Kingdom Hearts re:Legacy Final Mix

by KHLegacy

a Lonely boy with the Mysterious power to control and create light suddenly finds himself the newest weilder of the Egimatic Keyblade and when a boy named Kaen destroys their home Kiro and Takeshi must team up with Ventus a figure in Sora's untold past

26. The Tournament of Heroes

An ominous light hits the stage, the organization's theme plays as a person in a black Organization Cloak appears,

So you've all come! Its been a while since, our heroes, visited a Disney, World, Space Paranoids was the last and it's been five chapters since then…..Well I have one warning for this chapter, our group of Heroes will never be the same!

I own nothing except the stuff I made up

The Tournament of Heroes!

Kiro looked down at the Thunderbolt orb with a grin on his face,

"Can't wait to try this out!" he said, Ven was busy hailing Radiant Garden, the screen had static and Snow on it for a moment before the picture of a smiling mauve haired women appeared.

"Mom hi." Takeshi greeted causally,

"Hi Aunt Crystal!" Kiro added,

"So what's up?" she asked,

"Well we've learned the stones we've been searching for are called Keystones, and since Lea proudly brought back to Radiant Garden a big pile of info in the form of a thumb drive, I wondered if you found anything on that." Ven replied.

"Well, no, but we know that assuming that the legend of the true light is well…true, the Keyblade Graveyard was once a Neighboring Kingdom to Galio" Crystal replied,

"Anything else?" Ven asked

"Well no but it's a bit early with Raian gone Ienzo's had to translate everything but he is getting it done so don't worry."

"That's good!" Amei replied,

"IS THAT AMEI?" yelled a voice, suddenly the image was filled with that of Amei's older brother,

"WHERE THE FLIPPING HECK HAVE YOU BEEN?" Alex screeched,

"With them." Amei said casually pointing to the three boys,

"DON'T POINT AT US!" the three boys yelled wanting to avoid the wrath of her older brother, even if he couldn't do anything but scream from where he was.

"What them!" Alex yelled prompting the trio to go into hiding and by hiding I mean the back of a chair, poor Ven was forced to share with Takeshi and their supplies,

"Yes I have to find out what happen to Twilight Town! Portals just don't open randomly there something happened Alex and I have to know what!" She stated,

"Yeah but, with them couldn't you go with Raian or steal a Gummi Ship of your own?" Alex asked,

"Why would you have no problem with her going with Raian?" Kiro asked,

"Cause Isa and Leon call him like ten times a Gummi Ship trip." Alex stated simply,

"Good bye Alex!" Amei stated pressing the button then sitting in her chair with a huff,

"Hey uh…can I come out or should I keep hiding here?" Kiro asked,

She just stared at him but it wasn't a nice stare,

"Hiding it is!" Kiro replied shrinking back down into a little ball,

She huffed once more then came a familiar beeping,

"Hey guys were coming to another world!" she stated,

"Wow really!" Kiro said jumping out and getting a good look, it reminded him immediately of Ancient Greece,

"Woooww nice!" he grinned,

"Ven have you been there before?" Takeshi asked,

The blonde grinned "sure have!"

E-H E-H E-H

Slashes are seen hitting against each other back and forth then there's a collision and a golden Coliseum with two giant soldiers, appears cheering can be heard as a gloomy tree like face appears in a poof of black smoke the eyes glimmer a bit

[Olympus Coliseum]

They entered the big city I have been here this place is Thebes

"You've been here before?" asked Kiro

"Yeah my friend Hercules lives here!" said Ven

"Hercules?" Takeshi asked

"Yeah he's a real hero and he's famous around here" He explained

"Well there gonna be happy to see us, after all we're Heroes too!" Kiro replied proudly

"Well, we'll see." Ven replied not really knowing how to explain it to them

"Oh come one Ven, how can we not be? We've been saving people left and right!" Kiro stated.

"HEEEEEEEEY!" Raian ran over to them.

"I came to warn you watch your step because people here are NUTS!" said Raian

"Nuts how?" Amei asked with an arched eyebrow,

"Its not me, just give it a few minutes!" Raian snapped.

The six wandered through the streets hearing everything go on by them suddenly a stranger jumped out at them

"Hey Mac ya wanna buy a sundial?" he asked,

"Sorry were not interested!" said Takeshi

"THE END IS COMING!" said a man dressed in a Greek pillar acting erratically and a little bit crazy,

"CAN'T YOU FEEL IT!" he said grabbing Kiro and holding him to his face Ven grabbed Kiro out of his hands

"YES! Thank you very enlightening we'll ponder that for a while!"

"EVERYBODY MOVE NOW!" Raian hissed as he pushed and herded everybody away from the street.

Kiro noticed at a nearby building was a white winged horse with blue-tipped wings and a blue mane and tail standing outside a nearby building

"WOAH cool a Pegasus!" Kiro stated,

"How beautiful!" Amei commented,

"You'd like winged horses wouldn't you." Takeshi said with a sly look,

"This Pegasus is a friend of Hercules!" said Ven

"Is he nearby?" asked Kiro Pegasus looked towards the inside of the building everyone went inside it was a huge museum in the center was a Satyr

"Phil!" yelled Ven Kiro noticed that the Satyr had his back turned from them,

"Hey what are ya doing here champ? You should be posing, we've got a lot to do today, pose get the tournament ready got a lot of prime grade A competitors going at it not to mention all those Heartless."

"uh.." Ven replied

"Yeesh seems like we don't have a tournament without them anymore, then at one o' clock you got to clean Augeas' stables he's got a real problem with them, then you got to capture some boar from Erymanthia and Artemsis' Cerynean Hind it got out again, legend says that thing is so fast it out runs an arrow, I hope you've been catching up on your Cardio kid."

"How the heck are we supposed to do all THAT?" Kiro asked in shock.

"WHAT, What do you mean…" Phil griped turning around only to see he wasn't talking to Hercules.

"Well, well if in ain't Ventus how you've been doing!"

"Great!" Ven replied.

"So where's Herc?" Ven asked.

"Back there, try to be quiet, somehow we always end up with the same artist and he's a bit of a basket case."

"Okay quiet, noted." Raian replied.

The group walked into a large room, where they saw Hercules in a lion skin posing in a heroic pose he despite this he caught sight of them.

"Ven is that you?" said Hercules

"I told you don't move!" yelled the painter Hercules immediately froze back into his pose

Kiro wandered all around the museum but wasn't looking where he was going

"Man this place is cool! Oof!"

Kiro walked into the vase that was being painted on messing up the painting

"I'm so sorry! I'm sorry!"

"GEEEEEAAAAAHHHHIIIIIEEEEEE THAT'S IT!" The artist screeched messing up the painting so that the image on the vase looked like it Hercules had caught the wrong end of cannon fire,

Phil walked in front of him

"Keep your toga on PAL!" the painter slammed his color tray into Phil's face

"Phil are you okay?" asked Ven

"I'm really sorry!" said Kiro

"Blech, that's the second time I got paint on my face…long story!" said Phil

"I kinda wish he shoved in my face!" said Kiro

Phil looked over at Kiro

"Friend of yours?" he asked Ven who nodded

"My name's Kiro, sorry about messing up the jar painting and you getting paint in your face!"

"I'm Takeshi."

"Names Raian,"

"I'm Amei nice to meet you."

"Well no harm done although we should probably get a different artist next time we try that." Hercules suggested as he walked up to them getting rid of the Lion's skin,

"Probably he did seem a little edgy." Ven noted,

"Edgy is putting it lightly!" Phil muttered

"So where do we sign up?" Kiro asked

"For what?" Phil and Hercules asked in unison

"The tournament of course, we've been doing Hero stuff too ya know wiping out Heartless, Monsters, rescuing people tracking down a few lost friends." Takeshi listed off,

"Yeah ya know Heroic stuff!" Kiro added,

"Heroes….YOU RUNTS?" Phil started to roll over laughing like crazy,

"We ARE Heroes!" Amei stated,

"Sorry Kid, rookies like you don't know or have what it takes to be a true Hero!" said Phil

"Then how do you become one?" asked Amei

"You have to get trained for it Phil here happens to be a trainer of Heroes!" said Ven

"Really?" asked Raian

"Better believe it so if you Rookies want to prove yourselves you're gonna have to get a few pointers from me!" Phil proclaimed,

"It's hard work, but once you earn your true Hero wings, there's pretty much nothing you can't handle!" Hercules concluded proudly,

"HERCULES!" Ven yelled the hero turned quickly to see a giant Minotaur charge at him, but Hercules was faster and grabbed the bull by the horns (pun intended)

Then Hercules lifted the beast and threw it out the Museum through the ceiling, it screamed, Pegasus watched it fly away and out of nowhere pulled out three cards that said the number 10 on them,

They heard clapping it was a tall woman with brown hair and a light purple dress,

"Impressive as always Wonderboy." She told Hercules with a smile,

"Hey Meg!" Ven called casually

Kiro was in complete awe

"You…..Hercules you, threw that thing like it weighed nothing! You've got super strength!"

"Yeah well!" said Hercules

"Have you earned your True Hero wings yet?" he asked Ven changing the subject,

"I don't know, Phil?"

"Well….you're not quite seasoned enough….so…..nope!" Phil replied making Ven hang his head,

"So how do we make and prove ourselves true heroes?" Takeshi asked,

"The coliseum, Phil why don't you sign them up for the Tournament, while I take care of well everything else." Hercules suggested,

"The Boar, the Stables and the Hind thing?" Kiro asked with a tilt of the head,

"Yep I'll meet up with you later okay." Hercules replied as he got on Pegasus and took off.

The group headed out to the coliseum the front doors had giant fifty foot gold statues facing each other as if to begin combat

"Man, this brings back memories!" said Ven

Kiro rushed ahead, Phil was already there taking care of the tier list Kiro went over to Phil

"Okay Phil I'm ready! Tell me what to do and I'll do it all while proving myself a hero I'm more than ready!"

"Relax captain eager Greece wasn't built in a day you've got a long way to go!" Phil replied,

"I hope ya know your limits kid!" said a voice,

he turned to see a Rabbit with black fur and long alert ears, he to Kiro's interest look a little like King Mickey, he was wearing a teal jacket with silver rimmed sleeves, the collar of the jacket looked like a couple of belts that were hooked on a silver button making them overlap, both sides of it had a silver zipper indicating a pocket,

He wore a cerulean blue shirt underneath which could be seen since the jacket wasn't done up all the way, his pants matched his jacket perfectly as the legs were rimmed in silver, the pockets were visible and had not only silver zippers but a couple of black belts as well, his gloves were brown, with a bright sand colored belt at the end, the edges were cerulean blue like his undershirt, and only had two fingers but the rest of them were just holes for part of his hands to go through, he had no shoes though he looked comfortable without them,

"Who are you?" Kiro asked,

"Oswald, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit!"

"I'm Kiro, you pretty confident."

"Of course, I've always had luck on my side, and I've got one of these babies!" he declared summoning a to Kiro's surprise a Keyblade it reminded Kiro strongly of Star Seeker Mickey's Keyblade, but the design was altered,

While the shaft held the blue color with the white star pattern the top of the shaft had what would have curves with spikes on the back stood straight up, the teeth were a gold star nestled into the shaft, with a crescent shaped moon attached to it facing backwards with four blue stars going down the back of it,

the center of the hand guard unlike Star Seeker that had two stars there was one in the circle with a blue cup shape on top at the center bottom of the staff, the wings were reversed in color from the Star Seeker they were blue and yellow tipped with white in the middle, at the bottom of the hand guard was inversed in color to a silver star with gold points the Keychain was four silver crescent moons with a gold star at the end,

Kiro's look of surprise turned into a grin "Dude, that makes two of us!" Kiro stated summoning Victory Star,

"WAH You have one too?" Oswald stated in shock,

Kiro grinned and nodded "So does my friend Ventus, in fact there are a few of us running around!" Kiro stated,

Oswald dismissed his Keyblade and crossed his arms,

"Hmph, nothing's special these days!" he stated, and sighed,

"I knew about Sora and those other guys I didn't expect a little kid like you to have one!"

"Little, Kid?" Kiro stated his eye twitching a little bit

"Yup! How old are ya, ten?" Oswald asked with a sly look,

"THIRTEEN!" Kiro screeched,

"Kiro?" he heard Ven's voice ask,

"Uh hey Ven." Kiro replied,

"So you're Ventus." Oswald stated,

"Who is this Kiro?" Amei asked,

"This is Oswald," Kiro said with a tiny bit of resentment in his voice,

"Oswald, huh? Sounds like you already know my name." Ven replied

"Name's Takeshi, don't wear it out."

