- Authors Note -

A quick note before reading, for this fic I want you to basically picture older Zack. I just wanted to say this right now. I hope you enjoy and remember to drop a review telling me what you think.

- Olympus Coliseum/Meg's Room -

Ashley sighed as she woke up from the harsh training "Ohh I'm sore all over.." she sighed as she stared out the bedroom window. "Ohh so your finally awake?" she heard a woman's voice say as she looked towards the door as Meg stepped in with a tray of cheese and crackers "I thought you'd be out cold the rest of the day!" she smirked as she placed the tray down, next to the night stand a she rested a hand on her hip "Sorry about not saying anything but once you get Phil going then there's no stopping him..." Meg smirked as she sat on the edge of the bed "So how are you feeling?" she asked, looking at Ashley as she straightened her dress slightly.

Ashley laughed a little when she heard what Meg said about Phil. She then smiled at Meg "Besides being ridiculously sore I'm fine, his training really IS intense!" she smiled as she started to stand up "Ow..." she mumbled as her legs felt like jelly. Meg then rolled her eyes as she gently pushed Ashley back into a sitting position "At least eat before you try and get up, you probably haven't had anything to eat all day..." she said as she placed her hands on her hip with a slightly annoyed look. Ashley was about to say something when her stomach gave a loud growl as she blushed slightly "Maybe a little bit..." she said as she quickly devoured the cheese and crackers Meg a put for her.

Once Ashley finished the tray of food she froze as she looked over at Meg who had a smirk on her face. Ashley blushed as she covered her face with her hands "I'm so sorry but when I'm hungry and someone puts food in front of me..." she said as her face flushed from embarrassment as Meg laughed "Heh ha heh Don't worry about it, I'm used to it my now..." she smirked as she motioned for Ashley to follow , which she did since she didn't feel as weak.

Meg and Ashley talked as they made their way back towards the Coliseum where Ashley heard the sounds of battle cry's and pots breaking. Once her and Meg stepped into the Coliseum they both watched as Zack and the muscular man Ashley saw earlier training. Ashley glanced at Meg and was about to ask who the other guy was when said man came running over, much to Phil's outrage. "Hey Meg!" he smiled as he then glanced at Ashley and smiled "Hey, hope Phil didn't run you into the ground to hard!" he laughed as Phil came over ranting "...and did I SAY training was over!? You might be a hero but that doesn't excuse you from training and...oh Ashley, ya here for more training?" he stopped mid rant as he smirked with a glint in his eye.

But once again before Ashley could respond Zack came running over as he put his sword back in it's holder "Calm down Phil, the poor girl passed out earlier and she wasn't even half way done with your training!" Once he said that Ashley's normally tan face paled at the realization that there was more training then what she had done. Soon the three men started arguing over who knew what as she heard Meg sigh "Ugh..if your wondering that muscle guy's name is Hercule's, I call him Wonder Boy though..." she rolled her eyes "...He's one of Phil's best hero's and my meat headed boyfriend..." she finished explaining as she shook her head while Ashley just laughed a bit at her explanation.

Apparently Hercules heard Meg because he quickly turned to Meg with a pout "Hey! I'm not a meat head!" he cried as he continued to pout. Meg just smirked "Did I forget to mention he's a bit of a softy?" her and Ashley giggled while Hercules continued to pout and whine to Meg. She suddenly felt a tap on her shoulder as she turned as saw Zack who wore a smile on his face "Seriously though, you alright? Phil's training CAN be pretty harsh sometimes..." he asked as he rested his sword on his shoulder. Ashley rolled her eyes as she smirked "Geez I don't need people constantly worrying over me!" she exclaimed as she fixed her papou fruit hair piece.

"Oh really now girly?" they all heard a voice say and everyone got into a combat position as a swirling mass of black and blue fire appeared in the center of the arena. And there stood Hades with a devilish smirk on his face "...I mean really, isn't it a good thing to have friends worry over you...unless you don't have any friends then..." Hades rambling was cut short by Hercules who glared at him as he hid Meg behind him "What are you doing here Hades, what do you want!?" she shouted as he held his glare. Hades just glanced at Hercules "You know it's rude to interrupt someone when they're speaking!" he growled, blue flames sprouting from where he stood.

He quickly calmed himself down as he simply shrugged his shoulders "To think, all I did was come here out of nothing but good will!" he laughed slightly as his hands started to glow "Well then...I think it's about time for me to teach you a lesson!" he shouted as a dark mist appeared in front of him and there stood the heartless known as the 'Guard Armor' "I'd love to stay and watch but I've got thing I have to do, later!" he smirked as he vanished in a cloud of black smoke.

Ashley quickly summoned her Mysterious Abyss keyblade, Zack drew his sword, and Hercules raised his fists as he glanced behind him "Phil, keep Meg safe for me!" he ordered as Phil quickly nodded and dragged Meg towards the safety of the waiting area. "This guy doesn't look so tough!" Zack smirked as Ashley nodded her head in agreement "Yeah, there's three of us and one of him! We've got this!" she smirked as Hercules said nothing, examining it for a moment. Then without hesitation Zack and Ashley were the first to charge the heartless.

