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The next day, Professor Granville was reorganizing her office, which was in disarray from last night, until she heard a knocking at the door. The door soon fell flat on the floor from that.
"Heh... That usually only happens after I open the door with my full strength." Akito smiled bashfully.
"Come in, Mr. Hamada." Professor Granville allowed.
And so, Hiro came in. "Oh, wow; what a mess," remarked Hiro. "What happened here?"
"There are many unanswered questions, Mr. Hamada," replied Granville. "Can I help you and your friends with something?"
"I-I've been thinking about what you said. You know, about balance?" Hiro said to the woman as he came inside with the others. "Tadashi found his and accomplished amazing things."
"Good, we agree." Professor Granville replied.
"But he also took risks," Hiro continued. "I mean, he once said to me: 'Somebody has to help'. Tadashi will always be my inspiration, but I'm not him. I have to figure out how to be me, and I'm gonna make some mistakes."
LJ and Akito smiled at each other.
"Guess he did some learning, in and outside of school." LJ remarked.
"I've always been told that 'life experience is the best education'." Akito replied.
"Yes, impatient shortcuts, dangerous risks." Professor Granville told them.
"Yeah, and from those situations, we learn why those are bad ideas!" LJ explained. "Anybody can say something is a bad idea, but it takes guts to actually learn why that thing is a bad idea!"
"Oh. Well," Hiro smiled bashfully. "Those are awfully specific."
"I have decided that working in your brother's lab with him will be good for you, Mr. Hamada." Professor Granville soon declared.
LJ and Akito looked pumped up and happy for Hiro.
"Really?" Hiro smiled hopefully.
"Perhaps Tadashi's legacy will help you avoid; some of those immature mistakes." Professor Granville nodded.
"That... Is a clever theory!" LJ replied. "Thanks a bunch, Prof!"
"Oh, you're welcome." Professor Granville replied.
Hiro came to hug the woman, but she pushed her chair to block him. "Eh, maybe no hug?"
"Let's not." Professor Granville suggested.
"Great idea." Hiro replied as he and the others exited the office.
Akito gave a polite smile to Professor Granville and a bow before he soon walked off with LJ and Hiro.
"At least that went well..." LJ sighed.
"Yeah, better than I expected it to." Hiro admitted with a small smile.
"You get to work with Tadashi, Baymax is back in action, and you're part of a super team," Akito replied. "I gotta say that's a pretty good day, even by our standards."
"I'm just glad I got to help out!" LJ beamed. "Baymax sounded so good in the story from when Akito was here!"
Akito smiled bashfully from that.
"Do we have to go home?" LJ asked.
"Yeah..." Akito said. "But don't worry, I'll make sure we can visit again sometime. Not to mention that Yuna and Stitch also got to be here."
"Well... Okay," LJ grinned, hugging him. "Sounds good to me, cous!"
"It was great seeing you again, Hiro," Akito smiled. "Just remember: Keep in touch with us."
"Yeah!" LJ agreed.
"Don't worry, I'll be sure to do that," replied Hiro.
Akito soon hugged Hiro, trying not to overdo it with his strength, and soon went to go along with LJ to go and see the others.
LJ scratched his chin in thought. "I wonder what happened to Daniella...?" he muttered.
"I'll be back... Sooner than you think..." Daniella's voice smirked.
LJ glanced in surprise. 'Eh? What's that supposed to mean?' he asked in thought.
"I'll be back soon... Sooner than you know... When you least expect it..." Daniella told him as a black bird known as a raven seemed to fly by before looking back to him like it was a symbol of his new friend.
LJ smirked. "Until that day comes...I wish you the best of luck, Daniella." he replied. "Perhaps one day you'll truly be on the side of justice..."
"I will see you again in the future... Isn't that a curious thing?" Daniella smirked. "The future... You never know what to expect."
"Indeed," LJ replied. "But hopefully we cross paths again. For what it's worth, I had... Fun."
"I had fun too," Daniella told him. "I guarantee that this will not be our only meeting with each other."
LJ nodded. "Well, could I at least get a hint about next time?" he asked.
"I'll see what I can do..." Daniella said before her voice faded. "Until next time... Goodbye."
LJ gave a small wave as Daniella's voice faded before he began whistling a tune. "Dashing and daring, courageous and caring; Faithful and friendly, with stories to share~" he sang.
The others soon met up by the RV and seemed to be waiting on LJ to come back.
Vincent smiled as he looked at Estelle's letter from Jenny, looking in love with each word he read with her beautiful voice, making Estelle playfully roll her eyes as Jenny was her pen pal and he was just the rich girl's boyfriend.
LJ and Akito came back as they were singing. "All through the forest, they sing out in chorus; Marching along, as their song fills the air~" sang Akito.
