The Tron Chronicles

Chapter 1: Passing of the Torch

Author's note: Tron's encounters with The Dark Crusade and Thoughtless were in my fanfic- Kingdom Hearts III: The Dark Crusade. I also don't own Kingdom Hearts. I own the Thoughtless, Sombodies, Henri, Natily, Zertonix, Kraxs and Tronnit. My characters! The Soulless were created by XDarkmasterX. I have permission…honest!

Tron, the security program, stood in the I/O Tower. He raised his ID disc. The Users back in the User World had finished downloading some new data. Tron took his disc back. He knew what he had to do. It was the same boring routine over and over again. 'Go to the mainframe and punch the data in.' "Big whoop" Tron thought sarcastically. He was tired of a program's life. He longed for something adventurous. Light cycles got boring quickly! He dug into his memory files. He found information on Sora. "Ah, now there were some good times," he sighed. "Fighting Sark and The MCP, what ever happened to those days?"

He dug deeper. Some adventure with a guy named Flynn or something. Traces of his encounters with Thoughtless and Tronnit of The Dark Crusade were there. He smiled when he remembered that Sora saved his life. "Hmm," he pondered. "I wonder how Sora is doing; it's almost been 15034678 micro years since I last saw him."

Sora was reaching his late 50's now. He was happily married to the love of his life, Kairi. He had his own fifteen year old son, Henri. Riku married Selphie after she divorced Tidus; they had a daughter the same age as Henri, her name was Natily. Henri had Sora's face and hair, but he had streaks of Kairi's hair color. He always wore a maroon shirt, jeans and Velcro sneakers. He also wore a black pendant that Natily made him. It was black and had all colors of the rainbow around it. The center had a violet heart. Natily had a soft face, blonde hair and shiny blue eyes. She always wore a white t-shirt and a blue, plaid skirt. Not forgetting Velcro sneakers! They will become important in this story

Sora was napping after he finished the spaghetti Kairi cooked. His fighting days were long over. Heartless, Nobodies and Thoughtless; tough foes when you get back pains. Anyway, he was sitting on his usual napping chair, when something strange happened. There was a bright blast of light. Kairi turned and saw what was going on. The startled Sora from his nap and he woke up disgruntled. The keyblade was in his hand! "Huh?" he wondered what was up. The keyblade was tugging him; it had a life of its own! He was yanked out of his chair and was being dragged across the floor! "Kairi, help!" he screamed out. Kairi walked outside. She saw Henri with Natily. "Henri," she called to him, "help your father."

Henri's head turned as he witnessed his dad being pulled across the beach by a large, metal key. "Should I help him?" He asked Natily. The blonde girl shrugged. "Why not?" she replied. The couple ran after Henri's old man. He seemed to be heading for the secret spot next to the waterfall.

Henri and Natily entered the cave. Sora was there panting heavily. "Wow," he gasped. "That was unexpected." Henri smiled, he looked at the keyblade. "What's that…key?" he asked Sora. Sora looked at his weapon. "This, my boy, is a keyblade. The most feared weapon in the galaxy!" Sora said proudly. "I thought that was the sitar" Natily mentioned. "That's what they want you to think!"

Henri looked at a mysterious wooden door that was ahead of him. "What's with the door?" he asked. "Son….I have no clue!" Sora answered, idiotically. Well, at least he was honest. The keyblade shone. The trio shielded their eyes. A white beam shot out and entered the door. "What's happening?" Natily shrieked. "The keyblade is reacting with this door! I think it's opening it so we can go somewhere!" Sora screamed back. He was right. The weird door opened slowly. They were sucked into it.

"Hummina hummina," Henri yawned as he gained conscience. He looked around. He wasn't in a cave anymore. He was far from it! He was in a computer lab of some kind. "Whoa!" he gushed. It was technology far beyond his understanding. He walked around the lab. He found his dad and Natily. He helped them up. "Boy, what did Kairi put in that spaghetti?" Sora mumbled to himself. "Dad, do you know where we are?" Henri asked. Sora looked around. His face lit up. "Sweet Larxene! We're in the Radiant Garden Tech Lab!"

"Come again?" Natily sounded confused. "This is where my friends live! Squall, Yuffie, Cid and Tifa!" Sora said cheerfully. His smile didn't last long, for he remembered the cruel fate of Aerith and Cloud. "My ears are burning," said an old voice behind them. "Did someone say my name?" Sora turned. It was a friend of his, but somewhat older. Squall Leonhart. "Squall! It's been 35 years!" Sora shouted with delight. "Ah…Sora, how are you doing? Most importantly, how'd you get in my lab?" Squall asked. "Amazing what doors can do!" Sora laughed. Henri looked around. So did Natily. "Never seen stuff like this" he said, picking up a science beaker. Natily nodded. "Don't have this machina back home." The keyblade tugged Sora. "Oh! I almost forgot!" Sora said, surprised. It led him over to Ansem's computer. The keyblade emitted a small beam. The computer started to boot up! "Uh-oh, I see where this is going," said Squall.

