Writing stories is like conveying your feelings to others about what you feel. Many people never realised that animes and cartoons all have their moral of the stories. Take Doraemon for example, the main idea that I noticed and the author is trying to convey to us is to act more independently.
Chapter 1: The Search for Hiro
Remls, Lion and also Marie are still on the Gran Cycles, searching for Hiro. "Where did Hiro-kun go?" Marie asked. While riding, Lion swipe on the air above the rpm and speed meters using his left hand. Instantly, a green virtual screen appeared floating on the meters.
The green screen displayed a map of the road they are currently going through as there is two blue arrow indicators moving on the path. Then a red Sagittarius sign appeared blinking rapidly a little further from where their current position in the map. There is some details written beside the sign.
It is a coordinate as it seems to be displaying the exact position of Tarious. It was written '4213'. "Right now, he is somewhere further of us" Ban reported. The red Sagittarius sign then suddenly disappeared while talking, which surprises Lion. "The signal's gone!"
"What?!" Akira gasped. Same goes for Marie. "Where is his last coordinate?" he asked. "It was at point 4213" Ban reported. "Let's hurry!" Marie suggested and the Gran Cycles dash as fast as possible to the reported coordinate. One minute later, the three of them had arrived at Hiro's last location.
It was closed to the river being separated by gates and pillars. There are green grounds and very few trees. They see no people around that place as the trio gets down from the Gran Cycles. "This is where Hiro was last located" Ban reported as they started searching.
Marie then noticed Haneotome sitting under a tree not too far from where she is. "Haneotome-chan!" Marie called out as she dashes towards Hiro's pet, followed by Remls and Lion. Ban's mother quickly held Haneotome in her hands as she arrives to Hiro's pet.
However, the trio were surprised when they saw Haneotome is moaning depressingly as she had a sad face. Her eyes were slightly closed. "Pamu..." Haneotome moaned depressingly. "What's wrong?" Ban asked worriedly. Remls then noticed that Hiro's stuffs was under the same tree as Haneotome but there were no signs of Hiro.
"Haneotome, where is Hiro?" Akira asked. While moaning, Haneotome then rolled her face towards a certain direction and the trio followed her gaze. The trio became utterly shocked as they found Hiro's CCM lying on the ground but the owner is completely absent.
The trio then approaches Hiro's and Remls began to examine them as he crouches. He does not found any other traces of Hiro. "Only his CCM is here...? Impossible..." Akira mumbled. "Where did Hiro go?" Ban asked curiously.
Haneotome is still moaning sadly, which Marie noticed. "Haneotome-chan, can you tell us what happened?" Marie requested. Haneotome fully opened up her pink eyes before they glowed and unleashed white light rays. A virtual screen was projected from the rays and it began displaying a certain video.
The video is showing what happened to Haneotome and Hiro from the former's point of view. The trio were terrified when they saw the final part, where Hiro was nowhere to be found and ended like how they find his clothes after the flash disappeared.
The virtual screen then vanished and Haneotome slumped her head depressingly while the trio were left stunned. "I can't believe this..." Ban muttered. "No wonder his signal suddenly vanished" Akira confirmed. "But I believe that Hiro is still alive. His body must be somewhere out here"
"So what do we do now, Akira-san?" Marie asked. "First things first, Ban. You bring your mother, Haneotome and also Hiro's belongings back to the hotel. Marie-san, tell my wife what happened and tried to keep her calm" Akira ordered. "Yes!" Ban and Marie responded. "I'll start searching for Hiro" Akira told them.
"Then, I'll help too after sending my Mom back" Ban volunteered. "Thank you" Akira thanked before they splits up and do their respective tasks. Lion and Marie ride the red Gran Cycle back to the hotel while bringing together all Hiro's belongings and Haneotome. Remls rode his purple Gran Cycle around the roads of London to search for his son, Hiro.
Chapter 2: Hiro turned into a puppy
Later, at a dark alley near to where Haneotome was before...
