The second chapter is here, I hope you'll like it, and thanks for the review manga1357 and TWI1IGHTMAST3R :)
Chapter 2: The Cerberus Cup
The next day finally arrived, the four Keyblade warriors walked inside the Coliseum Lobby to wait for the announcement, while waiting Phil, Hercules, Meg, and Zack came "Hi there, guess you slept well last night, huh?" Zack greeted with a smile.
"Looks like yer ready for the match, eh?" Phil asked the four Keyblade warriors while putting his hands on waist.
"Of course!" Sora exclaimed, putting his hands behind his head as usual "In fact, I can't wait for my turn."
"Well then, go show em who's the boss." Hercules while giving the spiky brunette a good luck thumbs up.
"Good luck and be careful, we all rootin for you." Meg said with reassuring smile.
As the fours nodded, finally Phil told the four the rules "Okay, so here are da rules: 1. No summons in battle, 2. Fight with all of your strength and might, and lastly you can give up if you feel you can't fight anymore. Got those covered?"
But the others ignored him as he told them the rules, making Phil weakly sighed "Some heroes indeed." Aqua was talking to Kairi about her magic and her limit break, while Sora and Riku were talking about how he will face the Rock Titan, since Riku never faced it before. On the other hand Hercules, Meg, and Zack wnt to find their spectator seats while talking about anything that changed to the Coliseum after Zack was gone. Back to Sora and Riku, suddenly the silver haired teen changed their topic.
"So Sora, when will you tell her?" Riku asked him with a devious face.
Sora's face suddenly turned red, didn't expect that Riku would ask that "Huh!? Wha-what are you talking about Riku!?" .
"Don't deny it, of course I'm talking about Kairi, do you think I didn't see the picture inside the secret place? The one that shows both you and Kairi share the Papou fruit? " Riku replied.
"Um, well about that I…" "Just tell her already, I bet she has the same thing for you." Riku interrupted Sora before he could even think any excuses.
At the same time Aqua came to them, wondering what they were talking about "Hey, what are you boys talking about?"
"We are talking about how Sora will con-" "Configure my strategy for my last match, Aqua, right Riku?" Sora interrupted him while covering Riku's mouth with his hand and gave him a warning glare that said 'tell her and I'm gonna whack you again like last time in Hollow Bastion.' scared with his threatening glare, Riku immediately nodded at Aqua.
Aqua looked at them confusedly like they were trying to hide something, but she decided to let it slide "Ah well, anyway the Cerberus Cup will begin, I better go, wish me luck, okay?" The two then nodded, and finally Sora released his hand from Riku's mouth, sighing in relief.
"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Olympus Coliseum where the heroes fight the evil creatures and monsters. Now our first question is: Who will win the match? The heroes? Or the baddies? Anyway lets see the first match: Cerberus Cup where our contestant will fight the monstrous three headed guardian of the Underworld, CEEEEEERRRRBERRUSSSS! " the announcer exclaimed, making the crowds yelled happily.
"And now, who is the new challenger? None other than the Keyblade Master who not only good at battling, but also at appearance, AQUUUAAAAA!" The announcer said as Aqua entered the arena with her Keyblade armor already activated.
Aqua was surprised with the size of the arena, she didn't expect that the arena would bigger than before, 'probably because I'll fight a giant creature.' she thought. Not long after that, The giant cage in front of her was opened, revealing an angry gigantic three headed dog jumped to the arena, it didn't have any pupils on its eyes, instead the eyes were glowing with purple aura, also the teeth that the dog had were quite sharp as they could break a structure in a single chomp.
"This is it." Aqua said to herself and then summoned her Stormfall Keyblade, after a moment the round bell finally rang.
