A/N: Told you guys I'd get this chapter out within a few days. Man, my head hurts. I think I may have done it a bit too quickly, but, at least it's done. Chapter 38. The finale for the Hades Cup arc. Will Cody's team win the tournament? I guess ya just have to read to find out, don't ya. But be warned. This chapter is long. So far it's the longest one I've written so far. But I think ya'll will still like it. There's a twist, and something will happen that hasn't happened for a while now. What is it? You oughta know better by now. haha.

Hope everyone likes the final part of the Hades Cup!

Chapter 38 - What Makes a Hero

Olympus Coliseum - Lobby

Two teenagers had entered the lobby of the Coliseum. They walked with smiles on their faces. One was a ninteen year old boy with short dirty blonde hair. The other was a seventeen year old girl with long blonde hair, some of it braided.

"That was quite a match out there." came a soft voice to their right.

Tidus and Rikku turned and saw three people looking at them in the corner. They recognized them as Cody's friends: Leon, Tifa and Yuffie.

"Hey, you're awake!" exclaimed Rikku happily. "Are you guys okay?"

Yuffie hopped off the wall. "Yeah, we woke up after about ten minutes. Just in time to see your match."

Leon approached the other two. "You two did really good against Cody and his friends."

"Thanks." said Tidus appreciatively. "But, we didn't win."

"Doesn't matter." Leon replied with a smirk. "That kid just has one of the most powerful weapons in existence. I wouldn't expect anyone to beat him so easily."

"You mean that key sword?" asked Rikku.

Leon nodded. Then he looked between the two. "What are your names?"

"I'm Tidus."

"And I'm Rikku."

"I'm Leon." introduced the tall brunette. "And this is Yuffie," he pointed to the shorter of the two girls before addressing the taller of the two. "and Tifa."

"Pleased to meet you." said Yuffie, bowing. Rikku giggled and imitated Yuffie's gesture.

"Hey." greeted Tifa with a wave.

"So what do you two do here on this world?" Leon asked the two curiously.

"Nothing really." admitted Tidus glumly. "We just kinda showed up here after our world was destroyed, and we've just been going all around the place looking for stuff to do."

"I see..." replied Leon, crossing his arms. "In that case, how would you both like to come with us to Traverse Town?"

The blonde teens looked a little shocked. They turned to each other and smiled.

"You bet!" Tidus practically yelled in excitement. "What's this town like?"

"Are there any good places to shop?" Rikku asked excitedly.

Leon chuckled. Yuffie answered. "We'll tell you about it on the way back. We're about to head back there."

"B-But, don't you wanna say goodbye to Cody? Or the others?" asked a confused Rikku.

"Nah. They're too busy trying to get through this tournament." Tifa admitted. As much as she wanted to bring Cloud back, she knew that he still had some unfinished business on this world before he'd be ready to come home. So she decided that she could wait for him. "Don't worry, we'll see them again."

Tidus and Rikku smiled. They then proceeded to follow Leon, Tifa and Yuffie out the lobby entrance, and on to their newest home.

"Good luck Cloud... and you too, Cody." Tifa thought to herself as she left.

Olympus Coliseum - Arena

Cody felt like he was walking toward the gallows. Hundreds, if not thousands of people were watching the sixteen year old keyblade master step into the ring along with his three guardians, Noah, Lindsay and Bridgette. Each of them also very nervous.

Their opponent, Cloud stood right across from them, with his gigantic sword at the ready. It didn't comfort the four teens much that he still had his sword tied in bandages. Forget what Cody thought earlier when they arrived back at the Coliseum. About his excitement at the process of going up against Cloud again. He was just joking. In no way did he truly expect he and his friends would fight him again.

But it was what it was. Cody, Bridgette and Lindsay brought out their weapons while Noah charged up his right hand. There was a small light of hope that Cody had that they had gotten strong enough to take on Cloud. But odds were that Cloud had become even stronger since the last time they fought. And considering how Cloud wiped the stone ring with them last time, if he had gotten stronger, than Noah had thought it best. They were so screwed.

"So, what's the plan Cody?" Bridgette asked her leader.

Cody turned to face the girl he loved. The surfer girl looked very worried. Her tone when she asked made it quite clear that she was scared to fight Cloud. Even if he was their friend, she was certain that he wasn't going to hold back. The sight made Cody's heart ache. He never liked seeing Bridgette afraid. He looked at Noah and Lindsay, who were gazing at him with focused 'just tell us what to do' faces. Even though Lindsay was practically shaking in her cowgirl boots

It was their fear that made him more focused and determined to win. His fear vanished, his hesitation disappeared. If he showed signs of fear in front of his friends, then none of them would last long in this match. Hell, maybe that's why they didn't do so well against Cloud last time, because they hadn't known him and were uncertain of what he was capable of, and by that extension, afraid of him.

Cody grinned between his guardians. "We fight! We win! And we go to the Finals to take on Geoff!" he proclaimed fiercely.

At Cody's determination, the other three felt much more relaxed. They all nodded as Noah replied with a smirk. "Alright then, lead the way boss."