A tiny, green Sagittarius sign can be seen hiding in the shadow formed on the ground by the walls. The sign soon vanished and afterwards a familiar pair of dark brown eyes suddenly appeared at a very short height from the floor. It is none other than Hiro since he had something to do with those characteristics. "Where am I?" Hiro asked himself as he glanced around from where he stood.
From his sight, the surrounding is like an alley and he can see two garbage cans, one on each side of the wall that are few distance away from him but there is something odd. He saw those garbage cans are bigger and taller than him. "Am I in an alley?" Hiro mumbled as he started moving.
But why I am shorter than garbage cans? He questioned in his mind but shrugged it off as he finally moved out from the shadow, revealing his current true form. Unbeknown to Hiro, he had yet to notice that his appearance was no longer human. He is now a quadruped canine puppy of some kind.
He had dark blue furs on most of his body. The layer around his paws, ears, nose and a little of his tail is white. There is also a white lightning symbol on his chest. His face was slightly retained although it is fully dark blue now and had small, dark brown dog nose.
Amazingly, he still wore his oval, silver locket around his neck, like a dog collar and tag. He just walked throughout the alley like a dog though still did not realised that he was moving like one. The blue pup thought that he was moving like a human. Walking out to the alley, Hiro saw the place with a tree that he hang out awhile ago before but his pet partner is gone together with his items.
The pup did not noticed that there is a local human boy perhaps younger but obviously taller than him sitting under while leaning against the same tree. "I think that was the place I hang out with Haneotome before" Hiro mumbled. "But... where did she go and where's my stuffs?" he asked himself before beginning to think while rumbling. Then he noticed the boy when he looked again.
Maybe that boy know where Haneotome is and also my stuffs are. I'll try ask him. Hiro, with four legs then approaches the boy, which the latter noticed that he was coming. "Excuse me, I wanted to ask you something" Hiro told the boy. However, the young boy gave him a weird stare at him.
"What's wrong, you don't understand me?" Hiro asked. The boy still gave him that weird stare and Hiro continued asking the former. However, what the boy heard from Hiro was nothing but yapping of a puppy until the former finally speak, "What is it, pup? You got lost?"
Hiro was completely taken aback when he heard what the boy just said. Pup? I am a human not a dog! Hiro scolded in his mind but soon realised something. Dog? It can't be...! The blue pup then glanced around, looking for a mirror or a glass and he did found one.
It is located at on one of the shops, which is nearby an avenue some distance away from where he was now. "What's wrong?" the boy asked as he saw Hiro running towards the avenue but the blue pup ignored him. Hiro finally reached the shop with a glass or mirror before looking into it.
Upon looking into the mirror, the blue pup finally see his true form and gasped in shocked. He is now a dog, or more correct a slowly growing pup. The pup put his forepaws on the glass and stood while staring in disbelief. I am dog? But why?
Hiro then remembered the incident that happened to him before he was unconscious in the alley. Maybe it's the effect of that explosion before? Hiro deduced in his thought. I want to change back...but how? Maybe I should transform
Hiro then lift up while looking at his left forepaw and tried to summon the Sagittarius sign but nothing happened, much to his dismay. Not good...? How about if I try dreaming for myself to return to human? The blue pup then closes his eyes and began to make a wish.
"I wish to become a human again...I wish to become a human again..." Hiro mumbled and he wait for a few minutes. However, nothing happened again and he tried repeating the action a few more times. The outcomes turned out to be the same again and he did not become human at all.
Hiro opened up his eyes again and sighed in frustration before looking into the glass. It didn't work too, huh? Maybe I should go back to the hotel where everyone is but will Mom, Dad, Haneotome and the others recognise me? Hiro asked in his mind while staring into the glass.
Then the pup noticed that he was still wearing the silver locket before checking the contents inside. It was a picture of him in his human form with Ran. His despair turned into hope while his sadness become happiness upon seeing the locket and its content.
I got it. Even if I am a puppy, they will definitely recognised me if I show the locket. Hiro thought to himself happily before he closes his locket and started making his way to the hotel they had stayed in.
