nightelf37: Okay. Here are my ideas on the voice actors of the following chracters. For now, I will put in those of the Lumus Squad (Excluding, of course, Sora, Donald, Goofy, Kairi, and me). Let's see… we'll have Sahsa Williams for Fiorina.

Rael: Ain't that Kelsie from Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue?

nightelf37: Gareth Yven for Yoris…

Rael: Dax from Opertion Overdrive!

nightelf37: Jorgito Vargas Jr. for Gregorio…

Rael: Blake from Ninja Storm!

nightelf37: Deborah Estelle Phillips for Ilsa…

Rael: Katie from Time Force!

nightelf37: Walter Jones for Vitri…

Rael: Zack from the first season!

nightelf37: John Tui for Pollonaire…

Rael: Daggeron from Mystic Force! Also Cruger from SPD.

nightelf37: And James Napier for "Wizard".

Rael: Conner from Dino Thunder!

nightelf37: That's right. I used Power Rangers actors for this. Remember, only the OCs and plot belong to me.

Chapter 58: Back to Olympus Coliseum

Part I. The Hades Cup

I awoke from my sleep (with the help of the Refresher system Gregorio installed) ready to do whatever I will be doing upon descent to Olympus Coliseum. I was almost at where the food was stored when I bumped into Kairi.

"Oh.", she gasped.

"Sorry.", I said as I continued past her. I decided to go to the Transwarp Room. Once I was there, I prepared the Materia I needed and other equipment. Five minutes later, everybody else arrived and we teleported down as usual.

Finally, we arrived at the Underworld, where we ended up teleporting to again. The first thing Kairi did upon seeing the place was shudder.

"Don't worry, Kairi.", said Pollonaire holding her hand. "I was scared the first time as well."

"Don't go trying anything again.", Kairi answered back, slapping it.

"The coast is clear!", Gregorio called, not part of the conversation as he perked his ears. (A/N: Here I go again.)

"No sign of the Nobodies or the Heartless…", added Vitri, who took a deep sniff. "For now, anyway."

"Well, let's go then.", said Ilsa as she led the way. The rest of us followed. We continued down the path, surprisingly without any Heartless about, until we ended up at a stadium across the Styx river that was all lit up.

"What's that?", Donald asked.

"The Underdrome.", Auron answered, who appeared out of nowhere beside us along with Vincent. "Fiends of the Underworld once clashed there—battle after battle. But Zeus didn't like the senseless violence, so he locked the place up."

"How did it get UN-locked?", Kairi asked.

"Some fool must have broken the seal."

"What an idiot.", said Sora.

"I think I'm looking at that idiot.", Jiminy said as he came out of my bag and looked at the spiky-head.

"Are you saying when I came to rescue Meg that I—"

"Yes."

"And I think I have an theory on how that was done.", I added. Somehow, Hades placed an image of Meg at the lock of the Underdrome and the second you unlocked it, then he entered with Meg."

Suddenly, Vincent grunted and headed away with Auron.

"Where are you going?", Fiorina asked. "We should catch up!"

"If you need something to do, go help your friends.", said Vincent as he took himself and Auron away in the same fashion he did when he rescued me before. As they did that, Yoris caught our attention and pointed to the entrance to the Olympus Coliseum, where Hercules and Megara were.

"Hey.", greeted Herc.

"Herc! You feeling any better?", asked Vitri.

"Well…same routine.", Meg answered for him. "Wonderboy here thinks his hero days are over. And Phil thinks it's all in his head."

"Gawrsh, Herc.", said Goofy. "We know you're a hero!"

"That's right…Blunderboy.", echoed Hades' voice. "How can you mope on a momentous day like today?"

As the Lord of the Dead appeared in a puff of smoke, he continued. "The Underdrome's back, and you are gonna fill the stands. After all, your fans won't settle for anything less than a certified hero. I mean, if you're not up to it, you could always just, I dunno, lose?"

"I bet you'd like that!", Gregorio said with a snide remark.

"Excuse me? Hey, I'm not a selfish guy. I'm not like those high and mighty snobs up on Olympus. I stand for the masses! And have I got a massive idea! The games, ladies and gentlemen…are back! Yours truly, Hades—the one and only Lord of the Dead—brings you the ultimate games, to celebrate the re-opening of the ultimate coliseum! We'll finally answer the age-old question: Who deserves the title "Ultimate Hero"? These games are gonna settle the debate once and for all! The winner reigns supreme. Of what? You guessed it! The Hades Cup! And I assure you that the "Great" Hercules will be there. Otherwise… You'll never see your girlfriend again."

