Chapter 10

A week passed since the explosion at SFIT, and sure enough, Akari's 'parents' were babying her, just like she predicted. The school was supposed to open up this morning, but her parents wouldn't let her go, so she could 'rest' and 'relax.' But she didn't want to. She wanted to get that piece of paper from her lab and get the truth out of her 'parents.' So she did something drastic.

"Akari? Do you want any more orange juice?" Hanako asked from the kitchen.

"No. I'm going to go to my room now though," Akari stated and stood up from the couch.

"Alright. Just rest easy!" Hanako exclaimed.

"Got it!" Akari replied, "Not."

She walked up into her room and quickly changed into her 'trademark outfit' as she called it. She climbed out the window of her and Hiro's room to the roof, climbed onto the tree in the backyard, and jumped down. She snuck out the side entrance and ran to school.

When she made it to school, she needed to make sure to stay out of everyone' sight, so she wouldn't get caught by her 'sister.'


She ran into the lab, hiding under or behind inventions as she made her way across the room. She finally made it to the labs, and walked into her lab. She found the piece of paper and picked it up, reading the results once again. She didn't hear a person walk into the room.

"Akari?" he asked.

Akari jumped a foot in the air and turned around, "Oh. Hi Tadashi."

"What are you doing here?" Tadashi asked.

"I wanted to get the paper myself. My 'parents' won't even let me leave the house!" Akari exclaimed.

"So you were right. About them babying you," Tadashi stated.

"Yep," Akari replied.

"So now what are you going to do?" Tadashi asked.

"I don't know. I don't want to go back, because then I'll just get babied more," Akari said.

"Do you want to hang in my lab today?" Tadashi offered.

"Sure," Akari said, and they walked out of her lab, down the hall to his.

Akari felt happy to be out of the house. She was basically there with strangers, because they weren't her real family at all. She wondered what her real family was like. Where did she live? Who did she live with?

"Tadashi?" Akari asked.

"Yeah?" he asked.

"Can you tell me about our family?" she asked. He turned around in his chair.

"What do you want to know?' Tadashi asked.

"I don't know. I guess start with, who do you live with?" Akari asked.

"I live with our Aunt Cass. She owns a bakery, and we own the apartment above it," Tadashi explained.

"What's the bakery called?" Akari asked.

"It's called The Lucky Cat Café. Aunt Cass is really into cats. She has a really fat cat named Mochi," Tadashi laughed.

"Mochi?" Akari laughed.

"Yeah. He likes to eat Mochi, so we call him that," Tadashi said.

"Isn't Mochi bad for cats though?" Akari asked.

"Yeah, but when we found him on the street, he was eating away on some Mochi someone dropped, and the name sort of stuck," Tadashi explained.

"I guess that makes sense. Tell me about Aunt Cass," Akari suggested.

"Well, Aunt Cass took me in after our parents passed away, and I've been living with her ever since. She's a stress eater, and she spends most of her time working in the café," Tadashi explained.

"What's stress eating?" Akari asked.

"When she freaks out about something, she eats like crazy. She's diagnosed herself as a stress eater," Tadashi explained. Akari laughed.


The 2 of talked throughout the day, talking about their family, and where they lived, and what they looked like. They barely noticed that it was dark outside until Tadashi got a phone call.

"Hello?"

"Oh…right. Sorry Aunt Cass."

"I'll be there in 15."

"Love you too. Bye."

"What happened?" Akari asked.

"I completely lost track of time, and I forgot that I'd help Aunt Cass clean up the café today," Tadashi explained.

"Oh…" Akari trailed off.

"I'll see you tomorrow?" Tadashi asked.

"I'll try to come," Akari said honestly.

"Close enough," Tadashi said, and the 2 of them walked out of Tadashi's lab, and went their separate ways.

Akari went back to Gogo's lab, where sure enough, Hiro was watching Gogo fix up her bike. They were certainly shocked to see her there.

"Akari? I thought you were at home," Gogo stated.

"I was. I snuck out of the house because I needed to get something," Akari explained, holding up the folded piece of paper in her hand.

