The last chapter is here! I'm glad that all of you have taken the time to read this story and I hope you've enjoyed it. There will be one last author's note at the end of this chapter and trust me, you will want to read it. It has important details. As always, I do not own Kingdom Hearts, its characters or anything Disney, Marvel or anything else besides Nairbix. And so, here is the last chapter of The Vengeful Key.
They were fighting. After a decade of being separated, they were fighting. This was the thought that filled Kairi's, Elsa's, Mickey's and Jumba's minds as they were watching the spouses' battle through binoculars at their camp. They all sweat dropped as they watched the fight with annoyed looks on their faces.
"You would think, that having a one-on-one fight with each other would have been their last form of a happy reunion." Elsa deadpanned as she lowered her binoculars for a moment.
"I think Mom is even more violent than she was before we had that incident with Ansem." Kairi added unknowingly copying her sister.
"Its times like this, which makes me forget that Natasha used to be a cheerful smiling housewife to two little girls and a loving husband." Mickey said bluntly as he lowered his eyewear. They all winced and groaned at what they saw from afar, Natasha gave a roundhouse kick to Nairbix's head sending him into a nearby building.
"That had to hurt." Kairi joked.
"Given how Nairbix has always refused to lose, I wonder how this little spat of theirs will end?" Jumba pondered as everyone began to think the same thing.
"Uncle Jumba, I don't think you could consider this a spat." Elsa argued as she turned to look at her alien relative. "Mom is literally hurdling him through buildings!" She exclaimed.
"Ha! This is nothing compared to what she did to him when she was pregnant with Kairi, Elsa." Mickey informed as he and his brother chuckled at Nairbix's past misfortune. The next sight they saw, really made them exclaim with pity for Nairbix.
"Oooh, Force kick to the groin." Mickey stated as he witnessed the literal low blow to his brother. "Well, say goodbye to the thought of having any little siblings, girls. Your mother just ruined that chance."
"Well, at least she's making sure he's alright." Elsa defended for her mother.
"No wait, he's getting up and he looks fine to me." Kairi reassured, taking a closer look Jumba discovered how Nairbix survived.
"Huh, I didn't realize he could make a barrier that small so quickly." He said in surprise.
"Man, Mom plays dirty." Kairi said thinking of whatever pain a kick like that would bring.
"I think that was actually an accident, sweetie." Elsa pointed out.
Over in the battlefield, Nairbix was loudly expressing his thoughts on what his wife had done.
"Do you have any idea what that would have done to me?!" He shrieked with wide eyes. They both were covered in cuts, scruffs and others minor injuries as their blood began to slowly drip down from their heads.
"Yes." Natasha said curtly. They just looked at each other for a few moments and said nothing, but after realizing what they had done, they began to laugh. It was the type of laugh that couldn't be forced, it was the laugh that could only be brought out once someone had realized that they had done something real stupid and they realized that it was so ridiculous, that you could only laugh at yourself. Once they finished laughing, the reunited loved ones looked at each other with sad smiles.
"We missed ten years, Nairbix." Natasha said sadly as she plopped down to sit next to her husband in the ruble.
"I know." He replied taking her hand in his while she rested her head on his shoulder.
"They're all grown up, aren't they?" She asked as her sad smile faded into a frown.
"Almost, we've got a few years left to give them their last lessons. Even after that, we've got the rest of their lives to smother them like we used to." Nairbix encouraged. "Although, you still get to have the "Mother-daughter dating conversation" with Kairi." He added with a devious smirk.
"Kairi has a boyfriend?" Natasha asked as her eyebrows shot straight up. This however reminded Nairbix about what he did to the kid a few days earlier.
"Hopefully." He said nervously, it did not go unnoticed by his wife who furrowed her brows and leered at Nairbix.
"What did you do?" She growled.
To explain everything that transpired before arriving in this world, around twenty minutes were spent as Nairbix fearfully admitted everything to his wife. Over at the camp, Kairi and the others were eagerly awaiting the return of Nairbix and Natasha. And funny enough, they were given half of what they wanted after Natasha let loose her anger.
"YOU IDIOT!" She roared as she sent an upper cut to Nairbix's jaw backed up with the power of the Force.
