The Viking Stranger: yep it was a long chapter, this one is a little shorter, so true with the song, and everyone has now met up again... oh what fun

DRON261095: I am glad you like the tension of the HiroGo, you'll get more Honey Lemon/Wasabi, more so in the sequel, yeah meeting the 'mother's' boyfriend can cause panic, as for the Takachiho bloodline... just wait and read, yeah the twin's dialogue and such is in flux, part of it is because they have been traversing the stars and have likely have learned how to adjust to cultures... Credit to Sousuke Tenkai for editing which makes this come out as it has

Chapter 4: 4 Out Of 5 Ain't Bad

Two Days Later: Inside the Big Hero 6's current HQ, the team minus Baymax, whom is in his charger, had assembled. Also present are both the samurai. "Alright, ideally we would take our time and have you grow into the area your chi directs you to, but we will be lucky to have a year." Kioshi starts the... for lack of a better word, lesson.

"So instead of having us learn how to float in the shallows and how to move in the water, you're throwing us off the deep end and see if we can figure out to tread water?" Wasabi asks a little concerned about the teaching method, not much different then how he responded to Hiro when the young genius suggested everyone be 'upgraded' three years ago.

"I have no idea what you mean by that." Kenuichio says blankly.

"'Sink or swim' is what Wasabi is trying to reference, it's an expression that means someone is either successful or not with their first attempt. The origins is when people literally throw a person into the water to see if they would either sink or if they could swim." Fred enlightens, displaying that he is a lot sharper than he often lets on.

"Wow! He. Actually. Got. One. Right." GoGo says in utter disbelief at Fred as Wasabi, Honey Lemon and Hiro's jaws hang open. "We clearly don't give you enough credit."

"I know. Now let's revisit the invisible sandwich idea." Fred says as he moves his hands to look like he's holding a sandwich or burger.

"And sometimes we give you too much." GoGo says as she facepalmes herself and groans in announce.

"Come on, it's a great idea, I think you would totally be in for it GoGo, you know with the whole messing with people's minds and such." Fred continues, making it look like he's biting into the 'sandwich' as he speaks.

"And sometimes we give you just the right amount." Hiro chimes in and chuckles a little, only to stop as GoGo glares 'die a million times' at the youth.

"Are you all done?" Kioshi asks not unlike an angry teacher with an agenda, "Because we have very little time and a lot to do."

"Sorry. So how does this diving off the deep end work?" Honey Lemon asks bring everything and everyone back to the matter at hand.

"First we need to see how your chi flows in your body currently, is it clogged in certain channels, does it flow too freely in others and such. To do that we have to divine your stomachs." Kenuichio says.

"Why?" GoGo asks with an eye brow raised,

"The stomach houses the sea of a person's chi. In the case of Baymax, if he was a human, it's more of a vast ocean [1]. Now from there we can follow the path your chi currently flows, where the dams are, where the rivers are dry, where's there flooding, and where they all should be, so on and so forth." Kioshi informs, hoping that GoGo's question is answered so that they can move on.

"After that, it's to reset your chi to a neural state so that it can correct itself. Then comes the tricky part; determining how your chi behaves when left to its own devices, does empower weapons you wield, does it enhance your physical capabilities, once we know that we start the real training." Kenuichio says and he gestures for the five to stand up. "Alright take off your shirts."

"WHAT?!" GoGo and Honey Lemon ask and exclaim not thrilled with the notion.

"This is going to going to be a long day." Kioshi mutters as he rubs his forehead. He has no idea how right he is.

Actually figuring out the flow of the five's chi was easy, Fred's flows all over the place (not that surprising because his mind is all over the place), Wasabi's has too many dams (not surprising either because Wasabi's sense of order borders on the extreme), Honey Lemon's flows where it should and but is weak (It's not that Honey Lemon is weak willed or not curious, she's just...cautious), GoGo's flows where it should but is too strong (GoGo is a passionate person, yes she's a woman of few words, but she speaks with her actions) and Hiro's flows as it should but not where it should (Not unlike a lost child, again no surprise). That is where it all went downhill.

First trying to reset the five's chi flow so that they are in a neutral state. Between Fred's overly-creative mind and GoGo's reluctance, Kenuichio and Kioshi nearly broke their skulls in. Their acknowledgment of their pain activating Baymax. Concerning Honey Lemon and Wasabi, they are not as hard but, there are moments where the two would take Fred's overactive mind over Wasabi's phobias and GoGo reluctance over Honey Lemon's eagerness. Concerning Hiro, he was actually easy to get his chi to a neural state, but it still took hours of going through the simplest of Tai-chi to reach this point.

