One And The Same (Toby X Reader) (Astro Boy 2009)

The Savior of Metro City, Astro

Amongst the rubble of their battle, there was a movement. Friendly faces surrounded Astro, greeting him back into the world. He cracked a smile and with the help of his friends, he sat upright, the hatchet housing his core barely hanging off his chest.

"Sludge! Widget! Zane, Cora!" Tears were shed, and amongst their relieved cries, Astro found himself enveloped in the warm embrace of his friends, causing a giant wave of emotions to topple over him. They held him tightly, relieved that he was safe and sound.

Astro's lower lip quivered and he struggled to hold in his tears of joy. He had won against the peacekeeper, and everything could return back to the way it was. Astro broke away from the hug and turned towards the girl who had become his reason for trying so hard. With her arms across her chest, she stood awkwardly to the side with a lopsided smile on her face.

The corners of Astro's lips twinged and he opened his arms. Cora's eyes widened. Tears then rolled down her cheeks and she dove right into his arms. Astro chuckled as he hugged the slightly older girl. It was definitely nice to be on good terms with her again.

Throughout this moment of confusion, relief and other riling emotions, a hand shot out from the debris. An arm soon followed along with the rest of his body.

Toby shook the dust from his matted hair and he looked around with wide blood shot eyes. What had happened? One moment he was in the ministry of science, and the next thing he's here!

Toby heard an incoherent muttering and glanced beside him to see president stone muttering nonsense to himself. He jerked away from the madman and crawled back. The rock underneath his hand then slipped, causing the rest of his body to follow after. Toby let out a startled cry as his body tumbled down the small pile of debris.

His body hit almost every rock and he rolled a few ways away from the pile, his cuts and bruises stinging to the point he actually wanted to cry. He forced himself to come to a stop and shakily pulled himself up to his knees.

"Argh," he hissed in pain as a splotch of blood began to form on his right upper arm. Toby gripped his injured arm tightly and carried himself to his feet. "D-Dad?" He called out with one eye clenched shut. As he attempted to roll up his sleeve to assess the cut, a voice called out to him, or so he thought.

"Toby!" Toby's eyes widened and he whipped his head around as a smile formed on his face.

"Dad!" Just as he was about to make a move towards his father, his face fell when he saw another boy jump into the arms of HIS father. Toby furrowed his brow in confusion as his father hugged the boy tightly, as if he were his own son.

"W-wha?" Toby's breath hitched on his throat, and he trudged forwards whilst holding his injured arm. He was then knocked back to the ground by a small boy who had run past him. He gave a low moan in pain as he rolled onto his side, carefully holding the injured spot on his arm.

Tears stung his eyes as he gritted his teeth and sat up. He then looked back to his father and took a closer look at the boy. The boy sported the exact same hair style as Toby would usually have and even had the same height and body type. The most fascinating thing he found about the boy however was his face. It was identical to his!

Toby's father smiled down at the boy as he gripped him by the shoulders tightly.

"Welcome back, son." Toby felt his chest tighten and his eyes went wide with shock. The boy smiled and nodded his head while the rest of his friends surrounded him, laughing.

"Yay, Astro's back!" They exclaimed. Toby pressed the tips of his brows together and narrowed his eyes questioningly at the group.

"Astro...? Just who does he think he is, ripping off MY style." Toby mumbled. He then stood to his feet and limped towards the group. Tenma chuckled and rested his hand on top of Astro's head.