Chapter 3: The Bad News
Simultaneously in the hotel...
All the scientists are having a tea break inside another hall of the hotel. Haruka, Junichiro, Mongoose and Cobra sat on one of the table together enjoying the snacks and drinks served for them. There are other scientists as well, occupying the other tables.
A few of the scientists are seen talking to their family members. Then Marie and Ban with the former holding Haneotome while the latter holding Hiro's stuffs entered the hall. The brunettes while panting quickly approaches the table Junichiro and the others, which the four noticed.
"Marie, Ban. What's wrong?" Junichiro asked. "Dad, we got bad news to inform, especially you, Professor Oozora" Ban answered. The mother of blue raised her brows when she heard this. Then Marie put Haneotome while Ban put all Hiro's stuffs, including the blue CCM on the table before the two brunettes explained for the four of them what happened to Hiro.
The four of them were utterly shocked when they heard what happened. "I can't believe it. Hiro's missing?!" Haruka asked quietly in disbelief, avoiding other people's attention. "Yes, Professor. We only found his stuffs and Haneotome at the scene" Ban reported frustratingly. "This is totally a cataclysm" Cobra mumbled.
"How do you spell that word?" Mongoose asked but he was ignored. "Still, I can't believe that some ghost possessed a broken Panther Deville" said Junichiro. "We couldn't believe it too but Haneotome-chan saw everything that happened. When we found her, she seems awfully depressed" Marie added.
The rest then had their attentions on Hiro's pet who slumped her head sadly while moaning. Haruka then grabbed and embraced Haneotome while trying to comfort herself and Haneotome. "Right now, Akira-san is riding around London, searching for Hiro" Ban stated.
"All right, Cobra, Mongoose" Junichiro called out. "Yes!" The assistants responded. "You two go and search for Hiro. Ban, you help them too" Junichiro ordered. "Yes!" Ban abided and the brunette leaves the room together with Cobra and Mongoose.
"Dear, what are you going to do?" Marie asked. "For now, I'll be attending the conference like usual since my turn to present my paper is coming soon. Afterwards, I'll help in the search" Junichiro answered before he also take his leave, leaving only Marie, Haruka and Haneotome.
Chapter 4: A Squeaky Toy at the Audition
At a park where the Big Ben is visible from there...
There is an audition currently occurring, which is for dogs. The press, people and various other dogs are attending it. Patch is among the dogs attending as the TV Dog, Thunderbolt is there, standing on the stage and the audition is something about the latter.
The staffs involved are also there too. "All right, everybody. Line up your dogs for the audition. We need to hear their best heroic bark!" the male emcee informed. And so the dogs that wanted to join the audition line up and one by one barks as heroic as possible besides Thunderbolt.
Patch was the last dog in line as he yaps on the steps until a female staff picks and puts him on stage. The Dalmatian pooch crashes against Thunderbolt and sits down as the staff puts the former sliding on the floor. Patch looks up and Thunderbolt gave him a cheesy grin.
"Well...go ahead..." said Thunderbolt as he tried to maintain his posture while gesturing Patch to bark. Patch begun stuttering as he looks at the audience that were starring at him but still did not bark. "What's the matter, little fella?" the TV dog asked. "Cat got your tongue?"
Then he chuckles whisperingly a little before looking at Patch. "Well, its funny cause you see, we're dogs and we chase cats so..." Thunderbolt continued and chuckled again in the same way. Patch then stared at dogs down and in front of the stage, staring at him too.
"Well, that made me laugh" Thunderbolt said but with a change of tone and more serious. "Come on, kid. We haven't got all year. You're wasting my night" he whined. The Dalmatian pup noticed that everyone else is murmuring and the emcee is looking at his watch.
Patch then turned back before he raised his head and to bark in a heroic way. However, the bark was completely awful as the normal bark was followed by a sound of a squeaky toy. Then everyone including Thunderbolt began to burst into laughter after hearing the pitiful bark.
