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A Journey Across the Stars 4

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Chapter 4: Olympus Coliseum and Heroes in Training



The four had arrived in their next new world where it was a large structure with two gigantic gold gladiators crossing swords above the door across from where they entered.

"Wow! This place is huge!" Sora awed.

"It is, isn't?" Bobby said.

"You mean you've been here before?" Goofy asked as Bobby nodded.

"Come on, let's head for that door." Bobby told the trio as they went through the door and found themselves in a vestible where apparently a satyr was cleaning up the place.

"Um.." Sora tried to get the satyr's attention.

"Good timing! Give me a hand will ya? Move that pedestal over there for me, I gotta spruce this place up for the games." The satyr said without turning around to tell them.

Sora then looked at the large pedestal that he was told to move. He walked over and began to push it, however it wouldn't budge. Sora tried everything to move it but to no avail did that pedestal want to move.

"It weighs a ton!" Sora exclaimed as he walked back to the satyr. "It's WAY too heavy!"

"What?! Too heavy? Since when have you been such a little-" The satyr said as he turned around and saw Sora. "Oh wrong guy, what're you doing here?"

"Nice to see you again too Phil." Bobby sarcastically said, seeing how Phil didn't notice him.

"This here's the world famous coliseum, heroes only! And I got my hands full preparing for the games, so run along pipsqueaks." Phil harshly told them.

Still the stubborn Phil I know. Bobby thought to himself as Sora glared at the saytr's words.

"Look it's like this: Heroes are coming from all over to fight strong monsters right here in the coliseum." Phil said as he was still cleaning up.

"You've got heroes standing right in front of you!" Donald exclaimed with his arms crossed.

"The only hero I see is Bobby." Phil retorted.

"Sora is one too. He's a real hero chosen by the Keyblade." Goofy pointed out has his hands were on Sora's shoulders.

"And we're heroes too!" Donald butted in.

"Hero? That runt?" Phil laughed.

"What's so funny?! I've fought a bunch of monsters!" Sora proclaimed.

"Hey if you can't even move this..." Phil said as he too was trying to move the pedestal. "You can't call yourself... a hero!"

Sora and Bobby crossed their arms as Phil wheezed from trying to push it and hit the floor.

"Phil before you say anything else listen to this: Sure these three may not look like hero material but with me at their side they have what it takes and if I recall, a very good friend of mine worked his very hardest to be your student even though you had another but did he give up when you couldn't accept him too? No. Instead he returned home to continue his training and eventually he died achieving his dream, something I'm living out for him along with another." Bobby gave his speech as he pull out a thin blade that had a Wayfinder wrapped around it at the guard.

The Wayfinder had a black color and it had a red orb in the middle of it. Sora, Donald, and Goofy stared in awe over the blade as Bobby put it away.

"Was he strong?" Sora asked.

"He was. He was also a great friend." Bobby sadly said.

"Alright alright I see what you're saying Bobby. Okay so it takes more than brawn, let's see what you can do." Phil said as he got up and panted each breath.

Bobby was happy Sora was getting some training, but he felt down because his apprentice Riku wasn't here to undergo the training too. Instead he sat in the vestibule while the trio and Phil walked into the arena. A little while after, the four came back as Bobby was doing squats.

"So how'd it go?" Bobby asked as he finished his squats.

"You know you ain't bad kid." Phil said to Sora.

"Looks like I'm headed for the games!" Sora modestly said with his arms behind his head.

"Afraid not." Phil answered.

"Why not?" Sora and Bobby said.

"Two words: You guys ain't heroes!"

Goofy counted the words on his fingers while Bobby thought in his head, 

Ten years and he STILL can't count?

"But what about what Bobby said? You gonna ignore that?" Sora pointed out.

"Look kid I can't let you into the games but I can train you for them." Phil kindly suggested.

"But we're ready for the games!" Sora exclaimed.

"You don't get it do you? No entry passes for you." Phil said as the annoyed trio began to walk out of the vestibule with Bobby giving Phil the Death Glare. "What? They're not ready yet."

A minute later the three came back but this time Sora was holding a ticket.

"Where'd you get that?" Bobby asked him.

"Some guy outside gave this to me. He seemed sort of strange though, his hair was literally fire!" Sora answered.

Bobby knew who Sora was talking about.

"What's Hades up to this time?" Bobby softly said to himself.

"Can we enter now Phil?" Sora asked the satyr.

