KKD: Well, I bet no one expected me to post anything Animal Crossing related.

Pikatwig: Considering the fact you said you don't play much… it wouldn't surprise me. Anyway, this story will actually be a sibling story to my fic, "Life in Orville".

KKD: Pretty much. I only recently decided to come up with this fic, and since I got the game recently, I figured I'd give a shot at this myself. But… I will admit, one of my original five villagers left when I wasn't looking.

Pikatwig: *pats his back* Know how that feels… I actually lost two of mine.

KKD: So you've had it harder than I did. Anyway… I suppose we should get started before we get too mopey-dopey.

DISCLAIMERS: Neither KKD nor Pikatwig own Animal Crossing. They only own the original characters and content within. The rest belong to Nintendo and their respective owners.

"Man… I hope that Blair kid will be okay," a cat said to himself, looking throughout the train.

The cat was blue, with orange eyes, and wearing a red top, he was simply relaxing in his seat when he turned back and noticed someone. This someone was a girl with blonde hair, blue eyes, hair styled in a ponytail, and currently wearing a red top with a pink skirt. Curious about this girl, he decided to get up from his seat and walk over near her, but she simply turned her head away.

"Hello, glad to meet ya. I'm Rover," the cat introduced himself.

(Main Character's POV)

"...Hey," I shrugged off, not exactly in the best of moods.

"You're the second person I've seen on this train today," he smiled.

"Second?" I asked, confused.

"Yea, I saw a boy who had your hair and eye color earlier. Said his name was Blair. He just got off not to long ago," the cat told me.

"Huh… how about that… talk about a coincidence," I muttered, "...So… what're you doing on here?"

"Oh, not much. I just like to ride trains, haven't ridden a train this much since 2002," Rover told me.

"Uh huh… going someplace in particular?" I asked, starting to get a little bit curious myself at this point, hadn't exactly had anyone to talk to since I got on this train.

"...well… I'm not sure… you? Where are you heading?"

"Someplace call Kyoryuda. Never been there before; it's my first time going… not that I actually wanted to go," I replied, muttering the last part to myself.

"Do you have a map?"

"Nope," I sighed, "...Well, I think I had one, but I lost it shortly after I got onboard. Not to mention, my parents wouldn't let me get a new one to replace it…"

"Well… I have a bunch of maps. I think we can help you figure out which one is Kyoryuda," Rover offered.

"That's nice of you… but I must ask… why help out a stranger like me?" I asked, honestly curious as the cat started to pull out a few maps from his pockets.

"I have a lot of maps with me. Surely one of them is Kyoryuda," he smiled, ignoring my question as he showed me a few maps. Luckily I at least memorized the map of Kyoryuda, so I knew what it would look like.

The first map he showed me though… was basically in a peninsula of sorts, which wasn't close to what Kyoryuda looked like. The second was a bit closer, but the river parted the land vertically instead of horizontally. Finally, he showed me a map where the ocean perfectly surrounded the land, the river parting the land horizontally, only going up at where the town plaza was, and it has two houses on the side closer to the tracks along with two other buildings with three more on the other side.

"That's it," I informed, as he handed me the map, "Thanks."

"You're very welcome. So I told you my name, but you never told me yours," he pointed out.

"Oh. Sorry. Watashi wa Nomura Kaori," I introduced myself.

"We are now arriving in Kyoryuda. Those in a hurry, please take your things and get off the train," the conductor's voice informed.

"Well… I guess this is my stop," I sighed as I got up from my seat to gather my belongings… what little I had anyway, "Thanks, Rover."

"No problem," he smiled as I walked off the train, and saw the town flag which was of a dinosaur head on a red background, but while I thought it looked nice, it wasn't all that much.

"Appropriate for the name, but it could be better," I shrugged as I looked around for a bit, "Now… let's see… where to… well, I might as well walk out to see the town."

With that, I left the station, but to my surprise, there were actually people waiting for me. Well, not people people per se. They were all animals along the lines of Rover being an animal. There were six in total, but the one who stood before them all was a female dog, whose head kinda looked like a bell, having yellow fur, and was wearing a secretary's outfit.

"Is that the mayor?" one animal whispered.

"I didn't think the new mayor would be a girl…" another whispered.

"You know I can hear you, right?" I asked annoyed.

"Okay, quiet down everyone," the dog told the other animals, "Welcome to Kyoryuda Ms. Mayor,"

"Wait… mayor?!" I gawked in confusion, "Th-there's gotta be some mistake. I'm not a mayor of anything!"

