"Buffy the Youkai" by Ryley Breen aka Shadow Master

email : : I do not own either InuYasha nor Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I do not make any money off of them nor do I plan to with this fanfic. This story is the authorized sequel to the fan fiction crossover entitled "Buffy the Youkai Slayer" written by Sharibet. I am writing this sequel with permission to use all the plot elements, characters and other attributes already set down in "Buffy the Youkai Slayer". This being the case I would truly appreciate it if you would not attempt to sue me as I have very little money to my name and the costs of the legal proceedings would most certainly exceed anything won at the conclusion of the trial.

Buffy the Youkai

Chapter One: Catching the Travel Bug

Ahhh, this is the life! The sun, the surf and a complete absence of calls from the Council. Buffy thought to herself as she lay on her back enjoying the sun and working on a tan.

It had been two and a half weeks since she had arrived in good ol' OZ with Koji and so far they had been having a wonderful time with only the bare minimum of contact with the Watcher's Council. Most of it was just follow up work on the mess involving Naraku and the portal keys. However after the tenth call on the subject she'd covertly asked the front desk at Hotel Maestri to block all calls from Great Britain.

It'll only be for a little while longer. She thought to herself as she let her eyes gaze upon the clear blue water of the sea, Besides the view here is way too good to pass up!

Down in the water getting in a good swim Koji was definitely not your typical old guy Watcher and definitely easy on the eyes. She had managed to convince him to come on vacation with her down to Australia and so for the past two weeks he had been showing her the sights and sound of the land down under. They had gone hiking then went on a tour of the Outback and then spent almost an entire night going from club to club in order to experience the local nightlife. Fortunately the local Slayer was on top of things in terms of the undead so the only nightlife she had to worry about was drunks who'd indulged in a little too much beer. Put it all together and you got one of best slayage free periods she had the good fortune to experience in years.

Even the past few months when she had been travelling to see the world couldn't compare to this given that it seemed every time she set foot in new country they wanted her to check something out. Sometimes it was something small like a critique of a local Slayer or to pick up some documents that had to be hand delivered to the main council HQ. Others, like it had been in Japan, were serious demon problems that the locals couldn't deal with themselves since the local Potential population had been reduced to zero thanks to the Bringers and the First. In all honesty it wasn't the helping so much that bothered her so much as the lack of rest between the helping that had gotten her a little crabby.

A few more weeks of this and I should be ready for another round of slayage. She thought to herself as she spotted Koji exiting the water and walking towards her, Just long enough to shake this bug I've caught.

It had started about a week ago and had gotten progressively worse ever since then. At first she had simply attributed it to her simply going overboard with all the partying and sightseeing. With the sudden respite from all things Slayer related she had decided to go for broke and squeeze as much fun in as she could. Being the Slayer though she tended to last a little longer than Koji so sometimes he'd head back to the hotel while she continued to hit a few hot spots. However as the days passed and she found herself coming closer and closer to tiring out at the same time as Koji did. This had concerned the both of them a little but she covered it up and said that maybe they should dial down the fun for a few days. Hence the tanning and swimming at Manly beach before heading to the airport to pick up Xander followed by Tetsuya's for lunch.

"Enjoy your swim Koji-kun?" she asked as she sat up a little straighter in her beach chair.

"Definitely." He replied as he picked up a towel he had brought with him and gave himself a light drying off. "You should try the water yourself. It's quite warm."

"Maybe later after we pick up Xander at the airport and have lunch." Said Buffy as she didn't quite feel up to swimming at the moment.

"How is Harris-san? I have heard he has been quite busy in Africa." Koji said as he sat down in the beach chair next to hers.

"Yeah he's been a Slayer training machine all right. Giles tells me that demon tribes galore are booking the first portal outta there thanks to Xander's Slayers." Buffy replied as she thought on the founding male member of the Scoobies.