Second figuring out what their chi naturally does. The two instructed the five to meditate and let their chi figure out what it leans too. The brothers didn't expect results to vary so much or to be so soon. As they brothers look away putting ice packs on their heads they feel a rumble and looking back to the group their eyes dilate and jaws drop. Where Fred was sitting, is a giant bipedal reptile not unlike the creature the team called as 'Godzilla'. The creature leans forward as its back is against the ceiling. The brothers look back to each other and then to the creature and back and forth. "Hey guys, I think we're going to need a bigger place, it's a little cramp." a reptilian guttural version of Fred's voice comes from the creature's mouth as it speaks.

"Scan complete, the Kaiju is... Fred." Baymax says in his monotonous voice, pausing and raising his hand finger pointing up as he often does when he gives his diagnosis before saying 'Fred'. The brothers say nothing in their agape shock. After a few seconds Fred returns to his normal form.

"DID YOU ALL SEE THAT! I TOTALLY DON'T NEED THAT POTION AFTER ALL, I CAN … woo I don't feel so..." Fred passes out both from the sudden transformation and from his excitement upon realizing he doesn't need Honey Lemon to turn himself into the giant fire breath lizard.

As Baymax takes Fred to the HQ's infirmary, "one down, four to go." Kenuichio says after he and Kioshi regaining themselves.

"The day's not over yet." Kioshi says and suddenly a blast of chi hits the wall opposite from where GoGo is sitting, the recoil causing her to fall on to her back and pass out. The force of the impact causes the brothers to jump almost out of their skins and broke the concentration of the other three, if Fred's kaiju transformation didn't already. As Baymax goes to tend to GoGo, "The Chosenjin is more powerful than I thought." Kioshi says after a whistle, in an attempt to complement GoGo.

"HEY! What did you call GoGo?" Hiro asks clearly irate.

Baffled at the youth's anger. "Chosenjin, it means 'person or people of Chosen or Korea'. If I may know, why does me calling attention to her ancestry anger you? She's Korean and all I did was state it." Kioshi asks utterly confused. "Now if I said 'Chon', that I can see why you would get angry."

"You see starting in 1910 Japan occupied Korea until 1945, Japan during that time treated the Korean people poorly and over time when the people of Japan started to use and mean 'Chosenjin' the same way they have use and mean 'Chon'. Today 'Chosenjin' is considered as much as an insult to the people of Korea as 'Chon'." Honey Lemon informs trying to explain some of the changes that occurred in the brother's self-imposed exile among the stars, as Wasabi stops Hiro from charging Kioshi.

"My error, it's been about 400 years when Kenuichio and I were last on Earth." Kioshi informs, pointing out that he and Kenuichio have ended back on Earth during their millennium long conflict.

"Why are you saying you're the one at fault? You simply called a duck a duck, the boy's the one with the problem if he can't get pass calling it a water fowl." Kenuichio points out.

"That's not what the 'duck test' means." Honey Lemon points out sheepishly, earning her a glare that orders 'silence' from Kenuichio.

"Regardless, why does he care so much if Leiko-san is called a 'Chon' or 'Chosenjin'?"

"I am right here. You see me right?" Hiro chimes in.

"We're all friends. Honey Lemon and I didn't like that Kioshi called GoGo that either." Wasabi answers Kenuichio.

"And yet it was Hiro who spoke out and I would like to know why. Are they lovers?" The silence in response to Kenuichio asks more questions than it answers. "Well either they are or they aren't." Kenuichio says expecting a clear answer.

"Well it's not that simple." Wasabi starts. "You see, Hiro confessed to GoGo that he loves her."

"Wasabi! Don't! This is none of their business." Hiro says trying to stop Wasabi, but is too late.

"And she hasn't told Hiro one way or the other how she felt." Kioshi concludes, he says it more for himself like when someone makes a realization. Hiro walks away too embarrassed to be there, also Baymax could use some help with his two patients. After a few seconds of awkward silence, "Well we've made some headway today. Brother, we best head for our job. We'll try figuring out what your chi leans towards tomorrow. Try meditating tonight, maybe you'll figure it out by yourselves. I would recommend keeping an eye on Fred-san and Leiko-san overnight, inexperience in chi use as you have seen can be very taxing on the body. Until tomorrow." Kioshi says as he gets ready to head out.

"Also if you could find a bigger place, if Fred goes..." Kenuichio stops not sure what the term is.

"We use the term 'kaiju'." Wasabi answers

"'Strange beast'?" the brothers ask, the 'Why do you use it to refer to the giant reptile that Fred transformed into?' understood. The only response they get are shoulder shrugs from Honey Lemon and Wasabi. The two then elect to put the matter to the side. Kioshi heads to the door. "Well, to finish my thought, this place is not big enough for training Fred-san. On a not unrelated topic, the added space could help with dodging Leiko-san's chi blasts as she learns to aim. Until tomorrow." Kenuichio finishes.

