User blog:Galexgan/Kingdom Hearts: Child of the Sun, Part 1, Chapter 2+

Hope you enjoyed the last chapter. And if you did I think the story only gets better, so read on into

Chapter 2+: Sweat and Tears
The night before, after Hades appearence, Phil found Galexgan trying to wander the dark alone and unable to see. Approaching him Phil then helped to lead Galexgan back to his room and also struck a deal with Gale to be trained.

The sun began to rise and shine through the window. Galexgan sat up swiftly. "Hades... I'm coming for you... today." He mumbled under his breath.

In the night while Galexgan was sleeping, more and more memories came flooding in of his past. He found out who he was and why he actually came to the Coliseum. He found that he wasn't originally from Hercules world at all but from some distant world, and that he came to this world searching for a challenge. That wasn't the only thing. Galexgan didn't come to this world alone. He had had friends. Friends that made a promise with him to become the best champions the Coliseum, no, all of the worlds, had or would ever see. Together they fought tournament after tournament as a team... and one by one they lost sight of their dream, seeking personal glory rather than as a whole. And one by one they broke off fromthe team, and one by one they fell. Galexgan was the only one to survive till the end. And then, even he was left to be alone. He soon made the deal with Hades that would end him and turn him into the Nothingness he was now.

The unfortunate part of this was that he could not remember the faces of his friends. They were shadows in his head, but there all the same. He sought comfort in the thought that soon, very soon, he would remember them completely. A solitary tear rolled down his cheek. Galexgan reached up to feel but then realised he still had his gloves on and quickly took them off. A tear, a single moist tear. A tear representing emotion impossible for a heartless being such as he... and yet... it was there. Were Nobodies really incapable of emotion? Or was this just another memory? Whatever it was it caused Gale more confusion than the thoughts he had of betraying the other Organization members. Gale wiped away the tear and put his gloves back on. He then went to where Phil waited on him to come and do some planned training, as per a deal they had made the night before.

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"Alright Phil. Here I am." Galexgan said as he approached where the little goatman stood. "Alright! Let's get this show on the road Junior Champ!" Gale nodded his head. "Now first things first. There are three rules to being a hero! Rule one! Don't let your guard down! And rule two! There are no rules! No go out there and train like a real champ!" Phil stated. Gale looked confused for a second and thought about saying something about Phils' "three rules", then decided it was better that he didn't. "Got it!" Galexgan replied enthusiastically. Galexgan went out to the center of the Coliseum ready to train.

Once out there he took a second to look around and gather his surroundings. There were several barrels on platforms of various hights and on the far wall there were a few archery targets. Phil walked up beside Gale. "Your goal is to hit those barrels into the targets.Once you can do it perfectly we'll move on to the next training excercise. Ok?" "Ok." Responded the Junior hero. "Now, ready, set..... go!" Phil counted down.

Galexgan quickly leaped from platform to platform and smacked the barrels one after the other square into the targets. "Done."He said as he approached Phil. Phil just stood there with his mouth open for a second, then replying. "Kid! You beat that in five seconds flat! I'm not sure you'll need much training, you still seem to have that special skill at fighting!" "I've held on to a few of your training routines Phil. They have helped me in many situations." "Glad to hear, kid." Phil responded. "Now on to the next training course!" Phil continued.

For the next several hours Phil and Galexgan trained without stop. Gale conquering one obstacle after the other. Most of which didn't cause him much trouble, but a few he would falter at and have to attempt again.

Galexgan finally returned to his room to get some rest... and wait for the sun to go down. Once the sun had completely dissapeared from view and the sky was dark Gale woke up and left for the Coliseum arena, where he was training earlier.

This time he hoped to find Hades instead of Hades finding him.

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Galexgan swung his polearm through the air in a wide arc, then came around and smacked his opponent with his glowing hand. "Oof!"Cried the mysterious opponent. "Yah!" Was all Gale replied, and thrust his weapon straight at the enemies chest. It missed the opponents chest but stil struck him in the side. Gale pulled his weapon bacwards and out of his enemy, then spun around and attempted to slash the opponent through his waist which would have cut his enemy in half had it struck. Instead however, all that Galexgan's weapon struck was black smoke. "Come back here Hades!" Gale yelled. The cloud of smoke drifted away and rematerialized and few feet from the orginal location. "In your dreams kiddo!" Hades responded.

It was night and though normally this would weaken Galexgan he had stored enough of the sun's power for the fight to come, knowing Hades would be chicken enough to only come out at night when Gale was weakest. To give himself strength Galexgan had released a medium sized orb of energy into the air, to act as a miniature sun and light up the Coliseum arena. This would keep him from having to constantly release energy into a small trickle to light up only a portion of the area.

Gale rushed Hades again, this time anticipating Hades dispersal into a cloud of smoke. He charged up a ball of energy and blast it towards the spot Hades rematerialized at. It made contact and pushed the god of the Underworld a yard back. "You can't kill me! Hello, I'm a god here, Immortal, invincible." Hades stated. "Maybe... but maybe not!" Gale replied as he rushed towards Hades again. This time it would be Hades turn to strike a blow.

Hades became very enraged turning a bright red color. He floated to the center of the arena and began to charge up an attack. Not knowing what Hades planned to do Gale had to stop mid rush and turn towards Hades new spot. He then attempted the charge again, but what happened next was so unexpected that Gale was beaten right then and there. Hades thrust his hands to either side of himself and sent beams of fire out of his hands. He then began to spin in a circle so that he could blast the entire arena in flames. A bit of Galexgan's bangs were singed slightly as he fell backwards in an attempt to escape the fire.

"Stop Hades!" Came an unkown voice from somewhere in the Coliseum. This made Hades stop his attack and calm down. "Hmm? Who's there?" Hades shouted into the night. "I am!" Said a man dressed in Grecian gladiator armor. "HERCULES! What are you doing here?! You were supposed to be off taking care of a Hydra problem in Athens!" Hades replied angrily, also starting to turn a bright red again. "I took care of that quickly and am here to stop you." Hercules responded valiantly. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

"Alright Hades! I think it's high time we put an end to your schemes." Hercules stated boldy. "Another day, lover-boy. Another day." And with that Hades disappeared in a cloud of smoke once again... this time however not to reappear elsewhere. Hercules now walked over to Galexgan and helped him stand. "Phil told me we had a familiar guest when I arrived. But I didn't expect to see you in combat so soon." ercules said. "Thank you." Galexgan said as he was helped up. Then continued, "I need to defeat Hades. I need to kill him." "You won't be doing that any time soon. If you remember, he almost had you there." Hercules replied. "Maybe so... but I still have to do it. Even if death should take me... It wouldn't be the first time." Gale said. "My recomendation to you would be to get stronger and come back for Hades. Who knows, you just might be able to beat him." "Hmm... I may take that advice. I do have other business to take care of... and the more I think of it, the more I see it a better idea to come back another day." Gale said, thinking aboutthe idea more. "Then good luck, with whatever it is that your doing." Herc stated. "You too, with the tournament I mean." Gale replied. And with that Hercules turned in the direction of the Coliseum exit and left. Galexgan looked a the ground for a minute, deep in thought. Finally coming to a decision, he turned and headed back to his room.

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 * Chapter 2+ consists of chapters 4 through 7 of the original story.