After the group had hugged, kissed, cried at Buffy, she and Oz finally sat them down, so she could explain everything. They had to know everything, or she wouldn't be able to move on from it all.
"So, after everything went down last May, I left to try and find Spike. I was convinced we needed him here." Buffy smiled as Xander snorted. "I realized that we didn't while I was in Prague. I also met Myles and Jack. They are CIA agents. They had seen me fighting a group of Vamps and were astounded. We became friends, I eventually told them who I was, what I was, and they told me they wanted to recruit me."
"Wait, recruit you." Willow's head shot up. "Like for the CIA?"
"Yeah. It was weird at first. I mean being introduced to this whole new world I thought I knew existed, but it turned out totally different. But the main thing, I fell in love with it, the people and my job.
"Our division of the CIA deals with international terrorists, humans and demons. We do the dirty work that the front division can't be associated with. I struck up ties with the most formidable aristocrats to the lowest scum in the underworld." Buffy looked around at her friends and saw their jaws, with the exception of Oz, on the floor.
"Over the next three months, I trained, fought and killed for my country…"
"Wait, killed." Faith looked worried. "You mean demons right?" All of the scoobies now held their breath for Buffy's answer. Knowing she was going to have to tell them sooner or later, Buffy sighed.
"Demons and humans."
"WHAT?" Buffy was taken aback by Xander. He seemed to be the only one voicing his opinions. Buffy knew Oz, Faith, Anya, Willow, and possibly even Michaela understood her situation. She wasn't sure about Giles or the Mark guy, Faith's boyfriend.
"How could you Buff?"
"It's not that simple Xand. The world isn't black and white, we most of all know that."
"That doesn't give you the right to take somebody's life."
"So you'd rather I die then some other guys whose only goal in life is to destroy man kind?" Xander didn't reply to this, he only glared at Buffy, and then stormed out of the Magic Box.
"Buffy." She turned to see Giles looking at her with a strained expression. "Perhaps you should continue with your story, give Xander some time to cool off."
"He's right. Xander's like a girl, likes to have hissy fits, then he comes back later." Anya smiled reassuringly at Buffy. "Go on, this is getting interesting."
Buffy sighed and picked up where she left off. "In September my team, Myles is my handler, Jack my partner, and Iggy is our Tech man, and I arrived in LA. We set up base to keep watch over several crime lords who were dealing with the underworld.
"I know I shouldn't of, but I went to see Angel. They all didn't recognize me right away, my hair was black, and my appearance a little different. I had to keep changing them or else I could be made.
"Anyways, the whole Angel thing was a bad idea from the start. I mean I told him the truth, gave him every chance to trust me, and he almost killed me. It hurt that he didn't trust me, but soon that didn't matter. A hit was put out for me, through the Mayor of LA. My team and I went to Angel and Co. for help. They did a great job. They helped kill me for the third and final time."
"So they knew the whole time?" Asked Michaela.
"Yes, but I made them promise not to tell."
"Oz, did you know?" Willow turned to her quiet boyfriend.
"Buffy contacted me after her funeral in November. We stayed in contact over the next six months."
"He was my tie home. Will, I made him promise not to tell you. I just wasn't ready yet, I am sorry."
"It's okay, I guess I understand." Willow smiled at her friend and boyfriend.
"Oz was the one who convinced me to come home, to fix things with you guys."
"Fix things?" Giles was now staring at Buffy.
"After what happened last year, me coming back, I was distant. I never really reconnected with you guys. But now I want that all to change.
"So I spent three months working with my team to throw the world of espionage off my back and here I am. No longer a civil worker for the united states government." Buffy looked around at her friends. "May be we could start over?"
Faith spoke first. "B, things have changed around here. We changed. You're going to have to work hard to get back what you had."
"I know."
Willow was next. "Trust is a big thing with us."
"I know."
"But over all, happy to have Buffy back." Anya smiled, ambled over to Buffy, and hugged her hard. "As long as you work hard at a job in the Magic Box, so we can always watch you."
"Ok." Buffy was a little surprised by this.
"Buffy." She turned to see Giles beside her, smiling. It's good to have you back, but you know three times is the limit, no more dying."
"I know."
"And Buffy, do you like your silver eyes?" Michaela came up beside Giles.
"Why?"
"Because I might be able to reverse the effects of the vitamin, with Willow's help. All we would need is the supplement."
"Like this?" Buffy reached into her purse and took out a vial of the silvering.