Kingdom Eds: Rise of Darkness
Chapter 5: The Edlympics
As the gummi ship had headed for its new course, the Olympic Coliseum, the kids of the cul-de-sac were talking to each other about their home and their friends, and what they did.
"Well Sora, we would usually scam the cul-de-sac out of their money, but I wouldn't have any part in it." Alex said smugly. Eddy growled at him.
"What!? Most of them scams were your ideas too ya know!" Eddy shouted. Alex had shaken his head at Eddy.
"Yes Alex, you must not forget that sewer water incident. You almost flooded the cul-de-sac you know." Double D lectured. Alex just smirked at his sock-hat wearing friend.
"Well if you guys had read my instructions properly we would have filtered that water successfully, besides you went ahead with the plan even though I said it was risky." Alex challenged. Ed had put on his dopey smile.
"What about the mole mutants?" Ed asked dumbly. Alex had looked at Ed.
"I'm looking at one right now." Alex sneered. Nazz had frowned at the insult, as did Double D. But Eddy seemed to be laughing his socks off.
"Oh man! Ooh Alex, I'm busting' a gut!" Eddy shouted laughing. Nazz and Double D however had thought differently.
"That was mean Alex! You shouldn't have said that!" Nazz exclaimed. Sora was chuckling, but when Nazz gave him the evil eye and the death glare he immediately shut up. Alex had put his arms up in defence at the glaring Nazz.
"Okay, I'm sorry Ed." Alex said. "But it's still true!" Eddy started laughing loudly and joined by Sora and surprisingly, Ed.
"Alex!" Nazz threatened, grabbing him by his collar.
"Keep it down; we're trying to find the Olympic Coliseum!" Donald shouted. The group started to quieten down, as they whispered to themselves. The ship had rocked left and right a bit, like an earthquake had happened.
"Sorry, we crashed through a meteor!" Goofy exclaimed. A few minutes had passed and the gummi ship had suddenly stopped.
"Hey, what's the hold-up?!" Eddy asked irately.
"We're at the Olympic Coliseum!" Donald answered. The party had gotten out of the gummi ship and walked inside. It was the entrance to the Coliseum inside but it looked pretty nice. There was some Greek architecture, such as the pillars. The floor was filled with sand and the sky was blue and barely cloudy.
"Cool..." Ed muttered. Eddy jogged forward as he beckoned towards the group.
"Come on guys!" Eddy shouted rudely. The party just followed Eddy inside. It was particularly small; a short half-goat half-man was looking at a trophy case. Hearing the doors open, he ordered the group to move the square shaped rock. They tried to move it but it was too heavy.
"The thing's too darn heavy!" Eddy shouted.
"What!? Too heavy!?" The goat man asked. He turned to find Eddy, and looked rather disappointed.
"Oh... You're a shrimp!" He exclaimed. Eddy had growled at him.
"You're one to talk." Alex said. The goat man had stared at Alex, raising an eyebrow at him.
"What's it to ya kid?" He asked.
"We want to get into the games kind sir." Double D requested. The goat man had laughed, as if amused by Double D. Nazz, of course, was less than amused.
"Why won't you let us in!?" Nazz asked furiously.
"Two Words: You guys aren't heroes!" He replied.
"That's four words you moron." Alex said, insulting the goat man. He didn't look like he was amused by Alex's insult.
"Okay, if you guys are heroes... I wanna see a sparring match between your best fighters. If I'm impressed, I may consider training ya but if I ain't, four words: You're Outta Here!" He shouted. Alex had nodded in agreement.
"Alright, Ed... You and me!" Alex challenged. Ed had nodded, following the goat man and Alex in the arena. The others did so as well.
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The ones who weren't fighting were sitting on the seats in the arena, including a spiky blond haired man. Alex had gotten his long sword out and got into a fighting position, Ed did the same with his keyblade.
"Alright, 1 2 3 go!" The goat man shouted as he got out of the arena. A force field was created around the ring.
"Go on lumpy, you can do it!" Eddy shouted. The fight begun, Alex had charged at Ed with his sword in both hands. Ed had dashed towards Alex with keyblade in one hand. The two's weapons had clashed, a struggle of power between the two. Alex had smirked at Ed.
"Hey, you got better." Alex muttered. He then spun around, breaking the struggle and slashed Ed across the face with his sword, sending him backwards quite a bit.
"Ed! You okay!?" Eddy asked, worried for his friend. Ed had got up and drank a potion, healing his wound. He then ran at Alex in a zigzag pattern, hoping to confuse him. Alex stood ground, placing his sword on his shoulder. His sword was glowing with dark energy.
