Sorry this is a day late, I was pretty busy this week and didn't get much chance to work on it. Anyway, I hope you all enjoy this chapter as it's basically the finale to the 'Prydain' arc.


Inverted Sky: Kingdom Hearts II

Chapter 28: Prydain part III

"No..." a voice whispered out from the side, to which the Horned King glanced in this direction.

But immediately following this single word, a burst of red and white power erupted out from the bones that had been burying the group. As the energy flew outward, the man had to used another magic shield to keep the bone debris away from him. It also allowed him to watch the figure of Sora rise up from the bones and move toward him. However, the power flaring around her made it impossible to see the teen properly, all while giving her friends enough time to escape the skeletons.

Upon doing so, the girl then seemed to just disappear from sight as a blur of red flew by the Horned King. Whom turned around quickly as his shield shattered apart as if it were glass, causing his eyes to widen from behind his mask. After turning to face the teen, whom was standing a few meters away, his gaze widened a bit more. The girl's normally black clothes were now red with white lining, as well as having black tribal-like markings on her half-dress. Though her hot pants, as well as parts of her jacket and boots kept a bit of their black coloring, they too took on a more red theme.

All the while, a powerful red aura surrounded Sora as she let out a silent breath. Her slowly opening both eyes, which had previously been closed, revealing them to have become a shade of crimson. Along with this, the teen's pupils were now slits as she gazed to the man in a very harsh manner. "No more holding back." she whispered silently, yet very seriously.

"She was still holding back?" Riku muttered silently with a sweat drop, him and the others having watched the teen destroy thousands of skeletons with her previous powers.

"I guess so." Kairi answered, her chuckling softly as she just looked from Riku to Sora.

Said girl holding out both hands as her Keyblade began to glow, to which she then jerked her hands back down in a swift manner. Instantly afterward, her weapon transformed into the Oblivion Keyblade, while the Oathkeeper Keyblade appeared in her free hand. This made many blink in response, yet they didn't have much time to think about what was going on as Sora vanished once more. The girl reappearing a split second later directly in front of the Horned King, to which she instantly slashed down at him with one of her weapons.

Despite the quickness of her speed, the teen's opponent still managed to lift his blade up to block. However, the man's gaze at Sora suggested that he was expecting her to back off, considering what happened before. But she neither slowed down, nor retreated. If anything, her swing just sped up even more in the brief moment it took for the Horned King to lift his sword. Upon locking blades, the man appeared confident as he knew his weapon would begin draining the girl's strength.

Yet his confidence quickly turned to shock when the force of her attack didn't appear to be weakening. Nor did he feel the girl's strength being weakened, as it should have been. It was only now that his gaze left the teen's eyes to look at her weapon, which she was no longer holding. This showing him what everyone else had seen, that she used her massive power to swing her blade and then released it at the last second. Which allowed Sora to forgo his attempts to drain her strength, while still delivering a powerful blow.

The Horned King noticeably staggered from this impact, to which he growled silently as he was actually having to try now. But the girl's attack wasn't over as she flipped her other Keyblade in a reverse grip during the first swing. She then threw her second weapon toward the Horned King with equal, if not even greater strength than before. This leading for the man to lower his blade in order to block the girl's second strike.

Despite doing so, he was knocked off balance even further. Of which allowed Sora to grab his staff while he was falling backward, to which she pushed her red aura around it and caused the scepter to shatter in her grip. The Horned King's eyes widened from behind his mask, yet he then let out a roar in frustration and slashed at the girl the moment he regained his footing. However, the teen was already standing five meters to the side, both weapons being resummoned into her hands.

Her actions caused the skeletons that were starting to move toward the group, crumble back to the ground as the spell's catalyst had been destroyed. But despite the teen knowing it was only a temporary fix, she and the others knew they could used this information to their advantage going forward. "Valor Form. The accumulation of all my powers, funneled into my physical strength alone." Sora explained silently with a small smirk.

