Chapter 26 (Nerd School)
Weeks later after hearing that Tadashi was cancer free, things were going back to normal for the whole family now that the fear have passed away from their mist. Especially for the two Hamada siblings.
Once ever Friday night was the siblings favorite of nights as it was the official season of Bot Fighting, and the two can't wait to play the alley street game of San Fransokyo. As usual in their routine on playing their favorite game, Hiro was the one during the playing against ever competitor who stepped up the challenge and put their bots in action. While Vanellope was the manager of their partnership such as, booking the game to enter, mangae their earnings for placing bets or wagers, and last but not least sweet talking on how good her older brother is at this game.
But this time their little routine was a little bit different tonight as this Bot Fighting season, was all about playing up against the All Star players of the game. The All Star player on this side of Todayland was a large obesed Japanese man who looked like he must be in his mid forties, with short black hair that was tied up in a ponytail. He had on a blue jump suit with two solid yellow stripes on top of his shoulders and all the way down to his arms. Everyone knows who he is outside of the game. He was known as one of the number one crime boss's of San Fransokyo, as his profession was stealing and selling high tech to any buyer on the coast or anyone else besides the neighbors of Todayland.
His been doing that throughout his whole life and even had a quite of a history on fighting Supers who found his hideout or caught him on doing an arms deal. The Supers that took him down and throw him behind bars was Mr. Incredible, Frozone, Gazer Beam, and even all six members of the Elastic Dynamics. After the law against Supers, the man by the name Yama was successful in his crime business when that happened, and as a low down villain. He was glad that the world leaders had made the greatest mistakes of their lives and brought forth the high increase of criminal activity.
As of now he was currently in his soft pillow on the floor playing with his sumo bot, up against a challenger whose bot was clearly no match against Yama's bot as his little friend grabbed the girls bots head, and pulledpulled right clean off. "Your winner by total annihilation. Yama!" said the announcer who was women who had on an eye patch on her right eye, while having chop sticks in her hair as some form of a hair pin. She presented the winner as she lifted the wooden lid up of the wooden plate, reveling the combined money wager from both of the challenger and the undisputed champion. Yama got up and laughed as he loved winning and grabbed all the money from the plate.
"Haha!. Now then who is next?." He asked looking at the coward.
"Who among you has the guts to go one on one with Yama?!." Yama said daring anyone to answer his challenge.
The participants who was there didn't dare answer the call just after witnessing the defeat of the girls robot, as some hid their bots behind their backs or even pulling their bots head off. Seeing the fear on their faces as neither of them wasn't going to risk losing not only their money but also the humiliation from him, Yama chuckled loudly and was about to go and relax for the night until.
"We accept your challenge!." came out a little girls voice making the coward gaps.
The coward started to break apart to reveal two kids as one had on a nervous smile, while the other had confidence. The plan that both Hiro and Vanellope had put together was very simple, A, Hiro pretend to be a newbie to Bot Fighting, and B, Vanellope would put on her manager attitude and smooth talked the host on letting her brother play. Vanellope put on her cuteness mix with business professional smile and went to doing what she's good at.
"Alright ladies and gentlemen, allow me to introduce to myself." She began while walking up. "My name is Vanellope...Vanellope Hamada. And, I am the advocate of a soon to be an all time champion...Hiro Hamada. Aka my big brother." Vanellope announced with a toothy grin.
Hiro walked up beside his baby sister and did his fair part on the roleplay. On the inside he was laughing like crazy as their plan was truly rolling in the suckers around them, not even realizing that they were just putting on a show so they can fool Yama and win his open challenge. Hiro remember what his going to say as he and Vanellope had did a five minute practice with one another, so that way the two won't get caught in their little scam.
"Like my baby sister said before, my name is Hiro Hamada and I accept your open change." said Hiro as he showed his little microbot to Yama.
"My brother had brought his own robot so that way, we can get this show on the road." Vanellope added smirking.
"Beat it you two." said the host who was also the announcer as she said in a mean attitude.
"This season of Bot Fighting, you have to pay to play against the All Star champions." She told them having her hand on her hip.
Hiro smiled weakly to her and pulled out some dollars and chunk change, and presented to both of her Yama. "Is this enough to play?." He asked of them. Smirking to see how willing and eager he was to play against him, Yama had no choice but to let Hiro accept his open challenge. "Very well then let us play one on one, Zero." Yama said nodding to the host to go and collect the money from Hiro, in which she did as he put his money down in the plate. The next thing that happened next was, Yama and Hiro seating down on one side facing each other. Then the both of them sat down their bots in the arena, and then started to get warmed up as Yama cracked his neck while Hiro did the same, but instead of having his neck to actually crack he made the crack nose to Vanellope's humor.
After the warm up to get ready to brawl, Yama took out his remote control to his bot while Vanellope handed Hiro's remote as well. The Announcer came up to the middle to get the game started as she spoked, in her announced voice with a huge volume so everyone can hear, while having a Japanese paper umbrella in her hands in the middle with a slow spin. "Bot Fighters ready?!." She asked seeing both Yama and Hiro were ready to kick it to high gear. "Get set...Fight!." She announced and the game got started underway. Hiro's bot started to wobble towards the challengers bot as Yama's bot ran up at it, and then grab and threw Hiro's bot in mid air and cut it down into four pieces making Hiro shock but like before, this was all part of their plan so the two kelp playing along.
"Haha!. You lose Zero!." Yama announced as the host walked over to him, and presenting his winnings.
"B.. B.. But wait, I wasn't completely ready for it." Hiro said putting on a sad face.
Yama chuckled loudly and said "You lose fair and square kid, unless you got more money for a retry. And then I give you another shot." Vanellope smirked as she pulled out from her pocket a nice big roll of cash, that she had saved up for a while from the Cafe when she was getting tips. "I have the money for my client. You see all good managers bring their own cash, just in case his or her client doesn't have that kinda dough." Vanellope said presenting the money in front of Yama, to her incredible thinking her hunch was right based on what Aunt Luisa have told her back the Shoe Shop when she was polishing boots for sale on the discount table.