"You know you can call Fred 'Fred' and I think GoGo would prefer 'GoGo'." Honey Lemon says as Kenuichio starts to head out.

"And you would prefer 'Honey Lemon' over 'Aiko-san', Aiko-san?" Kenuichio asks.

"More so to show that we are a team, but yes." Honey Lemon asks. "Also, Aiko is more for my family and such." Honey Lemon says. "The same is true for you, right Wasabi?" Honey Lemon asks turning to Wasabi.

"'Wasabi' is not the worse people have called me." Wasabi shrugs while not necessarily agreeing he's not denying Honey Lemon's statement.

"If you wish." Kenuichio says almost dismissively as he walks out not far behind Kioshi.

"So what do you want to do tonight, there's a light-show at the indoor auditorium?" Honey Lemon asks.

"I was thinking we go to that book signing of your favorite living-author's new-" Wasabi starts, but Honey Lemon gives a squeal of joy and hugs him, causing him to temporarily lose his balance.

"I love you, Gingie-kun!" she nearly screams almost into his ear.

"You're welcome Ai-chan. I would love this more if you didn't scream into my ears, but you screamed into my ears, so I don't love it as much." Wasabi comments not unlike how he feels about flying, if you call desperately clinging to Baymax's arm in flight flying, as he regains his balance and returns the hug.

"Sorry." Honey Lemon says, she's still excited about seeing her favorite living author and tries to keep back a squeal as the two head out.

About two hours later Honey Lemon and Wasabi enters his apartment, "That was amazing and here's the best part," Honey Lemon almost sings as she pulls her newest book out of her hand bang. "'To Aiko Miyazaki, a sister-wife in my love for chemistry. While we love chemistry for different reasons, her passion as demonstrated during last year's SFIT Showcase rekindled my own.' She dedicated the book to me." Honey Lemon says quoting the book almost squealing.

"What I can't believe is that you two have the same favorite author and he wrote a completely different genre... but hey it's your system. So you think GoGo's okay with you staying the night here?" Wasabi asks as he goes into the kitchen.

"She'll be fine, she could some space from me, I can be quite the prior for information." Honey Lemon says as she takes a seat on the couch.

"I never noticed." Wasabi says sarcastic as joins her offering her some iced tea, with a slice of lemon and some honey in it.

"So you and Hiro practice kendo, you never told me." Honey Lemon comments.

"For me it was just my own space, I really don't know why Hiro."

"So how good are you?"

"I am a 4-dan [2] and my actual focus is in wielding two swords. See the two katanas on the wall?" Wasabi asks at he points out two katanas on the wall.

"Aren't they short for katanas?" Honey Lemon asks as she makes a mental note of how long the katanas are.

"I know they're on the shorter end of the spectrum at 60cm [3], but they still qualify as katanas." Wasabi says as he walks over to the wall. As he unsheathe both, one in each hand. "Don't worry I am not going to go all hack-and-slash. Unlike Hiro, I know more than just kendo, I also take iaido [4]- why are you staring?" Wasabi stops as he sees Honey Lemon stare.

"Are your katanas suppose to glow green and blue?" Honey Lemon asks weakly.

"What are yo- OMG!" Wasabi shouts as he notices the his swords and drops them and jumps back from them only to realize that the source of the glow are actually the palm of his hand. Cautiously he picks up something without a cutting edge, nothing happens, then he touches the handle of one of his swords, the blade glows shifting between green and blue, he repeats this a few more times, each time a not cutting edge no glow, each time a cutting edge there is glow that shifts from green to blue and back and forth.

"I think we found out what your chi does, it empowers your katanas." Honey suggests. Her eyes dilate as a smile creeps on her face. "We got to get back HQ and see what it actually does."

"Hold on, what if I almost pass out like Fred or GoGo?" Wasabi points out the worse case scerino.

"Come on. Gingie-kun, maybe you can deflect bullets, cut through anything. Where's your scientific curiosity?" Honey Lemon says as she's about to head out the door. Wasabi only gives a huff of frustration as he gets his katanas and makes sure he has the registrations for them on his person, and follows Honey Lemon out the door.

After half an hour they are back at the HQ and Wasabi has sent the last ten minutes performing tests that Honey Lemon set up. Each was a set up that he has to cut something, Wasabi is extremely happy that Honey Lemon elected to not test 'bullet deflection'. The results of each test, Wasabi cuts through everything with his chi-empowered katanas just like his laser-blades.

