Hey everyone Happy Easter! Or well it's Easter for me… Happy Easter anyway. Okay so I have been really busy but here is the next chapter! Hope you guys like it and please comment, the story is coming to an end soon and I want to hear you guys before it's over!

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Chapter 26: How can I

Inu watched the door patiently. The bangs had stopped a few minutes prior and now everything had gone silent. All but the sirens outside echoed in the small office space. His heart as if panicked in his chest with uneven beats and rhythm. He had called out to Alpha, seeing if it was her twice but he heard nothing in return. Finally a shuffling sounded came from behind the door and both Inu and Krei looked with curiosity. Who would walk through the door? Listening carefully, he could hear sounds of metalized paws on marble and…'Whose voice is that?' Inu wondered as he heard a faint 'thank you'.

The doorknob turned and in walked Alpha and….Inu's brow frowned and yet raised with surprise. His heart skipped and his hands slightly shook, his eye's went wide and everything slowed. In limped a boy he thought was dead. In limped a boy he thought died from his injuries. His mind began to swim, ideas of how he faked his death circled like an ocean's current. This was not right, he should be dead, he should have died, that's why the city feared him so much! All his credibility would be lost if the city discovered he was alive and well, that he survived his injuries and he was able to trick him to thinking he was dead! Anger boiled within him as he clenched his fists at his sides.

A chuckle made him turn around to Alistair and the look on his face made the anger he felt rise ten fold. The businessman now sat there with a smug look on his face, no fear could be read from his features and it infuriated Inu. Turning back he watched as Hiro turn himself and stand before him. Alpha came around and stood by her master's side, her eyes however not leaving him. The air around them grew heavy, confusion and anger clear in Inu.

"We need t-to talk." Hiro finally said as he tried to stand tall but flinched back and gripped his mid-section, a flicker of pain showing through his body. Inu smiled, his confusion subsiding as he then held out his arms as a welcome.

"Well I would love to." He simply said as his arms fell to his sides. Watching the boy closely, Inu could see the pain in his eyes, the fear and the insecurity, though his eyes stopped where Hiro had his arm wrapped around his stomach. Fresh blood stains could be seen on the shirt he wore, giving Inu a sense of joy. The boy may be alive but he was suffering, which reminded him. "You know Hiro," His voice as if in an amused tone, "you and your brother have a tendency to fake your deaths." He raised a hand out to him in gesture and chuckled slightly though he found this not one bit funny.

Hiro looked down at the floor and smiled, which made Inu angry. This boy should be scared, trembling at his very presence, not laughing. "Well I was j-just as surprised as you, I didn't pl-plan it. Actually I hated the i-idea of the city thinking I was d-dead but the team t-thought it was b-best to go along with the f-false claim."

'He didn't even plan it? And. I. FELL FOR IT!' Inu screamed in his mind but stopped to looked at Hiro once again. His voice. "I see your fear is hard to hide boy." Inu sneered referring to Hiro's stuttering. Again Hiro just smiled, making Inu's teeth grind.

"Well I w-will say that I s-speak with a s-stutter b-but that's-just from the s-seizures." Krei's face dropped as he remembered the still boy that once laid silent in the hospital room but Inu just slowly turned, signaling Alpha to follow him. Hiro watched as the man walked back to the window, watching the world once again. His mind raced as the silence in the room grew, the two people behind him watching him carefully. Inu kept thinking, not minding the unsettling atmosphere that soon lay before them, he found comfort in it. 'This boy..' Inu thought, 'This boy has been through hell and back, lived a lie and is now…' Inu dropped his head slightly thinking. Looking over his shoulder he looked to Hiro, his slightly slouched stance, the stiff way he held his side and the pain hidden behind his eyes but…

"Why are you here?" His question hit Hiro like a fist. "Your a boy." Inu mocked as a smile worked its way on his face. "You have no team, no powers, and no gain from any of this. So I ask again." He walked back, standing in front of Hiro as he peered down with hate filled eyes, "Why are you here?"

(*)

Tadashi, Fred and Honey arrived just off scene, across the street. Landing on the ground they all hopped off of Baymax's back. Tadashi looked to the officers ahead before re-situating his helmet as he turned back to his heavily armored nurse bot. "Alright buddy where's Hiro." On command Baymax lifted his head looking to the building that stood surrounded by city officials. With a quick hum of his system and a flash of his visor, he looked back down.

