Halloween Special Alert! Firstly, Happy (belated) Halloween! And secondly, here's my second OC in this story - I hope you love her as much as I do!

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Halloweens are always, always, always the best with his Uncles Fred and Hiro. At least, that's what Max Hamada thinks. For his little sister... Not so much.

"But I wanna go get candy with mommy and daddy," Four year old Cassie Hamada wails, as Tadashi tries to reassure his youngest. Cassie is currently sitting on her father's lap, as he attempts to braid her short, curly hair.

"Stop crying, Cassie," Seven year old Max tells his younger sister. "Trick or treating with Uncle Fred and Uncle Hiro is the best. They let you keep all the good candy. Like the big Snickers bars." The older Hamada stands up tall, arms crossed over his chest. "Uncle Fred is the coolest."

"Don't forget they spend every year spending it on you two instead of going to some adult party. They even match their costumes with you," GoGo comments, as she idly flips through a car manual. "They love you two."

"You're just saying that," Max tells his mother wryly. "But the two of them don't have lives."

Tadashi chokes on his laughter. GoGo shoots her husband a look over her manual. "Why, Max, who taught you to say that?"

Max smiles boyishly, and furtively looks at his father before he answers. "I'm not 'apposed to tell." GoGo looks at her husband, and mouths the words 'We will talk about this later'. Tadashi blows his wife a kiss, smirking.

"Is my wolf costume ready?" Cassie asks, her earlier outburst already forgotten. "Did Uncle Hiro already see it?"

Tadashi nods, finally tying off the last braid with a pink rubber band. There's sommething in his daughter's eyes that he can't quite comprehend, so he decides to let it slide for now. "Uncle Hiro thinks you're going to look spectacular."

"What's spectacular?"

"That's a grown-up word," Max interrupts, looking proud of himself for knowing. "It means really, really, awesome. Right, mommy?" He bounds over to his mother, beaming at her. GoGo nods, ruffling his unruly hair.

"That's really good, Max. Did you learn that from school?"

"No, I learned it from Uncle Fred. He says that superheroes are spectacular and that their powers are spectacular and that comics are spectacular - Oh, I almost forgot!" His dark eyes widen, and he dashes for the stairs. "I'm supposed to return his Magma Man comics tonight!"

Tadashi laughs. "When should we start getting a restraining order for Fred?"

GoGo snorts. "Probably when our son decides he wants to wear a mascot costume twenty four-seven." She sets down her car manual, and walks over to Cassie, who is looking at herself in the mirror. "We should get you in your wolf costume, Cassie. Your uncles are going to be here soon."

Cassie's gray eyes light up. "Uncle Hiro?"

GoGo looks at her husband, a knowing smile on her lips. "And Uncle Fred."

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The doorbell rings ten minutes later, and Tadashi gets up from his favorite chair to answer it. "Trick or Treat!" Fred and Hiro yell out once he's opened the door, and Tadashi rolls his eyes.

"Sorry, kids, I only have granola bars," he teases, "But they have chocolate chips in them so that should account for something, right?"

Hiro, dressed as Jon Snow, laughs as he gives his brother a hug. "Jerk. I know you have some Twix in here somewhere."

Fred, who is dressed up as Thor, waves a plastic Mjolnir around. "Where is Loki?" he roars into the house, charging past Tadashi. "Brother, there are many houses we must ravish for candy!"

Max runs down the stairs in his Loki costume, carrying a stack of comics. "Uncle Fre-"

The blonde holds up Mjolnir, shaking it at Max. "We are in character, dear brother. We must call each other by our true names."

"I swear, Fred, if you end up being a bad influence for Max, there's going to be hell to pay," GoGo drawls, following Cassie. Cassie is dressed in an adorable white wolf onesie; the Direwolf to Hiro's Jon Snow.

"Uncle Hiro!" she squeals happily, holding out her arms. "Do I look spe-cack-ular?"

Hiro chuckles, and gives his niece a hug. "Yes, you do look spectacular, my favorite niece."

She giggles, hugging him tighter. "I'm your only niece!"

"When did she start crushing on Hiro?" Tadashi asks his wife, wrapping an arm over her shoulder.

GoGo shrugs, an amused smile on her face as Hiro and Cassie play a quick game of hide and seek, while Fred looks for a skateboard, some rope, and a bag to put his comics in, so he can wheel it around. "I don't know. I think it's kind of cute," she laughs.

"Can we go now, mom? Please?" Max asks, once he and Fred have their supplies ready. "People are already starting to go trick or treating!"

"All right, you can go," GoGo says. "You know the rules, right?"

"Don't leave Uncle Fred, don't go to really dark places, don't talk to strangers, don't take candy from strangers, and always check if Cassie is safe." Max recites dutifully.

"Got that right, buddy," Tadashi smiles. "Have fun, guys. Bye, Max. Bye, Cassie." Max grimaces as both of his parents kiss him on the forehead, while Cassie smiles at them indulgently. "Hiro, Fred..."

"I know, I know," Hiro waves a hand dismissively. "I'm going to watch them. Well, technically, I'm going to be watching Cassie more, since it's obvious that Thor and Loki here have their own agenda."

Tadashi laughs. "I was also going to remind you not to use my daughter as a way to attract girls, but you know what? Never mind." Hiro smiles evilly, and his brother just rolls his eyes at him.

Tadashi and GoGo stay at the door until Cassie, Max, and their uncles disappear down the street. "Now we do what every parent does on Halloween," GoGo sighs, rubbing her temples. "Answer the door and shove artificial sugar at other people's children."

"Or..." Tadashi smirks, and brings out a bowl that has the words 'Happy Halloween, kids! We trust you; take one!" painted on it. "We could just leave this here and have a lot of, em, treats..." he wiggles his eyebrows at GoGo, and she socks him on the shoulder, blushing. "While we wait for three hours for our best friends to return our children."

She's quiet for a while, seriously contemplating his request. Then she smirks, walking ahead of him. "I'll get the Kisses."

"I hope we're talking about the same kinds!"

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Ugh. Can you believe how late this is? Oh, well. Happy Halloween, guys. No super-long AN for today.

On another note, how did you like Cassie?