Here's the legal stuff again. It's pointless and has no real weight, but it's here anyway.
All characters and locations are the properties of their respective copyright holders, be it Square, Disney or whoever.

Anyway…

Kingdom Hearts: Blank Slate

Part 7

World: Olympus Coliseum

The stadium was an imposing building that dominated the surrounding landscape. It was a huge sandstone construction that seemed to blend with the arid surroundings while still being distinct. Inside the arena, a lone brown haired kid was whacking barrels with a glowing sword. He smashed the last pair together just as a bell sounded. His time was up.

Jon stepped into the lobby area, using his jumper to dry the sweat out of his hair after he'd discarded it on a bench. Sora and Riku were waiting for him.
"So how'd you do?"
"I made it in, just. Got the last two right as the time ran out."
"Cool. So where does that put us?"
"Here, here and here." Riku pointed out three spots on the tournament board.

Sora entered the arena for his first match. In the stands he could see Kairi, Donald and Goofy, along with a huge number of non-descript spectators. He raised his Keyblade to a cheer from the crowd, and waited for his opponent. He was not waiting long. A crowd of Shadow Heartless reared up from the ground and waited. A nice easy match to start off with.

Up in one corner of the stands, a lone man in a black hooded cloak was watching…

Sora drove the last Shadow into the floor of the arena, before it vanished in the same cloud of black smoke as before. The crowd cheered again, and he retired to the lobby to prepare for his next match.

Jon was next. His fight was considerably more difficult; A brace of Air-soldiers. He stood, waiting for them to make the first move. One of them did, swooping at him. He pulled the Beam Sword from his belt, rolled under it and ignited the blade, driving it straight through and making it explode in the usual way. The next preferred to try dive bombing him, so he jumped up, but fell short, his blade connecting with a wing for a brief second and sending the heartless spinning to the floor. He then drove the blade into it, and it too dissolved. The third then sped in and took out his legs, to the amusement of the crowd, and he lashed out, catching it on the side of the head briefly. It slunk over into a corner, long enough for Jon to get back on his feet and chase it. The last one smacked straight into his back and began to claw at him, one slash catching his arm and sending a shock of pain up it, as more than one member of the crowd gasped, before he rolled over and crushed it into the dirt, following through with a slice from his sword, and limping off to the cheers of the crowd.

"Impressive. His skill has improved greatly." The strange man was now joined by another, similarly garbed.
"He may nearly be ready…"
"Does he know?"
"I do not believe so. I've been tracking him since they left the castle, and He seems totally unaware."

Jon returned to the lobby, blood flowing slowly from where the Air-Solider had slashed his arm.
"So how bad was it?"
"Bad enough to make me watch my back in future. Those claws don't half sting."
"Here. Drink this." Sora tossed him a blue bottle. It contained a green liquid that seemed cold as Jon swallowed it, but it seemed to help the pain. In fact, it actually closed the wound to the point where it seemed like it had never been there in the first place. Jon wiped the rest of the blood off with his hand.
"Thanks."
He watched Riku walk into the arena, and saw the trio of Bandits. He heard the reactions of the crowd and guessed it was going his way.

And then someone screamed…

The trio ran up into the arena to be faced with a truly colossal Heartless. It seemed like a human figure, but there was a noticeable gap in its chest, in the shape of a heart.
"Darkside." Sora knew what it was.
"Great. What do we do about it?"
"We fight it." Everyone drew weapons.

The Darkside made the first move, delivering a hammer blow to the ground right where the party had been stood just a few moments ago. However, the shockwave knocked everyone off their feet. Jon leapt up and stabbed his sword into the gargantuan hand, but the creature simply swung him away up into the stands. Sora got up onto its back and drove his Keyblade into the back of its neck, but it simply shrugged him off. Riku slashed the back of the creature's legs several times, bringing it to its knees, and the pair laid into it with slash after slash, each strike removing more and more shadow from it.

Jon sat up, shaking a few bits of masonry from his hair. A huge wave of pain ran up one arm, and he could barely move it without making the pain worse. Chances were he'd broken it being flung up there.
"Hey!" He knew that voice, but the pain was making it hard to concentrate. His vision seemed to be fading again as the shock took hold.
"Hey. Stay with me now. Come on!" Jon looked up, and through the black spots swirling around he could see three figures above. One of them whispered something under their breath and a familiar sensation ran up his arm, setting the bone back together and repairing whatever damage the ends had done scraping around inside. His vision cleared up and he could finally see what had happened. Kairi was crouched beside him, with both Donald and Goofy a bit further away.
"What happened?"
"That Heartless threw you up here. Bust your arm up pretty badly."
"Right. Thanks for that." Jon picked up the Beam Sword, which lay inactive where he had smashed into the stone seats. "Here goes nothing…"

Sora ducked under a swipe from the Darkside, before laying into its hand. The creature was clearly being weakened, as its movements had slowed and it seemed less strong than it had been before. However, he managed to miss the arm coming up behind him, which smacked him into the edge of the arena floor. The Darkside came up to him and raised its clawed hand to strike at his heart.

Then Jon came out of nowhere, jumping up onto the Darkside's back and driving his sword repeatedly into its neck. Riku then joined in, shoulder charging the Darkside and knocking it off its feet. Sora was then able to stand up and deliver the final blow, making the giant heartless slump limply to the floor and then explode in the same way as always. Jon stood up.
"Well, that went well."

The black hooded man simply watched as all this unfolded, before turning to leave.

Out in the courtyard, everyone was preparing to leave. Sora had sealed the Keyhole again, which was in the same place as last time, behind a stone pedestal in the lobby.
Then one of the black cloaked men swooped from nowhere, grabbing Jon by his neck and coming to a halt in front of the group.
"It is time for this one to face his destiny. We would appreciate it if you stayed out of our way."
"No. You won't take him. We won't let you." Everyone drew their weapons.
"The time when you had a choice in the matter has long since passed; there is nothing you can do to prevent this."
"Just go, everything will be OK." Jon tried to reassure the rest of the group, but before they could do anything a dark portal swallowed the pair.

A/N: Well, back to a more manageable length, and another altered video game rip. Who knows where this will go from here? I certainly don't…