A bit of a short and small chapter. Personally I was considering cutting this from the story. But then I changed my mind since I wouldn't have found a time to add this later.

Chapter XXXVI- Olympus Coliseum (Part 3)

Hades watched the image of Sora and Koga battling Heartless from his throne in the Underworld. He chuckled with sinister glee at how easy it was to lure them back to the coliseum. All he had to do was leave a anonymous note about a new tournament and they rushed to accept the call to a challenge. Soon he will be able to destroy both them and Hercules for good.

He wondered why he even bothered teaming up with Maleficent in the first place if she doesn't even give him much in return. Sure the Heartless are nice but they're just another monster to him, who has an entire plethora of them. And seeing her do nothing for her fallen comrades was the last straw. To her they were all expendable and a lord of the dead will not be treated as such.

So he left what remains of the group, going back to his original plan. He only has a few years before he can unleash the titans and he needs to make sure Wonderboy isn't around to screw it all up. Which is why he's waiting for the right time to take him out, and the twin Keyblade wielders as well.

Kill two birds with one stone after all.

Sora and Koga looked to the cheering crowd with huge grins. They went through several rounds of difficult Heartless, but they didn't stand a chance against the power of two Keyblade wielders. They were now in the semifinals.

They watched as their next opponent walked into the arena, a very familiar face.

"Cloud?" Koga exclaimed

The spiky haired mercenary looked at the kids with a smirk on his face, looking far less murderous than the last time they were here.

"Hey Cloud!" Sora said.

"Looks like you getting your rematch after all." Cloud said. He sounded... well friendly is a strong word. But there is something different about him.

"Nice to see you to." Koga replied jokingly. "You aren't here to kill us right?"

Cloud shook his head. "Got no reason to, just in it for the munny."

"No dark powers?"

"No, I'm done with that."

"Alright, well may the best man win."

"Yeah."

The twins and Cloud stared each other down, waiting for someone to do the first strike. Just like before Cloud charged at them with his sword. Anticipating the move the twins blocked it with their combined strength and Keyblades. Cloud then slashed at them only for Sora to jump back and Koga slide under him and stand back up behind him.

"Batter up!" Koga said as he gripped his Keyblade with both hands as it glowed. He swung hard as it knocked Cloud into the air. "Force!" He said as he unleashed a Gravity spell. While Cloud was in midair, a miniature event horizon formed around him and he was thrown hard back to the ground. He quickly regained his composure as Sora ran in with a flurry of Keyblade swipes.

"You two have gotten stronger." Cloud said in between parries, amusement in his voice.

"Thinking you've met your match?" Sora asked.

"Not yet!" He said as he thrust his sword out while holding it diagonally. Sora stumbled back as Cloud then kicked him away but he did not fall down. Koga ran in firing at his opponent with his Keyguns. He looked at Sora and they both nodded.

"Take this!" He said as he gathered energy into his Keyblade and unleashed it into a small burst of energy. It wasn't that powerful but up close it stunned Cloud. Sora used this opportunity to spin his Keyblade and hold it in a reverse grip as he rushes at Cloud with lightning speed.

Cloud grunts and falls to one knee.

"I yield."

The crowd roars as a winner was declared. The two winners put their arms in the air victoriously. They noticed Cloud standing by their side eyeing them. He them put his hand out in a friendly gesture. The twins beamed and gave him a fist bump.

"You two got strong fast. It's pretty impressive."

"Thanks, you to." Sora said.

"You seem different, more lively than last time." Koga said.

Cloud grunted and averted eye contact. "Well um... don't get used to it. See you around." He said as he left the place.

As the two quickly downed an Elixir, Phil ran onto the arena announcing the final match. "And now our two 'Junior Heroes' Sora and his twin brother Koga have made it to the final match. Their opponent, the champ of the coliseum himself, HERRRRCULES!"

The crowd cheered even louder as the legendary hero walked into the arena.

"If you need me to go easy on you just say the word." Herc said.

Koga shook his head. "Nope, if I beat you I want it to be fair and square."

"Yeah, no holding back!" Sora agreed.

