Rating: NC-17
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Author's Notes: I know Giles never called Buffy but for the sake of
the story it was he not Merrick who found Buffy as the slayer.
Pairing: Willow/Buffy
Summary: Sequel to A New Start. Picks up right where it left off.
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It was 4am. Buffy knew this because she had spent the last two hours just laying beside Willow and watching her mate sleep. She still couldn't get over the fact that Willow had let her bite her. Hell she had offered her her neck.
She couldn't sleep. The sun would be rising soon and Willow would have to go and leave for school. This was really the first time that Buffy had slept at night. She had been keeping Vampire hours what with being one and all. She guessed she would just have to get used to the sleep patterns of her old life again because no way was she wasting time not being with Willow or her family.
As she watched Willow dream, she saw a few tears escaping behind closed eyelids. When she heard Willow call her name repeatedly and sobbing, she new what dream she was having. It was the same one Willow had been having for a while. Buffy would hear her crying when she used to stand outside her window and watch her sleep, unable to go to her because of the invite clause.
Pulling Willow tighter against her she began purring hoping to calm her mate. It worked. Slowly Willow woke from the dream she had been trapped in and opened her sleepy, teary eyes to see Buffy smiling down at her.
"Hey sleepy head. Why the tears?" As Buffy had never starred in any of the dreams she never really knew what went on in them to upset Willow so much but she had an idea.
"Bad dream is all. Doesn't matter, you're here now. How come your awake?" Willow didn't want to talk about the events that happened in the dream. She just wanted to forget it and cuddle some more with Buffy.
Buffy had other ideas. Rolling on top of Willow she stared into her eyes and asked again about the dream. She really wanted to know what had been plaguing her mates sleep but she wasn't prepared for the answer.
Willow realizing that she wasn't going to get out of it decided to just tell Buffy what she had been dreaming of.
"You –" she was about to go on when she felt Buffy try to roll off her so she brought her arms up and circled her lovers head and pulled her into a soft kiss that spoke volumes.
"You –"
Buffy felt like she had been sucker punched in the stomach. Willow had been having nightmares about her. Her mental angst was cut off before it could really be developed by the feel of Willow's lips covering her own.
It was a kiss that began as gentle, but the longing and needing, from the two who had been apart for so long, grew. Buffy lowered her naked body completely to Willow's equally naked body though she kept her weight on her forearms. She could feel both her Demon and Slayer getting excited at the thought of once again taking their mate. Taking a deep breath that she didn't need she tried to gain some control. Breaking off the kiss and letting Willow breath, she moved onto Willow's neck and sucked at her mark, secretly wishing that it would scar and everyone would know that Willow was hers. As she sucked on the raised skin, she could taste fragments of Willow's blood, so she increased the sucking. She could taste her arousal, her need and her orgasm. Raising her head to stare wide-eyed at Willow, she watched as a blush crept to Willow's face.
"Did you just…?"
"Yeah. I didn't even know I was going to 'til you sucked extra hard and then I just let go. It was amazing." Willow was trying to catch her breath so in-between the words spoken were pants of air.
Buffy was amazed that her just sucking on the bite she had made earlier caused suck a reaction. Her Demon sprang forth as she was unable to control it at that moment.
Amber eyes stared into green and the green stared back unblinkingly.
Willow saw as her lover digested the information then she watched as her Demon came out. As she watched the amber eyes staring at her she only felt love for the person above her. Smiling she pulled Buffy down into a kiss that was meant to see how far Buffy's control could stretch. Moving her mouth along Buffy's neck she settled on a patch of skin and started softly sucking on it and listening to the growls of pleasure coming from her lover. As Buffy's growls grew louder Willow began nibbling on the skin with her teeth before biting hard into her lovers neck and drawing a smidgen of blood.
As soon as Buffy felt her lover's teeth sink into her neck she exploded. The orgasm rocked through her like no other had and it left her gasping for breath she didn't need. As she was coming down from her high she had mixed feelings. On the one hand she was ecstatic that her mate had claimed her in such a way but on the other she felt guilty for Willow tasting her blood, which couldn't be good for a human.
Looking down at her mate she saw that despite both their releases that they each had too much stored up need that they needed to get rid of.
As she began caressing Willow's sides she felt Willow begin her own exploring but she was adamant to stay concentrated on her mate this time and she let her demon face retreat to show her human one.
Feeling the heat coming off Willow, Buffy kicked the covers off the bed to cool her down and to give her move room to move.
She began placing kisses over Willow's face, covering her eyelids, checks and lips before moving on. When she arrived at her neck she kept the suckling to a minimal, earning her a groan of disapproval from Willow. Chuckling she moved to her lover's collarbone a placed soft, wet kisses along the length of it. Moving on, she mouthed the shape of Willow's left breast, loving the noises coming from the girl beneath her. She took the nipple into her mouth while her fingers played with the other one causing Willow to arch her back and increase the pressure she was using to push Buffy's head into her chest.
Giving the nipples one last tug she moved down her lover's body with one place in mind.
As she came to rest between Willow's legs she paused and looked up. Willow, wanting to know why she stopped, looked down and when their eyes caught Buffy lowered her mouth though kept her eyes locked with Willow's.
She missed this. Missed the taste of Willow. Missed being the person that got to bring Willow to this kind of pleasure. Doubling her efforts, she moved her mouth to Willow's clit and entered her with two fingers, which automatically searched out and found Willow's G-spot.
Her efforts were rewarded when Willow arched off the bed with a loud cry of her name, as she rode her face, drawing out her orgasm. Bringing her down gently, Buffy kept her fingers inside her lover, gently moving them, while moving up Willow's body to come face to face with her. Slipping her leg in between Willow's she began sliding up and down, stimulating herself as well as Willow. She began moving her fingers again though kept away from Willow's clit and G-spot, knowing that she'd be too sensitive there right now.
When she felt two of Willow's fingers entering her Buffy gave up any pretence of going slow and began thrusting harder and faster all the while being aware of her strength. They both climaxed at the same time with the other's name on their lips. Buffy rolled onto her side and spooned behind Willow. She held the girl protectively, possessively and lovingly for the rest of the night, forgetting all about the dream she had been worried about earlier.
Willow awoke to feel two very strong arms wrapped tightly around her, not in an uncomfortable way, but in a way just so she knew how strong they were.
Turning her head she regarded the sleeping Buffy. Looking hard at her, she noticed that she looked tired, even when she was asleep. She never noticed last night. The joy of having her back overruled anything out of the ordinary she should have detected.
She was brought out of her musings when she noticed Buffy was looking back at her.
"Morning." Moving her head forward she accepted the kiss that was waiting on Buffy's lips.
"Mmm good morning." Buffy began purring when she felt Willow stoking the arm that was wrapped around her body. Looking over to the clock on Willow's nightstand, she noticed that it was 6am. The sun was up and willow needed to start getting ready for school.
"You should get up its 6am." Her actions belayed her words as she tightened her grip around Willow's body.
"What are you gonna do all day? What have you been doing all day for the last six months?" Willow was really curious and Buffy thought she heard a miffed off tone coming from her lover.
"Will, I couldn't show up when everyone thought I was dead – am dead – like this. I was scared of what would happen. I didn't know whether or not you or anyone else could accept me the way I am now. Giles tried to stake me, granted it was when he though I was a blood sucking fiend - but I am a blood sucking fiend - I just don't go for the jugular. That hurt. I figured it was what would happen so I stayed hidden, but I was always near. You have no idea what it's like to be so close to being a part of something only to not be apart of it."
She was determined not to cry. Buffy felt Willow trying to turn in her arms so she lessened her hold on her.
"Baby, Giles was wrong to do that and he knows it. You saw how he reacted when he found out you had a soul."
"You always knew didn't you?" Buffy had been wondering why Willow was so trustworthy of a Vampire, even if it was her.
"There was never any doubt in my mind. You weren't some demon that wanted to kill us – you were Buffy. My Buffy."
Buffy's growl of approval at being claimed once again by her Mate was interrupted by Willow's alarm going off.
"So. What are you doing today?"
Letting Willow get out of bed Buffy answered her.
"I'm gonna go home and check out some stuff then head over to the Library, so you can meet me there." She watched as Willow spun round to face her, enjoying the view of her breasts swinging with the motion of her body.
"Where are you living?"
"You know that huge place over on Crawford Street? There." She waited for Willow to blow up. She didn't have to wait long.
"WHAT!?! That place is huge! How did you afford it?"
Buffy debated whether or not to answer that truthfully. It would mean dragging up things that she would really rather not talk about. Looking at Willow and realizing that she couldn't lie she told her.
"My Sire. The Vampire that Made me. He was very powerful and very rich. Before I killed him, he told me about that place, and money he had hidden there, in the hopes that I would spare him, but I never did."
She looked up at Willow's gasp.
"What?"
"You killed your Sire?" Willow knew what a big deal that was for a Vampire.
Buffy looked at her like she had two heads.
"Of course I did! He was a monster. He turned me into a demon! Angelus would have come after everyone I loved even after he turned me and that would have involved you! In fact he would have went after you first! I couldn't let that happen." She noticed that Willow paled at the mention of Angelus.
Getting out of bed she walked to Willow and looked her dead in the eye.
"Willow, I hated him, but even if I didn't I would still have killed him because he would have hurt you. I'll kill anything that ever wants to or tries to hurt you." It was said with such passion that Buffy had to fight to keep her face set on Human.
Giving Willow a small, soft kiss on the mouth, she walked over and began getting dressed. Hearing Willow leave to take a shower Buffy wondered if she came on a little too strongly but she needed Willow to know that she would do anything to protect her.
Buffy finally got to the Library around 10am. She had to swing by her place to change and feed. The butcher had delivered the blood as promised so she now had sufficient to last her a week.
Sneaking into the building was laughably easy. She had discovered that the tunnel system in Sunnydale traveled through the whole town so she could get nearly anywhere without the threat of the sun.
Walking into the Library she saw Giles sitting at the head table staring into his cup of tea. Deciding not to scare him she approached him making as much noise as possible to alert him to her presence. It didn't work. Reaching out she gave his shoulder a slight push and was rewarded by Giles whipping his head round so fast it was lucky he didn't suffer whiplash.
"Sorry. I tried making noise but you were pretty out of it. What's up?" Buffy sat down on the seat opposite him and waited for him to speak. When he did she wished that he hadn't.
"What happened?" Knowing that he wasn't talking about last night but about the event that changed her life six months ago, Buffy decided to stall him by giving him a watercolor of the night before.
"I took her home and reclaimed her. Repeatedly." She never felt embarrassed talking about this stuff with Giles. He was her watcher even if technically she was no longer the Slayer of the time.
Looking at him she knew that he wouldn't let it drop and was about to answer him when a smell hit her senses. Willow. Standing she turned to face the door and waited for Willow to walk through it.
"Hey you. I see you got here without bursting into flames. That's good." Willow's happy demeanor put Buffy at ease and she happily accepted Willow's kiss, purring as she did so, though she broke it off before it really progressed.
"Used the tunnels. Actually I just arrived so I haven't been here long. You on a free period?"
"Yeah so I thought I'd see if my girl stopped by. And hey you did."
Buffy's eyes flashed Amber at the 'my girl' comment but she quickly regained control sensing that Giles really wanted to talk to her about this. Sitting on a chair, she pulled Willow onto her lap before telling her what Giles had asked before she had come in. Looking over to him, she began but left out the more gruesome parts of her turning.
"-then when the others were dead I turned to him. He pleaded for his life but I dusted him. I demolished the whole line that night. I'm the only member left of clan that I know of. I couldn't take the chance that they would come after any of you."
The last was said looking at Willow but Giles knew that they all were included in the statement.
"I know that you left some of it out and I can guess what happened. I read Giles books on Angelus and how he operated." It was said for Buffy's ears only as Willow didn't want Giles t overhear.
Buffy looked to Willow and realized that she did know. That was the reason she had paled earlier when Buffy had mentioned Angelus, not because Buffy came on too strong with the protectiveness. Giving a small shake of her head to indicate that she didn't want to talk about it there and then, she was glad when Willow dropped it, thought she knew they would have to talk about it and soon.
It was now 11am and Willow would be leaving for classes soon. Xander was finished his morning ones so he would be by any second and Giles was going over something in his office.
Xander, bursting through the doors, made Willow jump but Buffy had smelt him long before he came in.
"What's up with you?"
Buffy didn't do anything other than lower her head. Despite last nights welcome from him, she knew how he felt about Vampires in general, so she wanted to test the waters a little more.
"Hey guys. Nothing-just Cordy as usual. Where's Giles?"
"Office." Willow looked from Buffy – who was looking anywhere but at Xander – to Xander – who was looking directly at Buffy with a frown on his face – and decided that she needed to go and let these two talk.
Standing up and receiving a pout and a pleading purr from Buffy she told them both that she had class and that she'd be back later around lunch.
Buffy didn't no what to say. She hadn't spoken to Xander in the last six months and didn't really know how to begin.
On one of the times she was checking on him as he walked home from the Bronze, she found out a little piece of information that she hadn't known before. Xander was in love. She knew that he was dating Karen at the time but she also knew that he was not in love with her. She decided to break the ice by just asking him outright about it cause she figured that she couldn't feel more awkward than she did right then.
She caught him off guard. He squirmed and paced a little before sitting next to her.
"It's Fred."
Buffy was shocked. She never knew Xander was gay. What were the odds? Three best friends and thy all wind up gay. Thinking that Fred, not feeling the same way, was causing Xander's misery over it, she approached the subject carefully.
