I am NO ONE'S slave
I am NO ONE'S puppet
I am MY own boss
I am MY own master
I bend to NO ONE'S will
The only will I bend to is MY OWN
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Chapter 24: Invasion in Olympus
Arthur, Sora, Eilonwy, Calla, T.J., Donald, Goofy, Max, P.J., Robin, and Tod leave Neverland and return to the Gummi ship, but before they can continue their journey, Chip appears on screen.
"Fellas! We have a big problem!" Chip said.
"What's wrong?" Donald asked.
"The Black Xetis and Heartless! They're Olympus Coliseum!" Dale said.
"What?!" Tod asked.
"Looks like the games're gonna get cancelled even more..." Goofy said.
"Never mind about the games! We can't ignore the Black Xetis and Heartless!" Eilonwy said.
"What's worse is we haven't even found Olympus' Keyhole yet!" Arthur said.
"All the more reason to get back there as soon as possible!" Robin said.
"You're right, Rob! We'd better head back!" Sora said.
"Back to Olympus! Yesterday!" Max said.
The Gummi ship uses Warp Drive to transport back to Olympus Coliseum and they disembark.
In the Greek city of Thebes, the entire city is under fire, as Black Xetis and Heartless are attacking while buildings are burning and falling, as many people are running away and screaming in terror, but before the Black Xetis and Heartless can attack, someone defeats them and it's Hercules.
"First, they entered the Coliseum and they're doing an all-out attack? What's going on?" Hercules asked, as many Soldier Heartless, Heartless that look like gladiators wearing dark purple armor, helmets, and carrying spears and shields, Black Xetis that look like centaurs carrying double axes, and Imp Black Xetis appear and confront the hero. "Heh, you wanna fight a true hero? Fine by me! You'll wish you didn't!" Hercules said, charging to attack.
Meanwhile, the party arrive in Thebes and they see the damage happening.
"This is bad..." Goofy said.
"This is chaos!" Robin said.
"C'mon! We gotta do something about this!" Sora said.
"Herc should be somewhere too!" Donald said.
"Yeah. He may appear strong, but he'll still need some help." Eilonwy said.
"Let's get a move on!" P.J. said and they nod.
The party begin moving, but then, Gladiator Heartless, Soldier Heartless, Pink Lullaby Heartless, Zombie Black Xetis, Centaur Black Xetis, and Imp Black Xetis appear.
"Here they are!" Sora said, taking out his Keyblade.
"Let's show these idiots not to mess with heroes!" T.J. said, taking out his daggers.
"Actually, T.J., we're junior heroes." Goofy said, earning a glare from the rogue boy.
"Dad, not now!" Max said.
"What did Mr. Goofy mean by 'junior heroes'?" P.J. asked.
"We'll talk later! Let's focus!" Arthur said.
(Battle Theme: Road to Hero)
The Gladiator Heartless deliver impaling strikes with their spears while the Soldier Heartless deliver spinning kick attacks, but Arthur casts Hypnora to make the enemies sleep and attack each other and then vertical slashes with Excalibur followed by Crescent Slash and then casts Galra while Sora delivers three diagonal slashes with Kingdom Key followed by two horizontal slashes and then casts Watera. The Pink Lullaby Heartless cast a spell to try and make the party sleep, only for Eilonwy to cast Attractra to bring the enemies to her and then uses Magic Pulse followed by casting Quakra while Donald casts Gravira followed by casting Thundara, but the Centaur Black Xetis deliver charging attacks with their horns and try to strike with their axes. Calla uses Magic Hour and teleports while unleashing pillars of magic to deal damage while T.J. uses Divira and then they use Dagger-Nado and deliver spinning strikes with their daggers, but the Zombie Black Xetis throw their limbs while the Imp Black Xetis deliver leaping attacks with their claws, only for Tod to use Growl to dealing stunning damage. The Gladiator Heartless deliver counterattacks with their shields while the Centaur Black Xetis deliver wild swings with their axes, only for P.J. to deliver three heavy swings with his hammer followed by a slamming strike and then uses Shoulder Tackle while Goofy uses Super Charge. The Pink Lullaby Heartless try to make the party sleep, only for Max to use Shield Boomerang and throws his shield while Robin uses Arrow Barrage and fires many arrows, but the Zombie Black Xetis underground while rising to attack while the Gladiator Heartless deliver multi strikes with their spears, only for Sora to use Sonic Blade while Arthur Virtue Maelstrom and they defeat the enemies.
"Take THAT!" Sora said, grinning.
"Hey, we're not done yet!" Donald said.
"There's still more where those freaks came from." Calla said.
"Right. Let's explore the rest of the city and hope we can find more Black Xetis and Heartless." Robin said.
"Guys, look!" Tod said, pointing at someone being attacked by more Black Xetis and Heartless and it's Phil.
"It's Phil!" Max said.
"He's in trouble!" Arthur said.
"Let's go!" Sora said, as they rush over.
The Gladiator Heartless and Centaur Black Xetis confront Phil and are about to attack, but then, slashes occur and destroy the Black Xetis and Heartless, revealing to be Arthur and Sora.
"Hi, Phil." Arthur said.
"Well, if it ain't the junior heroes! I honestly thought you'd be back for the games, but..." Phil was cut off.
"Yeah, we know. This place is under attack." Max said.
"But what's going on?" Donald asked.
"Why're the Black Xetis and Heartless attackin'?" Goofy asked.
"Ask Hades! I'll bet my goatee he's the reason behind all this! Right now, Herc's workin' to clean up all this mess." Phil said.
"Thanks. Let's go." Sora said.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa! You turkeys ain't serious 'bout goin', are ya?" Phil asked.
"And why can't we?" Eilonwy asked.
"Yeah, give us a reason!" T.J. said.
"Two words: You're still junior heroes!" Phil said.
"Okay, first off, that's FOUR words!" P.J. said.
"And second, we've been fighting Black Xetis and Heartless. We know what we're doing." Calla said.
"Besides, how can we prove to be hero material if you're not gonna let us?" Arthur asked, crossing his arms.
"Oh, for the love of Athena... Fine, fine! Ya wanna help? See if youse can clear the city from those freakshows." Phil said.
"Gladly?" Arthur asked.
"By the way, where'd youse pick up more strays? I haven't seen 'em before." Phil said, looking at Calla, T.J., and P.J.
"Got a problem, ya stupid goat?" T.J. asked, crossing his arms.
"For your information, we wanted to travel with them." Calla said.
"Yeah, deal with it." P.J. said.
"Oh, boy... Well, ya know what you're doin'. I gotta help evacuatin' people." Phil said.
The party start moving through Thebes to help deal with the invasion, but then, a blue fireball comes at them, making Eilonwy cast a barrier to protect them.
"What was that?" Calla asked.
"Trouble, I'm sure." Arthur said.
"You're absolutely right!" A voice said.
"Oh, great..." T.J. said, as they see Azula on a building roof.
"You're responsible for the invasion, aren't you?" Robin asked, readying his bow.
"It was actually Hades' idea. I'm just merely helping out." Azula said, jumping off the roof and confronts the party. "Besides, I've been looking for an excuse to burn something to the ground and this world is perfect for that. Not to mention, you haven't even found this world's Keyhole yet! This will work well to our advantage of claiming it." Azula said.
"Well, guess what? We're here now!" Sora said, pointing his Keyblade.
"We're gonna find that Keyhole before you!" Tod yelled, growling.
"Get out of here, Azula. This won't end well for you!" Calla said, taking out her lyre.
"Oh, so you want to fight me, even after your failure in doing so? I always find you people amusing." Azula said.
"You won't think so in a minute! I promise you!" Arthur said, pointing his sword.
