A/ N sorry it took so long but i have been so very busy these past weeks. Also do you know how hard it is to play a game and write as you go along. It is very hard. Anywho Enjoys
I didn't sign up for this
Coliseum
"Fucking Yuffie" Leon said for the nth time that day. His day had started of terrible. His bed had been too small because Sora had taken the largest one and it turns out that Donald snores and Goofy sleep eats, so Leon had woken up to Goofy trying to eat his face. But thank God he could get out of this gummi ship and back onto sweet, sweet land, with nice clean air, even if his intuition was telling him to run for the hills and abandon this world to its fate. Even if that were true, Leon refused to do it. Besides it couldn't be as bad as wonderland, right?
After the gummi ship had landed, forgoing the normal morning argument, Leon and the others found themselves in a Roman like world that looked quite a lot like a coliseum. Instead of wondering at the scenery, like Leon would have enjoyed doing, Sora took the lead and they walked into the coliseum lobby. Inside the lobby was a very strange sight indeed. A half goat man was standing on a small column. "Ummm" Said Sora, unsure how to approach the man. "Good timing. Give me a hand, will ya?" gesturing with his hand the animal-man thing pointed the pedestal on the other side of the room. "Move that pedestal over there for me. I gotta spruce this place up for the games." Sora looked at Leon who was walking over to a wall where he lent and gave Sora a Look that translated into You-talked-to-him-now-you-face-the-consequences. Sora sighed and he moved over to the large pedestal and tried, and failed to move it. "It weighs a ton!" Sora exclaimed after he failed to move it an inch. All the while Leon was trying to hold in his laughter 'some saviour of the Worlds, huh' Leon smirked at Sora when he turned to glare at him.
Once again Sora sighed and approached the man-goat thing. "It's way too heavy!" Sora explained "What?" the goat asked "Too heavy? Since when have you been such a little- -" The goat thing looked up. It was apparent that he thought Sora was somebody else, somebody much taller too. "Oh. Wrong guy." The goat tried to cover up his embarrassment with anger "What're you doing here?" he rudely asked "This here's the world-famous coliseum- - heroes only! And I got my hands full preparing for the games." The goat thing threating trotted at Donald who started walking backwards to get away from him. The goat thing wasn't to be deterred "So run along, pip-squeaks." Sora frowned/pouted at the goat, while Leon sighed quietly, preparing to intervene. The goat placed his hands on his hips and stared right back at Sora. "Look," the goat seemed to be reluctant and slightly gentler now "it's like this. Heroes are coming from all over to fight ferocious monster right here in the Coliseum." Donald glares at the goat and childishly crossed his arms "You got heroes standing right in front of you." He told the goat, explaining it as if he thought the goat was an idiot. "Yup." Goofy added on placing his hands on Sora's shoulders "he's a real hero chosen by the Keyblade!" Leon thought they might convince they man to let them in when Donald added on "And we're heroes, too." Leon decided that he would need to intervene soon, or Donald might get mad and blizzard the nice goat.
"Hero? That runt?" Did Leon say save, he meant to say kill, and nobody talks down at Sora beside him and his internal monologues. The goat only made it worse for himself when he burst out laughing. "Look" Leon spoke for the first time surprising the goat "What does you label mean to us anyway, if you can't see a hero then it's your loss. Common, Sora, you don't need to waste your time here." Leon glared at the goat and grabbed Sora as he dramatically moved towards the exit. Sora gave Leon a confused look but Leon only smirked in return. "Wait" yelled the goat "Let me give you a trial, see if you got what it takes to be a true hero." The goat tried to glare at Leon when he finished but Leon didn't care anymore. Sora smiled at the goat and yelled "BRING IT ON!"