Cody chuckled as the four of them got into defensive positions. Cloud was puzzled. He looked at his four opponents and saw that they fear they had the last time they fought was gone. The sight made him smile. "Looks like they've gotten more comfortable fighting." he thought. "Good. I don't want them to be afraid of fighting me."

The starting bell rung. The match had begun.

Like last time, Cloud didn't give the junior heroes a second to attack. He dashed over with his sword raised. This time however, Cody was ready for him. The tech geek dashed over, placed both hands on each end of his keyblade and blocked the attack.

"You saw me coming this time." said Cloud with a smirk.

"Yeah. Like you said earlier," replied Cody with a grin of his own as he pushed Cloud's giant sword away from him, "we've gotten better since last time!"

Cloud regained his footing just in time to see Bridgette falling toward him with her trident raised. He gasped in surprise as he brought his weapon up and blocked the blonde surfer girl's attack. He pushed her away. Bridgette backflipped and landed on her feet next to Cody. They smiled and nodded to each other, then turned back to their opponent.

To Cloud's shock, both teens disappeared. "So they can travel that fast huh?" he said to himself within the two spare seconds he had before he blocked both Cody's and Bridgette's swings, who had reappeared right in front of him.

The two kept swinging their weapons, which Cloud, despite facing two people at once, was able to block every attack. Though it wasn't easy.

Suddenly, both teenagers backed away. Cloud was puzzled about this until he heard a voice behind him shout "Thundara!"

Cloud looked up to see bolts of lightning falling down toward him. He jumped away, knowing that these weren't the same bolts from before, as the lightning hit the spot where he was just a second ago.

Noah had flashstepped behind Cloud and had his palm outstretched. The mysterious teen turned around just in time to see a huge blast of ice being fired at him. He couldn't move out of the way this time, he brought up his huge sword and blocked the ice blast. With a mighty swing, Cloud sent the blast upward into the sky.

Noah was wide-eyed with shock. "How in the bloody hell...?"

Cloud just smiled and shrugged. Then he charged the cynic bookworm, who still looked shocked that his Blizzaga spell hadn't worked. Before Cloud could punch him in the stomach though, Lindsay suddenly appeared between them.

"Reflega!" she yelled. Her crystal spherical shield appeared, surrounding both her and Noah. The blonde teen stopped in his tracks and backed away from the shield.

Cody took this oppurtunity and started slashing away at Cloud with his keyblade. After several swings, the older teen swiped at Cody with his left arm, striking the tech geek across the mid-section and knocking him away. Cody hit the ground and slid for about twenty feet. He got back to his feet and gazed at Cloud.

The mysterious teenager brought up his sword, ready to charge at Cody. Suddenly, he heard what sounded like water beneath him. Curious, he looked down to see water churning around his feet on the stone floor.

Without warning, a huge geyser burst forth from the water, sending Cloud skyward. His eyes widened in surprise as he looked down to see Bridgette with her trident raised in the air. She had caused that geyser.

The surfer girl jumped into the air to meet the falling blonde and started to slash him with her trident. Cody immediately flashstepped into the sky to help her. They both slashed Cloud about ten times before they all fell back to the ground. Cody and Bridgette landing on their feet, Cloud landing on his stomach, with his sword landing right in front of him.

Lindsay and Noah joined their two friends. "Did we beat him?" wondered Lindsay, sounding a little worried.

"I don't know." replied Cody. He watched as Cloud remained motionless on the ground for a moment.

Then Cloud's hand slowly reached over and grabbed his sword. He got to his feet, shaking with pain. The four junior heroes had done a pretty good number on him.

"Oh yeah." he grunted in pain, but he was also grinning. "The four of you... have definately gotten stronger."

Cody found himself smiling. "Thanks dude."

Cloud chuckled. "Guess that means I can go all out."

Noah's eyes widened, and his mouth dropped. "W-What!?" he choked. "Y-You've been holding back this whole time?"

Cloud just smirked. Then he disappeared. Cody was shocked. "Flashstepping!" he shouted to himself. Then he brought his keyblade up to defend himself as Cloud's giant sword collided with Cody's weapon. The force had knocked the tech geek back a bit, lowering his guard. Cloud followed up with a kick to the teen's mid-section. Sending him flying to the other side of the ring.

"Cody!" screamed a frightened Bridgette.

Cloud grabbed Noah by the collar and threw him in Bridgette's direction. Noah screamed his high-pitched scream as he slammed into the surfer girl. Both landed painfully on the the ring floor, dazed.

Lindsay stood motionless as Cloud turned to face her. He raised an eyebrow, waiting for the white mage to do something. But the dumb blonde, scared out of her mind, screamed and ran toward Cody, who had sat up from the floor, and hid behind him.

Cloud chuckled. "Didn't that happened last time."

"Uh. You okay Lindsay?" Cody asked the white mage.

Lindsay nodded while looking at Cloud timidly from behind Cody. The tech geek was watching as Cloud approached the two of them.

"Lindsay. Heal all of us." said Cody. "And we'll try this again."

"Okay." replied Lindsay fearfully. She raised her wand and uttered the words. four geen flower buds appeared over the heads of her and Cody, and Bridgette and Noah thirty feet away. They all felt their strength return to where it was before the teens went up against Tidus and Rikku.

