Me: ...*headdesk*

Axel: What's eating her?

Demyx: She was mumbling something about pirates and writer's blocks. I couldn't make heads or tails of it.

Me:...CURSE YOU, YOU DAMN PIRATES!

Kyrie (c) Me

Kingdom Hearts characters/some of the story (c) Square Enix

Kingdom Hearts

Bonded Soul

Chapter 18

"Sora! Donald! Goofy! When'd you get here?" the man spoke as he got to his feet. He began to walk over but stopped when he spotted a white-haired girl beside them, and raised his eyebrows.

"Hey, who's this? Your girlfriend, Sora?" he asked, pointing to her. Sora blushed brightly and Kyrie simply giggled silently. They were by no means a couple. More like…a brother and sister if anything. At least in her point of view, Sora reminded her of an adorable little brother.

"Wha- no! This is Kyrie, she's traveling with us." he explained, trying to hide his blush. Donald and Goofy chuckled before Goofy spoke.

"Yup. An' his girlfriend is waitin' for him to come home anyways." he added. Sora turned to him in disbelief and Kyrie raised her eyebrows.

"Sora has a girlfriend? She must be a very lucky girl…" she thought as Sora glared at Goofy. The man laughed at Sora's expression before turning to the girl.

"My name is Hercules, nice to meet you." he spoke, holding his hand out. She nodded and smiled as she clasped his hand and gave it a shake, the man was very strong, no surprise there. His eyebrow rose again at her strange silence.

"You're very quiet. Not much of a talker are ya?" he asked. She blushed a little before Donald jumped in.

"Kyrie's mute, so she can't talk. She's got a notebook that she writes in so she can communicate with us." he explained. Hercules nodded in understanding before turning to Sora.

"You on another adventure?" he asked. Sora nodded at his question.

"Yeah, trackin' down some friends, wipin' out some Heartless." He answered. The two grinned at each other before the two clasped hands and gave a rough shake, making Kyrie silently laugh at the two.

"Is this some sort of 'manly' handshake?" she thought as she covered her mouth, trying to hide her smile.

"Junior heroes, always busy!" Hercules laughed as they shook hands. Sora nodded as Donald scowled and Goofy smiled.

"You know it!" Sora smiled. With that, they began walking towards the building, talking as they did so.

"So, did you find those friends of yours?" Hercules asked. Sora looked embarrassed as he looked away, and Kyrie raised her eyebrows. Were they talking about the King and Riku?

"Still working on it. When we got here, we ran into Meg…meg…mega trouble, I mean!" he stammered. Kyrie narrowed her eyes and placed her hands on her hips, she knew Sora had just lied about something. What that was though, she didn't know. Then they began to explain what happened while they were in the Underworld, even adding what effects it had on both them and Kyrie.

"So we had to help somebody out. We tried to go teach Hades a thing or two…but the Underworld drains away all our strength. Don't suppose you have any ideas?" he asked. Hercules was silent for a moment as he crossed his arms, before an idea came to him.

"Well, there is a stone that guards against the Underworld's curse. The gods on Mount Olympus use it whenever they have to go down there." He answered. Kyrie gave a small smile, maybe this stone could help keep the darkness at bay and keep her strength up. Sora smiled at this.

"Think we could use it?" he asked. Hercules uncrossed his arms with a smile and nodded gladly.

"Sure, why not! I'll go get it for you." He answered. The four looked at each other and smiled.

"Thanks!"

"Sure nice of ya!"

"This is great! I can't wait to see the look on Hades' face when I kick his butt. Call me a 'snowflake' will he?" she thought happily as she hugged Donald, making the duck protest as she did so.

"But Hades is no pushover, even if you've got the Olympus Stone. And I have a match today, so I can't go with you…Know what you need? Training! Why don't you go talk to Phil?" Hercules spoke, bursting their happy bubble in a moment. Kyrie slumped her shoulders and released Donald, who was glad to be free of her hug.

"Training? I don't need training." she thought with finality. But the group nodded and walked through another doorway, finding themselves in the arena. Kyrie looked around before spotting the oddest creature she had ever seen standing by a floating pot. It had horns and legs like that of a goat, but the body of a chubby man.

"What is that? Don't tell me this is Phil." she thought as she stared at it. Sora gave the creature a wave, but it wasn't looking at him. Before he could speak, the creature cut him off.

"Hey champ, how ya feeling?" it asked as it looked at the pot. Kyrie moved closer to Goofy as the group looked at the creature.

"Better rest up for tomorrow's match. Nobody's gonna pay to see a worn-out hero…capiche? Remember what I told you." They raised their eyebrows at each other, obviously the creature thought he was talking to Hercules.

"Victory in the games comes down to two simple words: Eat, bathe, sleep!" Goofy counted his fingers and smiled, making the group laugh at the creature's bad math. It turned to scold them, before grinning when he spotted Sora, Donald and Goofy. Sora crouched down and the man/creature came over and slapped his hands as he gave him a manly hug. Kyrie smiled at this as Donald and Goofy laughed.