"You're really silly. We got a letter saying our new mayor would be arriving on a train this afternoon," the dog told me.

"Wait… a letter? ...Do you still have this letter on you?" I asked.

"No… I lost it, sorry Ms. Mayor," she apologized.

"Please stop calling me Ms. Mayor. My name is Kaori," I sighed, and I have a funny feeling I know who sent the letter, but I don't have much to prove it.

"Okay then Mayor Kaori. I'm your assistant, Isabelle."

"Isabelle… huh… nice name," I admitted as I looked over the other animals, which I assume are some of the other residents of Kyoryuda, including a male rock hopper penguin in a dragon sign shirt, a female white elephant with yellow headband topped with a ball, two blue flower markings on her face, and a garden tee over to my right. To my left were the other residents, including female pink squirrel with a beatnik shirt, a male green frog with a yellow mouth and a yellow bar shirt, and finally a white rabbit with a blue polka dotted hood, blue tights, eye liner, and a dark polka shirt.

"Uh… ano… konichiwa," I waved nervously.

"Hello Mayor Kaori," they all greeted, not exactly helping me with my nervousness at the moment.

"Okay Mayor Kaori, if you can, may you please meet up with me at the town hall," Isabelle smiled. "Don't worry, it's marked on the map of Kyoryuda."

"Huh?" I gawked before looking at my map, seeing the building closest East from the train tracks was differently marked compared to the others, "Oh. I'll meet you there," I assured.

After that, the villagers and Isabelle all took their leave, leaving me by the train station, nervous as all heck. I could only hope that Blair kid that Rover mentioned was having a better time than me. Jeez… why did my parents have to send me here? ...Anyway, once I got over my nervousness and decided to walk over to town hall, which looked quite humble, having the same flag I saw from the station.

"Hmm… maybe I should change that from a skull to a more detailed dino head," I pondered before entering town hall. I saw it looked rather cozy, and Isabelle gave a nice, warm smile.

"Good day Mayor Kaori," she smiled as I walked in.

"Hey Isabelle. So… what did you want to see me about?" I replied, curious as to why Isabelle wanted me over.

"I wish to help get you settled in. So let's see… I've got some forms you need to fill in. First, name please?" Isabelle replied.

"Oh… my full name, right. Full name's Kaori Nomura," I answered as Isabelle helped fill out the forms in question.

"Birthday?"

"April, 18th,"

"Where will you be living?"

"I have no idea. I'm so used to living with my parents that I'm not sure where to stay."

"OH! Well… let me think… there aren't any free homes right now…" Isabelle pondered, when an idea hit her, "Oh! Here's what you should do. Go up to Main Street and go to the place called Nook Homes."

"Nook Homes? Uh… what exactly do they do there?" I wondered.

"They make people homes," she said as simply as possible.

"Well… that sounds nice. So… let me see…" I replied as I checked the map, "So it's just North of the railroad?"

"Yea," she nodded.

"Okay. So… uh… do I have to talk to… oh… you know what? I think I can figure out who to talk to when I get there. Thanks for the help, Isabelle," I smiled, as I headed out, and simply looked around, seeing that there wasn't anyone outside, but the bugs.

"Geez… so annoying," I groaned, having grown up in more of a city setting, I got annoyed by the bugs as I rushed up North to find Main Street.

"Man… this part of the place looks fairly big," I shrugged, seeing a lot of buildings, and from where I was I saw a small shack to my right, and a post office to my left, and left to that was a small cyan building labeled Nooks Homes, "That must be where I need to go."

I gave a small look before I opened the door, and I saw a raccoon… or was it a tanooki… either way… he looked like the owner with that business suit on.

"Um… excuse me," I spoke up, getting the owner's attention, he turned to see me.

"Welcome," he smiled with his eyes closed before opening them to look at me, "Oh… a person. You don't tend to see people in these parts."

"Figured. Listen, I'm the new… mayor, I guess… and I need a new place to call home," I told him.

"Oh, al~righty. So, do you know where you want your home? I'll help you set a spot," he told me, causing me to look at my map again in order to get a better idea of where I'd want to set up my house.

'Let me see… maybe close to Town Hall so I can work, and maybe close to the bridge in case I need to head South faster… but I'd better have some distance from that lake, I don't want those bugs coming right after me,' I thought to myself, trying to figure out where I'd end up setting my house, and eventually, I headed out with this real estate person, er... animal.

