User blog:Galexgan/Kingdom Hearts: Child of the Sun, Part 1, Chapter 4+

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Chapter 4+: Work to be Done
The group of five Organization members stepped out of the portal of darkness, standing in front of Hollow Bastion. The castle loomed high above them, the top almost invisible to sight.

Galexgan turned a quick three-sixty to get a good look at the new surroundings. The area that the gang had arrived at was right on the edge of a platform that looked down into an area known to be called The Rising Falls. The group continued on while Galexgan took the time to finish looking around. He now turned back to towards the castle to follow his fellow members.

Once inside the castle the four Nobodies found themselves in a large entrance hall. A waterfall ran in the center with two flights of stairs on either side of it.

There was a man standing in the center of the room with long brown hair and a black jacket and a sword with a trigger and a hole at the end. The man was shouting orders to a few other people in the room with uniforms on and where working onvarious things around the room. A few people attaching lights to walls or other such devices to help fix up the place.

As the group approached the man he swiftly turned and took an attack position. "Organization thirteen?! I thought you were all eliminated. What business have you here? And in such numbers?" The man yelled across the room. Galexgan and Soixjah took up positions to either side of their own group, getting ready for anything the man might try. "Were looking for a man named Cid." Kyxiel replied. "What business have you with he?" The man responded. "We bring a book from a wizard named Merlin to be repaired by the man named Cid." And as Kyxiel said this a rope dropped down from the floor above and a man with bright yellow spiked hair and goggles slid down it. "Well hello there." Said the spiky yellow haired man. "I am Cid, and what work does the old man need done?"Cid continued. Galexgan straightened up and then taking Merlin's book from Xac-Shii brought it to where Cid stood. "We need this repaired, preferably as soon as possible." Galexgan said, handing the book to Cid. The man looked at the book in his hands a second. "Alright, repairs to the castle are almost done, just putting in the finishing touches. But I think I can squeeze this into my time for the old man..." "But when will it be done?" Xac-shii finally questioned. "...Hmm I canhave it done in a few hours if that will work best for you?" Cid stated. The group looked to each other and nodded. "But I have one favor to ask of you myself. There's a strange man up in the castle chapel in white armor. He challenges anyone who goes up there an nobodies been able to get rid of him as of yet... nor had the time for injuries with trying to get the castle fixed. See if you can get him outta here for me and I'll get the work done." Cid explained. "Leon over there can take you to him if you accept."Cid continued, pointing to the brown haired man they were talking to earlier. Galexgan took note that the man named Leon had a large scar running across his face.

"I'll take care of this. You guys stay and make sure the book gets done." Galexgan said, turning to his friends as he said the last part. "What a foolish statement, how many people does it take to make sure a book gets done?" Soixjah said, a puzzled look on his face, he placed a hand on Gale's shoulder. "Certainly not three, however this white armored knight sounds like he might be trouble." Kyxiel continued from Soixjah's statement, placing one of her own on Galexgan's other shoulder. He smiled in return. And Xac-Shii finally stepped in. "I'll take care of the book, you three go ahead and make sure we hold to our bargain." She said. All four nodded to each other once more and the three that were to take on the mysterious knights challenge went to see Leon. Xac-Shii turned towards Cid and made a slight movement with her hand, insinuating to lead the way. 

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The three Nobodies Kyxiel, Galexgan, and Soixjah followed the man named Leon up to the chapel ofHollow Bastion. The room said was dark and seemed to have been unused for a long time. Dust lined the floor so thick that it was two inches thick and footprints could be seen where workers had previously walked... that or the Heartless. Even in all of the darkness a solitary fire could be seen straight across from the doorway that the group entered into.