"Wow. Does he know?"
She watched Xander's eyebrows climb comically high on his head and his mouth dropped open.
"W…what are you talking about?"
Buffy knew that she had missed something but wasn't sure on what it was.
"Does Fred know that you like him?"
Xander started doing a brilliant impersonation of a gapping fish.
Y…ou t…hink I'm GAY!?" If Buffy was confused before, she was damn right perplexed now.
"But you said… Fred. Hence guy. Right?"
"Fred as in Fred. You know the girl who sat behind you in Math class?"
The confusion cleared.
"OH yeah I know Fred. Nice girl." Buffy was embarrassed and pissed off because she was embarrassed. When she was human, assuming Xander was gay wouldn't have embarrassed her. She just would have laughed it off. Now she didn't know what to say to a person that is – was? – one of her best friends.
Xander seemed to notice her unease. Moving his chair closer he slipped his arm around her shoulder and burst into laughter.
Buffy was shocked when she felt the arm. When she heard him laugh, hope flared in her that everything would be okay with the people who mattered. Willow still loved her and Giles and Xander have both now shown once or twice that they accept her as she is now.
"Hey Xand? You never really answered my question. Does Fred know?" That question sobered him up and the laughing stopped.
"No. She's too… and I'm just me. She could have any guy in school. Why would she want Xander Harris?"
It was meant as a rhetorical question but Buffy felt the need to answer it anyway.
"She would want him because he's a good person, who time and time again risks his life for those he cares about. She would want him because even when the odds are against him he'll come out swinging. I've watched you guys for months and I've seen the way you have handled yourself. You protected Willow when she went with you and Karen– for which I'm extremely grateful by the way - and you helped Giles on research. How many guys can claim to have saved the world and actually have it be true? Tell her Xander. Life is too short for you to not."
Buffy had looked Xander straight in the eye so he would know just how serious she was and that she meant every word that she had said.
She was unprepared fort the sudden hug she found herself in but after a moments hesitation she returned it. Xander was only the second human she had been in such close contact with, barring Willow. She honestly didn't know how her Demon was going to react but to her relief it also felt oddly pleased that Xander accepted her as she was and that it didn't register him as food, but as family.
"Thanks Buff. I'll think about what you said. So on to a happier subject. How did you and Willow's reunion go?"
Both Buffy's Demon and Slayer were shouting and growling out 'MINE' in her head but the rational part of her knew what Xander was asking ands knew not to take offence to it. Deciding to give him enough to let him know it went well she hinted at what had happened the night before only left out the part that had her biting Willow as she had done with Giles. No matter if they accepted her or not, she wasn't so sure they would be okay with her biting Willow, even if it wasn't in a feeding way.
"I think I'm gonna head out to the stacks and sleep for a while. I'll be back when Will gets here."
As she was leaving Xander's question stopped her.
"How will you know that she's back without someone coming to tell you?"
Buffy just smiled and told him she was very tuned into Willow and went to the area of the Library that was scarcely visited, even by Giles.
When he thought she was out of earshot, he walked over to meet Giles who was leaving his office.
"Where's Buffy and Willow disappeared to then?"
"Will left to go to class and Buffy's taking a nap in the stacks. Speaking of, how do you think she's coping? She was kinda strange with me earlier. Like she didn't want to be anywhere near me."
"Xander, she's been through something terrible. She gave me a brief outline of what happened this morning but I know there were things left unsaid. I know the nature of her Sire and I think that until Buffy is ready to, or even wants to, tell us, we won't ever really know what happened to her. As for her not wanting to be around you, it was probably more a case of her not knowing how you were going to react being around her. Not to sound hard on you but of all us who weren't the Slayer, you hated Vampire's the most, and you never hid the fact. I'm not saying that in every case that's wrong, it's not, just in Buffy's, but maybe Buffy was scared of how you would react."
"But I was fine with her last night. Why would she think I would change my mind about her in a short amount of time?"
"Last night, once we all got over the shock of it, we were all – well nearly all of us – were so happy at seeing her again that maybe she thinks that was all it was. Excitement. She probably thought that once we had a chance to think about it we would see the errors of our ways in trusting her."
"Also Giles, we're gonna have to have a talk about Karen and find out what has been going on behind our backs for the last six months."
"Agreed."
Buffy left them feeling better. What Giles had said made sense. Rolling up her coat as a pillow she lay down and was asleep in minutes waiting for her Mate to come back.
The Demon woke to a strange sensation, which lasted only a second before disappearing. The first thing that It noticed was that there was fresh blood in the air. The second thing was that It was hungry, despite having eaten earlier, and It wanted fresh blood. The final thing It realized was that It didn't feel an ounce of guilt for wanting to eat whoever was bleeding.
The Demon sat up with a start. The soul that used to be housed in the body, along with the Slayer essence, was gone.
The thing that used to be Buffy Summer's slowly stood and smiled to Itself before following the smell of blood into the main section of the Library.
(A few minutes earlier)
Xander looked up when he heard the Library doors open, expecting it to be Willow. He was shocked to see it was Cordy.
"What do you want?"
Cordy looked over at him and sent a scowl his way before walking over to Giles who was at the counter.
"I need a book on 19th century Poets. You got any?"
"Yes. One moment."
Giles went off to find the books on that subject and Cordy took a seat at the table to wait.
Xander shrugged and went back to his homework when he heard a muffled curse coming from Cordy. Looking up he saw that her nose was bleeding. Handing her a tissue from the box Giles kept on the table, he heard a noise coming from behind him. Thinking it was Giles he turned but was instead met with Buffy in full game face and growling low. To his credit he didn't flinch even a little.
"Buffy? You okay?" He totally forgot that Cordy was there until she spoke up.
"What the hell is going on? I thought the rumor was that the Freak was dead."
As Buffy turned to go down the stairs she heard the voice of someone she had a score to settle with. Smiling to herself she made her way down and also found that Cordy was bleeding – though it was only a noise bleed but still, blood was blood.
She walked up behind Xander though she felt no need to kill him – he was family after all – though it would be interesting to see how he reacted to a soulless Buffy.
He turned and she was happy to see that he felt no fear at seeing her in game face.
"Buffy? You okay?"
She was going to answer when she was interrupted.
"What the hell is going on? I thought the rumor was that the Freak was dead."
Buffy snapped. She pushed Xander aside so he fell onto the table and was at Cordy's throat before she could even utter a scream at seeing Buffy's face, more importantly Buffy's fangs.
Buffy's fangs had just pierced skin and she had taken only a swallow when she felt a hand tugging her back.
She growled at the loss of food and turned to face the person who stopped her, ready to lash out when she stopped and looked into the shocked and betrayed eyes of Willow. She had been so hyped up on finally getting to feed on a live human other than her Mate that she hadn't even sensed her Mate coming near her.
Willow took one look into Buffy's amber eyes and knew that something was wrong. Taking her hand off of Buffy's arm, she raised it to her face and stroked the ridges, breathing a sigh of relief that Buffy allowed her to and that she still purred for her, though kept her face in its demonic form.
Willow was struggling with twp very dominant feelings. The first was worry over Buffy and the second was jealously. Buffy had had her fangs in Cordy's neck. As far as Buffy had told Willow, she had never fed off a live human, or dead one for that matter, apart from her – and that was during lovemaking – yet here she had just fed off Cordy.
"What are you doing?"
Buffy was torn. She really wanted to eat Cordy but she knew that by doing so it would upset her Mate so she tried to try and sway her over to her way of thinking.
"Will, what's the problem? She made you and Xander's lives hell practically your whole school life! Let me eat her, I swear that it'll hurt her."
Buffy truly expected Willow to let her have Cordy, giving the way she had bullied her most of the life. She wasn't prepared for Willow's reaction.
Willow looked into Buffy's eyes and prayed she was doing the right thing. She just hoped she was right and Buffy's Demon did love her in its own way.
She stepped back from touching Buffy altogether and Buffy's purring stopped right away and her eyes reflected her confusion.
"Xander? Where is Giles?"
"Ah he went to get Cordy a book why?"
Still looking at Buffy she answered.
"Go get him and take her with you."
Buffy opened her mouth to protest at loosing her meal but one look at Willow's face stopped her.
"Will? What's going on?" Buffy's Demon was worried. It had though that she accepted It along with the soul and the Slayer. If It turned out to be wrong… well It didn't know what It was gonna do but the prospects did not look good.
"We need to have a chat without them here."
Buffy accepted this though she kept throwing hungry glances in the direction that Cordy have left with Xander.
Willow sat and motioned the Vampire in front of her to do the same. Buffy sat beside Willow and frowned when Willow moved her chair a little away from her.
"Why are you so nervous? I can smell it. I can almost taste it."
"I'm nervous because I came into the Library expecting to meet my girlfriend and ended up seeing that girlfriend with her fangs in another woman's neck!"
Buffy thought she had found the problem.
"So you're jealous it was a woman? Fine then I'll just eat men then, problem solved."
Willow had a look of horror on her face.
"You can't eat anyone and just last night you were happy with that! What happened between this morning and just now?"
Buffy debated on whether to tell her or not. She was scared that Willow would reject her without a soul and she was pissed off because she was scared. She was supposed to be a Vampire, they only feared the Slayer, and hello, she was one!
"After you left I took a nap. I woke up alone."
Seeing only confusion on Willow's face she knew she had to elaborate.
"When I woke up it was just me. The soul and the Slayerness that was in the soul were both gone. All that's left is me."
It sat back and waited for Willow's reaction, knowing that if she rejected the Demon, then there was nothing holding It back from going out and killing everyone It met alone the way to greet the sun.
Willow just stared at Buffy, knowing what the Demon wanted to hear, but not being able to talk just then.
Her silence was misunderstood by the Vampire who nodded her head once before turning and walking out of the Library which pulled Willow out of her stupor and sent her running after her lover.
"Buffy! Wait!"
Buffy slowed down before coming to a stop and tried to quell her hurt and bloodlust. The hurt was from Willow rejecting her and the bloodlust was from the anger at Willow rejecting the Demon after telling the soul that she accepted it.
"What?" Buffy's Demon tried to keep it's voice as calm as possible but it came out sounding very strained and it caused Willow to take a step back, which did not go unnoticed, and start to babble.
"It was just a shock hearing you say that. I mean, how does a person just wake up with apart of themselves missing and yeah, okay Vampire, but still I don't understand how it happened and I'm worried about what's going to happen but that doesn't mean that I don't still love you well unless your gonna kill me and everyone else know… are you?" The question was asked with a hint of sarcasm as Willow knew the answer, but Buffy never took it that way.
Buffy stared at her Mate with mixed feelings. On the one hand she was elated that Willow still loved her but on the other she was upset at having her loyalty called into question. The Demon was getting annoyed from having all these feelings inside when all it should want to do is hunt and kill.
Growling loudly, Buffy grabbed Willow and pulled her into an empty classroom before pinning her lover against the wall by the door. She held her arms above her head and moved her face, which was still in its demonic guise even though they were walking around in a public building not seconds before where anyone could have seen them, within inches of her lover's before growling out her displeasure.
"Why do you suddenly assume that just because I have no soul that I'm gonna go on a killing spree? Newsflash! I could have killed Xander, Giles and Cordy before you got back but I never even went for Giles or Xander! They are family! That includes you and mom – or the souls mom at least – and I seem to remember 'Buffy' mentioning that to you yet here you are questioning me! Why?"
The growl changed to an involuntary purr towards the end as Willow was unconsciously moving against the body of her lover.
"Stop that!" The Demon was not in the right frame of mind to take Willow right now. It was hurt and confused and worried that It would hurt the other girl without meaning to.
Willow stopped as she realized what she was doing and tried to get herself under some semblance of control before trying to answer her upset and fangy girlfriend.
"It was more complicated than me just taking her word for it. I needed to know that I could trust the Demon inside with my life. Why do you think I offered my blood? When you bit me, it was you in control wasn't it?"
After receiving a nod she went on not letting her lover speak just yet.
"I needed her to know that I would trust all of her. I needed you to know that as well. I don't think that your going to go on a killing spree, well at least not with me Giles or Xander but what about others? You were ready to kill Cordy and as much as I hate her you can't do that! Not and stay with me. I can't be with you if your going to kill humans."
Willow hoped that this worked. She didn't want the Demon to go out killing. She knew that when they fixed whatever was wrong with Buffy, when she got her soul back that she would feel the guilt and she didn't need that. She just hoped the Demon went along with her.
The Demon weighted her options. If she did what Willow wanted, she would have her Mate by her side, but she would have to live on bagged blood. If she said to hell with it and left her Mate then she could have all the warm human blood she wanted. As she began fantasying about ripping into human necks and taking her fill of their warm, rich blood, Willow tears caught her eye and she realized that she couldn't, no wouldn't, give this up for anything.
Lowering her lips to Willow's and mumbling out "sounds good to me" she kissed her Mate careful of her fangs and felt Willow release a breath into her mouth that she must have been holding for a while. As the kiss ended the bell rang.
"Eep, we have to get back to the Library before anyone sees you! Everyone thinks your dead."
"Well technically I am." This response was met with an eye roll before the Vampire was pulled out of the classroom and led back to the Library.
When they entered the Library, Giles was at the table looking through a book and Xander was trying to calm down Cordy, though why Buffy didn't know.
"Oh god it's back!" Cordy moved as if to leave then remembered Buffy and Willow were blocking the only way out. She scurried behind Xander, not even realizing she was doing it.