"Mom and dad are going to kill you Akari!" Hiro exclaimed.

"No they're not," Akari said simply.

"What makes you say that?" Gogo asked skeptically.

"Because…we're all going to have a little chat," Akari stated.

"What kind of chat?" Gogo asked.

"You'll see…" Akari trailed off.

"Ok then…" Hiro trailed off, confused.

Gogo worked on her bike for another 10 minutes before deciding to take them all home. The three of them walked out to the car and hopped in. Akari had a smug look on her face, because she knew she was one step closer to getting the truth out from her 'parents.'


They made it home, and their parents were relieved and angry to see the Akari had been out of the house today.

"What were you thinking? You could've gotten seriously hurt!" Hanako shouted.

"Yet, I didn't. And I went to SFIT to get something," Akari stated.

"What did you get?" Takashi asked.

"Why don't we all sit at the table and have a little chat?" Akari offered, and they all sat down except for Akari. She stood up between Hanako and Takashi with her arms crossed. They were all confused, but they were thinking they were about to find out why Akari had been acting strange for the past month.

"Can you tell me what this is about?" Akari asked, slamming the piece of paper with highlighted parts on the table. Hanako and Takashi read it in shock.

"You must be mistaken," Hanako lied.

"That's a lie!" Akari shouted.

"Akari, don't raise your voice," Hanako said sternly.

"How can I not raise my voice?!" Akari shouted, "You have been lying to us for the past 14 years!"

"Akari..." Takashi warned.

"Ok, what is going on?" Hiro asked, standing up.

"Hiro, these people aren't our family. In fact, here's the proof," Akari said, sliding the piece of paper down the table. Hiro read it in shock as well.

"I'm so confused," Hiro admitted.

"Let me explain my part then for you. I took samples of our hair, and had it tested to a student's DNA at SFIT," Akari said simply.

"You just tested a random student's DNA?" Gogo asked.

"Nope. This student, has a certain healthcare robot, who gave me the answer first. Care to give me the answer?" Akari asked. Gogo's eyes widened.

"You're related to Tadashi?!" she asked in disbelief.

"Wait, what?!" Hiro asked, completely confused.

"AHA! There it is! I knew it! You all lied to us!" Akari shouted.

"Explain. How come Hiro and I lived here for the past 14 years, instead of living with our real family?" Akari asked.

The Tanakas looked down guiltily.

"So it's true?" Hiro asked, betrayed. The three of them nodded, "How?"

"On the day you were born," Hanako began, "We were walking through the park, and Leiko found both of you in the bushes. Someone just left you there."

"Someone stole us from the hospital, but they found out who. Tadashi told me," Akari stated.

"We thought that you were abandoned, so we took you in as our own, and we kept this from you. We didn't know something like this would ever happen," Takashi said guiltily.

"We never intended for you to find out!" Gogo shouted guiltily.

"Obviously," Hiro and Akari scoffed at the same time.

"But we didn't tell you because we didn't want you to go through the pain of not knowing who your real family was," Hanako explained.

"But you still kept it from us, and the fact that we found out this way, makes it even more painful. Our parents are dead. We never met them, and we never will. So imagine how that feels," Akari stated. the room was silent, even with the 5 people in the room.

"Exactly," Akari stated and walked up the stairs. Hiro followed her almost immediately. Akari grabbed her jacket, some cash, and her test results, and stuffed them in her pockets.

"What are you doing?" Hiro asked after they walked up to their room.

"I'm going to see Tadashi. You should come too. He still has to tell our Aunt," Akari explained.

"Ok," Hiro said and grabbed his jacket.

The 2 of them walked down the stairs and out the door without a word from their 'family.' They walked to the trolley and hopped on.

"Where are we going?" Hiro asked.

"To a café," Akari answered.

"I thought we were going to see Tadashi," Hiro said.

"He lives above the café genius," Akari stated.

"I can't believe they lied to us like that for so long," Hiro admitted.

"Sometimes, the truth will come forward. And in this case, it did, because there was proof," Akari explained.

"I guess so," Hiro said.