"Hey, if it ain't the junior heroes!" the man, who now she knew was Phil even without the introduction, spoke as he looked the three over. Sora's smile grew as he looked Phil over.

"Lookin' good, Phil." He complimented. The man smiled at him as he placed his hands on his hips.

"Never better! How you guys been? Have you earned your 'true hero' wings yet?" he asked. Sora, Donald, and Goofy looked at each other before Phil began looking them over.

"Nope, you ain't got what it takes." He spoke finally, making the three droop sadly, before the satyr noticed the white-haired girl standing beside them.

"Hey, who's the girl? She your girlfriend, Sora?" he asked. Kyrie simply smiled as she shook her head, and Sora groaned. She quickly pulled out her notebook and began to write as Sora began to rant.

"Why does everyone think that?" he groaned. Before anyone could reply, Kyrie handed her notebook to Phil.

My name is Kyrie, and I'm traveling with them for awhile. And no, I'm not his girlfriend. Apparently, his girlfriend is waiting for him back home.

Phil nodded as he read her words.

"Okay, so why the notebook? Couldn't you just-" before he could finish his sentence, the notebook was back in his face, with more writing on it.

I'm mute, so this is the only way I can communicate.

"…alright, fine. I won't ask." then he turned to the boys.

"So, what's up?"

-A whole explanation Later-

After explaining the situation and having Phil practically laugh at them, they began training by breaking pots. While watching Sora fight, Kyrie turned to Donald and Goofy and wrote in her notebook, before tugging on Goofy's sleeve.

Goofy, what happened after I fell off the Gummi ship?

"Well…we landed in the Underworld and began lookin' for you, when we ran into a lady named "Meg". She told us she hadn't seen you, but said she was havin' problems with Hades, so we thought we'd go an' teach him a lesson." he explained. She nodded as he continued.

"While we were headin' to Hades' hideout, we saw an organization member, but he just ran from us and disappeared. When we got to Hades' chamber, well there you were. So uh…how'd you get there?" he finished. She quickly wrote in her notebook and handed it to him.

I don't know. I just woke up there, to him calling me "snowflake". Then he summoned Auron and you guys showed up.

She left out about the part of seeing Demyx again and Maleficent's revelation, because neither event was any of their business. The two nodded as Phil came over, Sora in tow.

"Alright kid, you're up. Let's see if you got what it takes or not." Phil ordered, looking at Kyrie. She nodded silently and stood, summoning both keyblades as she walked out into the arena. Once she was there, about twenty-five or so pots appeared.

"You just need to destroy all twenty-five of those pots and you're good! Remember, be fast and don't stop until every one of those pots is-" but before he could finish, she was off, knocking pots into each other and throwing them into the air, breaking them instantly. As she moved, she felt sheer delight course through her body at her returned strength, and eagerly kept breaking pot after pot.

Once she was done, she landed on her feet gracefully as the fragments of the pots surrounded her. She heard a whistle from behind and turned, to see Phil as he, Sora, Donald, and Goofy stared at her.

"Jeez, you took those out faster than Sora did! Ever thought of becoming a heroine?" he spoke. Sora stared at him in disbelief, but Kyrie simply shook her head. She did enough rescues and all that on a daily basis, she didn't need it to become a full-time job. The satyr sighed and scrunched his forehead and called Sora, Donald, and Goofy up to break more pots.

But Kyrie simple walked over to the stands, before catching sight of a brown-haired woman wearing pink robes staring at her. She smiled at the woman and walked over, but the woman simply stared at her, as if she didn't care about what was going on. Once Kyrie got to her, she smiled and held her hand out, but the woman simply stared at it and placed her hands on her hips.

"My name's Megara, but my friend's call me Meg. So…you're the girl Sora was looking for?" she spoke, slightly startling her but at the same time, slightly irritating her.

"She could've at least returned my handshake." she thought as she pulled her hand away and nodded.

"I see. Well, now that the introductions are done, I'll be going." and with that, she walked away. Kyrie stood there silently for a few moment, not understanding what exactly had just happened. Shaking her head, she just simply took her place and sat down, waiting to be called up for more training.

-Later-

"Listen, I gotta take off for a bit." Phil started as Sora finished breaking the last of his pots. The boy lowered his keyblade and looked at him curiously.

"Where to?" he asked. Kyrie looked up from where she was sitting and walked over, curious on what was going on.

"None of your beeswax." Phil answered, and with that, he took off. The four watched him go before they spotted Hercules approaching, a dejected look on his face as he walked over. Something was wrong.

"Sorry, guys…The Olympus Stone has been stolen." He spoke as they approached. This made the group stop in their tracks and look up at the muscular man in shock.

"What?" Sora and Donald exclaimed. Kyrie placed her hand against her chin, lost in thought. She had a few suspicions on who could have done it, Hades being one of them.

