Chapter 32: Invasion in Olympus
Arthur, Sora, Donald, Goofy, and Tod leave Neverland and return to the Gummi ship, but before they can continue, Chip appears on screen.
"Fellas! We got a major problem!" Chip said.
"What's wrong?" Donald asked.
"The Heartless! They're attackin' Olympus!" Dale said.
"What?!" Sora asked.
"Looks like the games are gonna get cancelled for a bit longer..." Goofy said.
"We can't ignore this and we still haven't found its Keyhole yet. Who knows what'll happen." Arthur said and Tod nods.
"You're right, Artie. We'd better head on back!" Sora said.
The Gummi ship uses warp drive to transport back to Olympus Coliseum and the group disembark.
In the Greek city of Thebes, the entire city is under fire, as Heartless are attacking while buildings are burning and falling while many people are running away screaming, but before any Heartless can attack, someone delivers many attacks with a sword and it's Hercules.
"First, they enter the Coliseum and now they're doing an all-out attack? What's going on?" Hercules asked, as many Soldiers, Lieutenants, and Heartless that look like gladiators wearing dark purple armor, helmets, and carrying shields and spears appear and confront the hero. "Heh, you wanna fight a true hero? Fine by me! You'll wish you didn't!" Hercules said, charging to attack.
Meanwhile, Arthur, Sora, Donald, Goofy, and Tod arrive at Thebes and they see the damage happening.
"This is bad..." Goofy said.
"C'mon! We gotta do something about this!" Sora said.
"Herc could be somewhere too and might need our help." Donald said.
"Right. Let's get a move on." Arthur said.
(Thebes)
(Information: Help fend off the invasion!)
The group begin moving through Thebes to help handle the invasion, but then, Gladiators, Soldiers, Large Bodies, Orange Lullabies, and Minotaurs appear.
"Here they are!" Sora said, taking out his Keyblade.
"Let's show 'em what it means to be heroes!" Donald said, taking out his staff.
"But we're junior heroes, Donald." Goofy said, making the duck mage glare.
"Guys, focus! Let's go!" Arthur said and Tod nods.
(Information: Defeat the Heartless!)
The Gladiators charge at the group and deliver attacks with their spears while the Minotaurs ram to deliver horn charges, but Arthur casts Hypnora to make them sleep and then double vertical slashes with Excalibur followed by Crescent Slash and then uses Mjolnir while Sora diagonal slashes with Kingdom Key followed by two horizontal slashes and then casts Watera, but the Soldiers deliver leaping attacks while the Large Bodies deliver belly bashes. Goofy blocks with his shield and then uses Charge while Donald casts Gravira followed by casting Thundara, only for the Orange Lullabies to cast a spell to try and make the group sleep, but Tod uses Growl to stun them, allowing Arthur to deliver five slashes with Excalibur and then casts Frostra. The Gladiators counter with their shields and then try to attack with their spears, only for Sora to counter and then triple slashes with Kingdom Key followed by Ripple Drive while Donald casts Blizzara followed by casting Earthra, but the Minotaurs deliver horn attacks while the Large Bodies deliver shock wave attacks, only for Goofy to use Tornado. The Orange Lullabies try to make the group sleep while the Soldiers deliver spinning attacks, but Tod aerial strikes with his stick while Arthur vertical slashes with Excalibur and then uses Aeria's wind magic to create whirlwinds and then casts Blazra and they defeat all the Heartless.
"Take that!" Sora said.
"Hey, we're not finished yet!" Donald said.
"There's a lot more where they came from." Arthur said, but Tod sees someone. "What, Tod?" Arthur asked, as Tod points at someone under attack by more Heartless and it's Phil.
"It's Phil!" Goofy said.
"C'mon!" Sora said, as they rush over.
The Soldiers and Gladiators confront Phil and are about to attack, but then, slashes occur and destroy the Heartless, revealing to be Arthur and Sora.
"Hi, Phil." Arthur said.
"Well, if it ain't the junior heroes! I honestly thought you'd be back for the games, but unfortantely..." Phil was cut off.
"Yeah, we know. This place is under attack." Donald said.
"What's goin' on? Why're the Heartless attackin'?" Goofy asked.
"Ask Hades! I bet my goatee he's the reason for all this! Right now, Herc's out there tryin' to clean up this mess." Phil said.
"Thanks, let's go." Sora said.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa! You're not seriously thinking about goin' out there to help?" Phil asked.
"Why can't we?" Arthur asked.
"In case ya forgot, you're still junior heroes! Leave the mess to the true ones." Phil said.
"Hey, we've been fighting Heartless! We know what we're doing!" Donald said, crossing his arms.
"Besides, isn't this a good chance to prove we're hero material?" Sora asked.
"Oh, for the love of Athena... Fine! If ya wanna help, see if you can clear this place from those monsters!" Phil said.
"Gladly." Arthur said.
"By the way, weren't there any more of ya? What happened to 'em?" Phil asked.
"They..." Arthur stops talking while looking away.
"Look, they got taken, but we're working on getting them back. Anyway, leave the Heartless to us." Sora said.
"Oh, boy... Hope ya know what you're doin'." Phil said.
The group continue to make their way through Thebes to help with the invasion, but as they keep moving, they see what looks like a giant Heartless that looks like a giant dark blue centaur wearing black armor with spiked shoulder pads, black helmet, glowing yellow eyes, carrying a giant black dual axe, and having the Heartless sigil on its armor.
"That's one big Heartless." Goofy said.
"It doesn't scare us! Let's show it!" Sora said, taking out his Keyblade.
"Got room for one more?" A voice asked, revealing to be Hercules.
"Herc!" Donald said.
"Glad you guys are here! C'mon, let's put this Heartless in its place!" Hercules said.
"Okay." Arthur said.
(Boss Theme: Shrouding Dark Cloud)
(Information: Team up with Hercules and defeat Raider!)