"It's a feature these clothes have. I was told, that when my will allows it...these clothes will respond by directing all of my powers into a single aspect. Raising it roughly ten times greater than normal...possibly even more the stronger I get." she continued, to which her friends nodded slowly in understanding.

Yet, it merely made the Horned King growl in response while holding out his hand and reforming his staff. "And you think placing all of your power into your physical strength will be enough to stop me?" he demanded in a rhetorical manner.

"Well, this is the only form I've been able to do so far without messing up. So...maybe?" Sora said in a sheepish tone, causing most of her friends to almost fall over while groaning.

"You dare to mock me again?!" the Horned King roared out, his rage making his blood boil at this point.

"Not really 'mock', so much as...showing you the pecking order." Sora stated with a confident smirk, to which she bent her knees and readied to move.

"I WILL SHOW YOU THE 'PECKING ORDER'!" the man calling out in anger, him raising his staff once more as it began to glow a bright green.

This causing the bones to begin moving once more as they formed into strange, and highly deformed skeletons again. However, the crystal at the top of his scepter suddenly shattered, causing the bones to just fall back to the ground. The thing that destroyed it this time was a quick beam of darkness from Riku's Keyblade. This made the Horned King turn to the teen quickly, whom just smirked to him with a shrug. "You didn't forget that you're fighting all of us, did you?" he asked with his own confident tone.

Immediately following his words, Mickey suddenly jumped over his head with his Keyblade pointed at the group's shared foe. The mouse then sent a series of lightning spells toward the Horned King, to which said man barely managed to block these attacks. Him reforming the crystal on his staff, a split second before he would have been struck. Yet in his rush, the shield generated was a great deal weaker than the previous ones. Making it quickly shattered after the last bolt of lightning hit its surface. Which then allowed Donald and Goofy to rush forward, sending their own unique attacks toward the Horned King as well.

The former's taking the form of three Blizzaga spells in a triangle shape, while a bolt of lighting appeared to hold them together while shooting at his foe. Meanwhile, the latter's strike was merely throwing his shield with great strength. Though it was clear from how the dog ran in the same direction, he had further plans than the simple throw. But the Horned King thought nothing of it as he deflected the shield with his blade, and then used his staff to form another barrier against Donald's attack.

Immediately following this, Goofy caught his shield in midair and held it up over his head. At which point, the lightning that seemed to disburse from Donald's magic, gathered around his ally's shield. This creating a surge of electricity on the defensive weapon, to which Goofy then slammed it against the Horned King's barrier. The burst of lighting from the impact caused the man's spell to shatter once more. This made him grind his teeth in frustration while quickly turning toward the dog.

Goofy however, just jumped back into the air and threw his shield once more. But as the Horned King raised his sword up enough to block the incoming strike, his eyes widened from the sight of Riku being directly in front of him with an attack ready. The man only having a split second to react as he moving his blade back down and blocked Riku's slash. But this also let Goofy's shield him him directly in the chest, his barrier not raising quickly enough.

The impact had only briefly knocked him backward, yet not much else since it wasn't an overly strong throw by his standards. Goofy quickly caught his shield as it bounced back, to which he leapt backward in order to create some distance between him and his foe. All the while, the Horned King simply turned to Sora as if knowing she was the biggest worry. Though, oddly enough, she just standing to the side for seemingly no reason. Despite the man knowing she was up to something, he didn't get to dwell on it as he quickly realized that someone was missing. Even then however, he still didn't have a chance to think any further as Riku blasted his barrier with a heavy amount of dark power.

It causing his shield to crack heavily, yet it didn't break since he had a few extra moments to gather his strength and concentration. But it did shatter soon after Mickey's quick slash across the top of it, to which the Horned King growled in even more frustration as the numbers were starting to catch up to him. This making his defenses very weak, now that the group knew how they worked and how to defend against his attacks. One of which he attempted once more as he sent a pulse into the countless bones under them, to which millions of skeletons began to rise up.