"Blade Beam!" Alex shouted as he slammed his sword on the ground. A beam of darkness came firing at Ed, who jumped straight over it.
"Alex! What are you doing!?" Double D asked with concern. The blond haired man was also surprised, that was one of his attacks. Alex had dashed towards Ed and slashed at him twice quickly, although Ed blocked both attacks. Alex had then jumped in the air with his sword high in the air, hoping to catch Ed off guard.
"Eat this!" Alex shouted. Ed had cast fire into Alex's face, and had rolled out of the way before Alex could hit him again. Alex had run at Ed with full speed, swinging his blade at Ed 8 times, which Ed had blocked, each and every one of them. The two were evenly matched. Suddenly, Ed had run at Alex and smashed his head with his keyblade. Stunning Alex, he then smashed his keyblade into Alex's side, winding him. And for the finishing blow had struck Alex upside his chin, sending him flying in the air. Alex wasn't finished; he rolled backwards on the ground and regained his position.
"Is that all?" Alex asked mockingly. Alex had walked slowly walked towards Ed, still retaining his posture. Ed had ran at Alex, hoping to catch him off guard however, Alex had dodged Ed's attack as if it was nothing. Ed slashed again but Alex had back flipped. Ed slashed one more time but his attack was parried by Alex. Alex took this chance to hit Ed with another attack. He hit Ed so hard with his sword he was sent flying into the air.
"Ragnarok!" Alex had shouted, jumping up into the air as he had sliced at Ed a couple of times, before sending a couple of energy beams at him. The two had landed on the ground, although Ed landed face first while Alex landed on his feet.
"That's it, the fights over!" The goat-man announced. The cul-de-sac kids, Donald, Goofy and Sora had run to the arena to tend to the fallen Ed. Nazz had glared at Alex angrily.
"Why did you do that dude!? That wasn't nice!" Nazz shouted. Ed had stirred a bit before regaining consciousness.
"Ed, how are ya feelin' big guy?" Eddy asked. Ed had smiled his usual dopey smile.
"Buttered Toast!" Ed shouted.
"Yep, he's fine." Eddy said. However Eddy had gotten up and walked towards Alex.
"You idiot, did you HAVE to go all out on him!?" Eddy questioned, poking Alex in the chest as he did so. Alex looked speechless, he could have killed Ed back there but he didn't. He was astonished, that final attack should have killed even the strongest of heartless but Ed had survived it? However, Alex had noticed that Eddy was talking to him and poking his chest.
"Sorry." Alex replied simply.
"What!?" Nazz bellowed "You almost kill your own friend and all you can say is "sorry"!?" Alex was feeling guilty, sweat dropping down his face. He looked around, no one was happy with him, not even the goat-man. He put his head down, ashamed. Alex had then walked out of the arena, with his head still down.
"Nazz, don't you think that was a bit too much?" Double D asked. Nazz had calmed down a bit, but was still a bit angry.
"He deserved it Double D!" Nazz answered.
"But I'm okay Nazz, what's wrong?" Ed asked. Nazz had breathed out deeply, being once again calm.
"What if you weren't alive after that attack Ed, you were lucky you survived... Those hits looked like they hurt, especially that fall on your head." Nazz answered. Ed, still with his dopey grin had stood up.
"Don't worry, I, Lothor will never expire! Just like my lucky cheese, Sheldon!" Ed shouted. He then got his lucky cheese out of his pocket, releasing a pungent smell.
"Phew Ed! I thought I got rid of that stupid cheese!" Eddy shouted. Double D had looked like a ghost.
"Get rid of that cheese now Ed!" Double D commanded. Ed put the cheese in his pocket. The goat-man finally was ready to speak.
"Well, not bad kid. After surviving that I'm sure you're ready for the games." He said.
"Really?" Ed asked. He nodded.
"But you need a pass, but since you ain't got one... scram!" He shouted, kicking them all out of the arena.
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Alex was sitting on one of the steps on the entrance, his head down on the ground. 'What if I... killed Ed?' Alex thought. 'Would they hold me responsible, a liability? Maleficent said I need their trust, what will happen if I lose it?' He saw the party walk towards him.
"Um, Alex, I'm sorry about last time." Nazz apologised. Alex had shaken his head as he stood up.
"No, you don't need to apologise, it was my fault I mean, and I could have hurt the big lug badly right?" Alex asked. He then looked at Ed with a sorry expression on his face.
"I'm sorry Ed, I got carried away." Alex said.
"It's okay, as long as I have my lucky cheese and fish bones, I will be A Okay!" Ed shouted. Alex had smirked.