"Weeeeee." He said quietly in a daze as he flew through the air, and as said before, he was sent to the camp forming a crater as he landed in the dirt. The others had gathered around Nairbix and knew right away what had happened.
"You told her what happened, didn't you?" Mickey asked, Nairbix just nodded.
"She is really mad, isn't she?" Elsa asked gaining the same response.
"Did you manage to convince her to come back with us?!" Kairi asked no longer containing her anxiety over whether or not she could see her mother again. This time, Nairbix gave a battered and bleeding thumbs up with a stupid grin on his face. The two sisters could hardly control themselves after seeing this. Finally after ten long and hard years, they could see their mother.
"You are in a lot of pain right now aren't you, brother?" Jumba asked as Nairbix was slightly twitching.
"Yeah, but it was worth it." He groaned.
Back at the damaged headquarters of S.H.I.E.L.D., Natasha was gathering her things for her journey back home with her beloved family. As she was finishing gathering the last of her things, a knock on the door alerted her. It was Phil wearing a sad but proud smile on his face.
"So this is what Natasha VanSull looks like, huh?" He asked noticing her change in appearance. Instead of the usual black bodysuit that most agents wore, she was wearing a short sleeved green dress that reached just barely bellow her knees. Her hair was no longer draped behind her back, it was now tied in a ponytail with a green ribbon draped over her left shoulder. And though he didn't notice, she was wearing her wedding ring again.
"Yep, are you shocked?" She teased putting the last of her possessions in her suitcase.
"Let's call it, happy to see you a bit more eased up." He replied. Giving no other words, the two friends parted ways with a warm hug. The same farewell was given to the Avengers, with an added bonus of Natasha reminding the Captain about her warning by mimicking a pair of scissors with her fingers. As she made her way out of the somewhat destroyed building, Natasha was stopped at the sight of her husband waiting for her.
"What is it?" She asked thinking something was wrong.
"Nothing." Nairbix reassured smirking as he walked over to her and held her free hand. "I just want to walk with my wife." He clarified lovingly, with a smile on both of their faces they made their way to finish this quest.
When they had finally made it to the camp, Nairbix whistled to gain everyone's attention especially his daughters'. Natasha looked up at her husband's face wondering if it would be alright to go to them, all he could do was nod. But their daughters couldn't wait any longer, they rushed up and tackled their mother in a hug that was ten years overdue sobbing in her embrace along with her.
"Ten years it's been, brother." Jumba said to Mickey.
"And now it's finally over." The little mouse announced.
"What are you two standing over there trying to look cool for? Get over here!" Natasha called ecstatic to see her old friends who were happy to comply.
"My dear family, I did it." Nairbix whispered to himself as he held his girls in his arms. After everyone was content on all the hugging, Nairbix created a Corridor of Darkness to send them to the place he needed to go the most. Back to the Mysterious Tower to apologize.
It had been several days since the one-sided battle against Nairbix, and no one was in high spirits. Especially not Sora, everyone but him were sitting in Yen Sid's study still in pain from their beat down. Although, they had not expected to see a Corridor appear before them so soon. None of them sprang into action however, the reason why was because they were all too sore. From the Corridor came Nairbix, Kairi, Elsa, Natasha, Mickey and Jumba, and all but Mrs. VanSull who was hidden behind Jumba, were feeling guilty.
"Oh, great, it's you." Ventus deadpanned as he looked at the True Master.
"Did you come here to finish us off?" Aqua asked bluntly, "Because if you are, just hurry up and do it. We're all tired of you beating us up, Nairbix."
"Actually I-" He was cut off by Natasha slamming her suitcase down on top of his head. Taking the chance to continue, she put her husband in a headlock with a very annoyed look on her face.
"Please forgive my husband, in his defense he is an eccentric idiot." She said to the teens bluntly.
"Natasha!" Nairbix whined while groaning in pain.
"Heheh, it is good to see that even after ten years, you are still the only one in the universe that can keep a short leash on Nairbix, Natasha." Yen Sid joked.
"Hello again, Yen Sid. Again I'm sorry for all the trouble Nairbix caused." She said once again.
"Your Nairbix's wife?" Riku asked in surprise seeing how the others were too shocked at the sight of their recent opponent so heavily whipped.
