Chapter 7

Olympus Coliseum-Phil Cup

On the way to the next world, the three heroes received a call from Phil on the radio transmitter they had given him. Another tournament was being held soon called the Phil Cup.

Sora, Donald, and Goofy walked into the Coliseum ready to fight as the seats began to fill around them.

"Hey, you made it!" Hercules' voice rang out from behind them.

"Hey Herc," Sora smiled. "You fighting today?"

"No, not this time," Hercules gave them his best wishes and walked up into the stands. Phil stepped up to a podium and addressed the crowd.

"Hello everyone and welcome to the Phil Cup!" he said and the crowd cheered. "I would like to welcome returning champs: Sora, Donald, and Goofy!" This got a large reaction from the crowd as they stared at their champs.

"Hi there!" Goofy waved back to the crowd.

"Now let's get this tournament underway!" Phil shouted as he jumped off the podium and walked to the ring.

"When do we fight Phil?" Sora asked.

"Now. Go, go, go!" Phil said as he suddenly pushed them into the ring and a bunch of Soldiers and Powerwilds appeared.

Cloud stood on top of the outer wall of the Coliseum, watching Sora. He was beginning to take interest in the young Keybearer. His skills had improved very much since their first fight.

"Hey chuckles," a familiar voice rang in Cloud's ears.

"What do you want Hades?" Cloud turned to him. "My contract was terminated once you had your little pet attack me."

"I didn't make Cerberus do that! He was just having fun!" Hades laughed. "Sometimes the master has a hard time controlling the animal." Hades smirked and grabbed Cloud by the shoulder.

"Don't touch me," Cloud said. Hades was fed up with Cloud now. No one would give him orders! No one would tell him what to do!

"You little pest! I am the King of the Underworld! Lord of the Dead!"

"And very annoying."

"That's it tough guy!" Hades launched a stream of fire at Cloud but Cloud didn't move at all. The fire struck but had little effect.

"I should cut your head off," Cloud quickly pulled out the Buster Sword and swung it so it stopped less than an inch from Hades' neck. "But I'll leave that to Sora." Cloud said as a single large black wing suddenly emerged from his back and he took to the air.

"Fools!" Hades shouted. "I will get my revenge on all of these fools!"

Sora swiped through a Powerwild with ease and watched as Goofy took out the two remaining Soldiers. Donald unleashed a Blizzard on the final Powerwild and the fight was over.

"Winners!" Phil shouted. Sora, Donald, and Goofy walked out of the ring for the next set of fighters. While they were waiting, Donald showed Sora how to use the new Aero spell to protect him from attacks.

"It's time again guys," Hercules said as he motioned for them to enter the ring. As they did a single Powerwild and two Red Nocturnes appeared. Next to them appeared two new Heartless that looked like Red Nocturnes but some were green and some were yellow this time.

"Green Requiems and Yellow Operas," Sora pointed out before they started. Phil yelled for the match to start and they kicked into action. A Yellow Opera demonstrated its power by casting a Thunder spell and it struck Sora. Goofy quickly came up and sliced through it.

Donald took out both of the Red Nocturnes with a Blizzard spell and went to the Powerwild. The Green Requiems seemed to just stay far away from the battle as best they could. Sora cut down the final Yellow Opera and turned toward the Powerwild as well. The Powerwild jumped at Sora and landed a hard punch across his face. Goofy came in and knocked the Powerwild away.

"We got it. It's to injured now," Donald said. But a green light shown around the Powerwild and it was rejuvenated. Sora went in quickly and sliced at it but it jumped over and kicked Donald in the face as it went past him. Donald growled and used a Fire spell but the Powerwild dodged. Sora came up and created a deep gash in the Heartless' side. The green light once more and it was back.

"The Green Requiems!" Sora shouted. He and Goofy ran over to the Green Requiems and cut them down with ease. Donald then finished off the Powerwild with a Thunder spell.

The next few rounds went along pretty easily now that they knew to watch out for the Green Requiems healing ability.

"Now, with only two more rounds to be the champs once again, Sora, Donald, and Goofy!" Phil shouted as they stepped into the ring. This time four Powerwilds appeared and behind them were the hands and feet of the Guard Armor! One of the hands quickly came out and struck Sora across the face.

"Aero!" Sora shouted and the shield of wind swirled around him. One of the feet attacked Sora but the attack was much weaker due to Aero. Goofy used his shield to block a Powerwild from getting him.

"Charge!" Goofy shouted and he slammed through two Powerwilds and drove one of the feet into the wall. The foot came back and knocked Goofy back but the knight was too strong to be kept down. Goofy sprung up and kicked the foot away with all the strength he had but the foot just kept coming.