Zack was the first to swing as he slashed at the body of the heartless while Ashley quickly went to work on trying to aim for the head. The Guard Armor retaliated by swinging it's arms in a sweeping motion. Ashley quickly did a dodge roll she learned from Phil earlier and avoided the attack while Zack used his sword to simply block the attack. Ashley and Zack once again attacked in unison as they both charged the body, which was a bad move on their part as the body lowered itself slightly and soon it's whole body and arms were spinning at a ridiculous speed, which knocked both Zack and Ashley to the ground.

"Oww..." Ashley groaned before she saw one of the giant feet of the creature being raised to stomp on her. Ashley's eyes widened as she completely froze on the spot, unable to move a muscle. "Haaaaaaa!" She heard a cry as Hercules came out of nowhere and punched the heartless away, causing it to stumble several feet back with a decent sized dent now in it's armor "You can't freeze up like that, if you do then It'll be the end for you!" Hercules said, now completely serious before charging at the heartless again.

Ashley quickly shook her head as she stood up 'Sora saw potential in me...I can't prove him wrong!' she thought as she quickly stood up and smirked as she pointed her keyblade the Guard Armor "Freeze!" she shouted as she shot the 'Blizzard' at the heartless. The spell made contact after Hercules knocked it into the spell, which froze a couple parts in place. The three of them all charged the heartless at once but were caught off guard when the arms and feet separated from the main body. The arms quickly hovered over to Ashley and started to swing at her, the feet went towards Zack, which left the main body to Hercules.

Ashley went into a motion of blocking attacks and attacking the arms when she could. She got several strikes on the arms, which soon made her realize that any damage done to one arm would be dealt to the other. So she quickly went to work, focusing on on arm in particular. Then out of the corner of her eye she saw fairing decently enough against the feet when suddenly one of the feet kicked Zack's sword away which caught him by surprise and the other foot kicked him square in the chest, sending him flying out of the ring.

Ashley quickly turned towards him in shock "Zack are you alri...!" was all she could get out before she felt the back of a hand smash her left cheek and sent her sailing though the air and landing a couple of feet from Zack. 'Dammit...I got distracted...' she thought to herself as she felt a large bruise forming on her left cheek. As she laid there she then spit out a small amount of blood before she felt one of her teeth had been knocked loose from the blow 'My teeth!' she cried in her head as she tried forcing herself to stand up, but the blow was harsh and left her very disoriented.

She suddenly felt a hand rest on her shoulder as she laid there "Relax *gasp* Herc's got this..." she heard Zack wheeze as if he was having trouble breathing. She then managed to raise her head slightly to watch Hercules finish the Guard Armor off.

Hercules quickly saw Zack and Ashley get defeated and glared at the heartless "How dare you hurt my friends!" he growled before charging at the heartless whose limbs had since returned to the main body. He avoided several strikes from the heartless before slamming the main body with several powerful punches. He continued this for a moment before a stroke of luck came when the head rolled off the body which caused the rest of the body to start searching for it. Hercules quickly took advantage of this moment and started pounding his right fist onto the head, while his left hand held it in place. The head didn't seem even close to cracking when suddenly once of the punches went right though the head.

The rest of the body that was searching froze before all falling down with a loud clattering noise. The heartless itself then vanished in a cloud of smoke as Hercules finally stood up and walked over to Ashley and Zack "Are you two alright?" he asked, looking at his fallen comrades. Zack quickly nodded his head "Besides a bit of trouble breathing, I'm fine..." he said as he held his ribs. Ashley had to hold onto Zack's shoulder to keep herself up "Besides one of my teeth almost coming out I'm fine..." she groaned as she looked down at her Mysterious Abyss.

She quickly remembered the second spell she learned from Sora 'Please work...' she thought as she pointed her keyblade to the sky "Heal!" she said as she felt her body become engulfed in a soft green glow. The she was so thankful the the bruise all but disappeared and even more thankful that her tooth was no longer loose. However she didn't realize that she still felt most of the pain from earlier as she clutched her head in pain "This really sucks..." she groaned before she head running from behind her.

Meg quickly walked over to the group with a smirk "Not bad Wonderboy..." she laughed before planting a quick kiss on Hercules cheek, which caused him to blush. "You two are still rough around the edges but you guys have what it takes..." Phil commented, looking at Zack and Ashley. She just shook her head "I just want to relax and get something to eat right now..." she said, closing her eyes as she rubbed her temples. Hercules nodded as he looked at the group "I agree with her, I'd say this calls for some relaxation time..." he announced as everyone but Phil gave a sigh of relief.

- Castle of Dreams -

Dylan quickly stood his ground as the heartless sent a tentacle at him as the first attack. Dylan quickly raised his Sweet Memories keyblade up to guard the attack. The tentacle quickly went for a sweeping motion and smacked Dylan aside as he went sliding several feet on the ground before finally stopping "Damm that hurt..." he said to himself before he saw several tentacles coming down on him like spears.