Sorry that this a bit later than normal, I was editing it just before uploading and I ended up rewriting almost half of it in the process. So, um...yeah, hope you still enjoy.


Inverted Sky: Kingdom Hearts II

Chapter 52: Dark Age England part III

The moment Sora saw the boy out of the corner of her eye, she immediately stopped her momentum. However, the same couldn't be said for Aurther himself as he ran right into the teen. But only the boy had been knocked over from the impact, it practically feeling as though he struck a soft wall. This making the brown-haired girl blink briefly, as she barely even felt the collision. Yet she was more surprised when Aurther literally went sprawling backward after his head hit her chest.

"Talk about dangerous weapons." Maleficent commented with amusement in her voice, making Sora turn to her in confusion.

All the while, Namine groaned silently and glanced between Sora's chest and her own. Though, each of them quickly turned back to Aurther as he stood back to his feet and gave a bow. "S-Sorry! I wasn't watching where I-" he started in his apology, before actually looking at Sora in a proper manner.

Upon doing so, his eyes widened and a light flush was visible on his features. "...I...I...I..." he continued, but couldn't manage out anything further.

Despite Sora raising a brow, she didn't seem to notice the boy's clear sign of infatuation as she simply waved a hand. "It's fine, just make sure to keep your head raised high, alright?" the girl said as she walked over to Auther's side and places a hand on his shoulder.

But before the boy could stutter out his reply, the brown-haired teen continued on her way together with the other two. Leaving Aurther in the middle of a hallway just gazing dreamily at the ceiling; "Wow..." was all he muttered to himself in this haze, yet he slowly snapped out of it and began chasing after the group.

'I forgot to ask her name.'

Meanwhile, as Sora rushed through the castle, she kept receiving rather sly glances from the other two. "What?" she asked finally with a light pout.

"Nothing." was all Namine said as a small smirk curled her lips, obviously teasing the other girl.

After pouting even more to this, Sora turned her attention to Maleficent, as if asking for her to say more. "Oh you know...just admiring your natural charm and womanly wiles." the witch claimed, a grin spreading on her features.

Yet, even this comment did not seem to get through to the teen any more than the blond's words. Causing her to blink a few more times and whine out with a huff; "I don't get it~! What are you talking about~?!"

However, this conversation came to an abrupt end when they reached the court yard and saw a human-sized Heartless. It looking like a typical Neoshadow, yet there were a few red, vein-like lines across its body. Along with this, there was a blitz ball-sized orb embedded into its back. Of which gave off a low hum as it started to shine brighter and brighter the closer the group came to it. This even seeming to act as an alarm as the Heartless quickly turned towards them just as glow seemed to reach a certain threshold.

Even though the group didn't get a very long look at this sphere, Namine slowly glanced over to Maleficent. Her gaze clearly painted the witch as the mastermind behind this oddity. Though, the woman herself appeared to be looking at the Heartless with an interested expression. However, it was unclear if it was an interest for something familiar, or foreign. But this didn't stop the blond from believing that she was somehow behind this, to some degree or another. These thoughts were swiftly halted when her and Sora's spell activated once more, striking the Heartless with a bolt of lightning.

Immediately following this, the electrical magic was absorbed into the sphere like a super conductor. Of which lead for the creature to then double in size, as well as for the three watching to blink in shock. Yet the two teens quickly turned to one another, as they knew that their spell had to be brought down as soon as possible. As they stretched out their hands toward each other, the beast suddenly appeared directly between them. Its whole body having a thin coating of electricity, as it brought both arms out toward the two girls.

In the same moment, Sora and Namine jumped away from the Heartless and brought up mirroring Reflega spells. These being instantly engulfed in lightning, as multiple bolts were shot out from the creature's hands. Thanks to their barriers though, the pair blocked these attacks with ease. Maleficent on the other-hand, was now standing far off to the side. Her having teleported to this spot even before the being of darkness had moved. "Fascinating, isn't it? A Heartless that can wield magic at will, despite not having any kind of special appearance." the witch hummed out in a tone that plainly showed her interest.