Donald had his hands full with the two remaining Powerwilds who refused to go down. A Fire spell was dodged by one of the Powerwilds and it came in with a hard punch to Donald's face. Donald flipped backwards but was able to land on his feet and launch a Blizzard spell.

Sora attacked the other foot but it seemed to dodge every attack thrown at it. Sora came up and slashed down but it dodged once again.

"Sonic Blade!" Sora shouted as he ran past it but he was a little off on his aim and only hit the side of the foot. The foot hit Sora over the head and then kicked him in the stomach. While Sora was doubled over the foot stomped on his back and sent Sora to the ground.

Goofy dodged another attack from the foot he was fighting but it whipped around and hit him in the face. Goofy fell to the ground and his shield was sent away from him. The foot took this opportunity to try to stomp on him but Goofy rolled out of the way and grabbed his shield. The foot flew into the air to escape Goofy.

"Rocket!" Goofy shouted and launched himself into the air. He hit the foot dead on and it was destroyed.

"Thunder!" Donald fired and one of the Powerwilds finally fell to his magic. The remaining Powerwild struck out with his fist but Donald dodged. Donald tried as many different spells as he could but the Powerwild always managed to dodge. The Powerwild struck Donald in his stomach and jumped into the air. Donald took this advantage and shot off a Fire spell. The Powerwild was unable to move in midair and was taken down at last.

Sora dodged another attack from the foot and stood steady with his Jungle King. The foot slammed into the Jungle King and knocked it out of Sora's hands. Sora dodged several attacks as he tried to make it back to the Keyblade but the foot would not allow it. Sora started running at the foot as fast as he could and held his hand out. In a flash the Keyblade appeared in Sora's hand and the foot was struck down.

"Winners!" Phil shouted as Sora, Donald, and Goofy walked off slowly.

Hercules sat outside of the stadium as the matches went on. Maybe he would fight one day but not this time.

"Well if it isn't Mr. Perfect," a voice came from behind him. Hercules turned to see Hades who was still angry from the earlier encounter with Cloud.

"What do you want Hades?" Hercules asked.

"I want you!" Hades shouted and he fired a blast of fire at Hercules. Hercules dodged the fire and faced Hades. They jumped at each other and the fight was on.

Sora mended his wounds as best he could as he sat with Donald and Goofy. There was a knock at the door.

"May I come in?" the voice of Cloud said from the other side.

"We wouldn't be able to stop you," Sora smiled as he walked in.

"I just wanted to see how you were doing."

"We're okay," Sora said and he turned to see Donald and Goofy had fallen asleep. He rolled his eyes and turned back to Cloud.

"Sora, do you know Yuffie and Leon?" he asked.

"Yeah, why?"

"No reason, just curious."

"They're always in Traverse Town with Aerith and Cid."

"What!" Cloud suddenly jumped up. "Aerith is alive!"

"Yeah, why?"

"That liar!" Cloud screamed and he slammed his hand on a nearby table, reducing it to splinters. Sora saw the slightest bit of red electricity jump to life around Cloud's body as he stood there.

"Who?" Sora asked as he slightly backed away.

"Hades! He said she was dead! He will pay for this!" Cloud ran from the room and went searching for Hades.

"That was scary," Sora said as he sat down and joined Donald and Goofy in dreamland.

Hercules punched Hades across the face as hard as he could and the God of Death was sent flying. Hades stopped himself and shot more fire off at Hercules. Hercules was hit on the shoulder but it did not affect him too much.

"Take this!" Hades fired off several burst of fire and Hercules dodged them all. Hercules jumped into the air and grabbed Hades in some type of bear hug. As they were about to hit the ground Hercules let go and Hades slammed into the ground. Hades quickly recovered and his fire turned red and surrounded his whole body.

"Herc! Move!" a voice cut through the air and Hercules ducked as a powerful stream of fire passed over him. The fire was deflected off of Cloud's Buster Sword as he ran at Hades and jumped over Hercules. Cloud tackled Hades to the ground and held the blade up to Hades' neck.

"What do you want!" Hades shouted.

"You lied!" Cloud yelled and added more pressure on Hades' neck.

"About what?"

"Aerith! You said she was dead to get me to sign your contract! I'm going to take you apart piece by piece!"

"I wouldn't do that," a new voice cut in. Cloud looked up to see a man walk up to them. The presence of the man made Cloud jump up only to stumble back down.

"No! You're dead!" Cloud yelled toward the man. He had long silver hair and was dressed in black with his long coat blowing behind him. On his side was a sword even longer than Cloud's but it was very thin.

