Chapter Three

Disclaimer: Friends characters and whatnot belong to Marta Kauffman, David Crane, and Kevin Bright. Buffy characters and whatnot belong to Joss Whedon...None of it belongs to Emma because those said people and their respective staff can actually write good things for the characters, whereas I only pretend I can

"What, what are you doing here?" Rachel inquired as she looked around the Magic Box with even more shock at her friends. "It's dangerous here. I was almost killed when I left the airport."

Ross smiled at Rachel. "Don't worry about me. I can handle myself. I have unagi, the state of total awareness."

"Boo!" Dawn screeched with a laugh from behind Ross as the college professor jumped with shock. She gave a short giggle before closing the door behind her.

"I knew you were there," Ross lied as he tried to cover up his embarrassment. "I was aware of it."

Buffy frowned, looking over at Giles. "Is this unagi thing in the Slayer's handbook that I never got?" she asked curiously.

Giles tilted his head slightly as he pondered the concept. "I have never heard of it," he explained honestly before turning to Ross. "Unagi, is it?" he asked curiously.

Ross nodded. "The state of total awareness."

Anya shook her head somewhat. "It's fresh water eel sushi. Very tasty," she explained clearly.

"Alright, it could be that too," Ross said with a sigh as he did his best to ignore the 'Told you so' looks coming from Phoebe and Rachel.

"So, are introductions going to be made or are we all going to wear little nametags until we know everyone?" Chandler asked curiously.

Buffy nodded at the point as she looked around the Magic Box. "Well, I'm Buffy Summers, um, that's my sister Dawn, my best friend Xander Harris, his girlfriend Anya, my other best friend Willow Rosenberg, her girlfriend Tara Maclay, and my Watcher, Rupert Giles," she explained, gesturing at each person as she said their name.

Joey's eyes widened with amusement as he looked at Willow and Tara with a slight smile. "How you doin'?" he began before Rachel slapped him, snatching his attention. "What? It's not like I'm offering them Sangria," he said in his defense.

Rachel rolled her eyes. "Stop picturing it!" she commanded. "I told you, Melissa and I were very drunk!" She shuddered slightly before introducing her friends. "Alright, I'm Rachel Green. These are my friends Chandler Bing, his fiancée and my best friend Monica Geller, her brother and my ex husband Ross, that's Joey Tribbiani, and Phoebe Buffay."

"I knew it!" Xander exclaimed loudly as he nodded in recognition at Phoebe.

"Knew what?" Buffy asked as she turned to Xander.

"Where I recognized her," Xander answered plainly as he turned to his very confused girlfriend. "Ahn, remember that movie we watched a week or so ago? Inspect Her--"

"Oh, right!" Anya blurted out as she recognized Phoebe. "You are quite talented at what you do," she complimented the blond.

Phoebe smiled as she looked over at Joey. "See, told you it'd be fun," she whispered to him as Joey nodded.

"Not as fun as watching those two," Joey whispered back as he tilted his head towards Willow and Tara. The two of them had joined hands by this point.

"What are you talking about?" Buffy asked as she looked in confusion at Xander, then Anya, and finally Phoebe.

"They want to know where they recognize me from. I'll give you all a hint. From porn!" Phoebe yelled, echoing the words she had used with that other guy. "That's right. Your perverted friends watched me in a porno movie!" she concluded with a huge smile. "I never tire of doing that," she pointed out with a smile.

"I noticed," Joey told her.

Buffy, Willow, and Giles all exchanged the same 'Xander-hasn't changed-much' look before returning their attention to Phoebe. "You do porn?" Willow asked in shock.

Phoebe shook her head back and forth vigorously. "No, my sister does. But she uses my name. It's better that way. She does the dirty work while I get the money and the people to mess with."

Buffy nodded slightly before returning her attention to Ross. "Hang on, you were married to Rachel?" she asked curiously.

"Ross has been married to everyone," Chandler announced as he took a seat at the table with Monica in his lap. "You ladies better watch out or he'll be married to one of you before the month's over."

Ross sighed. "Yes, I've been married three times, but none of them failed because of meÉWell, maybe Emily but that's different. First failed because of Carol's, um, orientation issue. Then the saying Rachel's name at my wedding to Emily, and Rachel and I were very drunk when we got married!"

"Boy," Buffy whispered as she leaned over to Willow. "And I thought my love life with Angel was messed up."

"If I had my powers back, I'd be hanging around this guy. He has got to leave a lot of wronged women behind," Anya pointed out.

"Powers?" Rachel asked Anya in confusion.

"She used to be a vengeance demon," Xander explained slowly. "Cursing men who wronged women was her specialty."

"Oh crap," Ross mumbled. "No one mention where Emily's from."

"Relax," Anya said harshly. "I'm not a demon anymore. I have Xander," she said as she smiled fondly at her boyfriend.

"So," Giles began as everyone began paying attention to him once more. He looked around where most of Rachel's friends where gathered. For the most part, they had migrated over towards Monica and Chandler and where either sitting at the table or standing behind it. "Do you have any places to stay?" he asked curiously.

The six of them, Rachel included, shrugged. "There's hotel and motels and stuff, right?" Monica asked.

"Technically," Xander began. "But this is a one Starbucks town and the hotels and whatnot are basically crap. You can stay with us."

"All of them in our little apartment?" Anya asked as she turned to Xander.

Xander shook his head. "Not all of them, but maybe those two," he began as he gestured at Monica and Chandler. "They look all happily coupley and probably wouldn't mind if we carry on our nightly business, right?" he asked as he looked over at the engaged couple.

Monica nodded. "As long as we can do ours," she answered.

Giles rolled his eyes. "So the two sex couples can be together," he mumbled before looking at the other people in his shop. "What about them?" he asked.

"Well, Dawn and I could sleep in my mom's room while Rachel and Phoebe take our rooms," she began.

"Right!" Joey exclaimed. "And Ross and I could have the best nap ever again on a couch!"

"Never going to happen, Joe," Ross said as he turned to Giles. "Do you have a place?"

Giles nodded. "Absolutely. I suppose you could come," he began.

"So that leaves Joey," Buffy began as she looked at the remaining man she knew she had seen before but could not put her finger on where. "I suppose he could stay on the couch downstairs, if he doesn't mind."

Joey shrugged. "A couch is a couch."

"Good so that's all settled," Giles said as he reached for the keys to the shop. "Anya, the money we made today is all totaled up?" he asked curiously.

Anya nodded. "Every last penny, no mistakes," she assured him.

Giles nodded. "Good, so I guess there's nothing else for us to do today so we can leave and reconvene in the morning," he said as everyone stood up and began gathering their things.

"Alright," Buffy began as she grabbed a few stakes and tosses one to Joey, Rachel, and Phoebe. "Sorry, we have to walk. Not enough room in Giles's car for the five of us plus Giles and Ross."

"That's cool," Rachel began. "Good practice on this whole slaying thing"

Before they could get to the door, it opened violently from the other side and Spike rushed inside, locking it quickly behind him. "You have to watch out. The vampires who killed Faith are headed our way," he yelled into the shop.