It's been a while hasn't? Well I'm here for an update. By the way, I lost the Christmas fic. I will look for it. If I find it, would you guys still want me to post?

I don't own Kingdom Hearts or Sailormoon in any shape or form… If I did… I would be rich… I also don't own a certain scene from Harry Potter.

Votes:

Riku: 6 (my friend voted)

Sora: 6 (my other friend voted)

I have other plans for Cloud and Leon, you'll get the hint at the end of the chapter.

Fighting Darkness:

Chapter 8

Sora and Usagi burst into the lobby at the same time. The lobby is made of a tan colored stone. Only a few torches were lit and the room seemed to be brighter than it should be. At the other side of the lobby, a fat goat man was putting up a sign. Usagi read aloud…

"Olympus Coliseum Tournament

All heroes are recommended to sign up

for this coming up tournament. The last

hero standing will become a 'True Hero'

and win the 'Hero's Cup'!"

"Awesome!" Sora said with much excitement.

Usagi agreed. "Let's sign up."

Goofy and Donald walked in. "We have no time for a tournament!" Donald scolded.

"Hold on…" The goat man had turned around. "Don't tell me that you guys are signing up?"

"Yeah!" Sora said, completely ignoring Donald. "Why not?"

"Well…" The goat man grabbed his chin in a thinking manner. "This place is only for heroes…" He let his arm fall back to his side. "…And not a bunch of zeros!"

"Say what?" the group said in union.

"You heard me. You. Guys. Ain't. Heroes!"

"Oh yeah?" Donald pushed his way in between Sora and Usagi. "We'll show you!"

Goofy was confused. "But Donald, didn't you just say…"

"Never mind that!"

"We have everything it takes to be heroes!" Sora protested.

The goat man glared at him. "Well I say you don't! What I say goes! So get lost, Zeros!" He walked down the hall.

Usagi frowned. "I would like to…"

"Let's go guys…" Sora said, walking to the door with his head down.

/…/

"He got some nerve!" Donald shouted as he stomped down the steps. "Zeros! I would like to turn him into a whole goat!" Goofy was steps behind Donald, not paying any attention. Usagi and Sora were about twelve steps behind, talking.

"This sucks…" Sora said.

"I know." Usagi said.

"I agree!"

The two stopped walking. A blue man had interrupted their conversation. He has a blue flame hair style, or blue flame for hair, and is wearing Roman robes.

Usagi glared. "Who are you?"

"Move aside girly." He pushed Usagi out of his way and started to talk to Sora. "You want to enter the tournament, right?"

Sora nodded. "Yeah."

"Well then…" the blue man snapped his fingers and a ticket appeared. "…Get a load of this." He give it to Sora.

"A pass?" The blue man began to walk up the steps. "It's all yours kiddo. Break a leg."

Donald and Goofy walked up. They had witnessed the scene. "Who was that?" Donald asked.

"Who cares?" Sora said. He showed them the ticket. "We got a pass! Come on!" he ran up the steps. Donald and Goofy followed.

Usagi stood there a moment. "He pushed me…" She sighed and ran up the steps.

/…/

The goat man, named Phil, examined the pass that Sora had given him. Sora stood in front of him with his arms crossed. "So?"

Phil gave him a suspicious look. "How'd you get this?"

"Can we sign up or what?" Usagi asked impatiently.

"Hmmm…. I guess." Usagi and Sora high-fived. "The tournament starts in four hours." he pointed down a hallway. "You can eat and sleep till then."

"I'm starving!" the group said in union and dashed down the hallway.

/…/

"Where is everybody?" Goofy asked looking around the cafeteria. At one of the many tables, a blonde haired man was eating green slob.

Sora and Donald walked over to the buffet. Everything that was severed was nothing but slob. "Yuck…"

"No wonder no ones here…" Donald commented. "This is gross! We really shouldn't eat it…"

"But I'm hungry!" Sora whined.

Usagi's stomach spoke for itself and growled. "Me too…" She looked at the blonde haired man. 'He has spiky hair?' She shook that fact off and walked over to him. He looked up when he heard her foot steps. "Um…. Is that good?" Usagi asked pointing to his plate.

He looked down at it for while. Thinking that he wasn't going to answer, Usagi turned around. "Not really…." He started. Usagi turned just enough to look at him. "But it's the best they got."

Usagi nodded. "Thanks." She quickly walked back to the others. "The green stuff is the best they got."

"I hate green food…"Goofy whined.

/…/

After eating and sleeping a bit, Sora and Usagi are up and about, exploring. Exploring, was one of their favorite things to do back at the island. "This is a pretty big place." Sora said.

"Yeah… Oh! Did you see that guys weapon?" Usagi asked. Sora shook his head. "How could you not!" Sora shrugged. "Well, it's this wide…" Usagi spread her arms to show Sora the width. "And it's pretty long…"

"That is big…" Sora said.

"We might have to fight him…"

Sora smiled. "I can't wait!"