"Alright then, let's get outta here." Alex said. However, before they could go anywhere, a weird looking person had popped out of nowhere in front of Alex. He looked like he had a flame on his head and had blue skin. He wore black Greek robes.
"Hey kid, he's a stubborn old goat eh?" He asked.
"Who the heck are you!?" Eddy questioned, looking at him suspiciously.
"You don't need to know that, what you need to know is that you need those passes to fight right?" He asked again.
"Yeah, but we don't have one. In fact we were just leaving." Alex told him. The flame headed man had materialised some tickets into his hand.
"Look at this, courtesy of God of the Underworld." He said. "I'm rooting for ya you little Shorty" He then disappeared, leaving the gang to their own devices.
"Convenient." Double D muttered. "Too convenient..." Alex had just shrugged, as did everyone else.
"So? It means we can be in the games and become heroes!" Eddy shouted. "And just imagine the money we will make as well!" Double D had inspected the tickets carefully, before deciding to rain on Eddy's parade.
"Sorry to burst your bubble Eddy, but this ticket says that the tournament is a non-profitable event. Seems there is no monetary gain." Double D informed. Eddy raised an eyebrow at his brainy friend, so Alex decided to give an explanation.
"It means you get no money. Nothing. Nadda. Zip. Zero." Alex explained. Eddy was red in the face, displaying feelings of anger.
"That's stupid!" Eddy shouted. But now that they had tickets, they might as well enter the games. They went back inside to see the goat-man again, and showed him their tickets.
"Wha'? How did you get those?" He asked.
"Can we get in now?" Sora asked, ignoring his question.
"Sure, but be careful, there are some weirdoes who signed up! Plus, only a couple of you can go out at a time, so choose wisely." He said. The group had gotten into a huddle, as they began to choose who should go.
"Alex and Ed, Alex for his strength and technique and Ed for his durability." Double D deduced.
"I think Double D should go in, you know, because he is smart." Eddy said a nervous smile on his face.
"And Eddy, because he is quick!" Ed shouted. Eddy began sweating bullets, who knows what could be waiting for him in the arena.
"Nah, I might be too fast." Eddy said. Alex had smirked at Eddy.
"Oh, what Eddy? Are you a big chicken?" Alex asked, making chicken noises and gestures. Eddy had growled.
"Oink! Oink! I'm a big chicken like Eddy!" Ed shouted, flapping his arms like a chicken. The others had laughed, so much it hurt. Finally Eddy had snapped, hating being called a chicken.
"Fine!" Eddy shouted. So, Alex and the Eds entered the tournament. Their friends had cheered them on, from the chairs. The first round had some heartless, but there was a new addition, a blue, small heartless. It looked like it had a hat on its head.
"Looks harmless!" Eddy said, however he was hit across the face by an ice spell.
"Hey!" Eddy shouted. He ran up to the heartless and smashed it with his keyblade, causing it to dissipate. Alex had slashed the shadow heartless with his long sword, instant-killing it. Ed did the same with his keyblade. Double D was having trouble, he was getting ganged up on by two shadows heartless and a blue coloured heartless. He cast a fire spell on the blue heartless, melting it but was having trouble with the shadows. Suddenly, Alex and Ed destroyed the two heartless, ending the round.
"Too easy!" Eddy shouted.
"Says you dork!" A voice retorted. They turned around to see no one other than Kevin. He was wearing his usual clothes and was sitting on a bench next to Nazz. Kevin was smirking at Eddy, mockingly waving his hand.
"Hey Kevin!" Ed shouted, waving back. Alex raised an eyebrow 'He shouldn't be here; the darkness should have swallowed him whole... Wait a minute.' Alex thought.
"Kevin, how did you get-" Alex was interrupted by a soldier heartless kicking him in the face. He got up and slashed it in half with his long sword.
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"So Nazz, how have you been?" Kevin asked. Nazz had smiled at him.
"I've been fine dude, what about you?" Nazz asked. Kevin had just smirked coolly at Nazz.
"I've been radical." Kevin replied.
"So Kev, where were you when Peach Creek got swallowed?" Nazz asked. Kevin had crossed his arms, trying to think.
"Uh, I can't really remember Nazz. After I got sucked up I was knocked out. And then I ended up in this dump!" Kevin replied. Nazz smiled sweetly at him.
"Do you have a weapon?" Nazz asked. Kevin stared at Nazz oddly.
"What?" He asked. Nazz had shaken her head.
"It's nothing dude." Nazz answered. Kevin and Nazz continued to talk to each other, as they watched the fight from above. They saw that Eddy had his hair on fire, before a heartless put it out with an ice spell.