"By who?" Goofy asked. At this Hercules simply shrugged his shoulders.

"We don't know who did it yet. All we're sure of is that it was a guy in a black-hooded cloak. And he had accomplices… a bunch of creatures in white." At this, Kyrie inwardly groaned. She definitely knew who the person was that stole it.

"Nice job, Demyx. This is actually the first successful steal you've had in awhile…no wait! I'm not supposed to be complimenting him! Dammit Demyx, why did you have to steal the Olympus stone…" she thought, sighing.

"Someone you know?" she snapped back into reality at Hercules' question, and watched as Sora nodded.

"I think so." He answered. After a moment of deliberation, he spoke again. "Hey, if we can get the Olympus Stone back, can we borrow it for a while?"

At this, Hercules nodded. "Sure. By the way, you haven't seen Meg around, have you?" he asked. The trio shook their heads, and Kyrie simply shrugged. She had seen the woman earlier, but not since then. He sighed.

"Oh, okay…" he mumbled. At that moment, Hades appeared and placed a hand on his shoulder, making Kyrie stiffen and summon both keyblades as she prepared for a fight.

"What's wrong, your hero-ness? Feeling under the weather? Oh, and watch it, snowflake. You could hurt someone with those." Hades mocked. Kyrie narrowed her eyes as Hercules jerked away.

"Yeah, someone like you." she thought as the group glared at him.

"You know, I thought staying in perfect shape was part of the hero job description…you know what I'm saying?" he spoke as he continued. Sora immediately stepped defiantly up to him, willing to help out the hero when the situation arose. But he stopped, as if remembering something.

"Oh, right…Hades, we gotta talk!" he spoke. At this, Hades raised a hand and flicked Sora in the forehead, making the boy fall back. Kyrie was at his side in seconds, helping him to his feet as she glared at Hades.

"I came to share a bit of mildly-interesting news." Hades spoke, like Sora had never even interrupted him. The others got into position, but Kyrie sensed that something was amiss. Why would he come all of this way to share gossip? It didn't make sense.

"Seems your dear, sweet little Nutmeg…" before he could continued, he disappeared in a puff of smoke just as Hercules went to strike him. But he only reappeared behind the man, smirking in enjoyment and glee.

"…went and got herself lost in the Underworld." He finished. Hercules growled as he glared at him.

"You mean you kidnapped her!" he accused. Hades simply shrugged his shoulders but his smirk seemed to grow, he was enjoying this. Tormenting others.

"Well, maybe…But why get caught up in the details?" he pointed out. Hercules whistled and a white flying horse flew over the walls of the coliseum and landed at his side. Just as he was about to get on, Hades stopped him.

"Uh-uh-uh! You can't leave now, okay?" at this, he stopped. "You've got a very important match today, against, um…the bloodthirsty Hydra! I mean, if you don't stick around, who knows what kind of 'accident' might happen." Sora glared at the god.

"Yeah, accidents you cause." Sora accused him. But he just simply shrugged his words off. "Like I said: details who needs 'em?"

"How about you since you're about to get your ass kicked." Kyrie thought with distaste. Suddenly a mischievous idea came to mind, and she bent down and scooped up a bunch of sand, spitting a little on it so it could be shaped into a ball. No one seemed to take notice of this, and she continued making her ball. Before anyone could speak, a ball of sand whizzed by their heads and smacked Hades in the face, putting out his flaming hair.

"Bulls-eye." she thought with a smirk as Hades coughed. He glared at her, and she stuck out her tongue at him in response while the others stifled their laughter.

"Why you little-" but he stopped himself, calming down and rekindling his hair. Hercules glared at him.

"You're just a coward." And with that, the god disappeared in a puff of smoke. "Ah well. Can't all be heroes." Kyrie glared at the spot where he stood, feeling anger grow inside her.

"That lowly little-" she stopped when she realized Sora, Donald, and Goofy were leaving, and ran to join them. But Sora stopped immediately.

"Kyrie, you can't come with us. You get really weak in the Underworld, we can't let you come." he ordered. She stopped and glared at him, before pulling out her notebook.

Sora, that's not fair! For one, I'm older than you, so you can't tell me what to do. And second, it's my problem, not yours!

"It is our problem! You're our friend, if you got hurt- …we'd never forgive ourselves." he exclaimed. The two glared at each other before she sighed.

Look, how about I wait at the entrance of the Underworld? I won't be in trouble there, and I can wait until you bring Meg back.

The three looked at each other before Donald sighed.

"Okay. But no moving from that spot, got it?"

This was a boring chapter. Again, I'm not going to lie so I'm just going to admit the sad, sad truth.

Unfortunately, I might be going on a HIATUS because I'm in such a writer's block, that I can't write anything! If anyone is willing to help or give advice, please, please, PLEASE help. (oh, and it has nothing to do with Olympus Coliseum. I've written way past that, and the block I currently have on it is on one of the more popular worlds of KH II.)

Anyways, before I depress you guys any more...please Read and Review!