This concludes this story, thank you for reading. Author's note after the text.
The Dawning of Faith
Chapter 36
"Dawn transferred the Linc-?" Giles began, and then he was gone.
"Good luck, Ripper-San," Yoshi said.
"Is this gonna work out?" Buffy asked Willow.
"Up to them now," Willow answered.
"I must put the forge to bed, my friends," Yoshi told them. "I thank you for allowing me to be a part of this. Shishi, Kamisori, please accept my congratulations, and know that my house is yours at any time that you care to come. Sakurabana, it was my great honor to assist you in this. In time, we shall ensure that all of the Slayers have a weapon worthy of them. I beg you all now to go and reflect on this day. You will never see its like again."
Yoshi bowed deeply to the four women, and they departed.
"I have a sudden urge for advanced mathematics," Buffy confessed to Willow.
"Good, and call me Goddess, bitch!" Willow demanded as she wrapped Buffy in her power.
"Phew, Buff's gonna get it tonight," Faith said.
"Looks like," Dawn agreed as they walked to their house. "You first," Dawn told Faith as they entered, "you did the work. Here's your package from Yoshi." Dawn handed Faith a paper wrapped bundle.
"Thanks love, I won't be long," Faith promised her.
"Please don't be," Dawn prayed.
"Your turn!" called Faith soon after, and Dawn took her bundle into the bath. "I'll meet you in the courtyard," Faith called through the door.
Dawn's breathing grew rather labored as she bathed and thought of Faith.
"GODDESS!" cried Buffy as her back arched strongly, her fingers buried in the white hair of the head between her thighs.
"Yes I am," Willow purred as she slid up Buffy's torso, her face shining. "Now worship me…"
Buffy did.
Giles arrived in front of the house as lightly as a feather.
"Astonishing," he murmured as he adjusted to the transfer. He took out his key and entered the house.
"Hello, Fluffy," he greeted the German Shepherd that stood waiting in the hallway. "Is everything all right here?"
Fluffy licked Giles' hand, and resumed his patrol of the house. The Slayers had named him. Giles privately thought that it was a bit of a twee name for a 115 lb Shepherd, but Fluffy responded to it eagerly, and there was no doubt that he was more effective than any alarm system.
Having passed muster, Giles headed for his study. He entered, and his heart stopped.
There on the couch, her head pillowed on his jacket, was Rona.
Slayer that she was, she snapped awake at the slight noise of his entry, and then her mouth fell open in confusion.
"Giles, I- I'm sorry! I- I – I didn't expect you back so soon. How did things go?" she stammered.
"Rona," Giles asked gently, "why on earth are you sleeping on my couch, with my jacket for a pillow?"
Rona drew a deep breath, and took a leap. "Because it's your couch, and the jacket smells like you."
Giles drew a deep breath of his own, and replied, "Would you by any chance be interested in exploring a relationship together, Rona? I mean, I don't like to presume, but…"
Rona sprang from the couch and crushed her lips to his.
"Being done for," Giles thought as he took her in his arms and returned the kiss, "is very much nicer than it sounds…"
Dawn entered the courtyard, and her heart leapt into her throat as she saw Faith standing there. The Kimono Yoshi had her given was obviously the result of much labor. It was silk as white as sugar, and worked into the fabric was a raging black lion that wrapped all around her.
"It's beautiful," Dawn whispered, "you're beautiful…"
Dawn's kimono was pure white, unadorned, a blank page as Dawn had been in some respects when she arrived at the compound. Dawn took a moment to look at Faith standing beneath the Cherry trees with the moon casting a soft glow on her.
"Come here," Faith said huskily, and Dawn complied.
Faith took Dawn in her arms, and kissed her in the soft light of the moon.
"I'm ready now," Faith whispered into Dawn's ear.
"So am I," Dawn breathed against Faith's neck.
"I'm a little nervous…" Faith confessed.
"I'm not," Dawn promised as she loosed the ties on the silk covering Faith and laid it carefully on the bench.
"I – I'm not sure what to do," stammered Faith as she watched Dawn shed her own kimono, place it beside Faith's, and then stand naked before her.
"I am," assured Dawn, "I just want to feel your skin on mine. After that, we'll figure it out as we go along."
The Wind embraced the Lion in the moonlight of the courtyard, and in time, to the accompaniment of soft noises of discovery and delight, the Avatar floated with the Slayer among the Cherry Blossoms, as the stars shone on them both in joy.
A/N: Thank you for coming along. There is a completed sequel to this story that I am undecided whether to post here or not. It does contain a little fairly explicit activity that my reading of the rules says is not allowed here, though I have seen such material on the site. If anyone is interested in reading it, PM me and I will send you a link to it.
I do really appreciate those who have taken the time to review, this was my first time posting here. It was an interesting experience.