"Ha ha! What a dork!" Kevin shouted. "Hey dorky, how about I give ya a knuckle sandwich after this is done?" Kevin asked. Eddy just raised his fist to him, before fighting the heartless again.
"That was mean Kevin, you shouldn't say those things." Nazz scolded. Kevin had put his hands up, a smirk plastered across his smug little face.
"Hey, I was only kidding around Nazz." Kevin said.
"Didn't sound like it." Sora interrupted. Kevin glared at Sora.
"And who are you, squirt?" Kevin asked. Sora had glared back at Kevin, not liking the red capped kid already.
"The name's Sora!" Sora said. Kevin had nodded, before watching the fight again. They were on round three, and it seemed like Alex and Ed were doing most, if not all of the work while Eddy and Double D were hardly trying.
"Hey, is that Alex?" Kevin asked "He seems to be a good fighter."
"Yeah that's Alex, you should have seen him fight Ed though, and he almost killed him!" Nazz exclaimed. Kevin looked at Nazz.
"What, fuzz top?" Kevin asked. "And Double Dork how's he?"
"He's fine; he has trouble fighting on his own but can come up with great double teams." Nazz replied. Kevin then looked next to Sora and found Donald and Goofy.
"What's up with the duck and the dog?" Kevin asked. Nazz looked at them both.
"I... Don't have a clue Kevin, let's get back to the fight, okay?" Nazz asked. Kevin nodded, and looked on the match with amusement.
"Come on dorky, I'm rooting' for ya!" Kevin exclaimed.
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They were still on the fourth round now, but decided to have a break. They sat on one of the benches, with the rest of the group running towards them. Alex had glanced up at Kevin, a questioning look on his face.
"Kevin, how did you get here?" Alex asked.
"I dunno Alex; last thing I remember was getting sucked up before landing up here." Kevin replied. Alex had nodded.
"So you don't wield the power of darkness?" Alex asked. Kevin had given Alex a dodgy look.
"The power of what now?" Kevin asked. Alex had shaken his head.
"He doesn't have a weapon either." Nazz informed. Alex had nodded his head.
"I see..." Alex muttered. The spiky haired man had passed by the group, looking down on them as he did so.
"He looks tough..." Kevin whispered. The goat-man then appeared.
"It's time for the fourth round; get your lazy butts in gear!" He shouted. Alex and the Eds got into the arena and got ready to fight. There were shadow and soldier heartless, and red and blue small heartless.
"Alright, I'll take the soldiers, Ed; you take the blue ones, Eddy, take the red ones and Double D, take shadows!" Alex ordered.
"Yes sir!" The Eds responded, doing their jobs. Alex had encountered three soldiers heartless, a piece of cake for him. Alex had first of all rushed at the soldier on the right and slashed it in half, instant-killing it. Alex had then dodged a spinning kick from one of the soldiers, and destroyed the other soldier. Alex had then ran at the soldier and stylishly slashed it, taking it out. Ed had two of the blue ones to worry about, because they always bounced about. So Ed used his guard ability when one of them would cast an ice spell and smash it with his keyblade. He did this pattern with the two enemies and beat both.
"Hey Ed, this is easy huh?" Alex asked.
"You bet!" Ed replied. Eddy was actually faring better than Double D, bouncing back the attacks of the red heartless and bashing them away. He used his speed as an advantage, outrunning their fire attacks and hitting them with his keyblade. There were two left, Eddy slashed one of them swiftly, taking it out. He then saw the other one hiding behind Double D, but it was crushed by Ed. Double D's job was made easier, as he had all of his friends backing him up. The Eds had taken out all of the shadows together while Alex just looked on. 'Not Bad' Alex thought.
"Fifth round!" The goat-man, now known as Philoctetes or for short, Phil announced. There were just ten of the blue heartless, now known as blue rhapsodies. Alex had rushed at the two of them and slashed them both in half. Ed, with his might managed to crush four under his blade. Six heartless were already taken care of. Alex and the Eds took out one heartless each, with Alex slashing one in half, Ed crushing one, Eddy swiftly slashing one and Double D casting fire magic on it and then slashing it.
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"Sixth round!" Phil shouted. Kevin was watching with wide eyes while the rest were analysing the match carefully.
"Alex and Ed are both strong, but Alex has more finesse while Ed is more of a powerhouse." Donald deduced. Kevin was trying to grasp all of this.
"I never knew that that dork could fight like that at all, ever!" Kevin exclaimed. Sora looked at Kevin with a smile.
