Chapter 1: Going Home To San Fransokyo

Tadashi Hamada spent some time packing his personal belongings inside his hotel room to take back home with him to San Fransokyo. A couple of months ago, he had been invited to attend and international robotics convention in a small town in Scandinavia. Today was the day that the whole thing ended and Tadashi would be returning home to his beloved friends and family.

He was especially excited to be returning to his little brother and best friend for life, Hiro Hamada. When Tadashi got accepted into the showcase, Hiro was proud of his brother for getting in of course, but he was also a bit disappointed that he would be leaving for a couple of months. But of course, Tadashi assured him that it would be okay and that they would do whatever they wanted when he got back.

Tadashi just hoped that Hiro wouldn't get into any trouble while he was gone because he knew how his brother could be. Tadashi cracked a smile. He packed up the last of his belongings into one of the small suitcases and he was finally done with his packing. His plane wouldn't be leaving for a few more hours so that left him plenty of time to go sight-seeing.

He hadn't been doing much of that since he was too busy with the convention so now was the perfect time. He had closed the last suitcase and tossed it aside with the others. He grabbed a map of the town off of the dresser and unfolded it. The town was very small and there wasn't anything very interesting about it but it was supposed to be very famous for its science so that explained why the convention was being held there this year.

Tadashi sighed. This was his chance to look around but he just couldn't find anything he wanted to do. He supposed he could explore some of the shops and look for something that might catch his eye, because he wouldn't be leaving for a little while so he might as well. Tadashi grabbed his wallet off of his nightstand and opened the door to his hotel room. He walked out the front door of the hotel and stared walking through town.

He walked down the cobblestone path and glanced at certain stores. Not all of them were stores of course, some of them were restaurants or post office or things like that. There were all kinds of shops and stores for things like clothing and toys but there was just nothing that stood out to Tadashi enough to catch his eye. He kept walking down the long streets, passing some of his fellow convention-goers and some people who he's never even seen before.

The road was very long and seemed to go on forever, but Tadashi had some time to kill so he just kept on going and looking around. There was still nothing particularly interesting to him. There weren't even any science themed stores which sort of surprised Tadashi considering this town's reputation for science and robotics. Eventually the road ended and Tadashi found himself at the docks.

It was never his intention to end up there, but he thought he might as well look at it. Upon further inspection it was revealed that there was a gift shop present there. If he was going to look at a store than it might as well be this last one. As Tadashi opened the door a bell rang signaling that he had just walked inside. He had gotten the attention of the cashier up front who seemed to be reading a magazine before he walked in. One glance at Tadashi and the cashier went back to the magazine.

The young adult shrugged it off and started looking around. The store was filled with all sorts of strange looking things that seemed a bit like artifacts. They couldn't be real though because nothing so ancient could be so cheap and inexpensive. However there was something that caught his eye. He spotted a golden crown with three red stones implanted on it. The cashier noticed what he was looking at.

"If you want that crown it's on the house."

Tadashi was startled by the voice but immediately got ahold of himself.

"I can't just take something without paying for it."

The cashier shrugged it off. "It'll be fine, and besides, the sooner I get rid of that thing, the better." Tadashi didn't know what that meant but decided to just take him up on his offer.

"Um, okay, thank you." Tadashi gave a respectful bow and left. He thought that he might be able to show it to Hiro and they could play with it as a joke or something. The college student headed back to his hotel room and got ready to catch his plane.

"Honey Lemon, pull it up higher."

"Oh, sorry."

"Wasabi, make sure the centerpieces are nice and neat."

"Well of course."

"Gogo, straighten out those pictures."

"Sure thing, captain."

"Aunt Cass, remember the buttercream frosting."

"Yes honey, I've got it."

"Fred, start pouring the sodas."

"You've got it, little man."

"Baymax, stop petting Mochi and help out with the decorations."

"Yes, I will help with the decorations."

Tadashi was coming home from his robotics convention that day and Hiro was supervising as the gang put together a welcome home party.

"Alright, the banner looks good, the streamers look adequate, the cake and sodas look good, the pictures look straightened and perfect, and the decorations…."

The gang couldn't help but laugh as they saw Baymax wrapped up in some party streamers. "Forgive me but I seem to be stuck." Hiro playfully rolled his eyes. "Come on buddy, let's get you out of there." The prodigy walked over and untangled Baymax from the streamers.

"Come on guys, Tadashi will be here any minute."

Everyone agreed, so they turned off the lights and hid underneath some tables or chairs or behind the kitchen counter. But not Hiro. The young prodigy had a…special hiding place. A few minutes later, a taxi appeared in front of the café. The gang had to remain as quiet as possible to not arouse Tadashi's suspicions. But of course he knew something was up when he noticed the lights were turned off, but still he decided to play along.

He walked into the door and turned on the lights, and just as suspected, everyone jumped out and yelled "SURPRISE!" Tadashi smiled. "Oh guys this is so unexpected, I didn't think you would throw me a surprise party."

Wasabi saw through his failed attempt at acting surprised. "You knew didn't you?" Tadashi laughed. "The lights were turned off, I knew something was going on." The gang made their way over to him. "Group hug!" Honey Lemon said cheerily. Everyone went in for a big hug and Baymax was enveloping then tight. Just them, a though occurred to Tadashi.

"Hey, where is Hiro?"

Little did he know, from a shelf behind him, the young prodigy stood on top of it.

"TADASHI!"

Hiro leaped off of the shelf, which caused Tadashi to turn around in surprise. Fortunately, the older Hamada brother was able to catch his flying brother quite easily.

"What are you doing knucklehead?! You could have broken your neck."

"Come on, you missed me didn't you?"

"I missed you so much."

Tadashi planted a wet kiss on Hiro's cheek. "Tadashi, gross." Hiro said but he couldn't stop smiling. The giant marshmallow approached the scene.

"Welcome home Tadashi. As you can see we have set up a welcome home party indicating your arrival." Tadashi smiled as he took in the scene before him. "Thanks guys." Aunt Cass joined in the conversation. "I even made a chocolate cake with buttercream frosting on it."

"Thanks Aunt Cass."

"Well, what are we waiting for?" Fred piped up "Let's eat!"

Aunt Cass started cutting the cake and passing it out to everyone while Hiro picked out a seat next to Tadashi.

"So, did Hiro get into trouble while I was away?" Hiro scoffed.

"Tada-nii, how could you possibly think that my innocent self could have gotten into any trouble?"

Tadashi raised an eyebrow. "What did you do?"

"Nothing, I didn't do anything."

"Yeah, right, I definitely believe that."

Hiro laughed. "Come on Onii-chan, I was just kidding."

"Yeah, okay."

Tadashi took a nice long sip of his soda while eyeing Hiro suspiciously. Hiro took a bite of his cake while a hand hovered over him. The prodigy didn't notice until the hand was ruffling his hair. "Tadashi, stop that." The older Hamada smiled. "Alright, but some day you're going to wish you had more of it."

Hiro smiled up at his brother. As the happy moment went on, the crown from the dock's gift shop was waiting inside Tadashi's luggage. Waiting for someone to finally put it on and to finally be protected by the crown's power.