Man this was a long chapter. I didn't expect it to be so long, but I also didn't want to cut it off near the end like I did with the previous big fight. So I have the whole fight this time and boy was it a big one. I tried to be as detailed as possible with much of it, but I'm sure I failed in a few spots. If you have any suggestions of future fights let me know. Anyway, onto our regularly scheduled show.

Inverted Sky: KH Chain of Memories

Chapter 21: Castle Oblivion part XXI

Sora took in a few deep breaths as she stared at the hooded man with heavily narrowed eyes. Said figure just stood silently on the opposite side of the hall with an almost statue-like appearance. The teen just slowly moved her body into a fighting pose and summoned the golden Keyblade into her right hand. Sora doing this at the same time the man generated red beams from both hands and readied to fight as well.

'I have to analyze his movements and power. Even if this is just a memory, he must have some sort of identifiable technique or such that I can counter.' Sora thought quickly as she just watched the man slowly start walking towards her.

As soon as he reached within ten feet of the girl, he immediately rushed forward at a blinding speed. However, Sora was able to see him the whole way and ducked under the man's first attack of a spinning right kick. Though, this had also left her open to the swing of the red beam in his right hand as well. Yet just as it was about to make contact, the teen instantly vanished, causing his attack to hit the floor and created a small explosion.

The hooded figure quickly began to look around for the teen, but she was suddenly behind him and swept both his legs. Despite the fact that he quickly stopped his fall with putting a hand on the floor, Sora was already in front of him and side kicked him in the face. This knocked the man backward as he tumbled across the floor for a moment before quickly flipping back to his feet.

All the while, the brown-haired girl narrowed her eyes once more on the man as she switched her Keyblade into a reverse-hand grip. But she didn't let the man rest for too long, as she was quickly surrounded in a coat of black lightning. This barely being seen however, as she had disappeared almost instantly after it covered her whole body. Immediately following this, she came within just a few feet of the man as her form almost seemed to just materialize from thin air.

Then as if in fright of her sudden appearance, the hooded figure clenched his hands and created a barrier between them. It having an electric field around it that showed Sora if she were to touch it, she would be electrocuted with a huge amount of lightning magic. But said teen just smirked lightly as she could tell her opponent created this guard purely on instinct.

'Which means that it's part of his natural technique of defense and isn't something that he plans to trick me with.' Sora thought before she quickly back-flipped multiple times.

Her doing so in order to get out of the way from the man's multiple swings with his red beams. Him having moved right through his own barrier the moment he saw that the brown-haired girl wasn't moving any closer. Despite the teen barely managing to get away from these swings, she did so using four consecutive back-flips. Though, since the figure continued to rush closer to her with his assault, the teen brought forth her coating of black lightning and vanished once more.

Immediately following this however, the man rushed off to the right and clashed against Sora's Keyblade as she reappeared. This making her eyes narrow briefly as she blocked three more slashing attacks as the man just kept pushing her back. 'He only needed to see my speed once to be able to follow my movements. I knew this guy was no joke, but that's seriously distressing.' she thought quickly while blocking many more slashing attacks.

But while the man pushed the teen further and further back, he kept tapping his right foot on the floor after every few swings. Sora noticing this after the third time when she heard the faint sound of his boot against the floor. Yet she quickly found out the purpose of his actions as the floor suddenly cracked heavily from under them. This allowing a series of red beams to shoot up from below, which seemed to actually follow the girl as she flipped away.

Though she wasn't able to flee for long, as the hooded figure quickly got in her way to block her escape routes. His actions made it clear to Sora that she would either have to block his attacks and be hit by the beams from below, or be hit by his attack and deflect the beams. However, with a bit of quick thinking, she managed to deflect the beams while dodging his attacks. But rather than creating a pattern, Sora would deflect the beams in such a way that it would almost hit the man.

Just when the brown-haired teen managed to get away from both the last beam and the man's slash, Sora's back suddenly hit a wall. This made her eyes widen as she quickly realized that this was the man's plan the whole time. Her watching him create a large number of ream beams that were positioned a quarter circle around the teen. There not being a single escape route as all of these beams rushed toward her at the same time.