"Alright, so we figured out what my chi does can we go home?" Wasabi asks.

"Sure." Honey Lemon replies and Wasabi starts feeling his pockets for his keys. Honey Lemon sees panic creep Wasabi's face as he fails to find his keys. "We'll find them," Honey Lemon says trying to prevent her boyfriend from having a panic attack. However, Wasabi bolts to his car and sees that he left them in the ignition.

As Wasabi is cursing he barely notices some sort of portal appears from nowhere in his car next to the steering column and out of it comes a hand, Honey Lemon's right hand. Wasabi then bolts back in and sees Honey Lemon pulls his main car keys out her purse. "Look, I found the spare you gave me." She says and then she looks at the keys themselves, they lack the beehive and lemon peel stickers that denotes the spares Wasabi gave her from the original. She looks to Wasabi and back to the keys and forth a couple of times. "Did you ever give your set to me?" She asks, Wasabi only shakes his head. "Where were they?" she asks.

"In the ignition." Wasabi says in disbelief. Honey Lemon tosses Wasabi the keys and reaches back into her bag. He watches her eyes twinkle as she as silently tests her theory. She first pulls out one of her chemistry notebooks, then she pulls out a first edition copy of her favorite author's first book, then she pulls out a replica of Han Solo's blaster from 'Star Wars: Episode Four: A New Hope', then an Iron Man's gauntlet from 'Iron Man' and several other objects, all of which should not exist, she however returns each after a brief examine.

"I think we know what I can do. I can summon anything from anywhere I can think of and pull it out of this bag."

"And yet you elected to try that theory for the most part by summoning sci-fi nerd stuff that I like." Wasabi points out. Honey Lemon gives a sheepish grin revealing that she like these things too. This is not lost on Wasabi, who gives a smirk that says 'I knew it'

"I even have a Leia costume." Honey Lemon admits as her face goes red.

"Which one?" Wasabi asks.

"You know which one [5], the one GoGo said no self-respecting girl should ever be caught dead in. Please don't tell her!" She begs.

"Hey, your secret's safe with me, until the next Star Wars movie comes out." Wasabi confesses, he ends the tangent and goes back to the matter at hand, "So how do we tell the others?"

"You leave your katanas at your place, I pull them out of my handbag and you dice up something with them. So I can still crash at your place?"

"Sure." and the two head back out and to Wasabi's apartment.

Back to when Wasabi and Honey Lemon left for the book-signing: Fred got a left back to his parent's house by Heathcliff. As Fred sits in the back of the limousine, he is slightly depressed. "What is the matter, Master Frederick?" Heathcliff asks, while he doesn't see Fred's face, he can tell that Fred is down about something.

"Am I stupid? I mean my friends don't think my ideas are good and I am a bit of a goof." Fred asks.

"You're mind works differently than your friends. You may not be the most academically inclined, but you have a degree of imagination that they lack. I wouldn't say you're stupid, just different."

"Thanks, so what did Dad say about us having a new HQ?"

"He said that the island that Krei Tech used is no longer quarantined and you are now the owner. The real estate taxes and such will be taken out of your trust fund, as was the money used to purchase the island and to get it up how you wanted it set up with room for your friends to customize."

"Yeah, well I try to life only off what I get from SFIT as their mascot, and my friends could use it more than me. It will be perfect!" Fred then picked up the car phone of the limousine. It went to voice-mail. "Hey Dad, sorry I missed you. Heathcliff told me about the new HQ. Thanks. Hope to hear from yah." Fred then hangs up. "This is going to be such a surprise for everyone."

"As I said, Master Frederick, you're not stupid. You're brain only works differently. Do you wish to fist-bump, Sir?" Heathcliff says as he drives.

"When we get home. But thanks man."

"No problem, sir."

As Wasabi and Honey leave for the book-signing and Fred gets a ride from Heathcliff: Hiro and GoGo are alone GoGo and Fred having already dismissed Baymax and the robot has deactivated and deflated back into his case. "You okay?" Hiro asks looking at GoGo as she gets up.

"I never been this sluggish, even after my first period." GoGo's voice clearly shows how spent she feel. "Hey can you crash at my place tonight?" GoGo asks in an uncharacteristic vulnerability. Hiro believes he knows the reason, she wants someone there just in case, although she'll never admit it.

"Just let me text Aunt Cass." Hiro says a little unsure. Hiro did that and not, "I told her I am crashing at Wasabi's. She's okay. So why do you want me over, if I may." Hiro asks seeking to confirm his suspicion.

"I thought you would be jumping up and down to be my knight in shining armor." GoGo says overly fanning the drama.

