"Sometimes, we hurt ourselves because we care and love the ones we care about." ~Anonymous
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When we arrived at Olympus Coliseum, it, well, didn't look like what we last remembered. The place was dark and spooky cave with murky, dark waters leading to somewhere and a staircase leading to someplace bright which I'm assuming is to the exit out of here. "Are you sure this is the Coliseum?" Goofy asked.

"Or, did they just install in a parking lot for Gummi Ships?" I sarcastically replied.

"Oh," Sora laughed. "I guess the Gummi Ship was a little off."

As we were heading towards the staircase, we heard a woman's scream. We turned around to see a woman with red hear tied into a ponytail and a magenta chiton running away from some dog Heartless. She tripped and fell. The Heartless ran away after she did that. We ran up to her and Sora offered his hand to help her up. "Thanks...but I'm fine," she waved it off. "And you're supposed to be?"

"I'm Sora," Sora pointed to himself. He pointed to me, "She's Sakura." He pointed to Donald, "He's Donald." He gestured to Goofy, "And that's Goofy. We came to see how Hercules is doing."

"You know Wonderboy?" The woman asked as she faced at us suspiciously.

"Yeah, 'cause we're heroes too!" Donald proudly replied.

"Ya mean Junior Heroes," Goofy corrected.

"Looks like we all have one friend in common," The woman continued. "Name's Megara. My friends call me Meg."

"So how's Herc?" Sora asked.

"Wonderboy? He's been duking it out every day at the coliseum," Meg glanced worriedly up the stairs. "You know, 'A hero's work is never done' and stuff like that. He's ready to drop, but he keeps on fighting. Even Wonderboy has limits, you know. These opponents are bad news-special delivers from Hades himself..."

"Hades?!" Donald cried.

"Right," Meg replied. "Lord of the Underworld. I was on my way to see him. Maybe I can get Hades to give Wonderboy a breather. If anything happens to that kid..." Meg blushed.

"Gwarsh," Goofy noted. "It sounds like you two are more than friends!"

"Oh...um...I mean..." she stammered,

"We'll go and have a little talk with Hades," Sora offered. "I'd hate to have anything happen to you while you're on his way to see him."

"You really want to do that?" Meg asked, shocked. "Well, it looks like you know what you're doing. I guess I'll take you up on that offer. But...let's keep this whole 'chat-with-Hades' thing our little secret, okay?"

"Our lips are sealed!" Sora did a little lip-zipping sign with his finger.

She pointed to a big door ahead of us, "If you go through that door, you should be able to get to Hades."

"Thanks for the lead," I thanked her.

We pushed open the huge door. When we stepped into the corridor, the huge door slammed shut behind us. A person in an Organization cloak ran by us. "Run, run away!" He shrieked as he summoned a Corridor of Darkness and entered it.

We all stared in disbelief at what had just unfolded in front of us. Sora tipped his head to the side, "Okay...?"

After the shock passed, we realized who it was. "It was an Organization member!" Donald cried.

"That's a sign that something big and nasty is going to happen soon," Sora muttered.

We walked through the corridor until we reached a huge room with a green pool swirling underneath a thin, stone passageway. In the green pool there was souls floating in the waters, going somewhere. Donald yelped at the sight. "I'm scared too, Donald," Goofy trembled.

Up above the stone passageway was a dark cave emitting blue light. Sora cupped his hands around his mouth and yelled, "Alright Hades! Come out!"

No reply came from the cave. I peeked over Sora's shoulder and saw a gate which led to the cave above. "I think that's the way in," I pointed.

Sora looked to where I was pointing, "Good eye, Sakura!"

We followed the bridge to a path, and climbed our way to the gate. We pushed open the gate and ran up some stairs. That's when we heard some shouting. "Do you know who you're talking too?!" Screamed Hades. "I am the Lord of the Dead!"

"Humph," Remarked a voice I did not reorganize. "No wonder no one wants to die."

"You are FIRED!" Hades shrieked. We arrived in a room where a man with a red robe, an scarred eye that forced it to stay shut, and one of his arms was put in a makeshift sling hidden somewhere in his robe. Hades, who literally was red and orange from his rage, trying to apprehend the man.

