Sorry that this update is pretty late, I literally just wrote the whole thing, edited it and revised it just now. So, forgive me if it's rather short...though, it shouldn't be any shorter than last chapter. Anyway, onto the story. ;)


Inverted Sky: KH Chain of Memories

Chapter 9: Castle Oblivion part IX

Sora took a few steps toward Larxene, said woman breathing heavily after all of her recent attacks. Upon coming within just a few steps of the blond, the teen gave a small smile and cleared her throat. "So then...I think we got off on the wrong foot." Sora started as her smile turned to a sheepish one.

"How about we start again?" she continued on, to which she then gestured to herself soon after; "I'm Sora."

Immediately after this, Larxene raised a brow in both anger and confusion as her expression matched this perfectly. "What are you doing?" she questioned silently, yet with a somewhat irritated tone in her voice.

The brown-haired teen simply gave an even more sheepish smile while scratching he back of her neck. "Well...I guess I was kinda hoping to start over and see if we could get along with one another." she said with a shrug of her shoulders.

Larxene raised her brow higher in response to this before she suddenly started to laugh; "Are you serious?!" she howled out between her laughter, it sounding as if she was mocking Sora.

"You're a bunch of morons." was the last thing the blond said before immediately vanishing in a flood of darkness.

Upon watching this, the brown-haired teen simply sighed and turned to her friends with another shrug. "Well...that didn't go as hoped, but I guess it did go as expected." she muttered just loud enough for each of them to hear.

"Maybe...but it still shouldn't stop us from trying." Kairi stated, her raising a finger up as if to further her point.

This made Sora sigh silently as she nodded her head in response to the auburn-haired girl. "Alright alright, if you insist." she said, to which each of them soon turned to the seemingly untouched door and blue card in front of it.

"Guess we should keep going." the brown-haired teen said as each of the four made their way toward the door.

"But how about we actually fight back for the next one that shows up?" she continued with a glance over to Kairi.

Whom had sighed and shrugged slowly while responding with; "Oh alright...but we still should try talking to them anyway."

Sora nodded once more to her friend, to which they walked through the automatically opening doors. Though after going through, all of them blinked many times when they saw Destiny Islands. Immediately following this, Sora and Kairi glanced to each other and took on a small grin on their features. All the while, Donald and Goofy were able to finally take in the scenery of the island. As the last time they saw it, everything was destroyed soon after their arrival.

"Man...it feels like it's been forever since we've actually been home." the brown-haired teen muttered silently as if to herself.

"Yeah, it does have that nice charm to it that makes you feel welcome." Kairi added with a slow nod of agreement to her friend's comment.

"Lets just hope that this is a memory of the original...and not a memory of the one I saw before fighting Ansem." Sora said as she smirked a bit sheepishly, to which each of the four walked down to the beach.

"Welcome heroes!" a voice called out from behind and to the side, making the quartet of people quickly turn toward the source.

Upon looking, they instantly saw Zexion sitting on the roof of the shack that had been made into the side of a tall hill. Him gazing down at each of them with a small smirk as he rested one of his arms on his raised knee. "Did you enjoy your brief trip down memory lane?" the young man questioned while standing up.

"If you gave us a bit more time to take in the sights, maybe." Sora whispered with a silent huff as she summoned her Keyblade.

"Well...I can't have you getting too relaxed, now can I?" Zexion asked, to which he jumped down to the ground and looked to the four.

"After showing off your combined powers against Larxene, it's quite obvious that we're going to have to take on a more extreme approach. So I'm afraid that we're going to start coming after you in your memories as well." he continued, him summoning a large black book into his right hand.

This book having a strange series of white symbols and writing on the cover, while the spine and edges were covered in a silver-colored plating. Immediately after he brought this forth, Sora just stared at him with blinking eyes. "Wait...are a mage?" she questioned in the same moment Zexion brought a hand out as if to cast a spell.

"Of course. I am a 'Replicator Mage', meaning that I can mimic any spell that I have placed within these pages." the man stated with a small smirk on his features, him obviously being quite proud of this.

"But of course, I have also created my own unique spells...so you will never truly know what I will do next." he continued, his tone sounding as if he was enjoying telling them this information.