"Really, shining armor? Laying it on thick aren't you. You know that armor that shines it's often untested."

"I never said the armor is not dented and scratched, only that it shines, Nerd." GoGo counters. "Or would you prefer being my prince on a white horse." GoGo doesn't let up teasing Hiro with the fake drama.

"I thought you like the returning soldier type. You know the weary warrior seeking to rest at his home." Hiro tries to counter.

"No too sappy, try again." GoGo teases, clearly showing Hiro that he failed to counter her.

Hiro thinks for a short while, he has a Eureka moment, "How about a guy who's strong, fast, fresh from the fight, sure, soon and larger than life." This throws GoGo off her game. "It's from the refrain of 'Holding out for a Hero', it's from 'Footloose'... the 1984 original, it's one of the movies Cass likes. Something she and my mom must have enjoyed during their childhood."

As the two leave, GoGo is silent, and not her usual 'woman-of-few-words' silent, but a she's got nothing to comeback to Hiro's last statement... as if she's pondering... is she holding out for... well Hiro. Words weren't exchanged until they got into her apartment. "So what kind of movies do you like?" GoGo asks, finally having something to say.

"I watch some of the movies Cass likes, but I am not really sure what movies I like."

"I feel up for 'Dirty Harry'. Mind popping it in." GoGo says as she goes to her bedroom, leaving Hiro in the 'living' room of her and Honey Lemon's apartment. Hiro goes over to where he sees the movies.

"You got a lot of Clint Eastwood movies, I mean, 'The Good, The Bad & The Ugly', 'Hang 'Em High', 'Space Cowboys', 'Million Dollar Baby', 'Gran Torino'... and those are the ones I know" Hiro says as he calls out the movies GoGo has. "Wait why is 'Casper' here?"

"Clint Eastwood makes a cameo in it, it's my favorite scene. But yeah, appa has them playing on the TV in the waiting room of his shop, he's not going to pay for cable for it and they are things he enjoyed with his father before they had a falling out."

"So let me guess your father watches them in an attempt to remember the good days following his father's death before the two had a chance to reconcile." Hiro muses aloud.

"Actually no, Grandpa Tanaka is still alive and I am sort of the reason they reconciled and we three celebrate our birthdays, and the day they reconciled by watching these movies back to back. And when Grandpa Tanaka was the person looking after me, we would watch them."

"So you and your grandfather are close. My only family for most of my life were Tadashi and Cass." Hiro says as he puts the movie in, "and it's just..." he trails off. They say time heals, but nothing ever truly goes back to how it was, scars may fade but they are still there.

"We all miss him." Comes GoGo's voice, she's still not in the living room. Hiro doesn't say anything and decides to get comfortable on the couch, putting his arms along the back taking the remote with his right hand.

GoGo sits down on the couch and made herself comfortable to his left side as Hiro starts the movie. Not thirty minutes into the movie GoGo is resting her head in between his neck and left shoulder as if she's asleep. Hiro chances a look and GoGo's eyes are closed. Looking around Hiro notices a fair sized blanket on the back of the couch. He gently acquired the blanket and maneuvers so that he is lying down on the couch, GoGo on top of him and wraps blanket around them. She never steered in any manner that indicates he woke her. "Good night... Leiko" he whispers and dares to kiss her lips. It's a gentle chaste peck. He can still taste the strawberry from her gum on her lips and soon he too yields to sleep.

The following morning there were three surprises for the most of the crew, first Fred had Heathcliff fly everyone to the island Krei Tech had tested the Shadow Sparrow teleportation program. "Well guys, this is our new base of operations. My dad was able to purchase it for us. And yes he knows that we are Big Hero 6." Fred says after Heathcliff flew away from the island.

"Solves most of our problems." Kioshi comments. "Begets another, how to get here discretely, but we can figure something out."

"Wait your dad knows we're..." Wasabi starts to state.

"Yeah my dad and I connected after he come home following the Krei Tech-Yokai thing. Turns out he was a superhero too. Apparently a few decades back he did the same kind of stuff we're doing, but he didn't have a team. Don't get me wrong, a solo hero is still wicked cool, but we do so much more not only because we are a team but we can each better allocate our individual resources. Hiro for example, can come-up with better plans for the mission or missions, Honey can come up with the best chemicals for the sit., GoGo can do all the stuff that requires speed, Wasabi can do all his cutting and slicing, Baymax can better cover anyone being the powerhouse of the team and let's be honest I make a very good diversion." Fred says, leading them into the former Krei Tech testing site. He leads them into the former observatory for the Shadow Sparrow program, but it's no longer in ruin, in fact most of the base is up and running and is actually in better shape than it was when Krei Tech operated the place.