Luisa once told her that Yama had a strong greed for money and wound do absolutely anything, to get that money in his pockets even if he has to kill someone in order to get it. Smirking in greed after seeing the the big rolled up money, Yama allowed to keep the game alive as Vanellope set her money in the plate to get the game a rematch. "To show that I'm not so much as a bad person, I'll let you get the first move Zero." Yama said chuckling like a big bully he is. Hiro summoned his bot that was cut in four pieces and put them back together with the press of the button, and said with a sly smirk on his face as this part of his and Vanellope's plan was showing their true colors. "Microbot?. Destroy!." With that command, Hiro stretched his remote control to its full size as his robot changed its face from a navie look to a competitive look, making Yama drop his guard down in surprise.
Hiro's Microbot charged at Yama's bot, ninja style as Yama tried to lay a hit or cut on the bot but it proved a little bit too much for him. The bot broke back to four pieces after laying back down, and moved around in different places making the Sumo bot confused as to which part to hit. Yama was struggling to fight as the tables have turned on him while Hiro wasn't struggling at all, but instead he had on a boring look on his face as this was too easy, while Vanellope was standing beside him grinning like a fruitcake as this was the greatest plan that the two had ever came up with.
What came next was Hiro's bot who rolled up on to Yama's bot, and rolled up on its legs, and reached to its arm and combine back. Then the bot gave a strong squeeze around the arm causing it to get ripped apart, and got used to rip off the other arm clean off and then pulled the other arm off. And finally the big finisher, in which was the Microbot who crawled up and meet face to face with the bot and went to punching its head, until it wrapped itself around its head and popped right off the body. At that moment the whole coward gaps to witness the legend undefeated streak come to an end, and it only happened about two minutes or less. But the most shocked one of all was Yama as it was impossible, but unfortunately it became possible to his surprise of shock and disbelief. Hiro's bot jumped off from the wrecked bot that he destroyed, and then changed its face from competitive and back to navie, as it bowed down in respect and run back to its owner.
"Well, Well, Well it looks like I was right the entire time." Vanellope announced walking over to the announcer, and claim the winnings for herself and Hiro.
"Like my baby sister said before, I'm the new all time champion and y'all just witnessed the dethrone of the great Yama." Hiro said getting up from the floor as Vanellope had all the money in her pockets, as she can't help but grin like con girl she is.
"Now as much as we liked to stay and play some more but, my client only plays one game per night. So you guys can schedule your playdate next Friday night." Vanellope told them as both she and Hiro backed away from the coward, but Yama didn't let them leave. Instead of taking a loss like a grown person should he had the reputation of being a sore loser and hate to think he was cheated out, as he summoned his gang to block the siblings path from leaving the alley as the two didn't plan on this happening. "No one hustles Yama!. And I mean no body!." Yama said getting up and walked over to the two, as his gang pushed the two up against the wall.
What came next was getting his bot taking away from Yama who smirked evilly, as he passed his gang by and said darkly. "Take care of our little scammers." With the order giving out the thugs turn their attention to the Hamada siblings, as the two were trying to talk their way out of their situation but this wasn't going to happen this time. "Ah come on you guys do you really want to hurt some Kids, who just trying to make a quick buck?." Vanellope asked them as the answer was yes, as the thugs got close enough to even lay a finger on the two. But thankfully out of the blue, a familiar motor pad was heard coming from the alley entrance as the driver came in, and drove pushed the thugs out of the way including Yama.
The driver stopped as it was Tadashi who came to their rescue as he already knows what his two siblings were up to on Friday nights, and like sometimes he had to save them from mid danger when they were out beating people in Bot Fighting. Due to the fact they played fair with the other participants sometimes, and sometimes and they put on a scam just like they did tonight. "Hop on!." Tadashi ordered the two as both Hiro and Vanellope got on and took the helmets that he gave them, and hold on as Tadashi drove back out of the alley while Vanellope whistled for Hiro's Microbot to come to her as it was designed to do so, just how she had programmed to do in which it did.
They droved as far away as possible and hand to turn right back, after Tadashi remembered it was the wrong way and had to do a drive stunt, since the thugs and their boss was right in their way but luckily he pulled it off my driving up the makeshift ramp and flew above them and landed safely down. They continue to drive straight down to the exit of the alley and drive home before things goes bad in their favor.
"Are two okay?." He asked his siblings.
"Yeah we're good." said Vanellope holding on tight.
"Did you two get hurt?." Tadashi asked one more time still having his eyes on the road.
"Oh yeah dude, everything is still in tact bro." Hiro said not sweating it.
At that moment after hearing the good news, Tadashi switched from worry to anger as he slightly turned around to hit Hiro for his stupidity. "Then what the heck you two knuckle heads thinking?!." He shouted as Vanellope had the voice to speak for herself. "Hey come on bro, I'm just trying to get some extra dough for a rainy day." She told him but Tadashi wasn't buying that lie. Tadashi made sure his moped was staying straight before saying anything else to Vanellope as it was okay to turn his head around, and get on her first before he does Hiro.
"You're just doing this to amuse yourself V and you know it!." Tadashi looked back at Hiro and got him next too. "And as for you. You're thirteen years old and graduated super early, way before the exams have hit and you have not once think about using your big melon of yours on something greater than Bot Fighting!." It was true to what Tadashi had said about Hiro. He graduated very early due to being the top outstanding honors student, and having a super outstanding GPA. The school gave him his Diploma early, out besting Violet and the others before they can get theirs but since he graduated before his Class of 2032. He was offered a community service job as it was being a after school tutor for anyone who needed extra help, being a chaperone for field trips, and also being the teachers assistant.
Hiro didn't mind doing those things since this would reduce his boredom plus, he got an incredible free time on his hands to help out at the Cafe, the Shoe Shop, and even help Uncle Cornelius with his next latest invention. But his big free time was doing what he loved best and that was street Bot Fighting. Yes, countless times both Tadashi and Honey Lemon tried to convince him that going to their community college would put some good use to his high intelligence, but like always from the start he refuse to have any interest of sorts in from what he called Nerd school. But deep down sooner or later both Tadashi and Honey knew one day one of them will take him to their school some day, and maybe that some day might be tonight that's if they make it out their in time.