"Lowlife!", screamed Fiorina as Hades vanished.

"Heh, you're too kind, kid.", replied Hades, taking it as a compliment.

Sighing, we headed to the entrance to the Underdrome, which was a pair of pillars near a body of water, where a boat was parked. There, we saw Hades' minions; the nervous Panic, and the clumsy Pain.

"Just talk to me if you wanna enter a tournament.", said Panic.

"His Most Perniciousness is feeling kinda charitable, so don't worry about dying or anything.", said Pain. "You should consider yourself lucky!"

"And if you win, you'll get lots of fabulous prizes!"

"There are a bunch of tournaments, so make sure you check back often."

"Yeah, it's a great way to spend some time."

"I'm handling registration for the Hades Cup. Don't go to Panic for that one!"

"Well, sign up."

A scroll then appeared from Pain's hands and floated to Hercules.

"Wait a mintue.", I wondered to myself. "I don't remember how writing is done here."

I swiftly turned to a seemingly random pillar to find someone in very familiar garbs, but he vanished before I could identify him.

(A/N: As I can't remember how the Greeks did their writing, I'll assume it's by quill for scribes. Besides, the animated film had 'present day' parodies.)

"Come on, sign up.", said Herc, after he finished writing.

Sighing, I then wrote, "Combatant: Lumus Squad. Will assume 'fighter limit' of six, including out-of-group partners. Members: Sora, Donald, Goofy, Rael, Fiorina, Gregorio, Yoris, Ilsa, Pollonaire, Vitri, Kairi (newbie)."

"Why am I the newbie?", Kairi asked me as I wrote.

"Because you're the latest addition to this team.", Ilsa said. "No one else has joined since your arrival. It makes perfect sense."

"If you're done, would you please give me the list now?", Pain asked.

"Here you go.", I said, giving the list.

Part II. The Pre-Finals

After signing up for the Hades Cup, we took a look with Hercules at the tier board.

"Who do we face first?", Herc asked.

"Let's see…", said Fiorina. "It's Spin Strike."

"Another Heartless team.", Gregorio sighed.

"Look!", gasped Donald. "Auron and Vincent in the tournament, too! As partners!"

"Uh-oh!", said Goofy. "We might have to fight them in the finals!"

"Why are they even paired up?", Vitri wondered out loud.

"I bet they're real heroes, huh?", said Herc.

"Well, I don't know them to be villains…", replied Sora. "But you're the only hero around here, Hercules. You know that."

"Maybe before… Now I'm just a washout…"

"Stop that, would you!", I said. "We are the ones who failed, not you. so stop being so bummed out."

"But I shouldn't have entrusted you to do it."

"Come on.", cut in Pollonaire. "Rael suggested we stay behind and entertain the audience. And they liked us. Why we failed was because of three annoying truants who tired us out after our battle with the Hydra. We could've beaten it again were it not for them."

"Whew!", Kairi said. "That was a doozy."

The ones who dealt with the Spin Strike were Sora, me (naturally), Hercules, Kairi, Donald, and Goofy.

"How'd it go out there, champ?", Sora asked Herc as I was twirling the "Training Scanner" Gregorio used back at our first visit to Olympus Coliseum.

"I'm just not what I used to be. Sorry to drag you down, guys."

"Don't throw in the towel yet, Herc!", Donald said. "We need you in the semifinals!"

"Yeah.", agreed Goofy. "Don't be too hard on yourself."

Before we knew it, we were on the semi-finals. Each of us has managed to participate in at least one battle, with Sora, me, and Herc as the 'regulars'.

"Next are the Hades Cup semifinals.", announced Pain. "Try not to lose too quickly."

"Bring it on!", I said. "There's nothing the Lumus Squad can't beat…yet."

We looked at the tier board and saw ourselves in the semifinals tier, next to us was a Heartless team called Bad Alert.

"These seem to be a tough bunch…", Pollonaire contemplted. "But noting we can't handle, right?"

"That's right!", agreed Fiorina. "We can't chicken out now!"

"Bad Alert" was a toughie, but we made mnaged to make it through.

"We made it to the finals!", I said, wiping sweat off my forehead.

