So, here is the multi-chapter story I have been laying a little groundwork to. I Never Knew and Thoughtful lead up to this. There are more notes to go at the bottom that should clear things up that aren't going to be covered in-story.

Six years. They had been a team for six years now. 'Time flies I guess' GoGo mused as she launched herself from a rooftop into the cool night air and came to a safe landing on the next. "Go, you're on point now." They were on a stake-out, a new tech-criminal (The official Police designation for a super villain that BH6 would be left to handle) had reared his head and they were hoping to catch him out.

"Got it." GoGo halted, she had some breathing space now, this guy's gimmick was something speedy so she'd had a lot of work in their past two clashes. A chorus of voices, her team mates checking in that they were in place and ready, filled the comm. a moment.

"This is Shield zero-one, we are in position." A voice crackled over the radio. That had been one of the big developments, more than covert sponsorship from Krei; the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division had got involved with them nearly a year to the date of their first mission. Even the government agreed that Big Hero 6 were the defenders of San Fransokyo. Though Hiro still didn't really let them share the communication band he'd created, hence the poor quality link.

There was time to wait through still, they'd had a tip-off that the criminal was after a fuel cell shipment and this area was the most logical strike position considering the tech, the route and the payload. GoGo took a seat on an air-con unit, she had time.

In six years they had graduated college, finished post-grad courses and seen prototypes finalised and put into production. She worked with a big name racing corporation now, actually bringing into place a whole new type of racing vehicle from the ground up. Honey was virtually saving the planet with some of her chemical compositions. Wasabi had created plasma cutting tech that was revolutionising everything from manufacturing to cooking. Fred was a writer and a big name in philanthropy, right from graduation when he established the Tadashi Hamada Engineering Grant to give bright minds full rides through college. Hiro, well, Hiro was Doctor Hamada, head of Krei Tech R&D and known to be Alistair Krei's chosen successor. There were Baymax units everywhere; stored in their shiny red boxes next to the old fashioned First Aid cases and his Micro-Bots were limitless in their application having gone onto market a year ago.

GoGo scowled at the warm feeling as she considered Hiro. Now was not the time. There was never a time for that. "Guys! Police have the convoy coming down the throughway now. We are at minus thirty seconds." Fred said on the comm. He'd calmed down on missions these days, even if he was unashamedly enthusiastic come debrief.

"Okay. We ready with the plan?" A voice, deeper than their first mission, asked.

"Chem-traps are in place and ready for my trigger." Honey still sounded as gleeful as ever.

"Barriers are ready; they should slice up some of those drones." Wasabi added.

"Looking out and keeping ready!" Fred took a lot of crowd clearance and civilian rescue duties on missions like this, for every Megabot threat that needed a beat-down there would be a tricky thief with distraction tactics. He was very effective evacuation with super-jump.

"I'm good to get on the chase." GoGo confirmed; standing and giving her arm discs a preparatory spin.

"Say the word and I can assist." Agent Gatti, was their substitute SHIELD liaison on duty today it seemed, their usual Agent had been pretty badly taken down last skirmish with the criminal being dubbed Hayai.

'Probably why Hiro cleaned up the radio-link' GoGo thought. Julia was part of the team out if uniform after all.

"Heads up! We've got Ha-drones coming!" Fred shouted. The tell tale fizzing noise of the robots Hayai used setting her adrenaline going. Time to put their plan into action. GoGo moved to the building edge, there on the middle truck of the convoy the bright orange robots with a variation of her wheels were cutting into the roof and sides.

"Let's do this." She muttered and moved to action with the others. The bulbous orange 'bots were a sure sign Hayai was nearby.

六

Fred grinned inside his suit as he saw GoGo launch herself down at the robots. She had taken personal offense that her technology had been used to make the last heists. Acting as point was boring to some, but for a lifelong superhero fan? Bliss! Not to mention when he could spring into action and save some folks. "Honey, they're coming close to traps one through four." He said.

The plan was simple; Hiro and Baymax were up-high, scanning for Hayai with the vitals picked up on fight one. GoGo and Wasabi were preventing the drones from getting into the trucks and Honey was to trap and disable anything thrown free or coming at the team if they were busy. Once Baymax had a match GoGo would leave to chase down Hayai with Hiro and the big guy. "Sweet." Fred grinned again as a yellow disc sliced a 'bot through.

"This is San Fransokyo Police. The operator of the robots in violation of the law is to cease and surrender." SFPD car 06 was speeding towards the scene below.

