Hey! Long time no see. Old story is old as balls... Sadly, I am not returning to fandom... at least not right now, but I thought I'd go ahead and post the last couple of chapters of this.

Unedited sadly, but, I did finish it so I might as well post it.

Chapter 33—Shattered Olympus

Sora nodded to Riku as they entered the ring for the final battle of the Pain and Panic Cup. Their opponent was a rather strange looking man by the name of Auron. He was carrying a large katana and looked very at peace with himself. He held his weapon calmly and waited.

"You know, it will be nice to fight someone with honor." Riku told him as he lifted his blade.

"I concur." Their opponent's deep and sedated voice fell over them.

"Then let's get started." Sora lifted his blade lastly.

"And let the match begin!" Hades' voice overshadowed them.

Sora nodded to Riku and ran at their Auron as fast as he could. The swordsman avoided him easily, the tip of his keyblade catching his red coat. Riku on the other hand, clashed against his blade sharply with a smile as Sora came at him towards his unprotected back.

"Clever. Silent communication." Auron murmured before he spun out of the way of Sora's attack causing the two young men to clash blades.

"Wow! How's this for an intense battle?" Hades cried as the audience cheered.

"Spectators." Auron spit and then leveled his sword and started his counter attack.

Tifa smirked at Leon as she lifted the Olympus Stone before she carefully slipped it back inside her pocket. The light flashed off of Leon's necklace and signaled Hercules. She watched as Hercules' girlfriend Megara approached Hades with a look of well played indignation in her eyes.

"What can I do for you?" Hades asked as he looked her up and down.

"I demand that you stop these games right now, you louse. You know they're against the rules and half the fighters aren't even heroes! They're your own disgusting henchmen."

"Hey! Hey! What's with the accusations? I'm just hosting a friendly tournament here! Sometimes accidents happen, but I play by the rules toots."

"Don't call me TOOTS!" She smacked him and then jumped back as his eyes began to glow angrily.

"How dare you touch me! The almighty Hades?!"

"Trust me." Leon murmured as he walked forward. "I'll do more then just touch you."

"Whoa! I think not." Hades growled.

"I think so." A new voice spoke from the battlefield below as Auron lowered his blade and turned to face him.

"This… this is mutiny!" Hades cried backing up.

"We know that you cut a deal with Maleficent." Leon stated quietly.

"And we know that part of the agreement was to turn over the keyblade master!" Riku shouted from the field.

"Well… I was playing by the rules… I was just kind of hoping things would go my way." Hades shrugged. "But I guess now, it's time to play by my rules!" He growled and suddenly his blue figured turned red and orange like fire. "There's a reason they call this my Underworld and I think it's about time you find out why!"

"Thank you no." Riku growled as Sora through his keyblade.

Hades blocked the keyblade sending it back towards his master. Sora jumped to catch it while the Lord of the Underworld was caught off guard by Riku and Leon's simultaneous attacks. He managed to throw Riku to one side and turned on Leon, shoving him back with a blue fire ball. The older man rolled to extinguish himself as Tifa took his place, her fist moving rapidly across Hades face.

"Wait? How? How can you do any damage?!" He asked as he landed on the ground a good couple of feet from Tifa and her powerful limbs. He stared up at her and she pulled the stone out of her pocket.

"I have my ways." She slammed her fist against the stone breaking it into couple of pieces and tossed a piece to each of her companions. "Did you really think we'd come unprepared."

Hades knew it looked grim now that they had a force field around him. He had no hope of winning this battle against such highly skilled warriors. But he only had so many choices he knew. Maleficent wasn't going to be amused with him if he lost. And neither would Oogie Boogie, that treacherous oaf. Riku and Tifa both managed to get another hit in that left him panting for breath, blood pouring from the long slash across his waist. And only then did it occur to him that maybe he wouldn't live to see Maleficent's sneering face as she laughed sardonically at him for failing. He couldn't be sure if Maleficent was even going to find out that he was gone until it was time for him to execute his part of the plan… or maybe when these four fierce warriors came after her.

The Lord of the Underworld wasn't all that surprised when the wielder of the gunblade sunk his blade into his side, deeply. Blood as dark as midnight covered the ground before him in a long arc across the misty, slime splattered floor.

"Give up." He looked up with hazy eyes at Sora, the keyblade master and gave him his harshest glare.

"WHAT?" He spat as he glared up at him through his yellowed eyes.

"Give up. There's no point in continuing this fight Hades. You lost." The brunette was neither cocky nor condescending. He was stating a simple fact.

"Don't you know the rules of these competitions yet? Fight like a hero and go out with a bang." Hades used what he was sure was the last of his power and slowly his whole body took on the color of fire. He threw his arms open wide, flinging fire at his many opponents.

Sora gritted his teeth. He really, more then anything else, hated all this senseless death. He didn't want things to end like this. He didn't want them to all keep killing. He watched as Tifa dodged a fire ball only to get hit by another. Leon was using his sword to combat them but he could see where the metal was beginning to melt. Riku was slowly fighting his way forward, burns appearing on his too pale skin.

"I want… this to end." He pointed his keyblade at Hades unmindful of the fire that was hitting his own figure and pulled all of his power into one shot.

The already immolating Hades was all but shattered where he stood. Water drenched him and ice contained him and the fire that he contained with in his self combusted. Sora wasn't sure how he managed to come out of it unscathed when the dust settled but Riku was sporting a rather long cut on his upper arm. Leon had a new slash across the leg and another on his cheek. As if the guide didn't already have one eye catching face scar. Tifa was riddled in cuts, some small and some big from the lack of a weapon to use as protection.

"I hope that had enough bang for him." Riku muttered under his breath and Leon let out a small sardonic laugh in agreement.

Sora sighed as he stood in the shower back Radiant Garden. He let the warm water wash away the dirt that he'd acquired at the Olympus Coliseum after they'd made their hasty exit. He was about to move to wash his hair when he heard the bathroom door opened. He smiled to himself and pulled the curtain back a bit and smiled at Riku who was digging through the medicine cabinet.

"Problems?" The brunette asked quietly.

"Just need a potion…" The older boy turned and smiled at Sora moving closer. "I think I pulled the stitches." He pointed to the cut on his arm.

"Aw… you don't need a potion. I'll just kiss it and make it better." Sora smiled and made a big show of leaning down and kissing his lover's arm.

Riku laughed and Sora smiled, he never wanted Riku to be anything but happy. He turned to finish his shower when troubled thoughts reached him. There was still foes to worry about and the future always seemed to be at the next turn. He didn't like it one bit. He shifted his gaze around the small cubical that made up the shower and sighed deeply. He didn't know if his happiness was real or a façade anymore. He just didn't know.

"You were never this contemplative before." Riku pointed out and Sora sighed deeply.

"I'm not contemplative." The blue eyed young man murmured almost irrationally as he got out of the shower and wrapped a towel around himself. "I'm worried."

"About Maleficent?"

"And Xemnas and that weird power I showed off when I killed Hades. There's so much Riku that's unanswered… and probably will continue to go unanswered. This isn't a story Riku… This is our life!" He looked at him exasperated but Riku just smiled a secretive smile.

"Tsk, tsk, Sora… I think you're growing up." Riku leaned forward and feathered a kiss against his lips. "Not that that's a bad thing."

"Come on… Laguana wanted to talk to us." Sora pulled back reluctantly and moved to get dressed.

"Excuses, excuses." Riku muttered good-naturedly as he moved through the small apartment to find some place to wait.