Sorry for the slight delay in this chapter. I planned on getting it all written it out yesterday, but I got a little... distracted? It's a long story. xD

Anyways here it is. Thanks again for the reviews. :P



CHAPTER 6

The next night me and Buffy took all the little slayers (and Dawn, since she always wants to tag along and I'm still tryin' to get her to like me) to the cemetery we visited the night before. We had to wait until real late though, like 2 am, so that we wouldn't be noticed. I mean, what would you think if you saw a huge group of girls headin' into a locked up cemetery? Exactly. It was kinda annoyin' though, some of 'em were in their pajamas, and they all were yawnin' and shit. We really need to find a new place fast, I don't wanna have to train a bunch of sleepy kids every night. We need to find a place where we can do this earlier.

"Alright, one of the things I wanna show you guys tonight is how to make your own weapons." They all just stared blankly at me.

"Um... Don't you just bring your own? That would be easier."

"You can't rely on what ya bring, some demons can disarm you pretty damn fast." Great, that Ella chick that was givin' me grief before looks like she's plannin' on being a pain in my ass tonight. She's at the front of the group with her arms crossed, lookin' at me like she doesn't wanna be here. I'd better call her up. "Okay, Ella. Come up here and i'll show ya what I mean." Buffy just gave me a warnin' glare. Man, she should be givin' the kid warnings, I'm not the one that starts it.

"Whatever." So she walked up to me and pulled a stake out from her pocket. I could see behind her tough outer shell that she was kinda scared of me after what I did to her, but she still wants to be tough shit in front of the group.

"Good. Now pretend I'm a vamp."

"Huh?" I noticed Buffy smilin' outta the corner of my eye, and it calmed me down a little. Alright, go easy on the kid. I held my hands up like claws and let out a dramatic growl.

"Grrr. Vampire. Get it?" She scowled at me and brought her free hand into a fist, holdin' the stake up a little higher in the air. "Good. Now come at me." So she did. She tried tossin' a punch at me but I just ducked outta the way. She tried it again, but she's too damn slow for me. I moved to the side, easily avoidin' it, and smiled as I noticed she left herself open. I popped her right in the ribs and she jumped back in surprise. It made the group start to laugh and that really pissed her off.

So this time she tried a high kick, but again I was able to just duck outta the way. At least this time she didn't leave herself open. I decided to take a break on the defense and move on to the offense, so I tossed a punch at her. She was able to block it, but not the second one that came at her with my other hand. It got her right in the chin. She glared up at me and decided to try it out for herself, comin' at me with a double punch of her own. I blocked the first one, and managed to knock the stake outta her hand with the second. She looked at me with surprise and tried to make a dive for it, but I just tackled her, sendin' us both a few feet away from it. I had her pinned to the ground now, and she was still tryin' to grab at it, but it was just outta reach. "See? Now you're completely defenseless. What are you gonna do?"

"Get off!"

"No way, I'm a big evil demon that wants your blood. Grrr." I opened my mouth up all dramatic, showin' off my teeth, and started leanin' in like I was gonna bite her neck. She started wailin' on me with her hands, clearly gettin' desperate, but I just grabbed her wrists and pinned 'em to the ground. She continued to struggle but really wasn't any match for me at all. Once I was just an inch away from her neck I stopped and grinned smugly. "Now you're dead." I let go of her wrists and got up, holdin' a hand out to help her up. She just pushed it away and got up by herself, still glarin' at me. I just shrugged.

"Whatever, so I'm dead. You wouldn't have done any better if you were me." I laughed and shook my head, turnin' over to Buffy and gesturin' for her to come over. She walked up to me and nodded.

"Alright then, i'll make things fair. B, why don't you play the vamp this time so I can show the girls how it's done?" She held her hands up like I had earlier, pretendin' they were claws.

"Grrr." Everyone laughed, and I just rolled my eyes at her, walkin' over to pick up the stake that had gotten away from Ella.

