(5/26/19 Update: General Edits)
Fight On! Battle in Thebes, Organization XIII, and The Villain on Olympus!
Greece - Thebes
Sora, Donald, and Goofy ran out of the building they were just talking to Momo in, only to see Herc crash to the left of them. As Donald used a Cura spell on Hercules, Sora looked towards where Herc came from to find a heartless of a rather large size. It seemed to be covered in some kind of stone that was a faded purple. Its shoulders were covered with large faded black stone pauldrons that had brown rims around the edges and brown hexagons jutting out of them. One large spike was coming out of the side of each pauldron going up, the spikes having a pink jagged design on them. Its body was a faded purple stone sphere-like shape that flowed outward to the sides at the bottom, the bottom having a brown trim going around. At the center of the body was an opening with a large silver chain going around it. In that opening was its spherical head, which was covered in faded purple at the top, and brown at the bottom. The heartless emblem rested at the top of its head, and in between the top and bottom of its head was a gap that showed its glowing yellow eyes. Around its arms were faded purple stone bracers that had a large silver chain going around each of them and on its shadowy hands were brown gloves that covered the back of its palm where a pink jagged design was visible. Its lower half was quite small in comparison to the rest of its body. Its pelvis and legs were faded purple and its lower legs had a portion that jutted forward with a pink angular design on it. It's feet were the same color as its gloves; brown.
In its right hand was its weapon of choice, a heavy ax.
The ax was rather strange as it had a face on it. The face was mainly purple, the eyes were yellow swirls, and the mouth was open, revealing a red-orange glow. On the forehead was the heartless emblem and two angular horns jutting out. At the top was a large brown spike and at the sides were large flat brown stones that had some indents, making the ax more for blunt force rather than slicing.
Donald, Goofy, and Herc ran up next to Sora, ready to fight as Sora got into his traditional bent knees fighting pose with Kingdom Key in his hands. The giant in front of them pulled its large ax back and swung at the trio in a vertical arc. The gang dodged out of the way of the attack, making the ax hit nothing but pavement with a large slam. The heavy impact shook the ground as a crater was formed, but that didn't deter Sora from countering. He lept to the heartless's face and struck thrice with the Keyblade, then finished his combo with three upside-down spinning slashes. The giant staggered back from the impact of the finisher and was then hit with two firaballs to the face from Donald, knocking it down onto the floor. While those two kept the heartless distracted, Hercules and Goofy looked to each other and nodded in some sort of agreement. Goofy jumped up and let Hercules take him by the ankles, then Herc span himself around, which spun Goofy as well, as if Herc was using him as a battering ram. He kept spinning to gain momentum, and at the maximum speed of his spin threw Goofy into the air. While ascending, Goofy prepared his shield in front of himself and at the apex of the throw, dived down right on top of the heartless's head with great force. It roared and got back on its feet as Goofy lept back to the ground with the rest of the team. After it was finished with its tantrum, it planted its ax into the ground top first, got on it from the back, and started spinning in place, causing large rocks to fly in all directions from where the ax was planted.
"Wak!" Donald quacked as he ducked onto the ground as the debris flew over him. The rest of the team either dodged, blocked, or swatted away the rocks that threatened to do them harm. The heartless didn't relent and continuously span on its ax, kicking up more debris with no signs of slowing down.
"Ugh! we gotta get it to stop somehow!" Sora exclaimed as he swatted away the thirteenth rock that flew at him. Just as he said that, Large roots came from under the ground and wrapped around the heartless and its weapon, binding its ax, legs, body, and arms from moving. From behind the heartless rose a tree, but unlike normal trees, this one had a living face!
"WHAT IN THE WORLD?!" Sora shouted in sheer shock. The tree roared as it used its many roots and its branches to wrestle with the giant heartless, struggling to keep it from moving.
"Hey!" Momo yelled to the rest of the team from afar, Sora looked in her direction and noticed she had her d-dial out. "I called Shibarisugi-san to help, you should strike now while you can!"
"Shiba-what?!" Sora was confused by the mouthful of a name.
"SORA!" His name was called out by an exasperated Donald who had just gotten up from the floor. "Hurry up!"
"Oh, right!" he responded to the Duck, nodding as he finished his acknowledgement. Sora cast many waterga spells at the Heartless, the blasts of liquid hitting the heartless and exploding with great force.
