'Sup, peeps! Kezzz is back!
Sorry it took so long for this chapter... I'm super busy with school... you know how fashion majors are...
Exam's over... but I'm gonna face my grades in my report card... *faints* *after 5 seconds* I'm okay! I'm sure everything will be just fine with GOD around... :)
Okay, so... you guys know that Hiro D is caught red-handed...
Do you guys ever wonder... Did Hiro D cast some kind of spell on Aunt Cass to make her care about Hiro D more than Hiro?
There's a possible 'yes' for that question.
This chapter will have what you all have been waiting for... Will they find Hiro?
There's only one way to find out!
Again, I apologize if there are any grammar mistakes or typos... sorry about that, I'll fix them later...
Chapter 10!
The whole gang spread out, Just as Tadashi ordered.
Tadashi and GoGo went to look for Hiro in the dumpsters in every alleyway near the cafe.
They both has searched like, 5 or 6 dumpsters and still no sign of Hiro.
In fact, no sign of garbage at all. All the dumpsters are empty.
"Hamada, we've looked everywhere."
"I know, GoGo."
"they're all empty. The garbage truck probably empty them out already."
"no, i'm not giving up. He's got to be around here somewhere. We just have to keep looking. Come on."
Two of them continue on with their search.
After a few moments...
...Tadashi...
"huh?"
"I didn't say anything." said the speedy purple-streaked Asian girl.
...Tadashi...
A voice in the wind said. Tadashi looks around.
There's no one but him and GoGo. The voice sounded familiar.
...Tadashi...
It's that voice again. It sounded a little more clear. Tadashi's eye's widened.
"Hiro?"
...Tadashi...
The older Hamada steps forward, closer to where he thinks the voice is coming from.
The voice sounds like it's coming from the alleyway behind the Hamada home.
"HIRO!" Tadashi yelled as he starts running to where the voice came from. GoGo follows him.
The two made it in the alleyway behind the Hamada home.
They see only one dumpster.
Tadashi's hoping and praying that he'll find who he's looking for.
He and GoGo walks towards the dumpster slowly.
Tadashi looks at GoGo for a moment, she just nodded.
He grabs the lid of the dumpster and slowly lifts it up, opening it.
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He finally found what he's looking for.
"Hiro..."
Fred and Nicole are talking. He asked her about Get A Twin, so she explained.
While they're distracted...
Hiro D secretly pulls out a small dagger out of his back pocket, trying to cut rope and break free.
Outside the cafe...
Honey Lemon and Wasabi are still keeping an eye out for Cass.
"so," Wasabi started. "what should we do when Cass get home and see all of this happening?"
Honey starts thinking. "um..."
Suddenly, they see bright headlights of a coming car from a stoplight, heading to them.
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"Hiro!"
Tadashi grabs doll Hiro from the dumpster.
He can't believe his eyes.
His own brother is nothing but a plastic doll.
Nothing but plastic and hollow.
He examines his brother. There's a small cut on his cheek, and scratches on his right calf. He's all messy and dirty.
He's furious, outraged, upset, sad. How dare Hiro D...
Tadashi carries doll Hiro in his arms. "come on, GoGo. Let's get to the others" Tadashi gestured.
GoGo follows him out of the alley.
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"guys!" a voice yelled from behind Honey and Wasabi.
It's GoGo with Tadashi behind her. "we've found Hiro."
The latin girl and the African-American neatnik eyes widened.
"you did?" Honey asked.
"that's great." said Wasabi, smiling.
"but he's in a bad shape." said GoGo as Tadashi steps forward.
Honey and Wasabi gasped, seeing that the small child is in terrible form.
Honey covers her mouth. "oh, no..."
After a few seconds, a car stops in front of the cafe, next to them.
They next thing they knew, Cass steps out of the car with her baggage.
"thanks for the ride, Maddie." She thanked her friend, who is driving the car.
The car left, leaving Cass with the college students.
"hey, guys. I'm back." Cass greeted. She sees that none of them are happy. She sees the figure lying down in Tadashi's arms. "Tadashi, what happened to Hiro D?" she steps closer to take a good look at the 'doll'.
Tadashi looks down at his doll brother with sad eyes.
"Aunt Cass... This is not Hiro D."
"what?"
"this is Hiro... Your nephew... My younger brother."
"you're talking nonsense, Tadashi."
"Aunt Cass," Tadashi snapped. "Don't you see?!... This is our Hiro."
"no! There's no way, that's impossible." said Cass, shaking her head.
Tadashi's eyes start to get teary, he looks down at his little brother while stroking his hair and face."his scent, his hair, his eyes. How's that not possible?" he said. "I should've seen this coming, I'm his big brother."
"no... Tadashi, it can't be..." Cass said, starting to not believe this.
"this is our little Hiro."