"You should see Nazz, when she fights she puts them to shame!" Sora shouted. Kevin smirked at Sora.
"And what about you, what makes you so important?" Kevin asked, not in a mean way, surprisingly.
"I wield the keyblade." Sora said with a smile. Kevin had scoffed, not really impressed.
"So? Those dorks have key blades and Alex is sporting a gnarly looking sword there!" Kevin retorted. Sora had looked down on the ground, downtrodden.
"Well, if you put it that way..." Sora muttered. Nazz had given Kevin the evil eye.
"Kevin! Stop being mean to Sora!" Nazz shouted. Kevin, embarrassed had rubbed the top of his cap and had an embarrassed expression on his face.
"Sorry dude, just speaking my mind." Kevin apologised. They watched the match again as Nazz had made scrunched her face up, as she saw Alex chop the large body heartless in half.
"Ooh, now that's got to hurt!" Nazz exclaimed.
"Go one dudes, you can take them!" Kevin shouted, before realizing what he had said. "I mean come on you dorks!" 'Yeah, that's right' Kevin thought. When Alex had slashed the last heartless soldier, the round was over.
"Round 7!" Phil once again announced. The spiky haired man was standing across Alex and the Eds, brandishing his sword. It was of massive proportions, taller than Ed! It was bandaged but it still looked like it could be very sharp.
"Hey, that guy..." Kevin muttered. The man had rushed at Alex, taking him off guard. He knocked Alex back a bit, while stalking him.
"Hey, Jiminy, who's that?" Goofy asked. A cricket wearing a hat and a suit came out of his pocket and was looking into his book.
"Hmm, it says that he is Cloud Strife, an Ex-SOLDIER with a mysterious past. He wields the Buster sword." The cricket answered.
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Ed had ran at Cloud with full speed, but before he could hit him Cloud had swung his sword at him and flung him in the air.
"Whoa!" Ed exclaimed. Ed had spun in the air a little and then landed face first on the ground, but had then got back up. He then began to run at him again, his keyblade in the air. He was going to hit Cloud across the head but he wasn't going to take any of that, so he sent Ed back a few yards with his slash although Ed was still standing.
"This guy's tough, tougher than the crust under my bed!" Ed shouted. Eddy began to gear up for his special attack.
"Strike Raid!" Eddy bellowed, throwing his keyblade at the ex-SOLDIER. The keyblade was surrounded by an aura, which hurt Cloud more and sent him to the ground. He retrieved his keyblade, and did a victory pose.
"Ha, grandmaster Eddy is in the house!" Eddy exclaimed, whirling his keyblade over his head. But it wasn't over, Cloud had gotten up and jumped high in the air and landed his sword on Eddy, knocking him out. He then got his sword out of the ground, and looked towards the stranded Ed.
"I think I'll put you out of your misery." Cloud muttered, before putting his sword on his shoulder and gathering dark energy into it.
"Blade Beam!" He exclaimed, as he smashed his Buster Sword into the ground. A massive beam of darkness was sent hurtling towards Ed, coming ever closer to its target. The beam was within an inch of Ed's face...
"Ed!" Alex and Double D screamed. But Ed's keyblade was surrounded by a light aura as Ed brought his keyblade up. The beam of darkness was cut in half and had dissipated, surprising Cloud, Double D and Alex. Even those on the stands were surprised, but they started cheering. Well, except Kevin of course.
"Lothor will bring you your bacon!" Ed shouted, leaping towards Cloud. Things were looking up, or so it seemed... Cloud had brought his sword up as a shield, anticipating Ed's attack. But then, unexpectedly, Cloud had smashed his sword into Ed's side winding him and sending him to the far right side of the arena.
"Come on, is that all you've got?" Cloud asked mockingly. He then twirled his sword into the air, and actually jumped into the air to power up for his attack.
"Double D, stop him quick!" Alex shouted. Double D nodded as he tried his special attack, Ragnarok. He jumped into the air and, surrounded by a green and red aura.
"This will stop you!" Double D said, as he bashed him with his keyblade 12 times. Each hit was more powerful than the last, before finishing off with filling his keyblade with a lot of energy and crashing his keyblade across Cloud's head, sending the spiky haired warrior to the ground face first.
"Yeah! You did it Double D!" Alex exclaimed as Double D came back down to the ground. Before he could give Double D a hi-five though, his sock-hat wearing friend had fallen to the ground exhausted. As well as this, Alex saw Cloud get up, a fire burning up in his eyes.
"Well, this is good..." Alex said sarcastically. He got into a fighting stance, hoping that Cloud would fall on his knees at least. But he didn't, as he was slowly walking towards him.
