(A/n: Hello everyone! Welcome back to Re: Kingdom Hearts! First off, I'd like to thank you all for just reading this story. The reviews, favorites, follows, even just reading it, thank you. This and Re: Dream Drop Distance are on my main focuses list.
I am so glad to be updating this story more frequently.
So, like usual, I don't own Kingdom Hearts or any of the other titles in this story. I only own Penelope.
Here's chapter 4!)
Chapter 4: The Coliseum of Olympus
(A/N: I know one was just put in but originally, I was going to have Wonderland. But, considering the Walkthrough I'm watching and I'm not playing the game myself right now, I'll do Olympus Coliseum first.)
Upon arrival on the Gummi Ship, Sora and Penelope were told about how to get to other Worlds and how they should pay attention to the Battle Lvs.
When they checked both of them, Sora said, "Let's go to the tougher one!"
"No, no, Sora. We should go to it eventually."
"No, I want to go to the tougher one! Then it will be knocked out of the way!"
Penelope stood up. "No Sora!"
Donald sighed. "Stop arguing you two. Let's go to the 2 star one."
"What? But?"
"You should sit down. The ship is going to start moving soon."
Penelope sat down and death glared Sora as they began to go through the path leading to that world.
(Olympus Coliseum)
Upon entering, Penelope looked up and saw sword slashes and then words saying "Olympus Coliseum".
"ITS HAPPENING AGAIN!" Penelope shouted.
"What?"
"A sign appeared! Did any of you just see that sign?"
"No…?"
Penelope frowned. When they looked around, they saw two Golden Statues crossing swords over a door with lightning bolts on it. There were three columns on each side of the door.
"I'm assuming this world is based around Greek Mythology." Penelope indicated.
"Greek Mythology?" Sora asked.
"Greek Mythology is myths and teachings from the time of the Ancient Greeks. I'm assuming those lightning bolts are Zeus' symbol."
"Zeus?"
"The Greek God of Lightning and the King God. His Counterpart in Roman Mythology is Jupiter."
Penelope only got strange looks from Sora, Donald and Goofy.
"How do you know these things?!" Donald asked.
"I guess it just came to me."
"Well keep it to yourself."
"Is it wrong to mention facts?!"
"No. You just talk too much."
Penelope huffed before crossing her arms and following Sora, Donald and Goofy to the Lightning Bolt door, leading them into the Lobby.
Then they saw a Satyr outing something up.
"Um…"
"Good timing. Give me a hand, will ya?" He asked without looking at them.
Then he pointed at a pedestal.
"Move that pedestal over there for me. I gotta spruce this place up for the games."
"Let's go move it." Sora told Donald, Goofy and Penelope.
"I'm not helping. You guys do it."
"What? Why not?!" Sora asked.
"You've treated me disrespectfully enough. Besides, I already gave you a bit of info, so in return, you move the pedestal yourselves.
Donald grumbled in anger.
Then Sora tried moving it. "It weighs a ton!"
He walked back over to the Satyr.
"Its way too heavy!" Sora told him.
"What? Too heavy?" Then he began to face them saying, "Since when have you been such a little…"
"Oh. Wrong guy. What are you doing here?" The Satyr jumped off the pedestal and began walking over to Sora. "This here's the world-famous Coliseum. Heroes only!"
"And I got my hands full preparing for the games. So run along pip-squeaks." Sora glared at the Satyr while Penelope was in the corner giggling.
"Look, it's like this. Heroes are coming from all over to fight ferocious monsters right here in the Coliseum."
Donald crosses his arms. "You got heroes standing right in front of you."
"Yup! He's a real hero chosen by the Keyblade!"
Penelope walked over and frowned at Goofy.
"Oh! And her too." Penelope however wasn't noticed yet.
"And we're heroes, too." Said Donald.
"Hero? That runt?" The Satyr began laughing.
"What's so funny? I've fought a bunch of monsters!"
