Ronnie vs. Cerberus

The next day the five went back to the Olympus Coliseum and the trio was ready to fight in the games which Phil prepared. John and Nesiara were sitting on the tribune with the other spectators when the trio was called into the Arena.

The trio was looking around who their opponent would be as suddenly a group of Heartless appeared across from them when Phil shouts, "In one corner we have the Sora, Donald, and Goofy!"

The observers didn't know who they were and didn't cheer for them when suddenly Nesiara cheers for the trio. This made some of them cheer lightly for the trio as well.

"And in the other corner we have the Shadow Scouts!" shouts Phil as the crowd again didn't cheer except for one guy who was standing near the arena in a black tunic and has flaming blue hair with a black-bluish skin.

"That must be Hades then. I really want to know what Ares would have to say about this Hades," says Nesiara as John looked confused.

"Ares?" asks John as Nesiara nods before she remembers that John was taking care of another problem when Nora summoned him.

"Yes, Nora summoned him using Excalibur while you were dealing with the twins. He dragged the attention of the whole Greek Pantheon of your World when he was summoned," says Nesiara telling John about it.

"Who is stronger then, Hades or Ares?" asks John with a smile on his face as Sora took care of the last Heartless when the spectators cheered for the trio.

"Ares would win against this Hades. Ares took a hit from me when you entered the Demon World which would have killed anyone else but he kissed the ground but stood back up. He even took some hit from Logan," says Nesiara as she was eying the Ruler of the Underworld.

"We get to fight him sooner or later," says John as he sees his wife glaring at the God.

"I really hope it is soon," says Nesiara as now a familiar face entered the Arena.

"Cloud?" asks Nesiara as John nods.

"He is the Cloud which the Aerith of this Universe mentioned. You can see by his clothes that this Cloud is a combination of Vincent and Cloud going by his outfit," says John as Cloud took care of his opponents easily.

The crowd cheered and someone seemed to be too happy that Cloud won. It was Hades who even tried to give Cloud a shoulder massage if the other didn't refuse.

Soon it was the trio's turn again and Sora was using only the Kingdom Keyblade for now as John told him that he should use both Keyblade when he meets an opponent he can't defeat easily.

Once in their corner, Phil announced them which made some of the people cheer for them since they leave a good impression.

Then Phil announces their opponent, "In the other corner we have the 'Sinister'!"

Some people cheered for them as well since they advanced to the next round not knowing that they are Heartless.

"I swear, Ignorance is a blessing," says Nesiara as John smiles.

"It is, they never meet a Heartless on the street before since Hades keeps them in check by focusing them all unto one person," says John as Nesiara only sighs.

"The Wonderboy," says Nesiara as John nods.

"Hades wants him gone and the Heartless are his best shot to not get Zeus angry at him if they succeed. Cloud as well is just a tool to get Hercules assassinated," says John when the fight begins.

Sora throws his Keyblade like a boomerang making it spin in a curve while taking the Blue Rhapsodies down, while Donald uses Thundara to decimate some of the Shadows when Goofy suddenly spins around himself giving the Shadows the finishing blow.

This was quite good making the crowd happy seeing it in their cheers for them as Sora catches his Keyblade and scratches his head with a big smile while Donald and Goofy took some poses before they returned to the waiting area.

"That was a clean fight," says Nesiara feeling proud of her students.

"It was," says John giving her this pleasure of being proud.

"How many more rounds until they fight Cloud?" asks Nesiara as John was thinking.

"Normally there are seven rounds but since they are fighting in this format they should be meeting him in the next round," says John as Cloud entered the Arena again with his opponent which was a Big Guy surrounded by Red Nocturnes and Blue Rhapsodies.

Cloud wins easily by swinging his sword when Hades says something to Cloud. Cloud seemed to not want to hear something from Hades as Phil calls for the next participant.

"Now for the final round, we have two newcomers it seems. One who is looking for someone hoping to find him here. Let me welcome our first finalist, Cloud!" shouts Phil as he announces Cloud which makes the crowd go wild.

"Our other finalists are Sora, Donald, and Goofy!" shouts Phil as he leaves out a lot of information about the three since they are the couple's students.

The crowd cheered for them as well not as wild as for Cloud but they did, when Nesiara glared at Phil for giving her students such a simple introduction in the final round.

Cloud was standing in front of the group and says, "Just give up. I don't want to hurt you."

"We are not going to give up," says Sora as this Cloud wasn't as open-minded as the Cloud they met in the Crownguard Mansion.

This one seemed to search for someone specific when Sora says, "Your friends are all safe and alright in Traverse Town."

This surprised Cloud for a bit before he calmed down again. He looked at the trio and draws his sword that was fully covered in bandages.

"I need to find and defeat him so they are all safe," says Cloud seriously confusing the trio as they couldn't follow.

"Fight!" shouts Phil and with that, the last round began.