It had been a real surprise for the whole gang when the first reports of the Slayers Xander trained came in. They were tacticians, versed in weapons both modern as well as ancient and yet still managed to act like the teenage girls they were supposed to be. All in all a pleasant surprise for everyone back at the main HQ, especially Giles who made it mandatory for all new Watchers in that region to do a rotation with the former Zeppo to get the newbies' feet wet as far as taking care of a Slayer was concerned. Xander was of course of mixed opinions about this since it meant more work for him but at the same time was something of a big time compliment.

It had been just before she had gotten on the plane to Japan that he had called her on her cell to tell her that he'd be meeting up with her in Sydney so they could have some quality catch up time. She already had in her mind the questions she planned on asking him and all of them had to do with what things he had left out of the 'official' Watcher reports. After all it didn't take a brainiac to know that Xander hadn't put everything into his reports and those that knew him the best had little doubt that there were some amusing tidbits to be had if they prodded him long enough.

"Indeed. I have heard that Giles-san that he is considering asking Harris-san to give a formal seminar at the annual Watcher Assemblage this year." Koji said with barely veiled interest, "I must admit that I am somewhat interested in what methods Harris-san… What is so funny?"

She tried to respond to his question but from the moment he had revealed that Giles wanted Xander to stand in front of a lecture hall full of neophyte Watchers and give a seminar she couldn't help but break into giggles. While her Xander-shaped-friend had come a long way since the outcast of Sunnydale High School she doubted he'd be able to get more than two coherent sentences out if he had to stand in front of thirty plus people.

"It's just …giggle that the idea of Xander giving …giggle giving a lecture" Buffy replied before getting control of herself, "is like hearing that Giles has agreed to become the spokesperson for the American education system."

It took Koji a few moments to catch what she was trying to say but when he did he too could see why the blonde Slayer was giggling at the prospect of Xander giving a seminar. He of course chuckled instead of giggled since giggling was what women did and heaven forbid that a man should do something girly on Manly Beach.

"Well then I suppose I shall have extra incentive to attend the seminar myself." Koji said as his chuckling came to an end, "Perhaps we should give him some encouragement when we meet him at the airport."

Internally that set off a whole new stream of giggles for Buffy as she could just imagine what Xander's reaction would be to being reminded of the seminar. While she was sure that Giles had found some way of either bribing or extorting the former high school student into giving the seminar she doubted Xander was looking forward to it. In fact depending on the timing she'd be willing to bet that the whole reason Xander was coming here was to forget about the seminar. Therefore being reminded of it by one potential attendee and a friend of almost ten years would be the last thing he would want. However at the same time her inner prankster couldn't help but salivate at the opportunity to have some fun with the 'Key Guy' if only for a little while.

"Grrrrrr, Grrrrr, ruff, ruff, Grrrrrr." Came a primal noise from her right and she looked to see an owner and their pet dog had been passing by until said dog decided that there was something it didn't like about the blonde Slayer.

"I'm sorry Miss. Dingo isn't usually this hostile towards strangers." The young man walking the dog said as he tried to pull his pet away from her so that they could continue on their way.

"Ah, no problem. Probably doesn't like Americans or something." She said almost offhand as her attention focused internally for a moment as she felt something strange within her.

It had only been for the briefest instants but when that dog had started barking at her she had gotten the distinct impression that she was being challenged and like a single heartbeat the Slayer in her had responded to that challenge. Luckily for the dog the response from her inner warrior had been so weak that she had easily suppressed it and the only outward sign of her confrontation was a slightly distracted look on her face. Thankfully Koji didn't seem to notice this or if he did he probably just wrote it off as the sort of confusion one would have towards a nasty look a stranger gave you. You didn't know why you were given the look or who the person was and you wondered for a moment whether or not you did something to deserve that look.

"Well we better start heading back to the hotel and get changed." She said as she stood and began to gather up their beach gear, "Xander'll go nuts if he's left in that airport for too long and I can't wait to ask him how he plans on starting out that seminar."