"Say, who set off that squeaky toy?" Thunderbolt teased before he continued laughing again. Patch slumps his head in disappointment due to the fact that his bark sounds awful and the hero he admired also laughed inferiorly at him.
"Hey, Thunderbolt. Over here" said one of the photographers as they had their cameras in hands. Thunderbolt put on a cheesy grin while Patch gave a shocking look when those photographers snapped photos of him a few times.
After the photography session ended, the theme song of Thunderbolt's show was played and people began to leave. "That's it folks. We'll announce the winner of the audition tomorrow. Come on and have a fantabulous day. And remember, buy your pooch lots and lots of tasty KANINE KRUNCHIES" the emcee concluded before giving the microphone to the staff besides him.
Patch who was still shocked watches everyone left, leaving him alone on the stage before he turned around and sighed frustratingly. "Nice one, Patch. Just brilliant" Patch mumbled sadly.
Chapter 5: Hiro meets Patch and Thunderbolt
At the same time...
Hiro the pup was kicked out by one of the security guards patrolling the hotel and lied on the corridor. "Listen, pup. Can't you see this sign?!" the male grumpy-looking guard scolded, pointing his right index finger towards a signboard. It was a 'Pets not allowed' sign.
"No pets allowed! Do you understand?!" he questioned with anger. Hiro tried to reason with the guard about letting himself in but the latter could not understand him and only heard yapping. Worse, the guard ignored the pup when the yapping by letting off his tantrum.
"Scram now before I give you a piece of me!" the guard declared as he started chasing Hiro away with his black batter. The blue pup ran away to a park, trying to save himself and hided in the bushes. Thankfully, the guard did not even followed him that far and the pup was saved.
Hiro then escaped from the bushes and began strolling in the park aimlessly while feeling completely dishearten. "Why this happened to me...?" Hiro whined. "I can't enter the hotel like this. Not when I'm a pooch. I guess I'll never be able to return unless I turned back"
While Hiro the pup continued murmuring, he did not realised that he is walking towards the stage where the Thunderbolt audition was held before. Still murmuring, his head then crashes against the stage's wall, which made the pup snapped back to reality and yelped a little.
Afterwards, Hiro take a step back before looking up and saw the banner for Thunderbolt audition hanging at the stage that was decorated accordingly with blue fabrics. "Thunderbolt auditions today...?" Hiro read and then remembered about this being mentioned in yesterday's Thunderbolt show. "Oh yeah, it's today..."
Hiro glanced around but saw no one, not even a human. Next, the pup then went for the stairs and gets on stage. He saw another white pup with spots, or more accurate a Dalmatian stood in the middle of the stage, with a long face. Hiro then approaches the Dalmatian pup, Patch.
"Hello" Hiro greeted. "Are you waiting for the audition?" he asked. "The audition is long over..."Patch answered boringly, not turning back. "I see..." Hiro replied. "But what are you doing here?" he inquired. "I was in the audition but totally messed up" Patch answered.
"What did you have to do in the audition?" Hiro asked. "Bark. As heroic as possible. But mine is the worse among any normal dog" Patch answered. "I see..." Hiro replied disappointingly. "My name is Oozora Hiro. You can call me Hiro" he introduced. "I'm Patch..." said the Dalmatian pup.
"So, Patch, what are you still doing here all alone? Don't you have to go home where your parents or your owner was now?" Hiro asked. "I...don't want to return home. Nobody would miss me..." Patch answered before started walking away. "How come?" Hiro asked as he followed the Dalmatian pup and get down from the stage.
"You see...I come from this very big family but everyone just see me just as like another dog and I'm always clinging behind their shadows. That's why, I want to be a one of a kind wonder dog like Thunderbolt so I can be someone different" Patch explained. "But my siblings, both adopted and biological laughed at my awful bark when I tried to make one like Thunderbolt"
"So basically, you wanted to become a hero and gets out from the shadows of your siblings?" Hiro guessed and the two stop their tracks. "Yeah, sort of" Patch confirmed. "So many siblings do you have?" Hiro asked. "99 including me" Patch answered and Hiro became surprised.