Penelope rolled her eyes. "AHEM. I did too Sora." The Satyr couldn't stop laughing before he said, "Hey, if you can't even move this…"
That was when the Satyr attempted to push the pedestal, which didn't work. "You can't call yourself…"
Sora crossed his arms and Penelope was giggling again. "A hero!" The Satyr fell on his bottom.
"Okay, so it takes more than brawn. Well, well, let's see what you can do."
Then Sora and Penelope went over to the Satyr and spoke to him about entering.
That was when he saw Penelope.
"Whoa! Hey there sweet cheeks! Where'd you come from?"
Penelope frowned. "I came to enter the games with them."
"Well you can enter if you'd like."
"WHAT?! Why can she enter?!" Sora asked in anger.
"She's a pretty girl, so why not?"
Sora, Donald and Goofy stared at her.
"I can't enter till they do." Penelope indicated. "And don't flirt with me please."
Then Sora entered a trial which involved destroying barrels, which was a success, but…
"You know, you ain't bad, kid." The Satyr indicated.
"Looks like I'm headed for the games."
"Afraid not."
"Why not?" Sora asked in shock.
"Two words: You guys ain't heroes."
"Come on!" Sora shouted.
"Wanna become a real hero? Start by mastering this spell."
Then Sora and Penelope learned the element of lightning which was the Thunder spell.
Sora sighed. "Let's go guys."
Sora, Donald and Goofy left with Penelope following them.
"Rather a stubborn old goat, wouldn't you say?" A person suddenly asked.
"Who are you?"
Penelope identified the guy as Hades, or Pluto in Roman Mythology as the God of the Underworld.
"Whoa, hold on there, fuzz boy. Wait, let me guess. You want to enter the games, right?"
Hades put his hand on Sora's shoulder. "Well, then, hey, get a load of this."
Hades materialized a pass. "A pass?" Sora asked.
"Its all yours. Good luck, kid. I'm pulling for you, little shorty."
Sora stared at the pass before running back in with Donald, Goofy and Penelope.
"Hey, how'd you get this?" The satyr asked Sora.
Ignoring the question asked, Sora questioned, "Can we enter the games now?"
"Well…I guess so. We start with the preliminaries!"
Before they began, Penelope asked, "Hey, how come you let me enter?"
"There's just something about you, like you were meant to be a hero. You just strangely have the potential, kid."
Penelope frowned before shrugging and following Sora in with Donald and Goofy.
(Olympus Coliseum- Arena)
After finishing a match, they cheered in victory before talking to the Satyr. "You're no heroes yet, but you ain't doing bad. Lucky you came to me for coaching." Then a guy with a cape walked passed them and Sora looked at the guy, and the guy looked at him back.
"Cloud Strife from FFVII?" (Penelope said his name, but Sora and the others are thinking she's just saying strange things again.)
"What?"
"It just came to me."
"You say even stranger things than Riku sometimes!" Sora shouted.
Penelope huffed in anger.
"Something tells me he'll be a tough one to beat."
"No kidding. He can be really freaking hard."
"How do you know this?"
Penelope shrugged. "Stuff just comes to me, okay?"
The Satyr continued on what he was saying. "Who know, maybe you'll end up facing him."
After finishing two more matches, the satyr told them, "Say, you're better than I thought, kid! Wish he was here to see this."
"Who?" Sora asked.
"Hercules. He's a hero if ever there was one. Too bad he's off visiting his father."
Penelope nodded. "Here's our next match, guys! Let's go!" Penelope shouted.
Upon finishing two more matches, Sora, Donald and Goofy cheered in victory. Penelope however noticed something.
"That little punk is your next opponent, okay?"
Hades continued talking to the guy with the cape. "Now, don't blow it. Just take him out."
"The great god of the underworld is afraid of a kid?" The guy asked. "Sorry, but my contract says…"
"I know! You don't think I know? I wrote the contract! I know it says you're only required to kill Hercules in this tournament. But you have to fight that kid and that girl there to get to him. Come on."