"Got room for one more?" A voice asked, as someone arrives and it's Hercules.
"Herc!" Donald said.
"Glad you guys are here!" Hercules said.
"Oh, good luck! The muscle-brained hero has come to join! All the better!" Azula said.
"Herc, be careful with her! She's dangerous!" Max said.
"I'm normally not one for attacking younger people, let alone a girl, but if she's dangerous, you got nothing to worry about." Hercules said.
"Let the fun begin!" Azula said, lighting blue flames.
(Boss Theme: Squirming Evil)
Azula begins firing three blasts of blue flames at the party, who dodge out of the way, only for Azula to deliver two blue flaming kicks to try and deal burning damage, but Arthur casts Hydrora for protection and then casts Frostra to strike at the Firebending princess, who manages to avoid the ice spikes and shoots three blue fireballs at the blond boy, only for Sora to deflect the fireballs and then vertical slashes with Kingdom Key followed by Blitz. Azula jumps back and creates two more blasts of blue flames and throws them at the party, only for Hercules to create a gold aura barrier to protect everyone and then delivers two punches followed by a sword slash while Goofy delivers two bashes with his shield followed by Super Rocket. Azula retaliates with a ballet-style blue flame kick to deal burning damage, but Donald casts Cura to heal everyone and then casts Blizzara followed by casting Watera while Tod uses Skullbash, only for Azula to gracefully dodge out of the way and then unleashes four waves of flames to try and get the party. Max blocks with his shield and then delivers two roundhouse slashes with his sword followed by an upper slash and then delivers a spinning shield bash while Calla unleashes five magic music notes followed by casting Aqua Blast to deal damage to the evil princess, who manages to recover and then shoots five blue fireballs followed by unleashing a giant blue fireball. P.J. creates a barrier to protect against the giant blue fireball and then delivers a strong spin strike with his hammer followed by Freezing Flail and attacks the sadistic princess, who creates blue flame daggers and delivers fiery slashes, only for T.J. to counter with his own daggers and then uses Trick Slash and teleports while slashing. Azula uses her Firebending to fly around while firing blue flame blasts at the party, who avoid the blue flames, as Eilonwy unleashes four magic pillars followed by striking with five magic orbs and then casts Voltra to deal daamge while Robin uses Windmill Bow, but Azula uses her Firebending to fly and lands on a roof while creating lightning on her fingers.
"Look out! She's doing that attack like last time!" Max said.
"Try dodging THIS!" Azula said, unleashing her lightning attacks.
The party dodge the lightning attack, but Azula continues shooting more lightning from the roof, only for Hercules to pick up a rock and throws it at the roof to strike at the Firebending princess, who manages to get off and confronts the party again while shooting four more blue fireballs, only for Max to block with his shield and then uses Cymbal Dance and delivers a shield combo strike while T.J. uses Razor Boomerang. Azula grafecfully dodges the attacks and slashes with her blue flame daggers followed by two ballet-style flame kicks to deal burning, but P.J. retaliates with four strong swings with his hammer followed two spinning strikes and then uses Boulder Bombs while Calla casts Triple Blizzara and shoots three ice shards at the evil princess, who unleashes a giant fireball. Eilonwy casts a barrier against the giant fireball and then creates magic blades and sends them to attack Azula, who dodges them and unleashes more lightning, only for Robin to use Cyclone Arrow and spins while firing arrows, but Azula creates two blue flame whips and delivers many lashes with them. Goofy blocks with his shield and then uses Super Tornado, only for Azula to deliver more strikes with her blue flames to deal burning damage, but Tod uses Tackle to deal some damage, but Azula creates more blue flame blades and delivers fiery slashes followed by a flipping blue flame kick and then unleashes more lightning. Donald casts Aerora for protection and then casts Watera followed by casting Thundara, only for Azula to fly away with her Firebending while shooting down blue fireballs to deal more burning damage, but the party dodge out of the way, only for Azula, but Arthur casts Attractra to bring the evil princess and then aerial slashes with Excalibur followed by Tornado Strike while Sora aerial slashes with Kingdom Key followed by Hurricane Blast and they deal good damage.
The party manage to send Azula back, but she skids to stop.
"Hmm, I'm mildly impressed. I'll even go so far as to say you've somewhat improved." Azula said.
"You're not giving up, are ya?" T.J. asked.
"Of course not. I still have matters to attend to, but I can't up with you just yet." Azula said, making more lightning.
"Guys, look out!" Hercules said.
Azula unleashing her lightning at the party, who try to defend themselves, but the lightning attack sends the party flying off from the plaza of Thebes and far from the Firebending princess.
"Well, that was fun. It's obvious they'll come here anyway. They're pathetically predictable, like moths to the flame." Azula said.
"Coulda said it better myself, Princess! Not to mention, with Blunderboy risking his worthless life to protect this cesspool of a city, all the better." A voice said, as Hades arrives.
"Honestly, Hades, I thought you were going to destroy them at the games. Why have an invasion?" Azula asked.
"It's a matter of having back-up plans, Azula. Call this 'Plan Omega'. I've already got Plan Alpha in the works, but I'll still need time." Hades said, disappearing in smoke.
"We certainly can't have the mighty God of the Underworld hog all the fun, now can we?" A voice asked, as Bete Noire and Cauchemar arrive.
"Oh, of course not. We love some destruction as well. Why waste not watching it?" Azula asked.
"I couldn't agree more. What's more fun is that the idiot heroes are here too!" Cauchemar said.
"I think another lesson in reality is called for. Breaking them in Mobius was fun, but we're bored." Bete Noire said.
"In that case, do what you want. Just remember, we still need Arthur alive." Azula said.
"Correction, Princess, we only need his HEART! Not his body nor soul." Bete Noire said, as he and Cauchemar disappear in darkness.
"Well, time to get back to having some fun." Azula said, using her Firebending to fly off.
Meanwhile, Sora, Donald, Goofy, and Hercules are in a different part of Thebes, which is still under attack and the four manage to recover.
"Ah, that Azula is such a monster!" Donald yelled.
"Hey, where're Arthur, Maxie, and everyone else?" Goofy asked, looking around.
"Oh, no! We gotta find 'em!" Sora said.
"Right. I'll help you guys look for them. We still gotta help Thebes with the whole Black Xeti and Heartless problem." Hercules said.
"You're right, Herc. We're obviously not gonna ignore the invasion. I'm just worried about Artie." Sora said, remembering what happened to Arthur in Mobius.
"Don'tcha worry, Sora. Arthur's been with us durin' this journey, so he should be used to fightin' them Black Xetis and Heartless by now." Goofy said.
"I'm just worried after what happened in Mobius..." Sora said.
"It's NOT gonna happen again! We'll protect him!" Donald said.
"Take it from me, Sora. I've seen your other friends and I, for one, think they have what it takes to be heroes, like you three. I know for a fact Arthur is one too. Just like how Uther and Igraine proved themselves." Hercules said.
"Thanks, Herc. C'mon, guys, let's settle with this invasion!" Sora said and they nod.
(Field Theme: Olympus Coliseum)
The four begin moving through Thebes again to help handle the invasion of the Black Xetis and Heartless, but they see a giant fireball attacking a building, knocking it down.
"Gawrsh, this is gettin' outta hand!" Goofy said.
"Nice of my uncle to show some restraint..." Hercules said.
"We're NOT gonna let Hades get away with this." Sora said, as they keep going.
Sora, Donald, Goofy, and Hercules arrive at what looks like a round area of Thebes, but they find more Gladiator Heartless and Centaur Black Xetis appearing and surrounding the four, who get ready to fight.
"Ya wanna fight? Bring it!" Sora said, but before the Black Xetis and Heartless can attack, someone slashes at the enemies, destroying them.