"Yeah, you're right about that Tadashi but Bot Fighting is way more fun than anything else baby!." Hiro said cheering for it but came to an end.
Because stopping them from freedom was five police cars blocking the entrance way, after receiving the call of illegal Bot Fighting the cops came in like ants who comes out of their anthill after their home gets wrecked or stepped on. "Oh crap." said Vanellope knowing what's coming next after this. And right she was as it was going to the slammers. Both her and Hiro were in their cell together seating down on the bench, with sad and nervous looks upon their faces. They looked at one another and then looked at Tadashi who was in front of them in his own cell sharing it with Yama and everyone else from the alley, as he gave them the look of disappointment and upset on his face as he was blaming the two for getting them in this jam.
An hour have passed by as the three siblings were bailed out by their Aunt Cass, who was outside of the police station pacing back and forth of worry for her nephews and niece. After getting the phone call from Tadashi and hearing what had happened, Aunt Cass immediately close down the Cafe to go bail them out since Honey Lemon can't do so as she was doing her one night class work, and call to tell her that she was coming home late to finish up her latest chemical experiment. Aunt Cass worry stopped when she heard the door open form the police station as she sees Tadashi, Hiro, and Vanellope coming down from the steps as she walked up to them and checked on the three with worry.
"Are you three okay?." She asked softly checking on each of them.
"Yes." said all Three siblings.
"Did they hurt you?." Aunt Cass asked the same thing that Tadashi had asked Hiro and Vanellepe.
"Yes, Aunt Cass." said all Three again.
Happy to hear it from the three she smiled at each of them, as she position her hands on both Hiro and Tadashi's ears and changed her coolness to strictness as she grabbed and yanked their ears. "Then what you three knuckle heads thinking?!." Aunt Cass asked dragging the two boys to the truck while Vanellope walked behind, and she was lucky that Aunt Cass only had two hands that were full on grabbing the ears of her brothers, but unfortunately she won't be saved when Aunt Cass starts fussing the hound out of them. The drive back home was a long one with the fussing and such, but it slightly died down when Aunt Cass started explaining about back in her day when she was their age, Momma Abuelita would give them a good spanking with a good paddle to the behind making them her and the girls sore to even seat down.
Then she moved on talking about her trying to raise and provided them the things that they needed when their parents died, and telling them that she at first didn't have a clue as to raise kids and such. The talk continue on up until arriving at the Cafe, as all three got out of the truck and listen to their aunt who was now forgot what the point she's trying to make, plus not having a clue as to where she was going with it.
"Wait...I was going somewhere with my statement but, I got lost in my train of thought." Aunt Cass told them with confusing on her face, getting the key in the key hole.
"Sorry Aunt Cass." said both Tadashi and Hiro seeing they needed to say it to put the fussing in conclusion.
"We love you Aunt Cass." Vanellepe said feeling bad to put so much stress on her aunt.
Aunt Cass turned around to face the three and spitted out her words. "I love you guys too!." Unlocking the door and entered in, storming through with the lights turned on. Aunt Cass told them that she had to close Poetry Night to come bail them out, as she went to her display box and grabbed herself a super double dipped in chocolate strawberry donut and went to munching on it for relief. The three looked at their aunt as she was once again stress eating when ever something happens or worry about anything, she would be munching on some sweets not carrying if she eats a whole two layer cake.
Aunt Cass presented her nephews and niece the high frosted sugary pastry, and said "Stress eating!. You kids got me stress eating." But that didn't ended just there no, she started telling them about her history of eating high cholesterol food products back in the good old glory days. "Every freaking time I eat either five triple cheeseburgers, ice cream, or even some Skittles. I always have to visit Edna to adjust my pants size. Did you know that on the fun facts about me and your other aunts?." asked Aunt Cass. Now neither one of the Hamada siblings didn't want to ask the question, as the three already can tell this was about her weight gain but Aunt Cass said it anyway without them even asking. "The fun fact was that in bold letters One of the members of the Elastic Dynamics is a fat girl!. A fat girl of all things!." She headed out upstairs to her room while still chewing on the donut and said "Mmmmmmm good donut. Damn that journalist!."
Checking to see if Aunt Cass was out of sight, the three marched up their room and did their regular routine such as Hiro on the computer, Tadashi on his and Honey Lemons side of the room relaxing on the bed, and Vanellope in her chair reading her Marvel comics. Laying down looking through his notebook, Tadashi glanced at Hiro who was doing something on the computer making get suspicious. "I hope you're gonna to make up for Aunt Cass. I mean she's already living up to the name of being fat Super." Tadashi said setting his notebook down on the small dresser, and got up to where Hiro was as he turned around to face him. "Uh yeah, I'm sure of it Tadashi." Hiro said blocking the screen of the computer as he didn't want his older brother see what's on it.
Suspicion had gotten the best of Tadashi as he went and pushed Hiro out of the way, and see the screen showing the Bot Fight website homepage. Tadashi looked at his little brother in disappointment as he still haven't learned his lelesson at all tonight. "Hiro?." He said now mad. Hiro rolled his eyes as he was about to get another lecher from Tadashi, but he wasn't going to take it this time. "Hey look Tadashi, I rather do something that I love and have great interest in, than to be seating around in your Nerd School community college. Getting to the point to cuss Hiro the slap out, an idea had hit his head plain as day and smirked on it as Vanellope saw it and grinned to see the look on her older brothers face.
"Okay Hiro, you win. Go ahead and go do what you love." Tadashi told him making Hiro surprised to hear that from him.
"Are you trying to fool me?. And if so then, I'm not buying it you know." Hiro warned him getting his Microbot off the desk.
"No Hiro, Tadashi mean it this time." Vanellope told him putting her comic book in its protector sheet, to prevent any damage as she got up from her seat.
