Sorry it took so long to update this! But you saw how busy I was with Star Wars.
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Chapter 12: Battle of Mount Olympus
"Nice digs," Axel said, strolling around the area. His feet kicked up little bits of cloud with every step.
The home of the Gods was magnificent. The buildings were beautifully made with precious materials that resembled fine marble. Some parts were gold, or encrusted with precious jewels. Instead of a floor, the ground was all cloud. It gave Mickey an uneasy feeling, like he would fall through it at any moment, but it didn't seem to bother anyone else.
They stood in Zeus's throne room. The 'floor' was covered by cloud. They were surrounded by massive, shining pillars stretching into the sky. This 'room' was actually more of an open air platform overlooking the rest of the god's dwellings. No walls, just pillars. A large, golden throne marked with the crest of Olympus engraved at the top was in the back.
Zeus was a large, muscular man with orange skin. He had a faint glow surrounding his whole body. He had a large silver beard, and shoulder-length silver hair. He wore a purple robe with his very own Olympus stone as a clasp on the shoulder. His face was lined by years of laugh lines, and his smile was that of a reasonable, friendly man.
"Now then, my friends," He said, in a friendly, bass voice. "Let's get down to business. What can I do for you?"
"Well sir," Mickey began. "Hades is back again, we've met him once already."
"Hades?" He shook his head in irritation, and pinched the bridge of his nose as if trying to ward off a headache. "What's that annoying hot-head up to now?"
"We have no idea," Axel was standing at the front, gazing out at Mount Olympus's buildings. "But he has Hercules, Sora, Kairi, and Riku down at the coliseum fighting some dude."
"We think that Hades might be up to his old tricks, again, Zeus," said Mickey. "We came to warn you, just in case."
"He's obviously just trying to keep your son and our three friends occupied while he does something big," Donald continued. "So, another three of our friends are searching the Underworld for Hades himself."
"I see..." Zeus thought for a few minutes, eyes closed in contemplation. "Hermes!"
A short, blue-skinned man in a toga flew in. He had wings on his sandals, and wore a helmet with wings on it as well. He wore small, circular, purple-tinted sunglasses, and carried a small, golden harp in his hands.
"Zeus, baby, what's up?" He asked casually.
"Hermes, I need you to go to the Underworld."
"WHAT!? I-I mean, sir. I am really not cut out to handle the Underworld, I mean..."
"Relax Hermes, relax," Zeus pulled out the Olympus Stone, and Axel wondered just how many of them there were. He flipped it like a coin, and it landed in Hermes's hand. "I need you to search for their friends down there, and give them any assistance you can. I'd send someone else, but you'd get there the fastest."
"Of course, your Godliness, sir," Hermes saluted before he flew off. "Haa...they don't pay me enough for this job."
"Thank you sir," Mickey said, bowing. Donald and Goofy repeated the gesture.
"Ah, don't mention it lad," Zeus replied. "Now, in the meantime would you like to..."
"MY LORD!"
Hermes was streaking back at them, going so fast he was like a blur. "My lord! The titans have escaped, and their heading right for our GATE!"
Zeus's face turned to one of complete shock, and so did Donald and Goofy's. Mickey and Axel summoned their weapons immediately. The God of thunder stood up, face set, "Sound the alarm! Launch an immediate counter-attack! Then continue on with the task I assigned you, Hermes. GO, GO!"
"Gone, babe!" Hermes saluted, and took off and flew over Olympus, blowing a trumpet loudly enough to wake the dead. All below them, the Gods looked up in surprise, and hastily prepared for battle. Weapons were drawn and chariots readied.
Zeus stood up, and cracked his knuckles. A whole batch of inert lightning bolts were tossed up from below and landed at his feet. He scooped them up with one arm. "We could use your help."
"You've got it," Mickey said.
A short time later, the many Gods were assembled at the gates of Olympus. Zeus was in their midst, along with Mickey, Axel, Donald, and Goofy.
Then, the ground shook briefly and stopped. It wasn't drastic, but enough to catch their attention. Then it shook again, slightly harder and, stopped. Then again, harder. And Mickey realized that they were footsteps. Massive, approaching footsteps.
"They're here!" One of the Gods shouted.
Mickey and Axel ran to the front of the group, and peered through the gates down the mountain. It was a terrifying sight. Four massive figures were walking in a single file toward the mountain. From what he could tell from this height, they each represented four elements.