"Hey, those were ours!" Donald yelled.
"Who did that?" Hercules asked, looking around.
"I did." A voice said, revealing to be Cloud with his sword in hand.
"Cloud!" Sora said, grinning.
"I'm surprised you're still here." Goofy said.
"I decided to stay a little longer. And now with Hades causing this mess, I should do something about it." Cloud said.
"Thanks for helping out." Hercules said, putting his hand on the warrior's shoulder.
"We'd be more than happy to let you help out." Sora said, but more Gladiator Heartless and Centaur Black Xetis appear.
"Here we go again..." Goofy said, taking out his shield.
"Ya can't stop us!" Sora said.
"That's my line." Cloud said.
"Get ready, everyone!" Hercules said.
The Gladiator Heartless begin charging at the five with their spears while the Centaur Black Xetis charge to attack the five with their horns, but Sora casts Stopra to freeze the enemies and then delivers five slashes with Kingdom Key followed by Blitz and then casts Blizzara while Donald shoots five magic bullets followed by casting Fira while Goofy uses Super Tornado, but the Centaur Black Xetis retaliate with swinging with their axes followed by delivering kick attacks. Cloud delivers two slashes with his Buster Sword and then uses his own Sonic Blade while Hercules glows with his golden aura and then unleashes a powerful aura energy blast while Sora vertical slashes with Kingdom Key followed by a roundhouse slash and then casts Earthra, but the Gladiator Heartless impale with their spears. Donald casts Sleepra to make the enemies sleep and then casts Thundara while Goofy double bashes with his shield followed by an upper bash and then uses Super Charge, only for the Centaur Black Xetis to slam their axes while unleashing rocks from the ground while the Gladiator Heartless multi strike with their spears. Hercules creates an aura barrier to block off the attacks and then delivers a spinning strike with his sword while Cloud and Sora work together and they use their Sonic Blades to dash around and deliver a cross dashing slash and they defeat the enemies.
The five continue moving through Thebes and arrive at what looks like a destroyed road and move across it, taking them to another part of Thebes, where they come across another square, where they find buildings being destroyed by a giant Heartless that appears to be Guard Armor, but it's red.
"Gawrsh, that's Guard Armor!" Goofy said.
"But it looks different." Donald said.
"Who cares! We took one out before and we can do it again!" Sora said, taking out Kingdom Key.
"Count me in!" Hercules said.
"I'll help out." Cloud said, taking out his Buster Sword.
(Boss Theme: Shrouding Dark Cloud)
The Heartless known as Red Armor begins using its hands to deliver punches at the five, who dodge, but Red Armor uses its feet to try and stomp on them, only for Sora to aerial slash at the arms with Kingdom Key followed by an aerial spin slash while Donald casts Thundara on the hands, but the hands begin spinning around to attack the two, who both cast Aerora for protection while Goofy uses Turbo and rides on his shield to attack. Red Armor retaliates with using its body to spin around to attack the trio, but Hercules counters with his own spinning sword attack and they clash, as Hercules delivers a powerful slash with his sword while Cloud uses Cross Slash and deals great damage to the giant Heartless. Red Armor uses its feet to deliver a marching attack while the hands deliver many punches, only for Sora to deliver five slashes with Kingdom Key and then casts Gravira while Cloud uses Sonic Blade and dashes while striking, but the hands and feet keep attacking the sword wielders, only for Donald to cast Stopra to freeze the Heartless and then shoots five magic bullets while Goofy uses Super Tornado. Red Armor has its hands deliver more punches while the feet keep stomping while the body delivers a slamming attack, only for Hercules to create his golden aura barrier and then unleashes a powerful aura explosion to deal damage to all parts while Cloud triple slashes with his Buster Sword while Sora uses Strike Raid. Red Armor reattaches itself and uses its hands to deliver spinning attacks, but Goofy blocks with his shield and uses Super Rocket while Cloud aerial slashes with his Buster Sword followed by a spinning slash, only for Red Armor to slam itself to the ground to deal damage. Sora casts Stopra to freeze time and then aerial slashes with Kingdom Key followed by Hurricane Blast while Donald casts Fira followed by casting Watera while Hercules delivers a strong uppercut, but Red Armor sends its hands and feet again to attack on their own, only for Goofy to throw his shield while Cloud vertical slashes with his Buster Sword.
Red Armor retaliates with using its body to spin around and dealing more damage, only for Sora to aerial slash with Kingdom Key followed by two aerial somersault slashes and then casts Earthra while Goofy aerial bashes with his shield, but the hands deliver spinning punches while the feet delivering slamming attacks, only for Donald to cast Blizzara followed by casting Watera while Cloud diagonal slashes with his Buster Sword while Hercules delivers a headbutting attack. Red Armor reattaches its hands and feet and then slams itself to try and crush the five, only for Donald to cast Stopra to freeze it, allowing Cloud to unleash a crooked wing on the right side of his back and flies around while delivering many slashes with his Buster Sword followed by a slamming strike, dealing excellent damage. Red Armor retaliates with using its hands to deliver punches at the five, but Hercules aerial slashes with his sword followed by a slamming fist strike while Sora uses Strike Raid and throws his Keyblade four times while Goofy uses Super Tornado, only for Red Armor to stomp at the five with its feet. Donald casts Aerora to protect everyone and then casts Blizzara while Cloud uses Cross Slash while Hercules delivers three punches followed by a roundhouse strong kick and then delivers an uppercut, but Red Armor uses its body to deliver a spinning strike while the hands deliver punches while the feet deliver stomping attacks. Goofy blocks with his shield and then uses Super Charge while Donald casts Earthra followed by casting Thundara, but Red Armor uses its hands to deliver spinning attacks while the feet keep stomping, only for Hercules to unleash gold orbs and sends them to attack while Cloud uses Omnislash while Sora uses Sonic Blade and they finish off Red Armor, who falls apart.
Another giant heart flies out of Red Armor, who disappears and the five return to their normal stances.
"That's another Heartless beaten, but who knows how many more remain." Donald said.
"No problem. We'll take 'em all on as long as it takes." Sora said, but then, they see another explosion.
"Oh, no..." Goofy said.
"This is getting worse by the minute." Hercules said.
"We better go see where it's coming from." Cloud said.
"Yeah." Sora said.
The five hurry their way for the next part of Thebes to get to the explosion, but as they keep going, something attacks them, making them dodge.
"Now what?" Donald asked, as something attacks them again.
"Somethin's tryin' to hurt us." Goofy said.
"But what?" Sora asked, as something is about to attack.
"Enough of this!" Hercules said, slamming his fists on the ground, revealing to be a Heartless that looks like Stealth Sneak, but it has black and grey camouflage.
"Stealth Sneak?" Donald asked.
"But it's different like Red Armor." Goofy said.
"Doesn't matter! If you're in our way, move it or we'll make you!" Sora yelled.