Willow stepped forward and tried to calm the situation down but before she could speak Giles stood and walked to stand in front of Buffy.
"How do you feel?" The question was not what Buffy was expecting. She was expecting his fear but instead she got his concern.
"I'm good Giles, kinda hungry though." This was said with a look directed at Cordy, which had her burying her face in Xander's back. A slight nudge from Willow and the Demon backed off turning instead to look at her Mate.
"Yes, well, what exactly is happening?"
Buffy stared long and hard at him wondering just what he was asking. "I woke up soulless." She decided to be blunt and direct to see the reaction.
Giles blanched and grabbed Willow's arm to drag her away from Buffy. He never made it very far. With a growl and a lunge Buffy had Willow back in her arms and was growling warningly at Giles to back off.
"What is your problem!?"
"You are no-longer our Buffy. What's to stop you from killing us all?"
Buffy flinched though she really should have known better; he did try to stake her after all.
"Look, I'm not gonna kill you lot. Just because I'm a Demon doesn't mean that I have no sense of right, it just means that I don't really care about it. Willow knows that I'm not gonna start snacking on the populace so just chill out and back the fuck off before I get angry."
"Well, forgive us for not taking the word of a soulless Vampire! What makes you any different from the ones we kill on a nightly basis?"
Xander had kept quiet but now he moved forward as he spoke. For some reason he didn't really feel that much fear towards the Vampire and he was confused. He really wanted to believe the Vampire standing before him, he had already mourned Buffy once, and he didn't want to have to do that again.
Buffy turned her head to face Xander. She looked hard at him before answering. She knew that he wasn't really scared of her and she was surprised at that.
"For one thing, if I wanted you dead you would be - believe me.' She paused and let the truth of that statement sink in. "For another, do you really think you could kill me? I was a Slayer, now I'm a Vamp. Combine the powers and you get me. You guys really have no idea of the strength I have now." She paused and looked towards Giles before continuing. "I was trained to believe that all Vampires were just cold vicious killers, and that's true but we can control ourselves around humans. Around family. Willow had me chose: her of the killing. No way was I giving her up so can we please move on?"
Willow had had enough and stepped from Buffy's side. Buffy looked over at her, silently asking why she moved. She got her answer almost straight away.
"GUYS enough! She isn't going to hurt anyone. Can we please stop arguing and find out why my girlfriend went postal and had her teeth in Cordy's neck or do you wanna argue some more?"
Buffy knew by the look Willow threw Cordy that she wasn't over the whole 'biting' thing. She was gonna have to make it up to her starting now plus she was getting very turned on by the forcefulness of her Mate right now.
Giles and Xander both backed off for now and Giles returned to his book.
"Well, when we were in England, Wesley informed me of a prophecy in the Codex referring to a turned Slayer. It's only happened three times. The council has killed two before they rose and the third is you Buffy so I'm guessing it's about you."
"Goodie" Buffy was more interested in nuzzling her Mates neck to listen, though she did when Willow moved away from her again and sat at the table, letting her know that she wanted to hear about this.
"It's been translated already, it seems Wes did more than just read the book." He paused as everyone sat down to listen. "It reads:
And the Slayer shall fall into the clutches of the devil and she shall become the very thing she hunts. The beast will be tamed and the balance will be altered though it will not effect what she is. A time will come when the beast is freed and it will have to make a choice. The balance will be in favor of the dark and the light will suffer. Until the balance is restored there will be the threat of the dark prevailing. Should this happen all will be lost and the studies if successful it will cause more harm than good.
That's it. Any comments?"
Buffy looked as if she was in deep thought so Xander spoke up.
"I take it the choice is whether or not to do evil? Well then choice has been made. Right?" The last was said looking at Buffy who raised her head.
She took in each of her present family one by one. Yes she had chose to not be evil, but what if she slipped? She would lose Willow and according to this prophecy, the choice was a key part. She wouldn't let anyone take her Mate away from her. Her decision was made the moment Willow had accepted her soul or not.
"Yeah Xand, the choice was made. I'm not going anywhere."
"Right, where did Cordy go? Never mind I don't care. Giles did you reach Buffy's mom yet?" Willow walked closer to Buffy and snuggled into her arms.
"No I was about to call her when all the commotion started. I'll do it now."
"Well lunch is over and I have class so I'll met you guys here later." Xander left leaving Buffy and Willow alone in the Library while Giles was making his call in his office.
Buffy knew that she and her lover had to have a talk so she took her up into the stacks where there were comfy seats and they both sat in a large soft chair with Willow straddling Buffy's lap.
"Are we going to talk about the bite or are you going to pretend that it doesn't bother you?"
"We talked about this and I trust you not to hurt anyone." Willow was looking down at her hands so Buffy raised her chin so she could look her in the eye.
"I'm not talking about the feeding. I'm talking about the fact that your jealous because I had my teeth in someone's neck and that someone wasn't you. Why are you jealous? I was going to kill Cordy what did you think…"
The question trailed off as Buffy looked into Willow's eyes and knew what she had thought when she saw the two of them together. Letting her Demon face come out after only just putting it away she licked her lips.
Lowering her head to Willow's neck her licked and nipped at the skin where her mark was without breaking it, waiting for Willow to tell her what to do. After a few minutes Willow put her hands behind Buffy's neck and pulled her harder down to her neck silently letting her know what she wanted.
The Vampire kissed the skin growling 'MINE' before sinking her fangs in and reclaiming her Mate yet again. She only took a few swallows before removing her fangs and letting her face return to normal before licking the few drops of blood that escaped and closing the wound. Knowing that Willow got as much pleasure as she did from this made the Vampire happy and content.
"I love you." Willow raised her head and moved into to place a small kiss on Buffy's mouth before saying it back. As the kiss progressed into something more Giles voice suddenly brought them back to themselves. Buffy shrugged unconcerned when she had her love this close and kept up her kissing and nuzzling of Willow's neck as Giles reached them.
"We have a problem."
That got both their attention.
"I was unable to speak with your mother but I did talk to John. It seems that he knows all about Joyce's life before she left America. At around 11.00am he says five men showed up at her door and shot him with a trank dart before grabbing her. He says that before the drug took effect he heard one of them speak. 'Get her to the council and tell Traver's that the package has been delivered.'"
Buffy removed Willow from her lap and stood up not saying a word before springing round and punching a hole through the wall, letting in a slight ray of sunlight and making her skin smoke. She never removed her hand but instead let it sizzle until Willow grabbed it and pulled her away. When she spoke Giles realized that although the Slayer and Buffy were gone, this Vampire was still very much their Buffy. And both of them knew that she was PISSED.
"Make the arrangements. Include you, Will, Me, Xand and two others in them. We are going to England and I'm personally going to mane or kill every single fucker who had a hand in taking her. And if she is hurt or worst, the council will burn."
Both Willow and Giles knew that she would make good on those promises and neither felt the need to call her on it.
Willow ran to get Xander and let him know what was going on and Giles organized the arrangements. Buffy stood in the same spot going over plans in her head.
The council had just declared war, though they didn't know it and Buffy was ready to bring out the big guns.
Reaching into her pocket she pulled out a cell phone that only had two numbers programmed into it. Hitting speed dial she waited for the first person to pick up.
"Yeah?
"It's me, I need your help."
"What's going on? Must be something big if you called me."
"It's my mom."
"Where do you want to meet?"
Buffy was glad he didn't question her anymore.
"Sunnydale. The local high school. Come to the Library, I'll be here."
"Right see you in a few hours then. Hey… you call her?"
"She's my next call after you. And thanks."
Buffy hung up and hit the second number and resumed her pacing unaware that Giles was watching her with worry over just who she was asking for help. If he remembered correctly, she never asked for help.
"This had better be good!" The growled voice made Buffy smile just a little.
"It's Buffy. I need your help, can you come to Sunnydale like today?"
"I'm in L.A now so that's not a problem. Where do you want to meet?"
"The local high school, come to the Library."
"Okay see you then, did you call him?" Buffy smirked, they had both asked that now.
"Yeah he's coming too. See you soon."
She disconnected and started to move to the main body of the Library when she saw Giles?
"Did you arrange transport?"
"Yes, the flight leaves at 10pm our time and arrives in London at 3pm English time so you will need some cover when leaving the plane but I have someone arranged to meet us as we exit so it should be fine. Who were you calling?"
Buffy wondered if he would believe what she told him so she decided to play a little. He would definitely be shocked when he met them.
"They should be here soon and then you'll see for your self. Hey Will, Xand." Turning to face the doors, sure enough Willow and Xander where there. Giles marveled at the powers Buffy now had.
"Our guests for the trip will be here in a few hours. Go home and pack what you need and tell your parents something. Will, I'll meet you at your house, I'll take the tunnels and then we can head over to mine."
Buffy kissed Willow and left through the hidden entrance in the stacks to go to the basement and then the sewers while Willow, Xander and Giles went to there respective homes to collect the things they would need for the trip, all three of them wondering just who or what was going to be accompanying them.
They were all back at the Library one hour later. Buffy and Giles were sparring lightly as she claimed to be antsy and Willow and Xander were eating pizza at the table.
"Alright enough." Giles was sure he would have some bruises tomorrow but no more than usual. Seems the Vampire was showing some restraint.
"Yeah, I have to go shower. Kinda smell after that. Think I could use the girl's locker room without running into anybody who thinks I'm dead? And buried I mean."
"I can go with you, that way if anyone comes I can act as a buffer so they won't see you." Buffy's eyes lit up at the though of showering with her Mate.
"Then lets go. I wanna get back before our guests show up."
"About that, who are these people and are they even people? And what the heck are we supposed to do with 'em if they show up early?" Xander was as curious as Giles.
"You'll find out in about thirty minutes. And you can think of something."
Buffy and Willow left Giles to think about their guests while Xander had visions of Buffy and Willow showing together, 'cause he was sure that that's what was about to happen.
Willow had barely got the locker room door shut before Buffy had her crushed into her arms and was kissing her senseless.
"Mmmpphhh you're" kiss "supposed to be" kiss "showering, not that I mind tho-" Willow was cut off by again Buffy's demanding tongue.
Buffy backed them over to the shower stalls and reached round Willow to turn them on before moving away and undressing them both before Willow had even registered moving.
Moving them both under the warm spray of the water, Buffy pushed Willow back against the wall and moved her kisses to her neck sucking at her mark and letting the redhead breathe, gasp and moan.
She kept on moving down her lover's body 'til she came to the place where only she was allowed to go. The thought of being the only one to ever go there made Buffy growl loudly, the sound vibrating through Willow's body, before standing and smashing their lips together again.
While they were kissing, Buffy hands roamed Willow's body as Willow's hands roamed hers.
"God I want you." In response, Buffy brought her hand finally to Willow's core and gently started stroking her outer lips while sucking on a nipple. As she was doing it, she was purring and the vibrations were making Willow even wetter than she was.
At the same time they both entered the other and began thrusting to match the others needs, as well as using their thighs to add some pressure to each thrust. After a few moments they both came with Buffy muffling her growl in Willow's neck, though not biting her, and Willow muffling her scream of pleasure in Buffy's neck.
Willow, after finally getting away from her over zealous lover, was dressed and ready first so left telling Buffy that she'd meet her in the Library. She got there minutes before their first guest arrived.
He walked in the Library like the owned the place, oozing power and danger. He stopped just inside and looked around for Buffy but couldn't see, or sense her anywhere. Spotting three people, who had yet to notice him, sitting at the table, he was sure he recognized the redhead but didn't know where from. He did know one thing though, he was hungry and the redhead looked pretty appetizing.
Giles looked up when he heard a low growl come from the entrance to the Library, and it wasn't Buffy.
"Can I help you?" Giles, ever the Watcher was already moving to intercept the Vampire, as he was sure the thing before him was, when suddenly the thing was behind him and had Willow by the neck.
"Not really, though the girl here might." The Demon started to pull Willow and himself into a position where he could see both Giles and Xander, who tried to stall what he feared was going to happen.
"Just so you know, her girlfriend is kinda the possessive type. Buffy is so not going to like this."
Giles noted that two expressions clearly crossed the Vampire's face - the first was surprise, the second was fear. A lot of fear.
As if he had been struck by lightening, the Vampire released Willow and stumbled back.
"Your Willow? I should have known! The picture! God, she's going to dust me for sure. Hey how 'bout we keep this little incident to ourselves eh?" He was met with blank stares but that didn't matter because at that second, Buffy entered.
"Hey Troy, thank you for coming." Buffy walked over and sat down in a chair, pulling Willow with her.
"Meet my family. This is Willow, my Mate, that's Giles and that's Xander. Guys this is Troy; he's a friend – sorta. Though Giles, you might know him by a different name. Meet The Destroyer, or Troy for short."
She waited for it and wasn't disappointed by Giles reaction. The Watcher actually took a step back. The Destroyer was a legend, over five hundred years old. Though the reason he was a legend was not because of his cruelty, which he was known for is some regards, but his honor. Before he was turned, he was a Knight in the King of England's army and that honor carried through when he was vamped.
Why he would fear Buffy so greatly, Giles had no idea but Troy was scared of Buffy finding out about his case of itchy fangs. Before he could think of anything to say, Xander spoke.
"So Buff you know this guy? That's good to know, at least now he won't try to eat willow again."
Troy had no warning other than the very loud growl before he was thrown into the higher levels of the Library with the railing breaking his fall.