"Raian,"

"I'm Amei, nice to meet you!"

"Oswald has a Keyblade too!" Kiro stated this got him a look from the Rabbit,

"Wow really?" Ven asked,

"Yeah, well…" he replied summoning it,

"Cool kinda looks like one a friend of mine has." Ven replied,

"It does?" Oswald asked a little freaked but recomposed himself,

"Wow, small world!" He replied,

"Are you all here to enter the competition too?" Asked a voice,

They turned to see a pair standing side by side one was a girl in her early twenties with long brown hair and eyes she was wearing a short sleeved shirt with a couple of belts, a pair of Capris pants and some trainer sneakers,

The boy was in his late Teens going into his twenties, he had ginger curly hair, brown eyes and wore a leather jacket with a red shirt underneath with some cargo pants a pair of sunglasses hung off his shirt collar,

"Yeah," the group and Oswald replied,

"Who are you guys?" Takeshi asked

"Carmen" the girl replied the boy struck a cool pose after doing a spin

"Juni" Carmen rolled her eyes,

"You guys entering the tournament too?" Ven asked,

"No duh!" Juni replied,

They showed the group their weapons Carmen had a two long thing swords, the blades were gold with a black tip, the handles were a steel grey with the hand guard a navy color with a big red gem in the centers,

Juni had a staff that was long and blue the gem which was silver seemed to have a mirror appearance to it, as it was rimmed in a green frame,

"Cooooooool!" said Kiro mesmerized,

"Yeah they are!" Juni replied,

"Oh! Hey are we signed up Ven?" Kiro asked,

"Yeah but there's a problem, the only spot left is one for a team of three, meaning Kiro will have to pick two people to battle with him." Ven replied,

"What about you?" Kiro asked,

"I'll be fine besides I can look for information on the heirs while you fight." Ven replied,

"I'll look with you; you might run into some Galian." Raian replied,

"So that leaves me with Amei and Taki." Kiro replied,

"It's a balanced mix; Amei excels at Magic and Takeshi at Physical attacks." Ven told him,

"But Takeshi can use magic too." Kiro pointed out,

"Yeah, but not too the extent of you guys'. Besides I like attacking better."

"Okay then were ready, let's train I have a feeling Oswald, Carmen and Juni are gonna be tough to beat!"

E-H E-H E-H

Kaen and Pete entered a dark room he peered in in a black plume of smoke a tall blue skinned man with flaming blue hair and a black robe appeared

"You're here?" Hades snapped,

"What rotted your pita Hades?" Kaen asked Hades just growled

"PAIN!" he yelled

"Coming you're most lugubriousness!"

A fat pink demon fell screaming and hit the floor with a thud

"PANIC!" a blue demon in a massive panic rushed out crashing into the pink one

"Pain owwww"

"And Panic GASP!"

"Reporting for duty!" they both said

"Fine fine, fine just let me know the instant the Fates arrive!"

"Oh they're here!" said Panic as Pain nodded

"WHAT THEY'RE HERE AND YOU DIDN'T TELL ME!"

The two started to moan "OHHHHH WE ARE WORMS, WORTHLESS WORMS" and started to cry

"Pathetic worthless worms" Kaen said to himself

"Memo to me Memo to me Maim you after my meeting!" their master walked out as Pete, Pain and Panic gave each other nervous sideways glances, Kaen followed

Hades put on a grin "Ladies I'm sorry we're-"

"Late we knew you would be we know everything! Past, Present and Future!"

"Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance, it's gonna be big oh and don't eat the Pitas!" the shortest one told Kaen

"Okay here's the thing, Sora, Mr. Spiky, Mr. Key that connects everything, Mr. Hey you leave blunder boy and his pals alone or I'll send you flying to Troy, Apparently, he has had a bouncing baby brat of his own who-"

"Now has the Keyblade and following in dear daddy's footsteps." They all said as the medium height bopped a fist on the shortest one's head to steal the eyeball

"WE KNOW!" the tallest one yelled,

"I KNOW!" Hades yelled flaming up like the Human torch with a furious look on his face,

"You know, we know we have the concept." Kaen told them,

"So what Hades wants to know and what I want to know is who can hold their own against Jerkules and kill that bleeding Heart Kiro?" Kaen asked

"You both seek a man who has lost his world and now searches for something, precious to him, he has a powerful ally in the form of a legendary beast, and it has incredible power and speed."

"Ooo, speed and Power are good! I like this guy tell me more!" Hades said with glee, rubbing his hands together,

"He is in this world now seeking what was lost to him, he has searched many days and is very desperate, a deal with and you will have a powerful competitor in the coliseum, which will fight the boy and Hercules!"

"Go on." Kaen replied

"Should he and his creature succeed, the way will be clear for you Hades to rule ALLLL!" the tallest one declared,

"YES HADES RULE!" he yelled letting blue fire of excitement fly,

"However" the shortest one started

" 'Xcuse me?" Hades said

"Should the boy find a way to defeat the beast, you will fail!" the shortest one yelled and

"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!" turning red Flames exploded from the man Kaen had to use a barrier spell to protect himself

"I'm fine, I'm cool, I'm Fine!"

"I hope so, where can we find this guy?" Kaen asked crossing his arms

"He'll find you, but you must clear a space for him to compete because all of the places in the tournament are full!" the middle one replied,

"Leave that to me." Kaen smirked opening a Keyblade Corridor,

"And my newest client?" Hades asked,

"Look to your left." They all stated,

Hades did so and smiled,

E-H E-H E-H

Kiro was practicing many of his moves, sparring with Takeshi with Ven giving a few final pointers,

"Try to jab when you're cornered!" he yelled to Takeshi

"Kiro put more force into your throws!" Kiro did so but Takeshi dodged and Ven had to bend back 180 degrees then twist turn away from the pillar Kiro's Victory star cut in half the Swift Keyblader blinked in surprise,

"Wow, Kiro's getting good!"

"Sorry!" Kiro yelled

"You okay?"

"Yeah I'm fine; there are many good things about being quick!" Ven replied

He watched as Kiro ran up to Takeshi and thrusted his Keyblade forward nearly stabbing Takeshi in the face thought he was careful not to let it as this happened the images of Aqua and Terra in the place of Kiro and Takeshi flickered through his mind,

"It's so close and it's just like before, Terra, Aqua I wonder if they're searching for me." Ven thought

"Whew!" he heard Kiro sigh and take a drink from a Hercules water bottle,

"Man good work out!"

"I think we're ready!" Amei declared,

The two boys nodded,

They waved Ven off as he and Raian left,

"Think they'll find something?" Kiro asked.

"Who knows but we should concentrate on the Tournament, and fight hard!" Amei told him,

"Yeah we'll show Phil that we are Heroes!" Kiro declared,

"Working hard huh?"

A Man in Blue sleeveless shirt tights and dark grey armor and brown sandals and a sword suddenly appeared he walked over to them

"But just remember it's not whether you win or lose its how you play the game Am I right?"

Kiro nodded

"Are you in the tournament too?" Amei asked,

"Yup, My names Zack."

"I'm Kiro"

"it's nice to meet you Zack I'm Amei"

"My Name is Takeshi"

"Or-"Kiro tried to say but had his mouth covered by Takeshi

"Seriously Kiro?" Takeshi asked

But the red head just gave him a glazed sideways glance and nodded, Takeshi pouted but moved his hand from his Kiro's mouth,

"Do you guys know Ven?" Zack asked

"Yeah we saw him off, he had to go somewhere, and if you hurry you might catch up to him." Kiro replied

"I would love too but the tournaments about to start." Zack replied,

"Oh really!" Amei asked,

"Man time sure flies!" Takeshi commented

"WHAT?" they all heard Phil yell, all the contenders ran up to him he was huffing and puffing,

"Hey what's up?" Kiro asked

"GUHH one of the competitors dropped out, who knows why, but the tournament is a contender short!" Phil said with a huff

"So what does that mean for the Tournament?" Juni asked

"Nothing cause I'll take his place!" their eyes fell upon an African American man, with an Afro and a goatee, he wore a white shirt with a green jacket over top, his tan colored pants had guns in their Holsters, he also had black fighter gloves.

"And who are you?" Phil asked,

"Names Sazh"

"Sazh…" Takeshi repeated quietly, not knowing what to make of this it was way too convenient and way too last minute!

E-H E-H E-H

Ven scrolled through every book he had in his pile and heaved a sigh.

"Nothing huh?" Raian asked,

"Well….there's a lot about the Gods that live on Mount Olympus here and a bunch of Heroes like Perseus, Theseus, Odysseus."

"A lot of euses." Raian stated going back to his book, Ven laughed at his joke.

"These heirs of Light and Darkness, how could they forge the X-blade you said that the X-blade needed a Heart of Pure Light and a Heart of Pure Darkness to forge it so Xehanort spilt you in half." Raian stated.

"Yeah…but I wonder if that was just one method to making it." Ven said thinking out loud

"What do you mean?" Raian asked,

"Well until Sora got The whole backstory to his destiny, he thought the only way Xehanort and Maleficent would have any chance of getting into Kingdom Hearts was to either capture all seven Princesses of Heart or collect a massive amount of Hearts freed from Heartless," Ven explained,

"Oh yeah I noticed that every Heartless you and Kiro kill releases a Heart, they must be the Hearts of the people who fell to darkness." Raian deduced,

"Captive Hearts." Ven summed up,

"Wait what are the Princesses of Heart?" Raian asked,

"There are seven maidens out among the worlds that have Hearts without Darkness in them, they're known as the Princesses of Heart." Ven explained leaning back in his chair,

"So for some time you were like a prince of heart." Raian stated,

"Kinda" Ven replied

"Pass this on to Kiro, Amei and Takeshi, we're new we know nothing remember." Raian chided,

"I know something along those lines crossed my mind when you asked,"

"Well I got nothing!" Raian replied shutting his book,

"Wanna go now?" He asked,

"Sure if we hurry we can catch the rest of Kiro and the other's matches!" Ven replied,

As they left a bronze colored beetle that was the size of a hand came out he then started scanning through the books but then the Librarian came and swept the books up him getting caught with them it managed to squeeze out as she put the books away the beetle hid as he left then looked up to see the books were put up high

The little robot sighed.

Ven and Raian exited the Library but Ven spotted something out of the corner of his eye,

"Hey, Raian why don't you go on ahead I'll catch up."

"Uh sure."

Ven sped off to the alley way and yelped as a fire ball was shot at him,

"Acerus?" Ven stated seeing the old man glare him down,

"What are you doing here?" Ven asked

"Same thing as all of you I too seek the stones and the heirs!" Acerus replied

"okay." Ven replied in a wary tone,

"That boy Kiro, you need to send him with me Ventus!"

"What! No way I made a promise to Sora and I'm keeping it!" Ven declared summoning Lost Memory,

"You used to be too weak minded to fight but not much has changed, you can't see that Sora is not only a hypocrite but has turned his back on the worlds, Kiro has told you this has he not?" Acerus asked,

"IT'S NOT LIKE THAT! Sure Sora didn't want to be a Keyblade Master anymore but he would never turn his back on the worlds if they really needed them!" Ven yelled,

"You truly believe that?" Acerus deadpanned,

"Give him some credit, the last journey he went on put him through a lot of turmoil and he had, had enough! But he's still the hero of light!" Ven stated,

Acerus charged only for Ven to dodge,

"You're no better than you were all those years ago you chased Terra and refused to see that he was falling into darkness, and that lead you to your torment, you continue to protect that boy and seek Sora you will meet it once more!" Acerus growled, those words put Ven off edge,

"SHUT UP!" Ven yelled charging at him the two clashed blades for a few minutes neither one giving an inch

"BLIZZAGA!" Ven yelled launching the massive Ice Crystals at Acerus,

"FIREWALL!" the old master shouted,

Ven activated his Sky Rider command style and took off on Lost Memory like a jet, he dashed around and hit Acerus multiple times before using the finisher he yelped when he saw that Acerus had dodged it and went up to his level then hit him hard with his Keyblade,

"CURAGA!" Ven yelled then charged with a Thunder surge then followed with a Spark raid, the Keyblade ghosts that came off bounced off the walls and struck the old master,

"FEVER PITCH!" Ven in a flurry of speed whacked the old man before he could react and struck him back,

"SEE YA!" Ven yelled using on last final combo then ending the attack with a surge of light,

The Gem on the center of Acerus Keyblade lit up, but Ven slapped on his armor and as he hoped it protected him,

"Hmm clever Ventus, and speed against an older opponent is an excellent strategy, I'm impressed you an excellent Keyblader." Acerus admitted,

"But you haven't changed your mind!" Ven snapped,

"No…" Acerus said darkly and charged up an attack, Ven's eyes widened,

"His Limit surge!"