(Boss Theme: Shrouding Dark Cloud)
The Heartless known as Sneak Army turns invisible and begins firing green energy at the five, who dodge out of the way and Sora aerial slashes with Kingdom Key followed by two aerial spin slashes and then casts Blizzara while Donald shoots three magic bullets from his staff followed by casting Thundara while Goofy uses Super Discus and throws his shield, but Sneak Army charges at the five to attack, only for Cloud to use Cross Slash, dealing damage. Sneak Army jumps back from the five and charges energies on its eyes and unleashes the energy beams at the five, only for Hercules to create another aura barrier to block off the beams and then delivers a giant punch while Goofy uses Super Tornado while Donald casts Fira followed by casting Earthra. Sneak Army retaliates with jumping towards the five and then delivers a charging attack with its horn, but Cloud counters with Sonic Blade and dashes all over while dealing damage while Sora also uses Sonic Blade and dashes all over while dealing damage as well, only for Sneak Army to counter and delivering dance-like kicks to deal damage. Donald casts Sleepra to make the giant Heartless sleep, allowing Goofy to triple bash with his shield followed by a roundhouse shield bash while Hecrules double punches followed by delivering four slashes with his sword and then delivers a slamming sword strike while Cloud delivers five slashes with his Buster Sword. Sneak Army gets away from the five and then unleashes green energy to try and strike at the five, but Goofy blocks with his shield and then uses Super Turbo while Cloud jumps into the air and delivers a diving strike with his Buster Sword, dealing damage, only for Sneak Army to charge energy into its eyes again. Donald quickly casts Stopra to freeze the giant Heartless, allowing Hercules to unleash two gold orbs and sends them to attack while Sora horizontal slashes with Kingdom Key followed by two diagonal slashes and then uses Ripple Drive while Cloud delivers four slashes his Buster Sword, but Sneak Army turns invisible again and unleashes more green energy to deal damage.
The five avoid the green energy attacks, only for Sneak Army to charge at the five with its horn attack, but Cloud retaliates with vertical slashes with his Buster Sword followed by spinning strike while Goofy uses Super Tornado, only for Sneak Army to jump away from the five and then delivers a swiping tail attack to deal damage, but Donald casts Watera followed by casting Gravira while Hercules delivers a charging headbutt strike while Sora aerial slashes with Kingdom Key. Sneak Army charges at the five with its horn, only for Sora to use Strike Raid and throws his Keyblade four times while Goofy uses Super Charge, but Sneak Army jumps toward the five and attacks with its claws followed by dancing attacks, only for Donald to cast Fira followed by casting Thundara while Cloud uses Cross Slash. Sneak Army turns invisible once more and charges to deal damage, only for Goofy to counter and uses Super Rocket to stun the Heartless, allowing Hercules to deliver five strong punches followed by two roundhouse kicks and then vertical slashes with his sword while Cloud delivers five slashes with his Buster Sword while Sora casts Earthra, but Sneak Army charges energy into its eyes and fires its energy beams at the five, who dodge, but Sneak Army continues firing more energy beams from its eyes, but Goofy uses Super Charge while Donald shoots five magic bullets from his staff and then casts Blizzara. Sneak Army delivers two swiping tail attacks, only for Cloud to retaliate with Sonic Blade and then delivers a diving strike with his Buster Sword while Hercules delivers spinning slashes with his sword followed by a slamming sword strike while unleashing golden energy to deal damage while Sora vertical slashes with Kingdom Key followed two slashes and then uses Ripple Drive, but Sneak Army turns invisible and charges green energy to try and attack the five, only for Hercules to unleash four golden orbs and sends them to attack while Cloud uses Omnislash while Goofy uses Goofy Turbo while Donald casts Fira while Sora uses Sonic Blade and they finish off Sneak Army.
Sneak Army falls to the ground while a giant heart flies out of the giant Heartless, making it disappear.
"Good. Now to head for the explosion." Sora said.
"It might be another Heartless or a Black Xeti." Donald said.
"Or maybe Hades himself." Goofy said.
"Whatever it is, we need to watch ourselves. We have to be ready for anything." Hercules said.
"Herc's right. Let's not waste any more time and keep moving." Cloud said, as they go for the source of the explosion.
Meanwhile in a different part of Thebes, a young boy with spiky black hair, black eyes, a small scar on his left cheek, wearing a blue sleeveless tunic with a metal protector, blue trousers, black armlets, black boots, metal shoulder pads, and a gold circlet with a ruby in the middle around his head is running through the city while flames burst out, shocking him, making him jump back.
"This is bad... First my world and now THIS. I just hope that..." The boy was cut off, as Shadow Heartless and Ghoul Black Xetis appear and surround the boy. "Outta my way!" The boy yelled, taking out a sword and delivers slashes, defeating the Black Xetis and Heartless. "First things first, I gotta make sure everyone is safe." The boy said, but then, he sees a group of people.
Arthur, Eilonwy, Calla, T.J., Max, P.J., Robin, and Tod are in the same section of Thebes and keep moving.
"C'mon, guys! We gotta hurry and see what we can do for this place." Arthur said.
"Not to mention, we gotta find Sora, Donald, Goofy, and Herc!" T.J. said.
"Huh? Who're these guys? I've never seen 'em before." The boy said, hiding behind a building.
"There's no telling before more Black Xetis and Heartless will..." P.J. was cut off, as Centaur Black Xetis and Gladiator Heartless appear and they surround the party.
"Get lost!" Calla yelled, taking out her lyre.
"Get ready!" Robin said, taking out his bow.
"They're fighting these monsters too! I should help out!" The boy said, rushing out.
Before the Black Xetis and Heartless can attack, someone strikes at the enemies, defeating them.
"What?" Eilonwy asked.
"What just happened?" Max asked.
"I happened. You guys okay?" A voice asked, revealing to be the boy.
"Huh? Who're you?" T.J. asked, but more Centaur Black Xetis and Gladiator Heartless appear, as well as Soldier Heartless and Zombie Black Xetis.
"Looks like we'll have to talk later." Robin said, taking out his bow.
"Right. We gotta take out these Black Xetis and Heartless!" Arthur said, taking out Excalibur.
"Lemme help out! Oh, yeah! Name's Dai, by the way!" Dai introduced.
"Okay, Dai, you're more than welcome to!" T.J. said, grinning.
The Gladiator Heartless begin attacking with their spears while the Soldier Heartless deliver spinning kick attacks, but Arthur counters and delivers five slashes with Excalibur followed by Crescent Slash and then casts Quakra while Tod attacks with his stick followed by Tackle, only for the Centaur Black Xetis to deliver swings with their axes followed by kicking attacks while the Zombie Black Xetis deliver spinning attack with their limbs. Calla uses Braira and unleashes thorny vines to deal damage followed by casting Thundara Shot while P.J. delivers three heavy swings with his hammer followed by Wind Wand and unleashes whirlwinds, but the Soldier Heartless retaliate with leaping attacks while the Zombie Black Xetis dig underground and then rise back up to attack. Eilonwy unleashes magic blasts from her tome followed by casting Blazra and then uses Magic Pulse, but Centaur Black Xetis slam their axes on the ground to unleash pillars of earth while the Gladiator Heartless deliver multi strikes with their spears, only for Robin to shoot five arrows and then uses Arrow Rain and rains down arrows. The Soldier Heartless jump to deliver somersaulting kick attacks, only for Max to block with his shield and then and then uses Super Shield Boomerang while T.J. delivers three diagonal slashes with his daggers followed by three vertical slashes and then uses Stink Bombs to deal poison damage. The Centaur Black Xetis deliver charging attacks with their horns while the Zombie Black Xetis throw their limbs, but Dai delivers five slashes with his sword followed by casting Frizz and unleashes a fireball to deal burning damage while Arthur vertical slashes with Excalibur followed by two roundhouse slashes and then uses Blaze Slash and they defeat the enemies.
"More Black Xetis and Heartless after another." Tod said.
"We REALLY gotta find that Keyhole before they do." Arthur said and they nod.
"By the way, Dai, you're pretty good with that sword. You a warrior or something?" T.J. asked.
"Heh, ya could say that." Dai said, putting his hands behind his head while grinning.
"Are you from another world too?" Max asked.
"Yep!" Dai said.
"Were you here this whole time? We've actually came here before, but we never saw you." Robin said.
"Yeah. I actually did end up here after my world was swarmed with Black Xetis and Heartless." Dai said.
