Kingdom Hearts: Kotaro's Tale
Chapter 1: A new world at last!
"I'm just as good as Sora…"
A 16-year boy sighed as he leaned back in his chair. He rubbed his hand thru his spiky black hair. He crossed his arms over his chest and looked at the control panel in front of him, his hazel eyes reflecting the colors of the blinking lights.
This boy was named Kotaro. Kotaro grew up in a small world that was just beyond Traverse Town. The worlds were all separated, secret from each other if you will… though there were those who knew of those other worlds…Kotaro was one of them. One thing that swept thru all the worlds…was the name of a boy named Sora.
Sora was the wielder of a legendary weapon known as the Keyblade. Sora and his companions traveled to many worlds, sealing the 'Keyhole's' of those worlds…to protect them from dark creatures called the 'Heartless'.
Recently, Sora and his friends defeated a group known as 'Organization XIII' and Sora had returned to his home world….that's where Kotaro came in. Kotaro gained the Keyblade not too long afterwards. He learned from a sage in his town that it was now his duty to go to other worlds, and seal the Keyholes now that Sora was gone… The sage predicted that Sora would one day return, but in the meantime, it was Kotaro's job to pick up the slack.
"I mean…why should Sora have all the fun?" Kotaro asked himself. "I mean…if he can do it, so can I!!"
He put on a confident smile as he said this…but his smile soon faded as he slumped up in his chair.
"At least…I hope I can…"
What Kotaro was sitting in was a Gummi Ship. It was relatively small, a one man vehicle, with a small space in the back for sleeping, a one person bathroom, and a small storage area.
"Or at least I would if I actually FOUND another world!!" Kotaro cried out.
Kotaro was getting rather bored. He had been in the ship for over a week, and still no new world.
"Man…I'm gonna lose my mind if I don't get somewhere soon…"
He sighed and closed his eyes, hoping to get a nap in before something would happen. But just as he closed his eyes, a loud beeping echoed thru the ship. Kotaro was so surprised that he actually fell out of his chair before getting back up and looking at the control panel.
The beeping was coming from a small green screen that acted as a radar. On the screen, an image of a small planet appeared. He looked up and saw that the ship was heading for a planet!
"A NEW WORLD!!" Kotaro cheered. "It's about time!!"
Kotaro gave off an excited smile.
"Now to show that I can be just as good as Sora was!"
As the ship got closer, he saw that the world seemed to have massive buildings that seemed to have faces on them. Kotaro took the helm and slowly steered his ship in for a landing as it entered the world's atmosphere. The world was a massive city, and all the buildings seemed to have faces, and sway around like they were made of rubber.
"What kind of place is this?" He questioned.
Suddenly he saw that his ship was on a collision course with a cartoon-like airplane! Kotaro grabbed the controls and veered his ship to the right to avoid hitting it. The airplane seemed to bend out of the way as Kotaro's ship flew past.
"D...Did that plane just bend??" Kotaro cried out in shock. "This place is nuts!"
Kotaro decided to land the ship before he ran into any more bendable airplanes. He swung the ship around a building before slowly landing it in an alley. As he got up, he pressed a small grey button which activated a cloaking device that made the ship invisible from the outside.
Kotaro stepped out into the dark alley and stretched out.
"Finally! I'm on solid ground again!"
After thoroughly stretching out, he walked out of the alley and onto the sidewalk. He looked up and saw that the sun actually had a face! He looked and stared as he saw that a nearby fire hydrant had a face as well! The hydrant turned and saw Kotaro looking at him.
"Hey! What are you lookin' at?" The hydrant asked in a grumpy voice.
Kotaro glared at the rude fire hydrant.
"Nothing much…" He rolled his eyes as he walked away.
The hydrant then shot a stream of water at Kotaro, which hit him in the back and sent him flying forward and caused him to face-plant into the sidewalk. Kotaro glared as he turned at the hydrant, which just turned away and whistled innocently.
Kotaro just glared before he wrung out his soggy shirt and stormed away.
"Geeze…" He grumbled. "Not a very friendly neighborhood…"
He then heard a whistling noise from above. He looked up and saw something falling right at him!! He dove to the side and cried out in shock as a Piano came crashing down on the place where he just was.
"T..This place is insane!!" Kotaro cried, barely recovering from almost being hit. "Where am I??"
"Why, you're in ToonTown of course!" A voice said from behind.