"Okay brat, if you burst all 20 barrels within 30 seconds you might have a chance of being a hero. Ready? 3…2…1 GO!" Sora leapt at the barrels and started wildly swinging his Keyblade. It was mostly luck that Sora got all the barrels. But seriously, barrels? Back when Leon was training it took more than beating a few barrels with varying levels of success to even be considered moderately able to not kill yourself with the sharp end of your weapon. Leon still wasn't convinced, but when he tried to raise his point with the goat, who had informed him that its name was Phil, he got ignored. To make it more insulting Phil listened to Sora's idea, he listened to the kid who barely had his weapon a few days and not the experienced warrior. Leon couldn't help but hope that all the worlds weren't all slowly murdering common sense. They probably were though.
Phil chose to ignore Leon's murderous gaze at turned to Sora with something similar to respect in his creepy little goat eyes. "You know, you ain't bad, kid" He stated wagging his fist as if to punctuate the no badness of Sora. Sora awkwardly rubbed his head and smiled "Looks like im headed for the games." "Afraid not." 'THANK SHIVA' Leon mentally yelled 'he finally shows that he does have a brain' Leon chose to ignore the fact that he was the reason that Phil had given Sora a trial. "Why not?" Sora exclaimed "Two words: You guys aint heroes." Clearly the goat needed to find a doctor and somebody to teach him maths because if Sora wasn't a hero then Leon would confess his eternal love for Cid. The doctor was because if he didn't let Sora into the tournament he would be meeting the business end of Leon's Gunblade. "Come on!" Sora begged. Phil gave Sora a look but sighed when he saw Sora puppy do eyes "Not unless you get a pass" Phil reluctantly admitted.
Sighing Sora pouted and waddled to the exit of the lobby. While the others went to the gummi ship Leon decided he would need to have some words with Phil. An evil smirk fell onto Leon's face and he said in a sing-song voice "Phillllll" Phil slowly turned, but to his luck he was saved by Sora's exuberant return. "I got a pass!" He yelled, wriggling with excitement. "Where did you get that?" Asked Leon "Some guy" Sora casually replied, oblivious to Leon's impending heart attack "So can we enter now Phil, huh, can we?" Sora was begging again. Phil looked at Leon with fear and hesitantly began "Well… fine." Upon feeling Leon's death glare he amended "But you have to start with the preliminaries" 'Thank you captain obvious. Where the fuck else would they start?' Leon mentally questioned. "YAY" yelled Sora "Let's start now, can we start now?" Sora looked ready to glomp Phil who looked at him in fear before sighing and letting out a small, squeaky yes. Phil suddenly looked serious "But just so you know a lotta weirdoes signed up for these games. Remember. Rule 95: Concentrate." Sora mirrored Phil's serious look and nodded in a very serious manner that Leon had to refrain from laughing at because it looked so very cute. Not that he would say that out loud. Ever.
Phil led the quartet out onto the field so the preliminaries could start. "Match 1 Shadow Scout vs. Sora's Bitches begins!" Phil called out much to Leon's embarrassment. He wasn't anybody's bitch especially not Sora's! When Leon focused on their opponents he smirked. They were fighting heartless. "Hey" he called in a monotone voice "You three fight, I'll save my strength for really opponents." Sora looked like he wanted to protest but Leon glared him into submission. "Aye!" yelled Sora who raised his Keyblade and yelled as he rand to beat some heartless. After their easy victory they went to Phil for a short break. "You aint bad, but you aint heroes either! It's a good thing you came to me for coaching" Phil stroked his goat beard in a self-satisfied manner choosing to ignore the unbelieving looks of the hero quartet. Leon looked around, now bored with Phil's stupidity, and his gaze was draw to a blond walking past their huddle. Not that Leon was checking him out but he had to admit he did look very badass. A tattered red cape hung for muscled but narrow shoulders leading to muscular pale arms, one of which Leon was startled to notice was attached to a claw. But what really drew Leon's attention was his amazing sapphire eyes and his spikey blond hair. Not that Leon was impressed or anything, because he so wasn't.
