PrismRain13: Awesome job to everyone who guessed the next world was Olympus Coliseum! It's been in every game except Dream Drop Distance.

Hercules: I get that my world's kinda been overused, but hey! You gotta have somewhere to train!

PrismRain13: my point exactly! And I forgot to mention last chapter(I really gotta stop doing this); Kuzco's limit is called Llama Groove.

Hercules: Kingdom Hearts, Disney and Final Fantasy all belong to there respective owners. Prism is making no money off this and probably never will

Chapter 33: The Coliseum Games

Dark, damp and cold as death. This was the typical feeling anyone felt when they crossed into Olympus Coliseum's Underworld. But, to The Lord of the Dead himself, it was home sweet home. A corridor of darkness appeared in the middle of the throne room and the tall blue-skinned form of Hades stepped out, breathing in the smell of death.

"Oh yeah. Home dead home." Hades breathed in the familiar smells, then looked towards the corridor as Myde stepped out. He had abandoned his old organization coat for ripped skinny jeans, a black belt with blue suspenders loosely hanging down, black high tops, a white sleeveless shirt with an inky music notes printed near the hem, black and blue headphones connected to a blue iPod around his neck and a sleeveless denim jacket.

"Oh great." Myde grumbled. "Why'd you have to make me come back here. I still get nightmares about your freaky three-headed dog!"

"Because I didn't want Pete screwing up my plans like he did every single time for Maleficent! In fact, now that I think about it I should have taken the mini-Riku." Hades grumbled, sitting at his throne while Myde jumped up to sit on to the round table.

"You mean Hope?" Myde asked. "Why'd Maleficent recruit him anyway? What's so special about that kid?"

"No idea. She wouldn't tell me. And here I thought we had something special." Hades rolled his eyes.

"Okay... I didn't need to know that." Myde squirmed. "So what is your plan anyway?"

"First we wait for the fates to get here. They'll tell us all the info we need, yada yada. Then we go from there." Hades replied. "PAIN! PANIC! GET IN HERE!" At that moment, two small monsters; one purple and one blue came running in and saluted Hades.

"Pain and Panic reporting for duty!" The blue one, Panic said.

"Have the fates arrived yet?" Demanded Hades. At that moment, the two minions noticed Myde sitting casually on the table.

"Uhh boss, isn't that the guy who -" Pain started to say.

"Yeah yeah it's me. Can we move on now?" Myde demanded irritably, crossing his arms. Pain and Panic looked at each other and shrugged before they shrugged and turned back to their master.

"The fates have arrived." Panic announced.

"Well, what are you waiting for; send them in!" Hades demanded. A split second later three figures strode into the room. They were all wrinkly old hags with sharp teeth and claws, all garbed in long black cloaks. They all had empty eye sockets but only the shortest had one. The tallest was thin with blue skin and a long, pointed nose. The next tallest was thin as well but had green skin, a pointed chin and wild strands of yellow worm-like hair peeking out. The one with only one eye socket was short and stout with a round head and green serpent-like hair. In the shortest one's hand was a slimy eyeball.

"Ladies; welcome back!" Hades exclaimed, smiling and standing up from his throne. "I was wondering if-"

"We could help you take care of the keybearers?" The blue one, Lachesis interrupted.

"How'd you know he-" Myde asked.

"Was going to say that?" The green one, Clotho interrupted with a giggle.

"We're fates! We know everything!" Lachesis said as she grabbed the eyeball and put it in one of her eye sockets. "The past." Clotho then slapped her sister on the back, causing the eyeball to fall out and put it into one of her own eye sockets.

"Present." She said just as the purple one, Atropos pulled the eye out of the socket and into her own.

"And future." Atropos finished. Myde crossed his arms and glared at the three fates.

"Oh yeah; prove it!" Myde demanded.

"You lived on a world called Splash Mountain." Lachesis replied, grabbing the eye back from Atropos. "When it fell to darkness you almost drowned in the lake then your heart was taken by a Sea Neon heartless. Pathetic if you ask me!" There was an eerie silence throughout the Underworld as everyone stared at Myde.