"Now guys!" Cody shouted to Noah and Bridgette. All three of them flashstepped, to Cloud's shock, and appeared in front of him, forming a triangle.

"Firaga." said Noah from behind Cloud's back. A blast of fire shot out from his hand. Cloud jumped into the air to avoid the blast.

He thought he was out of harms way. Until he saw Bridgette point his trident at him from the ground. The surfer girl fired her Aquaspheres at him. The bubbles hit Cloud hard. So hard that it knocked his sword out of his hand.

As the sword fell to the ground outside the ring, Cody jumped up to where Cloud was and started to hack and slash away. After ten hits, he followed up with an Aerial Sweep and finally, with one final thrust sent the mysterious blonde crashing to the ring floor.

Cody landed on his feet as the bell rang, ending the match. The crowd burst into applause.

After about a minute, Cloud slowly got to one knee. He sighed painfully. Then when he tilted his head up, he saw the keyblade master with a smile on his face and his hand outstretched. Cloud smirked and grasped Cody's hand as he helped him up.

"You okay?" Cody asked. Cloud just responded with a grateful nod.

"Cody!" yelled a feminine voice to Cody's left. He turned around just in time to see a pair of thirty-eight double-D sized breasts slam into his face as Lindsay grabbed him in a tight hug.

"That was incredible Cody!" cheered Lindsay happily as she hopped up and down, still hugging Cody, unaware where his face was. "We did it! We're going to finals! We're actually going to the finals!"

Despite Cody not being able to breathe, what was left of the horn dog inside of him liked the position he was in. But like he said, he was losing his breath.

"Uh, Lindsay, you may wanna let go." Noah snickered. "Your boobs are suffocating him."

Bridgette pulled Cody away from Lindsay's hug, a little too roughly. Cody took deep breaths as Lindsay apologized. "Oops, sorry Cody."

"It's... okay..." Cody breathed deeply. Bridgette giggled at Cody's blushing face.

"Good job guys." Cloud congratulated, holding his limp left arm.

"Are you gonna be alright Cloud?" Bridgette asked, looking at his arm with concern.

"It's nothing." Cloud lied, shaking his head.

"No it isn't. But don't worry." The surfer girl turned to her fellow female blonde. "Lindsay?"

"Got it Bridgey." stated Lindsay. She raised her wand and said "Heal!" Cloud felt the flower petal burst over his head. And a second felt the pain vanish from his arm.

Cloud lifted his newly mended arm and began flexing his fingers. He turned and smiled at the teenagers. "Thanks."

Cody just smiled, finally starting to calm down from Lindsay's cleavage pressed against his face. "So, what are you going to do now?"

Cloud turned around and walked out of the ring toward his giant sword. He picked it up, looked at it for a moment, and the placed it in the strap on his back. Then he turned back to the four Total Drama contestants and finally answered Noah's question.

"I guess I'll try and find my way home. My light has been renewed, and my business with Hades has been complete." Cloud smirked, and then started walking to the entrance to the lobby. "I guess I'll leave him to you, now."

"Hey, what about that person you said you were looking for?!" Cody yelled over.

Cloud stopped and turned to face Cody, Bridgette, Noah and Lindsay one last time. "I'll find him... someday..." he smiled, and gave them one last wave before walking away.

Cody and his guardians just smiled as they looked at each other. Then they scanned the crowd, looking at the many people cheering for them.

Then they heard a metallic grinding sound coming from the sidelines. They turned to see the caged door opening. Someone, or two someones, stepped out from the shadows. One was the god of the Underworld, Hades. While the other was a teenaged boy, with blonde hair whose bangs went past his ears and wore a black vest that showed off his chest.

"Geoff." Cody whispered coldly.

At the sight of the host for this tournament, the people in the stands went nuts. They cheered wildly, much to Cody's disgust. How could these people cheer for that scumbag was beyond him. And Hades, to Bridgette's disgust, waved at the people cheering for him with a cocky grin on his face, obviously loving all the attention.

Geoff however had ignored the cheers and stepped into the ring. He just gazed intently at each of his former competitors from Total Drama. First to Cody. He had been wanting to get his hands on this twerp for a long while now, and finally, the party boy would get his chance. Next to Lindsay, who he didn't have any issues with. Then to Noah, who had vastly criticized his attitude during the Aftermath specials. Geoff made a reminder to give the dork a good punch for that. And finally, the party boy looked at Bridgette.

His ex-girlfriend looked at him with a mixture of bitterness, and what looked like some fear. Geoff just glared in response. Though he didn't plan on hurting her. Even if she was his enemy, she was still at one point, his girlfriend. He was sure that Hades would be pissed if he found out that he was thinking this, but he couldn't bring himself to care. Besides, he couldn't think of a better way to get back at her than to beat the crap of her friends. That should teach her for joining the wrong side.

Geoff reached both hands into his holsters and pulled out both of his silver guns. He cranked them both to the side and green lights lit up around the linings.

Hades just smirked. "Great job for getting this far Keyblade Master. I just knew you and you friends would make it to the end."

