Chapter 5: Olympus Coliseum
Hey everyone! It's me sakuraphoenix, and I'm back with a new chapter! I know it's been a while, but I've been busy, seeing that school starts in about a couple of weeks for me, so I've been dragged off to torture central (otherwise known as the mall) for back-to-school shopping. Anyhow, enough of my woes, time for the disclaimer
Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts. I also do not own Luz. She belongs to Keybladeauraofpie.
Enjoy!
As we landed on the next world, I was shocked to see that it was Olympus Coliseum! I was excited to be back on this world, and at the same time, scared. I promised Zack a date! I really hope he doesn't see me here. We entered inside, and saw Phil working on something.
"Um…" started Sora
"Good timing. Give me a hand, will ya? Move that pedestal over there for me. I gotta spruce this place up for the games." Said Phil
Sora and Luz decided to push while Lumen and I pulled. Man, was this thing heavy!
"It weighs a ton!" Sora, Lumen, Luz, and I exclaimed in unison
If all four of us together couldn't move it, no one can. Luz then ran back over to Phil with the rest of us following.
"It's way too heavy." Said Luz
"What? Too heavy? Since when have you been such a little… Oh. Wrong guy. What're you kids doing here? Huh? Hey Hikari! How's it going?" asked Phil
"Hikari?" Sora, Lumen, and Luz said in unison
"Yeah, she's one of my best buds! Haven't seen you in years!" exclaimed Phil
"Sorry, got the wrong girl. My name's Hikaru." I said
"Whoops. My bad. Anyways, this here's the world-famous Coliseum. Heroes only! Now if you were Hikari, I'd let ya in no problem. She was a hero in the games. Kicked the butt of certain god. Besides, I got my hands full preparing for the games. So run along, pip-squeaks." Said Phil
Sora, Lumen, and Luz glared at him.
"Look, it's like this. Heroes are coming from all over to fight ferocious monsters right here in the Coliseum." Said Phil
"You got heroes standing right in front of you." Said Donald
"Yep. They're real heroes, chosen by the Keyblade!" exclaimed Goofy
"And we're heroes, too." Said Donald
"Heroes? Those runts?" asked Phil
Phil started laughing his head off. If I didn't have to lie about my identity, I'd whack his behind into next week.
"What's so funny?" asked Sora
"Yeah, we've fought a bunch of monsters!" exclaimed Lumen
"Hey, if you can't even move this…" started Phil
Oh, this was gonna be hilarious.
"You can't call yourselves…" started Phil
He's setting himself up for a tongue-lashing.
"A hero!" exclaimed Phil
He collapsed onto the floor as he caught his breath.
"Okay, so it takes more than brawn. Well, well, let's see what you can do." Said Phil
"Oh we'll do more than that. We'll wipe the Coliseum floor!" exclaimed Luz
"Okay, this trial is tough. You got what it takes?" asked Phil
"Oh yeah!" exclaimed Luz
"I'm so ready!" exclaimed Lumen
"I'm ready!" exclaimed Sora
"Me too!" I exclaimed
"Okay kids, let's see what you've got, but you, Blondie with pigtails, I wanna talk to you alone." Said Phil
"Fine." I said
The others walked into the arena as Phil pulled me over into the corner.
"Nice try Hikari, but you can't fool me. I know that face anywhere. So, why'd you lie?" asked Phil
"Well, let's just say they're sort of my students. Gotta make sure they're safe after all. Know what I'm saying?" I asked
"Okay, I get it. You're responsible for them, so you have a job to do. I'll keep it a secret from them, but don't expect me to keep it a secret from Herc. Okay, now get your butt in there!" exclaimed Phil
"I'm going, I'm going." I said
If all of the trials were gonna involve knocking down barrels, then this was a cakewalk. One of the first exercises I did when I learned how to use the Keyblade was this. Unfortunately, Xehanort thought it was a lot more fun when Heartless jumped at your face.