"Me too! What a challenge!" They continued to walk. "Hey…" Usagi looked at the sign above the door. "Training Area…."

Sora pushed himself against the door. "We can't go in… That's cheating."

"It's not cheating…" Sora gave her a questionable look. "It's studying your opponent's…. ability…."

"….Fine…" Sora turned around and opened the door. Behind it was a wide hallway with doors on each side.

"I'll take the left, you take the right." Usagi instructed.

Sora nodded and started opening each door. Halfway through, he started to hear some sounds. 'Battle cries?' he thought. He skipped two doors and pressed his ear to it. Yup. Those are battle cries alright. Sora turned the knob and opened it a little bit. He peeked inside and the blonde haired man. Sora's jaw dropped. His attacks looked so powerful and precise! How are they going to beat him! The man suddenly stopped training. 'Crap! Did he see me!' He didn't. The man took his shirt off and leaned on his sword. Sora examined the sword. 'We're so dead…'

"Find something?" Usagi asked.

Sora jumped and blocked her view of the shirtless man with himself. "Nothing so interesting…" Sora laughed. It was an obvious fake laugh.

"Let me see anyway…"

"Nope…"

"Move…"

"Nope…"

"Fine…" She tried to push pass him but Sora blocked her with his arm. Usagi used more force to get by him. This caught Sora off guard and he lost his balance. He fell and Usagi came down with him. "Ow! Sora, Get the hell off of my leg!"

"Get the hell off of my arm!"

"Ahem…"

Sora and Usagi looked at the man. "Um…." They quickly got up. "We'll leave you to your training…" Sora said as they inched to the door.

"Bye!" Usagi slammed the door.

"Why you blocking my view of a shirtless guy, I would never know." Usagi said to Sora. "Unless…"

"Don't even go there!" Sora yelled. Usagi laughed.

"Where is everybody?" Goofy asked. The waiting room was practically empty. The same blonde hair man was on the other side, leaning against the wall with his arms crossed and his head down.

Phil walked in. "Cloud." Cloud looked up. "Your on." Cloud pick up his massive sword and walked out.

"Who' he up against?" Sora asked.

Phil shrugged. "A bunch of freaks with heart symbols on them."

"The heartless!" Goofy burst out. He covered his mouth with his hands. "Opps…"

"The what?" Phil gave Goofy a confused look.

"Nothing." Donald said.

Phil looked outside. "Well, Spike's done. You guys are up."

"Let's show spike what we can do…" Usagi said.

/…/

Well, I'm shocked! You guys survived five matches!" Phil said.

"Ha!" Donald said. "Piece of cake!"

"Where?" Goofy looked around. Donald hit him with his staff. It wasn't hard but it was hard enough to knock some sense into him.

On the other side of the coliseum, Cloud was watching them, Sora and Usagi specifically. Hades appeared beside him. "You're going to fight those two little punks. So don't blow it."

"The great god of the Underworld is afraid of a couple of kids?" Cloud chuckled. "Sorry but my contract says…"

"I know what it says! I wrote the damn thing!" Hades said, infuriated. The flame on his head turned red, along with the rest of him. "I know you're only suppose to kill Hercules in this tournament. But in order to do so, you have to eliminate those two brats." Cloud looked at him. He had calmed down and was blue again. Cloud then walked off to prepare for his next match. Hades sighed. "Suckers like him are hard to come by."

/…/

Sora and his pals stood in front of Cloud. All of them are in their battle stances ready to attack each other. Cloud attacked first, lunging forward with sword pointing at them.

"Blizzard!" Donald hit him in the chest and stopped his attack. Sora took this time to attack. He ran toward Cloud and swung his Keyblade. Cloud easily blocked the assault and threw Sora back. He landed on Goofy. Usagi ran up and delivered a powerful side kick to Cloud's back. He was thrown forward. Donald tried to attack, but Cloud hit him with the blunt side of his sword, sending him way across the arena. Usagi was too slow on her next attack. Cloud turned around and cast a wind spell. She was blown across the arena in the opposite direction of where Donald was. Cloud then felt a sharp pain in his arm and then his side. He used his sword to block any other attacks.

"Time to end this…" Cloud said quietly. He swung his sword at Sora's own weapon. His keyblade flew out of his hands. He didn't have time to get it back. Cloud attacked again. Sora barely dodged. Cloud swung his a couple more times, causing Sora to stumble. The last assault was a vertical, upward swing, which knocked Sora off his feet. Before he could even sit-up, Cloud had his sword to Sora's throat. He glared at Cloud.

"Sora!" Usagi cried form her spot. She felt something warm and heavy on her shoulder. She looked at it. A clear, white slim was on her shoulder. "Eww!" She brushed it off.

Sora and Cloud looked her way. Sora gasped. "Usagi! Run!"

