Kingdom Hearts:Light Of Nome
Chapter 1:Wasteland
Sora had been broken to a means no one could have imagined,all the things he's done had all been for nothing as his quest to save the worlds from the heartless and nobodies had all but been a means to unknowingly serve Organization 13. And to make things worse,Kairi the person he had thought was safe was now in the clutches of the organization with no clear way to save her or find their base of operations. Donald and Goofy had noticed Sora's depressed face as they were looking for new worlds on the gummi ship and they tried to remind Sora of their rule.
"Come on Sora,this boat runs on happy faces." Goofy said in a playful yet simultaneously serious tone as Donald agreed with a loud "Yeah!"
Sora remembering this replied with "Oh sorry,some of this stuff has been getting to me." but soon he went back to his happy old self as he saw another world on the horizon,hoping for it to take his mind off things. Strangely it was a world they hadn't seen before,but that only made them excited to see new people and maybe just maybe some clues as to where Riku may be.
As they got closer and closer to the world the outer space they had been flying in was slowly turning into a clear blue sky with not a single cloud to be found. Finding a landing spot was very easy as all they had found was a white patch of land stretching as far as the eye could see. All three of them went "Whoah!" as they stared off into the horizon,gawking at the utter lack of life before eventually getting out of the ship.
As soon as they stepped outside Sora held and folded his arms and screamed "ITS COLD!"
"Guess your too used to the beach." Goofy replied.
"Hey islander what can i say." Sora playfully retorted but that playfulness turned to relief when in the distance he could see some buildings.
"Hey look,a town. Maybe there's some people we could talk to and find out where we are. Sora said to the duck and dog but afterwards they jumped when they heard a gunshot.
"What was that?!" Goofy shouted holding Donald,Sora whipped out the keyblade as he started to examine his surroundings. Soon he saw what looked to be two dog sleds coming right towards them as he shouted "LOOK OUT!" while he pushed Donald and Goofy out of the way,with the sled driver shouting "GET OUT OF THE ROAD YOU FREAKS!"
"THERE IS NO ROAD!" Sora shouted back but alas,the driver could not hear him.
"Are you guys alright?" Sora asked Donald and Goofy.
"Did you really have to do that?" Donald whimpered as he rubbed his cheek in pain.
"Hey what do you suppose that was about? A gunshot and two dog sleds. Hmmm" Sora pondered.
"Maybe they are doing a race." Goofy replied.
"Huh?" Sora said in confusion.
"Back in Disneytown we would often do races at the speedway. They would use gunshots to signal parts of the race." Donald told Sora.
"Oh,they were heading for the town. Why don't we stop by there? Plus i wanna tell off that sled driver." Sora asked.
They all agreed as they got in the gummi ship to head towards the town,unaware that in the distance Siax was watching them as he snapped his fingers to conjure Dusks that he sent towards the town.
Sora was glad to be back in the gummi with it's warmth and relief from the freezing cold,however that feeling didn't last very long as they had soon arrived at the outskirts of the town.
They got out of the ship to be welcomed once again by freezing cold temperatures that made Sora regret not asking the three good fairies for a winter outfit. As he was trying to find some warmth he noticed the silence and lack of people,they were in the outskirts granted but the silent dark alleyways made them feel slightly unnerved.
But soon Sora remembered the race as he brought it up to the cowering Donald and goofy.
"Hey maybe the town is watching the race,probably in the middle. Let's check it out."
"Right behind you." Goofy said as Donald hid behind them with staff in hand obviously looking out for danger.
As they were heading to their destination Sora looked up to the rooftops of the buildings that towered above them,for he had sworn he had heard 2 voices. One had a accent,russian by the sound of it,and the other sounded clearer that made it easier for Sora to understand.
He brushed it aside as as people in a room with a window and continued to his destination.
"This place sure is creepy." a shivering Donald muttered.
"Sure is spooky without anyone around." Goofy agreed.
While they were discussing their usual conversations they had stopped talking when they heard voices again,but this time it sounded like a little girl and two other people who sounded much older. Sora peeped around the corner to see a little girl with a beige hat and black coat with a purple scarf,two people most likely her parents were watching happily.
When Sora saw that girl it reminded him of Kairi,the red hair,the bright hipper face that reminded him of his last days on the islands,and the utter joy and energy she had. She even kinda sounded like her,there was also a dog there as well it was a lovely dog with red and white fur and a red scarf around it's neck as it happily played with the girl before her parents called her to where they were.