"i've had enough of this nonsense, Tadashi. I'm going inside. But fine, feel free to do whatever you want with this... 'doll crazy talk'." Cass said as she enters the Hamada home with her bags.
"Cass..." Wasabi tried to stop her, but failed when...
"leave her be, Wasabi," Tadashi ordered. "just leave her be."
Tadashi looks back down at his little brother. He can't believe what he's seeing. His own brother, nothing but a numb, plastic, dead-eyed doll.
"Hiro?" he started.
"I don't know if you can hear me, but if you are... I just wanna say i'm sorry." the older Hamada started, about to cry. "I truly am sorry... th-this is all my fault." He starts breaking into tears.
"You were right all along... a-and i didn't listen. I should've believed you." A single teardrop lands on Hiro's cheek.
"I should've helped you when Aunt Cass couldn't, 'cuz i'm your older brother." He sniffs. "and still..." he runs a hand through Hiro's hair. "I want you to come back to me, little bro." he inhales.
"I'm not giving up on you."
Tadashi leans his head down, letting their foreheads touch.
"i love you, otouto."
He hugs doll Hiro, crying.
Tadashi's friends can't do anything but stare at the sadness and sorrow before them.
GoGo looks away sadly, Fred looks down, while Honey regrets in her mind when she said 'i want one' when she heard about Get A Twin dolls.
A mist of wind blows through the air as silence filled with grief runs through the air, until a gentle hand was placed on the back of Tadashi's neck.
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"I love you too, nii-san."
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Tadashi gasps, eyes widened.
He leans back, looks at Hiro's face, shocked. He doesn't see any plastic or emotionless eyes at all.
What he sees is a breathing young boy with fair warm human flesh, black raven hair, and sparkling coffee-brown eyes that reflect his own.
"Hiro!"
Tadashi hugs Hiro while running his hand through his messy raven hair, crying tears of joy.
Hiro hugs back, but he's still weak.
Tadashi breaks the hug, looks at Hiro's limp body in his arms. He's weak and looks like he's about to faint.
"h-hey... Hiro, it's okay, i'm here." He sweeps Hiro's bangs to aside, revealing weak, droopy, fluttering eyes.
"'Dashi..." Hiro mumbled, followed by soft coughs.
Tadashi caresses Hiro's face. "sshhh, it's okay, Hiro. i'm right here." He soothed.
Hiro's eyes droop shut, losing consciousness. Tadashi places two fingers on Hiro's neck, checking his pulse.
He sighs in relief, then examines his little brother. He's quite dirty, messy hair, there's a small cut from his doll form turned into a wound on his left cheek, and his clothes, a t-shirt and knee-shorts, still the ones he wore before he was 'dollified', but now dirty.
Tadashi notices something sticky on Hiro's right leg. Blood?
There's a gash on Hiro's right calf.
He hugs his little brother again, caressing his hair, not caring how dirty he is.
Tadashi takes off his blazer and wraps it around his brother to keep him warm... after being out in the cold for so long.
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"RUNAWAY DOLL!" Fred yelled, from inside the cafe.
Fred and Nicole come out of the cafe.
"guys! Hiro D escaped!" Nicole shouted.
"there he is!" GoGo yelled, point at Hiro D, who is runnign away like,.. about 7 meters away from them.
"get him!" Tadashi commanded.
Everyone except Wasabi start running after the doll as fast as they can.
Wasabi just stayed in his spot frightened, then an idea pops in his mind.
Quite far away from the Hamada home. Through the dark cold night, Hiro D just keep running, don't know what else to do.
He keep running until he finds a very empty quiet isolated-looking neighborhood. He stops on a sidewalk, catching his breath.
"where did he go?"
"did we just lost him?!"
"no, this way!"
He heard voices yelling behind him. They're getting closer...
He was about to run again, but he then realized something. He hissed in pain.
What is this...?
My hand feels numb...
He looks both his hands. The left one looks fine, but the other hand...
Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no... He thought, panicking and shaking his head.
No, it can't be!
He tries to run again, but instead, suddenly collapses on the ground, splashing a puddle.
Can't... feel... my legs...
He's not giving up, he starts crawling to the other side of the street.
Tadashi and his friends finally found him, but they stop on the sidewalk behind him, watching him trying to move.
Hiro D suddenly stops in the middle of the street.
He is no longer flesh and blood... or Human.
But plastic and hollow...
The whole gang just watch, eyes widened.
After a few seconds, Hiro D rolls over slowly, now lying on his back.
He sits up, staring at the SFIT students and the Get A Twin worker with dead eyes, making the whole team gasp in shocked.
Hearing a loud noise, sounds like a horn.
Hiro D turns his head to aside, looking at the two dazzling headlights.
*WHAM!*
Suddenly, Hiro D got hit by the quite speeding garbage truck, dragging him-it away.
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Hiro D is no longer in their sight.
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The entire team just stare, eyes widened.
