The World Falls Apart (But We Can Fix It)

Part One of the Earthquake Series

Chapter Two

Beta Read - SpotlightAsagi and Shaitan Elnifi

Chapter Date Published - 2/1/2015

Hiro tried to casually stare at Tadashi from the corner of his eye. They had started walking a few blocks back when Tadashi had declared that they were close enough and he wasn't going to pedal any longer. So, there they were, heading back to the cafe. Tadashi was walking the (awesome!) bike back and Hiro was walking next to him.

And Hiro could not stop looking at his older brother.

Said older brother turned to look at him and Hiro immediately turned away. Tadashi couldn't help but smile warmly at his silly brother. Tadashi looked away. Hiro started staring again.

Hiro couldn't help it. Sure, Tadashi wasn't wearing his visor or hood which left him in his usual SF cap, but his clothes... He eyed the jumpsuit his brother was wearing. It was black, which was weird because his brother never wore black, but more surprisingly were the neon green lines that ran along the joints. Not to mention the bike!

He had to admit, his normally dorky brother?

He was pretty cool right now.

"We have to talk about this, Hiro."

Hiro sighed. What was he thinking? Of course his brother couldn't be anything other than lame.

"What, like about the fact that we just jumped over a slagging mag-tram? Which I have to say, was slagging awesome!" Hiro exclaimed, adding in a fist pump for good measure.

Tadashi made a grab for his brother, but Hiro just swayed out of reach. "No, about the part where you have to stop going to Underground bot fights!"

"Pfft. More like winning Underground bot fights! And will you relax? We did manage to escape those guys and the Keepers!"

"You guys did what!?"

Hiro and Tadashi whipped around to meet a very worried Aunt Cass. The brothers hadn't noticed, but they had already reached the cafe.

"Uh, hey Aunt Cass." Hiro said, adding in a small wave.

Hiro found himself being smothered as Aunt Cass pulled him into her chest.

"I was SO worried! Then Tadashi went to go get you," which prompted her to pull said brother into the embrace, "and that was hours ago!"

She pulled back, one hand gently cupping the side of each boys face. "Are you two alright?" She asked, softly. The boys mumbled a yes, because it was true and they knew better than to say otherwise.

"Then what were you two knuckleheads thinking!" Aunt Cass' mood took an abrupt turn and she yanked on their ears, dragging them to the front entrance. The boys did their best to follow along, but despite their best efforts they were still tugged by their ears. Aunt Cass kept talking despite their pained protests. "I know that it's hard, I mean, I wasn't exactly expecting to be a parent, and I'm sure you guys weren't expecting me to be your guardian." She finally let go, so she could unlock the door. Hiro and Tadashi immediately put a hand to their ears, hoping that Aunt Cass wouldn't decide to grab them again.

"And we only have the three of us to look after each other, but we do our best don't we?"

She seemed to deflate as she opened the door. Her shoulders sagged and her head dropped and the brothers couldn't help but unconsciously copy her movement, as if they were all sharing the same indescribable weight. In some ways, they were.

"We've done our best these last ten years." She said softly, not looking back at them.

Hiro and Tadashi shared a look. Hiro stuffed his hands into his pockets and resisted the urge to scuff his shoes, unwilling to interrupt the moment. Then he crossed his arms, trying not to look as guilty as he felt.

Tadashi's expression softened at seeing his family like this. He looked down at the ground and tugged on his cap, before replying. "You two are the best family a guy could ask for. And we really are sorry, Aunt Cass."

"Yeah, we love you Aunt Cass," Hiro added softly.

"I love you two, too," she replied, just as softly. Turning around to face Hiro and Tadashi, she smiled tenderly at her boys. They smiled awkwardly back. "Come on," she said, rolling her eyes at their expressions. Aunt Cass and Hiro walked into the cafe, while Tadashi quickly placed the bike behind the cafe sign before slipping in behind them.

Then found himself being pushed outside with Hiro, "Ugh, you two are filthy," Aunt Cass tried her best to brush the dust off the boys' outfits, but failed. Especially with Hiro's. "Maybe I should get the hose."

The brothers immediately protested, "We'll try to get most of it off and go through the side door," Tadashi reasoned.

Hiro nodded. Tadashi elbowed him. Hiro got the message. "And! And," Hiro paused, "we'll clean up after ourselves."

Hands on her hips, Aunt Cass gave them a mock glare. "You better. And don't go scaring Mochi off, I think some of the neighbors are trying to lure him away."