"MIRROR CUTTER!" Acerus yelled as Mirrors appeared around Ventus taking the image of Acerus within them,

The launched a furry of slashes at him knocking his helmet off and putting major cracks in it!

"Huff, huff, I won't let you win!" Ven stated a green glow enveloping him,

"GALESTROM!" Acerus though dodged some of it was knocked off his feet he scoffed,

"Another time perhaps," he said disappearing

Ven growled "I know what I'm doing, and I have no regrets!"

"VEN!" Raian's voice called, the sandette was rushing over,

"I heard screaming are you alright?"

"Yeah...it was Acerus." Ven admitted, he looked over and there gleaming in the sun was a summon Orb with a gold Ring on it,

"What did he want?" Raian asked as Ven picked up the orb,

"I'm not sure." Ven said quietly

E-H E-H E-H

Round 1: Possessive Freaks

Wight Knight X1

Search GhostsX5

Mute Soldiers X5

"THUNDER!" Amei and Kiro yelled in a combo stunning the one Wight Knight allowing Takeshi to get in with a hard fast combo that ended it.

"That just leaves the other ten." Kiro thought as he attempted to strike down a Search Ghost that phased away then struck him from behind,

"Cheap trick, white wash! STRIKE RAID!" Kiro yelled and the successful hit stunning it,

"DRAIN!" Amei yelled as she sucked the life out of two of the three, Search Ghosts she was dealing with her spell

"AMEI HEADS UP!" Kiro yelled thrusting Victory Star into the third Search Ghost's chest killing it,

"Thanks!"

"Anytime!"

"TRI-CUTTER!" Takeshi yelled as he finished off the weakened Search Ghosts

"That leaves the GAHH!" Kiro was almost grabbed by a Mute soldier's claw, only for him to jump away and for it to grab another Mute Solider and bang into it!

"GYRO!" Kiro yelled as two Heartless were cut to ribbons by his spell!

That left the remaining three, Takeshi to their amazement was suddenly covered in a bright blue flame he jumped up and the fire around him took the shape of a certain Vast White Pokémon,

"DRAGON FLARE!" Takeshi yelled as he dived bombed the arena killing them and sending up pillars of red and yellow fire in the process!

"Where did you learn to do THAT?" Kiro asked in sheer shock

"The battle with Reshiram," Takeshi and Amei replied together,

"I wonder if my battle with Zekrom taught me anything cool." Kiro asked rubbing his chin in thought,

"Dunno just call on the power and let it take you and you'll find out."

"That's sounds like something an enigmatic figure would say!" Kiro replied

"I didn't say what I had to say would be easy to follow." Takeshi replied.

"Hey!" Ven called,

"Whoa find something already?" Kiro asked,

"Nothing on the Heirs." Ven replied sadly,

"Hey we miss anything?" Raian asked.

"Just the first match you gonna watch the rest?" Amei asked.

"Absolutely!" Ven replied with a grin.

"Boy your moods sure change quickly!" Raian stated,

"Who are we up against next?" Takeshi asked,

"Grid Players." Kiro stated matter of factly.

"Heartless from Space Paranoids?" Takeshi asked, Kiro nodded,

"Oh joy." Amei replied with a sarcastic huff.

Round 2: Grid Players

Magnum Cycles X 3

Magnum Loaders X 2

Devastators X 4

"Four Devastators REALLY?" Kiro complained.

"TRI-CUTTER!" Takeshi yelled managing to kill a Magnum Loader and get a chunk of Health out of the Devastator he confronted, He managed to use Pulse collector and Zapper to react to the Devastators attack then a good combo finished on leaving three,

"QUAKE!" Amei commanded sending a good fissure into the Magnum Cycles and tripping them up leaving them open for Kiro to use strike raid on one and combos on the other

"SONIC BLADE!" Takeshi yelled attacking the final Magnum Cycle killing it after he finished the blow,

Kiro had used a combo and a few blizzara spells to kill the last Magnum loader, they then turned their attention to a Devastator Amei was having trouble with,

"CURE!" Kiro yelled healing Amei,

"Thanks."

"BLITZ!" Takeshi yelled he jumped up and thrust down on the Devastator three times before it finally fell to a Blizzara, Thundera combo from Kiro and Amei,

"There's still one mooorrrreeeeee!" Amei yelled being hit by the Last Devastators electric attack she turned sharply on the Heartless, with glowing red eyes,

"Uh oh." Kiro stated in fear,

"GLACIER!" Amei shrieked holding her staff, a huge pillar of Ice shot up from the ground hitting the Heartless hard it fell to the ground with a loud thud and disappeared leaving a Heartless,

Kiro in fear hid behind the wide-eyed Takeshi, who was speechless,

"That was scary!" Kiro whimpered,

Takeshi nodded,

Round 3: Spartans

Greek Soldiers X3

Large Bodies X 4

Chariots X 2

Kiro had never seen these Heartless before three of them looked like they were wearing Armor similar to Zack and Hercules, even wearing a Spartan helmet and carried small battle axes, then there were two Heartless that had similar appearances but the helmets bad feathered rims on top and were gold and they were in white robes they were in the driver's seat of a gold and white Chariot pulled by a living bone,

"Now seems like a good of time as any!" Kiro said pulling out the Thunderbolt orb

"PIKACHU!" a light flashed on the ground and flew to Kiro's shoulder,

"KAPI!" Pikachu addressed him

"PIKACHU!" the little electric type jumped down and launched a fierce Thunder Bolt paralyzing three Greek Solider Heartless,

"Ready Pikachu?" Kiro asked

"PIKA!" Kiro and Pikachu sparked with electricity and charged around ramming into the Chariot Heartless, over and over killing them, then they jumped up into the air and released a massive thunderbolt, then came the finale were they charged up a mighty electro ball and slammed into the ground killing the Greek Soldiers and the Large Bodies,

Amei shook her head, "Did we even need to do anything?" she asked,

Kiro patted the electric type on the head, "Thanks Pikachu!"

"Pi-Pikachu!" he replied with the Victory sign before disappearing back to Unova,

"Nicely done Kiro!" Takeshi replied, Kiro gave him the thumbs up,

They eventually got through the next match, Speed Demons with a little bit of trouble but Kiro and Amei froze the ground with cold Shower letting Takeshi skate around and take them out,

Kiro and Amei cheered while Ven, Stitch and Pegasus in the audience held up a card with the number 10 on it this being the latter's second time doing this,

Kiro sighed and stretched "What a work out!"

"Not over yet, we still have six more matches." Amei pointed out, Kiro sighed in complaint but shook it off,

"Well on the positive side, were definitely getting stronger and maybe Ven won't give us any training when we get back on the ship."

Ven crossed his arms "What kind of Master would I be if I did that?" he asked.

"Don't ruin it for me." Kiro said simply

"Who are we up against now, not more Heartless I hope." Takeshi said,

"Yeah I wanna test my skills against one of the other warriors here!" Kiro said excitedly,

"Well your both in luck were facing Oswald next." Amei told them,

"We are?" the two said in unison,

"Yup and he has the skill to back up that luck of his." Zack pointed out

"Really?" Kiro asked,

"Yeah! Sigh I lost to him!" Zack sighed hanging his head,

"I hope for his shake he's not cheating then turning around and calling it luck."

"You don't believe in luck do you?" Ven asked,

"Nope!" Raian said proudly

"Let's make our own luck!" Kiro said determinedly

Round 5: Oswald the lucky Rabbit

Oswald

"I hope you kids are ready to lose!" Oswald stated,

"Funny I was just about to tell you the same thing!" Kiro exclaimed,

"Why do you need Trash talk at the start of a fight?" Raian asked his head in his hands exasperated from Kiro and Oswald's banter

Ven just shrugged making a sound that sounded like 'I don't know'

"FIRA!" Kiro yelled launching three fire balls only for Oswald to flip out of the way and into the air with a spin,

"THUNDEGA!" he yelled zapping the teen who managed to hang on

"CURE!" Kiro yelled hoping that would be enough to heal him up a little,

"TRI-CUTTER!" Takeshi yelled he managed to clip Oswald while the Rabbit was dodging, but it wasn't enough to do much Damage

"FROST BREATH!" Amei yelled, she managed to hit Oswald he fell and the ice he was incased in, broke and he came out shivering,

"Brrr Warm heart!" he commanded curing himself of the damage, Amei made a tsk sound,

"That was lucky, on his part anyway!"

Kiro charged and managed to get a few combos on him but then he was hit by a string of Oswald's faster combos,

"OUCH! Grr, I'm not through yet! Kiro declared,

Oswald landed gracefully from his fall, "I was hoping you say that!"

"GET READY FOR THIS, PYRO SHOWER!" Oswald yelled it was a rain of fire balls that descended down on them,

"GUYS GET CLOSE TO ME,REFLECT!" Kiro yelled he managed to protect themselves from the attack and Oswald gritted his teeth

"but then the next thing he knew he was hit with a blast of light and thrown backwards a little dizzy he got back up,"

"Ug I hate that spell!"

Kiro charged up to Oswald who basically mimicked his actions to counter they clashed blades for a while not giving in, until Kiro managed to parry, Oswald's attack.

"You're…good…pant…Kid, I didn't think you'd last this long!" Oswald replied,

Kiro panted "Thanks you're not so bad yourself!" Kiro replied.

"STAR BURST!" Oswald suddenly yelled as he jumped up into the air and spun around star dust gathered around him,

"DRAGON VOLT!" Kiro yelled he and Oswald darted into each other back and forth knocking the other away then while Oswald sent a furry of stars Kiro's way Kiro lunged himself into the ground hoping the electricity that shot up would hit him,

KABOOM the explosion blew dust and smoke around the area blinding everyone Amei and Takeshi just managed to keep standing then the smoke finally cleared,

Both Kiro and Oswald were out cold with swirls in their eyes moaning,

"WINNER: TEAM KEYBLADE!" The announcer yelled.

"WHAT SERIOUSLY!" Oswald yelled perking up, he huffed,

"That's what I get for fighting a team, I lost, and I don't like to admit it though!" he said to himself he suddenly saw a hand out of the corner of his eye it was Kiro,

"I had a lot of fun fighting you, you almost had me!"

"Ahh no problem, you won't be so lucky if we ever fight one on one!" Oswald replied,

Kiro nodded with a sheepish smile, much to Oswald's delight they both knew this was true,

Kiro managed to recover and he and Amei made it past the Sixth, Seventh and eighth rounds they took a breather at the second to last tier,

"Semi-Finals I can't believe we made it this far!" Kiro stated,

"Hey where Oswald get to?" Takeshi asked,

"He's still sore about the loss, but last I saw him he was heading into town." Ven replied,

"He said something about getting some practice in for a rematch." Said Hercules voice he had obviously returned from his errands…if that's what you could call them.

"Hey Herc you look kinda beat." Kiro said casually

"Yeah, that Hind is fast." Herc replied.

"I hope Oswald stays out of trouble, I can't help but think that he's hiding something!" Amei stated,

"What makes you say that?" Ven asked,

"Sorceress's intuition." Amei replied

"Guys Carmen and Juni made it to the Semi-finals too and they're fighting you all next!" Raian told them,

"What about Sazh?" Kiro asked.

"He fights the winner!" Raian replied,

Kiro gulped, Oswald was hard enough!

Round 9: Spy Kids

Carmen and Juni

Carmen spent no time launching her first attack, she slashed and jabbed at Kiro who just barely managed to dodge, back flipped to get some distance,

"THUNDERA!" Kiro yelled but Carmen was too fast for the attack and managed to get a good combo on Kiro,

"BLITZ SYCTHE!" Takeshi yelled managing to hit Carmen, the Violet smirked but it didn't last

"BLITZ SYCTHE!" Yelled a famiscille of Takeshi voice, Takeshi rolled over and flipped up angry to see that Juni had just stolen and copied his attack,

"Aw man!" Kiro growled, if Juni was able to make copies of their moves, then they'd probably loose,

Sazh was watching from up above,

"You kids better loose." He said grimly to himself,

"SHINE CANNON!" Kiro yelled unfortunately, not only did they dodge but Kiro got hit with Juni's copy a couple seconds later,

"How are we supposed to beat them if Juni keeps conquering all our attacks?" Kiro asked,

Amei mulled it over then something hit her,

"You guys leave Juni to me, take care of Carmen!"