"Rosie! Come here!" the man yelled while the mother added "We have something for you!"
"Come on Jenna!" Rosie told the dog as she and Jenna ran off to her parents.
"Rosie." Sora whispered to Donald and Goofy,unaware that he was blushing.
"Uh Sora are you alright? How come your face is all red?" Donald asked.
Sora hearing this,quickly said "Nothing." in a attempt to hide what he was thinking about but Donald and Goofy had seen right through it.
"She reminds you of Kairi doesn't she?" Goofy asked but Sora suddenly heard cheering and used this as an excuse to change the subject. "Hey we must be close to the race. Come on!" he said as he started to run towards the commotion. They had soon reached a large crowd of people cheering and applauding,however because there was so many people,the group couldn't see anything. "How bout we go on a rooftop,we can see the race up there." Goofy wondered. They all agreed and they split up to find a good spot or ladder until Sora bumped into a figure. "Oh sorry about that do you" Sora paused when he saw that it wasn't a person but a dog and a goose.
The dog looked like a combination of a wolf and a dog,it had grey rugged fur with orange eyes that certainly looked threatening but when he looked in its eyes Sora saw nothing of the sort. The dog was backing away from him in a scared manner,almost as if had been abused or pushed away. But it had stopped when Sora held out his hand to pet him,the dog's face turned into one of curiosity as it slowly but surely walked up to the boys hand.
"It's alright,I'm not gonna hurt you." Sora said in a calming voice. The dog was soon being rubbed by Sora as it was clearly enjoying it and smiling. Sora was scratching its ear and all the other stuff people with dogs do.
"You don't have an owner do you?" Sora asked and in response the dog nodded its head. "I'm sorry." Sora replied but he tried to spin it in a positive. "Hey I'm gonna be in town for a while,maybe after the race I can show you my friends?" After that something unexpected happened,the dog barked to signal that he was down for it but instead of a bark Sora heard the words "Sure thing." Immediately he jumped back and yelled "Ahhhh! You talk!?" the dog also jumped back too "You understand me."
They were staring at each other for at least a minute in confusion before Sora heard Donald call him from atop a building signaling that they had found a spot. Sora got up and started climbing before looking down and saying "Uh my names Sora. See you after the race?"
"Balto,and…..yeah!" The dog responded back before the goose said to Sora "This better not be a prank you spikey haired weasel." before they ran off to find their own spot. Sora was having a lot of confusing thoughts,he could talk to dogs and geese now in this seemingly normal world. Once he reached the top of the building Donald and Goofy were looking down at the ground as they had a perfect view of the race,in fact one of the sled dogs was almost back in town.
"Uh guys,I was talking to a dog earlier. He looked normal until I asked him if I could show him you guys after the race and he started talking. Is it possible that this world could be allowing us to talk to animals?" Sora asked.
Donald replied with "The worlds have different rules and limitations to outsiders compared to its people. So this world is probably allowing us to talk with them because we're outsiders."
"Oh." Sora replied with relief. "His name was Balto. He looked like he has had a very hard time. I wonder why."
Soon the sled had reached the town as Sora was excitingly watching the crowd,but he stopped when he noticed Rosie had lost her hat. The wind blew it out of her hand and it had landed right in the middle of the road. Balto,who saw what happened rushed onto the road to retrieve it before the dog sled tore it apart. He was a little ways behind the dog sled in the position of the crowd but he was a fast dog,as he has quickly made it to the front but the lead dog had noticed. It was a vicious looking dog,with pitch black fur,razor sharp teeth,and dark blue eyes.
"Outta my way Lobo!" The dog shouted,Balto ignored him and smiled as he reached and grabbed the hat as the dog tried to bite him,but he had jumped over his head so he could land and grab the hat just in time. The goose that was accompanying Balto and was watching him in the crowd yelled "WHEN WILL YOU LEARN TO STAY ON THE SIDELINES?!" before being covered in snow from the sled,Sora having seen the whole thing yelled "Yeah! Go Balto!" caring more about him than the race now. The audience roared with cheers and applause,not for Balto of course but for the team that won the race.
Meanwhile Balto had approached Rosie to give her the hat as she said "What a crazy thing to do just to show off to a pretty girl." Balto seeing that Jenna was there,simply smiled at her as she started to slightly smile towards her. Rosie seeing the kindness in Balto tried to pet him but her dad was pulling her away, "Stay away from him,he might bite you. He's part wolf." Balto started to back off sadly and walk away with Rosie looking back in sadness too.
