Hi, Nobody here. It is time to begin the first visit to Traverse Town. Will you be surprised by who I picked? Well disclaimers. Gokudera and Donald.
Donald - Nobody doesn't own Kingdom Hearts. That belongs to Tetsuya Nomura, Square Enix, and Dinsey Interactive. Like anyone could own me.
Gokudera - He also doesn't own Katekyo Hitman Reborn. That belongs to Akira Amano, TV Tokyo, and Viz Media. I only belong to the Vongola and Juudaime.
Enjoy and review.
KH Reborn Chapter 2 - Traverse Town: Part I: Unlikely Allies
Gokudera and Yamamoto entered Traverse Town. They were dressed in new clothes to blend in. Gokudera wore a red hoodie with a black jacket and a pair of blacks slacks with two belts armed with boxes. On his right hand, he wore five different rings, one having the crest of his family. Yamamoto wore a green shirt with a blue button shirt over it and pair of brown slacks and had one ring on his right hand with the crest as well. He also had a box hanging from his pants and his shinai strapped to his back.
As they walked in, Yamamoto looked towards the sky, "Gokudera! Look!" He pointed to the air.
Gokudera looked up. His face showed shock as a star went out. "We got to find this 'key' fast, but where could it be?"
Yamamoto smiled and said, "Let's find Ryohei first and ask him."
They walked past the empty square and up the steps to stand before an accessory shop. Leon, who was hiding in Gokudera's hoodie, jumped out and ran to the left. Yamamoto noticed this and called to Gokudera. "Hey, Gokudera…I think that-"
"Not now, Baseball Freak." Gokudera walked in the opposite direction.
Yamamoto shrugged and said, "Find us when you're ready Leon." He then followed after Gokudera.
Leon walked behind some creates and saw a boy with brown hair, unconscious. He walked up to the boy and crawled on his face and stared at him.
With a good whack of his tail, Leon caused the boy to stir. The boy woke up and saw the chameleon looking at him.
"Must be a dream." He mumbled before closing his eyes. The camelleon whacked him again. Tsuna opened his eyes with a jolt. "I guess it isn't a dream." He looked closely at Leon before jumping in fear and pulled him off his face.
"What are you?" Tsuna asked expecting a response. The camelleon just blinked then licked Tsuna. Tsuna dropped him while trying to wipe off the saliva. He noticed that his gloves were his mittens again. He then looked around. "Where am I?" He looked at Leon. "Do you know?" Then in an instant, Leon vanished.
"Wait! Don't go!" He then walked out of the alley expecting to find it. Instead he saw the town. "This place is odd. Is this another world?" He turned to see the accessory shop behind him. "Maybe someone in there can explain things."
He opened the door to come into a plain room with a fireplace and a counter. Behind the counter was a young man with blond hair. In his mouth was a lollipop, but Tsuna couldn't tell from the angle he was at. The man wore a green jumpsuit and a pair of goggles. When he heard the door open, he turned from something he was tinkering with to see who it was.
"Well, I was expecting a customer and all that here is a kid." He said calmly.
"Kid? You don't look that old yourself." Tsuna thought. "Actually, it is Tsuna."
"Well, Tsuna, need anything? Cause if you don't, please leave."
Tsuna wondered about this stranger then said, "Actually, I wondering where am I?"
"Hmm?" The man looked surprised for once.
Tsuna then explained his situation. The man told Tsuna what he wanted to know.
"Traverse Town? Is this another world, umm what is your name?"
"My name is Spanner. Still I don't know what you are talking about, but this place is defiantly not your islands."
"Hmm…" Tsuna thought. "Guess I better look for my friends, Byakuran and Yuni."
"Well, good luck Tsuna. If you need anything, I will provide my assistance."
"Thanks, Spanner." He then noticed the little machine behind Spanner. "What's that?"
"This?" Spanner said as he pointed to the machine. "It is a robot. It is called the Gola Mosca. I plan on making this into a set of battle robots and assistants, but I need some kind of power source to run it."
"That sounds…interesting." Tsuna said. Spanner was, however, lost in his thoughts and began to tinker again. Tsuna took that as a sign to leave. As he left the shop, he decided to explore the town some more to look for his friends.
He decided to walked behind the shop and saw a giant pair of doors. He entered them and came across more of the town.
"Wow, this place is big." Tsuna thought. All of a sudden, a man ran past and fell to the ground. "Hey, are you-?" Before Tsuna could finish his question, the random stranger vanished while his heart was absorbed by something and transformed. It became some sort of knight. Then it vanished as well.
