Disclaimer : All characters belong to Joss Whedon and Capcom respectively. I acquire no profits at all from this. The only thing I do own here is the story though. Honest : )
Rating : Its mostly PG to PG-13.
Author's notes : This is a Streetfighter / Btvs crossover fic , written in the name of fun. Be aware that sometimes perfect logic and reasoning will not apply too well here in this fanfic. I'd just like you to know that before you jump into this action fantasy.
On another note I'd just like to say that this fic is finally back on track after 20 months. That's well more than a year *whoa* and I'm really really sorry to have kept all of you people waiting. The only excuses I have is real life, a wacky computer plus a huge majorly annoying writing block.
I'm in the process of trying to finish up all of my old fics and this one should count as one of my oldest. Man has it been a while since I came back here.
A huge apology goes to everyone who was kept waiting – I am so sorry. It really cannot be helped. A huge amount of thanks goes to everyone as well for reading my work , for all your reviews and comments , for all your emails and nice letters. All of that was the main reason why I wanted to get back to continuing this and why I'm writing on it again now.
I really am back and I do hope to finish this. I'm writing new parts out and I hope you enjoy this one. Sit back , relax and read k ?
Feedback : yes please …?
Dedication : I have a list so I'm putting this down , ahem … in no particular order – Maijin Gojira, AeroPrime, Roadkill t. raven, Spitefulhope, Louie Pastiche, Zantac the Barbarian, Superfan, adb, Scott Timms, Lady Kyia, Dr P.G. Thirteen, Papa Wheelie, Blackheart, Bolo, lil fairy, Captn' Hook, dejan, Summersbro 3, Furious George, Big b, NYangel5674 ( Kathy), Queen Angel, Christopher aka Raven's Bard, Derek Williams, Goblin214, Anthony Davenport, MCG, Ray Blake, ( if I miss anyone at all gimme a yell and I'll put your name down here k ?)
To Lori Bush and Shawn (Ozmandayus ) for inspiring me to write , to Lesley for making me smile , to all Xander fans and BX'ers who gave me this home here. Also a huge amount of thanks should go to Darklight , whose ideas single handedly crushed whatever writing block that stuck upon my head on this.
I hereby dedicate this all to you guys out there : )
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WARRIORS … by Zauriel Angelus
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Previously-s : Xander got a fireball to the chest from Akuma but instead of dying he's somehow powered up and pissed as all heck , coming to interrupt Faith and Buffy's fight. Can you say showdown ? WOO !!! Ryu still can't walk and Buffy's still blind though. Whatta bummer …
part 11 – Crimson
"What the hell was that ???!!!" Buffy screamed. "Faith … Faith !!! What's going on ?"
Something crashed through the wall … and from what the blonde slayer heard it had sounded like a bomb just went off. That little surprise knocked her completely off her feet and now as Buffy was still struggling to cope with her recent blindness , her legs started shaking beneath her as did a feeling that shivered up from her spine – true fear.
A feeling she hadn't visited for a long time.
There was an undeniable presence lurking around. One that promised absolute destruction.
" Xander …?"
Her ears were ringing still from the explosion but she quickly caught Faith uttering his name on her lips.
That can't be... Can't be him
Buffy screamed out Faith's name again hoping to get some answers. If what she was sensing held any ounce of credibility , both she and Faith were in a lot of trouble.
We need to get outta here
Whoever was with them now couldn't be him … It couldn't be her Xander
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" Satsui No Hado …"
I have to stop him .
Gritting his teeth , Ryu willed as hard as he could to feel his legs again. He needed to move and move quickly. Lives could depend on him.
Pain. Give me pain !!! Make me feel something !!! Anything at all. Need to act now.
His feet buckled underneath him as he struggled to stand up. Giles reacted fast enough to stop him from falling to the floor.
" Get me there."
" You're in condition to do anything right now." Giles appealed to the young warrior. " It's far too risky."