"You two best take these" Squall said. He passed Henri a peculiar looking sword. It was a normal looking sword, until you got to the top of the blade. When you got there, the tip stuck out. "What the hell is this?" Henri asked. "This is the Kreaten," Squall explained. "It's quite the weapon!" Henri looked at it with curiosity. "Why do we need this stuff?" Henri asked Squall. "You two have no idea, this place you're going to is filled with Heartless, Nobodies, Thoughtless and other nasty things" Sora said. "Well, having no idea what those are, can I have a weapon?" Natily asked. Squall passed her two leather gloves. "And these are?" Squall took a deep breath. "These are fighting gloves, they also have special magic abilities," Squall explained. "They…belonged to a friend of mine." Natily looked at them. "What happened to her?" Natily asked. "She died due to depression, her boyfriend died while fighting evil" Squall explained sadly. A teardrop fell from Sora's eye. "Poor Cloud" he murmured. "Take care of them well" Squall said, his voice hardening.

"Where are we going?" Henri asked. "To the Space Paranoids, the keyblade strangely wants us to go there" Sora explained. "The Space Paranoids…is that like a sci-fi video game?" Natily asked. "It's another world, inside this computer" Sora said. "Okay then, can we go?" Henri asked. Sora typed some words into the computer's keyboard. A small gun came down and shot Sora, Henri and Natily. Squall waved goodbye.

"Sora? Is that you?" asked a computerized voice. Sora woke up, his clothes changed into the program ones. Henri and Natily examined their own clothes. "Wow…this is new" Henri said. Sora looked up. "Tron?"

"Sora! It's you!" Tron said. He helped Sora up and hugged him. "Umm…Tron…you're hurting me" Sora managed to say. Tron released him from the hug. "What brings you here? Who are the Users behind you?" Tron asked curiously. "Oh, the boy is my son, Henri. The girl is Riku's daughter, Natily" Sora explained. Tron waved. "Welcome to the Space Paranoids" Tron said. "Umm…yeah, hi" Henri replied back. Natily just smiled back. Sora laughed. "Sorry, they're new to worlds." The keyblade suddenly disappeared from Sora's hand. "Huh! Th…the keyblade!" Sora started to panic. Tron's hand started glowing. The keyblade reappeared into his hand, but as the Photon Debugger. "Umm…nice weather we're having?" Tron laughed weakly and sheepishly.

"Tron, can I have the keyblade back?" Sora asked. Tron passed it to him. It vanished and teleported back to Tron's hand. They kept passing it back and forth. "Dad, don't you get it?" Henri asked. "The keyblade doesn't want to be with you!" Sora was flabbergasted (is this even a word?). "But…I've always had the keyblade! Ever since I was 14!" Sora sniveled. "Umm…maybe since you're entering your 60th User year, they keyblade needs a new master" Tron said. Sora looked at his aging hands. "I guess you're right Tron, congrats." Natily walked up. "But how can he fight evil when he's in a computer?" she asked. The keyblade started glowing white. A bright flash filled the I/O Tower.

Tron's eyes battered. "So…this is Tron" said a voice. Tron's eyes shot open. "Where am I?" he asked in distress. Tron looked around. The walls weren't the electronic kind, there were no programs or light cycles. "Welcome to the User world, I'm User Squall." Tron looked at the old man. Henri and Natily started to wake up. "I'm…free from…the ENCOM computer?" Tron asked. Squall stuck his hand out to help Tron up. Tron grabbed it. He was helped to his feet. "I'm finally free from that boring computer!" he cheered. "Now I can have a proper adventure, just like old times, hey Sora?" There was no reply. Tron glanced around the lab. "Dad?" Henri called out. Sora was gone.

"Well, isn't this a shame," said a voice from behind. There was a man in a red, blue, black and white hooded coat. He was holding an unconscious Sora. "I seem to have an ex-keyblade master, what I want is that program," the man's voice sounded innocent, like a child's. "Now give me that keyblade, program; or you will suffer." Tron gripped his new weapon fiercely. "Never!" Tron shouted. The man laughed. "Very well, let's get an enemy variety going here"

"Come to me: Heartless, Nobody, Thoughtless, Somebody and Soulless!" The Man roared. A black creature appeared. Tron immediately struck it. It vanished in black smoke. A white, slippery creature came out. Henri ran up to it with his Kreaten. He jumped and sliced it in two. A zombie, with a black brain exposed, came out of the ground. Natily jumped in front of it. She pummeled it in the face, jumped and did a spinning kick around the head.

A peculiar being came out. It looked human, but had an unnatural smile across its face. It had arms like the Nobody had. "Hi did ya watch the game?" it asked. Tron watched it as it slipped between his legs and kicked him across the room. Henri and Natily doubled-teamed it. Natily grabbed its head and flung it at Henri, who smacked it across the face, instantly decapitating it. "Don't see you smiling now, punk" Henri scoffed.

Finally, a white Heartless thing came up. It had an emblem on its chest. It looked like a soul coming out of a pit. It roared and dashed at Natily. She was head butted in the stomach. "No!" Henri screamed. He lunged at the thing. It freely evaded the attack and clawed Henri's face. It stood triumphant over Henri. Then a disc crashed into its face. It was Tron, who just tossed his ID disc. Natily aimed her gloves at the creature. "Fire!" she yelled. A small burst of flames blasted into the thing. It vanished.

"Good, you may have had some trouble against that Soulless and Somebody, but good" The Man applauded. "Who are you?" Tron asked. The Man smiled under his hood. "I'm Kraxs, ruler of all of your mindless enemies." Tron got mad. "What do you want with my dad?" Henri asked. "Everything," Kraxs said. "His heart, soul, shell and imagination. You'll find out my plan soon enough, but I'll need that keyblade later." Kraxs disappeared. "Now what?" Natily asked. "We're going Kraxs hunting" Tron said, smiling.

Well, that was a bit long. But please review! There is more to come.