Author Note

Sorry for the delay I would have had these two chapters up sooner but I've been working on a sample chapter for a 40k story and its not going well. The 40k universe is complex to say the least so I went back to the Great Crusade era thinking that it would be easier with less history to remember, it wasn't. So it maybe some time before anyone gets to see the Primarch Gothic sample chapter.

Anyway enough rambling, on with the story

Slayer Gothic – Book 2

Part 11

Graveyard. Sunnydale.

Over the course of my life I'd imagined many ways of dying, and being gutted by the claws of a seven foot lizard demon had actually made the list, but I'd much rather have not died at all. Sadly I didn't seem to have much choice in the matter, I was backed up against a wall and I had nothing left to defend myself with.

Well t least nothing physical I still had my magic, but I had no idea what spell to use right now and no time to think on the subject either. I even had more weapons in my pouch of holding, but not time to grab one of them.

Fortunately, Buffy managed to save me from having my internal organs displayed for public viewing. She jumped on the demon's back and start jamming her stake into its head. That didn't do much damage, as the thing had tough scales rather than skin, however it was very distracting and that allowed me to get out of the way.

"I can't believe I lost my sword!" I yelled.

The monstrosity was occupied for the moment so I had time to look around for my favourite weapon, sadly my search proved fruitless. I even tried summoning my katana to my hand again, only nothing happened.

"I dropped my short sword," said Buffy as she kept stabbing the green demon in the face "Find it".

At that I failed, however I then remembered the metal baton that was inside my coat. It didn't look like much at first, but when it transformed into a scythe it meant that I had a deadly weapon. I also had something to aim at, the monster's legs, but the demon blocked the attack with one of its long scale covered arms.

"Go for its stomach" shouted Buffy.

I looked at that part of the demon and noted that wasn't as well armoured there as it was on the rest of its body. I'd not noticed before as the creature had been crouching slightly until Buffy had jumped on its back.

"Okay, gotcha" I said.

I rushed forward only I had to stop at the last moment as the demon's massive fist crashed down right in front of me. I actually felt the impact through my feet. It was also strong enough to knock Buffy lose.

The demon then roared as I once more did my best to drive my scythe into its gut, alas that went rather poorly for me and with a wave of its massive arm the creature batted me aside. It was incredible strong.

I landed some feet away from the demon, and had all the breath knocked out of me. Despite the pain I forced myself to get up as I really didn't want to die today.

When I got up I was about to summon the daedra my Daedric Prince counter part gave me as kind of slave, when I saw Buffy drive her sword through the back of the demon's head. Her sword burst out the front of its skull and something that could be called blood came spewing out.

Amazingly the thing was still not dead the demon swung wildly and Buffy had to leave her sword behind as she leaped back out of range. The monster stumbled around for a while and kept swinging its arm wildly. Then it just fell over and finally stopped moving.

"You think we killed it?" Buffy asked in a whisper.

I didn't think we'd done anything, she done all the damage.

"Maybe" I replied "Go over there and poke it"

Buffy's eyes widened a little in disgust or possibly fear, and she stepped back from the possibly dead monster.

"Nuh-uh!" she protested "You poke it!"

I did not want to do that.

"It's your kill" I pointed out "You need to confirm its dead. If you don't you don't get to be all smug for being a bad-ass heroic monster slayer".

I hoped that my words would appeal to her pride, because I really didn't want to go near the thing again.

"That's right, I brought it down and as my loyal sidekick, you have to make sure it stays that way" Buffy argued "Just like Robin would if Batman killed the Joker".

I didn't even know were to begin explaining all the things wrong with what she had just said. She had an insane view of nerd things, but at least she tried to show an interest.

"Okay one: I am not your sidekick" I debated "and two: really I'm the boss, so go poke the dead demon with your sword. This I command".

She not only refused, she even backed away.

"Aww, Buff, you don't have to be scared of the dead demon" I teased "I'll protect you".

That amused me, but not her.

"Who's scared?" she said "I just think poking dead things is gross".

So it was disgust not fear that motivated her.

"Why don't you want to poke it?" she then asked "You're the big strong guy, you should protect me from the smelly dead monster".

It was funny how quickly so many women's belief in equality for both genders got up and vanished when they figured playing the weaker sex would work to their advantage.

"Cause that thing almost ganked me twice and I'm hurt" I pointed out "I'm going to have so many bruises soon".

Buffy did find that amusing.

"Aww poor baby" she teased "Want me to kiss it all better".

In fact I would have liked that greatly, however I was going to wait and let Tara heal me with magic and hopefully some TLC. She nice, soft hands and more importantly soft boobs for me to rest my head on.

"I'm pretty sure it's dead" I then said "Come on, let's get your sword and I'll walk you home".

Since I was somewhat of a gentlemen I pulled her sword of the things head, despite the yuck factor, and I even wiped it on a tree for her. Which turned out to be a good course of action for as I found my sword trapped between some branches. Thankfully I was able to get lose and to recover my magical blade.