"Okay, okay. I'll show ya who's boss." I held my arms out, signalin' for her to come at me. She did, quickly runnin' over and grabbin' at the hand that was holdin' the stake. Alright then, so we're not pullin' any punches here. I'm game. I pulled my arm back out of her reach and ducked, spinnin' around so I was behind her, and wrapped my arms around her neck. I hope nobody noticed that I just sniffed her hair... Fuck! She just got me in the jaw. I ended up releasin' my grip on her, and she spun around, kickin' me in the stomach. I flinched but kept my guard up, not wantin' to seem weak in front of the kids. She tried throwin' another punch at me but I blocked it. She noticed I'd used the hand that was holdin' the stake, so she took advantage of that, tossin' a leg up and whackin' it right outta my hand. Shit, that's gonna leave a bruise.

Instead of makin' a mad dash for the fallen stake like Ella did, I scanned the area and noticed a tree nearby with some low hangin' branches. But Buffy noticed I was distracted and tackled me to the ground, but she didn't pin my arms or legs. So I brought my legs up and kicked her hard in the chest. I noticed her wince as she went flyin' off of me and figured I'd have to apologize for it later. Instead of just jumpin' on her when she fell on her ass, I started to back up a little towards the tree. She got up and made a mad dash for me, but I just stepped aside. Before she was able to catch herself I grabbed her shoulders and pushed her at one of the branches on the tree so that it was just inches away from her heart. I heard the girls gasp, and just smiled proudly at myself.

"And poof goes the baddie." Before lettin' her go I leaned in and placed a kiss on her neck, unable to help myself after smellin' how excited she got durin' the fight. She just turned around to face the group, a blush on her face that seemed to confuse everyone except Dawn. It just made her glare at me. Damn it, when is this kid gonna lighten up?


The next night we decided to head one town over, after readin' in the paper that these two people were killed there by "animal bites" and buried just this afternoon. Can't anyone come up with somethin' more original than that? Ah well, makes it easier for us to figure out who's not gonna stay dead. So after some walkin' we made it to the cemetery, and thankfully this one wasn't all locked up. It was fenced it, but there wasn't any big wire door to block our entrance. I was already likin' this cemetery better than the other one.

"So how long are we supposed to wait?" Ella grumped, leanin' against a gravestone with her arms crossed, like most of the other girls were doin'. I was just sittin' by the freshly covered graves, stake in hand, with Buffy sittin' inbetween my legs, leanin' into me.

"Until the couple decides to rise up from their dirt nap. Duh." Buffy reached back and flicked me on the cheek. What the shit?? I heard Dawn laughin', and so decided not to ask what it was about. Don't wanna pick a fight, it'll just make her mad at me again. Or did she ever stop bein' mad?

"Did the paper say when they were buried? It would help us figure out how much longer we'll have to - " But Dawn was interrupted as a scraped up, bloodied fist came punchin' out from the dirt. Me and Buffy both jumped right up on to our feet and got into a battle stance.

"Who's got dibs on fang number one?" I asked, lookin' at all the little slayers, already knowin' who would step in.

"I got it." Ella snatched the stake from my hand and stepped in front of me and Buffy as the guy was now completely out and lookin' around all confused.

"What the hell is this?" She took a tiny step closer to him, clutchin' the stake so tight I noticed that her knuckles were turnin' white. He noticed that and vamped out, givin' her a big smile as he started stalkin' up to her. "A welcoming committee?"

I rolled my eyes and leaned in to whisper to Buffy.

"How many times ya heard that one?" She smiled, still keepin' an eye on the situation at hand like the protector she is.

"Too many. The newbies never come up with anything clever." He glared over at us.

"You want to be first, ladies?" Ella decided to play the tough girl act then, tossin' a high kick right into his jaw. He stumbled back, not expectin' us innocent young girls to carry so much strength. He brought a hand up to his jaw and glared down at her. "What the fuck?!" Just then I noticed a hand pop out from the second grave, only this one was smaller, more feminine, with a nice big rock on the ring finger. Damn, they musta been a couple. And it looks like big daddy has a big bank account...

"Faith..." I nodded over at Buffy, lettin' her know I caught it too. I looked back at the slayers, silently askin' who wanted to take care of fang number two. None of 'em stepped forward, they were all too focused on Ella and fang number one.

"You're dead bitch." He swung out at her, but she quickly brought a hand up to block it. She noticed that surprised him, and she took advantage of it by landin' a kick right into his ribs, actually managing to knock him down.

"Todd?" I looked over and found fang number two out of her grave, lookin' over at the fight.

