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It was done. Hiro had stopped The Great Kensei Takezo, Adam, from releasing a virus that would destroy most of the human population. He had been on time and successful. It was a relief and yet, a great disappointment. On one hand, the world wouldn't be destroyed by an unstoppable, uncurable disease. On the other hand, Hiro had witnessed first hand what he had created: a villian. A villain who thought he was God, who thought he could kill millions of people in order to start over. To sort through the weak and the strong. To start over as a hero.
He should have killed Kensei. He knew he should have killed him back in the past. He thought he had killed him. Hiro had never killed anyone before and he found the task very difficult. Despite the fact that Kensei tried to destroy the world, he had been a friend ... a mentor ... a hero to Hiro. Allowing Kensei to blow up was different from taking the sword and doing the deed himself. He found that he couldn't do it. He had to make sure Kensei would never hurt anyone again. He needed to be buried. And there was the answer. He'd left his former friend in a grave.
Standing on the outside, looking down at the grave, Hiro reflected over the last few weeks. Kensei had betrayed Hiro, but he wondered if he didn't deserve it. He'd kissed Yaeko, Kensei's princess. He'd fallen in love with a woman he knew he should have left alone. He'd let his own desires get ahead of the good of his friend, the Japanese people and all of history. It was such a tiny moment that maybe it shouldn't have mattered. But it mattered to Hiro. If anyone understood the importance of the time conintuum and how one tiny change could alter things irrevocably, it was Hiro. Marty McFly had ceased to exist because his dad didn't fall out of a tree. And one punch to Biff's face had sent history in a completely different course. No, Hiro knew better and he'd still kissed her.
And now his father was dead. He'd joined his mother. And Charlie. And Kensei might as well have been dead to him. He was beginning to feel alone. It was time to go home. There would be no answers from this grave. He'd have to learn to move on.
Taking the Kensei's sword (a good hero always disarmed his enemies), he squeezed his eyes shut and focused on home, not the only empty house, but the corporation his sister now ran. He would return to his real friend, Ando, where he would fill his friend in on all that had happened since he'd left to find Adam Monroe. He felt everything shift around him.
When he opened his eyes, it was immediately clear that something had gone wrong with his powers again. "Oh no," he whined. He thought he had his powers under control. He'd been doing so well lately. He really didn't need anything further to go wrong. He just wanted to mope around the office for a while.
"ANDO?" he yelled loudly, just in case his friend really was on this … tropical island? "ANNNNN-DDOOOOO," he tried again, this time lengthening the syllables. He heard a sound some distance behind him. Pushing his glasses up his nose with his index finger, he noticed something large in the shadows of the trees. Squinting, he still couldn't make out what it was. So he started up the beach, yelling the whole time to get the figure's attention. Then stopped short as he finally could make out what it was--a dinosaur. He didn't wait to see if it would follow. He just started running in the opposite direction.
[Have at him as he's running away from dinos (on the beach, on a path or in the forest) or take him after he's gotten an explanation. Hiro won't need the Welcome To TR speech though if you want to skip that bit. Just let me know which you want.]
He should have killed Kensei. He knew he should have killed him back in the past. He thought he had killed him. Hiro had never killed anyone before and he found the task very difficult. Despite the fact that Kensei tried to destroy the world, he had been a friend ... a mentor ... a hero to Hiro. Allowing Kensei to blow up was different from taking the sword and doing the deed himself. He found that he couldn't do it. He had to make sure Kensei would never hurt anyone again. He needed to be buried. And there was the answer. He'd left his former friend in a grave.
Standing on the outside, looking down at the grave, Hiro reflected over the last few weeks. Kensei had betrayed Hiro, but he wondered if he didn't deserve it. He'd kissed Yaeko, Kensei's princess. He'd fallen in love with a woman he knew he should have left alone. He'd let his own desires get ahead of the good of his friend, the Japanese people and all of history. It was such a tiny moment that maybe it shouldn't have mattered. But it mattered to Hiro. If anyone understood the importance of the time conintuum and how one tiny change could alter things irrevocably, it was Hiro. Marty McFly had ceased to exist because his dad didn't fall out of a tree. And one punch to Biff's face had sent history in a completely different course. No, Hiro knew better and he'd still kissed her.
And now his father was dead. He'd joined his mother. And Charlie. And Kensei might as well have been dead to him. He was beginning to feel alone. It was time to go home. There would be no answers from this grave. He'd have to learn to move on.
Taking the Kensei's sword (a good hero always disarmed his enemies), he squeezed his eyes shut and focused on home, not the only empty house, but the corporation his sister now ran. He would return to his real friend, Ando, where he would fill his friend in on all that had happened since he'd left to find Adam Monroe. He felt everything shift around him.
When he opened his eyes, it was immediately clear that something had gone wrong with his powers again. "Oh no," he whined. He thought he had his powers under control. He'd been doing so well lately. He really didn't need anything further to go wrong. He just wanted to mope around the office for a while.
"ANDO?" he yelled loudly, just in case his friend really was on this … tropical island? "ANNNNN-DDOOOOO," he tried again, this time lengthening the syllables. He heard a sound some distance behind him. Pushing his glasses up his nose with his index finger, he noticed something large in the shadows of the trees. Squinting, he still couldn't make out what it was. So he started up the beach, yelling the whole time to get the figure's attention. Then stopped short as he finally could make out what it was--a dinosaur. He didn't wait to see if it would follow. He just started running in the opposite direction.
[Have at him as he's running away from dinos (on the beach, on a path or in the forest) or take him after he's gotten an explanation. Hiro won't need the Welcome To TR speech though if you want to skip that bit. Just let me know which you want.]