Since learning the identity of the person behind Ariel's kidnapping, Hiro had been spending extra time in the garage. Not only to tweak his and the other's gear, but he'd been doing some exercises to improve his strength. Hiro wasn't trying to do the long way of getting super strength, but it never hurts to be prepared when knowing that there's a supervillain lurking around.

Knock-Knock-Knock!

"Hiro!" and that was Ari. "I got you some water!"

"Come in." There wasn't any superhero stuff lying around so he didn't have to rush to shove stuff in boxes. Ari opened the garage door, she had a few bottles of water in one of her hands. "Thanks sis, I was getting parched after working for hours." He smiled, taking a water bottle.

"That is inaccurate, you have been exercising for about 97 minutes." Baymax stated behind him.
"Woah," Ari's eyes went wide, "isn't that three times overkill? What are you working for? An SFIT marathon?"
He looked away. "Oh it's been that long? I must've lost track of time." He chuckled. "I uhh..." Hiro glanced at Baymax, silently begging for the robot to back him up.
The robot just blinked. "Ari, are you alright? The bags under your eyes indicate lack of sleep," the girl just huffed.
"You still have bad dreams?" Hiro turned to her in concern.
"No… bad memories." She sighed, "I've been feeling bummed out, but I don't know what's making me sad..I just remember that something bad had happened."

"Oh," he pulled her into a hug, Baymax waddled up to them and hugged them as well. "Cheer up Ari, how about we go for some Yaki Tacos later? It's your favorite."
"Aww thanks," she smiled. "But uh… I had a thing this evening.."
"A thing?" Hiro raised an eyebrow.
"Yeah, I am sworn to secrecy!" Ari chuckled, "You can't pry it out of me!"
"I won't." His phone buzzed, he turned to look and saw it was a text from Gogo.

Gogo: NBB causing havoc on Shimamoto Blvd. Head over ASAP

Hiro's eyes widened. "Speaking of things… I have a thing to head over… right now," he started to exit the garage, dragging Baymax along. "Bye Ari!"
"Oh have fun!" she waved as he left. Haha, fun. Hiro sighed, anything dealing with the former mascot of Noodle Burger was nothing but trouble.

"Howdy and hello Big Hero 6! Have some appetizers!" NBB chuckled as he tossed a car at the superheroes, they yelped and ducked out of the way. Luckily the car was

caught by Baymax before it could go tumbling downhill.
"Would you stop throwing cars at us!?" Wasabi exclaimed at him.

"Golly! No can do! Hee-hee-hee!" the robot chuckled, and then started firing lasers at them.

Gogo skidded behind the robot and tossed a disk, but NBB turned around and lasered the disk back at her, "arg! Too bad we can't super strength his mech suit like last time!"
"I kind of prefer not breaking everything than super strength." Hiro commented, he ducked as a laser flew past him. "But agreed!"

Honey Lemon used her chem balls to shield them from another car tossed their way, "well we're gonna have to figure out another strategy to defeat him."
NBB's lasers break the shield, "gee whiz, you going on the defensive is sure boring. Time to add a secret ingredient!" The mech suit started to fly towards a crowd of people fleeing the street, the superheroes gasping with horror as NBB plucked one of the escaping bystanders.
"Again with the hostage situation!" Fred grumbled, "super repetitive don't you think?"
"Is the damsel in distress someone we know again?" Wasabi sighed, crossing his arms.

Baymax scanned the person gripped by the mech suit's claws, "yes, the hostage is Rachel Rosemary."
"I was being sarcastic-wait what!"

"Hee-hee-hee," NBB gave an evil chuckle, "better be careful misters or you might hurt the lady!" he gestured to his hostage, who looked more tired than scared.

"Do you mind letting me go?" Rachel huffed, "what's the point in this fight in the first place?"

"My owner wants me to test Big Hero 6!"
"Oh goodie.."

Baymax flew straight at the mech, dodging the lasers, "drop her now Noodle Burger Boy!" Hiro exclaimed. But then a laser knocked them out of the sky.

"Hee-hee-hee! No can do!" NBB chuckled.

"Oh no," Baymax hits the pavement hard, Hiro was sent flying into a nearby bush.
"Ow.." he rubbed his arm, which was scraped by the fall.

"I was alerted to the need of medical attention when you said-"
"Not now Baymax.."