"Hiro is on the 8th floor within a small room most likely an office. Two others are with him Alistair Krei and Micko Sonorez." That made Tadashi's heart stop, Inu had both of them. With a shaky breath Tadashi nodded to his large friend and tried to swallow the lump that quickly formed in his throat.

"Thanks buddy..aa… fly over head and keep us updated with what's going on." With a simple nod of his round head Baymax was off. As the rockets became just a distant hum, Tadashi turned to the building taking in all the chaos. His hands became sweaty and his body began to tremble in fear. Hiro was with him, Inu had his brother. What was he going to do?! How was he going to help him, how was he going to get in there! His thoughts were interrupted when he felt a gentle hand touch his shoulder. Looking over, Honey smiled at him, squeezing his shoulder gently in a reassuring way.

"It's ok, Hiro's a smart kid." Honey whispered. A laugh slipped passed his lips.

"If he's so smart why'd he do something as idiotic as this?" Tadashi said in an annoyed tone as he gestured to the building that stood before them. Honey looked to the building then back to him and shrugged her shoulders.

"Sometimes fear and insecurity blocks any logical thinking." Honey shyly said. Patting his shoulder, she turned and started to walk towards the officers that waited for them across the street. Watching her leave his side, Tadashi took a breath before following her with Fred right behind him. Who knew the change in atmosphere could be so dramatic with just a cross of a road. As the three of them walked up to the officers, visors tinted, they watched as people ran all over the place, some still getting into position.

"Good you're finally here...where's the rest of the team?" The officer question as he looked to Honey, Fred and Tadashi. The three of them exchanged looks to one another before Tadashi looked up to the officer.

"Our other two team members were injured in our last confrontation with Inu. Now can you tell us what's going on?" Tadashi's voice was stern, showing confidence with his words, though, that was the last thing Tadashi was. The officer was slightly taken back with the new member of the team, he was not like the young leader that once lead them. Clearing his throat he lowered his gaze slightly from Tadashi,

"Y-yes.." Turning toward the crowd of officials, "Over there is the FBI, they are taking the front line closer to the building, our officers are behind and around the rest of the building." He said as he pointed to crouched men and gestured around. "We also have snipers, there, there and there." Looking to where he pointed the team found the three men, their guns and full attention to the building.

"Good, we have our robot circling overhead as aerial precaution." Tadashi added and the officer nodded in approval.

"Why have you not advanced into the building may I ask." Honey said as she continued to look around. The officer raised a brow at her, her question obviously bothering him in some way. Clearing his throat,

"We don't now how many dogs he has, people reported only seeing six to eight dogs but we don't want to take that chance with what we know of them."

"But do you have any blueprints of the building that could show a secret entrance where you could surprise him?" Fred asked through his suit. Giving the monsterly man a questionable look he slowly nodded his head.

"Yes but as I said, we don't want to move forward until we know how many dogs he has."

Tadashi rolled his eyes behind his visor. These men were wasting precious time waiting for something as ridiculous as that. As Honey and Fred continued to ask questions as Tadashi looked on to the building, letting the sirens and shouts of the men become muffled noise to his ears. His brother was in there and that's all that mattered.

'Tadashi!' At the voice Tadashi gently shook his head, confusion consuming him. 'Tadashi!'

"Hiro.." Tadashi breathed as he watched the world around him slowly fade. The men and cars wisped away and instead formed into a burning building. The orange light shined bright in his eyes, the heat scorching his skin though he was far from the flames. His breath began to quicken his throat starting to constrict. He quickly ran to the burning showcase hall but as he ran he couldn't help but wonder, why was he here?

People ran passed him as he quickly approached the buildings steps. Here he was again, in front of the doors of the showcase hall watching as the fire consumes everything in its path. As he watched the flames he heard the voice again but this time behind him. He spun on a dime and his eyes grew to who stood before him. Hiro stood there looking to him with tearful eyes. "Hiro? Hiro it's ok I'm right here." He tried to sooth his baby brother but as he reached out to him, his hand slipped right through him.