She went inside. The Hamada brothers made their way to the side entrance. They tried to pat themselves down, although it didn't help at all. Still, it was better than before, and skies forbid if they dirtied the cafe. And if they scared off Mochi? Then Aunt Cass would kill them and give their rooms to that cat as a peace offering.

Tadashi opened the door, making sure to wipe his feet before heading upstairs. He paused and turned around, when he didn't hear Hiro do the same. "You coming?"

Hiro had been looking downstairs, but looked up at his older brother. "You go on ahead."

Tadashi stared at him for a moment. Then he nodded, making his way up to their rooms.

Hiro watched his brother walk upstairs before heading over to where he thought Aunt Cass was. He followed the purring.

Luckily he didn't have to go into the cafe and he silently stood in the doorway to the hall. Aunt Cass didn't notice him, too focused on petting Mochi. However, Mochi did, softly meowing before trotting over to him. Hiro bent down to pet him.

"Mochi, really likes us." Hiro said not looking up at his aunt.

"Yeah, I'm not surprised. We do have a pretty amazing family." Aunt Cass knelt on the floor so that the two were face to face, with Mochi between them. "Lately the neighbors have been trying to tempt Mochi into staying at their place, but Mochi's not having any of it, are you Mochi~?" She scratched the back of the cats ears, making him pur louder.

Hiro smiled. "Aunt Cass?" He said hesitantly. "I uh, got you something."

Aunt Cass sighed, but it was out of exasperation rather than disappointment. She didn't stop petting Mochi and she didn't stop smiling. "Hiro, honey, we talked about this. Legitimate or not, I'm not taking the money you've won from your bot fights." She paused, then thought about what she said. "Especially if it's not legitimate," she added.

"It's not money," Hiro quickly replied. "It's..." He patted down the front of his jumpsuit, before reaching in to pull something out. "Here," he shoved the item into his aunt's face.

She had to pull back, in order to see what the object was. Then gasped.

"Chocolate? Now I know for sure that you've been gambling," She said, more amused than disappointed.

"Sorry." Hiro pulled his arm back, then said, "I want you to have it Aunt Cass."

"You must have beat someone pretty dangerous to have won this," Aunt Cass said knowingly.

Hiro nodded.

Aunt Cass laid a soft hand over the object, then put the other below Hiro's hand. Both hands encompassed Hiro's for a moment before taking the chocolate. "Thank you, Hiro. We can save it for a special occasion."

He grinned, equal parts embarrassed and proud at the praise. Hiro quickly turned to the staircase.

Aunt Cass watched him disappear upstairs. "That boy," she sighed aloud.

She thought for a second before smiling and sighing again. "My boys."

-000-

"You better make this up to Aunt Cass," Tadashi said from his bed.

"Yeah, yeah..." Hiro grumbled, making his way to his computer. However, inwardly, he was already thinking on how to do just that. Sure, Aunt Cass loved sweets, but the chocolate didn't count if she wasn't going to eat it herself. And he really did feel bad about worrying her.

"And hand it over."

"What?" Hiro turned his chair around to see Tadashi with his I'm-your-big-brother-I-know-best stink face on and his arms crossed. He was also wearing his typical forest green jumpsuit. "Why did you change?"

"Hiro, don't try to change the subject," Tadashi said, disappointment radiating from his entire body. "I know that whatever you gave Aunt Cass isn't the only thing you won."

"I won her chocolate," Hiro said smugly.

Tadashi's whole demeanor relaxed for a second. "Chocolate? Wow, that is a good win"

Then changed back. "Good job on the chocolate thing, but don't change the subject again."

"Ohhh," Hiro drawled in exaggerated realization, spinning his chair to face his brother. "Well you see, I didn't win," he said casually. "I cleared house! Check it out!" He whipped out a set of cred chips.

Tadashi face palmed, groaning. "You didn't."

"Oh I did."

"Give them here." Tadashi held out his hand, while he kept the other hand firmly over his eyes.

Hiro thought about protesting. However...

"Please."

Sighing, Hiro handed over the chips. Not wanting to see his brother throw it all away, he swiveled his chair back to face his monitor.

"Thank you Hiro, I'll take care of it." Tadashi pocketed the chips and put a comforting hand on Hiro's shoulder. "I get it, I really do. We could do a lot with this, but it's just too dangerous to accept things from the Underground."

"... I really was going to buy something for Aunt Cass," Hiro said softly. He didn't bother turning around, but he didn't shrug the hand off his shoulder either.