"Divide and Conquer huh, will it work?" she asked,

"All I need is for you to take out Carmen as soon as possible then it will!" she told them,

The boys didn't like the sound of that but they nodded,

"SONIC BLADE!" they both yelled charging at Carmen who blocked but the combined might was too much for her,

Kiro after freeing himself from the attack quickly charged around her to the back, and hit her with a drain spell but this cost him dearly as he was knocked away hard,

"TRI-CUTTER!" Takeshi yelled hitting her hard and fast hoping that it be enough to knock her out,

"I'm glad we haven't used cure so far-" Kiro thought struggling to get up,

"I'm surprised you didn't think to use a Seal spell!"

"They're not allowed, it's the same with any spell that disables an opponent, do you have any ideas?" Kiro asked his thoughts

"Heal Slash since you practically ready to pass out!"

"Good idea…" Kiro thought

Kiro pushed himself up, and waited just until Carmen was close enough,

"HEAL SLASH!" Kiro called he just managed to hit the mark and Carmen was down for the count but Kiro just passed out himself,

"KIRO!" Takeshi yelled,

Meanwhile Amei and Juni were sending spells flying back to back,

"Your good but I'm better!" Amei taunted,

"I'll show you better!" Juni retorted,

"Yeah….sorry but that taunt is neither funny nor intimidating." Amei replied with a shrug,

"Yeah but I had to try it once!" Juni admitted,

"THUNDER!" they both yelled the attacks collided sparked and blew apart making the two skid back,

"Give up?" Juni asked,

"No way!" Amei retorted,

"Really cause I'll just copy whatever you do!" Juni retorted,

"I know, DRAIN!" Amei called

Juni was shocked to see that Amei cast the spell on herself,

"Y-you could just say I give up!" Juni said in shock,

"Nope sorry not the plan..." She said glowing in a blue light, a light Takeshi knew all too well,

"MAGI BURST!" Amei yelled, a massive surge of energy, hit Juni hard and knocked him out, Amei drained from the attack collapsed,

Takeshi sighed, "Crazy both of you, Kiro should've just stayed down and I could've helped Amei!"

E-H E-H E-H

Kiro and Takeshi watched in awe as Riku and Sora fought against Tidus and Wakka, Riku ducked and jabbed at the two while Sora focused on bouncing and hitting the ball back,

"OUCH cheap trick ya?" Wakka asked,

"Sorry, you said no rules so I'm free to whack the ball!" Sora retorted with his trade mark grin,

Tidus and Riku clashed swords for a minute pushing against each other hard, then Riku pushed Tidus off

Riku then followed up with a swift harsh combo, as did Sora knocking them both out!

"Ugh man, you guys are impossible!" Tidus stated,

"YEAH, GO DAD AND RIKU WHOOOOO!" Kiro cheered into the heavens,

Sora took a bow after helping Wakka up,

"Thank you, Thank you my adoring public!"

"Modest, you are not, oh great one!" Riku joked,

"You I'm ignoring!" Sora replied, crossing his arms and shooting his nose into the air

Takeshi laughed, "No one's as good as you two!"

"It used to be we could beat Sora, but never Riku, then Sora became unbeatable then a double team against THESE TWO? Forget about it brudda!" Wakka stated,

Sora laughed, "Well I wouldn't go that far!"

"Oh NOW your being Modest!" Riku joked,

"Still ignoring!" Sora said in sing-song,

"He is the best he doesn't need to prove it!" Kiro stated,

"Aww thanks Champ!" Sora replied ruffling his hair,

"Man, brudda as far as Kiro thinks Sora can do no wrong!"

"He's at the age where his dads at the center of his universe, it'll end fast trust me!" Tidus replied,

"I heard that and I happen to be a very good father thank you very much!" Sora replied,

"Let's talk about something else!" Kiro replied,

"That!" Riku said ruffling Kiro's hair

"Is a good idea!"

"Uhnnnnn!" Kiro groaned sitting up,

"Did we win?" he asked,

"Yeah after you and Amei passed out I was the only one left standing!" Takeshi stated,

"Maybe Ven should've fought in the tournament after all, do you think we bit off more than we could chew?" Kiro asked,

"Probably but we made it this far I say we see this through!" Amei declared,

"What do you think Taki?" Kiro asked,

"I'm with her, we've already proven to ourselves, we can stand up to other fighters not to mention we've racked up a few battle levels, plus you know what they say," Takeshi replied,

"Don't knock it till you try it, besides, maybe Sazh, Carmen, Juni or Oswald know something we don't once the tournaments over, we should ask!" Kiro suggested,

Takeshi and Amei glanced over at Sazh who was warming up with some stretching,

"You thinking what I'm thinking?" Amei asked,

Takeshi's eyes narrowed, "He's hiding something."

Final Round: Sazh Katzroy

Sazh

This HAD to be the most difficult battle Kiro ever had even WITH back up,

Even though Sazh was a distance fighter he was pretty apt, with magic, and Kiro couldn't get close to him to land a hard combo without being shot,

"MYSTIC FORM!" Kiro yelled changing into his green clad form he dashed around putting up the occasional reflect when he had too and shooting back at Sazh

"THUNDERA!" Amei yelled launching the lightning bolts at Sazh who couldn't get away,

For a while it seemed like copying the hit and run tactic was working it wasn't enough to bring him down and he started to power up his shots which when fully charged homed in on them and did lots of damage,

Takeshi glared, he could shoot a few spells but they weren't very strong and he wasn't able to get any of the higher level ones, but he did have one way,

"ANGRY BIRDS!" Takeshi yelled he found the sling shot in his hand then the birds hopping mad at his feet (No pun intended)

Takeshi picked up the blue one and shot it,

"SCREEEEEE!"

"WOAH!" Sahz dodged and glared he went to fire on Takeshi but this left him open to a combo from Kiro,

Takeshi launched the red one then the yellow one at Sahz but doing little to no damage, he still had three birds left deciding against the green one he picked up the white one and launched it,

Sazh was hit with a barrage of eggs,

"Okay THAT'S just down right annoying!" Sazh stated

Takeshi grabbed the black one and prepared to fire,

"WAIT Takeshi don't use that one just yet!" Amei yelled

Takeshi cast an arched eyebrow in her direction,

"We need this it will do some major damage!"

"Exactly wait for my signal, Kiro has a plan!" Amei explained,

"Our Kiro?" Takeshi asked.

Kiro still in his Mystic form, dashed around blasting Sazh with magic bullets and using reflect to block his magic whenever he got but Kiro was blasted with a large bullet from Sazh

"CURA!" Amei yelled healing Kiro then firing Fire balls at Sazh in succession,

"This is the plan!" Takeshi asked,

"Yes I know it seems a little time consuming but it is working!" Amei replied,

Takeshi looked at Sazh it did look like his energy was starting to run out,

"STORM!" Kiro yelled managing to catch him in it,

"No not like this I'm getting beaten like a rag doll, I could use…NO not like THAT!" Sazh thought,

"Why isn't he using his Eidolon?" Kaen growled watching the match from high above with a snack he didn't know what it was but all that waiting for the death of his rival made him hungry!

"Got me." Pete said breaking through Kaen's thoughts,

"Uh by the by, pal don't suppose you could spare a pita or two?" Pete asked with a bit of a begging look on his face,

"Don't eat the pitas!" that was what ran through Kaen's mind when Pete asked.

"You know what, Pete help yourself!" Kaen said passing the platter,

"OH thank you, thank you real swell of ya Kaen!" Pete cheered,

"COLD SHOWER!" Kiro yelled managing to freeze Sazh,

"Takeshi now!" Kiro and Amei shouted,

"Make it count!" Takeshi told the bird as he fired,

Sazh after being hit with the explosion was blown back and landed with a thud, he groaned but didn't get up!

"WINNER TEAM KEYBLADE!"

"I made it through without passing out yeah!" Kiro sighed

"NO…."

"Huh?" Kiro asked with a tilt of the head,

"I won't let it end like this!" Sazh yelled lifting himself up,

"Now the real fight begins!"

"Dude, I'm sorry its over, there's always next time…right?" Kiro asked nervously,

Sazh gave Kiro a dark look that sent a very cold chill down Kiro's spine,

"The Match is over!" Takeshi told him sternly and loudly,

Sazh said nothing but an orange light flew from him and sparked into the sky and a huge fire ball of sorts it suddenly erupted into a new form, it was red and gold colored and looked like it was wearing a crown horns were coming off from it's shoulders, and on its knees it's hips had wheels on them and the cape was thin and looked like a web a little, it wielded a large crossbow matching it in color,

"BRYNHILDR!" Sazh bellowed as the creature landed behind him

"That's more like it!" Kaen declared,

Pete couldn't comment since he had stolen several training Urns to barf in due to food poisoning,

"I hate, hic-omf-burb! You!" he growled at the white-haired teen.

Takeshi and Amei went to attack it only to get swatted away and out of the arena!

"TAKI, AMEI!" Kiro cried, he turned and saw that the monster was aiming it's gun at him, a huge fire ball came his way, Kiro screamed and shut his eyes,

"KIRO!" yelled Ven's voice,

He opened them to see that Ven had blocked it completely, he was wearing his armor for good measure obviously it was mostly silver with gold rims chest armor and knee pads his shoes had seemed to change in appearance slightly, the armor around his arms and Knees had horns sticking up, somewhat like feathers?

The helmet had a gold chin and it had prongs that though stuck up curved to the back slightly.

He dismissed it and glared at Sazh, "You want him you have to go through me!" he growled.

"Fine." Sazh replied coldly, Ven grabbed Kiro's wrist in response and kicked in Fever Pitch to escape!

"BLIZZARA!" Amei yelled as she launched the ice crystals at the beast but he flicked them away like they were nothing,

She yelped in shock.

"TRI-CUTTER!" Takeshi yelled trying to cut into the monster but to no avail, this would've been a good time for a distance attack, but the Angry birds had returned to their own world after the match ended and it would be a little while before he could summon again!

"COLD SHOWER!" Kiro yelled blasting the attack at Brynhildr, it seem to do a tiny bit of damage but everyone quickly came to the conclusion that they were getting nowhere fast!

"MULTIVORTEX!" Ven yelled the attack hit on as Ven hacked and slashed with his keyblades then covered Brynhildr in a whirlwind of stars there were multiple explosions, making Ven grin

Then the smoke cleared and he saw that the Monster was still standing

"What do we do?" Takeshi asked they all resorted to the defensive,

"This thing is crazy our attacks and spells even the ones that would be most effective are downright useless and we're not even making a dent!" Amei cried,

"Guys…"

"Kiro?" Ven asked,

"I need you to stop me…FUSION!"

"KIRO ,NO!" Ven, Takeshi and Amei cried out but it was too late Kiro was now charging like a bullet in his red clad form,

"SWORD SPIN!" Kiro yelled smashing repeatedly into Sazh's summon, he then resorted to using hack and slash combos he would occasionally go after Takeshi and the others two but was beaten back and he returned his attention to Brynhildr,

Kiro in a crazed daze started smashing everywhere, crashing into Amei, Ven and Takeshi knocking them down they struggled back up covered in aura as their limit surges had been activated,

"I'll get Kiro, Stop that THING!" Raian yelled as Kiro was now Zooming around the ring in a crazed dash!

Raian saw Kiro and turned his sword into his storm sabers,

"THUNDEGA!" Raian yelled Kiro was zapped by the attack and knocked out back into his normal form, Raian helped him to drink an elixir, meanwhile Ven and the others charged their Limit Surges,

"Think this will work?" Amei asked,

"We'll see, GALESTROM!" Ven yelled, Takeshi charged at the monster, his sword blazing

"BLITZ AURA!"

MAGI BURST!" Amei yelled the three attacks hit their mark on the monster and to their relief it fell and it seemed to drain the strength out of Sazh for a moment Takeshi could've sworn he was crying…but why?

"Dajh I…..I'm so Sorry!" to everyone's confusion he disappeared,

E-H E-H E-H

Oswald's ears perked up at the explosion he looked over at the coliseum and made a tsk sound if he was out of the Competition he didn't care what was happening,

"AHHHHH!" he heard someone scream he followed it to a big ploom of black smoke and brimstone Oswald without a second thought ran into it,

E-H E-H E-H

"Kiro you can't keep doing that!" Ven yelled

"I have to use it somehow and none of the training I've done is working!" Kiro stated in response,

"But all you're doing is hurting yourself and others around you it's not worth the risk Kiro!" Ven snapped,

"But-"

"No buts until that thing is under control; don't use it THAT'S an order as your master and your friend!"