The rest of the trolley ride was quiet, and they just waited for the café to come into view. When it did, Hiro and Akari hopped off the trolley and walked up to the front door, since the café was closed.

"Ready Hiro?" Akari asked, and he nodded slightly. Akari knocked on the door, and Tadashi answered.

"Hey Tadashi," Akari greeted.

"What are you doing here?" Tadashi asked.

"I got the truth out of them. Apparently, Hiro and I were found in a park abandoned, and alone. They found us and took us in," Akari explained.

"That must've been hard for you," Tadashi admitted, leaning against the door frame.

"I'm sort of used to it I guess. I knew they were hiding something. But Hiro's kind of shocked. He had no idea," Akari explained. Tadashi nodded.

"Do you want to come in?" Tadashi asked. Akari nodded, and he let them inside.

Hiro and Akari observed their new surroundings intently. Tadashi went up the stairs while they looked around.

"He's our brother?" Hiro asked.

"Yep," Akari replied, "I couldn't help but notice that he sort of reminded me of you."

"Really?" Hiro asked, and Akari nodded. The 2 of them walked up the stairs slowly, looking at all of the pictures hanging on the walls. When they reached the top step, they were greeted by the smell of food.

They weren't in their Aunt's view, but Tadashi had just told her they had some guests.

"Who is it?" they heard her ask.

Akari and Hiro came into view. They weren't looking in their Aunt's direction, they were looking around the place, observing it. Tadashi was right about her love of cats, because she had a lot of cat knick-knacks.

"Hello, I'm Cass, but you can call me Aunt Cass," Aunt Cass greeted.

"Hi," Akari replied, seeing the awkwardness in calling her Aunt Cass, "I'm Akari, and this is my brother Hiro."

"Hiro? And Akari? Oh, you're Gogo's brother and sister!" Aunt Cass said in realization.

"Yeah…" Hiro said, faking a smile. Not really…

"Come on, sit down, wings are almost done," Aunt Cass said and led them to the kitchen table.

Tadashi could see how awkward and nervous they felt being there, and he could understand why. It was easier getting the truth out of Gogo's family because they had known them for 14 years. But they just met Aunt Cass, so it would be a little weird.

He walked over to Akari and asked her for the paper, and she gave it to them. Aunt Cass came in a few minutes later with a plate of wings.

They were delicious. Hiro and Akari weren't used to having spicy foods, but they tasted familiar for some reason. They couldn't put their finger on it though. After they finished, Tadashi thought it was time to tell Aunt Cass who Hiro and Akari really were.

"Hey Aunt Cass?" Tadashi asked.

"Yeah?" she asked.

"We have something to tell you," Tadashi stated.

"All 3 of you?" Aunt Cass asked, and they all nodded.

"Akari and I aren't really Gogo's brother and sister," Hiro said.

"You're not? How do you know?" Aunt Cass asked.

"We had our DNA samples tested, and they weren't a match," Akari explained, looking down.

"Oh my gosh! I'm so sorry!" Aunt Cass exclaimed.

"Don't be sorry," Hiro stated.

"Why?" Aunt Cass asked, confused.

Tadashi handed her the piece of paper with the test results, "Baymax scanned Akari and I, claiming that we were siblings. So we took this test, and the results came back positive," Tadashi explained.

Aunt Cass was shocked. She held the piece of paper in her hand, reading over the contents as fast as she could with a hand over her mouth. Then she dropped the piece of paper and put both of her hands over her mouth. She turned to look at Tadashi, then at Hiro and Akari. She jumped out of her chair, and squeezed them as tight as she could.

"Oh my god! Tadashi you found them! I can't believe it!" she cried.

Startled by the sudden squeezing from their Aunt, they slowly wrapped their arms around her, making her cry harder, by they were happy tears. Tadashi joined the hug soon after, and finally, the Hamadas back together again.


YEAH! The secret is finally out! And the Hamadas are finally together again! But this is far from the end. This is my largest chapter so far! I totally just jinxed it, JK, I already have a future chapter like, twice the size of this one. Next chapter will be out either tomorrow or Sunday... most likely tomorrow!

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~Krypie