Title: Becoming Real
Author: Carol A. Clarke
Email: Carol.Clarke@mail.state.ky.us

Chapter 15
Leaving Tomorrow


Buffy had left them in the dungeon chained up and tied to each other while she did a quick patrol. Kate was on her knees chained over the punishment bench. Duncan lay on top of the bench. Kate’s face was bearded in Duncans' pussy. Buffy had ordered Duncan to give Kate instructions on eating pussy, something that Duncan was good at. Willow and Tara were upstairs talking and checked on the two slaves every few minutes.

Kate was thrusting her tongue deep inside Duncan then bringing her tongue up and flicking it across her clit. Kate wanted to please Buffy. Kate always wanted to please Buffy. She was totally lost in the slayer. No task was too strange or hard for Kate to try if she thought Buffy wished for her to do it. She loved being the slayer’s Reinfield. Loved giving herself totally over to Buffy. And now her job was to both learn from Duncan and pleasure Duncan.

Duncan had been bored when Buffy dragged her into the basement. She was grounded again. It seemed she was always grounded. Buffy had caught her red handed at Willie’s buying beer. The slayer also threatened to kill Willie slowly and painfully over a spit grill if he ever let Duncan back into his bar again. So Duncan was bored and moping in her room. It seemed to piss Buffy off a lot when Duncan sulked or moped around the house.

So Buffy dragged Duncan to the Dungeon and left her getting her pussy licked by Kate. She should have been bored still. And part of her was still bored only Kate was really getting into her pussy. And she was a Reinfield so she was wet even before Kates' tongue touched her. And now she was trying to close her legs pulling against the chains. Duncan understood this was meant as a punishment. Kate would lick her and Buffy would deny her orgasms and she would whimper in need. Buffy was using this punishment a lot with her. Only this time it felt different.

Duncan felt the need growing between her legs, the start of the painful throbbing in her clit that grew. The curse of the Reinfields. She could feel her body pulling in small amounts of sexually magic from Kate. She wanted to close her legs to stop the building of the magic. Even Kate could produce enough sexual magic to be slightly painful if left in her body. She wanted release, simply to be rid of the irritation. Kate’s magic was more like a misquote swarming around her body. She was used to handing Blue Whale size magic, Buffy’s magic. When she gathered Buffy’s magic in, it was like pulling a whale from the sea and cleaning the barnacles off of it and then putting it back in the ocean. Willow and Tara’s magic was like smaller whales or dolphins. She wanted to just swat away the magic and be done with it. But her body reacted on its own. And as Kate’s jaws grew tired the throb between her legs ached.

If she could just release the magic, get rid of the pain, instead of storing it for Buffy. But somehow what Kate was doing felt different; she could feel herself on the edge of coming. Normally a painful place when Buffy or one of her wives didn’t let her come. But this time it really felt different.

“I think I am going to cum.” Duncan said out of the blue completely seriously. Kate not understanding that Duncan was alarmed, she doubled her efforts, flicking her tongue as fast as she could over the Reinfields' clit. Duncan began to pull against the chains trying to pull away from Kate; she was near panicking as she felt her body go into orgasm without permission.

“No! NO!!” Duncan screamed completely panicking. She was in orgasm but the magic wasn’t traveling through her body correctly. It was dispersing unevenly without direction and it was causing her a great deal of pain. Glands meant to only release on command were being forced open and fractured. Some of them broken beyond repair. Magic blasted around the room. Kate was flipped back and would have been thrown across the room if she weren't chained down as well. Duncan’s body was rebelling, it no longer wished to be bound. It was breaking her bonds using Kate’s small amount of magic as its power source.

“No” Duncan continued to scream frightened and unsure what was happening to her. Tara and Willow were downstairs unchaining the woman.

“What happened?” Willow asked as she pulled Kate to her feet.

“I don’t know, we were doing what Buffy told us to do and then she said she was going to cum. And then she started screaming.” Kate explained carefully by Duncan’s side.

