Chapter 6

Akari heard the screams from down the hall, and they sounded like her Aunt Cass, and when she didn't come back to her room, she began to get worried. Did something happen to Hiro?

She ignored the doctor's orders, and jumped out of bed. She ran out the door, down the hall to Hiro's hospital room. She didn't feel the pain in her ankle, but she knew it was sprained, because the pressure on her foot felt different.

"Aunt Cass! I heard you scream, is everythi-" Akari paused when she saw that there was another person in the room that Hiro was staring in shock at when she walked in the doorway.

"Akari! What are you doing out of bed young lady?" Aunt Cass scolded.

"I heard you scream. Hiro? Are you ok?" Akari asked, ignoring the stranger in the room.

The young man in the room turned around. Almost instantly, Akari had the same face as Hiro. Her eyes were wide, her mouth wide open, and her breath caught in her throat.

"T-Tadashi?" Akari managed to ask.

"Yep," Tadashi smiled.

Akari's eyes went wider. She felt herself sway, and then she fell to the ground closing her eyes as her head hit the ground.


Akari didn't know how long she was unconscious for, but she guessed it wasn't long, since it was still bright outside, and the sun was coming in through the window. She sat up in her bed, wondering if she was just dreaming that she saw Tadashi.

"Aunt Cass?" Akari asked, and she looked up.

"Oh, good. You're awake. Why did you get out of bed earlier?" she asked.

"Because I was worried something happened to Hiro. I wouldn't be able to function if-if something happened to him. He's the only brother I have left," Akari said sadly.

Aunt Cass just smiled at her, "You don't have to worry about that. And he's not your only brother."

"What do you mean by that?" Akari asked, confused.

"Just stay here, ok? Don't get out of bed. I'll be right back," Aunt Cass told her cheerfully

"Ok?" Akari replied as Aunt Cass walked out the door, leaving Akari to think. What did she mean by that?

Aunt Cass walked back in, "Ready Akari?"

"Sure?" Akari said, uncertain.

"Come on in Honey," Aunt Cass said, and a young man walked into the room.

"Tadashi? That wasn't a dream?" Akari asked.

"Nope. I'm here, and it's not a dream," Tadashi said as he walked towards her bedside. She instantly wrapped her arms around him, and cried into his chest.

"Don't ever run into a burning building again!" she screamed, but it was muffled because her face was buried into Tadashi's chest.

"I won't. I promise," Tadashi said soothingly

Akari only cried harder in response, remembering the last time he made a promise to her and Hiro.

"Tadashi no!"

"Callaghan is in there. Someone has to help!"

"But you'll d-die!"

"I'll be in and out. I promise."

"I hate that stupid professor. But after all that happened, I finally have my big brother back," Akari thought, "You better mean it," Akari mumbled.

"I mean it," Tadashi told her. She listened to the peaceful sound of his heartbeat, proving to her that she was really there. There was almost no sound around them, so Akari fell asleep soundly in his arms, to the sound of his heartbeat.

Once Tadashi noticed that she was asleep, he laid her back down on the bed and let her sleep. "Looks like she missed you," Aunt Cass told him, stating what was obviously true.

"Yeah. I bet it was the hardest on her. It's not hard to tell that she and I have the closest bond," Tadashi sighed.

"She and Hiro didn't come out of their room for a month. They were just so depressed. But then one day, they're practically trampling me on their way out of the café. They were like that for about a week, and then they became depressed again. I don't understand children. I really need to pick up a book on parenting," Aunt Cass explained.

"Huh. Wonder what happened," Tadashi wondered.

"I don't know," Aunt Cass admitted.

"So how long before we can all go home?" he asked.

"Akari should be released today, provided that she doesn't get out of bed again," Aunt Cass informed him, "As for Hiro, he might be here a few more days."

"How did they end up here anyway?" Tadashi asked.

"Honestly, I think they were lying to me when they said they went bot fighting, mainly because they've never been out bot fighting at 1 in the morning. But anyway, Akari dragged an unconscious Hiro into the hospital with a bullet in his shoulder," Aunt Cass shuddered.

"Hiro got shot?!" Tadashi shouted, which made the sleeping Akari stir.

"Yeah, but I don't know the real reason. They haven't been bot fighting in 7 months!" Aunt Cass whispered after Akari stopped stirring.

"Hmm…" Tadashi responded. Then he remembered the night before, where he saw one of the youngest members of the super hero team that saved him was shot in the shoulder, but he shook it off. His brother couldn't be a super hero, could he?

"And the doctors told me that Akari had a large white robot following her around, but then he just disappeared," Aunt Cass told him.

"Oh, that had to have been Baymax," Tadashi thought aloud. He laughed at the thought of Baymax following Akari around a hospital.

"Who?" Aunt Cass asked.

"Baymax. He's a healthcare companion that I built when I was at SFIT," Tadashi explained.

"I've never seen Baymax before," Aunt Cass admitted.

"Really? I would've thought that Hiro and Akari would show him to you. I programmed him with over 10,000 medical procedures, so he basically knows how to treat any wound or illness," Tadashi explained.

"Wow. Tadashi that's amazing. That must've taken you a long time to program," Aunt Cass said in amazement.

"It took me over a year to build him without any malfunctions. And 84 tests," Tadashi finished explaining to her about Baymax.

"Wow," Aunt Cass said, amazed.

"Yeah," Tadashi sighed. The room was silent, and the awkwardness was killing both Tadashi and Aunt Cass.

"So…how exactly did you get out of that warehouse they found you at last night?" Aunt Cass asked curiously.

"This group of people broke through the window in the top of the building, and they knocked all of the kidnappers unconscious. It was so easy to tell them apart from everyone else though, because they were wearing these bright colorful suits, and 3 of them were flying," Tadashi explained, thinking he was crazy.

"Oh you mean Big Hero 7?" Aunt Cass asked.

"Big Hero who?" Tadashi asked curiously.

"Big Hero 7. They're a group of superheroes who just appeared in San Fransokyo 6 months ago, and they've been protecting the city ever since," Aunt Cass explained, and showed him a picture of the 7 heroes.

"Those are definitely the people who helped me out of that warehouse," Tadashi laughed.

"I'm so glad they did," Aunt Cass said as she squeezed her nephew.

"Me too," Tadashi replied, "For 6 months, all I thought about was going home. And now, I finally get to."

"We're all so glad you get to," Aunt Cass stated before releasing him.


A few hours later, Akari was released from the hospital with a boot to support her ankle, that way she could still walk up the stairs to her room. They stopped to visit Hiro before they left, but before they all did, Akari asked for Aunt Cass and Tadashi to wait in the hallway, which they agreed to do.

"Baymax was right Hiro," Akari admitted.

"Right about what?" Hiro asked.

"Tadashi is here. He was right the whole time; we just thought he meant it a different way," Akari explained.

"I guess you're right," Hiro told her.

"How should we tell our friends about Tadashi?" Akari asked.

"I've got a plan. You've got your phone right?" Hiro asked, and she pulled her phone out.

"Always," she smiled.

"We'll text each other the plan, ok?" Hiro informed her.

"Got it," Akari smiled and hugged her brother, "Make yourself better as soon as possible."

"I'll try," Hiro laughed.

"Bye," Akari waved.

"Bye," Hiro waved back.