"I got this." I mumbled to Buffy, struttin' over and swipin' at the vamp girl's legs, makin' her fall on to her ass. She shook her head and looked up at me, now all vamped out. I pulled the spare stake out from my pocket, makin' her eyes widen in shock.

"What the hell..."

"Sorry to be the one to break it to you, Elvira, but you and your boy are about to become dust." She just looked at me all confused. I shrugged and plunged the stake into her heart, not botherin' to watch her explode. I wanted to see how the fight was goin'. What the shit??? She got him already?? "Wow, way to dust the newbie." She was on her hands and knees, stake still in place over where his heart was, her clothes now an ashy mess. "I figured it would take longer than that." She got up and brushed herself off, shootin' a glare at me.

"I told you I can handle myself."

"Guess I'm startin' to catch on." I walked over to Buffy and stuck my hand in her back pants pocket, ignorin' the glare Dawn shot me. "So, should we call it a night?"

"Yeah, I'm not feeling anymore warning tinglies." She checked her watch (which was pink, how much fuckin' pink does this girl need?) and nodded. "And it's pretty late. Giles is probably going to start wigging if we don't get back soon."

"That man worries to much. I'm startin' to consider spikin' his tea with Nyquil so he can actually get some sleep." She flicked me on the cheek again. I scrunched my face up and looked down at her. She laughed and bopped me on the nose. What the fuck?

"Ugh do you guys have to get all gross whenever you're together?" Yeah, I guess Dawn never stopped bein' mad at me. Shit.

"How are we bein' gross?"

"You have your hand in my sister's pants!" All the little slayer's looked away, like they were pretending not to pay attention to our personal problems, or whatever you call shit like this.

"Yeah, in the pants part. It's not like I'm fingerin' - ow! What the fuck?" She just smacked me in the back of the head, and now she's glarin' at me. That's not good is it? Damn I really need to start thinkin' before I speak. "Sorry." I shrugged and looked over at Dawn. "I just meant that I'm not doin' anythin' too naughty. I wouldn't do that in front of ya."

"You mean aside from the time I walked in on all the nakedness?"

"Uh... Yeah, right. Again, sorry about that."

"Whatever. Just so you know, I'm not going into your room ever again."

"Good to know." And that earned me another slap... "Sorry!" She kept glarin' at me. "Come on, B! This is the most I've apologized in a good long time, doesn't that mean somethin'?"

"It does to me."

"I'm gonna take that as a bad thing, Dawn." But hey, at least Buffy is givin' me a little smile now. Maybe i'll get a little action tonight after all.


When we got back we found Giles in the lobby waiting, holdin' a cup of tea in his hands. Seriously, what's with the tea? Why would a hotel even have it?? Maybe he asked for it specially or somethin'... So, we sent the little slayers up to bed (but not Dawn, since I'm doin' whatever I can to get on her good side, and sendin' her up to bed like a child isn't gonna make her like me any more) and went over.

"What up, G-Man?" He gave me this little smirk and stood up.

"Well, it seems that the Watchers I've been in contact with are going to be here a little sooner than expected. What would you say to taking flight out to Cleveland tomorrow morning?" I looked over at Buffy and shrugged. She looked down at Dawn, who nodded back at her. Buffy looked back at Giles and smiled.

"My crew seems to be alright with it, so I am too. Will we all be on the same flight, or...?"

"I'm afraid I've only been able to purchase a few tickets. I'll have to wait until I meet up with the Watchers before flying all of the girls over. For that reason I'd like to ask that one of you," he looked at me and Buffy at that, "stay behind to keep an eye on all of them, make sure they're safe." I nodded and gave a little shrug, tryin' to seem like I didn't care. You tell anyone that it hurt to think of bein' away from Buffy and i'll kick your ass. I'm serious.

"Oh... That's cool, i'll stay back." Buffy shook her head and frowned.

"No, I'm not making you stay behind."

"It's alright, B. You and the Scoobies should go on ahead, get things ready for the little slayers." She just pouted at me and held my hand. I sighed, tryin' not to think of how hard it'll be to go without that slayer connection for who knows how long. This girl has no idea how hard I'm gonna sex her up tonight. It'll be a goodbye she'll never forget. "Now, uh... Why don't we go get some sleep." And wink, and flash the dimples...

"Ugh, make it more obvious why don't you!" Okay, at least there's a bright side to this - I can go without the brat for awhile!