Not believing on what is just happening to him right now, Hiro was being mind tricked into thinking that they want him to go Bot Fighting. But then again this could be a trick, but then another suggestion hit his head like a rock being thrown at him. "Sigh...alright, alright I'll go check out your Nerd School." Hiro said got suckered into submission to Tadashi's mind trick, in which this was the plan of the elder brother from the beginning. Happy to see things his way and not Hiro's, Tadashi grabbed their helmets and gave Hiro and Vanellope theirs. Turning off the lights before leaving their home, the siblings hopped on the moped and droved downtown to one of San Fransokyo's college's and droved right in to their destination. The sign clearly read Institute of Technology. Tadarshi droved up and parked right beside the steps as he and the siblings got up from the moped, while Vanellope ran up to the building as this was not her first time going to this school. "Come on you slow pokes!." She shouted at them already going inside.
"See Hiro, our baby sister has a plan on what she's going to do with her life in mid future." Tadashi said pointing out. Hiro rolled his eyes as he don't want to even hear it, as Vanellope did signed up early to get into the program. He recalled that the requirements of getting the full ride scholarship to this exact college, by having all of her academic credits recorded and mailed to the school board, plus taking the schools replacement test in which she also had token that last summer and scored the highest. Not wanting to show any signs of jealousy in his attitude, Hiro just rubbed off as he and Tadashi got inside and walked to the Chemical and Technology section.
When they stepped in, Hiro saw something fast flew right pass him as it was one of the students of the school was riding a special built yellow bike. What made it so special was that the wheels weren't rubber tires, but instead it was actual maglev discs. The rider that was riding the bicycle parked and hooked the bike in the hanger and went to check on something. That gave Hiro the opportunity to go over there to examine the great idea design, touching and giving it a little spin with his hand. Just by looking at it in different sides seeing that the wheel wasn't even touching the ends of the bike. "Fascinating." said Hiro who was attempting the great craftsmanship. Not realizing that the owner of the high tech bike was watching him touching and putting his fingers all over the bike.
"Hey, you?!." She called him making Hiro looked up and see that the rider was a girl having her helmet on.
"Oh GoGo!." Tadashi stepped in "Hi buddy, this is my little brother that I was talking about." He said patting Hiro on her shoulder.
GoGo took off her helmet and reveal her face to Hiro as she was the same eithnicity as him, as she had short black hair with a touch of little dyed blue. She blow and popped her bubble gum with a plain blank expression after putting the gum back in to chew. "Welcome to Nerd School, Hiro." GoGo said to him as she heard a lot of things from what Tadashi had said about them. Hiro chuckled nervously when hearing that and felt like a jerk, but GoGo can see right through him and tell that he was sorry for insulting the school and leave it that way. She went over to her bike and took off the back wheel while examine it.
"That's a maglev discs am I correct?." said Hiro getting a nod.
"Yelp, you can bet your ass it is. It should be the most fastest thing in bicycling history in our generation, but..." GoGo got her words finished.
"But it's not fast enough isn't it GoGo?." Vanellope asked folding her arms and smirked.
GoGo smiled as she would admit that for girl her age, she had a smart melon on her shoulders and that's saying something. "Right. Not fast enough so...trash." GoGo threw the disc into the big dumpster with other useless maglev discs. Gaining a little interest into the school, Hiro went out exploring the wonderful world of high tech witnessing some great next big thing product. "Wow, Wow, Wow!." said a black man making Hiro back up. "Stay right there behind the safety tape please." He told him as he didn't want him to get hurt or killed. Tadashi ease his way to where Hiro was as he already bumped into another one of his college friends. "Oh hi Wasabi, this is my brother Hiro." He told them as Wasabi took off his dark goggles and smiled to finally meet the last Hamada sibling.
"Hey Hiro, it's great to finally meet you. Prepare to be amazed." Wasabi told him as he picked up an apple and threw it in front of Hiro, but instead of getting the whole apple he got the super thin slices. Recognizing what caused the apple to turn into multi paper like apple slislices. "Hey those...those are Plasma blades." Hiro told him being surprised to see one as he never seen one in person. Wasabi smirked to see he impressed the young teen, as he turned off the blades for safety. Then he headed to his tool table where all of his tools were in a incredibly organized, from size and in the proper oder they were in.
"Huh, you must be those kinda people who are an organize freak." Hiro said picking up a small wrench, and got it quickly taken form by Wasabi.
Wasabi placed the wrench back to its proper place as he smiled and said "Sorry, but I liked things all nice an organize so yeah, you might think that I am a organized freak." GoGo ran over and quickly picked up a tool that she needed and ran back to her work station. "Sorry Wasabi, but I need this." GoGo told him as he was being over dramatic about the thing as he went over to where she was, telling that that was pure anarchy and didn't even asked to borrow his tools. Before anything else that can happen that would amazed Hiro, a huge chemical ball was being rolled quickly passed him as it was his sister in law Honey Lemon. She yelled excuse me as she had on her headphones having loud catchy music being played loud, as she rolled the ball to her work station and mange to set the ball into the ball holder.
After doing so she looked straight up and saw her fiance. "Oh hi baby." Honey Lemon said as her eyes shifted to Hiro and got surprised to see him here, in the school for the very first time ever. "Oh OMG!. Hiro you're finally decided to come see the school!." Honey said taking out her headphones and started kissing him on both checks. Next thing she did was show him on what she was working on for quite a while, as it was a chemical reaction experiment that she had finally perfected as the result was satisfying. With the hint of a mixed compound sprayed all over the massive ball and with the strong hit of electricity, thus turning it pink and then poked at it causing the ball to blew up into pure pink dust.
"Wow real chemical compound reaction." Hiro said very impressed.
"I know right?!. The best chemistry that money can buy." Honey told him cleaning her glasses of pink desk.
"Not bad my little lemon bear." Tadashi said pulling her close to her, making Honey giggle silly.
Rolling his eyes to see the soon to be newly weds giving each other cute pet names, Hiro had also met the last friend of his brothers as it a guy named Fred who is the schools mascot, and also he wasn't even a student there but he liked to hang around here asking his friends to get him some superpowers, but they told them that it was impossible to give someone special abilities vs people on who has the gift by genetics. Vanellope told Hiro on the down low that, GoGo called him a street hobo since he doesn't have a job based on her information but to Vanellope. She can immediately tell that GoGo had a strong solid crush on Fred, but won't admit it to anyone.