"Cool~!" Sora hummed out as she gave Zexion a somewhat eager expression, of which took him off guard.

"Do you think you could show me how to do that?" she asked quickly as her tone was perfectly matching her facial expression.

This made the man blink to her many times, yet he soon smirked lightly and shrugged. "Perhaps I will. But for now...we shall do battle and I will test your strength." Zexion responded as he soon waved his hand through the air.

Upon doing so, a flash of green light emanated from the book and the same symbol as the one on the cover appeared in front of the light. Immediately following this, the four blinked in shock as they were suddenly transported into a strange area. Of which appeared somewhat similar to a place Sora had seen within the Realm of Darkness as it had constantly moving winds of grey and black.

Yet all of them quickly looked around as dozens of books started appearing around them, some of which flew by at great speeds. Though when they each began to glow, Sora, Kairi and Donald instantly brought up their own Reflect spells. This allowing them to watch as the books flew straight into the shield and exploded with enormous force.

However, it still didn't give the trio any trouble in keeping their spell up as one by one, the books disappeared. "Man...is this gonna be a repeat of last time?" the brown-haired teen muttered silently to herself in a somewhat disappointed tone.

But before any answer could be voiced, a visual one came in the form of two dozen books suddenly rising up from the ground. "Guess not." was the last thing Sora said before the books began to glow.

This sparking the girl to swiftly rush up to Kairi, grab her by the wait and move up close to the other two. Her doing this within the blink of an eye as she used both her darkness and lightning magic in unison. Though, this was barely fast enough to escape the sudden explosion of all the books going off all at once. After the resulting smoke had cleared, a sole book descended down from the air. It having been hidden in the darkness of the realm they were in, to which it then shined brightly before revealing Zexion.

"Impressive Sora...quite impressive." he muttered silently as he saw Sora standing with her friends off to the side of where the explosions had been.

The teen only having a few minor burns on her arms and back, of which soon vanished as Donald raised his staff and casted a Cure spell on her. Yet as Kairi narrowed her eyes slightly at Zexion, she slowly turned her attention to the fact that Sora's arm was still around her.

"Man...that was a close one I have to admit. It might not have as much power as Larxene, but it certainly made up for it by being somewhat unpredictable." the brown-haired girl responded, her not even realizing where her free arm was.

"So then...what else do you have in that book?" she continued with a small grin on her features.

It being clear that she was still highly interested in learning more about his magic, despite the situation she and her friends were in. Upon her words, Zexion raised a brow in what seemed to be both surprise and intrigue. He then took on a small smirk of his own and transformed back into a book, yet his voice could still be heard from it. "You'll just have to find out~!"

Instantly following his words, everything around the four turned black, yet they were still able to see one another. But as they each glanced around, Sora finally realized that she was still holding Kairi. This sparking her to quickly let go, smile sheepishly and scratch the back of her neck. "S-Sorry about that, i-it was a 'heat of the moment' kind of thing." she said quickly, even with her brief stuttering.

The auburn-haired girl simply cleared her throat, waved her hand and offered a small smile in response. "It's alright, I understand. Thank you for protecting us."

Sora took on a normal smile to this, to which she nodded her head slowly. However, when each of them noticed a light being produced from above, they quickly tilted their heads up. Upon doing so, their eyes widened slightly as hundreds of small meteorites were coming right for them. This sparked the three magic users to make another Reflect shield around them, yet the two girls quickly looked down. Their eyes widening even further as they saw the same number of meteorites rising up toward them from the ground.

'This is gonna be tricky.' Sora thought quickly, her eyes closing while her mind started processing everything as fast as possible.

'Even if I was by myself, I likely wouldn't be able to block everything. But since I'm not by myself, I can't just go around dodging. Even if I was to try and carry them again, I would only be able to manage going in one direction like before. I doubt that I could do any sort of heavy maneuvering, so we need to come up with a way to block both sets of meteorites at the same time.' she continued with only seconds before impact.

Yet her eyes soon snapped open as if in realization of something; 'Time.' she repeated as a small smirk curled her lips.


And there you have it, no changing the hearts and minds of anyone today, but who knows what the future will hold. ;) I hope all of you enjoyed and let me know your opinions in a review. Until next time.