Hello everyone! Welcome back!
Just a little heads up, I am planning for Tadashi and Hiro to reunite in the next three to four chapters. Before they reunite, some things have got to go down first...
But, the wait will be worth it!
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Well, here we go!
Chapter Ten
"Nothing." Go Go sighed tiredly as she climbed out of a dumpster. "This place has been picked clean. We better keep moving." With Baymax in the lead, the four of them made their way down a dark alley. The sun had gone down long ago, and the only form of light was from old street lamps and dimmed down signs from old and out of business shops.
"What are we going to do?" Fred asked. "We are almost out of money."
Wasabi sighed tiredly. "We'll think of something. We always do."
"How do you guys usually get money?" Hiro asked, looking up at Go Go. The young girl shrugged. "Doing odd jobs, pick pockets, sometimes rob a few people when they're sleeping. But, we rarely do that." Go Go said reassuringly at the look on Hiro's face. "Most of the time we find everything we need to survive in a dumpster."
Hiro nodded, looking down at his dirt covered boots. It was horrible how they had to survive through scraps. These were innocent people with brilliant minds that were forced to become criminals in order to survive. What had San Fransokyo come to?
"Look, we'll figure something out, ok?" Wasabi said to the group. "We've run out of money before. This isn't anything new." The group nodded, turning their attention to another dumpster.
Wasabi hefted Hiro into the dumpster. The young prince trudged through the metal container, the smell no longer bothering him. It was just about empty, except for one trash bag at the bottom.
Hiro pulled it open. A box of half-eaten Cheez-Its, a couple of half-eaten ham sandwiches wrapped in old foil, and a dented can of soup.
"Anything good?" Fred's voice asked over the metal wall.
"As good as it's going to get." Hiro called. He handed the food over to Wasabi. "Good enough." Go Go said. "We better get out of here. This place gets pretty shady after nine."
"Alright." Hiro said, grabbing onto Wasabi as the larger male hulled the smaller one out of the dumpster. Hiro was placed on his feet and smiled when he already saw Fred ripping into one of the sandwiches.
"Yo, slow down. You're going to get serious indigestion if you eat at that speed." Wasabi said, eyeing Fred as he ate the sandwich at record breaking speed.
"Give me a break!" Fred said, "We didn't eat lunch today!"
"Save some for the rest of us." Go Go called back as the group once again started walking out of the alley. Hiro heard chewing and knew that Fred had given Baymax some of the sandwich.
Suddenly, loud clashing noises were heard down the alley. The group froze and turned to the direction of the noise. Shouting and laughter could be heard, along with a few swear words and cheering.
"What's that?" Hiro asked, walking closer to the source of noise.
Go Go slowly followed Hiro. "Not sure. Let's go check it out."
The girl and the prince started walking when Wasabi called out, "I don't know guys. It's pretty late and we're in the bad parts of the Kingdom."
"What, you scared?" Fred teased as he joined Hiro and Go Go. "We've handled worse."
The group of young individuals started walking down the alley and was met with the sight of people of all ages, surrounding a small circle. They held money in their hands, while the sound of metal on metal could be heard.
"What is it?" Hiro whispered, standing on the tip of his toes to see over the crowd.
"Bot fights." Go Go said, shrugging. "It's illegal in San Fransokyo to bet on them," she gestured to the wad of cash in everybody's hand, "but we do it anyway."
Hiro pushed his way through the crowd. Wasabi hissed, "Jin." But, Hiro left the group to get a better look. He was so intrigued when it came to robotics. Him and Tadashi would always build robots when they were younger, and they would always come out amazing and fully operable. Even after Hiro's pain and torment had started, he still kept building, still kept inventing.
Two bots were fighting in a red, concrete circle. People were cheering as two people sat on opposite sides, controllers in their hands. There was a girl with pink pigtails with a mean looking bot, and then a man that looked around 500 pounds in a yellow jump suit on the other end. The bigger bot grabbed hold of the other and spun it around the circle. The girl's bot landed with a hard thud, yet lasers shot out of the girl's bot, but the bigger bot reflected it. Then, the bot that belong to the obese man grabbed hold of the other and sliced through it with a fist made from a chainsaw.