"Now Buffy, don't be like that! I didn't know who they were! I was hungry, but as soon as I found out they were yours I backed off! Ask 'em, they'll tell you! Tell her!" The speech came out broken as Buffy was kicking him in the ribs breaking them all - though they would heal in a hour or so, one of the perks of old age - but the last part was shouted in a plea for help to Willow who finally acted.
"BUFFY! Stop! He's telling the truth!" It didn't work. The Demon was pissed. It had asked Troy to come and he tried to bite HER Mate. HER MATE! She was in such a rage that she never felt her Mate coming closer. It was only when her elbow cracked Willow on the face and she flew five feet through the air before landing in a heap unconscious, that Buffy stopped and turned round with horror written across her Demonic face. She was at Willow's side and cradling her head on her lap before Giles or Xander could move.
Willow awoke to find herself in a room that was filled with brightness. So much so that it hurt her eyes. Squinting, she saw the forms of two people standing before her and staring at her. She was wondering who they were and where she was before the male spoke.
"You are in no danger here with us so fear not child."
Willow simply stared but was unable to speak. She was wondering where everyone else was. She was sure she had just been in the Library with Buffy and the others. She was about to ask where the others where when the female spoke.
"We have brought you here so that you can relay a message for us when the time is right. But only when the time is right. Your Mate is going to be going through some hard challenges in the following days and it is imperative that She comes out on the side of good. Her soul is no longer with her, yet she belays her nature for you so we are confident that she will stay on the same path, however, if she were to stay then the world, as we know it, would no longer exist. She is the balance. For her to give into her nature would unleash hell on earth. Literately." The woman paused to give Willow a chance to digest this information before continuing.
"There is a wolf among you that pretends to be a sheep. Its pack is striving towards a new future, though one that will cause more harm than good. They must be stopped. You don't have much longer here. Do not repeat what we have told you until we contact you again. And we will contact you again. Goodbye Willow and be safe."
Buffy was pissed. Willow was out cold laying on Giles office couch. They had to leave in one hour and their second guest hadn't arrived yet, and to top it all off she was having to try extremely hard not to dust Troy for his attack on Willow – even if the others had explained what happened.
(Meanwhile in England)
"The first spell worked, though not as we intended. Ready the second spell."
"Sir?"
"The second spell will work twofold. The Vampire will want to take what is hers, thereby losing It's Mate, and it will also make things a lot easier for us when the fight comes, for there will be a fight.
Travers was smiling. His plan was working and soon everything he ever dreamed of would be within his grasp.
"Sir, it is ready."
"Begin."
Willow was aware of two things when she came round from the forced sleep she was in. The first being that there was a Vampire – an extremely worried and pissed off Vampire at that – holding her and the second was that there was a lady she didn't know standing right behind said Vampire.
Buffy, who had been purring low in an effort to comfort herself as much as the unconscious girl in her arms knew the second Willow woke. She lowered her head even more to nuzzle at her lovers neck and her purring grew louder.
Willow looked from the woman who was smirking at her to Buffy before speaking.
"What happened? Why does my head feel like I played football with no helmet and who is the person behind you?"
Buffy's grip tightened just a fraction before she told Willow what happened. When Willow tried to pull away from her she tightened her grip even more, though not to a level of pain.
"And to finish, the lady behind you is our second guest, her name is Dusk." Giles, who was standing by the door openly gawked at the woman though Buffy didn't notice. She was concentrating fully on Willow.
"She's not as suicidal as Troy so don't worry, though I seriously doubt Troy will be doing anything for a while."
Dusk hadn't heard yet about what had happened as she'd only just arrived, but she was surprised Buffy even let him live after his little attack and she made that surprise known.
"Whoa there, you mean to tell me that he attacked Willow and you let him 'live'?"
Buffy finally looked away from her lover who was now nestled in her arms to look over at Dusk.
"He would be dust right know if Willow hadn't of stopped me. If he even looks at her funny he's dead." By this point Buffy had changed into game face and was growling, making Giles and Xander take a step back at the volume of the growl. Willow simply reached up and caressed her lover's demonic face before smiling and resting her head against Buffy's chest again. Buffy's face reverted to human form as she smiled down at her lover.
"Buffy not to sound very much like a watcher but how the hell do you know both The Destroyer and Dusk? And why are they helping you?" Giles was flabbergasted. Both Dusk and Troy had reputations that would make even Satan himself squat in fear, yet here they are, helping a turned Slayer and more importantly being afraid of that same turned Slayer.
It was Dusk who answered.
"I owe Buffy more than my very life so helping her now is just an easy way to start repaying the debt."
"And Troy?"
"Yes well, you would really need to ask him about that. When he can use his jaw again of course."
Giles took what she said at face value. He was about to travel thousands of miles, in a plane with a turned Slayer, who was continually switching between growling and purring, a Vampire who was notorious for both his cruelty and his honour and a Vampire who in life was one of the most powerful witches alive. Yes he could just tell that this mission was going to be a lot of fun.
"Right well then we need to be off. Have you and Willow sorted everything with your parents Xander?"
"Yeah Giles, I called home and said I was going away with Will and her folks for a while and Will called home and said the same so we're covered."
"You guys wanna head out and me and Will will meet you in the car park." Buffy never took her eyes off of Willow as she spoke.
When they had left, she wasted no time in claiming Willow's mouth in a fierce and heated kiss. She began lowering Willow to the couch when a hand pushing at her shoulder stopped her.
"We have to meet the guys outside, we're gonna be late."
Buffy looked at the lover, her Mate and growled loudly before swooping down once again and taking her lips in a kiss that left Willow gasping for much needed air. Buffy wanted her and she wasn't taking no for an answer – not that Willow would have even thought of stopping her now.
Buffy's mouth moved from Willow's mouth to her jaw where she nibbled lightly before moving on to her neck. Suckling at her mark she moved her hands from Willow's breasts and quickly undid the buttons on Willow's pants before thrusting her fingers inside and coating them in her Mate's arousal. Bringing them back out again she licked them clean purring all the while before getting up and kneeling on the floor and going directly to the source.
She used her teeth, though human not fangs, tongue and lips to caress her Lover's core. She started by nipping along her nether lips before easing her tongue inside all the while being conscious that they had to be quick. Delving deeper, she began thrusting her tongue in and out listening to the moans coming from the girl above her.
"Buffy… oh god… please… yes right there… Oh god I'm gonna…BUFFY"
Willow came with a scream of her lover's name. Buffy slowly brought her down before helping her dress and standing her up.
"What about you?" Willow was very aware of the fact that Buffy had not gotten any release from what just happened.
Buffy looked at her lover and took in her flushed face and sated expression before kissing her once more.
"That was just for you. Believe me when I have the time, I'm gonna make it so you can't walk, but right now everyone is waiting on us and we really have to get to England and kill the bastards that touched what's mine."
Willow wrapped her arms around her lover hoping to calm her down. She liked the possessive side to Buffy a hell of a lot and she knew that her lover knew this.
"Come on we'd better go. God knows what's happening out there with those four."
"Giles and Xander are safe. Troy wouldn't try anything ever again against any of you because he knows what would happen and Dusk, well I trust her."
Willow felt the need to defend Troy, even though he had attacked her.
"You know I don't think Troy even knew who we were. He was just hungry I think. He did mention something about a picture but I was kinda in a daze at the time. Not used to having a Vamp that isn't you near me."
Buffy growled at the thought of another Vampire tasting her.
"Whether he knew then or not, he knows now and I know that he will do everything in his power to protected you, Xand and Giles."
When they came to the car park, the van was parked in the shade to get Buffy into it without her burning up. The ride to the airport was made in silence. Giles was driving, Troy was healing, Dusk was thinking, Xander was watching Dusk and Buffy and Willow were cuddled to gather in the back seat. Buffy knew that both Troy and Dusk could smell Willow on her and her on Willow now and that sated the Demon, even though she had not bitten Willow in their last lovemaking session on Giles couch.
She buried her head in Willow neck and began nuzzling her mark causing Willow to squirm. She hadn't even realised that she'd slipped into game face until a fang scratched Willow and drew blood. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Dusk and Troy look in their direction and she growled warningly at them. They quickly looked away.
Buffy lapped at the blood that had leaked, growling low at tasting her Mate again and Willow was moaning softly above her, too low for anyone but her to hear, including the two other Vampire's. Buffy smiled around her fangs when she felt Willow come. Looking up at her Mate, amber eyes stared into green before they changed back into hazel.
"I love you." Buffy smiled before kissing her lover and whispering the words back before settling down and enjoying the rest of the ride.
They arrived at the airport and boarded the private plane and where in the air in no time. The plane was a jet, which would have them in England in five hours so they decided to eat then rest. There was blood as well as human food on board so they all ate before each picking a seat and trying to get some sleep. Buffy and willow chose the seats at the back of the plane while Xander stayed close to Giles and Troy and Dusk were somewhere in the middle.
Buffy curled around her Mate and thought of all the bloodshed she was about to cause to the members of the council who had been involved in taking her mother. The Vampire fell asleep with a smile on her face imagining the sounds of the screams and pleas for mercy, which would not be granted.
"Sir when will the spell take effect?"
Travers looked over at Robert who had asked the question.
"The Vampire is on her way to England with her group as we speak, as soon as they hit British airspace the spell will come into effect. All we have to do is wait for the fireworks to happen."
Everyone apart from Travers in the room paused, and each wondered if what they were doing really was for the greater good.
The passengers on the plane were all asleep. Willow was stretched out on top of Buffy, Xander was nearly falling off his seat, Giles was snoring, Troy was still healing – Buffy had really done a number on him – and Dusk up front with the pilot. Because of this, no one noticed when a blue light surrounded Buffy before sinking into her skin, though she did wake when it was over and frowned before a mumble from the person on top of her made her look down and smile.
"Wills, wake up." Willow never responded, simply snuggled deeper into Buffy's arms.
Buffy moved them quickly so as not to disturb her lover until she was ready, positioning them so that Willow was still in her arms but straddling her instead of being stretched out on top.
Buffy began by placing light kisses on Willow's mouth before moving to her jaw line then skipping her neck and going to her collarbone, she knew Willow would wake if she nibbled on her neck. She placed nipping kisses along its length before lowering the straps on Willow's top and baring her breasts to Buffy's hungry gaze.
Willow woke to a sensation she knew well. Buffy had her left nipple in her mouth and was sucking softly while her middle finger was buried deep within Willow's body. Looking down, she saw Buffy looking up at her. She watched as Buffy's face transformed and exploded when she felt her lover's fangs sink softly into her areole.
Buffy raised her head and gave her lover a kiss before shifting Willow on her lap so that one of Willow's thighs was between hers. Taking hold of Willow's hips, Buffy began softly moving her back and forth creating a friction that soon had both desperate to find some release.
Willow moved her hand from Buffy's hair and sought out her lovers centre. Manoeuvring her hand she worked past the buttons on Buffy's pants before slipping her fingers inside and finding her lovers clit. She began circling it with her thumb but never touching where Buffy needed her to most.
Growling softly, Buffy moved her own hand down and forced Willow's to where she needed to be touched before withdrawing and grabbing Willow's neck and pulling her in for a kiss. Their moans and growls grew louder and Buffy knew that Troy was awake but she couldn't stop even if she wanted to.
Buffy pulled back to look into Willow's eyes and Willow finally fell over the edge again and let herself go. With a growl of Willow's name, Buffy lunged at her Mates neck and gently sank her fangs in before taking only a mouthful of blood and removing them again. Her purr began almost immediately as she lapped at the blood that flowed from the wound.
"When you two are finished we're gonna be landing soon." Troy was still sore from Buffy beating the shit outta him but at least he escaped with his life.
Buffy growled loudly at him, waking both Xander, who fell off his seat and Giles.
"This is the Captain speaking. We will be landing in ten minutes so would everyone please make sure that they are seated and have their seatbelts fastened."
They checked into the hotel at 3pm British time. Three rooms had been booked, one for Buffy and Willow, one for Giles and Xander and one for the two guests, Troy and Dusk. The three Vampires left to find something to eat, meaning a butchers as Buffy had Troy and Dusk on orders not to hunt. If she wasn't allowed to feed off humans they weren't either.
Willow, Giles and Xander went to a café to eat and they all made plans to meet up again back at the hotel though it never worked out that way.
Troy and Dusk had wanted to go to a bar; Buffy hadn't but went anyway to make sure they behaved. She wasn't worried about Willow, as she trusted Giles and Xander to protect her.
One drink turned into two and two turned into three and pretty soon Buffy was drunk. Troy wasn't fairing much better. He spotted a female in the crowd and was about to go over and introduce himself when Buffy stopped him.
"Remember NO killing or hurting of any kind. Fuck all you want but make sure they live."
Troy disappeared leaving Buffy with Dusk.
"So, Willow seems nice." Buffy looked at Dusk and tried to figure out what she meant by that. She did like the older Vampire but she knew that what Dusk felt for her was anything but platonic.
"She is nice, she's… Willow." Buffy said with a smile gracing her lips when she thought of her Mate
Dusk leaned into Buffy's personal space and whispered in what she thought was a seductive voice:
"Yes but can she handle all of you? Hell I'm a demon to and even I had a hard time keeping up. The things you can do… the way you taste…" She trailed off even as she trailed a hand up Buffy's thigh hoping to entice her into something more pleasurable.
By this point Buffy had had enough. She didn't like being reminded of their one night together. She felt like she had cheated on her Mate and the Demon hated that feeling.