"You're so chivalrous" Buffy complemented when I returned her weapon to her "I shall reward you".

My reward was kissing, lots and lots of kissing.

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Car Lot. Sunnydale.

While I owned two jeeps, an RV, and a motorcycle, I didn't have a car for causal driving and for running errands like taking my girls to school. So while Amy, Marcie, Buffy, and Tara were at school I had decided to take Faith out to help me get a new car.

A person would think that given this country had just lost a major city that there would be anarchy in the streets, or at least a lot of confusion, but life seemed to be going on as normal, and that included the buying of stuff. I didn't know if I should impress by these Americans and their ability not to let the supernatural interfer with their lives or be worried about they seemed to be able to gloss over it so easily.

"DM" the Boston girl said, using the nickname she had given me "You have to get this car".

The vehicle she was drooling over was a four seater corvette made by Mercedes, it was brand new and therefore rather pricey.

"Its yellow" I pointed out.

Other than the colour it was a nice looking car, but I had been thinking of getting something more family friendly, something that wouldn't attract too much attention.

"I'm sure they have other colours" argued Faith.

Well possibly but ordering one they didn't have on the lot would take more time. Unless they had another Corvette like this somewhere else in the lot.

"You have to get this car" Faith insisted "If you get this car and take me driving down the coast I will let you butt fuck me. I mean it, and no girl will be able to resist sucking you off for a ride".

Hopefully no one had heard that.

"Well you do have a nice ass" I said to the Boston girl "But I don't fancy getting blowjobs off strangers".

Faith turned to me and took off her sunglasses.

"Well I meant from the rest of your groupies" she explained "Trust me this thing makes panties wet".

That was a good reasons to buy the car, and I could imagine the look on the face's of Cordy and her gang if I picked up my girls from school in the car. That alone might make it worth the expense.

"Okay fine I'll buy it" I said to Faith "Hopefully they have one in black or at least red".

Heck I'd settle for blue, but I would not drive around in banana coloured pussy magnet. That was just wrong.

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High School. Sunnydale.

The next day I drove my new car to the school and parked outside the main building just as classes were letting out, as Faith had promised the car was attracting plenty of female attention. Considering that an entire city had vanished earlier in the week I'd have thought that someone getting a shiny new car wouldn't seem important. Apparently I'd been wrong to think that.

Also as it turned out owning a pussy magnet did not please Amy, as soon as I got out of the car she pretty much wrapped herself around me in what called be called a hug Which I didn't mind as she had made it back onto the backup Cheerleader squad, as had been promised, and that meant she got to wear the uniform.

"Gonna drive me around?" she asked me as I sat down on the wall by the steps "I know a place were people park and have fun".

Having sex in public wasn't really my thing, and thankfully I had a way out of doing it.

"Sorry babe" I replied "I still have to train tonight, and then I patrol"

Buffy soon joined us, and she was also dressed as Cheerleader today. I assumed there had been a practice session during lunch hour as all the squad were in their outfits.

"Oh, come on don't act like its a big burden" my fellow Slayer said "I know you actually like patrolling".

This was mostly true.

"I liked more before last night" I told Buffy "Even with Tara's gentle touch I was still all achy".

That was when I spotted Marcie and Tara heading towards us. They weren't cheerleaders so they were dressed far more modestly.

"So are you taking us out again?" asked Amy hopefully "We didn't get to do anything fun last weekend.

I'd been in the Deadlands and then Skyrim so I'd lost a few days, as such my harem had been without their leader. Which none of them had enjoyed.

"Of course" I assured her "What kind of man would I be if I didn't provide for my girls?".

It would such good thing that I was rich. Harems were not cheap.

"So what will it be?" Buffy wondered "Arcade? Movies? Ice show? A trip to an alternate reality?"

I didn't get the chance to answer as the crowd admiring my car had started to thin, and that had allowed Xander and Willow to locate Buffy. I had no why she still hung around with those two, she had many friends living at my house she could hang with if company was her desire.

"Shouldn't you Slayers be reporting to you Watchers?" the fool asked.

That was actually something I should be doing. However I was never eager to go see Wesley, he made me ashamed to be British, but at least he was easy to manipulate if I wanted rid of him for a while I just sent him off to LA with money for more books. He spent most of his time researching for me, not anything important just stuff about demons that might be attracted to the Hellmouth.

"I'm dawdling," said Buffy as she sat down on the wall "With my boyfriend, and his very nice new car".

When I glanced at Willow over my sunglasses I saw the disapproval in her eyes over Buffy having a partner she shared with others. Xander seemed less bothered and oddly I'd never seen jealously on his face either. I suspected he had already fallen badly for Cordelia Chase.

"I should have time between training and patrol for dinner" I then mentioned "So where will I take my girls for dinner?"

There wasn't exactly a lot of choice, but I'd found it a good policy to take my harem out together for a quick bite to eat at least once a week. It gave everyone a chance to catch up with each other. Buffy and Amy didn't live with me, and Fred was often at the CRD building so my babes needed time to gossip with each other.