Despite Sora looking to her with an expression of wanting to tell the woman off, she ended up turning back to the creature with a shrug. "I guess it is a little fascinating." she whispered before summoning her Keyblade.

Upon hearing this, Namine glanced between the two in a swift manner. Her piecing together that the witch is behind this Heartless' unique abilities, but she still had no solid evidence of it. Which made her all the more worried, as Sora herself seemed to be slowly turning to Maleficent's side of things. This driving the blond to lift a hand out and shoot out a small ball of fire, which flew at the beast with great speed. 'I have to think of some way to prove it.' she thought to herself just as her attack exploded against the Heartless.

Though, instantly following this burst of flames, the fire suddenly began funneling toward the orb on the Heartless' back. These embers disappearing inside of it in less than a second, revealing the creature to have not been effected by this attack at all. But thanks to the weak nature of her spell, it didn't provide enough energy to let the beast increase in size. "So it absorbs all magic, yet requires a certain amount before it can grow." Namine muttered silently before looking to Sora once more.

"We should either defeat it quickly, or lead it away from the castle. We can't let anyone get hurt, especially not here and now." she called out hastily.

The brown-haired girl gave a nod in agreement, before turning her attention to the Heartless. Of which was gazing at Namine, now that she had just given it even more magic to 'feed' on. This allowing Sora to get a better look at the orb on its back, to which her eyes narrowed on it. Upon doing so however, she started feeling weak and drowsy. The girl realizing all too late that the sphere's core was emanating a hypnotic pulse. It causing Sora's muscles to slowly lock up from her eyes down, not allowing her to look away in time.

"Don't..look..at..it." was all she could manage out before her body froze in place.

Namine looked back to her friend with a shocked gaze, to which she called out to her friend. But her voice had been drowned out by a loud clap of thunder. This coming from the beast's hand as it shot a large bolt of lighting at her. Although, because her barrier was still being up, this attack never reached the girl. It also allowing her to rush toward Sora without worry from the Heartless' further magical strikes.

However, she was finally blocked from reaching the brown-haired girl as her opponent moved its body in the way. Namine then moved a hand out in front of her, creating several dozen beams of light above and around her. Each one shooting at the creature swiftly, to which they pierced into its body and remained embedded within it. "This should end it." Namine stated before holding a finger out and shooting a beam of light through her foe's chest.

In the same moment though, another bolt of lightning from her and Sora's spell struck down onto the Heartless. It kicking up a dust cloud as the blond blinked a few times, her wondering if the attack actually finished the beast off. But her question was swiftly answered as a massive hand reached out toward her, it being wreathed in both fire and lightning. While blinking multiple times, Namine noticed that her barrier was about to shatter from under the weight. This making her jump backwards as the magic explosions from her Reflega spell were absorbed into the creature's hand.

As the dust cleared, it revealed the Heartless to now appear exactly like a slightly smaller Darkside. Along with this though, the orb had also grown in size, as it now fit within the heart-shaped hole in its chest. "This is getting tricky." Namine muttered, her not understanding why she didn't defeat it with her attacks.

Though, the answer came sooner than expected as she had noticed Sora on the other side of the Heartless. Said teen having finally snapped out of the hypnosis thanks to having the orb being taken out of her view by the dirt. Yet because some of it got into her eyes, she never saw what was coming. The Heartless slowly retracted its hand and began glow a bright white. This almost instantly expanding into a large pillar of Light energy that engulfed both teens.

While it merely knocked Namine backward slightly, the same couldn't be said for Sora. When she was hit by the attack, her body ignited in white flames, which burned at her body. All the while, the girl was thrown into a nearby wall before crumpling to the ground. Afterward, she simply let out a groan and started patting out the lingering white flames. There being visible burns on her skin, of which appeared a bit tanner than normal. But as she looked at the Heartless, her gaze narrowed as it started moving toward her. This showing that it had enough intelligence to know its attack effected her the most.