"Okay kid, time for your nap time!" The blond shouted, as he dashed at Alex. He was surrounded by a dark aura, and when he hit Alex he was sent hurtling backwards. Alex was shifting in the ground, before slowly standing up. He got in position, and looked around: Double D was exhausted, Eddy was knocked out and Ed was slowly getting up. 'Great, just great...' Alex thought. He looked into his pocket, only one potion left...
"Here goes..." Alex muttered, throwing Ed a potion. Ed had drunk the liquid and sprang up to his feet.
"Ed, wake Eddy up will ya?" Alex asked. Ed nodded, as he grabbed Eddy by his shirt.
"You can wake up now Eddy!" Ed shouted, slapping Eddy across his face a lot of times with each one becoming harder and harder. Eddy had fluttered his eyes up, but was woken straight up by a stinging slap across his face.
"Knock it off Ed!" Eddy shouted, jumping away from his loveable oaf of a friend. The two ran to Alex and stood on either side of him. They got into a fighting stance, as they got ready to face the slowly advancing Cloud Strife.
"Alex, any ideas?" Eddy asked.
"Hmm, well..." Alex trailed off. "Just fight!"
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"Those dorks are getting creamed!" Kevin shouted. Nazz, Sora, Donald and Goofy were looking a bit concerned for their friends, what if they lost? Their opponent looked as if he was going to actually kill them; they had to take him out.
"Those dudes better do something or else!" Nazz advised. The others, even Kevin had nodded in agreement.
"Yeah, I mean, why doesn't Alex just use the power of darkness though?" Sora asked. They all shrugged, not knowing what to say.
"Let's just see what will happen..." Kevin muttered.
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Alex had ran to the right side of Cloud and had then jumped in his direction. He was going for a jumping slash but Cloud retaliated at the last minute, knocking Alex up in the air. Alex had landed on his feet, and ordered Eddy and Ed to rush him.
"What!?" Eddy asked incredulously, not believing what Alex just said.
"Just do it!" Alex shouted. Eddy and Ed had rushed Cloud at both sides while Alex rushed him in the middle. 'If this works...' Alex thought. And it did, while Cloud was distracted by both Eddy and Ed, he didn't notice Alex knock him in the air with his sword. He jumped high in the air and slashed Cloud with 11 slashes, each slash delivering explosive damage. Alex had charged his sword up again.
"Bye!" Alex shouted as he shot the many energy beams at Cloud, sounding a massive explosion of dust and light. When the dust settled and the light cleared, Alex had slung his sword over his back while Ed and Eddy sat on the ground, exhausted. Double D had just recovered, using his keyblade as a crutch. Cloud was lying back first on the ground, too tired and hurt to even move his finger. Alex was also exhausted and fell on his butt next to Ed and Eddy.
"Geez, what a rush!" Alex exclaimed, exasperated. Suddenly, the sound of gates opening had brought the attention of almost everyone, except Cloud who was knocked out. Then, a massive three headed dog had rushed out of the darkness and stared down at Alex, Cloud and the Eds with a hungry look in its eyes. Everyone in the arena was too tired to run, their friends on the stands kept shouting at them to get up but it was useless. The man with the fire on his head, known as Hades had smirked at the sight.
"Oops, one other rules... Accidents happen." Hades muttered, walking into the dark. The three headed dog, Cerberus was going to eat them all. But suddenly a man with large muscles wearing some armour had ran in between Cerberus and held all three of its heads at bay while looking behind him.
"Phil! Get them out of here!" He shouted. Phil had ordered Sora, Nazz, Kevin, Donald and Goofy to get Alex and the Eds out of the arena and into the lobby while leaving Cloud with Hercules. That was easier said than done, Alex, Eddy and Double D were light but Ed weighed a ton, so they dragged him in. When they were in the lobby, they left Alex and the Eds to lie against the wall, exhausted and bruised all over.
"Get your lazy butts in gear!" Kevin shouted. "We got to get that monster outta there!" The Eds and Alex had moaned, they couldn't move.
"We're too tired, you do it..." Alex muttered. Kevin had growled, kicking the dust on the floor. 'I can't do squat!' Kevin thought. Ed got out his keyblade, and handed it to Kevin.
"Here you go." Ed offered, giving Kevin his keyblade. Kevin did some strikes with his keyblade, but then it materialised back into Ed's hand.
"Don't you remember Ed? Only the chosen ones can wield the keyblade." Double D informed. Kevin looked even more irate.