"I know." Tadashi squeezed his brother's shoulder.

Then Tadashi noticed what was on the monitor screen. "Another bot fight? Hiro..."

"Hey, this one's legit. You know, no explosions and no humiliating the other players, baby rules." Hiro got up to brush past his brother. "If I leave now, I can make the last tourney for the night."

Sighing, Tadashi ruffled his brother's hair. "Come on. I'll take you."

"Really? You will?" Hiro asked as they made their way downstairs.

"Yeah, and if you don't mind a pit stop first, we can take the bike part way." Tadashi paused next to the living room. "Aunt Cass! We're heading out! Don't worry, I'll watch over Hiro!"

"Hey!" Hiro cried out, Tadashi ignored him.

"You boys be safe!" Aunt Cass called back.

"We will!" Hiro said back.

A beat.

"And nothing illegal!" She added.

"No promises!" The Hamada brothers yelled back.

-000-

"Tell me why we're at your nerd school, again?" Hiro said, glaring at the building they were approaching. "The bot tournament is the other way!"

"Hey, you said you were okay with taking a detour if we took the bike," Tadashi replied as they pulled up to the steps.

"Well, yeah, but I was expecting a little more.. Action." Hiro jumped off the bike and continued to sulk as they made their way towards Tadashi's lab.

"Really. The stuff before wasn't exciting enough for you?"

"No, no. You're right-"

"Pfft, first time I've heard that in a while."

"Hah. Hah. Very funny Tadashi. Anyways, it was exciting, but since we're not running for our lives... Isn't this the perfect chance to, you know, see what the bike can do?" Hiro said, eyes wide, but utterly failing to look innocent.

"That's why we're here, I need to return the bike. Besides, you've never seen my lab before." Tadashi paused at the door. He then opened it for Hiro. "After you."

Hiro walked in without a second thought. "What do you mean- woah." Inside were dozens of students working on what was considered sky-shattering technology. Hiro could design some of these things in his sleep, but he had no idea that the tech Institute had this sort of access to materials on the island. Typically he had to bug Tadashi or go to the recycling areas to find the right materials for his projects...

"Heads up!"

A figure rocketed past him on a yellow and purple bike. He couldn't help but stare as the rider popped a wheelie to stop the bikes momentum. Dismounting, she hooked her bike up to a rig. And as she was leaving, she took a wheel off only to throw it behind her, where it automatically reattached itself to the bike.

Hiro made his way over to the bike rig. Looking closely at the wheels, he saw that they weren't attached to the bike frame.

"Cool right?" Tadashi asked. "Let me just leave this here-"

"Hey! What are you doing, Hamada?"

Hiro jumped, and whipped around, facing the female figure from before. She was still wearing a blacked out visor, which covered her face and expression.

"Well, uh, I," Hiro stuttered.

"Not you," she interrupted, her visor shimmered to reveal her unimpressed face. "Him." She pinned Tadashi with a look.

"Gogo! Hey. I was just, uh, showing my younger brother Hiro around." Tadashi said, nudging Hiro forward at the same time. This caused Gogo to direct all her attention to Hiro.

"Hi? Uh, I've never seen electro mag suspension on a bike before."

She stared at him. Then shrugged, taking a step in between the brothers to her bike. "It's a lighter and faster bike. Zero resistance, a smoother ride, not to mention the special features." Gogo glanced at Hiro as she patted the bike.

"Special features? That.. sounds really cool." Hiro managed.

"And you're saying you've never seen it before? Even though Tadashi here is holding one of the prototypes?" Gogo asked, jerking her thumb back at Tadashi, who was trying to stealthily place the brothers' ride against the wall.

Tadashi winced. "Well," he started, propping the black and orange bike against the wall, "you did say I could borrow it."

"Wait, you made that bike?" Hiro asked. "What am I saying? Of course you did. My brother's not cool enough to make something like that."

"Hey!" Tadashi protested. The other two ignored him.

"Yeah?" Her lips curled into a smile. "And that's just one of the older models. This one is even faster." She lightly spun one of the wheels, then frowned. "But not fast enough." She whipped the wheel off, throwing it into a crate, then walked off.

Both Hamada's stared as she walked away.

"Woah." Hiro couldn't help but say.

"I know what you mean." Tadashi gently nudged Hiro, snapping him out of his reverie. "Come on, I'll take you around." Tadashi inclined his head towards the rest of the lab. Hiro smiled, forgetting about the bot tournament, and instead looked around eagerly. He started walking and Tadashi followed behind him.

