Title: In the Dark of the Night

Author: The Emcee

Pairing: Hidashi

Summary: Superheroes AU. Tadashi watches over the people of San Fransokyo, helping out any who need it while always trying to do what was right. And then he bumps into Hiro and everything changes.

Disclaimer: I own nothing

A/N: I know I shouldn't be starting another story, but I just can't stop it! I just adore this pairing so much and there are so many ideas that are coming to me. Anyway, this AU is kind of like Batman I guess (I've been a huge Batman fan since I was, like, 3) and it's kind of like the relationship Batman and Catwoman share I guess? (I don't even know to be hoenst...) I don't know when I'll be able to update this one, but hopefully it won't take me forever to do so. Please feel free to leave a comment in the towel section! R&R. Enjoy!

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In the Dark of the Night

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First Encounters

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Tadashi had only been at this for a year. He had a routine down by now, but the city, as alive and busy as it always is, always threw him some kind of curve every night. For the most part, his nights were steady as he leapt from buidling to building, thankful that his suit and gear worked and functioned perfectly - it always did as he kept regular maintainance on it and checked it every evening before heading out. Baymax, his creation, his robotic nurse, wasn't fully functional yet and still had a lot of kinks to work out, but Tadashi looked forward to the day when he'd be able to bring along his robot with him as he made his rounds, just in case someone was injured.

Usually, San Fransokyo had a low crime rate, for which he was grateful. Tadashi wasn't equiped for fighting and he didn't think he could fight anyone anyway. If someone got hurt because of something he had done...well...he'd rather not think about it. Besides, the entire reason why he started doing this was to help people, not to hurt them. If anyone needed help, Tadashi would give it to them. Helping others was one of the things he did best and he wasn't going to just stand by idly when he had the capability of doing something. Thankfully, being the top of his class at SFIT gave him access to equipment and resources that he wouldn't be able to get a hold of normally.

While the police officers, fire fighters, and EMTs were more than capable of doing their jobs, Tadashi felt that they could use a hand. The fact of the matter was, they all just couldn't show up at every crime scene or every single emergency. Someone else needed to be available, needed to care enough to delve into whatever the city could throw at them and Tadashi willingly signed up for it. Not only that, but he didn't want anyone to go through what his Aunt Cass had to go through a little over a year ago...

He pushed that thought out of his mind. There was work to be done and although the city was calm now, the night was young and there was little time to waste. Someone out there needed help, the city needed protecting and Tadashi was going to do it even if it cost him his life.

Effortlessly, he flung himself across the roof of the buidling he had been perched on and onto the roof of the next one, making his way silently as he did so, a dark shadow in the dark of the night. His ears were listening in on the noise below, taking in everything that was going on while his eyes scanned street to street, person to person (part of Tadashi thought that he was some kind of lab experiment since his senes seemed sharper than others, but perhaps he was just born that way).

Tadashi had just entered the downtown area of the city, the part that had the most crime and housed most of those in need - as well as the undesirables - when he heard a loud, angry shout.

Stopping, he gazed down below into an alleyway and observed, listened. Around the corner, a small body ran into the alley, clutching something in its hand. Tadashi couldn't make out if it was a male or female or how old he or she was, but he did know that whoever it was was being chased by men larger than the unidentified person. Almost immediately, Tadashi recognized them: it was Yama and a couple of his thugs. Yama was notoriouis for getting into trouble with the law and Tadashi had often times clashed with the man after he stole someone's wallet or purse or something or other. Honestly, the man just didn't learn.

Worried, Tadashi made to jump down in the alleyway when the smaller body grabbed onto a fire escape ladder and hoisted himself up. Climbing it with a speed Tadashi hadn't seen before, the figure turned and that was when Tadashi realized that it was a boy, perhaps sixteen years old if that. He was dressed in a suit like Tadashi's, only his was dark purple and black and he wore shorts and a helmet with pointed ears (he knows that's not what they are but his brain couldn't come up with the term right then and there). The boy was panting heavily, but he was smirking, showing an adorable gap between his two front teeth.

"Megabot! Get 'em!" Tadashi heard the boy say and a small robot jumped off of the boy's back and landed on Yama's face. Tadashi had to cover his mouth to stop himself from being heard as the robot attacked the larger man's face.