"Whoa." Hiro said. It was amazing. Testing your skills to the max, who has the better and stronger bot, the rush of adrenaline...It was addicting. Hiro could already imagine his bot: Small, so others would underestimate it, but magnetic bearings would make it unstoppable that even the chainsaw hand couldn't defeat it...
Wait? His bot? Was he really considering doing this?
Why not? A voice said, you've got the brains.
Hiro couldn't stop as he watched fight after fight, yet the large man, named Yama, won every time. Hiro smirked. I could take him.
Suddenly, a strong hand grabbed his arm and yanked him back. "C'mon, Jin." Go Go said. "Let's get out of here."
"Wait," Hiro said, an idea springing to mind. "Exactly how much money do we have left?"
Go Go shrugged and pulled something out of her pocket. The green lump was small, but it would have to do. "Uh, about twenty bucks. But, we have to save it since everything is so expensive."
The black haired girl eyed the prince suspiciously. "Why?"
"I think I found a way to solve our money problem." The youngest prince turned back to the bot fight. Another competitor had just had it's head ripped off, wires spilling out of the robot.
"Forever."
"King Tadashi?"
Tadashi turned away from his position at the window at the call of his name. He was watching the sun rise over the city, it's pink fingers reaching out to his city. His little brother was somewhere in the kingdom. He felt the sun Tadashi was watching. He was close.
After two days without food or sleep, Tadashi finally broke down after a full meal and seven hours of sleep. He was fed, well-rested, and ready to find his little brother.
"Yes, Abigail?" The brunette opened the door even further. Her hair was pulled back into a ponytail, and her white riding suit matched her horse. "The hounds are ready. Do you have the glove?"
Tadashi nodded as he reached for the soft fabric in his pocket. He retrieved the glove that used to belong to Hiro's delicate hand, that covered up scars and a dirty secret that was tearing the royal family apart.
"Great." Abigail said, "Let's go."
The two headed to the large, red barn outside of the castle. It was a beautiful barn that kept most of the farm animals. The royal family favorited fresh meat and dairy products. They had a farm on the boundaries of the castle, and a large pasture for the horses.
About seven or eight dogs were lying down in the barn with red leashes strapped around their torsos when the king entered.
"Ok." Abigail said, explaining, "This one here is Marcus," She petted a brown dog, "He's mine. We'll be holding onto the dog's leashes as they search, just in case Hiro recognizes the dogs and tries to run. Tadashi, you'll have Black Shadow." A sleek, black dog perked up at the sound of his name. Tadashi nodded and grabbed hold of the leash.
"Honey Lemon," Abigail said, the young princess that had just entered smiled, "You'll have Peach. She's one of the best."
"Thank you." The Princess said, gratefully grabbing hold of the leash and petting the white dog's head. Abigail explained the other dogs as well, but all Tadashi could think of was his baby brother, who was still, still out there.
"King." Abigail said, "The glove."
Tadashi nodded and bent down. He let Black Shadow take a deep sniff of Hiro's scent, and then passed the glove to the other dogs as well. Once they had all taken a strong whiff of Hiro's scent, they bowed their heads, awaiting their challenges.
"They're fast." Abigail said ith a smirk, "So hold on."
The brunette gave a high pitch whistle and the dogs jolted forward, onward with the search of the lost prince. Tadashi, Abigial, and Hoeny Lemon were practically dragged as the dog's took off into the kingdom, hot on Hiro's trail.
"With luck, we'll have Hiro home for dinner." Abigail called over to the king, smiling.
Tadashi wished with all his might that her statement would be true.
I know, it's short, don't murder me.
I just needed this to happen, and I couldn't think of anything else to add. All well, better than nothing right?
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~TheOneWithTheScar