"What, a human?" snarled one demon.
"It's the kid who defeated the four saint beasts!"
"Hey Kurama, Hieii, what're doing with those humans?"
Yusuke clenched his fists. "You want a piece of me? Do you?!"
"Yusuke, relax. We must save it for the tournament," counseled Kurama.
"Ok, guys. We're here for one thing and one thing only. We get Dawn, and then we're out of here. Faith, if you put one foot out of line-"
"No sweat B. I owe this to you and the kid."
"Buffy, she's changed."
"Don't start, Angel. We get in, get Dawn, get out. Nothing more."
"Fine with me, B."
"Look, more puny humans!"
"What, do they all have a death wish?"
"Whoa, more humans? Botan didn't mention that," stated Kuwabara.
"No, she didn't," agreed Yusuke.
From the crowd of demons emerged Team Sunnydale, the other team of humans and demons combined.
The demons growled and threw insults at them as they walked. Faith was about ready to punch in somebody's face.
"Just ignore them." Buffy told her. She could tell that Spike and Angel weren't liking the insults either. Buffy stopped and stared at the other humans in front of them. She thought that she and her friends were the only ones.
"Well, this isn't good. They're humans. I can smell them. I can't fight them, luv." Spike drew closer to her.
"Don't call me that." Hieii snarled. "Don't lump me in with that pathetic race."
"Hieii, mind your manners," Kurama warned.
"Pathetic, huh?" Faith sidled up to him and stood just a few inches from him. "Then obviously you don't know who you are dealing with." She said, smiling at him evilly.
"Yeah, just cuz I may be human doesn't mean I'm not worth worrying about." Buffy said, crossing her arms over her chest.
"Humph, typical human response."
"Don't mind Hieii," drooled Kuwabara, "He just has a Napoleon complex."
"Yukina," whispered Yusuke before things could get ugly. Hieii lowered his raise fist.
"Ah! Yukina? Where?" Kuwabara's eyes darted from face to face, trying to spot the pale skin and fair green hair of his ice apparition love.
"Oh brother." Faith drawled. "They don't look so tough, do they, B? We can take them."
"They're not much older than Bit." Spike said, looking them over.
Buffy's green eyes flashed at the mention of her sister.
"Buffy. I know that Dawn means very much to you, but I have told you time and again that it is not a smart idea to rush in without thinking." Giles said, giving her a fatherly glare. "There are so many types of demons here, it is impossible for me to remember their species, never mind the ways to defeat them in battle." He disciplined.
"G-man, lay off. Buffy knows what's best."
"Please don't call me that." Giles didn't even turn to Xander. One of these days he was going to..no. That was Ripper talking.
"Well whoever you all are-"
"Just know that we're here to win!" Yusuke cut off Kurama.
"Alright," one of the head demons called, "time to board the ship! All teams of five come on over."
Kuwabara counted his team's members. "1. 2. 3. 4. Um, Yusuke, there's only four of us. How can you let us go with only four?! We'll be disqualified before we can even start!"
"Relax, our fifth's on his way."
"Who?"
Suddenly, a very petit masked stranger stood beside Yusuke. "Gentlemen, meet our masked fighter."
"A bit short, isn't he?" commented Hieii.
"Look who's talking," said Kuwabara.
"Maybe we should board before we kill off our own team's members," Kurama suggested.
They heard the call to board. Tara came up to Willow and hugged her. "Be careful." She murmured.
"Don't worry about me. I'll be fine." She whispered, playing with a lock of her hair.
Xander came up to Buffy and hugged her, before hugging his best friend.
"We'll be rooting for you." he told his two friends.
"Thanks, Xand." Buffy smiled for the first time since Dawn had been taken, but it didn't reach her eyes.
"Yes, and we'll be betting on you, too. So you better win." Anya came up beside her boyfriend.
"Uh, yeah." Willow said, looking at the woman. Cordy and Fred hugged Angel. Gunn shook his hand, and Lorne hugged the vampire as well.
"Ok, let's go." Buffy aid, once everyone had said goodbye. The non participating members watched as their friends joined the line of demons waiting to board.
"Hey, she'll be alright. Buffy would never let anything happen to her." Xander said, looking at Tara.