"Well you're gonna drop her when I blast you!" Fred prepared to deliver a fire blast but Wasabi stopped him.
"No don't! You might crisp her," he pointed out, "I'm gonna try and cut the arm holding Rachel, can you give me a boost?"
"Oh sure, I can do that," Fred picked up Wasabi, leaping into the air as the latter yelped at the height, and threw him at NBB. But as he activated his plasma blades and tried hacking the mechanical arm of the mech suit, NBB's laser eyes knocked him into the ground.
"A for effort," Rachel sighed, "hey Pink! Toss one of your chem balls here!"
Honey Lemon gave her a puzzled look, "uh..okay?" she created one of her chem balls and threw it at her.

NBB caught it with his hands, "so predictable!" he chuckled.
"I doubt you can predict this," Rachel had a grin on her face.
"Golly, what do you mean-" she poked the chem ball with a stick, and the goop covered NBB and part of the mech suit, the chemicals caused it to short circuit and released the grip on Rachel.

"I got you!" Fred leapt and caught her before she could hit the ground.
"Thank you," she smiled, then looked up as NBB lasered the goop off of the mech suit, and realized it was damaged.

"Gee whiz! You win for now!" NBB called after them as he retreated with his damaged mech suit.

After picking themselves up, Baymax walked up to the freed hostage, "scanning, you have required no injuries from the fall, do you have any emotional injuries?"
Rachel shook her head, "just my self-esteem, it'll live. Thank you Big Hero 6."

"We're just glad that you're not hurt," Gogo told her.

"Thanks for the tip," Honey Lemon smiled, "how did you know it'd work?"
"I witnessed your first fight with that robot, since he's as predictable as he's predicting, it was simple, luckily I managed to grab a stick before he snatched me." she explained, "good thing you listened too. You might be superheroes, but you're not Avengers material."
"Heyyy," Fred whined, "that's offensive!"
"Well how long have you been superheroes for? Hmm?" Rachel raised an eyebrow, "no offense, but I wouldn't call you guys full-fledged superheroes yet."

"She's got a point there," Wasabi turned to Fred.
"I saw there was a 'yet' in that!" he exclaimed, "it'll happen!"

"Hey uh, do you need us to drop you home?" Hiro offered, she shook her head no. "Alright, have a good day ma'am," and the superheroes took off into the sky to do more good deeds throughout the city. Rachel had a smirk on her face as they left, they'd grow into mighty superheroes indeed.

"For goodness sakes NBB, when I said 'don't take a hostage that's not me,' I didn't mean you take another hostage!"
"Don't worry sis, I learned my lesson." when seeing her little robot brother coming back to the hideout with his mech suit damaged and his burger face cracked, Mikan had to treat his injuries.

"Man, I can't believe that Rosemary girl is smarter than she looks," she muttered, "really weird how she knew what would stop you." but she shook it off, "why were you picking a fight with Big Hero 6 again?"
"Because papa ordered me too! Silly Mika!"
"Of course.." she sighed, "who else would tell you to go pick a fight? Globby?" speaking of the glob monster, she'd have to have a word with him for constantly sneaking out of the hideout.

"Gee whiz sis, is something the matter?" NBB stared at her with his beady eyes.
Mikan sighed, "hey uh, Noodle, you know who Big Hero 6 is, right?"
"I sure do!" the robot nodded, "want me to tell you?"
She shook her head, "nah, not yet.." A part of her was curious to know the identities of the superheroes but at the same time, was that really right? Since when do I question what's right and wrong, Mikan grumbled, I do what benefits me, and my family, whether it's seen as right or wrong.

When she was done cleaning the remains of the chem ball off of NBB, she went to check on her dad who was still in the computer room.

"How long are you going to be in that room?" Mikan questioned, walking up to him, "I'm starting to get concerned with your Big Hero 6 obsession."
He didn't respond, "and also, would you mind telling me what your 'big plan that will benefit my future' is? I'm dying to know! And also I've run out of excuses to tell David and Sara."

Obake sighs, "you do not need to know this knowledge Mikan, but now that you're here, I need a favor to ask of you."
"Not another errand," Mikan groaned.
"I will be recruiting a new member into our team, and I need you to clear up one of the rooms for their living accommodations."
"Oh.." that wasn't so bad, "I can do that." Mikan then processed what her dad told her, "wait you're recruiting another villain?"

"Yes," Obake then turned to her, "I will need more than the other two for Big Hero 6." There it was again, always going back to the superheroes.