"Well I suppose so, we'll start with the preliminaries. Are you ready for them?" Phil said.

"Yeah let's go!" Sora excitedly said.

"You better watch yourself kid, some real weirdos signed up for them too." Phil warned them.

As Sora, Donald, and Goofy stepped foot on the arena, Bobby took his seat in the stands so he could see how Sora could handle fighting without him. He then noticed that Heartless were what Phil was talking about.

"This has Hades written all over it." Bobby said as he saw Sora winning his first match with ease.

After that, the trio met up at the sidelines with Phil and Bobby.

"You're not heroes yet, but you aren't doing badly. Lucky you guys came to me for coaching." Phil said as he stroke his beard.

Just then, a tall man with spiky blonde hair, spiker than Bobby's walked past them. He had on what appeared to be a uniform of some sort and had a red cape like cloth on the back. When the man was walking by them, he noticed Bobby and immedietly stopped as the two were shocked to see each other. But Bobby only nodded as the man did as well and continued walking as he and Sora now stared at each other until the man left.

"I got a feeling he'll be a tough one to beat. Who knows, you may even end up facing him." Phil then said as the trio got ready for their next two matches, which were successful.

"Say you're better than I thought kid. Wish he was here to see this though." Phil told Sora.

"Who?" Sora asked.

"Hercules. He's a hero if there ever was one. Too bad he's off visiting his father." Phil replied.

"Sounds like he's doing good." Bobby said.

Soon the final match of the preliminaries was here: Sora vs. the caped man, named Cloud. As Sora, Donald, and Goofy were getting ready for the match, Cloud and Hades were having a private meeting before the match.

"That little punk is your next opponent okay? So don't blow it just take him out." Hades ordered him.

"The great god of the Underworld is afraid of a kid? Sorry but my contract says--" Cloud replied as he was now interupted by Hades.

"You think I don't know?! I wrote the contract! Now I know it only says you're required to kill Hercules but you've got to fight that kid to get to him. It's like that old goat says: Rule Number 11: It's all just a game, so let loose and have fun with it! I mean a causality or two is no big deal right?"

Cloud didn't say anything but got off the wall he leaned on and walked away.

"Geez. Stiffer than the stiffs back home, but still suckers like him are hard to come by." Hades chuckled as a dog was growling in the dark where he was at.

"You're not really going kill Sora are you?" Bobby asked Cloud as he leaned on the wall near where Cloud and Hades talked.

Cloud shook his head. "You know I'm not like that, I'm only doing this so he can tell me where Sephiroth is."

"Cloud, I've searched the worlds for him. After he killed Aerith, he's made sure that he doesn't want to be found." Bobby told him. "Don't listen to Hades. Just fight Sora in the final match and we'll talk more okay?"

[A Journey Across the Stars Soundtrack: Those Who Fight Further (Dissidia -arranged from FFVII-)]

Cloud nodded and stepped into the ring where the trio was waiting. He drew his Buster Sword, which was wrapped in a white bandage and readied himself as well as the others. Bobby sat in the stands and watched as the match began. Cloud used his Braver attack but Sora was able to dodge it and launch a Thunder spell he learned during the training from earlier. Cloud staggered and used his Cross-Slash on Sora, but he was able to guard it.

Good. Sora's getting better. His training is paying off. Bobby thought to himself as he continued to watch the match.

After awhile, the match was over. The victor? None other than Sora. Sora walked over to Cloud, who was kneeling on the ground as Phil jumped with joy. Just as Cloud was getting up, a large black paw came out of nowhere and slammed him into the ground. Everyone looked up and horror and found a giant three-headed dog growling at them.

"Oh there was one rule I forgot: Accidents happen." Hades darkly said as he disappeared.

Just as the large beat was about to attack, he was held back by muscular man as Bobby hurried over to Sora, Donald, and Goofy to see if they were alright.

"Herc!" Phil screamed of relief.

"Phil, get them out of here!" Hercules screamed back as the five hurried out of the arena leaving Hercules to protect Cloud.

"What was that thing?!" Sora exclaimed as they were inside the vestibule.

"That was Cerberus, guardian of the Underworld. Herc should be able to take care of him...but then again maybe not. This isn't looking good." Phil worriedly said.

"Then we're going to help him!" Bobby announced as the five hurried back out into the arena.