"I'll bet you probably knew about the games in the Coliseum, huh?" Eilonwy asked.
"You bet! I wanted to go in and fight in the Coliseum to prove myself to be a hero, but that stupid goat told me 'You ain't a hero'! So, I decided to train myself to I can show him!" Dai said.
"That sounds like Phil alright..." Arthur said.
"As much as I hate to interrupt this meeting, Thebes is still under attack." Calla said.
"Cal's right! We gotta hurry and stop the Black Xetis and Heartless! Dai, wanna join us? It'd be better if we work together." Arthur said.
"Yeah, I'll come along! I'll do my best to not slow you down!" Dai said.
"I like this kid! Let's show 'em not to mess with the Heroes of Light!" T.J. said, raising his fist in the air while striking a pose.
"Wait, what?" Robin asked.
"Did you just say 'Heroes of Light'?" Calla asked, crossing her arms.
"Where did that even come from?" Eilonwy asked.
"That's the name of the group I've been thinkin' about since our journey. I figured we need a team name. Whaddya think?" T.J. asked, putting his hands behind his head.
"Do we even NEED a team name?" Max asked, scratching his head.
"Why not?" T.J. asked back, shrugging.
"We'll talk about that later. Right now, let's hurry and protect Thebes." Robin said.
Arthur, Eilonwy, Calla, T.J., Max, P.J., Robin, Tod, and Dai begin moving through Thebes and later come across what looks like a garden area, but as the party keep moving, something stops them and it's a Heartless that looks like Trickmaster, but it's purple, yellow, and black.
"Trickmaster?!" Tod asked shocked.
"But it's different." Eilonwy said.
"I don't care what it is. We gotta take it down!" Arthur said, taking out Excalibur.
"Let's do this!" Dai said, taking out his sword.
(Boss Theme: Shrouding Dark Cloud)
The Heartless known as Jugglemaster uses its matchsticks to deliver slamming attacks at the party, but Arthur aerial slashes with Excalibur followed by Tornado Strike and then casts Frostra while Eilonwy unleashes magic blades and then delivers slashes attacks with them followed by casting Quakra while Max uses Sky Rapture and delivers an aerial slash combo followed by a slamming shield strike, only for Jugglemaster to deliver a spinning attack with its matchsticks. The party dodge the attacks, as Tod delivers three aerial strikes with his stick followed by Skullbash, only for Jugglemaster to swipe with its matchsticks and then slams them to the ground, only for Robin to unleash a flurry of arrows followed by Sniper Arrow, but Jugglemaster jumps into the air to try and slam on the party. Jugglemaster goes for a pile of flames and then lights its matchsticks on fire and begins firing fireballs at the party, who dodge, as Dai delivers five aerial slashes with his sword followed by casting Zap and brings down a lightning bolt while P.J. uses Freezing Flail and swings his flail while dealing icy damage. Jugglemaster delivers its spinning attack with its fire-coated matchsticks while leaving behind a trail of flames to deal burning damage, only for Calla to cast Triple Blizzara followed by casting Aqua Blast while T.J. delivers three aerial slashes with his daggers followed by Razor Boomerang. Jugglemaster retaliates with jumping into the air to try and land on the party, who dodge, as Arthur casts Stunra, stunning the giant Heartless and then uses Holy Blade and delivers many slashes with his light-coated sword and then delivers a slamming sword strike, dealing wonderful damage, but Jugglemaster keeps firing more fireballs from its matchsticks.
Arthur and Max deflect the fireballs, but the giant Heartless keeps shooting more fireballs.
"Look out!" P.J. said.
Just then, someone arrives in front of the party and eats the fireballs.
"Heh, that was some GOOD fire!" A voice said.
"That voice..." Eilonwy stops talking.
"Natsu?!" Arthur asked shocked.
"Yo, guys! Great to see ya! Good thing I came in time to handle this Heartless! Care to help out?" Natsu asked.
"Yeah!" T.J. said, grinning.
"More help, the better!" Calla said.
Jugglemaster uses its matchsticks to deliver spinning flame attacks, only for Natsu to take flames and uses Fire Dragon's Roar to unleash a giant amount of flames and then delivers a fiery uppercut while Dai delivers two vertical slashes with his sword followed by three diagonal slashes and then uses Avan Earth Strash and unleashes a powerful strike, but Jugglemaster uses its matchsticks to shoot more fireballs. The party dodge the fireballs, as Tod aerial strikes with his stick followed by Tail Strike, only for Jugglemaster to retaliate with swiping its matchsticks while leaving behind trails of flames followed by slamming its matchsticks and unleashes fiery bursts, only for Robin to use Arrow Flurry and fires many arrows to deal great damage. Jugglemaster uses its matchsticks to unleash a huge amount of flames to deal burning damage, only for P.J. to deliver two aerial swings with his hammer followed by a giant swing and then uses Wind Wand and unleashes whirlwinds while Max delivers three aerial slashes with his sword followed by an aerial shield bash and then uses Super Cyclone. Jugglemaster jumps into the air and tries to land on the party, who dodge out of the way, only for Jugglemaster to shoot more fireballs from its matchsticks, but T.J. uses Divira and summons four clones and they use Trick Slash and teleport and slash over and over while dealing great damage while Calla casts Geo Impact followed by casting Briara. Jugglemaster retaliates with delivering spinning fiery strikes with its matchsticks followed by slamming its matchsticks to the ground, but Eilonwy unleashes three magic orbs followed by unleahsing five more magic orbs and then casts Voltra while Arthur delivers five aerial slashes with Excalibur followed by casting Galra and they finish off Jugglemaster.
Jugglemaster falls to the ground, as a giant heart flies out of the Heartless, making it disappear and Arthur obtains an orange Summon Gem known as Chiglimmer.
"We did it!" Max said.
"Too early to celebrate, Max." Robin said.
"Yeah, we still have work to do." Arthur said.
"Right. The whole Black Xeti and Heartless attacking Thebes thing. That bastard Hades oughta be behind this and I'm gonna teach him a lesson!" Natsu said.
"Stay calm, Natsu. We can deal with him after we deal with this." Happy said.
Just then, Tod looks up to see two figures on the roof and they're Bete Noire and Cauchemar.
"Bete Noire and Cauchemar!" Tod said, growling.
"Taran..." Eilonwy said.
"Cavin..." Calla said.
"You know 'em?" Dai asked.
"Yeah. I'd say they're our enemies, but..." T.J. stops talking.
"Even so, they attacked us and made us suffer. They're still working with Morgan and the others. I'm gonna make 'em tell me where Hollow Bastion is one way or another!" Arthur said, running for the dark boys.
"Yo, Artie! Wait up!" Natsu called.
"This is not gonna end well..." P.J. said.
"After him!" Robin said, as they run after the blond boy.
Arthur begins chasing after Bete Noire and Cauchemar, who are still running across the roof and moving for the next roof of the building, but Arthur keeps chasing after the dark entities, only for more Black Xetis and Heartless to appear and attack, but Arthur defeats them and keeps chasing after Bete Noire and Cauchemar, who are using their darkness to vanish and reappear to the next building, so Arthur goes for the roof of the building to keep chasing after Bete Noire and Cauchemar, who use dark magic on a burning building and they both go into it, making Arthur go inside as well.
"Arthur!" Eilonwy called, but Arthur is already in the burning building.
"We gotta go after him!" Max said.
Just then, Sora, Donald, Goofy, Hercules, and Cloud arrive.
"That's where the explosion's comin' from." Goofy said.
"Natsu?!" Sora asked.
"Yo, Sora! Good to see ya!" Natsu said, grinning.
"And you guys are safe and sound too!" Donald said.
"But where's Artie?" Sora asked, looking around.