"Hades!" Donald shouted.

"You again?!" Hades gasped as the man swung his sword out of Hades' hands and hit him with it.

"Fight!" The man shouted as he attacked Hades again. Hades blocked the attack and the man tried to hit him again. Hades grabbed the sword and swung it over, knocking the man away and throwing the sword to somewhere else. We ran up to him and summoned our weapons. Hades turned red and orange again and cracked his knuckles. Sora tried to attack him but it was deflected. Hades didn't even budge. There was like some kind of invisible force field blocked his attack. Strangely, Hades began to zoom in and out of my vision, as if I couldn't tell how far back he was.

I began to stumble backwards, "I...feel funny..."

"Me too!" Sora asked.

"That's right!" Hades smirked. "See, that's the thing. In the Underworld, heroes are zeroes-comes with the territory."

Hades was about to shoot a fireball when the man got up and slashed Hades, making him teleport somewhere else. "Go now!" He yelled.

"But I have to talk to Hades!" Sora yelled.

"What was that?" Taunted Hades as he had his fingers in his ears.

Hades summoned up another fireball and Goofy and Donald dashed to someplace else. "We can't fight him here!" The man explained. "We have to go-now!"

"Listen to the man, Sora!" I yelled.

I grabbed their arms and ran down the stairs with them. Once we reached the entrance to the gate, Sora and I pushed it shut. Donald panted, "Is he gone?!"

"Don't count on it," the man sighed.

"Huh?" Sora asked.

Hades popped up beside me and I screamed. "Leaving so soon?" He laughed. A small Heartless army appeared beside him.

"RUN!!!" I screeched as we charged down the passageway. An invisible wall shone, trapping us on the pathway. Donald casted Thunder and exterminated all of the Heartless. The force field disappeared and we ran on. While running, I turned my head over my shoulder to see how it was going behind me. Hades was running up to us, armed with fireballs, at a dangerously fast pace. More Heartless appeared beside him.

We ran out of the place and to someplace safe. I wasn't exactly sure where we were, as it appeared to be a corridor within this cave we were in, but at least we were safe. We all collapsed onto the ground except the man on red robes. "You're...really good...at...fighting..." Sora panted, getting up. "Are you some kind of hero?"

The man shook his head. "No, I'm not a hero...I'm just an..." He stopped.

"Huh?" Sora tipped his head to the side.

"Auron," the man said. Sora looked confused. "My name."

"Oh!" Sora pointed to himself. "I'm Sora."

"Donald Duck!" Donald climbed onto Sora.

"Goofy!" Goofy climbed on top of Donald and Sora. Sora grunted under the weight and fell down.

I laughed, "I'm Sakura, the one who talks sense into these guys here. Specifically, this one." I ruffled Sora's hair.

"It seems we were fated to meet," Auron smiled. "Maybe you need a guardian."

"Guardian?!" Sora and I cried.

Sora pushed off Donald and Goofy, who were on top of him. "Thanks, but no thanks." Sora and I walked off further into the corridor until we were back at where we entered. We pushed against the huge gate. "Come on!" Sora grunted. "Open!"

"Ah-ha!" Donald yelled pointing.

I looked up at where he was pointing. There, was a huge Keyhole at the top. Sora and I nodded as we drew out our Keyblades. Suddenly, the ground shook. I whipped around to see Cerberus right behind us and Auron trying to fend it off. "Hurry!" He shouted.

Sora and I nodded as we hurriedly turned back to the door and held our Keyblades up, a beam of light coming out from the tip and hitting the center of the keyhole, the sound of a door unlocking as we turned back around and charged at Cerberus to give Auron a hand.

"Sora, Sakura, wait!" Donald cried.

One of the Cerberus heads had bit down onto Auron's sword. Auron struggled to get it out from the dog's mouth. I took my Keyblade and slashed its snout with it. It whimpered as it led go of the sword. Then, he began to spin, using its tail to smack us. I jumped away from it, but Auron wasn't so lucky as he took a blow to the stomach from the tail slash. Then, Cerberus roared, shooting out fireballs from its mouths. I casted Reflect, shielding the three of us from the barrage of attacks.