The Heartless known as Raider charges at the group and delivers attacks with its dual axe, but Arthur casts Paralyzra to stun the giant Heartless and then aerial slashes with Excalibur followed by Tornado Strike and then casts Voltra while Sora vertical slashes with Kingdom Key followed by Blitz and then casts Fira, but Raider gets back from the group and then takes out a giant bow and fires three exploding arrows to deal damage. Hercules creates a gold aura barrier to protect them and then delivers two punches followed by a sword slash while Goofy uses Goofy Bash and throws his shield, only for Raider to slam its dual axe on the ground, causing a quake and making rock pillars appear to deal damage, but Donald casts Cura and then casts Thundara while Tod uses Skullbash. Raider charges at the group while delivering a windmill style strike with its dual axe and then slams its dual axe on the ground, only for Sora to use Sonic Blade and dashes all over while dealing damage and then delivers the final dashing strike while Goofy uses Goofy Turbo and rides on his shield while dealing damage. Raider creates a ring of flames on the ground around it and then unleashes a giant pillar of flames, but Arthur casts Frostra while Tod uses Bite while Hercules jumps and delivers a slamming attack while creating a shock wave, but Raider attacks with its dual axe and then throws it all over to try and get the group. Donald casts Aerora to protect the group and then casts Gravira while Goofy uses Tornado, only for Raider to charge all over while trying to attack with its dual axe, but Arthur summons Naturae, who rains down rocks and then unleashes vines while Sora uses Strike Raid and throws his Keyblade, but Raider prepares to fire another explosive arrow.
"No you don't!" Arthur yelled, as the magenta Faerie Heart appears and transforms into a faerie with magenta stand up hair, gear like wings, wearing a magenta dress with clock hands, and gear earrings.
"Free at last. Call me Chronia, the Faerie of Time. Got something for me?" Chronia asked.
"Stop that Heartless, quick!" Arthur said.
"With pleasure." Chronia said, using her time magic to freeze Raider in place and then unleashes magic gears to deliver spinning attacks, as well as clock hands to rain down to deal damage. "Looks like I'm done here. Good luck." Chronia said, disappearing.
Raider roars with rage and then coats its dual axe with fire and unleashes flaming waves from its dual axe to deal damage to the group, but Arthur casts Hydrora to protect himself and the others and then casts Voltra while Sora aerial slashes with Kingdom Key followed by Hurricane Blast, but Raider retaliates with slamming its dual axe to the ground and unleashes more rock pillars and then charges to attack. Hercules counters with a giant punch attack and then unleashes aura spheres and throws them at the Heartless, dealing damage, allowing Tod to use Tackle while Goofy double bashes with his shield, only for Raider to back away and then fires lightning arrows to deal damage to the group, but Donald creates five magic orbs and throws them followed by casting Fira. Raider charges to strike at the group with a windmill style strike with its dual axe, only for Arthur to block and counter and diagonal slashes with Excalibur followed by Magic Pulse and then casts Quakra while Hercules double slashes with his sword followed by a charging strike with his head, but Raider creates another flaming ring to create a giant flaming pillar. Sora counters with casting Blizzara and then horizontal slashes with Kingdom Key followed by Ripple Drive while Tod uses Skullbash, only for Raider tothrow its dual axe all over while trying to get the group, who dodge and Donald casts Thundara while Goofy uses Tornado. Raider retaliates with charging to attack with is dual axe, but Arthur casts Hypnora and then delivers five slashes with Excalibur while Hercules double punches and then delivers a hammer fist strike, only for Raider to retaliate with delivering its windmill style strike with its dual axe, but Sora uses Sonic Blade and dashes all over while dealing damage.
The group manage to send Raider back, but Raider spins its dual axe ready to attack again.
"Guys, look out!" Hercules said.
Raider slams its dual axe on the ground, creating a powerful quake and a giant rock pillar appears under the group, sending them flying from the plaza of Thebes and far from the Heartless.
"Well done, my Heartless. It's obvious they'd come here." A voice said, revealing to be Azula. "They're pathetically predictable, like a moth to the flame." Azula said.
"Could've said it better myself, Princess. Not to mention with Blunderboy risking his worthless life to protect this cesspool of a city, all the better." Hades said.
"Now, go my Heartless and keep destroying everything." Azula said, as Raider leaves to the next part of the city. "Honestly, Hades, I thought you were going to destroy them in the games." Azula said.
"It's a matter of having back-up plans, Azula. Call this Plan Omega. Plan Alpha will be on its way." Hades said, disappearing in smoke.
"We certainly can't have the great God of the Underworld hog all the fun, can we?" Someone asked and it's Ruber.
"Oh, of course not. We both love destruction as well, why waste not watching it?" Azula asked.
"I agree. And what's more is that worm Arthur is here too. I think another mental break is in order." Ruber said, disappearing in darkness.
"Hmph, I suppose I'll have myself some fun with that too." Azula said, using her blue fire to fly into the air.
Meanwhile, Sora, Donald, and Goofy are in a different area of Thebes, which is still under attack and the trio manage to recover.
"How did we not see that attack coming?" Donald asked.
"Hey, where're Arthur, Tod, and Herc?" Goofy asked, looking around.
"Oh, no! We gotta find Artie!" Sora said.
"But what about Hercules?" Donald asked.
"He's a hero and he's strong. It's not that I'm not worried about him or anything, but he can take care of himself. It's Arthur I'm more worried about." Sora said.
"Don't worry, Arthur's been with us durin' this journey, so he should be used to fightin' Heartless." Goofy said.
"Yeah, but..." Donald stops talking.
"I'm gonna find Artie, but we still can't ignore the Heartless attacking this place." Sora said.
"Right. Let's skedaddle and help how we can!" Goofy said.
"Okay!" Donald said.
The trio begin moving through Thebes again to help handle the Heartless invasion, but they see a giant fireball attacking a building, making it fall over.
"Gawrsh, this is gettin' outta hand." Goofy said.
"C'mon, we're not gonna let them destroy this place!" Sora said, as they keep going.