Soon the black dog was tailing Jenna in a obvious attempt to hit on her which obviously failed. The black dog's name was Steele,he was the town hero to the other dogs and humans. He loved having the spotlight on him and would do anything to make sure he was seen as number one by the town,in fact he knocked the other dog sled off course while they were racing so he kinda cheated. Jenna was the only one who saw Steele for who he truly is,a disgusting,ego stroking psychopath who cares little for what another dog actually wants in a relationship as long as they just ramble on about how "amazing" he is. One thing that made Jenna look back in frustration was when Steele said "Oh,maybe your taste leans a little more toward wolf?"
Sora and the group were starting to slowly climb down the building when they heard screaming come from the crowd. They went back to the top to see what was going on and as they had feared it was a group of Nobodies. Dusks,Samurai,Beserkers,and Dancers. "Nobodies!" They all shouted while the crowd were starting to panic as they were starting to attack people. Sora saw that a dusk was about to attack Rosie and Jenna so he took no chances and jumped right off the building to dive down. As he was reaching the ground he pulled out the keyblade,froze in mid air so he could land with a shock wave attack that instantly killed the dusk. Rosie saw this in confusion as to what this key was but Sora had told her to "Get outta here! We'll handle this!" Rosie agreed to this but Jenna chose to stay behind to protect her owner.
Sora was examining his surroundings thinking of a way to defeat the nobodies quickly and efficiently when he heard a familiar voice yell "Sora!" It was Balto's voice as Sora hadn't noticed that a Samurai was about to perform Zansetzuekn on him but Balto had jumped right through it with his claws and teeth before he could perform the attack.
"Hey Balto!" Sora said to the dog, "Jenna get outta here,protect Rosie! Balto said to the other dog as she ran off to find Rosie, Sora was soon using attacks like magnet spiral and explosion to make mince meat out of the dusks. Balto meanwhile was cutting right through the samurais as he used his teeth to grab hold of their swords and use them against them. The dancers weren't a big issue as Sora used magnet to pull them together and obliterate them all at once with a thunder spell. All that was left were the beserkers,Sora teamed up with Balto to perform a ice attack that caused a big snowstorm to appear and freeze the beserkers in place. Sora went into limit form to use strike raid while Balto would kick the keyblade in multiple directions so it would smash the beserkers. All of the nobodies have been defeated and the townspeople started to come out of the shadows alleyways but it wasn't completely safe as Saix had appeared out of a dark portal where everyone could see him. Sora didn't see him until he said "Your doing very well Sora."
Sora turned around and yelled "You! Tell me where Kairi is now!" as he ran to try and attack but before he could Saix used his lander to push him back.
"You will see your dear friend in due time. Right now,just continue to defeat those heartless,speaking of which." He said as he turned around to look at the scared townspeople "We know very well how to destroy a heart and unleash the beast that lies within us all. To demonstrate." He said as a immense amount of darkness came out of the portal and in a instant poured itself into all the children including Rosie.
Sora noticing this demanded "What did you do? What did you do to them?!" Saix clearly getting off on his anger simply smiled and replied with "Let your anger grow,turn that anger and rage and turn it into your power to destroy the impending heartless." As he started to disappear,Sora shouted "Wait! Come back here!" as he jumped at him but just barely missing. Sora having lost his way to Kairi again screamed in frustration as he banged his fist on the ground again and again as the town and Balto,the town,and all the other dogs just watched in fear and confusion.
Meanwhile in The World That Never Was,Saix had returned to report to Lord Xemnas.
"It is done,soon all the children of that town will have no choice but to embrace their darkness and the heartless will be unleashed."
"Good. The town of nome has a light that shines very bright,but it takes little to dim it. Sora will soon have thoughts that plague his mind with dread. He doesn't want to face the truth that they will all become heartless and that dread will turn into his power to destroy. Xemnas replied.
Saix however looked down the chairs in a intrigued manner,Xemnas noticing this confronted him about it. "What troubles you Saix."
"The wolf dog,he has a incredible light,however he also possesses a great darkness. He would make a excellent asset to the Organization."
Author's Notes
This is the first part of a crossover I've really wanted to do. Balto is one of my favorite animated movies and I seriously wish it would get more attention. I also think that if this was a Disney film that it could work very well within Kingdom Hearts. This is going to be split up into chapters how many? I don't know. Stay tuned for chapter 2 and I really hope you enjoy this. Writing this has been very easy as i have already written this on Kingdom Hearts Amino and I also wanted to post this on