Once Cerberus stopped, Sora jumped up and landed on two of its three heads, holding it down. Sora tried to strike the third head but Cerberus opened its mouth and caught the Keyblade with its teeth. Sora ripped the Keyblade out and jumped up, striking the head with his Keyblade. Cerberus whined as it collapsed, temporarily knocked out from the battle.

"Go go go!" Sora yelled as he led us out. I pushed the gate close as Sora, Donald, and Goofy did some last minute taunting at Cerberus by making a face at it. Cerberus growled and bounded up to us, preparing to snap its jaws at us. We slammed the gate close just in time. "Whew!" Sora sighed. "That was too close..."

"Waaah!" Donald cried as he searched the area frantically with Goofy. "Where did Auron go?! He was just right here!"

"Auron can take care of himself," I assured. "Right now, we need to go to Meg and explain the situation to her and come back here to see if we have any more luck then this time."

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We were in front of the coliseum gates. "Gwrash, this place sure brings back memories!" Goofy pointed out.

"That's good..." I muttered.

Just as we stepped onto the steps leading up to the coliseum, the door opened. An exhausted Hercules stumbled out. "Hercules!" I yelled, waving at him.

He turned towards the sound of my voice. His eyes lit up when he saw us. "Sora!" He cried, "Donald! Goofy! Sakura! When did you guys get here?"

"Hi Herc!" Sora waved,

"Hi!" Donald and I yelled.

"Howdy there!" Goofy said.

"You guys on another adventure?" Hercules asked.

"Yeah, trackin' down some friends, wipin' out the Heartless," Sora replied.

"Junior Heroes always busy!" Hercules laughed as he held his fist out for a first bump.

"You know it!" Sora grinned as he returned the fist bump.

Hercules led us inside to where Meg was. He sat down on a stone pedestal. "So, did you find those friends of yours?" Hercules said.

"Not yet, while we were here we ran into Meg--" Sora started.

"MEGA trouble!" I interrupted, smiling causally as I stomped hard on Sora's foot, letting him know that he almost gave the slip. Sora brought his leg up to his chest and began to bounce around on one foot in pain. "We tried to teach Hades a thing or two, but the Underworld drains away all our strength. Don't suppose you have any ideas?"

"Well, there is a stone that guards against the Underworld's curse..." Hercules muttered. "The gods on Mount Olympus use it when they go down there."

"Do you think we can use it?" Sora asked.

"Sure, why not?" Hercules smiled through his exhaustion. "I'll go up there and get it for you."

"Thanks!" Donald smiled.

"That's really nice of you!" Goofy added.

"But, even with the Olympus Stone, Hades is no pushover," Hercules continued. "And I have a match today, so I can't go with you...I know! Know what you need? Training! Why don't you go and talk to Phil?"

"Great idea!" Sora said. "Perfect way to sharpen our skills!"

Hercules waved us farewell before leaving the Coliseum. We walked to the arena and there was Phil talking to the pots which I'm assuming are the training toys. Sora waved hello but he didn't notice. "Hey, champ, how ya feeling?" Phil asked one of the dummies. "Better rest up for tomorrow's match. Nobody's gonna pay to see a worn-out hero...capiche? Remember what I told you. Victory in the games comes down to two simple words: eat, bathe, and sleep!"

Goofy counted the words and it ended up to be four words, not two. We giggled. Phil turned around and struck a fighting pose. His eyes widen when he saw us. "Hey, if it ain't the junior heroes!" He cried as he ran up and hugged us.

"Looking good, Phil," Sora replied.

"Never had been better. How are you guys doing? Have you earned your 'true hero' wings yet?" He looked at us quickly. "Nope, you don't got what it takes yet. What are you guys doing here?"

"Well, we originally came here for the Heartless, but now we got to deal with Hades..." I explained.

"Ha ha ha!" Phil laughed. "You four are going to take on Hades?"

"What's so funny?!" Donald demanded.

"You all got nerve," he smiled. "I like it. Hey, you never know-stranger things have happened, right?! Better get cracking kids! After all, we got matches coming up! They're the-of wait, I almost forgot."