Leon aimed towards the wall with his weapon and pulled the trigger. A fireball launched from it and landed on a small brazier on the wall. Leon now proceeded to do the same with a few more of the torches visible, causing more and more to enter sight until the entire room was lit up. "Where is the knight?" Soixjah asked. Galexgan now pointed to the center of the room where a beam of light shot from the ceiling, though there was no hole for the light to come through. Soixjah looked to where his comrade pointed and replied with a grin. Soixjah then ran towards the spot stopping a few feet away from the light. "Come knight! Face us and be gone from this place." The eager Nobody shouted to the air. Aperson that seemed attached to nothing then began to speak. "Who dares challenge the light? Who dares to fight in the dark?" The mysterious person said, and indeed stranger was that the person had no voice and the words seemed to appear in theminds of all. No one was sure whether it was their own imagination or not so they looked to each other for guidance. Seeing reassurance of their sanitythey now began tolook aboutthe room for the person who spoke. There appeared to be none who could produce such a ghastly speech.

An armored man now appeared in the center of the light. He was kneeling with both his hands on the handle of a keyblade. No skin was visible through the armor. "Who dares challenge the light? Who dares to fight in the dark?" The person repeated. It was now understood that it was the knight who produced the spectral voice that haunted everyones mind. "I guess that'd be me!" Soixjah replied. He then summoned his claws and got into an attack position. "Soixjah, for you to fight it would be foolish, you just recovered from almost being eliminated!" Kyxiel announced, clearly shocked by the fact that he would be so stubborn as to keep on fighting. "We'll take his guy together." Galexgan said, now standing beside his other friend. Kyxiel followed suit and stood to Gale's right. These two now summoned their own weapons. "We three come to face you knight... stand and face us honorably if you will." Gale said to the armored knight.

The knight now stood and pulled the keyblade from the floor of the chapel. Now fully visble the keyblade it's appearance could be seen. It had the weight of a hammer on one side and on the other was five grey spikes that looked like it came from an Organization weapon. The pole that connected these two to the handle was of a blood red color and the guard that surrounded the handle was gold as well. The knight now reached his full hight and made no move to take a battle stance. "Then if we fight honorably I request you to do the same. I will fight only one of you this day... choose amongst you as to whom it will be." The knight replied in his non-existent voice. Galexgan saw the intent in Soixjah's eyes and shook his head. "No, I will fight this one. You need more rest. Besides, darkness wouldn't be the best weapon to fight the light... atleast this way we would be on even terms." Gale said to Soixjah, then turned and smiled to Kyxiel before grabbing both by the front of their coats and tossing them out of the way. Only able to do this because they weren't expecting it.

A circle of light surrounded the knight and Galexgan, creating a small arena where they could fight uninterupted from the outside. Gale now returned to his defensive stance, ready for his opponents first strike. His opponent took a stance of his own. They then rushed forward at the same time, their weapons smacking hard against each other and sparks flying from the metal on metal. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The metal of the weapons smacked against each other over and over again. Hitting hard enough and grinding against each other so that sparks flew. Galexgan spun a 360 swinging his polearm at the opponent, a burst of solar energy was attached so that even if the weapon didn't reach far enough to hit the blast would. But instead of either making a hit the Knight leaped to the side, completely avoiding the entire attack. The Knight rushed forward now, Keyblade to the side prepared for a strong swing. This was all carried out at an extreme speed, so fast that Galexgan couldn't make a move fast enough. If he did it was purely by chance and luck that he did. The fight carried on for a long while, Galexgan taking beating after beating from the Keyblade weilding knight,with only a handful of strikes landed from Gale onto the knight.

The fight was finally getting near an end and Galexgan was smacked hard in the face.Gale flew several feet back and landed hard on his back. "Who are you?" The knightquestioned in his soundless voice.But the Nobody only laid there, motionless and eyes closed. The knight approached the seemingly life-less body. "I see no heart, but I know you exist because I hear you... I hearyour breathing, I know when you attack from the sound of the rushing blade slicing through the air, but I do not see you.... I see no heart so it is impossible for me to see you."The knight continued. Gale finally opened his eyes. "How is it possible that you do not see me? That you move with such speed? That you control so much power? That you can hear so well? Tell me that first." Galexgan demanded, gasping between breaths. "Because I do not have the trapping confinements of a body... the only body being this armor..." "That means that you are only a spirit or what are you? A Heartless?" "... I am a remnant of a keyblade weilder of the past. I fought in the great keyblade war many, many, years ago. Now who are you?" "I am what is called Nobody... I have lost my heart to the darkness and through the strength of my heart have come to be a remnant as well. I have no heart and am but the body of former self. I yearn to gain once more a heart that I may experience emotions, for without a heart I cannot do such... that is who... no, what,I am. A mere creature to others, much like the heartless. Thriving only on my faded memories." Galexgan explained. Silence then followed for several minutes as the two thought.

