Chapter 6

The four sat in silence as they flew to the next destination until Goofy asked "Hey Train. What was that flash of light that destroyed the Darkside?"

"It's called the railgun. Back in my world I was injected with nanomachines, or tiny robots that can be used for a multitude of purposes. These were a dangerous kind that caused different things in different people. I was turned back into a teen year old child. After seeing a special doctor I found a way to turn back to normal and as a result the nanomachines began to produce an electric charge, nothing more than static electricity, but Hades is made of Orichalcum and it absorbs the electricity and when I push more into it the railgun fires. I used to be able to do up to five of those a day, but for the longest time I couldn't. I don't know what changed but it's made the nanomachines unstable, along with the railgun." With that they arrived at the destination. They exited in an underground cavern and after walking around; they found that they said would take them to the coliseum. As they walked towards the exit stairs they heard a young woman calling for help. They ran over to see a woman in a pink dress and long brown hair.

"Thanks. You four some kind of heroes?" she asked as she looked at each one of them.

"We sure are." Donald said proudly.

"Junior heroes Donald." Goofy whispered.

"Not me." Train smiled distantly as he heard the gunshots from his days at Chronos echo in his mind.

"So what are you doing down here miss …" Sora began.

"Megera, my friends call me Meg." Meg said "And you are?'

"Sora."

"Donald."

"Goofy."

"Train Heartnet."

"So why are you here Meg?" Sora asked.

"To talk to Hades. He's been sending up monster after monster to fight Hercules, the guy needs a break."

"We could go talk to him for you." Sora offered.

"Thanks." She stated pointing to the large door behind her "That way will lead you to Hades's chambers, but be careful there are heartless everywhere."

"You three go ahead. I'll take Meg back upstairs, I'll catch up to you guys later." Train said as the three of them entered the deeper portions of the underworld.

Once upstairs they arrived to see Hercules finishing off a giant rock monster, and the crowd going wild. Once the spectators had left Train let Meg and Hercules have some privacy while he talked to a little goat legged man.

"So you brought that girl back here?" he asked.

"Not exactly. Heading the same way, so stuck around." He said after catching a fierce glare from Meg.

"The name's Phil, trainer of heroes. You interested in becoming one?"

"No." he yawned as Phil's jaw dropped.

"What? Who doesn't want to be a hero, you may not be as great as Hercules but you could still prove to be a great hero with the proper training." Phil reasoned.

"I'm not interested. If you want to see what I'm capable of then have Hercules fight me, no god powers." He grinned as his eyes took on his fierce cat look.

"Alright, Hey Champ!" Phil yelled "We got us a sucker who thinks he can take you."

"Ok Phil." He sighed. Train then walked onto the arena floor and faced his mighty opponent. Hercules drew his sword from the start and began circling Train. After a few moments he struck at Train with a quick slash but Train rolled to the side and grinned as Hercules struck again. This continued until Train grew bored and actually took out Hades. Blocking Hercules's sword with the side of the gun he wrapped the cord around his finger and began wrapping it around Hercules, stopping him from using his sword. He then unleashed the black claw on Hercules, sending him sprawling on the ground. After being dazed for a few seconds Hercules got up and prepared to continue the fight.

"Don't know when to quit do you?" Train smiled as he and Hercules circled each other.

"Rule number 89, a hero never quits." He said as they faced off. Train then decided to end this quickly and loaded the tranquilizer bullets into the chamber of Hades; spinning it he put it back in place.

"I've come to make a delivery." He grinned, eyes giving off a lethal intent.

"Of what?" Hercules asked as he prepared to charge Train before he would be able to react.

"Just some bad luck." He growled as they both struck. Hercules charged at him with a head butt while Train ran toward Hercules, used his back as a spring board and fired three bullets into his back. This ended the battles since Hercules couldn't stand.

"Told you so." Train said as he helped Hercules stand up after he regained consciousness.

"You sure you aren't a hero? You got some serious talent and it would be a shame to see it go to waste." Phil said.

"I am happy with my way of life, travelling the world, living like a stray cat, Enjoying life as it goes." He smiled as he laid back and simply watched the clouds roll by. After a short nap he heard the sounds of the giant doors opening and knew that Sora and the others had come back. Heading inside he saw that they looked exhausted.

"Just talking to Hades did this to you guys?" he asked.

"We never got the chance to talk to him. He attacked us as soon as we got there." Sora explained. Nodding his head Train walked towards the underworld.

"Where are you going?" Donald asked.

"I'll go talk to him. You guys take a rest." Train grinned, looking like a cat as he entered the underworld. As soon as he hit the antechamber the left side of his chest started burning again, right where the tattoo was.