"Woo yeah! That's m'girl!" Fred cheered.

"Cheerlead your girlfriend off mission Fred." GoGo replied dryly on the radio. "Or at least turn off team-comm when you do it."

"Sorry, sorry. But hey, there's no more 'bots on their way and you guys have these all tied up." The truck looked a little worse for wear, but the robots were trapped in chemicals or otherwise disabled all down the highway.

"Baymax has a match. Patching location through." Hiro said suddenly. GoGo jumped from the truck and was moving swiftly even before the map updated.

"About time, nerd." She commented, getting back to roof level as the elevation of their target demanded.

"Needed to make sure there was no chance of the cells getting loose." Hiro said with his usual nice-tinged-with-slightly-cocky tone. "You nearly there?"

"I'm beating you." She was too, passing below the red bulk of a flying Baymax. Jumping from one roof to the next.

六

"Typical." Hiro smiled and sat steady on Baymax, he'd had to make a few alterations to the red armour after growth spurts meant the 'big-guy' was no longer so big in comparison to his partner.

"Hiro. There is a problem." Baymax said, calm as ever.

"Problem? What kind of problem?" Hiro ducked low and looked around. Well ahead now, GoGo standing out in her yellow armour was nearing the location of Hayai. Just a rooftop away, he was on one of the tallest buildings in the area.

"My latest scan indicates that there is high levels of Trinitrotoluene. Not the human designated 'Hayai'." Baymax said, sharing the data.

"Trinitrotoluene! TNT. GoGo! Abort! Fall Back! Hayai has a way to fool the scan-" Hiro began to shout. GoGo had just landed on the rooftop.

An immense explosion burst forth, a flower of orange flame and deep grey smoke.

"GOGO!"

Flashbacks to the exhibition centre, to Tadashi, had to be fought off. "Baymax, scan for GoGo." Hiro spoke quickly, readying to jump. It was time to try out what he was planning on being a new 'power'.

"GoGo located. Vital signs are stable but she is falling." Baymax sent the data to Hiro and the purple clad man jumped into action. A stream of purple fragments gathered at his whim.

The micro-bots were ready for their heroic debut.

六

She had heard urgent words from Hiro but after that GoGo had no clue what happened. Though now she knew she was free-falling. The blackness returned, 'So it is true that your body shuts down for a fall' her last thoughts before nothingness.

六

The wave of micro-bots was easy to ride as every thought moved them just as fast as he could think it. Hiro could see GoGo falling and he was not going to lose her. "Catch her, keep momentum and come to a slow stop." He reminded himself, panic should not get in the way of safety. The stream of purple robots propelled him to the yellow clad figure, the scanners in his visor let him match her speed, gently catching her limp form in his arms was simple. By the time they reached the ground he had slowed them down to a near halt. "GoGo? Please be okay." Hiro had landed them in an alley and was now kneeling, supporting her against himself carefully.

"Scanning patient." Baymax said from behind. He'd followed and landed, he was team-medic as well as the heaviest hitter. Well, heaviest could be debated now that Hiro had his micro-bots. "Scanning complete. Diagnosis; Concussion, mild shock, several contusions, slight smoke-inhalation. Treatment at a medical facility is advised."

"I'm fine really." GoGo coughed. She had come-to partway through the robot's list, and was now considering how she was being held and by whom. She blushed, glad about the visor in the way. "Let me up."

"Oh, sorry." Hiro stood with her, helping her stay stood when she faltered a little. His hands were gentle and GoGo felt the warmth rising.

'When did he get so tall?' She wondered, unintentionally her hand had landed on his abdomen; he was a head and a half taller than her now.

"Scanning." Baymax spoke, GoGo was mortified. "Increase in hormonal, endorphin and adrenaline levels. Diagnosis-"

"I think Hayai got away. Are you guys okay?" Honey said over the radio. "We all saw that explosion." The interruption could not have been better timed.

"Yeah! It was intense." Fred chipped in. "No more robots though. Was that the micro-bots? They looked so cool!"

"They were, I'll explain more later. We were set up." Hiro said, "He must have been testing something. He can fool Baymax now." He sighed. A signal from the micro-bots told him they were back at base as ordered; he had sent them home once GoGo was safe.

"Fire service has the explosion situation under control. The building was empty." Agent Gatti supplied. "The Director wants me to collect a debrief. See you at base." The SHIELD Quinjet left the scene, keeping out of the fire-drones way.

