I've always been a fan of Kingdom Hearts. I finished the second game (while I barely started the first one) last summer and I'm still struggling to find out how we can continue the game after defeating Xenmas.
But the whole concept of combining Square Enix and Disney stuff sounds completely crazy, and yet, they still managed to make a great game franchise with it. The second game specially holds a place in my heart as I played it a lot as a kid.
So it was bond to happen sooner or later. After reading my friend TheDragonSaver's stories on the subject, I decided to start. Please, note that this story takes place in my own version and doesn't follow anyone of the games' storylines. It's entirely new.
So without any further due, let's start the story of Ace!
It was a beautiful day in Twilight Town which wore its name very well because of the wonderful sunsets brought to it everyday. The people living there were enjoying their peaceful little lives, sharing their joys and pains with each other, like one big family. They all loved this town and didn't wanted to leave it.
There was one boy in particular who loved life in Twilight Town more than the others.
"Did you find everything you searched for?" asked the market's owner.
"Yes, here's the money."
"Thanks, have a nice day, Ace."
"Same for you," Ace said as he picked his groceries bag and left the market.
Ace is a 15-year old boy. He have short brown hair and hazel eyes. His dress consists of a red shirt with a drawing of a black ace symbol (like the ones in cards games) and apple-red shorts, a Super Mario Bros cap and orange running shoes. He also have black fingerless gloves.
Saying that Ace was a popular boy among the Twilight Town's habitants would been an understandment as he was considered to be the strongest struggle fighter in town. Struggle fighting was a popular sport in Twilight Town and for long, Seifer - Ace's nemesis - has been considered the best at it until Ace dethroned him, a few years ago. Let's just say that it putted more oil on the fire of their rivalry.
"Ace!"
Say his name and he appears. Ace turned around to see Seifer arriving with his two little dogs, Fuu and Rai, and the little Vivi. Ace never understood why the little black-faced magician with golden eyes decided to hang out with those bullies; unlike them, he was actually very nice and sweet. It was impossible to understand how someone like him could hang out with someone like Seifer - cocky, sarcastic, and a self-proclaimed protector of order (or at least, his idea of order), which was just bullying people into following what he says.
"Well, well, if it isn't the great (that was sarcastic) Seifer and his two little watchdogs," Ace said with turning around, causing Fuu and Rai to flinch at the nickname he gave them, though Vivi seemed happy to not have been included in the insult. "What do you want?"
"You know exactly what I want, boy," Seifer said with a tone of defiance and pointed an accusing finger at him. "Give the photos back!"
Ace gave him a confused look. "Photos? What kind of stupidity are you talking about again?"
"Don't think you can fool me! There has been cases of missing photos for everyone in this part of Twilight Town! And everybody knows that you're the only one who likes to collect things. This automatically makes you the number 1 suspect in this story!"
Seriously, this guy seemed to think he was some kind of hero.
"Primo," Ace said with lifting one finger "I only collect stuff like toys and video games. And secundo, unlike some people I know, I have better things to do than stealing other people's proprieties. So see ya around, dude," he started walking away with his groceries.
"NOT SO FAST!" Seifer wasn't done with him and ran, looking to hit him in the back...only to receive a back elbow in the face from Ace.
"Only cowards attack people in the back like this," Ace said without turning to look at the results of his counter-attack. "And at your place, I would go train myself instead of caring about pictures; the Struggle Tournament is only five days away," he finished and walked away, leaving Seifer's friends to look after him.
The Struggle Tournament is a single-elimination tournament is held in the town every summer, the prize of which is the Four Crystal Trophy, and a chance at a match against the reigning champion for an additional prize. Said reigning champion was the gambler Setzer, who has become very popular with Twilight Town's women. Ace and Seifer were both interested in competing in the tournament that year.
Not too long After, Ace arrived at the little house where he lived and entered to be greeted by a hoot from his snowy owl, Alex, who flew on his arm.
"Hey, Alex," Ace said with gently caressing his hair. "How you doing? You've been nice while I was gone?"
Alex once again replied with an hoot. Ace chuckled before going to put his groceries in the fridge and kitchen cabinets. The house Ace lived in was pretty small with one room which served as his bedroom and play zone, a kitchen, living room, and bathroom. His bedroom was decorated with various posters, movies and video games from Disney and Pixar which Ace was a huge fan of. He even had a plushie of Destiny from Finding Dory on his bed.
After putting his groceries away, Ace sat on the couch of his living room and turned his TV on to play a bit on his old NES. Ace was a huge gamer, playing on almost every consoles. Alex flew beside him and hooting at his friend for encouragement.
The Struggle Tournament was in five days; he had time to relax a bit until then...
I know this was short, but I wanted to start softly, introduce the world in which this story will take place, and also show some of Ace's personal characters.
Again, this is my first KH story, so don't be mad if I made some mistakes. I hope you enjoy it so far and that you'll stay stunned for the next chapter ;)