A.N: This is my first crossover fic so I'm testing the waters to see how it's received. I hope everyone enjoys it. It's a B/F and B/P story…hopefully you can figure out which B is which. ; ) And if not, read on to find out. Total slash story ahead so if you don't like it, don't read it. Enjoy…
She looks at me sometimes like I'm happy to be here. Well, I guess I am, but this damn thing wasn't my idea, G-man and Red were the ones that stuck us both in this stupid van and told us that we'd be traveling slayers. They thought it would be kind of like Ghostbusters, people call in when they have a problem and we go to them to take care of it. To be honest, I'm kinda surprised we haven't killed each other yet. Well, I guess I'm surprised B hasn't killed me yet cause she's had lots of places along the way that she coulda dumped my body.
After Sunny-D went down, B wasn't sure she wanted to stay in one place. She was feeling kinda antsy and when she was honest with herself she realized she wasn't really that into a normal life like she thought she would be. That fight was intense but we came out feelin' alive. Anyways, little D was perfectly content hangin' at the new Council we started with G and Red so B let her stay. They thought since the Hellmouth was closed the bad guys might take a while to get to the new one in Cleveland so we should wander around the country takin' care of the ones that got lost on the way. Surprisingly we've gotten lots of calls from G-man and we've been all over the country.
We were on our way to some hick ass town in North Carolina and it confused the hell out of me. Now I know that vamps and baddies aren't the brightest crayons in the box, but damn, how do you end up in NC when you travel from Cali to Ohio? I'm not the best at geography, but even I know that it takes a wicked case of the stupids to get that damn lost.
B wasn't always the most fun to be around when we first started doing this. She got kinda cranky and acted like it was some big damn inconvenience for me to be there with her, but she's kinda comin' around to the whole thing. We've done some cool shit on our off days and part of me kinda feels like we're becomin' friends again or whatever. Not a day goes by that I don't want to grab her and kiss her silly but she'd probably go through with that killin' me and dumpin' my body thing I mentioned before. For now, bein' her friend is enough…even if that's all I'll ever be.
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"Huh, ya know I woulda thought there'd be more hills or trees or some shit here. Tree Hill? Just another small town with an ocean in back," Faith mumbled as she got out of the van. She held a hand to her eyes to shield them from the sun.
"Well you'd never have guessed that Sunnydale would have the mouth of hell sitting underneath it, I guess names are deceiving," Buffy mused as she stretched her tired muscles.
"Who are we supposed to be meeting here again?" Faith asked as she lit a cigarette.
Buffy pulled a folded up piece of paper from her back pocket and examined it. "Nathan and Lucas Scott."
Faith looked around at the empty basketball court before them. "Are you sure we're at the right place?"
Buffy made her way over to the picnic table and sat on it. "This is where the directions took me, so unless Giles heard wrong, this is it." She glanced at her watch. "We're a little early."
Faith hopped up on the table as well and she let herself lean back until she was lying on the table. "No sweat, B, I'll just get some sun."
The slayers only had to wait a few minutes before two teenage guys approached, one of them bouncing a basketball. Faith heard the sound and leaned up on her elbows watching them.
"Hey, are you guys Nathan and Lucas?" Buffy asked as she stood up.
Faith watched from a distance as they all introduced themselves. She rolled her eyes at the blonde guy trying way too hard to impress Buffy. With his squinty eyes trying to look all sensitive. He looked like a nice enough guy but it made Faith want to puke. She noticed both guys sneak glances at her so she figured she might as well play nice so she got up and made her way over.
"So you boys havin' a problem with vamps then?" Faith asked as she approached them.
"Vamps," Lucas mumbled to himself as he smiled a little at Faith. "We were here the other night playing and all of a sudden this guy comes out of nowhere and then he tries to bite me." He lifted the side of the bandage on his neck to reveal two holes about the size of fangs.
"Yeah, then suddenly these two girls were trying to bite me," Nathan added. "Normally I'd be up for the two girl thing, but their faces were all bumpy and the biting they were trying was not the good kind."
The two slayers exchanged a look and both nodded. "Well it sounds like simple run of the mill vamps to me," Buffy mused with a shrug.
Faith nodded. "Yup. Find the nest, find the baddies, kill the baddies, move on." She looked at the guys. "Don't sweat it boys, we do this kind of thing all the time. Me and B will have this taken care of in a few days."
"Yeah," Buffy agreed. "It's probably just a few that got lost, I doubt they've had enough time to do any real damage turning people."
"Turning people?" Lucas asked Buffy squinting his eyes and raising a brow.
Faith rolled her eyes at his lame attempt to get Buffy into a conversation.
Buffy nodded. "You've realized by now that you don't just get turned into a vampire when you get bit, they bite you and suck your blood and then you have to suck their blood. It's a whole sucking thing."
