A/N: And, here it is! The final chapter!
"Why is it every time we save the city, we end up soaking wet?" Wasabi was saying, as they all walked to the nearest warm house they could find. "Just once, I want a super villain to throw us into a nice, hot sauna."
"Why would a super villain do that?" Gogo asked.
"Guys," Tadashi said. "Can we not? As soon as we get home, I have a mountain of homework to get caught up on."
It was true. The team found that while being a superheroes was great for the city, it was not so great for them. Homework had begun piling up, and most of the time, after a long battle, they didn't want to think of math equations, or writing paragraphs, they wanted to sleep.
"Don't remind me." Gogo said. "I swear, if Professor Dillan gives me one more notice for turning in stuff late..."
It was late at night when they all got to Tadashi's house. The store had already been closed up, and by the looks of the dark windows, Aunt Cass had already gone to sleep.
"Remember guys." Tadashi said, unlocking the doors. "Be quiet. All we do is change and get out of here."
There were mumbled agreements throughout the group, and when everyone got inside, they all went for the front supply closet. Late nights had caused each member of the team to leave clothes at everyone's houses, because they never knew where they were going to end up.
Tadashi went to his room to change. He quickly stripped off his cold, wet suit, and exchanged it for the warmest thing he could find. When he did so, he looked over at what used to be Hiro's side of the room, which was now empty.
Neither Tadashi nor Aunt Cass had the heart to move the bed out. Hiro's stuff was carefully put in the garage downstairs, but Hiro's side of the room, stayed intact. Tadashi hoped one day he would get the guts to maybe clear out that side of the room, and make a workspace or something.
But, looking at that side of the room hurt just as bad as the 10 months since Hiro died. It would take a long time to heal.
Tadashi left the room, shaking his head. He went downstairs to see that everyone had changed, and was curled up by the space heater that Aunt Cass sometimes used. He smiled at them.
"I guess you guys can stay here tonight. We have to go that opening tomorrow anyways." Tadashi said.
"What time is that again?" Fred said, yawning.
"Nine in the morning."
"You'd think with them opening up a building in Hiro's honor, they would stick to his sleeping schedule." Gogo said.
Tadashi tried not to feel hurt by that comment. "Yeah, nine is early. You guys can take the couch, or chairs or wherever. I'll wake you up when I get up."
Tadashi watched as they all slowly moved to where they were going to sleep. The team was tired after a run in with a mob boss in the streets. It hadn't been a particularly dangerous battle, just a long one. And, it was after a long day.
Tadashi walked back up to his room, and sat on his bed with a sigh. He jumped a little, when he heard a knock on his door.
"Oh, Aunt Cass." Tadashi said. "We didn't mean to wake you up."
"You say that, and you still do every time." Aunt Cass said, laughing. "It's fine. I'm just glad you're all safe."
"Yeah, we're good. Just tired. The team is crashing here tonight, is that okay?"
"Since when do you ask?" Aunt Cass said, crossing the room to come sit next to him. There was a moment of silence, and they both found themselves looking at Hiro's side of the room. "Are you ready for tomorrow?"
"I think so." Tadashi said. "It was pretty cool of Krei to donate all of that money to the school in Hiro's name."
"I think so too." Aunt Cass said. "The man may not be perfect, but he is better than some people I've met."
"You know," Tadashi said. "I think Hiro would be proud of us. If he was here."
"He is." Aunt Cass said. "He is always here."
"I'm thinking about rebuilding Baymax." Tadashi continued. "He could be useful for the team."
"Well, I think having a healthcare companion would be useful for a superhero team. But aren't you afraid it will remind you too much of Hiro?"
"Everything reminds me of him, Aunt Cass. And besides, I think he would want Baymax around."
Aunt Cass smiled, and ran a hand through his hair. "Okay, if you think you can do it, then I can do it."
She then yawned loudly, and stood up. "I need to get to bed sweetie. Don't stay up for homework, you can do it tomorrow."
"But-" Tadashi said, looking at his backpack.
"No buts. Tomorrow is going to be tiring enough. You need rest."
"Fine." Tadashi said, sighing. "See you in the morning, Aunt Cass."
"You too, sweetie."