Everyone is agape in awe at the place, there is even a map for all the places in the base, including rooms designated for 'Hamada Robotics', 'Tanaka Mag-Lev Tech', 'Miyazaki-no-Kagaku' and 'Chief Lasers & Plasmas'. "Yeah my dad took the money for this out of my trust fund, but it is so worth it." Fred continues.

"How did he know those were the names of the companies we were thinking of starting?" Wasabi asks.

"I told him." Fred answers as if it was nothing. Everyone is speechless for the most part.

"Yep you four don't give him enough credit." Kenuichio says breaking the silence.

"Well we can't top that, but we have a something we need to show you all." Honey Lemon says as she reaches into her hand bag and pulls out each of Wasabi's katanas.

"Wow... that's the cool-" Fred starts, about to do his 'Freddy so happy' dance.

"Hold your horses Fred, there's still one more thing." Wasabi cuts Fred short as he unsheathe each katana. Once both katanas were in his hands, they glow. The one in his right-hand glows blue, the one in his left hand glows green. He moves so that he can't hurt anyone and demonstrates the proper way to wield two weapons. He cuts the air, the humming of the chi along the blades with each strike is very similar to the sound effects used in the 'Star Wars' series for the sound of lightsabers.

"Glorious." Fred says as everyone watches the display. "So what can you do, Hiro?" Fred asks turning to Hiro.

"I don't know... let's just get this day started." Hiro says and just walks past Fred.

(Que 'Immortals' for montage)

Over the course of two months, the five train under the tutelage of the two warriors. Fred focuses on transforming into his kaiju form in a wide array of sizes, and what he can do in his kaiju form. He even has the borderline atomic breath of the greatest kaiju of them all, the king of monsters; Gojira [6]. GoGo continues to get better with her chi-blasts as time progressed. She became able to make smaller and more accurate chi-blasts. Granted the larger ones have significantly more power, but they are a little harder to control. Wasabi's area of focus is on his blades, fine-tuning his chi so that there is a faint glow, while he's still able to cut through everything it takes less chi and keep it up for are longer. Honey Lemon learns to be able to pull things from places all over the world, past and present and from places from a wide array of fiction. None of the four had truly mastered their chi, but they were all heading in the right direction and were not far from it.

Hiro on the other hand... it has been almost impossibility frustrating. Without knowing what he chi does, the two warriors had elected to engage in a crash course in actual fighting with a live-weapon. Hiro is not alone with that training, but Wasabi's has several years more experience than Hiro. Needless to say Hiro ends his days the worse for the wears of everyone.

(End montage as Hiro crashes against a wall and falls to the floor) "Get up!" Kenuichio orders, "Few opponents will not press this advantage." he continues as he walks slowly.

"I think he's had enough for now, brother." Kioshi says as he walks over and helps Hiro back up.

"Than-" Hiro starts until he's punched in the gut causing him to go on to his knees and ball up.

"In a battle, the most crippling thing your enemy can do is offer a helping hand. You can never know for certain if they are actually going to help you or lead you into a false sense of security." Kioshi says as he stands back up, Hiro still on the floor.

"Why are two so rough with your training?" Hiro asks as he struggles to get up. "I get the whole limited time thing, but you're not this intense with everyone else."

"You remind us of our younger brother. He was a gifted man, brilliant, quick witted, a successful traveling trader." Kenuichio starts.

"Down to the name and the falling in love with a girl whose ancestry is from Korea." Kioshi cuts in. "And that's the reason we've been at odds, my twin and I." Kioshi informs.

"You see our daimyo had in his services a serving girl from Korea. Our brother, Hiro, convinced him to allow the serving girl to marry him. Our father approved as did our three older brothers, but we were of differing opinions." Kenuichio continues.

"I personally didn't care one way or the other. I didn't know our younger brother, Hiro, personally well enough to have a valid opinion on the matter. But if our older brothers and father died before the marriage, as the heir, I would have honored my late father's and late brothers' wishes. Kenuichio, however, didn't approve what so ever."

"I felt that him marrying a Korean girl was an insult to the family honor. You see being two of the mortals that fought alongside the gods against Mikaboshi and the only surviving ones, I thought the honor we acquired for the Takachiho name would be tarnished due to the marriage. I thought it was more honorable to prevent the marriage by killing Hiro." Kenuichio admits.

"I however intersected the blow. It was then that we learned that Mikaboshi's curse was real, if it weren't I would have died then and there." Kioshi sums up the last of the story.