However, within a matter of seconds, they fell back down when the gem on the Horned King's staff was destroyed by a combined effort of Donald and Goofy. The duck having used a Firaga spell that hit the man in the back, allowing Goofy to rush forward and slam his shield onto the staff. This also cracking the staff itself, but it went unnoticed by the Horned King as he unleashed a powerful aura that knocked the four backward.

"I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS! NO MORE GAMES! I WILL KILL EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU NOW!" he exclaimed angrily, his aura increasing greatly until it was like an inferno of green wisps.

"Yeah...I guess it is time to end this." Sora whispered while narrowing her eyes.

She then glanced over to Donald with a wink and smirk, to which she just slowly started walking forward. Yet as the Horned King held out his staff to create another barrier, one didn't appear as the crack in the staff didn't let the crystal's power flow properly. This only taking a brief moment for the man to notice and fix, but it was enough for Donald to then hold up his staff. His action causing a sudden burst of Blizzaga magic to cover the Horned King and encased much of his body in ice.

This shocking the man greatly, yet the realization of Goofy's shield also gathering Donald's Blizzaga spells came too late. The Horned King not even managing to break free of the ice before Sora was already right in front of him and begin hitting her opponent with great force. Each swing causing a large percussion wave that shook the bones under them, as well as the air itself. However, it was the impacts against the Horned King that were truly intense as they shattered his armor, ripped his clothing, and even destroyed both his weapons. The sword completely breaking from under the severe strength of Sora's blades, while the staff was reduced to splinters from her first attack.

As the teen continued her assault, the Horned King could only scream out in pain from each hit. Him not being able to defend against such fast and strong strikes, especially not without his weapons. Though, as quickly as her onslaught began, it suddenly ended when Sora lunged with her left Keyblade and sent the man flying backward. Him bouncing and rolling across the bones as he slowly, yet painfully stood back up to his feet. "You definitely have a great deal of pride...I'll commend you for that." Sora said silently, but also completely honestly.

"I-I...am..the Horned..King! I..will become..a God." the man stated firmly, despite barely being able to speak properly from behind his heavily cracked mask.

"Maybe you would have been able to...but not anymore." the brown-haired girl stated before slowly stepping to the side.

This making the Horned King's eyes widen as this revealed Kairi holding out both her staff and free hand toward him. There being a large ball of light in front of her as the auburn-haired girl's body was glowing pure white. "Farewell." she whispered softly, her taking in a deep breath and closed both eyes.

"Infinity." Kairi spoke out almost breathlessly, to which the ball of light suddenly turned into seven beams.

All of which spread out at first before heading directly for the Horned King at the same time. Said man unable to do anything accept stand there and watch as the light overtook him, completely destroying his existence. The only thing that could be heard was the echoing of his screams as it slowly trailed off until silence surrounded the group. That was until Sora turned to her friends and just smiled lightly; "I'd say that went well." she claimed in a rather proud manner.

The others just let out a sigh and looked to the sides, causing the brown-haired teen to pout. "Aw come on, we weren't in 'that' much trouble." the girl said while shrugging her shoulders.

"Speak for yourself...he was about as strong as Ansem was." Donald commented with a huff, him crossing both arms.

Sora was about to say something, yet just closed her mouth briefly and let out a silent breath. "Okay...fair enough." she hummed out silently, to which she looked to the others.

"But you can't deny...this transformation is pretty cool, right?" the teen continued as she spun around to show off her clothes.

Despite most of them slowly nodding in agreement, they still didn't appear fully convinced. This making Sora pout once more, yet it quickly vanished as a loud cracking noise was heard all around them. But before they could question what was happening, the group suddenly found themselves standing on the shoreline of a peninsula. It taking them a few seconds to realize that the Horned King's castle was gone, as if it was completely erased.

"Welcome back." a familiar voice spoke up from the side.


And there you have it, the Horned King is defeated, we got our first look at the Drive Forms Sora has and how they work in my story. So, I hope all of you enjoyed and will let me know what you thought in a review. Until next time everyone.