Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts, its characters or anything Disney. Only Nairbix, Nueva Destra, the inquisition and every Keyblade master on the council I've revealed except for Eraqus and Xeheanort. There will be more at the end of the chapter.
Fifty-four times Chernabog had lived, and in every lifetime, he had always faced someone who wanted to end the threats he imposed on the worlds he invaded. But in all of his previous chances at life, he had never fought anyone quite like the three children he had just faced. Clearly, he would need to take things more seriously should they find him and attempt to finish him.
While Chernabog was mulling things over in his head, Natasha was continuing her search for the demon in the maze like canyon. Thankfully, it seemed that he had unleashed all of his miniature demons earlier so there were no threats she needed to worry about until she found her target. As she walked through the blue stone canyon and moved fallen boulders by use of the Force, the Jedi princess came to meet her foe.
No words were exchanged as they rushed each other in a blur of speed. The two then flew out of the gorge and stared each other down just before attacking again. Despite his massive form, Chernabog proved that he had unbelievable speed as he flickered behind Natasha and brought down his fists to crush her.
But Natasha had a remarkable speed of her own and was able to dodge the hammer fist. But she still wasn't quick enough to dodge Chernabog's improvised finger flick. This blow sent her flailing through the air while the demon lord grinned maliciously.
"Surely, you can do better, little princess." He teased as he stared down at Natasha as she struggled to get up. While she struggled to pick herself up and hold down the blood trying to escape from her mouth, she used the Force to take a chunk of the canyon and hurdle it at Chernabog's head.
As the massive boulder was able to put him in a daze, Natasha took the chance to use her magic to heal most of her wounds before she used the Force to further attack her foe. She soon took the chance and tossed her lightsaber at Chernabog and successfully punctured his left eye.
While he was screeching in pain, Natasha leaped to his face grabbed her weapon and etched her attack into Chernabog's head as she dragged it through his thick flesh. But Chernabog quickly gained his composure and slammed Natasha with his massive hands.
But Natasha was just as quick and used the Force to create a tight field around her just before the large, black and gnarly hands could squish her. As the strength of the Force struggled against Chernabog's, Natasha cried out as she slowly and steadily over powered her nemesis's attempt to kill her.
"Stop resisting and let me squish you!" Chernabog shouted as veins began to show on his arms, hands and head.
"Like hell!" She replied as she unleashed a burst of strength causing the hands to be pushed away. With the thoughts of how the demon fought racing through her head, Natasha did the smart thing and gained a good distance away from Chernabog.
"This little girl is certainly making me angrier than I have ever been in all my years. No lie." He said with an overly sick smile. As he was giving this anger laced smile, a large pulsing vein formed over his temple just before he shouted at the princess. "You annoying brat! I hope you'll enjoy suffering the same fate as this world and all who live in it!"
As he gave his outcry, he raised his magic covered left fist and punched the sky. As this happened, the magic left by Merlin was shattered and the tormented souls of the dead rose from their graves. Now, Chernabog had a vortex of spirits surrounding him giving him an even more terrifying look than before.
At the sight of this, Natasha only had two words to say and they were in the native language of her late father. "Bozhe moi."
As the redheaded princess was facing hell itself, Mickey and the royal family were trying to settle and protect the townsfolk. The castle was thankfully big enough to house all of the citizens with still more than enough room and safety but that still didn't reassure the people.
"Your Majesty!" Merlin called as he ran over to Rebecca with the others at her side.
"What is it, Merlin?" She asked the panicked old wizard.
"Chernabog has just broken my seal over Radiant Garden's departed souls. He has complete control over all of the spirits of the dead." He explained.
"Wonderful." She said dryly. "Is there any way to rebuild your spell?"
"No, I'm afraid not. I was only able to create it the first time because Chernabog was still being summoned. I had hoped that he would be weak enough for Princess Natasha, Mickey and Nairbix to defeat quickly. I see now that I was wrong and that he has recovered faster this time." Merlin admitted.
"Don't worry, Your Highness." Mickey said to Rebecca. "Natasha will win. Have faith in her and she'll be fine."
"Thank you, Mickey. But in cases such as this, we need more than faith alone."
"Maybe, but it's all we have right now. Believe me, I hated to leave her alone like that but I'd be no help at all and she would kill me if I died helping her." The little mouse replied sadly.