"HOW'S THAT TRUCK TASTE, DOLL?!" Fred yelled, cupping his mouth with his left hand, and shaking his right fist.
"he's... gone." said Nicole, still shocked, but relieved. She turns to Tadashi, looking at the unconscious little boy in his arms. "c'mere, let me see him."
The older Hamada steps closer. Nicole places a hand on Hiro's chest. "he's weak. His energy's been drained by the doll," Tadashi looks down at his brother. Nic places her other hand on Hiro's forehead. "he's... burning up. I think a fever is coming on."
"Is this what Hiro D's doing?" the older Hamada asked.
"no, not at all. This is just because he was out in the cold for so long," she explained. She takes a step back. "Take him home, clean him up, let him rest, take care of him, and i'm sure he'll recover in no time." Tadashi nodded.
"please don't report us to the police, otherwise, who knows what my boss will do to me." Nicole begged.
"we won't." said GoGo.
"Tell you what, i'll do my best to get 'Get A Twin' out of the city as soon as possible, for the sake of children in San Fransokyo."
"and then what?" Honey Lemon asked.
"it was a big mistake getting a job at 'Get A Twin'. I'll just have to quit my job."
Tadashi and his friends looks at each other, feeling sorry for the woman.
"you know you don't have to." said the older Hamada.
Nicole gives a reassuring smile. "guys, it's either my job, or children's lives. I'll be alright. More than alright."
The college students and mascot just smiled.
Nicole turns to Tadashi and places hand on his shoulder.
"you're a good brother, Tadashi. You know, you remind me of my older sister somehow."
Tadashi just smile in response.
"well... See you kids around... stay at school!" said Nicole while she waves goodbye, before running away into the dark cold night, leaving the college students and the mascot.
"alright!" Fred started, victoriously. "the doll's gone, the little dude's safe, so mission accomplished!"
Honey and Tadashi just giggle while GoGo facepalms and shakes her head.
"let's go home, guys." said Tadashi, still carrying Hiro in his arms.
Suddenly, they heard a *beep* *beep* of a car in front of them. It's Wasabi.
"need a ride?" said the African-American neatnik from his car.
The four hop into the car. Tadashi sits next to Wasabi, while Honey, GoGo, and Fred sit in the back.
Wasabi starts driving.
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After a few minutes, the sky starts drizzling. After a few more minutes...
"it's raining." Honey stated.
"you know what that means..." said Fred.
"possible traffic jam." GoGo claimed, who is very experienced with cars and bikes, so she experienced lots of traffic jams.
Tadashi's think through everything that has happened. He's glad that Hiro's alright. But...
He's 14, he's just a child... An innocent child.. what did he ever do to deserve all this?
He looks down at his brother, staring at his sleeping face.
Wasabi stops his car at a red light, with a crowd of other cars and bikes around them.
Honey Lemon came up to Tadashi, leaning he head next to his seat.
"how is he?" she asked, looking down at the sleeping child.
Tadashi looks down again at the quite shivering unconscious Hiro. He feels his forehead. "he's still burning up. He got worse. It's too cold out here."
He then feels Hiro shifted a little.
"T-Tadashi..."
"yes? Hey, buddy... It's okay, i'm right here." He sweeps Hiro's bangs to aside. "Feeling alright?"
"c-cold...and tired..." Tadashi adjusts his jacket that he gave to Hiro and rubs his hand on Hiro's arm, trying to keep him warm. "w-where's that f-freaky doll?"
"Hiro D? That doll's history." said GoGo with a smile.
"yeah, long gone. We won't be seeing that piece'a plastic in a long, long, long, time." said the SFIT mascot.
"don't worry, he won't bother you anymore." said the older Hamada with a gentle smile, he heard Hiro hissed a little and tears slowly ran out of his eye.
"'Dashi, my leg hurts..."
Tadashi looks down at Hiro's gash on his right calf. It's bloody, it needs to be healed before it's infected. He looks at Hiro, who is crying because of the pain.
"hey, shh-sshhh..." he soothed as he strokes Hiro's hair and face, trying to soothe him. Followed by soft but hoarse coughs from Hiro. "sshhh... it's okay, you're gonna be okay." He wipes the tears off Hiro's face. "when we get home, me and Baymax are gonna fix you up, okay? Just rest now, don't push yourself."
He adjusts the blazer again and after a few seconds, Hiro's eyes fluttered close then drifted off to sleep.
Tadashi looks down at his little brother, sleeping peacefully in his arms. He and Baymax really need to do something with Hiro's awful gash.
Told ya they'll find Hiro!
Thank you guys so much for reading this chapter... The story's not over yet! There's more...
Just a reminder; Always remember Nicole and Hiro D's words during their fight... It's important...
I hope you guys love this chapter... no, this whole story... you can follow/fav all you want...
I'm sorry if there were any grammar mistakes or typos... I'll fix 'em later...
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-Kezzz ;D