Then the satyr was shouting at them. "Hey, it's like that old goat says: Rule 11: Its all a game, so lets loose and have fun with it! I mean, a casualty or two along the way is not big deal, right?" Hades asked.
The guy got off of the wall and walked away from Hades.
"Geez. Stiffer than the stiffs back home. Still, suckers like him are hard to come by…" Hades indicated.
After another match, it came to the last one, and it was against the guy. Penelope wasn't kidding about the name. It was Cloud!
"Ah no. Guys, watch out for his Omnislash! IT F****** HURTS." Penelope warned.
Donald and Goofy gasped. "She always swears like this. Let's go!"
Sora, Donald and Goofy made sure to avoid Cloud's attacks. Penelope however had a different strategy. She made sure to avoid and attack. However, at some point, Cloud noticed her and attacked, taking off some serious damage.
"Penelope!"
Then her eyes flashed a dangerous, angry, violet color before she began glowing with light. Sora, Donald and Goofy backed up. Cloud was confused but Sora said, "I don't think this attack is only aimed at you!"
Then multiple bursts of light and some darkness shout out of Penelope's body, and Sora, Donald, Goofy and Cloud avoided most of the attacks, but also got hit, taking off quite a bit of damage. Penelope suddenly stopped went back to normal and healed with a Hi-Potion before the battle went back to normal.
However, they managed to eventually beat Cloud, but that wasn't the real issue there.
Shortly after beating Cloud, who fell down momentarily, but dropped his, sword, looked behind him and saw this gigantic dog with three heads.
"HOLY S***! THERE IS A GIGANTIC A** DOG HERE NOW AND IT LOOKS LIKE ITS GOING TO KILL US!" Penelope screamed. Everyone, even the dog, went silent.
"Am I not allowed to use my colorful words?" Penelope asked.
"I don't know anymore."
Then Hades appeared. "Oh, right, there was one other rule I forgot: Accidents happen."
Just as the dog, Cerberus, began to go for Sora, someone kept the dog from doing do.
"Herc!" The satyr shouted.
"Phil! Get them out of here!" Hercules shouted.
The satyr, who was apparently named Phil, ran out to the lobby of the Coliseum and Sora, Donald, Goofy and Penelope ran in after him.
(Olympus Coliseum-Lobby)
"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." Phil indicated.
"We should take it down." Penelope stated.
"Are you crazy? Its Cerberus!"
"It doesn't matter. I don't want anyone getting hurt trying to take down that giant puppy. I'm going to help." Penelope walked back into the Arena.
"Penelope!" Sora shouted after her. Then he decided to go in the arena, with Donald and Goofy following. "Kid, you're not entering the arena, are ya?" Phil asked. "This ain't some match. This is for real!"
"I'm not afraid. Besides, Penelope ran in to help, and she's my friend! I don't want to leave her alone and allow her to get seriously hurt." Sora indicated. "You can decide if I'm hero material or not."
"Careful, kid!" Phil shouted. Sora, Donald and Goofy went back into the arena.
(Olympus Coliseum-Arena)
Hercules had Cloud slung over his shoulder as Cerberus came over. Next to him, Penelope was shielding herself with her Keyblade.
However, the huge dog turned its heads around to see Sora, Donald and Goofy. Knowing they'd be able to handle this, Hercules ran back into the lobby and Phil shouted, "Kid, I got two words of advice for you: Attack!"
Penelope ran in to help as Sora, Donald and Goofy began to fight Cerberus. Donald fired magic at it, Sora jumped up and hit it with his Keyblade and Goofy was whacking it with his shield. Penelope however was trying to find out how to get on its back to avoid its attacks and hit it from there. Cerberus was then able to get them cornered; snapping its jaws at them, but Penelope whacked it with her Keyblade, allowing Sora to go around.
"Down you stupid mutt!" Penelope growled. The Dog, angered by this, aimed its attacks at her, but Penelope avoided. "Missed me!" Then Sora came in and hit it in the head (well, one of its heads) and attacked. Penelope joined in and blasted her light attack.