"STREAM!" he yelled as he finished his casting combo with a Waterza spell. The stream of water hit the heartless dead on, resulting in a massive explosion of great water pressure. With that, the giant let out one final roar before it stopped and went limp. Not too long after, a giant heart slowly flew out of the heartless and vanished into the light while the monster faded away into the darkness.
"All right!" Hercules cheered in a celebratory fashion alongside Sora, Donald, and Goofy. Their victory celebration was short lived however, as the tree known as Shibarisugi suddenly wrapped its roots around the team.
"HUH? WOOAAAAHHHHH!" Sora shouted along with his three companions as Shibarisugi lifted them in the air by their chests. "Momo! What gives?! I thought he was on our side?!"
"I'm sorry Sora, you must have agitated him with those water explosions!" the pinkette explained, looking rather embarrassed.
"What kinda tree gets agitated by WATER?!" Sora rhetorically asked as he and the rest of the team was swung around, not understanding that the explosions of the water, not the water itself, was the cause. Momo could only sweat-drop, complete with closed eyes and embarrassed smile.
"Give me a moment. I'll get you boys down, ehehehehe..."
"WAAAAKWAKWAAKWAAAAK!" screamed Donald Duck...
In no time at all, Momo had saved the group from Shibarisugi and she sent him back to the virtual space inside her D-dial.
Sora sighed as the little incident ended. "Thanks Momo." the spiky haired boy thanked the pinkette, who had an apologetic expression on her face. "If you wanna apologize, don't worry about it. You were only trying to help, and you did." he continued with a kind smile, which Momo was taken aback by.
"You're not angry?" she asked. Sora just shook his head left and right. Meanwhile, Hercules, Donald, and Goofy were surveying the area and listening for more civilians that needed help, but all was silent. Eventually...
"I don't think there is anyone else who needs help." Goofy concluded.
"I was able to help most of the people, but I'm glad you guys showed up. I wasn't too sure how that last scenario was gonna play out with the heartless being around." The Greek god stated.
"Yeah, we got worried once the heartless started showing up; so we came to the city to check on things." Sora explained.
Before the hero could continue, a sound was heard to his left, an all too familiar sound to Team Sora by now. They all looked toward the sound to find a dark corridor. Not too long after, a man wearing an eye-patch and a black coat came out of it, sarcastically clapping as he did so.
"Very nice! Full marks." He said cooly. Momo put on a brave face as she saw the man.
'Black Coat...'
"Go away!" shouted Donald.
"No Organization!" Goofy agreed with Donald's sentiments.
Hearing the word "Organization" made Momo's eyes slightly widen. 'Organization?!...'
"You're Xigbar!" Sora exclaimed the Nobody's name as he continued to walk toward the group.
"You..."
Everyone, including Xigbar, looked in the direction this low and cold voice came from to find Momo, Who had a rather dark expression.
'Well Well, looks like Goldie-locks didn't leave all by her lonesome.' the nobody mused in his mind. 'Whatever, It's not on me if this one decided to get herself involved...'
Sora had a look of surprise, along with Donald and Goofy "You know him, Momo?" he asked carefully.
"...Not necessarily. But-"
Xigbar interrupted the pinkette mid-sentence "Why, hello there! I see you've met with our key player." he said with a smile. He continued after a small pause "Don't worry, Sora will no doubt treat you well, princess."
Momo stayed silent, simply glaring at Xigbar. Despite her anger, she could feel something about this man that felt...off to her. Not just the fact that he reeked "Villain", but...he was definitely different from Sora, Yami, herself, and even Nemesis.
"PRINCESS?" The main Sora trio shouted in awe. Immediately, Sora got in front Momo, as if to keep her from Xigbar.
"Aw! He's already on it! Defending and saving others is what he lives for. All his altruism just gives me the warm and fuzzies." Xigbar sneered. "So, does having a heart of light come with an extremely good insurance policy, then?"
Sora grit his teeth, deciding enough was enough, and attempted to take the initiative "Grrah, Just say what you mean!"
The sniper went on "Oh, but I did though. Nothing good will ever come from putting other people first."
"That's not true, I was able to save Meg's life because I was ready to risk my own." Hercules objected, his mind flashing back to the moment. Xigbar took a look at Herc, then walked to the side.
"Because you've got friends in high places, you mean." he said as he stopped. "Tricks like that don't fly for your average joe." finished the nobody while he casually waved his hand, dismissing Herc's feat.
"What do you know? You weren't even there. If you were, you'd admire Herc's courage." defended Sora as Goofy and Donald glared the Nobody down.
