At the beginning with you

At an old clock tower, high from the streets view, where nowadays only rats lived, Robert Callaghan was now taking his residence. Yokai was trying to stay out of his way as Callaghan read the newest newspaper that declared how the lost prince of Japan has finally been found and how he's going to attend to the upcoming annual Charity Ball with his brother Prince Tadashi.

''Yokai, get me a comb and some cologne. I want to look my best,'' Callaghan yelled.

''Yeah, that might take some time, but sure whatever you say sir,'' Yokai said with a slight bit of sarcasm.

''I am going to attend to a party,'' Callaghan announced as he threw the newspaper down.

''Okay,'' Yokai said after he looked the paper where a picture of Hiro was on the front page, not getting what Callaghan was planning.

''I'm going to let his royal highness have his moment. Then after that, I'm going to kill him,'' Callaghan said.

''Kill him? But sir can't you just let this curse business go and get a life. Maybe a good one this time,'' Yokai whispered the last part.

''Oh I'm going to get a life. His!'' Callghan yelled as he ripped the newspaper with Hiro's picture on it.

XXX

Back at Tadashi's house Tadashi, Hiro and Aunt Cass were sitting on a table with a box full of memories from the days their parents were still alive.

Currently Hiro was looking at an old picture of their whole family. Now he knew why the black haired man and the brown haired woman were so familiar to him. They were his parents.

''Now I remember. I miss them,'' Hiro said as he looked at his happy parents in the picture.

''Me too. But they wouldn't want us to feel sad. Not now that we're finally together again,'' Tadashi said as he took out yet another picture.

''Look, remember how you drew this to me?'' He asked as he gave the old drawing of them to Hiro.

''Yeah, I remember. I also remember how mad I was at Aunt Cass when she guessed that is was two hippos playing with dolls,'' Hiro said as he looked at his laughing aunt, ''she was right,'' he declared as he put the drawing away.

''Oh, this is a sight I never imagined that I would see again. My two nephews together again like nothing had happened,'' Aunt Cass said as she wiped some tears away.

''I know. I was already ready to give up and accept that you're dead,'' Tadashi said as he looked how his little brother had grown. Well he wasn't so little anymore. He still held the basic look of himself but he definitely had matured from the eight year old he was the last time Tadashi had seen him. He used to be at least a head shorter than Tadashi, now he was just few inches. He also lost his baby fat and was now lean and well build young man, not a child.

That was the hard part to Tadashi. To accept that Hiro was not a child anymore.

All this time, whenever he'd imagined Hiro he would see the scrawny eight year old child with wild hair, big wide eyes filled with wonder and always a bright smile on his face but now here he was, a full grown adult.

''Hiro, do you remember that time when Tadashi fell into the river and you jumped in after him, even though you couldn't swim yet and Tadashi ended up saving you?'' Aunt Cass asked. That made Hiro's smile turn into frown.

''Just give me a minute,'' Hiro said as he tried to remember. Hiro had told his brother and aunt how he had lost all of his memories and that he still couldn't remember all the details of his life but Tadashi and Cass were patient. ''You mean the one time when you had that terrible hay fever?'' Hiro finally asked.

''Yes, that one,'' Aunt Cass confirmed as she took a bite out of her doughnut. The doughnut was from her own café she had opened some time after the revolution. Her brother, Tadashi's and Hiro's father, had always told her how good cook she was and that she should have her own café or restaurant. And after their passing she opened her own café to honor them. And she named it the Lucky Cat Café as her brother had always joked that it would be a good name to it, since her favorite animal was a cat.

''Well I remember it vaguely. But the basic idea, yeah I remember,'' Hiro said with a smile as he laughed at his amnesia, feeling little embarrassed that it took his time to remember.

''Oh your laughter reminds me so much of your father's,'' Aunt Cass said. ''But on the look's department you took more after your mother.''

''You mean to say that I look like a girl?'' Hiro asked not knowing whether to take it as a compliment or not.

