Donald crossed his arms as they returned to the gummi ship “Good riddance.”

Goofy rubbed the back of his head “Gawrsh Donald, you're acting awful mean. They are our friends aren't they?”

Sora chuckled, “Stop being such a spoilsport Donald, you’d have more fun if you just cooled it.”

Donald shook his head “We have a mission and that is the focus.”

Goofy shook his head “The King wouldn’t want us to be miserable because we spent all our time solely devoted to the mission.”

Donald grumbled to himself before sighing “You right Goofy, can you forgive my foolishness.”

Goofy gave him big hug “Of course, I’m your friend. Do you think a few harsh word words make me abandon ya.”

Sora walked over putting his hand over to them, Donald and Goofy put their hands over him before shouting “Friends forever!” After that they charted a course for their next world,and when they arrived they saw a massive coliseum before them.

Sora looked at the huge place in front of him. “Maybe this will be a good place to grow stronger.”
They entered the lobby of the building to see a small creature with the lower half of a horse and horns sticking out of his head. Sora looked at him “Um…”

The figure asked “Good timing. Give me a hand, will ya? Move that pedestal over there for me. I gotta spruce this place up for the games.”

Sora looked back to the block and then at himself “I think you have confused me for someone else, I can’t push that.”

The guy turned around looking at Sora “You're not Hercules. What are you doing here?” He then hopped off his perch “This here’s the world famous Coliseum-- heroes only! And I got my hands full preparing for the games. So run along pip-squeaks.”

Sora nodded “You are not entirely wrong, I have been travelling with people far stronger than me as I am” remembering Celia’s words he continues “They have been overshadowing me in combat against the enemies I have been facing. Given you have trained someone who can easily push something as heavy as that, I am hoping you could help me grow into a warrior.”

The little guy said “I am busy.”

Donald was about to shout at him when Goofy pulled him back as Sora. “I understand but If I could even get a little bit of training for someone as great as yourself that would be a big help.”

The little guy turned to Sora “I might whip up a bit of quick training for you. There are some barrels in the arena that need breaking. I am Philoctetes but you can call Phil for expedience now go but be quick I don’t have all day.”

After destroying a few sets of barrels across the stage Phil looked over at Sora “You know, you ain’t bad, kid. If your friends are tougher than you, I would like to meet them at some point.”

Sora smiled “Thanks, I’ll see if they want to stop in this world next time we meet. I still have much to learn.”

After a few more rounds of training the group exited the building, a figure with blue flaming hair in a toga appears Donald exclaims “Who are you?”

The figure smirks, “Who I am doesn't matter but I have a gift for you.” He gives them a pass that looks like the Coliseum “Good luck, kid. I’m pulling for ya, little shorty.”

Sora frowned, “I should ask Phil about this.”

Goofy nodded “This is not normal.”

Donald frowned, “That guy was very suspicious.”

Once they entered and showed Phil the pass, Phil frowned “Her how did you get this?”

Sora rubbed the back of his head “Some strange guy gave it to us, we’re not sure as to why.”

Phil sighed “Well this is a pass for the games if you have this I can’t prohibit you from entry but this is serious, I’ll have to up your training before the games. You have a few days while I set things up.”

Donald frowned, “But we have a mission.”

Sora turned to Donald “I have been lagging behind.” He summoned the keyblade “This is a powerful weapon but it can’t be my only source of strength. I have to be stronger than I am now or else one day I might lose and then where we will be.”

Over the next few days Sora did heavier training, lifting heavy boxes and carrying them around. Performing agility trials with heavy weights on his back, after the training Sora was no longer scrawny but had actually built some muscle.

Once they entered the games Sora’s strength increase was clear, the Heartless falling before him like butter. Even a few Imps and a new heartless called a Shadow Knight which reminded Sora of the Heartless Pinkie fought in Traverse Town but smaller.

Phil smirked “You’re not heroes yet but you're not doing bad. Lucky you came to me for coaching.”

Sora smiled, “Maybe one day we will earn that title.”

A strong guy with blond haired man carrying a huge sword and cloak walked past staring at Sora. Sora looked at the man, he was more well built than Sora “He is strong. If we meet in the arena, I want to fight him one on one.”

Donald frowned, “But if you fight him alone, you might lose.”

Sora shook his head “If I lose, then I lose but he is not like the Heartless he is a talented foe who I wish to face one on one. If I can’t beat him alone, how can I save my friends?”

Goofy smiled, “I understand, I know you can do it.”

Once arrived at the final match, Phil declared “This is Cloud, a seasoned Veteran vs Sora, a newbie with a lot of talent. The match starts now!” Cloud drew his sword as Sora summoned his Keyblade.

The two darted around the arena, Sora's keyblade clashing against Cloud’s buster sword. Sora slowly wore him down, landing attacks when Cloud’s guard was down until eventually he overcame Cloud. Sora watched as a huge three headed dog tried to squash Cloud, Sora deflected the beat’s leg with a single strike.

Sora turned to Cloud “You need to get out of here, you’re still hurt from our fight.”

Sora flung an ice spell at one of the heads as he dodged the other, Phil shouted “Get out of there kid, that’s Cerberus. You can’t beat him.”

Goofy and Donald ran over to join him “Together we can!”

Sora nodded “I’ll take the middle head, Donald the right and Goofy the left. Divide and conquer.” Sora slammed into the middle head with his keyblade, Goofy threw his shield at the left head while Donald began shooting fire, blizzard and lightning spells at the right head.

Eventually the humongous creature collapsed, after they returned Phil read them out a piece of paper “Thus, I do hereby dub thee junior heroes and privileges to participate in the games. Further--.”

Donald shouted “Hey! What do you mean “junior heroes.”

Sora shook his head “It means there is much for us to learn.I would like to spend a little more time preparing for future adventures. That Cloud guy would make for a good sparring partner.”

They exit to see Cloud sitting on his own “Are you alright?”

Cloud responded “Yeah.”

Sora frowned “What happened back there anyways?”

Cloud frowned “Hades, the guy with flaming hair tricked me. I was looking for someone and he promised to help. I tried to exploit the power of darkness, but it backfired. I fell into darkness, and couldn’t find the light.”

Sora smiled “Well I'll love to help you find it, besides I could use a good sparring partner. Perhaps we can grow stronger together.”

Cloud held out his hand passing, Sora something “I'll pass.”

Sora smiled, “If you’re sure, I’ll be here for a couple of days if you change your mind.” Sora ,Donald and Goofy returned to the coliseum to continue their training.

Author's Note

I hope I did this world justice. Also Sora's extra training would give him stat wise an extra five base strength.