Jerking back Tadashi looked to his hands in confusion then back to his brother that was breaking down before him. That's when Tadashi saw that his hat was sitting within his brothers hands. "Hiro.." But he didn't finish, the building exploded behind him, the heat he could feel with a scorching pain but he did not feel the force that sent his brother flying back. As the light died down Tadashi looked to see his brother struggling to get up. His heart lunged forward along with him as he stumbled to Hiro's side trying to help. But everything he tried was pointless his hands just passed through, he was a phantom.

Tears pricked his eyes as he watched his brother cry out for him. Tears stained his ash covered face and slight burns littered his young body. 'Tadashi! Tadashi!' He kept crying. 'Tadashi!' Soon Hiro was back to his feet, slightly stumbling as he did. His head whipped around finding the hat that had flown from his hands. Tadashi sat on his knees helplessly watching his brother search and call for him.

"Why am I h-here?" Tadashi whispered as his hands clenched the fabric of his shit, wait shirt? Looking down to his attire his suit had gone and was replaced with what he had worn that night of the fire. Tadashi had confusion swimming through him, he had conquered his fear of the fire, forgiven his professor, why was he here again? Outside the flames that he was presumably in. But he wasn't in the flames, when the explosion went off he was sent flying out the window. He wasn't in the building.

'Someone! Please someone help my brother! Please anyone!' Hiro cried out to the medics that were arriving on scene. Tadashi however looked away from his brother and over to two medics who were running over to the side of the building. 'Tadashi!'

"Hiro...HIRO!" Tadashi scrambled to his feet and ran to his brothers side."Hiro it's ok it's ok..I'm over there just look over to the side just for a second and you'll see me on the stretcher." Tadashi's words came a mile a minute as he tried to get Hiro's attention but Hiro just looked on, looking straight through him. Tadashi looked to the side and saw the medics coming back with a body on the stretcher, a body he knew was his own. "Hiro, Hiro please just look to the side I'm right there!" Tadashi's eyes couldn't hold back the tears, they fell freely down his cheeks as he watched the medics load up the stretcher and go to shut the door.

'TADASHI! TADASHI!'

"Tadashi? Are you okay man?" Fred's words spooked him as he jumped in surprise. "Hey man are you alright? You've been staring into space for quit awhile." Tadashi's chest heaved as he looked at his friend, the world slowly returning to him. Looking around Tadashi once again heard the sirens and officers shouting calls to one another.

"It was just a vision…" Tadashi said under his breath.

"What?" Fred questioned.

"N-nothing what did the officer say?" Tadashi asked as he looked away from the building ahead and to his friends.

(*)

Pain shot through him as Inu threw him against the wall, his fist gripping tightly around his shirt collar as Inu lifted him up above the ground. Hiro could feel his throat closing, air getting harder to get. His toes barely scraped the carpet floors as he struggled to get footing and stop the man who held him tight. Inu looked at Hiro with anger, his fist slightly tightening as his rage grew. Coughing slightly, Hiro struggled, grasping the man's shoulders and moving to push at his chest in futile attempts to get free. Inu let out a light chuckle as the boy's eyes became glassy and slowly begin to close.

"You're weak." Inu hissed through clenched teeth. Adjusting his grip Inu snapped, quickly whipping around throwing Hiro across the small office space. Hiro gasped as his body hit the floor, pain shooting through him like lightning, every inch of his body tensing at the searing pain. Hiro choked for air, his chest and lungs constricting from the sudden pain.

Krei began to struggle in his bindings, his sudden energy blooming from the want to aid the young boy. Grunting slightly, Krei used all his strength to pull against the ropes that held him but the ropes held him firmly. Collapsing with exhaustion Krei peered over to Hiro that laid on the ground trembling. What could he do in a moment like this? How could he help!? Krei's thoughts were interrupted as Inu let out a low chuckle, a twisted smile working its way on his lips. Inu slowly approach Hiro, one step at a time tell his body seemingly loomed over the boy that struggled to breath feet in front of him.

"Micko I swear if you hurt him I'll…"

"You'll WHAT!" Inu shouted, his body turning towards him, his coat flaring up at the sudden movement as he stared him down. Krei was at a loss for words as fear engulfed his body. Smiling once again, "That's what I thought." He hissed as he turned back to Hiro but his body tensed, a deep sense of betrayal seeped into him. There before him was his trusted pet, his most prized possession, comforting his fallen foe.