While Fred was getting the center of attention by talking to Wasabi, GoGo, Vanellope, and Honey about creating a invisible sandwich to eat. Tadashi tapped Hiro on his shoulder and motion him to come, so he can show him on what's his been working on for the past year after putting the blueprints together. The two went inside the private work station, Hiro now wondering on what has his brother been working on hoping it's good since he almost had to come home late in the middle of the night sometimes, tired but happy and never regret it for a minute. So now this was the perfect opportunity to see the latest invention, that was able to hold a candle to Uncle Cornelius's legendary inventions.
"Okay Tadashi, I bite. What have you been working on?." Hiro asked watching his brother going through his tool box for something.
Tadashi pull out a roll of duck tape and pull himself some tape. "Oh nothing big really just a next big thing that's all." He said walking over to Hiro, as he thought he was referring to the duck tape as it made him laugh to think about. "Uh sorry bro, but duck tape has been already invented. So you just wasted a good full ride scholarship for nothing." Hiro said. Tadashi smiled taking the tape and sticked on Hiro's arm and then what came next, he ripped right off like a super banded making the young Hamada react to the pain. "Have you gone loco?. Dude, Ow!." Hiro yelled. When he said Ow out loud, suddenly he heard a computer type noise coming from behind Tadashi as he moved out of the way to let him see what it is.
Behind him was a robot that flatted itself right up, as he got off of his charging container and went to go where Hiro was. He stopped and see a stool was in his was as he looked at Hiro and backed at the stool, and picked up to move it to the side. Then when that was done he walked up to Hiro and greeted him with a slight wave. "Hello, I am Baymax. Your personal health care companion. I was summoned when you said Ow, Hiro." Baymax said making Hiro very impressed on the work design and how the marshmallow like robot knows his name. "Huh, it knows my name." said Hiro. Tadashi chuckle assuming that Hiro think Baymax can read the person and know who their names are, but truly that wasn't in his programming to begin with and he knows it as a fact.
"Actually Hiro, I have mention you to him countless of times since he already met Vanellope but his been asking about you, and so he could one day meet and so...here we are." said Tadashi.
Hiro nodded and put his eyes back on to Baymax who popped up a screen of different types of smiley emotions in number order. "From the scale of one through ten, how do you rate your pain?." Baymax asked Hiro this question. Hiro looked at the robot and asked him a question. "Mentally or Physically?." He shot daggers at Tadashi who gave him a sad look as a respond to Hiro's upset attitude. "How still while I scan you." Baymax told Hiro doing a a quick full body scan, and did a final up and down scan and answered back with the answer to the problem. "Scan complete. You just have a skin burn on the arm, in which I will take care of it with a antibacterial spray." He told Hiro pulling out his spray finger. Testing to see if this robot was truly to be a certified nurse, Hiro went to questioning the robots health methods.
"Oh wait, what's in the spray?." He asked a good question.
Baymax popped up his screen and show an element and went to explaining on what's in the spray.
"This antibacterial spray contains an element called Bacitracin." Baymax told him.
"Oh darn, I'm allergic to Bacitracin." Hiro lied making another yet test for Baymax.
Then Baymax who wasn't not once fooled by Hiro's fake allergy said "Correction, you are not allergic to Bacitracin. However, you do have a minor allergy for peanuts." Impressed on the knowledge that Baymax had as he was a hundred percent right, Hiro allowed his arm to get sprayed and started to examine the thing. He checked his eyes to see it was built in zoom in cameras, and then checked the inside of the body and saw a builted robo body echo skeleton and was now officially impressed. "Wow and to think that only Uncle Cornelius was the only person to afford this kinda equipment." Hiro told Tadashi right after receiving a lollipop from Baymax and deactivated him, after Baymax told him how.
"Burning the midnight oil Mr. Hamada?." said a older man who looked to be someone's grandpa as he was watching the whole thing.
Tadashi smiled and said "Oh not really sir, I was just showing my other sibling around the school that's all."
Hiro stepped up to meet the man, assuming he must be the owner of the place as he went to shake his hand. "Hi my name is Hiro." After done greeting with the man he realized who he was, as this man was Professor Callaghan as in the soul founder of laws of robotics to Hiro's surprise, but even he can't hold a candle to his Uncle Cornelius. "Well Hiro if you are interested in my college then, you might want to sign up for the Institute of Technology competition." He said handing Hiro the flyer and said "If your invention is college worthy then you just got your foot at the door." Seeing the opportunity at hand to truly put his melon to good use, Hiro immediately know what to do next. And know what to invent as well.
Next Few Days...
In the garage putting his project together with along help by his best friends, Hiro was doing brain testing on Penny, Violet, Wilbur, and Miguel to see how strong their brain waves work under difficult pressure. And that pressure was a classic game of chess.
Having a metal crown like hats on their heads just were attached to different colored wires, hooked up to the computer to get a full read status on everyone. Currently now, Violet was thinking hard on weather to move her Rook down or let her Queen take the hit. She took her hand out to touch her Queen but hesitated, and went to touching her Rook but hesitated once again making Penny get impatient to get her turn in to make a move.
"Vi for the late time we're doing this this help Hiro with his project, not a freaking Chess Club Tournament." Penny said tapping one of her pieces that she took out from Violet's side of the board.
"Hey you never know if we ever join the schools Chess Club, we have to put our skills to the table." Violet argue her statement and finally move her Rook to the center of the board.
Beside the girls the boys weren't having the exact issuer as the two were making quick timing, as Wilbur made a fast move with his Knight taking out Miguel's Bishop. Miguel answered right back taking Wilburs Knight out with his other Bishop that was on the black side. "Check." Miguel told him smirking as his Bishop was one tile away from taking Wilburs King down. "Ha bet!." Wilbur said moving his King to safety by moving it down from the black tile and moved it to the white. Smirking wickedly, Miguel slided his Rook straight down to where Wilburs King was and knocked it over. "Check Mate sucker!." He said laughing that he won the game thanks to watching the elders from the park, when he was out shoe shining their shoes while learning different types of moves.