The girl's eyes narrowed heavily from this as she flipped her Keyblade around once more and held it into the air. Her actions creating a Reflega spell around her that prevented the beams from reaching her, but it quickly started to crack from under the strain. "Man...he's still just as strong as I remember." she muttered silently while grinding her teeth together as she did all she could just to keep the barrier up.

However, it soon shattered apart and created a series of exploding white orbs of magic around her. This actually providing a few extra moments of safety as the beams were disintegrated by the exploding magic. Though, Sora was then forced to deflect as many of the beams as she could with her Keyblade. Of which she succeeded in doing as her arm and Keyblade were practically a blur from the extreme speed she was moving them.

The moment all the beams had disappeared, the teen let out a heavy breath as she was already starting to feel a bit winded. This providing the hooded figure an opening as he rushed to her side and swung both red beams toward her in a pincer motion. Yet just as they were about to hit, Sora side-flipped over him with an almost dance-like grace. Though what caused the man to pause in shock was the fact that his arms were laced through the guard of the teen's Keyblade. Her having stabbed it into the ground at such an angle that his beams and hands would naturally go through the guard during his attack.

It now being the teen's turn to attack with this opening, to which she sent a ball of dark energy into both of the man's legs before she had even touched her feet on the floor. Immediately after he fell to his knees, Sora then used her wind magic to propel a powerful elbow into his back. This knocking him forward while his arms were unable to get free of the teen's Keyblade, to which he was sent face first into the floor. His fall also pinned both his hands under his chest, thanks to the positioning of the teen's Keyblade.

But the girl still wasn't finished as she raised her arms up, to which her weapon appeared in her hands instantly. Sora then swung down with all of her strength at the man, her even letting out a short battle cry while doing so. However, she was stopped short as a red beam suddenly shot out from the man's hand as he managed to move it out from under his chest. This beam of red light hit and went clear through the teen's right leg, to which her eyes widened as despite the speed of the attack, the pain was instant.

"Ah!" Sora screamed out as this was the worst agony she has ever felt in her life.

She had immediately dropped her Keyblade after this and placed both hands to her wounded leg, yet she still remained standing. All the while, the hooded man stood back to his feet and just seemed to stare at her for a moment. Sora herself was just glaring at him heavily as she was noticeably fighting back the tears welling up in her eyes. Yet despite this act of toughness, her body began to tremble from the sheer amount of pain she was feeling.

This giving the hooded figure a clear sign of his victory, to which he just walked right up to her and raised the beam in his right hand. Him pausing for a moment as if briefly relishing in his win over the teen. Whom of which simply continued glaring up at the man's unseen eyes; "Don't think you've won yet." the teen muttered silently just as the man's attack came toward her at great speed.

However, the red beam never hit as it bounced right off a Reflega spell just inches away from its intended target. But even more shocking still, Sora suddenly punched him hard in the stomach. This blow having so much force that the hooded man was sent straight into the wall on the opposite side of the room. Yet Sora was almost instantly next to him upon his impact, to which she kicked him with the same leg that had been wounded. It not having an injury of any kind, as if it had been a mere illusion the whole time.

But the teen's opponent couldn't seem to think much on it as Sora appeared above him and sent him straight into the floor with a punch to his face. Though after the man's impact, the brown-haired girl landed a few feet away and let out a heavy breath. She then rubbed her previously wounded leg and slowly curled her lips into a small smile.

"Boy...am I glad you taught me about the regenerating element of the Curaga spell." she whispered out while looking over to Maleficent off to the side.

"I'm impressed that you not only used it so efficiently, but even used it to make your enemy drop his guard to get him close to you." the witch commented with a slow nod of her head.

Sora just smiled a bit wider to her in response before turning to face the hooded man as he was standing back to his feet. Him not appearing to have any sort of trouble in standing up, it feeling almost as if all of the teen's attacks thus far were having no effect on him. 'Man, this guy is tough. I know I barely even pushed him the last time, but I thought for sure that this would have hurt him even a little. But it looks like no amount of technique countering or trickery will be working here.' Sora thought quickly while readying to fight once more.