Cody ignored the god. He and his guardians got into defensive positions. The tech geek then turned to Bridgette. "Are you sure you're up for this?"

Bridgette didn't answer Cody immediately. She was thinking of all that Geoff had put her through since right before Total Drama Island was destroyed. From all the crap of the Aftermath shows, to him comparing her to the other girls he's hooked up with, to him breaking up with her after finding out he, Duncan, Gwen and Courtney were with Maleficent, to him trying to persuade her to join him and Maleficent, and finally, to right before that, when he had shot Cody after Duncan had already injured him. All of those memories had awakened a vengeful spirit from within the normally passive surfer girl.

Bridgette gripped her trident as she glared at her ex-boyfriend, and finally answered Cody fiercely. "Yes Cody, I need this."

Cody was a little worried about the tone Bridgette had replied with. It was cold. Not at all like how she normally sounds when she's mad.

"Alright guys. Remember what Party Boy here told us," began Noah in a serious tone, "his guns can completely knock us out, or they can actually pierce us. We need to watch him."

"Yeah, and he's fast too." added Lindsay. "Really fast."

"He's only that fast because Maleficent made him that way!" said Bridgette bitterly. "Isn't that right, Geoff?"

The bitterness in Bridgette's voice irritated Geoff. However, it also made him sad. Did she really hate him that much now? Was there no hope for them anymore?

The party boy shook his head, banishing those thoughts. "Stop thinking about that!" he shouted inside his head. He covered up his thoughts by chuckling darkly at the four junior heroes.

"Don't worry about that, babe! You all won't be awake long enough to see me go that fast." Geoff proclaimed as he got into defensive position.

Bridgette gritted her teeth. Hades looked at the crowd as he stated in a loud booming voice. "Ladies and gentlemen! Let's get ready to RUMBLE!" The people cheered their butts off as the final starting bell was barely heard over the noise.

Geoff moved his hand so quick that Cody almost didn't see. However, the party boy didn't fire at him. His green blast went past his right shoulder and struck Lindsay in the chest. The pretty blonde looked shocked for just a second before she fainted to the ground.

"Lindsay!" yelled the tech geek with fright.

Bridgette was stunned that Geoff had already knocked out Lindsay. She just stared at the white mage's unconscious form before she gripped her trident and shook with fury. Letting out an angry cry, the surfer girl charged at her ex.

Geoff was taken aback by Bridgette's speed. He had only just managed to jump over the trident as she slashed at him. He landed back on his feet, just in time to be attacked again.

"Geez Bridge. You think you could be any more angry?" Geoff taunted as he avoided her attacks.

"Shut up!" snapped Bridgette as she kept up her swinging. "I told you to stop calling me that!"

Geoff growled again as he finally blocked her trident by crossing his two guns. He pushed Bridgette's weapon away, leaving her open for attack. He pointed his left gun at her stomach.

"I'm sorry." whispered Geoff guiltily.

He pulled the trigger. The green shot hit his ex-girlfriend in her belly. The close range shot was painful to the surfer girl. Her eyes widened, and she gripped her hurting mid-section as she fell to her knees. Finally, she collapsed to the ground, out cold.

"I really didn't want to do that." Geoff muttered with guilt.

"Bridge!" screamed Cody. He squeezed his keyblade in fury as he looked at Geoff hatefully.

Geoff turned to the geek when he heard him scream Bridgette's name. Or rather, her shortened name. The name that he wasn't allowed to call her anymore. The party boy was enraged. How dare this loser think he call her that when he didn't even know her until this whole journey of their's started.

Geoff ran at Cody with full speed. But before he could get within firing range, A huge blast of fire had cut him off, making him jump back. He looked over and saw that Noah had used Firaga.

Noah smirked. A sight that made Geoff even more infuriated. He pointed his gun at the black mage and fired a green blast. Noah shot off another Firaga spell. The two blasts collided in midair which set off an explosion.

"Don't think so Geoffy!" Noah exclaimed as he turned around, raised his hand and used Blizzaga this time just as Geoff reappeared.

"You think I didn't know you were gonna try that?" laughed Noah. "We watched your match with Leon and Yuffie remem-"

Noah didn't get to finish. Geoff had flashstepped right next to him, to his astonishment, and punched him square in the face. The impact had sent Noah rolling around in the air. He landed painfully on the ground next to the unconscious Lindsay.

"Noah!" Cody shouted. Then the tall teenager appeared out of nowhere in front of him. Cody was completely caught off guard by Geoff, who had kneed him in the mid-section.

Cody's eyes bulged from the pain. And it didn't stop there. Geoff placed his guns back in his holsters and started punching him in the face several times.

Hades was loving this. He grinned evilly, baring his sharp teeth, as he watched the party boy beat up the puny keyblade master.

Geoff finally kicked Cody in the ribs, knocking him back to the center of the ring.

Cody got to one knee and started coughing. He tilted his head downward as he massaged his sore ribs. Then he saw a shadow on the ground that made him raise his head. He looked up into the furious eyes of the party boy.

Geoff just glared down at his rival and smirked. He reached into his left holster and took out one of his guns. He turned the crank to the right, and then again to the right. Cody watched as the gun's linings went from green to black, and then to red.