"He just went inside that building to go after Bete Noire and Cauchemar." Robin said.
"What?! Arthur's in there?!" Donald asked shocked.
"I'm goin' after him!" Sora said.
"Please, take me and Calla with you!" Eilonwy said.
"We want to try and help them!" Calla said.
"Sure, but stay with me." Sora said, as they go into the burning building.
In the bunring building, Arthur searches for Bete Noire and Cauchemar while passing the fire all over the building and as he keeps searching, he finds two figures standing in a room full of flames, so Arthur approaches the figures, revealing to Bete Noire and Cauchemar.
"SURPRISE!" Cauchemar shouted, delivering a giant kick at Arthur, sending the blond back.
"You really think we had no idea you were following us? You truly ARE stupid!" Bete Noire said.
"As if we'd make things easy for you!" Cauchemar said, conjuring a black fireball behind him.
"I'm actually glad you're both here! You're giving me my answer!" Arthur yelled.
"Lemme think...NO!" Bete Noire yelled, shooting a dark projectile while Cauchemar throws his black fireball at Arthur, who casts Hydrora.
"Even if we did give you an answer, it won't help ya!" Cauchemar said.
"Although, we'll beat some sense into you. After all, you're comin' with us, concious or not." Bete Noire said, taking out his falchion.
"Tell me where Hollow Bastion is!" Arthur commanded.
"Why? So, ya can try and save that washed-up old geezer of a wizard?! LOVE to tell ya this, he's no more. He got EXECUTED!" Cauchemar said, shocking Arthur to his core, as he kneels to the ground.
"No... No... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Arthur screamed, clutching his head. "I'M GONNA MAKE YOU PAY! YOU'RE ALL GONNE PAY!" Arthur shouted, slashing at the two entites, who disappear in darkness.
Bete Noire reppears behind Arthur delivers a vertical slash with his falchion, only for Arthur to block with the two boys lock their swords, but Bete Noire delivers a hard kick at Arthur's stomach while swiping Excalibur out of the blond's hands and then delivers many slashes with his falchion, dealing excellent damage, but Arthur recovers and casts Frostra and tries to attack Bete Noire, who vanishes. Cauchemar appears and delivers three fast slashes with seax, dealing good damage followed by a roundhouse slash, but Arthur casts Mendra to heal himself and then casts Quakra to rain rocks at the dark boy, who dodges every raining rock and then impales his seax into Arthur's body and then delivers an elbowing strike at the blond's face, knocking him to the ground.
"Now do you understand how powerless you are?! You failed to protect your worthless friends back in Mobius and you weren't even around to help your pathetic wizard mentor! Everyone you meet SUFFERS! It's all because of YOUR existance alone! Get it?! If you never met anyone, nobody would have to suffer! You have no one to blame but yourself!" Bete Noire said.
"No wonder Ector and Kay hate you! You should end your life right now and no one would care!" Cauchemar said, unleashing black lightning to deal damage to the blond, making him scream in pain.
"Cauchemar, remember, we need him alive." Bete Noire said.
"Does it matter? You're the one, who said we only needed his heart." Cauchemar said.
"Right, but we should save this moment in Hollow Bastion." Bete Noire said, smirking.
"Oooh, I LOVE that!" Cauchemar said.
"Taran, no!" A voice yelled.
"Cavin, stop!" Another voice yelled, as Eilonwy and Calla arrive, as Sora is with them.
"Get away from Artie NOW!" Sora yelled.
"Ugh, of course the Keybearing idiot's here. And look, the weak princesses are here too." Taran said.
"I thought Azula separated you morons. You must have a miracle to reunite." Cauchemar said.
"That was the plan?!" Sora asked.
"Duh! Instead of worrying about us, you should be dealing with Hades." Bete Noire said.
"Yeah, I heard he's looking for the Keyhole. Ya better hurry before this world goes bye-bye!" Cauchemar said, as they disappear in their dark portals.
"Taran, wait!" Eilonwy called.
"Cavin, come back!" Calla called.
"Tell ya what, ya wanna save your precious Tarry, come to Hollow Bastion! I'll gladly kill you once and for all, Princess." Bete Noire said.
"And if ya want your Cav back, ya better head to Hollow Bastion! I'll be MORE than happy to humilate you and KILL you, Calla!" Cauchemar said, as they go for their dark portals.
"Artie, hang on..." Sora said, casting Cura on Arthur.
"I'll help." Eilonwy said, casting Mendra on Arthur.
"Sora... Eilonwy... Calla..." Arthur stops talking.
"Don't say another word." Sora said.
"Let's get out of here." Eilonwy said, taking the blond out of the burning building.
Arthur, Sora, Eilonwy, and Calla jump out of the burning building and meet with the others.
"Artie!" T.J. said.
"Gawrsh, what happened?" Goofy asked.
"Bete Noire and Cauchemar." Sora said.
"Hades... He's trying to find the Keyhole." Arthur said.
"Doesn't surprise me." P.J. said.
"We have to stop him before he actually DOES find it!" Calla said.
"I hear ya." Sora said.
"In that case, let's hurry." Cloud said.
"Let's teach that blue bastard a lesson!" Natsu said, pounding his fist against his other hand.
"Aye!" Happy said.
"Gladly. Let's make him wish he'd stay in the Underworld." Hercules said.
"Great!" Robin said.
"Let's GO! Heroes of Light!" T.J. said, raising his fist in the air, but everyone looks at him. "Aw, c'mon! It's a good name!" T.J. said.
"Oh, boy..." Donald said, rolling his eyes.
"Let's just find Hades and stop him." Arthur said and they nod.
The party make their way through Thebes and hurry to find Hades while fighting off Black Xetis and Heartless in their way and later, they arrive back at the plaza, where they find Hades destroying more parts of the plaza.
"Ugh! Where is it?! Where's that BLASTED KEYHOLE?!" Hades asked, turning red.
"Having trouble finding something, Hades?" Hercules asked, making Hades turn to see the party.
"Oh, for love of... Well, if it isn't my FAVORITE yutz of a nephew! I'd love to stay and chat with you and your annoying friends, BUT as you can clearly see, I'm a very BUSY god on a tight schedule. Now, get lost!" Hades said.
"Not gonna happen!" Sora said, taking out Kingdom Key.
"This destruction stops NOW!" Arthur yelled, taking out Excalibur.
"This is payback for tryin' to get us killed in the Coliseum!" Robin yelled, taking out his bow.
"And for screwin' me and Cloud over!" Natsu yelled, lighting his fists with his flames.
"You should give up, Hades! You may be a god, but you can't stop all of us!" Hercules said.
"Ya know what, fine! You wanna toy with the Lord of the DEAD?! I'll gladly play your game! I'm good at killin' whoever I want! I'm YOUR end! Guess what else, I even got a nice place for all DOWN UNDER!" Hades yelled.