"It's easy to bypass the rules when you have friends in high places," the man said and pulled Hades to his feet. A single black wing extended from the man's back much like Cloud and both he and Hades disappeared in a flash of light.

"Come back here!" Cloud ran forward where they had been standing and dropped to his knees. He ran his fingers through the ground as he shouted the man's name into the air. "Sephiroth!"

Sora awoke to someone knocking him lightly on the head. As his vision came into focus he saw Phil over him.

"About time!" Phil shouted. "It's time for the finals!" Sora got up and walked over to the bowl of water in their room, splashing some one his face. He turned toward the table Cloud had smashed and wondered how anyone could do something like that.

"Let's go Sora," Goofy said as the three of them walked toward the ring.

In the ring four Yellow Operas and four Blue Rhapsodies appeared. Behind them was the Guard Armor with no arms or legs. They quickly jumped into action as Sora cut through one of the Yellow Operas. A Blue Rhapsody fired off a Blizzard spell that Donald and Goofy had to dodge. Goofy crushed that Rhapsody and Donald destroyed another with a Fire spell.

Sora cut through two more Yellow Operas but the last shot a powerful Thunder at him and Sora was thrown back. He jumped back up and brought his Keyblade up to block another Thunder and it shot back into a Blue Rhapsody. Sora dodged another Thunder and cut through the final Opera and Rhapsody.

"Let's finish this!" Donald yelled as he ran at the Guard Armor. The Guard Armor knocked him away with a head butt and then turned toward Goofy. Goofy tried to attack but the Guard Armor was to fast. Sora also attacked but for some reason, this Guard Armor was way to fast.

Cloud sulked through the hallways of the Coliseum. He had fought the man known as Sephiroth before and had seemingly killed him. Cloud hated Sephiroth and Sephiroth hated Cloud. It was a year, maybe two, ago. Sephiroth wanted to destroy the world and Cloud went to stop him. He remembered everything.

"This is it!" Cloud yelled as he pulled out the Buster Sword and stood face to face with Sephiroth. One final showdown.

"When this is over I shall stand over your dead body!" Sephiroth roared as the two prepared for battle. Pain swept over both of them as they both suddenly received a single black wing from their backs. They were more powerful than anyone else. They were truly Gods now.

"You will fall!" Cloud jumped forward and slashed with the Buster Sword but Sephiroth blocked it. They fought for hours on end, neither willing to concede.

"Die Cloud!" Sephiroth screamed as he brought his blade down with all the remaining strength he had.

"No!" Cloud yelled as energy filled him again as he thought of all those who counted on him. "Omnislash!" Cloud shot at Sephiroth with amazing speed and swung the Buster Sword with fierce power. For the final strike Cloud jumped up and energy filled the blade. Cloud shot off the energy and an unstoppable beam of power ripped through the ground and connected with Sephiroth.

"No! This isn't the end!" Sephiroth yelled as he was destroyed.

"Finished," Cloud said as he dropped to the ground and just wanted to sleep. But he couldn't, his journey wasn't over.

That was so long ago it felt like an eternity. Cloud punched the wall next to him and put a hole in it.

"Sephiroth may be alive. But not for long," Cloud vowed as he ran from the Coliseum to begin his search.

Sora, Donald, and Goofy all were surrounded by the Aero spell to protect them from the Guard Armor's attacks. The Guard Armor zoomed around the ring at amazing speed and they were unable to land any hits.

"Even if he slowed down we couldn't hit him!" Donald yelled.

"Yeah! He's to high!" Goofy said as he tried to jump up at the Guard Armor. Sora tried to figure a way to defeat the Guard Armor but was coming up blank. He had to roll to the left to dodge another attack.

"Thunder!" Sora yelled as the lightning rained from the sky. The Guard Armor was hit and stopped for a split second.

"That's it!" Donald yelled. "Sora, do that again!"

"Thunder!" Sora yelled once more and the Guard Armor was slowed down again for just a second.

"Gravity!" Donald yelled his newest magical attack. In that one second a swirling ball of black magic hit the Guard Armor and it came crashing down to the ground. Sora yelled a fierce battle cry as he ran forward and swung his Jungle King with all his strength and the Guard Armor was defeated.

"And they are still Champions!" Phil yelled as the three tried to support each other after the long day of battle. They would definitely need to rest in the Gummi Ship after this. Phil gave them the trophy that they won and they displayed it in the trophy case in the lobby.

"Come back for the next tournament!" Hercules waved as they headed out of the Coliseum, to get to the next world.