"If we win, we'll all be heroes!", said Fiorina.

"We can't stay junior heroes forever, you know.", added Ilsa.

"I'll try not to mess things up.", Herc said.

"Like you even could.", Vitri remarked. "We couldn't do this without you."

"Hey, is that Auron?", Kairi asked. We turned to where she was pointing and indeed, Auron was there by the door.

"He and Vincent are our final opponents, right?", Herc asked.

"Auron!", Sora called, who had a reddish glow to him, which faded away as he turned around.

"And you are?", he aked.

"Huh?"

"Auron…?", Donald asked, thinknig something was wrong.

"I must defeat you and atone for my crimes.", was all Auron said before he left us alone.

"Hey! What was that all about?", Kairi wondered.

"You want to find out?", Vincent asked, who suddenly appeared next to us. "Come with me."

Part III. Auron's Free Will… Trapped!

"Whoa. That was unnerving."

Kairi was just recovering from our recent transportation; Vincent in his 'red mist' form. As I reoriented myself (only she, Gregiorio, and I were brought along), I saw that we were in the Cave of the Dead. As we situated ourselves behind a pillar, we saw Auron and Hades.
Vincent stood stright and leaned against the pillar, Kairi, Gregorio, and I went down on one knee and stared out from behind the pillar.

"If only we could hear what they were saying…", I whispered, placing my hand on the floor.

"Yeah.", Kairi agreed, involuntarily placing her hand on mine.

"I got it.", said Gregorio as the two of us promptly let go. "I'll rely to you the message."

"Okay, let's review.", said Hades. "State your crime, prisoner."

"I exist.", Auron replied. "That is my crime. It is…inexcusable."

"Ooh, good, very good."

"What's wrong with Auron?", Sora wondered. "He's never acted that way before."

"Shh.", said VIncent. "You'll see."

"Okay, so you made one lousy mistake: you exist. But hey, I'm a forgiving guy. You keep your end of our little deal, and I'm willing to overlook a transgression or two."

"I understand.", said Auron. "Defeat Hercules."

"And the Lumus Squad.", added Hades.

"What? No, only Hercules."

"Oh, don't tell me you've forgotten who's in charge?", said the Lord of the Dead as he placed a hand on Auron's shoulder. Several small balls of light swirled around it and Auron groaned in pain. As Hades pulled out a figurine of Auron, he clarified, "Hercules and the whole Lumus Squad. Including the new girl. Are we clear?"

"We're clear, Hades.", Auron answered.

"Lord Hades."

"Lord Hades…"

"Good.", said Hades as he let go of Auron. "Now go. And one more thing. Finish off the other red guy when you're done."

As the two then left the area, Kairi realized, "So that's how he's controlling Auron!"

"What a jerk!", Gregorio scoffed.

"That would be a compliment to him.", said Vincent.

"I can't stand seeing Auron do that lowlife's bidding… We've got to help him!"

"C'mon, let's go!", I said. "Take us back, Vincent."

Back at the Underdrome entrance, Auron got into the boat that would take him to the arena. As Panic waved goodbye to the rest, Pain stared at him, and he stopped.

Just then, Vincent arrived, dropped me, Gregorio, and Kairi, and went after Auron.

"What's wrong, Kairi?", Sora asked. helping her up.

"Auron's in trouble!", I answered for her. "It's like Hades brainwashed him!"

"He's using some kind of a statue.", Gregorio reported.

"You know something?", said Hercules. "That sounds kinda familiar… Hades may be using the statue to hold Auron's free will hostage."

"What do we do?", asked Yoris.

"See if you can find that statue. It's gotta be somewhere in the Underworld."

"Right.", said Sora. "We're on it!"

"Tell me you're not thinking of leaving.", Hades said, emerging out of nowhere. "You've got a match coming up."

"I'll fight Auron in the finals.", proposed Herc. "One on one."

"Oh, you forgot that there's still Vincent."

"Let me provide a partner.", I said as I got the ASIMO lamp and transformed it to its robot form.

"Nice.", said Hades as he turned around looking worried. As he tried to think of a plan, Herc turned to us and said, "I'll draw things out to buy you time."

"But—", Sora began to protest.

"Just hurry back. I know you can do it!"

"Congratulations! You've got a deal.", cut in Hades.

"Thanks."

"On one condition! The entire Lumus Squad have to meet the winner in one final clash, whaddya say?"