The blond walked passed and his eyes flitted over the group before he casually dismissed them. 'Ass' Leon hissed mentally. "Something tells me he'll be a tough one to beat. Who knows, maybe you'll end up facing him." Leon hoped they did, he wanted to show that sexy blond asshat his Gunblade. 'Wait a second!' Leon mentally berated himself for complimenting the enemy, who coincidentally was having similar thought as Leon. "Anyway" Phil continued "time for your next match." Phil waited while the group got into positions, "Match 2" He yelled "Sinisters vs. Sora's bitches begin!"
The next 2 matches went in a similar manner to the first. After a short break to catch their breath and replenish their MP the group were back for more. It had been a long 5 Matches and honestly Leon needed to be away from Sora's hyperness for a moment. Leon noticed a gate and moved towards it hoping it would be a quiet place to relax for a moment. What he heard coming from the gate nearly gave him a heart attack, a creepily Evil voice floated towards Leon. "That little punk is your next opponent, okay? Now, don't blow it. Just take him out." Excuse you?' thought Leon having to hold himself from running in there. The melodious voice that followed stopped Leon in his tracks "The great god of the Underworld is afraid of a kid? Sorry, but my contract says - -" The melody was cut off by the creeper "I know! You think I don't know? I wrote the contract! I know it says you're only required to kill Hercules in this tournament. But you gotta fight that kid to get to him. Come on. Hey, it's like that old goat says: Rule 11: It's all just a game, so let loose and have fun with it! I mean, a casualty or two along the way is no big deal, right?" Cloud walked away, making Leon press further into the wall, afraid of the consequences of being seen "Geez. Stiffer than the stiffs back home. Still, suckers like him are hard to come by…" an ominous roar sounded from down the tunnel. Leon was about to confront Hades when Sora yelled his name. Turning Leon saw it was time for the next match.
"Match 6. The Big one vs. Sora's bitches Begin!" Sora and the others leapt at their heartless opponents but Leon wasn't really paying attention, him mind was focused on what the Hades guy had been saying. Leon had no plan but he knew that if anybody tried to hurt Sora they would have to go through him first. Their victory was easy but Leon felt his gut clench at the sight of the blond walking towards them, a large wrapped up broadsword held in his hand. Leon heard Phil's voice saying "Final Match. Cloud vs. Sora Bitches. Begin!" Leon wasted no time and leapt at Cloud who easily blocked Leon's strike. But Leon wasn't to be deterred he let out a flurry of attack at a terrifying speed. Cloud's blue eyes widened in surprise at the speed and ferocity of Leon's attack setting his foot back a little more Cloud swiped his blade to the side causing Leon's Gunblade to be flung from his hand. Before cloud could finish him of Sora ran at him and hurled him away in a lucky strike of his Keyblade. While Cloud dealt with the others Leon ran to his Gunblade and prepared to re-join the attack. But before he could a large black paw squashed Cloud underneath its largeness. The dog had three heads.
Leon had no time to question his sanity as the dog roared in an aggressive manner. Sora let out a frightened gasp and Leon tightened the grip on his Gunblade in response. "Oh, right" Hades said arrogantly "There was one other rule I forgot: Accidents happen." Hades turned his back on the impending battle and left the stadium. The three heads moved to attack Sora but they were stopped by a man in a blue cape holding the dog back. "Herc!" Yelled phil. "Phil" Herc sounded desperate "get them out of here!" The group ran back inside the lobby but Leon couldn't resist looking over his shoulder as he ran. Only just catching a glimpse of blond as Herc punched the beast causing it to move and block his view.
Back inside the Lobby Phil was tapping his hoof as he said "whew, that was close! That was Cerberus, the guardian of the Underworld. Herc should be able to handle him. But then again, maybe not... This doesn't look good." Leon couldn't help but agree, he noticed an odd look on Sora's face. Sora looked at him and made a small gesture towards the entrance to the stadium. Leon nodded and Sora looked toward the sounds of battle and ran Leon, Donald and Goofy followed shortly after, ignoring Phil's yell of "Wait!" the quartet ran on.