"Wha-What just happened?" He exclaimed. As he walked forward, shadows appeared around him. "These creatures again?" He got into battle position. When he did, his mittens turned into gloves again. "What the? Do these only transform when I fight?" The creatures choose to strike, but Tsuna manage to beat them easily.
After they were defeated, Tsuna wondered about going back. He wanted to, but he decided to look if he can find his friends first. He started looking all over the place from the hotel nearby to the odd gizmo shop to a house in the back where he met some Dalmatians. Upon reading a note, he promised to keep a lookout for any of their puppies and bring them back. Meanwhile Gokudera and Yamamoto kept searching for Ryohei.
Soon, Tsuna came back to the First District and went back to Spanner's shop.
"Any luck?" Spanner said, turning to Tsuna as he removed his goggles.
"Nope." Tsuna looked down.
Spanner sighed. "Hey, Tsuna." Tsuna looked up. "Catch." Tsuna held out his hands and caught what appeared to be a wrench-shaped lollipop. "Eat it, it will make you feel better." Tsuna put it in its mouth. It tasted like strawberry.
"Thanks, Spanner." Spanner gave a thumbs up. "Well, I guess I better figure out something."
"Good luck." Spanner said. Tsuna waved and left the shop.
Moments after he left, a voice said, "They'll come at you out of nowhere."
Tsuna turned while his mittens transformed. "Wh-Who is there?"
A young man appeared wearing a white shirt unbutton and some boxer's shorts. Bandages wrapped around both his stomach and arms. On his left arm, he wore a bangle with a kangaroo on it while his left hand had a ring on it. A huge scar was on the right side of his head.
"And they'll keep coming at you." He turned to face Tsuna showing his short white hair. "As long as you continue to wield the Key Ring." He pointed to the ring on Tsuna's hand. "By why? Why did it choose someone so…not…EXTREME!" He pumped his fist together.
Tsuna feel to the ground. "Huh?"
"Anyway, let me see that ring."
"I-I-I don't think that's a good idea." Tsuna got into battle position, but was shaking.
"All right, if that is what you want." He pulled out a pair of boxing gloves. "I'll beat you…TO THE EXTREME!"
The white hair boy charged towards Tsuna only giving him seconds to block. Tsuna was flung down the stairs and landed in the middle of the square, but he wasn't out. He decided to keep his distance from his attacker, but prove futile as his opponent always came in close. Tsuna was about to fall when he delivered one good punch to the man's jaw before fainting.
The man stood before Tsuna; feeling where he punched earlier. "Maybe he is more extreme than I thought."
"So you found it. Nice going, Ryohei." Ryohei turned to see a girl with brown hair pulled up into a ponytail. She wore a school girl's uniform and what appeared to be a hockey stick on her back. She looked at the boy. "Wow, he is kind of cute." Then she noticed the bruise on Ryohei. "Did he actually damage you?"
"I let my guard down." He said. "Still, things seem to be worst then they are. Not extreme at all."
Meanwhile, in an alleyway behind the hotel Tsuna explored earlier, the Dynamic Duo were still searching.
"Wow, no one is here. Kind of scary, eh Gokudera?" Yamamoto said with a big smile.
"Scary?" Gokudera scoffed. "What's there to be scared of?" Suddenly he felt a tap on his shoulder. He freaked out and while turning around, drew out his dynamite.
"Pardon, did the Boss send for you?" Gokudera and Yamamoto looked to see a young women with long black hair and bright purple eyes. She wore a long red sleeve shirt with a black undershirt and a black skirt. She gave a very calm smile while Gokudera and Yamamoto stared at her curiously.
"Hey there, wake up."
Tsuna heard the voice and followed its command. He opened his eyes and looked at where the voice was coming from. In front of him was Yuni. He looked to see he was in a bed in some hotel room.
"You okay?"
"Yeah, I'll be fine." Tsuna said while he rubbed the places that ached.
"Those creatures that attacked you are after the Key Ring you have. But they are really after your heart because you can use the Key Ring."
"Geez, why me?" Tsuna said then sighed, "Well it is nice to know you're safe, Yuni-chan."
"Yuni? Who is that?" All of a sudden the voice began to change. "Haru is Haru."
Tsuna was shocked then rubbed his eyes. Before him stood a brown hair girl in a school uniform. He bounced back towards the wall in shock.
"You may have over done it, Ryohei." Haru turned towards the door in their little hotel room.