"Hey Tadashi," someone said.

Hiro stopped, turning to see a tall youth behind a door frame, wave at this brother. "Catch," the guy said, tossing an apple to his brother. Tadashi managed to easily catch it.

"Hey Wasabi," Tadashi said, gesturing to Hiro to come over, he did. "This is my brother, Hiro."

"Hello Hiro," Wasabi said with a smile. Hiro gave a small awkward wave back. "Do you mind, passing that back to me?" Wasabi gestured to the apple in Tadashi's hand.

"Uh, sure." Hiro took the apple from his brother and lobbed it back.

The apple moved through the air and Wasabi made no move to catch it. However, before it hit him, the apple suddenly bounced, seemingly off of thin air, back towards Hiro. A second later, the apple was sliced into hundreds of thin layers that floated toward him.

"Wow…"

"Not too shabby, eh?" Wasabi adjusted something near the doorway, then started to pull two stands into his lab space. "Come on in, but don't forget to sanitize."

Hiro was about to follow when Tadashi stopped him. "Come on, we gotta freshen up first." Tadashi pointed to a Saniscrub station next to the door. Hiro made a face. "Seriously, just come here." Tadashi took the UV rod, and quickly sanitized himself and his brother. "Don't forget to wipe your feet."

Hiro rolled his eyes, but did so. He went inside just as Wasabi activated the visuals for his project. Between the two stands, an aqua shield and laser array popped into existence. "Laser induced plasma?" Hiro asked.

"Yup," Wasabi replied, carefully adjusting the placement of the stands so that they were perfect.

"Wait, for both the shield and the laser array? How did you manage that?"

"Oh, just a bit of magnetic confinement for ultra-precision. All it needed was a little bit of system readjustment to do both with the same base." Wasabi said with a flourish. Then went to tweaking some of the tools at his workplace. "Although…"

"What?" Hiro asked.

"It still needs a lot of work. I mean it malfunctioned." Wasabi said with a shrug.

"Malfunctioned? It looked like it worked perfectly," Hiro argued. "It was awesome."

"Yeah, Wasabi," Tadashi added. "It looks like it's working how you designed it."

Wasabi shot the brothers a grateful smile. "Thanks, but.. it was only supposed to activate if the item was off parameters."

"What were the parameters?"

"In this case, the parameters were set to shield and slice if the item returned back dirty, and I mean filthy. I just wanted something simple to test out. In fact, I took some components from a Saniscrub station so I didn't have to fab anything… What. What's with those looks?"

The brothers shared a look, then looked away. Hiro tried to casually rub his neck while Tadashi messed with his cap. They shared another look.

Wasabi stared at them, waiting for an answer.

Suddenly, Gogo passed in front of them. "Borrowing these," Gogo said, snatching several of Wasabi's tools and messing up his work station. She left just as quickly, not allowing the boys any time to respond.

"Wait-" Wasabi sputtered, "-you can't just-" Wasabi looked helplessly at his workstation, before following after her. "We'll talk about this later!" He shot off to the brothers before chasing after Gogo.

Tadashi and Hiro shared another look.

"We were lucky," Hiro started.

"-so, so very lucky," Tadashi finished.

"Are.. you going to tell him?" Hiro asked.

"Of course. You know, later." Tadashi answered.

"Riiight."

"I will tell him later."

Hiro was about to retort, when someone almost crashed into the brothers.

"Excuse me!" She almost fell over, but Tadashi managed to catch her.

She smiled, instantly recognizing Hiro's brother. "Hey Tadashi!"

"Hey, Honey." Tadashi smiled back, helping her regain her balance. The sounds of a Spanish music station filtered through her collar comm, while her arms were carrying a large and heavy black ball. "Let me help you with that." He moved to grab the item, out of her hands, but Honey spun turned out of his reach.

"No, it's fine, Tadashi. I can carry-" She gasped, catching sight of Hiro. "Dios mio~!" She cried excitedly. She then heaved the ball to Tadashi. He grunted, just barely catching it in time. "You must be Hiro!" She said a little too loudly, a large smile on her face.

"Hi?"

"Oh, sorry." She turned off her comm. "So you're Hiro?" Honey cooed, her accent was more prominent now that she was speaking at acceptable decibel levels. "I've heard so much about you." She quickly bent down to kiss Hiro on each cheek.

"Uh, yeah, hi." Hiro replied dumbly.