" Hey Kevin, why don't you look after Alex and the Eds while me, Sora, Donald and Goofy go out and get rid of that beast!" Nazz exclaimed. Kevin nodded, sitting on a pedestal and looking over his "friends".
"Are you sure about this?" Phil asked with concern.
"Might as well get it over with." Nazz answered. "Okay guys! Let's get this show on the road!" Nazz, Sora, Donald and Goofy had run into the arena to confront Cerberus.
"She's sure got spunk." Phil said. The Eds, Alex and Kevin had chuckled.
"You sure got that right..." Kevin muttered.
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The four soon to be junior heroes had run to the arena, between Hercules and Cerberus. Hercules had Cloud perched over his shoulder, and looked at the group with concern.
"You sure?" The hero asked. They glanced at Hercules over their shoulders.
"Just do it!" Donald ordered. He nodded, running into the lobby. They all got out their weapons, as they stared up at the menacing Cerberus. The party had gulped, wondering if this was such a good idea after all. 'No, I can't think that! I have to stay strong.' Nazz thought. They got into attack positions, and started the battle.
"So, how are we going to do this?" Sora asked.
"Go for the heads!" Nazz answered. They all nodded, and they began targeting their attacks on the head of Cerberus. But things weren't going to be that easy, you see Goofy had tried to get near Cerberus, but ended up being stood on by him. Goofy was okay, but he was slightly paralysed from the attack. Donald had cast a fire spell on one of its faces, and smiled triumphantly.
"Ha!" Donald shouted. Cerberus had glared down at the duck, flaring its nose down at him. It looked ready to bite Donald, but Sora and Nazz had hit the one of the heads with their weapons and stunned it. Donald had run quite far away, until he had gotten to the steps. He had then cast a thunder spell on the monster's head. Cerberus had roared with all of his might, breathing fireballs out of his mouth, aiming for Donald. The duck had squawked loudly, running around the stairs trying not to get hit by the fireballs.
"A bit of help here!?" Donald asked, dodging yet another fire attack. Goofy had suddenly gotten up, and had stood next to both Sora and Nazz.
"Hey you two, so how's it going'?" Goofy asked. The two had just pointed towards Donald, being barraged by a lot of fire attacks.
"We've got to help Donald!" Goofy shouted. Nazz had looked at Sora, a crafty and mischievous smile on her face. Sora had looked at her with a worried and concerned look on his face.
"I've got a plan!" Nazz announced, grabbing Sora by his shoulders.
"H-hey! What're you doing!?" Sora questioned. Nazz had thrown Sora onto Cerberus' back, with Sora landing on his back. Cerberus had stopped attacking temporarily, moving his three heads around.
"Geez, Nazz has a lot of upper body strength." Sora said. This was enough to tip off the three heads, as they turned around to look at him. He smiled nervously, rubbing the back of his head.
"Um, hey... uh..." Sora muttered. The three heads tried to bite him but they couldn't, they couldn't stretch their heads well enough to reach him. Sora got up, and smashed his keyblade in between one of the heads eyes. He then smacked another head with his keyblade, and cast a bit of fire magic into the other face.
"How do you like that?" Sora asked, mocking it. Donald had cast thunder magic onto the beast's head, prompting the three heads to target Donald. But then it began to stoop to the ground, darkness dripping out of its mouth.
"Yeah, we won!" Donald shouted. Suddenly, puddles of darkness had come underneath Nazz's, Donald's and Goofy's feet.
"Get out of the way!" Nazz shouted, as a massive stream of darkness had come beneath them all. However before it hit them, they got out of the way. Then another stream of darkness came after that. They just kept on running, dodging the pools of darkness. Although Sora didn't have to, he struck the neck of one of the heads, startling it. The head had turned around and had glared at Sora, its eyes bloodshot. It was about to bite him, but Sora had stuck his keyblade in between his mouth.
"Fire!" Sora exclaimed, a massive ball of fire going down the throat of the head. The head had become unconscious, and was inactive. The two other heads had looked down at the fallen one, and growled. It looked as if the two heads had argued between each other, snapping at each other with their teeth.
"Wow, it's as if they are arguing, kinda like Alex and the Eds." Nazz noted. Goofy had laughed loudly, a funny look on his face.
"Kinda cute." Goofy said. The two heads suddenly stopped bickering, identifying the source of the fallen foe. The two stretched their heads to find Sora, and began to snarl at him. Fire began to build up in their mouths, as they seemed to have been charging up for an attack. They then breathed fire at Sora, causing the boy to jump off of their back. He landed on his feet, but he was in trouble now as Cerberus was hot on his tail.