''No, Knucklehead,'' Tadashi said as he ruffled Hiro's messy hair while Hiro tried to get his brothers hand away, ''What Aunt Cass means is, while I look almost exactly like dad, except hair and eye color, your facial structure is more like moms. You have a smaller nose than mine, your face is a little rounder and you have bigger eyes. Like moms,'' Tadashi finally explained.

''Oh, good. That would just have been great, I mean I know that I'm already a fishbone, but feminine too. That would just hurt,'' Hiro said breathing out a relieved breath as he fixed his hair.

''What'd you mean fishbone?'' Tadashi suddenly asked.

''Well, that's what Yama always called me,'' Hiro simply said as he took a sip from his soda.

''Who's Yama,'' Aunt Cass asked.

''The orphanage keeper,'' Hiro answered.

''You were in an orphanage?'' Aunt Cass gasped while Tadashi looked ready to break something.

''Well, yeah. I mean I was only eight years old when I was found and since I didn't remember anything they took me there,'' Hiro said. Those words made Tadashi and Cass slightly tear up. All this time Hiro had to stay in an orphanage and by the sound of it not a very good one, even though he still had a family alive. Tadashi mentally kicked himself for not searching harder for Hiro. He didn't realize that he was squeezing his soda can so hard that the metal can was shriveling in his hands and the soda was spilling to the table.

''But it's okay now. I mean I did eventually find you,'' Hiro smiled and that's when Aunt Cass rose from the table and walked over to Hiro and gave her nephew a big hug.

''I'm so sorry, sweetie. So sorry,'' Aunt Cass wept to Hiro's hair. That's when Tadashi rose from his seat too and joined to the hug. He didn't know how, but he was going to make up all those horrible years in the orphanage to Hiro, no matter what.

XXX

The next day Honey Lemon had stolen Hiro away from Tadashi to look for a perfect suit to the upcoming Charity Ball. And while Hiro was tormented by Honey Lemon, Tadashi had invited Gogo over to hand her the reward he had promised to give to the one who could bring Hiro back to him.

''You wanted to see me, Your Highness,'' Gogo said as she gave a polite bow to the crown prince.

''One million dollars as promised, along with my deepest gratitude,'' Tadashi said as he opened a briefcase full of money.

''I accept your gratitude, but I don't want the money,'' Gogo said as she sent a pained look towards the money she had originally aimed for.

''Then what do you want?'' Tadashi asked amazed by Gogo's reluctance to take the money.

''Unfortunately nothing you can give,'' Gogo said and bowed once again ready to leave. And as she turned around Tadashi spoke again,

''Miss, where did you get the figurine?'' He said as he stepped closer to Gogo, ''Weren't you that little servant girl who helped me and my brother escape the palace? You saved his life and mine and you brought him back to me. Yet, you want nothing in return,'' Tadashi said puzzled as he looked at Gogo.

''Not anymore,'' Gogo replied.

''May I ask what changed your mind?'' Tadashi asked.

''It was more like a change of heart. I have to go now, Your Highness,'' Gogo said and gave a final bow to the prince and quickly left his office. And as Gogo left Tadashi held a knowing smile on his face.

At the same time Hiro had finally managed to escape Honey Lemon's grasp when her back was turned and was now going to talk to his brother to ask if Tadashi could make Honey Lemon to back off when it came to Hiro's clothes. Or anything else for that matter. It was nice to know he had people who cared about him in his life but Honey Lemon's fondness was suffocating.

He was now wearing his clothes he was supposed to wear to the Charity Ball. Sleek black pants, his red dress shirt Gogo had given him and black suit jacket. He had managed to escape when Honey Lemon turned around and went to look for matching tie for him. And Hiro knew he would not wear a tie anyway so it didn't matter.

And as he was walking up the stairs he saw Gogo, who was walking down the same stairs.

''Hi, Gogo,'' Hiro said as Gogo was in front of him.

''Hi,'' Gogo said and was obviously ready to walk away without any other word.

''Did you get your reward?'' Hiro asked knowing that it was what had made Gogo come all the way to San Fransokyo in the first place.

