disclaimer: Why do I even bother? Everyone knows I don't own anything but the story plot and my original characters, except Grid and Mohegan, they belong to Vitold Wisniewski (by the way, thanks for letting me use them = D ). Now it looks like the smiley face has a double chin.

A/N: Sorry for the delay, my dad was reformatting my computer so everything was deleted....and all sorts of insanity insued. But yeah, I finally finished the third chapter, had a little writer's block, too. 'Damn you writer's block!!!'

Alien vs Slayer

by Ashelin Rayne

Chapter Three

New Neighbors

- I already told you my answer! -

- But..... -

- No! -

- Are you su- -

- Yes! -

- Can't I- -

- No! -

- But Buffy.... -

- NO!! I told you, I don't know how I got to be SuperBuffy. Yes, I'm sure I don't know. And NO! You can't run anymore tests! - Buffy was on her way out of the training room, followed by Mike, who was currently pestering her about her new-found physical abilities.

- Why not? - He whined.

- What is it with you.....you.....um....-

- Yautja. -

- Thank you! Finally, someone tells me what you guys are called! - Mike looked at Buffy oddly, but then shook it off.

- Are you sure you won't let me? - She stopped abruptly, causing the big Yautja to stumble into her. Buffy slowly turned to face Mike with a look nothing short of muderous.

- Mike, - she growled, - if you ask me about this again, I'll use you as my test subject to see if I can actually rip a Yautja's head off. -

- So, no? - Mike took a step back, knowing how tempermental, not to mention violent, Buffy could be. The tiny girl shot him one last glare, turned, and walked away, heading to her quarters. - Um, Buffy? I've been meaning to ask you something. - Buffy whipped around and growled at him.

- Nothing about 'you-know-what,' - she nodded and Mike continued, - why do you insist on calling me 'Mike'? -

The corner of Buffy's lips twitched as she forced herself to keep a straight face.

- Well? -

- No reason, - Buffy grinned and walked away.

Buffy sat alone in her sleeping chamber, her back to the make-shift seat of the widow sill, staring out into space. She held Mr. Gordo close to her, she had totally forgotten about him. Buffy had put him in her back pack when Ada made the Alien-armor for her when she first met him. Mr. Gordo was worn and dirty, there were years-old tear stains all over him. But he was still as soft and snugly as ever. Buffy's attention was drawn away from Mr. Gordo and back to the window. Before, she would sit there for hours trying to find Earth, or at least Earth's galaxy, but stopped shortly after she settled down into Yautja life.

Now she was looking for the planet Ada was sent to on a hunt, he told her the prey was Pyode Amedha, Buffy's people (A/N: aka Humans) but she didn't seem to mind, just as long as she didn't have to hunt them. He had been gone for a week and she was missing him very much. At least with Ada around, he could've told Mike to stop annoying her. And the Yautja around the ship caught wind of the human girl who gave Tlak'han a run for his money when the two sparred. And seeing how Tlak'han was of the Yautja's Honored Elite warriors, it only sparked the curiosity everyone was feeling.

Everytime Buffy went to train, there was always a crowd to watch her, to see if the rumors were true. And fankly, she was getting annoyed wtih being gawked at all the time. There were several occasions when the Yautja would challange her to a sparring match, and in most of those occasions, she would would beat the tar out of her opponent, of course showing mercy before she seriously injured them or if they yielded. The only cases where she lost was when she fought against other Honored warriors like Ada.

Then there was Grishnak. Buffy decided that that boy had more mood swings than a pregnant woman. One time, when she was training with him, his father, and Ike, he was being his usual arrogant self towards her. Then he started to act.....nice, to Buffy, like she was his equal. Then he was being all avoidy-like. He would avoid looking at her while she was looking at him. Then Grishnak would completely ignore Buffy. Then pay attention only to her. Then he would revert back to his arrogant self. Grishnak would switch moods in a continuous cycle that made Buffy's head spin. He confused her so much that she would snap and take out her frustration on the training dummy in the weapon room, completely annihilating it.

Everything was different when Ada was gone, and Buffy wanted him to come back now, so everything could get back to being normal. Sure, he had been sent on Hunts before, but all of them were before she had gotten her superhuman strength. Everything was different and she didn't like it.

Buffy really missed Ada.

Another week had passed and Buffy finally got word that they were on their way to pick up Ada and she was ecstatic. She couldn't wait to tell him all that she had been doing during the past week. During one of her training sessions at the beggining of the week, Ak'ron had come to watch her train. He too, had heard the rumors of his son's charge and decided to pay her a visit. When he saw her sparring with one of his Honored warriors, to say he was impressed was an understatement. After she finished sparring and was about to head out, Ak'ron approached her. He saw greater potential in her and offered to train Buffy, at least until her original trainer got back. Buffy gladly accepted the Elder warrior's offer.

So, for a whole week...Buffy was in hell. She was in a place worse than hell. She was below the place that was worse than hell. Below the place that was worse than hell, then fifty feet of crap and there was Buffy. 'Why?' she thought to herself, 'Why did I accept his offer?'