"Great job Miguel that was your tenth win thus far." Hiro said looking at the scale on the computer.
"No biggie it was a piece of cake." said Miguel leaning back with his leg crossing the other.
Wilbur just went to reset the game back up to call a rematch and this time his going to have a win, either if it means the whole day. "Amigo, I am not going to lose to you again. My mom, your Aunt Franny was Todaylands Chess Game Champion, and let alone for the Supers as well." Wilbur pointed out putting his Queen back on his side of the board. "Yeah, I know Wilbur, but also my mom, your Aunt Luisa is the best player on the Elastic Dynamics bowling team so it's a win, win for the both of us." Miguel said taking the hat off his head to take a mid break.
"Okay how come the boys are done playing chess, but we're aren't?." Penny asked irritated at the moment.
Shrugging her shoulders. Violet dropped down her Queen and yelled. "Check Mate!." With that, Penny just flicked her King thankfully it was over because she was getting ready to jump over at Violet, and strangle the air out of her for taking too long to make a move. Reading the full data scale and switching it to a graph scale format, as the results were the perfect thing that Hiro wanted to see so he can finish the final product of his invention. When done printing out the bar graph to finalize the data to the piece, that will make his project the best thing since the Memory Scanner by his uncle back in the year 2007. Penny looked over and saw five gray plastic trash cans lined up, and got to see what's inside of the cans thinking that her boyfriends project invention must be huge.
Penny walked up to one of the garbage cans, and slightly lifted up the lid and see that one but a whole barrel of mini micro bots. "Micro bots?." She asked Hiro not even leaving his eyes on the computer to download the data, and send the information to the head set that was hooked up to the computer. "Yeah, micro bots. This will change everyone's lives when they see a demonstration of what micro bots can do when they see controlled, by one person's brain waves." Hiro said lifting his head away from the computer as the data information was complete. Wilbur picked up the head piece to examine the the rounded handy work, as he can see it has multi microchips all around and saw his dads signature company logo on the side. "You asked my dad to if he had any left over microchips?." asked Wilbur setting the head piece back down.
"No not really Wilbur, I just asked Uncle Cornelius if he would let me come to his company and help myself to making the right type of microchips for my project." Hiro told him going to the mini fridge and bright out a pack of sodas for himself and his friends. Miguel open his can until he felt a high strong supernatural vibe shock running through his whole body, as he felt awfully weird doing those past days every since making the deal with the Ruler of the Forgotten, and not once told his friends about that cold rainy night. He shocked trance came to a complete stop when Tadashi entered in the garage. "Hey Miguel, you're okay?." He asked his little cousin giving him a pat on the back. Miguel shaked the vibe off of his shoulders and snapped out of the supernatural vibe energy.
"Oh Tadashi, hi uh, I gotta go. Adios!." Miguel answered rushing right out of the garage, not even letting Hiro or Vanellope who came at the same time as Tadashi to say anything.
"Weird. And this is Miguel we're talking about too." Violet said both worried and concern.
"You know something guys?. I think Miguel is hiding something from us." said Wilbur grabbing his soda and popped right open.
Tadashi even know that every since he went over to the Shoe shop to punch in for work, on the same day that the Doctor told him he was free from Leukemia. Miguel started acting funny around him as if something just hit his soul on fire, when ever they encounter one another and Tadashi couldn't understand why Miguel keeps finding a way to avoid him, from time to time but their was a connection to the situation. Tadashi never seen his baby cousin like this until the day he was cancer free, and feel odd to think that his disease free cure has something to do with Miguel, but the question was how and what?.
His thoughts were interrupted when his phone ranged and walked out to go answer it. Miguel on the other hand ran away as quick as he could, as the whole purpose of him running away from his older cousin. It was to stop the burning from the inside of his body as he could feel his soul on fire. It was burning like mad when everytime Tadashi was near him or close around, it just burns his insides, soul, and skin!. Later on the burn had eased away making the young Latino sigh in relief of pain, and can't figure out why this was happening to him and wished that he asked Xibalba on what does he won't in return on their deal they made that night. "Why do I get the feeling that something tragic is going to happen to not only me, but also to Tadashi as well?." Miguel asked himself seeing the bus pulled up and got in, and paid his ride fee and sat down to ride home to Mexico City aka Santa Cecilia.
Friday Night of the Competition...
The night was the night for the Institute of Technology Competition, as every competitors brought the best next big thing inventions to the competition. Getting a win was going to be difficult one as this year competition, was a real deal worthy fight to win top prize to get into the school and get a full ride scholarship.
The two big sponsors that was funding the event was Robinsons Inc and Krei Tech. The main judges of the event were a few professors of the school and a special guest judge, as that person was Cornelius who always have time for his busy schedule from his office to come and see the next big invention, let alone looking for a future employee for his company as his workers were a few young people that was came straight from college or internship. Now this time his going to judge his nephews invention and made a promise to Hiro, that he wasn't going to hand him the top score and just judge fairly.
Hiro and his whole family were out tonight to show their full support, as he and the others were helping him push the gray garbage cans in. Looking at the neat things and feeling butterflies in his stomach feeling the nervousness, Hiro usually never get scared of presenting his science project in front of a large audience. No, it was that this time his doing this to get in to the perfect dream community college. Penny can saw it right in his face after a long drive from here and can tell he was for the very first time, he was scared to wow the audience of his masterpiece.
"I would have never thought in my life that, you would be nervous of performing your project." Penny smirked.
"To be honest with you Pen, I kinda am so yeah, I should be." Hiro said blushing in embarrassment.
"Don't worry Hiro you're going to do great." Cornelius told him giving him a pat on the back.
Gaining his confidence mojo back in action, Hiro nodded and smiled as he pushed the garbage can on to the stage as well as the others. When his name was called to present, Penny took her phone out as she and everyone took a selfie and wished Hiro the bested of luck and told him he was going to do fine. When Hiro got up to the stage to go present his science project invention, Tadashi took the chance to go talk to Miguel after telling Honey that he was going to be right back. Miguel who was watching someone else's invention as he saw someone garden vegetables underwater, without wearing any underwear gear making him think his invention was breathing underwater.