''My business is completed once and for all,'' Gogo said and was about to move when an old butler came to the end of the stairs.

''Miss, you will curtsy and address the prince as your highness,'' the butler said firmly.

''No that's okay…'' Hiro tried to protest not wanting anyone to bow or curtsy to him, but Gogo interrupted him,

''Please, Your Highness, I'm glad you found what you were looking for,'' Gogo said as she bowed, not curtsied, to Hiro. That made Hiro sad to see his friend, if you can still call them friends, to bow to him like they would be strangers.

''Yes, I'm glad you did too,'' Hiro replied with a firm yet broken voice. They shared a small smile together until Gogo remembered where and who they were,

''Well then, goodbye, Your Highness,'' Gogo said as she left the stairs leaving Hiro stand alone.

''Goodbye,'' he whispered knowing that she can't hear him anymore.

XXX

In a different room Fred and Wasabi were enjoying their rewards. Wasabi had been given a full scholarship to the local university that specializes at science. It was called San Fransokyo Institute of Technology and rumor says that Prince Tadashi himself went there and graduated at the top of his class. Wasabi was going to study Laser Engineering as he'd always dreamed of and after he'd graduated he'd go back to Japan and help his family financly.

Fred on the other hand had been given his share of the reward money, which he planned to use to open his own Comic book store. That had been his lifelong dream, which he never had shared with anybody except with Honey Lemon, who fully supported him and even offered to help him.

Baymax had just been given a nice bed to sleep in and food he can eat and he was happy as he could ever be. Tadashi had actually started laughing when Hiro had told him what his dog's name was.

Then just when Fred and Wasabi were discussing their plans, Gogo walked inside looking glum as ever.

''If you're ever in the City don't be strangers,'' Gogo said. Fred and Wasabi both knew these were the goodbyes and after everything they'd been through it was hard to say them. ''So long guys,'' Gogo said as she shook hands with them and gave them a small hug.

''You know, I still think you're making a mistake,'' Wasabi said after the hug.

''Trust me. For once, I'm doing something right,'' Gogo sadly laughed.

''What about Hiroki?'' Fred said, not being used to call Hiro by his real name.

''He's better off without me,'' Gogo said as she turned to give Baymax her final pat. ''So long mutt. I can't stay, I don't belong here. Never have, never will,'' Gogo whispered to Baymax who whined sadly.

And without any more words Gogo left Fred and Wasabi alone in the room, not looking back as tears started to form into her eyes and betrayed her by falling to her cheeks.

XXX

At that evening Hiro was at the City hall where the ball was held and at that moment he was looking behind a curtain as the ball was going on full blast. But that one face he so desperately searched was not in the ground of fancily dressed people.

''She's not there,'' Tadashi said behind him.

''I know she's not…who are you talking about?'' Hiro suddenly asked after he realized that Tadashi was behind him.

''That girl who found Baymax,'' Tadashi answered.

''She's probably out somewhere, spending her reward money as fast as she can,'' Hiro said half-heartedly as he closed the curtain. He felt odd to wear the shirt Gogo had given him when she was not there with him.

Tadashi was this time wearing a nice black suit as he had been forced to wear one by Honey Lemon. That woman scared both Hiro and Tadashi when she was mad. When Tadashi had said he'd wear his grey suit Honey Lemon almost exploded and told Tadashi how important this Ball was and that he could not go in a so casual suit. So to calm her down Tadashi had agreed to wear a black suit. And after that promise she was her usual perky self.

Tadashi then opened the curtain once again and gestured Hiro to come next to him. When he did, Tadashi pointed at the fancy ball room,

''Look, you were born in the middle of all this glits and glam, fine titles and fancy balls, and all that time I knew you never showed any real interest in them. You were happy with our family's time alone from all the royal stuff and the simple games we would play together were your favorite, not all the expensive ones some other royals would give you as presents. So now I'm asking you: is this what you really want?'' Tadashi asked as he looked his little brother.