Buffy had never been so exhausted in her life, she was extremely sore everywhere and everytime she moved she was painfully reminded of that fact. Ak'ron was infinately worse than Ada when it came to being a slave-driver - er... - trainer. Even Grishnak was sympathetic towards her. Telling herself that she was going to get through this....punishment....and come out as a better warrior was the only thing keeping her going, that and the day she was going to get her old trainer, Ada, back.

When their ship landed on the planet to pick up Ada, Buffy practically flew to the huge docking bay doors. Before anyone else got off to greet the Honored warrior, the girl ran out and jumped on him, nearly knocking him over. One of the Yautja took Ada's trophy to be sent up to his living quarters and left him to continue his reunion with the strange human girl.

- Ada! - Buffy squealed as she gave him a fierce and quick hug. If he hadn't been a Yautja, she would've broken a couple ribs. - I'm so glad you're back! And I didn't mean it when I called you a homicidal trainer! Or when I called you an evil slave-driver! You're the greatest trainer in the universe! -

- Wha-..... Buffy? Is something wrong? - Ada was completely baffled at her outburst.

- It's suicidal to let Ak'ron train you! - She cried. Ada looked up at his father who was standing at the top of the ramp. Ak'ron had amusement shining in his aged eyes. Suddenly, the two threw their heads back and erupted into howling laughter. Buffy stepped back at looked at Ada oddly. - What? What's so funny? -

- Nothing, little one, - he said as he recovered from his laughter.

- Tlak'han? - Buffy looked behind Ada and noticed another Yautja, almost as big as Ak'ron, behind him. There was someone else but they were standing behind the Yautja.

- My apologies, - Ada turned to the new Yautja, - Buffy, this is Grid, he had left our ship quite some time ago and I found him here with his....daughter. Grid is a very close friend of mine. -

- Tlak'han has told me much about you, Buffy, and I am honored to meet you, - Grid slightly bowed to her.

- Thanks, pleased to meet you, too, - Buffy returned the gesture. - Didn't he say you had a daughter? -

- Ah, yes, - he stepped to the side to reveal a smaller, yet muscular form. - This is Mohegan. - She stood at five feet and seven inches, five inches taller than Buffy. Her skin was a light bronze color, it looked almost like her own skin. Mohegan was clad in the Yautja's basic Light Armor.

- Hi, I'm Buffy, - Buffy greeted the taller female. She gasped when Mohegan pulled off her bio-mask. Buffy found another female Pyode Amedha, just like herself, standing before her. Mohegan had light brown hair in dreadlocks, much like her own, with sacred beads attatched to the ends and bright, hazel-brown eyes. There was a large scar down her left eye, it started from just above her eyebrow and ended just below her cheekbone. She had a necklace made of sharp teeth and an earing hanging from her left ear.

- Mohegan, - she nodded her head in greeting.

- Wow! You're like me! - Buffy smiled, - I never thought I'd get to meet someone else like me! Maybe I'll actually have someone to talk to that isn't pumped with male testosterone. - She shot a look at Ada.

- I was surprised to here about you, too, - Mohegan smiled, - is it true? About you and your stength, I mean. -

- Well, maybe later I could show you, - Buffy grinned ferally, - and I need to show Ada what I learned. -

- And what would that be? - Ada cocked an eyebrow as his head tilted to the side.

- Like I'm going to tell you. - She smirked.

Grid and Mohegan were placed into the living quarters a deck below Ada and Buffy and as soon as they were settled in, Buffy dragged Mohegan along with her to the training room where they found Grishnak. The male Yautja looked up from the saber he was polishing as the two female warriors entered. He made a sound of shocked annoyance.

- Now there are two of you?! - He looked at Mohegan, then shook his head and went back to polishing, - pretty soon there'll be hordes of you Pyode Amedha females popping up everywhere on this ship. -

- Ignore Grishnak, - Buffy told the older woman, - this is as friendly as he gets. Except on those occasional mood swing days. - Both Grishnak and Mohegan looked at Buffy in confusion. - Nevermind. -

- So, shall we warm up before Tlak'han and father get here? - Mohegan looked down at Buffy.

- You actually call Grid 'father'? - She asked.

- Yes, - the older woman raised, - don't you call Tlak'han 'father'? -

- No, but I call him Ada, - she smiled. The two began to stretch, preparing for their workout. - So, how old are you? No offense, you don't exactly look like you've sprung right out of your tweens. -

- I'm twenty-nine years old, - Mohegan replied.

- Wow, older than I thought, - Buffy bent over her legs as she held onto to the bottom of her feet, - that's a nifty battle scar, where'd you get it? -

- You ask a lot of questions, - she chuckled at the younger girl.

- Sorry, it's just that I've never met another human like me, - the fifteen year old smiled sheepishly.

- I got this scar from the Kainde Amedha (A/N: aka Aliens) Queen that I killed, - Mohegan then pointed to the necklace of teeth around her neck, - and these are her teeth. - She then grinned triumphantly. - Took out her and her whole pack. -

- By yourself?! - Buffy stared at the battle scarred warrior in awe and amazement as she nodded her head. - COOL!! - Everyone in the training room, which would be Grishnak and Mohegan, jumped at her sudden exclamation. Grishnak had been so surprised that he had accidently flung the saber he was polishing up in the air, it had landed right in between his open legs and a hair's width away from his....private area.