Buffy turned her head to tell Dusk to remove her hand when her mouth was captured in a kiss. Dusk had reverted to her demonic face and nipped at Buffy's lips, cutting them with her fangs.
Buffy was faced with mixed emotions. One the one hand, the demon had loved the pleasure of being bitten during sex, but on the other she loved her Mate.
Buffy roughly pushed Dusk away form her and stood looking around the club for Troy. Spotting him in a darkened corner, with a girl he was currently fucking against the wall, she made her way over to him.
"Troy suck it up, we're going right now." Something in her voice let him know that she was serious but still he was in the middle of something.
"Give me a few more seconds and I'll be right with you." The girl he was currently screwing against the wall never seemed to mind that there was someone standing beside them.
Buffy told him she'd meet him outside and left the club and the arousing smells coming from the sex she had witnessed. She really wished Willow was there so she could find release for her pent up desire.
Dusk walked out after Buffy and the two stood watching each other before Buffy finally spoke.
"Look, what happened before can never and will never happen again. I love Willow, she's my reason for living, er you know what I mean. Nothing is going to come between us and nothing or no one will tear us apart so please stop trying to get back into my pants and concentrate on the mission at hand." She paused and looked to see Troy exiting the bar before she turned back to look at Dusk.
"If you ever try something like that again, well lets just say that Troy's injuries today would look like nothing compared with what I'd do to you. Understand?"
Dusk wanted to rage at Buffy for treating her as some fledging but she knew that there was truth behind her words so she wisely nodded and turned to wait for Troy.
"We have to get back to the hotel. Did you have fun with the girl then?"
"Yes Dusk, why you jealous you aren't getting any?"
Dusk looked at Buffy for a spilt second, but it was long enough for Troy to notice though he said nothing.
"Yes that must be it. I'm jealous." Dusk walked on ahead of Buffy and Troy leaving them to talk in low tones.
"What did she try and do?"
"Seduce me, and I nearly let her." Troy looked sharply at the girl beside him. He knew how she felt about Willow, hell he had listened to her cry over the girl for hours on end. This Buffy he had not met before. She had had the soul when he first met her, but the soulless version wasn't much different to he old friend, he reasoned. They both loved Willow.
They arrived at the hotel and found Giles, Willow and Xander sitting in the bar waiting on them. Willow looked up and spotted Buffy first. Standing up she made her way over.
"Buffy! We were supposed to meet ages ago. Where have you three been? And what is that smell? Have you been drinking?"
Buffy watched as Dusk smirked at Willow before placing her arm around Buffy's shoulder and leaning into her and she saw the jealously flash across Willow's face.
Buffy shrugged Dusk's arm off her before moving to Willow's side and kissing her hello, pretending not to notice when Willow didn't return the kiss. Troy noticed though and he was pissed.
"Dusk, with me now." He stormed off knowing she would follow leaving Buffy to deal with Willow.
The room door slammed hard behind Willow who had walked away from Buffy. Not a second later it was slammed open and Buffy walked in.
"What's wrong?" Willow looked at her like she had two heads.
"You can't seriously be asking me that. You were just getting close to another woman and I'm supposed to be okay with that?" Willow wasn't thinking straight because she was jealous and confused.
Buffy looked at her lover and tried to stay calm. She couldn't see what the problem was. She had moved away from Dusk and went to Willow.
"Okay, you wanna try this conversation again only with you dropping the attitude and the jealously act for one minute?"
Willow just laughed and it wasn't a nice Willow laugh.
"Sure because we all know that if it was me that she was pressing her body into that you'd be all level headed!"
And just like that Buffy snapped and Willow knew by the look on her lover's face that she had gone a step to far, even before Buffy pounced.
Grabbing Willow by the arms Buffy backed her against the wall, pressing their bodies tight together growling low in her throat the whole time and for the first time that she could remember, Willow was scared of Buffy.
Demon face on, Buffy was growling and trying to get herself under control, but then an image of Dusk pressed against Willow would set her off again.
"MINE! You are MINE. No one else touches you. MINE!" Buffy's amber eyes locked into Willow's green ones and she could see that her Mate was scared of her. Hell she could smell it and taste it in the air.
Closing her own eyes and taking a deep breath to calm herself, though she no longer needed to breath, the Vampire willed her human face to appear but for the first time she couldn't change, the control wasn't there.
Knowing that she was close to showing her Mate to exactly whom she belonged, Buffy let go of her arms and backed away a few paces.
"Okay. I get that your jealous but there is nothing between Dusk and me. You want the truth? Fine. One night about two months after I was turned I met Dusk in a bar. I was already very drunk and she was well on her way. We went back to my place and I cried my heart out over you and before I knew it she was kissing me. I was about to put a stop to it when she sank her fangs into my neck and well, you know how that feels. We slept together once and it's never going to happen again. I have regretted it from the moment it happened but I know that I can't change the past."
As Buffy spoke she was finally able to revert to her human face and when she finished she paused to give Willow a chance to process everything.
Willow didn't know what to think. What Buffy had just told her didn't help with her jealously issues at all. She knew that while it may be over for Buffy that Dusk certainly wanted another shot her lover and she was determined not to let anyone come between them.
"Somehow I don't think that Dusk is okay with it never happening again. She wants you and tonight wasn't the first time that I had noticed that. But you are mine just as I'm yours so…" she was cut off Buffy picking her up and placing her on the bed.
"I love when you say that" was all Buffy got out before capturing Willow's mouth and beginning to remove her clothes.
Kissing down Willow's chest, she paused at her nipples and sucked on the fresh bite mark surrounding one of them before moving down her lover's body. Pausing to place nipping kisses around Willow's belly button, she paid special attention to the spot that she knew made her girlfriend go crazy.
Sure enough, Willow starting bucking and moaning for release, begging Buffy to let her come and promising her the world for it.
Buffy placed herself between her lover's legs and gently blew on her outer lips before spreading them with her fingers and finding her lover's clit. She cupped it in her mouth and began a constant purr against it with sent Willow spiralling off into her release.
Buffy brought her lover down slowly only to work her back up again by adding her fingers to the mix. She thrust first one inside and quickly followed it with two more when she felt her lover could take it. Crawling up Willow's body Buffy looked Willow in the eyes before gently adding a fourth finger.
"Will?" One word and it spoke volumes. It was asking if this was okay, if she was okay and it was asking for permission to carry on. With a small nod of her head, Willow gave her consent and Buffy began circling her thumb fast and hard over Willow's clit and just when she knew her lover was on the edge, she curled her thumb and on the next in thrust Buffy buried her fist in her lover's tight body and listened as Willow screamed her release.
Long minutes later, Willow was still recovering. Buffy was placing little kisses along the length of her neck and the fingers of the hand that had been buried inside her were gently caressing her Willow's swollen core.
"Mmm that was amazing." Willow opened her eyes to see Buffy looking at her with raw lust. Reaching her hand up she pulled her lover down till they were noise to noise.
"You were amazing." Buffy smiled before kissing Willow softly trying to keep it that way until Willow was ready for more, if she ever would be tonight after that.
Willow knew that her lover needed release. She could almost taste her arousal it was so strong but she really didn't have the energy to help her. Suddenly an idea came to her, she just hoped Buffy would go for it.
Buffy knew by the look in Willow's eyes that she was too exhausted to continue and settled her body along side it's Mate and letting it calm down. She missed the lustful look that came over Willow's face at the thought of Buffy doing what she was about to ask.
"Baby?" she waited 'til Buffy raised her head to look at her before continuing.
"Aren't you all… you never… and I did so aren't you a little… antsy?" Buffy smiled, though it was strained before answering.
"Yes I am, but I know that your tired so don't worry about it and just sleep. I'm not going anywhere."
Willow nearly melted at that but she really wanted to see Buffy do what she wanted her to do.
"Yeah I might be tired but you aren't. You could take care of it." Buffy looked at her lover before smirking.
"Are you asking me to masturbate in front of you?" Willow blushed but nodded her head and Buffy saw the lust sparkling behind the depths of her green eyes.
Buffy gave Willow a quick kiss before rolling onto her back, while Willow rolled onto her side to watch her.
Buffy knew that she was already worked up and didn't need to bother with foreplay so she brought both her hands down to her own core and with one, used the index and middle fingers to massage her clit while two fingers on the other hand were thrusting inside her body.
Willow was mesmerised by the site in front of her. Watching her lover bringing herself off was making willow aroused all over again and she wanted some of Buffy.
"God… so close…" growl "Will… god this… oh right there…" Buffy trailed of because Willow had had enough and was placing nipping kisses on her lover's throat.
Buffy strained her neck offering more of it to her lover in an unconscious move and a sudden thought hit Willow. Buffy was a Vampire, and while Willow didn't know much about Vampire sex, she knew they liked to bite and be bitten, yet she had never tried to bite Buffy because of her lack of fangs and Buffy had never forced the issues; soul or not.
By the noises Buffy as making, Willow knew she was close and faster than she thought possible, Willow bit hard into Buffy's neck, going as far as to draw blood from her lover.
Buffy exploded with a howl when she felt her lover bite her. Growling and screaming Willow's name she came.
Willow had only ever tasted her own blood, like when she cut her thumb, but there wasn't really a taste off it. She expected it to taste like a copper penny but Buffy's blood never did. It tasted spicy. Swallowing a mouthful, she began sucking strongly wanting more of it when Buffy exploded again before briefly passing out.
Buffy came to with Willow still at her neck though no longer drinking, just lapping at the spilt blood. Craning her head she stared in awe at her lover. She never thought Willow would want to do that. The demon loved it.
Rolling on top of Willow, Buffy's newfound lust mirrored Willow's and they both knew that it was going to be a long night.
Travers was not a happy man, and everyone around him knew it.
"Why has it not worked?"
"Sir it would seem that the Vampire is accepted by the girl. They have resumed their relationship, so the demon wouldn't need to force anything."
Travers paced and franticly thought of ways to make it happen. They could never defeat the Vampire Slayer in a fair fight, but Travers knew that if she was unhinged and alone that they stood a good chance of destroying Buffy Summers once and for all.
He stopped as a sudden idea came to him. They would never suspect it to be false. He went to the phone and called for Nigel, a powerful Mage who could control dreams, or in this case nightmares and then he could plant the thought into both their minds and the outcome would be the same.
It was set, the following night something terrible was going to happen to this Willow girl and it would be the Vampires doing.
Travers smiled as he walked into his office whistling a tune and thinking of what was to come.
"I just received a very enlightening phone call from an old friend concerning the council." Giles had just met them all in Buffy and Willow's room. It was ten thirty in the morning and while the Vampires were grumbling about being up so early during the day, they seemed to pick up and concentrate on what Giles had just said.
Everyone had noticed the teeth marks that had not yet healed on Buffy's neck but when Dusk commented on them, only Willow's grip stopped Buffy attacking her.
Buffy tightened her grip on Willow as Giles told them everything he had learned and only two thoughts kept repeating themselves in her head: they want me to hurt Will and someone has been leaking information.
Standing and setting Willow on the chair, she began pacing and thinking out a plan of action, but her thoughts kept coming back to her two thoughts.
Willow seemed to sense her restlessness and stood up before walking over to her and folding her into a hug and licking the healing bite marks she had left the night before. Out of the corner of her eye Buffy noticed that Dusk was openly glaring at the back to Willow's head, though she was the only one to notice and she suddenly knew who their spy was. It was Dusk.
Now came the hard part. Buffy's first instinct was to attack the bitch for all the trouble she had helped cause but then she paused and thought through the bloodlust for a moment.
"Troy, why don't you and Dusk go back and sleep? We're gonna need everyone in top form later." Although Buffy trusted Troy – even after his little slip up concerning Willow – she needed him to keep Dusk busy. Surprisingly enough he had agreed straight off and was already leading Dusk away before she could form a protest.
Buffy sat back down again with Willow in her lap. After burring her face in Willow's neck and breathing in her Mates scent, she began telling Xander, Giles and Willow the plan, already knowing that it was gonna be hard for both her and Willow to follow through with it even if it was necessary.
Five days later and Buffy was pacing the hotel room, game face intact and growling like a caged animal.
There still hadn't been an opportunity to confront Dusk and the council members involved, which they all now knew where Travers, Nelson, Crow and three other leading members, Banks, Smith and Woodsworth. Six tiny men, each of whom Buffy could and would crush like bugs, which held such power within the council.
Five days since she was able to last hold Willow, touch her, taste her. Buffy was sure she was slowly going mad and she'd had enough. She had to see Willow.
Stalking out of Giles hotel room she marched down the hall to the room she had shared with Willow not so long ago. Just as she was about to burst through the door she heard laughter coming from inside followed by silence. She recognised one of the humans as Willow but the other had her confused.
Opening the door she was met with two startled girls jumping off the bed they had been sitting on. Scowling at the other girl in the room, Buffy fixed her gaze on Willow and waited for introductions to be made, though her patience was thinning.
"Buffy! What are you doing here?" Willow was looking between Buffy and the other girl wondering how she was going to explain this to her lover, who she could see was a few seconds from blowing a casket at finding her on a bed with another woman, and keep what had just happened or nearly happened away from her lover. Amy had just kissed her and was about to take it further when Buffy came. Willow wondered how Buffy always knew when she was needed by her.
It was too late. Buffy had officially cracked. Five days of not seeing Willow had her mind conjuring up all sorts of scenarios, though granted none of them had Willow with another woman before now.