"Okay... That was sort of private." Myde cringed uncomfortably. Hades rolled his eyes then turned back to the fates.

"Anyway; see Maleficent told me the team of wannabe-heroes is coming this way. But see, I already got this plan to take care of Jerkules and the snobs up on Olympus. So are these kids gonna mess up my plans or what?" Clotho was about to speak up before Lachesis stepped up, glaring at Hades.

"Oh no you don't! The last time we revealed the future to you ended terribly!" The tallest fate scowled. Hades grumbled in defeat before an idea filled his mind.

"Hey! You don't know! No big deal; fine don't tell me!" Hades smirked.

"Of course we know!" Atropos protested. "We'll show you all!"

"Duh! How could I have doubted such lovely ladies." Hades replied while Myde looked like he was about to throw up. Clotho and Atropos blushed furiously. Lachesis grumbled in annoyance, but still held out the eye in the palm of her hand as the eye began to glow and fly up into the air.

~*KHIII*~

Olympus Colliseum

Meanwhile, above on the ground level Sora and his team had just arrived, he, Donald and Goofy beamed at the familiar sight of the completely rebuilt coliseum. Looking brighter and more alive than ever.

"Well at least we hit our mark this time." Sora smiled, remembering the last time they came to this world they had ended up in the Underworld.

"Yeah. The Underworld wasn't a fun place!" Donald agreed.

"Tell me about it." West said, crossing her arms. The group looked at her and Riku in surprise.

"Gawrsh, you guys came here too?" Goofy asked.

"Hades brought us here to 'train' us." Riku admitted. "Let's just say that Centaurs are tougher than they look."

"Hey! At least you didn't have to fight Sephiroth; that guy was tough!" Sora retorted. At that moment there was the sound of a pained cry followed by the uproar of applause and cheers.

"Sounds like the games are on!" Donald pointed out, leading the group of nine towards the coliseum doors. "We should compete again, Sora!"

"Yeah! We gotta now that we're true heroes!" Goofy agreed, followed by enthusiastic cheers from Donald and Sora. But at that moment Lea stepped in front of the trio.

"Uhh hate to remind you but aren't we on a mission?" The former nobody asked.

"Even if we are, a few training tips from Phil wouldn't hurt." Mickey stated.

"Right!" Max agreed turning to Goofy. "You said he's the best trainer of heroes around, dad!" Goofy nodded and ruffled his son's hair.

"We should still talk to them; even if we don't train." Riku said. "Hades has been one of Maleficent's most trusted allies for years. We should at least warn them." The group nodded in agreement, Riku pushing open the heavy coliseum doors as they strode inside.

Upon entering, the group couldn't help but gasp in amazement; the colliseum's lobby had been completely redone. It was much bigger for one with a lounging area complete with stone tables, brown couches, gold tapestries and a bar. One wall was stacked full of various trofies hidden behind a glass wall. Scattered around the room were various pillars supporting decorative vases with different heroes painted on them.

One vase in particular caught Kairi's attention. The princess of heart gently picked it up and looked it over, her eyes widening when she recognized who was on it.

"Sora!" She called, motioning them over. "You, Donald and Goofy are on here!" The team gathered around and sure enough, painted on the vase was the trio; mimicking their pose from the constellation Zeus had created last year.

"Wow. This is so cool!" West beamed.

"Yeah. Took us long enough to be true heroes." Donald grumbled. At that moment, the cheering was heard again from a door at the far end of the room reading "Colliseum Entrance" in Greek.

"Come on!" Sora exclaimed. "Sound's like Herc's got a big crowd." His team nodded and followed him through the door and into the open, sunlit area of the Coliseum's viewing was crowded with people in togas and supporting signs that read "Go Hercules" and other similar sayings.

In the arena, Sora wasn't surprised to see Hercules himself up against a Hades's three-headed dog, Cerberus and winning by a long shot. As usual, he was garbed in his traditional bronze fighting gear complete with blue cape, sandals and the gold symbol of the gods on his belt. The teenager scanned the crowd for anyone he knew which wasn't hard; in the front row seat were three familiar figures.