"I don't admire a guy for leaping into danger if it means someone else might have to jump in to save him. You're all just lining up to lose out. Dooming others to take the fall with ya." There was a short pause as he looked over his left shoulder before he continued. "Oh, and you can spare me your usual party line. Yes, hearts are powerful when they're connected. But if you put too much of that power in one place, some of those hearts might end up breaking."
Momo face slightly twitched with curiosity 'Connected hearts?' she wondered to herself as her eyes shifted to Sora.
"Still Sora, that doesn't mean you should change." he pointed his left index finger to Sora as he went on. "Accept the power you're given...find the hearts joined to yours..." he ominously directed, his voice lowering to a growl.
Sora however, was indignant "Why would I ever take advice from you?!" he loudly questioned.
"You think you get to make a call? As if!..." Xigbar swung his body around so his back was turned to Sora and Co. "You don't have any choice but to follow this sweet little trail of breadcrumbs." The Nobody started to walk away from the group.
"And at the end you'll finally realize what destiny has in store for you..." He paused, stopping his walk at the same time "In fact, your reward might be right around the corner...you're so close!"
He continued his walk away from the rest with a dark cackle before he teleported out of the vicinity using the power of darkness.
Sora cast his gaze to the ground in deep contemplation after Xigbar left. He would never want to end up hurting any of his friends, that's for sure.
"Hearts breaking?...Whos hearts?" he wondered out-loud to himself.
Momo found herself staring at Sora, feeling a bit down for him. "Please don't let him bother you, Sora." she tried to cheer him up.
"Yeah." Herc spoke up "He's just trying to get under your skin because he thinks he can. But we'll prove him wrong. We'll show him that our sacrifices haven't been for nothing." The Greek God put a comforting hand on Sora's back. Sora turned his head to look at him before brightening up.
"You're right." Sora agreed, his confidence returning.
Goofy chimed in with his own supportive words "Mm-hmm! Besides, we're already proof enough!"
"We're a team! When we're together, we can do anything!" Donald affirmed.
The Keyblade Wielder nodded "Yeah".
"I can't help but keep noticing how tightly knit you guys are." Momo spoke from behind the team with a smile, to which Sora returned a smile of his own.
"Heheh, yeah! I've known Donald and Goofy for a long time." He then pulled in Donald and Goofy with both his arms, lifting Donald in the process, despite his quacking, so the duck was level with his abdomen "They're some of my best friends."
"Aw, shucks Sora, Ahyuck!"
"Hey." Suddenly, Herc went under Sora's legs and lifted him so that Sora was sitting on his shoulders behind his head and then put his arms around Goofy and Donald. "Don't forget about me!" He said with enthusiasm.
"Haha! Yeah, Herc too!" Sora laughed. After Hercules let go of Goofy and Donald, and put Sora down. Sora looked at Momo with an expression that could be read as awkward "So uh...princess, huh?" he asked as he picked at his cheek.
Momo lightly laughed as her tail swished in the air "I'm sorry Sora, things were happening so quickly that I neglected to mention it." Truth to be told, she was planning on telling the trio when they were on the ship. But Xigbar spoiled her reveal.
"Hercules!" A female voice called out above them all. They looked to find a White Winged Horse; A Pegasus, sweep down to them. Riding on the Pegasus was a woman and a short portly goat...man; a satyr. The woman was wearing a long dark pink body dress that reached down to her feet and was decorated with two purple sashes, one under her chest and another around her hips that had a dark orange spiral-pendant to hold it. The dress was being held up by two small straps on her shoulders that had the same dark orange spiral-pendant that was on her hip-sash. Her feet had brown sandals on and she had some make-up on her face in the form of eye-shadow that complimented her violet eyes and pink lipstick. Her hair was brown with a violet tint and was tied into a large ponytail with a brown band. Her most stand out feature was her very thin waist.
The satyr indeed had an upper body of a man and a lower body of a goat. The lower half was covered in light brown fur and he had goat hooves. His upper body had a large gut and thick arms with stray hairs on his chest and arms. His face had a beard shadow and a big pinkish-orange nose. However, despite his beard shadow he still had a orange goatee that grew into his sideburns and the back of his hair. He had two brown goat horns on the top of his head, his ears were pointed and he had two small, black eyes and a uni-brow.
The Pegasus had beautiful white fur, white wings, and a blue mane with a tail to match. His pupils were black and his eye sclera was light blue.