99 siblings? That was too big for a family of dog, not to mention humans. Even for married couple, it is definitely impossible for human mothers to bear and born children repeatedly that many times. This is due to one child requires about 9 months.
For animals, that is still impossible without to have that number at once. Of course, through other perspectives is possible to achieve like adoption, which was mentioned by Patch. "Really?! That many? How many of your siblings were biological and how the rest got adopted?" Hiro asked.
"There's 15 of us initially including me. Then one day, my siblings and I were abducted by two underlings of a devil woman, who wanted to make coats out of us puppies. That same woman also bought other 84 puppies from the various pet shops for the same purpose. Luckily, my parents came to save us with helps from other dogs and animals before that happen. Afterwards, Dad decided that the rest come home with us and our owners keep them too" Patch explained.
"I see...I kind of understand your situation now. Maybe..." Hiro was speaking until Patch noticed something and cut in the talk, "Hiro, look!"
Hiro the pup then followed Patch's gaze and saw a familiar German Shepherd in disguised sneaking away from other people. That dog uses a round red mat and the mane of a mop to disguise itself. "Isn't that Thunderbolt?" Hiro guessed.
"No doubt it's him!" Patch claimed excitedly and quickly sneaked to that brown dog's front while it was occupied mumbling before the pup yelled, "Hi Thunderbolt!"
Thunderbolt screamed while he back off due to being startled by Patch sudden yelling. "I'm sorry. I... You got the wrong dog, kid!" Thunderbolt claimed while chuckling a little before trying to get away from Patch. "That's the same disguise you used in episode 18" Patch notified before getting in Thunderbolt's path. "Gambling Gophers of Gunfire Gulch!"
"Oh! Howl and out loud! Now you blown my cover!" Thunderbolt grumbled annoyingly before tossing away his gears to disguise. "This is champion. I'm your biggest fan, Thunderbolt!" Patch said. The brown dog tossed the mop's mane in the trash basket and the mat on Patch before walking away from him.
"I know every episode by heart" Patch claimed before chasing after Thunderbolt by running on the narrow surface of the walls. "Remember the time when you fought the grizzly bear and rescue those orphans and then the dam boat and..."
Thunderbolt then grin when he remembers where he saw Patch before as the pup was in the same height as him. At that time, Hiro walks up to the duo. "Hey, aren't you the squeaky toy?" Thunderbolt asked teasingly.
"Squeaky toy?" Hiro echoed, confused why the TV Dog called the Dalmatian pup that nickname. "He barked like one" Thunderbolt notified, not even noticing Hiro was there.
"Yeah... that's me" Patch smiled awkwardly as he admits. "Listen, pup" Thunderbolt ordered. "Patch!" Patch corrected the brown dog. "Pooch, whatever" said Thunderbolt, walking away from the two pups and headed towards a tree.
"You got to understand. Sometimes danger and I like to dance alone" the brown dog stood straight and the Dalmatian pup became disappointed to hear this. Oh dear, I have to cheer Patch somehow. Hiro thought when he saw Patch feeling down.
Then they heard a meow, which made the trio to look up at the tree where Thunderbolt stood by. "Good quiches. Look at that! A cat is stuck up in that tree" Thunderbolt reported panicky as Hiro and Patch approaches him. The two pups then saw a grey cat that is walking on one of the branches. "He is?" Patch asked.
Hiro observe closely at the cat before he noticed there was a bird nest with three fledglings inside. He realised that the cat was targeting the fledglings for lunch while simultaneously heard Thunderbolt mumbling that the climbing animal needs to be saved.
"Now, if I were me, what would I do? I always do like in the script, that's what I do" Thunderbolt muttered but then realised something with a shocking face. "Oh no. I don't have a script!" he remembered. "This is just like when Tommy got trapped on the cliff, in episode 29..." Patch began talking while Thunderbolt was panicky whining and wondering around.