The tech geek's eyes widened. He knew what was coming next. He remembered the red blast that had pierced his shoulder back at Disney Castle. Geoff wasn't going to knock him unconscious, he was actually going to try and hurt him again. Cody was frightened now, his body was hurting, he couldn't lift his keyblade to defend himself. He was completely helpless.

"Don't worry, I'm not gonna kill you." Geoff told him. "But I am gonna make it so you can't interfere with us again." He pointed his gun at Cody.

Cody looked up into Geoff's eyes. He saw no pity. A part of Geoff really wanted to hurt him. Why? Was it really because he kept stopping Maleficent's plans? Or was it actually because of his relationship with Bridgette? He was pretty sure it was the latter reason. He had had a feeling that Geoff wasn't completely over her yet.

Geoff was about to pull the trigger. Cody had turned his head away, bracing himself for the shot. However, Geoff caught the sillouette of someone laying not far behind the tech geek. It was the unconscious form of Bridgette.

He could see her beautiful face, though her beautiful green eyes were closed. At the sight of his ex-girlfriend, Geoff hesitated. He started thinking about the reprecussions of what shooting Cody again would do. What if there was still a small bit inside Bridge's heart that still loved him? If he shot Cody, that small piece may disappear for good. He thought about what Maleficent would think about the two of them.

Who was he kidding. Maleficent already knew he still had feelings for Bridgette, and so did Hades, Heather and Duncan. What was the point in hiding what he truly wanted anymore. There wasn't. His heart started to ache, and the hand holding his gun started to shake.

Cody opened his eyes, wondering why he hadn't been shot yet. He then heard what sounded like sniffling. He looked up. The party boy's eyes were closed, and they had tears falling from them. Cody was astonished. Geoff was crying?

Geoff used his spare hand to wipe away his tears. "Cody." he choked, opening his eyes. "I'm sorry..."

Cody watched in disbelief as Geoff swung his arm around and pointed his gun at Hades. The evil god didn't even have time to flinch before a red beam of light pierced his chest.

Hades' eyes widened as the shot hit just below his left shoulder. He looked at Geoff in shock. Several people in audience screamed. At the sight of the god of the Underworld getting shot, the crowd started running for the exits in a panic.

Phil was running around the people, trying desperately not to get trampled. Unfortunately, someone's knee slammed into his head. A goofy look came to his face as fell to the ground dazed.

All of the screaming people had shaken Bridgette awake. She had gotten up just enough to see the people from the stands fleeing the arena. She then looked over and saw Hades struggling to hold himself up, and gripping his chest, staring at Geoff, who had started walking toward him and stopped just at the edge of the ring. She then looked over to Cody on his knees.

"Cody!" Bridgette gasped. Getting of the floor and running over to him.

Lindsay and Noah had also been woken by the screaming people. They got back to their feet and noticed Bridgette running tpward a fallen Cody.

"Cody. Are you all right?" Noah asked with concern as he, Bridgette and Lindsay reached him at last.

Cody didn't answer. He was still stunned by what he had just seen. The other three turned to watch Geoff and Hades stare at each other hatefully. "What's going on?" Lindsay asked aloud.

Hades still held his chest, which had green blood seeping down his toga, and glared at Geoff. "You dirty traitor! Did you forget who I am!? I am the lord of the DEAD!"

Hades roared in fury as the hole in his chest began to fill itself inward. The teens watched in horror as Hades wound was healed. Geoff's eye widened. How could he have forgotten? Gods can't be killed.

"You ungrateful little..." the evil god growled at Geoff, his blue flaming hair changing to bright orange. "I'll make you pay for that!" He brought his hand back as a fireball started forming. He then threw his arm out as, not a fireball, but a blast, twice the size of Noah's, shot from his hand.

Cody, Bridgette, Lindsay and Noah jumped out of the line of fire. Cody looked back at the party boy. "Geoff!"

Geoff knew that he couldn't block this fire blast. So he swiftly opened his own dark portal and jumped into it. The portal vanished as the blast finally reached the spot where Geoff had been just a second ago. The flames blasted a portion of the bleachers, destroying them.

The four teens looked at the remains of the stands. Awed and frightened by the power that Hades had. Then a puff of black smoke materialized in front of Cody's team. They all got to their feet and summoned their weapons as Hades, hair back to blue, looked at them with a bored expression.

"Yo hey hey, how're you doin' everybody?" Hades greeted. "Got a minute before I kill ya? Hades, Lord of the Dead." Then he growled. "Guess what, you all are gonna pay for Geoffy boy's betrayal. I've got a place for you down under!"

Suddenly the sky went dark. Had Hades caused that? Scared, Cody turned to Lindsay. "Lindsay, heal us!"

"Okay." Lindsay replied and healed herself, Cody, Bridgette and Noah.

"Let's fix that, shall we?" stated Hades, disappearing in a puff of black smoke and reappearing behind Lindsay.

The blonde only had time to turn around before Hades slapped her in the face. Lindsay fell to the ground unconscious.

"Lindsay!" Bridgette shouted fearfully. She glared back at Hades. "Damn you Hades!"