The one in front was probably the largest. It was made entirely of dark brown rock, large chunks of it protruded from its back and arms. It had two heads, with small, red eyes on each of them. Its massive arms would brush the ground as it walked. Its huge feet left craters with every step.
The one behind it looked like a giant humanoid skeleton made of ice. Its head was similar to a horse's. Its long snout was filled with pointed 'teeth'. Its eye sockets were dark and empty. Its glacier-sized feet froze to the ground every time they touched down. They broke off from its legs, and regrew as it took its next step.
The next one resembled a large, fat man covered in oozing lava with a cooled layer of magma covering its head and shoulders. The eyes could still be seen through the crust, as glowing pools of white-hot lava. Lava dripped off of it frequently, and it seemed to slither across the ground, leaving a burning trail behind it.
The last resembled a hundred foot tall tornado with fists. It sucked up everything around it as it tore across the ground. Glowing red eyes peered out through its depths.
And they moved among a black ocean of Heartless and Nobodies.
The Rock Titan had just reached the mountain, and was beginning to climb up when Zeus called, "CHARGE!"
The Gods mounted strange animals, or climbed into chariots. Their weapons were brandished. And with an unbelievable battle cry, they charged fearlessly down the mountain at the oncoming titans.
The Battle of Mount Olympus had begun!
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Aqua, Terra and Yuffie were still trapped in Larxene's lightning prison. The Savage Nymph sat nearby, keeping a keen eye on them, a mocking grin on her face.
"How long do you plan on keeping us here?!" Aqua asked.
"As long as I see fit," said Larxene.
Yuffie tried to reach out, but got zapped, "OW!"
Having an idea, Terra summoned his Keyblade and stabbed it into the ground.
"What the hell are you-?!" Larxene barked, but was interrupted by small rock pillars bursting out of the ground, coming toward her!
She jumped out of the way, but they kept coming after her. Having all of her focus on dodging the rocks, she lost her concentration on keeping the prison up, so the lightning bolts disappeared, freeing Terra, Aqua and Yuffie.
"Yes! Terra, you're a genius!" Aqua exclaimed.
"Oh no you don't!" Larxene shouted, throwing some of her Foudre knives at them.
"Watch it!" Yuffie shouted as she deflected them back at Larxene.
Then the blonde turned into a stream of electricity, and streaked towards Aqua.
Using two spells at once, Aqua made a Reflega shield, surrounded by Water.
Larxene tried to stop, but when she hit the watery barrier, she ended up getting shocked!
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH~!" she screamed in pain.
"Hurts, doesn't it?" Yuffie taunted her.
"I'll be back!" Larxene yelled before disappearing through a dark portal.
"Everybody alright?" Aqua asked.
"I'm good," Yuffie said.
"Ditto," Terra said.
"Okay, good," Aqua responded. "We gotta get to Olympus; maybe if we move fast, we can warn them of the attack before the titans get there."
A short, blue-skinned man flew in from the doorway, "Hey!" He shouted to them.
He flew right at them, and they reflexively drew their weapons. Seeing this, Hermes stopped in midair, "WHOA, whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa! I'm one of the good guys, babes!"
"Hey, I know you!" Yuffie exclaimed happily. "Hermes, the God of Speed."
"That's me!" Hermes smiled. "Listen, the titans are attacking Olympus. I was sent to get you and your friends. We gotta get Hercules, and get back to the mountain!"
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Mickey sprinted away from the Rock Titan's falling fist just as it smashed the ground behind him with enough force to knock him over. He got to his feet just as a Neo Shadow leapt at him. He took it out with one swipe of his Keyblade, and kept running.
Things were rapidly deteriorating. The formerly glorious buildings were mostly destroyed, either burning, smashed, covered by a thick layer of ice, or just blown off the mountain altogether. Piles of rubble were strewn everywhere.
The battle had started off with the flyers charging down the mountain to keep the titans from getting up to the mountain in the first place, but they had simply been sucked up, and spit out by the Wind Titan. The Rock Titan had smashed the Gates of Olympus open with a boulder, and the titans then stomped inside with the Heartless.
The Olympians tried to fight back as best as they could, but they were no match for the Titans.
Although they destroyed most of the Heartless, the titans were in a class all on their own. Zeus had been right to seal them away.