For which she was grateful for doing as the figure suddenly held out a hand and produced a series of strange grey beams. These appeared to be shaped like thorn plants as they etched quickly through the air and right at the girl. Sora herself narrowed her eyes quickly as she moved out of the way just in time to avoid these attacks. Yet more and more just kept rushed toward the girl, whom had very little time to react as they approached from nearly every direction. Though her eyes quickly widened as the man was suddenly right in front of her, to which he grabbed her by the throat and instantly threw her into the air.

As Sora twisted around in mid-air, she managed to block the immediate attack that the man swung toward her. But she was then hit hard by more thorn-like beams from multiple angles as they sliced through her coat and a few layers of skin. Though even if they didn't seem to inflict heavy damage on their own, the fact that there were so many made these attacks so much worse. Yet just when Sora began to get used to dodging or deflecting these beams, the hooded man appeared to knock her higher into the air.

This providing more opportunity to attack the teen as she was unable to keep up with the man's movements. Sora not being able to memorize her opponent's techniques and keep avoiding the beams at the same time. After many more direct hits to the brown-haired girl, the figure then moved at great speed behind the teen. He then spun kicked her hard to the side, only for her to be engulfed in a sphere of the thorn-like beams.

Sora let out a scream of pain as they cut her from every angle before she was finally released. Though she almost wished it hadn't as the man was waiting for her as he blasted a huge volley of red beams toward her. Even in her condition, the girl still managed to either deflect or block many of these, yet it only took five direct hits to bring her to her knees. After this, Sora ground her teeth tightly together while rolling away from the remaining ten beams.

Upon doing so, the brown-haired girl breathed heavily and glanced toward the man as he landed gracefully on the floor just a few yards away. 'Damn...he's way stronger than I could have ever prepared for. And his techniques are far too advanced for me to keep up with. I can't even figure out a way to counter a single one he just used.' she started in her mind while using another Curaga spell on herself.

Which had healed all of her wounds, yet her stamina was still dropping from her body's shock to all of the injuries. This allowed her to stand back to her feet slowly, but the man was already coming toward her once more. 'I have to do something fast or I'm done for.' she continued with narrowed eyes, to which she moved into a fighting pose once more.

'While I have far greater physical strength and possibly a bit more raw power, his endurance is beyond anything I'm even capable of right now. He can take so many hits that it's unreal, but I can tell that my attacks are having an effect on him since I can feel his bones contorting slightly when I actually land a hit. I just need to use that to my advantage and remove any chance of him escaping or countering.' Sora thought quickly, to which her eyes soon widened from what she came up with.

"I guess it's all or nothing." she whispered before taking in a deep breath and allowed a coating of both black and yellow lightning to surround her.

This allowing her to vanish with even greater speed than before, yet the man just turned his head from side to side. There not being any attack that came as the teen simply circled around her opponent at true lightning speed.

"You're a seriously powerful opponent." Sora started as she was beginning to leave a black and yellow trail behind her while continuing her circle.

Though the man seemed to be able to keep up with this, he didn't make a move to follow her as if planning his next move of attack. All the while, Sora continued to speak with enough volume so that she could be heard. "I really don't think I can beat you with my level of experience. Your techniques are too advanced for me, but it doesn't mean that you're going to win."

The figure continued to shift his head from side to side while watching the teen's every move. Sora still going around in her circle while not attempt any sort of attack; "If I can't beat your technique...then I'm just going to plow on through with sheer force!" she called out loudly, which made Maleficent's eyes narrow as to what the girl was planning.

After these claims, the man brought his hands out to either side, to which he formed a huge number of red beams. These forming a large half circle around him as they started firing in every direction outward. Yet Sora just zoomed by them with her speed as she was literally flying in her circle around the room. Upon noticing that these attacks weren't connecting, the man quickly turned to the side and vanished.