Cloud rushed at Sora who he saw as the biggest threat when Goofy stood between both blocking with his shield when Donald used Fira and Cloud kicked the shield to push himself away while avoiding the Fira by spinning around his own axle in mid-air.

Sora took this chance and attacked Cloud only to find out that Cloud's sword was between his Keyblade and Cloud.

"You are all good I give you that but compared to him you are nothing," says Cloud as he pushes Sora away before he landed while Sora stopped his own fall landing mysteriously for Cloud on his feet.

"We are stronger than you might think," says Sora as he was ready for round two.

Goofy now rushes towards Cloud with his shield first finding Cloud blocks his attack when Donald uses Thundara to encircle Cloud so he couldn't run away when Sora jumps over Goofy and Cloud.

Cloud sees that and his body begins to radiate golden energy while a Devil Wing spread out of the left side of his back. Cloud pushes Goofy back as Sora attacks him but Cloud was suddenly faster than expected and blocked Sora's attack when Sora summoned his Ultima Weapon and reveals that he can wield two Keyblades.

Sora now attacks with both Keyblades making Cloud take the defensive as he was getting faster and faster when suddenly Goofy attacked him simultaneously from the back making Cloud use his golden armguard to block Goofy's incoming attack when Donald attacks with Fira.

Cloud then used his wing to block the incoming magic attack before he begins to float into the air. This caught the trio off guard for a moment when Cloud didn't wait and used his Omnislash at them.

He was using the whole arena as the trio was trying to gather in one place. Once the three were together Cloud went for them when Goofy was suddenly surrounded by a transparent aura that engulfed his shield as well.

Cloud thought that he couldn't be stopped when suddenly his Buster Sword was stopped by Goofy's shield which surprised him when suddenly Goofy's shield grew bigger as Sora and Donald put one hand on him.

Goofy then pushes Cloud back. Cloud loses the golden aura around him making him vulnerable. The trio saw their chance and wanted to finish this fight when they rush at Cloud.

But before they could do something someone says, "Now this is getting boring. How about we make it a bit spicier?"

Suddenly a big three-headed black hound with appeared in the arena interrupting the final. Hades brought out his pet as he thought that if Cloud couldn't defeat the three nobodies he wouldn't have a chance against the Wonderboy.

The crowd falls in panic and John stands up with Nesiara as she says, "I think we should use a Cerberus to beat another one. What do you think about this?"

"You want to use Ronnie?" asks John as Nesiara nods.

"The poor Mabari is always guarding the mansion that used to be his former owner's home. He should get some free time to play around with one of his kin," says Nesiara as John sighs.

"Fine," says John as Nesiara kisses his cheek before calling Justice to summon Ronnie to their side.

Ronnie was surprised to suddenly appear beside John and Nesiara when Nesiara pets him while saying, "Ronnie, how about you show the hound over there who is the boss when it comes to the name Cerberus."

Ronnie turned to the hound Nesiara was talking about and barked happily as his duty has made him stay in one place forever guarding that place against intruders and holding the order in Paradise.

Ronnie rushed towards the arena from the stand when Justice says, "I don't know if it was a good idea to let Ronnie fight the Cerberus."

"What do you mean?" asks Nesiara confused as John looked confused as well.

"Ronnie is the Alpha in Paradise which means he is the leader of every beast inside Paradise. That means even the Tailed Beasts are under him and follow his orders," says Justice nervous when John was completely confused.

"But we saw Ronnie transform into a Cerberus before. He was as tall as the one in the arena, how can he beat the Tailed Beast?" says John as Justice shakes left and right his shell.

"What you saw was his small form it is enough to intimidate anything but his real form is bigger than Kurama," says Justice as it was too late.

Ronnie was standing between the trio and Cloud, and the Cerberus that is attacking them. Cerberus was feeling intimidated by Ronnie when suddenly it tries to lunge at Ronnie to lose its fear.

That was Cerberus's mistake. The moment he attacked he was faced with a Ronnie that was too big for the arena to contain. Hades was now feeling intimidated by Ronnie as well.

"Now I understand why even Logan said that he can't control Ronnie," says John as he was intimidated as well by Ronnie's aura.

Nesiara was feeling it as well and the Gods in Olympus did too. John and Nesiara grabbed the trio and Cloud as Ronnie grabbed Cerberus with one of his heads before throwing him into the sky hearing only whines coming from Cerberus when it flew away before Ronnie stared at Hades who became nervous and he vanished in black smoke.

Ronnie then slowly turned back into a Mabari and walked towards Nesiara waiting for some praises for his deed when Nesiara petted him while saying childishly, "You are a good boy, aren't you."

Ronnie barks happily before starting at the sky when Cerberus came flying down again. Ronnie stared at it and Cerberus ran away as fast as possible. This made the trio burst out in laughter from seeing this.

Justice then brought Ronnie back to his courtyard while the others made sure that nothing happened to the civilians.