"What is it?" I asked.

"Well...you see...I'm not hosting the matches this year," Phil sighed.

"What?!" Sora cried. "Then who is?"

"Well, you all can probably guess...it's Hades," Phil explained. "He's holding them in his Underground, which is essentially this Coliseum, only in the underworld. This year, he's hosting the Pain and Panic Cup, the Cerberus Cup, the Hades Cup, the Titan Cup, the Goddess of Fate Cup, the Pain and Panic Paradox Cup, the Cerberus Paradox Cup, the Titan Paradox Cup, and finally, the Hades Paradox Cup. If you want, you can compete in them on your free time. Despite it being hosted by Hades, they're all going to be similar to the matches that I host. Now, since you all are here, let's get cracking on training."

Just as Phil was setting up the training course, Hercules came in. "Sorry, guys, I got bad news..." He muttered. "The Olympus Stone has been stolen."

"What?!" Sora cried.

"By who?" I asked.

"We don't know," Hercules replied. "All we know was that it someone in a black-hooded cloak and he had some accomplices in white." It was the Organization XIII. I am sure of it. "Do any of you know anyone matching that description?" Hercules asked.

"I think so..." I replied.

"Listen, I know this is a really bad time, but I just remembered that I have an errand to run," Phil stammered.

"What is it?" Sora asked.

"None of your beeswax," Phil replied as he took off.

"Hey, if we get the Olympus Stone back, do you think we can borrow it for a little while?" Sora said.

"Sure thing," Hercules smiled. "By the way, you haven't seen Meg around, have you?"

"Sorry, nope."

"Oh, okay..."

"What's wrong, your heroness?" A voice asked. We whipped around to see Hades. "You know, I thought staying in perfect shape was part of the hero job description...am I right?" he mocked.

"Oh...right...Hades, we got to talk!" Sora yelled.

Hades rolled his eyes and flicked Sora's face with his fingers, causing him to fly back. "Well, I got some mildly interesting news..." Hades laughed. "You see, your sweet little Nutmeg went and got herself lost in the Underworld."

"You mean you kidnapped her!" Hercules yelled.

"Ah, details...who needs 'em?" Hades smirked.

Hercules whistled and a Pegasus came to his side. "Ah ah ah," Hades waggled his finger. "You can't leave now. You have a big match today against the...um...the bloodthirsty hydra! You know, if you don't stick around, you don't know what 'accidents' might happen?"

"Accidents you cause!" Sora yelled.

"Like I said, details, who need 'em?" Hades said.

"You're just a coward!" Hercules shouted.

"Ah, well," he sighed as he disappeared in a cloud of smoke. "Can't all be heroes, you know?

Hercules sighed as he turned to face us, "Can you handle this?" He asked.

"You got it!" Donald promised. "We're heroes!

"Junior heroes, Donald," Goofy corrected.

"You take care of the Hydra," Sora smiled. "We'll handle the rest."

"I'm counting on you," Hercules firmly placed his hands on Sora's shoulders.

We nodded as we ran from the Coliseum and back down the stairs into the Underworld, where we found Phil laying unconscious at the entrance. "Phil!" We all shouted as we ran to his side.

"Ooh, ohh..." Phil groaned as he got back up to his feet.

"What happened?" Sora asked.

"I spotted this strange guy all dressed in black," Phil explained. "I chased after him, but he turned on me. Next thing I know, I'm seeing stars."

"All dressed in black?!" Donald cried.

"He's the one who stole the Olympus Stone," Sora nodded.

'Where did he run off to?" I asked.

"To the Underworld," Phil informed. "He's a bad apple, all right. And all I wanted was to find a backup hero. Just in case Herc needed to take a break."

Heroes, eh?" Sora raised a brow. "You could've just asked!"

"You know someone?!" Phil cried as he turned back to us.

We drew our weapons at Phil. "Oh, good one..." he slumped.

We retraced our steps back to Hades, weapons drawn to see if any trouble came our way. We stopped for a quick break as we had forgotten how fast the Underworld's magic effected us. Sora rolled his shoulder, "Man...this Underworld curse is really getting to me."

"We've got to get that Olympus Stone back fast!" Goofy encouraged.