Barely managing to stay in her human visage, Buffy stalked over to Willow, dimly noticing out of the corner of her eye as the other girl moved back a few steps.
Trying to keep a growl out of her voice Buffy spoke.
"Will aren't you going to introduce me to your new friend?" There was a question on the word friend and Willow caught its meaning. Willow moved over to the other girl and heard a growl of warning come from her lover.
"Amy how about we meet up later? Now isn't a good time. And we really have to talk"
"Sure Willow." With a last uneasy glance at Buffy, Amy was out the door.
"What the hell is going on here?" There was a definite growl to her words now.
"Buffy it was an accident, I never even knew what was happening 'til she had kissed me I swear, and the next thing I knew she was on top of me and I couldn't get her off and she was trying to take it further…" She was cut off by a vicious growl and Willow suddenly wondered just what her soulless lover was about to do.
Buffy was beyond angry. That girl had touched HER MATE! Scowling at Willow before turning and pacing the room, Buffy thought of all the ways she was going to hurt this Amy person.
Taking out her cell phone, she dialled Troy's number and waited for an answer.
"Hello"
"Troy, there's a girl leaving the hotel now, her name is Amy, intercept her and bring her to me. I'll be at the place we met last night."
"Okay, but how will I know which girl is Amy?"
Buffy turned and looked at Willow before growling out;
"Because she'll smell like Willow."
There was a pause then:
"Shit, right on it."
They disconnected with Troy going to find Amy and Buffy walking towards her lover, game face intact.
Willow had watched her lover become increasingly angry as she spoke on the phone and she was worried about what was she was going to do. Buffy knew the council had this planned, but being confronted with it was another story.
When she saw her lover walk towards her with her demonic face showing, she was kinda worried about what was going to happen. She knew how possessive Buffy was.
Buffy stopped and paused before reaching Willow. Everything in her was screaming at her to reclaim what was hers. Just as she was about to pounce her cell rang startling Willow.
"Yes?"
"It's me, I have her."
"Be right there."
Buffy hung up and turned her attention back to her Mate.
"I have to go now but we will continue this later." She left the room and her lover who wondered if Buffy was about to kill a human.
Her girl was sitting on a chair in the middle of Troy's room wondering how she was going to get out of this. She knew what was going on, her uncle had warned her that this could happen. Her plan had been to get in and out in as short amount of time as possible but it hadn't worked that way.
For one thing the girl Willow was devoted to the demon so Amy had had to force things along but as she had been about to the demon came. And know she was being held in a mans room waiting for what she didn't know, he hadn't said one word to her yet. But none of that mattered because the door had just opened and Amy knew why she was there.
Buffy never even stopped walking. She charged into the room and lifted Amy out of her seat by the throat before slamming her into the wall.
"Talk now." The growled words were spoken with barely concealed rage.
Amy looked into the eyes of her attacker and felt a fear she had never felt before. She opened her mouth and told Buffy everything she needed to know.
When Amy was finished talking, Buffy was beyond angry. She thought back to what Willow had been trying to tell her in the room and it all made sense. Amy was sent to have sex with Willow, be it willingly or not.
Buffy's control slipped and her game face showed. Growling at the scared girl in her arms, the demon raised her hand and broke her promise to Willow.
Amy was dead in a second, laying on the floor, her neck at a weird angle.
Buffy stared down at the body before turning away.
"Make this disappear, I don't care how."
She left to go find her Mate without looking back to see if her order was being carried out.
Willow was sleeping when something woke her up. Looking about, she realised her was no longer in her hotel room.
"Welcome again Child." Willow turned towards the voice and suddenly she remembered everything that had happened in this place before.
"Hello."
The Woman smiled a kindly smile before her expression turned sombre.
"Your Mate has altered the balance. She has taken a life."
Willow gasped in horror, her hand flying to cover her mouth.
"Who did she..." she trailed off knowing who it was Buffy killed.
"At the present time, the balance is now in favour of evil. The Vampire has the power to do real damage to the world. To stop this we need you to do something for us but it is not a task that can be taken lightly. If you succeed you will have the power to change all of you friends destinies for the better. However if you were to fail, the consequences would be unbearable for all those concerned."
Willow watched the Woman in front of her pace as she talked and remembered their conversation from long ago.
"But before, you told me a prophecy about what was to happen. They always come true don't they?"
"Prophecies are strange things Child. They can be read by a thousand different people and not all will have the same outcome."
Willow closed her eyes and tried to think but all she could see in her head was Buffy killing Amy. She wondered how she did it. Did she bite her? No Willow seemed to know that that was a promise Buffy wouldn't break, not to her. Just then a vision hit her. One of Buffy standing in the middle of the cemetery staring at a grave before the sky rained Blood. She knew the grave was her own before looking at the name inscribed on it, just as she knew the events that had led to it and the ones that followed it.
When she opened her eyes they locked with the Woman standing before her.
"What do I have to do?"
The Woman never paused.
"I will fold the fabric of time and send you back to the point when the prophecy was activated. If you can stop that, there will be no threat."
Willow thought about all the advantages this could have but the next words out of the Woman's mouth caused her to forget them.
"The willow from that time will be transported her and will be kept in a catatonic state as will everyone, lest they tried and retrieve you before you accomplish your mission and you can not interfere with anything other than the prophecy. Is that understood?"
Willow nodded her head and was about to say more when the Woman smiled.
"You are brave. You take on this responsibility not for the sake of the world but for the love you hold for your Mate. This will guide you."
Willow had a sudden thought.
"If I change things, will I remember any of it?"
"Yes, but only you will remember, the others will not."
"When?"
"You must return to your body now, the Vampire is worried. You will know when it happens. Go now and speak not a word of this to anyone."
"You mean I'm gonna remember this time?"
"Peace be with you Child."
Willow opened her eyes to see two very worried ones above her.
"Will?"
Willow half smiled, thinking of the vision of Buffy looking so angry and sad at the same time. She had to change the future, she couldn't let that happen, because she knew that her death would be the catalyst for Buffy's rampage, one which she knew no one would survive.
"Hey Buffy."
Buffy looked into her lovers eyes for a split second before crushing their mouths together. She was scared. She had been trying to get Willow to wake up for thirty minutes with no luck.
She covered her Mates body with her own and took dominance of the kiss. She wanted her lover. She wanted to erase Amy's hands from Willow's body. She wanted to be embedded in her Mates body, fist and fangs, plus she also had a hell of a high to come down from. Killing the human was exhilarating. The Vampire loved the thrill it had given her.
Pushing her body further into Willow's she moved her hands between them before ripping Willow's top off followed by her shorts, leaving her naked. Buffy wasted no time in finding Willow's core and knowing she was ready, thrusting three fingers into her body and moving her mouth to Willow's neck.
Buffy felt herself getting wetter and wetter by the sounds Willow was making and sped up her thrusting. As her mouth zoned in on her mark she added a fourth finger into her lover's tight body. Knowing that Willow was about to go over the edge Buffy stopped and raised her head.
Switching to game face she gave her Mate a fangy smile before lowering her face and inhaling her lover's scent. Growling at the smell of Willow's arousal, Buffy lowered her fangs to her mark and paused.
"Buff... god please..."
"What" Buffy needed to hear Willow beg for her, she didn't know why but it was very important at this point, so she kept her fangs pressed against skin, resisting when Willow tried to thrust her neck on them or thrust her lower body against the four fingers inside her body.
"God... please... need you..."
It still wasn't enough for Buffy who only gripped Willow's neck tighter preparing to bite.
"Buffy... bite me... claim me... please..."
That was all Buffy needed to hear. With a growl of lust, she bit down and thrust her entire hand inside her lover's body. Willow's scream of completion was the only sound in the room apart from Buffy lustful growls.
As she was coming down Willow knew that something was happening and so did Buffy, who tightened her grip on Willow to protect her from any harm.
Before them the Woman appeared and motioned to Willow that it was time. Buffy didn't agree. Jumping up she advanced on the Woman only to be blocked from entering her personal space by a barrier. Willow however didn't have that problem. Standing, she threw on the clothes she had worn that day, a pair of jeans and a top, before moving to go the Woman standing in the centre of the room. Buffy didn't let her get far.
"What the hell is going on?" Willow heard the below-the-surface-anger and raised her hand to the Woman telling her to give her a moment.
Placing both her hands on Buffy's face which was now in its true from she looked into her Mates eyes. Amber stared unblinkingly at green and Willow smiled a sad smile before leaning in a placing a kiss on Buffy's mouth.
"I love you so much, that's why I have to do this. I know what is going to happen and its not good. Travers has your mom, she'll be dead by morning and so will I-"
She was interrupted by the Woman, who had forbade her tell anyone anything she knew concerning the future, and by Buffy's loud growling at the thought of her Mate and family dead.
"She wont let me go even if she does know, but this will give her some comfort I hope." Turning to Buffy she resumed her story. "You killed Amy tonight and if I don't do this your gonna destroy the world, I know, I've seen it. The council has to be stopped but that can't happen here, only bad things can, so I need to go. I swear I will come back but I need to go."
Buffy couldn't believe it. "No way am I letting you just disappear with some Woman I don't know."
Willow asked the unspoken question and the Woman answered.
"She has to stay here, only one can go and that is you. We must leave now."
Like someone flicking a light switch they were gone and Buffy was left alone, frozen like a statue.
Willow opened her eyes to take in her surroundings and found her self at the Library. Looking though the door she spotted Karen picking up the telephone and knew who she was calling.
Without thinking she barged into the Library and took the phone off her.
"Willow? What are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be out with Xander?"
Willow was still angry about everything that Karen had put them through so she didn't curb her words.
"When did you find out?"
Karen had no idea what she was talking about and her confusion showed on her face.
"Buffy. When did you find out?"
Karen thought she knew what this was about now.
"Willow, you were there when i found out remember? It was Giles that told me she was dead."
Willow shook her head about to deny that but she stopped. Karen didn't know yet.
"What date is it?"
She got an odd stare before Karen answered.
It had only bee two weeks since Buffy was turned. Willow left go of Karen's arm and sat down on a nearby chair debating what to do when she heard a voice in her head.
'She wants to help, she can be good, tell her'
Willow looked up at Karen and spilled her story, about Buffy, the council and Karen's part in it.
"Travers phoned me a while ago but I wasn't there so Giles took a message. He said he wanted to speak to me as soon as possible. They already know about Buffy, so why does he need me?"
"I don't know but they are not getting what they want. That way lies badness. Believe me." Willow looked at the girl she once considered a friend.
"You have to help me."
"Anything." Willow smiled but couldn't shake her unease with the other Slayer, who noticed.
"Look, I don't know why me future self helped Traver's but you guys are my friends and I'm not gonna to anything to change that. I never had friends 'till you guys."
Willow smiled but knew she couldn't trust her just yet.
"Phone Traver's and see what he wanted."
"That's just what I was going to do."
Willow's eyes opened wide. This was the time when it all happened. Whatever Traver's said to Karen made her turn her back on the people she cared for.
"Wait! It's now, whatever he tells you is bad enough to make you turn your back on us. Whatever he tells you don't agree to anything, and it is gonna be bad, I know from experience that Slayers care deeply and passionately about those they love."
Karen smiled a little and dialled the number Giles had written down for her.
"Hello? Would Mr Traver's be there? It's the Slayer."
"Karen?"
"Yes sir, you wanted me?"
"Yes, we have had some disturbing news. It seems that Miss Summers is still around after all. She is now a Vampire."
"How sis you find out sir?"
"Magic my dear. I need you to do something for me but first I need to you listen very closely to what I am going to say, can you do that?"
Karen sensed something was up as did Willow who took the phone off her and placed it on the table as Traver's said his piece. She only lifted it again when he was calling Karens name.
"Did you hear all that girl?"
"Yes sir."
"Good, that demon must be destroyed and i trust you to do it. Call me back when it is done."
"Yes sir. Goodbye sir."
Karen looked at Willow with a confused expression which mirrored Willow's. A flash of light surrounded them before the Woman appeared.
"The prophecy has been delayed. The first time around The Slayer here listened to his voice and a spell was cast. You were right is stating that whatever was going to happen was be big as a Slayers nature is to protect. You did well Child"
"So what happens now?" Willow was tired and missed Buffy.
"Patience Child. You will be with your Mate soon. Had the spell been cast, it would have set off a chain reaction. The Slayer here would have informed the Watcher that she had not been successful in killing the Vampire and he would have in turn started proceedings towards doomsday. You know what to do now do you not?"
Willow thought for a moment before a smile lit her features. She needed all the players here.
"Considerate it done."
The Woman smiled once again before leaving.
Karen looked from Willow to the spot where the Woman was standing before opening her mouth to speak only to be cut off by Willow.
"I'll tell you on the way."
"Why where are we going?"
"To get Buffy."
Buffy woke up to a voice calling her name. Not just any voice but Willow's voice. Jumping out of bed she looked around the room for a place to hide when the bedroom door opened.
Willow looked at Buffy and noticed that she looked worn. Being a Vampire for only two weeks, Willow had no idea how Buffy was handling it.
Buffy wouldn't look Willow in they eyes and stared at the floor wondering just how in the hell Willow had not only known she wasn't dead and buried but that she was in the old Crawford Street Mansion.
Karen looked from the girl beside her to the demon standing in front of her and even though she knew that Buffy had a soul she still didn't trust her around her friends and family. Without realising it the Slayer and the Vampire had a lot in common.
Willow knew a little about what Buffy was going through and what she was feeling from the first time.