"Meg! Phil! Pegasus!" Hercules called as they stopped in front of the five.
'Speaking of things happening fast...' the pinkette deadpanned in her head, hoping to ask about the 'Organization'.
"We've checked the whole area, it looks like everyone's safe." The woman named Meg confirmed.
"That's great, we did what we could."
"You heroes have been busy little bees." Meg joked as she looked at the team. She paused as her sight landed on Momo; an unfamiliar face to her.
"Oh, who's pinkie?" asked Meg. "Another one of your friends, Sora?" Meg let a sly smile grow on her face as she went on to say "Or...maybe a girlfriend?"
'Pinkie?' she questioned in her mind as she fiddled with her hair at the side of her head.
"Oh, n-no it's not like that, She's a friend traveling with us. We're trying to help her find her other friends." quickly clarified Sora while waving his hand left and right.
Momo stopped fiddling with her hair and bowed while introducing herself "I'm Momo, nice to meet you." she announced to Meg, Phil, and Pegasus; who started to sniff her in curiosity. The pinkette let out a small breath of surprise as he continued to get a sense of her while moving around.
Hercules went to give his friend a mane rub "Sorry about him, this is Pegasus." He told as the winged horse neighed and gave him a friendly lick of affection.
"It's ok, he's lovely." the young teen spoke.
"Ugh. More trouble." Meg said as she looked in the direction leaving the city. Momo looked in the same direction to see why Meg would make such a statement to find a mountain; Mt. Olympus, had large dark clouds swirling and covering the top, reaching into the sky.
"Uh...What's that?" Momo asked, feeling slightly anxious.
"It's Hades." Hercules stated with a serious expression as he looked toward Mt. Olympus.
"Did he attack the city?" Donald asked
"Yeah, to keep me from stopping him...It's the beginning of his big plan, to conquer the whole cosmos."
Sora couldn't help but be snarky "Wow, nice of him to show some self-restraint." he quipped.
Momo felt lost "Who's Hades?"
"Three words, Lord-of-the-Dead." Phil explained, emphasizing his miscounted words.
'Wait, that was four words...' the pinkette quickly thought to herself. She looked directly at Sora and said "Let's go."
"Huh?!" was the reaction from Sora. "Aren't you afraid?"
"Hm?" She questioned "Didn't you say that I'd be OK if I stuck with you guys?"
""Uh, yeah...I mean, we beat him before, but-" Sora spoke.
"Hmmmmm..." Goofy interrupted Sora by his loud thinking. "I don't know, Sora. Maybe leaving her, even for a little while, is what the Organization wants us to do."
Sora was enlightened by Goofy's train of thought "Oh!"
"Typical Sora, not thinking ahead." Donald teased with an air of superiority.
"Hey! I AM thinking! About keeping her safe!" Sora defended himself.
"Oh you don't have to worry about me that much!" Momo reassured with brightness in her voice. "I'm not just limited to calling my plants. Trust me when I say...I'm plenty strong on my own." she finished with a cheerful wink to Team Sora, blissfully unaware of what she was truly getting herself into.
Sora smiled "OK, if you're sure." He turned to Herc "Ready?"
"Ready." replied the Greek hero. "Gotta stop Hades." he looked toward Meg, Phil, and Pegasus; who snorted while bobbing his head up and down.
"Alright, Champs! Send him running back across the Styx!" Phil encouraged.
"Be careful, Wonderboy..." Meg bid her hero farewell with care and worry tracing her voice, something Momo took notice of and wondered if they had a 'thing' for each other.
"Ok! Let's Go!"
Greece - Mountainside of Mount Olympus
"ZEEEEUS!" bellowed the mighty Rock Titan Lythos as it scaled the mountain. Lythos itself was almost as big as a skyscraper, had two heads placed side by side on its body, and its body was made out of black rugged rock. Its arms were long and its hands had four large fingers. Its legs were short and ended in flat 'feet'.
"FREEEEEEZEEE HIIIIMMM!" the chilling Ice Titan Hydros yelled, following behind Lythos. Like Lythos, Hydros was just as big and true to its title, was made of Ice. However, unlike its rock 'brother'; its body was more skinny and showed an icy ribcage. Its head had many sharp icicles coming out of it and even had icy eyebrows. On its shoulders was tall icicles while its arms were skinny and ended in four fingered claws. Its upper legs were skinny while its lower legs were thicker. Every time it took a step it would leave behind frozen residue, as its feet froze the ground in order for it to stand and its legs would break from it.