Tara had unchained Duncan and the little demon rolled on to the floor into a little ball crying. “Kate did you say Duncan said she was going to cum?” The witch said carefully.

“Yeah just before she started screaming.” Kate said brushing the tears away from her own eyes. She had received a good blast of magic without knowing it.

“Willow, honey, stay with Duncan I need to clear the magic out of Kate.” Tara said as a blanket appeared out of nowhere and wrapped around Duncan.

Tara carefully led the naked Kate out of the room into her bedroom in the basement. She pulled back the covers and laid Kate down. Once Kate was in her bed Tara cast a spell that put Kate to sleep. She cleared the build up backlash of magic and then let Kate cum in her sleep clearing her of sexual and negative energy. Kate would have a good sleep.

Returning to the dungeon she was pleased to find that Willow had moved Duncan to the bed and covered her up completely.

“What just happened?” Willow demanded.

“Duncan came.” Tara said kissing her wife.

“So, what just happened?” Willow asked still confused.

“I want to know too!” Buffy said running in the back entrance to the dungeon. “I felt something it was like a rubber band snapped.” The slayer replied.

“Duncan came.” Tara repeated hoping they would figure it out.

“I didn’t give her permission, did you?” Buffy replied quickly. Duncan was being punished she wasn’t going to let Duncan cum until later that night.

“No one let her come Buffy that is the point.” Tara said completely frustrated. She loved Buffy and Willow with all her heart but they could be so dense sometimes. How they had missed the signs. This had been building for weeks.

“Duncan can’t come without permission.” Buffy said staring at Tara like she lost her mind.

“And yet Duncan clearly came.” Tara said patiently.

“How?” Willow asked staring at the crying girl still rolled in a ball on the bed.

“Duncan what happened?” Buffy said sitting down next to Duncan and pulling her into her lap.

“I came.” Duncan replied and then added, “It hurt like hell.”

“It’s not suppose to hurt when you come.” Buffy replied back looking at her two wives.

“It hurts.” Duncan cried and rolled back into a ball but kept her head in Buffy’s lap.

“Why?” Willow asked looking a Tara.

“I don’t know why or how, only Duncan does.” Tara replied.

“Wanted to get rid of Kates' magic. I didn’t want it anymore. Parts of it felt good but it was hurting a little, and I knew Buffy was going to spend the rest of the night adding to the pain and I just wanted to get rid of it. Be free of it. And then I felt myself start to orgasm. But it was different, it felt different. I can’t explain." Duncan said between tears.

“Duncan look at me, this is important. You said you wanted to be rid of it. Just Kate’s magic or…?” Tara couldn’t finish the question.

“All of it. I just wanted to be rid of all of it.” Duncan said rolling over and sitting up. Her tears had just about stopped.

“Buffy check your bond with her.” Tara ordered. Much too soon Tara thought to herself. She knew sooner or later Duncan would choose this path but it was much too soon.

Buffy closed her eyes and checked their bond. She seldom did this, she had always wished to give Duncan her privacy and independence. Closing her eyes and forcing her mind she searched for Duncan. Now she knew what she had felt earlier, what had brought her running back home. Duncan had severed their bond.

“We have got to do the ceremony again.” Buffy said standing up. She was pale white. “I didn’t think she could do this. I didn’t think it was possible.” The slayer added in a hurry. She was close to panicking and no demon had ever made her panic before.

“I don’t want to be bonded.” Duncan said quietly from the bed.

“But you’ll die.” Buffy replied grabbing Duncan and pulling her into her arms.

“I know but I don’t want to be a Reinfield anymore. I want to become real even if I can only be real for a short time.” Duncan said starring at Buffy.

“If this is about that football player you want to date, I never said you couldn’t go out, I just said no drinking.” Buffy said between tears.

“Buffy she doesn’t care about the football player, or the beer, or…. Buffy she doesn’t want to be a slave. That is what this is all about. She wants to be free.” Willow said quietly.

“But she’ll die.” Buffy said evenly wiping her tears away.