Kiro sighed, "Fine."

Ven sighed as well, "I know we've had some tough enemies but that shouldn't mean that you do whatever it take to win that's not your way it's Kaen's way."

"But….I don't want to let anyone down!" Kiro proclaimed

"You won't, as long as you keep doing what you're doing minus the Fusion form, till you can use it without going bezerk at least."

"Yeah…" Kiro replied sadly,

"The good news is no one was hurt since they all ran away when that Monster showed, up and Carmen and Juni left saying that they had to take care of something after you beat them in the match." Zack told them,

"Hey where did Sahz go?" Kiro asked,

"I don't know." Ven replied,

"He mentioned a Dajh who's that?" Kiro asked,

"I've got a bad feeling; this might have been a set up." Takeshi stated having been listening to the conversation,

"I think your right, Hades, might be up to his old tricks!" Hercules replied,

"Aren't you clever Blunder Boy so the new generation of muscle heads train to be heroes" a black Plume of Smoke appeared and a tall black robed man with flaming hair came out of it

"HADES!" cried Ven

"Who?" Kiro asked

"He's the ruler of the underworld!" said Zack

"He's been causing trouble for ages!" said Hercules

"Good thing you heroes-in-training were around to stop that monster that Katzory guy sent out, who knows what kind of accidents might happen!" said Hades

"How do we know YOU'RE not the one who made a deal and put Sahz up to it?" yelled Ven

"Why is everyone so hung up on Details geez Louise!" Huffed Hades

"That just said you're YOU DID put him up to it!" yelled Kiro Hades flicked him in the head causing him to fall over backwards

"Hades!" yelled Zack

"Well if isn't the Mosquito why do I always forget the bug spray?"

"Don't call me that!" Hades turned from him

"Hey blunderboy I've got a little bit of News for ya seems the Olympus Stone was stolen, by a kid with a Keyblade! One of yours?" Hades asked

"Of course not! None of the Keybladers I know would do that!"

"Hmmm what about blonde here, or there?" Hades said pointing to Ven and Raian,

"They weren't at the coliseum; in fact they are Zuses's prime suspects."

"We didn't steal the Olympus Stone!" Ven snapped in defence,

"I don't even know what that is!" Raian added

"They were at the Library looking something up, if you must know!" Kiro growled,

"I'm talking to you Hades!" Zack barked

"Don't worry Zacky-boy you're loss to a Rabbit at the Coliseum knocks you out of suspicion so to speak!"

"Zacky-boy that's worse than Mosquito!"

"You can't prove they did it!" Amei yelled

"You can't prove they didn't!" Hades said with a sly look

"EVIL JERK!" yelled Kiro

"Thanks for the complement kid" Hades said as he disappeared

"We have to get the Olympus stone back!" Kiro declared

"And help Sahz." Amei added,

"You all want to help someone that tried to kill you?" Raian asked in shock,

"Yes!" Ven replied

"Uhg, I'm coming to but only cause I want to clear my name!" Raian replied,

"I'm coming too, you'll need my help!" Zack told them

"Thanks Zack." Ven said with a smile,

"What are friends for?"

"So where is the Underworld?" Takeshi asked,

"Why the Underworld?" Kiro asked,

"Think about it, Kaen has to be the one who took the Olympus stone, and every world we've all been too he's worked with a bad guy." Takeshi explained,

"Yeah, good point!" Kiro agreed,

"Then it's settled, I show you the way!" Zack told them,

E-H E-H E-H

Zack had lead the group down some ominous and stinky clouds and into a large cave like area,

"This is the Underworld; I was expecting something little more gruesome, and depressing." Amei admitted

Kiro took in the sights, but his eyes fell on a familiar shape with long ears in teal,

"OSWALD!" Kiro yelled casting cure and running up to him,

"Unnn, ow! That just wasn't fair!" Oswald groaned rubbing his head,

"What happened?" Ven asked,

"I was in town and I heard this scream right, so I follow it down to this dump and I see some Kid being carried off by a guy with white hair and purple eyes, I go to help but for some reason I couldn't get my body to move anymore next thing I know I'm seeing stars!"

"Kaen!" Kiro stated,

"How much you wanna bet that Sazh backed out of the deal so Kaen tracked Dajh down and kidnapped him?" Takeshi asked,

"All the money in my pocket!" Kiro growled,

"Oswald was Kaen using some kind of stone?" Zack asked,

"Uh...yeah I think he was actually I saw him hold something over his head as I was charging."

"So Kaen DID steal the Olympus Stone!" Takeshi stated,

"His crime list is now just short of murder!" Kiro seethed,

"Oswald, will you help us?" Kiro asked,

"If it means getting back at that bozo then sure!"

"Why do we need the Olympus stone down here, there has to be a reason he took it other than to bait Kiro down here." Amei asked,

"There's a curse in the Underworld, that drains the strength of people, who come down here especially Heroes," Zack explained,

"So the Olympus stone would protect the other gods on Mount Olympus whenever they have to come down here." Raian deduced

"That's what Herc told me." Zack replied,

"Let's get Dajh and the stone back, then we can use it to protect ourselves, track down Sazh and teach Hades a thing or two!" Kiro declared

"Yeah!" everyone agreed,

Kiro, Thought for a few moments then he suddenly felt a tug towards the right "I think we should go this way!" Kiro said pointing at a large black stone door with jagged blue lines on it,

Kiro and the others entered through it Kiro saw a large tunnel going for miles, it was dark and looked like that there was no light, but strangely there was a breeze going through it even fog,

"Hey uh no one's claustrophobic right?" Kiro asked

They all shook their heads,

"Good!" he said lighting up his hand and making a light to help them see better,

"Whoa nice trick!" Zack and Oswald said in unison,

"Yeah…but I don't like to toot my own horn." Kiro replied, leading the way,

Kiro looked around it was scary, he wondered if someone running towards them screaming run, run away would've have been a cruel joke, a good laugh or a sign to turn back and try the other path,

"Hey Kiro what made you choose this one?" Takeshi asked,

"I guess I let the Keyblade be my guide, I'm really sure but I was deep in thought about where to go and then I got the inspiration to go right….I just hope I am right!"

"Well we won't know till we reach the end." Zack declared,

"Whatever Hades is up too it can't be good!" he added,

"I take it you guys have met before?" asked Raian

"Yeah Hades used some kind of dark magic to put me under his control and attack Terra!"

"Ven's friend!" asked Kiro

"Yeah, but thankfully he saved me though…." He thought to himself then brushed it off,

They made their way through a cavern and just as they entered into a large room Heartless appeared and started to attack them Kiro Zack and Raian got ready to fight

"BLIZZARA!" Kiro yelled freezing a couple living bone and a Hookbat,

Zack and Ven had their hands full handling and dodging a Chariot Heartless, but with a good amount of planning and timing they managed to kill it,

"DRAGON VOLT!" In a Silhouette of the deep black Pokémon and Kiro came crashing down killing all of the Heartless that had surrounded Amei,

"Thank you Kiro but you made my hair look like Sazh's!" she said as she sweat dropped at her new afro,

"Sorry!" Kiro replied scratching the back of his head

"MAGMA FISSURE!" Raian yelled he managed to take out several Shadows, Takeshi was dealing with several Trick Ghost but they weren't making it easy for him

"TRI-CUTTER!" he yelled and sighed in relief when he finally took out two!

"STAR BURST!" Oswald yelled killing a few more Heartless and back flipped as he was almost scratched by a shadow Heartless

They kept fighting with what seemed like great difficulty

"It's the curse! We're…..huff getting worn out!" said Zack

"I'll have to kick it up a notch WARRIOR!" Kiro focused but nothing

"What are you waiting for TRANSFORM!" yelled Raian

"I'm trying but I can't seem to do it" said Kiro

"You Pick NOW for your other forms to go on the fritz?" yelled Raian Kiro glared at him

"Yeah Raian I decided today My Drive powers wouldn't work at all LIKE I CAN CONTROL THAT!"

"Uh Guys you might wanna focus!" yelled Zack Kiro and Raian looked away from each other and saw that the Heartless were charging at them

However out of nowhere there was a large pink like whip that grabbed the Living bone by the legs they followed it back and saw Carmen and Juni both holding on to the whip,

"HEAVE!" they yelled sending the Heartless into the wall killing it to win the fight

"Carmen, Juni what are you guys doing here?" Kiro asked,

"And what's with the gadgets?" Amei asked,

Carmen and Juni looked at each other,

"What do you think?" Juni asked.

"Might as well they saw us, and I think we can trust them being Keybladers and all." She replied,

"Trust us with what?" Takeshi asked

"Well we weren't just here, for the Hercules God Hood Cup" Juni admitted,

"We're Secret agents Stars and worlds have been disappearing one by one and we were sent to find out why and put a stop to it." Carmen explained,

"So the weapons you have?" Kiro asked,

"Part of our cover as far as anyone knows we're just traveling Warriors." Juni answered,

"Wow! Secret agents…SO COOL!" Kiro said with stars in his eyes,

"We're here on a mission!" Raian stated sternly, making Kiro snap out of it,

"I knew that!"

"So what was that about it felt like I couldn't fight at all and Kiro couldn't transform either!" Amei asked

"Zack mentioned the Curse so… it must be messing with Kiro's powers" Raian suggested

"What about you two?" Oswald asked the Cortez's

"We decided to stick with using our gadgets down here since using our weapons and magic would be more energy…but."

"The Curse is still taking its toll on you." Zack deduced,

"Yup!" Juni replied

"I think it's safe to say that we would be calling any Summons for help either." Takeshi added,

"So were stuck like this till we get the Olympus stone!" asked Kiro

"Looks like it but what can we do?" Zack asked

Ven mused for a few moments "Well there's no turning back well have to keep going and fast the sooner we Find Sazh and his son and get the stone back the sooner we can leave!"

"You're gonna get us all killed" mumbled Raian

"I HEARD THAT!" yelled Ven

The tunnel they entered was large and misty it seemed to go they had to be careful since they weren't fighting at full strength they suddenly found themselves in a big room then with a thud Pete landed in front of them in a fashion that reminded Ven of Capitan Justice

"AWWW what's wrong can't fight in the Underworld of BOO HOO HOO HA HA HA!"

who sent more Heartless to attack them Kiro sent out a reflect spell to block them it only lasted long enough to protect them though they fought as hard as they could Raian turned his sword into the Geo Axe but looked like he was having a harder time lifting and using it!

"Guh, I'm gonna have to switch back!" he growled inwardly as he thought this

"THUNDER!" Kiro yelled zapping Pete, who merely countered by going into a spin he charged around the area like a bullet it was the Bowling ball attack from Halloween town but he could finish it this time,

"JUDGEMENT!" Oswald yelled throwing his Keyblade which when it hit Pete multiplied and struck multiple Heartless,

"TRI-CUTTER!" Takeshi yelled killing some of the Greek Soldiers that Pete summoned, and then charged up to the fat cat, only to get blasted back by his force field,

However Kiro and Zack came charging in Kiro thrusted his Keyblade into the top of the Sphere like a mad man while Zack cast meteor breaking it and doing some damage,

"FIRA!" Amei yelled shooting Fire balls at living bone she need Zack to come to her rescue due to the thing deciding to charge her!

Zack gave it a good slash which finished it off; Kiro used a fire raid on a Trick Ghost which finished it off,

Pete glared "Ooooo I ain't gurlglegroooaaaan OHHHHHHHHH" Pete moaned something Kiro picked up on

"Hey dude you okay ya seem a little sick."

"OHHH STUPID KAEN, I'm calling this a draw! I'll deal with you nitwits next ti-uMMMM" Pete covered his mouth and dashed into a nearby cave they all gagged a little when they heard Pete start vomiting,

"ewww." Amei stated,

"Hmmm hey what this Kaen look like?" Juni asked,

"Uhhh white Hair and mean purple eyes, brown and black shirt and some silver and black armor."