The first was a tall, beautiful, slender young woman with thick, curled auburn hair tied back in a ponytail. She was wearing a lavender dress that showed off her curves nicely. She seemed to be one of Hercules's biggest supporters as she was on the edge of her seat the entire time. The one next to her was a pure white horse with a blue mane and tail and giant white feathery wings coming out of his back. He was clapping his fore hooves together excitedly. The last was a short, fat satyr standing on a box and holding a microphone in his hand.

"Meg! Pegasus! Phil!" Sora called and waved excitedly. The three heads turned around at once and all beamed with excitement as Meg motioned for the group of nine to join them.

"Long time no see!" Meg exclaimed, Phil putting down his microphone and Pegasus head-butting Donald and Goofy. "What do you think of what we've done with the place?"

"It looks amazing!" Kairi stated, sitting next to her as Sora moved to introduce her, and the rest of their team to the Coliseum's natives. Phil's ears instantly perked up at the mention of Riku and West.

"Hey, you entered the games two years ago, right?" Phil asked, Riku and West both nodded. "What was that tournament called again... The Titan cup?"

"That's the one." Riku confirmed. "Gave me bruises for a week!"

"How come we never got to enter that one?" Goofy asked. "Then we could have met up with Riku and West."

"Trust me; I wanted to enter you." Phil replied, watching the tournament in front of them. "But they snagged the last spot. Two words when it comes to the games; Limited number of space!"

"Wait a second, that's more than three-" Mickey started to say.

"Just leave it, your majesty." Donald said. At that moment, Cerberus fell to the ground in a hung thump from Hercules's final blow. The crowd around them burst into applause and cheers and in a standing ovation. Hercules bowed and waved to his fans.

"That's my champ!" Phil shouted into the microphone. "What strength! What skill! No wonder he's our greatest hero!" The cheering continued just as a magical barrier around the arena disappeared, allowing Hercules into the bleachers to greet his fans.

"Where'd the barrier come from?" Lea asked.

"The head man Zues himself installed it last year after we finished rebuilding. Thought it was a good idea if the audience didn't participate in the games too." Meg explained. At that moment, Hercules began walking towards them, his eyes widening in surprise at the sight of the nine newcomers.

"Sora! Donald! Goofy!" Hercules exclaimed. "When'd you guys get here?"

"Just now." Sora replied, fist pumping Hercules. "Nice match, Herc."

"Are you remembering to rest?" Donald asked. "We don't want a repeat of last year!"

"Don't worry about Wonder boy." Meg laughed, standing up from her seat and hugging him. "I'm making sure of it."

"Yeah." Hercules nodded. "I even got a friend helping me out with some of the matches."

"Really? Who?" Goofy asked. Little did he know that his question would soon be answered as Phil picked up the microphone again.

"Now for our last match of the day! From the depths of the Underworld; this fearsome creature destroyed the Colliseum before!" The crowd released very clear "boos". "Please welcome the bloodthirsty hydra!" The gate opened and before anyone had any time to react, the familiar light purple hydra slithered out, hissing at the crowd.

"And it's mighty opponent; you may know him as a former servant of Hades. But now free of The Lord of the Dead's control and is now a trusted ally among us, please welcome back the fearsome Cloud Strife!"

"CLOUD?!" Sora, Donald and Goofy all exclaimed at once, their mouths open in complete shock. Sure enough, the blond, spiky-haired warrior emerged from the opposite gate. He looked the same as he had a year ago when they saw him back in Radiant Garden; the same black, buckled outfit with the wolf-like symbol on his shoulder, his hair styled in the same spiked fashion and the heavy, bandaged Buster Sword was strapped to his back.