Sora, Donald, and Goofy arrive at what looks like a round area of Thebes, but they find more Gladiators and Minotaurs appear and surround the trio, who take out their weapons.
"You wanna fight? Bring it!" Sora said, but before the Heartless can attack, someone slashes at the Heartless, destroying them.
"Hey, they were ours! Who did that?!" Donald asked.
"I did." A voice said, revealing to be Cloud with his sword in hand.
"Cloud!" Sora said, grinning.
"I'm surprised you're still here." Goofy said.
"I decided to stay here for a bit longer. And now with Hades causing this mess, I should do something about it." Cloud said.
"We're willing to allow you to help." Sora said, but more Gladiators and Minotaurs appear.
"Here we go again." Goofy said.
"You can't stop us!" Sora said.
"That's my line." Cloud said.
(Information: Team up with Cloud and defeat the Heartless!)
The Gladiators begin charging at the four with their spears while the Minotaurs charge to attack the four with their horns, but Sora casts Stopra to freeze the Heartless and then delivers five slashes with Kingdom Key followed by Blitz and then casts Blizzara while Donald shoots magic bullets followed by casting Fira while Goofy uses Tornado, but the Minotaurs retaliate with delivering powerful kicks while the Gladiators multi strike with their spears. Cloud delivers two slashes with his sword and then uses his own Sonic Blade while Sora vertical slashes with Kingdom Key followed by a roundhouse slash and then casts Earthra, only for the Gladiators to block with their shields and then delivering impaling strikes with their spears while the Minotaurs attack with their horns. Donald casts Sleepra and then casts Thundara while Goofy double bashes with his shield followed by Charge, but the Minotaurs deliver powerful kicks to retaliate while the Gladiators multi strike with their spears, only for Sora and Cloud to work together and they use their Sonic Blades to dash around and deal damage and they defeat the Heartless.
The four continue moving through Thebes and arrive at what looks like a destroyed road and move across it, taking them to another part of Thebes, where they come across another square, where they find buildings being destroyed by a giant Heartless that appears to be Guard Armor, but it's red.
"Gawrsh, that's Guard Armor!" Goofy said.
"But it's different." Donald said.
"Who cares! We took one out before and we can do it again!" Sora said, taking out Kingdom Key.
"I'll help out." Cloud said, taking out his Buster Sword.
(Boss Theme: Squirming Evil)
(Information: Defeat Red Armor!)
The Heartless known as Red Armor begins using its hands to deliver punches at the four, who dodge, but Red Armor uses its feet to try and stomp on them, only for Sora to aerial slash at the arms with Kingdom Key followed by an aerial spin slash while Donald casts Thundara at the hands, but the hands begin spinning around to attack the two, who both cast Aerora while Goofy uses Goofy Turbo and rides in his shield to attack the feet while Cloud uses Cross Slash. Red Armor uses its body to spin around to attack the four, who avoid the spinning attack, as Sora delivers five slashes at the body itself with Kingdom Key and then casts Gravira while Cloud uses Sonic Blade and dashes and strikes at the body, only for the hands and feet to attack the sword wielders. Donald casts Stopra and then shoots four magic bullets followed by casting Watera while Goofy uses Tornado to attack the hands and feet, as the hands deliver punches while the feet begin stomping while Red Armor's body delivers a slamming strike to attack the four, who dodge and Cloud delivers three slashes with his Buster Sword while Sora uses Strike Raid. Red Armor regathers its hands and feet and uses its hands to deliver spinning strikes, but Goofy blocks with his shield and uses Rocket while Cloud aerial slashes with his Buster Sword and then uses Cross Slash, only for Red Armor to slam itself to the ground to deal damage. Sora casts Stopra to freeze time and then aerial slashes with Kingdom Key followed by Hurricane Blast while Donald casts Gravira followed by casting Fira, but Red Armor sends its hands and feet again to attack on their own, only for Goofy to use Goofy Bash and throws his shield while Cloud vertical slashes with his Buster Sword.
Red Armor retaliates with using its body to spin around to deal more damage, only for Sora to aerial slash with Kingdom Key followed by two aerial somersault slashes and then casts Earthra while Goofy aerial bashes with his shield, but the hands deliver spinning attacks while the feet deliver slamming attacks, but Donald casts Blizzara followed by casting Watera while Cloud diagonal slashes with his Buster Sword followed by a spinning slash. Red Armor regathers its hands and feet and then slams itself to try and crush the group, only for Donald to cast Stopra, allowing Cloud to unleash a crooked wing on the right side of his back and flies around while delivering many slashes with his Buster Sword and then delivers a powerful slamming strike, dealing excellent damage. Red Armor retaliates with using its hands to deliver punches at the four, but Sora uses Strike Raid and throws his Keyblade four times while Goofy uses Tornado, only for Red Armor to stomp at the four with its feet to try and do damage, but Donald casts Aerora to protect them and then casts Blizzara while Cloud uses Cross Slash. Red Armor uses its body to deliver another spinning attack while the hands deliver punches while the feet deliver stomping attack, but Goofy blocks with his shield and then uses Charge while Donald casts Thundara followed by casting Earthra, but Red Armor uses its hands to deliver spinning attacks while the feet keep stomping. Cloud uses Omnislash and flies around while delivering many slashes with his Buster Sword while dealing more damage and then delivers a powerful slamming slash attack while Sora uses Sonic Blade and dashes around while dealing more damage and then delivers the final dashing strike and they finish off Red Armor, who falls apart.
Another giant heart flies out of Red Armor, as it disappears and the four return to their normal stances.
"That's another Heartless beaten, but who knows how many more remain." Donald said.
"No problem. We'll take all of them on as long as it takes." Sora said, but then, they see another explosion.
"Oh, no..." Goofy said.
"We'd better go see where it's coming from." Cloud said.
"Yeah." Sora said.
The four hurry their way for the next part of Thebes to get to the explosion, but as they keep going, something attacks them, making them dodge.
"Now what?" Donald asked, as something attacks them again.
"Somethin's tryin' to hurt us." Goofy said.
