The Battle of the Coliseum
Flashback
The second Riku stepped through the portal he found himself in another world on its own. He found himself on top of a tower. Not just any tower either. It was that of the Disney princesses. He found himself on Snowwhite. Around her was a shade of green and her seven dwarves' pictures. The tower was surrounded in a giant cloud of endless darkness. He then heard an eerie voice. "I hope you like what I've done with the place. Its really quite improving since I stumbled upon this place." Riku then asked, "Where are you Victor? Come out, you can't hide forever." He laughed some more. "You're no different than Sora.", the voice said. Then a white hooded figure appeared in front of him. "You always look before you leap as well. In the end it will cost you." Riku drew out his keyblade of darkness.
"Where are we? How did we get here?", he asked. "Let me put it to you this way. We are in the exact place where Sora started his entire adventure.", He said. Then the entire floor broke into pieces carrying them both down to another this time with Cinderella on it. It had her magical carriage below her with a shade of blue around her as well as her mice companions all around her with her fairy godmother at the top. "He was here alright. Since his encounter here, he got encouraged to go exploring other worlds just like you and Kairi always wanted to.", Victor continued. He snapped his fingers and they reappeared on a floor with Aurora on it. She had a shade of pink around her as well as a distant castle behind her and thorns covering the bottom of the picture on the floor. "Since then all of you went on your little pathetic journeys around your galaxy, blissfully unaware of a greater essence that exists beyond you. You never even did think that there were others like you who had the power to help others when they needed it."
Riku shook his head. He then said, "Why are you telling me this?" Victor snapped his fingers. They reappeared on top of Belle. She had a shade of yellow around her with a couple of roses around the bottom as well. "You really want to know why. I'll tell you why. People like you beat a couple of enemies and suddenly think you're on top of the world. You feel invincible. And yet we are all human. We all have only one life. Once it's gone, there is no more that can be served from it. You and Sora are good examples of overconfident youths. I bet you don't even know why you have a keyblade." Riku didn't say a thing. Victor sighed and snapped his fingers. They found themselves on a pictured floor of Alice. She had a shade of purple and some cards with hearts, clubs, spades and diamonds in red and black surrounding her.
"It was the same for me. When I got my first powers, I didn't know why either. That's the trick with fate. It doesn't think about what it does when it selects a hero. It just happens simply because of what it chooses." Riku ran up to try and slice him. Victor evaded it with ease and caught him with chains of light cuffing his wrists and feet. "Don't get any ideas either. You're not going anywhere." He snapped his fingers and they found themselves on a floor with Ariel's picture on it. She had a shade of red around her with her father, Triton, Sebastian, and Flounder on her left and Ursula, Flotsam and Jetsam on her right.
"Fate my friend is what gave you the keyblade and then Sora as well as Mickey prior to you. They obviously have powers that I couldn't begin to understand, but in the essence of things you got the keyblade initially before you turned dark.", Victor said. He snapped his fingers and they found themselves on a floor with Jasmine's picture on it. It had a shade of orange and her palace in the background. The very bottom had the Cave of Wonders with a black lamp at the bottom while the top had a yellow lamp above Jasmine's head. Riku then said, "So then, fate chose me and Sora to go explore other worlds then?" the white figure nodded.
"Odd, but true nevertheless. You were selected single-handedly by fate as was I a decade ago in my universe to go explore my world and beyond. Now then I'm going to let you go. I got no reason to fight you. You are what I would call 'number two' in the rank of things fighting.", Victor said with a hinted laugh at the end. "Was that a joke? You obviously have never seen me fight. That my friend is a big mistake.", Riku said. Victor snapped his fingers and they appeared on a floor with Victor's image on it. It had nothing but white shading around it. At the bottom his shadow extended to the other end of the floor. The sky turned white as well. A barrier appeared around Riku and Victor.
Riku had been turned into his ultimate darkness form. He became Xehanort's heartless. Victor laughed. "I never could have expected this. You are my old colleague's heartless? That's rich my friend. No matter though, you're still no match for me." They soon did battle with each other. Riku attacked fast. Victor had so many scrapes, cuts and bruises that he could barely even stand up. Riku wasn't finished there yet. He punched him in the gut of his stomach and smashed him against his own barrier. He then kicked him in mid air and slashed him with his keyblade of darkness. Victor lay on the ground spewing up blood with his face torn up. Riku stepped on his stomach and stabbed his sword into the ground. He laughed in sheer delight. "You were saying about me being no match for you." Victor suddenly laughed. Riku got a frown with his eyebrows turned downward.