"You've done all you can." She said softly cupping his round face. "Rest. It's time for us to do what we can and keep the spirits of these people up."
As she looked at the sight of her frightened subjects, the queen of Radiant Garden gathered her wits and marched to them in order to help.
Elsewhere, back over the canyons, Natasha was slashing away the dammed spirits in a blur unfazed by the terrifying expressions. As anyone can imagine, trying to destroy something already dead has its own difficulty but trying to do that to a multitude of dead things made it nearly impossible.
Most of the spirits that Chernabog had summoned began to change form as the demon reconstructed them. Some were simple white ghosts made to look like frightening warrior and horsemen. Others were made from the hell fires that Chernabog exhaled as he breathed.
The most she could do was slash at them and use the few seconds she had to advance and gather them with the power of the Force before blasting them away in all directions.
Chernabog could only snicker and smirk at her feeble attempts at eliminating the spirits he unleashed. He then willed all of them to surround Natasha in a vortex of death closing in on her with each passing second. With the vortex closing in, the oxygen inside began to deplete and brought Natasha to the ground gasping for the tiniest bit of air.
If by pure adrenaline, the Princess of Heart was able to gather the Force around her and concentrate its power. By now, a sphere of the Force was surrounding her as she crouched down and covered her face with her arms. With her anger and courage rising, Natasha unleashed all of the energy around her and permanently rid herself of the ghosts.
Chernabog gave no expression as he and his opponent glared at one another. "I have had enough of this." They both thought bitterly. After they both thought this, Chernabog decided to further toy with his prey and torment her mind with magic.
In her mind, Natasha was shown many terrible things. In the future, she would be able to tell people what would actually come true and what wouldn't. At first, she saw nothing but fire and destruction. For a moment, she thought it was the remnants of Radiant Garden after Chernabog's attack. But she found herself wrong when she saw how greatly the technology resembled the kind she found in her short time in the other galaxy.
Images of death and chaos ran through her mind before everything went dark. Cries of women, children and men rang through her ears before Chernabog's voice spoke over them.
"Listen to them." He said softly. "Hear their cries and screams as pain and death takes them. One day, you will hear them again but you will face the terror of seeing them die and suffer. Nothing will stop what is to come. You will fight. You will kill. And you will be destroyed in the worst way possible."
Natasha said nothing as she shut her eyes and clutched her head in agony as she heard and saw Chernabog's torture. But just as it was about to end, she heard a very distinct cackle and then the sound she would forever hate. A deep metallic breathing that echoed through her ears.
"Natasha, open your eyes!" A voice shouted in her mind. It briefly sounded like Qui-Gon's.
She did as she was told and saw that Chernabog was readying his next attack. His right arm was reeled back above his head ready to smash his palm on her. She quickly dashed away just before he could do so.
"Do you really believe that you can stop all this, little princess?" Chernabog asked mockingly. "This world shall fall and all those in it will perish with it. This is how it will end eventually, it is the fate of all worlds. Who are you to prevent such a thing?"
Natasha said nothing at first. Her curls only covered her eyes as she trembled with anger before she looked up and gave her answer.
"I am Princess Natasha Romanoff!" She cried as her magic surrounded her in a bright aura. In a blur of speed, she rushed to Chernabog's arm and rolled straight up his form arm slicing it with her crimson lightsaber. As she reached his shoulder, she grabbed onto his remaining horn and tossed him clear across the sky over the canyon.
She then bit both of her thumbs drawing blood and slammed her hands on the ground creating a large, bright purple magical circle beneath the demon lord. As it appeared, two circles of magical rectangles surrounded her and spinning in two different directions. From above her head, another purple circle appeared and sent a devastating blast of energy into the air. As it reached the clouds, it split into countless balls of energy that rained down on Chernabog and caused agonizing pain.
"Insolent little brat!" Chernabog bellowed as he tried to fly over to her but found that he couldn't move. "The circle!" He realized, "I can't move!"
"That's right, you can't!" Natasha shouted back with a wicked smirk as she activated the circle's other ability, total destruction.
"Damn it!" He shouted as the magic activated from beneath his feet. It was a massive geyser of purple and white energy that pushed him into the air. But Chernabog wasn't through, not yet. "I won't die again after only an hour!" He screamed in protest, as he said this, he began to push himself against the energy and try to kill Natasha.