Axel was now at Mickey's side, shooting fireballs at oncoming Heartless. Unfortunately, the Ice Titan, came stomping toward them, chanting, "FREEZE THEM!" in its appropriately chilling voice. It opened its wide mouth, and a gale of icy air spewed from it.
Axel stepped in front of the king. He engulfed his arms in flame, and released it at the titan in a continuous stream. Its ice met his fire and melted. The fire continued along its path and struck the titan full in the face.
It cried out in pain or in rage, and brought its fist down on them. An inch before it flattened them, it was struck by a powerful bolt of lightning. It pulled its hand away immediately, clutching it.
Zeus ran toward the two with Donald and Goofy, but the Lava Titan wasn't far behind them. Donald cast Blizzaga magic at it as they went ran, but it just wasn't enough to stop it.
The five of them were trapped between two titans, and the other two were coming up from behind them. Then there was a voice from above them. "Zeussy! I'm home!"
Everyone looked up. In a flying chariot hovering above the Ice Titan's head sat Hades. Ruxik was standing next to him, looking smugly down at them.
"Riku?!" Mickey exclaimed in shock.
"No, that's not him," Axel said.
"Capture the mouse and the redhead," Ruxik said.
Hades lifted his hand, and gave a signal to the titans. The Ice and Lava Titans opened their mouths, spewing lava and ice. Mickey, Axel and Zeus got frozen in place by a blast of ice, completely immobile. The cold was numbing, but Mickey was still able to move his eyes. Hades was laughing as he gave another signal.
The Lava Titan belched hot lava. Combined with more ice from the Ice Titan, it formed a layer of rapidly cooling lava over them. The last thing the King saw before it covered his eyes were Hades and Ruxik's triumphant faces.
Hades's chariot touched down in front of Zeus, Axel and Mickey's cooling rock prison. Pain and Panic shot out and danced around it, cheering.
Hades and Ruxik walked out. "Oh, it's a beautiful day!" Hades said, and then he looked at the titans. "Boys! Take care of the Gods still fighting. Put 'em in chains and march 'em down to the Underworld. This is our house now!"
The titans let out some sort of victory cry, and stomped off.
"Now we wait for the others to come," Ruxik said.
Suddenly, a corridor of darkness opened up behind them. Out limped Larxene, clutching her shoulder, and grimacing in pain.
"Sorry boys, they escaped," she managed to say.
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Kairi's GummiPhone rang (The ringtone is her theme song), so she answered it, making Aqua's face appear.
"Guys, we've gotta hurry to Olympus!" she exclaimed.
"We know, Nessus just told us what Hades is doing with the Titans," Sora responded.
"We're on our way there," said Kairi, "we just had to take care of something, first!"
"Be careful, you guys!" said Aqua.
"Wait, two Organization members are here," Yuffie told them.
"Great," Riku grumbled. "Who?"
"Some blonde girl named Larxene," Terra said.
Sora and Naminé both clenched their fists in anger at hearing her name.
"And...the other one..." Yuffie hesitated.
"He calls himself Ruxik," Aqua said. "Riku...he's your Nobody..."
"...My...what?" Riku asked in disbelief.
"I know, we were shocked too," Yuffie said.
"Well, we still need to get to Olympus," Hercules said, before he brought his fingers to his lips, and whistled sharply. In a few seconds, Pegasus swooped out of the sky and landed in front of them. He skidded to a halt in front of him, and Hercules leapt onto his back.
"We gotta get to Olympus," He told him. "Hope you're ready for a fight."
The responding whinny sounded like an affirmative.
Deciding to try his hand at Keyblade Shape-Changing, Sora concentrated, and his Kingdom Key reshaped into a Key-Board. (No pun intended)
"Sweet!" he exclaimed before he hopped onto it.
Riku was still in shock over the news that he had a Nobody, so he just hopped onto Pegasus, sitting behind Hercules.
Finally, Kairi changed into her Angel Form, "Let's do this!"
With a huge beat of his wings, Pegasus lifted off the ground. Sora and Kairi flew beside him, like honor guards.
Hercules led them from the nearby mountain the coliseum sat on, to Mount Olympus. It was a magnificent sight, so tall that the very tip was hidden by clouds. The side was marked with craters where the titans had dug in with their massive hands and feet to climb up.
