"My KH Adventure"
By cdc100
Summary: After leaving Halloween Town, we return to the Olympus Coliseum to test ourselves in two new tournaments.
Disclaimer: This is a work of pure non-profit fan fiction. I do not own any of the characters, their weapons, their abilities, or any of their universes, nor do I own any of the lyrics that will appear in later chapters, or any of the products mentioned in the story such as Coca-Cola, or Playstation.
Chapter Eleven
"The Phil and Pegasus Cups"
My friends and I were happy to get back on the ship and depart Halloween Town. Don't get me wrong. We had fun there, but one can only take being a freak of nature for so long. Within mere moments of departing, we changed back to our normal selves.
"Hey," said Maya. "My hair is hair again."
Tanya put her hand to her head, expecting to feel the axe still indented in her head, but finding no such thing. She then gave a satisfied sigh.
"We were scary buggers, weren't we, Leo?" asked Jake.
"Yeah. I can't figure out which one of us was the scariest, though."
"Well, instead of trying to figure it out, why don't we just go and check out those tournaments?" asked Sora.
"Good idea, Sora," I said.
"Are you sure that we should do this?" asked Ryan. "I don't think that the Heartless are entering tournaments willy-nilly."
"You're apparently forgetting who our first opponents were when we came here," I said. "Even if we lose these tournaments, we'll be getting some much-needed training in, and if we win, I hear that they're giving out prizes at the tournaments."
"Like what?" asked Tanya.
"No idea, but they wouldn't be holding a tournament over it if it wasn't something good, would they?" I asked.
"Leo's got a point," said Maya. "For all we know, the prize could be a keychain, or some kind of protection amulet. But whatever it is, this tournament is definitely worth checking out."
Lisa shrugged.
"I'm in."
"Me, too," said Jake.
"Me, too," said Donald and Goofy together.
I nodded.
"Then, it's settled. We enter the tournament," I said.
Soon after, we arrived in the Olympus Coliseum. We stepped off the Gummi Ship, and hurriedly made our way to the registration desk.
"Are we late?" I asked.
The satyr, Phil, who we had met previously, stepped up on top of a large box so that he could look us in the eyes.
"Nope, you're just in time."
"We'd like to enter the tournaments," said Sora.
"Well, why else would you come here?" asked Phil. "Alright. What did you guys have in mind?"
"Well," said Sora. "I was thinking about entering the Phil Cup with Goofy and Donald."
"And I was thinking of entering the Pegasus Cup with two other people," I said.
"Sorry, Leo. It doesn't work like that."
"What do you mean?"
"Well, the Pegasus and Phil Cups are separate tournaments, yeah, but you have to make it through the Phil Cup tournament before you can qualify for the Pegasus Cup."
"I see. I guess we'll all just have to enter the Phil Cup first, then."
"Look, you guys have your Hero License, so I'll be more than happy to register. But I should warn you about something."
"What's that?" asked Sora.
"Two words: Caution! I've seen some of these bums in the arena, and they're some of the deadliest bums I've ever seen!"
"You know, Phil," I said, "if you're going to lecture us, you should at least learn how to count."
"Did you take in a word that I said?!"
"Of course."
"'Of course,'" said Ryan, imitating me. "You would say that, Mr. Attention-to-Detail."
"You would say "you would", Ryan," I said. "Anyway, yes, Phil. We'll be careful. We won't let our guards down, and we won't let you down."
Phil Smiled.
"That's all I ask. Now go kick some Heartless tail!"
"Will do, Phil!" we said.
We equipped ourselves, and hurried out to the arena. We were eager to see who our first victim would be.
Our first opponents included six Soldiers, and eight Powerwilds, the monkey-like Heartless we encountered in the Deep Jungle. The Soldiers have no specific weaknesses, and weren't that much of a problem, but since the Powerwilds were much more annoying, we made a point of eliminating them first. I swung my Keyblade twice before mine was taken down. Donald managed to take out a Soldier while he took care of his Powerwild. Goofy took out three of the Soldiers and a Powerwild. Kari took one out on her own. Tanya and Maya teamed up against one Powerwild. Ryan, Sora and Lisa cast Thunder spells to take care of the rest of our opponents.
"That was easy," said Ryan.