"Gummi Bears!~" They sang in unison. "Bouncing here and there and everywhere; High adventure that's beyond compare; They are the Gummi Bears!~"
"Aww..." Cherry chuckled a bit from the song.
"You know that song, Aunt Cherry?" Akito asked.
"Yeah," Cherry replied. "I think your dad's aunt was friends with the Gummi Bears... Could've sworn I heard his dad talk about them once or twice, whenever his stories weren't about King Arthur, Merlin the Wizard, or Star Swirl the Bearded."
"Whoa... Cool!" LJ exclaimed.
"Aren't gummy bears a candy?" Kimberly asked.
LJ took out a small notebook. "You'd think so, but actually, they're named after a race of bear-like creatures who lived during medieval times, secretly harvesting a potion called Gummiberry Juice, which when consumed, temporarily granted them incredible bouncing powers to escape any predators," he read. "Nobody's heard from them since the days of King Arthur, but I know they're out there. Just like the Fluppies."
"That's a fun name to say," Kimberly giggled. "Fluppies. That sounds pretty cool though."
"They always made me think of the Care Bears mixed with those Gargoyles we once met," Cherry said. "Though... With my tastes, you can probably tell I like these Bears better than the Care Bears."
"Oh, definitely," Lionel nodded as LJ flipped through the notebook. "The time we spent with the Gummis was grand, but those Care Bears were just... Un-BEAR-able! Yecch!"
"Apparently these Fluppies are six interdimensional creatures who happen to resemble multicolored Earth dogs, that possess a magical key that can open a gateway between worlds," read LJ. "though the gateways are usually one-way, these Fluppies won't stop searching until they find a way back to their home dimension. Say, that could be a great adventure for later!"
"Fluppies... That sounds cute, I can't stop saying it." Kimberly giggled from the name.
"Well, then it shall be our first grand duo adventure!" LJ exclaimed triumphantly. "And then teaming up with Poppy, Branch, and the cast of Trollz 2006, not to mention possibly doing 'Smurfs: The Lost Village', because it actually focuses on the Smurfs instead of the human guest stars..."
Cherry grimaced about the live-action Smurf movies.
"Bad experience, huh?" Kimberly asked from her reaction.
"At best, I fell asleep, at worst, I was cringing," Cherry grumbled. "Hank Azaria as Gargamel was mindly amusing."
"Not to mention the title characters were basically demoted to extras in their OWN MOVIES!" Lionel exclaimed, briefly frothing at the mouth. "If I had a dollar for every time that happened in a live-action adaptation of a cartoon, I would be a stinkin' millionaire!"
Cherry patted him on the head as she tried to calm him down. "It's okay... I know what you mean..." she then said. "I feel like Looney Tunes: Back in Action kinda did that, but maybe not as intensely?"
Lionel sighed. "Well... Sure. Even with the human cast members, you could clearly tell that the Looney Tunes were still the main characters... Which is apparently why Chuck Jones loved it and hated Space Jam..."
"It was probably Michael Jordan's reactions to the thing, but it really felt like the Tunes were really there in Space Jam." Cherry remarked.
"Yeah, which is why I enjoyed it," replied Lionel. "That and The Nerdlucks/Monstars."
"Anyway... You kids ready to go home?" Cherry then asked.
"Yeah... I suppose so..." Zofia said softly.
"Besides, I bet there are plenty more adventures out there waiting for us," added LJ. "So let's go and find them!"
"Come on then, let's get you out of here," Cherry replied. "You guys can visit again another time. I promise."
"Thank you, Mother." Felicity beamed.
"Yippee!" LJ gushed as they climbed into the RV.
"Well, that escalated quickly." Cherry replied.
"Whaddya mean?" asked Lionel, buckling his seatbelt.
"'Aww, we don't wanna go'. 'Okay, let's go home now'." Cherry smirked playfully about how quickly the kids changed their minds.
"I never heard any of them saying they didn't want to leave," Lionel replied. "They seemed alright, if not a little bummed out."
"...Okay...? I was just trying to be funny..." Cherry said plainly.
Lionel shrugged. "...Oh. Well, I didn't really get it." he replied. "If they said they wanted to stay before deciding to leave, it would've sounded funnier."
"Okay, okay, let's just go, I'm not funny, we get it." Cherry said.
"I never said you weren't funny," Lionel replied. "I just said it didn't make much sense! I'm sorry!"
Cherry shrugged to him as she just sat comfortably so that they could go back home. "I was just talking about kids going on trips in general."
"So you were saying that most kids would be asking to stay?" asked Lionel. "Okay, it makes more sense if I look at it that way..."
"Well, yeah..." Cherry shrugged.