''Yes, of course it is. I found what I was looking for. I know who I am, and I found you,'' Hiro said surprised that Tadashi would even ask that.

''Yes you did find me and I'm not going to disappear anywhere. But is this really enough?'' Tadashi asked as he hugged his brother. It pained him to say this, but he knew that if his brother was happy and well, he was happy.

''Hiro, she didn't take the money,'' Tadashi said as he pulled out of the hug.

''She didn't?'' Hiro asked surprised. Wasn't that money all Gogo cared for?

''Look, knowing that you're okay and what a fine man you've grown to be is enough to make me happy for the rest of my life. But remember, that we all have to make our own choices. Nobody can make them for us. And if we come to a dead end, just look for a new angle,'' Tadashi said as he was going to the ball, ''Whatever you choose, we will always have each other. I will not give up on you. Not anymore,'' he said as he closed the curtain, leaving Hiro to his thoughts.

After a moment of thinking Hiro was ready to go to the ball, when he heard Baymax barking outside.

''Baymax!'' Hiro yelled as he went outside to look for his dog. He ran to the City hall's garden where a huge maze had been grown. ''Baymax, come here buddy!'' Hiro tried again as he followed the sound of the barking deeper into the shadowy maze.

XXX

At the same time Gogo was at the harbor ready to get her ticket back to Japan. She started looking for her travel papers from her pockets, when she found the red rose Hiro had given her. She took it out and noticed that it had now gone from mere blossom to a full bloom flower. She smiled as she remembered the memories she and Hiro had made together during their travel from Japan to San Fransokyo. And looking at the rose that now symbolizes all of that…

That made her mind.

XXX

During all this time Hiro had been desperately trying to find both his dog and also a way out of the maze. It was dark and the lights were going out all on their own. And he could see that the bushes were too tall to see over.

Suddenly he heard barking in front of him and saw Baymax running towards him.

''Baymax! There you are,'' Hiro laughed as he took the dog to his arms.

''Hiro'' He suddenly heard a voice whisper. That made him run. He tried to find a way out of this stupid maze as fast as he could. And as the voice kept repeating his name, some thorn vines tried to attack him. But as he kept running he eventually tripped over one of the vines that were on the ground.

He rose up and noticed that he was on the old bridge of San Fransokyo.

''Hiro,'' he heard the voice say in front of him. He looked up and saw a man dressed in a pitch black suit and his gray hair was neatly combed, yet although he looked very much alive, something about him screamed dead. ''Your Highness, look what the years have done to us. You, a stunning young man with a bright future. And me, a forgotten genius,'' the man said bitterly.

''That face,'' Hiro said as he noticed the familiar dark face making him take a step back.

''I remember how we last saw each other at a party much like this one,'' the man continued.

''The curse,'' Hiro started to remember.

''Followed by that tragic accident at the ice. Remember?'' The man yelled and held his glowing red reliquary up. The reliquary conjured an ice wave that hit Hiro, yet didn't hurt him and it turned the water below them into ice and made the air temperature to drop rapidly.

''Callaghan!'' Hiro yelled angrily as he finally remembered the crazy sorcerer.

''Yes! Forgotten and rotting away because of your wretched family. But not any more after all, what goes around comes around,'' Callaghan said as he again held the reliquary that conjured some of his devilish imps that started circling Hiro, ripping his clothes as they went.

''I'm washing my paws from this. This will only end in tears!'' Yokai yelled as he ran away, leaving Callaghan to face Hiro alone.

''I'm not afraid of you!'' Hiro yelled when the imps stopped. His black jacked had been thrown away somewhere, leaving only the red dress shirt, his pant legs were ripped and his hair was once again messy and tangled.

''Well we can fix that. How about you take the swim under the ice this time!'' Callaghan yelled as he made the bridge collapse under Hiro's feet. ''Say your final prays Hiro Hamada! No one can save you now!''

''You wanna bet!'' Callaghan heard a female voice yell behind him and when he turned around a short black haired girl in a leather jacket punched him straight to the face, making him fall down.