Next, we came up against two Powerwilds, ten Yellow Operas, and Four Each of the Green Requiem and Red Nocturne. Goofy used his tornado attack to take out all four requiems, making our battle that much easier. We could now heal ourselves, and the Heartless couldn't. We each teamed up against our own group of Heartless. Being siblings, me and Ryan took out a Nocturne and three Operas by sandwiching them between our Keyblades. Tanya and Maya did the same thing with an Opera and three Nocturnes. Lisa was having a hard time taking down the two Powerwilds, but remedied the problem by casting a Thunder spell. We then made short work of the remaining Yellow Operas.
"That… wasn't so easy," said Kari. "And I have a feeling that our next opponent is going to be tougher."
This time, we faced eight of the annoying monkey Heartless… plus two Hammerlegs! These were the legs that encumbered the Guard Armor in Traverse Town.
"Karina Ume," I said, "The next time you have a bad feeling, keep it to yourself."
"Next time," she said, pulling out her Keyblade.
For this battle, we desperately wanted to get rid of the Powerwilds, so we shocked them with Thunder spells, and then, it suddenly occurred to me that the Hammerlegs were just armor. They were metal armor that conducted electricity! All we needed to do was cast another Thunder spell, and they'd be gone.
"So much for those guys being tougher," said Jake.
"I take it back," said Kari.
The next team was a whole platoon each of Red Nocturnes and Yellow Operas.
"Oh… my… God…" said Tanya. "You… have… got to be KIDDING ME!!!"
We began madly casting blizzard spells at the Red Nocturnes, and, having accomplished the task of eliminating them, we focused on the yellow lightning bugs. Since most magic attacks wouldn't work, we were forced to use physical strength to take care of them.
"Can we just go home now?" asked Tanya.
"If you've forgotten, Tanya, it was swallowed whole," said Jake.
"Oh, yeah."
We battled our way through three more Large Bodies, five more Powerwilds, fourteen of the magical choir, and many, many others before we finally hoisted the Phil Cup over our shoulders.
"We did it!" exclaimed Kari.
I gave Jake a high five before we stepped down from our pedestal, and returned to the registration room.
When we got back to the registration room, Phil was in front of the desk, waiting for us.
"You did well in this tourney, kids, but you ain't heroes yet," he said.
"We figured," I said. "Okay, we've finished with the Phil Cup. We'd like to enter the Pegasus Cup now."
"That can be arranged. But before you do, I wondered something. Would you guys like to re-try the Phil?"
Needless to say, we were confused.
"I'm not sure I get what you mean," I said.
"Well, you can re-enter the Phil Cup, and try to beat it within a set time, or you can re-enter it and try to win it with one person alone. This interest you?"
I shrugged.
"Maybe later. I think it might be better if we win a tournament where we don't have a time limit before trying anything solo or with a time limit. That make sense?"
Phil nodded.
"Fair enough."
He got out a clipboard and wrote something down.
"I've penciled you guys in for the Pegasus Cup. You'll have half an hour to prepare yourselves."
"We'll be outside," I said, turning to the others and gesturing to go outside.
"Hold on a sec," said Phil.
We stopped walking and turned back in response to his statement.
"What's up?" asked Ryan.
"You guys don't have to wait outside. You guys can use the stadium to do all the prepping you want."
We shrugged.
"Thanks, Phil," I said.
We then made our way into the stadium to prepare for our next round of near-endless Heartless battles.
"Hey, do you think they have weights out here?" I asked.
"Probably," said Jake. "But I wouldn't recommend killing yourself trying to lift a hunk of iron that's half your weight before our fight."
I rolled my eyes.
"Good point," I said.
Kari was typing on her laptop, as she usually was.
"What are you doing, Kari?" I asked.
"I'm making dossiers of all of us. I'm using it to keep track of all the things we know, and all the abilities we've learned."
"Good idea," I said.
Maya tapped me on the shoulder, to which I responded by turning around.
"What's up?" I asked.
"Did you have a plan of attack for this tournament?"
"Well, we don't know who the other contestants are, so we'll just do like we normally do, and think of a plan on the spot. But if you have a better idea, I'm all ears," I said.
"No. I honestly can't think of anything better.
I turned to Sora.
"Hey, Sora, remember that thing that Tarzan and Jane gave us before we left their world?" I asked.
"You mean that Keychain with the butterfly on it?"
"Yeah. Do you mind if I take a look at it?" I asked.
"No," he said, pulling it out of his pocket. "Go ahead."
Sora handed me the keychain, and I attached it to my Keyblade. The Keyblade changed shape immediately. It was longer and looked like it was made out of bamboo. The guard was circular and red, and the key's head now had five teeth instead of four.
"Here I was thinking that they were just collectibles," said Maya.
