I'm so sorry this took so long! I wanted to make this chapter was near perfect.
Sadly, Fang and I aren't finished with our Kingdom Hearts III story yet, but we will finish it! I promise!
Anyway, here's the final part of Olympus!
I don't own Kingdom Hearts, Disney or Square Enix.
Chapter 13: Defeating a God
Sora spotted something on the ground and picked it up. It was a Summon Charm, with an icon that looked like a pixelated fist.
He then heard an unfamiliar voice in his head yelling, "I WANNA WRECK IT!"
"...Interesting," said Sora. "Let's see what this one can do!"
(Cue "Hazardous Highway" from KHII)
He then placed the charm against his heart, and suddenly, what looked like a video screen for an arcade game appeared in front of him. It had a little man in a blue uniform holding a golden hammer and a larger, burly-looking man with spiky hair, a tattered shirt, and overalls with one of the straps loose, plus he had really large fists.
"Fix-It Felix, Jr.?" Sora asked...but then, the large man jumped out of the screen! "WHOA!"
"Hi, the name's Ralph!" The man introduced himself.
"Uh...hi," said Sora. "I'm Sora...you are HUGE."
"I get that a lot," Ralph chuckled, before cracking his knuckles. "Now, let's wreck some Heartless!"
He then put Sora up on his shoulders,
"Whoa!"
"Ready?" Ralph asked him.
Sora summoned his Keyblade, and it started to glow red, "Ready!"
Ralph charged forward with a yell, and Sora created a red glowing shield in front of them! Their charge destroyed every Heartless they ran into, like a human bulldozer!
Sora then jumped off Ralph's shoulders as he began to pound the ground over and over, creating orange shockwaves! Sora turned his Keyblade into a Drillfist, flew down to the ground and punched it, creating a massive shockwave!
Another portal opened, and a strange pink race car came out of it!
"COMIN' THROUGH!" shouted a little girl wearing a green hoodie and what looked like candy stuck in her hair, who was apparently driving the car.
Ralph grinned and hopped onto the back of the race car, "Hop on, Sora!"
The teen hopped on, as the girl sped through more Heartless!
"WHOO-HOO!" Sora cheered. "YEAH~!"
"CANDY RUSH!" The girl who was driving, Vanellope, yelled, speeding up even more.
Ralph and Sora punched and slashed any Heartless that wasn't run over!
This went on for thirty seconds, until...
"Alright boys, let's finish with a bang!" Vanellope exclaimed, pressing a button on the dash.
A giant jawbreaker fell from the sky, just above where the rest of the Heartless were. Sora and Ralph jumped up above it, then rocketed down toward it as it got closer to the ground!
Sora turned his Keyblade into a Drillfist as he dove down, while Ralph used his oversized, left fist, which was glowing orange. The jawbreaker hit the ground first, followed by Sora and Ralph's fists hitting it, sending out a massive shockwave, obliterating every last Heartless remaining!
Once the wind from the shockwave died down, everyone saw the Heartless were gone.
"Now I know why they're called "jawbreakers"," Sora joked. "Thanks for the help."
"No problem," Ralph replied.
"Call again if you need us," Vanellope added, before the portals to their homes reappeared, and they entered them. The portals then vanished.
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Ruxik blocked a strike from Yuffie's oversized weapon, and backed away. Behind her, he could see the disturbing sight of their whole plan falling to pieces. Zeus stood high up on the mountain, and he had just destroyed the last remaining Titan. Then Sora and some large man in overalls, along with a little girl in a pink race car had destroyed the last of the Heartless he had brought here.
This was going downhill too fast. It was time to get Hades and bail out. That was when everyone noticed the demonic chariot fly overhead.
Immediately, he opened up a corridor of darkness behind him and jumped in, avoiding a shuriken that nearly cost him a finger. Another corridor opened behind Larxene. She took the hint and jumped in before Riku could react to it.
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"Everybody alright?" Herc asked, stopping in front of Sora and Kairi as Terra and Aqua came over to join them.
A shadow blotted out the sun for a moment as something passed over them. They all turned to look up, and saw the chariot flying away from Olympus at an impressive speed. Inside was Hades, looking infuriated. His 'hair' was burning bright red, and his skin was as well.
"After him!" Hercules shouted. He began to run toward the mountain's rim, calling Pegasus. The flying horse came out of the sky right toward him. He jumped onto his back before he had even stopped. Riku jumped on after him.
Sora mounted his Keyboard, and Kairi transformed into her Angel Form. The four of them blasted off after Hades' chariot. Unfortunately, they were the only ones able to follow. The second they left the ground, a few Dark Knight Nobodies appeared around the group at Olympus.