Miguel got shooken up when Tadashi startle him from behind, but calmed down when he saw Tadashi. He smiled at him as he was glad that this time Miguel wasn't going to avoid him tonight. Miguel was glad that the burning didn't get started for some odd reason, but that's besides the point. "Hi T, s... s...s...sorry for trying to avoid you." said Miguel as Tadashi had his wrapped around his shoulder. "No biggie Miguel, I'm not offended by it at all. In fact I'm just worried about you lately." Tadashi told him walking up to see Hiro put on his head band and went to activating the microbots, causing them to jump right out of the garage cans and started doing whatever Hiro wanted them to do with his brain waves. "Worried?. About me?. Get real." Miguel said chuckling to cover up the truth as he is worried.
"I'm serious about it Miguel. You've been acting very sketchy as of late, right after I announced that my cancer is dead and gone." Tadashi said spotting the worry in Miguel's body language.
"Well Tadashi it's been a scary experience about losing a love one, I mean we did lose Momma CoCo last year." Miguel said changing subject about him being sketchy around Tadashi.
Tadashi wasn't fooled by Miguel's change of subject move as he figured that Miguel was hiding something from him, and their whole entire family and he wanted to know tonight and now. "That's life Miguel, we're all going that path one day but that's besides the point. The point is that you're hiding something from me and our family, and to me it's not going to be good when I hear it. Am I right?." What broke up their conversation when Miguel was going to come clean and spill it, Hiro microbots started to create steps for him as he walked up from each step, going as high as he wanted to. Then he jumped down and got saved by a stand like chair and ride back to the stage. "Microbots can do absolutely anything that you want them to do, with just any amount of brain power and a lot of imagination." Hiro told the audience as he caught everyone's attention with his performance.
"Microbot technology will become the future and beyond for generations to come." Hiro ended his presentation by creating two giant hands from the microbots, and got them to clap together as everyone did the same. Cornelius was super proud of Hiro as he and the judges have found the winner, as he presented the award in which it was in the envelope to Hiro. "Great job little nephew." Cornelius told him while roughing his hair. What came next was Penny hugging him when he came off the stage, and got himself a nice kiss on the lips making the young Japanese American boy blush high red. "I knew you can do it Hiro. I had no doubts what so ever." She told him having her eyes on Wilbur who gave up his money that he bet it on, and gave it to Violet who she smirked while counting her winnings.
Rolling her eyes after seeing that, Penny kept Hiro away from looking at where Violet and Wilbur was and guided him to the rest of their family. Everyone cheered and congratulated Hiro for a outstanding performance and winning the whole thing all at once, especially even Professor Callaghan was proud of the young Hamada and can't wait to see him next semester after the break of Summer. The happiness died down when a familiar person come up to them as Cornelius knew exactly who he was, and already dropped his happy face expression. The person that came up them was the founder and soul owner of Krei Tech, who had on his professional dressed attire let alone having his assistant with him where ever he goes. He came up to Hiro with a friendly smile and went to introducing himself.
"Hello, Mr. Young Hamada, my name is Alistair Krei. I'm the."
"You're the founder and CEO of Krei Tech. Yeah, we know who you are my Uncle Cornelius told me about you." said Hiro who was not evening interested as to what he wants. Cornelius told not only him but to the rest of them that Alistair would cut corners to get where he is today as he and Alistair were arch rivals in the tech business. Krei Tech company is the second best Tech company of its time making good money for country to country, but in truth it can't hold a candle to Robinsons Inc as Cornelius made beyond multi deals around the world and inventing new things that put Alistair's company in its shadow. "Oh he has huh?." Alistair said arching his eyebrow with a smirk to both Cornelius and Collagen, as two had a separate history with him. And the history wasn't good either, especially for Collagen.
"Yes, I have Alistair, now what do you want?." Cornelius said not happy at all.
Alistair chuckled and said "I'm just hear to offer your nephew the chance to work for me, I mean he has great potential and a great future ahead of him." Collagen figure why he wanted to talk Hiro and didn't want him to make the same mistake he did a long time ago. "Before you answer Hiro." He said putting his hand on Hiro's shoulder. "Let me tell you that this man will cut corners to make money and ignore the dangers of the outcome of either science and technology." Collagen warned him as he gave daggers at Alistair. Already had his mind made up, Hiro set his electronic head band on the table near them and looked at Alistair.
"Sorry sir, but I'm afraid that I have to turn down that offer and rather work for Robinsons Inc." He told them with his family backing him up.
Nodding on Hiro's decision and kelp his cool, Alistair straighten up his tie and walked away saying loud enough for him to hear. "You're going to regret that kid." Ignoring him on what he said, Hiro and the rest said farewell to Collagen an headed out of the building already got a plan for tonight, as Aunt Cass announced that she's going to cook a special Japanese seafood dinner at her place in which everyone was excited for especially Helen, Sierra, Luisa, and Franny.
"We are having squid and octopus right?." Luisa asked having a taste for calamari.
"You bet Luisa!. And we're having it live baby!." Aunt Cass cheered making the others excited for live food.
"Oooooo, I could just taste it in mouth right now with some soy sauce." said Helen licking her lips.
"And with a hit of tarder sauce too!. Mmmmm good." said both Franny and Sierra who sanged the last part together.
While everyone was enjoying the the fresh air for a little while, Tadashi and Hiro went out to have a talk with one another on the bridge. The two brothers looked at the city seeing the beauty of the lights, and seeing some students go by back and forth. Both of the brothers then lean on the rail of the bridge and just talk about what the future may hold for the two next semester. Tadashi was planning on talking to Miguel on their conversation that was put on hold, but he figure that it can wait till tomorrow. But now it's time to hang with his little brother.
"So I'm finally going to join both you and Honey in Nerd School. Wow look how that happened so fast." Hiro said looking at Tadashi.
Tadashi chuckled for a little as Hiro still calling his school nerdy, but he wasn't wrong about it in fact. But at least now he thought their dead family can now be proud of Hiro, and be glad his finally going to make his own future and so forth.