As soon as Leon saw the battle he knew they had made the right choice. Hercules was trapped in a corner Clouds unconscious body slung over his shoulder. Cerberus drew closer towards Hercules before its head snapped back to look at the approaching warriors. Hercules used the momentary lull in attention to run into the Lobby to make sure Cloud was okay. Leon gave the beast a voracious smirk before he leapt at it with a yell. Slamming his Gunblade on the beast side he drew a deep gash of black blood from the creature. Sora and the others were attacking the creature's legs only making the thing madder. Leon jumped back to assess the situation. He noticed that all of the body was pretty well defended so he went for the weakest part of the creature, the head. Leon ignored the others as he once again jumped up and let out three slices in quick succession at the things muzzles. The creature reared back in shock. Letting out an angered roar Cerberus ran at Leon who quickly rolled out of the way. "Sora!" Leon yelled when he saw the Keyblade master jump and strikes the beast. A silly and possibly suicidal plan formed in Leon mind. "Sora" Leon called again "Jump!" Sora did as Leon asked and was surprised when his feet me metal instead of sand. Sora looked around in panic when he felt the ground shift beneath him. In Sora's panic he failed to notice the dog's heads snarling at him, but when he did he let out a very unmanly shriek and wildly flung his Keyblade. Luck was on his side as the Keyblade smacked one of the head causing it to lose consciousness. Leon then appeared in front of Sora and with a rage filled yell, sliced cleanly though the other two head making the animal fall ungracefully to the ground.
As Leon trudged slowly towards the Lobby where Sora and the others were talking to Phil, something about junior Hero's, a flash of sliver caught his eye. Walking over Leon saw Clouds sword letting out a sigh Leon attempted to pick it up but holy Shiva that thing was heavy. Grunting in concentration Leon managed to grim the sword and slung it onto his back. Leon walked in to Sora in a heroic pose and Phil saying "there aint gonna be any games for a while. Gotta clean up the mess from that last battle first." Sora didn't look at all put out by that "Okay" he said calmly "we'll be back," Leon walked toward Phil and nodded his head in greeting to Hercules. He showed them the sword he was carrying and Hercules smiled at him before he pointed to the gate. One again nodding in thanks Leon strode toward the gate. Leon walked outside the lobby and saw the others milling about nervously. Sora smiled at Leon and walked towards the gate and the steps where Cloud was sat.
"Hey" Sora asked gently "are you all right?" Cloud looked up his blue eyes glimmering with an untold emotion "yeah" Cloud said weakly. Sora looked at Cloud with open curiosity "So why did you go along with him, anyway?" Sora asked, ignoring Leon's shut-up-you-dumbass Look. Cloud lent his head onto his hands "I'm looking for someone. Hades promised to help. I tried to exploit the power of darkness, but it backfired." Cloud stood up, looming over Sora. "I fell into darkness, and I couldn't find the light." Sora looked at Cloud with sadness, an expression mirrored by Leon "You'll find it." Leon found himself saying. Cloud looked at Leon with shock "I'm searching, too" Added Sora "For your light?" asked Cloud looking right into Leon's eyes. "Yeah" Leon said softly Cloud walked forward "Don't lose sight of it." Cloud answered. Cloud moved to walk away before Sora's shout made him turn around. "It must be hard" Sora said "Only looking on one world" Leon had another really bad feeling about this. Donald chipped in too "Why don't you come with us, your strong and you can search other worlds!" "Yup, Yup" added Goofy. Cloud contemplated their offer before nodding and turning to face the group once more. "Okay" He said "I'll join you". Cloud gave what might have been a small smile.
Leon had a really bad feeling about this.
A/N~ next is deep jungle.
Yay (Sarcasum)
Also if anybody plays Aion give me a shout.