(Boss Theme: Squirming Evil)
Hades unleashes jets of flames at the party, who dodge, but Hades keeps unleashing more jets of flames at the party, only for Arthur to deliver two aerial slashes at the Lord of the Dead with Excalibur followed by an aerial spin slash and then casts Galra while Sora vertical slashes with Kingdom Key followed by Blizzara, dealing excellent damage to Hades, who retaliates with two fiery punches at the two sword wielders. Natsu delivers two fiery punches of his own followed by a flaming kick strike to send Hades back, but the Lord of the Dead disappears in smoke and reappears and then delivers more fiery punches followed by unleashing more streams of flames, only for Eilonwy to cast Hydrora for protection and then casts Frostra to deal great damage. Hades retaliates with throwing a fireball at the princess, but Goofy blocks with his shield and then uses Super Charge to knock Hades back, only for Hades to unleash pillars of flames to deal burning damage while turning red and then fire snipes at the party, only for Dai to deliver three diagonal slashes with his sword followed by a vertical slash and then casts Zapple. Hades delivers a fiery headbutt to attack the party, only for Calla to unleash three magic music notes from her lyre followed by unleashing five magic music waves and then casts Whirlwinds while Max uses Cymbal Dance and delivers shield combos followed by a slamming shield strike while Cloud uses Cross Slash. Hades disappears again and then reappears while triple fire punching followed by throwing fireballs, but T.J. delivers three 360 slashes with his daggers followed by Dagger-Nado, only for Hades to back away and then fire snipes at the party, but Donald casts Blizzara followed by casting Watera. Hades retaliates with unleashing more pillars of flames to deal burning damage, only for P.J. to use Shoulder Tackle while Robin uses Cyclone Arrow, but Hades throws more fireballs at the party, only for Tod to deliver three strikes with his stick and then uses Tackle while Hercules delivers four punches followed by a sword slash.
"Time to feel the HEAT!" Hades yelled, as he turns red while unleashing beams of flames while spinning.
The party avoid the spinning fire beams, as Hades remains red and shoots more fireballs at the party, who dodge out of the way, but Hades fire snipes to attack, only for Donald to shoot down five magic bullets from his staff followed by casting Thundara while Robin uses Windmill Bow, but Hades retaliates with a fiery headbutt to get the party, as Eilonwy unleashes magic blades and sends them to attack followed by casting Quakra. Hades unleashes more streams of flames to burn the party, who dodge, only for Hades to unleash more pillars of flames to deal more burning damage, but P.J. delivers three heavy swings with his hammer followed by Freezing Flail and swings it while dealing excellent icy damage to the Lord of the Dead, who tries to shoot a fireball, but Tod uses Growl. Hades disappears in smoke again and reappears while creating two flame blades and delivers fiery slashes with them, only for Cloud to counter and delivers five slashes with his Buster Sword followed by a giant slash while Goofy uses Super Tornado, but Hades shoots three fireballs, only for Dai to triple slash with his sword followed by Avan Earth Strash. Hades delivers two fiery headbutts, only for Max to use Parry and then delivers three vertical slashes with his sword followed by an upper shield bash to knock the god back, but Hades fire snipes to try and get the party and then unleashes jets of flames to deal burning damage. Natsu eats the flames and then uses Fire Dragon's Wing Attack to deal great damage, only for Hades to retaliate with more fiery punches, but Calla casts Aqua Blast to deal excellent water damage to the Lord of the Dead, only for Hades to unleash more pillars of flames while unleashing more beams of flames while spinning. The party avoid the spinning flame beams until Hades stops spinning, as T.J. uses Razor Boomerang and throws it all over to deal damage while Hercules unleashes two gold aura orbs and sends them to attack Hades, who retaliates with unleashing four flaming orbs, but Sora vertical slashes with Kingdom Key followed by Blitz while Arthur casts Frostra to deal very good damage.
Hades gets angry and double fiery headbutts at the party, who dodge, only for Hades to fire punch and then unleashes more jets of flames to dea burning damage, who still dodge the god's attacks, as P.J. delivers two slamming strikes with his hammer followed by Shocking Sickle and strikes while dealing lightning damage, only for Hades to fire snipe at the young squire, but Dai delivers two spinning slashes with his sword followed by a somersault slash. Hades retaliates with creating flame blades and then delivers fiery slash attacks followed by unleashing two flame orbs and sends them to attack, only for Natsu to eat the flame orbs and then delivers four flame punches followed by unleashing a giant flame kick while Goofy uses Super Discus and throws his shield. Hades disappears and reappears while unleashing more pillars of flames to deal burning damage, but Donald casts Aerora to protect everyone and then casts Earthra, only for Hades to retaliate with fire sniping at the party and then unleashes more flame beams while spinning, only for the party to dodge, as Cloud uses Sonic Blade followed by a diving strike. Hades strikes back with delivering fiery punches, only for Robin to use Arrow Rain and rains down arrows, but Hades shoots five fireballs at the party, only for Max to block with his shield and then uses Super Cyclone, but Hades disappears and reappears while delivering fiery headbutt attacks. T.J. delivers four slashes with his daggers followed by a roundhouse kick and then uses Divira to create four clones and they throw Stink Bombs to deal poison damage, but Hades unleashes five fiery orbs and throws them at the party, only for Calla creates two magic music whips and delivers four lashes to strike at the Lord of the Dead followed by casting Geo Impact. Hades gets very angry and delivers more fiery slashes with his flame blades followed by creating a fiery scythe and delivers many attacks with it, but Tod uses Skullbash followed by using Headbutt while Eilonwy attacks with five magic orbs followed by shooting magic beams and then casts Voltra. Hades shoots three fireballs at the party, who dodge, as Hercules delivers a charging headbutt strike to deal damage to his uncle, only for Hades to retaliate with raining down fireballs to attack, but Sora vertical slashes with Kingdom Key followed by a 360 slash and then casts Watera while Arthur uses Holy Blade.
"I was just gettin' warmed up, but now you've REALLY gone and done it!" Hades yelled, as he conjures a giant fireball in the air and sends it raining down smaller fireballs.
The party dodge the raining fireballs, as Hades unleashes pillars of flames to deal burning damage and then tries to fire snipe, but party keep trying to dodge the god's flame attacks, only for Hades to unleash more streams of flames, but Natsu uses Fire Dragon Roar to deal great damage while Cloud uses Omnislash and flies around while slashing with his Buster Sword, only for Hades to deliver fire punches and then delivers fiery strikes with his flame scythe, but Hercules unleashes his giant golden aura explosion. Hades disappears and reappears and unleashes orbs of flames to try and deal burning damage to the party, only for Dai to deliver five diagonal slashes with his sword followed by a giant sword swing while Tod delivers three strikes with his stick followed by Bite, but Hades unleashes more flame beams while spinning, only for the party to avoid the spinning attack, as Robin uses Arrow Flurry and fires many arrows. Hades retaliates with slashing with his flame swords followed by unleashing five fiery orbs and sends them to strike at the party, who dodge out of the way, as P.J. delivers a spinning hammer swing followed by Boulder Bombs and throws them to deal explosive damage while Max uses Shield Skate and rides on his shield while slashing with his sword. Hades unleashes more streams of flames to deal burning damage at the party, but Goofy blocks with his shield and then delivers double bashes with his shield followed by Super Turbo and rides on his shield while Donald casts Blizzara followed by casting Gravira. Hades disappears and reappears while delivering fiery headbutts at the party followed by unleashing another giant fireball and rains down smaller fireballs, only for T.J. to cast Divira again while creating four clones and they use Dancing Daggers and they deliver dagger combos while Calla casts Triple Blizzara. Hades shoots more fireballs and then delivers flame snipes at the party, who dodge, only for the Lord of the Dead to unleash more pillars of flames followed by creating two giant flame orbs and sends them to attack, but Eilonwy shoots three magic beams from her tome followed by casting Frostra and then casts Prism, unleashing rainbow blasts. Hades delivers many slashes with his flame swords followed by delivering fiery strikes with his flame scythe, only for Sora to deliver five slashes with Kingdom Key followed by Ripple Drive and then uses Blizzard Edge, but Hades unleashes pillars of flames, only for Arthur to deliver two diagonal slashes with Excalibur followed by Arcane Blast and then uses Frost Slash and they finish off Hades.
"This...isn't...HAPPENING!" Hades shouted.