Alpha gently nuzzled Hiro, reassuring him that she was there for him. His eyes fluttered open as tears fell down his cheeks, looking to the hound that stood before him. Her demeanor was soft, her eyes showing the same kindness that even Baymax seemed to posses. Slightly whimpering Alpha gently tapped his side, prompting him to get up. Hiro turned his head and looked to the ceiling, following Alphas plea and focusing on his movements.

He took deep breaths as he prepared himself, one last time and he forced his body up into a sitting position. Crying out just slightly as his muscles stretched and pulled on his open wound. His position was stiff and showed discomfort as Hiro wrapped his arms around his midsection, hoping the hold would ease the pain. But it didn't. If anything the added pressure made the wound sting even more. Alpha looked to him and tilted her head, leaning forward she maneuvered her head between Hiros chest and arm. "Ok.." Hiro choked as he used her as a base for him to lean on. Slowly he stood on his feet, Alpha turning and standing by his side as he balanced himself next to her.

Inu looked to the scene in front of him dumbfounded. His most beloved pet and only friend was helping Hiro. Helping Hiro! The boy that took away his scholarship, the boy that ruined his future and the one who has humiliated him from faking his death! Inus mind was at a loss, the love for his pet competing against the hurt of loss and betrayal. Letting out a huff of air Inu took a step back, causing Hiro, Alpha and Krei to look over to him. This is what he wanted, to have the attention on him, the show about his marvelous tale of how he started from the bottom and worked his way to the top. But nothing was going as planned, nothing was going as he rehearsed.

Hiro looked and saw that Inu was ready to crack. His eyes were glossy and filled with pain, tears pricked at his eyes as Inu looked to his pet, the one he loves so much and the one he created. She betrayed him, left him. Why?

"Alpha…" His voice shook with uncertainty as his shoulders slouched.

"Inu…" His head whipped to Hiro at the sound of his name. Opening his mouth Hiro tried to contemplate his words but nothing was said. His voice seemed to be lost within his throat. Letting out a heavy sigh, Hiro dropped his head letting his chin rest on his chest. Looking down he saw that his shirt had another red stain, one that looked to be growing. Raising an arm, Hiro wrapped it around his stomach once again but this time as his skin made contacted with the damp fabric, he pulled away to see the bloodied imprint.

"H-Hiro are you alright?" Krei asked with a shaky voice as his eyes glanced to Inu before looking to Hiro. Nodding his head Hiro covered his midsection with his arm.

"Y-Ya my s-stitches just b-broke..No big d-deal." His voice was quiet and in a monotone as he gave a shy smile to Krei. Raising his brow in a questioning manner the hostage businessman nodded his head. But Inu looked blankly at Hiro, his movement was stiff, he held himself protectively and he could see the boy shaking. 'How could he say it's no big deal?' Inu wondered.

BANG!

They all flinched, Hiro stumbling back at the sudden noise. All eyes fell onto the window, gun fire, was all what they could think.

(*)

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!" Tadashi screamed at the officer that fired the shot. His eyes grew wide as Tadashi marched over and grasped at the man's collar, bringing him down so he was eye level through his visor. "WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU THINKING!" Tadashi screamed again, his nerves on the brink. His brother was in there, why on earth would someone fire at a building when innocent people are in it?!

"Sunfire calm down." Honey said as she approached Tadashi, his head slightly turning when he heard his superhero name. She walked to his side, her heels clicking on the cement, the little sound annoying him. "Just calm down." Honey tried to soothe the tense older brother instincts that she new were controlling her friend.

"HOW CAN I?" Tadashi shouted releasing the officer from his titan grip and turning to her on a dime with his hands in fists at his side. "How can I? My BROTHER IS IN THERE!" His voice wavered from the threat of tears as he then gestured to the building on his left. Hearing his voice all the officers and FBI officials turned to him, looking in disbelief.

DUNN DUNN DUUUUUNNNNNN! What has Tadashi done! He has revealed something important, will it cause them trouble? I wonder?! Ok so hope you guys liked this chapter and the next one WILL be posted next Sunday! I will do that! I'm sure of it. Ok maybe….Just another update to my one-shots How Many Time will be posted also soon to, just another little dabble but it will! Sorry for the wait, I love you all so much. Favorite, follow, comment, you guys know what to do!

~ Forever-Young890