I showed him to the spot where I wanted my house at that point, saying, "Here's the spot."

"Hmm…" he thought, glancing around the area I picked which had plenty of open space, but was surrounded by trees to the North and East, it wasn't far from the bridge to the South, and it was just a short walk to town hall, "This spot is perfect! It's got plenty of space for the construction, and I can imagine your house here."

After some picturing of the house, I say it's the perfect spot as the raccoon/tanuki, who happens to be called Tom Nook, set up a rope area and a sign that says "Kaori's House to be built here".

"Okay, so the spot's picked. When can you start building?" I asked.

"Well… you gotta pay me for materials and such… but you do need somewhere to sleep… can you give me a minute?" he asked.

"Uh… okay…" I nodded, I was hoping he'd get his crew down quickly enough to finish the house ASAP, but I guess he's gonna leave me homeless until it's complete.

After a few minutes, he set something up… a tent… are you serious? Well… it's better then nothing, I suppose.

"Sorry if you're disappointed, you'll have to get the bed on your own time. This is the best I can do for now," Nook replied.

"...It's fine, I guess… so… let's get it over with… how much does the construction cost?" I asked.

"It's a mere sum of 10,000 Bells," he told me and… wait, what?

"10,000?!" I gawked, "I barely got one!"

Yea, don't know why, but my parents wanted me to learn responsibility, and to them, that somehow meant leaving me with nothing to pay for anything, so this… is quite problematic.

"Don't worry. Just come to me when you have the money," Nook told me, and thus he departed for his office.

"Well… that's just great… how the heck am I supposed to get any money around here?" I groaned as I sat down on the ground.

I simply began my way back to the town hall to ask Isabelle to hopefully get some answers. However, as I walked, I accidentally bumped into the frog from earlier.

"Oh… hi," I waved.

"Oh, Mayor Kaori, hi," the frog smiled before getting flustered, "Sorry about bumping into you like that. I'm Prince, and I live here in Kyoryuda."

"Uh… nice to meet you, Prince," I replied, still not too comfortable around these animals just yet.

"So… I see you live in a tent right now," Prince noticed.

"Yea… never camped in my life, so this… I got a feeling will make me feel uncomfortable," I sighed.

"Hmm… how about you make some smores? Or have a snack on our town fruit?" Prince offered.

"Uh… I don't have anything to make smores, admittedly, and… I didn't have a chance to figure out what the native fruit is."

"Peaches," Prince told me, pointing over to a nearby tree, showing me it was a peach tree.

"Oh… nice. At least it's better than pears. Yuck, I hate those," I groaned as Prince shook the tree, causing the fruit to fall before picking them up and handing me one. I gave a small shrug and took them, before eating one of them, "Wow! It's delicious!"

"I know right. I could eat these things all day long," Prince smiled, as he headed off. I couldn't help but smile a little bit, I'd have to try and hang out with that frog more… he's a nice guy.

Regardless, I returned to town hall as I wanted to do to begin with, and like before, Isabelle was behind the counter waiting for me.

"Good day Mayor Kaori. Uh… can I ask you a favor? You saw our town plaza, right?" she asked.

"Yea, I think I saw it briefly on my way in," I answered.

"Well… to welcome you in, I had a ceremony idea. So can you please meet me there later?"

"...Sure… I guess," I nodded.

I arrived to see what looked like a sort of empty slot, and then everyone in the village was here. This was also the only spot in town with a completely stone area, with a square planter with plenty of dirt for at least one tree.

"Mayor… as a way to welcome you to Kyoryuda… and for a new beginning for this village… may you please plant this sprout?" Isabelle asked, muttering a part of what she just said, but I could hear her.

Not exactly questioning things as this could be a new thing starting, I took the little sapling and planted it into the square planter as requested. I had this feeling that life would begin anew for me… or something like that.

I had let my mind wander for a moment after planting the tree, as I tried to picture what this town would be like, with the name of 'Kyoryuda', I could imagine dinosaurs… and that led me to thinking about the museum, which I imagined would be filled to the brim with fossils of all kinds. Now that got me pretty excited.

"Hey… what are you doing Mayor?" a voice asked me, snapping me back to reality.

I turned to look, and saw it was that rock hopper penguin again.

"Um… I'm sorry, who're you? I never got your name," I noted.

"Name's Hopper, and I gotta say, I never expected someone like you to be mayor," he noted, rather rudely, too.