"But what?" Sora asked, as something is about to attack.
"Take this!" Cloud said, delivering a slash, revealing to be a Heartless that looks like Stealth Sneak, but has black and grey camouflage.
"Stealth Sneak?" Donald asked.
"But it's different like Red Armor." Goofy said.
"Doesn't matter! If you're in our way, move it or we'll make you!" Sora yelled.
(Information: Defeat Sneak Army!)
The Heartless known as Stealth Army turns invisible and begins firing green energy at the four, who dodge out of the way and Sora aerial slashes with Kingdom Key followed by two aerial spin slashes and then casts Blizzara while Donald shoots three magic bullets followed by casting Thundara while Goofy uses Goofy Bash and throws his shield, but Sneak Army charges at the four to attack, only for Cloud to retaliate with Cross Slash, dealing damage. Sneak Army jumps back from the four and then charges energies on its eyes and unleashes the energy beams at the four, but Sora and Donald cast Aerora for protection and Goofy uses Tornado while Donald casts Fira followed by casting Earthra, only for Sneak Army to jump towards the four and then delivers another charging attack with its horn. Cloud counters with Sonic Blade and dashes all over while dealing damage while Sora also uses Sonic Blade and dashes all over while dealing damage as well, but Sneak Army counters with delivering dance like kicks to deal damage, only for Donald to cast Sleepra, allowing Goofy to bash with his shield. Sneak Army gets away from the four and then unleashes more green energy to try and strike at the four, but Goofy blocks with his shield and then uses Goofy Turbo while Cloud jumps and delivers a diving strike with his Buster Sword, dealing damage, only for Sneak Army to retaliate with charging energy into its eyes again. Donald quickly casts Stopra to freeze the giant Heartless, allowing Sora to deliver two horizontal slashes with Kingdom Key followed by two diagonal slashes and then uses Ripple Drive while Cloud delivers four slashes with his Buster Sword, but Sneak Army turns invisible again and unleashes more green energy to deal damage.
The four avoid the green energy attacks, only for Sneak Army to charge at the four with its horn attack, but Cloud retaliates with vertical slashes with his Buster Sword followed by a spinning strike while Goofy uses Tornado, but Sneak Army jumps away from the four and then delivers a swiping tail attack to deal damage, only for Donald to cast Watera followed by casting Gravira while Sora aerial slashes with Kingdom Key followed by Hurricane Blast. Sneak Army charges at Sora to attack with its horn, only for the Keybearer to retaliate with Strike Raid and throws his Keyblade four times while Goofy uses Goofy Bash, but Sneak Army jumps toward the four and attacks with its claws followed by dancing kick attacks, but Donald casts Fira followed by casting Thundara while Cloud uses Cross Slash. Sneak Army turns invisible once more and charges to deal damage, only for Goofy to counter and uses Rocket to stun the giant Heartless, allowing Cloud to deliver five slashes with his Buster Sword followed by two diagonal slashes while Sora horizontal slashes with Kingdom Key followed by Blitz and casts Earthra. Sneak Army charges energy in its eyes again and fires its energy beams to try and do damage, but Goofy uses Charge while Donald shoots five magic bullets from his staff and then casts Blizzara, only for Sneak Army to retaliate with delivering a tail swipe attack. Cloud retaliates with Sonic Blade and then delivers a diving strike with his Buster Sword while Sora vertical slashes with Kingdom Key followed by two roundhouse slashes and then uses Ripple Drive, but Sneak Army unleashes more green energy to deal damage to the group, only for Cloud to Omnislash while Goofy to use Goofy Turbo while Donald casts Fira while Sora uses Sonic Blade and they finish off Sneak Army.
Sneak Army falls to the ground while a giant heart flies out of the giant Heartless, making it disappear.
"Good, now to head for that explosion." Sora said.
"It might be another Heartless or Hades himself." Donald said.
"Whatever it is, watch yourselves." Cloud said, as they go for the source of the explosion.
Meanwhile, Arthur and Tod are now in another section of Thebes and start moving.
"C'mon, boy, we gotta hurry and see what we can do this place." Arthur said and Tod nods, but then, they come across Gladiators and they surround the two. "Go away!" Arthur yelled, but then, someone slashes at the Heartless, defeating them. "What?" Arthur asked.
"You okay? You're not hurt, are ya?" A voice asked, revealing to be a boy, who appears to be twelve with spiky black hair, black eyes, a small scar on his left cheek, wearing a blue sleeveless tunic with metal protectors, black boots, black armlets, and a gold circlet around his head.
"Um, I'm fine, thanks, but who are you...?" Arthur asked, but just then, more Gladiators, as well as Soldiers and Large Bodies appear.
"Looks like we'll have to talk later." The boy said, taking out a small sword.
"Right, we gotta take down those Heartless!" Arthur said.
(Information: Team up with the newcomer and defeat the Heartless!)
The Gladiators begin attacking with their spears while the Soldiers deliver spinning kick, but Arthur counters and delivers five slashes with Excalibur followed by Crescent Slash and then casts Quakra while Tod attacks with his stick and then uses Tackle, only for the Large Bodies to deliver double punches, but the boy blocks and counters with delivering four slashes with his sword and then unleashes a slash wave attack. The Soldiers retaliate with delivering leaping attacks while the Large Bodies deliver belly charge attacks, only for Arthur to cast Hypnora and then casts Voltra while the boy vertical slashes with his sword and then delivers a barrage of slashes followed by a slamming slash. The Gladiators block with their shields and counter with delivering impaling strikes with their spears, only for Tod to use Growl, allowing Arthur to horizontal slash with Excalibur followed by casting Blazra while the boy creates a fireball and throws it at the Heartless, but the Large Bodies get angry and charge to attack, but Arthur uses Mjolnir and unleashes magic waves and they defeat the Heartless.
"More Heartless after another... I hope we find that Keyhole soon." Arthur said and Tod nods.
"Hey! You're pretty good with that sword! You training to be a hero too?" The boy asked.
