Well, how was I supposed to know that ff . net was going through changes?! I was going to update on Sunday, but lo behold! What do I find? I can't log in!! But now I finally can get this chapter up, and whatever changes going on, do not concern me anymore. For now….

Sora, Donald, and Goofy managed to reach Traverse Town without much trouble. There was a point where they had to blast a few asteroids out of the way but other than that, the ride was easy and straight forward.

When they landed however, it was nothing like Sora had remembered. There were many more buildings and bright lights. As usual, it was dark outside but clouds covered the sky, instead of one being able to look straight up into the stars.

"C'mon guys" Sora said. "Let's go find Cid." The trio wandered the streets until they came upon a large familiar sign: "Accessories" Which made sense. The world barrier had been replaced, and nobody could use gummi ships anyway. Cid had to have been forced to return to the item business.

They walked in. Cid was nowhere to be found, or anyone else for that matter. "Where is everybody?" Sora wondered aloud. "I dunno" Goofy responded. "Maybe they're at a party?"

Sora ignored him while Donald sighed and shook his head. "Well, we might as well have a look around." Sora suggested. "Let's head to Cid's garage, he may be there."

Donald agreed and they quickly made their way towards the garage, but still no luck.

"Fine" Sora said, suddenly getting angry "Whatever, looks like we'll have to do this ourselves." Donald raised an eyebrow. "Do what ourselves?"

"Fix the ship" Sora said. "It's too slow, we need to move much faster."

"But we don't even know where we're going!" Donald protested. "Why do we need to be faster to get there?!"

"Look let's just do it alright?!" Sora yelled back. "I don't know why, we just need to alright? Cid won't miss a few parts, if he ever shows up…." Sora said, using his Keyblade to unlock the garage.

"You're going to steal from Cid?" Goofy asked, scratching his head. "Would you guys stop asking so many questions? Just get to work!" Goofy moved slightly, but Donald fixed a hard stare on Sora.

"What is going on with you?" Donald asked quietly. "You're not acting right Sora. In these past few weeks, you've done some pretty bad stuff. What's wrong?"

Sora scowled. "Like what stuff? I haven't done anything wrong!" Donald's eyes widened to their fullest. "Like blowing up an entire world! Or have you forgot about that?" Donald yelled. Sora crossed his arms and merely rolled his eyes. "Are you ever going to shut up about that?"

Donald threw up his short arms. "Shut up about it?! You're acting like it doesn't mean anything! Sora something's wrong with you. Something's changed, you're not yourself."

Goofy tapped his chin, thinking. "Gawsh Sora, Donald's right. Maybe we better take a break or something…."

Sora punched his fist against the garage door. "We are not taking any breaks! I'm fine! We just need to move faster is all. We'll pay Cid later."

"This isn't about Cid, Sora" Donald said. "This is about you." Sora let out his breath in a fast huff. "Look if you two aren't going to help me, then I'll do it myself. Get out of the way." Sora brushed past his two companions and went to fetch the Gummi Ship.

When he returned, he opened the Garage's door and clumsily drove the ship in and parked. Sora went to work on improving the ship by himself as well. Donald and Goofy watched silently in the sidelines. Truth be told, the work wasn't all that hard. Installing the new engines didn't take much more then an hour. It was mostly like installing a new printer to a computer. The gummi's were very easy to meld together.

He slid the ship back out of the garage when he was done and re-locked the door with the Keyblade. "If you want to find me," Sora called down to Donald and Goofy, "I'll be at the hotel." Sora drove off leaving Donald and Goofy stunned behind him.

The Trio didn't talk much for the three extra days they spent in Traverse Town, but on the fourth, they began to head back to the Coliseum. No matter how bad Donald felt about it, Sora was right. With the new engines, the ride was going quite a bit faster than usual. If everything went correctly, then they would show up right on time.

One thing Sora hadn't thought about though is that with the extra speed, extra stabilizing wings should also have been added. It was now a lot harder to turn and roll and such without the extra wings. Fortunately, they didn't have any problems that called for pinpoint movements along the way.

"WELCOME!! One and All!! To the annual Gladiatorial Games of the Olympian Coliseum!! Please present your own Hero's License at the front desk if you wish to apply."

Sora, Goofy, and Donald maneuvered through the mass of people that had gathered for the games. Some seemed to be brandishing shiny swords or polished shields. For young heroes, this was an excellent place to prove yourself.

Sora and the others finally managed to successfully cut to the front and get into the lobby. They saw Phil handing out tickets and checking the Licenses. When he saw Sora he burst into a happy grin. "Good haul this year kid! A lot of people came, and most of them are filthy rich!"

Sora grinned. "Is it alright if we head on in then Phil?" Phil turned to a customer and dealt with a quick monetary transaction. "Sure kid. Go head and find a seat. You'll be competing this year?" Phil asked, throwing a glance over toward them. Sora nodded. "Ok. I'll sign you up. You better be prepared, there are some pretty tough customers this year."

"Thanks Phil!" Sora called before entering the main stadium. The bleachers were already half-filled, but Sora, Goofy and Donald found a good space as close as they could to the arena.

"Boys and Girls! Damsels and Gentlemen! Amazons and Champions! Welcome again to the annual games! Match number 1 will be beginning shortly. Hand to Hand competition! Achilles vs. Tifa Lockheart!"

Sora watched interestedly as a warrior dressed in nothing but gloves and pants entered the arena. After Achilles took up his fighting stance, a gorgeous brunette stepped up to challenge him. She had on nothing but a plain white shirt and shorts. In hand to hand, neither opponent was allowed to wear armor.

But just as the gong was about to sound, signaling the beginning of the match, a low rumbling shook the entire Coliseum. Sora looked around and watched as the grill that served as a gateway to the Underworld smash open, and a mass of Heartless flood through.

Panic instantly took hold of the spectators as the Heartless turned on them. Hercules leapt to his feet from his judge's chair and came running to help. Sora, Donald, and Goofy also got to their feet quickly. They ran down to Hercules as he was coming up, smashing down Heartless as he did.

"Herc!" Sora called as they approached. "What's going on?!" Hercules shook his head. "I don't know but I bet Hades is behind this." Hercules frowned. People were screaming bloody-mary behind him and even some of the other officials couldn't seem to handle the surge of frightened people. "Look Sora. These creatures are simply flooding in. I don't think that even I can stop them all but I've got to try and hold them back here. I hate to ask, but can you find out what's going on down below? We need to stop Hades immediately."

Sora nodded, summoning up his courage. "But how do we get in? There are too many Heartless coming in to get through!" To Sora's surprise, Hercules smiled. "That won't be a problem. I am a demi-god remember? I can get you there." Hercules rolled up some imaginary sleeves and wrenched a hole open in mid-air­­. A swirling portal of darkness greeted them when he was done.

"This portal will lead you right outside to Hades' castle. Are you sure you can handle it?" Sora nodded. "Thanks. I wouldn't ask you if I could go myself, but I'll need to do what I can to help here. We're counting on you!"

Hercules turned around and dove back into the fray. People were running every which way, screaming their heads off. But the screams weren't wrongly placed. The Heartless were doing massive damage. "C'mon!" Sora yelled. "Let's do this!" Sora jumped headfirst into the portal, followed closely by Donald and Goofy. Within seconds, they were lost in the swirling dark.

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