"You know, you ain't bad, kids." Said Phil
"Looks like we're headed for the games." Said Sora
"Afraid not." Said Phil
"Why not?" asked Lumen
"Two words: You guys ain't heroes." Said Phil
"Come on!" exclaimed Luz
"And that four words!" I exclaimed
"Wanna become a real hero? Start by mastering this spell." Said Phil
I felt the hairs on the back of my neck stand up on end. My guess is that it's the Thunder spell. But Sora, Lumen, Donald, Goofy, and Luz walked out of the lobby with me following suit.
"Rather a stubborn old goat, wouldn't you say?" asked Hades
Hades!
"Who are you?" asked Donald
"Whoa, hold on there, fuzz boy. Wait, let me guess. You want to enter the games, right? Well, then, hey, get a load of this." Said Hades
He then produced four passes.
"Passes?" asked Sora
"It's all yours. Good luck, kids. I'm pulling for you, little shorty's." Said Hades
He then walked away with his back turned to us.
"Don't trust him." I said
"But he's letting us into the games!" Lumen exclaimed as he ran inside with Sora, Luz, Donald, and Goofy
"Lumen! Sora! Luz! *sigh* Never trust a god with fire for hair and brains, especially one that a certain person named moi kicked his sorry ass." I muttered
I walked back inside and watched the scene unfold.
"Hey, how'd you get this?" asked Phil
"Can we enter the games now?" asked Sora
"Well… I guess so. We start with the preliminaries! Ready for the preliminaries?" asked Phil
"Yeah, let's go!" exclaimed Sora
"You can say that again!" exclaimed Lumen
"Make that double!" exclaimed Luz
"Some real weirdo's signed up for the games. Better watch yourself." Said Phil
"*psst* Phil." I whispered from behind the pedestal
He walked over to me.
"What's wrong?" asked Phil
"Hades gave them those passes. Gave me one too. Guess he didn't recognize me. Enter me into the games as someone else." I said
"But they'll know it's you if you look like that!" exclaimed Phil
"Not if I do a little glamouring." I said
"What do you have in mind?" asked Phil
"Got any disguises around here?" I asked
Phil ran into the other room and came back with a mask and a blue jumpsuit.
"This'll do. Thanks." I said
"No prob. I'll wait for ya right here when you finish changing into that outfit." Said Phil
"Thanks." I said
I was about to change into the outfit when I noticed that Phil also gave me a breastplate and another part of the mask as part of the top. When I finally changed into the outfit, I noticed the design of the bottom part of the mask was sky blue with a weird eye symbol on it. I could barely recognize myself in this outfit.
"Whoa, I can barely recognize ya! Alright, got any names in mind?" asked Phil
"Sheik. Enter me as Sheik." I said
"Okay, Sheik it is. Good luck." Said Phil
Just as he left, one of my key chains changed into something different. When I replaced it with the key chain for Light of the Moon, the Keyblade changed. The hand guard looked like some kind of harp and the blade looked like some kind of sword, and the teeth was the same symbol on my clothing. The chain itself was made from bandages, and a purple medallion that had an inverse triangle with three circles surrounding it. I named the Keyblade, Stealth of the Shadows. I entered into the area, and some Heartless had found their way in. Well, better them than the Unversed. In no time at all, I was done with my round of fun. I walked up to the others when I heard Phil's voice. Well, guess he's giving the pep talk.
"You're no heroes yet, but you ain't doing bad. Lucky you came to me for coaching." Said Phil
A guy with blond spiky hair wearing a cape, blue pants, blue shirt, brown boots and gloves, and a lot of belts. I suddenly got the chills all over my body.
"Something tells me he'll be a tough one to beat. Who knows, maybe you'll end up facing him." Said Phil
After two more rounds, I went up to Phil to talk to him again, but with Sora, Luz, Lumen, Donald, and Goofy around, I can't exactly do that easily.
"Say, you're better than I thought, kids! Wish he was here to see this." Said Phil
"Who?" asked Sora
"Hercules. He's a hero if there ever was one. Too bad he's off visiting his father." Said Phil
After a couple more rounds, I learned from Phil that Lumen and Sora were going to duke it out. This wasn't gonna be good. Sora and Lumen are almost on the exact same level. If something caused the darkness within him to reawaken, I could never forgive myself. I watched closely as Sora and Lumen began to clash Keyblade to Keyblade. Things were looking good so far, until I noticed a flash of darkness on Lumen's hand. Sora still managed to win though. Lumen, is the darkness closer to your heart than I thought?