After we caught our breath, we marched forward until we saw a person in an Organization coat. Hearing us, they turned around and gasped, "Ah! You!"They took off their hood, revealing a boy in his teens, probably just a few years older than us with hazel-colored hair in a mullet hairstyle and turquoise eyes. "Wait a sec..." The boy muttered as he tapped a finger on his chin, as if he was trying to member something. "Roxas?"

I choked back a gasp as Sora raised a brown "Excuse me?"

"Roxas? Oh, it's no use," The boy groaned as he slumped over, pulling out a piece of paper from his coat.

"Huh?" Sora demanded, placing his hands on his feet. "What are you talking about?"

"Let's see, here...'If the subject fails to respond, use aggression to liberate his true disposition'..." The boy read from it as he put the piece of paper back in his coat. "Right. Did they ever pick the wrong guy for this one..."

"You're bizarre..." Sora remarked as he crossed his arms.

As the boy put the paper back into his coat, something fell out from his coat. It was a cream colored, circular stone with a cloud and a lightning bolt engraved onto it. "He's gotta be the thief!" Goofy pointed to the dropped stone.

"Now that's just plain rude!" The boy defended himself as he reached back down and picked up the stone, holding it up over his head as light came from the stone and circled around himself, giving him strength to fight us. We went into battle stance as the boy summoned up a blue sitar, strumming a few notes from it. "Dance, water, dance!" He called, summoning up water clones of himself.

I immediately casted Fire, evaporating all the water clones of himself as he summoned up more. As I casted Fire, I glanced back at Sora and gestured my head at the boy, and Sora nodded, getting my message. Sora crept away from me as I casted Fire to quickly take out the clones and Donald joined me in the magic casting while Goofy tried to help by whacking his shield at any clones he could. Eventually, my magic and Donald's magic ran out as we stood, panting, our shoulders slumped.

The boy smirked and summoned up more clones, which we exhausted to take out. Sora was behind him and raised his Keyblad in the air, striking down at the boy with it. The boy, taken aback by the attack, stumbled back and called off the clones. Realizing that he was attacked, he decided to make an escape through a Corridor of Darkness. "Roxas, come back to us!" He pleaded before teleporting away from us, leaving the Olympus Stone behind.

"Guy's a broken record!" Sora said., swinging his Keyblade over his neck.

I went over, and picked up the stone and coming back to the group. I held the stone up into the air like that boy did and light came from the stone, circling around all of us. Immediately, I felt the stone's effect overriding the Underworld's magic on us, as I felt stronger and had more energy than the first time we came here. I was back to normal again. "Let's go!" Sora gestured to the path ahead pf us. "Meg needs our help!"

We ran through the doorway and down the corridors to find a clearing where a huge boulder with a picture of Meg curled up on it, the outline of her glowing in all sorts of colors from the rainbow. Next to her picture was a keyhole. Following the procedure, Sora and I held out our Keyblades and light came from the tip and into the keyhole, the sound of a door unlocking playing as we did that. The boulder disappeared, revealing a hole in the ground and that lead to someplace dark. We jumped down a hole, entering a room that was cramped and the floor glowed white. A green beam of light came up and to the hole we jumped through. We saw Hades standing next to Meg who was bound by his magic and immediately drew our weapons, preparing to fight him. "Now that's what I call a key," Hades laughed. "Gee, thanks for your help! Now, have a nice day!"

Hades disappeared into smoke. Meg smiled, glad to see us before gasping, "Sora, Sakura, behind you!"

We turned around to see an oversized cat, laughing behind us as he was accompanied by red bat Heartless with hooks similar to the one on fishing rods in place of feet. The oversized cat appeared to be wearing armor colored in shades of blue and purple on top a red,  short-sleeved shirt with a vertical pink stripe descending from the  neck along with blue and white sneakers with light blue fronts and  two periwinkle straps keeping each one secure. His pants are also navy  blue, with light blue lining, purple lower legs, and two enormous  pouches on either front side by four pins, both  sporting a silver, horizontal zipper. There was also a large zipper going down the front and  reaching around to the backside of the pants. He also wore two navy blue pauldrons, each sporting two cyan bumps  and a periwinkle area near on the lower section on each shoulder. Two  gold buttons at the top of his pants connect to two blue suspenders  that intersect over his chest before connecting to two similar, albeit  smaller buttons on his shoulder pauldrons. He also sported a pair of  fingerless gauntlet, the wrists of these gauntlets are light blue with a  pale yellow semi-circle on top, while the gloves are periwinkle with a  bump on each knuckle with a dark blue-green design on the back of  each glove, descending from each knuckle to the end of the glove.