Hades chuckled as Cody flashstepped toward him. The god blanched as Cody reappeared and started slashing him with the keyblade. Bridgette dashed over and immediately joined in on the attacking.

After getting hit about twenty times, Hades roared "That's it!" Hades fingers glowed red as he swung both arms at the two teenagers. Cody and Bridgette were knocked away, but landed on their feet.

"Take this!" Hades exclaimed. He held his hands out as fire poured out from them, like water from a hose. The god approached them. But Noah flashstepped in front of the other two and shot a Blizzaga spell at Hades, nullifying the flames and hitting the god with cold ice.

Unfortunately, Hades just changed his body temperature from blue to orange, making the attack weaken in power. Cody and Bridgette took the oppurtunity to attack Hades with their weapons again.

But Hades knocked them away again. "Feel the heat." he said coldly as he approached the teens. His hair still orange, he suddenly started spinning in a circle with his arms outstretched.

"What's he doing?" wondered a confused Noah.

"I don't know, but I've got a feeling it's not good." replied Bridgette fearfully.

She was right. Fire erupted from each of Hades' hands, as he spun around like a flaming windmill. Cody and Bridgette got down to their stomachs to avoid the flames, but Noah wasn't quick enough. The fire hit him and knocked him into the wall about thirty feet away.

"Noah!" Cody and Bridgette shouted simultaneously.

They got back to their feet just in time to see Hades smack Cody in the face, sending him flying into the only pillar that hadn't been destroyed by Hades' attack. Bridgette looked back at Hades, who was smirking.

"Got any bright ideas there, Blondie?"

Bridgette growled, pointing her trident at Hades about to use her Aquaspheres. But Hades had swatted away the trident and grabbed Bridgette by the throat and lifted her into the air.

Cody was sprawled out on the ground. He raised his head painfully and saw Bridgette in Hades clutches.

Bridgette dropped her trident as Hades laughed evilly. "Time to say bye-bye. But don't worry, your friends and two boyfriends'll be joining you soon."

He then started to squeeze her neck, suffocating her. The sight infuriated Cody, he slowly got to his feet. Then something snapped. Something familiar.

Hades continued squeezing the surfer girl's throat. He was about to deliver the final blow when he felt a huge power surge come from his side. Curious, the god turned to his right. And what he saw made his eyes go wide.

"What... the..."

It was Cody. Only he looked completely different. Wind was surging around him. His clothing had changed from it's normal black color and were now bright gold. He held his keyblade in his right hand, but in his left, he held a second keyblade. This one was blue and white, with the teeth in the shape of a star.

Hades' grip loosened on Bridgette's neck. The surfer girl opened her eyes, and looked to where the evil god was gazing.

She saw Cody, in a form that had seen only once before. It was Cody's Master Form.

"Let her go, Hades." Cody whispered threateningly.

Hades shook off his shock and chuckled at the keyblade master. "Ha, that's a good one there kid. But you're in no position-"

Hades was interrupted by a punch to the face. He dropped Bridgette and flew into the opposite wall at high speeds. After shaking the debris off of him, Hades looked up in astonishment.

Cody had actually travelled at the speed of light within a second and had punched him in the face while still holding one of his keyblades. Bridgette looked up at Cody in awe. He turned to her and smiled.

"You okay, Bridge?" he asked.

Bridgette just nodded, too awed to speak.

"Good." he turned to Hades, who was finally getting off the wall, and stumbled forward.

Hades just stood there gawking at Cody. This couldn't be the same kid that he had smacked around only moments ago. What was going on? Fear was starting to overcome him.

He then growled and shot a fireball at Cody. The tech geek just disappeared and reappeared instantly behind Hades. Hades eyes widened. Before he could turn around though, Cody swung his keyblade, sending Hades flying into the air. He vanished again and reappeared within just several feet of where Hades was flying at him.

Cody stopped Hades trajectory by slashing at him with his two keyblades. The speed at which Cody attacked was phenomenal. Within five seconds Cody had landed fifteen blows, another fifteen within eleven. Cody continued to attack the evil god for over a minute.

Bridgette just watched, astonished. She wasn't even aware that Noah and Lindsay had woken up at last and had now joined her side looking up in awe as Cody wailed on Hades.

Noah then saw something thin falling toward them. It was a sheet of paper, falling from where Hades was currently getting his ass kicked. Bridgette had seen the paper too, and grabbed it when it got close enough. She, Lindsay and Noah looked at their fifth piece of Ansem's Report for a second, before looking back up at the scene above them.

After a minute of slashing. Hades looked a real wreck. Bruises, black eyes, a swollen lip. Cody stopped attacking. He pointed his two keyblades at the evil god.

"W-W-Wait. Come on. L-Let's talk about this." Hades pleaded desperately through his swollen lips.

Cody glared at Hades for a second. Then he grinned. "No thanks." he replied as a bright light glowed from the blades.

Hades' eyes widened one last time. The light from the keyblades burst. The force of the explosion sent Hades rocketing into the sky, screaming at the top of his lungs. His sillouette started getting smaller, smaller, and smaller until finally, Cody could no longer see him.