"That's the power of the Keyblade!" Sora exclaimed while doing his victory pose
"I can't believe I lost!" exclaimed Lumen
"It was close, believe me on that one." Said Luz
"Luz! Hey, you Sheik here are gonna be next in the arena!" exclaimed Phil
"That's your name?" asked Luz
"Is there a problem with that?" I asked
"Um, no." said Luz
We both got onto the arena, and took our places.
"I'll what hides under that mask!" exclaimed Luz
"The rivalry between friends. Almost makes me jealous. Let's do this." I said as I summoned Stealth of the Shadows
"A Keyblade?" wondered Luz
I struck first before Luz had a change to recover from the shock of seeing my Keyblade. Halfway through the battle, part of my mask slipped off, but it was enough for her to recognize me.
"Hikaru! What are you…" started Luz
"Shh, I'm undercover. Remember the person who gave us those passes?" I asked
"Yeah." Said Luz
"I've been on this world before, and I've met him. His name is Hades, and he's trouble." I said
"How do you know that?" asked Luz
"Because he forced one of my friends to use the darkness." I said
I noticed that Hades was watching in the shadows. I couldn't risk more conversation.
"Make it look good." I said
I raised my Keyblade into the air as if I was preparing for a final strike when Luz cast a spell.
"Thunder!" exclaimed Luz
Using my Keyblade as a lightning rod, her spell effectively shocked me. It wasn't enough to wipe Hikaru out, but I didn't say Sheik couldn't call it quits. I collapsed onto the ground when Luz made her victory pose.
"Yes! I win, you lose!" exclaimed Luz
She snapped out of her victory when I struggled to get up. Then again, a ten pound breastplate isn't exactly light.
"Hi… I mean, Sheik, are you okay?" asked Luz
"That was quite the shock to the system." I said
"Sorry." Said Luz
"It's okay. There's still the next game." I said
As I walked away, I turned my head and gave a wink to Luz. I took a seat to watch the rest of the tournament. I watched as Sora was facing off against the guy from earlier. Somehow, I was getting a bad feeling about him. Suddenly, Hades appeared right next to me. This is not my day.
"Oh yeah, you must be bummed that you lost the tournament!" exclaimed Hades
"What do you want?" I asked
"A chance Mr. Sheik, to fight against that girl you lost against. Must be hard pickings sir. Nothing like Cloud down there. He's a real looker." Said Hades
"Two things. One, I threw the match. Two, I'm a girl." I said
"Holy Hydras! You're a girl?-! But why did you throw the match?" asked Hades
"I sense great potential in her. I didn't need to waste my energy." I said
"Sheesh, women, I can never understand them." Hades muttered as he walked away
I continued watching the rest of Sora's match when I saw that he won against Cloud. Suddenly, a huge three-headed dog entered the arena! He was about to attack when Hercules lifted him up. Wow, he really got a makeover the last time I was here.
"Herc!" exclaimed Phil
"Phil, get them out of here!" exclaimed Hercules
Luz, Sora, Lumen, Donald, and Goofy ran out of the arena while I stayed put.
"What are you doing, you need to get out of here!" exclaimed Hercules
"Nice to see you again too Hercules." I said
"That voice… Hikari?" asked Hercules
"Yep. That's me." I said
"Nice to see you again. Now, what do you say we show him who's boss around here?" asked Hercules
"You got it." I said
Luz's P.O.V.
We had all ran back inside into the Coliseum lobby after seeing that Three-Headed Dog, but Hikaru was still inside the arena. Did she actually think she stood a chance?
"Whew, that was close! That was Cerberus, the guardian of the Underworld. Herc and that Sheik guy should be able to handle him. But then again, maybe not… This doesn't look good." Said Phil
Hikaru needed our help, like it or not. Sora, Lumen, and I made our way to the door.