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(Cue "Vim and Vigor" from KHII)
As Hades' chariot broke through the cloud cover, Sora moved in toward it. He was just slightly ahead of his friends.
When he was about ten feet behind Hades, and slightly to the left, the god turned around. Hades' eyes widened in surprise, and he snarled. He created some fire in his right hand, then launched it at Sora.
Sora summoned Oblivion and slashed horizontally, dissipating the fireball. He kept flying, and shot a shard of ice at the Lord of the Dead. It brushed just over Hades' head, the ice turned to water, and put out the fire that served as his hair.
Hades' eyes bulged in surprise as he rubbed his now bald head. Sora laughed, nearly falling off his Keyboard.
Hades reignited his head, and reached down into the front of the chariot. He emerged holding Pain and Panic by their tails. He angrily pulled them up and tossed them both at Sora. They screamed, and then transformed into purple and green snakes in the air.
Surprised, Sora swerved under them. They flew past him at Pegasus. Hercules caught one in each hand. Before they could even think to bite him, he tied them together in a knot. He chuckled, and tossed them over his shoulder.
Sora turned back around in time to avoid another fireball. Hades continually tossed fireballs at the key-wielder, trying to dislodge him from his board. All the dodging and juking was costing Sora speed, and he was falling farther and farther behind. Then he got an idea.
He changed Oblivion into a Key-Whip, then swung the whip's chain toward Hades. He held up his arm to protect his face, and the end coiled around it. Sora pulled as hard as he could on his end, and Hades cried out as he fell off chariot. His mount let out a shriek, but kept flying.
Hades plummeted to the ground, dragging Sora behind him. He caught himself, and disappeared in a cloud of smoke.
Ironically, Hades had been falling directly into the coliseum, and that's where he reappeared. He straightened himself up, and dusted himself off. A portal opened up next to him, and Ruxik and Larxene stepped out.
"It's over Hades," Ruxik said. "We have to get out of here."
"Too late for that," Sora landed in front of them, Kingdom Key back in hand.
"Do you really think you can take all three of us on your own, Keyboy?" Ruxik smirked, drawing Way to the Dusk.
Larxene smirked too, drawing her daggers,
"Now, little boy, you have two choices: let us leave, or die."
"Cool, you guys have the same choice," Riku landed at Larxene's left, Way to the Dawn at the ready. Kairi landed next to Sora, and changed back to her normal form. Hercules landed behind Hades. The seven faced off for a moment, waiting for an opening to present itself.
Then, Larxene leaped into the air and threw her daggers at Kairi, who knocked them back with Destiny's Embrace!
She then rushed at the blonde and swung at her head, but missed. Larxene back flipped away from her and threw more knives, but Kairi advanced, dodging out of the way of the projectiles and never slowing down.
Riku swept at Ruxik's legs, but he jumped over the blade and kicked Riku in the chin, knocking him over backwards. Riku landed in a kind of handstand, pumped his arms and kicked the Nobody in the chest. He summoned his Keyblade back and unleashed a flurry of attacks at his head, neck, and shoulders. Most were blocked.
Hercules delivered a punch at the back of Hades' head. He ducked under it, and tried to throw an uppercut with a burning fist. Herc moved out of the way with surprising reflexes. He punched the flame-head in the gut so hard he flew backwards into the stands.
Sora leapt up after him, bringing his blade down toward his head. Hades teleported to the top stands half a second before it struck him. Sora ran up to him, while Herc jumped into the stands behind him.
Hades created two long streams of fire from his hands, and waved them around like whips.
Sora jumped backwards just far enough to avoid the flames. He stretched out his blade and shot ice at Hades from his safe distance. Unfortunately, the fire was hot enough to melt most of the ice before it got too close. By the time it reached him, it was no more than a pop-sickle.
Hades smiled, retracted the flames and turned them into giant balls of fire. He held them in the air, then threw them at Sora and Hercules. Sora jumped entirely over the one aimed at him and ran at Hades. Herc simply shouldered through the fireball without a scratch. He then bolted at Hades, and delivered a punch to his face.
"OOF!" Hades cried as he whirled around, some teeth falling out of his mouth and his nose broken.
Herc came back down the stands and punched him hard in the chest. Hades stumbled down the stands, and fell back into the arena.
Meanwhile, Kairi was locked in a high-speed battle with Larxene. The blonde's knives whistled past her head frequently, and she had no idea how she was able to keep dodging to safety.