“Yes but it’s her choice.” Willow said giving her wife complete resolve face.

“I don’t accept that.” Buffy said standing up and glaring at Willow.

“Then you can chain her up and force her to bond with you again knowing she doesn’t want it. Then you will have to keep her chained to her bed or in the dungeon. You can never let her run free again, she would only try and break the bond and run away. In the end you would be forced to whip and beat her daily. Maybe you would get tired of it and just snap her neck the way Faith use to kill her Reinfields when she was frustrated.” Tara said sitting beside Duncan.

“I have to get out of here.” Buffy said storming out of the house the same way she had entered through the greenhouse secret entrance.

Two days later Buffy had still not come home. Tara assured them she was still alive but Buffy had sent them no word.

“Duncan she will come to her senses.” Joyce said as she hugged the girl. Joyce was as worried about the Reinfield as the rest of them but she understood why Duncan had chosen this path. Joyce had watched the girl grow up. She remembered the days when Duncan could barely speak and ran naked through Buffy’s apartment in the mansion. She was such a sweet girl. Now she was more of a woman. Still young but very grown up. Buffy had let her taste life and now she wanted to be allowed to be part of the real world. Joyce couldn’t blame her.

“Buffy can stay mad a long time.” Duncan replied but leaned into the hug.

“Well the longer she continues to act like a idiot, the harder I am going to whip some sense back into her.” Willow said then looked up at Joyce and blushed.

“I mean I…I... I” She began to stammer looking at the slayers mother.

“Willow you have been married to my daughter for how long? I have an idea how you keep her in line. That doesn’t mean I approve but she is happier and healthier with you.” Joyce said then looking at Tara she added, “You too dear.”

“I have some work I need to do. May I be excused.” The now clothed Kate asked. Kate still wasn’t allowed to wear clothes except when company came over. Joyce was the reason she was dressed.

“You know your work comes first Kate.” Tara said looking directly into Kate’s eyes. Eyes she knew were lying. Kate was probably as upset about Duncan as Buffy was but she was taking a different path to peace than Buffy.

“Have you taken your medication?” Willow asked.

“Yes mis...” Kate then looked at Joyce and said “Willow.”

Joyce just laughed and smiled and hugged Duncan harder. “My Daughter and her family.” Joyce just muttered before kissing Duncan’s forehead.

Buffy sat in the office of her club. Beth’s office. She sat in a darkened room looking out of the two-way mirror at the club. She had been hanging out in the office when she wasn’t slaying. She was just about out of things to slay in Sunnydale. She had been so upset over Duncan she had been on a wild two-day hunt of every demon haunt or nest within a hundred miles of Sunnydale.

“Interesting view?” The goddess asked.

“I was wondering when you were going to show up?” Buffy said not even turning her head.

“I really shouldn’t have to show up. You know the truth.” The voice of Tara said.

“Why do you still use her body Will? I know who you really are.” Buffy said quickly.

“I thought you might. But Willow and I are not one in the same just yet. Just like you are not completely immortal yet.” Kali answered her.

“Immortal is a curse, why would I want to be immortal?” Buffy said slowly still looking out the window.

“You don’t 'want' to become immortal, you just 'do'.” The goddess answered.

“Why the hell does Duncan want to die… to break away from me?” Buffy said turning around to face Tara’s body. A trail of tears falling down her cheeks.

“Perhaps she does not want to be immortal?” Kali answered.

“But she too becomes immortal. She is with us, in the other time. In the other place.” Buffy said bitterly.

“I did not realize you had started seeing into the expanse.”

“Non linear time I believe Tara calls it.” Buffy said wiping away the tears.

“You are hundreds, maybe even thousands of years away from becoming whole. Becoming one. The merging you have started with the angel will be very slow.” The goddess explained.

“And Duncan, what is going to happen to Duncan. What is going to happen to you? How the hell do you become Kali?” Buffy said bitterly.