Just then the bridge started collapsing even more, making Hiro fall further down towards the water. Gogo then jumped after him and took a hold of both of his hands to steady his fall.

''Gogo?'' Hiro asked surprised as she started pulling him up, ''if we live through this, remind me to thank you.''

''You can thank me later,'' Gogo interrupted as she kept pulling him up.

''Well, isn't this just precious. Together again, for the last time!'' Callaghan yelled and casted some spell that made Gogo fly away from Hiro and land on a statue of a flying horse that immediately started to jerk around, trying to get Gogo off of it.

''Gogo! Hold on!'' Hiro yelled, worried about Gogo since she was not a good rider on a normal horse and this one was trying to get her off on purpose. Then the horse flied down from its pedestal and managed to get Gogo off of it but it continued to try and crush Gogo with its stone hoofs.

Then the bridge collapsed underneath Hiro and he fell towards the water but managed to get a hold of the edge with his hands, but could not pull himself up so he was just hanging on the edge, trying to hold himself. And the hard stone from the broken bridge was digging into his arms leaving wounds and scratches along them.

''Gogo!'' He yelled as he tried in vain to get up.

''Watch out!'' Gogo yelled when she saw Callghan running in front of Hiro and pulled him up by his hair, making Hiro yelp in pain.

''Sayonara, Your Highness,'' Callaghan said and then let go of Hiro making him fall further but he managed to get a hold of the bridge with one hand. And as he was slipping he knew he couldn't hold on much longer as some blood dripped from his hand.

''Hold on, Hiroki. I'm coming!'' Gogo yelled as she tried to get away from the horse by hitting it with an iron rod.

''Finally the Hamada brat will die,'' Callghan said as he looked the struggling prince, but then Baymax tried to help his owner by biting Callaghan's angle, only to be kicked away. And after this little distraction, Callaghan looked over the edge and it seemed like Hiro had finally fallen to his death.

''No, Hiroki!'' Gogo yelled and tried to jump in after him, but the horse prevented her from doing so.

''Long live the Hamada's!'' Callaghan yelled in triumph.

''Right!'' He heard a voice from his left. He looked and saw Hiro, very much alive, standing there in a standby position, ''Couldn't have said it better myself,'' he said as he lunged at Callaghan and tried to get the reliquary away from him. But eventually Callaghan managed to kick Hiro away from him.

But then Baymax jumped from behind Callaghan, surprising him and getting the reliquary out of his hands. The reliquary fell to the ground and under Hiro's foot and as it rolled there, Hiro pressed it with his foot making it crack a little.

That crack made the statue horse to explode in pieces and one of the pieces knocked Gogo out. And Hiro saw all of this.

''This is for Gogo!'' he said as he pressed harder making it crack even more as Callaghan tried to get it away from Hiro.

''And this is for my parents!'' Hiro said as the reliquary cracked again making Callaghan to panic.

''And this is for you. Sayonara!'' Hiro yelled as he pressed for the last time and the reliquary finally ruptured to pieces making it explode. Thousands of the imp's creatures were freed from the reliquary and they started circling around Callaghan as he yelled mercy from them. And when they finally disappeared Callaghan was gone. For good.

Hiro ran to Gogo and as he knelt next to her he looked at her wounds. She hasn't woken up and there was a small bump on her head. Hiro tried to wake her up by gently slapping her face and calling her name but nothing worked. Eventually he just sat next to her and pulled his knees to his body and tried to hold the tears in as Baymax started howling next to him.

Suddenly he heard a faint moan from Gogo and just when she was rising up Hiro, once again, accidently punched her to the face.

''Gogo, you're alive!'' He yelled as he started hugging her, but she stopped him,

''Ow, ow, ow! Let go, let go,'' she moaned as she gently pushed Hiro away from her so that she could breathe.

''Ups, sorry,'' Hiro apologized.

''Yeah, yeah, I know, I'm a real damsel in distress,'' Gogo said as she stared to rise from the ground.