Juni smiled when he seemed to remember something,

"I know how were gonna find everything!" he stated, he walked over and cleared his throat,

"PETE!" he said in to Kiro's shock and surprise Kaen's voice,

"What do want squirt?" Pete yelled,

"Where did I put that brat and the Olympus stone?" Kaen-Juni asked,

"You have then at the end of the lost road!" Pete growled before vomiting again,

"I'll get that kid!" he growled and Juni followed everyone out of the room to escape the retching,

"So the lost road, uh where is that exactly?" Amei asked all eyes turned to Ven, who winced knowing they wouldn't like the answer,

"Uhhhhhh…..Other side of the Underworld he he he." He replied with a sheepish smile

"WHAAAAAATT AWWWWWWW!" was the answer and reaction he got and it managed to reach Lea's ears…again

Kiro and the others re-entered the place they entered from the town and sighed,

"Aww man I messed up!" Kiro said,

"Hey at least we found out where to go!" Takeshi stated,

"True but…I guess…That seems to be the best way but….how's everyone holding out?" Kiro asked

"Don't worry about us let's just do what we came here to do!" everyone minus Raian nodded making Kiro smile,

He ran up to a door with green markings it was locked but that didn't stop his Keyblade Victory Star from opening it,

Kiro walked forward only to be grabbed by Ven,

"Watch it there's a big hole there!" he stated,

Kiro got rid of some of the fog with his powers sure enough there was a good five foot drop,

"Wow!" Kiro stated simply

"So now what?" Takeshi asked, Ven jumped down and landed on his feet,

"The way through is this way!" He answered, one by one Kiro and the others jumped down and followed Ven through the lost road which was accurately named as they got lost for a little bit,

But then Kiro could here faint crying,

"SHH!" he put his hand up to his ear and listened,

"You here that?" Kiro asked,

"Yeah…" Ven agreed Kiro followed the sound like a hawk running fast he soon came to a cave with a bit of a rise,

"Cut the water works you little brat!" Kaen snapped at a little boy who looked like a seven year old version of Sazh he wore a thick zip up blue hoodie with brownish-red overalls,

"Leave him alone Kaen!" Kiro growled, Dajh didn't know Kiro or didn't care he ran over to him and hid behind him,

"So you figured it out?" Kaen asked,

"Forcing someone to choose between killing someone or watching someone they love be killed?" Kiro said darkly it was enough to scare Dajh away from him and too Amei

"That low even for the scummy likes of you!" Kiro growled

"I don't care what you think of me Kiro I do what has to be done!" he said pulling out the Olympus stone,

"THIEF!" Juni snapped

"That's just plain rude…but true!" Kaen finished with a smirk

Kiro roared as he lunged at Kaen hard the two blades clashed hard.

"LUX THUNDER!" Kiro yelled striking down Kaen who was stunned and paralyzed.

The snowette downed an Elixir and looked up and smirked, "you're fighting just a bit harder aren't you!"

"TIDE SLICER!" Kiro yelled charging at the teen with a water sheathed Keyblade,

"Ommmf, Ug, heh your newest Keyblade has All Critical, fitting, a gift from the Legendary Victini." Kaen smirked after getting hit hard with Kiro's attack,

"Come on Kid can't you see how special you are?" Kaen asked,

"I'm no one just a cast away, trying to save the world!" Kiro stated,

"AQUA RAID!" Kiro yelled throwing the water attack at Kaen who dodge only for Kiro to use a warp spell to catch up to him and land a combo on him,

"DARK FIRA!" Kaen yelled sending the attack at Kiro who sent a beam of light from his hand to snuff it out!

Kiro charged and rammed into Kaen with a Thunder Dash attack Warped away before Kaen could swipe at him with his own Keyblade,

Kaen couldn't help but laugh "You're a much better fighter when your angry or out for blood!"

"SHUT UP!" Kiro snapped,

He lunged at Kiro blade in hand Kiro managed to block it pushing him back the two clashed swords ferociously charging at each other back and forth they launched spells at each other which collided and canceled each other out Kiro used his sonic blade attack to charge at

Kaen launched a powerful Firaga spell which Kiro Countered with a more powerful reflera spell

"What!" he asked before Kiro knocked him back,

Kaen got up with difficulty and smirked,

"Theftera!" Ven yelled managing to steal the stone

Kaen growled, and tapped the armor on his wrist the armor his armor was black and silver the shoulder pads he usually wore were more pointed and angular, he had a black chest plate with silver lining he had silver and black framed knee pads in the shape of diamonds with black spikes on them

The armor around his for arms was like that of Ven's armor but the fins were more menacing and pointed and they were silver with black lines running through them, his helmet had a silver jaw and top but the black line over the visor the horns on it were twisted around black and silver the silver from the bottom of the jaw and the black from the top.

Using Clarus Atrum he opened a portal and entered it,

"Sazh decided to have a little chat with Hades, case you're interested." He said before disappearing

"Daddy?" Dajh asked quietly

"It'll be okay Dajh." Amei told him,

Kiro sighed and dropped to his knees,

"Kiro!" Ven shouted running up to him

"I'm okay! Just tired that Underworld curse really takes a lot out of you but hey look at me I beat Kaen even with it looming over my head!"

Raian held out his hand for Kiro

"Well aren't you special" Raian helped Kiro up he lifted the stone it started to glow suddenly they were surrounded by light Kiro could feel his strength returning and amazingly they all recovered

"Glad that's all settled" Zack said

"Amei you need take Dajh and get out of here!" Kiro told them,

"Huh Kiro are you nuts?"

"I'll have Carmen, Juni, Ven, Takeshi, Zack and Oswald with me I'll be fine, we can't take Dajh with us its too risky."

"You do have a point, okay I'll take him back to the coliseum, good luck!" she said racing back down the path,

"I hope they'll be okay."

"She can handle herself, me and Ven also leant her Stitch and Link's summon Orbs for back up." Takeshi assured

"Then, let's go!" said Kiro they rushed back the way they came as fast as they can,

E-H E-H E-H

"YOU…LYING CHEAT!" Sazh yelled growling and glaring at Hades,

"I know you sent that lackey of yours to kidnap my son NOW WHERE IS HE?" Sazh yelled,

"Temper, Temper we had a deal you don't knock off Blunder boy and the red head, I don't do a thing to help." Hades replied

Sazh in anger raised his guns, but Hades just laughed,

"Really, come on I'm Hades, god of the underworld, lord of the dead! Do you really think you can just shoot me?" he asked.

E-H E-H E-H

"I don't hear Puking, Pete must be gone." Juni pointed out,

"Well that makes this easier, let's hurry!" Kiro stated,

The group ran up a small path way with a river flowing around it in front of them was a large skull like structure,

"Huge, ominous, and looks like death, I'm thinking Hades lives there."

Kiro looked around he found himself being drawn to the water Kiro jumped back in fright when he saw that there were all souls of people they all looked like they were miserable he could here moaning suddenly he felt a cold clammy hand on his ankle and felt himself being dragged in,

"VEN!" Kiro shrieked no soon did he yell Ven was at his sides and sent a fire spell right at the Spirit that was trying to drag him.

Kiro practically jumped back a few feet when he was freed,

"Are you alright Kiro?" Takeshi asked the red head was panting but took a deep breath

"Yeah but that was scary, thanks Ven." The group turned and ran up to the giant formation there was a door way as Kiro got up to it he heard screaming,

"Not good!" Kiro yelled rushing in Ven and Takeshi not too far behind,

"GUHH!" Sazh had been knocked away by Hades, he didn't have the strength he needed to summon Brynhildr however he was shocked to feel his energy returning and a blur of tan and red, come out of nowhere and jump in front of him.

"Hades leave him alone!" Kiro growled as the others appeared beside him,

"Why did you come?" Sazh asked getting up,

"To help we already found Dajh, he's just fine!" Kiro told him,

"Dajh is alive and alright?" Sazh asked in awe, Hades was blazing red hot,

"YOU LITTLE TWERP DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHO YOU'RE DEALING WITH I AM THE LORD OF THE DEAD!" Hades screeched,

Sazh smirked at this, "NOW I see why no one wants to die!"

"WHY YOU-"

"BLIZZARA!" Kiro and Oswald yelled Hades was frozen in a block of ice but he melted it quickly then glared at the two assailants who were now smiling sheepishly,

"RAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!" Hades screeched and had a look that looked like he would kill on his face,

"RUN!" Ven yelled the group escaped with Kiro and Oswald screaming on the tail as a huge inferno of fire came out,

The group managed to escape into the next room, Hades was fuming "That little-grrr!" he whistled and out of nowhere by the window was a massive three headed dog with jet black fur red eyes and large razor sharp teeth,

"Cerberus, GO!" the huge dog bounded off towards his targets in a blood lust,

E-H E-H E-H

"I don't get it why would you help Hades?" Kiro asked

"I was looking for Dajh, we were separated when the Heartless took our world, I've been searching for him ever since." Sazh explained,

"And Brynhildr?" Takeshi asked,

"I got the ability to use it not long after, it just sort of came."

"I get it Hades promised to help you find your son if you took Herc and these guys out!" Juni deduced,

"That's right, I'm very-"Sazh tried to say before falling silent,

"I forgive you!" Kiro stated with a smile

"Let's get out of here then we can meet up with Dajh, he's with Amei!"

"Alright!" Sazh agreed,

This path unlike the lost road was straight forward it had a few twists and turns but it definitely kept to one way eventually they made it to the last room in the entrance but Ven who was at the back of the line felt something drip on his shoulder,

"Huh?" he touched his shoulder and looked at it there was a big blob of Saliva

"EWWW!" he looked over and saw everyone had looks of fear plastered on their faces making Ven wince

"There's something really bad behind me isn't there" Ven asked

"UH HUH!" everyone stated, Ven turned, and there ready to gobble him up was the guardian of the Underworld Cerberus,

"AHHHHH!" Ven screeched zooming to the front of the group via Fever Pitch,

"What is that thing?" Juni yelled,

"Cerberus guardian of the Underworld!" Ven yelled,

"How do you know that?" Kiro asked,

"Your dad's memories!" Ven replied,

"The Heart thing?" Kiro asked,

"YUP!"

Kiro suddenly darted forward and brandished his Keyblade,

"Go I'll hold him off!" Kiro yelled,

"But Kiro-"Takeshi protest,

"GO! I just need to get you guys a head start and run off myself no big!" Kiro replied,

Ven sighed and rushed up to his side "Not without me!"

Oswald as the others ran felt a twinge of guilt and shook his head,

"I'm Insane THAT'S what I am!" he summoned Lucky Star and ran up to Kiro and Ven's side,

"Got room for one more?" they nodded,

Cerberus lunged his jaws at them making them yelp and scatter,

"THUNDER!" Kiro yelled zapping the foe with a thunder attack Cerberus just shook it off and sent giant fire balls loose from it's three mouths,

"STRIKE RAID!" Ven yelled throwing Lost Memory like a boomerang, hit one of Cerberus's heads and Ven had to watch out for the other two,

"TIDE SLICER!" Kiro yelled slicing at the foe over and over only for Cerberus's heads to lunge at his Kiro put up a force field to protect himself then getting onto Cerberus and jumping off it's nose then charged power into Victory star and slammed it onto the heads.

Oswald jumped and flipped away from Cerberus's Jaws as he fired various spells at them,

"FLAME SALVO!" Ven yelled sending the barrage of Fire balls at his foe, Cerberus growled, it then jumped up high then back down, hard making a shock wave that Knocked Kiro and the others back,

"WARRIOR FORM!" Kiro yelled in his now blue clad appearance with Red Crescent in his hand he charged up to the foe and struck hard and fast with a combo going into a flip then a spin that made a buzz saw like attack he flipped back and returned to his normal form,

"DRAINARA!" Ven yelled sucking energy from the beast, Oswald charged and sent a Thunder Raid into the foe, making the dog charge at him, Oswald screamed and ducked for cover,

"WARP!" Kiro yelled saving the rabbit from becoming dinner,

"Let's do this together!" Kiro told him, Oswald nodded,

"OSWALD!"

"NEED SOME LUCK?"

Kiro and Oswald were surrounded by light they spun like tops against Cerberus with a glint of power they charged over and over, and then they jumped back, and sent beams of light into Cerberus,

"ITS OVER!" they both yelled getting back to back and calling forth a shower of stars Cerberus growled but he was definitely getting weaker Ven knew instantly how to finish him off

"WING BLADE!" Ven yelled Swords of Light suddenly appeared around him like wings he charged up and struck Cerberus over and over with vicious combos.

"YAH! GO VEN!" Kiro yelled Ven finished off the attack jumped up high and sent them into the ground making a strange symbol and a huge beam of light that knocked Cerberus down for the count the trio made a run for it and they saw Takeshi at the door

"Come on hurry!" Takeshi yelled the three made it through the door,

"Close it quick!" Sazh, Carmen, Juni and Takeshi did so, giving the Trio and Zack enough time to make funny faces at Cerberus as he tried to charge the door only to fail!