"Buffy" She stopped when she noticed her Lover flinch and only then did she notice the marks. Buffy was wearing a tank top and boxers to bed which showed off a lot of skin. Willow had been so caught up in seeing her again she hadn't noticed the marks at first, which must have been bad when they happened if they still hadn't healed two weeks later with combined Slayer and Vampire healing.
"Baby what-" again she was cut off by Buffy flinching and moving back a step.
"Please don't." There was so much pain in those two words. Buffy wanted nothing more than to be able to collapse into Willow's arms but she knew she couldn't. Not now.
Willow thought she knew what the problem was and walked over ignoring Buffy's pleas to stay away from her. Willow raised her hand and brushed back a strand of Buffy's hair and put it behind her ear before cupping her cheek.
"Buffy - look at me please - don't be scared. I know what happened and what you are now-" she didn't get finished that sentence before Buffy growled loudly making Karen jump into a battle stance.
Buffy broke away from Willow and moved toward the door. Opening it she reached her hand out and pulled in the intruder, who Willow recognised.
"Troy." Both Troy and Buffy turned to look at Willow, not knowing how she knew who he was as nobody knew that Buffy and he were friends.
Willow walked over to Buffy, glad when she didn't pull away.
"We need to talk. Karen could you and Troy please wait in the main room?"
"No Way Will. I still don't trust her yet and he's a Vamp too."
"Why Slayer, how perceptive of you to notice."
Buffy finally looked at Willow before nodding to Troy.
"Karen please go, I'm perfectly safe here."
Buffy and Willow were left alone in the room. Buffy was fidgeting nervously, wanting to talk, kiss and hug Willow but fear rooted her to the spot. Willow sensing this approached her and wrapped her in a hug, glad when Buffy responded by tightening her arms and pulling her close.
Willow let the hug go on for a while before stepping back and taking Buffy's hand and moving them to the bed. Sitting she patted the space beside her, happy when Buffy sat.
"Have you eaten today?" Buffy looked ashamed and shook her head.
"Just woke up." Willow smiled at that remembering how Buffy used to wake her in the mornings.
"Yeah sorry about the earliness but we - I - had to see you."
Buffy turned confused eyes to her girlfriend -ex girlfriend- before responding.
"Will, how did you know?"
Willow smiled a sad smile, remembering what had happened in the past year before answering.
"Lets just say a Woman showed me everything I needed to know."
"What Woman?" The words were out before Buffy could stop them and Willow smiled knowing that her lover had one hell of a possessive streak.
"It's not important. What is important is that the council know that your not really dead and they want you that way."
Buffy closed her eyes and chocked back a sob.
"So they sent you? Guess they knew I'd never fight back." Standing up Before Willow could speak Buffy moved to her dresser and came back with Mr Pointy and handed it to Willow with tears in her eyes before stepping back and lowering her arms to her sides, leaving her heart exposed.
Willow looked at the stake in her hand before throwing it across the room and standing up and pressing her mouth to Buffy's, who was too shocked to respond making Willow back off with a frown on her face.
"What's wrong?"
Buffy mouth opened and closed before her tongue ran along her lips, tasting the trace of Willow's scent there.
"You... you know what I am, that I'm a d...demon and you still kiss me?"
Willow heard the vulnerability in her lovers voice and it broke her heart. Instead of answering verbally, she again kiss Buffy, happy that this time she got a response. Breaking off she remembered something she had said to Buffy a while ago:
"Buffy, listen to me." Willow started, nudging Buffy's chin up so the blonde would look at her. "I love you. Everything about you. Your strength, your Slayerness and your hunger and passion. There's nothing about you I don't love. I love all of you. I still love all of you now that your a Vamp and as much as I want to make love to you, we have to go and get Giles and Xander, also we have to make sure Troy and Karen haven't killed each other by now."
This last part earned her a smile before Buffy causally wrapped Willow in a hug, sighing in relief when it was accepted. Pulling back she looked into her lovers eyes.
"I love you."
Willow didn't even realise she was crying until Buffy was kissing the tears off her cheeks.
"Come on. You call Giles and Xander and have them come here and I'll go... eat." A thought struck Buffy.
"Will? About the eating... I don't...I mean I've never... I eat bagged blood."
Willow smiled before kissing Buffy once more and heading out of the room with her.
"I know, but I also know a human which won't mind a little bite, every now and then." Willow was about to leave the room when Buffy stopped her with a hand on her arm.
"Will I... that's never gonna happen. I would never put you in danger like that." Buffy's demon was already screaming at her to bite and claim what was hers. Her Slayer was oddly quiet.
Willow just gave Buffy a knowing look before walking into the main room, glad that Troy and Karen hadn't reverted to violence.
One hour later, Buffy was fed, Willow was ordering Chinese food for the humans, Karen was leafing through a magazine and Troy was sitting beside Buffy on the opposite side from Willow when the door bell rang.
Willow jumped up to answer it after giving Buffy a reassuring look. She hoped this went better than the last time.
Troy moved closer to his only friend. He didn't know how the humans were going to react to a Vamped Slayer, but no one was hurting her.
Surprisingly Karen also moved to stand by Buffy, which got her a questioning look from the Vampire Slayer.
"What?"
Buffy never answered because at that moment Giles and Xander walked in followed by Willow.
Giles was the first to spot Buffy with Xander quickly following suit.
"Buffy?" Xander was at her side in an instant. He knew that she was a Vampire, but he also knew that she had her soul and was still Buffy.
Buffy tried desperately not to cry but failed when Xander's arms came around her and he whispered her name. When he released her, she looked over to her Watcher, the man she considered a father and slowly met his eyes.
Giles wasted no time in taking Xander's place. Buffy openly cried now, basking in the arms of her Watcher. She looked over to Willow to see the same tears flowing from her eyes.
Troy looked from face to face wondering what was going to happen to ruin the moment. The doorbell rang breaking the silence that had settled.
"I'll get it. It's probably the food."
"Food? I'll help." Xander was quick to follow after kissing her girlfriend hello, who laughed at his retreating back.
"I'm sorry, we haven't met have we? I'm Rupert Giles." Giles was the first to break the silence.
"Troy"
"God I'm sorry, Giles this is Troy, he's a friend and Troy this is my Watcher, Rupert Giles."
"Pleasure to meet you." The two men shook heads. Buffy's attention was drawn to the door that Willow had left through and everyone in the room noticed it.
"Buffy might I have a word?"
"Sure Giles." They went into the kitchen and sat on the stools at the breakfast bar.
"How did this happen?" Buffy knew exactly what he was talking about. The wounds were still fresh from Angelus torture, both mentally and physically.
"There was a trap and I was out numbered. I was taken back to his place when he... cut, beat, bled, burnt and r..r..aped me," Buffy had begun gently crying with her story, "when I came too, I was chained up and he was about to bite. When I woke again I was a Vampire, but I was still me. He untied me thinking that we'd rule together and I let him think that for a while. I needed blood, I was too weak to fight him as I was. Luckily he had some in a hospital bag stored in a cooler. I fed and it was like an electric shock travelled through me. The strength that was gone came back to me tenfold. I turned to him and beat him unconscious before killing every Vampire in the building, leaving him for last. He was literally broken into pieces, but it takes a lot to kill my kind. I killed him and here we are now."
Giles had tears running down his face by the time she was finished as did Willow who had been listening at the door. Buffy knew she was there and reached her hand behind her. Giles was confused before he spotted willow walking into the room and taking Buffy into her arms.
He left them too it and went to see the others.
Willow tenderly held Buffy in a tight embrace, her head buried in Buffy's neck and Buffy's buried in hers. Buffy suddenly jerked back and turned so her back was facing Willow.
"Go on out, I'll be there in a sec."
Willow knew both Buffy and her demon very well, and she knew what Buffy had turned away from her. She pulled on Buffy's arm to get her to turn but with no luck so she walked around her and placed her body between Buffy's and the counter, shivering at the closeness between them and remembering the last time Buffy had touched her.
Raising Buffy's head she looked into the amber eyes of the Vampire before her before leaning forward to kiss her only to have Buffy jerk back from her touch. Turning hurt eyes to her girlfriend Willow waited for an explanation.
Buffy stepped away from Willow, immediately craving her body and used her control to slip back into her human features.
"Will this can't... we can't... it won't work out between us. Your human and I'm... not." Buffy could hardly get the words out they hurt so much, and she could see they were having the same effect on Willow but she wasn't ready for the words that came from Willow.
"Buffy, we can and we will. There is a lot I need to explain but don't you dare think that for one minute you are breaking up with me. I've lived without you before and I don't want to do it again. Your mine lover, just as I am yours."
With that said Willow left Buffy in the kitchen and went back into the main room with the others. Buffy came out just after and couldn't take her eyes off Willow.
"Giles phone Buffy's mom and tell her to get here, we still have time before she leaves."
"Leaves?" Said Giles.
"Its a long story, one I will explain when everyone is here."
Giles left to go phone Joyce and the others all looked at Willow curiously except from Karen, which Buffy noticed when she paused in her Willow watching.
Jealously stirred within her. Karen knew what it was that Willow was going to say and she never. Buffy got up and walked to the fire place and stared into its emptiness trying to curb her possessive attitude. It rarely worked when Willow was concerned.
She felt to arms wrap themselves around her and turned to look at Troy.
"Are you okay?" The question was asked for her ears only.
"This is... it's Willow, she's here and I can touch her and I know that whatever she is going to tell us isn't going to be good and Karen keeps looking at her and then looking away very fast and its pissing me off." The last part was growled and her face slipped. This was noticed by no one but Willow and Troy.
Willow got up and made her way over to them before taking Buffy's hand and leading her into the bedroom.
"What?" Buffy had no idea what Willow was up to.
Willow hoped to God she wasn't about to piss Buffy off and began speaking.
"What you said in the kitchen? You meant that?"
Buffy took a deep breath.
"Yes." It was said with no conviction and Willow knew she was heading in the right direction.
"Fine." Willow turned and walked into the main room to see that Joyce had arrived. All the players were there that needed to be there.
Buffy followed Willow and kept her eyes to the floor only looking up when her mother grabbed her up in a hug and more tears escaped her. Suddenly there was another person in the room. Standing beside Willow was a woman who was beautiful, and she showed too much familiarity with Willow for Buffy's liking.
"You have done well." The Woman paused to look at Buffy, who felt as if she was looking right through her.
"You have changed what needed to be changed but that's not to say something else wont happen. The threat needs to be eliminated. The council needs to be restructured and rebuilt."
"You," the Woman was now addressing Buffy personally, "What you wish to do will hurt both of you. Do not push her way. She has sacrificed much to change the future and at a great risk. Your souls are entwined as are you destinies. The seven of you, demon, Slayer and human are the only ones standing between this world and hell. The is a prophecy in the Codex that you must get Mr Giles before Traver's does. Trust Wesley to have it sent to you. Willow has changed the prophecy but you need to know what could happen if the Watcher's go unchecked."
Turning to Willow the Woman began talking again.
"You heart is pure, this is a rare thing to possess. Always trust in what I told you and you won't stray from the path. I must return now. Be safe and if ever you need me just call me and I will come to you. This is my promise to you."
The Woman was gone leaving the others staring at Willow in confusion. She knew that she was going to have to explain things but she was just too tired to do it now.
"Guys can we do this tomorrow please. I'm beat. Buffy can everybody stay here for the night? I don't want anyone alone right now."
Buffy didn't hesitate with her answer, "of course, there's enough room."
Half an hour later everyone was in the own rooms. Troy and Giles, Xander and Karen and Joyce had her own room. Buffy had given Willow a room near hers but still too far away from Buffy for Willow's liking.
"Goodnight." Buffy turned to leave the room and stopped when she heard Willow say goodnight.
Smiling she closed the door softly before whispering, "goodnight my love" and going to her own room.
Willow had not had a good nights sleep. She missed Buffy holding her as she slept and had spent half the night crying.
She went into the kitchen to find Buffy already there and drinking out of a cup full of blood.
"Morning." Buffy turned to face her momentarily forgetting what she was doing. Lowering the cup she stared openly at Willow, not noticing that she had spilt some blood and that it was clinging to her chin.
Willow smiled and walked over before raising her hand and wiping it off with a finger before offering it to Buffy, remembering the last time she had done that very same thing. She expected Buffy to lick is off not step back and hand her a cloth to wipe the blood off. Willow wondered if Buffy was actually planning on sticking to her 'break up' plan. She knew just how much they loved each other and she also knew exactly how possessive her lover was. Still it broke her heart not to have Buffy fully.
She honestly didn't know if she could last much longer.
Buffy was standing in the kitchen, just after Willow left. She was torn. On the one hand she wanted to take Willow as her own, but on the other, she didn't want to bog her down with everything that came with her new status. She was pulled out of her musings when she smelt her mother standing just outside the door.
They hadn't spoken much the night before and she was nervous.
"Buffy."
"Hey..." she was going to say 'mom' but she wasn't sure her mother would appreciate it.
Joyce walked into the kitchen and took a seat on the stool closest Buffy.
"Why did you wait so long before you let anyone know you weren't dead?" The question was out before Joyce could stop it, even though it wasn't the one she wanted to ask.
Buffy lifted her head and looked at her mother.
"I am dead mom. Well undead, and to answer your question I didn't wait because I didn't tell anyone that I was still around. Willow knew somehow and she's gonna explain everything this morning."
Joyce just stared at Buffy letting all of that sink in.
"You were going to let everyone just assume that you were gone?"
