Pyle: (waves a small flag with stars and stripes on it) America...
Me & Tiumi: (stare for a minute)
Pyle: (waves flag again) America.
Me: What the heck are you doing?
Pyle: Rooting for my side.
Tiumi: Watcha talking about?
Pyle: The war that is commencing between America and Iraq. I know that people in the far future will read this and say 'What the hell is he talking about?'. But for the people who are having to experience this war now, I hope you support the United States of America to its fullest.
Me: Everyone! (Waves arms around) Love and peace!
Tiumi: (flag appears in hand, and she begins waving it) America.
Me: Same room, no delivery. Must be magic! (Flag appears in hand, and he to begins waving it)
All 3: America.
Pyle: Better start the fic. I tried to make Hades as close to his personality as possible. This is almost exactly like the movie by the way.
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"NNNOOO!!!" Hades screamed, slamming his fist onto the roundtable in front of him. His entire body snapped alight in a pillar of flames that lit up the dark hallway like the first candle in black room. "We were so close!!! We tripped at the finish line!!! WHAT WENT WRONG?!"
The flames on him began to cool down a bit, and he tried to gain control of his anger. "If only that stupid Riku punk hadn't shown up to close the door..." suddenly, he realized what he'd said. That stupid Riku punk. If he was the one who made him lose, then getting rid of him would make Hades the winner. "What was it that kid wanted so badly? I recall there seemed to be some sort of weakness in him..." Hades paced around the room, his flame returning to normal color.
"Now that I think of it, the one thing the little twerp was constantly asking for was that girl Kairi" he held up a finger, which ignited with a small red fire. Drawing a picture of flame in the air, an image of Kairi appeared. "Pain! Panic!" shouted Hades, waiting for his two idiotic cronies to show themselves.
Pain jumped down the stairs, but tripped halfway down and began rolling. Panic leaped down after him, but tripped right over Pain and was caught up in the rolling ball that they were forming. Soon, they both had become a shouting, twisted mess that was flying down the stairs like a rolling snowball. They both landed on the ground with a loud 'splat' and smashed each other trying to get up.
"Pain and panic reporting for duty sir!" they both said, doing a salute. The God of the Underworld rolled his eyes.
"Someone's getting fired when I get back..." Hades muttered, walking up his stairs. "Call the fates and tell them to be here in a half hour, okay?" he asked, lurching up to his private room.
Inside the room, three ugly looking witches were inside. They all had greenish skin and large eye sockets, but just one eye to go around. "Wow, that was quick. Did panic and pain already...?" he was interrupted by the three fates. "Call us to meet you? We know everything"
"Past" the tall one said. "Present" the middle sized one said. "And future" finished the small one.
"I know, you know, okay?" he said with an agitated expression.
"Anyways, I got a question for you..." he was interrupted again.
"About your future? We know"
Hades turned towards them with an irritated look. " I'm trying to get this done fast and I can't do it if you keep interrupting me! I KNOW, you know!" his flames were beginning to turn red again.
"A couple a days ago, this kid named Riku..." he was cut off a third time.
"Ruined your plans? We know!"
Hades turned towards them with red flames burning over him. "I KNOW, YOU KNOW!!!" he roared. "Okay? I get it. I got..." he snapped his fingers. "The concept" then began to concentrate on cooling down. "Is Riku gonna mess up my next plan, or what? I need to know whats gonna happen so I can plan accordingly. Taking over the universe has many steps and all, if you know what I mean"
"We aren't supposed to give out the future, but your special to us" the small one took the eye in it's hand and held it outwards. It began to glow an eerie gold, and floated up into the air, portraying a vision of the future. "In one week exactly, you will overthrow the worlds. Everything and everyone will be under your command, and the Heartless will obey everything you say!"
Hades raised his hands in triumph, and blue flames cascaded over him. "YEAH! That's what I'm talking about!"
"A bit of caution" murmured the tall one. "Should the Keyblade bearer fight, your plan will fail!" and with that final remark, they all spun in a hazy circle and disappeared.
Hades stared for a moment, and his blue flame was replaced by red. "WHAT?! HOW CAN I GET RID OF THAT LITTLE..." then he remembered what he had been thinking about earlier. He looked again at the image of Kairi next to him, then grinned broadly.
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Riku lay on the ground of the yellow bricked Coliseum. Fifty one pushups, and he hadn't even broken a sweat. Planting both feet firmly on the ground, he lunged upwards and clapped his hands together, then fell back down. He lunged up again and clapped, then fell back down.
It was very startling to see Hades's face suddenly appear in front of him upside down, grinning widely. "Wow kid, your stronger then I thought"
Riku turned away and began doing pushups, ignoring Hades. "Go away" he muttered.
Hades jumped upwards and landed in front of Riku, walking on his hands. "Don't worry little shorty, this won't take very long to say, it's pretty interesting, and I'm a fast talker alright? So whaddya say, wanna hear it?" he said in one breath. Riku repeated it to himself for a moment. True to his word, Hades was an incredibly fast talker.
"Fine"
"Great!" said Hades, landing on his feet. "See, I got this huge deal in the works. It's stretching wide, I mean world wide, all over. A real estate venture if you will. It's gonna pull everyone from all over together, but every time I'm about to finish it, you or your buddy seems to constantly step in and take over"
"Cry me a rive, build me a bridge and get over it" Riku muttered, turning away.
"HEAR ME OUT YA LITTLE..." Hades boiled, burning red. Riku stepped backwards a few steps, but calmed down when Hades returned to his normal color. "Just, listen to me, okay? See, I need to get you outta the way of this, and to do that, I want to take you to a world that nobody cares about. Before you object, let me show you something that will persuade you a little more..."
Hades held up his finger and drew a perfect square through the air. Inside the square was a picture of Kairi, stumbling through a dark blizzard. The snow flew so fast and sharp that it cut her cheek and drew blood. She was knocked over by a blast of wind that sent her rolling through the snow. "Kairi!" Riku shouted, rushing towards the picture. He reached out the grab hold of it, but Hades snapped his fingers and Riku simply dived right through it instead of going to her.
"Ah ah ah, musn't touch. At least, not till we make a deal"
"Bring her back!" shouted Riku, lunging at Hades. Instead of tackling him to the ground, Riku found himself flying right through Hades and crashing in a heap on the ground. "Now calm down little shorty, there are other ways to see her"
"Take me to her!" shouted Riku, forsaking all of his reasonable thought. Even with two of them there, they would still have no chance in a blizzard like that.
"Let's see, my hated enemy, lost forever in a killing blizzard" Hades murmured, thinking hard.
"Going once"
"Is there a downside to this?"
"Going twice!"
"DEAL!" said Hades holding out his hand. Riku took it, and suddenly the scenery around him swirled into a white surrounding. The first thing he noticed was cold. Bone chilling frigid ice feeling cold. It felt like someone was snapping off his limbs one by one and dipping them in a pot of ice! He hugged his arms together for warmth.
Hades appeared next to him. "I would be pretty worried if I were you. This world stretches thousands of miles, and it's likely Kairi won't be around for you to find" he chuckled, then disappeared before Riku could lunge again.
Riku turned purple with rage, and kicked furiously at the snow beside him. It flew up and scattered across the area next to him. He was in deep trouble, and it would take a miracle to get both him and Kairi out of this one.
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Pyle: Tell me your not BEGGING for more!
Me: With pleasure.
Pyle: (looks at me) I suppose it would be a crime to set you on fire.
Tiumi: ...this world is so corrupt...
Me: Isn't there anything I can do to at least give this fic some quality?
Pyle: Sure. Hold still. (advances towards Me with a sword in hand)