Fight + Win World Not Ending

A/N: This is going to be the last chapter. I probably could go farther with it and go into the whole battle with the First but I just loved how Joss Whedon did it in the actual show so much that I would never change it for the world. This last chapter is set after Buffy takes out Caleb. Since Buffy told Spike how she felt he isn't there at all in my version. My version is the same setting and everything but obviously I've changed what happens. I hope you all enjoy the end of my story and I just want to say thank you to everything that has constantly kept up with the story and given reviews. It really means a lot to me.

It's a few days later from the last chapter and Buffy has just killed Caleb. She and Angel are walking out of the tomb.

As Buffy and Angel walk out of the tomb Angel takes Buffy's hand. When they get outside they just stand there for a few minutes just smiling at each other.

Buffy finally breaks the silence but still with a smile on her face. "What are you doing here? I mean not that I'm not happy to see you cuz I am but…what's up?"

Angel, also still smiling, answered, "A little birdie told me that you might be in need of some help."

"So, I guess that means you know then…about the First and everything," she said as she rolled her eyes.

Angel's smile started to fade. "Yes," he said as he turned his head and broke away from her hand. "Buffy, why didn't you call me? Why didn't you tell me? I would have been here sooner."

Buffy's smile was now gone as well. "I…I didn't want to bother you I guess." She didn't want to tell him the real reason why she hadn't called. After her little adventure to the past she was afraid that she wouldn't be able to handle seeing Angel only to have to have him leave again.

Angel glared at her disappointingly. "Buffy," he said with a stern voice as he walked towards her and lifted her chin, "you wouldn't have been bothering me…trust me."

Buffy smiled a little. "Yeah, I guess I know that but it's just…well I thought it would be too…hard," she finally got out.

Angel frowned. "I know," he said as he turned and sat on a gravestone, "It's hard for me too Buffy…but this is important and I need to be there with you." He pulled out a necklace with a large gem in the middle of the design and a long golden chain. "See," he said with a smile, "I'm supposed to be with you in this fight."

Buffy looked at the necklace with confusion. "What is it?" she asked as her nose shriveled up in slight disgust at the obvious fashion disaster of a necklace.

Angel shrugged his shoulders in response. "Honestly…I'm not sure. All I know is that I'm supposed to wear it in the fight. It's supposed to be worn by a champion, someone more then human."

Buffy smiled. For some reason when he said that this necklace was meant to be warn by a champion she thought of Spike. She knew that she couldn't have Angel in this battle. She would be too distracted and plus…what if her army failed? Angel would need to set up a second front and take over the battle.

Angel looked at Buffy slightly confused. He could see that something wasn't right. He thought she would be excited, happy that he would be fighting with her side by side but she didn't look excited or happy. "What is it?" he asked her.

"You can't be in this fight and you know you can't," Buffy said commandingly.

Angel didn't like the commanding tone of Buffy's voice. He wasn't one to take orders. "What are you talking about? This may be your town now Buffy but this fight is just as much mine as it is yours. I work for the common good too you know," he said with a snappy tone.

Usually Buffy would jump right on that and snap back. She would normally call him on the fact that this isn't really his fight but for some reason she found his defensiveness kind of…cute. She smiled at him and giggled a little which he didn't seem to appreciate. "Look…I know that you just want to help but you'll be more of a help by not being in the fight. I need you back in L.A. preparing to set up a second front if mine fails."

His frustration subsided. She had a point and he knew he wasn't going to be able to argue with her on it so he changed the subject. "Fine…but…who's going to wear this then?" he asked as he held up the necklace. He knew what the answer was going to be and there was just the slightest bit of jealousy in his voice even though he tried his hardest not have any.

Buffy could sense the jealousy and smiled slightly annoyed. She answered his question, "You know who's going to wear it and don't get all jealous on me here because…"

Angel interrupted her. "Me? Jealous of Spike? No way," he said with a nervous smile.

"As I was saying," Buffy continued looking just a little bit annoyed, "You don't need to be jealous of Spike…there's nothing going on between us to be jealous about. We're just friends." She smiled brightly, "good friends."

A look of relief immediately appeared on Angel's face. He smiled, jumped off the grave stone and walked towards Buffy. "Friends huh?" She nodded her head. "Friends are always good, you never can have too many friends," Angel said as his smile grew.

Buffy's smile also grew as they leaned in towards each other. Their lips met with extreme passion. Both savoring every moment of they had together. When they parted they still had their heads leaning against each others and their arms around each other. "So…what happens now?" Angel asked her with a little bit of worry in his voice. Coming back to see her was hard. He really shouldn't have kissed her. But then again…she kissed him first in the tomb.

Their heads parted and their hands were now intertwined in each others. Buffy smiled. "I fight…I win…the world doesn't end," Buffy responded, "at least that's the plan." She knew that wasn't what he really meant but she didn't know what to say about the actual question. When could either one of them ever truly answer that question? They never could in the past and this time wasn't really any different.

"It's a good plan," Angel said with a small laugh and then he added with a confident voice, "You're going to win Buffy. There's no doubt in my mind."

She smiled and looked away for a minute blushing slightly. Then her smile started to fade. "I'd better go." She pulled her hands slowly away from his. "I'll keep you posted on the situation with the first." With that she turned around and started to walk away. She wanted to kiss him again and tell him how much she loved him but she knew it would just make things that much harder so she just walked away.

Angel watched her walk away with small tears starting to form in his eyes. "Good luck, Buffy," he said softly. He waited until she was completely out of sight before leaving the cemetery himself. After they were both gone the cemetery was quiet. Not a sound could be heard.

Angel is back in L.A.

It had been a few days since his visit with Buffy in the cemetery. Since that night Buffy had called him everyday giving him updates on the situation with the First. The last time he had talked to her she had told him her plan and that they were going into battle the next day, which was yesterday.

He was getting very worried. He knew that she was going into battle and he hadn't heard from her at all. He had seen on the news that Sunnydale had been taken off the map…literally, and he worried that she didn't make it out. He knew that she was strong and that she very well could have made it out but he thought it very unlikely.

As he sat at his desk he heard a knock on his office door. Thinking it was just Fred or Gunn he emotionlessly said, "Come in." When she walked in he couldn't believe his eyes. "Buffy?" he said with surprise and happiness in his voice as he stood from his desk.

She smiled as tears welled up in her eyes. "I fought, I won and the world…still here," she said as she looked around as if to show him that the world didn't end.

He smiled the largest smile he could muster, walked over to her and kissed her like he'd never kissed her before.