This lead for multiple clashes to occur against the man's red beams and Sora's Keyblade. Though the hooded figure slashed and kicked at the brown-haired teen a great many times, she moved too quickly for him to get an effective hit on her. Him only managing to barely scrape the girl with each of the attacks she hadn't blocked or parried. But after a few moments, Sora finally stopped as she had moved to the very center of the hall. The hooded man instantly rushed toward her as he sent multiple beams at her, these being a mixture of the fast moving grey ones and the explosive red ones.

After they came close enough, a Reflega spell appeared and deflected the attacks. Yet due to the red beams' strength, the barrier soon shattered to tiny pieces, just like before. However, the resulting explosions of the fragments were still enough to not only disperse the remaining beams, but also keep the hooded man at bay for a brief moment. But this single second was all Sora needed to finish gathering all the energy she needed. Her having started when she made up her mind of what it would take to finish her opponent off once and for all.

Once Sora had collected this power, she swiftly moved toward the man with the same distance as at the start of the fight. Though instead of creating his lightning shield, the figure summoned a burst of dark energy from above. This striking down at the speed of a lightning bolt as it hit Sora straight on, yet she still just punched the man in the stomach with all her strength. Her letting out both a scream of pain and a battle cry at the same time during this.

The force of her attack causing the floor to crack very heavily and even for the wall she was facing to crumble slightly. It had also send the man flying backward before landing his back right onto Sora's elbow, which almost made him feel like his spine might break in half. But he was almost immediately knocked upward as the girl then spun a strong kick into his back.

However, this didn't stop the man from instantly spinning around and shooting a great many beams and even a few large spheres of darkness at the teen. Whom just took every single one of them as she leapt into the air after him, to which she used all of her strength and speed once more to punch him back into the floor. Which cracked even more as it seemed to be on the verge of collapsing upon his impact.

Sora breathed heavily from both exhaustion and pain as she was already bleeding from various areas from the many new wounds she had. "You foolish child! Are you trying to get yourself killed?!" Maleficent yelled out from the side as she was obviously disappointed in the teen's sudden change in fighting style.

Without even responding, Sora just smirked lightly and held her hands out to either side. This created a large aura of darkness around her before it funneled to her hands, of which she then brought together in front of her. The brown-haired girl's wrists touching fully, while her fingers were slightly curled. This allowing a sphere of dark energy to slowly appear and grow within her hands.

"Final Eclipse." Sora whispered before an overwhelming burst of darkness flew from her hands.

This completely consumed the entire floor as it shattered to dust while the man had been attempting to pick himself back up. Him instantly being pushed through every floor of the castle before finally hitting the ground, yet the power of the blast was too much for his body to take. It feeling like he was being both crushed by the gravity of a black hole, as well as burned by the lava from a volcano. The sheer pain causing him to scream out, despite the blast itself only lasting for ten seconds.

Upon stopping, Sora just dropped from the air as there was no floor to catch herself on. Yet she quickly used a wind spell to push herself onto one of the lower level ledges that was still intact. The brown-haired teen breathed heavily as her dark powers were practically drained at this point, to which she weakly looked over the edge to see if the man was even still there. As she gazed down, she could indeed see the hooded man at the very bottom of the large hole she created.

But as he lifted an arm out to push himself up, the teen's eyes widened in shock. "Is there really no way that I can beat this guy?" she whispered silently, the fear she felt before the fight started beginning to creep back to the surface.

However, the man's movements suddenly stopped as his body started to disintegrate. This shocked the girl briefly until he was fully gone, to which she slowly started to grin lightly. "I...I actually did it." she muttered in a proud tone.

All the while, Maleficent just stared with narrowed eyes and crossed her arms. "Tch! Such reckless behavior. She might be a prodigy...but she's still just a child." she whispered to herself.

And there you have it...a new and obviously Dragon Ball inspired technique, a reveal into Sora's faults as an actual fighter...and hopefully an enjoyable chapter for you all to read. Let me know what all of you thought in a review, I'd really appreciate it for this chapter since I need feedback for fights in order to improve them. They're going to be a big 'key' of many things to come, so I would greatly appreciate any and all critiques. Anyway, until next time everyone.