The group heaved a sigh of relief as they looked up at the stair case that leads to the Coliseum,

"Whew!" Kiro said in a huff, he stiffened when a ploom of firey black smoke appeared,

"Hi there, uh I before you all go I wanted to talk to you about MESSING UP BY BUSSINESS DEALS!" Hades roared with a vengeance,

"That's what you get Hades! Its all Karma!" Kiro yelled

"Yeah, yeah can it Keyboy jr.!" Hades snapped Sazh stepped forward

"Like you don't deserve to hear it Hades, and you're gonna pay for putting Dajh in danger!" he growled pointing his guns,

"Ooo I'm so scared! Whatcha' gonna do? Guns will do nothing and don't even think about summoning that over grown glorified race car because YOU CAN'T C-A-N-T CAN'T and do you know why because the Underworld's curse will not I repeat NOT let you, down here Heroes are Zeroes with a capital Z!"

As Hades went into his rant Kiro handed him the Olympus stone and whispered what it could do and instructions of how to use it in his ear and Sazh got a very evil look on his face,

"NO Summons, no drive forms, you losers are lucky that you get the fancy shamcy combo attacks but other than that the Underworld will make you weak and drain your life away!" he finished in a flurry of red hot flames,

When he stopped all of the 'losers' had smug looks on their faces

"What are you looking at?" Hades yelled flaming again Kiro pointed the Lord of the Dead turned around to see Brynhildr standing there,

"oh." Was all Hades said the Eidolon smacked Hades with a back hand and sent him into the wall with a face plant then it disappeared,

"You were saying?" Sazh asked as the others snickered,

"Oh I see! Go AHEAD I messed UP LAUGH ALL YOU WANT Hades is the clown but the happy is about to stop!"

Hades snapped his fingers a massive tremor filled the room

"I've sent a little present up to the Surface starting with Thebes and making its way to the coliseum let's see you handle that!" he gloated disappearing,

"HADES GET BACK HERE!" Kiro yelled,

"Forget him Kiro we need to stop whatever he sent up there!" Juni stated

Kiro huffed "Right, Let's go!" Kiro yelled running up the stairs

E-H E-H E-H

Kiro rushed up and saw heading towards the Coliseum was a big giant blob of hot red magma,

"HE SENT WALKING MAGMA TO DESTORY THEBES AND THE COLISEUM!" Kiro cried,

"It's the Fire Titan!" Ven cried,

"TITAN!" Raian cried,

"Oh we are dead!" Raian stated,

"Not yet!" Kiro declared running fast towards the Magma titan,

"Hey Kid are you nuts there's no way we can handle that thing!"

"Maybe but were the only hope Thebes and the Coliseum have!" Kiro told him running towards the Titan

"Sigh!" Oswald sighed as he watched the others take off after him,

"Yup completely insane!" he stated running off after them bringing up the rear,

People on the outskirts of the town ran in fear as the monster inched closer to the city,

The Cabbage Merchant tried to salvage many of his Cabbages as he could but dropped them as the Magma Titan ran by and he ran for cover the fallen Cabbages spontaneously combusted,

"MY CABBAGES! Burnt to a crisp! Practically EVERYTHING has happened to them!" he cried and began Weeping as the group ran by, Kiro sent a Blizzara spell at the foe making it turn sharply as the Cabbage Merchant fled,

"HEY UGLY!" Kiro yelled as the thing turned on him it roared and let loose a burst of Magma from its mouth Kiro ran from it to avoid being burned

"HYDRO!" Kiro yelled the magma titan winced a little as the bubbles left their mark but swatted the rest away and went to squish Kiro but the red head escaped just in time,

"COLD SHOWER!" Ven yelled his cold showed was slightly different from Kiro's Kiro just cast his normally while Ven spun his Keyblade around in doing so his Cold Shower was bigger but was not enough to bring the thing down but did fair damage,

"STAR SHOWER!" Oswald yelled going into a spin and letting bullets of light rain down from his Keyblade bashing into and Making small explosions on the monster,

"ZACK!" Takeshi yelled

"I'LL SHOW YOU I'M A HERO!" the two took off in a charged felid and shot around the field like bullets they then struck the ground with energy,

"THAT CAN'T BE ALL!"

"YOU CAN'T ESCAPE!" Zack yelled as they went into a vicious furry of slashes,

"STAR SHOWER!" Juni yelled coping the attack that Oswald did moments earlier, Carmen whacked a few combos on the foe but had to jumped back when a little bit of Magma got on her sleeve,

Kiro quickly used a small hydro and followed it up with a cure to help her,

"Dang this is my favorite shirt oh thanks!" she said,

"No prob!" Kiro stated,

"ICE MINE!" Ven yelled backing away as the creature rushed forward its speed was rewarded with a face full of ice

"I gotta learn that move!" Kiro thought

Raian activated a command style called Tsunami which though used his ice staff used soft moving motions to attack sending surges of water into him then his pattern got much more Harsh as he slammed his staff into the Titan,

"TAKE IT!" Raian yelled sending a large wave into the foe,

"THUNDER SURGE!" Takeshi yelled ramming into the foe, then bouncing back feeling the top of his head for fire thankfully there was none,

"I think we shouldn't do any attacks that involve using yourself as a battering ram!" Takeshi pointed out,

Sazh was blasting the foe with his guns but it didn't have much effect, he decided that he needed the power of his Eidolon.

The fire ball appeared into the sky and landed on it's feet gracefully it turned into a giant formula one race car and charged at in then did a fiery Donut but it seemed to make the foe stronger and he began to heal,

"SHOOT! RETURN!" Sazh yelled dismissing the creature he gritted his teeth,

"What's wrong?" Raian yelled,

"Brynhildr's attacks are fire based meaning instead of taking this thing down that Titan gets fixed up!" Sazh growled,

"We won't need it!" Kiro declared,

"Yeah, I've fought all five titans before with mine and Sora's friends we'll be fine!" Ven added,

"BLIZZAGA!" Oswald and Juni (In Oswald's voice) blasted the thing with massive spells,

Far off at the Colieseum Amei, Dajh (Who had not left her side since) Meg, Hercules, Phil and Pegasus watched as a fiery glow emmited from far away,

"Kiro, Ven, where ever you guys are you'd better hurry!" Amei thought praying that they knew of this coming threat and were doing their very best to stop it

"ARTIC KNIFE!" Takeshi yelled combining a blizzard and Tri-cutter attack but it went a little wonky in the movement and he almost landed in the lava but was saved by Kiro's warp spell,

"Ug man!" Takeshi stated shaking his head,

"You okay?" Kiro asked.

"Yeah" the violet replied

Raian launched a bunch of Blizzara spells and hydro spells and hit a couple of combos on it,

"Man this thing is tough! You have any ideas Ven?" Raian asked

"Just one, WING BLADE!" Ven yelled summoning his blade…er…wings of light and using them to hack and slash and finally landing a beam of light on it which made it roar in pain,

"TIDE SLICER!" Kiro yelled whacking in the place the beam of light hit

"ZACK!" Ven yelled,

"READY WHEN YOU ARE!" Zack replied they disappeared and at blinding speed they hacked and slashed at the foe rapidly, they then switched to the strategy of thrusting into him over and over

"I'LL SHOW YA I'M A HERO!" Zack yelled,

"IT'S OVER!" Ven yelled as they sent a giant meteor into the fire Titan

"I think we're getting….somewhere!" Carmen admitted

"COLD SHOWER!" Kiro, Juni and Ven yelled together blasting it hard it seemed to freeze in a section they looked at each other and Kiro grinned,

"Ven I know I don't have entire control over this but I need you to trust me and don't worry it's not Fusion form!" Kiro told his master,

Ven nodded "Go for it!"

"SONIC SLEET!" Kiro yelled smashing and bashing around into the monster while the others minus Takeshi, Zack and Carmen used Cold Shower eventually the thing froze to a block of ice,

"Hurry before it melts!" Ven yelled,

"ZACK!" Kiro called,

"I'VE GOT THIS!" he yelled they summoned a whole bunch of Meteors to slam into the monster, then they hacked at slashed at the ice block warping around it when they moved on to the finisher it was an ice sculpture of a Swan with it's wings spread out,

"BUH BYE!" Kiro called,

"IT'S ALL OVER!" Zack called as they slammed into it shattering it and making it snow,

Everyone cheered at their success,

"Way to go Kiro!" Raian stated,

"Snow Cone titan sized anyone?" Carmen joked,

Sazh happy with the battle being over raced off to the town to look for Dajh,

"Hey Sazh wait we'll take you too him!" Takeshi called as he and the others ran off behind him leaving Ven, Kiro and Oswald the formers were about to leave when they heard Oswald yelp,

"HUH!" they turned Oswald was being held up into the air it was a man with very cold and angry looking eyes he had a long grey beard that went to his chest, he was wearing a blue robe with a lighter blue going down the middle and rimming the sleeves he wore a pointed hat with a crescent moon and stars on it

Kiro summoned Victory Star and went to charge only for Ven to stand between him and his target,

"Whoa, Whoa, Whoa Kiro! It's Okay! I think Oswald's the one who's done something wrong." He said the last part sternly

"Indeed, Master Ventus, Oswald has stolen a Keyblade from me."

"Lucky Star? Oswald is that true?" Kiro asked,

Oswald's ears dropped and he smiled sheepishly but it faded the moment he and the Wizard made contact,

"Amei was right!" Ven stated quietly,

"Stole so that Keyblade is yours?" Kiro asked,

"One of mine but not the one I used in my own youth."

"You're a Keyblade Master?" Kiro asked

"Was, Master Yensid has been retired for some time." Ven replied,

"Yes it is a mantle I no longer carry," Yensid agreed

"Master Yensid do you have any idea where Sora might be, or maybe Kairi or Riku?" Ven asked,

"Alas, I have tried discerning their location but it would seem that even I cannot find them." Yensid replied making Ven hang his head,

"What's gonna happen to Oswald?" Kiro asked,

"I will deal with him; he is too punished for stealing that Keyblade." Yensid replied opening a Corridor of light,

"WAIT! Master Yensid sir, Ven told me Keyblades are picky about their owners and it takes more than a inheriting it to wield it, so technically he shouldn't have been able to hold on to it let alone use it!" Kiro argued,

"I suppose your right," Yensid replied stroking his beard

"And he saved a bunch of lives with it, so maybe he could get like I don't know community service or something?"

"Kiro!" Ven hissed, the boy was arguing with THE Yensid a good way to get into trouble, however the trouble did not come instead, the old master studied Kiro look at Oswald a couple of times who now had a hopeful look on his face but looked away quickly,

"You must be Kiro, Sora's son am I correct?"

"Y-Yes sir" Kiro answered quietly

Yensid seemed to think things over for a bit,

"I know just what to do, Master Ventus have you been training Kiro in the ways of the Keyblade?" Yensid asked

Ven nodded

"He's also been teaching Takeshi, Takeshi doesn't have a Keyblade but I wouldn't be surprised If he did and he's been learning how to fight Heartless and use magic with me." Kiro replied deciding to cut out the fact that Sora and Riku had taught them how to fight,

"It's really just techniques and stuff, I'm pretty sure Sora and Riku taught them the basics,"

"He asked if you were training them not for your whole life stories!" Oswald thought

"If that is all I have a favor to ask of you, Oswald knows some attacks and basic magic but he will still need to be taught alongside Kiro" Yensid instructed Ven

The two boys gave each other surprised looks and did a double take,

"Whoa, Whoa!" Oswald stated in sheer surprise,

"I have to go with them on that quest of thier's?" Oswald asked.

Yensid dropped him like a sack of bricks and he fell with a thud,

"It's either that, or be returned to Disney Castle…In a fish bowl!" Yensid told him darkly,

"It's is your choice but keep in mind that, that luck of yours has served you once again, That boy stood up for you and he managed to convince me!" Yensid stated

Oswald gulped "Uh I'll take the one without having to grow gills!" he replied meekly,

"Wise choice." Yensid replied as he entered the corridor,

"Whew…I thought I was a goner, Thanks kid." Oswald told Kiro,

"It's no big deal, but you are going to keep your promise right?" Kiro asked him with a sly look,

"I don't do gills kid." Oswald stated,

"Let's get back to the Coliseum the others are waiting." Ven added, the three took off and met up with the group that had turned back to look for them, they eventually made their way to the coliseum,

"DADDY!" Dajh yelled happily as Sazh scooped him up and hugged him crying,

Everyone touched by the scene looked on happily,

"That's so sweet!" Amei commented,

"Yeah and it's thanks to you guys." Juni commented,

"You guys and Oswald helped," Takeshi pointed out, Kiro watched on happily…somewhat he could feel, something squeezing his heart the images of Sazh and Dajh were replaced by the images and Sora and an eight year old Kiro, Kiro felt his head go down,

"Kiro...What's wrong?" Takeshi asked,

"Huh?"