Ryohei popped out and said, "Nah, he just wasn't EXTREME enough." In his hands were Tsuna's gloves and ring.
"The Key Ring…"
"Yeah, we kind of took them off to get those creatures to stop following us. That's how they kept finding you. Though we aren't sure what happen to your gloves. They seemed to have become these cute mittens." Haru explained.
"By doing so, we kept your heart hidden, but it will only last for a while. Still it is kind of hard to see why you were chosen to wield it." Ryohei held the ring directly in his fingers. It vanished and reappeared on Tsuna's finger. "Well, can't be any worst. We'll just have to make you more…EXTREME!" Flames appeared to surround him.
Tsuna turned to Haru. "Does he always do that?" Haru sighed and nodded. Tsuna sighed as well then looked serious. "Please explain all of this. What is happening?"
In another room, the young women with black hair was talking with Gokudera and Yamamoto.
"Well, you know of all the other worlds out there right?"
"Of course." Gokudera said a little ticked off.
"But no one is suppose to know." Yamamoto said.
"They were like that because they remained unconnected. Until recently." The women said. "When the Heartless appeared, that is when it all changed."
"Heartless?" Tsuna asked.
"Those things that attacked you earlier." Haru stated.
"They are creatures without hearts." Ryohei added.
"They are drawn to the darkness in people's hearts."
"And darkness lies within everyone." Ryohei looked a little down.
"Just out of curiosity have you heard of a man named Timoteo?" Haru asked.
"Timoteo?" Yamamoto questioned.
"He researched the Heartless, recording his work into descriptive reports."
"Wow, can we see it?" Yamamoto asked lifting his hand.
"Unfortunately, the report had been scattered to many places."
"Figures." Gokudera said showing that he was becoming inpatient.
"To many worlds where they could be."
"Oh! Maybe that what the Boss is doing. Trying to find the papers." Yamamoto said.
"Yes, that is what I believe too." The women said.
"Guess we better find him soon."
"Wait a minute, Baseball Freak. We need to find this 'key' first." Gokudera said.
"Ahh, the Key Ring."
"So…this is the key?" Tsuna said holding the ring in his hand.
"Bingo." Haru said.
"The Heartless fear the Key Ring. Because of that, they will continue to come after you no matter what."
"WHAT? I don't want any of this." Tsuna tossed the ring only for it to reappear on his finger.
"The Key Ring chooses its master." Haru said as she turned to Tsuna. "Which just happens to be you."
"So, live with it to the EXTREME!" Ryohei shouted.
"Why is this happening? I was in my room when…" Tsuna's eyes widen and he stood up in a flash. "Wait! What happened to my home? My world?" Tsuna began to panic and shouted. "Byakuran! Yuni!"
"Sorry, don't know what to tell you." Ryohei said facing away from Tsuna.
Tsuna didn't know what to do or think. He got up and decided to walk a bit.
"Don't leave." Ryohei said. "Not in till you are ready." Tsuna just nodded.
Haru decided to break the tense atmosphere. "You know, I hear they Key Ring can open any lock. Try it on that treasure chest." She pointed to one on the table. Tsuna touched the lock with his ring and the chest open rewarding him with an elixir.
Tsuna looked at the small drink and pocket it. He sat back on the bed wondering what he should do. Then he remembered the last time he saw Byakuran and Yuni. The looks on their faces. How he failed to grab them. He knew what he had to do.
"So, kid, you ready?" Ryohei said.
"My name is Sawada Tsunayoshi. Tsuna for short. I am ready, Ryohei."
Ryohei put his hand on Tsuna's shoulder. "Very extreme, Sawada." He turned to Haru. "Come on, Haru. Aria should be done informing her guests."
"Other guest?" Tsuna thought. "Who could they be?"
Soon, a scream was heard. "RYOHEI!" Tsuna and Ryohei turned to see Haru pointing. They turned to see she was pointing towards a Heartless appearing in the room.
"Haru, Go!" Ryohei put on his gloves. Haru ran to the door Ryohei was standing in front of earlier. She slammed the door open unknowingly smashing someone behind it. She went up to the women sitting on the bed and grabbed her.
"Aria. We have to go." Haru said. The two girls ran out of the room leaving a boy looking at them at confusion and another boy angry and partly conscious.
Tsuna and Ryohei prepared themselves. "Let's go, Sawada." He punched the Heartless outside then jumped outwards. Tsuna followed and fell into the water in the back alley.
