Rated: Hmm... Same as the show... and for recently icky stuff, I guess I can get away with a lot of bad bad stuff, ne?
Disclaimer: I own didly squat! So Raspberries! Raspberries! Respberries! And I don't care if I spelt that wrong, so there! Humph!
Spoilers: Let's see.... if you don't know go back to my first posting of this series and read what I have there.
New Note: Darla is like... far away right now... kay? Far, far, far away!
Distribution: On any B/A fic site, I don't care, just let me know, okay?
Summery: The Master has been destroyed! But What of this new baddy?

"Hi!"

Buffy stared, "Willow... hi. What are you doing here?" Buffy stepped back, holding the door to her apartment open for the redhead. It had been several days since the Master had been killed, and his rein of following vampires had begun to disappear. The last time she saw Willow, she had been doing a small spell to make sure that no one could bring the Master back. Willow smiled, walking into the vampiress' apartment.

She knew where Buffy lived. Only because she had come here once to help Buffy bring a few of her personal collections of books.

Immediately, Buffy noticed the box in her hands, "What's that?"

"Band candy." Willow said.

Buffy frowned, "But, you're not in the band, are you?"

Willow shook her head, "Nope. I'm supposed to sale this stuff. I have two more boxes left... want some?" She started, eyes a glow.

"Um..." Buffy bit her lip, "I hate to break this to you, but vampire taste buds aren't exactly big when it comes to human food..."

"Oh." Willow said, "That's okay..."

Buffy frowned, "But, since your in need..." She walked towards her drawer, Willow hovering behind her. She pulled open a drawer, and Willow gasped at the large amount of cash that was stashed their. American... German... Japanese... wow....

"This should cover it, right?" Buffy asked, handing Willow a sum of money. Willow counted it, then started, "Wait, that's ten bucks too much."

Buffy held up a hand, "Keep it. You can use it for buying come herbs or whatnot."

"Thanks." Willow smiled, handing the candy to Buffy. Buffy placed them on her drawer, "Maybe I can give them to Ms. Summers..."

"Ms. Summers?" Willow asked, twirling her fingers around her fuzzy sweater.

"She's a woman I knew in the sixties." Buffy explained, sitting down on her soft couch. She made a gesture with her head and Willow sat down, "She recently got divorced from her husband... she's a sweet woman..."

"Oh." Willow nodded, "Uh... Buffy? Can I ask you something."

"Shoot." Buffy said, placing her elbow on the head of the couch and her hand under her chin.

"Well, I read that... before you got all..." Willow made a small 'grr' face, then started up again, "You had magick.... you could do magick stuff... can you still?"

Buffy thought, "I don't know... its been a long while since I've done anything magick wise."

"But, its in your blood." Willow incouraged, then frowned, "Or... your body... er... no, um--"

"My soul." Buffy supplied, "Magick, at least the way my mother say it, wasn't inherited by blood or body. But by the soul. A soul itself is enchanted with magick." Willow frowned, looking sadly. Buffy touched the young girl's arm, "But that doesn't mean a person can't learn. As long as their heart's in the right place."

Willow nodded, "Uh... this is a big favor, and... well, Giles won't help me... but I've been studying a lot of witchcraft lately, and I was--"

"You want me to teach you?" Buffy asked bluntly.

"Yes!" Willow shouted, "I mean, if you can... I don't want you to if you don't want to."

"Of course." Buffy said, "Um... why don't I show you a simple one... watch the candy box..."

Willow nodded and watched. Then, her eyes widened. The candy box was floating! It floated up, then began to spin in a circle.

"Wow!" Willow gushed.

"All this takes is emotional control... and magick, obviously..." Buffy said.

Willow smiled, then thought flippantly, "Have you seen Angel lately?"

Suddenly, all the chocolates in the box shot out like fireworks. A couple scattered on the floor, just before knocking over one of her lamps and starting a chain reaction that knocked all of the books off of her table.

Willow bit her lip, "Emotional control?"

Buffy stared at the box, eyes neutral, "I'm working on it."

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"Buffy."

Buffy sighed, holding the box of chocolate closer to her body. She smiled sheepishly at him; after all, she had watched him do one of his Tai Chi exercises, which was always rather... artistic...

