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~CWA

CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE

Danny Fenton

I can feel a smile stretching itself upon my face as I gentle soar through the night sky over San Fransokyo. Being invisible and intangible covers my tracks so that no one will spot me. But I just need to go out and stretch my powers a bit, to be as free as I've been feeling lately. Baymax is ready for the world- possession/ghost proof, able to track and notice ghosts with the exception of me due to the chip I put into his system. So as long as no one messes with the chip, I should be good and I doubt that anyone is going to be messing in Baymax's system aside from Tadashi (who knows not to touch the ghost chip I've put in).

I stretch out and float around on my back, resting my hands behind my head as I cross my ankles. I've forgotten just how relaxing and calming this is. No ghosts to fight. No big villains to stop. No flying at 200+ miles per hour. Just floating around without a care in the world. But just when I think this is going to be an easy time out, my phone rings causing me to jump as I rush to answer it, recognizing the set ringtone as Tadashi's.

"-Danny," Tadashi frantically speaks, not even offering a simple hello or how are you, his voice is laced with concern, "I can't find Hiro and I'm getting worried. He's been going out bot fighting again, but it's already pretty late and I know how some of these guys can get if some kid tricks them out of their money. I've already checked his usual places but I can't find him…. God, what if something happened to him? What if he's hurt or laying in a ditch somewhere?"

Tadashi talks in a hurried manner, barely even finishing sentences before he moves onto the next one. His quick words make my head spin for a moment before what he's saying is actually processing in my mind. Goodbye quiet time, I mourn briefly as I get set to head flying through the city. My eyes scan the area quickly, keeping an eye out for the familiar head of black hair. We need to find him fast. Bot fighting aside, being out this late is never a good thing. Especially if you're alone and barely even fourteen.

"Calm down, 'Dashi. I doubt anything has happened. You know Hiro, he's a smart kid and knows how to get out of situations when they get rough-"

I stop mid-sentence as my eyes land on a familiar boy. Even though he's all the way on the ground, I see him perfectly with my ghostly senses. He's creeping out of a warehouse from an ally like a proud peacock strutting its feathers, some money in hand and a small bot in the other. My jaw tenses slightly, knowing the warehouse instantly. Yama is very protective of his bots, even more so of making sure his reputation of being the best bot fighter. I've never met him personally, but some of his goons (and opponents) occasionally come by A.D.'s gym. They don't exactly hide the fact that they like beating up whomever Yama orders them too- most of the time, it's people that beat him in a match. If Hiro is walking out of there- proudly and with money at that- then it doesn't take a genius to know that Hiro beat Yama which means he's in danger.

"-I gotta go."

I hang up before he can question me. If Tadashi shows up it could just put him in danger too. I can't risk that. Quickly, I head straight into the ally and turn visible/tangible in the shadows before emerging, revealing myself as I step right in front of Hiro.

"Your brother is worried about you," I say casually.

Hiro jumps sky-high at my sudden appearance, yelping and nearly dropping his winnings before he regains his composure, attempting to appear cool.

"He's always worried about me," Hiro deflects my comment easily, "-Hey what do you say we go get some waffles with my winnings?"

I stand a bit sternly, giving him a look that's usually reserved for Ellie when she does something wrong, as I cross my arms over my chest, raising a single eyebrow. I can see Hiro gulp as he looks momentarily frightened. He takes a step back, unsure of himself as his eyes dart around a bit nervously.

"Did… Did I do something wrong," he asks hesitantly and slowly causing me to roll my eyes.

"Ah, gee, what do you think Hiro? You're betting on bot fights- which is something else entirely- but doing it here in Yama's territory? In the middle of the night? Alone? Without telling anyone? God, Hiro, I think you're trying to give us all a heart attack."

His eyes briefly shine in what seems to be guilt as he opens his mouth to say what I hope is an apology. Yet a couple of Yama's goons- ones that I know form the gym- exit the warehouse with stern, dark expressions on their faces and towering forms as they waste no time in shoving Hiro into the wall with a gruff noise, pinning him against the wall. My fists tighten at my sides and anger begins to rise in my chest. I'm almost sure my eyes have glowed briefly. A small growl emits from my throat, gaining their attention,

"You may want to let him go before I make you."

The goons share a look and exchange what seems to be laughter, mumbling some nonsense about 'a pipsqueak thinking he's tough.' My anger briefly flares from that comment alone, but it absolutely boils when one of them strengthens their hold on Hiro. I gave them a chance. They refused. So we're going to do this the hard way. Hiro looks to me with wide, pleading eyes, begging me to not pick a fight with these guys, but I can hold my own easily against these baboons.

"Fine," a twisted, dark smirk emerges on my face, "Be that way. You're all just a bunch of brainless cavemen anyway."