"Light Burst!"
"What?"
"I called my ability Light Burst."
"Oh, okay."
That was when Cerberus hit them with an attack that made darkness (?) fire up.
However, when Penelope was hit, it took barely any damage off of her.
"Was that supposed to hurt?" Penelope mocked.
Cerberus went for her again and Penelope avoided and attacked it again. Once again, Sora, Donald and Goofy joined in the fun.
However, at some point, the three headed dog K.O. Donald and Goofy, leaving Sora and Penelope to attack it.
"Let's finish this!"
"How?"
"With our Keyblades. Duh."
"Oh! Right."
Together, Penelope and Sora used a combo on Cerberus and managed to put that doggie in its place.
Cerberus roared before it collapsed onto the ground.
Penelope and Sora high-five. "We did it!"
"We sure did!"
Then Donald and Goofy woke up and they went back into the lobby.
(Olympus Coliseum- Lobby)
Sora, Donald, Goofy and Penelope stood towards Phil and Hercules as Phil told them after reading something to them, "Thus, I do hereby dub thee junior heroes, and confer upon thee full rights and privileges to participate in the games. Further…" Donald interrupted.
"Hey! What do you mean "junior heroes"?"
"You rookies still don't understand what it takes to be a true hero. Except maybe excluding that girl."
"So what does it take?" Goofy asked.
"Well, that's something you'll have to find out for yourselves. Just the way that I did."
"No problem. We'll start by proving ourselves in the games."
"There won't be any games for a while." Phil indicated. "Gotta clean up that mess from that last battle first."
"Okay, we'll be back." Sora told Phil and Hercules before he, Donald, Goofy and Penelope left the room.
As Hercules waved goodbye, Phil said, "I can't believe that squirt actually beat Cerberus."
"Just between us, I'd already worn down Cerberus with a bit of help from that girl by the time the little guy jumped in." Hercules whispered as Sora left.
"My lips are sealed." Phil replied.
(Front of the Olympus Coliseum)
As Sora, Donald and Goofy headed for the gate to leave for the next world, they saw Cloud on the stairs.
"Hey, are you alright?" Sora asked.
"Yeah."
"So, why did you go along with him anyway?"
"I'm looking for someone. Hades promised to help. I tried to exploit the power of darkness, but it backfired. I fell into darkness, and I couldn't find the light."
"You'll find it." Sora told Cloud. "I'm searching too."
It was quiet for a moment before Cloud asked, "For your light?"
Sora nodded. Then Cloud walked up to Sora and said, "Don't lose sight of it." Before giving him something and starting to walk off.
"How about a rematch sometime? Fair and square, no dark powers involved." Sora asked. Cloud stopped. "I think I'll pass." Cloud indicated.
Then Sora learned the ability of Sonic Blade and they left to their Gummi Ship. In the front though, it suddenly got dark, and an image of Hercules appeared.
"He's strong, he's kind. He's always there for you and he's handsome to boot. He perfect. Perfect. Perfectly infuriating! He makes me crazy." Hades angrily shouted, turning red before blowing up with fire. He calmed down and turned blue again before saying to himself, "Wait a minute. What are you worried about? All the pieces are in place. Relax. Here's what you can do. Let Hercules train the kid and that girl. In the next games, I'll take care of them all."
Then that woman from before appeared and Hades looked over his shoulder.
"Who invited you to the party? Stay out of this. This is my show."
"As you wish. Fight to your heart's content." Then she turned around and walked off, annoying Hades.
(A/N: There's chapter 4. First, no, I will not update daily. I had free time to write this chapter. I'm also thinking I might end up doing full worlds or something. Also, once again, the Tarzan world is not up next. It will be skipped. However, it'll be mentioned before they go to Wonderland.
So, like usual, review if you'd like, don't flame please, and I will see you all in the next chapter.
Ciao!)