Cody breathed a sigh of relief as he slowly fell back to the ground. The sky was changing back to it's normal blue, the star keyblade was fading, his clothes were reverting back to black, and the energy surrounding him was disappearing. By the time Cody touched back on solid ground, his master form had gone completely.

Cody walked back over to his guardians, and noticed their wide-eyed, open-mouthed faces.

"You guys alright?" he asked them, worried. Then he noticed the sheet of paper in Bridgette's hand. "Hey, another piece of Ansem's Report! Awesome!"

"Um. Cody." muttered Noah, still wide-eyed. "You know you did that thing you did against Jafar, right?"

Cody nodded. "Yeah. I don't why it took so long for me to use Master Form again, but I'm just glad I was able to do it before Hades suffocated Bridgette."

The surfer girl smiled. She, Noah and Lindsay got back to their feet. The surfer girl threw her arms around Cody. "Thank you Cody."

Cody blushed, but hugged her back. "Oh, come on. It wasn't anything special." he stuttered nervously. "Why wouldn't I want to save-" he was cut off by soft lips pressing against his cheek.

The tech geek was speechless. He could feel his spine tingle, and his face heat up from the spot where Bridgette had kissed him. Even though Beth was technically the first one to do it after his elimination from Total Drama Island, this was the first time a girl that he liked had ever kissed him. Even if it was just on the cheek, Cody was nonetheless thrilled!

Noah just gawked. Then he smirked in amusement at Cody's face. Lindsay however cooed. "Awww. That's so cute."

Bridgette let go of Cody, blushing. She turned away from him, not seeing his lovestruck face, and looked at Lindsay and Noah. Then she saw someone standing behind the other two. A saytr whose goatlike legs were brown.

"Phil? Are you alright?" she called out. Cody shook off his romantic thoughts and looked at Phil standing behind Noah and Lindsay. The four teens ran over to him.

Phil was wide-eyed. He was looking up into the sky. Cody had a pretty good idea where he was looking too.

"I, uh," Cody coughed, "take it you woke up in time to see what happened, huh?"

Phil took a moment before turning to Cody. "Y-Y-Y-You beat Hades... You squirts actually beat Hades."

"Well, actually. Cody did." Lindsay corrected with a smile. "All by himself."

"What, no. No, I didn't. You guys helped me." protested Cody modestly.

Suddenly, there was a loud bang. Scared out of their wits, everyone turned to see a man wearing bronze armor, a blue cape, greek sandals and a red headband standing at the entrance to the arena.

"Hercules?" wondered Bridgette. Sure enough, it was Hercules. He ran over to the four teens and his mentor and practically shouted.

"What's going on? What happened here? I saw all the people fleeing the arena and got here as fast as I could!" he took a deep breath and looked around at all the damage. "Where's Hades? Did he do all this?"

"Whoa, whoa. Calm down, Herc!" Phil exclaimed, quieting his student. "Two words. Breathe in slowly."

Lindsay counted Phil's words on her fingers, looking confused. Noah just rolled his eyes and moaned "That was three."

"But what happened?" Hercules asked desperately. "I only just got out of the Underworld. I had to fight a lot monsters to get back here."

"It's okay Herc." proclaimed Cody calmly. "We just defeated Hades."

Hercules stopped talking, and just gawked. "What. No. Get outta here, that's not true, is it?"

"One hundred percent." confirmed Phil proudly. "These squirts really did beat Hades. I saw the whole thing."

Hercules was stunned. After letting this news sink in, he laughed. "Wow, that's incredible."

Cody, Bridgette, Noah and Lindsay just laughed along with Hercules and Phil for the next several minutes.

Olympus Coliseum - Lobby

Phil and Hercules stood in front of the entrance to the arena, looking at the four junior heroes.

"So, does this mean we aren't junior heroes anymore?" Lindsay asked Phil. She, Cody and Bridgette all looking hopeful.

Phil put his fingers to his chin and thought for a moment. "Nope, sorry. Still not ready for hero status yet."

"What! Why!?"

"Sorry, it ain't up to me." Phil said. Hercules just chuckled.

Cody looked rather disappointed. But then he smiled. "It's okay. Besides, I think I know where my true strength comes from."

Phil raised his eyebrows as everyone turned to him. "Mine comes from my guardians."

"What!" exclaimed Bridgette, Noah and Lindsay as Phil added "Come again?"

Cody chuckled at their reactions. Then he elaborated. "Sure." he turned to his three guardians. "If me, Bridgette, Noah and Lindsay stick together, were unstoppable. Not even Hades can stop us."

"Cody." Bridgette whispered. She was touched by what he said. Noah smirked and Lindsay nodded.

"As long as you guys are beside me, I'm ready for anything." he finished. He held out his arms.

"Awww." cooed Lindsay as she and Bridgette went in for the group hug. The three of them looked at Noah expectantly. After a moment of peer pressure, he sighed, went over and joined in on the hug.

"But that's not what I-" Phil muttered, until Hercules interrupted by picking him up off the ground.

"Of course. Your friends give you strength." said Hercules. He then turned Phil toward him slightly and asked him. "Isn't that right, Phil?"