"We weren't on the best of terms for a while before it, but that was when we turned to blows. As it turns out, I tarnished the family honor more than what I thought the marriage would." Kenuichio pauses. "However we told that Takemikazuchi-no-kami, seeing himself as the reason we were cursed by Mikaboshi, sort of helped us out. We learned that he cast a blessing on our younger brother Hiro's line and it would in a thousand years end the curse -"

"So because of the far off chance I am the distant descendant of your younger brother, you guys are what? Turn me into you? Make me fight your battle?" Hiro's not really asking, he accusing. "You know just because Mikaboshi cursed you to a millennium of strife between each you two, you choose to let that be your boiling point, you choose to let it come to blows, you two choose to fight each other across of the..." Hiro just throws up his hands and walks out. Before he shuts the door. "I am not fixing your error. As we say 'You made your bed, now sleep in it.'"

"What exactly are you saying?" Kenuichio asks.

"I am done." Hiro whispers and leaves.

After changing cloths, deactivating Baymax and getting back to the mainland Hiro goes home. On route he thinks back on everything over the last two months. Two months, two months; I am still no closer to knowing what my chi can do. I still have no response from GoGo about how she feels about me, sure I'm stronger, faster, heartier and can fight better and during the last two months, and I enjoyed several moments of intense passion with GoGo, but all this feels like a some cheap consolation prize or some sort of overrated participation trophy. It's just so frustrating... all of it.

He flops on to his bed after placing Baymax's case down. He needs to blow off some real steam. He looks over to Megabot and remembers that tonight in the big bot-fighting tournament. He picks up Megabot, the controller and his placement number, 128 (what he's hasn't been bot-fighting for three years and if he got above 64 it would cause too much attention for him). He backs them into a backpack, also in it is a change of cloths, a travel-bag of toiletries (travel size toothpaste, deodorant, a collapsible toothbrush, a travel sized shampoo and body wash), a small pillow, a small sleeping bag and a tiny first aid kit. As he walks out. "Aunt Cass, I am going out. I just need to de-stress from everything." He says to Aunt Cass who's on the couch with Detective Keishicho and Mochi.

Cass looks over and sees the backpack. "Going on a short camping trip with the team?" Cass asks.

"Actually no, I need some time away from everything. I'll be back in three days tops. I just..." Hiro trails off, he's not entirely sure what to say.

"I may not be your step-uncle or anything like that, but as your aunt's boyfriend I will start tracking you down in" Keishicho pauses and looks at his watch "60 hours. Does that sound fair?" he asks.

"I am not totally sure." Cass points out.

"He's 17 going on 18. I don't doubt that him taking a year off after he graduated high school may have not been his best choice, but sometimes you need to be away from it all for a short while. Just to have a chance to breathe and maybe fully realize all that he has." Keishicho answers.

"Meow" Mochi says as if in agreement.

"Okay, but take one of your Chibiko-Baymaxes with you, you know field test it." Cass says as she gets up and goes to the garage to get one of the robots. She's back shortly. "Alright, now be safe and call if anything comes up. Hug." Cass says as she clips the Chibiko-Baymax she selected on Hiro's backpack. The case for this one is purple… like the streaks of...

"Understood. I love you too Aunt Cass. Last Hug." Hiro says as he returns the hug and heads out of the Hamada residence.

As Hiro walks away from the Lucky Cat Cafe and heads in the direction of the Red Gate Bridge Preserve (which is also the way to the bot-fight tournament) it's mostly uneventful and quiet. After nearly twenty minutes he gets the feeling that he's being followed. He wonders by whom, Fred? No, he's not this quiet. Wasabi? No, he's not the kind of person who does stealth. Baymax would be squeaking a storm by now and he's deactivated, and Honey Lemon's would have called me out by now. Those two samurai are at their job as overnight security at the Japanese embassy, so that leaves... "Stop following me, GoGo." Hiro says and stops. As he stops, he hears GoGo misstep due to his unpredicted stop. He turns and faces her.

"I saw you stormed out and Kioshi informed us about you quitting. So you things are rougher for you than what's your use to and you're giving up? What would Tadashi say?" GoGo electing to get to the point. Her arms crossing her chest like an older sister ready to scold her younger brother.