(The Fight for my Friends - Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories)
Aqua tried to make the first attack, but suddenly Cerberus jumped toward her. Didn't expect that, she tried to dodge to the other side of arena and saved from the giant dog's stomp, but still shaken by the tremors it had caused. Tried to distract it a bit, Aqua used the Firaga Burst magic. A giant fireball then was formed on the tip of her Keyblade. With a full swing, Aqua tossed the fire sphere upward to sky. Cerberus was caught in surprise as it saw many fireballs fell down from the giant fire sphere and screamed from the smaller fireballs, Aqua quickly use this moment to think another strategy.
"Aqua, behind you!" Sora yelled from the spectator seat, Aqua then turned back and found that Cerberus was behind her. Now, angered from the last attack, Cerberus tried to bite her with all of its heads, lucky for Aqua, she was quite agile to dodge most of its attacks. Frustated, Cerberus then stopped biting her and shot many dark fireballs. Aqua was taken aback because the fireballs could chase her like heat seeking missiles. Finding them quite hard to be dodged, Aqua used Reflega to block the attacks. A hexagonal patterned barrier then was formed around her, absorbing the dark fireballs and then reflected them as spray of lights that knocked the three headed guardian off.
"Taste your own medicine, you big bad doggie." Aqua mocked Cerberus. Now angered even more than before, Cerberus used its poison breath attack. Didn't expect that, Aqua was caught inside the poisonous mist. Slowly she could feel that her energy was depleting and had to recover from this condition. 'First, I have to get out from this stinky breath.' she then cast Aeroga to wipe the mist and clear her surroundings. Distracted by the Aeroga spell, Cerberus didn't realize that Aqua was already gone to the corner of arena, seeing this as an opportunity she raised her Keyblade and yelled "Heal!" a green aura then surrounded her along with a flower above her head, thanks for the Curaga magic, Aqua felt refreshed once again.
"Now the real fun starts!" Aqua exclaimed, now finally serious at his opponent, Aqua tried to attack one of the Cerberus's head. But as she was getting close to it, two other heads tried to bite her from the other sides. Suddenly Sora yelled from the spectator seat "Hold the two heads first! And when the middle head tries to attack you, jump and let their heads collide one another!" 'It seems Sora ever faced this creature before. Alright, here goes nothing.' Aqua thought as the two heads were trying to attack. Aqua then blocked them with her strength as long as she could. The middle head which finally recovered from last attack saw it and tried to bite her too.
Suddenly Aqua released the two heads and back jumped away, making the three headed dog collided its heads to each other. Stumbled from hitting its heads to one another, Cerberus began to lose its balance. (End of The Fight for my Friends) At the same time Aqua gracefully landed on her feet, she then saw Cerberus slowly collapsed and passed out. Believing that she had won, Aqua finally dismissed her armor and raised her Stormfall up to the air as her victory pose.
"And now, the winner is AQUA!" the announcer exclaimed, making the crowds yelled in happy for Aqua's victory. "Oooh yeah, that's my girl!" Zack exclaimed with high voice that almost yelled and jumped in excitement, making the muscular scary looking spectator in front of him glared at the raven haired SOLDIER. Zack's face turned pale and immediately sat back, afraid if he made him upset. Hercules and Meg only snickered, finding it quite sunny.
As she walked back inside the lobby, the others congratulated her for her win. Riku was the first, then Kairi was the next one, while Sora followed them from behind.
"You were great back there." Riku said.
"Yeah, congratulations for your victory Aqua." Kairi added.
"Thanks for that, but maybe I couldn't win if Sora didn't warn me and give me that advice, right Sora?" Aqua replied as she looked at Sora.
"No problem, glad to help. Besides I ever faced it twice, once on the Underworld and once on Hades Cup." Sora replied with grin on his face while putting his hands behind his head again as usual.
"Well, I guess I better ready for the next match." Riku said while stretching his neck and shoulder.
"Yeah, go and show them who's the boss." Sora said, giving him a good luck fist.
"Be careful out there, okay?" Kairi said.
"Thanks guys, and see you after the match." Riku replied then finally walked to the arena for the next match: Rock Titan Cup.