"Why?" she questioned. Usagi felt some warm air above her. It was like something was breathing on her. She looked up and saw three pairs of eye's looking back her. "Oh…" The three- headed dog roared. Usagi froze. It lifted up it's large paw and swung at her. She expected much pain to come. Instead, she heard a man's cry. She didn't feel any pain when she was thrown by the force of the paw. Usagi blinked and sat-up. Cloud was under her.

"Cloud! You okay!" she shook him, but he didn't respond. "Crap…"

"Phil, get them out of here!" Usagi looked at the source of the voice. A red haired man dressed in a roman armor (1) was holding back Cerberus. He looked behind himself. "Go! I'll take care of him!" Usagi nodded and left.

/…/

Phil stood by the door that lead to the arena. He noticed that the air was filled with worry. "Relax!" he told them. "Herc can handle Cerberus." There was a crash on the other side of the door. "Maybe not…"

Sora stood up from his spot on the floor. "I'm going in!"

"What!" Phil asked in disbelief. "It's Cerberus! A three-headed dog!"

"I'm not afraid." Sora said with his friends behind him.

"Okay…" Phil said. " I only have two words of advice for you…" Sora looked at him. "Attack!"

"Sora nodded. "Got it!" He and the rest of his team ran out. Usagi whistled to get Cerberus' attention. All three heads looked their way.

Donald pointed his staff at Cerberus. "Fire!"

Hercules ran passed the group with Cloud on his shoulder. "Thanks!" he said as he ran.

Usagi nodded. "Let's take this thing down!" Cerberus roared and stommped his paw down. One of the pillars fell on it's head. Cerberus was dizzy for a little bit, but it it shook it off.

"Not very smart…" Donald said.

Sora looked at Goofy. "Will you defend me and Usagi, Goofy?"

Goofy nodded. "Sure! Ayuck!"

Sora looked at Donald. "I attack with magic, right?" Donald guessed.

Sora nodded. "Me and Usagi will attack head on."

Cerberus shot a fireball at them while they were planning. Goofy blocked it with his shield. It became a hot rock at his feet. "Ready?" Goofy asked without looking at them.

"Yup!" Usagi answered. Goofy ran forward with his shield up.

"Blizzard!" Donald yelled. He cast the same spell several more times to distract Cerberus. Sora and Usagi began attacking the heads. Goofy used his shield to block Cerberus' fireballs and other attacks. Donald continued to cast spells. Cerberus begun to conjure another fireball. This one took longer. Eventually, Cerberus shot the fireball at Goofy. This one was larger than the previous ones. Goofy's shield couldn't handle it. Donald knew this. "Goofy!" he yelled. There was a hint of worry in his voice. "Push it back!"

Goofy was sweating from the intense heat. His ear twitched when he heard Donald. He put all of his strength into the shield. The fireball was shot back at Cerberus. It roared and fell on it's back. It shook the ground when it landed.

"Way to go, Goofy!" Sora cheered.

"Yeah!" Usagi agreed. "That was amazing!"

Goofy blushed and scratched the back of his head. "Gosh…"

/…/

Sora examined the heroes license in his hands. Usagi was looking at it over his shoulder. He looked up at Phil. "Junior heroes?"

Phil nodded. "You guys still don't know what it takes to be a real hero."

"So," Goofy begun. "What does it take?"

"You guys have to find out yourselves." Hercules answered. "Like I did."

"Well, we can start in the tournament, right?" Sora asked.

Phil chuckled. "There's not gonna be one for a while. Gotta clean up the mess. So, come back."

"Definitely!" Usagi said with excitement. "Can't wait!"

/…/

"Junior heroes…" Usagi repeated. "Bull crap…"

"I agree!" Donald said raising his hand in the air as if he was voting. They walked toward the steps where Cloud sat.

"You okay?" Usagi asked.

Cloud nodded. "Yeah…"

Usagi sighed. "That's good. Thanks, but you didn't have to protect me."

"It was nothing." Cloud replied.

"Anyway…" Sora said, changing the subject. "Why did you team up with Hades?"

"I'm looking someone." Cloud answered. "Hades promised to help. I tried to exploit the power of darkness… but it backfired. I fell into darkness, and I lost my light."

"You'll find it." Sora said, encouraging him. He looked at Usagi. "We're searching too…"

"For your light?" Cloud asked. Sora nodded. Cloud stood up. He walked over to Usagi and gave her something. He closed her hand using his own. "Don't lose sight of it." Cloud started walking back to the lobby.

"How about a rematch sometime?" Sora asked. Cloud stopped and looked at him. "Fair and square, no dark powers involved.

"I think I'll pass…"

"Okay then…" Usagi begun. "How about with magic?"

Cloud smiled. "That sounds great."

"Great!" Usagi turned her back to him and faced the others. "Let's tell Leon how Goofy defeated Cerberus."

Sora chuckled. "He wouldn't believe it!"

They were gone. Cloud was standing in the huge area alone. "You've grown so much…" he said to no one in particular. "My little miracle…"

/End of Chapter 8/

We'll I'm done with this chapter. I'm so happy! Please review! I would love to know your reaction on the chapter!

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