"Oh come on, you've made no secret of the fact that you hate the undead. You and Xander are the most outspoken about them, though he strangely seems to be okay with it... me. I just... I didn't want you to be disappointed in me." At the last part, Buffy averted her eyes and tried not to cry.
She wasn't startled when she felt two arms envelop her as she had sensed her mother move, and her tears came once again.
"I'm sorry mom, I didn't mean for this to happen."
"Oh Buffy, no matter what your still my daughter you hear me?"
Buffy nodded and finally gained back her control. They were interrupted by Xander's shout.
"Everyone in the main room. Will's gonna start her story."
When everyone was seated Willow stood up. She didn't like that all their attention was on her but she knew she had to get through this.
"Okay fist things first. I'm not exactly the Willow you all know-" she was cut off when she was grabbed by Buffy who buried her head in Willow's neck.
Karen shot up out of her seat but Willow shook her head no and she sat back down.
Buffy was breathing in Willow's scent, she was convinced that the Willow before her was hers, but after a remark like that she just had to make sure.
She smelt the perfume that Willow had used, she smelt the shower gel as well, and under that she smelt Willow. Happy that she was right she was withdrawing her face when she spotted something on Willow's neck - teeth marks.
The demon in her sprang forth and a growl was heard throughout the room making Karen stiffen once more.
Buffy's demon was incensed that someone else had marked HER mate, and Willow knew exactly what was going through her mind. She smiled, happy that she wasn't wrong about her and Buffy.
"Who?" The growl was heard by all, as was Willow's answer.
"You. Only you."
Buffy pulled back to look into Willow's eyes and saw nothing but truth. The Vampire looked again at the marks and a sudden shot of lust went through her. She growled again and Willow who could by know tell the different between the I'm-so-angry-right-now and the oh-I-want-you-right-now growls smiled.
"How?"
"If you'd sit down and let me finish I could tell you."
Buffy's demon retreated before she turned to face the others and she sat down beside Troy, wondering just how her mark was on Willow, and trying to squash her lust long enough to listen to the how of the story.
It wasn't lost on Troy, who had seen Buffy's vamped face from his angle, that she had allowed Willow to see her true face but hidden it from the others. He could also tell how aroused Buffy was and it was making him harden inside his leather pants.
Willow walked to the fire and watched the flames flicker as she recalled the last seven months, the six before they found Buffy again and the following month with the debacle with the council. She never even realised that as she talked she was crying. When she reached the part about her vision, she deliberately left out a few details, wanting to tell Buffy those in private.
Willow might not have known she was crying, but the others did, and Buffy was sure she was leaving things out.
"...then I popped back to the Library, nearly hit Karen, figured out what was happening and rushed to find Buffy. Okay, so questions?"
Everyone began talking at once.
"Hey guys, one at a time Giles?"
Giles sat back down and again asked how the time travel was possible.
"I have no idea, the Woman just made it happen, she's very powerful."
Karen who had heard some of the story before kept quiet, Xander never.
"So your telling me that in the future you changed, my girlfriend went psycho?"
Karen shot him a hurt look and stormed off to her room with him quickly following.
Buffy kept quiet, trying to rein in her thoughts, but it was hard. Willow hadn't told them everything, she just knew it. Which made Buffy wonder what had happened which was so bad, maybe the bite mark on Willow's neck hadn't been in the heat of passion like she had thought but had happened when she had lost her soul.
"Will can I talk to you for a minute?" Buffy waited for Willow to nod her head before she left for the study, ignoring everyone else and knowing that Willow was behind her.
They both sat at opposite ends of the couch, something which pissed Willow off.
"So what's up?"
"I want to know what really happened, I mean the bits you left out back there."
Willow looked at Buffy and locked eyes with her before telling her everything, from her trying to eat Cordy, to her killing Amy, she left none of it out.
Buffy sat back and took in everything Willow had just told her. Her demon was filling her head with all the ways she could have killed Amy, but Buffy couldn't find it in her to care about the girl, after all she had tried to hurt Willow.
Buffy looked up when she felt rather than heard Willow move.
"You had just come back from killing Amy and you were... you needed to let off steam. You ripped my clothes off followed by your own and then pinned me to the bed with your body. I couldn't have escaped even if I wanted to and I really didn't want to. I was so wet, you just slipped three fingers into me right off." She paused and she could tell by Buffy's flashing eyes that she was reaching her lover.
"Your mouth was on my neck, on my mark and I nearly came when you started nibbling on it, but never biting. When I was about to come, you stopped and looked up at me, before switching to game face," Buffy looked shameful at that but Willow carried on, "You teased me but wouldn't give me what I wanted, I had to beg for it, so I did. You bit in, claiming me again as yours, and I came with your fist and fangs in me. Trust me lover, I know exactly why you keep shying away from me, and its not gonna work. I'm not going anywhere."
Willow sat back and watched as Buffy panted for breath when she didn't need to breath. She didn't have long to gloat as Buffy raised her head to look at her with a gleam in her eye Willow knew well.
She pounced before Willow could sit up straighter and then they were kissing. To Willow if felt like she hadn't kissed Buffy in years, not a day and a half. To Buffy, it was finally sinking in that Willow would love all of her, the story and mark proved it.
"Buffy, Willow, could you two please come out here?" The question came from Giles.
Buffy growled softly at being disturbed but stopped kissing Willow and pulled her up from the couch. Hand in hand they went back into the main room.
Troy caught Buffy's eyes and gave her a slight smile before letting his eyes roam the room, briefly stopping on Karen before moving on. It was funny, he was in the presence of not one but two, though granted one was now a Vamp, Slayers and not dust.
"I called Dusk, she'll be here at sundown."
Buffy nodded her head and noticed Willow's sour expression.
"What?"
Willow tuned to look at her lover.
"You can't trust Dusk." She didn't want to say anything else.
To her surprise Buffy nodded her head.
"Troy, call her back, tell her not to bother."
"Okay then. Question. Why the hell can't we trust her? I've known her for centuries and Buffy and her-"
"Troy! Just do it."
Willow looked at Buffy funny.
Buffy turned to face Willow.
"What?"
"Nothing."
Giles picked up the conversation from there.
"So we still have a problem. The Council will eventually catch on to what's happening. Travers will make it his business to find out."
Buffy looked at each member of her family before stopping at her Watcher.
"Giles did you call this Wesley guy?"
"Yes, he is sending the book right away. Hopefully we'll know more then."
Willow frowned trying to remember the actual words of the prophecy but found that she couldn't.
"So what do we do 'til then?"
Buffy sat don at the stone fireplace and voiced what she thought was the best idea.
"If I'm not here then would they bother to mess with your lives?"
Giles knew where Buffy was going with this.
"Buffy, they would find you. But your right it would give us time, which we desperately need if we are to outsmart them."
Buffy stood and faced Troy.
"Troy can I talk to you for a second?"
They both talked in low voices that even Karen couldn't hear before breaking apart.
Buffy turned to face her family.
"Troy is going to stay here and watch you backs and I'm heading up to L.A at sundown. I'll write you guys and let you know how to contact me and I'll be here in a flash if you need me."
Willow stood up before leaving the room in tears.
Buffy never even heard Giles question of why she was going to stay as she went after her Mate.
"Will?"
Willow kept her back to Buffy. She couldn't watch her walk away.
Buffy walked until she was nearly touching Willow's back.
"I know that its short notice but this is safer, for everyone."
Willow snorted before moving away, over to stand in front of the curtain, sweeping a corner out of the way to let in some light.
Buffy was forced to stay back and hurt that Willow put that barrier between them.
"What's wrong?"
Willow turned her head to shoot Buffy a 'I can't believe you even asked' look before going back to staring at the sky.
"Willow please-"
"Just go. Write me when you get there." It was said with no emotion and Willow wondered how she did that. Inside she was dying, she didn't want Buffy to leave her but she couldn't keep fighting against her in the relationship department.
Buffy drew back as if slapped before lowering her head and turning to leave.
"I'm sorry I just assumed... well I thought that after all that talk earlier that you'd be coming with me but-"
She was cut off when Willow flew into her arms, tears streaming down her face.
Buffy held Willow tight, thinking that it was a 'goodbye' hug and not wanting to let go
"Of course I want to go! I didn't think that you wanted me with you that's why before with the snarkyness but I really want to go with you. Finals have been and gone so school isn't important, we can sort something out later.
Buffy closed her eyes and thanked every God known to man for giving her Willow.
"You gotta be ready to go. We leave in a few hours."
Willow kissed her lover, promising that she'd be ready. The kiss progressed. When control asserted itself Buffy had Willow pinned to the wall, on hand under her bra on naked skin, rolling a nipple between her fingers and the other hand was in Willow's pants, two of her fingers thrusting inside her lover's body.
Buffy pulled back but kept up her actions, watching as Willow reached orgasm with Buffy's name on her lips.
She worked Willow down gently and straighten up her clothing before giving her a kiss and turning to walk them out of the room. Willow stopped her with a gentle tug.
"What about you?"
Buffy had visions of Willow going down on her and had to keep from stripping. Instead she got a sly look on her face.
"I promise, tonight, when we're alone, neither of us will be left wanting. I've missed you Will."
Willow smiled before kissing Buffy gently and together they headed off to prepare for their trip.
The gang waved goodbye to Buffy and Willow as they set off in Buffy's moms jeep.
Willow was trying to keep her eyes open but with everything that had happened in the past few days, she found she was tired.
Buffy noticed and stopped the car.
"Get into the back and lay down for a bit. You look exhausted."
Willow gave her a grateful kiss before doing just that. The rest of the trip was made in silence, only Willow's soft snores interrupting the quite.
Buffy smiled. This trip was just what she needed. Even if she was going back to the place of her death and was on the run from a corrupt organisation, she needed the time to fully heal and reconnect with Willow.
For the first time since she was turned, Buffy felt lighter.
Buffy pulled over at a hotel figuring that they could spend the night there then head over to Troy's place and crash for the remainder of their little get away.
Not wanting to wake Willow, Buffy eased her out of the jeep and carried her into the reception, not noticing the odd looks she was getting.
Reaching their room she opened the door and headed straight for the bed happy to note that it was a twin.
Lying down her precious bundle Buffy stepped back and started removing Willow's clothes leaving her in just her underwear before placing her under the covers and heading for a shower.
As she let the water pound down on her body, she thought about the girl lying in the next room. The desire from earlier came back ten fold but Buffy didn't want to wake Willow.
She thought about how hot Willow had been today when sh had touched her. Willow's body had been on fire when she had been inside her.
As she thought back on the afternoon, Buffy's hands started to wander.
They began caressing alone her collarbone before moving down and palming her own breasts. Taking both nipples, Buffy squeezed them between her fingers, imagining it was Willow how was touching her, Willow's heat she felt and not her own cold flesh.
She was so lost in the memory she never heard the shower door open. She started when she felt two arms slide round her and cover her own hands before moving away and down her body.
Willow rested her hands on Buffy's hips before using them to turn her around.
Kissing her lover once Willow bent to take a nipple into her mouth, grinning when she felt rather than heard Buffy's growl.
Dropping to her knees she leaned forward and blew hot air directly over Buffy's clit, making the Vampire jump, yelp and growl all at once.
Buffy, realising that if they continued someone could get hurt on the slippery floor lifted Willow and left the shower to relocate to the bed.
Willow looked into the lust filled eyes of her lover and knew that she wasn't going to get anymore sleep.
They woke the next day at around two in the afternoon. Buffy had finally let Willow get some sleep after dawn. They were both fully sated or so Buffy thought.
Willow knew differently.
She had been with Buffy as a human and as a Vampire many times and as a Vampire Willow knew that Buffy was holding back. In the future Buffy had not been afraid to let her demon out to play during sex yet now she seemed determined not to let it anywhere near Willow.
"Whatcha thinking?"
Willow looked at her lover but said nothing, causing Buffy to wake more fully.
"Will?"
"What's wrong?"
Buffy looked at Willow not understanding the question.
"I mean last night was great don't get me wrong, but you held back. From me."
Buffy lowered her head before turning so she lay on her back and stared at the ceiling.
Willow thought that she wasn't getting an answer and sighed lowering her head back to its pillow before shifting closer and placing it in the crook of Buffy's neck.
Without even thinking she turned her head and placed a nipping kiss on Buffy's jugular causing the Vampire to stiffen before gently moving from under the human.
Willow watched her lover leave the bed, admiring her naked form before grabbing her arm and pulling her back.
Straddling Buffy, Willow rested her hands beside her head and locked eyes with her lover.
Moving one hand to grasp Buffy's she brought their joined hands up to her neck and left Buffy's resting against her mark.
Willow lowered her head and kissed Buffy, letting all her love pour into it. Buffy returned it with her own and soon the two were lost in bliss.
Buffy used her strength to flip them over before moving her body along Willow's.
They were both fast reaching their peaks and Buffy felt her control slipping. Bringing face on the pillow beside Willow's head she willed her face back to human.
Before she could, Willow guided her head so the were eye level.
Golden eyes locked to green before Willow tilted her head to her side and used the hand on Buffy's head to pull her to her neck.
Buffy growled before locking onto her mark, not biting just sucking the skin.
Willow moaned a protest but Buffy refused to bite her. Willow turned her face into Buffy's neck and clamped on with her teeth, biting hard.
Buffy's control broke and her fangs slipped in her lover's neck easily.
They both came at the same moment, their worlds colliding until all that was left was the two of them, inside and all around the other.
The End.
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