"...uh… I never expected to hear someone so… rude," I rebutted as I walked away, unlike Prince, I don't want to be around him that often.

Regardless, I was looking around, trying to figure out what to do next, still walking around before the pink squirrel approached me.

"Oh… hi," I waved.

"Oh, hello! Oh, don't worry about Hopper, he's always in a sour mood. I'm Peanut," the squirrel giggled.

"Nice to meet you. You sure seem peppy," I noted.

"Why thank you," Peanut smiled.

"Um… do you… wanna chat?" I asked.

"I'm glad we have a new mayor, our old one was a bit… stiffy."

"Stiffy?"

"Anyway… it's nice to meet you Ms. Mayor Kaori-chan," Peanut giggled.

"Uh… yea. Nice meeting you too, Peanut," I smiled, as I walked along to see the rabbit I saw next to Peanut earlier.

"Oh? You must be the mayor?" she asked.

"Yep, that's me," I answered, much more confidently this time.

"So… you like fashion?" she asked me.

"Well… not really," I admitted.

"Then go away. But… so you know, my name is Francine, and now, please leave me alone," she told me before walking off.

"Pfft. Snooty much?" I groaned.

Finally, the last animal who lived here, being an elephant, walked up to me. "Good day Ms. Mayor."

"Oh… hi," I replied.

"I'm really happy you moved into Kyoryuda. I have a sort of welcoming gift for you," the elephant told me, handing me a miniature model of a T-Rex, making me gasp.

"Wow! Uh… thanks," I smiled, putting it away.

"I'm Tia by the way." she introduced.

"Nice to meetcha," I smiled.

Tia just smiled at that before walking off, and I couldn't help but smile a bit as I walked off for my house, er… tent. I let out a sigh as I saw the sun was beginning to set.

"...Not exactly how I expected this day to turn out..." I sighed before looking at my mini T-Rex model with a smile, "...but I think I'm gonna like it here."

I arrived at my tent and simply looked around, seeing it wasn't much. There was literally nothing in there but a sleeping bag and a pillow. Before I could even lie down, I saw Isabelle walk in.

"Oh… sorry for intruding Ms. Mayor," Isabelle apologized.

"It's ok. And please... Just call me Kaori," I insisted.

"Sorry… force of habit. Anyway Kaori… I brought you a welcoming gift," she informed, handing me a small lantern. "It was mine when I was little, and I used to go camping. I really hope you like it."

"Thanks Isabelle," I smiled, "I'll use it,"

After looking around, I found a nice spot to put it, and then curled up in my sleeping bag.

"See you in the morning Ms. May- er… Mayor Kaori?"

"Just Kaori," I reminded Isabelle.

"Right. Sorry," Isabelle apologized, "See you in the morning?"

"Sure," I nodded, before I dozed off to sleep.

(Isabelle's POV)

Man… it's going to be so hard to just call her Kaori, and not anything else. Especially since the last mayor of Kyoryuda always told me to call him 'Mr. Mayor' or else I'd get beat with a stick. Still, she's such a nice girl… much nicer than the letter her parents made her out to be. My older brother would love to meet her, but I'd have to introduce him to her later.

I let out a small sigh and returned to Town Hall, before pulling out a pillow, and putting out a sign that said 'Town Hall is now closed for the night. Come back tomorrow'.

"Mayor Kaori… welcome to Kyoryuda," I muttered before I finally fell asleep.

Pikatwig: And that is the first chapter of Tales of Kyoryuda.

KKD: Yea. Hope you guys like the idea. Seeing as we'll work on this at times to coincide with Life in Orville.

Pikatwig: Yea, the two stories will be intertwined. Anyway, thoughts on the chapter aibou?

KKD: It's very good, I'd say. I mean, it's not 100% like my experience with Animal Crossing, but then again, this is a fanfic and we can switch it up however we want. But I will say all of the villagers of Kyoryuda here are all the exact same ones I started with in my game.

Pikatwig: Cool. But the same can't be said for those in Orville, since I did start that fic before I actually got the game.

KKD: I see. In any case, what was your favorite part, aibou?

Pikatwig: When Isabelle gave Kaori the lamp. It was such a sweet gesture.

KKD: I'd have to say my favorite part was when Kaori talked with Tia and was given a model T-Rex. For the record, out of all the villagers I have in my game, Tia is my favorite thus far.

Pikatwig: And that's what gave me the idea. Just Live More.

KKD: Jaa ne!