" But someone has to stop him !!!" Ryu shouted. " I have to at least try."
Giles couldn't manufacture a full thought out reply to Ryu's plea. The Japanese warrior was right. Something needed to be done. If what the young man said was right , he needed to think quickly.
" We need a plan. There has to be another way."
" There's no time."
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Faith took a step back as the rather chilling form of Xander Harris stood in front of her. A cloud of darkness seemed to be cast over him as even his eyes were hardly visible in that light. The dust and debris that resulted from his wall-crashing seemed to almost swirl around him.
That vision coupled with the lack of any fear of the dark slayer on his part, added to even more chills. Faith was starting to feel real uncomfortable. Not a good feeling to have when you're a slayer.
" I don't know what your game is but I'm not really that up for a three-way right now."
Her defiance came back as she remembered why she was standing now in the first place.
" This is between me and B, so get lost boytoy !!!"
Faith pulled her fist and then quickly struck it out to hit Xander on the face. A spilt second before that . Xander's eyes flashed red and at the last moment , his hand rose up to catch Faith's fist easily, inches away from his face.
" What …?"
A growl began to grow in the air.
" Let go of me !!!" Faith pulled at her arm but Xander didn't even budge. He seemed to be even stronger than she was.
"It's … not possible !?!"
Shocked at the strength that Xander possessed , Faith began panicking. She kicked as hard as she could at his arm to make him let release her hand. Xander barely seemed to have felt that at all on impact. His iron grip held on tightly. A moment later though , Xander just simply let go.
" Faith !!!"
Buffy shouted once more for the dark slayer but at this point , Faith had forgotten all about her.
" You're a dead man Harris."
Taking a step back she grinned and then charged full forced at Xander with a battle cry.
" AAAHHHHHH !!!!!"
Bracing herself she let loose a powerful left hook , following it up with a backhand when the young man dodged the first blow easily. Even then the backhand missed its mark totally , as Faith found Xander suddenly reappearing behind her. Reacting to that with lightning reflexes , the slayer reversed back into a spin , shifting all her weight to direct a hard roundhouse kick his way. Deftly Xander avoided her attack once again.
" Play fair !!!"
Losing all her cool , Faith pressed into an all out assault , releasing a barrage of punches and kicks. She moved almost like a blur, her body an instrument of war, a weapon forged entirely for pain. With the killer grace of a panther she lashed out , her ferocity staggering but even then her dark haired adversary seemed to always out of her reach.
Faith was hitting at nothing but air and still Xander stood in front of her where all eyes that could see now would swear he never ever moved at all.
" Why can't I fucking hit you ???!!! "
Xander's eyes flashed red once more and as a fist came his way this time , with one hand Xander slapped it away , the force of it causing Faith to lose her balance.
" Shit…"
Not even skipping a beat , Xander lunged at the dark slayer with a roar and in that same second , grabbed Faith tightly by her throat with just his right hand.
fuck
" N-no..." Faith choked out , realizing that her feet weren't even touching the ground.
Crimson red … that was the only vision she saw in the darkness right now. Those eyes were blazing with a fiery rage and the slayer had no strength left whatsoever. Fear was overwhelming and Faith was entirely helpless.
" Faith !!!"
Faith heard Buffy call out her name again, from out of the corner of her eyes, she could see the blonde slayer scrambling to get back on her feet.
" Where are you ??!!! Say something !!!"
The dark slayer couldn't answer Buffy at all and even as she continued to shout for her, there was one sound Faith heard that shouted to her even louder - a soft frightening little snarl.
" Bleed …"
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End part 11.
End notes : Finally a new part out from me for Warriors. YAY me !!! I'm writing the next chapter now and hopefully that'll be out pretty soon. I still feel a bit rusty in writing this though. Putting down the action scenes took longer than I thought. I was going so darn slow but anyway hope you liked it so far. I'm trying to get better and quicker as we go along so bear with me on that k ? : )
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Till next time I remain ………