- Woman!! Are you insane!?! - He cried, - Don't do that!!! - The whole room became silent. Buffy looked over to the exasperated Yautja male, she suddenly burst into a fit of giggles. Mohegan soon joined in the laughing, only her sorce of amusement was the younger girl's antics. Grishnak looked at the laughing females and shook his head.

'Paja help me,' he silently prayed to the Gods as he looked heaven-ward.

The door of the training room slid open and Ada and Grid stepped in, the two surveyed the scene in confusion. Grid turned to Ada.

- What hap- - he began but Ada stoped him.

- One thing I've learned in all my years with Buffy, - he looked at the girl rolling on the floor, laughing, - never ask. -

The laughing pair finally collected themselves and Buffy was ready to spar with Ada. Grid and Mohegan were eargerly waiting, both wanting to see if Ada was telling the truth about Buffy, or just overexaggerating. The fighting pair stood in the center of the training room. Facing eachother, they bowed, then slipped into fighting positions. Buffy was the first to make a move, she lashed out at Ada with incredible speed, she was surprised herself. 'Note to self,' she thought, 'thank Ak'ron for strapping those 100 pound weights to my arms and legs.' Ada struck her while she was distracted and knocked her on her back. 'Note to self,' Buffy thought as she flipped to her feet, 'stop making notes to yourself and getting yourself distracted.'

The two were sending blow after blow of punches and kicks, but neither of them were getting any hits in. Buffy was moving faster than she ever had and she combined her new speed with her strength, resulting in a powerful combination. The two moved in almost perfect sychronization, one would attack and the other would block, then their positions would switch. Both would predict the other's every move with such ease that only came with years of training together. After a little over five minutes, they saw an opening and took it, landing kicks to each other at the same time and sending the other flying to the opposite ends of the room. Buffy flipped in midair and landed, with a cat-like grace, on her feet. Ada landed with a thud on his back but quickly rolled backwards onto his feet.

- You're holding back, - he said as he stood up.

- So are you, - she replied as she brushed the invisible dust off her arms.

- Well, I didn't want to hurt you. -

- Funny, I was about to say the same thing. -

Ada and Buffy leapt at each other and the spar began again, more intense and face-paced than before with the older Yautja warrior having the upperhand. The blows were traded, much of the time with Buffy on the recieving end. She surprised Ada with a new, and very complicated move, he recognized it as one of his father's moves but he was too late to counter or block it so he was knocked backwards. The fight continued for several more minutes before Buffy finally yielded. Now it was Grid and Mohegan's turn to be amazed and in awe.

- Tlak'han, - Grid turned to Ada, - you were, most definately, not overexaggerating. -

- If anything, you were underexaggerating! - Mohegan stared, wide-eyed, at Buffy. - Wow! -

- Yeah, I get that from a lot of people, - Buffy smiled sheepishly. - So.....who's up for dinner? -

The three stared at the young girl.

- What? I'm hungry. -

Thanks to all who reviewed! = D

manticore-gurl071134: I always wondered what it would've been like when Buffy first got her slayer powers, too.

ShadowHawk: How'd I do? You know, with the whole introducing of your characters? Had to work with writer's block so I hope it came out good.

captuniv: Thanks for the links. = ) Sorry it's taking a while to get to her first hunt, I didn't know I was gonna have all this other stuff in between, but I guess it's turning out okay.

Mountain King: No worries. = D I probably would've been irked too.

Hurlekain: Thanks! Your story sounds interesting, can't wait for you to put it up. I'll keep that Ripley thing in mind. = )

Iceflame55: Oh, well, you've seen the change. = ) Thanks for reviewing!

Xelab: Thanks, as soon as my writer's block lets up, I'll get the chapters written faster.

boo: Thank, well, she got severly whooped by Ak'ron so she knows not to be cocky.

Alien Pitt: Buffy is still able to speak English, but some of it she's forgotten. And yeah, I'll somehow kill her off (and ressurect her, mind you) so Kendra could be activated. The Preds are called Yautja (as you can see in the story) and yes, they do have a culture. But the males just hunt, the females are the ones stuck with the politics and stuff like that.

Bina: Thanks, sometimes people complain about length and I wasn't sure if what I had was too long.

El Chacal: I don't know how the pairings will go, but I guess we'll just have to wait. I knew someone was gonna ask about Mr. Gordo, I totally forgot about him in the first chap and was planning to put him in the second chap but forgot about him again....so now, here he is, in the third chap. = D

Please review! You guys are my inspiration! Oh, I found a working link to my gallery! Yay me! It shouldn't be hard to find Ada's pic cuz it's the first one on the list. Here it is......(without the spaces)

http:www . side7 . com / art / anyanka(underscore)taylor / gallery . html

(LoL, if you've noticed, I've got a million names....Ashelin Rayne, Anyanka Taylor....and a couple others...but my real name is Mal...short for Mallory)