“I can’t tell you. Buffy all I can tell you is that all you want, all you ever need, is waiting for you in the kitchen of your house. And in someway all that you need will be with you in some form for the rest of our lives. You may have to work at it but it will be there, always. In every cycle you live. There will be ups and downs but it will be there. I will be there.”

Buffy just grabbed Tara and hugged her tight. She knew the difference and that she was hugging some form of Willow it didn’t matter. Time didn’t matter. She just needed to hold on to her lover, her friend, her sanity.

After a long while they pulled apart. “I should go talk to Duncan. She is probably really scared. Will, how long before she…?”

“The active human DNA in her body while give her more time. Actually she has about 5 or 6 years. Much longer than you might think. It will appear like leukemia. At least that is what the doctors will tell you. Duncan is going to use those years. She will die happy and loved. But first she still has about a year of driving you crazy being a teenager.” The goddess said laughing.

“Have you met her boyfriend James the football player?” Buffy said with a smirk. He was almost a dead football player after bringing Duncan home drunk on their second date.

“Duncan is only dating him for appearance. She wants to be seen as a normal teenage girl. A football-playing boyfriend makes her seem normal at least in her mind. She is still struggling with appearance. You of all people should understand that, or do I have to bring up Scott Hope.”

“No thanks. I guess I have been really hard on her. I just want her to be the girl who held up her Xena doll and said 'Buff like, whoosh, hero'.”

“She will never be that person again. Mostly because of you. You have made Duncan who she is, taught her, loved her and given her a taste of freedom. She didn’t reach this point in her life alone. And she still loves you.” The goddess explained.

“I know. I never needed the bond to know that Duncan loved me.” Buffy replied.

“Do you know that Kate also loves you?” The goddess asked.

“I am not quit sure what to do with Kate. I kind of understand she isn’t just ours for two years. She is going to be with us for a while.” Buffy said slowly.

“She has left the kitchen.” Willow in Tara’s body said cryptically.

“Meaning?” Buffy said

“She lied to Tara and left the house. She has taken Duncan’s problem personally. Blaming herself. Kate still isn't completely balanced. Her spirit still hasn’t completely healed. You need to be careful with her. Mostly she needs to belong to something, someone now. I think before you talk with Duncan you might want to swing by that bar on 5th the cops hang out in. Buffy you are the glue to your family. I think you might need to do some sticking tonight.” The goddess said before disappearing.

Buffy turned around and Beth walked in the door. “Buffy I came up to see if you needed anything.” Beth said smiling at her boss. Buffy just leaned over and kissed Beth.

“Thanks but I have to go kick my family around a little. Beth you’re a good friend.” With that the slayer left.

Kate sat in the corner drinking her third beer. She was depressed. She didn’t know why she chose a cop bar but where else did cops go. A few of the officers gave her a glance but mostly they were too busy being depressed themselves.

“You know I grounded Duncan for buying beer last week, do I have to ground you too. Your doctor said you could have a beer or two a week but drinking and your meds were a no-no.” Buffy said evenly picking up Kate’s glass and pouring it into the sink behind the bar.

“Buffy!” Kate said kind of shocked.

“Bartender, a Ricky right?” Buffy said waving to the guy on the other end of the bar. All the cops and patrons were staring at Buffy. Buffy knew she needed to make her claim to Kate very publicly on her turf. This was the perfect place.

“This is my woman, my property. And if I catch her drinking in here without me again she isn’t the only one going over my knee. Trust me Ricky, you will not be able to sit for a month when I am done with you. She is not to drink here again. Clear?” Buffy said flashing her hazel eyes in a way everyone knew she meant business.

“Yeah sure Buffy, ok I didn’t know” The man stuttered. He had gone to high school with Buffy. He knew she meant what she said.

“And for the rest of you. Kate is mine, for the rest of her life.” Buffy said pulling Kate up so she could stare at her eye to eye. “Or as long as you want to be mine.” Buffy added.