"Oh I'm kidding. I had no idea what I'm doing!" Thunderbolt complained. "But episode 29 is still the best. At least from the first season" Patch said while wiggling his tail and Thunderbolt got annoyed hearing the pup's rambling. "Pooch!" Thunderbolt barked angrily.
"Patch!" Patch corrected him. "Whatever!" Thunderbolt shrugged off. "I'm trying to panic here!" he whined. "Oh sorry" Patch apologised. This is not going anywhere. Hiro thought before he sighed.
"I just thought you were going to do like rock and ridge" Patch said and Thunderbolt noticed something from those words. "You know when you got that bound, and drew a next cliff, and you had a long plank of wood and got a great big round boulder and..."
Thunderbolt saw the similar stuffs that is related to what Patch just said, which are trash basket and a fat worker cleaning the window using a long ladder. "Precisely!" said Thunderbolt before he takes action.
The German Shepherd kicked the thrash basket and grabbed the ladder with his mouth, causing the worker to slip but not falling. Thunderbolt putted the ladder on the stationary thrash basket before he sat on one side of the ladder. Patch followed the hero he admired.
Afterwards, the fat worker fell on the other side and Thunderbolt were sent flying like a catapult before the latter broke the tree's branch. The cat then fell onto the ground and luckily did not get hurt until Thunderbolt suddenly crashed on the cat.
The German Shepherd sat on the cat's neck, causing the latter difficult to breathe which the former obliviously did not see that but noticed the grey cat. "There you are, my good man. No need to thank me. The look on your face is thanks enough" Thunderbolt said calmly.
Can't you see that cat is suffering while you sat on its neck?! Hiro shouted in his mind while giving Thunderbolt a glare. "Now, smile for the cameras!" Thunderbolt ordered as he made a cheesy smile but too bad nothing happened, which he realised.
"Hey, that's strange. Where are the photographers? The presses is always around when I do something" Thunderbolt muttered before looking at the cat. "What's the matter with you English people? Are you all having tea?" The German Shepherd gets up and whined. "How am I supposed to get my job back if you're all having tea?!
"Job? What are you talking about?" Hiro asked but unfortunately Patch came to interrupt. "That was champion, Thunder! Just like on the TELE" Patch noted. "More like making trouble..." Hiro sighed.
"You know, this stuff isn't as easy as it looks" Thunderbolt stated as he begun walking. "I mean, maybe if I can remember what happened in every episode of the show. You know, like squeaky toy here but then I..." he whined but then the bulb in his mind glows bright when he noticed something. "Hey...Squeaky toy..."
"What is it, Thunder?" Patch answered while wiggling his tail. "Well, do you want to join me for a stroll in the city?" Thunderbolt asked. "I can?" Patch guessed. "Sure. It's not everyday you can walk together with a TV star" said Thunderbolt. "Maybe you can see me do more hero stuffs if you do"
"Then do you mind if I join in as well?" Hiro abruptly requested as he approaches the two dogs. "Who are you?" Thunderbolt asked. "I'm Hiro. Oozora Hiro" Hiro the pup introduced himself. "Well, now that's odd. Your name sounds so human-like" Thunderbolt pointed out.
"Yeah...I guess" Hiro admitted while chuckling awkwardly. "So what do you think, Thunder?" Patch asked. "No problem" Thunderbolt answered. "They say three heads is better than two and even better than one. Doing heroic stuffs will be a catwalk" he explained.
"Cakewalk" Hiro corrected. "Precisely~" Thunderbolt replied. "Now let's go!" he declared. Then the three dogs began strolling together in London. Thunderbolt explained to the two about junior deputy test and maybe if the two passed, they can join in the show with the TV star. And so they began their test begins while doing many things...
Sometimes later at sunset...