She licked her lips, "I didn't know you still did that."

He gave Buffy the briefest glimpse of a small smile, trying to stand from his slightly bent stance, "I-I'm feeling better."

Suddenly, he couldn't maintain his posture, and bent back over, supporting himself with his right hand on his knee. Buffy rushed forward, "Angel..." Her soft voice whispered while she got under his left arm and helped him stand up straight, "Let's... get you inside."

They walked in slowly, and Buffy felt her undead heart wince in her chest as she helped him sit in front of the roaring fire. He had seen the worse of the battle with the master. And got hurt trying to protect her.

*Always protective of what is his...* Buffy thought, just before Angel spoke up, "It's late. How'd you get away?"

"Aw, it was easy. Started a fire in the vampire prison laundry room. Rode out in the garbage truck." She said, letting him sit down. She was very aware of how his face came into view of her chest for a moment, before he looked back up at her.

"Oh."

"I'm joking." Buffy said, her voice soft and playful, "No garbage." She took a step forward, "Smell me."

Angel looked up at her, away from how close she was to him. His mouth parted as did hers before she sighed. She grabbed a hold of a small paper bag and placed it beside him before moving to her own seat.

"How is, uh... Faith?" Angel asked.

"Faith? Oh... you mean, Slayer... Faith... actually she doesn't like to..." She looked up at him, "Oh.... she's fine... just... just dandy.... Uh, that's for you. I-it's fresh from the butcher."

"Thanks."

"Oh, uh, I brought you some chocolate." Angel looked at the box, frowning, "Chocolate?" Buffy sighed, "Willow brought it. Needed a little econmoically help with her school. I gave some to this women I know. Want some? I have too much for myself than I know what to do with."

"Chocolate." Angel repeated.

Buffy sighed, "Yes. It is chocolate." She pulled out a single bar, "See?"

"I won't be able to taste it." He said.

"Neither will I." Buffy said, "But, hey... couldn't hurt..."

"Guess not..." Angel said.

"This is gonna sound really gross..." Buffy started, "But... hand me that blood..."

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"Let's do the time warp again." Faith grumbled.

"Maybe there's a reunion in town or, or a Billy Joel tour or something." Willow murmured, glancing about the wild grownup's, "Ms. Barton? Are you okay, Ms. Barton?"

"Oh, I'm cool, Willow." The old woman chuckled, "Willow... That's a tree. You're a tree! Yeah, uh, uh, are there any nachos in here, little tree?"

"Hey, this is not normal." Willow said, watching Ms. Barton leave, "Uh, w-well, maybe that goes without saying."

"Hey, gang!" Mr. Snyder said, putting his arms around both stunned girls, "This place is Fun City, huh?"

"Principal Snyder?" Willow started, stunned. The Principal rolled his eyes, "Call me Snyder. Just a last name, like... Barbarino." He let go of the girls and pumpped his arms and fists around wildly. Willow leaned slightly away from him. "Ooh! I'm so stoked! Hey, did you see Ms. Barton? I think she's wasted. I'm gonna have to put that in her next performance review 'cause... 'cause I'm the principal!"

"I don't like this. They could have heart attacks." Willow started.

"Maybe there's a doctor here." Faith started.

"Yeeeeaaaaaah!"

"I think that *is* my doctor. He-he's usually less... topless." Willow cringed.

"I got a commendation for being principal." Snyder said, "From the Mayor! Shook my hand twice."

"That's nice." Faith murmured.

"Whoa! There are some foxy ladies here tonight!" Snyder shouted.

"What's happening?" Willow asked.

"I don't know, but it's happening to a whole lot of grownups." Faith started.

Willow frowned, "They're acting like--" "Like a bunch of us's." Faith grumbled, "More so like my mom... total slut..."

Willow started, "I don't like that!"

"They're teenagers. It's a sobering mirror to look into, huh?" Oz asked, as he joined the two. Snyder walked by, "You've got great hair." Oz, for the first time, looked visually freaked out.

"It just gets more upsetting." Willow said, watching as old men began to sing "Louie Louie" Several older couples on the dance floor kissing passionately. "We've gotta figure out what's going on. This has Hellmouth fingerprints all over it."