As they flew up, Terra and Aqua flew up beside them on their Key-Gliders. Yuffie was riding with Aqua, trying not to puke, and Hermes flew over beside Pegasus.
"Things weren't looking good when I was up there, Herc," He said. "I don't know how well the big boys are faring against them."
"Don't worry Hermes," Hercules replied, placing a reassuring hand on his shoulder. "I need you to do me a favor, okay? Go back to the coliseum, and make sure that Meg stays safe."
"Can do, babe," Hermes saluted. "Good luck up there!"
He shot off back toward the opposite mountain as fast as his winged sandals could carry him.
The rest all took off as fast as they could to the mountain. They reached the side, and then rocketed upward, getting a little wet as they broke the cloud cover. They received a very unfriendly welcome.
Larxene had obviously warned Hades of their approach. The Rock Titan and Lava Titan were peering over the edge of the mountain above them. Standing on the shoulder of the former was a man that looked absolutely tiny in comparison: Ruxik.
But even from a distance, everyone saw his resemblance to Riku.
"...Whoa..." Sora whispered.
"...Oh, man, that is not good," said Riku.
"You know what else isn't good?" Kairi asked. "ROCK SLIDE!"
(Cue "The Encounter" from KHII)
The Rock Titan started to throw rocks at them, and the Lava Titan spewed lava from his mouth, causing the rocks to catch on fire!
"FLAMING ROCK SLIDE!" Kairi shouted.
Ruxik chipped in by blasting dark energy down at them.
Everyone did their best to weave around the projectiles, still flying up as fast as possible. Lava passed so close to them that they could feel its heat. But they were good in the air, and avoided almost everything. Those they couldn't, they smashed through.
A huge rock descended toward Terra and Aqua (Yuffie had gotten on Pegasus's back with Riku). Terra summoned another Keyblade, Earthshaker, then shot forward like a bullet, and speared completely through the rock. It burst to pieces when he reached the other side, the glowing chunks falling to the ground without hurting anyone.
Finally getting a grip on himself, Riku attempted and succeeded at catching a bit of Ruxik's dark energy and held it in his hand for a few seconds, before launching it at a rock that nearly crushed them. Hercules leaned forward in his seat and smashed what was left away from them.
Kairi swerved expertly around the projectiles, sometimes covering over a dozen feet with just one beat of her angelic wings. Whenever she couldn't get away fast enough, she'd cast an impressive spell. A lightning bolt that broke rocks to tiny fragments, or a blizzard spell that froze lava. She speared through them, and came out unharmed.
"Nice going, Kairi!" Sora called.
"Watch it!" Kairi shouted as she used Thundaga on another boulder that was about to fall on Sora.
"Thanks for that!" he said, then summoned Oblivion and easily sliced through some boulders, surfing on air as easily as he had once surfed the waves on Destiny Islands. There had been an incredible day where the biggest waves topped seventy feet, and there had been the added perk of seeing Kairi in a bathing suit.
He easily cleared a path for them through the projectiles raining down.
As they reached the peak of the mountain, the Rock Titan swung a giant fist at Pegasus. The flying horse shot into the air just before impact, and amazingly, Riku jumped off. He landed on its still outstretched arm, and sprinted up it, calling Way to Dawn to his hand. Ruxik growled at him and summoned his own Keyblade.
It was very similar to Way to the Dawn, except for a few key differences. While Riku's Keyblade was part angel wings and part demon wings, Ruxik's was all demonic. The bat wings were jet black instead of dark blue, the eye shape on the hilt was yellow rather than blue. And the Keychain was the full Heartless emblem. Its name was Way to the Dusk.
Riku collided his Keyblade with his Nobody's on the titan's shoulder and jumped off together.
"Riku!" Sora called.
"Just deal with the Titans, Sora!" Riku called as he clashed with Ruxik.
As Sora looked up, he narrowly dodged getting stomped on by the Rock Titan before he began to attack the other foot.
Kairi flew circles around the Lava Titan's head, blasting its face with blizzard spells. It bellowed and swiped at her like a particularly annoying fly.
Sora entered the picture and blasted from the opposite direction. It got angry, stretched out its arms and shot huge streams of lava from its hands.
The two swerved out of the way toward the ground, just avoiding a punch from the Rock Titan.
They landed on the ground, Kairi returned to her normal form, while Sora dismissed Oblivion and the Kingdom Key returned to his hand. The couple stared down the two massive behemoths in front of them.