"To be honest with you Hiro, I believe mom and dad would be very proud of you tonight." Tadashi told him seeing Hiro smile when mentioning his dead parents, as he thought about them and guested that the reason for not seeing them when he and guys went to the Land of the Dead, was because they probably went to visit them at their home that week of Day of the Dead. Plus, the dead Supers and the other members on Violet, Penny, and Wilburs side of the family. "You can say that again big bro." Hiro answered taking a deep breath and exhaled and enjoyed the rest of the night.
The peaceful night came to a complete interruption chaos when the two heard the fire alarm go off in the building that they exit out of, making the two turn to see the building completely on fire all of a sudden. Immediately without second thought the two ran down to help aid people who got out fast enough from the fire. Bob helped two people down the steps as he nor Helen haven't bring their Super suites thisthis time, as they thought tonight wouldn't be chaotic or deal with the Underminer once again but still. The others went to help people get to safety from the flames as Momma Abuelita speed dialed for emergency assistance as they were on the spot. Tadashi helped one more person as she was a student in his class as coughed up some smoke before telling Tadashi something important.
"Professor Collagen...his still in their!." She pointed out.
"Don't worry I'm going to get him." Tadashi told her after setting her away from burning building.
He was about to run full speed to the building but then his arm was pulled back by Hiro, who had on a scared worried look as he knows this was suicide. "Tadashi you can't!. The flames are not stable and there's a slim chance of getting out." Hiro said giving the hard reality of it. Tadashi looked back at the burning building and looked back Hiro with determination on doing what any Super would do. Wit no answer he pulled his arm away from Hiro's grip and continue running towards the building, passing Vanellope who was aiding a senior citizen to the ambulance. "Tadashi no!." She yelled but got ignore as he ran up the steps and jumped right in the flames.
Miguel was helping someone else to other ambulance and saw that Tadashi went in and looked back at the coward that was filming the danger while screaming and panicking, he notice someone amongst the coward and telling he was the only person that is seeing him. In the coward that Miguel saw grinning wickedly and evilly at him was Xibalba who was watching the whole event unfold, and saw Tadashi go right in the building. What came next was him having his hand up positioning his fingers making Miguel open his eyes in shock as to having the idea on what his going to do.
In all slow motion, Miguel yelled no but it happened. With the snap from Xibalba's fingers the whole building blew up like a bomb making Hiro jumped back to the ground as he tried to run in and help Tadashi but it was too late. Hiro opened his eyes to see the building going up in complete flames and then saw Tadashis hat flew down in front of him as loud screams filled up his ears.
A week and a half later...
The entire family were at the Santa Cecilia graveyard in the light rain drizzling down, as they moan, cried, and payed their last respects to Tadashi as his casket was being pulled down to the ground.
His grave was right beside Momma CoCo's since it was only right for having his body beside hers. The family refused to see Tadashis body due to that from what the people at the Morgue had told him that, the body was ashed up like a burnt chicken wing on the grill and the detail was too much for Honey Lemon as she cried hard as she have lost her lover. The kids were crying as well as they will never going to see Tadashi again until they die.
After lining up to place flowers on Tadarshis marble headstone and say a few words to him and move on, they all went to the Cafe where the Homegoing of Tadashi's was held. The people who were none family came out to support them of their lost, as they said a few things to Both Cass and Honey and walked out. Honey was all sad and depressed as she thought things were going back to normal but how wrong she was, as Aunt Cass put her arm around her to let Honey cry some more on to her shoulders.
Momma Abuelita had the most saddest face most possible as she at first lost her sister, mother, and now her oldest grandson as well. She walked over to the Ofrenda where the Hamada siblings parents were and added Tadashi's picture in the middle and then put his hat down with it. "How could something like this happen to someone like my grandson?." She asked of herself wondering who was the blame for this tragic day. Upstairs in their room neither Hiro or Vanellope wanted any visitors to come comfort them as they can do it with each other, as the two were seating down on the bed together all sad and depressed about the death of their older brother.
Neither one of them didn't want to say anything and just kelp quite and never say a word. Wilbur and guys tried calling and texting them to come out of their room, and open up to talk but the siblings refused to answer. The main one was hurting the most was Miguel. He knew that Tadarshi's death and blood is on his hands and should have just let him die of Leukemia and not taking the deal with that back stabber Xibalba.
Currently his room taking off his dress clothes and wear his t-shrit and shorts, Miguel went down to some sweeping at the store to ignore the sad mood in himself and wished the storm would end and be sunny. He sweep up the trash and dumped in the trash can and look to see Xibalba standing their with a smirk on his, making the Latino automatically mad to see him here in his home after what he just did to Tadashi.
"What a shame that the poor kid had to be cremated like that." He told Miguel seeing that he was anger to see him.
"You...You monster!." Miguel yelled getting to strike the Ruler of the Forgotten with the bat that was near him. "You killed Tadashi!." With those words he ran at him getting ready to hit him but Xibalba wasn't going to let that happen to him, as he grabbed the bat from Miguel's hands and pushed him down to the floor with authority. He changed his face to complete anger and went to talking to Miguel with a business attitude. He had his foot on Miguel's chest with pressure on it making him stay still on the ground to listen to what he has to say.
"Silence mortal!. A Deal is a Deal kid, I helped save Tadashi from cancer but I didn't say that I was going to save him from death." Xibalba explained to him.
"That's because you kill him you asshole!." Miguel yelled as his chest felt more pain and pressure from Xibalba's foot.
"I said silence!. Anyway in return you belong to me now Miguel, and I will going to need you to do something for me soon. and I mean real soon." Xibalba said taking his foot off Miguel's chest making him breath easily again.
Then what came next was Xibalba walking out and then turned around and said seriously. "As of now, you are now the new Spirit of Justice. My new Rider." With that he vanished into a black fog and gone with the wind.
Miguel got up off the floor as the new information was given to him and now he really got himself into real trouble. "I'm the new Skull Rider?." He asked himself even now scared of being a supernatural Super of the Dead.