Traveling man.

summery: As we all know Oz left in season 4 and I for one was heart-broken. When he came back he said only a little about his travels which I wish he had said more. I will expand from his point of view.

chapter 1: Just Passing By

Her long red hair, her smile, the way she thought, the way she understood me, her lips, the way she cared about me...

"No!" I instructed myself I must not think about her. But it was already happening.

My name is Oz. I met my girlfriend Willow at Sunnydale High School. Well, it was an odd town name. Sunnydale; land of every demon known. Protected by Buffy and her friends. Willow was Buffys friend before I knew her, and knew about Buffy being the slayer long before I did. So naturally when I met her she was saving my ass. No, thats not true. I met her at a dance and she was in an eskimo costume.

We instently grew together, but it took a while to express my love for her. We fought side by side against demons, countless vampires, and everything in between. When we finaly grew to love each other it was nice. She tried her hardest since I was a werewolf, and would grow fur 3 nights every month. Then she happened.

When Veruca came to town, I was drawn to her. Her eyes, and her being, were off. Different. She had something about her which made her different. One night someone was found dead with werewolf like marks on them. Poor, always accepting Willow, was always there to help me out. She watches me at night and said to the group, I was in my cage all night. Even as I drive now I can feel her with me... watching me... protecting me. Then one night on my way to my cage, I was stopped. There she was, Veruca. She told me what she was, and stalled me too long. We both turned and attacked eachother that night. It must have sounded like one hell of a dog fight.

When we woke up, I confronted her. The fresh scars showed it had been a blood bath. She shrugged it off and we found ourselves stealing clothes to cover ourselves. Later that night she tracked me down and I pulled her in my cage. Thats when all hell broke loose.

Willow showed up in the morning, and she was pissed. She knew there was a connection between me and Veruca, and when she saw us naked in my cage with scars on us she freaked. Veruca was pissed. She locked me in the cage with a promise to be back soon, and went after Willlow.

I freed myself from my cage and went to go find her. I finally found Veruca and Willow. With Veruca already turned, I got pissed at her and turned myself. We battled and at the end of it, Veruca was dead. I nearly went off my rocker and killed Willow too. Thats when I finally calmed down enough and decided to leave.

As I looked up I saw the 'Thank you for visiting Sunnydale, please come again' sign, and my only thought was just passing by. I was just passing by. I was on my way to see someone. Someone who knows lot about repentance, who may in fact know to much.

I'm going to L.A. I need to see Angel.