(A/N: It helps if you're listening to Mussorgsky's "Night on Bald Mountain" during this battle scene.)

Sora, Aqua, Terra, Ven, Riku, Roxas, and Mickey were being glared at from the monstrous Chernabog, now almost ten times as large as he was the first time Sora fought him.

"How are we going to take down this guy?" Terra asked.

"How did you do it the first time Sora?" Aqua asked.

"Um, well I just kept hitting his head until he went down!" Sora said as Riku groaned.

"Sora! You nincompoop!" Riku yelled.

"Hey! I'm trying!" Sora argued.

"Knock it off you two! Save the fighting for Chernabog!" Aqua ordered as they managed to avoid Chernabog's island sized fist as it swung down at them.

"We can't fight effectively on our Keyblade Riders, we need to be able to use our Keyblades directly!" Ven shouted.

"Can anyone besides me, Glide?" Sora asked as Aqua instantly dismissed her Keyblade Rider, reverting it to its basic Keyblade form. She instantly started gliding.

"I'll take that as a yes! Everyone start gliding!" Sora shouted. Soon they were each flying towards Chernabog's head, gliding across the winds as Chernabog attempted to swat them out of the skies.

"Uh-oh!" Mickey yelped as he noticed Chernabog attempt to smash them between his hands. Terra quickly targeted Chernabog's left hand and fired his Ultima Cannon Shoot Lock at the towering Heartless, causing it to recoil in pain before Terra continued on after the others.

"Nice shot!" Roxas shouted back to him.

"Thanks!" Terra replied. Finally they made it to the top of Chernabog's head, causing the monster to roar in anger.

"I think he doesn't like having bugs in his hair!" Ven said. Suddenly they saw a trio of Darkside Heartless emerge from the top of his head, though their feet were still merged with Chernabog's scalp. Sora and Aqua instantly ganged up to take on the center one while Riku and Terra took on the left and Roxas, Ven, and Mickey took on the right one.

Sora and Aqua quickly charged at the center Darkside both of them throwing out magic spells and entering their unique tier one command styles, Magic Wish and Destiny Blitz. Ven, Roxas, and Mickey quickly leapt in, attacking the towering Darkside with a flurry of attacks from the Keyblade until Ven finally entered Speed Rave. He then quickly cast Aeroga on his two partners and himself, surrounding each of them with an individual swirling sphere of cutting winds, enough to put him into his unique Command Style: Cyclone (A/N: He actually has two unique tier 2s in the game but for the sake of the story he has only the one). Terra and Riku started wailing on the Darkside until Terra had enough energy built up to enter his unique tier one Command Style, Fatal Mode. He then leapt back and started blasting the Darkside with Firaga and Blizzaga until finally he had enough energy to move on into the Command Style he shared with Aqua, Blade Charge. He then leapt at the Darkside, delivering several serious blows to it.

"We need to end this battle fast!" Aqua shouted as she and Sora swirled around their Darkside. Aqua had also entered Blade Charge but Sora was still using Destiny Blitz.

"Do you have any ideas master?" Sora asked as he came around, dodging Darkside's fist.

"Yeah but it might not work and we'll need to get high above Chernabog if it's going to pull it off!" Aqua replied as Sora turned and flew towards her.

"Then let's do it Master!" Sora said before he and Aqua came together and pushed off of each other's feet, sending Aqua flying towards Terra and Riku, and Sora towards Ven, Roxas, and Mickey.

"Come on! We've got an idea!" Sora said as they all quickly took to the skies again via Keyblade Rider. Chernabog looked up at them as they fly up and away from them. Once they were out of his reach, Sora, Aqua, Ven, and Terra, dismissed their Keyblade Riders and allowed themselves to enter a freefall back down towards Chernabog.

"WHAT PART OF THIS IS GOING TO HELP?" Riku asked in disbelief.

"AIM YOUR KEYBLADES AT HIS HEAD AND FOCUS AS MUCH POWER AS YOU CAN INTO YOUR KEYBLADE!" Aqua shouted. On command, the seven Keyblade Warriors aimed their Keyblades down at Chernabog's head and focused their power into the Keyblades. The Keyblades started glowing brightly, causing circles of energy to form around them like they were about to seal a keyhole. A circle of dark blue appeared around Sora's, light blue around Aqua's, pure white around both Mickey's and both of Roxas's, red around Terra's, dark yellow around Ven's, and a light yellow around Riku's each appeared before beams of the corresponding color shot from the tips and converged at a central point a short distance ahead of them before culminating in a single pure white beam, almost eight times as large as the individual beams shot from the convergence point down towards Chernabog. The massive heartless attempted to shield itself with its wings but to no avail, the beam cut right through the wings and into its chest, causing it to explode in a massive black cloud, releasing the largest heart short of Kingdom Hearts itself that they had ever seen.

"ALRIGHT! KEYBLADE RIDERS EVERYONE OR ELSE WE'RE STAINS ON THE MOUNTAIN SIDE!" Aqua shouted as they quickly regrouped onto the Keyblade Riders and headed into the now open mountain top. Once they passed through the mouth of the "volcano" they found themselves in a large wide open cavernous area with a single passageway blocked by a giant glowing Heartless emblem. They quickly dismissed their Keyblade Riders and approached the door, the helmets disappearing from the armored warriors. Sora reached into his pocket and pulled out Kairi's Lucky Charm again. Now it was glowing solidly and the tone wasn't fluctuating in the slightest.

"This is it. Once we go past this door, there's no going back." Sora said as they each lined up in a row facing the door.

"I'm ready." Terra said with a nod.

"I'm not afraid of the Darkness." Riku said.

"Me neither." Ven added.

"The light will see us through all this." Roxas said with a deep breath.

"If we help each other out and watch each other's backs, we'll emerge victorious." Mickey said.

"The worlds are counting on us. We're not going to let them down." Aqua said as Sora took one last look at Kairi's Charm before holding it close to his chest.

"Kairi…I'm coming for you." Sora said before he pocketed it once again. He then raised his Keyblade and pointed it at the Heartless Emblem. The blue circle started forming around the tip again before finally firing the beam into it. In a flash the emblem transformed into a swirling black vortex leading into oblivion. Without saying a word, the seven walked, heads held high, towards the vortex. They didn't look away from it, they didn't slow down, they didn't even act hesitant…

They were marching towards their destiny.

End Chapter 39.

Yes I know this is a short chapter but I wanted to be super evil and leave you all in a cliffhanger!

(Insert evil laugh here...no seriously I had put one in, but the #$%# editor system for FF deletes it everytime!)

But fret not, for there is only one more, 3 chapter update left. Yep that's right, the story will be finished in three more chapters, totaling 42 chapters. Hey! 42! That's the answer to life, the universe, and everything!