Galexgan sat up. "I don't wish to fight the light but I promised that I would get you out of this room in return for a job I needed done myself. Please, leave, is all I ask." Gale said, looking up to the knight. It seemed as if a sigh came from the knight. "I wish I could, if only I could! I seem to be trapped here, waiting for something or someone... I know not who, but I can see their heart far far away from here, calling to me, and I to it... Perhaps you can help this wandering heart come to me? So that I may finally rest..." "Indeed, I... feel... The same pains. Imust help you. Itseemsdestiny telling to me that I must." "Good... then I will bestow upon you a gift, a gift that will help you to find the heart and many other hearts. This will also help you in fighting, and finding, the Heartless." The knight said. He then stretched out his hand, palm facing Gale. A beam of light shot out ofthe knight's palm andinto Galexgan, who was instantly aware of a change in himself. "Thank you, knight. I will find the heart youwish to come to you." "And thank you... now I must rest, giving you that power has worn me out... if you will allow me to rest?" "Certainly." Gale responded. "Then return to your friends." The knight said. And with thisthe knight stretched out his hand again, this time towards the wall of light surrounding the two opponents.

Soixjah and Kyxiel ran up to Galexgan. "Way to go Gale!" Soixjah said. "But what happened to the knight?"Kyxiel asked. "What do you mean?" Galexgan said "He's right he...re?..." "...Where'd he go? He was just there a second ago." Gale continued to say. Completely puzzled by the sudden dissapearance of the knight. The other two just looked at each other with worried expressions at this. "Are you alright?" Soixjah asked. "Yeah... let's go. The knight won't bother anyone for now but he's not defeated yet. And I have a job to do for him as well." Gale said. He then turned towards Leon and the exit, breifly giving an explanation as to what happened, then proceeding the way they had come before.

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Galexgan, Kyxiel, and Soixjah, along with Leon, entered a small room with large windows on one side that overlooked what seemed to be a factory. A massive computer system was against the wall where the windows were located and Cid sat at the computer doing who knew what. Xac-Shii leaned in the corner opposite the windows and against a wall that had a bright red circle which was framed by neon lights in a strange design. Cid now turned to look at the newcomers. "Well well. Did yah get the job done?" Cid asked. "In a way." Leon replied. The next few moments were taken to explain what had happened and their situation.

"Hmm... I trust yer good for your word... so here's Merlin's book back. Take care of it now." Cid said, handing the book to Xac-Shii who now approached the rest of the group. "We will." Xac-Shii responded as her hands clasped hold of the item. "We had best be going... to search for the heart." Galexgan stated, taking a quick glance at the red circle. There was something he didn't like about it. "Yup, we have to get going to new worlds. Places and people to see you know." Soixjah said, smiling. Gale nodded agreement, smiling back. Comedy and jokes were ill-suited to a Nobody, with no emotion the "jokes" were rather dry and though they would smile or attempt a fake laugh it never seemed to mean anything. "Kyxiel and I have some studying to do on this book. However, you two should continue on without us. We will need to RTC." Xac-Shii stated. "Alright. Then we will see you later, hopefully the wiser towards how to regain hearts." Gale responded. The group nodded to each other and after Xac-Shii and Kyxiel had left for The Castle That Never Was, Soixjah and Galexgan opened a Corridor of Darkness for their own random destination.

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Trivia
Did you know that...
 * Chapter 4+ consists of chapters 13 through 16 of the original fanfic?
 * Chapter 4+ takes it's name from chapter 13 itself?