With Hercules backed into a corner with Cloud over his shoulder, Cerberus was ready to finish him, but just then he turned his heads and saw Sora, Donald, Goofy, and Bobby with weapons in hand ready to fight the mighty beast. Hercules took this chance to escape with Cloud as Phil was about to head out after giving the four the following advice:

"Kid, I got two words of advice for ya: ATTACK!"

[A Journey Across the Stars Soundtrack: Squirming Evil (KH1)]

Cerberus roared, ready to fight.

"Let's do this guys!" Bobby told the trio as he held Bonding Friendship in his hand.

"Right Master Bobby!" The trio replied.

Sora, Goofy, and Bobby charged while Donald launched a Thunder spell at the three heads, stunning them. Goofy used his Goofy Rocket technique to damage Cerberus more while Sora fired a Blizzard spell at him. But Cerberus fired a fire ball from his mouth, knocking Sora back. Cerberus was ready to take a bite out of him.

"SORA!" Bobby exclaimed as he got infront of Sora and took the bite.

But the bite only got his coat arm. Cerberus bit down hard on the hand but Bobby didn't feel a thing.

"Can't get a good taste can you? That's because this arm isn't real!" Bobby exclaimed as he pulled his arm off the torn coat, revealing a blue and white cybernetic arm.

"Whoa!" Sora awed.

Bobby then proceeded to kick Cerberus's middle head and then launched a Triple Firaga at the giant beast. Sora took this chance to jump up high and with Kingdom Key in hand, slashed at Cerberus, defeating him as he collapsed to the ground.

"Well done Sora." Bobby said to him as the four headed back inside the vestibule, where Phil began to read a scroll to the trio as Bobby leaned on a nearby wall with his arms crossed.

"Thus I hearby dub thee junior heroes and confer upon the full rights and privileges to participate in the games. Further..."

"Hey what do you mean 'junior heroes'?!" Donald complained, interupting Phil.

"You rookies still don't understand what it takes to be a true hero." Phil replied.

"So what does it take?" Goofy asked, turning his attention to Hercules.

"Well, it's just something you have to find out for yourselves. Just the way that I did." He answered with a smile on his face.

"No problem, we'll start by proving ourselves in the games!" Sora declared.

"There ain't gonna be any games for awhile, gotta clean up the mess from that last battle first." Phil pointed out.

"Okay, we'll be back." Sora then said as the four started to leave.

As they were leaving the coliseum, they noticed Cloud sitting on the stairs at the entrance in deep thought.

"Hey, are you alright?" Sora asked him.

"Yeah. Thanks." Cloud replied.

"So why did you go along with him anyway?" Sora then asked.

"I'm looking for someone. Hades promised to help." Cloud began as he stood up. "I tried to exploit the power of darkness, but it backfired. Then I fell into darkness, and couldn't find the light."

"You'll find it. I'm searching too." Sora told him.

"For your light?" Cloud asked as Sora nodded.

"Don't lose sight of it." Cloud advised him as he walked off.

"Hey how about a rematch sometime? Fair and square, no dark powers involved?" Sora said.

"I think I'll pass." Cloud said as he flipped his hair while Sora smiled. "Hey Bobby."

"Yeah Cloud?"

"Should you find him...lead him back." Cloud said as he walked inside the vestibule.

"Back who to where?" Sora asked.

"Sephiroth. Cloud and mine's greatest enemy. Once we find him, we have to lure him back to his and Cloud's homeworld. It's the only way to beat him." Bobby replied.

"Is Sephiroth strong?" Goofy asked.

"Very strong. Stronger than my friend was." Bobby answered as the four went through the doors and got in their gummi ship.

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"He's strong, he's kind, he's always there for you and he's handsome to boot. He's perfect. Perfect. Perfectly INFURIATING! HE MAKES ME CRAZY!" Hades exclaimed as he was on fire, litertally. "Wait a minute, what're you worried about? All the pieces are in place relax. Here's what you do let Hercules and that annoying Bobby kid train the kid and in the next games, I'll take care of them all."

Hades then felt a familiar presence behind him.

"Who invited you to the party Malificent? Stay out of this, this is MY show." Hades told her.

"As you wish, fight to your heart's content." She said before walking off into a dark portal.



End of Olympus Coliseum and Heroes in Training
After a long wait, chapter 4 is up so enjoy! :D
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Pretty good, I'd say. Just one thing, though, what the hell happened to the world's Keyhole?! XD