I stared at the man again. I could have sworn that last time I saw him, it was before he headed into the Institute to rescue Professor Callaghan. Something about his face seemed familiar beyond the pink raw skin marks and the scars that were decked all over his body. I couldn't even believe that I saw those eyes again...the eyes that told me that he was never going to give up on anyone. In fact, I couldn't believe that I would see him again in the flesh. After his death, I never dared say the name again, not after I realized that one of the people believed to have died in that fired had survived and stole my microbots for evil. But his voice...something about it brought back so many memories.

"T-Tadashi?" I asked uncertainly, with an audible quaver in my voice. "Is that you?"

The man looked at me, and smiled weakly. I knew it from that smile almost immediately that he recognized me, even with all the scary armour. I was right.

"Hiro! It IS you, isn't it?" he asked in disbelief, suddenly sitting up and widening his eyes.

"Uh, yeah," I said.

The man was grinning from ear to ear now. "Fist bump!" he cried, and we performed our little handshake, even though he was still sitting and couldn't get up. He still remembered it, which surprised me.

"Oh man, I thought I'd never see you again!" I cried in relief, hugging him in excitement.

Tadashi smiled as he returned the hug. It felt so good having my brother back-I felt safe with his arms around me again.

"But what happened to you?" I asked. "The fire, the explosion-you should have died."

The last time I said those words, it was when I realized that the man in the mask, Yokai, turned out to be Professor Callaghan, the man I trusted and looked up to as an idol. But I doubt Tadashi would become villainous, even if he started creeping that woman out. I trust Tadashi with all my heart, even if he had disappeared on us like that for months now.

Just before Tadashi could answer me, I saw a woman came out of her house, and I held my breath. Somehow, the woman standing in front of me looked really familiar, but I couldn't place where I had seen her before.

"You're Hiro, right?" she asked me. "I was the one who called you."

"Yeah," I nodded. "And this is Tadashi, my older brother."

The woman stared. "But I thought he died in the fire at the San Fransokyo Institute of Technology a couple months ago!"

"I'll explain," Tadashi said. He took a deep breath, and began his story.

"As I ran in to rescue Professor Callaghan, the building exploded, all right. The moment that happened, I flew out of a window, smashing the glass in the process, and landed on a patch of grass. Luckily, no glass got into my system. But instead of running back to Hiro saying that I was okay, I ran away and lived in this alley for a while. At that point I had some money on me, but I had to disguise myself and hide because everyone thought I was dead. I can't argue, since the fire was pretty bad. Strutting around in public trying to get clothes and live on my own would be a bad choice since everyone would probably see me as a zombie from the dead or something. So I covered myself in dirt and coal dust and messed my hair up, the same way that Hiro here does it. I didn't have my hat with me so I didn't have to worry about looking too recognizable. I still got along fine, making money by making smaller robots that moved around and entertained the smaller children around here. But I miss campus. I thought about you all day, every day, and I felt really guilty for not telling you where I was. So I think you heard that every night when I sleep I kept muttering 'Hiro, I'm sorry'. Sorry to scare you, by the way," he apologized to the woman. The woman just nodded.

He then turned toward me. "Why are you wearing all that armour? I don't remember you wearing this on a daily basis." Then he started to look around wildly. "Oh no. What about Baymax? What about my friends-Honey Lemon, Gogo, Wasabi, Fred? Are they here? Did you put armour on everyone? What happened?"

"Hey buddy, I'm getting there," I said. "Calm down." Then I told him how I realized that Callaghan stole my microbots after that convention night and hid the neurocranial transmitter in his mask to become a new super-villain Yokai, Baymax has been upgraded to have some fighting and flying skills, everyone else has been upgraded with their specialties to defeat Yokai, and how we saved Krei and Callaghan's daughter and destroyed all the microbots-as well as the first Baymax, of course, sacrificing him in the portal that Yokai recreated. I also told him about the revival of Baymax since I found his chip in his rocket fist, and we have all been saving the world since then.

"And I thought that Professor Callaghan was trustworthy," Tadashi said, shaking his head. "I can't believe he decided to turn against all of us. I mean, I know he's alive, but for him to do that is just...oh man. That's just so bizarre. Is Aunt Cass okay?" Tadashi asked, in complete worry.

"Aunt Cass knows nothing about our superhero ordeals," I said. "Don't worry. And she is unaffected, for the most part."

"She is running the café alright?" he asked further.

"Yes," I replied. "At least she has Mochi with her.".

"I love her food!" the woman exclaimed. "She makes the best wings and doughnuts! I don't know what I would do throughout the day without them!" She bit into a chocolate doughnut just to show her enthusiasm, and Tadashi laughed.

"That's good to hear," I beamed. "Aunt Cass is the only family we have left...our parents died when we were really young, so she took care of us. Good care, if you ask us."

The woman's face fell. "Oh. But at least you two also have each other back."

"And after I thought you were dead all this time," I exclaimed in awe. I gave Tadashi another hug. "But bro, you stink."

"I told you he was starved and filthy," the woman warned me.

"Nah," Tadashi disagreed. "Maybe the filthy part I am, but some people have been sympathetic enough to give me food."

But something in Tadashi's eyes told me he was hiding something.

You've got other things to worry about, Hiro, I chided myself. Ask Tadashi about the things he hides later. Right now, he needs to get some extensive care.

I smiled and helped him up, though he was somewhat shaky on his feet. "Don't worry. I'll bring you back to my friends. We'll work something out." I turned to the woman. "I got this under control. Thank you for letting me know."

"Any time, dear," she replied. "And God bless you and your brother."

"Thank you, miss," Tadashi and I thanked her, waving farewell.

We walked to where my friends are in complete silence, Tadashi leaning on me for support. They seem to be talking amongst themselves in very low voices. Then the moment I saw them, I cleared my throat, and they all looked at me.

"Guys," I said, looking at each and every one of them in the eye. "Guess who's here."