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wicked-angel3: yeah, i like Raven too. lol. is that odd? i don't know..lol

spuffy-fan: thank you thank you thank you! you gave me a great idea for this story. yay, thank you again! i'm glad you're liking it so far

"I don't know..."

"Oh c'mon Julian," Raven begged her watcher. "Buffy's an experienced Slayer. I'm safer with her then I am here with you. C'mon, please, I need the practice."

"Well, I still don't see why I can't escort you," he said.

"Oh please," Giles said from the kitchen.

"You have a problem with my teaching Rupert? Just because I like my Slayer's under my watch, does not make me a bad Watcher. I am in control of this situation," Julian said.

"Oh? Is that why you're standing there alone?" Giles said, turning and fixing his cup of tea.

Julian turned in circles, but his Slayer was nowhere in sight. Cursing under his breah, he sat down at Giles' desk.
Raven, Buffy and Spike quickly left the house, leaving the arguing Watcher behind.

"They're going to kill each other," Raven said. "Maybe that's for the best..."

"He's not so bad," Buffy said. "He just needs to loosen up. Understand that you're the one with all the power, not him."

"Movement straight ahead," Spike said as three entered the cemetery.

"Who's that fighting?" Raven asked, squinting her eyes to get a better look.

"I don't know, but I'm going to find out," Buffy said, running over to the spot where the two fought.

"Do we just... Wait here?" Raven asked, looking over at Spike.

"Buffy can handle it. If she needs our help, we help. I've had to learn that being her boyfriend and all. Why don't we go look over 'ere, Giles said there was a death."

Raven nodded and followed Spike, still watching Buffy as she just stood there with the vampire.

"Angel?" Buffy asked, and the two stopped fighting to stare at her. "Angel, I told you not to do this..."

"I just came to see Faith, and I was attacked," Angel said, out of breath.

"Hey pretty lady," the vampire said. "I'll forget about your friend if you come with me."

She laughed. "No way."

"Then you'll just have to die," he said, walking closer to her.

"I think you're confused," Buffy said, bringing her stake up, and shoving it into his heart. "You're the one who dies... Again."

"I could have taken him," Angel said, looking down at the dust.

"You're human," Buffy said. "And although you've trained, and you've grown into an exceptional fighter, you aren't..."

"Like you. Or Spike," he said. "I know. But I want to fight. That's what I want to do with my life. And I'm willing to give it up, just like Faith did..."

"Angel," Buffy said sympithetically, putting a hand on his shoulder.

"There's a new Slayer, isn't there Buffy?" he asked.

"Yeah... How'd you know?"

"Spike told me. I want to meet her," he said. "Maybe I..."

"Why? She's not Faith, she didn't come back."

"You don't think I know that?" he asked, looking down at Faith's grave. "She's gone. I've accepted that. I've moved on Buffy."

"With Nina?"

"I'm starting to get the impression that I'm the only one who's glad I've moved on."

"Are you?" she asked. "You loved Faith... A love like that just doesn't..."

"Buffy, stop," he said.

"But I just..."

"No, stop," he said. "Look."

Buffy turned and looked over at Faith's grave. There was some sort of light forming there, and it was growing by the second.

All of the sudden, a blast of energy sent Buffy and Angel flying backwards.
My writing is really crappy today. Probably cause I haven't slept in over 24 hours.