"These Heartless are weaklings. We need to find their leader. I'll take care of the First District. Let's go." He ran off in one direction while punching all the Heartless he could.
Tsuna blinked. "Was this real?" He thought. One of the Heartless barely missed him. "Close enough." He stood up and began fighting the Heartless while running out of the alley.
"Where could the 'leader' be?" He dashed all around the Second District. Either running from or destroying the Heartless, he slowly closed upon the Third District. After passing the doors, he caught his breath. "They just keep coming out of nowhere. More appeared and Tsuna ran down the stairs.
On a balcony overlooking the Third District, Gokudera and Yamamoto were cornered by the Heartless.
"Wow, these must be the Heartless Aria was talking about." He held his shinai and it transformed into a sword.
"Pssh. These guy's look weak." Gokudera said while pulling out his dynamite. "Let's get them." He then lit his dynamite.
"Wait, Gokudera." He threw the dynamite. "Aren't we in a pretty small area?" Some of the dynamite landed under them.
"Aww, C-" The dynamite exploded, destroying the Heartless and sending them spiraling to the ground.
Tsuna turned to the explosion to see two guys falling towards him. He turned to run when the two people collided with him. The trio groaned from the pain. Then Gokudera and Yamamoto noticed the ring on Tsuna's hand.
"The ring." They both said. Soon, the area began to shake and parts of the ground raised up.
"What? How is that possible?" Tsuna thought. More Heartless appeared and surrounded the three of them.
"Well, better take them down." Yamamoto said while drawing his sword.
"Don't need to tell me twice." Gokudera said as he armed himself. "Look lively." He shouted at Tsuna. Tsuna gulped then got into position.
The Heartless charged at them. Tsuna swung his fist at the Heartless destroying them. Yamamoto swung his blade down and cut them down one after another. Gokudera threw his bombs at random intervals keeping the explosions away from the others…most of the time.
"Better watch it, Gokudera." Yamamoto said dodging another dynamite that hit a Heartless behind him. "Don't want to harm us do ya?"
Tsuna could of sworn he heard this Gokudera said, "I missed."
Soon each of the Heartless were defeated. Tsuna sighed hoping that was the end of it.
A pair of armored boots landed along with a pair of gauntlets and the torso to armor with a helmet. It sprung to life and began to attack them
"Why me?" Tsuna thought as he dodged the attacks.
Gokudera and Yamamoto struck the Armor Master multiple time, but seemed to be doing barely any damage. They managed to fall back and met up with Tsuna.
"Listen. I think the torso is the main body." Gokudera said. "Kid, you take that part."
"Eh?" said Tsuna.
"Baseball Freak, you take the boots. I'll take the gauntlets."
"Got it!"
"Better be ready too." Gokudera told Tsuna.
Tsuna was nervous. Could he really defeat that thing. No, it wasn't a question of if he could. He had to. To move forward. To find his friends. He nodded.
"Good."
Yamamoto ran up first. He charged for the legs. He aimed to slash, but the legs jumping out of the way. Yamamoto smiled. As they landed, he revealed to have switch hands with his sword. He cute them down in an instant.
"Shigure Soen Style. Samidare." He said.
The gauntlets aimed to strike him when they were hit by an explosion. The gauntlets turned to the source to see Gokudera. They charged to crush Gokudera when all of a sudden a ton of rocket dynamite came towards them at lightning fast speed.
As they exploded, Gokudera turned away and said, "Rocket Bomb."
The torso began to go crazy and started to spin around uncontrollably. Yamamoto and Gokudera tried to tame it, but ultimately fail. The spinning stopped and it floated in the air. Tsuna then jumped out of nowhere and struck the armor. While it did some damage, it didn't destroy it. It was set to spin again.
"No, I can't lose. I won't lose." Soon, an orange flame appeared both on his gloves and head while his eyes turned from brown to orange. He felt power. He charge forth and, in a single strike, destroyed the giant armored Heartless releasing a heart. After that, the flames disappeared.
"What did I do?" Tsuna pondered. He then felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned to see Gokudera and Yamamoto.
"Nice job." Gokudera said. Yamamoto just gave a big smile as his sword became a shinai again. "So you have the 'key.' We have been looking for you."
"You've been looking for me?" Tsuna questioned. Both of them nodded.
"They have been looking for the wielder of the Key Ring too." Tsuna turned to see Ryohei and Haru.
"More people." Tsuna thought, sweating a bit.
"Oh." Yamamoto said as he thought of something. "Why not come with us? We can go to other worlds on our ship."
