Hi, sorry it's been so long since I've updated. But, here's chapter 4 at long last! Enjoy and please review. :)

I don't own Pokemon or Buffy the vampire slayer.

"What are you doing here?" Buffy demanded.

"Well, I thought I'd stop by, watch the big game, and maybe throw back a few cold ones with some old friends…

Buffy crossed her arms.

"Or… I came to explain about why the guys were after the rat…"

"It's not a rat, Spike, unlike some certain undead things around here. And, it has a name."

"Ow, that one hurt slayer! I'm not sure a stake through the heart would've caused so much pain as …." Spike doubled over as if he were in actual pain.

"Wanna find out?" Buffy threatened.

Spike straightened. "Well, if that's how you act when a friend stops by to warn you…"

Inside, Pikachu heard the banter. It reminded him of how Ash and Misty acted at times. His ears perked up. "Pika!" he gasped. Somehow he got the feeling something wasn't right.

The door burst open then. "What the—Xander began.

"Talk." Buffy ordered Spike.

"Well, that's just lovely. Invite me into your home for the first time in months, and there's no, "Hey, Spike. How ya been, or gee Spike, nice to see you….."

"Just talk." Buffy said, exasperated before she shoved him down on the couch.

"The story goes like this: For hundreds of years the vampire has been a feared creature. The vampire is feared- in part- because of their immortality. It should be that a vampire is forever- nothing can kill us, stop us, or slow us down. But humans have found ways to trick us, to zap our strength, or even kill us." Spike produced an ancient book from the inside of his jacket. "There, you see, I'm not all bad. And seeing as how I literally risked life and limb to help my friends, I think I deserve some sort of reward."

Buffy grabbed the book. "Volume 57: Vampyr." She read from the faded cover.

Giles sat forward then. "Could this be the… the missing volume…"

"Yeah, it looks like it fits snugly between volumes 56 and 58." Xander observed.

"Page 39," Spike told them, "Second paragraph. That's where it starts."

"The ne'er kill vampires spell," Buffy continued. "Catchy!" "Let's see, some words in an ancient nonsense language… yada, yada… oh, OK, The ingredients." She scanned the page. "Brussels sprouts?"

"I knew they had to be good for something." Xander joked, smiling.

"Cream of tartar…. Eye of newt? There's an actual 'Eye of newt?" she asked incredulously.

"Oh, yes, didn't you know love," Spike grinned. "You can actually buy it now in a powder form. Way less messy if you ask me…."

"Go on," Dawn urged.

"Artichoke hearts, yeast, yada yada yada….. and last but not least, a Pikachu.

"There's more than one of them?" Xander asked.

"Yeah," Pikachu told him. "And there's more Togepi too. There're almost 500 different types of pokemon, I think. He began ticking them off on his fingers. "The ones I've met… let's see, there's Bulbasaur, Squirtle, Charmander, Pidgey … oh, and some of them evolve too! Charmander, for example, evolves…."

"Lovely," Spike snorted. "I come here to discuss important issues, and we're playing 'Who's that Pokémon!'"

"So, then, this would be something for the vampires to ingest." Giles observed.

"That would be correct, ol' man." Spike told him. "And as of now, the "soup", tastes rather like old sweat socks, and if anyone asks how I would know that, I'll bite them. Hard. Chip or no chip.

And you wouldn't believe how fussy the cooks are, a bunch of old mother hens would be the best comparison. Always saying things like, 'It's not ready yet', or 'get out of my kitchen!' I consider myself rather lucky to have made off with the recipe right from under their noses."

"So, what we need to do is destroy the recipe and dump their soup." Buffy said. "Sounds easy enough."

"I don't think destroying the um, recipe would be for the best. Perhaps we can devise a counter-spell from it." Giles said thoughtfully.

"We won't need one if we ruin the vamps' dinner." Buffy protested.

"Have a heart, slayer. You're always ruining our dinner. Without the mouse over here, it's still alright to eat-if you like that old sweat sock aftertaste."

Pikachu knew when he was being made fun of. "Pika!" he said to Spike, and held out a paw. When Spike took it, Pikachu let a thundershock fly.

When he was done sparking, Buffy picked him up. "You and I are gonna be best friends!" She said with a smile.

"What was that?" Xander cried.

"He told us that all pokémon have special powers, remember?" Willow looked pointedly at him.

"Yeah, but, Wow!" he raved. "That was way brighter than any lightning I've ever seen!"

"It was a thundershock." Pikachu said calmly. Then, he went on to explain how pokémon's powers increased as they reached higher levels. "For instance," he went on, I'm almost at level 80, so my attacks have a lot of power. But Togee is only around level 15, so his 'headbutt' attack would be about like this." Again, he demonstrated on Spike.

"Did I say 'best friends'?" Buffy asked. "I meant 'super best friends'!

Spike was regaining consciousness. "Did anyone, perhaps, take down the number of that storm?" he asked woozily. "Oh, yes, I forgot to tell you, the other vampires are using another spell from the book. It's a transportation spell, and if I recall, it's on page 108.

"That's how they brought these guys here." Dawn realized. "Maybe we could send them home the same way."

"You see, there are no 'Pikachu' in our dimension- they exist in a sort-of cartoon land. On another planet-if you will. They can however be brought into our world through the use of magic and such.

"So you brought him here just to use in your stupid spell?" Buffy demanded, getting angry.

"Take it easy, love. I didn't bring it here. I have to admit though; I don't think he'd make the soup taste all that much better," he chuckled.

"Pika…" the yellow pokémon prepared to attack again. His cheeks began to spark.

"Well, I suppose that'll be all for now. I wouldn't want to irritate our little lightening rod further. It's been lovely catching up and all with everyone though. Don't bother getting up, I can let myself out. Ta-ta!" And with that, he was gone.

Please let me know if the paragraphs were too close together. I'm not quite sure about that.

I'll try to update again soon too. Thanks for reading :) .