"Natasha VanSull, previous Princess of Heart for Radiant Garden. And the wife of this here lovable moron." She introduced with a warm smile, but it quickly went away as she noticed that Nairbix was quickly tapping her arm from the headlock.
"Okay, okay, I'm tapping out. Let me go." He croaked, still feeling a little peeved, Natasha literally dropped him.
"Um, guys," Kairi said nervously gaining her "friends'" attention. "Where's Sora?"
"He's in the other room, and I think he'll only want to see you, Kairi." Riku answered giving her a hard glare making her feel even guiltier.
"Guys, I just want to say, that I am so sorry." She said almost in tears.
"There's no reason to cry or apologize, Kairi." Aqua said with an understanding smirk like the rest of her friends.
"What?" She whispered.
"We understand. You were just trying to get your mom back." Goofy said with his signature chuckle.
"Of course we understand. You were just doing what your dad told you to do." Terra added trying to act cool as he leaned against the wall with his arms folded.
"You mean, you all forgive me?" Kairi asked in disbelief.
"We're friends after all, aren't we?" Aqua asked. By now, Kairi couldn't control her tears as they rolled down her face.
"Thank you." She whispered before she ran off to find the love of her life. In another room that was at one time used to house students, Sora was laying on a bed with an unreadable look plastered on his face.
"Sora." Kairi called gaining his dazed attention, he turned to look at her and noticed that her eyes were filled with tears at his sight. She rushed over to his bed side and let loose the river she had built up over the past few days. "Honey, I am so, so, so sorry. Please forgive me, I-" But he had cut her off as he grabbed her tightly in his arms.
"You are not the one who should be sorry." He dismissed as her eyes widened with shock. "All those things I said and did. All those horrible, horrible things, I am so sorry, Kairi." Sora said as they were both sobbing and he kissed her temple.
"The whole time, he looked past the things she had done and only thought about what he did? That's something only a big man can do." Nairbix thought as he eavesdropped on their apologies.
"You found a good man, kiddo." Nairbix muttered as he walked away but then abruptly stopped once he remembered something important. "Oh crap, I forgot I broke his Keyblade!" He said as he smacked his forehead. As he walked into the room Nairbix found a sight every father dreads to see, his little girl having a make out session with her boyfriend on a bed.
"Ahem!" Nairbix announced making the young couple to break apart. Nairbix was clearly annoyed at the sight, but given the circumstances he let it go. "Hello, Sora. How are you feeling?" He asked the now nervous young Keyblade Master.
"Um, f-fine." Sora replied clearly lying.
"You can relax, Sora. I'm not going to hurt you." Nairbix reassured. "Quite the opposite actually. Oh, by the way, I really am sorry for breaking your Keyblade. That was definitely going too far on my part." As Nairbix was apologizing he rummaged through the shelves to pull out a medical bag in order to inspect Sora.
"Well, I did hurt Kairi, so-"
"Now, now that's enough." Nairbix waved off as he inspected the contents of the bag. "That was my fault, one thing you should know about me Sora, is that I can get a little eccentric when I'm mad." He admitted, "You're a fine young man, Sora and an excellent Keyblade Master as well. And I can tell that you really love Kairi, so I've got nothing to worry about."
"Dad!" Kairi whined as both her and Sora's faces turned as red as her hair.
"Oh, lighten up, sweetie. It's my job as a father to tease you in front of your boyfriend." Nairbix joked making the young couple even redder in the face. "Alright then, Sora." Nairbix began as he put on a stethoscope and pressed it against the teen's heart. "I need you to take a few deep breaths and exhale slowly, alright?" Sora had done what he was told and awaited Nairbix's diagnosis.
"Well, I have good news and I have bad news." Nairbix informed.
"What's the bad news?" Sora asked.
"Well, thanks to me, you have a crack in your heart, Sora." Nairbix replied calmly.
"Crack?!" He shouted.
"Crack is just another way of saying that you've got a scar on your heart!" Nairbix explained trying to calm the poor boy down. "It's nothing worry about, all you need to do is just take it easy, not perform any magic for a while and get plenty of rest and you'll be fine."
"Then what's the good news?" Both Sora and Kairi asked at the same time.