"Huh?" Arthur asked.
"'Cause I'm also training to be a hero! I'm tryin' to find the trainer of heroes and heard that he was the one, who trained Hercules, the hero of heroes and then I'll get to be just like Herc himself!" The boy said.
"Um, well, you could say I'm a junior hero, but that doesn't really matter." Arthur said.
"Junior hero?! That means you'd be close to gaining hero status! Oh, sorry, I got really excited that never told ya my name. I'm Dai!" Dai introduced.
"It's nice to meet you. I'm Arthur and this is Tod. Listen, Dai, I wish I could stay and talk, but this place is under attack by Heartless and I gotta do something about it and quick." Arthur said.
"You're a junior hero and you're gonna fight off the monsters? Take me with you! If I help deal with the monsters attacking the city, I might become a hero!" Dai said.
"I can imagine you won't take 'no' for an answer. Fine, but please focus on what's happening." Arthur said.
"Thank you, Arthur! You can count on me!" Dai said.
(Dai has joined you!)
"We gotta stop the Heartless before this place gets destroyed." Arthur said.
"Say no more! We can take 'em on!" Dai said.
Arthur, Tod, and Dai begin moving through Thebes and later come across what looks like a garden area, but as the boys keep moving, something stops them and it's a Heartless that looks like Trickmaster, but it's purple, yellow, and black.
"Trickmaster?! It looks different." Arthur said, as Tod growls.
"That Heartless may be big, but it won't stop us! Arthur, let's take it down!" Dai said.
"Right, but no reckless stunts." Arthur said.
(Information: Defeat Juggler!)
The Heartless known as Juggler uses its matchsticks to deliver slamming attacks at the three, but Arthur aerial slashes with Excalibur followed by Tornado Strike and then casts Frostra while Dai also aerial slashes with his sword followed by a downward slash and uses Avan Strash Break and delivers a barrage of slashes, only for Juggler to deliver spinning attacks with its matchsticks to attack the two boys, but Tod uses Skullbash and delivers a good hit. With Juggler on the ground, Arthur and Dai deliver aerial slashes with their swords and Arthur casts Voltra while Dai casts Crack and shoots three ice shards, only for Juggler to get back up and then slams its matchsticks to attack. Arthur casts Paralyzra and then delivers four aerial slashes with Excalibur followed by a somersault slash while Dai uses Avan Strash Arrow and unleashes a slash wave attack, but Juggler goes for a pile of fire and lights its matchsticks on fire and begins shooting fireballs, only for Arthur to cast Hydrora to protect everyone and then casts Quakra while Dai casts Zap and calls down a bolt of lightning, stunning the Heartless. Tod attacks with his stick while Dai aerial slashes with his sword followed by Earthsplitter while Arthur vertical slashes with Excalibur followed by Tornado Strike, but after enough attacks, Juggler recovers and delivers a spinning attack with its matchsticks. Tod uses Tackle to deliver a good hit while Dai aerial slashes with his sword followed by aerial spinning slash and then uses Avan Strash Break while Arthur casts Galra and unleashes a large gust of wind, only for Juggler to light its matchsticks with flames and then shoots more fireballs at the three, who dodge and Arthur casts Frostra while Dai casts Crackle and unleashes ice, but Juggler keeps shooting fireballs.
Arthur and Dai deflect the fireballs, but Juggler unleashes more flames to try and get the boys.
"Look out!" Arthur said.
Just then, someone arrives in front of the three and eats the entire flames.
"Heh, that was some good fire!" A voice said.
"That voice..." Arthur said, revealing to be Natsu. "Natsu?!" Arthur asked.
"Yo, Artie! Great to see ya! Good thing I got here in time to handle this Heartless. Care to help?" Natsu asked.
"Yeah!" Arthur and Dai said.
Juggler uses its matchsticks to deliver spinning flame attacks, only for Natsu to take the flames and uses Fire Dragon's Roar and unleashes a giant amout of flames while Dai casts Woosh and unleashes a whirlwind to deal damage, but Juggler uses its fiery matchsticks to shoot fireballs at the four, who dodge and Tod uses Skullbash while Arthur aerial slashes with Excalibur followed by casting Quakra while Natsu delivers a flaming uppercut. Juggler retaliates with attacking with its matchsticks and then deliver slamming attacks, only for Dai to use Avan Strash Break while Tod uses Bite, but Juggler lights its matchsticks with flames and unleashes giant amount of flames, only for Natsu to eat the fire and then uses Fire Dragon's Wing Attack while Arthur casts Voltra. Juggler retaliates with spinning its matchsticks to attack the four, who dodge and Dai delivers aerial slashes with his sword followed by Avan Strash Cross and deals great damage while Natsu delivers a spinning flame kick, but Juggler uses its fiery matchsticks to shoot fireballs, only for Arthur to cast Hydrora and then casts Frostra. Juggler slams its matchsticks to attack deal damage, but Tod uses Growl while Natsu shoots fireballs, stunning the Heartless, allowing Dai to vertical slash with his sword followed by Earthsplitter while Arthur delivers five slashes with Excalibur and then uses Hydria's water magic to create tidal waves and unleashes bubbles. Juggler recovers and then delivers a fiery strike with its matchsticks, only for Natsu to deliver a fiery uppercut while Tod uses Tackle to deal good damage, but Juggler shoots fireballs, only for Dai to retaliate with casting Crack whille Arthur diagonal slashes with Excalibur followed by casting Galra and they defeat Juggler.
Juggler falls to the ground, as a giant heart flies out of the Heartless, making it disappear.
"We did it!" Dai cheered.
"It's too early to be celebrating, Dai. We still got work to do." Arthur said.
"Yeah, the whole Heartless attacking Thebes thing. That bastard Hades oughta be behind it and I'm gonna teach him a lesson!" Natsu said.
"Stay calm, Natsu. We can deal with him after we deal with this." Happy said.
Just then, Arthur looks up to see someone on a roof of a building and it's Azula.
"Azula!" Arthur said with disdain, as Tod growls.