"What does that mean?" he wondered. Shrugging he walked down the right path and made his way to the underworlds deepest point. Once he arrived he climbed up the stairs into the skull looking building. Once inside He saw Hades and some other person. Hades stood out with his black smoking at the hem robe, his long cleft chin and his head of blue fire. The other was fat and wore an unusual suit of sorts with black straps holding it up. He also had a cleft but where Hades made it look sinister, this one made it look like a country bumpkin. Knocking he walked in and waited for the two to stop staring at the person who was bold enough to waltz right into their midst.

"And just who might you be?" Hades asked.

"Train. Train Heartnet." He grinned.

"And what are you doing in MY underworld?"

"To talk to you."

"So you're just another hero, huh? Well lets see what you got." He grinned evilly as his normally blue body turned pale orange with the flames on his head. Without even flinching Train drew Hades and fired two separate bullets. The first was a nitroglycerin bullet that froze him while the second was one of Sven new inventions. It struck and with a moment of silence it began to absorb the moisture around it.

"What is this?" Hades asked clearly annoyed.

"It doesn't have a name yet though as for what it does, it releases a chemical compound that absorbs all the liquid in the body. The ice is to stop you from moving and which makes the pain worse." He said with his evil look that used to only belong to Creed, the man who killed his best friend.

"No wonder you aren't affected by the air down here. You don't consider yourself a hero do you?" He grinned.

"No. I have done many deeds that would make me a hero under normal circumstances but the bad I have done as well make it clear I'm not. I am simply a sweeper, living life like a stray cat." He said, the evil face disappearing. When he looked up he saw that the other person was gone.

"Where'd the fatso go?"

"He went to make sure that the Underdrome will be opened." Hades said waving his hand to show that it was irrelevant "So what can I do for you?"

"I was asked to come down here and tell you to give Hercules a break. However I doubt that you are the kind of man who would do that."

"Correct. Now why did you really come here?" Hades grinned.

"I want to know if you have a certain soul down here."

"I might. The souls of all the dead from every world come here. What' the person's name?"

"Her name is Saya Minatsuki," He said quietly.

"Hmmm. Let's see here." Hades said as a black folder appeared and he flipped through the pages until he stopped "Here it is. She was killed by a man named Creed Diskenth who died himself a few weeks ago, she died protecting children so she was granted a pass to a better portion of the underworld where she is living quiet happily. Now I could take you to her if you like."

"What's the catch?"

"No catch. All I want is for one small, insignificant favor. You fight Hercules in a match to the death." He proclaimed swinging his arms around in great motions.

"No deal." Train said as he turned to leave "I came here to see if Saya had received a fortunate after life. Now that I know there's nothing that you can do to bind me." Before Hades could blow his top, Train had leapt out a window and was already halfway to the door that led to the tunnels. Once he got back to the antechamber he turned and saw a man with a red trench coat on, carrying a massive sword walking towards Hades's inner sanctum.

'Wonder what he's up to?' Train thought to himself as he climbed back up the stairs to see two things waiting for him. The first was a hydra fighting Sora and the others, the second was the one man on earth he did not want to see, Creed Diskenth.

"Train!" he proclaimed when he saw him. The man hadn't changed a bit since the last time Train saw him alive, wearing his leopard printed shirt and black pants, underneath is white coat with the black feathers on the neckline and around the pockets.

"What are you doing here Creed?"

"Hades let me out and even managed to restore my Tao to its full strength so that I could fight Hercules, but it seems that will no longer be necessary."

"Why not?"

"That hydra killed many spectators and he feels responsible for not making sure it was dead. So now he's next to useless, why even I could beat him with only the level one Imagine Blade." He sighed.

"So what are you going to do?"

"Why nothing for now. I might not have to fight but for now this is better than that swirling green pool that the souls of those who are damned are sent to." He sighed. A sudden crash came and they saw that the hydra was defeated.

"That boy is very skilled. He could easily become one of the Chronos numbers in our world." Creed sighed.

"He could, but he has a sense of right and wrong. One that we didn't have when we were his age." Train agreed "You better go Creed. If we are ever back here we will meet again."

"It might not be here." He said ominously "The winds of change are blowing. Who knows exactly what will happen next." With that he returned to the underworld as Train prepared to leave.

'The winds of change are blowing. That is true, but for who the change is for, and for better or worse I have no idea.' He thought as he boarded the gummi ship.

Well that's all for now. I'm taking the next few weeks off so that I can prep for future chapters for this and my other stories. Will post as soon as I feel I have completed satisfactory work.