"That'll drive the crowd wild…"

"It'd better. I promised the crowd the event of their afterlives."

Just then, Pain and Panic arrived back with the boat. When Herc, ASIMO and Hades got in, they sailed off.

"Sucker!", muttered Hades. "You know for me, the rest is smooth sailing."

Quickly, the eleven of us remaining left to find Auron's statue.

Minutes later…

Auron, VIncent, ASIMO, and Hercules were fighting in the tournament. As Vincent 'tried' to gun down ASIMO, who already 'tagged' him and copied his Cerberus, Auron was trying to slice at Hercules who dodged back and stopped the blade.

"Now that is entertainment!", Hades was saying.

Meg and Phil watched as Herc struggled to keep Auron's sword at bay.

Meanwhile, the rest of us entered Hades's Chamber to find the Auron figurine on the stone table.

As we all rushed to it, as we were a distance away, Sora tripped up. As he landed his hand on the statue, which shocked him, Goofy smacked into him who was passed the current, followed by The Short Ones, and then the girls. As Pollonaire, Vitri, and I were lagging behind, we saw this and avoided touching them.

"Whoa!", I gasped as we went around them and to the other side of the table. As the rest continued being zapped, Vitri knew what to do. He pulled out one of his 'bats' and slammed it on Sora's wrist, forcing him to let go of the figurine. At that split second, thoughts penetrated our minds.

It is not too late!

Let us turn back!

Yes, but I…I cannot accept it.

Where is the sense in all this?

But…there must be another way!

Your deaths will mean nothing! You must live!

Once they sopped, Sora muttered weakly. "I get it. This is what belongs in Auron's heart."

"Gawrsh, he musta had a pretty rough life.", said Goofy.

"Yeah…but in the end, that's really what made him stronger.", added Kairi.

"Let's give it back!", said Fiorina.

"The shock must have obviously wiped them out of their energy.", Pollonaire said. Just then, Dusks surrounded the eleven of us.

"Nobodies?", I gasped. "Where did they come from?"

"No matter.", cut in Vitri. "It's up to the three of us. Me, you, and Pollonaire."

"Got it."

At that moment, the Dusks charged, and were 'sent' flying by Pollonaire. Vitri rushed them, whacking them illy with his bats, leaving a bomb or two as he passed. As these exploded, eliminating them, nother wave appeared. I used Matra Magic on them and each of the blasts landed on each of the Dusks, taking them out easily. (I was conserving my gun's energy after learning from what happened last time when we fought Hades when rescuing Auron.) As the third wave came, Pollonaire sliced through them all with a Saber Throw. We thought they would stop, but they kept coming. By then Sora and the others have recovered enough.

"Man!", Vitri complained. "They just won't stop!"

Just then, smoke appeared from the table and we heard three all-too-familiar voices maniacally laughing.

"Prepare for trouble from the forces of evil!", a male voice said.

"Make it double and succumb to our will.", a deeper voice said.

The smoke cleared, revealing Biggs, Wedge, and Jessie.

"Crap.", I muttered.

"To infect the worlds with supreme darkness!", said Jessie.

"To turn all beings into Heartless!", said Biggs.

"To denounce the wrath of our poison darts!", said Wedge.

Jessie: "To extend our reach to Kingdom Hearts!"

"Biggs!"

"Jessie!"

"And Wedge!"

Wedge: "We three blast off at the speed of dark!"

Biggs: "Give up right now or be on your mark!"

Jessie: "Cause we're gonna take you down!"

"Of all times, you had to come now!", Polonaire complained. But to his (and our) surprise, the Three Truants turned to the Dusks.

"Let's see how strong these guys are, eh Jessie?", said Wedge.

"You bet. Let's do it, Biggs!"

"I was born ready."

The three then assumed battle stances and begin to attack the Dusks, all of them being lost inside a fight cloud.

"Not what I had in mind, but I'll take it.", Pollonaire said.

"We'd better skedaddle!", Vitri added. With that, the eleven of us got out of the Cave, leaving the the Nobodies and the Three Truants to their battle. Five minutes later, we arrived at the Underdrome entrance, where Pain was waiting for us.

"Ha! Hercules must be screaming for mercy by now!", he said. "What? Did you come to see Hercules lose, too?"

"Just get us aboard, will you?", Yoris said.