When she got within three feet of Larxene, however, she was greeted by a huge burst of lightning. Acting purely on reflex, Kairi stretched out her hand to create a blast of flame. The two attacks met, and exploded. Being in such close proximity to it, Kairi and Larxene were thrown in either direction.
Kairi got to her feet as fast as possible, then ran at Larxene, and would have run her through the stomach if she hadn't dove to the side. She filled her fist with knives and swung a punch at her face. Her blade came up to smack the fist away, and the knives clattered across the arena floor.
She tried to shake the pain out of her hand, and backed away from the girl quickly. She stretched out her fingers, and lightning speared from the tips. Kairi dove to the right, and the lightning singed the arena floor. She lunged at the former Nobody, Keyblade flashing left-to-right.
Larxene jumped away from the blade and kicked at her face. She shifted away from it and ducked under the follow-up punch. Kairi swept her blade, kicking her legs out from under her, and she spilled onto the ground.
Unfortunately, before Kairi could finish the fight, she sank into the ground via corridor of darkness.
Ruxik stabbed at Riku, who dodged to the side. Way to the Dusk stuck into the stone wall of the arena. He yanked it out just before Riku could behead him where he stood. He fired a ball of darkness at his other, which he caught with his blade. Then he struck high, then low. He left a cut across Ruxik's left cheek, and on his right leg. He followed up with a kick in the chest that made him stumble backwards.
Their blades locked together for several seconds, the two pressing against the other's blade with both hands. Their faces were close together, and they were scowling.
There was something in Ruxik's eyes, Riku noted. Something in those yellow eyes looked a bit familiar. For one split second, those eyes flashed, and they were no longer yellow, but orange.
Riku disengaged, and backed away quickly. He knew those eyes.
"Ansem?"
But his eyes were yellow again, and he came charging back at Riku with an angry snarl. He leapt, and brought his Keyblade down hard on Riku's own blade.
"Ansem? Riku repeated. "What gives?"
"Wouldn't you like to know?" He head-butted Riku, then came on once the blade was knocked out of his hands. It skidded across the ground, and came to a stop by the wall. Riku ducked under the blade, covered his fist in dark fire, and punched Ruxik hard in the stomach.
Ruxik stumbled backwards, and Riku called his Keyblade back to his hand. He drove it toward his face. But it was parried, and Ruxik lashed out, clipping his shoulder. Riku grunted, but didn't slow down.
He roared as he slammed Way to the Dawn against Way to the Dusk, creating sparks as their users tried to push each other back.
Riku jumped into the air and brought his Keyblade down hard on Ruxik's, knocking it to the ground. He spun around and kicked Ruxik right in the jaw. His blade flashed, and cut him across the chest. He staggered backwards, and Riku followed up with a blast of dark fire at his stomach.
Ruxik's Keyblade vanished, and he flew to the other side of the arena, hitting his head against the wall.
Ruxik put a hand to his throbbing head, and wiped a trickle of blood from his mouth. He started to get up, but then found Way to the Dawn at his throat. Riku stood over him, glaring down at him.
"Surrender," He growled.
As Ruxik caught his breath, he looked up at his other. His eyes closed, and when they opened, they had turned orange again.
Suddenly, a large black mass flew from behind the Nobody and grabbed Riku by the arms. It threw Riku into the air, and he fell to the ground several feet away. Riku started to get back up, when the thing was right in front of him.
Riku's eyes widened when he realized it was the Guardian.
"Ansem's" old cohort was grinning at him from three inches away behind two thin bandages. It seemed to be saying 'Hello Riku! I'm back!' The Guardian delivered a single punch to Riku's stomach and backed away.
Riku clutched at his stomach and looked back up. The Guardian was gone. Ruxik was standing at the entrance to a corridor of darkness, leaning a bit on Larxene. The two glared at him, and Kairi, who had just walked up next to him. They backed up into the corridor, and were gone.
Hades was being beaten back by Sora and Hercules. Sora brought Kingdom Key down toward his head, but he caught it with both hands. Unfortunately for him, Herc used the opening to uppercut him in the jaw.
"UGH!" Hades cried as he stumbled back. "Aggh..." He then began to realign his jaw, but while he was doing that, Hercules threw Sora at Hades and he kicked him in the face!
Hades flew into the air, then teleported in the air down to the ground. He stretched out his hands, and shot a steady stream fire at the two heroes. Sora dodged to the left, and Herc to the right, but Hades followed them.
They ran around the god, far enough to where he could no longer see either of them. So he twisted around and fired at just Sora.
Riku came seemingly out of nowhere and blocked the fire with a dark shield. Sora muttered a quick thanks before rushing out to join Hercules. The two of them ran at Hades, and beat at him before he could turn the flames back at them again.
