Chapter 1: Late for Being Early

Hiro was late for school. Again. Normally Baymax would've woken him up, but Hiro had forgotten to put the robot in his charging station the night before. When Hiro woke up he found the marshmallow-like health-care companion stumbling around his room half deflated and spouting random medical facts and the diagnostics of the floor.

To avoid being late for class, yet again, Hiro was forced to drive his red moped to school. Well, it actually belonged to his older brother Tadashi, who, about a year ago, had… died. Hiro didn't like driving his older brother's moped, it brought back too many memories, but he needed a mode of transportation. The bus was slow, and the trolleys were even more so. Hiro had just received his drivers licence, so now would be a good time to use it. Normally his friend Wasabi would have driven him in his mini van along with everyone else, but he must have thought Hiro wasn't home.

Hiro didn't know exactly what time it was, but he was sure he was late, so he went full speed through the heart of San Fransokyo.

The 15-year old drove on sidewalks, through alleyways, and even managed to park on a few trolleys if they were heading in the right direction.

Finally, Hiro arrived at the San Fransokyo Institute of Technology. He parked in his usual spot and started for his lab. He looked to his left and spotted Wasabi's mini van, with all of his friend exiting.

Without hesitation, Hiro ran over to greet his five friends, Wasabi, Gogo, Honey Lemon and Fred.

"Hey guys!" Hiro shouted from across the parking lot.

They all turned and smiled at the sight of him.

"There, see Fred?" Wasabi gave Fred a condescending stare. "Hiro was not taken in his sleep by insectoids."

"It could have happened though," Fred said nonchalantly."Then how stupid would you guys feel when you didn't fill your backpack with bug spray?" he said waving a can of bug spray in Wasabi's face.

Gogo blew a bubble with her gum and popped it. "Not as stupid as you should feel."

"Hiro?" Honey Lemon spoke up, "Where were you? We came to pick you up but no one was at your house."

Thats right. It was Aunt Cass's day off, so she was most likely in bed sleeping.

"I… overslept." Hiro said embarrassed, scratching the back of his head.

"Really, you overslept?" Gogo said sarcastically.

A thought clicked in Hiro's head.

"Wait, if I overslept doesn't that make you guys late too?"

"Uh, it's only six o'clock." Wasabi said with a confused look on his face. "You're just as early as the rest of us."

"Ooooooh. Well, I guess I assumed I was late. That's the first thing that comes to my head when I oversleep.

"Well, in any case, you guys want to head down to the cafeteria?" Honey Lemon said with a familiar smile on her face.

"Sure I'm down," Fred said with a similar smile. "But, and don't hate me, I need to borrow some cash."

"Fred," Wasabi sighed, "The cafeteria food is free for students and faculty. You know that right?"

"What?!" Fred looked like someone had told him the world was gonna end. "Then why do they let me pay for my food and give tips?"

"Probably has something to do with you being the richest and most oblivious person here," Gogo said with a rare smile in her face, She liked watching Fred flip out.

"Yeah Fred," Hiro laughed, "That one's on you

With that, the group of college students made their way toward the cafeteria, while Fred ranted on about all the money he had lost.

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Hiro liked the the robotics wing of SFIT, but it was nothing compared to the cafeteria. It was huge and had many different kinds of foods like the various types of pastries, sandwiches and deserts. All of it was was free to the students of SFIT, as Fred had recently discovered, so no one had to worry about money.

The group headed toward their usual table in the center of the cafeteria. It was directly under a skylight, causing anyone who sat under it to feel nice and warm. The team had always came to school early so they could get to the table before anyone else. It seemed a little selfish, but first come first serve.

Everyone sat down except for Honey Lemon, who decided to get everyone their food.

"So," she began, "Who wants what?"

Gogo and Wasabi had eaten before coming to school, and Fred had found an untouched breakfast burrito on an empty table, so Hiro was the only other person getting anything.

"How about some gummy bears?" Hiro asked. Then his request was immediately shot down by Honey Lemon.

"Hiro, gummy bears aren't breakfast of healthy." She was beginning to sound like Aunt Cass. "How about some pancakes?"

"Meet me halfway," Hiro offered. "I'll have pancakes with gummy bears as a topping." Hiro talked as if he were making a big business proposal.

"Fine," Honey said, looking defeated. "Anything else?"

"How about some coffee-"

"NO!" everyone shouted simultaneously.

"Look Hiro," Honey Lemon said. "Just trust me when I say that coffee is the last thing you need.

Honey Lemon left to go get the food leaving the rest of the group at the table. No one could come up with anything interesting to talk about, so Hiro was relieved when the news began broadcasting on one of the several TVs mounted on a support beam.

"...as the superhero group known as the Big Hero 6 saved the day, yet again, late last night." a female anchorwoman said through the speakers on the TV. "At about ten o'clock last night, a gas leak broke out at Krei Labs, and would have spread throughout all of downtown San Fransokyo had it not been for the selfless acts of the Big Hero 6. Ever since the incident involving Professor Robert Callahan, reporters have unsuccessfully been attempting to learn the identities of these great Heros."

Hiro laughed. He already knew the identities of the Big Hero 6: He and his friends.

Professor Callahan was a professor at SFIT, until he started a fire that killed Hiro's older brother so he could steal an invention of Hiro's for personal reasons. Hiro had formed Big Hero 6 to stop him from making hurting anyone else, and now he was doing life in San Fransokyo Correctional Facility. Even with the lack of super-powered enemies, the city was still riddled with crime and disasters, so the team was often out protecting people or catching criminals. Tadashi wanted to be able to help people. Now, Hiro was fulfilling that dream.

"Okay guys," Fred said holding his hands out on front of him. "I don't mean to brag, but I think I totally kicked that gas's butt."

"What are you talking about?" Wasabi complained. "You almost burned downtown San Fransokyo to the ground. I know you're not a science major, but everyone knows what happens when fire touches flammable gas."

"Uh yeah, and besides," Gogo said kicking her feet up on the table. "I did the most work. It was me who created a vaccum to hold the gas.

"I think it's pretty clear who did the most work," Hiro said with a smug look on his face and pointing to himself. "You may have held the gas in place, but me and Baymax were the one who found out how to seal it back in its chamber.

The friends went on arguing about who did the best in last night's mission.

Eventually, Honey Lemon came back with her omelet and Hiro's gummy-bear-covered pancakes, which he practically swallowed the minute he got them.

"Jeez Hamada," Gogo said. "How can you eat like that, and still be skinny enough to the point where we can't see you if you turn sideways?"

"Oh yeah?" Hiro said with pancakes in his mouth. "Maybe I should bring up your short-comings."

After about half an hour and a few bruises later, it was time to head to the lab and get to work. This was Hiro's favorite part of the day.

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(A/N) : Okay, so… what'd you guys think, this is my first story so, is there anything I should work on, or something you liked? Please only good reviews and constructive criticism. That's DaydreamDepartment out of your hair! ;)