"Yeah, Tadashi talks about you so much. I feel like you're already family," the girl continued, holding both of his hands in hers.

Hiro glanced down at their hands, then looked up again. "He, he does?"

"Yeah, I can't believe he didn't bring you earlier. Say, Tadashi," She turned to Tadashi, missing the guilty look that crossed Hiro's face, "-oh! Sorry, that must be really heavy."

"No, no, it's not that bad." Tadashi said, though he was starting to look strained.

"Come on, come on, Tadashi can put this down, and I can show you my project Hiro." Honey gave Tadashi a gentle nudge, before grabbing Hiro and leading them to her space.

In her lab, she dragged Hiro over to her chemistry workstation, excitedly pointing out the chemicals and processes she was using in her project. Tadashi arrived after them and started preparing the sphere. By the time that they came back, he was finished with the set-up.

"Is that.." Hiro squinted at the metal, before grinning "Tungsten carbide?"

"Oh yeah, twenty five pounds of it," Honey said proudly.

"How did you get so much of it?" Hiro asked

"You know, go to the acquisition office in the Institute and ask for it. Although, it might also have to do with my project." She shot Hiro a wink.

"You're going to love this," she said, pulling a lever down. The tungsten carbide was clamped down then raised off the floor, where it was then encompassed by a clear chamber. "We feed in the chemical I just showed you," the tungsten carbide was sprayed with a pink gas. "And, ta-dah~!" Pulling down another lever, a current of electricity shot through the metal, making the gas settle on the sphere's surface.

Hiro couldn't help but shoot her an incredulous look.

"Wait, here comes the best part. Come here." She tilted her head, towards the chamber and gestured to the bottom. "I had these installed, due to… past experiments."

On the bottom of the chamber were a set of gloves to move things around inside the chamber without opening it. She had Hiro take one hand, while she took the other. "On the count of three? One-" Honey started.

"Two-" Hiro continued.

"Three." They both ended, touching the pink sphere, where it exploded, filling the chamber with pink gas.

"Cool," Hiro said with a smile.

"I know right? Chemical metal embrittlement!" She said with a laugh. Hiro's grin grew wider. Her mood truly was infectious. "But the experiment isn't over yet. Let me-" she tried to turn without taking her hand out of the glove.

"I got it," Tadashi said. "Both levers right?"

"Right," she replied. "Okay, so we feed the secondary chemical into the chamber," a bright yellow gas was fed into the chamber, "and one more time…Ta dah~!"

Tadashi threw down two levers, sending another pulse of energy flowed through the chamber. Hiro watched, amazed as the pink and yellow gas that was swirling around his glover were sucked up only to turn back into a tie-dye sphere.

"Go ahead and touch it," she encouraged.

He patted the ball. It was completely solid and didn't react to his touch.

"Chemical metal reformation, too? Wow," Hiro said. They pulled their hands out of the gloves.

"Not bad, Honey Lemon," Tadashi said with a smile.

"Wait," Hiro couldn't help but say. "Honey Lemon?" She nodded. "I thought Honey was..." He looked between his brother and the chemical engineer.

Tadashi chuckled, embarrassed. Honey Lemon gave a soft laugh, her cheeks a tad pink. "Honey Lemon's just a nickname that Fred gave me," she explained. "He gave the others their nicknames too. In fact…" Honey Lemon checked the time. "Fred's probably here now, I can introduce you!"

She grabbed Hiro's hand, leading him elsewhere. Tadashi followed at a more sedate pace, smiling warmly at their interactions.

"Fred's great, you're going to, oh boy." The two rounded the corner, and Hiro laid his eyes on a very strange scene. There was a guy who looked like he was slowly eating something, but there was nothing in his hands.

He suddenly turned to point at them. "Ha! Made you look. I bet you thought I was crazy, didn't you?"

"Oh Fred," Honey sighed.

"Hey, the name's Fred." He stuck out a hand and gave Hiro an arm shake. "And what you just saw there, was the invisible sandwich."

"Invisible.. sandwich," Hiro repeated.

"Well, I didn't invent it, but it's a great idea right? I got a lot of those, right here." Fred pointed to his beanie covered forehead.

"So, what's your actual project then?" Hiro asked.

"Oh no, no. I'm not a student here at this Institute, I'm just a huge science enthusiast. I mean look at all this, isn't it awesome?" Fred exclaimed with a big grin.

Fred's enthusiasm made Hiro smile too. "Yeah, it really is."