"You know her?" Dai asked.
"Yeah, she's a heartless witch! She hurt my friends! I'm gonna make her tell me where Hollow Bastion is!" Arthur said, running for Azula.
"Hey, Artie, hold up!" Natsu said, as they go after him.
(Information: Pursue Azula!)
Arthur begins chasing after Azula, who is running across the roof and moving to the next roof of the building, but Arthur keeps chasing after the princess, only for more Heartless to appear and attack, but Arthur defeats the Heartless and keeps chasing after Azula, who is using her Firebending to fly for the next building, so Arthur goes for the roof of the building to keep chasing after Azula, who uses her Firebending on a burning building and goes into it, making Arthur go for the building.
"Arthur!" Natsu called, but the blond is already in the building.
"We gotta go after him!" Dai said.
Just then, Sora, Donald, Goofy, and Cloud arrive.
"There's where the explosion came from." Goofy said.
"Natsu?!" Sora asked.
"Yo, Sora! Great to see ya." Natsu said.
"And Tod's with you. That's great." Donald said.
"But who're you?" Sora asked Dai.
"I'm Dai. We just saw Arthur going into that building." Dai said.
"What?! Arthur's in there?!" Donald asked.
"I'm goin' after him!" Sora said, going for the building.
"Sora!" Goofy called, but Sora is in the building.
In the burning building, Arthur searchs for Azula while passing the fire all over the building and as he keeps searching, he finds a figure standing in a room full of flames, so Arthur walks over to the figure, who reveals to be Ruber.
"Surprise!" Ruber said, delivering a giant kick at Arthur, sending the blond back.
"I knew you would follow me. You truly are predictable." Azula said.
"Like a moth to the flame. So, Arthur, what about my generous proposal? Are you in or out?" Ruber asked, conjuring a black fireball behind him.
"You're the one who's out, Ruber! Out of your mind!" Arthur yelled.
"Wrong answer!" Ruber yelled, throwing his black fireball at Arthur, who casts Hydrora. "No one says 'no' to ME!" Ruber yelled.
"Allow me to burn some sense into him. You'll be coming with us, concious or not." Azula said, creating blue flames.
"Tell me where Hollow Bastion is! I want my friends back!" Arthur yelled.
"So, sorry, but unfortuantely, you're too late. Your friends are no more. They were executed." Azula said, shocking Arthur to his core, as he kneels to the ground.
"No...! No...! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Arthur shouted, clutching his head, as Ruber smirks. "I'm gonna make you PAY!" Arthur shouted, slashing at Azula, who dodges every attack.
Azula delivers a blue flame kick at Arthur, knocking Excalibur out his hand and then delivers many slashes at the blond with her blue flame daggers, causing burning damage, but Arthur recovers and casts Frostra to try and attack Azula, who dodges and shoots blue fireballs to deal more damage to the blond, who casts Mendra to heal his injures and tries to cast Quakra, only for Azula to deliver an elbowing strike at Arthur's face followed by a blue flame kick at his chest.
"See how powerless you are?! You couldn't protect them! Everyone you meet suffers because of your existance! If you hadn't met them to begin with, they would still be alive! You have no one to blame but yourself!" Azula said, unleashing lightning to strike at Arthur, causing more damage.
"It's good you're having fun, Azula, but remember, he need him alive." Ruber said.
"Does it matter? We only need his heart, not his soul or his body." Azula said.
"True, but it would be more fun if we just destroy him in Hollow Bastion." Ruber said.
"Can't argue with that." Azula said, going for Arthur.
"Get away from him!" A voice yelled, as Sora arrives and attacks Azula, making her back off.
"Of course you have to be here. I thought my Heartless made sure you were separated." Azula said.
"Your Heartless?!" Sora demanded.
"Oh, yes and instead of worrying about us, should you be dealing with it, as it's still destroying this world?" Azula asked.
"Better hurry, boy before the Keyhole is found." Ruber said, disappearing in his dark portal and Azula goes with him.
"Artie, hang on!" Sora said, casting Cura on the blond.
"S-Sora..." Arthur said.
"Don't say a word, let's get you outta here." Sora said, taking the blond out of the building.
Sora and Arthur jump out of the building and meet with Donald, Goofy, Tod, Dai, Cloud, and Natsu.
"Arthur!" Dai said.
"Gawrsh, what happened?" Goofy asked.
"Ruber and Azula." Sora said.
"That Heartless... We gotta stop it before it finds the Keyhole..." Arthur said.
"I hear ya." Sora said.
"Let's hurry." Cloud said.
"Yep, we can take it on!" Natsu said.
"Aye!" Happy said.
"All of us will!" A voice said, revealing Hercules. "I made sure everyone evacuated safely, so now it's a matter of stopping it." Hercules said.
"Great!" Sora said, grinning.
"Let's finish that Heartless once and for all." Donald said.
The group make their way through Thebes and hurry to find Raider while fighting off more Heartless in their way and they later arrive back at the plaza, where they find Raider destroying more parts of Thebes, causing fire and quakes, but they confront the giant Heartless, ready to fight.
"This destruction stops now!" Arthur yelled, as Tod growls.
"You're not stopping us this time!" Sora said.
"That's right! Let's show him what it means to be a hero!" Hercules said.
(Boss Theme: Destiny's Force)
(Information: Defeat Raider once and for all!)