Part IV. Heart of a Hero

Back at the Underdrome…

The fight with Auron and Hercules was still going on (Vincent and ASIMO already knocked each other out, with ASIMO returning to lamp form and sitting next to a pillar, safe from falling off). Auron cleaveed downward with his sword, but Hercules dodged. The man in red then spun around, letting the sword swing. Hercules dodged underneath it and swungs back up. Just after that maneuver, Hercules realized he was right on the edge of the platform, when Auron ran up and clasped the sword down onto Hercules, who blocked it with his hands. As they continued to struggle, Hades called to Auron, "Now! Finish him!"

"Auron, no!", I called.

"Hey, Auron!", Vitri yelled. "This belongs to you!"

Pollonaire, who held the figurine, 'tossed' it onto the field. It bursted over Auron, and his free will returned to him. He stoped fighting and sets his sword down. As Hercules caught his breath, Auron uttered each of our names (save for Kairi's).

"Auron!", the Lumus Squad gasped

"Ugh, prisoner!", called Hades to Auron. "What happened to our mutual agreement? I can give you a clean slate, but you gotta work with me."

"Maybe you didn't hear me.", replied Auron as Sora, Donald, Goofy, Gregorio, Yoris, and I went onto the arena platform. "This is my story, and you're not part of it."

In a fury, Hades burst into a pillar of flame and disappeared from his chair. As he reappeared down on the platform he yelled, "That's it! This game is over. I've played by the rules so far. Okay, I confess! I was hoping Wonderboy would lose, but it was still a fair fight. C'mon, is that really so wrong? Huh?"

"Really?", I said sarcstically, collecting ASIMO. "A fair fight?"

When the others laughed, Hades replied, "Laugh, laugh, laugh all you want! Heh-heh-heh-heh-heh. Because the laughing is about to stop. Wanna know why? Because now we're gonna play by my rules."

He snapped his fingers and the stone gate behind him lifted up to reveal a swirling green vortex which I knew was the river of death, where the souls wer esent to. We heard a scream as Hades teleported Megara (and three others; Ilsa, Vitri, and Kairi) to the pool. As they were suspended by clouds of smoke, Meg called for Hercules.

"Hey, I warned you right at the get-go.", Hades reminded Herc. "You don't compete, you lose the girl."

The Lord of the Dead snapped his fingers again and the four were lost to the river of death.

"No!", gasped Herc and Sora. As Fiorina and Pollonaire bypassed us and Hades to go after their comrades, I stopped Sora before he could go with Hercules.

"Now without this, you aren't.", I said as I took out my scooter, switched it to Hover Mode, and gave it to Sora. "Now go!"

And with that Sora ran past Hades and jumped in the river to save his girl.

"Looks like Wonderboy and half of the Lumus Squad have dropped out of the standings.", said Hades as the stone gate behind him close. Me, Gregorio, Donald, Yoris, Goofy, and Auron glared at him.

"Well, you've still got us to deal with!", I called back.

"Oh, yeah. This is gonna be good."

Hades turned red and we began to fight. Auron was the first to rush at him. Hades gripped the sword, effectively stopping it. Learning from the last time, the rest of us five huddled together and dealt with him defenively. I did not use a single shot in the whole fight and resorted to magic and using my shield. By thaat time, Auron decided to back off and huddled with us. After a few more minutes of fighting, and we still didn't do a scratch. The whole time, Vincent lay where he was, undisturbed by the fight.

As Hades began to laugh, I was complaining, "We can't win."

"How come?", Yoris asked.

"Because it's his Underworld.", Auron reminded us.

"Gee, then how do we beat him?", asked Goofy.

Hades was getting ready to throw something else at us when the stone gate opened. We looked and saw no one.

"I think a true hero should be able to help.", we heard Hercules' voice say. We turned to the voice to see him, with a bright glow to him, holding Meg. Sora was holding Kairi in a similar fashion, with my scooter lying next to the others, who were already in battle stances.

"But…you…", Hades stuttered.

"I owe you one, Hades.", said Hercules as he smiled and put down Meg. "I didn't hesitate to give my life for Meg's. And then, I remembered: A true hero is measured by the strength of his heart. I'll never forget that again."

"Just no more crazy stunts.", Sora said as he put down Kairi.

"Speak for yourself.", I said to Sora as Pegasus entered the arena. "You wouldn't have made it without my scooter."

"People always do crazy things when they're in love.", said Herc as Meg hopped on Pegasus and flew off.

