A Tail of Two Brothers Chapter 10
"speaking"- kitsune language
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"Okay sweetie now place that cup of chocolate chips in the dough and then we can cut out the shapes using the cutters," Cass said as she got out the cooking utensils.
"Okay Aunt Cass," Hiro replied.
Two weeks had passed since Hiro became a kitsune; so far he was enjoying the life he had been given by his older brother. He was able to experience freedom for the first time in his life. Right now it was morning and he was helping his aunt with baking sweets for her shop. He wasn't able to go into the shop itself since the people would question where he came from and how he was related to the Hamada family. He didn't mind though since Tadashi and Cass had told him that they would be able to introduce him as a member of the family when they moved to another location. He was excited for that as well.
"Okay Hiro now start cutting out the dough," Cass said as she handed him the cookie cutters.
Hiro nodded and began to cut out different shapes of cookie dough. By the time he was done there were stars, hearts, dinosaurs, butterflies, flowers and seashells. Cass ruffled Hiro's hair when he was done and laughed a little too. The four year old was covered with flour and little pieces of chocolate chips were smudged on his face. Cass took the trays of cookies and placed them in the oven. After several minutes they were done and taken out of the oven. Hiro stared at his masterpieces with pride.
"Good job Hiro," Cass commented. "Now there will be plenty of chocolate chip cookies for the shop today."
Hiro's ears and tails popped out due to his happiness at the moment and wagged cutely. Cass chuckled a little more and she took the time to clean his face and hands from flour and chocolate.
"And for being such a good little helper here's your reward," Cass said.
She went and placed four of the chocolate chip cookies into a small plastic bad and wrapped it with blue ribbon. A cup of milk was poured for him and she handed both items to the little boy who accepted it gratefully. She also gave him a kiss to the forehead, Hiro returned it with a kiss to her cheek.
"Now go wait in the living room, your brother should be home in fifteen minutes. Watch some cartoons if you want." Cass said. "And remember to tuck in your ears and tails."
"Okay Aunt Cass," Hiro stated as he went to the living room.
His ears and tails disappeared as Hiro sat on the couch and turned on the television, Mochi greeted him by laying on his lap as he ate the cookies. He giggled at the cartoons and they played on the screen. Despite enjoying himself he was a little nervous. Today was the day he would meet his older brother's friends. Tadashi had shown Hiro pictures of them and talked about them a little but not too much since Tadashi wanted his friends to tell him more about themselves. The older brother had left as soon they woke up to go meet with his friends and bring them back here to meet him. Hiro knew he didn't need to be scared anymore of people but old habits die hard. He was hoping that Tadashi's friends would like him; he took a sip of his milk as he thought that.
Just then the front door opened and Tadashi was greeted at the sight of his younger brother sitting on the couch enjoying his treats. A smile spread across Hiro's face and he placed the cookies and milk down in order to run to his brother.
"Dashi!" Hiro greeted.
"Hiro!" Tadashi replied.
Tadashi gathered Hiro in his arms and swung him around a little.
"Hey little brother, were you a good boy for Aunt Cass?" Tadashi playfully asked.
"Yeah I was a good boy," Hiro responded.
"Good," Tadashi said as he ruffled his hair then turned toward the door. "You guys can come in now."
Hiro turned his attention to the door and saw four figures walk in. There was a tall girl with long blonde hair with green eyes wearing magenta glasses, she was Honey Lemon. A short girl with black hair and several violet streaks with brown eyes, she was Go Go. A muscular boy sporting dreadlocks with a beard and brown eyes, he was Wasabi. And a shaggy boy with hair brown hair and blue eyes, he was Fred. Hiro immediately recognized them from the pictures, Tadashi's friends. Tadashi took Hiro into his arms, the four year old grasped onto his older brother's shirt as they walked to the group.
"Guys this Hiro, my little brother," Tadashi stated. "Hiro say hello."
Hiro didn't say anything at first, he was very shy.
"Come on Hiro, don't be scared," Tadashi soothed. "Say hello."
With a little hesitation at first Hiro turned around to greet the guests.
"Um… hello everyone," Hiro quietly said.
"Oh he even talks cute!" Honey squealed.
"Honey don't be so loud, you'll scare him," Wasabi whispered.
"Aw but he is cute," Fred added. "Hi little man."
Fred waved to the little boy; Hiro couldn't help but wave back at him. Honey held back an urge to squeal again at the sight of Hiro waving. Cass entered the room carrying a basket of cookies. She caught sight of the group of kitsunes and smiled.