"But his flight doesn't get in for another two hours." Koji said with some confusion on his face at the sudden decision to leave the beach.

"Yeah but who knows how long it'll take to get through traffic and there's always the chance his flight will get in early." Buffy said as she hefted the 'just right for someone her size' bag over her shoulder and turned to Koji, "Don't worry. I'm sure we'll get some more beach time in after lunch. Xander'll want to come for the bikini view if nothing else, right?"

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Sydney Airport, An Hour and a Half Later

"Hey Xan-man! What's new in Africa?" Buffy asked joyously as she hugged her longtime friend.

"Oh nothing much Buffster! Just elephants, lions and really paranoid tribal shaman." Xander replied as the two of them separated from the hug, "So how's Sydney? I hear the beaches are great and bikini filled."

"What happened? You usually don't say such a guy thing unless you're either hiding something or just plain stupid." She said with a 'tell me now or else' look on her face, "So which is it?"

"Um, stupid?" Xander tried before the look on the Slayer's face told him that bluffing wouldn't work with her, "Okay I may have, accidentally, offended a tribal shaman while recruiting the latest baby Slayer."

"Offended? How?" asked Koji who had slipped right into junior Watcher mode the moment a possible problem for the Council was mentioned.

"Well I may have, kinda, kissed his daughter." Xander answered before looking down at his shoes.

She tried her hardest. She really did. She knew that her friend was embarrassed as it was by the incident and wouldn't appreciate anyone much less a friend rubbing it in his face. Sadly the best she could do was downgrade her loud laughter to a few giggles as yet another example of Xander's bad luck with women was added to a very long list. At least now though she knew why he had agreed to give that seminar for Giles. He'd likely been given a choice between apologizing to the offended shaman in person and going through whatever atonement ritual was necessary or giving a seminar to a lecture hall full of Watchers. Given those two choices she could see why he chose the latter rather than the former. After all there was no telling what it would take to appease the shaman and Xander's limited media supplied knowledge of African shaman had likely provided some painful possibilities.

"But she was totally coming onto me, I swear!" Xander exclaimed defensively as he knew he didn't have enough of a leg to stand on to glare at Buffy, "She couldn't take her eyes off me the entire time I was there."

"That might have something to do with those shirts you insist on wearing Xan." Buffy said as she eyed the loud one he was currently wearing.

Yes indeedy, despite numerous attempts by friends new and old Xander still insisted on wearing those god awful Hawaiian shirts whenever he was off duty. One of the richer Slayers had even gone so far as to offer to pay for a completely new wardrobe if the former Zeppo would just burn those shirts. Unfortunately not even an unlimited limit credit card and a beautiful Slayer escort could convince the young Harris to throw away his treasured shirts. Chances were that he had worn one when he tried recruiting the Slayer from the African tribe, attracted the shaman's daughter with the bright colors and then a misunderstanding of gigantic proportions occurred. All in all just what she had come to expect from her Xander-shaped-friend.

"See I told you these shirts would attract the ladies!" Xander said smugly even though Buffy could tell he had only said that because he had no way to defend himself from the implication that his Hawaiian shirt might have caused his problems with the shaman.

"Yeah well I wouldn't be so optimistic about your chances here." Buffy said with mock seriousness, "What works in the wilds of Africa probably won't do so good here in Sydney."

Once they had picked up his things at the baggage claim area they hopped into the Council car that they had used to go to the airport and headed back into Sydney. They'd drop his things at the hotel first but then she'd show him all the lesser known tourist spots that Koji-kun had taken her to see their first day here. She had been surprised those first few days with all the stuff that she had had no inkling about when she originally decided to come here.

Amazing how many places and things the tourist bureau leaves out of their brochures. She thought to herself as she listen to Koji grill Xander about his Slayer training methods.

One thing for sure though was that tonight she, Xander and Koji were going to party like there was no tomorrow because for people in their line of work there very well might not be.