"Your girls?" asked an amused Amy "Did we become your property, are you saying you own us".

She was only teasing, and I decided to tease back.

"Well, if you don't want to be one of them then you can pay for your own dinner, and for college and for..."

That got her attention.

"Let's not be hasty," interrupted Amy quickly, "I never said I didn't want to be owned by you. I'm still one of your girls".

We were still kidding around.

"Why should I take you back?" I enquired.

Amy sat on my lap before speaking again.

"Don't you like me anymore?" she asked while giving me a sad look.

I blushed and turned away to hide how effective her sad eyes were.

"Of course I do" I told her.

In fact I was very fond of her.

"I'm still your girl too" interjected Marcie as she sat down very close to me on the wall "Feed me".

That made me smile.

"I'm yours to" Tara said as she moved to my other side "and not just because you give me a big allowance".

Again I checked Willow's reaction, and there was a hint of jealousy or envy, it was hard to tell. Tara had been spending time with the red head and I figured that maybe I should get my blond witch to talk to Willow about maybe joining the harem. Not directly of course as being blunt about it wouldn't go down well, but she could mention the benefits and test the red head's reaction.

"Come on" said Cordelia as she suddenly grabbed Buffy's hand "Richard and his fraternity brother want to meet you".

If not for the cheerleader on my lap I would have reacted to someone grabbing my fellow Slayer so forcefully, as it could mean danger, but that would have involved knocking Amy to the ground so I kept still.

"Well, I don't really want to meet any fraternity boys," said Buffy

Cordelia pulled at her anyway and Buffy allowed herself to be lead away instead of potentially hurting Cordy by pulling back.

"And if there was a God, don't you think he'd keep it that way?" said Cordelia sarcastically as she pulled Buffy over towards some guys "Now come on".

Now I wasn't just feeling threatened I was worried. These frat boys could be the ones who sacrificed girls to a snake demon who lived in their basement, and even if they weren't, they were still frat boys.

"What's wrong?" Amy asked.

Since she was on my lap she must have felt me tense up, which was a different that what she normally felt when sitting on me.

"Those guys" I said "My Slaydar is pinging".

I watched then as Buffy begin to walk away, only one of the college boys pursued her. They walked close enough that I was able to over hear them talking, but only because I had enhanced senses.

"I'm Tom Warner. I'm a senior at Crestwood College, and I..." the guy said.

Tom paused and smiled sheepishly

"And I just feel like a complete dolt meeting you this way" he went on to say "so here I stand in all my doltishness".

If not for the sunglasses I was wearing people would have been able to see me roll my eyes.

"He's trying a pick up line on her" I whispered "He's pretending to be bad at talking to girls so that Buffy will think he's harmless. I've seen this done before its a good technique I give him a 3.5".

A few of my girls stifled giggles

"I'm Buffy Summers," my fellow Slayer answered tentatively.

She was either falling for the routine or just trying to be polite.

"Oh, nice to meet you" Tom replied "Are you a Senior here?"

She was not.

"Junior" she answered.

This was both painful and amusing to watch, kinda like seeing another guy get kicked in the nuts only not as funny.

"Oh, me, too," he replied too quickly "Except that I'm a Senior and I'm in college. So we have that in common".

This guy was a pro I had to admit. He had really mastered being bashful yet charming

"I major in History" he then said.

Buffy was not a fan of that subject, this I knew.

"History stumps me" she admitted "I have a hard enough time remembering what happened last week".

Now she was acting all harmless, and that annoyed me as while it meant she might just not want to offend the guy it might also mean she really found him to be charming.

"Nothing happened last week" Tom assured my girlfriend "Don't worry, I was there. You didn't miss anything".

Thankfully she didn't laugh as his weak attempt to joke.

"So, uh, my friend invited your friend to a party we're having this weekend" Tom said while gesturing at his fellow frat boy "You know, actually he's not even really my friend. I only joined the fraternity because my father and grandfather were in it before me. You know, it meant a lot to them".

Buffy nodded and Tom continued.

"Oh, I know, I talk too much anyway" he then said "They're really dull parties full of really dull people, so... would you like to come and save me from a really dull fate?"

This was when she would shoot him down I hoped.

"Oh, I wish I could" she told him "but I'm sort of involved."

Tom's face crumbled before he managed to plant a false smile on his face, and I wondered what she meant by 'sort of involved'.

"Well, sure, of course you are" the frat boy said "Well, thanks for letting me ramble on like that"

Rather than walk away my fellow Slayer kept talking.

"You know, people underestimate the value of a good ramble" Buffy was now saying "We need more rambling".

Now I felt ill.

"Oh Lord" I moaned "You don't keep talking to a guy you shoot down, you just walk away and pretend it never happen so he can leave with some dignity. This is horrible".

She was still talking to him when Giles found us and demanded that Buffy and I come to the library.