We were strangers
Starting out on a journey

''Weren't you going to go to the…''Hiro started but was interrupted,

''Yes,'' Gogo confirmed.

Never dreaming
What we'd have to go through

''You didn't take the money,'' Hiro said as he was really close to her now.

''I couldn't,'' Gogo said as she leaned closer to him and put her hand to his scraped cheek

Now here we are
And I'm suddenly standing
At the beginning with you

''Why not?'' Hiro asked.

No one told me
I was going to find you

''Because I…'' Gogo started but was already leaning towards him when they heard a bark next to them. They looked down and saw Baymax starting to run towards the City hall.

Unexpected
What you did to my heart
When I lost hope
You were there to remind me
This is the start!

''They're waiting for you,'' Gogo said sadly as she looked the City hall. Hiro just smiled and shook his head.

XXX

Dear Tadashi and Aunt Cass

Wish me luck. I think I made the right choice. And don't worry we will be together in San Fransokyo again soon.

Sayonara,

Hiro

Tadashi read the letter out loud to Aunt Cass and Honey Lemon who both had tears in their eyes. Tadashi handed the letter to Honey Lemon as he went to look outside the window.

''They've eloped. Isn't that romantic? It's a perfect ending,'' Honey Lemon said as she kept drying her tears to her handkerchief and as Aunt Cass was reading the letter she just let her tears fall to her cheeks as she smiled.

''No, it's a perfect beginning,'' Tadashi said as he smiled and saluted towards the city.

XXX

And...

Life is a road
And I want to keep going
Love is a river
I wanna keep flowing
Life is a road
Now and forever
Wonderful journey

At the river there was one boat leaving and on it, there was only one young couple and a sleeping dog on its deck. The night was quiet and nothing was bothering the couple.

I'll be there
When the world stops turning
I'll be there
When the storm is through
In the end I wanna be standing
At the beginning with you

Hiro and Gogo were on the boat having no clue where it was going, but as long as they were together, they didn't care and sleeping Baymax was happy to be with its owners.

We were strangers
On a crazy adventure
Never dreaming
How our dreams would come true
Now here we stand
Unafraid of the future
At the beginning with you

Hiro made a small bow to Gogo who, to Hiro's surprise, curtseyed back. Hiro took Gogo to his arms and they started dancing around just like on that boat to San Fransokyo, smiling wider than they had ever before.

And...

Life is a road
And I want to keep going
Love is a river
I wanna keep flowing
Life is a road
Now and forever
Wonderful journey

They slowed down and then stopped as they were facing each other. They both looked into their eyes, not wanting to look away from the person who was standing right in front of them.

I'll be there
When the world stops turning
I'll be there
When the storm is through
In the end I wanna be standing
At the beginning with you)

''My Hiroki,'' Gogo said as she put her hand to Hiro's warm cheek.

I knew there was somebody somewhere
Like me alone in the dark
Now I know my dream will live on
I've been waiting so long
Nothing's gonna tear us apart

''My Leiko,'' Hiro said surprising Gogo by knowing the name but to her surprise she didn't mind hearing it from Hiro's mouth.

And...

Life is a road
And I want to keep going
Love is a river
I wanna keep flowing
Life is a road
Now and forever
Wonderful journey

''Yes, I am,'' Gogo confirmed as she pulled Hiro to a long awaited kiss.

I'll be there
When the world stops turning
I'll be there
When the storm is through
In the end I wanna be standing
At the beginning with you

''I love you,'' Hiro finally said when they pulled away from the kiss, but did not move away from each other.

Life is a road and I wanna keep going
Love is a river I wanna keep going on...
Starting out on a journey
Life is a road and I wanna keep going
Love is river I wanna keep flowing
In the end I wanna be standing,

''I love you too,'' Gogo said as she pulled Hiro to another kiss. This was their happily ever after that had just begun.

At the beginning with you!

The End!

Finished! To be honest this has been one of my longest fanfics ever. And my favorite, might I add.

So hope you liked and remember to review, that keeps me writing this stuff.

Love you all,

Snow