"MMEELLTT ZEEEUUSS!" the red hot Lava Titan Pyros loudly gurgled. It was thick, huge, and didn't really have a consistent body, due to it being made out of lava. The only recognizable feature was its face, which glowed due to its lava. It deeply burned the ground below it as it continued its climb.
"BLOOOW HIIIM AWAYYY!" the blustery Tornado Titan Stratos howled, trailing behind its 'brothers'. Simply put, it was a large dark tornado with red menacing eyes. Its winds caused a strong current to pull through the air.
Meanwhile, from inside a nearby cavern, watched Hades. Hades had blue skin and blue flaming 'hair'. His eyes were completely yellow except for his black pupils. He had sharp teeth and a black mouth. His face was long and thin, had a thin pointed nose, and his chin jutted out slightly. His fingers were long, thin, and clawed. He wore what looked to be a dark shirt underneath a black toga, which seemed to be held up by a small skull pin on his right shoulder. His feet were not visible due to black clouds swimming at the bottom of his robe.
Hades smiled devilishly as he continued to watch The Titans attack Olympus. At long last, the plan he devised eighteen years ago was coming to fruition. You see, the Sisters of Fate predicted this future, the day he would seize control of Olympus and rule over the cosmos. His previous attempts had all failed thanks to Hercules and various Keyblade heroes. But now, the planets came into alignment with each other and a wave of darkness lanced down from their celestial rank. So one by one, Hades freed the Titans from their prison and, with his longing for vengeance against Zeus reinvigorated, he mounted an attack on Olympus. All the while, attacking Thebes to keep Hercules distracted from thwarting his plan. To him, nothing could possibly go wrong...
As he continued to watch, a corridor of darkness opened a few feet behind him.
"Oy vey, right in the middle of my cosmic coup." he complained. "Alright, who's the pest?" he asked as he turned to face it.
"Hey now, that's no way to be sayin' hello. 'specially to your old friends." Pete said as he came out of the dark corridor with Maleficent.
Pete was a tall portly black toon cat from the same world as King Mickey, Donald, and Goofy. He was wearing a strange dark blue jumpsuit that had a silver zipper going from his crotch all the way under him and on his rear. The jumpsuit also had two pouches that had a zipper each to close or open them. The jumpsuit was held up by two blue suspenders that cross over his chest and were held in place by small light-gold buttons on the blue pauldrons that were on his shoulders, with the pauldrons staying in place thanks to a strap at the end wrapping around his arms. On his hands were fingerless blue gauntlets with the wrists of the gauntlets being light blue and having a light-gold design on top. He wore blue and white sneakers that seemed to be one with his jumpsuit and underneath the jumpsuit was a dark-red t-shirt. Pete had a massive chin, four flat teeth in his mouth, and conjoined eyes that had two separate black pupils. He also had two cat ears on top of his head that went out to the sides and up.
Maleficent had pale-green skin, yellow eyes that were heavily shadowed with violet make-up and had small black pupils, and she wore red lipstick. Her head was topped with a black-horned headdress and she wore a long, somewhat tattered black robe with purple trims and maroon edges. In her left hand was a staff with a green orb at the tip. Most people would call her a witch because of her appearance, but she is actually a fairy corrupted by the darkness.
"Funny, I don't remember you doing me any memorable favors!" Hades shot at the duo that appeared "As you can see, I've gone back to my original plan. I'm NOT interested in anything you're selling, alright? Alright. So...toodle-lo! Exit's that-away! Happy Traaaaiilllsss!" he sarcastically sung.
Maleficent remained unmoved "We're not here for you, I have my own business to attend to." she clarified "All I need to know is if there is a distinctive...black box...somewhere in this world?"
"Black box, huh?" Hades wondered out loud "Hmm...Black box, black box, black box..." he pondered for a while until... "Wait. Don't tell me...you're after the one Zeus hid on earth?"
Maleficent smiled "Possibly. If I were, where might it be?"
Yes, you did just read all that. I have finally returned.
Sorry to keep you all waiting. LOTS of things have been happening on my end (KH3, Laptop replacing, writers block, Massively retooling the future of this story).
This story is now going to be a massive AU as a whole now. Despite the fact that I still can't write combat scenes for the life of me. I wanted spend more time on this chapter as something about it seems off to me, but I thought 'they've been waiting long enough, No More!'
Anyways, see ya!