Raider coats its dual axe with flames and delivers swings to attack the group, who dodge out of the way and Arthur casts Hydrora to protect everyone and then delivers vertical slashes with Excalibur followed by two roundhouse slashes and then casts Quakra while Sora delivers four slashes with Kingdom Key followed by a diagonal slash and then casts Thundara, only for Raider to slam its dual axe on the ground, unleashing flame waves. Natsu eats the flame waves and uses Fire Dragon's Roar to breathe massive flames, dealing burning damage while Cloud delivers slashes with his Buster Sword, but Raider charges at the group to attack with its dual axe, only for Goofy to block with his shield and then uses Charge while Dai delivers three slashes with his sword followed by casting Crack. Raider retaliates with creating a fire ring around it and then unleashes a giant pillar of flames, but Donald casts Blizzara followed by casting Watera while Hercules delivers two punches followed by delivering slashes with his sword while Tod uses Tackle, only for Raider to back away and fires exploding arrows. Sora and Donald cast Aerora to protect everyone from damage and then Sora uses Strike Raid and throws his Keyblade while Cloud uses Sonic Blade while Dai uses Avan Strash Break, only for Raider to slam its dual axe on the ground, unleashing rocks to attack, but Hercules grabs a rock and throws it while Natsu uses Fire Dragon's Wing Attack. Raider throws its dual axe all over to try and get the group, only for Goofy to block with his shield and then uses Tornado while Tod uses Bite while Donald casts Earthra followed by casting Gravira, but Raider retaliates with charging to attack with its dual axe, only for Arthur to use Mjolnir.
Raider coats its dual axe with flames again and then unleashes more flame waves and then delivers a windmill style spin strike with its dual axe, only for Hercules to create a barrier followed by delivering a head bashing strike while Cloud uses Cross Slash while Natsu delivers two fire punches followed by a flipping flame kick, but Raider backs away and then delivers a charging attack to strike at the group. Donald casts Stopra and then unleashes five magic orbs and sends them to attack while Dai vertical slashes with his sword and then casts Zapple, only for Raider to fire electric arrows to attack, but Goofy blocks with his shield and then uses Goofy Bash and throws his shield, making Raider retaliate with slamming its dual axe and unleashes more rocks to strike. Tod uses Skullbash to deliver some damage, only for Raider to throw its dual axe to try and damage the fox kit, but Arthur casts Hypnora and then delivers five slashes with Excalibur followed by two vertical slashes and then uses Magic Pulse while Sora aerial slashes with Kingdom Key followed by Hurricane Blast and then casts Fira. Raider begins going on a rampage and then delivers its windmill style spinning strike with its fire coated dual axe, but Goofy uses Goofy Turbo and rides around his shield while Hercules unleashes an aura forcefield and delivers an aura explosion while Dai uses Avan Strash Cross, only for Raider to slam its dual axe to make pillars of fire. Donald casts Aerora and then casts Thundara while Tod uses Tackle while Natsu shoots fireballs, but Raider charges to attack with its dual axe and then delivers a slamming strike, only for Cloud to counter and then delivers a spinning slash with his Buster Sword while Sora casts Gravira while Arthur casts Frostra.
Raider unleashes a roar of rage and fires exploding arrows, only for the group to dodge and Hercules unleashes aura spheres and throws them to strike while Donald shoots magic bullets followed by casting Watera, but Raider throws its dual axe all over to try and get the group, only for Cloud to use Omnislash and flies around while delivering slashes and then delivers a slamming slash, but Raider unleashes another ring of fire and unleashes a giant pillar of fire. Dai casts Crackle to unleash ice from the ground followed by casting Swoosh while Tod attacks with his stick, only for Raider to deliver another windmill style spin attack with its dual axe and then slams it to unleash rocks, only for Sora to cast Earthra while Goofy double bashes with his shield. Raider retaliates with charges to attack the group and then unleashes a ramp of rock to try get the group into the air, only for Natsu to use Fire Dragon's Wing Attack while Arthur vertical slashes with Excalibur followed by a diagonal slash and then casts Voltra, but Raider slams its dual axe to unleash more rocks to strike. Dai dodges the rocks and then delivers four slashes with his sword followed by Earthsplitter while Cloud vertical slashes with his Buster Sword followed by Cross Slash, only for Raider to strike back with a giant swing attack with its dual axe, but Goofy uses Tornado while Tod uses Growl, only for Raider to create another ring of flames to unleash a pillar of fire. Natsu delivers two fire punches and then uses Fire Dragon's Roar while Donald casts Blizzara followed by casting Watera while Hercules delivers a giant punch followed by a giant slash with his sword, but Raider retaliates with delivering its windmill style spin strike with its dual axe and then unleashes waves of flames. The group dodge and Sora uses Ars Arcanum and delivers many bashes with his Keyblade and then delivers the final bashing strike while Arthur uses Holy Barrage and coats Excalibur with light and delivers many slashes all over and then delivers a slamming strike while unleashing pillars of light and they finish off Raider.
Raider stumbles back while falling to the ground, as a giant heart flies out of the Heartless, which disappears and the group return to their normal stances.
"Finally, that Heartless is finished." Donald said.
"No way we'd lose!" Dai said.
"But what about Hades?" Happy asked.
"Screw him for now, Happy. We'll deal with him next time." Natsu said.
Unknowing to them, Hades watches them and turns red with rage.
"Don't think this is over, Blunderboy! I still have a plan or two up my sleeve! I'll have Plan Alpha ready faster than your dumb flying horse!" Hades yelled, disappearing in smoke.
"It's too bad that the Heartless were causing trouble. It would've been cool if we got to enters the games again." Sora said.
"Yeah and what's more is that thanks to Hades, I gotta help clean Thebes up, which would mean..." Hercules was cut off.
"The games are cancelled AGAIN!" Phil said, arriving.
"Oh, man..." Sora said, hanging his head down.
"That's too bad." Goofy said.
"Argh! I REALLY wanted to enter the games this time! I was ready!" Dai said.
"Don't worry, Herc, I'll help ya clean this place up. Think of it as an apology." Natsu said.
"I guess I'll help too. I owe you for helping me." Cloud said.
"Thanks, Cloud, Natsu." Hercules said.
"It would've been so cool to actually fight you, Herc." Sora said.
"Sorry for that, Sora. Being a hero is more than just fighting in the Coliseum." Hercules said.
"He's right, kid. It's about havin' heart and carin' about people and it looks as if you guys cared enough to actually help." Phil said.
"Well, yeah, because how else would we prove to be heroes?" Arthur asked.
"Hey, even though if you guys are junior heroes, I think you guys have enough heart." Hercules said.
