Authors Note: Greetings my wonderful readers! I know that after such a long break you were doubtful about me actually updating this week. So this is me proving you wrong! Anyways, thanks so much to: kingdomdisney, Xxnikkigirl123xX, and Wormo the Green Lantern for their thoughtful reviews. Thanks also to Fionn Rose for adding the Key's Keeper and The Beat of My Heart to their favorite stories list and me to their favorite authors list. So, without further adieu, off to the Olympus Coliseum!

Disclaimer: I own nothing recognizable. Only my OCs Katy, Ryan, Cassie and Jordan

After another long ride on the Gummi ship, our heroes finally reached their destination.

"The Olympus Coliseum! Home of my favorite Satyr! " Katy cheered

"I though he was a centaur. Like in Harry Potter." Sora teased, Katy having told him about her favorite book series on their previous journey.

"Yes, but that's before I read Percy Jackson." Katy answered.

"Whose Percy Jackson?"

"Ugh. Seriously, Sora, I haven't forgotten about the whole holding you captive in my basement to learn pop culture thing. You need a crash course ASAP."

Sora shrugged and followed her off the ship.

They were met with a dark landscape surrounded by a purplish-black sea of…something.

"Um, why do I get the feeling that we never reached Kansas to not be there anymore?" Katy asked, looking around nervously.

"Are you sure this is the Coliseum?" Goofy asked.

"It's that way!" Donald exclaimed pointing to a bright archway that led upwards.

"Oh…Guess we were a little off." Sora said sheepishly.

"What do you mean we? You were the one driving the ship!" Katy said incredulously

Donald and Goofy roller their eyes as the two teens bickered with each other, only stopping when they heard a scream.

The four whipped around to see a brunette woman in a pink dress running from Heartless that were probably supposed to be hellhounds.

Their creator had obviously never seen a hellhound in his life.

The drew their weapons, but apparently there was no need as the Heartless left the woman alone after she was sent sprawling to the floor. Nonetheless, they ran over, Sora holding out a hand to help her up.

"Thanks, but…I-I'm fine." She slurred, holding her head as she staggered to her feet, giving the party a glare, which Katy returned

"I'm Sora. This is Katy, Donald, and Goofy. We came to see how Hercules is doing."

The woman looked them over with distaste, crossing her arms over her chest.

"You know Wonderboy?"

"Yeah, 'cause we're heroes too!" Donald said, proudly

"Ya mean junior heroes, Donald." Goofy reminded him, causing the duck to pout.

The woman's frosty demeanor softened and she gave them a small half-smile.

"Looks like we have a friend in common. Name's Megara. My friend's call me Meg."

"So how's Herc?" Sora asked now that introductions were out of the way.

"Wonderboy? Well, he's ducking it out at the Coliseum every day. You know, "a hero's work is never done" and all that. He's ready to drop, but he keeps on fighting. Even Wonderboy has his limits, though. These opponents are bad news—special deliveries from Hades himself…" Meg trailed off.

"Hades?" Donald exclaimed

Katy clenched her hands at her sides at the thought of the blue, flame-headed God from hell…literally. The last time they'd been to the Coliseum, he'd tried to kill all of them with Cerberus, his three headed dog…the dog that had taken a nice size chunk out of her arm.

Oblivious to Katy's flashback, Meg continued

"Right. Lord of the Underworld. I was on my way to see him. Maybe I can get Hades to give Wonderboy a breather. If anything happened to that kid…" Meg trailed off again, shaking her head as though it would clear away the images running through it.

Katy sympathized with the young woman. If Sora had been in the same predicament, she would have braved anything to try to get him a break.

"C'mon, guys. Let's go pay our friend Hades a visit." Katy said, teeth clenching on the word "Hades".

"Yeah, we wouldn't want anything to happen to you on your way to see him." Sora added.

Meg agreed, on the condition that they would keep their "chat with Hades" a secret. The party promised to keep their mouths shut and continued through the giant door to the Underworld.