"I mean, between the shields and lasers and robots and chemistry, we have to be at the point where Honey could turn me into a fire breathing lizard, right?" Fred passionately continued.

"Fred, it's really not possible." Honey said apologetically. Wasabi and Gogo came closer, Fred's earlier actions catching their attention.

"Really?" Fred said, unconvinced. "So, Wasabi's going to tell me he can't build me a shrink ray either."

"That's not science," Wasabi replied flatly.

"Oh? But what about the thing I asked Nu-"

"Fred, I can't give you laser eyes," Tadashi interrupted.

"Okay, maybe not laser eyes, but let's revisit the idea of the invisible sandwich." At this point Fred started to mime slowly eating a sandwich in front of them.

Tadashi shook his head with a smile. "Hiro, let's go to my lab," he said softly, unwilling to interrupt his friends. Then he slipped away from the conversation, heading to another section of the Institute.

Hiro slowly followed behind, but let his eyes linger on the sight of Tadashi's friends before turning towards his brother. "So," Hiro started. "Gogo, Wasabi, and Honey Lemon? Do you have a nickname too?"

"Nope," Tadashi replied, straight-faced.

"You do."

"Maybe. And if I did, you're never going to find out."

"Oh, yes I will."

"Over my dead body."

Comments:

1) Since the island is more of a scientific community, I think that the more scientific citizens would make less references to religion or things of faith. That's why I had it say "skies forbid," not "heaven forbid."

2) I don't actually know Mochi's gender, so I'm saying Mochi's a he, until I have the information otherwise.

3) If you noticed, I said "sky shattering," because "earth shattering," has been phased out of the language. It hits a little too close to the mark for the San Fransokyians.

4) In general, there is going to be quite a bit of pseudo science in this, but I will try to keep things as realistic as possible. If anyone sees a blatant mistake, then please message me/comment on it.

5) The Saniscrub station is a reference to some of the other things in futuristic things I've read. It was inspired mostly by Star Trek and the things written in that fandom.

6) One of the biggest complaints and/or criticisms about the movie that I've heard has to do with Honey Lemon and her pronunciation. I am actually quite glad that someone in the movie actually tries to do the actual pronunciation of things, although I don't think they did it right in the movie. I think they should have made it more clear that Honey Lemon is Latina and then her pronunciation would have made more sense.

I understand that this is a very sensitive topic. But I do have reasons (and hopes) for writing it this way. Well the optimistic part of me thinks that people in San Fransokyo can be more open and proud of their culture. That as a result of the disaster, racism doesn't exist (or at least is not as institutionalized as it is now). That's the hope.

In general, the movie doesn't really point out the ethnicities of the characters, which is quite frustrating. For example, Aunt Cass. I wish I at least knew her last name to determine which side of the family she's from. If she's related to the father, does that mean she's Japanese, cuz it looks like she's been white-washed. If not, then what's her last name?

And, I do want to mention that my beta, Spotlight Asagi, did point out that what Honey Lemon says is in direct contradiction to my first note. Which is a very good point. However, I think I will keep this due to the different circumstances of their families. The Hamada brother's parents are (or at least in my story they are) a more science oriented family, therefore they would cut out a lot of faith related language, unless it had to do with their culture. That's not Honey's case, and I imagine her saying it is more of a reflex than an actual representation of what she believes.

For those of you who don't think Honey Lemon being Latina is canon, there are two points I can say about this. The voice actress for Honey Lemon, Genesis Rodriguez, is obviously not white or Euro. The voice actors are all multi-ethnicitied. For example, Ryan Potter, the voice actor for Hiro is half white, half asian. The second point, has to do with her introduction, in the movie Honey Lemon is listening to, what I believe is, a song in Spanish. That part is canon. (By the way, I can't actually understand the words, so if someone could message/comment on this, that would be great.)

That's what I'm trying to accomplish with her speaking Spanish. However, I am by no means an expert on the language, culture, etc. If I am doing it wrong, please feel free to message me. Same if people have any suggestions on how I go about doing this.

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Author's Notes -

This chapter was actually quite hard to finish, though easy to write. Yes, it's a rewrite of the movie, so I have the basics of what should happen already given to me, but it's hard because I want to show how different things are in this new San Fransokyo. I wanted to especially show some of the new relationships between the characters. Hopefully, I accomplished that with this chapter.

The next chapter is going to be similar, movie rewrite, but again, showing these differences. More importantly, the next chapter is going to introduce Baymax. I thought the event was important enough that it deserved it's own chapter.