"Yeah! And I think I know the meaning of strength of heart." Sora said.
"Same here." Arthur said.
"Wait, what?" Phil asked.
"Ours strengths come from our friends; Donald, Goofy, Twilight, Tod, Tor, Amity, Kirby, Katara, Robin, Maka, and Soul." Sora said.
"Right. All the friends we made are the source of our strengths." Arthur said.
"Come again?!" Phil asked shocked.
"If we all stick together, we're unbeatable, not even Hercules would stand a chance." Sora said.
"Even though they're not here now, I know for a fact that Twilight, Tor, Amity, Kirby, Katara, Robin, Maka, and Soul are with us in our hearts." Arthur said, placing his hand on his chest.
"Heh, you must've learned a lot." Natsu said, grinning.
"It's kinda sappy if you asked me." Happy said, making Tod bite the Exceed's tail.
"That's the most awesome thing I ever heard!" Dai said.
"Hey, wait! That's not..." Phil was cut off.
"Of course, your friends give you strength, Arthur and Sora. Right, Phil?" Hercules asked, picking up Phil like a doll. "You guys have gone through many trials together and once you're all a complete team again, you can overcome anything!" Hercules said, patting Arthur and Sora.
"Power of bonds, huh? That's the source of your strength? You two are lucky kids." Cloud said.
"I know not all of us're together now, but ya think we'll be able to move that pedestal?" Goofy asked.
"Worth a shot. Artie?" Sora asked.
"Yeah, let's head to the Coliseum." Arthur said and Tod nods.
Arthur, Sora, Donald, Goofy, and Tod make their way back to the Coliseum and head for the gates and then arrive at the lobby and they work together to move the pedestal, revealing a Keyhole.
"So the Keyhole was here the whole time!" Donald said.
"Sora." Arthur said.
"Yep." Sora said, using his Keyblade to lock the Keyhole, saving Olympus.
"That's finally done." Goofy said and a yellow Faerie Heart appears and it flies for Excalibur.
"Good, we're done here." Arthur said.
"Time to go." Sora said.
"Hang on, turkeys!" Phil said, arriving. "Before ya go, I need to talk to Scrawny Blondie real quick." Phil said.
"What is it?" Arthur asked.
"The way you were fighting Cerberus and the way you were helping fight that Heartless, it reminded me of Uther." Phil said.
"You mean Uther Pendragon? You mentioned him and told about him. I still have no idea who he is, but did he really compete here?" Arthur asked.
"That's right. He was a really powerful warrior. I was the one, who actually trained him a bit before he entered the games." Phil said.
"Do you have any idea what happened to him?" Arthur asked.
"Well, that's the thing; after he won the games, he was never seen again. In all honesty, I was kinda hopin' to see him, along with Ventus, Aqua, Phillip, Charming, and Florance, but nobody came back." Phil said.
"Oh..." Arthur said.
"Listen, even if you guys don't look it, I think you'd be heroes someday." Phil said.
"I'll find out who Uther is. Thanks, Phil." Arthur said.
"Yep. Now get outta here. I'm sure youse still got your journey or somethin'." Phil said, as the group leave.
"Did I just detect a soft spot on you?" Hercules asked.
"What? Nah, I just told him what he wanted to hear was all." Phil said, crossing his arms and looking away.
"Uh-huh. You actually do have faith in them. I mean, remember when I was young and tought I didn't have what it takes, but then you helped?" Hercules asked.
"Aww, leave me alone, champ! They still got long ways." Phil said.
Arthur, Sora, Donald, Goofy, and Tod leave the lobby, but then they see Dai.
"There you are! I was waiting!" Dai said.
"Is there something you need, Dai?" Arthur asked.
"Yes. After the way you guys fought that Heartless and talking about what makes your hearts strong, I made a decision." Dai said.
"Oh, boy... Let me guess, you wanna come along with us?" Donald asked, crossing his arms.
"Please! I wanna learn what it means to be a hero and you guys are doing the same! If I come with you, we can be heroes together! Please, take me with you!" Dai said.
"Artie? What do you think?" Sora asked.
"Well, you helped us. Okay, Dai, you can come with us." Arthur said.
"Of course..." Donald said, rolling his eyes.
"If Artie's on board, so am I! Welcome to the group, Dai!" Sora said, grinning.
"Thank you! Thank you! You won't regret it!" Dai cheered.
"I hope not." Donald said.
"So, what now?" Goofy asked.
"We still need to find a way to get to Hollow Bastion. Hook said that's where Riku took Kairi." Arthur said.
"Right and that's gotta be where the others are too." Sora said, making Arthur look down at the ground and remembering Azula's words.
"But we still don't know where it is or how we can get there." Donald said.
"Well, we still got two of those Navigation Gummis." Goofy said.
"And Cid said they'd work in sets." Sora said.
"Then it's back to Traverse Town to talk to Cid. He'll be able to help." Arthur said and Tod nods.
"Great! Let's go!" Dai said.
"I like your attitude, Dai." Sora said, grinning.
"Oh, boy..." Donald said.
The group make their way for the gates and leave Olympus Coliseum.
Here's Chapter 32 and here's something more different. You already know about the Hercules Cup, but I thought I'd make a chapter that's not entirely short. That's it and time to be moving on with the adventure once again. That's all from me. Chapter 33 is coming and who knows what's gonna happen next. See ya later and have a good day.. Also, if you've favorited and followed Two Chosen Heroes, I'd suggest you move those over to this story, as once I'm done with this story, as I'm gonna remove Two Chosen soon because I got plans for Kibou and his friends down the line and moving them to Ky and Noel's stuff, so it's just me saying. Anyway, later.
P.S. If you don't know who Dai is and if you're gonna ask, look up Dragon Quest: Adevnture of Dai and you'll get your research from there.
On a side note it's Thanksgiving 2022 and I wanna say I'm thankful for having friends, who understand, support, and love what I do and I hope people will look forward to what's coming in 2023. Happy Thanksgiving!