Thunderbolt, Patch and Hiro are seen hanging out in another park while eating some food. Patch and Thunderbolt eat sausages from a plate while Hiro eats a pea that falls from the tree. "I tell you Thunder" Patch said before taking a sausage and chewing it, "This is the best day ever"
"More like the worst day ever" Hiro grumbled but being ignored. "You know, I never knew it would be fun out here doing all these hero stuffs" Thunderbolt confessed. "There's nothing so heroic about all those things that you two did" Hiro objected out loud. "What do you mean? I think doing those stuffs are heroic" Patch defended, did not get what Hiro said.
"More like troubles. The stagecoach carrying the married couple was already in control. The guy that took stuffs into his sack was just a customer picking up his clothes via the self-service laundry. The Palace guards were really supposed to wear that tall black hat and act so unfriendly. Lastly, you two stole sausages from the restaurant. There's nothing so heroic about those acts that you two did, including the ones I don't even remember" Hiro pointed out.
"Maybe you are right about that" Patch admitted. "But anyway what do you mean by before, Thunderbolt? Don't you do this heroic stuffs all the time?" he asked. At that time, Thunderbolt was eating a sausage but quickly swallowed it without chewing when that question was raised to him, which he nearly choked.
"Oh well, kid...Err..." Thunderbolt stumbled and chuckled a little. "Oh course I do! I do this all the time" he said firmly. He doesn't seem to do this all the time. Hiro guessed in his mind while finishing his pear. "So, let's talk about you two kids" Thunderbolt suggested.
"Us...?" Hiro repeated. "Yeah, what's your story?" Thunderbolt asked. "How about we start with you, Hiro?" Patch suggested. "Sure..." Hiro agreed and afterwards, he begun telling his stories while walking. The blue pooch tells the truth, even the part he is in fact human.
The two real dogs were surprised when they heard Hiro's stories while still could not believe that the blue pup was really a human. Patch felt awfully jealous due to the fact that the pup he just met was already a hero who saved the world before.
"So no wonder you keep rambling about what we did weren't heroic and so all. You're definitely sounded like a human. A Japanese that is" Thunderbolt commented. "I still can't believe that you are the red hero who did the announcement at that time and saved the world, had now turned into a pup"
"Wow...I feel a lot jealous, Hiro" Patch honestly and sadly confessed. "Well, it's my future self at that time doing those deeds with my friends. But it's true, I fought an evil spirit possessing the red Panther Deville and because of that thing, I now become a pup. Worse, I can't turn back or return to my family" Hiro pointed out.
"Well, Hiro. I guess your story was interesting to hear" Thunder commented amusingly. "So it's your turn now, Patch" Hiro reminded. "Well, I come from this very big family" Patch stated. "I know a guy came from the big litter, 10 or 12...I forget" Thunderbolt replied.
"There's a 101 of us" Patch continued. "A 101 Dalmatians? Hey, I heard about you guys. Yeah, you were on the Twilight Bark" Thunderbolt mentioned. "Twilight Bark? What is that?" Hiro asked.
"It's a chain of barks used by us dogs to ask help or send information to other dogs and animals out there. We used this form of communication when the humans really couldn't help us" Thunderbolt explained. "So basically it's your last resort to send SOS message?" Hiro guessed.
"Yup!" Thunderbolt confirmed. "It is also a way of telling news to the dogs in the whole country" he added "But that's just it, isn't it?" Patch deduced sadistically. "I'm afraid all I'll ever be is one of a 101. At least that's what my Dad thinks"
Both Hiro and Thunderbolt remained silent upon hearing this while they pity the Dalmatian pup before one of the trio broke the silence.
"I can understand clearly how you feel, Patch. Having others to just see you as someone plain, loser or can't even do simple things independently. Even if I'm already a hero that can go save others that feeling still remains in me" Hiro pointed out. "I get the first part but what do you mean by that feeling still remains?" Thunderbolt asked.
"It's a lot to say but here is what I perceive. I became a hero and have the powers to can save others but now I can't even used my unique powers to fight, not while I'm a dog. Honest. Even if I'm a normal human being right now, there is one thing that bothers me and everyone. That is... reality. Problems that are really happening around and fears that bound to us" Hiro explained.