六

Hiro had been very careful of GoGo on the way back. Insisting she ride close on Baymax, not holding the wing but, essentially, nestled under him. She was very glad that Baymax was focused on flying, not scanning her. She was still trying to decipher the thoughts from earlier, with the distracting close proximity of an over-protective Hiro.

Of course she'd known he had grown, between the adjustments to the docking points on Baymax's suit and the new armour he went through over such a short period and still once every few months even now. It was clear that Hiro was reaching for his adult height and he'd bulked up too.

They landed at base. Akuma Island, once home to Project Silent Sparrow, had been converted into their HQ soon after they had started graduating from college. Nerd Lab wasn't where they would all be at any given time anymore, so it made sense to have a facility near the city they could all use.

Baymax set down beside the Quinjet that had arrived ahead of them and the team jumped off. Hiro carefully helped GoGo down despite her insistence she was fine. Fred flipped the head off his suit and the rest of the team cleared their visors. "The fuel cells arrived at their heavily guarded destination without any more attacks." Agent Gatti said, walking smartly from where she had been waiting.

"Julia! Cariño!" Honey cried and caught her up in a hug. "You didn't say this was the assignment!" Agent Gatti was as tall as Wasabi, but Honey still stood taller.

"I wanted it to be a surprise." The woman said. She fiddled with some of the dark strands of her hair that had been mussed by her girlfriend's embrace.

'And there's why she is a substitute liaison to Big Hero 6.' GoGo thought, amused. When SHIELD had first brought them into the initiative of organised city protection teams, the stoic and unflappable Agent Gatti had been assigned to work with them. It had been a protracted and tentative dance between Honey Lemon and Julia Gatti, issues between the two having a relationship were many and varied. The details of which GoGo had often had wailed to her by an overwrought Honey until finally the blonde had "Womanned up" and got the girl.

Conflict of interest meant a new Agent, but SHIELD had some sense and kept Gatti assigned to San Fransokyo branch. The pair had been dating close to two years now and it was still cute to see her get flustered by showers of affection. "Not to break the greetings up, but I am sore and tired. Can we move this into the med bay? Or at least the lounge." GoGo tried not to sound too irritable but she had been blown off the roof of a skyscraper.

"Oh! I'm sorry GoGo." Honey looked stricken and ushered everyone forward. Baymax had already opened the doors. GoGo made to move but faltered with a wince, two purple clad arms hoisted her up.

"Hey!" Hiro was carrying her bridal style. "I can walk just fine! I've had worse from bike crashes."

"Nope, you're hurt. I'm not going to let you aggravate anything this way." Hiro smiled down. He had an infuriating smile. Like Tadashi had. In fact, Hiro had grown to be a lot like his brother. He kept the shaggy hair and was less of a dork but still; gallant, nice, considerate, caring, infuriating...

'No, this is not happening. I'm just concussed...' GoGo repeated over and over in her head. She couldn't be falling for Hiro. Could she?

-:六:-

Notes:

六 is 6 in Sino-Japanese. A nicer linebreaker than ** or a line.

I sort of estimated some ages on characters from their projects and jobs in film. We know Tadashi was 18. I put GoGo as 19, Fred as 21, Honey as 22 and Wasabi as 23. This took a lot of deliberation and science looking-up and stuff. So here in Six Years Gone they're all six years older thus making Hiro 20 and working from there.

SHIELD are not the Marvel movie-verse SHIELD or the comic-verse SHIELD. I suppose it is a sort of fusion of all the SHIELD I came across in media like Spiderman cartoons and films and TV. They won't be much involved in this story anyway, this is adventure/romance anyway.

Agent Gatti is Italian-American, but not Jersey Shaw style, I had a vision of someone in my mind and a massive crush on a certain movie-verse agent...

Hayai is "Fast", my first drafts had him named Sokudo for "Speed" but it ended up reading a little naff what with the number-puzzle sharing the name!

Micro-bots! Perfect for superheroic acts. Certainly Yokai showed up a large number of issues with the initial design so lets say Hiro has been working hard on these things and on methods to keep his hero and civilian ID seperate.

Fred's girlfriend will be covered in a coming one-shot series, arriving soon!

Akuma Island is the name given the island in my official Sticker Book (yay, so many cool stickers to collect!).

Oh, yes. So. Honey Lemon has a girlfriend in this fic. I warn on my profile that I femslash but this is not a focus fic on these pair either. More in another one-shot possibly. I just liked the idea of pairing a blonde with a brunette. You'll like Agent Gatti when I write more about her.

Stay tuned for Chapter 2!