"Kids, you're not entering the arena, are ya? This ain't just some match! This is for real!" exclaimed Phil
"I'm not afraid." Said Sora
"Neither am I." said Lumen
"You can decide if we're hero material or not." I said
"Careful kids." Said Phil
Hikari's P.O.V.
Hercules was carrying an unconscious Cloud while I ditched the Sheik outfit. Unfortunately, we were stuck between a rock and a hard place. The dog then turned around as I saw Lumen, Sora, Luz, Donald, and Goofy enter the arena! As much as I wanted to say that they were crazy, we needed all the help we could get. Hercules took this as his cue to leave.
"Kids, I got two words of advice for you: Attack!" exclaimed Phil
I didn't even care about the fact that that was one word. All the dog was doing was attacking with fireballs, and sometimes it would give us a nasty bite. Sure, Hercules and I managed to wear it out a bit, but it still wasn't enough for the time being. When it rose up on its hind legs, it then came down with enough force for a shockwave. It definitely was giving us a bit of a fight. Suddenly, I saw Lumen jump into the air and hit it on the head, and a sudden wave of darkness emerged from his Keyblade. It was enough to take him out, for good. For a moment, I could've sworn I saw the Keyblade he used when he was under Xehanort's control. Darkness has taken root, but how long has it been there? After the dog attack, we were back in the arena lobby. Phil was reading us something from a scroll, which I bet is pretty important.
"Thus, I do hereby dub thee junior heroes, and confer upon thee full rights and privileges to participate in the games. Further…" started Phil
"Hey! What do you mean 'junior heroes'?" asked Donald
"You rookies still don't understand what it takes to be a true hero." Said Phil
"So, what does it take?" asked Goofy
"Well, that's just something you'll have to find out for yourselves. Just the way that I did." Said Hercules
"No problem. We'll start by proving ourselves in the games." Said Sora
"There ain't gonna be any games for a while. Gotta clean up the mess from that last battle first." Said Phil
"Okay, we'll be back." Said Luz
Sora, Lumen, Donald, Goofy, and Luz walked out the door while I got the Sheik disguise out.
"Thanks for letting me borrow this." I said
"Nah, you can keep it. Looks good on ya. Who knows, you might need it someday." Said Phil
"Thanks." I said
"You know, I still can't believe those squirts actually beat Cerberus." Said Phil
"Just between the three of us, we'd already worn Cerberus down by the time those three little guys jumped in." said Hercules
"My lips are sealed." Said Phil
"Mine too. Anyhow, it was nice seeing you again. If you see Zack, tell him I said 'hi'." I said
"Actually, that's not possible." Said Hercules
"What do you mean?" I asked
"He disappeared a few years ago. We don't know where he is." Said Hercules
"Oh. Well, thanks anyways. See ya." I said
Third Person P.O.V.
"I can't believe you didn't tell her the truth Herc." Said Phil
"I think that's something she needs to find out for herself." Said Hercules
Hikari's P.O.V.
I caught up to the others as we saw Cloud sitting down on the steps of the Coliseum entrance.
"Hey, are you alright?" asked Sora
"Yeah." Said Cloud
"So, why did you go along with him, anyway?" asked Lumen
"I'm looking for someone. Hades promised to help. I tried to exploit the power of darkness, but it backfired. I fell into darkness, and I couldn't find the light." Said Cloud
"You'll find it." Said Luz
"Yeah, I mean, we're all still searching too." I said
"For your light?" asked Cloud
We all nodded our heads.
"Don't lose sight of it." Said Cloud
"How about a rematch sometime? Fair and square, no dark powers involved." Said Sora
"I think I'll pass." Cloud said as he moved some of his bangs out of his face
Somehow, I get the feeling that we'll meet again.
Done and done! Whew, this took me a while, but hey, I'm finally done! Special thanks goes to Keybladeauraofpie for the Keyblade Hikari uses while she's in disguise. Brownie points are available for whoever can get the reference in this chapter. Please review, and until next time, I'm sakuraphoenix, saying I heart you, signing off for now. Kan dao ni!