"Oh, no you don't!" She refused with gritting teeth. The magic she had been using was already putting too much strain on her body and by now with the added trouble of keeping up with Chernabog, blood was bursting out of random parts of her body and tears of blood ran down her face. "Never gets easy." She thought bluntly.
"You won't kill me so easily, Natasha!" He shouted.
"That's what you think, Chernabog, you bastard!" She retorted as she strengthened the attack.
"I won't be defeated like this! I am the mighty Chernabog, don't look down on me!"
But the attack overpowered him and engulfed his body in blinding destruction. All that could be heard throughout the world was the sound of the explosion and the final cry of the demon lord of bald mountain.
"Burn in hell." Natasha groaned as she spit up blood and passed out. The next thing she knew, she was in her bedroom and on her bed. She looked around and saw her mother, brother, uncle, Nairbix and his brothers all asleep.
Without any warning, Nairbix's head shot straight up and looked the princess in the eye before dashing to her bedside. Thankfully, he hadn't done it quietly and woke everyone else up causing them all to rush over to her.
"Sweetheart, are-are you alright?" Rebecca asked as tears came to fill her eyes.
"I'm fine, Mom, really."
"I was so worried." She sobbed as she held her daughter.
"Thanks, Mom. But I had everything under control. And hey, that wrinkly bastard is back in hell thanks to me, right?" She asked only to have her mother get onto her.
"Watch your language, young lady." She warned.
"Yes, Mom." She replied dryly but with a smirk.
"I mean it, Natasha. Honestly, I don't know where the hell you get it from." Rebecca said adding her own curse. "Certainly not from your father or uncle."
"Yeah, sure is a mystery." Nairbix thought bluntly knowing where his crush acquired her choice of words. "Now that she's up, don't you think we ought to show her what the town looks like?"
"Good idea, Nairbix." Ansem agreed. He then helped Natasha out of bed and opened the doors that led to her balcony. Once everyone's eyes adjusted to the bright light, they all saw the townsfolk working together to repair the damage done by Chernabog.
"Look, it's the princess!" Someone shouted. Everyone had stopped what they were doing and looked up to see their savior and beloved princess awake.
"Princess Natasha!" A woman cheered. Soon everyone was looking at the young monarch and cheering for her.
"You certainly know how to make an impression on people, Natasha." Nairbix teased. She looked at all of them as they smiled at her and saw her closest friend begin to clap for her. Soon, everyone on the balcony joined in with the townspeople following.
All cheered for her and showed the young princess just how admired and loved by her people she was.
After several more days of recuperation, Nairbix left Radiant Garden and headed to the Master's Castle to inform the council about Inquisitor and his inquisition.
"This is a serious situation you've told us, Nairbix." Sigurd replied after Nairbix finished his report.
"I'm aware of that. Which is why we must look into this…Universal Inquisition. If its leader was capable of resurrecting Chernabog of all things just for one world, I'd hate to see what they have in store for the other worlds."
"He's right." Delton agreed, "We need to look into any events that have or will endanger the worlds in extreme measures like this. There's no telling whether or not this was the first act of this inquisition."
"Agreed, but how is it we will be able to tell if any said events are connected to the inquisition?" Goldmin asked as he stroked his mustaches.
"Look out for its symbol." Nairbix replied, "Apparently, they use magic to cover up the brands on their hands. It's their calling card and they want people to know about them. Either to fear them or join them."
"It seems our time of peace is coming to an end. All populated worlds that have been claimed as a master's territory are to know about the inquisition including any surrounding worlds. Any newly gained information is to be reported immediately. Dismissed."
I know, I know the fight between Chenrnabog and Natasha was short. But I already told all of you, I am not the best when it comes to writing fight scenes. Not to mention, considering Chernabog's size, it was difficult to write something clearly for a fight between him and Natasha. Anyway, as you may have guessed it, the inquisition will be Nairbix's number one challenge in this story. Regarding who Inquisitor is, I will only say, that when I do reveal who they really are, you will flip!
What's more, the next chapter will be a filler just before we get back into Star Wars. In case you just want to wait for what is, don't read the next sentence. It'll be Halloweentown 2. Hope you liked this chapter and I hope the same for the rest to come.