The crowd that had come to the Hiro Hamada building opening was bigger than Tadashi expected. All of his family and friends were there, as well as many of the students he had met while going to school there. It was something that made Tadashi smile.
"I want to thank everyone for coming." Krei said, smiling out at the crowd. "Hiro Hamada was an impressive young boy. He was going to better the future before he lost his life." Krei glanced at Tadashi. "And that is why I donated this building to him. To honor him. I would like to give the mic to his older brother Tadashi."
Tadashi smiled as he came up to the stage. He had been asked to cut the ropes as a symbol that he had forgiven Krei. And he really did. After all, it wasn't his fault that all of this had happened.
"My brother was a genius." Tadashi said. "He would be proud if he were here today."
Tadashi took the giant scissors, and opened them, preparing to cut the ribbon to the new building. He never did though, because suddenly, people were gasping, pointing upwards. Tadashi turned to see a dark blue energy above him.
He was about to yell at his team to suit up, when something fell out of it, and onto the stairs, causing dust to go everywhere.
"Man, I would like one day to not be a superhero!" Wasabi said, having run up being Tadashi when it happened. "One day!"
"Wait!" Honey Lemon said. "We need to see who fell out of it."
"It's a villain!" Fred said. "A super villain!"
"Guys!" Aunt Cass said, sneaking up. "Go change before everyone sees you!"
"Right." Tadashi said. "We'll be-"
A whirring noise interrupted the boy, and he stopped. Maybe it was too late for them to change. He turned just in time to see an outline of something standing, a huge thing. He wondered what they were going to do without their suits.
The thing began walking towards them, before coming into full view.
"Hello Tadashi." Said a voice none of them expected to hear. "It is good to see you."
"Ba-Baymax?" Tadashi said, his throat dry.
"Yes!" Another voice said, and a small figure ran out of the dust. "We made it! We didn't die buddy! Fist bump!"
Tadashi thought he was dreaming as he saw Hiro, in his suit, and Baymax bump fists, both making a strange noise when they did so.
He had to have been dreaming, because Hiro was dead.
"Oh, hey Tadashi!" Hiro said, smiling, before realizing that something was wrong. "Why do you all look like you've seen a ghost?"
"My records indicate that there is, in fact, not a ghost around." Baymax said, helpfully.
"It's just an expression, Baymax." Hiro said, laughing.
"Ah, I will add that to my database of expressions."
"No, but seriously guys." Hiro said. "What happened? Did Callaghan escape?"
"You – you…" Tadashi said, before glancing at Aunt Cass. "You see him too, right?!"
Aunt Cass's mouth was open looking at him in shock. She looked at Tadashi for a split second before nodding.
"All of you see him?" Tadashi said, and Gogo, Wasabi, Fred, and Honey all nodded, their own expression of shock on their face. He turned back to Hiro. "I'm not crazy?"
"I don't know, Tadashi…" Hiro said. "Maybe you are."
"You're – you're alive?"
"Uh, yeah bro."
"Hiro," Baymax interrupted. "I would like to point out that is it October 1, 2069. The exact date where we left our time."
"So," Hiro said. "We time travelled again?"
"Affirmative." Baymax said.
Hiro sighed. "You know, I'm really getting tired of this. If I wake up a hundred years in the past-"
"Hiro!" Tadashi said, finally realizing that he was back, and alive. He ran up to his brother and hugged him tightly. "You're alive!"
"Uh, yeah…" Hiro said, laughing nervously. "I guess I was gone for a while, huh?"
"You knucklehead!" Tadashi said, warmly. "You never came out of the portal!"
"Oh." Hiro said. "Well, about that…"
"The portal brought us here." Baymax said.
"What?" Tadashi said.
"While we were in the portal, we were sucked somewhere else entirely." Hiro said. "We managed to get Abigail out, but we thought we weren't gonna make it. We wound up here instead."
"Oh, honey!" Aunt Cass said, obviously realizing that this was real. She ran up to them, joining the hug. "We all thought you were dead for months!"
"Oh." Hiro said. "I'm sorry, guys. But I'm fine, really."
"Hiro!" Honey Lemon said, and she hugged them too. "We're so happy to see you!"