"Ah..." Lionel snickered. "Sorry about that. It took me a while to get it."
"And I thought Atticus had his hands full when he met that new detective partner," Cherry remarked as she took out her bottle before drinking from it for the big road trip to back home. "Guy had ten kids that solved mysteries with him and some of them had their own band!"
"Oh, you mean Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan?" asked Lionel, getting behind the wheel. "Boy, was that a time... Alright, time to pick up David!"
"Hopefully he behaved himself." Cherry smirked playfully.
"Maybe, maybe not," Lionel shrugged. "Either way, it was fun."
"I know I had some fun," Cherry replied. "This is a pretty cool place to visit sometimes, like whenever the kids go to hang out with the Ketchum kids with their Pokemon."
"Oh, definitely," Lionel agreed. "They're pretty hyped about getting to meet Ash and his friends; at least, LJ and Zofia are, considering it'll be their first time."
"I'm just glad that Ash boy found a girl he likes," Cherry said. "Serena's her name, I believe... It seemed like every other adventure the kids had with Pokemon he had a new girl with him on every trip."
"Yeah," Lionel nodded. "But I think he and this Serena might really have a genuine connection."
"Based on what I've heard, yes," Cherry agreed. "Like when Akito and Emi first met."
Lionel gave a nod as he fired up the engine.
"Sorry we didn't get a full hang-out, Yuna, but it was still cool to see ya." Estelle smiled from the window.
"Well, we had fun for the most of it!" Yuna called as she and Stitch waved. "Maybe we'll see you again!"
"Adios, fair Malina!" sobbed Raul. "Shakespeare was right... Parting is such sweet sorrow!"
"Oh, brother." Martin and Jenny sighed.
"Guys, I really think Malina might just be the one." Raul said.
"That's what you said about Dora when you saw how much she matured after moving into the city away from Boots the Monkey, Swiper the Fox, and all those other animals." Jenny reminded.
"Yeah, but that was just a brief talk," replied Raul. "Malina and I had a whole conversation AND an actual date!"
"Hmm... Well... That is a plus for you, I'll have to admit." Jenny replied.
"Not to mention, I got her digits!" Raul smirked, waving a small piece of paper. "So we'll be able to keep in touch~!"
"Well, he might actually be serious about this one after all." Jenny said to Martin.
"Sure sounds like it," Martin nodded.
"Well, that's good," Jenny said. "I'm happy for him. I just hope she doesn't end up breaking his heart."
"Yeah, me too," Martin agreed. "Otherwise it could make him bitter and angry and turn him off relationships completely."
The RV soon began to drive off.
"Bye, Yuna!" Akito and Estelle told their friend.
"See ya, guys!" Yuna called out to them.
"Aloha, cousins!" Stitch laughed, remembering some of his Hawaiian.
"Later, dude!" LJ waved, before getting back to the mystery journal.
The group soon went off together after another adventure had been completed and they were coming home for a little while until the next time they would get back to going.
Back in LJ's dream world, the lone warrior LJ and Sir Akito were still traversing the countryside, in search of adventures.
"Well, my friend, we slayed the beasts of Peach Creek Shire, and now we must continue for even more adventures." Akito smiled.
"Indeed," replied LJ. "But hey, I gotta be real here: Of all the people I could adventure with, I'm glad it happened to be you." he cleared his throat. "You've got a friend in me... You've got a friend in me~"
"Heh, why, thank you," Akito chuckled with a warm smile to him. "When the road looks rough ahead, And you're miles and miles, From your nice warm bed, You just remember what your old pal said~," he soon sang with him. "Boy, you've got a friend in me, Yeah, you've got a friend in me~"
"You got a friend in me... You got a friend in me~" LJ continued. "You got'cher troubles? Well, I got 'em too~ There isn't anything I wouldn't do for you... We stick together, we'll see it through, yeah, you've got a friend in me~"
"Some other folks might be, A little bit smarter than I am, Bigger and stronger too, maybe~" Akito smiled to LJ. "But none of them will ever love you, The way I do, it's me and you, boy~"
"And as the years go by, our friendship will never die~" LJ finished. "You're gonna see, it's... Our destiny, You got a friend in me... Yeah, you got a friend in me~"
The two soon hugged each other with friendly smiles to each other.
"So... You think those princesses might be into going with us on our next adventure?" asked LJ.
"I'm sure they would love to." Akito smiled sincerely.
"Well, until then, we'll be adventure brothers together forever!" LJ replied.
"Adventure brothers together forever!" Akito proclaimed.
"For infinity... And beyond." LJ agreed as they went on their way.
Akito smiled on the way as they went to start a brand new adventure and who knows just what was ahead for them? We might, but it's even more fun to see for yourselves.
The End