"Hey uh, dad?" she glanced at him, his cold blue eyes still staring at the screen, "am I, not helpful enough?"
"Whatever makes you say that?" He continues to observe the screen. Ignoring her, like he always did.
"Pay attention!" she barked, that got him to stare back at her, "I'm trying all I can to help, but is it not good enough?! Is it because I don't want to know who the heroes are?!"

"Mikan, Mikan, Mikan," Obake placed a hand on her shoulder, "you help plenty enough, but you have a busy life outside of helping me, your friends notice whenever I send you on errands correct?"
She thought back to the dozens of questions and concerns all of her friends had, which was extremely annoying, "yep."

"It would be a shame if one of them stuck their noses where they don't belong, so it's best that you don't get involved."

Mikan pondered on his words, he did have a point. It wouldn't be good if my siblings or friends find out, they wouldn't understand. "Okay, I get it, but uh.." she glanced over to an image of Big Hero 6 on the monitors, "would I be of more help, if I knew who the superheroes were? So I could keep an eye on their civilian identities and such."

Her dad had a grin forming on his face, "Mikan, you are brilliant!"
"I am?" she puffed out her chest, "I mean I am, but thanks for the validation."
"You can help by keeping an eye on the superheroes when they're not busy saving the city," Obake smirked, "you do know them personally after-all."
"Wait, I do?" Mikan raised an eyebrow, her father snapped his fingers, bringing up a side-by-side comparison of the superheroes, and their civilian identities. "Oh my god I do," her eyes widened, mentally kicking herself in the face for not noticing sooner.

"It would greatly benefit my plans if you kept an eye on them," Obake told her, "you may not know them yet, but it will help your future."
Mikan hummed, a part of conscience told her that spying on her friends was a bad idea, but her father needing her help triumphed all. "Yes, I'll make sure to keep a close eye." She gave a malicious smirk, her sharp green eyes narrowed into slits, and her sharp teeth bared.

Later in the evening…

Ari had walked to SFIT's campus and the dormitories. She stopped at a door and knocked, smiling when seeing the person on the other side open the door.
"Hey Ari," Karmi had a small but nervous smile on her face, "you're a little early."
"I know!" the excitement in her voice almost startled the biotech major, "It's just you said to come over for a thing and I was sold when you mentioned writing because I love writing!"
"Huh, you love writing?" she nodded, "good, anyways come in."

Karmi's dorm room was kept organized, making it look larger despite it's small size, "nice room." Ari smiled, she took a seat on the bed.

"Thanks," Karmi smiled back.

"So, speaking of writing..what does this have to do with the 'thing' you told me of?" She watched Karmi as she pulled out her laptop and opened a document, Ari understood what it was in an instant.
"Oh, cool!" Ari smirked, "is that the thing?"
"Mhhm," Karmi nodded, "I was surprised that you wrote about Big Hero 6..and how you said it so bravely, not afraid of what I'd think."
"Well you're my friend, I trust you not to make fun of my interests." Ari saw Karmi's expression softened, her smile getting wider.

"Anyways, I've been working on this for awhile, but I can't always catch errors," her friend explained. "Would it be alright if you helped out a little?"

Ari replied with a smile, "of course! Sounds fun!"
"Great," Karmi smiled back, "let's get started."

AN: Short chapter, lot of events... Wanted a quick filler before getting to Fan Friction : D, and to set up stuff

Also another Bh6 and NBB fight. Bc I know ONE of you really likes him, so this chapter is dedicated to the NBB fan that reads this fic XD

Just kidding. Though I had trouble figuring out how bh6 would defeat him this time, so I had the hostage shtick backfire on NBB lol. Though I gotta be careful not to make Rachel (and by extension Katie) too OP. I love them and they're old OCs of mine, but this fic isn't about them! It's about Ari, Hiro, and by extension the Fern kids (in this season. Next season is just gonna be throwing a bunch of stuff for y'all to digest.)

Hey I'm getting better describing my own fic! *pats myself on the back* Enjoy Fan Friction next week people! I know that not a lot of people enjoyed it, but I did so it was self-indulgent fun while also making sure to advance the plot (and a reveal happens), so if you don't like the ep, that's fine and I hope this chapter gives you something to read! Or read some of the one-shots I post on my account, one of them is HOF related so that might entertain you

Enough self promotion time for Question of the Week: Mikan is getting more deep into her dad's plans, but do you think she'll turn against him when finding out what they really are? Or do you guys think she might become an antagonist for next season. Tell me what you think and why in the reviews!