"Well...that one actually hurt." Sora hummed out, slowly standing to her feet with another groan of pain.

Meanwhile, Namine could only stare in horror at what just happened, her barely even believing it. "Th-That Heartless just absorbed my Light. It...It just used the power of Light." she whispered out in utter shock before turning toward Maleficent.

Whom had been smiling this whole time, obviously enjoying the 'fight'. "You planned 'this' far ahead in knowing that I'd be coming here?" Namine uttered in complete disbelief before turning back to Sora.

"I'm sorry Sora! It's absorbing both my magic and my Light! I can't fight it without making it stronger!" she half warned, half apologized.

"Don't worry about it. At least we both didn't get caught in that hypnotism." Sora said with a small smirk and chuckle, yet didn't take her eyes off the Heartless.

Her no longer appearing to be shaken by the attack, even her injures were already gone. "Just focus on taking down our spell so it doesn't keep getting bigger. I'll distract it long enough to find some kind of weakness." she continued, finally looking at the blond and offering a confident smile.

Said girl blinked briefly before smiling softly and nodding her head in response. Instantly following this, Sora rushed to the side with her Keyblade at the ready. Meanwhile, the blond moved in the other direction and stood opposite to Maleficent in the courtyard. Her obviously wanting to keep a close eye on the woman while she worked. Yet the witch barely even paid any attention to her, as Maleficent's attention was solely on Sora.

'It shouldn't take long to break the spell under normal circumstances, but considering the raw power Sora put into it...it might take a little more time than usual.' Namine thought to herself before starting to concentrate, just as yet another bolt of lightning struck the Heartless.

The brown-haired teen sighed to this as she simply jumped moved through the electricity and struck the creature hard in the chest. It being knocked down, yet with a much bigger thud than it would have before being hit by the spell. The Heartless now looking like a full-sized Darkside, to which it swung a fist toward the teen. Of which she had dodged due to it having a bright white glow around it.

"It's almost like..." Sora muttered as she started thinking of her own Heartless, whom would grow stronger and even take on a different shape when they absorbed the power of other Heartless.

"Looks like someone is trying to fast-track that whole process." she whispered to herself, narrowing both eyes in the process.

Yet immediately following her comment, the Heartless stood up and threw a very fast punch toward her. Its fist still having a thick layer of Light around it, but Sora attempted to block it with her Keyblade. Of which caused a surge of pain through her body before she was sent tumbling backward. 'Okay...so it hurts even if I don't come into direct contact with it...good to know.' she thought to herself with a wince as she stood herself up once more, it being much easier than last time.

Sora not actually appearing injured as she seemed to shake off the effects a lot quicker. But just as she was ready to make her own attack at the Heartless, she paused when hearing a voice calling out from the side. "Stay away you monster!"

After turning to look at the owner of this voice, everyone blinked many times when seeing Aurther rushing toward Sora. Him moving himself directly in front of the teen with arms outstretched in a protective stance. "I don't know what you are, but you'll have to go through me first!" he continued in a brave tone.

Yet despite this, his body was trembling in absolute terror. Him knowing that he was likely going to die against such a creature, but he still refused to back down and let someone get hurt. "I'll distract him, you get away as fast as you can." he said to Sora before gulping down nervously.

The brown-haired girl just blinked many times to this before smiling and giggling softly. "Guess you took my words a bit more literally." she hummed out as the Heartless swung its fist down toward Aurther.

Whom brought his arms in front of his face and closed his eyes, him knowing this would be the end for him. But when no impact came, he cracked his eyes open and just gazed in shock and amazement when he saw Sora in her Valor form. Her using a single hand to not only stop the Heartless' fist, but also force the Light itself to surge out and away from them. She then glanced to the boy from over her shoulder as she offered another smile; "But you did sound and look pretty cool just now." she hummed out with a quick wink.


And there you go, that last scene was one I kept imagining when thinking of Sora in this world. And now I finally got it to happen. XD Anyway, I hope all of you enjoyed and will let me know what you thought. Until next time.