IN retrospect, yes, I should have put Tifa's fight scene first. Sorry. Maybe I'll come back later and change it. I'll let you know.
The God of the Underworld slowly rose from his black throne, and walked towards the tall man before him. "So," Hades said looking down at a piece of paper he held in his hand, "what's your name…Auron?" Hades looked up, but the man made no movement or gesture at all. "Let's talk for a second here. You've been down here for the past few weeks, starting a lot of trouble for me, and most definitely for you. And now, you planned on just leaving?" Hades smiled wickedly.
"See, that's not how it works down here. The way it works, is that you listen to what I say, and you do it. Its not that hard. The only rule that matters is that you listen to me!" Hades flared red at this last statement, indicating that his anger was slowly rising.
"But ya know, I'm not a mean guy, I like to give people second chances…" Hades said, walking around Auron and waving his hands calmly. "Here's yours." Hades shoved the paper before Auron's face. "You sign this little thing here and come work for me for a few years…let's say maybe…200? And, upon completion, I let you go free, alive and well."
Auron stared defiantly at Hades. "My other option?" He asked in a clear voice. He showed no fear, nor did he feel any. Nevermind the fact that he was looking at one of the most dangerous Gods around….
Hades chuckled slightly. "Other option….Ha! You know that's really cute. Other option…." Hades laughed again. "Well, my old boy, your other option is to jump in the Lake of the Dead over there and spend the rest of eternity, as a moaning, whimpering, regretful soul. And you don't want that, do you? So here's a pen, one of my favorites in fact, and go on and sign that contract."
Hades held out a jet black fountain pen and the contract for Auron to sign, but he didn't accept either. "I choose my third option." Auron said, unsheathing a large sword, "I cut you into pieces, and then I leave." Auron swung the sword and cut into the back of Hades wrist, which made him drop his favorite pen. It shattered against the stone floor.
But instead of any form of blood dripping from the small wound, a jet of flame issued from it and the cut closed up. But to Hades, it was the thought that counted. The God drew himself up to his full height and his skin turned to its fiery red. Hades' "hair" blazed uncontrollably.
"Request Denied!" Hades roared, and hurled a spinning ball of flame toward Auron, threatening to engulf him. "Wind!!" Auron heard two voices shout. As the great ball of fire (ha, ha! Funny….) neared him, a miniature cyclone swept around him, shredding the ball into nothingness.
"YOU!!" Hades roared and his head of flame roared even higher. There were rivers of fire actually snaking their way up and down his arms by now. Auron turned to see a young boy running toward him, flanked by two companions, a white duck, and a tall…dog?
"Hades!" Sora yelled. "What have you done this time?!" Hades ran his hand over his scalp and returned to his normal complexion. "You know kid, I should have figured that I'd run into you again someday. You are always complicating things." Hades face was neutral, he wasn't even putting on a fake smile. A chill ran down Sora's spine.
"Where are all the Heartless coming from? What are you up to?" Auron was surprised to see this little teenager talk so bluntly to the God of the Underworld. 'Who is this kid?'
"The Heartless of course are coming from here, kid." Hades stepped closer. "See, there are some new guys on the block, and they need the Heartless. And I, of course, have a nearly endless supply of Hearts for them to use.
"I grant them a few Heartless, a few undead warriors here and there, and they use the Heartless to help me rule Olympia after their done with whatever they're doing. So it all works out in the end." Hades said, blowing out a ring of smoke.
"But it doesn't matter to you, because you won't be leaving here alive." Hades had put back on his smile. "CERBERUS!!"
Sora didn't even have time to think when he heard the call, his feet were acting on their own. Sora grabbed Auron by the wrist and bolted for the front door. They weren't being chased yet, but Sora had no intention of waiting for it.
When Sora had gotten a good football field or two away, Hades walked back to his throne and sat down. An immense silhouette of darkness appeared next to him. Hades lit a cigar. "Kill them."
Sora and the others had almost reached the portal that Hercules had created, but behind them they heard an earthshaking roar. Donald and Goofy kept running and managed to get out of the castle, but Auron and Sora stopped and looked behind them. The great beast Cerberus was bounding toward them in giant leaps. However, the dog overestimated its ground coverage and crashed through the door way behind Sora and Auron.
The entire section of wall behind them crumbled and their only immediate exit was blocked by a ton of rubble. There were positive and negative sides to this. The positive was that they didn't have to deal with Cerberus. However, the negatives easily overtook that small glimmer of happiness.
Number one: That meant that Goofy and Donald would have to deal with Cerberus alone.
Number Two: They had no way of escaping the Underworld now.
Number Three: The most important problem of all, was that Hades had just appeared in a whirlwind of fire.
Short chapter, I know. Sorry. But review anyway.