While Sora and Kairi faced down two titans, Aqua and Terra faced the other two. Together, the Ice and Wind Titans were the equivalent of the worst possible blizzard, and they made for a chilling sight at any time.
The Wind Titan came toward them, the air around it swirling dangerously. Any rubble it passed was immediately sucked up into its depths, and was eventually crushed by the pure speed it attained spinning around inside. Its deep red eyes displayed a horrible desire to destroy. Its voice sounded like the rushing wind that composed it. "BLOW THEM AWAY!"
"Think you're up for this?" asked Aqua.
"Hell yeah," Terra said.
And he did something insane; still on his Keyblade Glider, he charged right into the titan...literally, INTO.
This shocked the titan as much as it did Aqua. The wind didn't seem to have any effect on him, he just shot right through the gale into the swirling mass just below those horrible eyes and couldn't be seen from the inside. The titan let out a howl of pain.
In the heart of the storm, Terra dismissed his Glider and floated. Since he was just armor, the super violent winds didn't affect him. He had a theory on how to bring this thing down quickly; he just hoped it worked.
He began to rotate on the spot, slowly at first but gradually picking up speed. He spun in the opposite direction of the tornado around him. Faster, faster, faster, and faster, till he became a blur.
The Wind Titan screamed in serious distress. Its own speed was being dwarfed by the speed of the key-wielder inside it. The force of its wind was slowing down, its equilibrium was being thrown off. And to everyone's astonishment, it began to dissipate. Howling about how impossible it was, it faded away. Its eyes were the last to go, and it became dust in the wind.
"That take cares of that!" said Aqua.
Terra slowed to a halt and fell to the ground, hard, but landed on his feet.
"Another perk of being a living suit of armor is that I don't get dizzy."
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Riku and Ruxik's blades met in a flash of light. Every impact created sparks. They both leapt from the shoulder of the Rock Titan, and landed easily on their feet. Ruxik brought his blade down at Riku's head, but he brought up his blade quickly to stop it. He parried the attack and stabbed forward.
Ruxik weaved out of the way, and struck at Riku's head, but he ducked and sent a blast of dark fire at his face. The Nobody staggered backward, stunned. Riku charged at him, with his blade ready to strike.
Ruxik growled and took flight as Riku shot more fire at him, but Ruxik caught every shot with his Keyblade. The fire gathered around the blade, and Riku only realized what he planned to do after it was totally engulfed in fire.
Ruxik pointed the tip of his blade at Riku, and his own fire blasted back at him. Riku jumped out of the way and the fire exploded behind him. The force of it was enough to send Riku flying across the battlefield to land fifteen feet away. He landed on the half-destroyed steps of a building, sprawled on his back.
"Ahh!" Riku cried out in pain, but when he tried to stand up, Ruxik stamped his foot against his chest, pinning him down.
"I expected more from you, other," Ruxik smirked, the same one that Riku had. "If you'd stuck with Ansem, you wouldn't be this weak."
"Save it," Riku told him.
"Get off of him!" Yuffie's voice shouted.
Ruxik just barely caught some kunai that were thrown at him. Using the distraction, Riku kicked his Nobody in the chest, sending him staggering backward. Larxene appeared behind him, but he sensed her and grabbed her by the wrist, tossing her over his shoulder at Ruxik. They collided painfully.
The two eventually skidded to a stop ten feet away.
Yuffie dashed up to Riku with her shuriken in hand, clearly ready to tear them apart if they got too close to him again.
"You okay?"
"Yeah, thanks," Riku responded.
In response, Yuffie kissed his cheek.
Riku's face turned red in a matter of seconds before he glanced at Yuffie, who smiled at him, which caused him to smile back, but then he gasped as Ruxik came rushing at them.
"Get back!" he shouted as he pushed Yuffie aside and blocked Ruxik's strike, causing sparks to fly.
Ruxik went at Riku relentlessly, blade coming from every direction. Riku met every one of them, and matched his with ferocity. It was impossible to tell who had the upper hand, their Keyblades moved too fast to see clearly, and they moved all over the battlefield.
Yuffie and Larxene battled ferociously as well, their daggers clashed against each other with blinding speed. Small bolts of electricity flew from Larxene's with every impact. Yuffie leapt away from a punch aimed at her face, and tossed her large shuriken.