"What's so funny Victor?", Riku said. Victor pulled down his hood and snapped his index finger. He was magically healed. "I confess. I truly do. I wasn't even trying. I let you have the first move. Now it's my turn to tango." He disappeared in light and reappeared with sword of light. He slashed Riku and disappeared and then attacked to and fro. He sliced Riku's left arm and his right leg. He punched his right eye and bruised his left leg.
He punched his stomach gut like he did to Victor and he continued to attack from every direction like he did to Roxas. He shook his head and waved his index finger in the air. "Never underestimate your foe. If you have a chance to finish to finish him or her, then take it. Don't wait 'till the twelfth of never.", he said. Victor then punched Riku out cold.
Present
He then awoke inside Merlin's house to find the whole gang gathered around him as well as Sora right on top of him crying a little bit. Riku sat down quick still being injured from his encounter with Victor. Sora and the others couldn't believe that Riku was okay. Merlin said, "Such a strange turn of events. Victor could have destroyed you, but he didn't. Instead he gave you advice and taught you something more about the universe." Riku looked at his cripple hands. "I couldn't believe it myself. Even when I transformed into my dark form I still couldn't defeat him. Let alone I can't even remember how Victor did it." Everyone gasped. Mickey then said, "It's quite clear to me now." Sora stared at Mickey. "What is your magesty?", Sora said. Mickey said, "I knew his power was indescribable, but I never knew that he could defeat darkness with ease as well. My guess is that his older brother has power over complete darkness. Riku still has his good side at heart, which means even with his dark form he couldn't stand up to Victor when he used half of his power." The others looked confused.
"How do you know he only used half of his power your magesty?", Donald asked. "It's simple Donald. I've seen Victor fight before. I've seen it when he lived in Calgary. He was a devastating fighter along with his brothers. They all were powerful alone and together were unstoppable. This fight he had with Riku proves that we can't underestimate him ever again. He could easily take either one us on and still defeat us." Anastasia then took the honey pot from Sora.
"There is one way you could better prepare yourselves for Victor's full power. You must head to Olympus Coliseum. Once you reach Hercules' strength, you'll stand a better chance against him. It's very difficult I know, but you won't regret it once you give it a try." The group nodded and then Anastasia used the pot to open a gate outside. The gate had a Greek building symbol in the centre of it and it opened very slowly. The entire group of eight including Jiminy Cricket went into the portal.
They soon arrived in Olympus Coliseum. The building was so huge that its columns were the size of trucks. Sora, Donald and Goofy couldn't help, but remember all of the glorious times that they had with Hercules. They soon found him lifting a 50 ton weight over his head with ease. They also saw a schedule saying "Battle of the Coliseum" tomorrow at eight. Sora then said, "Hey Herc. How's your workout going?" Hercules dropped his weight to talk to his old-time friends.
"I'm just getting ready for the Battle of the Coliseum. It's a new tourist attraction here. People are coming from far and wide to watch. Very few people can compete. Unfortunately, there are only seven spots left as well. No one else has bothered to enter since it's such an exclusive competition." The group then went to sign their names up. Hercules looked at them with a weird look as they signed their names next to each spot. Sora smiled. He said, "Well since, there are a lot of spots left anyway." Hercules shook his head. "You have to register first you silly gooses!!" He chuckled as well as the rest of the group did too.
In the distance, Victor stood with a giant wearing a covered cloak. Victor said, "That's your target. The boy in the black clothing that has the keyblade is your target. Don't underestimate him. I can't stress that enough. He'll eat you up and spit you back out. That is if your not too careful." The figure stared at the other people. He asked, "What of the others?" Victor said, "Knock them out cold, or just simply trap them. They're not your main targets. Consider them more like a bonus prize." They both nodded and disappeared in a blinding light.
The group prepared themselves for a rough competition that was soon to occur. They trained in target practice, did a workout, played some sports like soccer or football, and they did some exercises to stretch their muscles and strain their biceps. Afterwards, they called a day went off to bed. Sora and Hercules couldn't sleep and stared up at the stars. "I guess you couldn't sleep either Sora?", Hercules asked. Sora nodded. "This competition seems to be the real deal. I can't wait until tomorrow." The both nodded in agreement and fell fast asleep.