This chapter is short, but you'll be glad to know Ty's out of the story from now on! How dare he bully Hiro?! :-(

The story IS continuing, even though the issue with Ty is solved! I don't know how many chapters there'll be, but I want to explore other challenges Hiro could face with being a 14 year old genius at college. And there will be shameless fluff.

Just a quick note: 'pond life' is a slang term used to refer to scum. It may not be used where you live, so I thought I'd let you know here so you won't be confused :-)

I don't own Big Hero 6 or the gorgeous Hiro and Dashi.

~princess

Hiro ran to find Tadashi. He found the eighteen year old with his friends in the lab, waiting for Hiro so he could take him home.

"Hey, kid," said Go Go, as Hiro rushed towards them.

"Hi," panted Hiro.

"What's the hurry?" asked Tadashi, ruffling Hiro's hair. "You okay?"

Hiro shook his head. "Ty…"

Tadashi's gaze hardened and a fierce look came over his face. "What's he done to you?"

"We were supposed to do a presentation together…he pretended to have a sore throat but I just heard him talking totally fine. He lied, and he knew how nervous I was about presenting…"

Tadashi clenched his fists. "I bet it's him who's behind everything else too!"

"Wait, who's Ty?" asked Wasabi, confused.

"My friend," mumbled Hiro. "Or at least, I thought he was. Tyler Roberts."

Honey Lemon gave a gasp. "Him?"

"Dude, what if Hiro finds out about this?" asked Ty's friend, as the two young men walked down the corridor.

"How will he?" said Ty, with a shrug. "I just need to keep pretending to be his friend, but eventually I'll make him run crying to Tadashi somehow. It'll do Tadashi good for something to go wrong in his life. He's got perfect grades, perfect looks, everyone loves him. That's why she left me." Ty spat onto the floor. "I'm sick of Tadashi Hamada and I'm sick of his brother. I'm sure they're not as perfect as everyone makes them out to be."

"You know him?" asked Hiro, recovering from his run.

"We were dating in high school," explained Honey. "We started at SFIT together but began to grow distant. I felt it wasn't working anymore, so I ended the relationship. He actually failed his exams last year- that's why he's in the same class as you, Hiro."

"Y-you dated him?" Hiro was beyond confused.

"He was nice back then…he was obviously hurt when I broke up with him, but then he got held back a year and we never saw each other anymore. I moved on, and I thought he had too."

"This still doesn't explain why he bullies Hiro," frowned Tadashi. "I feel like it's a link, though…"

Hiro was on the verge of tears. He tugged at Tadashi's sleeve, and the older Hamada leaned down to hug him.

"He'll keep acting like my friend," whispered Hiro into Tadashi's ear, snuggling into the hug, glad of the comfort and not caring what his friends thought. "If I stop being friends with him…what if he beats me up…" Memories of past school experiences flooded into his mind and he clung to Tadashi tighter.

Tadashi gave a grim smile. "Don't worry bro, I'll be the only one beating anyone up. I won't let him touch you."

"Where are you going?" asked Hiro, as Tadashi straightened up and strode towards the door.

"To find the pond life who called himself your friend," hissed Tadashi. "You stay here, little bro. And you guys. I'll deal with him."

Five minutes later:

"So," yelled Tadashi, holding Ty against a wall. His brown eyes glimmered with anger. "You're my brother's friend?"

Ty gulped. "Y-yeah!"

"Some friend you are." Tadashi lifted Ty up then dropped him, standing on his leg and putting his arm in a lock before he could even think about getting up. "I bet it was you who took Hiro's calculators, phone, pens, book and ruined his homework, am I right?"

"No!" Ty squirmed, but immediately went limp and winced when Tadashi applied a little more pressure to the lock.

"You'd better be telling the truth, because in this position, I could dislocate your shoulder in seconds. And I already know you're a loser because you made Hiro do that presentation his own."

"I had a sore throat," gasped Ty.

Tadashi pressed his heel down on the inside of Ty's thigh, causing a high pitched squeal to come from the man on the floor. "Sore throat, hmm? Well you can certainly scream," mocked Tadashi. "My brother heard you talking just now. Your voice is fine. You lied."

Ty whimpered. "Okay, it was me who took his stuff last week," he hissed. "But only because I hate you, Tadashi Hamada! Honey and I could have been married by now, if you and your perfection hadn't turned up and lured her away. The second she laid eyes on you, I knew it was over for me."

"Don't be stupid. Honey left you because she didn't like you, not because she liked me. We're not even dating. And let me guess, you were too cowardly to come after me so you used my little brother to get your revenge? Is that correct?"

"YES!" Ty threw a punch, but Tadashi blocked it when ease and delivered a backfist to Ty's face.

"If you want to walk away from here with no permanent injuries, I suggest you promise to never touch my brother again. Don't even talk to him," instructed Tadashi.

Ty saw that he had no choice. "Okay, I promise!"

"Good." Tadashi punched Ty's stomach to ensure that he would stay on the floor for a bit, then released the lock and got to his feet. "You're lucky that I was so nice. You'll have a beautiful bruise on your face tomorrow, though. Goodbye!"