“I gave you my mark. I don’t give them lightly Kate Lockley. That means you have to take care of yourself. Be my good little slave. Especially now that I am down to only one slave. Kate what happened to Duncan was not your fault. In fact I am going to need you even more now then ever. I need to let Duncan grow up. Become the person she wants to be. But I still have needs and I think you can help me with that if you want too. It’s really up to you?” Buffy said evenly still holding Kate close staring her in the eyes.

“I love you.” Kate said slowly. “I didn’t want to hurt Duncan. I ….” Kate broke off.

“You didn’t do this to Duncan. As much as I want to blame myself I didn’t do this to Duncan either. She is going to die yes. Most people are going to die. The lucky ones anyway. But she isn’t dead yet. In fact I have been guaranteed by the goddess Kali we still have a year of adolescent misadventure to look forward too.” Buffy said the last part laughing as she pulled Kate into a close embrace. Then she kissed Kate gently on the lips.

“Well I was going to ask if you were alright Lockley but I guess you are.” Said one of the detectives she worked with. They had been a little alarmed at Buffy claiming Kate as her property but if the kiss was any evidence Kate wasn’t really unhappy about it.

Buffy and Kate entered the kitchen. Joyce was still holding Duncan in her arms while she spoke to Giles. Xander and Willow were in the corner arguing over the movie Creature from the Black Lagoon. Tara and Anya were cooking at the stove.

“The goddess paid me a visit today. She said that everything I ever wanted or needed was in the kitchen in my house. Looking around the room at all of you, now that Kate is home too. I can say that all I ever wanted really is right here in this room.” Buffy announced smiling.

They had a nice gathering. A family gathering. Duncan’s problem was discussed but mostly they all just accepted it at face value. Duncan was becoming real, what ever that was. But she was doing it on her own terms. And she was still grounded.

After everyone was gone, Buffy said to Tara, “Can you take Kate down to the dungeon and punish her for drinking. I will spank her when you’re done.”

“Willow can you go down and help Tara and get set up for me. I think I need to be punished as well.” Buffy added with a smile.

“Sure.” Willow said looking back at Duncan. They all knew Buffy wanted to talk to Duncan alone.

After they were alone Buffy said to Duncan, “I am sorry. I shouldn’t have run off like that.”

“It’s ok,” Duncan lied.

“No it isn’t. Duncan I still love you. The thought of losing you scares me. But I understand why you broke the bond.”

“It isn’t you. I love you too. I just can’t go on being…”

“A Reinfield.” Buffy finished.

“Yeah, I want to be real. I know I can’t be human but I want to be… I don’t really have a word.” Duncan said carefully.

“Free, your own person. I understand really I do.” Buffy said sweetly kissing Duncan on the forehead.

“Coming scares me. It really hurt with Kate.” Duncan said out of the blue.

“It wasn’t coming that hurt but breaking the bond. Why don’t you try coming by yourself? I think they call it masturbating. I remember you doing that once with Willow’s laptop so I think you know how.” Buffy said with a laugh.

“She paid more attention to it than she did to me. I got jealous.” Duncan said with a laugh.

“I thought Reinfields didn’t get jealous.” Buffy said still smiling.

“I am not your average Reinfield. Do you really think I should masturbate?” She asked more seriously.

“You fell off the horse, you need to get back on. To be honest I don’t know what you should do, I am not your owner anymore. You are going to have to come up with your own game plans.”

“So I am not grounded anymore?” Duncan asked hopefully

“I am not your owner, I still am your parent figure. You are so grounded. Duncan you're still a kid, free or not. You need a parent. And I am going to hate myself for this but parent figures don’t sleep with kid figures. I think it would be best if Kate moved into your room and you moved into Kate’s tomorrow. Or I could move my stuff into the den. I’ll talk to Willow and we will come up with something.” Buffy carefully said.

“I still want to sleep with you. I like sex with you!” Duncan said desperately.

“That's the price of Becoming Real. You need this as much as I do. You need a normal life for a while. You deserve a normal life.” Buffy replied.