The hydra hissed at him but Cloud simply glared and huffed in response, pulling the Buster Sword from behind his back and standing in a battle-ready stance. The hydra moved to snap at him, but Cloud simply dodged out of the way using a combo of rapid sword strokes. The hydra growled at him and snapped towards him, barring its teeth dangerously. Cloud responded by ducking out of the way again and using more slashes from his sword but the hydra kept snarling at him. Wanting to get the fight over with, Cloud used a three-hit sword combo and then jumped up into the air and falling back down with Buster Sword pointed at the hydra's heart. The hydra released a strained cry before falling down, defeated.

The crowd bursted into applause once again and Cloud placed his sword back on his back and made his way to the bleachers where Hercules and the rest of the team were. His eyes widened at the sight of Sora and the rest of the world-travellers.

"Sora?" Cloud asked in astonishment. Just as the crowd was clearing out as the games were done for the day.

"Long time no see, Cloud!" Sora smiled. "So this is where you ended up after your fight with Sephiroth!" Cloud scowled as he crossed his arms over his chest.

"Yeah. He must have opened some kind of portal to separate us; I haven't seen any sign of him since I got here. I found myself in the Underworld, but I left before I could have another run-in with Hades." The ex-soldier replied.

"He walked right into the Coliseum looking for a place to stay." Phil continued. "Sure I recognized him, but that didn't mean I was gonna let him get off easy."

"Phil made him go through a load of training exercises before even considering him a hero." Hercules continued, the group bursting into laughter, remembering how stubborn Phil could be. "Cloud's been a really good friend taking over some of my matches so we could both get some hero's rest. We've even helped each other train."

"Sounds like you've been busy, Strife." Lea added. At that moment, Cloud recognized the former nobody.

"Lea? What are you doing here?!" Cloud demanded. "I haven't seen you since we were kids and Radiant Garden was destroyed."

"Oh you know, the usual; helping out the good guys, kicking heartless tail." Shrugged Lea.

"Anyway," Hercules said. "What brings you guys here? Off on another quest?" Mickey stepped forward, speaking for the group.

"Actually, there's something we need to discuss with everyone."

~*KHIII*~

Myde was still finding everything about the fates hard to believe; after when the eye was still floating and glowing above them. The fates had just finished their explanation of Hades's plan and the future.

"ALL RIGHT!" Hades beamed with excitement, his entire body in flames. "FINALLY! THEY WON'T KNOW WHAT HIT 'EM!"

"Yes. But once again there is a word of caution." Atropos stated calmly as Hades looked at her in confusion and the image of Hercules, Sora, Cloud and the rest of the team appeared in the eye; battle ready. "Should Hercules fight with an army by his side, you will fail."

The three fates all released high-pitched cackles before disappearing into the eye an then the eye disappearing in a brief flash. There was a silence once again for a moment, until Hades snarled and red, angry flames surrounded his body.

"WHHHHHAAAAAT?!" The Lord of the Dead roared causing Myde, Pain and Panic to flinch and cringe in fear. It didn't last long, as Hades calmed himself down. "Okay, okay I'm fine. I'm cool."

"So what are ya gonna do, boss?" Pain asked.

"Simple." Hades smirked, turning to Myde. "That's where you come in my water-elemental friend. We just have to separate the goody-too shoes. One group will be felt with if say, another match in the games were to take place..."

"Woah! Dude!" Myde exclaimed, holding up his hands in defence. "I don't do combat! I'm a recon guy!"

"That's not what I'm talking about!" Hades retorted. "You'll provide a little distraction elsewhere to separate the group more. We'll leave the games to a client of mine." At that moment, the silhouette of a warrior-like figure strode into the doorway of Hades's throne room. What was barely visible in the shadows was slightly spiked hair, holding a menacing-looking blade and a cape flowing behind them.

PrismRain13: so that's Olympus Coliseum's first chapter! A bit longer than I usually do for world intros but that's okay!

Hercules: Don't get too comfortable, Hades! You're going down!

PrismRain13: you're getting a little carried away Herc. *sigh* review and see if you can guess the mystery person!

Jared Reese; thanks for the positivity! yep! You guessed right! And yes, that world is coming! I promise!