"Hello everyone! I'm Kaoru the Hare! This is my show Kaoru's Toyland which tells you which new toys are now available at my toy store also named Kaoru's Toyland! And the most important part of this intro: It's Shadow Appreciation week!"
She bounced up and down on the balls of her feet. "So, I've had a few problems with stage hands not wanting to be on stage with me. BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL A BUNCH OF WIMPS!" She cleared her throat. "And Cream has to stay off stage to 'direct' so we've recently acquired some new on-stage help. That will hopefully make the show more interesting. Just thought all of you should know that in case you happen to see her. Introductions later! Let's get on with the show!"
"We all know how our lovely friends around here are in video games, because who would buy these toys if they weren't, I mean no one is going to buy a Kaoru toy, and sometimes on these video games they are asked to do things that don't really seem possible. Well, I have the research team and the technology to get some of these things done. Don't ask me how I afford it, because I won't tell you! My connections are my best kept secret!"
Behind her, a ginger cat with a white muzzle and white stripes on her tail ran across the stage. Her long ginger hair, a shade lighter than her fur, also had a white stripe in it. She didn't seem to be there for any reason, but she sat on the floor and put her hair in a ponytail, her blue eyes glittered with gold in the lights.
"Umm, Kaoru," Cream whispered from off-stage.
"Right! Anyway! Today we are presenting the brand new toy, Shadow: Computer Hacker! That's right with one karate-chop from this brand new toy will instantly hack any computer that you want to get into! Or, you know, if you aren't stealthy enough to find and get into someone's computer room, you can let Shadow hack your own computer and you'll be able to find any information that you may need! Though it is slightly less fun..."
The cat behind Kaoru jumped up and ran behind the curtains at the back of the stage. She reappeared pushing a table with a computer on it and ran back behind the curtains, returning quickly with a box, tearing it open.
"Kaoru?" Cream whispered again.
"So let's say that you have a crush on this guy at school and you want to hang out with him but he doesn't know that you exist. What should you do? Just sit around and hope that he eventually talks to you? Of course not! Use your imagination! Take some initiative! Let Shadow hack your computer and he'll find your crush's address and phone number for you. Now you can show up at his house, introduce yourself, and hit it off. Or you can call him up, pretend it's a wrong number, start up a completely random conversation, hit it off, and live happily ever after!"
Kaoru turned and stopped short when she realized that everything behind her was already set up. "Excellent! That means it's time for a demonstration! Star?" The cat walked up to Kaoru and smiled into the camera. "Everyone, this is Star! She's an old friend and she came to me looking for a job so she is our new demonstrator slash stagehand!" Kaoru bowed away and sat in the computer chair, rolling away from the desk.
"Uh...Okay! Great!" Star laughed nervously. "This Shadow is nearly 100% cooler than the actual Shadow and here's why." She ran over to the Shadow toy and squeezed its finger. "Shadow!" she ordered. "We need to find out what Eggman is up, too!"
The Shadow doll walked over to the computer and karate chopped it. "What exactly are we looking for?" he asked.
Star looked at Kaoru, waiting for an answer. "Hetalia videos!" Kaoru yelled. "From the year 2024."
Shadow typed something into the computer and walked over to Kaoru, pushing her so that she was in front of the computer. "There," he said stiffly.
"Wow," Kaoru sighed. "I'll...I'll watch this...let's take a look at the videos of those people that we show."
"Oh yeah," McDonalds guy said, leaning close to a computer screen. "That's the stuff. I can't believe that Shadow was able to get me to this!" The camera man moved around McDonalds guy and showed what he was looking at over his shoulder. Somehow McDonalds guy was now ordering 2,385 free large orders of french fries. "This is fabulous," McDonalds guy mumbled, drooling a bit.
A very nervous looking girl was shuffling her feet in front of a very large house. She knocked, waiting for an answer but none game. "I was able to find the house," the girl said quietly. "But I guess Shadow can't hack a computer to make the people be here when I come to see them." She sighed. "Maybe I can ask Shadow to hack into their security systems so that I can watch the cameras and make sure they are here next time."
"If I can hack into the library's computer system, do you think I'll be able to move my name to the top of all the waiting lists? I don't want to wait 12 weeks to read The Fault in Our Stars! It's been number one on the New York Times Best Seller list for 3 weeks now! I have to read it now! Stupid waiting lists have to ruin everybody's fun. I will never be on the bottom of another waiting list ever again."
Kaoru didn't take her eyes off of the screen when she started talking. "This toy only cost 8,389,283 Keyblades. So make sure that you come one down to Kaoru's Toyland today to get your very own Shadow: Computer Hacker! You should all know that the farther away you sit from your computer in your computer chair the faster the Shadow Toy will go as he's bringing you to the computer. That being said, Kaoru's Toyland is not responsible for any computer chair related injuries...Or any injuries that occur because you pissed off the Shadow toy." Kaoru looked into the camera seriously, "You really shouldn't do that. All of my Shadow toys have short tempers. And unless you want your computer destroyed, don't make him angry." She turned back to the screen. "I think that's everything," she said waving away the camera. "Of course, you should always read the instructions and warnings and all that jazz. Now go away."
a/n
I'd like to thank Sonic Speed Blue Blur 23 for this toy idea. And I'm also going to thank CharmyXCream14 for letting me use her OC Star in two of my stories. I also want to thank everyone for taking their time to read this chapter and story.
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