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Chapter 6 – For I Am With You

"I told you, I got over my fear."

"No. You sort of did. But that's why we're here."

"Is there a reason why we have to do it here?"

Wasabi waved his hand around the room, gesturing to the two girls sitting on the couch in front of him.

"At my apartment?"

"Well, for one...Honey Lemon hasn't seen it yet." Go Go pointed to her companion, who sheepishly grinned. "Two, we figured that since we've tried every other place to work on your fear of public speaking, we'd try one that's a little more comfortable for you."

"And I really like your apartment, Wasabi." Honey Lemon's eyes wandered around, reaching his media shelf, his coffee table, and a few of the paintings on the wall. "It's very...you."

"I appreciate that, but flattery will get you nowhere."

"Wasabi." Go Go got up from the couch and pulled on his arm, almost throwing him in front of the TV. "Stand there."

"OK."

"We will be your class. A class of just two. No Fred, no Hiro, no Baymax or Mini-Max. Just us." She returned to her seat and crossed her arms. "You've always been more comfortable around us, anyway."

Wasabi nervously gulped.

"Or at least Honey Lemon. Including me in that might be a bit of a stretch."

Even though it wasn't several pairs of eyes, two were more than enough to give him some pause. "I don't know about this."

"Let's do this, then." Honey Lemon put a finger in the air. "Why don't you just talk about whatever is on your mind? Not quantum optics or schoolwork or anything like that. Just...talk. And we'll listen."

"Can I do it sitting down?"

"If that will make you more comfortable, yes."

Wasabi slowly crept over to the armchair while Go Go stared at him. He sat down in a huff, his arms resting on the edge of the seat.

"You don't have to look so excited about this, Wasabi."

"She's being rhetorical," Honey Lemon cut in. "Don't answer that. Just talk about whatever you want."

He put his leg over his knee, feigning interest in something behind Go Go's head. Unfortunately, he couldn't get three seconds into the silence before the Korean intervened.

"Yeah, time for me to bring in the secret weapon."

"Huh?"

Go Go vaulted up and started to walk to the door. "I had a feeling you were going to be hesitant about this subject, so I got a hold of someone that's going to force you to open up."

Wasabi reeled back as her hand went onto the knob. "Oh no, please don't tell me-"

All of a sudden, she bent back from the door and shrugged in his direction, laughing. "No! I didn't call Aspen! What do you think I am, some sort of maniac?"

"Maybe a little maniac," he muttered.

"Well, I couldn't get a hold of her, anyway." She resumed her position on the couch. "But I also figured that her presence probably wouldn't really help you that much. At least not right now."

Honey Lemon stared at her roommate. "You didn't really call her, did you?"

"Hey! This isn't my intervention! This is-"

She noticed that her classmate was trying to tiptoe away into the kitchen, and quickly reached out to grab his arm. "You're not getting out of this, Wasabi."

He grunted and slumped back into the chair.

"Wasabi," Honey Lemon said gently. "Would it be helpful if we talked first? Because I have the perfect thing that we can all talk about."

"And that is?"

"...Fear."

He went quiet as Honey Lemon settled into the couch. "I'm afraid of what's going to happen to us if Chief Cruz finds out who we are. I'm afraid for Hiro, and Fred, and Baymax, and both of you. I'm afraid for myself. I'm afraid for the city and what will happen to it if we're not here to protect it."

The three all looked down, thinking hard about everything she had said.

"Also hippos. Don't forget the hippos."

The Latina glared at Go Go.

"What? I'll give you that; hippos are pretty scary."

"If we're going in that route, what's so scary about leprechauns?" Wasabi asked.

"What's not scary about leprechauns?" Go Go yelled. "They're small and hairy and abnormally green and walk around with that creepy little laugh and never really lead you to pots of gold but only to holes in the ground and-"

She suddenly saw that her two friends were staring at her with worried looks on their faces. She also hadn't realized she had stood up in her animated diatribe. She slammed her butt back down on the cushion. "But I mean, other than that they're nothing to worry about."

"Remind me never to take you out anywhere for St. Patrick's Day."

"You're assuming I actually go anywhere for St. Patrick's Day."

Wasabi looked at Honey Lemon, who just nodded. "Yeah, she stayed in her bed that day and just muttered about four-leaf clovers and Lucky Charms. It was very odd." Moving that tangent to the side, she turned back to Go Go. "What else, Go Go?"

She looked up and to the right, trying to access her memory banks. "Most of what you said already."

Honey Lemon smirked at her. "Say it out loud, Go Go."

She sighed loudly. She wasn't going to get out of this one. "I'm scared for all of us. I'm scared for all of the people we've met over the past few months."

"You mean Robbie?"

Go Go narrowed her eyes at Honey Lemon. "When did this turn into my interrogation?"

She only smiled in response as she turned her body to Wasabi. "OK. Your turn."

"And just keep in mind we don't have all day. I have things to do this after-OW!"