"So what are the problems and fears that you face, Hiro?" Patch asked.
"There's a lot problems and fears if you asked me but I'll tell what I think is important. As a human kid, I wanted to have fun like watching all anime, playing video games, reading mangas and many more, which had already or currently being released but unfortunately, I'll never have enough time to do all those things, even if I live for a 1000 years. Then I realised a lot of things. People or animals are being tested by God in many ways. You're ready or not, those tests had already begun right at the moment we were borne. While I'm slacking off, doing all those fun things, everyone else out there are struggling to get themselves jobs for a living. While we're breathing healthily and enjoying luxury, other people out there are suffering and dying at this moment. There are many other things, which are mostly annoying that we need to consider and do but unfortunately we spoiled ourselves too much with fantasies to forget them. My fear is that when very deep despairs fall upon us by those other things and after being spoiled too much, the first thing we usually would do is complaining, 'Why these bad things happen to me?', 'I refused to accept this', 'I'm still not ready for this' and so on. By that time, it might already be too late for me to regret" Hiro explained.
"So, what would you do when that time come?" Thunderbolt asked. "To be honest, I don't know. I'm not wise enough and I really hate thinking of what to do for long-terms because it hurts my head a lot every time. Even if I realised my mistakes, there's nothing I can do about it, not while I'm being clouded by despair. All I can do is just doing what I can for myself and others" Hiro elucidated. "Now that's quite a rambling overall" Thunderbolt remarked.
"Sorry if you're thinking that I talked nonsense" Hiro pardoned. "But remember that everyone had their own dream to achieve and role in which only they can do. If you can understand your role and do it accordingly, people will begin changing their opinions of you and your dream will surely be fulfilled. That's what I do to become a hero for everyone" he explained.
"Well spoken, Hiro" Thunderbolt commented before all of them began walking. "Hey, Thunderbolt. How do you become a one of a kind wonder dog, anyway?" Patch asked. "Well... in my case, it all hinge on getting just the right agent" Thunderbolt told them before giving a cheesy smile. "I guess some people are lucky" Hiro snorted. "To some extent"
"But you know, kid. Getting there isn't so tough but staying on top. That's the real challenge. You think you're doing great and all of a sudden, there's somebody trying to take your place!" Thunderbolt claimed. "Crag you out!" Patch continued. "Push you aside!" Thunderbolt proceeded. "Steal your spot!" Patch cried.
"Precisely!" Thunderbolt stated. "Precisely" Patch repeated before Thunderbolt smiled and gave a wiggly nose at Patch. "You know, you're all right kid" Thunderbolt stated and Patch chuckled happily. "Yeah, I think so too and you two do have a point there on what you talked before" Hiro remarked before all of them continued strolling to a bridge.
"I'll tell you what, little buddies. I'm planning on doing some bigger hero stuff today. You two stick with me. Maybe you get your picture in the paper, show the world that you're not just another dog, Patch. And even if it is not heroic, it maybe help your parents to find you through on the paper, Hiro" said Thunderbolt.
"I see...I guess I'll tag along. That is a good suggestion" Hiro concurred. At that time, they are looking into their reflections on the river surface. Patch then began to bark heroically like Thunderbolt but ended up sounding like a squeaky toy again.
Hiro then tried to bark like Thunderbolt too but was not different than Patch, which made the TV Dog chuckled a little. "Hey, that's two squeaky toys, Ha Ha. And No, no, no like this... Ahem!" said Thunderbolt.
The German Shepherd cleared his throats and do his heroic bark splendidly, making the pigeons nearby to fly away. "Wow, now that's quite heroic bark" Hiro remarked. "I wish I can bark like that" said Patch. "I'm sure we will when the time is right, Patch" Hiro pointed out.
"So, let's go then buddies. Off to do more hero stuffs" Thunderbolt declared. "Yes!" both the pups responded before the trio dogs left the bridge.
