Even If You're In the Deepest Darkness, I'll Be Your Light

Cerberus & Boy From the Past

My Pov

The satyr, we later found out to be named Phil, gave me and Sora the spell Thunder. We blew through the preliminaries with no problem.

Phil: "You're no heroes yet, but you ain't doing bad. Lucky you came to me for coaching." Yeah. 'Lucky'. That's when a strange guy walked past us. He stared at all of us and we all looked at him. "Something tells me he'll be a tough one to beat. Who knows, maybe you'll end up facing him." After we blew through the 2nd match easy. "Say, you 2 are better than I thought! Wish he was here to see this."

Me: "Who?"

Phil: "Hercules. He's a hero if there ever was one. Too bad he's off visiting his father." After going through 3 rounds, we went back over to Phil.

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?'s Pov

I watched in secret as the 4 blew through their enemies like they were nothing. And that girl... What interest did Hades have in her anyway?

Hades: "That little punk and girl are you're next opponents, okay? Now, don't blow it. Just take them out."

Me: "The great god of the Underworld is afraid of 2 kids? Sorry, but my contract says-"

Hades: "I know! You think I don't know? I wrote the contract!" "I know it says you're only required to kill Hercules in this tournament. But you've gotta fight those 2 to get to him. Come on." I looked over at the 2 talking to the satyr. "Hey, it's like that old goat says: 'Rule 11: It's all just a game, so let loose and have fun with it!' I mean, a causality or 2 along the way is no big deal, right?" I headed toward the arena to face these so-called Keyblade bearers.

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Hades's Pov

Man, that Cloud guy gave me chills.

Me: "Geez. Stiffer than the stiffs back home. Still, suckers like him are hard to come by..." I whistled for Cerberus. "Alright, Cerberus, I need you to take out Cloud and everyone else. Except the girl. Maleficent says that that girl is special for some reason. Leave her unharmed."

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My Pov

The next match was relatively easy. Finally, we reached the last match. And it was against the strange guy we had seen earlier. Cloud. This guy was tough. He was different from the 2 Boss Heartless that me and Sora had faced before. He knocked Donald and Goofy down and was about to strike Sora down. I hurried in front of him and blocked Cloud's attack with my Keyblade.

Me: "Don't you dare hurt Sora! He's one of my most precious friends if you or anyone does anything to hurt him, I'll make you pay!" I pushed him back and pointed my Keyblade at him. "Water!" A powerful spout of water shot from the tip and pushed Cloud into a pillar that was around the arena. I had just learned a new spell.

Sora: "Whoa..." I blushed a little and rubbed the back of my head in shyness. We had beaten Cloud and won. It was done. That is until a giant, black paw slammed down onto Cloud. The paw belonged to a giant, 3-headed hellhound with black smog coming from 2 of its 3 mouths. I turned to one of the exit to see the guy who had given Sora the pass. He disappeared into the darkness.

Donald: "Hikari, look out!" All three of the hellhounds' heads lunged for me. One of the heads grazed my arm. I gripped it and saw I was bleeding a little. Then, all 3 attacked me again. All I could do was close my eyes and wait for the pain of a thousand teeth tearing my flesh apart. But it didn't. In front of me was a guy would was actually holding the beast back.

Phil: "Herc!" Herc? Oh, this guy must be Hercules.

Hercules: "Phil, get them outta here!" We all ran back into the lobby. Phil handed me some bandages and Sora fixed up my arm.

Phil: "Whew, that was close! That was Cerberus, the guardian of the Underworld. Herc should be able to handle him. But the again, maybe not... This doesn't look good." We had to help. We ran back into the Coliseum. Hercules was backed into a corner with an unconscious Cloud over his shoulder. Cerberus perked up his ears and turned to see us ready to fight him. Herc ran back to the lobby. "Kids, I got to words of advice for you: Attack!" Again, more than 2 words. This was not easy at all. Cerberus was either snapping at us, shooting giant fireballs from his mouths or causing spouts of dark energy to come out of the ground. I had to do something, but what?

Voice: "Use it." What? "Use the technique that I taught her. You can do it Hikari." Who was that? That voice... It wasn't one of the ones I had heard before, but it felt familiar somehow. "Focus on your light and let it explode." I focused real hard and felt it. My light was growing and it felt amazing. That's when I saw a flash. A young girl with blue hair and eyes was spinning and streams of light came from her. Then, a name popped in my head.

Me: "Lightbloom!" My body seemed to moved on its own as it became cloaked in light. First, I went into Camel spin, then a Sit spin and finally, after several spins in that position, I shifted into a Biellmann spin. All the while, I released volleys of energy at Cerberus. Soon, it became too much for the hellhound and he collapsed. I stopped spinning only to find I couldn't stand straight. I felt my foot slip and I would've hit the ground if Sora hadn't caught me.

Sora: "Hikari, are you okay?" I just laughed.

Me: "Besides the fact I can't walk, I'm peachy." Sora helped me walk back to the lobby. Phil and Hercules both stood in front of us.

Phil: "Thus, I hereby dub thee junior heroes, and confer upon thee full rights and privileges to participate in the games. Further-"

Donald: "Hey! What do you mean by 'junior heroes'?"

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

Goofy: "So, what does it take?"

Hercules: "Well, that's just something you'll have to find out for yourselves. Just the way I did."

Sora: "No problem. We'll start by proving ourselves in the games."

Phil: "There ain't gonna be any games for a while. Gotta clean up the mess from that last battle first."

Sora: "Okay, we'll be back." I looked back over at the pedestal. I felt I like we should give it another try.

Me: "Sora, wait. Let's try moving the pedestal again." He agreed. This time was different. Both Donald and Goofy helped push too and the pedestal moved easily. Underneath it was the Olympic Coliseum's Keyhole. Me and Sora pointed our Keyblades at it and sealed it. Sora, Donald and Goofy left the lobby. I went to follow when Phil stopped me.

Phil: "Hey kid. You're a true hero."

Me: "What makes you say that?"

Hercules: "You're just like the boy you came here with 10 years ago. Hard to believe it's been that long." Huh? I've been here before? And what boy?

Me: "What are you talking about?"

Phil: "You came here with a different boy kinda like that other friend of yours. How's he doing, by the way?" What were they talking about?

Me: "I'm sorry, but I don't know what you guys are talking about. If I came here before I was 6, then I don't remember. All I can remember is running from someone and falling in darkness. Anything else before that is all hazy." They both seemed surprised. I left and followed Sora back to the gummi ship. While we headed to the next world, all that was on my mind was what Hercules and Phil said. Had I been to the Coliseum before? And who was the boy they said I had been with?

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In case any of you want to know what Hikari's battle stance is, it's similar to Ven's.