Larxene ducked under it, and threw a pair of daggers. Yuffie displayed her amazing flexibility and bent over backwards to avoid them. She then leapt into the air, and caught her shuriken as it boomeranged back to her. In a puff of smoke, she vanished, then reappeared behind the blonde. She sent a devastating kick into the back of her head, and she fell flat on her face.
"How's that?" Yuffie spat out.
Larxene let out something sounding like a cat's angry hiss, and sprang back up, swiping at her with a fist full of knives. Yuffie blocked it with her own over-sized weapon.
"A cat fight?" Yuffie asked. "Really? What do you think I am, a slut?!"
"ARE YOU CALLING ME A SLUT?!" Larxene shrieked.
Meanwhile, Riku and Ruxik had somehow gotten on top of the roof of a crumbling building. Riku was gradually pressing his Nobody across the roof toward the edge. When they got there, Riku sent one horizontal slash at his waist, but he jumped over the blade, and it's wielder. He landed on the other side, and struck out at his neck.
Riku stuck his blade over his shoulder and caught the blow. He twisted around and swept at Ruxik's legs. He jumped over them, and kicked at Riku's face. Riku simply caught the kick, grabbed the ankle firmly, and tossed him over the side of the roof.
Ruxik fell over twenty feet, but landed squarely on his feet. He looked up just in time to dodge Riku's blade. He had jumped off the roof with his blade pointed down. Riku dislodged his Keyblade from the ground and blocked a vertical strike from his Nobody while still crouched on the ground.
He tossed the blade off of his and threw dark fire at him. Ruxik blocked the strike with his blade and brought it down hard on Riku's. Riku gathered all the strength he could muster and pushed him back, while getting to his feet.
The two separate duels eventually crossed paths, where Riku and Yuffie ended up back-to-back, staring down the other's opponent. Spontaneously, they leapt into action again, switching opponents.
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Sora's Blizzaga spell went crashing into the Lava Titan, but had little effect. A large billow of steam rose from its chest where it had been hit. The lava there cooled, and hardened, though only for a second. Then the surrounding lava moved in on it and melted the hardened rock again.
To his left, Kairi was on top of the Rock Titan's left head, smashing down onto its forehead with all the force she could muster. She seemed to be having some luck, he could see cracks on its forehead where she had been striking relentlessly for the past few minutes. The behemoth hadn't quite been able to shake her off yet, though it had come close several times.
He only saw this briefly before the titan he was facing attacked him again. Huge streams of lava spewed from its mouth at him. Sora ran as fast as he could out of its path, casting Blizzard spells at the stream approaching him. His magic was powerful enough to freeze it, but the titan just kept doing it, and he was getting tired.
His magic only had a limited effect on it, and he couldn't get too close. The heat radiating off its body was nearly enough to barbeque an ordinary human, key-wielder or not.
Then, he had an idea, "Wisdom!"
His clothes let off a flash of light. When it faded away, he was in Wisdom Form, and his Kingdom Key had changed to Star Seeker.
Immediately after changing Forms, Sora dashed around the titan, easily avoiding its lava attacks, and firing off energy bullets from the tip of his blade. Those small attacks (oddly enough) had more of an effect than his original blizzard spells. They got under its 'skin' instead of just blasting at it.
Sora went back around the titan and pointed his Keyblade at its face,
"Blizzagun!"
A huge burst of ice-cold air came from the Keyblade, freezing the water in the air around it. This resulted in a huge, freezing shard of ice shooting at the Lava Titan's face. It smashed into it with devastating effects.
It practically exploded against the titan's face, sending bits of ice and blobs of rapidly cooling lava all over the place. The titan howled in pain, its massive hands coming up to its face. Sora didn't let up; he cast the spell again, this time at its chest. It howled again, moving one hand from its messy face to the wound in its chest.
It's face was steaming, the lava had been frozen on it, and resulted in a strange, frosty hole in its face. It's mouth could not be seen clearly, and it's glowing eyes were now lopsided. It wasn't a pretty picture. Steam rose between its fingers from the similar wound in its chest.
He did it again, and again. One spell hit its shoulder, causing its left arm to fall off, cooled at the end where the spell had hit. That left its chest uncovered, and Sora fired there again. The spell was powerful enough to go all the way through its chest to the other side. Its wailing was deafeningly loud.
