunt Cass shrieked pulling the boys to the car.

"OW OW OW!" They yelled as Tadashi winced in sympathy.

"For ten years!" She started as they drove home, the twins holding their ears. "I've raised you, taken care of you as my own! Do I know anything about children!? No! Did I know ANYTHING about twins!? NO!"

The ranting continued as they made their way up to the cafe as she unlocked it. "Should I have picked up a book on parenting? PROBABLY!" She sighed in frustration losing her train of thought. "I had a point, where was I going with this?"

'We're sorry." Tadashi said sincerely.

"We love you Aunt Cass." The twins said in unison.

"Well I love you too!" She yelled as they walked into the cafe. "I had to close up early because of you felons-"

Hideki squeaked as Hiro hugged him. She grabbed a doughnut taking a large bite.

"On Beat Poetry Night!" She looked at the doughnut and shook it at the boys. "Stress eating! BECAUSE OF YOU!"

Aunt Cass started to walk off. "C'mon Mochi!"

The calico mew'd jumping down following her.

The brothers sighed heading upstairs. Hiro in the lead as Hideki brought up the rear whimpering a bit.

"I knew she was gonna be mad…"

"Ah she'll get over it." Hiro replied shrugging as he ran over to his computer pulling up a bot fighting site.

Hideki ducked around Tadashi and flopped on the eldest's bed face down.

Tadashi sighed hanging up his helmet. "You guys better apologize to Aunt Cass before she eats everything in the cafe."

"For sure." Hiro murmured as he locked on a location.

Hideki held up a finger not lifting his head up. "Technically, I never fought. My robot was only in my hands cause Hiro made me take it out."

"And…" Tadashi gave Hideki an unseen pointed look before he continued. "I hope you learned your lesson you boneheads."

Hiro whirled around giving an innocent look. "Totally." He jumped up grabbing Megabot.

Tadashi stared at Hiro as Hideki sat up giving his twin a puzzled look.

"You're going bot fighting aren't you!?" He asked in frustration.

"There's a fight across town!" Hiro laughed. "If I jet I can make it." He started to walk off only to have his hoodie grabbed. "Hrk!"

Tadashi whirled him around tapping his head. "When are you gonna do something with that big brain of yours?" He asked frowning.

Hiro shoved his hand away. "And what? Go to college like you? To have people tell me stuff I already know? Or go back to highschool so I could do all of Deki's work for him?"

Hideki felt a little hurt as he lowered his head.

Tadashi sighed running a hand down his face. "What would mom and dad say?"

"I don't know…" Hiro scowled as he turned away. "They died when me and Deki were three remember?"

Hideki got up running over to his twin getting in front of him giving Tadashi a pleading look.

Tadashi sighed but smirked as he got an idea. "Alright… You win…"

"Huh?" The twins blinked.

Tadashi grabbed their helmets shoving them into their arms. "Grab your bots, let's go. I can't stop you but you're not going alone." He said grabbing his and his keys.

"Sweet!" Hiro cheered scampering after his older brother.

Hideki slowly followed Tadashi and Hiro feeling exhausted but unwilling to be left behind glad he had his bot in his hoodie. "Wait for me…"

I don't wanna bot fight!