Not even two rooms later they were startled by a cloaked figure running past them.

"The Organization!" Donald exclaimed

"Don't they ever take a coffee break?" Katy mumbled as they continued in the general direction the figure disappeared in.

Just as they stepped through the door to the Inner Chamber, the Organization member they saw a few minutes earlier charged at them, only to yell "run, run away!' and disappear into a dark corridor.

Katy paled. She knew that voice. The same infuriating voice that insisted on calling her "babe" every time she met it. Deep down though, she was glad that he was okay. She was sure that Axel would have figured out that she lied to him about Demyx not helping her out of The Nothing and disposed of him by now.

"Okay…" Sora said, a little amused as he stared at the spot where the dark corridor had been.

"That's a nice change." Katy said, cheerfully as she tugged Sora in the direction of the next area "C'mon! let's go before he comes back!" And lets it slip that he knows me and ruins everything." She added mentally as Sora agreed and they continued towards Hades.

(A/N: If you have not played Final Fantasy X and are planning to play, or if you are in the middle of playing it, there's kind of a MAJOR spoiler here. If you don't want to ruin the game for yourself skip to the end of the line break!)

Meanwhile…

"Where do they dig these freaks up? Geez, Louise." Hades ranted

"Oh, they're nothing but trouble. The whole lot of them." Said another familiar voice, Pete. "So, what are you gonna do about Hercules?" Maleficent's slave-dog asked the Lord of the Underworld. "He's made mince-meat out of every fighter you sent at him! Pretty soon the Underworld's gonna be standing room only. Say, why don't you send him somebody already dead and save him the trouble." Pete laughed, thinking he was quite hysterical.

Hades, (although he'd been tuning out most of what Pete was saying) jumped out of his seat at Pete's last statement.

"Dead…dead is good! And I know just the warrior.

"Hades, come out!" Sora yelled as they entered they Cave of the Dead.

"Dude, I really don't think he can hear you." Katy said, wincing at her boyfriend's decibel level.

The party made their way to the top of the cave, fighting their way through the Underworld's nasty Heatless brigade, making their way to Hades's chamber, missing the following conversation. (Shame on them.)

"By the by, uh…What's down there?" Pete asked Hades, nervously

"Just the Underworld's deepest dungeon. This time I'm bringing out the mother of all bad guys." Hades cackled

"You don't say." Pete gulped, backing away slowly. "Well, maybe I should go."

Hades sent two balls of fire down into the pit-dungeon and brought forth a man in a red cloak.

"Let's cut to the chase." The Lord of the Underworld quipped. "Here's the deal I'm gonna offer you. I let you out of the slammer—no strings—you'll be free as a bird. And all for one little job. Fight Hercules in the Coliseum…to the death."

Gee, you think Hades would have learned after what happened with Cloud…

The man sneered

"This is my story. And you're not part of it." He said in a deadly calm voice, drawing his weapon.

"Do you know who you're talking to? I am the Lord of the Dead!" Hades exclaimed

"Hmm. No wonder no one wants to die." The man replied snidely.

"You are FIRED!" Hades shouted, his entire body going from blue to red.

And that's when Sora and the others decide to make an appearance!

"Hades!" Donald exclaimed.

"You, again?" Hades groaned, his anger fading, giving the mystery man an opening.

Unfortunately, Hades was able to block the attack and throw him aside. Summoning some more fireballs, he got ready to attack.

"Oh, lord. This is not going to be fun." Katy groaned, drawing her Keyblades.

They quickly realized that something was wrong.

"I feel kinda funny." Sora said, swaying a little.

"Ditto." Katy replied, blinking to clear her blurred vision.

"That's right! See, that's the thing. In the underworld, heroes are zeroes—comes with the territory." Hades said with a grin, getting ready to attack.

He was deterred by the mystery man, who told them to run.

"But, I've gotta talk to Hades!" Sora protested.

"What was that?" Hades feigned deafness, putting his fingers in his ears.