"What is so funny, you imbeciles!", Hades yelled at us, catching our attention. "How dare you get a happy ending! How DARE you!"

Suddenly, Sora, Hercules, Vincent (who has recovered), Kairi, Ilsa, and Fiorina were pulled toward Hades and a Beehive Barrier blocked out the rest of us.

"#?&!", I said, swear word snuffed by a fire alarm.

And then for some reason, the barrier became slowly translucent, and finally opaque.

"What the hell?", Donald gasped—losing yet another feather to Pollonaire.

"I'm getting tired of this.", sighed the Shoyru. "The S-word is already enough."

Inside the barrier…

"That's it!", said Hades as he conured a column of fire around himself that expanded outward. This brought the health of his opponents to a low level when it was rectified with a Curaga from Ilsa.

Hercules then generated two glowing orbs in both of his hands as Hades began to turn red. He launched one of htem at the god, who returned to his blue color. Sora, VIncent, and the girls took this chance to pummel him with their attacks. Just then, Hades conjured a globe of fire into the air above the six. As it shot out litle fireballs, shrinknig it, Ilsa defended her comrades with Reflect, which diverted the attacks to Hades. Hercules also put up Aura Guard on everyone, then launched his other glowing orb at Hades.

"This isn't happening!", Hades gasped as Ilsa tackled him and tossed him high. Fiorina then leaped up to him and dd a point-blank Tsuki at him. While Hades didn't take much damage from it, the force of the blast pushed him back into the ground. When he got up from the blast, he saw Sora and Kairi coming his way. Before he could do a thing, Vincent distracted him with a few gunshots, and then the two Keybladers slashed through him as one.

This forced him back (and the barrier down). As Hades clutched his chest, as if tired out, Kairi struck one more time, but Hades teleported to the edge of the river of death. As he backed away, he said, "It's…not over…yet…"

He didn't realize where he was backing away at until he wobbled at the edge. By then, it was too late and he tripped over the edge and fell into the river.

"He'll be back.", I said. "He's a god after all."

Part V. Unfinished Business

Later, in the Underworld Entrance…

"What'cha gonna do now?", asked Donald.

"I lived my life defending others.", said Auron. "But now…there's no one left to protect. Maybe…it's time I shaped my own story."

"Yeah…", Sora agreed. "You deserve it, Auron—after everything you've been through."

"Heh. I suppose I should thank you."

"Not at all."

"Fine."

Auron turned away and we all (me and the Lumus Squad) did a face palm.

"You should know irony when you hear it.", Fiorina said. "I mean, sure, you could thank us a little…"

"You should say what you mean.", said Auron as he turned back around. "I guess I could spare a few words."

"Thanks for meddling."

This resulted in everyone but me doing a face fault, where I laughed hard from the irony of it. As Auron walked away with a smirk, Vincent ws about to leave as well when I noticed something on his arm; a pink band.

"Hey, Vincent.", I called as the others got up.

"Hm?"

"What's that pink band on your arm?"

"Yeah.", agreed Sora. "I could swear I've seen it somewhere before. Oh, I know! Some friends of ours had them."

Curious, Vincent turned to us and asked, "You know some friends who share this pink band I wear?"

"Yeah.", Ilsa answered. "Why?"

"Perhaps you could take me to them?"

This left us speechless. No one ever asked to join us before to leave this world. Well, sure Alladin asked once before, but Donald had wanted to uphold the law about too much 'interference'. Vincent is one diefferent case, however, as we somehow know he isn't a native of Olympus Coliseum.

"Okay.", Goofy said.

Just then, from behind Vincent emerged a Mushrooms XIII member and an Absent Sihouette.

"No. 6 is the name.", said the Heartless. "Sorry I was late. Please select the party who will engage in the Sihouette's battle."

As Vincent joined us, we chose our members carefully. Making our choice, Sora, Donald, Goofy, Pollonaire, Yoris, and Gregorio approached the Nobody and they disappered.

"Good.", said No. 6. "Now, for the rest of you, my challenge is to eliminate all my clones in 45 seconds. I replicte in groups of six, so you better hurry."

Four minutes later…

After trying again the challenge for four times, we finally claimed success and at the same time, Sora's team returned with a tome-shaped accessory.