Phil was silent, then he just grinned. Hercules set Phil back on the ground and addressed Cody's team. "The four of you together, make great heroes. And as a team, I'm sure you can overcome anything."

Hercules had his arm extended. Cody, smiling, gladly accepted the hand shake.

"So, what are you all going to do now?"

"I guess we continue looking for the last pieces of Ansem's report and our friends." Cody answered. "Now that Geoff's betrayed Maleficent, he may need our help."

"Well then, don't let us hold you up." replied Phil. "Come on champ, we gotta go clean up the mess in the arena." Phil told Hercules while strutting back to the door.

Hercules groaned. He turned to the teens. "See you guys."

The four junior heroes just grinned as Hercules lumbered along behind the saytr. They all turned around, Bridgette, Noah and Lindsay walking to the door. But Cody had stopped and looked at the pedestal that they were unable to move the first time they came here.

"What's wrong, dude." Noah asked as Cody approached the pedestal.

"I... I just want to try and move this thing again." he answered honestly.

"Why?"

"Just consider it unfinished business." he replied with a bashful grin.

The two girls laughed. Noah rolled his eyes, but he sighed. "Alright. But let's all move it together this time, shall we?"

They nodded. Cody's guardians approached the pedestal with him. They put their eight hands all around the stone block.

"Okay, now push!" Cody ordered.

The four teenagers pushed with all their might. To their shock, the pedestal was actually moving this time. It took about a minute for them to push it up against the wall. The effort had exhausted them.

Lindsay then looked down at something small that the pedestal had been covering. "What is that?"

The other three had noticed this glowing light too. They walked closer and noticed, to their shock, a small keyhole on the stone floor.

"Whoa! What're the odds that this world's keyhole would've been under there?" Noah wondered.

"Yeah, I completely forgot about the keyhole for this world." stated Bridgette.

Cody smiled and brought out his keyblade. He pointed it downward at the keyhole. A light shined, a beam shot from the blade at hit the hole, the locking sound was heard and the keyhole disappeared in a bright light. Cody made his keyblade disappear. ahe turned to his friends and they all nodded.

"Okay guys. Now that our chores are done, whaddya say we go back to exploring worlds for our friends?" Cody asked them.

Bridgette and Lindsay cheered excitedly, while Noah did lazily.

"Alright then, let's get out of here!"

Cody led Bridgette, Noah and Lindsay out of the lobby and out the doors of the Coliseum. Off for their next adventure.

A teenaged girl with long black hair stood watching the hologram of Cody, Bridgette, Noah and Lindsay with an indifferent stare. She wore a blck croptop, gray shorts and a black jacket wrapped around her waist. Next to her was a menacing woman with green skin, wearing black robes and a hood with horns.

"Great!" Heather complained. "Now Geoff's a traitor and Hades is gone! Those four are becoming really annoying!"

Maleficent smirked. "Yes. We are losing minions rather quickly now. It seems that Hook, Duncan, Gwen, yourself and I are the only ones left now."

Heather noticed Maleficent's look and frowned. "You sound a bit happy."

"Why shouldn't I be?" Maleficent asked the tall asian. "There will be less for me to share with once we accomplish our ultimate goal."

Heather crossed her arms. "And what exactly is your ultimate goal?"

"In due time Heather, in due time." Maleficent replied gently, smirking. Then she turned and began walking toward the exit.

"Where are you going?" asked Heather irritably.

"I'm going to pay a visit to Captain Hook's ship." Maleficent answered calmly. "He says that he may have found the last princess. I need to go inspect this girl to see if she is indeed the one we seek."

Heather raised her eyes. Could that idiot have really found the seventh princess? Well, maybe it was Duncan and Gwen who actually found her. Losers they may be, they were much more competent and useful than that fool Hook.

"I will return shortly." Maleficent informed the teen. She disappeared in a burst of green flames.

Once the witch had disappeared, Heather let out a sigh. Now she had to figure out something to do while she was alone. She turned to look at the hologram of the four teenagers one last time before leaving the chamber.

Yeah, like I said. This one was a long read. But it was worth it! We saw the rematch between Cody and Cloud, Tidus and Rikku are gonna join Leon's group, a fight against Geoff, Geoff betraying Hades, along with Maleficent, and the return of Master Form. But most of all. BRIDGETTE KISSED CODY! YEEEEEEES! Hahaha, I know it was only on the cheek, but hey it's something, right? I hope everyone approved of the return of Cody's transformation. I'm pretty sure most of you were waiting for that to come back at some point. Well, wish granted.

And what about Geoff? Well he won't be appearing again for a little bit. Sorry Geoff fans. But at least he's somewhat redeemed himself now.

And now, there will be no more distractions. It's time to get back down to business. Neverland is up next. I'm really looking forward to this part of the story. Hell, the Neverland portion is one of the major points for the entire story. Let's leave it at that. No spoiling! But I can tell you that it'll only be two chapters long. That I can guarantee.

So did you all like the Hades Cup? I know some of you were probably hoping for Cody's team to actually win, but I think this ending was just more fitting. But let me know what you thought by reviewing. And look forward to Neverland, coming soon. See you next time!