Herc smiled as they took their fighting positions. "I was hoping you'd say that. This is gonna be fun."

Koga gave a battle cry as he ran towards Hercules firing at him. Herc deflected the shots with his sword he carried with him. As Koga got close the champion unleashed a strong punch to his gut. Koga gave out a silent gasp as he fell to his knees clutching his stomach.

"Koga!" Sora cried out in surprise. But he quickly saw Hercules running towards him to try an ram him. Sora rolled to the side as his opponent looked at him with a playful smirk.

"Like you said, no holding back."

Sora dodged back avoiding Hercules's punches. He swiped back with his Keyblade whenever he got an opening but Herc just dodged back as well. This was the match for several minutes, just the two of them trying to hit each other. Soon it was becoming noticeable that the two of them were getting tired. Koga also got his second wind back, groaning as he felt pain in his abdomen.

Suddenly there was an explosion of flames between Sora and Hercules pushing them back. When the smoke cleared it revealed Lord Hades in the center. The crowd gasped in terror.

"You again?" Koga said limping over to his brother's side.

"Hey there, name is Hades, Lord of the Dead. Nice to meet you all for real this time, real nice."

"You're not welcome here Hades, get out!" Hercules said glaring at the god.

"Oh zip it Wonderboy. This isn't your match anymore. No the true final match of this tournament is now your's truly. And guess what? I got a place for you down under!"

His blue flames then turned red as he smiled sinisterly at them. He unleashed a powerful blast of flames at them. The three rolled to the side. They looked at each other, realizing that they have to work together now.

Together they fought the god but they were tired from their previous fight. Meanwhile Hades smirked at their pathetic display to hurt his body. Unlike all the opponents the Keyblade wielders defeated, Hades is immortal, he cannot be killed at all.

He constantly threw fireballs at them. Hercules's body glow gold and it seemed to protect him. Unfortunately the same couldn't be said for Sora and Koga who got burns all over them. Koga is in worse shape after the beating Herc gave him.

"Getting tired kid? Things are really heating up." Hades teased blowing a burst of flames at him.

"Well maybe you should learn to chill!" He said hitting him with a freeze spell. Hades cried out in surprise as his flames went out, even the one on his head.

"What!?" He shouted in surprise. He tried to fire flames but they are all snuffed out for the moment.

"Time to finish this!" Hercules said pulling his fist back.

"This isn't over brat! I will be ba-" He was cut off as he was sent sailing into the air and vanished from the naked eye.

The group reconvened in the lobby after the crowd dispersed.

"Too bad we couldn't finish the match." Sora sighed in disappointment. "If only Hades didn't get in the way."

"Don't worry, I doubt he would show his face again anytime soon after that public humiliation." Phil said. "At least he didn't trash the coliseum this time but the crowd was shaken up a bit."

"But you two have gotten pretty strong. Even if I took out Koga with one punch, it was meant to knock him out and he took it like a champ.

"Aw, thanks." Koga said blushing a bit at the compliment.

"And Sora is fast on his feet and quick to strike. Who know's if we kept up like that for awhile longer he might have beat me!"

"After all the fighting we've been though for the last week we got a lot of first hand experience."

Hercules put his hand out and Sora shook it followed by his brother. "I'm sure if you keep it up you can overcome anything."

"Hey, why didn't you ever move that stone over there?" Koga asked pointing to the stone block the two of them failed to move when they first got here.

"Oh that thing? Phil changed his mind when there was this glowing keyhole shaped thing under it, he said it was an eyesore."

"...Herc can you do us a favor and show us the Keyhole?"

"Sure." He said with a simple push with his hand and the block moved. There on the floor where the block used to be was the Keyhole of this world.

"Wow, it was there the whole time?" Sora commented as he called his Keyblade and sealed it. The Keyhole vanished like the others have.

"What was that kid?" Phil asked.

"Just hero business."

"I think you mean junior hero business?"

"What!? But we beat Hades!" Koga complained.

"Kid, two words. No you didn't! You helped Herc beat him. If you took on Hades by yourself your goose would be cooked."

The two brothers groaned. Looks like they still have a long way to go before they can call themselves real heroes.

HAVE FUN!