"Hello everyone, it's nice to see you all especially since we've got a new addition to the family," Cass said.
"Hello Ms. Hamada," the group greeted in unison.
"Make yourselves at home; I'm going to start opening the shop now. Remember to behave yourselves and there's some snacks for you all in the fridge if you're hungry."
"We will Aunt Cass and thank you," Tadashi replied.
"Bye Aunt Cass," Hiro added.
Cass just smiled at her nephews before she entered the café with the cookies Hiro had helped her make. Tadashi turned to his little brother.
"Hiro they want to see you in your kitsune form," Tadashi said. "Is it alright if we go outside today?"
"Yes!" Hiro cheered.
Hiro never missed out on the opportunity to go outside these days; ever since he had his first taste of freedom he wanted more of it. He wanted to enjoy these days here before moving to another house with his family. Not only that but he had gotten the hang of transforming into his kitsune form.
With that said the gang went outside, once they were there Tadashi placed Hiro on the grass. Hiro quickly changed into his kitsune form and stretched out his four legged body. The others gasped in amazement, Tadashi just stood there with a look of pride on his face.
"Wow, you're really smart Hiro!" Honey exclaimed. "You can transform easier than I did when I was your age."
"The little man is surely something else," Wasabi said.
"I'm impressed," Go Go added with a smile smirk.
"Dude that is so wicked!" Fred stated. "I wanna join in."
Fred wasted no time in transforming; he started to run around in circles before rubbing his back on the ground. Hiro saw how much fun Fred looked like he was having and decided to mimic him. The others chuckled at the two's actions. Fred jumped back onto his feet and wailed his two tails.
"Come on little dude let's have some fun," Fred stated.
"Okay!" Hiro answered.
Fred and Hiro started to chase each other around the open field; the others could hear the sound of their laughter. They decided to join in the fun; they changed into their other forms. Tadashi playfully tackled his little brother and blew raspberries onto his stomach. Hiro let out a series of giggles before jumping onto Tadashi's back. Tadashi pretended to be wounded as Hiro playfully bit onto his ear. Then Go Go picked Hiro up and threw him up in the air, Wasabi and Honey were there to catch them with their tails before throwing him back up. After that the kitsune group started to chase one another into the forest, they avoided the human population. When they got far enough they decided to play in the small lake that was in the middle of the forest.
"Last one in is a rotten Go Go!" Fred exclaimed as he jumped in.
"Fred, you creep, I'm gonna get you!" Go Go yelled as she followed him.
"Oh grow up Fred," Wasabi stated.
"Go Go don't do anything rash!" Honey said.
Tadashi placed Hiro on his back and he ran toward the water, before he reached it he jumped into the air with Hiro.
"Cannonball!" the brothers said in unison.
They landed in the water with a big splash, the water hit the others. Tadashi swam to the top as Hiro clung to him. They appeared from under the water with dripping fur and big smiles.
"Nice splash Hamadas," Go Go said as she splashed them. "But that's not how you do a cannonball… let me show you how a pro does it."
Go Go climbed out of the lake and ran toward another direction, once she was far enough she came running back and jumped. Another large splash covered the gang, Go Go had smug smile on her face as she returned to the surface.
"That's how you do it," she said.
"No way I can beat that!" Fred replied.
The next hour was spent with them trying to beat each other at cannonballs; they were going to have a hard time getting their fur dried. Hiro was having so much at the moment; he was enjoying spending time with his brother's friends. They were everything he said they would be and more. He shuddered when he thought about the things he would have missed out in life had he continued to stay with his parents. There was no way he would go back… not now… not ever! He was a Hamada now and a kitsune.
"Okay you guys I say we run around for a while in the sun so we can dry off," Tadashi said as he picked Hiro out of the water. "Then we can back go back to have Aunt Cass's snacks."
"Sounds like a plan to me," Wasabi agreed.
"Count me in!" Fred added.
They ran back to the open field next to the Hamada house, the sun was fully out now. They ran along the grass and enjoyed the warm sunlight as it hit their fur. Hiro used his brother's stomach like a pillow once it was dried enough and relaxed.
Once they were completely dry they entered the house where they enjoyed the snacks that Cass had made for them. Tadashi enjoyed the look of joy on Hiro's face after they went inside. He knew Hiro was opening up to new people and he couldn't have been any prouder at that fact. After all kitsunes had to stick together… Tadashi knew Hiro had friends now even if he didn't say it out loud yet and he would have more in the future when they moved to another house. He would soon get the education and friends he deserved. Very soon.
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