Willow started, followed by Faith and Oz. Snyder spotted them and ran to catch up, "Hey, where are we going?" Willow hopped into the car her mother let her use for the night. "Wait up, you guys! Hey! You guys aren't trying to ditch me, are ya?"

"We should find Giles. He'll know what's going on, right?" Oz asked.

"He's with a lady at his place." Willow supplied.

"I said, wait up!" Snyder growled, hopping into the car.

"Uh, Snyder..."

"No time. He's coming with us." Willow said, stepping on the pedal and making a squeak noise as the car suddenly took off.

"Whoa, Rosenburg! You drive like a spaz!" Snyder shouted.

"It'll be okay when we get to Giles'." Willow murmured.

"Of course, I mean, even if he's sixteen, he's still Giles, right? He's probably a pretty together guy."

"Yeah, well..."

"What?"

"Giles at sixteen? Less Together Guy, more Bad-Magic-Hates-The-World-Ticking-Time-Bomb Guy."

"Well, then I guess that lady's in a lotta trouble." Oz said.

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Buffy giggled, flopping down onto the couch as Angel towered over her, "You wanna know what I miss the most?"

"What?" Buffy asked.

"Making love to you when Darla was around... it always pissed her off." Angel said, growling into her neck.

"Mmm." Buffy smiled, running her hands down his back, "Y'know what? I feel like this whole thing is like... waking up from a dream... like I never even met Darla... that all that stuff about being a vampire was just crap..."

Angel pulled his head away, "You wanna start telling me about your dreams *now*?"

"Shut up." Buffy giggled, bringing him down and kissing him passionately. They kissed until they rolled over and fell to the floor, Buffy on top. She laughed, running her hands over his chest, "Ah, now this is more familiar... I like being on top."

Angel growled.

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"Okay, so Giles is no good right now." Faith said, glaring at the Watcher who was practically making out with a woman old enough to be her own mother.

"How about Buffy and Angel?" Willow asked.

"No... I... I can handle the big snake, no problem. Best we leave them alone..." Faith said, taking off for the sewers, Giles followed, pulling Joyce with him, "You gonna kick the crap out of the little demon without me?!"

Willow sighed, glancing at Oz, Cordelia, and Xander, "Can you give me a lift to Angel's place?"

"Sure." Oz replied.

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"Uh... I'm just guessing here, but... are they supposed to be making all of those growling noises?" Oz asked from the front of his van.

Willow was busily glancing through a few books, as did Cordelia in the backseat. Xander glanced at Oz, "I saw this once on the deathly vampire and sexy... I think they're... maybe we should..."

Oz shook his head no, backing out of the driveway, "As a werewolf, I'm positive we don't wanna interrupt them..."

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"So, Giles and that woman aren't talking to each other?" Faith asked, walking next to the group of four.

Willow nodded, squeezing Oz's hand, "It was after the whole 'Kiss Rocks' thing. They can barely look at one another."

"Looks like Giles got some." Faith said, folding her arms over her chest as the walked towards the Bronze.

"They're not the only ones." Xander said, lip in a thin line.

Faith lifted a brow.

Oz glanced around, then decided he would have to answer, "Our two local vampires with souls sort of had their own little party while we were gone."

"Really?" Faith asked.

Xander nodded, "Oh yeah... growling, roaring... screeching... the whole kinky works."

"Damn." Faith said, walking into the Bronze.

"You sound disappointed." Xander noted.

"No, I'm not." Faith said, crossing her arms.

"Well, I'm just glad this whole thing is back to normal." Cordelia said, walking forward, just in time to see Buffy jump into Angel's arms. Her legs wrapping around the taller vampires hips. They rubbed their noses together, before Buffy kissed him.

"Sure it ain't just sex and candy?" Faith asked.

"Are you sure all the chocolate was... y'know?" Xander asked.

Willow nodded, "Yeah, I checked and even asked Giles about it. He said that all of the chocolate should be out of their systems by now. Human and vampire. I think... I think this is natural..."

Xander lifted a brow, watching as Angel backed up into a corner, "This is natural?"

Willow tightened her hold on Oz's hand and smiled at him, "Yeah..." She looked back at Buffy and Angel, a small smile playing on her lips, "It's all about emotional control..."

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