Chapter 23

A ceremony was held for Akari, and everyone that knew Akari showed up. They showed their condolences and participated in the ceremony. Afterwards, there was a reception at their apartment, but Hiro and Tadashi payed no mind to it. They lied upstairs, hoping the whole thing a dream, but that couldn't happen and they knew that.

They just wondered how they were going to get through the rest of their lives without Akari's perky, sweet, selfless attitude.

A few days passed, and though they were still upset, they went to school. They learned and worked on their projects, and by the time the 3rd day passed, Hiro and Tadashi were out and smiling again.

They realized the truth: Akari will always be with them, even if she's not physically there.

They all just hung out at Fred's most of the time, playing videogames and reading comic books… there were actually kinds of comics that the SFIT students actually enjoyed.

Hiro felt something in his jacket pocket, and upon touching it, he remembered what he found this morning…

Baymax's chip.

He forgot all about it, and he figured, why not tell the gang?

"Hey guys?" Hiro asked.

"What's up Hiro?" Honey Lemon asked.

"Well, today I found something in the lab…" Hiro trailed off.

"What?" Wasabi asked.

"I found Baymax's chip," Hiro replied, pulling it out of his pocket.

"What? How?" Tadashi asked in shock.

"I brought his glove to school, and it was in his fist! We can rebuild him!" Hiro cheered.

"Yes!" Tadashi fist-bumped him.

"Yay!" Honey Lemon cheered.

"WooHoo!" Fred shouted.

"Can we do it now?" Hiro asked.

"Sure why not? It's better than reading comics," Gogo answered.

"For once, I agree," Fred agreed.

Everyone laughed at his response, and they all returned to the nerd lab to work on Baymax. Even though the sun was setting, it was more important to them to get their friend back.


Meanwhile, back with Akari, she was out taking a walk. The autumn air was cool and crisp, and that's what she seemed to enjoy about fall. It was really hot in the summer, and though she enjoyed swimming, she didn't like being too hot all the time.

She sat a bench at a park on top of a hill, and it overlooked a part of the city. She looked below in awe, everything was glowing a redish-orange because of the sunset, and it all looked so beautiful.

She watched the birds fly by, and the cars zoom past, and it made her want to stay where she was sitting, but she knew that Lanie would get concerned about her if she didn't come back soon.

As she was about to get up, something hit her foot. She looked down and saw a newspaper blowing against her leg. She picked it up, and when she read the article, she dropped the paper. Her eyes widened, and she ran from the bench, back to the warehouse…

For the article said, "YOUNG PRODIGY AKARI HAMADA MURDERED BY MASKED MAN."


When Akari got back to the warehouse, she told all of her new friends-who were all awake-about what she had read in the newspaper.

"Well, what are you doing here?!" Anna asked.

"Excuse me?" Akari asked, a bit offended.

"You need to go back home, so they don't think you're dead!" Anna finished.

"Oh…" Akari said, "You're right. Thank you for letting me stay here for the night."

"No problem. We care about you, even if we just met you," Elsa smiled.

All of them joined in a group hug, and gave Akari a warm smile.

"Now, go on home to your family," Lanie smiled.

"Thanks again. Bye everyone!" Akari said as she walked towards the door.

"Bye Akari!" she heard them all shout.

Akari ran. She ran through the city, because unfortunately, her house was on the other side of the city. But that didn't stop her at all. She ran through crowds, across streets, and up hills as fast as she could to get back to her house.


She finally made it back home, but the door to the café was locked. She went around to the door that led directly into the apartment and discovered it was locked too. She wondered what her Aunt would be doing out so late, but still managed to get inside by using the key underneath the pot by the door.

She walked up the stairs into the apartment, and sure enough, no one was there, but the lights were on, and something was cooking. She could smell it. Maybe Aunt Cass just went out to get something.

She proceeded up the stairs to her room. It was all hers now because her brothers were gone, but she tried not to think about that now. She wondered if her Aunt knew that they all died at the port. But she'd find out soon enough.

The sound of a door unlocking caught Akari's attention. She heard multiple sets of footsteps coming up the stairs, which confused her.

"I'm hungry Aunt Cass," a voice she recognized mumbled.

"I figured as much. All of you probably are. Right?" Aunt Cass asked.

"Yes," a chorus of voices said at the same time, all of which sounded familiar.

"Yeah. Guess what I put in the oven before I went to get you guys," Aunt Cass asked the voices.

"You made hot wings?" a deep voice asked. She immediately recognized this voice as Tadashi's voice. Then the rest of the voices came to her, and she knew who they belonged to.

"That's right!" Aunt Cass cheered.

What? How? They all died at the port! Maybe I could get a closer look…

Akari quietly walked over to the staircase, and walked down a couple of steps, still out of sight from everyone that was downstairs. She gasped quietly when she saw who was there…

Honey Lemon? Gogo? Wasabi? Fred? Tadashi?! Hiro?! My brothers, and my friends?! They survived…but how?

"What's my spare key doing on the table?" Aunt Cass asked.

Uh-oh…

Akari mentally slapped herself. How could she have been so stupid as to leave the spare key on the table?

"So someone's in the house…" Hiro trailed off.

They all separated and looked around the house. Gogo and Honey Lemon went downstairs, Fred and Wasabi checked the living room, Aunt Cass checked the bedrooms and the kitchen, and Hiro and Tadashi…

They were coming up the stairs.

Akari quickly and quietly scurried up the stairs, and tried to hide behind Hiro's gigantic gummy bear bean bag chair. She heard the footsteps of her brothers come up the stairs and look around the room, and of course, they had to leave the place she was hiding.

She moved her arm slightly, which caused the bean bag to ruffle, and caused Hiro to look in her direction.

"Come out! Whoever you are!" Hiro said, catching the attention of Tadashi.

Akari mentally rolled her eyes. That was brilliant Hiro. Nice work.

She snapped back into reality when she realized her twin was a few feet from the bean bag. Hiro snatched the bean bag from its place, and both of the twins screamed.

"AHHHHHH!" Hiro screamed.

"AHHHHHH!" Akari screamed.

"Hiro?! Are you-" Tadashi asked, and noticed Akari's presence, "Wait, what?!"

Footsteps were heard as the siblings stared at each other out of shock and confusion.

Everyone saw Akari standing there, in her state of shock, staring at everyone around her. She closed her eyes tightly and shook her head as backed away against the wall, mumbling, "Wha…? How…? Huh…?"

"Akari," Tadashi said quietly. She opened her eyes and turned her head to face him, her heart beat still racing, finding it hard to believe that her family and friends were really there. So she did something that seemed necessary in her case…

She fainted.


I'm back people! WIFI! YASSSSS! I missed my dear technology, and this AMAZING WEBSITE! And to my luck-not really-I was pulled out of school because I felt sick, but bonus...

I got to come here even earlier!

Sorry (not sorry) for the cliffie! I wanted to hold out this story as long as I could, being that there are only a few chapters left. :'(

Seriously guys, I need some help. I can't figure out any inspiration, and I don't want to let Akari go just yet. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE leave your ideas in the reviews. I need help.

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~Krypie