"Jeez, worse than a five year old having a temper tantrum." Katy muttered to herself, heeding the man's advice and dragging Sora out of the chamber, the man following.

They got back to the Cave of the Dead, Sora and Goofy shutting the doors behind them.

"Is he gone?" Donald asked

"Don't count on it." The man, who's name they discovered to be Auron, replied

Sora gasped as Hades materialized next to him.

"Leaving so soon?" He asked, tauntingly

Katy grabbed Sora's wrist and yanked him away from the door.

"C'mon! Head for the exit!"

Despite doing everything in his power to prevent their escape, Hades was disappointed as the heroes made it out nearly unscathed.

Upon reaching the inner chamber, They all, save Auron, collapsed to the ground.

"You're really good." Sora told him "Are you some kind of hero?"

Auron shook his head.

"No, I'm no hero…I'm just an…" He trailed off, leaving the others confused. He continued; "It seems we we're fated to meet. Maybe you need a guardian."

"Thanks, dude, but that's my job." Katy replied, grabbing hold of Sora's arm and healing a nasty gash in it. "Thank god for cure magic." She mumbled, helping him to his feet and heading to the next room.

Meanwhile, back in Hades's chambers, the Lord of the Dead was pacing and Pete was trying to convince him not to worry.

"I've got Heartless all over the Underworld now, so leave those pipsqueaks to me. Look, pal, you just keep working on turning Hercules into a Heartless then he'll be all mine." Pete rambled, unaware of how angry he was making his companion.

"This is my underworld, you idiot!" Hades roared. "I'll handle this myself!"

Pete ran off and, with a snap of his fingers, Hades summoned his secret weapon

"Cerberus, go!"

The dog growled and complied.

The party reached the Underworld's exit only to find that the door was closed and locked. Sora drew the Keyblade.

"Will that open it?" Auron asked

"I think so." Sora replied."

Just he tried to do so, they heard a low growl.

"Oh god, please no." Katy groaned, praying to every possible God she could think of that is wasn't what she thought it was.

It was.

Cerberus dropped from the ceiling and Sora rushed to unlock the door.

As Donald and Goofy struggled to open it, Auron held the beast off.

"Sora, wait!" Katy shrieked as he doubled back at the last second to help him.

She tried to follow, but purple flames sprung up in front of her.

"No, no, no!" She screamed as the familiar helpless feeling came over her.

The same thing happened when Sora had to fight possessed-Riku alone in Hollow Bastion. Apparently, when Protectors fail to do their jobs, they get withdrawal-like symptoms. Her limbs were on fire, her body was overrun with adrenaline, and she was having trouble breathing as she frantically looked for a way passed the flames. Finding none, she paced back and forth hoping that he wouldn't end up with a chunk of flesh missing like she had when it was over.

Sora and Auron managed to stagger Cerberus enough to make the barriers disappear. They ran for the exit, Donald and Goofy closing the door behind them.

Exhausted from her meltdown, Katy slumped to the ground, alternating between coughing and breathing as she pulled her inhaler out of her bag with shaking hands.

"Are you okay?" Sora asked her looking worried and guilty.

"You need to get over your hero complex, dude. It's literally going to be the death of me." Katy replied once she could breathe normally.

Sora sat down next to her stuttering out an apology, which she waved aside.

"Don't worry about it, I'm fine. Just never do that again, okay."

Sora nodded and they decided to rest for awhile before deciding what to do next.

"C'mon, Wonderboy. Play hooky for a day. For old times sake." Meg pleaded with Hercules

"They came to see me. They came to see a hero. I can't let them down."

Meg sighed dejectedly

"Don't worry, Meg. I'll be fine. What does a hero need rest for, huh?" Hercules reassured her, going back into the coliseum to fight his next opponent.

"Sora, don't let me down." Meg said to herself as she watched him go.

A/N: Okay, so I'm gonna wrap it up here, since I don't like my chapters getting too long. I'll continue writing part two of the coliseum so it should be up sometime tonight or tomorrow afternoon the latest. Thanks for reading! Please REVIEW!