Hades stumbled backwards, and the two of them decided to finish this whole messy business.
Sora ran forward, Keyblade held at his side, Herc right behind him. When they were almost right in front of Hades, and he was just about to burn him, Sora called, "Herc!"
Hercules came up from behind him and jumped over his head. He raised his fist and smashed it into the ground so hard it created a ten foot wide crater in the ground. The shock was enough to throw Hades backwards into the wall.
"Nice!" Sora said, as Hades pulled himself out of the wall.
Herc charged as he had with Nessus: head first, nearly horizontal. He was practically a blur. His head slammed into Hades's stomach. His cough could be heard from far away as he was thrown into the stands.
Just as he was getting up, Sora came charging in. He rushed at Hades, and held the Keyblade vertically above his head. He swung down, and started spinning like a wheel. He spun toward Hades, and smacked his head, face, and shoulders repeatedly with the Keyblade.
Herc came back up behind him, and rammed him toward the arena, he smacked into the center of it, and was just getting up when they landed in the arena together. "You're going down!"
Hercules grabbed hold of the Keyblade, while Sora held it in the other hand. Together, they rammed it into the ground. Another crater was formed, cracks breaking outward from it, and pure energy spilled out of them, in enough quantity to be blinding.
The ground shook at their combined strength, Hades didn't stand a chance. There was a loud pained shout, though it sounded like half disbelief.
When the light faded away, everyone saw Hades unconscious on the ground. He was sprawled spread-eagle in the center of the arena. His hair was out again.
(End "Vim and Vigor")
Hercules wiped the sweat from his forehead, and then clapped a hand on Sora's back, nearly knocking him over. "Nice job, Sora."
"You too, Herc," He replied as Riku and Kairi ran toward them.
"You guys okay?" Riku asked them.
"Never better," Herc walked over to Hades, and scooped him up. He slung him over one shoulder. "Let's head up to Olympus. I have a feeling you guys have a lot of people up there who can't wait to thank you."
"Hehehehe!" Sora laughed. "Yeah, let's hurry up and go!"
"Man, I'm glad that's over," said Kairi. "For now, anyways."
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'A lot of people' was actually a bit of an understatement. The second they broke above the cloud cover that evening, the god's cheering sounded like thunder. They soared over their heads, waving. Olympus was still a mess, but the buildings seemed to be repairing themselves somehow.
They flew toward Zeus's throne, where he was waiting for them, along with Mickey, Axel, and the others around him. Meg and Phil were there as well, smiling up at them as they descended.
They landed in front of them, and Hercules dumped Hades unceremoniously on the ground. One of the gods walked up and dragged him away to somewhere.
The four of them dismounted, and the second Herc was down, Meg jumped into his arms and planted a kiss on his lips. He nearly fell over, but then held her in the air while he kissed her back.
Feeling in the moment, Sora pulled Kairi into his arms and kissed her gently.
The couples broke apart after a minute, and faced Zeus.
"Well done, all of you," He said. "You've done more than anybody could have expected, or asked from you. And despite what certain others may think..." He threw an annoyed look at Phil. "I'm proud to call each and every one of you, True Heroes."
The cheering became even louder. Sora embraced Donald and Goofy. They had waited a long time to hear that. And from Zeus himself, it was unexpected.
Suddenly, Zeus's throne started glowing. It shone brightly, and the form of a Keyhole appeared on its back.
Sora was about to call his Keyblade, when inspiration struck. He turned to Kairi and asked, "Would you?"
Destiny's Embrace appeared in her hand. She pointed it at the Keyhole, and silver light gathered around the tip. It came together, and burst out in a beam of light at the Keyhole. It emitted a flash of light, and vanished.
"Next time it's your turn," He said to Riku.
The cheering of the audience swelled. Far back behind them all, Sora heard the beginnings of amazing music. He could barely make out the shapes of five dark-skinned women.
"Hit it ladies!" Hermes called.
The five women –the Muses- walked into the crowd, and began to sing a beautiful song in celebration of their heroes. While the lot of them were pulled into the improvised dance, Zeus smiled, and wiggled his fingers. Glimmering silver light twinkled on his fingers, and he shot it into the sky.
The lights changed into hundreds of twinkling stars. They stopped in patterns around the latest constellations of Sora, Donald, and Goofy.
Now Kairi, Riku, Aqua, Terra, Axel, Yuffie, and Mickey stood beside their friends. They were perfect images of their real selves, and they each looked triumphant.
Those stars still twinkled there to this day.
And that's it for Olympus!
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