Disclaimers: I do not own Buffy or anyone else for that matter. So don't yell at me!! And this is my first fic so be kind and please review. Thanks



Buffy ran in pursuit after the person who had just helped dust a few vampires. Normally, Buffy would have just forgotten about it and told Giles later, but not this time. She was worried. The woman showed amazing strength and speed...maybe even "super natural" strength and speed..and only one thought crossed her mind as she ran. Slayer. Could this woman be a slayer? Had something happened to Faith? wait..what REALLY could happen to a slayer in jail? Unless there was some sort of toilet demon in Faith's cell she should be fine...right?

Buffy's thoughts were interrupted when she realized she was running blindly..with nothing to follow..

"I hate it when they disappear!" Buffy mumbled to herself as she turned around and headed towards the Magic shop to tell Giles about her recent dilemma.

As Buffy walked down the darkened street her mind began to wander through a lot of things. She had lost her life saving this world, she had risked it again just 5 minutes ago and never a single solitary note of gratitude from anyone. She knew the people of Sunnydale chose to ignore the fact that they lived on the hell mouth but her death put things into perspective for her. But that wasn't the biggest of her problems.she hated lying to her friends.deceiving them, for she had led them to believe that she was in a hell dimension after her death but in all actuality, she was in the greatest place any mortal could ever want to be. Heaven. And she was ripped out of blissfulness as if she hadn't contributed enough to this world. As if she had committed an awful crime and needed to pay for it. Had she done something wrong? How could anyone let her come back to this world.this Hell after being in paradise. She didn't like to think about it too much and she let it slide from her mind..as she approached the familiar little shop.

Buffy went into the magic shop and the first thing she saw was Anya behind the counter and Xander on the other side. As usual the two were making out or discussing something about their sex life. Buffy thought about how easy it would be for any kleptomaniac witch to steal something. Buffy walked down the stairs and stood behind Xander waiting for one of the two to realize her presence. She folded her arms and tapped her foot waiting.and waiting.until she finally realized they knew she was there.they just didn't care.

"Ahem" Buffy cleared her throat in an attempt to get some attention but her efforts went ignored.

God Buffy thought to herself these two are worse than vampires when it comes to sucking

With a sigh Buffy walked into the back deciding to find Giles on her own. When she went into the training room she saw Giles tinkering with some of the equipment.

"Training for the national watcher's competition?" Buffy said sarcastically

"Ah, Buffy" Giles said while standing up "the patrol went well I take it?" He began cleaning his glasses off as Buffy began to speak.

"Oh, you know how it goes" Buffy said with enthused sarcasm "walk in the graveyard, some guy with pointy teeth threatens your life, jam a pointy stick in his chest and watch him turn to dust before your eyes. But then you realize that you had help from a mysterious woman and she looks like she may be stronger than you so you follow her.with no luck"

"a vampire?" Giles asked not really knowing what Buffy was getting at.

"No..i don't think she was a vampire, why else would she help me kill them? Unless she has a soul but lets hope that's not the case. Lord knows we've already had enough drama with Vampires and souls ugh..its just a big ugly mess."

Giles let out a heavy sigh knowing he would have to pry to get some information out of Buffy. "What did she look like? Describe her to me"

"Well." Buffy recalled what the woman looked like "She was tall.I mean this chick was beastly and she had dark hair.and I'm gonna guess she's a Madonna fan.who else would wear breast plates? And she had some.sort of circular object on her side and she handled those vamps like it was nothing.she even knew the old stake through the heart trick and she's not a member of the Scooby Gang!"

Giles finished cleaning off his glasses and put them back on. "Can you show me what the circle object looked like?" He asked Buffy handing her a piece of paper and a pen.

Xander and Anya were still smooching when they, yet again, heard the door open. But this time, Xander felt something, a familiar presence? He didn't know but he was compelled to look up, and what he saw made him jump back in surprise.

"What?.what is it?" Anya asked confused as to why Xander had just reacted the way he did. "Did I do that thing with my tongue again that you don't like?" Anya followed Xander's path of vision when he didn't respond to her and she saw a girl about the same age as Xander with dark brown hair and a.what was the word? Unique sense of style. "Oh I'm sorry, we're closed but you can come back and give me money bright and early tomorrow at 8:00."

Ignoring Anya, the girl began to speak "Hey Xand" She said in a casual tone while picking up a light green candle "long time no see, but I'm diggin the new hangout, way better than that stuffy old library a Slayer needs her space ya know?" she brought the candle to her nose to smell it and pushed it away with a look of disgust. "Eww what the hell is this?"

"Scent of goat gizzard, $5.99 plus tax of course" Anya said hoping for a sale.

Buffy was drawing, well attempting to draw, what she thought was the object she saw when she heard Xander.

"uhh Buffy.you might want to come out here"

Buffy let out a heavy sigh and got up. A slayer's job never ends. I hope he doesn't want me to open the pickle jar like last time. Buffy was complaining mentally as she left the back room and entered the front of the shop where Xander was. What she saw threw her completely off guard and made her stop dead in her tracks.

"Hey B. how's it going?"

Faith. The Rogue slayer was back in town.

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Well, what'd you guys think of the first chapter? Its short I know but please review it anyway. Thanks

Michi-sama