For those who are reading this fanfic in, say, 2023 and beyond: this chapter was written in late 2019, and doesn't reflect my writing style as of this writing. Because the story is still not finished as of this writing (July 20, 2023), there might be a change in quality and character behavior in future chapters, but I believe the choices I made for this story at the time affects the quality of later chapters in my opinion.
I'm not going to change anything unless it's for retcon purposes, as I want to at least preserve my writing skills during 2019.
What is a Cocotama?
Cocotamas are tiny little gods-in-training born from cherished objects. Since they are in training, they make mistakes sometimes.
Usually, they are human-like in shape. Standing on two legs, and having fingerless arms. Those two are usually short, and please don't ask how they scratch their head using those small arms (the same way a hamster does it)
They wear white pants with a zig-zag edge. They have a mark at the front. You can tell if they are male or female just by looking at them. If they are pointy, it's a boy. If it's wavy (with a point at the bottom part of the zig-zag), then it's a girl.
They hatch from eggs that look like white chicken eggs. However, unlike most animals who dispose of them, Cocotamas use them to hide from humans.
The reason? They will return to where they come from. They are a secret species, after all, so they must never be seen at all. There are some exceptions, however, but that is for another tale.
One day, something weird happened.
Out of nowhere, an egg formed in the middle of the night in the edge of a forest, a place where few Cocotama has ever come to.
The mysterious egg slowly fell down to the ground. Eventually, it landed. When it did, it hatched.
It is a white Cocotama that has big pointy bat ears that are standing up. It also has bat wings. The mark on its pants is shaped like a red eye with a white iris. After all, all marks only use one color.
"Where... am I?" The Cocotama asked to itself. It looked around its surroundings. It looked at itself, touched its face, and all of that stuff. It doesn't have hands, nor wearing pants! What the heck is it!?
Suddenly, something tells the white Cocotama to calm down, and remember its goal to destroy.
But how can it do so when it's really small and weak? It looked in its pants and found two things. A gold egg-shaped charm, and another pair of pants. This time, it's red with a yellow five-pointed star imprinted on it.
The Cocotama can feel it. The power of destruction, trapped in those two things. He can easily transform back to what he was before he turned into this bat creature. And since it's isolated from other creatures, he could just transform, destroy, and get out to destroy some more planets.
However, the power of these two things is so weak, it doesn't seem like it can do anything. The Cocotama wore those pants to test it, and yep, there are no changes.
"Great. I have to communicate with others. Why do I have to live in this hell?" The Cocotama said in an annoyed tone before walking towards the light of the lamps from the town.
Before it heads there, however, it saw its egg that it hatched from. Something is telling it that it needs it. So he took it, put it in its pants, and went to the city. While doing so, it decided to remind what it is.
'I am Zero, and only have one goal: to destroy. Destroy everything until there is nothing left. I am nothing, and nothing can change that.
I will do it. Even if it means dying repeatedly.'
And off he goes.
Meanwhile, a light blue Cocotama with four antennas is doing her job. Cheering people up, and entertaining herself when there's nothing to do.
Little did both know, they would meet the very next day.
To be continued...