Chapter 3

I figured that the organization put that kid up to using the Jafar card. And if that theory was correct, then so would the one I had about there being other kids urged to use enemy cards as their characters. Which meant that Sora and I had to be on our guard. We would never know when a new opponent would come seeking our destruction.

Two days had past since our battle with Jafar. Eventually, I had to ask, "Hey Sora. Do you have any idea what the organization's plans are?" Sora said to me, "It's probably the same as last time. The only difference is that this time, since they are trapped in cards like I am, they might need someone to do the work for them."

"And let me guess. They are going to send more kids to try to get rid of us," I said. Sora replied, "It would be a safe bet."

Suddenly, the ground started shaking. A crack formed in the side walk and grew. It grew into a giant hole. Down inside it were flames, and out came a teenage boy wearing a dark toga. He floated above the hole until it closed up like it was never there. The boy said, "My name is Telemous. And I am here to challenge the keyblade wielder and his card bearer." Held up on his wrist, another customized heartless game disk. And in his hand, Hades.

I got my game disk ready. We activated our world cards. Next, Earth was gone, and we were in the battle arena of Olympus Coliseum. I activated Sora and Telemous activated Hades. As Hades appeared with flame dieing around him, he said, "You're coming with me to the underworld you little brat!"

I selected my Olympus Coliseum deck. I made my first move, "I activate my blizzard spell." After I played my magic card, the keyblade appeared in Sora's hands, and he cast the blizzard spell on Hades. Since Hades had a fire attribute set to him, the spell did extra damage to his HP. "Now I play, Hero's Crest." The Hero's Crest key appeared in Sora's hands, and he launched his attack. Direct hit. 'Why isn't he doing anything,' I wondered. I knew that Telemous had something planned.

The battle continued. Telemous and Hades barely got any attacks through. The ones that did get through did do quite a bit of damage to us though.

SCORE:

Sora HP: 56

Hades HP: 3

'I can win this,' I thought, 'As soon as he finishes his turn, I can slam him with the Olympia key attack card.' Telemous was ready to make his final move, "I activate my sleight card, Dieing Wish. This card allows Hades to instantly defeat my opponent when his HP is 5 or lower." Sora had a look of worry as Hades formed fire orb ready to kill. I said, "I knew you were going to try something like this. So, I set this up. My sleight card, God's Strength." As I activated my sleight card, the Hero's Crest and Olympia keys appeared in Sora's hand, and Hercules appeared next to him.

My sleight level was 27 and Telemous' was 26. Just enough to break his sleight. Then Sora and Hercules attacked Hades. Hercules punched right through Hades' fire orb, while Sora attacked him with his keyblades.

We pulled off another close victory.

We returned to Earth. Telemous looked at me said, "Well, I guess I lost." Telemous started to float. I guessed he was going home. Before he made his giant hole appear, I asked him, "Telemous, who put you up to this?" He answered, "I don't know. It was some guy in a black hood. He told me that if I found you and beat you, I could have anything I wanted. Then he gave me the Hades card." After hearing this, I asked, "Was this guy kind of faded?" Telemous said, "No, he was pretty much solid." Sora and I started to worry. The giant hole appeared. Just before he went down into it, he tossed me his Hades card and said, "Take it. It's just not right to keep using it." He went down into the hole, and he was gone.

That night, Sora and I had a conversation about what Telemous had told us. Sora said, "I guess our theory about the organization being trapped in cards was wrong." I said to him, "Not necessarily. Just because a guy in a black hood told Telemous to come after us doesn't mean it was an organization member. I could have been someone who already lived in this world, who is working for them." "I suppose you're right. But we shouldn't ignore the possibility."

I looked at him with a serious face and said, "You're right."