Hey it's me! Sorry for the sort of late update! Here is chapter 8 and also I might be starting a new story, so keep your eyes peeled!

Hiro: 5 years old

Tadashi: 11 years old

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A couple weeks after the whole doughnut disappearing incident, the culprit was still unknown, but Aunt Cass didn't seem to really mind anymore. She just left a platter of doughnuts on the kitchen counter every morning and by evening, they were gone. She suspected it was Hiro, the biggest fan of sugary sweets.

Right now, Yuki was a rabbit celebrity of San Fransokyo. Hiro, who had just turned five, was busy taking care of his bunny and dealing with 'paparazzi'. Tadashi, who was now eleven, was busy entering a national robotics competition that was being held in New Yorkyo (New York & Tokyo) which was farther north of the city.

For the first time in a long time, the Hamadas were far too busy with personal events for each other. But the three kept in contact with one another. Tadashi would Skype with Hiro every day from New Yorkyo. He would call Aunt Cass every couple days to talk about how the competition was going.

And of course, being the overprotective wonderful brother he is, Tadashi left a list about two feet long of do's and don'ts for Hiro to follow if ever he needed his brother while he was away.

Yuki was recently nominated as 'The Cutest Bunny In The Nation' and was in the news and magazines with her well-groomed fur and large dark eyes. The event kept Hiro busy with the public. He had no time whatsoever to take care of somebody very important that he had been neglecting, along with his Aunt Cass and Tadashi in New Yorkyo…

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Maxbay was sad.

At least, he looked quite droopy for a cat.

The once very chubby white feline was losing weight. Sort of deflating like a balloon. He didn't know where his arch enemy, Mochi was either. Mochi had been neglected too because their humans were too busy to stop and think, "Oh, speaking of which, where are Maxbay and Mochi who we haven't seen for… I don't know, a MONTH AND A HALF."

Maxbay didn't know where he was anymore. He left his owner's home about a month ago and was now a limp white cat that lived on the streets.

He missed the wonderful taste of rich cat food and of course, gummy bears. His favorite gummy bear was the red ones. Hiro would always save those for him. Now he was surviving off of bits of french-fries and rainwater and the dumpster.

Hiro.

Hiro was supposed to be his 'hero', but now he was preoccupied with dealing with the pretty little dainty stupid bunny that his brother had brought home that fateful day. After that, it was like the Hamadas didn't know what cats were.

Maxbay missed Baymax too. He still didn't understand what the giant white blob was, but it felt like home and he yearned for it badly.

The cat had the urge not to trust humans anymore. All they did was cuddle you and feed you and pet you. Once they found something cuter, you couldn't be a part of their lives anymore. This wasn't the first time this had happened to Maxbay.

When he was just born, he was the runt of the litter and was thrown away by his first owner.

Too small.

Too ugly.

Not enough.

But Hiro. Hiro was skipping along the sidewalk with a plastic Tupperware filled with soil and worms and he found the tiny shivering Maxbay as a kitten in a cardboard box that all the grown-ups and big kids had walked past without a glance.

Maxbay remembered the exact words that the young boy had said with the biggest smile on his face that lit up the world.

"It's okay baby kitty cat. I'll bring you home and take care of you until we both turn into wrinkly old people and cats."

Where was that Hiro now?

Maxbay wobbled unsteadily down allies. Cuts and bruises decorated his fur and his tail was half its normal size from an attack from another cat. He was tired and scared and he wanted red gummy bears and the large fluffy white thing.

Most of all, he wanted to be in Hiro's arms.

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"Hey buddy! Long time no see!" Tadashi greeted on the lit up screen of Hiro's laptop.

"It's only been a day Tadashi!" Hiro rolled his eyes, but kept the goofy smile on his face.

"I saw Yuki in the newspaper over here!" Tadashi waves a paper from New Yorkyo happily.

Hiro grins proudly at his brother on the screen. He loved Skype. He unlatched Yuki's cage and brought her out. The bunny hopped over to the laptop and pawed at the screen, recognizing Tadashi. Tadashi laughed and waved.

The brothers were having a good time, when Aunt Cass burst into Hiro's room. She ran over and yanked open the blinds. Hiro's window had the best view since it was so high up. The aunt was gasping for breath.

"Aunt Cass, what," Hiro began.

"DID YOU HEAR THAT?!" Cass gasps.

Tadashi stares concernedly from the screen at his hyperventilating aunt. Hiro cocks his head and Yuki copies, thinking it was a new trick for her to learn to show off to her now nationwide fans.

"Aunt Cass?" Hiro tries again.

The sky begins to let out its rain. The raindrops drop onto the window and slid down onto the pane. Many umbrellas begin popping up as citizens went on their way, sauntering through the city. Faint thunder rumbles. The clouds still as they gush out.

"Did you hear that?..." Cass asks, this time less freakishly.

"No?" Hiro replies, still sensing dread in the room.

The brunette lady sinks down to her knees, her green eyes glassy like marbles.

"Aunt Cass! Hiro, activate Baymax. Maybe he'll know what's wrong." Tadashi says urgently.

"OW!" yelps Hiro to activate the nurse robot.

Baymax inflates from his case and waddles over to Aunt Cass. He begins to kneel to scan her, but then something catches his attention outside.

He walks/waddles to the window where the rain continues its downpour. He turns his head to the far right of the city.

Baymax utters a single word robotically. "Maxbay."

"What?" Hiro asks faintly. A heavy weight in his heart crashed into his organs, dread spiraled in his head.

"Maxbay." The balloon robot points a fat white finger outside.

As if Hiro's ears just started working, sirens sounded. Red and blue flashed through the curtain of rain. To the far east of the street, two cars were in a bent wreckage. They were both caught on fire. The ground under the wreck was charred and black. Ambulances and police cars and fire trucks were surrounding the scene. People were hurrying around it, and pulling at the flaming automobiles.

They were doing it as if something was underneath it.

"Maxbay."

Hiro felt bile rise in his throat as the memories of his cat bulldozed his train of thought and how long it had been…

"B-Baymax, where is Maxbay? Scan for him." Tadashi spoke up in a shaky voice.

Baymax moved slightly. "I detect a slight life form underneath the automobiles. It matches up with Maxbay's. However, I cannot confirm he is alive."

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I know! I'm so evil! You'll have to wait until next time! Until then, review please!