That insult gains their attention as their heads snap to me. The one holding Hiro drops him and as if they are some sort of pack of animals, they begin to leer toward me. But I guess they're dumber than I thought if they actually think they're the predators in this fight. The demented smirk never falters as I make a lunge toward the first goon, ducking as he goes to take a swing at me, and sweeping my leg to knock him to the ground. As he begins to falter backward, I send a quick, hard punch to his chest that sends him tumbling down. He lands with a loud and forceful thud that even shakes the nearby trash cans.

I waste no time in taking out the other goons as quickly as I can. I throw a punch toward another's nose and ram my below backward when one tries to grab me from behind. The begin to drop likes flies in a manner of minutes, if not seconds. Not even a real fight. I'm not even out of breath or tired yet as their bodies litter the ground around me, groaning and moaning too much to be a threat as they make no effort to stand back up.

"Hiro," I snap my attention toward the younger boy, "Are you okay?"

I check over him like a dotting mother for any signs of scrapes or bruises, but Hiro just stands there with a big, goofy grin on his face and stars in his eyes as he tackles me in a large hug.

"Danny! Dude that was a-mazing! I knew you could fight but man- that was just something else entirely! It was so epic! You took one a bunch of guys more than three times your size in seconds! Without even getting hit once! I mean-"

He stops mid-sentence as he realizes that he's dangling from my neck on the verge of turning into a fanboy. I have a small, amused smile on my face as he quickly lets me go with a faint blush on his face, shifting from one foot to another as he stands in front of me.

"-I mean, that was pretty cool," he mumbles a bit, refusing to meet my eyes.

I laugh a bit at his reaction and give him a brotherly tussle of the hair, causing him to fuss at me as I just continue to laugh. Though we don't get to continue on our way so easily as a familiar moped starts zooming toward us. I don't even have to see whose under that helmet to know who it is. Man am I going to be in trouble for not calling. Tadashi chucks his helmet off as his moped zips to a stop in front of Hiro and I.

"Hiro," his eyes are shining with concern, "Are you okay?"

He dots over Hiro briefly, causing Hiro to mumble that he's okay but that only makes Tadashi chuck the helmet into his arms with a brisk order to get on the moped. With Hiro safely and securely on the moped, Tadashi's head snaps to me. I shift a bit on my feet, trying to avoid eye contact as he narrows his eyes briefly at me, waving an accusing finger,

"And you- we will talk about this later! I told you that bot fighting isn't good for him and yourselves hurt!"

I gulp a bit, wondering how I can possibly get myself out of this mess. I open my mouth, prepared to tell him I just arrived here, that I didn't take Hiro to this bot fight, that I didn't call him so that he wouldn't be hurt. But my voice just dies in my throat. Hiro, however, has no problem speaking up,

"Chill, 'Dashi," Hiro snaps, "Danny just got here! And he's like some sort of ninja- he took down all those goons when they came to attack me."

Tadashi's eyes widen by just a small fraction at Hiro's words and even I can't help but be a bit startled. Hiro isn't one to just snap at Tadashi- he rarely speaks against whatever Tadashi says. The boy idolizes his brother to such an extreme degree. But here he is, talking back against Tadashi, to stand up for me. I guess Hiro wasn't kidding when he said that he saw me as a brother. Even if Tadashi is his biological brother- you can never enough siblings.

Tadashi slowly begins to notice his surroundings a bit more, taking in the large men surrounding us as they moan and groan in pain. His lips part with a bit of a horrified, slightly startled gasp before he shakes his head. However, the sounds of sirens cause us all to jump and prepare ourselves for the worst. As their distracted, I fade into the shadows before turning completely invisible to the naked eye. Getting caught by the cops is a risk I won't take. Besides, Jazz has already taken time off to help my sorry ass.

"Danny, get on," Tadashi hops onto his moped with ease, but as he turns to look behind his shoulder, I've disappeared causing him to curse about me bailing out on them.

I can't help but laugh. It echoes through the ally in an eerie manner, bouncing all around in a way that makes it hard, if not impossible, to find where the source is. Hiro shudders a bit at the creepy effect of my laugh before hitting Tadashi in the back lightly,

"Come on, he'll be fine! But we gotta go now or otherwise we'll be-"

The cop cars pull up at the beginning of the ally, blocking any way out. They're stuck. Doomed. I could always help them- in various different ways- but I know in my heart that Tadashi won't feel right about avoiding cops like that when his brother really was doing some illegal. So I stick to my places in the shadows, my laugh barely being heard over the sirens. Tadashi is looking around with a slightly offended expression and a mild glare, hoping that he'll end up glaring at me directly.

"-caught," Hiro finishes lamely, only causing my laughter to increase.