When Riku arrived at the Coliseum, it wasn't quite what he expected. Instead of seeing a battle coliseum, he saw a cave that was very dark. Instead of seeing stands of screaming fans, he saw an eerie black mist. He wondered if he was in the right place.

And then he saw it, the big black dog. It was huge. It was only after he noticed its size that he noticed the number of heads it had. 3. 3 big heads on one big dog.

"This is what she was talking about," he said to himself, as he took out his sword.

Riku jumped at one of the heads, attempting to hit it with the Soul Eater, when a flame emerged from its mouth. Riku tried to jump out of the way, but got burned on the arm.

"Damn!" Riku yelled. He realized that this was not going to be easy.

"Looks like you need some help," a voice said. Just then, 3 gunshots came out of the darkness; each one hit one of the heads, temporarily stunning the big dog. Riku took advantage of this and delivered the final blow to knock out the dog.

"Who's there?" he asked.

"That's no way to thank me for saving your life," the voice said. Just then, a man came out of the darkness, wearing a ragged red cape, and holding two triple barreled handguns. "The name's Vincent, and you handled that Cerberus pretty well."

"Thanks, but that was only because you helped."

"What are you doing in the Underworld any way, ummm…?"

"The name's Riku, and do you mean to tell me that this isn't the Coliseum?"

"You're right under it, and, if you're looking for Hades, you're in the right place."

"Thanks- wait, how did you know I was looking for Hades?"

"I can smell Maleficent on you. And besides, I recognize that sword anywhere."

"Oh, well which way is Hades' chamber?"

"That way," Vincent pointed to an extension of the cave, " but you should let me come with you, there are Heartless everywhere."

"Heartless?" Riku asked. Vincent just shook his head.

"You've got a lot to learn, kid."

Meanwhile, Sora is just arriving at the Deep jungle.

While they were walking through the Underworld, Vincent started to explain the concept of darkness, the heartless, the worlds, and the missing Ansem Reports.

"Whoa, so where's this 'Key to the Light?'"

"I don't know, maybe Leon's found him, but we been in touch since…" Before he could finish his sentence, a bunch of heartless appeared all around them.

"These are the same creatures that attacked the islands!" Riku said.

"Do you want to get 'em back for what they did?"

"Of course!"

"Then COME ON!" Vincent started firing his guns at the surrounding Heartless. "Are you gonna help me or just stand there?" That's when Riku remembered his last day on the Island.

How he was looking forward to finally getting off that rock. He thought about what he said inside the secret place, how he had wished for a way to finally go somewhere else. Well, he got his wish, and now he wished he was back on the island with his friends. Right now he couldn't concentrate on the Heartless, only on the past.

"Riku, watch out!" just then, fire exploded out of the ground in every direction. "What happened Riku?"

"I don't know, I just sorta blanked." Just like when the darkness surrounded the island, and all I did was stand there and watch it happen. I couldn't do anything about it.

"Hey, you two look like you're lost," Said a voice.

"How many disembodied voices am I going to hear today?" Riku asked.

"I was just asking a question." As this was said, a figure dressed in a black robe appeared out of thin air. "The name's Hades."

"Hades, my name's Riku, and I was sent by Maleficent to help you get something for her."

"Jeez, Maleficent's hiring kids now?"

"What did she ask you to get her?" Vincent asked.

"Just the heart of the resident hero, Hercules."

"Well, I guess that's a double bonus for you, Hades."

"Who's Hercules?" asked Riku.

"Hades' long time enemy, and warrior of the light. I can see why she wants his heart," he then turned his attention to Hades, "So, how are you going to do it?"

"Easy, with a little help from a bounty hunter who lost his light."

They all went back to Hades Chamber, and after a while, Vincent left, leaving Riku with Hades.

"Hey kid," Hades said, waving his arms around what appeared to be a cauldron, "You want to see something really cool?"

"What is it?" Riku asked.

"Check this out." With one wave of his hand, heartless all appeared out of nowhere, but they didn't do anything.

"What's going on?"

"Well, just in case to kid in my employment doesn't quite get the job done, I'll use these."

"You mean you can control the Heartless?"

"Yeah, but I don't really trust them. They're only a last resort. Anyway, just go back to Hallow Bastion and tell Maleficent that I got it covered."

"Alright." And with that, Riku departed for the gummi ship, all the while thinking to himself.

'What came over me back there? There's no way I could have handled that so calmly. I wasn't even scared or anything. I'm terrified of the dark, or at least I am now. And I still don't know where Sora and Kairi are. Maybe Maleficent will help me find them.'

And as Riku took off in the gummi ship, Sora was walking through the doors of the Coliseum.

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