The two groups just stood and stared at each other for a few moments. Leon and Cloud were calculating in their heads whether or not the others could be trusted, if theses perfectly normal looking people would be of any help to them. Sora let go a nervous giggle as he looked back at the people from Earth, Willow and Xander seemingly doing the same as Cloud and Leon.
"Are we gonna save the world or just give each other untrustworthy stares?" Anya blinked a few times, looking back and forth between the two of them. Yuffie and Aerith laughed a bit.
"Sorry, they're intense." Aerith nodded, being the first to break the ice. "I'm Aerith, and this is Yuffie, Cloud and Leon."
"Don't hurt me for asking, but you guys look pretty battle-ready. Bad time?" Xander asked, looking at their weapons. Leon crossed his arms and leaned back against the wall.
"Ansem came through a portal less than an hour ago. We thought Sora had failed. We were going to end it." He said blankly.
"We were going to try..." Aerith added.
"Nice to know that you have faith in me, guys." Sora quirked his eyebrows.
"B-but now you know Sora is alive and we can all wait for Buffy before making a move, right?" Willow asked, looking around at everybody.
"Wait for the what?" Leon asked a little puzzled. "No, we end this. We have to. Whatever he's up to, he's doing now."
"Yeah, if we all want our faces smashed in by red stilettos." Anya said bluntly.
"Listen buddy, This Ansem guy has a new friend. Someone that I don't think you're ready to handle. So if you want to go off and die, be my guest. But we're waiting for Buffy." Xander said, getting his tough guy machismo out for the moment.
"I'm prepared to die for a cause that's bigger than me." Leon glared back at him. "Yeah, Ansem is powerful. Yeah, he might have a new pair of fists at his disposal. But if we wait for whatever the hell this 'Buffy' is, the world may end. And I don't think you want to live through a fiery apocalypse, knowing you could've done something about it."
"Uh, guys. Mystical chosen hero here? I have a keyblade, that qualifies me for a say." Sora chimed in.
"He's right. With the keyblade, he's the only chance we stand without Buffy. We should listen to him." Willow nodded.
"Once again, what's a Buffy?" Leon threw his arms in the air.
"She's a keybearer. Like me." He said, clearing the air. Then everyone looked at him for the next plan of action. He suddenly felt smaller than he should. He was the youngest person there yet he held the most power. "He's right. If we wait for Buffy, we could be too late. We have to go in."
Everyone grew quiet for a moment but all knew what they had to do. "Where is he?"
"Back in the keyhole room. He's got the princesses. Word is he's got a new one." Yuffie said, playing with her shuriken as she sat on the fencepost.
"Dawnie..." Xander and Willow looked at each other.
"He's probably trying to end everything as we speak..." Sora fastened his grip around the keyblade. "Let's end it for him."
Sora said nothing else, he just walked the path he was familiar with. The one that led to the top, where Ansem would be. And everyone followed with no protest.