"The good news is, you should be able to summon your Keyblade in about a little over a week. Good thing it's not a Substitute Keyblade." He mentioned.
"Wait a minute, you said that his Keyblade was a Substitute Keyblade, Dad!" Kairi exclaimed pointing her finger at her father.
"Yeah, what happened to never lying?!" Sora accused while Nairbix just looked at them nonchalantly.
"I don't lie, but I can be wrong." Nairbix coolly replied while making his way to the door that is until he stopped in the frame. "Just think, Sora, you have my blessing to date Kairi, now all you need is Elsa's and Natasha's!" He said laughing at the paling boy as he walked through the hallway.
"I'm beginning to question your dad's sense of hum-" Sora began before Kairi shut him up by pulling him back into their make out session.
"And stop making out on my old bed!" Nairbix shouted from the hall, "Kids these days." He mumbled as he kept walking to the study. Once he arrived he noticed Yen Sid was holding a long white box in his hands.
"Ah, Nairbix, I'm glad I caught you. I have something for you, my student." He said extending his arms to give his student the gift. With a puzzled look, Nairbix opened the box and became amazed at its contents. It was a beautiful, sapphire blue sleeveless master's coat as long as his own coat and as durable as his chain mail shirt.
"Thank you, Master. Its-its magnificent!" Nairbix exclaimed happily as he held it out.
"I know that its several years late, but I had it made for you when you were a boy and I did not anticipate you achieving the ranks of both Master and True Master at such young ages." Yen Sid said with pride.
"How do I look?" Nairbix asked after putting on the haori.
"Even more handsome than ever." A woman's voice replied out of nowhere. To the duo's side, a blazing form of green fire appeared to reveal Maleficent and Diaval in human form.
"Mother, Diaval." Nairbix said happily as he rushed up to hug them, which they gladly returned. "What are you two doing here?" He asked.
"Yen Sid had informed me that your plan was successful and that you had retrieved Natasha." Maleficent replied with the warm smile she saved just for him.
"I am so happy for you, little master." Diaval added as he patted Nairbix's shoulder like a father would to his own son. Truth be told the two were much like father and son, but Diaval dared not to allow Nairbix to address him like that because he was a loyal servant of his mother. And he feared what Maleficent would do if the thought of the two of them having a child together, like her son, Maleficent over reacted to things once her emotions got the better of her.
"Natasha, girls, come in here!" Nairbix called from the door, mere moments later they all came in to see why Nairbix had called them. And as you can imagine, it was another heartfelt tearful reunion.
"Hey, Kairi, why did Nairbix call-Maleficent!" Sora shouted after him, Donald and Goofy walked in to see their old foe.
"Well, well, if it isn't my favorite trio of meddlers." The dark fairy taunted, "To what do I owe this displeasure." She spat.
"Mother, behave. They are guests in the tower like the rest of us, so please try not to start anything, please?" Nairbix pleaded.
"Very well, but only for you, darling." Maleficent agreed reluctantly giving a sneer to the three friends.
"It's so nice to have the family back together again." Natasha teased.
"How right you are, honey." Nairbix agreed looking at his daughters tell of their adventure to their grandmother and his brothers who walked in to join the fun along with the other Warriors of Light. He pulled Natasha in and stole a quick kiss before looking back to his loved ones and the ones he had just recently caused trouble. "How right you are."
For ten years this man with a heart of pure darkness sat alone in the dark, filled with grief and sadness. Now he stood together with friends and loved ones in the light, filled with joy and happiness.
And so, it is done. I bet most of you were expecting a long and passionate kiss between the two of them and not a quick peck, right? Well, the two of them have known each other since they were kids, so they don't always need to express their love by kissing. Now for the important stuff. This will not be the last time Nairbix will be on this site.
Nope, since I finished this story in January, I have been writing a little something called The Forging of The Key. What is it about you wonder? Well, its about Nairbix's past from when he manifested in Narnia to where he sits on that rock in the realm of darkness for ten years. All unanswered questions will be answered. You will learn more about Nairbix and the ways of the Keyblade than anywhere else (except the actual KH games). It isn't even close to being finished, but I will be posting it soon. Oh, and it'll most likely be three times as long as this story was. Thanks again for reading and I hope you'll check out The Forging of The Key.