Wasabi smiled as Honey Lemon's arm smacked into Go Go's shoulder. Any time that the Korean was put in her place was a fun experience. But enough stalling. He had thought about it long enough.

"I'm afraid of a lot of things." He began counting off on his fingers. "Heights, germs, ball pits, rainstorms, bad-"

"Wasabi." Go Go rolled her index finger sideways at him. "I have all of those itemized already. Get on with it."

He sighed as he leaned back. "I guess what I'm afraid most of all...is just being afraid."

The two girls shared a concerned look at each other, but didn't interrupt.

"My whole life has just been adding new fears on to me at every single major point. When I got into grade school, when I moved here, when I got into SFIT, when we started being superheroes. It's exhausting. I just want to be able to relax and have fun and enjoy things like you guys do."

The room fell quiet, the only sound going into their ears was the clock up on the mantle. It was a very long moment before one of the girls spoke up.

"Wasabi, it's OK to be afraid of things."

Honey Lemon set her hand on his.

"That makes you human. And you're more human than all of us, if you really think about it."

Go Go set her head on her hand, elbow on the arm of the couch.

"There's no need to be ashamed of it. You know it, you've worked on it. You've gotten through this hard part. Now you just have to learn from it and use that on your next fear."

"So I can take Mini-Max and have him go up ladders for me?"

"No." Now it was Go Go's turn to cut in, but her smirk let him know she was joking. "You can't use Mini-Max to solve all of your problems. You're a strong guy, Wasabi. You've had all of these fears in your life, and yet you still hang in there with us. I think that makes you a pretty cool person. Definitely cooler than Fred."

Wasabi grinned. "Thanks. That means a lot."

"And at least you aren't afraid of commitment."

"Hmm?"

Go Go's eyes went over to the DVD shelves, where there were several blue sticky notes strewn all along the wall. A few had smiley faces on them, a couple had angry faces, and then one had some sort of winky face scrawled on it. Clearly someone was signifying their favorite media in case they stopped by.

"You don't let me touch your movies. I'm just sayin'."

Wasabi slowly shook her head at her, not responding.

"I have an idea," Honey Lemon said. "Why don't you invite Aspen to graduation? I'm sure she would love to be there when you get your degree."

"I don't know. She's been so busy with stuff lately. I don't want to bother her."

"Wasabi, you know she would drop everything to come."

He looked away from the two, staring at one of the sticky notes.

"Tell you what. Go Go will call Robbie and ask him to come, and if she does, you have to call Aspen."

Go Go's head whirled around to face Honey Lemon, looking incredulous. "What? Don't pull me into this."

"What's the matter, Go Go?" Now the corners of her mouth were curling into something far more sinister than just a normal smile. "Scared?"

The Korean pursed her lips as she tapped her screen, bringing the cell up to her ear. "You are an evil person." She stepped away to take her call, leaving the other two alone.

"Are you sure that she's actually going to do it?" Wasabi asked. "She might try to get out of it."

"Nope...because I already sent a text to Robbie earlier saying to expect a call from her."

"Wow." He was impressed. "And I thought Go Go was the one who was omnipotent."

"Why are you whispering?"

The two turned to see Go Go fumble with her phone, clearly forgetting to take Robbie off of speaker. She glared over her shoulder to shoot Honey Lemon another dirty look.

"She's going to be mad at you later."

Honey Lemon shrugged her shoulders. "She'll get over it. She always does when it comes to him."

A minute later, Go Go came back over, a slight redness on her cheeks. She sat back down, but it was as far away from Honey Lemon as possible.

"So. Is he coming?"

"...He's coming," she mumbled.

"Hooray! Now it's your turn."

Having no choice, he pressed her name in his phone. The same symptoms from when he was trying to speak in front of that class were coming back. He almost wanted to stop the call entirely…

"Don't be scared, Wasabi."

But Honey Lemon was right there, her hand now on his shoulder.

"We're all with you."

AUTHOR'S NOTE: It only took two seasons, but Wasabi finally got an episode to himself. It wasn't a perfect one by any stretch. However, we finally saw something arise out of the depths of Wasabi's personality. Granted, it was something that we've known for a while (his fears of literally everything), but it was still a nice episode to watch.

Now, if only he could take what he learned and apply it to anything else. Like girls.

Or maybe just one girl.

This is one of those times where it pays off to watch the next episode after watching this one. "Legacies" gave me a plot point about graduation that I used here. And it paid off, luckily for Wasabi...and maybe unluckily for Go Go.

Kind of a short chapter this time, but I promise I'll make that up with the finale of Continuity, The Third, which will be out next week. It was a very special and heartfelt episode, so I feel like we're going to have to pull the stops out for this last chapter. Thus...we're going to get everyone involved.

And when I say everyone, I mean everyone.

If you've followed me for any amount of time, and you've seen the last two minutes of "Legacies", you already know where I'm going with this. :P

Read and review, if you like. Until next time, everyone.