The next few shots of ice enlarged the hole in its chest, nearly caved it's face in, and blew off the other arm.
"WHOO-HOO!" Sora cheered. "Now that's how it's done!"
The Lava Titan writhed in agony. Chunks of rock, frost, and lava fell from its mutilated body, covering the ground around it with over twenty feet of debris. It let out a huge bellow that sounded decisively final, and collapsed in on itself. It fell, and became a huge puddle of lava on the ground. It was slowly spreading, but it was somehow beginning to cool at the same time.
Sora took a moment to admire his handiwork, then dashed over to assist Kairi with the Rock Titan.
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On the other side of the mountain, Aqua and Terra were battling the Ice Titan.
Aqua flew around its head on her Keyblade Glider, avoiding its icy breath and swiping claws by inches. Her Stormfall Keyblade struck at its face whenever possible.
Terra flew up next, Ends of the Earth in hand. He dismissed his Glider, flipped in the air and landed on its snout. He lashed out and struck the behemoth right between the eyes. It howled, and brought up its claw-like hand to swipe him away.
Terra jumped onto its hand and shattered one of its fingers, causing it to screech in even more pain.
He then jumped off its hand and summoned his Glider again.
He and Aqua flew just over the ground, and streaked away from any icy blast that completely froze the ground behind them. The two of them flew back into the air, and ran their weapons across its ribbed chest as they went up. Bits of ice and frost fell to the ground.
There was a crack in between the Ice Titan's eyes where Terra's Keyblade had struck. Aqua then had an idea, and grabbed Terra's hand. Catching on to what she had in mind; he spun her around in the air, and then tossed her at that crack between its eyes. The girl dug her Keyblade in up to the hilt into that crack, enlarging it. The titan howled in pain.
She pulled her weapon out and jumped off, summoning her Glider and flying over to Terra. They decided to put a bit of distance between the enraged being. As it turns out, this was a bit of a mistake. It was injured, but not incapacitated. Its hand stretched out, and huge sharp shards of ice burst from its fingers. They came within inches of the two in the air.
"Watch it!" Terra shouted as they dodged the icicles!
Aqua cast a Graviga spell on one of the ice bullets, then altered its trajectory. The ice bullet spun around and streaked back at its source.
"NO!" The titan cried as it crashed through its ribs and into its spine. It shattered into tiny pieces, and broke the titan messily in half. Its legs and most of its torso crashed to the ground, useless.
It's upper chest and everything up fell with a huge slam that sounded almost like breaking glass. The two key-wielders floated over to the seemingly defeated titan...
And were almost smacked by a giant fist.
They retreated away, and watched in amazement as the Ice Titan's top half pushed itself up on its two remaining limbs, and glared at them with those cold, empty eyes.
"Well...you gotta give him points for tenacity," Terra said.
The titan let out a shriek, and from its maw came a huge blast of arctic temperature air. Aqua casting Reflega, creating a barrier between them and the icy air. The ice and sleet pounded relentlessly against the shield. There was no end in sight, but Aqua could hold on as long she needed to.
"I've got an idea," Terra said, turning his Keyblade into a giant bazooka.
Knowing what he was thinking, Aqua made the shield stronger. Terra charged a giant yellow ball of energy, then fired it. At the same time, Aqua launched the shield forward, along with the ball of energy, and collided with the titan.
It smashed against its face, cracking and splintering it in several places, eliciting howls of pain from the Titan.
It threw its head back, howling in pain, then Terra fired another blast into its chest and arms. They shattered into pieces, littering the ground with chunks of ice.
The Ice Titan's cracked head crashed to the ground fifty feet away, its mouth hanging open in a permanent silent scream. The other pieces of its body were scattered around in a heap in varying shapes and sizes.
"That takes care of that guy," said Aqua.
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While the key-wielders and Yuffie fought the titans; Hercules sprinted through the crumbling buildings of Olympus. There was just a smattering of Heartless left around. They leapt at him whenever they saw him, only to be met with a crushing fist. He only had a vague idea what he was looking for.
He came across a huge mound of cooled rock that looked as if it was covering something. If it was, it was a much bigger barrier than necessary. Herc ran toward it, smashing a Neo Shadow into the ground by merely stepping on it, and batting a Shadow away with the back of his hand like a fly.