"What's wrong?" He taunted. "Can't fight in the Underworld?"

"Better think again Pete!" Sora and the rest of us surrounded Meg to protect her.

"Charge!" Pete ordered the Heartless.

The Heartless were easy to take out as Donald casted Thunder and immediately took out all the bat Heartless. Pete quickly replaced the Heartless Donald took down and Sora and I swung the Keyblade at them, which Pete summoned more as well. "There's too many!" I cried.

Sora, remembering that Meg was bound, slashed his Keyblade down the center of her body, breaking her bindings. There was a whistle and we all looked up to see Hercules coming down to us on Pegasus. The Pegasus knocked Pete onto the ground and Hercules came off the Pegasus and helped Meg onto there. "Get Meg outta here," Hercules ordered. "I'll meet you back at the Coliseum."

"What about you?" Sora asked.

"I'm going to show these guys what happens when they mess with a true hero," Hercules grinned.

We all jumped onto Pegasus as it struggled, but still was able to, fly us out of the hole we jumped down in.

Pegasus landed, shaking from all the weight. We quickly got off, lightening its load as it neighed and sat down to take a quick rest. "Sora, Sakura...I won't leave him," Meg said.

"Look, even Herc has his limits," Meg snapped. "He can't keep winning forever."

"Then we'll go back him up," Sora corrected that statement.

"Get Meg outta here!" Donald ordered the Pegasus as it nodded and flew Meg out of the Underworld.

We jumped down the hole to see a weakened Hercules facing Pete and an army of Heartless. Noticing us, he gave us a nod of acknowledgment. We joined Hercules in the fight against Pete.

Pete rolled at us what appeared to be a grey bowling ball at us that had rainbow lines running all over it. Sora held his Keyblade out to block the ball as it rolled back to Pete, blowing up on him and knocking him back. I ran through the smoke of the explosion and gave Pete a good whack with my Keyblade.

Pete got back up and stared at us, clearly underestimating our power. "This places is givin' me the creeps," He sniffed. "I'll deal with you nitwits next time!"

He then proceeded to climb out of the hole we came down in. It was at this moment that the place we jumped down in was beginning to collapse, shaking as rocks fell down. We scrambled out of the hole as well. We sprinted back to the Underworld entrance and just as we were about to exit the Underworld, a voice stopped us. "Well, if it isn't everyone's favorite hero washout," Remarked a voice as we turned around, seeing it was Hades. "You really blew it this time."

"No one likes a sore loser Hades," Sora countered.

"Can it, keyboy!" Hades snapped.

"Then let me," Hercules sauntered up to Hades and smirked up at him. "No one likes a sore loser, Hades."

"Yeah, yeah, Styx and stones," Hades waved him off. "Hey, maybe you should go check on that Hydra you neglected to finish off. I hear things are really FALLING APART up there, champ."

Hades disappeared in a puff of smoke. "Hey, wait!" Sora demanded.

"Hate to run, but I've got another little diversion to attend to," Hades said.

Hercules quickly ran up the steps and out of the Underworld only to see Hercules fall down to his knees, "This can't be..."

As we approached Hercules, a giant slab of stone came our way and I jumped back, knocking Sora over as we narrowly avoided getting squished by that thing. We looked up to see a purple-skinned Hydra trampling all over the ruined Coliseum, shrieking as it created destruction in its path. Meg, Phil, and the Pegasus quickly joined Hercules' side in a futile attempt to comfort him. "Champ!" Phil sighed., "You're safe!"

"I failed..." He mumbled.

"It's not your fault!" Meg comforted.

"I left everyone unprotected" Hercules despaired. "Hades was right. I'm just a...a washout."