"Hey guys!? Any help would do wonders for me right now!" Sora exclaimed. Nazz had put her palm on her chin, observing the situation. Goofy was looking frantic, worried about Sora and the fact that they could lose a keyblade wielder.
"Nazz, you've got to do something quick!" Goofy shouted. 'It may not work though... I still have to try' Nazz thought.
"Goofy, follow my lead." Nazz said. She ran in front of Cerberus, and pulled a raspberry in his face.
"Come and get me! Or are you a little chicken?" Nazz asked, flapping her wings like a chicken and making chicken noises. Cerberus didn't like that too much, breathing fire at her. She dodged it, and ran like mad as she was being chased by the now two headed dog. She stopped, as she whispered something into Donald's ear.
"What?" Donald asked.
"We've got no time, just does it?" Nazz ordered. Donald nodded and gulped, if this worked, they could put away Cerberus for awhile. But if they failed... Cerberus had halted, looking down on the two. Nazz had crouched, and had then jumped high in the air and looked at one of the heads in the eye.
"Thunder blade!" Nazz shouted. Donald had cast thunder onto Nazz's sword, as she crashed her blade onto the right head of Cerberus. Electric volts had circulated around the guardian of the underworld's body, as Cerberus had slumped to the ground unconscious. There was a massive thud and a massive tremor, but the party had jumped in the air and cheered, victorious.
"Yeah! We did it!" Nazz shouted. "Let's check up on them." The group ran back into the lobby, as they went to check up on Alex, Kevin and the Eds.
Xxx
Nazz had walked in the lobby, a proud expression on her face. Alex and the Eds had fully recuperated, their wounds healed and gone. Kevin was also okay, he still looked the same.
"I'm guessing by that thud and tremor, you guys won?" Alex asked.
"You bet, and the fact that we are standing right in front of you proves it!" Nazz exclaimed. "He didn't even know what hit him!" Nazz had her hands on her hips. Alex was leaning against the wall, and had stood upright.
"So, ready to go?" Alex asked.
"We don't have enough room for Kevin!" Nazz shouted. 'Oh shoot, she's right... wait.' Alex thought.
"Hey Kevin, you can come with me in my ship." Alex said. Kevin raised an eyebrow at him.
"Really?" Kevin asked. Alex had nodded. Hercules also walked into the lobby, holding something in his hand.
"Hey, watcha got there?" Goofy asked, pointing at Hercules' hand. He then showed some sort of certificate, which said junior heroes on it.
"I think that since you guys did a great job, you become official junior heroes!" Hercules announced, giving everyone each a certificate. Alex had looked at it, feeling somewhat guilty. 'Am I really a hero?' He thought.
"Hey, what do you mean, junior heroes!?" Eddy questioned a burning look in his eyes. Donald had the same look, pointing his finger at the hero.
"Yeah, what's the big idea!?" Donald questioned. Hercules had sighed, a smirk planted on his face.
"You have to find out how to be a true hero, just like the way I did." Hercules said. Donald and Eddy growled, annoyed that they went through so much trouble to find out that they were only 'Junior Heroes'. The junior heroes had walked out of the lobby and near the exit of the world, where they saw Cloud Strife sitting on a bench.
"Are you okay?" Sora asked. Cloud suddenly stood up, and walked to Sora.
"I exploited the power of darkness, but it backfired." Cloud answered. Sora had crossed his arms.
"Why did you work with him anyway?" Sora asked. Cloud had looked down on the ground.
"I'm looked for something, my light." Cloud said. He then handed Sora something, before walking away.
"I'm looking for my light too." Sora said. Cloud stopped, and glanced over to Sora.
"Your light? Don't lose sight of it..." Cloud muttered. He then looked at Alex, with a stern look on his face.
"That goes for you as well." Cloud ordered.
"Hey, why don't we fight again sometime, no dark powers involved?" Sora asked. Cloud had ruffled his hair before walking off.
"I think I'll pass." Cloud replied, walking away into the lobby. The group then walked through the exit to the next world, but after they went...
Xxx
"Hercules, he's the guy you like, always there to help... He is perfect... Perfectly infuriating!" Hades shouted, becoming red with anger. He suddenly calmed down though, becoming blue again.
"No need to get angry Hades, you've got everything in place, no need to worry..." Hades assured to himself. Maleficent had soon appeared, a smug grin on her face.
"I see that you appear to have everything in order." Maleficent noted. Hades turned around, not too happy to see her.
"Huh? Why are you here? Buzz off will you you're cramping my style." Hades said. Maleficent had bowed down to Hades mockingly.
"As you wish." Maleficent whispered, before cackling and travelling through a portal of darkness.
TBC...