He couldn't help it; it was funny.

Hearing the boy laugh drew Tadashi's attention back to him and he watched as the boy ran up the rest of the fire escape and onto the roof. Glancing down, he saw the robot - Megabot - jump off of Yama's face - who was now on the ground with his thugs surrounding him, looking panicked and freaked out - and scaled the building, probably to return to its owner. Intrigued, and not forgetting that the boy had something clutched in his hand, Tadashi jumped to the roof and followed after him. After a few blocks and a few roof tops later, the boy finally stopped and leaned against a doorway that lead into the building that they were currently standing on. Tadashi kept to the shadows, his blood coursing through his veins, his heart racing.

This would be the first time he met someone dressed like himself before, so he figured that maybe, just maybe, this boy was doing the same thing he was only in his own way. That made Tadashi even more concerned than he already was though. He was small for his age, only coming up to Tadashi's chest, and skinny. Tadashi doubted that he was physically strong, but he was quite agile.

For some unexplainable reason, Tadashi wanted to talk to him really badly. It was odd; for his entire life, Tadashi had been obsessed with tehnology and robotics and had never had an interest in anyone, yet here he was, intrigued by this boy. And why? Because he had made a tiny robot attack Yama's face? Whatever the reason behind it, Tadashi found himself stepping out of the shadows and speaking to him.

"You know, Yama isn't the kind of guy people normally steal from," Tadashi said, knowing he sounded amused and calm. He watched as the boy jumped and turned to him, his big, brown eyes wide and startled. Upon seeing Tadashi, he scrutinized him and after a moment deemed him nonthreatening before he leaned casually against the door, smirking.

"Yeah, well, people like Yama need to be knocked down a few pegs, don't you think?" the boy countered.

"I suppose it depends. As long as no one gets hurt, there's nothing wrong with it," Tadashi said as he stepped closer. As he got closer, he realized that the boy was clutching a pink woman's purse and he grinned. Gesturing to it, he added, "Pink's not your color."

"I know. But purple is. That's why I choose it for my suit," the boy replied. "Yama took it from Mrs. Niikura when she was walking home, so I decided to pay them a visit."

"Mrs. Niikura? The woman who runs the gift shop downtown?" Tadashi asked, glad that things didn't feel awkward between them. Actually, they felt calm and normal, which was weird all things considered. But he liked it though. A lot.

"Mhm. Yama and his jerks know that she can't walk too well. Or see very well either. So, I ran after them and got Megabot to pounce on them," the boy chuckled. "One of them almost ran out into traffic." At that, Tadashi frowned.

"You shouldn't do things that'll hurt other people, no matter what they did," he said. "It's no one's place to decide who gets punished and how." The boy gave him a look, one that felt far more flirtatious than anything else. It made Tadashi's cheeks burn.

"What's wrong with a little punishment?" he asked. "Would you punish me if I was bad?"

"Uh..." Tadashi honestly had no idea what to say to that. No one had ever said anything like that to him before and although many people had asked him out and flirted with him, none of them had ever made it sound so...dirty...so provocative. It was a good thing the glass shielding his face was tinted or else his blush would be noticable. And how had they gone from someone almost dying to punishment of the sexual kind anyway? Just who was this kid?

"I don't even know your name," was all Tadashi managed to say. The boy's smirk widened and he stepped closer to Tadashi, his eyes hooded and gazing into his own.

"Do you really want to know my name?" the boy asked him. Tadashi nodded, unable to ignore just how close the smaller body was to his own or how the air around them seemed to be filled with electricity.

"Well then, you'll just have to catch me one of these nights, huh?" the boy said teasingly and then, before Tadashi could reply, he was running off, his laughter trailing behind him as he went.

Tadashi was left on the roof top, panting softly and his body tingling and missing the closeness of the other boy. After a minute of calming himself down from his unexpected reactions, Tadashi grinned to himself and stared off in the direction the boy had taken. So, he wanted to play a game of cat and house, eh? Well then, let the game begin.

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A/N: FYI, I got the title from 'In the Dark of the Night' from 'Anatasia', the movie. I hope you all enjoyed it! Let me know what you think!