Tsuna thought for a second. "Maybe I can find Byakuran and Yuni…" He said.
"Sure. Why not." Gokudera said. Yamamoto looked shocked for once.
He whispered to Gokudera, "Are you sure?"
"No, but we need him to help find the Boss." Yamamoto frowned at his response.
Ryohei stepped forward. "Sawada, go with them. Specially, if you want to find your friends."
Tsuna looking sad answered, "Right."
"Hey, if you're coming you better not look like that." Gokudera said. "You should not be sad. No gutless wimps here. Got it?"
"Yeah, you got to be happy like us." He took his hands and gave Gokudera a forced smile.
"Yeah, we run on happiness." He said with a touch of sarcasm as he pulled out some dynamite slowly.
"Happy." He remembered Yuni smile. He tried to reproduce it. He failed and they laughed.
Tsuna felt a bit down, but the sight of them laughing made him feel better somehow.
"Sure, I'll go with you guys."
"Name's Hayato Gokudera. Call me Gokudera." The silver hair teen said.
"I am Yamamoto Takashi. You can call me, Yamamoto." Said the black hair teen.
"I'm Sawada Tsunayoshi. People call me Tsuna." Said the brown hair teen.
"YOSH! I FEELED INSPIRED TO THE EXTREME!" Ryohei said. He grabbed Haru and the three others and huddled together.
"GO! DEFEAT THE HEARTLESS!" He shouted.
Tsuna was shocked, but smiled and said, "All for one…"
The others looked at him and said, "And one for all."
Meanwhile in a dark room, many people watched the trio in action.
"That little squirt took down that Heartless! Who'd have thought it?" said a voice.
"Such is the power of the Key Ring. The child's strength is not his own." said another one.
"Why don't we turn him into a Heartless? That'll settle things quick enough." said a third voice.
"And the brat's friends are that Boss's lackeys. Swoggle me eyes, they're all bilge rats by the look of them." The fourth voice commented
"You're no prize yourself." A fifth voice said as it laughed.
"Shut up!" A hook appears from that direction.
"Enough." A new voice said silencing the others. "The Key Ring has chosen him. Will it be he who conquers the darkness? Or will the darkness swallow him? Either way, he could be quite useful…" said a woman with green skin in a long black robe. She gave a very scary smile.
Meanwhile, back in Traverse Town, Ryohei, Haru, and Aria were seeing off the trio.
"Be prepared for your journey, Sawada." Ryohei said. "We don't know how far the Heartless have scattered."
"You can get some sweet things at the shops. Especially the pastry ones." Haru began to drool.
"Here, a gift from us." Aria said as she handed munny to Tsuna. "Spend it wisely and here is a gift from Ryohei." She gave Tsuna an elixir.
Haru snapped out of her fantasy and said, "Good luck."
"Hope you find your friends." Aria said giving off a smile that reminded Tsuna of Yuni for some reason.
"Look out for each other and always be EXTREME!" Flames appeared again. Tsuna gave a nervous laugh, waved and ran to Gokudera and Yamamoto.
"About time." Gokudera said. "Listen, the Gummi Ship is behind the gate."
"Gummi ship?" Tsuna said. "What an odd name." He thought.
"It is our ship." Gokudera replied.
"Let's get going." Yamamoto said.
"Hold on. Listen Tsuna. You better be careful. Take some of these." He gave Tsuna some dynamite.
"D-D-Dynamite?" Tsuna said.
"Yeah, if there is trouble or something is blocking you, just light it and boom, gone."
"Here take these headphones too." Yamamoto gave Tsuna a pair of silver headphones with tints of red and the number 27 on them. "If we are ever separated, try calling for us on them."
"Okay. Thanks guys." Tsuna said. They then headed towards the door out of town.
And so begins Tsuna's adventure.
To be continued...
Next Time: Tsuna and friends vist their first world together and fall deep into the rabbit hole.
A/N: So I picked those characters for how I thought they would fit best especially with future plans. The only thing I wondered about was if Leon should of been Ryohei or Hibari. I decided to give Hibari a different role in the end. Better too.
Also, it should be obvious, but Luce, Aria and Yuni are not related. In fact, unless I say anything, the only people related are Tsuna's family and Gokudera and Bianchi. Everyone else is not related except for some basic romances.
Also, I've decided what Fuuta will do in the future. He will have a key role in a future chapter. But that won't be for a while.
Anyway, hope you enjoyed it and please review. Till Next Time.
~NoT