Kotaro turned around and saw a strange orange creature in a police uniform standing there. He helped Kotaro up to his feet, who brushed himself off.
"Toon…Town?" He asked.
"That's right!" The creature said. "You must not be from around here…"
"You…might say that…" Kotaro replied. "And…you are?"
"Oh! I'm Officer Bonkers J. Bobcat!" He said, shaking Kotaro's hand rapidly.
"Well, it's…nice to meetcha…" Kotaro said as he yanked his arm free. "Well 'Officer' has there been any trouble here lately?"
"Well now that you mention it…ever since the new judge came into town…there black creatures have been popping up…" Bonkers replied.
"Heartless…" Kotaro thought.
He then looked at Bonkers.
"Think the arrival of this judge and the creatures are connected?" He asked.
"Maybeee…" Bonkers replied. "But until it can be proved, I'm cracking down and I'm gonna solve this mystery!"
With that, he took out a magnifying glass and pressed it close to the ground as he walked along the side-walk, and up the side of a building before disappearing from view on the roof.
"This place is madness…" Kotaro sighed.
Kotaro took another look around the strange town.
"I wonder where the Keyhole is…"
He then heard rapid footsteps approaching. He turned and saw a rabbit like creature heading his direction. The rabbit walked upright and had black fur and a white face, his eyes were all black (He looked like he belonged in a 1920's cartoon). He was very short, about up to Kotaro's stomach in height. He wore nothing but short grey pants with a single button on them, a piece of grey leather was attached to the front and looped over his shoulder and behind him, acting as a crossed suspender. Chasing behind him were four black creatures with orb like yellow eyes.
"Heartless! I knew it!!" Kotaro cried as he ran to help.
As the rabbit ran past him Kotaro ran towards the Heartless. The rabbit skidded to a stop and turned to see Kotaro running at them. As he ran, Kotaro flicked his wrist and a brief shot of light appeared in his hand before the legendary Keyblade appeared in his hand.
"What kind of weapon is that?" The rabbit wondered.
The Heartless jumped up into the air and dove at Kotaro. Kotaro jumped up after them and with one swing, nailed all four Heartless. Kotaro watched as they dissipated into black mist as he landed.
"Good thing they were only Shadow's…" He muttered to himself.
The rabbit's jaw hit the sidewalk in awe.
"H…He took out those creatures with ONE attack!" He thought.
The rabbit slowly approached Kotaro.
"Your really strong…" He said.
Kotaro turned and looked down at the rabbit.
"Heh, thanks!" He smiled as he slung the Keyblade over his shoulder.
"There was more of them…but I was too tired to fight…so I ran…" The rabbit explained.
"You took out some of them?" Kotaro asked. "How?"
The rabbit responded by reaching into his pants and pulling out a large wooden mallet.
"With this.." He replied.
"Pretty cool…" Kotaro commented.
"Though I wonder how that huge mallet fit in his pants…" He then thought. "But then again, nothing in this world has made sense so far…"
Kotaro then heard the sound of a female scream. He looked and saw that it was coming from an alley, where he saw a Shadow Heartless go in.
"Hero time!" Kotaro suddenly called out as he ran towards the alley.
The rabbit looked around a bit before deciding to follow Kotaro towards the alley.
Kotaro ran up to the alley and skidded to a halt. There in the alley, was a voluptuous looking redhaired woman cornered by Shadows and Soldier Heartless. Kotaro's eyes widened at the sight of the woman, for she was…for a lack of a better word…hot.
"WHOA!!" He thought. "What's a woman like her doing in an upside-down world like this??"
After staring for a few moments, he noticed the Heartless were getting closer to her and he shook his head.
"GAH! What am I doing?? I have a job to do!"
At this instance, the Heartless turned and finally noticed the Key-Bearer. Kotaro gripped his Keyblade and got into a fighters stance, ready to fight. But it was then, that the rabbit from before ran up to Kotaro and was at his side, with the mallet in hand.
"Do you want some help?" The rabbit asked.
Kotaro looked down at him and grinned.
"Sure! The more the merrier!" He replied.
With that, Kotaro and his new friend gave out a battle cry as they dove into the fray of Heartless.
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Well, here's the first chapter of this story, as well as the first world, ToonTown
So, who is this mysterious rabbit Kotaro has met? (If your a die-hard Disney Fan, you should be able to figure it out) Well, R&R to find out