Arthur strikes with Excalibur while Sora strikes with his Keyblade while Eilonwy unleashes a magic orb while Calla unleashes magic music waves while T.J. slashes with his daggers while Donald shoots a magic bullet while Goofy bashes with his shield while Max slashes with his sword while P.J. swings his hammers while Robin shoots an arrow while Tod strikes with his stick while Cloud slashes with his Buster Sword while Dai slashes with his sword while Natsu delivers a fire punch while Hercules delivers a giant punch and they knock Hades to the ground.
"You're finished, Hades! You lost!" Tod said.
"That should teach you for attacking Thebes!" Hercules said.
"Don't think this is over, Blunderboy! I still have a plan or two up my toga! I'll Plan Alpha ready faster than your dumb flying horse! For now, I'll leave the rest to Maleficent, Dr. Facilier, and Ruber! Stay tuned!" Hades said, disappearing in smoke.
"Finally, he's gone." Robin said.
"Yeah, for now." Calla said.
"If he acts up again, we'll be ready for him!" Natsu said.
"Aye!" Happy said.
"Still, it's too bad the Black Xetis and Heartless had to cause trouble." Sora said.
"Tell me about it! It woulda been cool if we got to enter the games again!" Max said.
"And it would've been great if WE got our chance!" T.J. said.
"Yeah, but thanks to Hades, I gotta clean up Thebes, which would mean..." Hercules was cut off.
"The games are cancelled AGAIN!" Phil said, arriving.
"Oh, man..." Sora said, hanging his head down.
"That's too bad..." Goofy said.
"This whomps!" T.J. said, crossing his arms.
"No fair!" Dai said.
"Don't worry, Herc. I'll help ya clean up Thebes! Think of it as an apology for earlier." Natsu said.
"I'll help too. I owe you for helping me during that Cerberus incident." Cloud said.
"Thanks, Cloud, Natsu." Hercules said.
"It really woulda been cool if we got to fight you, Herc." Sora said.
"Sorry for that, Sora, but being a hero is more than just fighting in the Coliseum every day." Hercules said.
"He's right, kid. Bein' a hero's more than that. It's all about havin' heart and carin' about people and it looks like you turkeys cared enough to help out with this whole Black Xeti and Heartless nonsense." Phil said.
"Well, yeah." Tod said.
"How else can we prove if we're hero material?" Arthur asked.
"Well, you guys still ain't heroes yet, but you're at least learnin'." Phil said.
"Even though you guys are junoir heroes, I think you have enough heart." Hercules said.
"Thanks, Herc. I think I know what it means to have a strength of heart." Sora said.
"Same here." Arthur said.
"Oh, really? What's that, dare I ask?" Phil asked.
"Simple, our strenghs come from our friends; Eilonwy, Calla, T.J., Donald, Goofy, Max, P.J., Robin, and Tod." Sora said.
"Right. They're the source of our strengths!" Arthur said.
"Come again?!" Phil asked shocked.
"You heard us. If we all stick together and work together, we're unbeatable! Hades didn't stand a chance against us and I doubt even Herc could take us all on by himself." Sora said.
"As long as we all work together as a team, nothing can stop us, no matter how hard things get." Arthur said.
"Wow, you two really think of us like that?" P.J. asked.
"That sounds like an excellent lesson in friendship." Eilonwy said.
"Yeah! Our bond's our strength!" T.J. said.
"Sounds like you guys learn a lot from each other." Natsu said.
"Sounds kinda sappy." Happy said, but Tod bite's the Exceed's tail.
"No one asked your opinion, you annoying cat." Tod said.
"But that's not..." Phil was cut off.
"Of course. Your friends give you strength, Arthur and Sora. Right, Phil? You all went through so much trials together and as a complete team, you can accomplish anything!" Hercules said, patting Arthur and Sora.
"Power of bonds, huh? That's the source of your strength? You're lucky kids." Cloud said.
"Gawrsh, since we're pretty strong together, ya oughta think we can try and move that pedestal again?" Goofy asked.
"Worth a shot. Artie?" Sora asked.
"Sure. Let's head back to the Coliseum." Arthur said.
The party make their way back to the Coliseum and head for the gates and arrive at the lobby and they work together to move the pedestal, revealing the Keyhole.
So, THAT'S where it's been all this time!" Donald said.
"Sora." Calla said.
"Yep." Sora said, using his Keyblade to lock the Keyhole, saving Olympus.
"That's that." Max said, as a yellow Light Crystal piece appears and Arthur takes it.
"Good. We're done here." Arthur said.
"Time to go." Sora said.
"Hang on, turkeys!" Phil said, arriving.
"What now?" Max asked.
"I need to talk to Scrawny Blondie." Phil said.
"His name's ARTHUR!" T.J. yelled, putting the blond behind him.
"It's fine, Teej. What do you wanna say to me?" Arthur asked.
"Well, the way you and your friends fought off Cerberus and the way youse were dealin' with Hades, you just keep on remindin' me of Uther and Igraine." Phil said.
"You mentioned Uther looks like Arthur, right?" Robin asked.
"I still don't know who he is, but you said he competed here?" Arthur asked.
"Yep. A realy powerful warrior, I tell ya. He was able to dominate the games without much of a struggle. Same for Igraine." Phil said.
"Do...you know what happened to him or Igraine?" Arthur asked.
"That's the thing; after they won the games, they were never seen again. I was kinda hopin' to see 'em again, but after they up and left, they never came back." Phil said.
"Oh..." Arthur said.
"Look, even if you turkeys don't look it, you MIGHT have what it takes to be heroes someday." Phil said.
"Thanks, Phil." Eilonwy said.
"Now, get outta here. Youse still long ways to go to be true heroes. You'll know when the games'll be up and runnin' again." Phil said.
"Okay. Later, Phil." Sora said, as they leave.
"Did I just detect a soft spot in you, Phil?" Hercules asked.
"What? Me? Nah, I just...told those kids what they wanted to hear. That's it." Phil said, crossing his arms and looking away.
"Uh-huh. You actually DO have faith in them. I mean, I remember when I was younger, my father told me to seek you out for training. I didn't think I had what it takes to be a true hero, but you helped me." Hercules said.
"Aww, leave me alone, Champ. They still have ways to go, like I said." Phil said.
The party leave the lobby and they Dai.
"So, what're you gonna do now, Dai?" Arthur asked.
"I'm gonna help Herc, Natsu, and Cloud clean up Thebes. Then, I'm gonna train harder to enter the games." Dai said.
"Thanks for helping out. I think you do have the makings of a hero." Sora said.
"Heh, same to you guys. Hope we can fight together again someday." Dai said, leaving.
"So, what now?" Goofy asked.
"Well, we still have to find a way to get to Hollow Bastion." Arthur said.
"Oh, right! Hook told us that's where Riku took Kairi." P.J. said.
"Not to mention, Morgan said that's where they too Merlin, Fairy Godmother, and Enchantress." Robin said.
"And that's where Taran is as well..." Eilonwy said.
"And Cavin..." Calla said.
"But we still don't know where that world is." Max said.
"Even if we did, HOW can we get there?" Sora asked.
"Wait, remember we got that other Navi-Gummi piece from Neverland." Tod said.
"Hey, yeah! Cid said they'd work in sets." Max said.
"Then, it's back to Traverse Town to talk to Cid." Eilonwy said.
"Okay, let's get moving." Arthur said.
"Let's GO! Heroes of LIGHT!" T.J. said, raising his fist in the air again.
"Enough with the 'Heroes of Light' nonsense!" Donald said, crossing his arms.
"No matter how many times you say it, Teej, it's NOT gonna catch on!" Calla said.
"It will! Give it time!" T.J. said.
"I like the name." P.J. said.
"Let's just get to Traverse Town." Robin said.
The party make their way for the gates and they leave Olympus Coliseum.