"Y-yeah, I hope so."
"It's the kid who defeated the four saint beasts!"
"Hey Kurama, Hieii, what're doing with those humans?"
Yusuke clenched his fists. "You want a piece of me? Do you?!"
"Yusuke, relax. We must save it for the tournament," counseled Kurama.
"Ok, guys. We're here for one thing and one thing only. We get Dawn, and then we're out of here. Faith, if you put one foot out of line-"
"No sweat B. I owe this to you and the kid."
"Buffy, she's changed."
"Don't start, Angel. We get in, get Dawn, get out. Nothing more."
"Fine with me, B."
"Look, more puny humans!"
"What, do they all have a death wish?"
"Whoa, more humans? Botan didn't mention that," stated Kuwabara.
"No, she didn't," agreed Yusuke.
From the crowd of demons emerged Team Sunnydale, the other team of humans and demons combined.
The demons growled and threw insults at them as they walked. Faith was about ready to punch in somebody's face.
"Just ignore them." Buffy told her. She could tell that Spike and Angel weren't liking the insults either. Buffy stopped and stared at the other humans in front of them. She thought that she and her friends were the only ones.
"Well, this isn't good. They're humans. I can smell them. I can't fight them, luv." Spike drew closer to her.
"Don't call me that." Hieii snarled. "Don't lump me in with that pathetic race."
"Hieii, mind your manners," Kurama warned.
"Pathetic, huh?" Faith sidled up to him and stood just a few inches from him. "Then obviously you don't know who you are dealing with." She said, smiling at him evilly.
"Yeah, just cuz I may be human doesn't mean I'm not worth worrying about." Buffy said, crossing her arms over her chest.
"Humph, typical human response."
"Don't mind Hieii," drooled Kuwabara, "He just has a Napoleon complex."
"Yukina," whispered Yusuke before things could get ugly. Hieii lowered his raise fist.
"Ah! Yukina? Where?" Kuwabara's eyes darted from face to face, trying to spot the pale skin and fair green hair of his ice apparition love.
"Oh brother." Faith drawled. "They don't look so tough, do they, B? We can take them."
"They're not much older than Bit." Spike said, looking them over.
Buffy's green eyes flashed at the mention of her sister.
"Buffy. I know that Dawn means very much to you, but I have told you time and again that it is not a smart idea to rush in without thinking." Giles said, giving her a fatherly glare. "There are so many types of demons here, it is impossible for me to remember their species, never mind the ways to defeat them in battle." He disciplined.
"G-man, lay off. Buffy knows what's best."
"Please don't call me that." Giles didn't even turn to Xander. One of these days he was going to..no. That was Ripper talking.
"Well whoever you all are-"
"Just know that we're here to win!" Yusuke cut off Kurama.
"Alright," one of the head demons called, "time to board the ship! All teams of five come on over."
Kuwabara counted his team's members. "1. 2. 3. 4. Um, Yusuke, there's only four of us. How can you let us go with only four?! We'll be disqualified before we can even start!"
"Relax, our fifth's on his way."
"Who?"
Suddenly, a very petit masked stranger stood beside Yusuke. "Gentlemen, meet our masked fighter."
"A bit short, isn't he?" commented Hieii.
"Look who's talking," said Kuwabara.
"Maybe we should board before we kill off our own team's members," Kurama suggested.
They heard the call to board. Tara came up to Willow and hugged her. "Be careful." She murmured.
"Don't worry about me. I'll be fine." She whispered, playing with a lock of her hair.
Xander came up to Buffy and hugged her, before hugging his best friend.
"We'll be rooting for you." he told his two friends.
"Thanks, Xand." Buffy smiled for the first time since Dawn had been taken, but it didn't reach her eyes.
"Yes, and we'll be betting on you, too. So you better win." Anya came up beside her boyfriend.
"Uh, yeah." Willow said, looking at the woman. Cordy and Fred hugged Angel. Gunn shook his hand, and Lorne hugged the vampire as well.
"Ok, let's go." Buffy aid, once everyone had said goodbye. The non participating members watched as their friends joined the line of demons waiting to board.
"Hey, she'll be alright. Buffy would never let anything happen to her." Xander said, looking at Tara.
"Y-yeah, I hope so."