"Well done.", said No. 6. "Here's your reward; A pair of bats made out of an alloy that is 50 times tougher and 85 percent lighter than steel."
It disappeared in a Dark Corridor, and left behind exactly what he claimed. Vitri picked them up and said, "These really rock! I could get used to this. Here are the Toy Swords, Rael."

He returned to me the two wooden weapons and I stowed them in my bag.

"Now, let's go outside, shall we?", I said. "I'm feeling a bit woozy from this Underworld's atmosphere."

Back at the surface, we returned to the (still wrecked) Olympus coliseum under a full moon night sky and met with Hercules and Megara.

"Thanks again, guys!", sid Herc. "You're the best."

"Excuse us for meddling…", said Donald.

"Aw…sounds like somebody's feathers are a little ruffled.", said Meg. "I'm kidding. Thank you, Lumus Squad."

"So where you guys headed next?", asked Herc.

"Aw, you know…", said Kairi. "You two lovebirds seem to be getting along just fine without us hanging around."

Herc and Meg looked at each other, then separate, slightly embarrassed. Although, they can't stop looking back at each other and smiling.

"Yeah, we gotta go.", said Vitri.

"Uh-huh, before we start meddlin'.", Goofy added. "A-hyuck!"

"Right."

Just then, Phil walked over and said, "Are you turkeys trying to put me out of a job? If you keep acing every challenge, Champ, who am I gonna train?"

"Aw, you can't abandon me now, Phil!", Herc complained. "I gotta be at the top of my game in case Hades shows up again."

"Besides, Kairi's still a bit rusty in battle.", I added. "So she's still up for grabs."

"Hey, are we true heroes yet?", Donald asked enthusiastically.

"Yeah!", Sora added. "C'mon, Phil, how 'bout it?"

"Lemme see now… Well, you're not wise enough…Not quite…seasoned enough…"

"Okay, okay, we get the hint!", Sora complained.

"Look, kid, it's not my call!"

"Aw, shit!", said Donald. As usual, Pollonaire sliced off another tail feather.

"Course if it was, you'd have no problem.", continued Phil, unfzed by what Pollonaire did. "I'd make you all heroes, in a heartbeat!"
Sora and Donald looked at each other, then back at Phil.

"Really?", Sora asked.

"Say it again!", said Donald.

"On second thought, if those are your true 'hero' faces, you still got a lotta work to do.", Phil said as he began to leave.

"Hey, what do you mean?", Donald asked, pursuing him.

"Go away!"

"Phil!", Sora pleaded, , also pursuing Phil.

"Leave me alone!"

Meanwhile, Meg and Hercules looked into the stars.

"See that?", asked Meg.

"Well, whaddaya know…", said Herc.

This caught everybody's attention. We all looked up and we all had different reactions. Sora, Donald, and Goofy jumped in joy. Phil shed tears of joy. Kairi felt proud for Sora. Vitri, Greogio, and Yoris stared with their mouths agape. Pollonaire, Fiorina, and Ilsa made a wide smile. Vincent managed to smirk. I, however, stared curoiusly and pondered.

"Now how did the gods know about the Meridell emblem? I mean, while we are in here, our emblems are of Altador."

Sure enough, in the sky was a formed constellation of the Lumus Squad (sans Kairi) with the Meridell emblem as a 'background', signifying us as true heroes.

Gummi Ship Time: Passenger and Stowaway

"So. where are we headed?", Vincent asked.

"Hollow Bastion.", said Sora, who was behind the wheel.

"I see."

Meanwhile, Pollonaire, Kairi and I were headed to the bathroom when…

"I can't believe I also forgot to meet you."

We turned around to see a Mushrooms XIII member.

"No. 10. I was meant to meet you at Isla de Muerta, but those three truants got in ym way and I had to flee."

"What's your challenge?", I asked.

"Simple. You must defeat the real me in 55 seconds as I shuffle myself amongst four clones."

"I see.", said Kairi. "What's the reward?"

"Another staff for Donald Duck."

"Okay.", Pollonaire said. "Let's get this over with."

It wasn't that hard as Pollonaire used the Force to determine the real one easily.

"My. You have a psychic in your team. Oh well, here you go. And also, here's another gift."

No. 10 gave what he promised as well as a package, and then disappered in a Dark Corridor. Once he was gone, Pollonaire opened the package to see…

"The rest of the Torn Pages!"

"That's great!", I gasped. "We've got to tell Sora about this!"

-No new entries. Sorry.-