He gave her a teasing smile. "Sucking thing, huh?" He caught Faith's annoyed look and straightened and swallowed hard. "Guess I should just be relieved I won't be turning into one of those things."
Faith rolled her eyes again. "So, you guys have any decent places to eat in this town? I'm starving."
Buffy gave her a little smile. "That's nothing new."
Faith winked at her and smirked. "You know me."
Lucas noted the blush that covered the blonde's cheeks when Faith winked at her and he raised an eyebrow at the two girls. "My mom owns a café nearby. The girls are waiting for us there. We can get you guys anything you want."
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Peyton watched from her seat at the table as Brooke made her way behind the counter and grabbed a drink for herself.
Haley suddenly plunked down in the seat next to her and watched her carefully for a moment before leaning in and resting her chin in her hand. "When are you planning on telling her anyways?"
Peyton ducked her head and blushed, knowing she'd been caught staring. She pretended to think about it. "Hmm, let's see, sometime between not today and never."
Haley gave her friend a sympathetic smile and placed a hand on her arm. "I'm sorry, Peyton. It must be hard."
The blonde shrugged a shoulder and sighed heavily. "It's nothing new."
"You know, she might just love you back," Haley told her quietly. She caught the blonde's eyes and gave her a serious look. "You two have something really special and if your feelings have evolved into love, maybe hers have too."
Peyton shook her head. "Yeah, but that would be entirely too easy…besides I like brooding about my total lack of love life," she half joked.
"What are you two talking about over here that's so serious?" Brooke asked as she approached the table.
Peyton gaped a moment. "Just the slayers Lucas was telling us about."
Brooke rolled her eyes, completely oblivious to the conversation that had just been going on about her. "Ya know, I really hope they're not like 400 pounds and scary. If we have to be seen in public with them I don't want them to scare people away."
Both girls gave her a skeptical look. "You mean people other than the "vampires"?" Peyton asked using air quotes.
Haley turned and pointed a finger at her. "Hey, don't joke about that. I saw them, they were definitely vampires."
Peyton shook her head. "No, Haley you saw someone in a costume trying to scare people."
Haley narrowed her eyes. "Oh really? Then how do you explain the fact that the guy's face was perfectly normal and then it was all bumpy and weird and he had fangs?"
"Trick of the light," Peyton rationalized. She shrugged. "There's no such thing as vampires."
Brooke frowned. "I don't know, PS, I saw them too and they looked pretty real to me."
Haley nodded. "Plus one of the bit Lucas," she told her matter-of-factly.
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As the slayers and brothers made their way to the café, Lucas noticed Faith fell back from the rest of them and he slowed down to walk with her.
"So have you and Buffy known each other long?" he asked as he stuffed his hands in his pockets.
She shrugged. "About six years."
He nodded his head. "How long have you been a slayer?"
"About six years," she replied with a grin. She looked around at the small town that almost reminded her of Sunnydale. "Lived here all your life?"
He nodded. "Yeah. It's not bad."
"Sunnydale was like this," Faith mumbled quietly.
"Is that were you guys are from?" he asked.
She shook her head and lit a cigarette. "Not originally. I'm from Boston and B's from L.A. We both ended up in Sunnydale because of the Hellmouth and slaying."
"Hellmouth?" Nathan asked from ahead.
The two slayers shared a smile. "Yeah," Buffy replied. "It's like a convergence of mystical energy."
The two guys looked confused. Faith shook her head. "It's like one of those mosquito lights for baddies. They're just drawn to it and we zap 'em."
"And the Hellmouth is in Sunnydale?" Lucas asked.
Faith nodded. "Well it was. Sunny D ate itself whole when me and B and the baby slayers destroyed the First."
Nathan was growing more and more confused yet curious all at once. "The first what?"
"Evil," Buffy told him with a shrug.
The brothers exchanged a look. "The first evil?" Lucas asked, his eyes wide. "Ever?"
Faith shrugged. "That's the word."
Nathan was totally overwhelmed. He shook his head. "You said baby slayers. How many slayers are there?"
Buffy and Faith shared a look and both shrugged. "We don't really know. Last count there was about a hundred."
Lucas scrunched his eyebrows up. "If there are a hundred of you slayers how are there any vampires at all? How do they survive if there's so many of you to kill them?"
Buffy looked insulted. "We're working on it."
"Me and B used to be the only ones," Faith told them with a grin. "Well, actually B used to be the only one but I rained on her parade when I was called." She laughed at Buffy grumbling to herself and she slung an arm around her shoulders. "B, chill. I'm sure he didn't mean it like that."
Buffy sighed and rolled her eyes. "Whatever."
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So it begins…in the next chapter, the slayers meet the girls…the number of reviews I get will depend on how quick I get the next one going so please review. I'm really anxious to see what people think. I realize that this chapter is a little dry with girly action, but I promise more to come! Every story has to start somewhere, right?