"Aw, come on, champ!" Phil encouraged. "I didn't train you to think like that."

"Wonderboy..." Meg assured as Sora and I ran up and joined Hercules' side.

"Phil's right!" Sora said. "This is no time to beat yourself up.

"I'm some hero..." Hercules slumped as he watched the Hydra continue its rampage. Meg slung Hercules over her shoulder as she took him to the sidelines. The Hydra approached us, shrieking. "Herc needs our help!" Donald said as we drew our weapons.

"Yeah!" Sora agreed.

"Don't suppose you got room for one more?" Phil jumped in, doing a preying hawk pose.

The Pegasus and Meg came by our side, joining us in our fight. "We're in," Meg nodded.

We ran into the ruined Coliseum, seeing the Hydra rampaging about. Sora and I attempted to jump up and attack its head and we managed to slice it off only for it to bury its stump of a neck into the ground and out sprang two more Hydra heads. They began to spit fire at us as Sora, Donald, Goofy, and I rolled around to avoid its flames. Suddenly, Phil was screaming, "GET UP ON THE HYDRA'S BACK!" Sora and I blinked and stared at each in disbelief as Phil repatriated himself. "GET UP ON THE HYDRA'S BACK!"

Deciding to follow what Phil was saying, we circled around the Hydra as it swept its tail across the ruined Coliseum and jumped onto the Hydra's back. Phil picked up one of the golden training bots he used to for training with us as Sora and I jumped up into the air and struck down on the pot as it smacked the Hydra's back, stunning it as its head slumped onto the ground.

We then sliced off the stunned heads only for the Hydra to get back up,m only with four heads now. They summoned pillars of fire at us and the Pegasus appeared with Meg riding it. Meg jumped off Sora and I jumped on as it flew us around the Hydra. Meg cupped her hands around her mouth and shouted, "Use fire to stop it from regenerating!"

As Sora passed each neck, he sliced its head off and I casted fire to seal the stump. With each head sliced off, I sealed with Fire until there was no more heads left and the Hydra's body collapsed on top of the ruins of the Coliseum. "I let you down..." Hercules sighed. "I'm just...no use."

"It's not your fault," Meg assured. "Hey, even a god would be exhausted."

"She's right," Sora agreed as Donald nodded his head. "Give yourself a chance to rest."

"There won't be any games for a while anyway," Goofy added.

"Don't worry about Wonderboy here," Meg got up and brushed the dust off her chiton. "I'll look after him. Sora, Sakura, Donald, Goofy, I owe you big time."

"Hey, it's no big deal," Sora waved it off. "Just let us know if Hades or the Heartless start acting up. We'll take care of it!"

"Yeah, that's what heroes are for!" Donald said.

"When did you four make hero?" Meg raised a brow at us.

"We'll save that for another time," Sora laughed nervously. "We got to hit the road."

"Okay," Meg nodded. "Don't be strangers."

"Gawrsh, I hope ya feel better soon, Hercules," Goofy comforted.

"Yeah..." Hercules gave us a small, assuring smile.

"Phil?" Donald turned around to face the satyr.

"Oh, well, take car you guys!" Phil bid us farewell. "Stay a little longer next time. We got some serious training to catch up on."

"Well, time to go," Sora said as we began to turn around.

"Wait!" I cried, scaring everyone at my sudden loud voice. I pulled out the Olympus Stone I had pocketed. "I almost forgot the Olympus Stone," I laughed at my carelessness as I handed it back to Hercules.

Sora, Donald, Goofy, Meg, the Pegasus, Phil and I left the ruined Coliseum to see Hercules sitting on what was left of the steps that used to lead up to inside the Coliseum.

The stone began to glow and rise up into the air. Sora and I held out our Keyblades at it and we were transported to another dimension and the Olympus Stone was still in the air. We pointed out Keyblades at it and two beams of light shot out from it. I was pulled into my usual trance; I saw a giant weaving, I weaved out the dark threads in the giant weaving, weaved in some new colorful thread, and I was pulled out from my trance.

With our job done, we turned around and our friends a goodbye for real this time as we headed off until the next world.
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