It was past midnight in San Fransokyo, probably close to dawn, and Hiro Hamada felt restless. He was in his college lab reading legends, folklore, and myths on the internet. That kind of stuff always interested him.

"Legend of the Four Curses"

Long ago, an evil witch named Eleanor of the Swiss Alps created four curses with the help of her firstborn daughter to get revenge on her other three daughters, who ran when they came of age to escape their mother's evil. The first curse was the Life Curse. It granted immortality, and it was intended to be given to her loyal firstborn. The second was the Death Curse, intended to be given to her second daughter, who was the most good-hearted. It would slowly and painfully kill its host. The third was the Fire Curse, intended for her third and most beautiful and innocent daughter. It would transform its host into a murderous and violent monster. The fourth and last was the Ice Curse, intended for her fourth daughter, who was the most humble, generous, and honest. It would turn all love into hatred and greed. However, there was also a fifth daughter. She was an accidental child and was left to die by the old witch. She was found and raised by a good man, and when she came of age, she set out to find her parents. She found her evil birth mother and evil older sister committing witchcraft. She manipulated them and faked loyalty. When the four curses were cast by the witch, the fifth daughter took the soonest opportunity to murder her mother and oldest sister and dispelled the four curses with the legendary four catalysts. It is said that every thousand or so years, these curses will return to hosts most like the four daughters. A woman most evil will live forever, a woman most good-hearted will die, a woman most innocent and beautiful will kill, and a woman most humble and honest will steal and destroy.

Hiro was intrigued and wanted to know more. He typed "legend of four catalysts" when he heard the door slide open. He hurriedly shut his laptop and hid under the table. The lights switched on and his best friend, GoGo Tomago, walked into the scene taking a sip of her coffee.

"Hiro, what the hell are you doing?" GoGo inquired. Hiro looked exhausted.

"Uh...reading legends," he answered nonchalantly.

"Ah," she said as if his response completely cleared the air. "So, why are under the table?"

"I really don't know, GoGo," he said as he climbed out from under the table, "I just felt like I should hide. Maybe I need should oughta just hit the sleep."

GoGo looked at him with a half-horrified, half-amused expression. "Oh, I'll say." Hiro scratched his head and grinned.

"You know, you really can be adorable," GoGo inputed with a pink face and a smirk, causing Hiro to blush.

"Weeellll, I guess I'll go," Hiro said with a wide smile before departing.

"Yeah, have fun hittin' that sleep!"

GoGo watched her best friend leave and spent a few minutes deep in thought, taking a few sips of coffee until she noticed that he left his laptop. As she walked over to it, she thought she should return it, but instead found herself sitting in front of it and examining. She clicked on the first hit of his search and started reading.

"The Four Catalysts"

As old as the earth and sky, there are four catalysts that each contain certain mystical properties. They virtually bring out specific latent forces of their users. The Moon's Tear falls somewhere deep in the Switzerland mountains every night the planets are perfectly aligned. It plants a very fast-growing tree that bears the Death Fruit. This fruit sucks the life out of whomever takes one bite, and it kills its eater within about nine months. The Sun's Tear falls from the sky somewhere in Germany every time the galaxy enters a new eon. This tear causes the growth of the Golden Flower, which can instantaneously cure any illness if ingested. Solstice Water is water from the spring located exactly at the North Pole. It grants peace and wisdom to whomever drinks it, however it catalyzes only when ingested on the winter solstice. Solstice Mineral is the molten rock from inside Mount Vesuvius. If forged into a ring or bracelet of sorts, it creates the Solstice Ring, which grants happiness and humility to whoever equips it on the summer solstice. These catalysts are said to be the only things able to dispel the four curses created by the witch Eleanor. Each catalyst, if used properly, dispels the curse opposite to its essence. There is, however, one downside to using a catalyst. As its essence remains within, it can cause mutations to offsprings of the user.

Intrigued, she clicked on the link over "Moon's Tear" and read over its history. She skimmed until her conscience screamed, "Wait!" She concentrated on the words in attempt to confirm what she thought she just read, and sure enough, there was the name "Hamada," the last name of her best friend, Hiro.

...in the second generation of the curse, the legendary "Life Curse" was passed to Sumiko Hamada, a evil alchemist intent on resurrecting her parents at the expense of innocent lives. She was justly killed by a poisonous fruit fed to her by an unidentified red-haired man.

"Scientist and everything. She couldn't be like...his distant ancestor?" GoGo pondered.

She shut the laptop and took off with it to show Hiro, even though she had work to start on. She grabbed her maglev wheel bike and zoomed off towards the Hamada family's café, one hand on the handle, the other holding the laptop.

"Oh, GoGo," Aunt Cass started, "what brings you here so early?"

There were just a couple people in the café, and the only noise was the news from the TV suspended from the ceiling.

"Did Hiro just get here?" GoGo asked.

"Yes, just a minute ago, he finally came back from his lab. I worry about him sometimes."

GoGo flashed back to Hiro's adorable but worrying scene. "Understandable. Anyway, he forgot his laptop."

"Well he's probably just getting ready for bed in his room."

"Alright," GoGo said before she started up the steps.

Knock knock knock.

"Just a minute, Aunt Cass!" Hiro said from behind the door. He was taken slightly aback to see his crush standing there with his laptop.

"Oh, GoGo, h-hey, what are you-," Hiro started before being cut off.

"You forgot this," GoGo said as she held up his laptop. Before he could grab it, she waltzed into his room and opened up the computer on his desk.

"Uh- yeah, by all means, come in," he said with one raised eyebrow.

"Check this out. Have you ever heard of Sumiko Hamada?" GoGo asked.

"N-no, is she my ancestor or something?"

"Or something...," GoGo replied. She showed him what she had read.

"Wow," Hiro said before being startled by an inflating sound.

Baymax waddled over to Hiro and GoGo.

"Hello. I am Baymax, your personal healthcare companion. On a scale of one to ten, how would you rate your pain?"

"Baymax, buddy," Hiro started laughing lightly, "I said 'Wow'...'Wow'." Baymax stood still for a second.

"This indicates a feeling of interest or...surprise. I will scan you now."

"No, Baymax, don-"

"Scan complete."

GoGo was giggling at him, which made Hiro blush, because GoGo wasn't the giggly type.

"You neither show any signs of shock nor sustain any injuries, however your neurotransmitter levels are...elevated, indicating happiness or...excitement. Diagnosis:"

Hiro flinched.

"...love." Baymax finished.

"I am satisfied with my care." Hiro said swiftly.

Baymax deflated while GoGo looked at him with an amused expression and pink cheeks.

"Well," GoGo said enthusiastically, "Who's the lucky gal?" She asked with a playfully sarcastic tone. She was obviously well aware of what was going on.

"Weeellll, thanks for showing me my ancient ancestor and all, I will look into that," Hiro said bluntly and awkwardly as opened his door for her.

"Of course," she said with a smile as she got up to leave. "See ya later." She kissed his cheek and then walked out.

He shut his door and then slid down against it into a sit and sighed deeply with a smile.