I swung the Keyblade from side to side, and then brought it down in front of me. It felt lighter; as though it was hollow just like the bamboo it was supposed to look like.
"Sora, do you mind helping me test this out?" I asked.
"Sure, no problem," said Sora, summoning his own Keyblade and charging at me.
I blocked his first strike, and Sora was pushed back slightly. He came at me again, this time jabbing at me with his Sonic Blade attack. I barely managed to block those strikes, and I slashed at Sora, who was flung backwards with the force of the blade.
"How did that feel?" I asked, helping him up.
"'How do I feel?' You knock me on my behind, and you ask me how I feel?" he asked, getting up and giving me a playful, but painful, strike to the gut.
"Okay! I deserved that!" I said, getting up and inhaling. "I meant other than the obvious. Did anything feel different from when you're normally struck?"
Sora shrugged.
"I didn't notice anything different. Did you notice anything?"
I pulled the Keychain off and put the original mouse ears-shaped keychain back on the Keyblade.
"It felt just a little bit lighter."
Donald grabbed the Keychain from me.
"Hey, what are you doing?" I asked the feathered magician.
"Hold on a sec," said Donald in his quacking voice. He raised the Keychain to his eye level and tapped it a couple of times.
"This is called the Jungle King Keychain," said Donald. "It increases your attack strength, but it lowers your chances of dealing critical hits. There are more Keychains out there, and they all have different abilities. Odds are, we'll find a lot more before this is all over."
"We already have," stated Jake. "You're forgetting about the ones we got from Halloween Town and Agrabah."
Ryan slapped his forehead.
"Duh," he said. "Okay, who had those?"
"I think that Tania had one and Lisa had one," said Maya.
The two in question immediately began searching their pockets. Lisa finally pulled the Agrabah Keychain from her pocket, and Tania pulled the one from Halloween Town out of her pocket not long after. They each attached the Keychains to their Keyblades. Tania's Keychain was shaped like a pumpkin, and when I looked at what it did to her Keyblade, I was immediately reminded of Jack Skellington. It had "goth" written all over it.
"Dibs," said Maya, looking at the Keychain held by Tania.
I turned my attention to Lisa. Her Keyblade was golden now, and the teeth were replaced with a hook. It looked to be about the same length as her original Keychain. It the guard had a lot more curvature to it, and the Keychain itself was shaped like Genie's lamp.
I shook my head. Just when I thought the universe outside of my homeworld was becoming less complicated, a gigantic new discovery needs to pop up.
"As interesting as all of this is," I said, "I think it we should save these things for later."
The others were in agreement on this, and we handed all of the Keychains over to Kari for safekeeping. She finally finished typing up her dossiers, and decided to come and train with us for a while.
After a few sparring matches, we were finally ready to compete in the new tournament. We waited patiently for the start time, until about five minutes before it was to start. At that point, Phil strutted over to us from the lobby.
"Sorry, kids. I'm afraid the Pegasus Cup's been delayed for a week."
We all groaned, and I'm pretty sure that a couple of us wanted to strangle Phil, not caring how hard it would be with that thick neck of his.
"Why?" asked Sora, his disappointment obvious in his voice.
"We haven't had enough entries," said Phil. "We're going to wait a week for more people to sign up. Sorry to have made you wait for nothing."
With that, he left the arena. Maya let herself fall back on the platform of the arena out of sheer frustration.
"Why…?" was all that she was able to get out. In truth, none of us could effectively voice how frustrated we were with the circumstances. We made faces at each other for about another five minutes before we silently agreed that there wasn't anything we could do about our situation. So, we trudged back to the Gummi Ship. As I took a seat behind Sora, Tania voiced a thought.
"Guys? I've been thinking about the way we explore new worlds. This may sound a little stupid."
Everybody's attention was on her.
"What is it?" asked Maya.
"Well, I've just been thinking that it's kind of dangerous, all of us going out there together. I'm thinking that it might be a good idea for us to, whenever we're out exploring a new world, leave three or four people behind to protect the Gummi Ship. For one thing, the ship needs to be protected in case someone tries to attack it, and for another, if the exploring party gets injured, we'll have someone on the ship who can come to help us."
Sora shrugged.
"Well, that's not a bad idea," he said. "What do you guys think? All in favor?"
We all shook our heads in the affirmative.
"It's settled, then," said Ryan. "What's next on our itinerary?"
Kari pulled something up on the overhead map (yet another useful feature installed by Cid.)
"It looks like our next destination is a world called…"
Neverland…?
To Be Continued…