I think I've already said it, but the other characters will not be coming to America. I can't stretch my plot device that far, and, even if I could, I don't want to. They can't go through the well normally, so why should they now?

Disclaimer: I don't own any of this, yadda yadda yadda.you get the picture.
Buffy lounged around her house, unable to sleep. Her insomnia might have been caused by the fact that it was the beginning of the day, but somehow she doubted it.

"*SIT!*"

"*WENCH!*"

"*AGH! SIT!*"

"*DAMNIT!*"

Buffy groaned and rubbed her eyes. Half an hour had passed, and they were still fighting! At first it had been weird, and kind of funny, when Kagome would make Inu-Yasha slam into the ground. Now, though..
Giles sat at his desk, staring blankly ahead. He had not slept at all for more than a day now. Very little of the world reached him, as he sat there, half asleep. But then..

"Twenty people were reported missing this morning. There have been signs of violence all over Sunnydale, and the police are looking into it now. Citizens are advised to stay indoors or with others. We'll have more information for you tonight. In other news.."

Giles sat up and stared at the television. He had left it on earlier, and now he finally switched it off. Missing people was no rare occurrence in Sunnydale, but twenty in one night was a bit more steep than usual.

Rubbing sleep from his eyes, Giles dialed Buffy's number. It rang twice before he got an answer.

"H'lo?" asked Buffy blearily.

"Ah, yes Buffy-" began Giles.

"What now?" she asked.

"Twenty disappearances last night. We should check it out."

"Blegh," replied Buffy. "We'll be right over."

"We?" asked Giles.

"What?" asked Buffy, "do you expect me to leave the nutcases alone in my house?"
Buffy, Inu-Yasha, and Kagome arrived at the library, having somehow avoided being seen, even though Inu-Yasha had refused to wear a hat.

Giles gestured for them all to come in. He was looking over a list of locations Willow had pulled from the police database for him. Willow herself was nowhere to be seen; presumably she had a class.

Giles had carefully placed a pin at each location a person had disappeared near on a map he had out on the table. All of them were near the empty warehouses off on the other end of town.

"Ah. I was wondering.perhaps we should try having Inu-Yasha track down the demon again?" wondered Giles. Inu-Yasha's ears rotated towards Giles at the mention of his name, but other than that, he appeared to be staring out a window.

"Sure, if he doesn't run off," snorted Buffy.
It was as Raal had feared. He could sense the Slayer coming nearer. She was bringing others, too. He could sense a normal man, a half-demon, and another girl, whose essence reminded him of the Slayer. She had the same feeling of power.

Raal had only ten vampires in fighting condition. The rest were all not yet awakened, and lay in the corner, basically corpses. They were useless to him, and would be for quite some time. Raal cursed himself under his breath for not being more prepared, but called his minions to himself.

"The Slayer is coming," he growled. "We must fight, or we all shall die today. Prepare yourselves!"

The vampires sagged with fatigue and hopelessness. They had spent the entire night working, and now they were expected to fight the Slayer during the day?! They grumbled amongst themselves, but stopped when Raal growled at them.

Raal closed his eyes, and concentrated. One by one, the vampires mutated into hideous monsters. He might not have the advantage, but at least he would fight hard.
Inu-Yasha walked ahead of the others, bored and angry at the entire world. Kagome had decided to try harder to communicate with the others, and they had had more success in working with her. Through Giles, Kagome had learned where they were.

It didn't really make any difference, though, to Inu-Yasha. What did it matter that this place was called California? He hadn't known where he was before, and he still didn't now. Some name he'd never heard wasn't going to help.

What really got to him, though, was the fact that Kagome had said "Sit" enough times in that morning to make up for the entire week of her absence. His neck and back were still sore from it. Stupid wench.

The good news, at least to him, was that Kagome had said she sensed the shards of the Shikon Jewel. She said it was coming from the same direction as the scent of the big demon he smelled, so why not pursue it?
Raal readied himself and his tiny army. He wasn't going to give up without a fight. He stood in the midst of the newly transformed former vampires, all of them holding whatever weapons they could find. It was not what he would have chosen, but it would have to do.
Inu-Yasha stopped, and pointed to a warehouse. Buffy and Giles could see nothing special about it, but, hey, who was the dog demon here?

Buffy glanced at the others, and adjusted her grip on the axe she carried. Kagome was sorry she had not brought her bow, but there was nothing to be done about it now. Inu-Yasha grinned, eager to kill something.

Buffy and Inu-Yasha stood beside the door, readying themselves for what was to come. They glanced at each other, and then, simultaneously, kicked the door in and leapt inside.

Nothing.

There was complete silence in the warehouse. Not a single thing moved.

Buffy and Inu-Yasha relaxed, and Buffy shot Inu-Yasha a dirty look, and he looked around, puzzled. It certainly smelled like demon.

A sudden eruption of sound caused them both to jump. Monsters with vaguely human bodies streamed over the crates, out of dark corners, catching them both off guard.
There, and it will all end soon. I'm not dragging it out any farther, and that is that. Just a bit more to go, and I'm done.