"You're…" Takeshi pointed to his face, when Kiro touched it, it felt wet

"Oh! Don't worry I'm fine!" Kiro replied wiping his eyes

Ven watching this arched and eyebrow but shook it off,

Sazh lifted Dajh onto his shoulders,

"Thank you all I never would have found him without you!" Sazh stated gratefully

"No problem!" Kiro replied,

"What are you guys gonna do now?" Ven asked,

"I don't know but I found my little boy that's good for now." Sazh replied,

"If you need anything Sazh don't hesitate to ask." Hercules told him

"I appreciate that Hercules, Sorry about all that trouble." Sazh replied,

"No problem you're not the only one who's fallen for Hades's tricks" Meg told him,

"He brainwashed me!" Zack stated jabbing a thumb to his chest,

"He did?" everyone asked,

"Oh…I guess Terra and Aqua are the only ones who know that." Zack stated sheepishly, scratching the back of his head,

Kiro and Ven laughed a little,

"Hey kid this is for you." Phil stated handing Kiro a piece of paper,

"What is this?" Kiro asked,

"You have all been officially dubbed junior Heroes and had permission to participate in the games further!" Phil stated,

"Once you clean up." Sazh admitted sheepishly,

"Yeah our bad!" Kiro added

"WAIT what do you mean Junior Heroes?" Raian asked

Phil sighed in exasperation "You rookies don't know what it takes to be a true hero!"

"So what makes a true hero?" asked Kiro

"If you have to ask you're not a hero yet!" said Hercules Zack started doing squats

"Well Junior hero sounds like a step in the right direction once you all figure out what it takes you'll be true heroes in no time!"

"Yeah never give up!" said Kiro Happily Takeshi and Amei leaned against a nearby pedestal which seemed to budge, they quickly turned and tried to push it and were immediately helped by Kiro, and Ven they pushed hard and there gleaming was the Keyhole which Kiro sealed up tight with Victory Star.

Kiro suddenly remembered the Olympus Stone

"Oh yeah, here Hercules!" Kiro said handing the stone to Herc however it lifted up high Kiro used his Keyblade to unlock the gate

"Is it time for you guys to go?" asked Meg

"Yeah but we'll be back soon!" said Amei

"Let us know if Hades or the Heartless give you trouble!" said Kiro

"It was good to see you guys again!" said Ven

"Same here" said Hercules "

Try to stay a little longer next time!" said Zack the

"It's a promise!" Ven replied

"Hey!" Sazh stated throwing an orb that Takeshi caught they all stared at it with curiously wit was a wheel with fire around it

"Brynhildr?" Kiro asked

"A thank you gift! Now you can use him too" Sazh replied

"Don't worry we'll make good use!" Takeshi stated

everyone said their goodbyes.

E-H E-H E-H

"GRAAAHHH! WE WERE SO CLOSE!" Hades screeched exploding (Literally) with anger

"So close, we tripped at the finish line and WHY because Maleficent's dear Kaen had to go AWOL WHERE IS HE!" Hades screeched

E-H E-H E-H

Kaen and the prisoner glared each other down Kaen who had a cloth in his hand opened it and let the cloth drop,

"So, what do you know about our little junior hero?" Kaen asked,

"I already told you I don't know what they're doing out there!" The prisoner snapped

"Sure you don't but in reality I think you do!" Kaen replied slyly,

"You can't prove it!" the prisoner said simply,

"Well see but…remember we have our ways." Kaen warned,

"Like say we came across one of those memory pods that the Organization made and we stuffed you inside then scanned your memories, I'd hate to figure out how to explain what I'm doing with memories that aren't mine!" Kaen pointed out,

"Better a liar than a killer!" the figure snapped

"Yeah well, I hope you don't know him well enough to cry when you watch him die." Kaen replied leaving the room,

"Ventus…..don't let me down!" the Figure said quietly.

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Keyblade obtained: Hero Wings: Strength +8 Magic +1

Ability: Negative combo: Decreases Kiro's combos by one hit allowing the finish move to be used sooner

Appearance: the Shaft is white edged in blue the center of the hand guard has a horse's head and the upper half of the hand guard are blue tipped wings while the bottom of the handle which blends with the white in the middle is an orb with a pair of muscular arms the teeth are three gold colored columns three small gold trophies make the links which lead up the Olympus stone being the Keychain

Lucky Star: Strength + 4 Magic +3

Ability: Lucky strike: Rarely when Oswald strikes a foe they will be immediately taken out by the blow, the percentage of this increases and Oswald recovers some HP if it hits below 20%.

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Obtained: Gold Ring orb: Summon's Sonic the Hedgehog to aid in battle

Flame Wheel Orb: Summons Brynhildr to aid in battle

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Heartless

Greek Soldiers-Greek Style Solider Heartless in Greek attire that wield battle Axes they are versatile in battle

Chariots- Powerful Heartless that not only runs over opponents but thanks to the pulling living bone snaps as well

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Reaction Commands

Shield barrier- Protects Kiro from Cerberus's jaws with a shield of light

Nose Spring-follow up to shield barrier, Kiro springs off of Cerberus's nose

Doggie Bash- the Finale of the Shield barrier whacks Cerberus with a mighty impact

Jump Collision- Dodges out of the way of a Mute Soldier's claws causing it to grab and be injured by something else or another Heartless

Meteor Thrust- A combination with Zack that destroys force fields and shields

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Limit Breaks

Crisis Drive-Zack+ Takeshi

Shatter Core-Ventus+ Zack

Hero furry- Kiro+ Zack

Volt Crasher- Kiro+ Pikachu

Lucky Breaker-Kiro + Oswald

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Limit Surges

Amei-Magi burst: Summons the rest of Amei's energy both magic and physical then channels it into a powerful blasts leaves her exhausted however

Acerus-Mirror Cutter: Acerus summons Mirrors to make copies of himself then the copies go on a combo frenzy on the opponent

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Special attacks and spells

Takeshi-Artic Knife- A cold cutting attack that first freezes the foe than cuts them to ribbons a combination of Blizzard and Tri-cutter

Amei-Glacier-A combination of Quakera and Blizzara, summons a giant glacier from the ground to strike enemies

Takeshi-Dragon Flare-An attack Takeshi learned from the legendary Reshiram the user flies up into the air and slams into the ground while cloaked in fire causing flames to fly up

Kiro-Dragon Volt-An attack Kiro learned from the legendary Zekrom, the user flies up after being struck by lightning in midair slams back down and electrifies the entire battle field

Oswald-Pyro Shower-A combination of Fire and star shower spins around making fire rain down on foes

Amei-Frost Breath- a Combination of bind and blizzard freezes the foe in a block of ice

Oswald-Star Shower- A spinning attack that calls bolts of light to rain down on foes

Oswald- Star burst- a strong collision attack that gathers light and power than crashes into foes

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Minotaur: A vicious beast of legend, the head and feet of a bull and the torso of a man it attacked Hercules but the legendary hero made quick work of it most likely Hades sent it (Kingdom Hearts re:Legacy Final Mix 2011)

Hercules: A legendary true Hero who is honored around the town of Thebes, he worked hard to become a true hero, and now that he has that title he helps Heroes in training with their own dreams he is the son of Zeus and was born a god but chose to become Mortal to stay with Meg (Hercules 1997)

Megara/Meg: Hercules's lover and helps him whenever she can, while a lady herself she can handle her own (Hercules 1997)

Pegasus: Hercules's flying steed with the brain of a bird, he is fun loving and is always ready to help Hercules whenever trouble arises (Hercules 1997)

Phil: The legendary Trainer of Heroes he not only trained, Hercules and Zack but Sora Donald and Goofy as well all becoming True Heroes, he knows the secret to becoming a true Hero as does Hercules but that is one to be discovered (Hercules 1997)

Zack: A Cheerful Man who in his younger years aspired to be a Hero, even after disappearing for several years, he is an excellent fighter and is always ready to help, he recently obtained his dream of becoming a true Hero and now travels the worlds (Crisis Core-Final Fantasy VII 2008)

Hades: The Evil Lord of the Underworld who is pretty much out for Hercules's blood, so he can take over Mount Olympus and by extension his home world, he has tried many schemes, some of which involve trick and making crooked deals with unsuspecting Warriors or just taking control of them fortuately all have failed (Hercules 1997)

Pain and Panic: Hades's two bumbling henchmen, they fear him greatly and work to do his bidding, Pain somehow always gets hurt while Painic is never seen at ease (Hercules 1997)

The Fates: Three Witches with the power to forsee, all past present and future Hades's often turns to them to see which paths his schemes will take needless to say, the worst case scenarios always happen to thier employer/regular (Hercules 1997)

Carmen Cortez: A young spy who was assigned to find out and stop the reason behind the stars and worlds disappearing she is an excellent Martial Artist thus opting for two broadswords as her weapon of choice when undercover she is traveling with her brother Juni to accomplish her mission (Spy Kids 2001)

Juni Cortez: Carmen's younger brother, like his sister he was assigned to find out the reason behind the stars and worlds disappearing, Juni has the ability to mimic voices perfectly which comes into play with his magic which copies the spells and magic (Minus Limit Breaks and attacks) perfectly as well so a staff is his weapon of choice (Spy Kids 2001)

Ralph: One of the Cortez's gadgets, without Ven and Raian knowing he went to library they went to search for info to help with the mission (Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams 2002)

Sazh Katzory: A man who lost his world to the Heartless and was separated from his son Dajh he had been searching ever since growing desperate he made a deal with Hades but like deals with the god of the Underworld They backfire on the one who came to him for help (Final Fantasy XIII 2010)

Dajh Katzory: Sazh's seven year old son, he was separated from his father when the Heartless took his home wherever he was since he was taken from after being Kidnapped by Kaen however thanks to Kiro and Co. he was saved and reunited with his father (Final Fantasy XIII 2010)

Brynhildr: A Powerful creature of legend an Eidolon, Sazh gained control of sometime between losing his home and coming to the Coliseum, it has the ability to turn into a race car and knows many powerful Fire attacks and spells (Final Fantasy XIII 2010)

Oswald The Lucky Rabbit: A student of Master Yensid's who stole a Keyblade known as Lucky Star something he was caught for at Olympus Coliseum and was to be punished, however Kiro voiced his thoughts in the Rabbit's defense Yensid learning of his recent heroic feats and pondering the fact that he could wield it made him come to the conclusion that he would be tested of being worthy of it by traveling with Kiro which he chose over becoming Oswald the Unlucky Fish (Trolley Troubles 1927/Epic Mickey 2010)

Master Yensid: A powerful Wizard once a Keyblade Master but retired he gave Sora and Riku their own mark of Mastery and helped the group through of Sora's final Journeys, the Keyblade Oswald has actually belongs to him and was going to Punish Oswald for taking it, however Kiro convinced him to let Oswald prove his worth on the grounds that was Oswald not worthy to weild it he wouldn't have gotten far in the attempt (Fantasia 1940)

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While Trolley Troubles is the first Oswald Cartoon ever Epic Mickey is his first official Disney appearance and marks his return as a Disney Character, I couldn't decide which to use so I put both Oswald's crack about Kiro's age is an inside joke on my part when I first thought this story up Kiro was going to be as young as ten, but I opted for an older age and settled on thirteen wanting him to be a bit younger than Sora was in the first game,

Hercules's errands are some of the legendary tasks that the legendary Hercules had to accomplish, and of course there's the KH3D future joke which had Kaen poisons Pete with Pita's due to a glimpse of the future joke XD

After watching Spy Kids four and seeing the Cortez sib's return I decided to put them in here and I was inspired to make Juni's fighting style that of a blue mage after reading another fanic and remembering that he could mimic other people's voices, something that only surrvies to Island of Lost Dreams! Anywho...

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Kiro and Co come to the City of Manhattan and stumble upon a mystery however upon trying to solve it they uncover something unexpected which may get them trapped in the middle of a dark conspiracy

Next Time: The Mysterious Claw Marks

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