He reached it, and drove his hands into the rock. He dug through the layers of cooling rock and ice, clawing his way to the center. After about three feet, he hit something interesting: a face. He felt around for a second, and shifted some rock out of the way, and found a head of spiky hair. Grabbing it, he gave a firm tug.
"OW!" Axel cried out in pain as he was pulled out of the lava by his hair. He landed on the ground hard, rubbing the top of his head. He was amazed that the guy hadn't ripped any out.
"Is my father in there?" Herc asked him, hauling him up by his arm.
"Yeah... And dude, never touch my hair again," He told him, still rubbing his head.
Herc turned back around and dug his fists into the lava again. In the next two minutes, he found Mickey, Donald, and Goofy, and yanked them out unceremoniously.
Finally, he found a bushy beard with his searching hands, and lifted up with all his might. A big orange head burst from the top of the rock, beard first. Hercules released Zeus's beard from his grasp. Zeus beamed at his son, and shouldered the rest of the way out. He gave his son a firm pat on the back.
"Thank you, my boy," he said, proudly.
"Let's go!" Mickey said, summoning his Kingdom Key D.
"And do what exactly?" Axel asked.
"First," Herc said. "We free the other Gods, then we take the fight to Hades."
The six of them sprinted off toward Olympus, in the opposite direction of the remaining titans. Aqua and Terra were just finishing off the Ice Titan.
While this may have seemed cowardly, it was anything but. They found the Gods on the other side of the mountain. They were in a straight line, being marched down the side of the mountain by the remaining Heartless, which amounted to about seventy-five.
Then, at the end of the line, Hades appeared in a burst of fire and smoke. "That's it! Half of you," He shouted, addressing the Heartless, his 'hair' turning red, "Go after those brats back there. And the rest of you get these snobs to the Underworld PRONTO!"
The shouting wasn't necessary, but the Heartless obeyed.
Thirty-eight of them slipped into the ground and slunk off, and the remaining thirty-seven picked up speed with the prisoners. Hades vanished again, presumably to oversee the battle with the key-wielders and titans.
"That makes things much easier," Mickey said, and aimed his Keyblade. A beam of light shot from the tip, streaking toward the last God in line, the purple-skinned Apollo, wearing dark red armor. It struck the shackles binding his wrists. There was a flash of golden light, and they disappeared, along with every other chain on the prisoners.
Everyone stared at the empty space between their hands for a split second of shock. And then they pummeled the Heartless adjacent to them.
Their rescuers shot down the mountainside to join them, picking off the Heartless three-by-three as they went. By the time they reached them, there wasn't a single Heartless left around.
"Boys!" Zeus called. "Down to the Underworld! Drive out every last Heartless! We're gonna make them sorry they ever messed with the Gods!"
The Gods let out a great battle cry, and ran down the mountain to the gates that would take them below the earth to Hades' domain. Hephaestus tossed a large bundle of lightning bolts to Zeus, who caught them easily. He flashed them all a grin, and took off in the other direction. "Now, watch your old man work!"
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Sora landed on his feet and faced the Rock Titan. It had cracks all over its body, including several on its left forehead where Kairi had struck it. It was nearly down, but then a large chunk of its chest fell off, just barely missing Kairi. She dove out of the way to Sora's side.
"This guy is really getting on my nerves," She said, wiping a few beads of sweat from her forehead.
"Try fighting him in a cramped space," Sora retorted.
"CRUSH THEM!" The titan bellowed, advancing. The couple took up fighting stances, when it suddenly stopped in its tracks. For the first time, it's face seemed to show fear. "Uh-Oh..."
A massive lightning bolt struck the left face, shattering it into hundreds of pieces. The right head turned to look in horror, before it was struck by an even larger bolt. The now headless titan flailed its arms around, stumbling backwards. It backed up toward the edge of the mountain, waving its arms to try and keep its balance. One final bolt of lightning holed its chest, and it toppled backwards off the mountainside.
It hit the ground a full minute later, and broke into pieces.
Sora and Kairi spun around, and saw Zeus standing there, with his hands on his hips, looking triumphant. Hercules walked up to his side and gave the two of them a wave, and they were soon joined by Mickey, Donald, Goofy, and Axel.
"Well, that was anti-climactic," Kairi said as she dismissed her Keyblade.
But then, over thirty Heartless materialized around them.
"You had to say it!" Axel groaned.
"Uh...my bad...?" Kairi said, sheepishly.
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