Before Tadashi knew it, everyone was joining together for a large group hug. It was the best feeling ever, to see that his brother was alive, and well, and back in the world.
"Hiro, we must leave if we do not want people to see us in our suits." Baymax reminded them. "The dust is clearing."
"Okay." Hiro said. "We'll go back to the garage and wait there. See you in a little Tadashi."
"Hiro, wait!" Tadashi said. "I love you. I'm glad you're back."
"Love you too big bro. See ya!" Hiro said. He climbed on Baymax was and shooting through the air in seconds.
"I wonder if your charging station is somewhere around here." Hiro mumbled to himself, looking around the garage. "Aha! Found it!"
Hiro opened the box where it lay, and made sure to activate it. He then let Baymax go on it, the robot's armor now gone.
Hiro felt pretty nervous.
So, to his family, he had been gone for ten months. Tadashi thought that he had run into the portal, and never came out, just like Tadashi had run into the fire and never came out. He felt terrible for leaving his brother like that, because he knew how he felt.
"Tadashi is happy that you are okay." Baymax said. "His brain waves indicated so."
"I know." Hiro said. "I just feel bad for leaving him."
"He does not hold any anger for you that I registered."
"I know." Hiro said. "But, if anything, I'm glad we got out of there, buddy."
"I am too." Baymax said. "I did not want to be away from you."
Hiro sighed. "Me either.
"But we are okay now." Baymax said.
"We are, buddy. We did it. Everyone's alive!" Hiro said, smiling. "Tadashi is alive… and so are you!"
Hiro couldn't help it. He let a few tears slip out just for how happy he was. No one died this time. And everything was okay.
"You are crying." Baymax said.
"I'm just… I just-" Hiro blubbered, before the garage door opened.
"Hiro!" Tadashi called, before spotting him on the couch. He ran over, and hugging him again.
"Everyone's okay!" Hiro said. "No one died this time…"
"Except for you, bonehead." Tadashi said. "Except for you."
"We're okay, Tadashi." Hiro said. "Really, I'm okay."
"I know, I know." Tadashi said. "I just can't believe it! You're here, and alive…"
"Yeah, I know how that feels…" Hiro said.
And he really, truly did.
"So what made it bring you here?" Tadashi asked. "Now? Of all times?"
"I think it was trying to make me catch up with my own time. I left today, and it brought me back here." Hiro said, and then he shrugged. "But, you know, time travel isn't really my thing."
Tadashi smiled at his brother.
"Where is everyone else?" Hiro said, wiping away the last of the stray tears.
"I booked it here after getting all of the bystanders calm at the opening ceremony. They should be here any minute."
"What event did Baymax and I crash anyways?"
Tadashi laughed. "After everyone thought you died, Krei gave a lot of money to SFIT to open a building in your name. It was supposed to be the new event center."
"Are you serious?" Hiro said. "Ugh, last time it was in your name!"
"Yeah well, I'd rather it be named after you anyways. I don't want a building."
"Well neither do I!" Hiro said, laughing.
"Hiro!" A female voice said, and the brothers turned to see that Aunt Cass had made it home. "Oh, I'm so happy right now!"
Aunt Cass ran up to him and gave him another hug. Hiro laughed, and hugged her back.
"Well, we're happy to be back."
"What are you gonna tell people now that you're back?" Aunt Cass said, worriedly. "I can't just tell them that you went into a portal with your robot and came out ten months later!"
"We'll figure that out later, Aunt Cass." Tadashi said, putting a hand on her shoulder. "Right now we need to just be happy."
"Can we get some food and be happy?" Hiro asked. "Time travelling makes a kid hungry!"
Tadashi and Aunt Cass laughed, but it was Aunt Cass who spoke. "Sure, honey. But you may want to get all your friends together. This dinner is going to be a party for your return!"
A/N: All today I was cackling at all of the reviews. I felt like such an evil mastermind. :) Just to clarify, the "time vortex" thingy (I don't know what else to call it) knew Hiro was a year ahead of his tie, and once he entered the alternate dimension for Abigail it sent him back to where he left. Since he saved his brother, the other timeline was erased. This was the plan from the beginning; I just added Tadashi thinking Hiro was dead as a twist.
So, what did you think? Like it? Hate it? Leave some reviews!
