Kairi's expression was enough.
It was clear to all what had happened to the allies not with them.
Looking down with a sad aspect on her face, the Princess of Heart eventually answered. "Still; we can do something, right?"
Sora nodded. He had seen the star seeds - he and the other scouts had to try and get them back from Xehanort. They had to do it.
"We can. We will…!" Sailor Mini Moon answered, nodding her head which was hung. She noticed Riku seemed to have remembered something. "Riku...it's possible to come back from the darkness, right?"
Turning to the small girl, Riku simply nodded. "Right." a simple answer, but it was clear he meant it.
A little glimmer shone in their hearts, that being hope.
Deep down, Sora and Riku especially, they knew they could bring her back.
"Let's go." Kairi said.
And with that, they made their way to return the stolen Star Seeds and somehow, some way, return Sailor Moon back to the girl she was before.
Things seemed to be a bit lighter - more faith had emerged.
Not just for Sora, Riku, Kairi, Mini Moon, Tuxedo Mask, the Sailor Starlights, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune…
But Pluto had a great dose of it as well, which was shocking, seeing how she was in a long and hard fight. The Soldier of Revolution, despite having a bit more of a chance due to her abilities involving time, was still in a struggle as she tried to defeat the young version of Xehanort.
"Be gone!" Xehanort shouted at her, slashing in a spinning motion then stabbing at her.
Pluto blocked the attack, using a decent amount of strength to keep herself from obtaining damage. "Dead Scream!" she called out, dodging an attack before raising her staff with small whirlwind forming around her. The Crystal Ball summoned a purple glowing ball of energy as she moved around this new arena that she had been brought to.
Quickly the ball of energy hit Young Xehanort, making him stumble briefly.
As this happened, Pluto kept her distance in order to avoid receiving enough damage to weaken her. Enough damage for him to steal her Star Seed.
She couldn't allow that.
"Rini, Serena...the others, they need me right now." Pluto thought to herself. She saw him look up at her with a lack of emotion in his face. Once again.
It felt like she'd been fighting for a bit of time now, but that didn't matter right now. She had to win this fight.
Suddenly she noticed a projectile coming straight for her and following her. She had the feeling she knew what this was. This would slow her down - that last thing she needed to be.
Keep moving, Pluto thought to herself. She managed to avoid them for long enough to get an attack in.
"Chronos Typhoon!" Pluto shouted, a cyclone-like rush of energy darted straight towards the incarnation of Xehanort, which he managed to dodge, but by that time she managed to get a hit in...
Things suddenly seemed to slow down. Did she win? Pluto wasn't sure at all. That was when she saw the clock, right in the middle of the room. Clones suddenly came rushing at her, keeping her away from the clock. She hit one of the clock shaped structures in the arena, dropping her staff briefly. Pluto winced a bit, but tried to get to her feet even so. One of the clones attacked her, knocking her down.
A gloved hand began reaching for the Garnet Scepter. A grip was on it - Pluto had it! She whispered quietly. "Garnet Ball…"
A dark shield formed around her, knocking the clones of him back. Yes! This was her chance!
Pluto rushed at him, letting out two attacks. Dead Scream came first, Chronos Typhoon soon followed.
Eventually, Pluto used her staff in order to link a group of chains together in three swings...before illusions of the other Sailor Scouts appeared beside her, seeming to grab onto her staff before she was blinded by a bright light.
She was back in the throne room, the defeated Young Xehanort on the floor who then proceeded to teleport away.
"I don't have time to follow, I need to make sure Rini and the others are alright." she muttered to herself, before exiting out of the throne room to find her allies.
As the scout with dark green hair ran through the halls, she heard someone shouting. She recognized it alright.
"Rini…!" she muttered, her red eyes widening in fear.
As she entered a large room, white in abundance, she saw Xemnas, trying to choke the life out of Rini. Before Pluto could save her, a flame hit against Xemnas, making him let go of the small girl.
"Thank you, Sora…" Pluto thought, before rushing in to assist in battle. She noticed something though. Tuxedo Mask, Uranus and Neptune weren't there with them and the look on the face of her other allies seemed to be on edge…
Wait.
Oh no…
Had Tuxedo Mask, Uranus and Neptune…
But that question was answered for her - there was Uranus and Neptune. Gray hair...gold eyes...they'd been taken by the darkness as well…
With one last attack from the remaining scouts and keyblade wielders, Xemnas teleported away, he had been defeated. But Tuxedo Mask, Uranus and Neptune went with them.
Once they were gone, they remained silent and still.
Mini Moon couldn't believe it. First the Inner Sailor Scouts had died. Then Xehanort had possessed Sailor Moon. And now Uranus and Neptune had fallen to the darkness as well.
She sighed a bit as they continued on to find the Star Seeds. Sora turned to her, he could tell she was sad and he couldn't blame her. Not one bit.
He hugged her (it was more of a glomp really), which made the pink-haired girl stumble slightly. "W-woah…! What did you do that for?"
"Well you looked like you needed it!" Sora said, nodding his head for a bit of emphasis.
A small smile came onto her face, only for Pluto and Saturn to speak up. "We'll get them back," Saturn told her.
"Amara, Michelle and Serena will be back to normal. And we will get those star seeds back from them." Pluto reassured her.
A bright smile came onto the pink-haired girl's face. "Thank you. And you're right…!" she nodded a bit. "Now let's go." she spoke, firmly.
It seemed that a bit more hope ran through their veins, despite all of them knowing deep down that they would have to go into another battle to get those star seeds.
Sora, Riku and Kairi knew it.
The Starlights knew it.
Saturn, Pluto and Mini Moon knew it.
And it was a battle they had to win. Sora, Riku and Kairi knew this wouldn't be their last battle with Master Xehanort. They still had another one, one much longer. One much bigger.
One much more deadly.
The remaining heroes entered through a large open door. This room was also covered in white, with one throne at the end of the room, in the center at the wall. Beside the throne stood three girls and one male - possessed girls, one being Rini's mother and father, the other two being the scouts who were supposed to represent the planets of Uranus and Neptune.
Mini Moon saw something. Containers...containing...star seeds!
She was about to take out the Crystal Chime, only for a blast of darkness to knock her and restrain her.
Sora glared, he, Riku and Kairi had their keyblades out. Glares were abundant on every one of their faces.
"I expected you to come find these Star Seeds, in a feeble attempt to bring your other allies." Xehanort said, unbearably smug towards them all.
He stood up, making the containers fade away so they wouldn't get in the way before summoning his keyblade.
That was when the battle began.