"TADASHI'S DEAD! IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT HE WOULD SAY ANYMORE!" Hiro shouts, he's done hiding his all his frustration. He doesn't want to yell at GoGo, he wants to destroy bots with Megabot, but GoGo forced his hand. "And I killed him." Hiro's voice breaks a little as he tries to hold back tears. "Four years ago. I killed my brother, four years ago. Instead of trying my luck at the SFIT showcase when I was 13, I spent a year bot-fighting. If tried to get into SFIT a year earlier, I would have come up with something other than the microbots, if I didn't come up with the microbots then Callaghan wouldn't tried to steal them to get revenge on Krei for Abigail's assumed death, if Callaghan didn't try to steal them he wouldn't have started the fire. If Callaghan didn't start the fire Tadashi wouldn't have ran into building." Hiro pauses, it hurts, much like pulling an arrow or knife out but it's the only way for the body to truly heal. "And for the last three years let's be honest, I haven't lived my life. I have been living my version of Tadashi's." Hiro takes a breath he sees GoGo is not responsive aside from a look of shock. "And these guys, they are trying to turn me into them for their own 'redemption'. I can't be them, I can't be Tadashi and I am tired of trying."

"Hir..." GoGo tries to speak but can't.

"On top of that, there's... whatever this is between us. What is it by the way!" Hiro doesn't really ask as he is addressing the frustrations GoGo has put him through for the last two months. "Everyone knows where I stand and how I feel but what about you. So, where do you stand!"

"This isn't easy for me, okay, Hiro."

"Well it hasn't been a walk in the park for me either! And unlike you, I am dangling on a limb here trying to reach out with one hand while offering my heart with the other! So what am I to you! Clearly we're past the point of being siblings! I don't want to be just your friend or best friend anymore! We all know what you are to me! So do you love me or am I just some stress release?"

"Hiro..."

"WHAT AM I TO YOU?" Hiro shouts. "Do you love me? Am I some sort off replacement for Tadashi? Or am I just a stress release?" GoGo remains silent as she dips her head and looks to the ground. "So I am just sort of boy-toy aren't I." Hiro says still angry but not as load. "Figures." Hiro gives a huff and after a second of looking into the sky. "I'm done GoGo. I've tried being patience, I tried to not force you into a corner, to not put you on the spot, to not force the issue on you. I've been waiting two months, without so much as a 'thank you for your feelings' or some other soft let down BS you get from a cheap rom-com and you're so contraindicating, you want a sensual release one minute and you can't be anywhere here me the next. I can't do this anymore, I can't wait anymore, GoGo." Hiro turns his back and starts to walk away.

"Hiro..."

Raising his hand, "I poured my love on and I poured my heart out. I am tired of words, GoGo and frankly I don't want to shout. I am done with this. I done trying for us."

"What about the team?" GoGo says, Hiro can tell that she's struggling to find her usual confident self and she's failing.

"Baymax pretty much owned Mikaboshi during his fight, Wasabi's better with blades than I, Honey can pull anything from anywhere out of that handbag now, you can blast the star god with your own chi and Fred can go full on Kaiju. All of you are geniuses, and can think on your feet. You don't need a boy who has no idea what he can do with his chi, whose suit only lets him ride Baymax. You don't need me." He looks away and starts to turn away

"So you're just going to walk away from all that we've built, from all that we strive to do, from Big Hero 6?" GoGo asks, Hiro can hear that she's trying to hold back her tear.

"If you can give me one reason you know I can't refute by the time I reach the corner, I'll turn around." Hiro says over his shoulder. He continues to walk. He reaches the corner and GoGo has said nothing. "See ya around, Leiko." Hiro says as he rounds the corner. There is no anger, no frustration, no fury, no passion in his voice, but something far worse; cold apathy and it's this apathy that cuts GoGo deeper and more painfully than anything else. He stops as he hears GoGo sobbing, a part of him wants to go back, to comfort her and show her how much he cares, but another part argues that's she been so cold to him for so long he's been crying icicles instead of tears and that turnaround is fair play. Hiro keeps walking.

On the planet Pluto, Mikaboshi wakes from his rest. He has recovered enough for a second attempt, but he feels something is amiss with the team that opposed him two months ago, Hiro had forsaken them and had delivered such a crippling blow to the Chon, the likes that the rogue god knows he himself could not, that even with the two warriors, the star god's victory is pretty much guaranteed. "So, boy, you are magnificent* after all." Mikaboshi chuckles as he stands back onto his feet. "Well, it's time for round two." the chaos god then begins his approach to Earth.

Author's Notes

[1]A cookie to anyone who gets this reference. Hint: "Leaves from the Vine, falling so slow, like fragile tiny shells drifting in the foam."

[2] 4-dan is the fourth grade of kendo training/mastery, being 21 in this fanfic Wasabi is not old enough to be a 5-dan

[3] Katanas are between 60 cm to 73 cm, Wasabi wields two blades on the shorter end, better balance and easier to handle for dual-weapons of the same length

[4] Iaido is akin to kendo but with a focus more on actual katanas and how to draw and wield them

[5] We all should know which 'Leia costume', if you don't know, here is a hint... "Return of The Jedi"

[6] Gojira, is the real name of Godzilla